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Romanian side Vaslui did great to hold Fenerbahce to a 1-1 draw in the first leg, but that does not necessarily makes them favourites to go through.
The Turkish champions have invested a lot of money this summer and they desperately need to reach the Champions League group stages in order to justify the heavy spending.
Vaslui have really raised their profile over the last few years and they are becoming regular in top European competitions.
The team reached Europa League group stagelast term, where they proved a worthy opponent to Lazio, Sporting Lisbon and Zurich, while finishing the league campaign just one point behind CFR Cluj.
That, nonetheless, proved enough for a place in the Champions League qualifying stages, where they have been pitted against very good Fenerbahce side.
Despite their squad undergoing major changes in the summer, Valsui played a great game in Turkey, but they had to settle for 1-1 draw after Liviu Antal's opener was canceled by Bekir Irtegun in the dying moments of the game.
Probable starting line-up (4-4-1-1): Coman – Milanov, Varela, Charalambous, Salageanu – Antal, Caue, N'Doye, Sanmartean – Stanciu – Niculae.
After they were denied a place in the Champions League group stages because of their involvement in the match-fixing scandal last term, Fenerbahce are determined to make things right this season.
Just like their next opponents, Fenerbahce missed out on the league title, but the second-place finish saw them make it to the Champions League qualifying round.
The Turkish giants have heavily reinforced the squad this summer, bringing Dirk Kuyt, Mehmet Topal, Egemen Korkmaz, Milos Krasic and Joseph Yobo, while Issar Dia and Emre Belezoglu were the only notable departures.
With the start of their domestic season still a couple of weeks away, Fenerbahce somewhat struggled in the first leg against Vaslui and they were fortunate to avoid defeat having scored in the closing stages of the game.
New signings Milos Krasic and Joseph Yobo are unavailable, while Korkmaz, Topal and Sow should start despite carrying minor knocks.
Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Demirel – Gonul, Irtegun, Korkmaz, Kaldirim – Topal, Cristian – Kuy, Alex, Stoch – Sow.
Serbian champions may have been the favourites before the first leg, but that is no longer the case after they were completely outclassed andbeaten 1-0 by AEL Limasol.
Partizan Belgrade have long ago established total domination on domestic stage and their run of five successive league titles is pretty impressive, but the fans are hoping for some European success as well.
The Serbian giants have made it to Champions League and Europa League group stages on several occasions over the last decade, but haven't had a lot of success of late.
The squad have been reinforced over the summer, with Goran Lovre, Branko Pauljevic and Stefan Scepovic all arriving, while several talented youngsters were promoted from Teleoptik, their B side.
As a result, Partizan looked really good against Valletta from Malta, but they were completely outplayed by AEL Limasol in the third qualifying round.
Coach Vladimir Vermezovic is expected to make a couple of changes to the starting line-up, with Lazar Markovic likely to come in for Goran Lovre.
Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Stojkovic – Aksentijevic, Ostojic, Ivanov, Volkov – S. Markovic, Babovic – Tomic, Ilic, L. Markovic – S. Scepovic.
AEL Limasol shocked everyone by beating APOEL and Omonia to the league title last season, but the Cypriot side didn't need a lot of time they fully deserve to be playing at this level.
With no major arrivals or departures in the summer, boss Pambos Christodoulou didn't need extra time to prepare his squad for the Champions League qualifying rounds and his side eased off to a 3-0 aggregate win over Linfield.
AEL were then pitted against very good Partizan side, but the Cypriots largely impressed in the first leg and deserved to win the game by a bigger margin.
The team that conceded just 10 goals in 32 league games last term kept their third successive clean sheet in the Champions League, meaning that Djilli Vouho's early goal proved enough for a valuable victory.
Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Degra – Marco Airosa, Dossa Junior, Ouon, Carlitos – Dede, Bebe – Monteiro, Nikolaou, Gilberto – Dickson.
Ekranas Panevezys – Anderlecht 0-5
Ekrenas missing: Fofana, Kymantas
Anderlecht missing: Vargas, Cyriac, Kouyate, Juhasz, Suarez, Wasilewski, Reynaldo, Jovanović, Mbokani
Anderlecht 11: Proto, Odoi, Mbenza, Deschacht, Safari, Gillet, Biglia, Kanu, Praet, Iakovenko, De Sutter
HJK – Celtic Glasgow 1-2
HJK was resting some players in league game. They are playing on artificial turf. HJK will miss Makela, Celtic probably without Brown and Forrest
F91 Dudelange – Maribor 1-4
Maribor was resting almost all key players in league game
- Jaubert, Melisse, Tournut, Caillet, Prempeh, Payal, Legros, Steinmetz, Idazza, Da Mota, Joachim
- Handanović; Trajkovski, Arghus, Rajčević, Potokar, Mertelj, Cvijanović, Mezga, Ibraimi, Tavares, Berić.
Neftchi – Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0-4
Israel club had Toto cup game after that but was resting some players
Helsingborgs IF – Slask Wroclaw 3-0
Slask showed their weakneses in defence in first game. Helsingborg didnt played league game after that but they arrange friendly with England premier league team Sunderland, coach was rotating players (while Sunderland played with almost best squad) and they beat them. So players get extra selfconfidence. Slask had cup game with KS Polkowice, also rotate but won minimally. Hosts without Hanstveit, Slask will mis important midfielder Rok Elsner and Socha
Panathinaikos – Motherwell 2-0
PAo won first game in Scottland and now will have support of crazy fans
PAO hools at football factory video
Dinamo Zagreb – Sheriff Tiraspol
Fact is that Dinamo not playing good. They played awfull in Razgrad (Bulgaria) and somehow saved game with goal for 1-1 in 93th minute. Than they played home draw (0-0) with poor Inter. After that come 2nd game with Bulgarian champs, they didnt palyed well, they was loosing 1-0 and 2-1 on half time but than Brazilian player from Ludogorec get red card and dinamo was attacking. They scored goal but after that bulgarians was defending good, closed all entrances to their goal. Bulgarians was shame simulating fauls, was lying on field for few minutes, sometimes even two players in same moment..than when was out one player come to throw in and than he throw bal down and than other player (who was not close) come that he would throw..than goalkeeper had goal kick and put ball on 5 meters but than he decide slowly to take ball on other side of '5 meter'..there was cards but it's seems that dinamo will relegate from Champions league while come last corner kick in 97th minute and Vida scored in 98th for 3-2 and dinamo come in nextr round. Yes it was 8 minutes extra time (referee showed 5) but as i spoke what bulgarians was doint, it should be 10+…so i am speaking abouth bad games of dinamo..that's not everithing. they played after it vs Cibalia home, won 2-1, also wihtout some inmpresive game. Than come this first game of this round in Moldavia (they are from Transnistria, they want own republic, they are on border with Ukraine and there are Ukraine and Russians)..So Dinamo won 1-0 there, didnt played good but was controling game mostly. Sheriff disanpointed me, i thouth they are stronger, i thouth they will try to do something more but seems they have no quality…4 days ago dinamo played one more game, vs Istra in Pula and had two penaltyes but again won tight, 1*0.
Dinamo had problems with Sammir. When manny good clubs was asking abouth him before 2-3 seasons Miminho didnt want sell him for that proce, he was waiting more. After that Sammir start to party and every few months something happened (balotelli). So he was few days ago in night hours on party and club suspend him. Also other midfielder, defensive one – Pokrivac, was driving his car drunk and club suspend him too. Both played first squad in Modova (pokrivac usually reserve played but it was coach's tactic). Third midfielder Ademi was also suspended (because he was not happy with low minutes playing) but his suspension is over (because now are other two mf banned). Striker Krstanovic is long term injured, two more midfielders are out: most talented ofensive midfielder Kovacic is injured, just like defensive mf Callelo.
So what to said, Dinamo has quality but they are not playing good. Even in domestic league where they always scored few goals with half of strenght they are not convincigly. But, Sheriff is weaker than last season (2010 they eliminated Dinamo) and Dinamo should promote into next round. Odds are very low and i would NO BET on thiS one, no bet on dinamo while they are not playing good..


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|Russell, Charles M. 232
|watercolor on paper 128 pen and ink 13
|illustrated letter 17
|transportation 51 Figure 353 Animal 735
|URC: May 3d 1907
|H: 6.25 in, width: 9.686 in, Frame height: 16 in, Frame width: 19.5 in
|Raban, Percy, 5/3/1907
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|Gift of William E. Weiss
|In 1907 Russell traveled to New York City to present his first one-man show i the art capital. His letter to newspaperman Percy Raban indicates Russell's preference for Great Falls, Montana, over the big city. While in New York, Russell saw William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West exhibition at Madison Square Garden. OR Russell wrote about seeing Buffalo Bill's Wild West to his friend Percy Raban, a newspaperman.
|May 3d 1907 Friend Percy I am still on dear old brodway among the cliff dwelers every body lives high here but they aint got me skined much Im camped above timber line myself I was down at Madison Square gardon the other day an met Cody he's lost most of his hair in the London fog but his back locks are still long. the show was good real cow boys an Indians this reminds me of central ave but laving all jokes aside Il take our Streets bumps an all NY with cabs under ground an sky sayling car liner is all right for them that like her. but I know a town with two mil of track an a fiew tracks thats swift anough for me give me the camp where I savy the people sketch caption: Heys a Live one
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Hello all! Thanks for the kind comments on my new quilting blog! I have enjoyed taking pics and 'talking' quilts, and hope to keep it up. At the same time, I find myself with less and less to say on the topic of weight loss, or even weight maintenance. But in the interest of possibly helping someone by giving you an inside look at the life of someone who lost 100 pounds starting seven years ago, and is still maintaining 80 pounds of that loss, here goes. Whew. That was a sentence and a half!
So, I've been following that Bobay plan, which is basically a carb cycling type of plan, higher in protein than I had been eating (about 100-120 grams of protein/day.) It is also a relatively low fat diet. I am very comfortable eating low fat. What I found was that increasing my protein decreased my appetite, and kept my mind off of food for the most part. But I was becoming uncomfortable eating that much protein, especially meat. And since I don't like eggs that much, and don't like beans, meat plays a major roll in my protein intake. Several nights last week I just did not want to eat my planned meal of meat and veggies. One night I substituted my Breakfast Clafouti, which was still very high in protein. And another night I just had some Baked Oatmeal. So I have learned from this plan. I will increase my protein intake. But I will also listen to my body's needs, and adjust accordingly.
Also in the last couple of weeks I've eaten a few things that –well, wait. I want to say that I try hard NOT to talk about foods that might be triggers for some people. I have a hard time sometimes just reading descriptions of baked goods, much less looking at pictures of them. So I will substitute BG for whatever specific baked good I am talking about and maybe that won't bother you. I just wanted to say that after all this time of changing my eating habits, I still have those times when I wander into the BG aisle. And I saw this particular BG at Trader Joe's several weeks ago. I left it there. On the next trip, I saw it again. Put it down. And then just before I left the store, I went back and put it in my cart. And here's the worst part of it. It wasn't that good. REALLY. It just was not. So then I ate parts of all four pieces of BG to make sure it was not that good before I threw it away. And then the next week at my local grocery store, I picked up the cheap version of this particular BG, and I ate that. And THAT was actually what I had been wanting. Aaaarrrgh. I've passed up those cheap BG for YEARS now.
For my birthday 2 months ago, my sister gave me a little kit that included a miniature cast iron skillet, and the ingredients to make one of my old favorite BGs. So you see I left it alone for 2 months. But I thought, I'm going to eat very carefully today, so I can fix that BG and have it and still be within my calorie range. And so I did that. Thank goodness for protein! I came in at 1500 calories, including the BG. But guess what? That kit was stale or something, and it was NOT WORTHY. I ate half of it to make sure it was not worthy before I threw it out.
Going to town and food: I have gone to the big city two times this week. Friday I went with an old friend, and we planned to eat lunch out. I was really looking forward to it. We went to BJ's, and they have now included their calories on most of their menu items. Wow. So we ended up getting the half flat bread pizza and a small salad, 550 calories total. Very satisfying. And we stopped for a small pinkberry froyo with no toppings, 150 calories. Very good.
Today I went back to the same city. This time I was visiting Whole Foods. And guess what I chose from their food bar? One BBQ'd chicken breast! Go me. I also got one BG to bring home. A better version of the one that I had made in the cast iron skillet the night before. Do you see a pattern here? Whether I plan for a treat or I splurge on a treat, if it is not worthy, I feel cheated.
However, a good thing has happened. I am losing my fear of the BG. They don't derail me from my normal healthy preferred way of eating. They don't have any more magical power over me. The next day I go back to eating 'on plan,' and it is usually a lower calorie day.
Anyway, I just wanted to share all this–I am still a work in progress. I have noticed also that I have this underlying feeling some days of 'being bad,' or 'a failure.' And when I go back and review what I have eaten, there is nothing wrong with it. It seems just that I thought a lot about various things that I could buy or could eat, but I didn't. Weird. Something else to keep working on.
I am still quite enamoured of the Quest protein bars. I was chatting with the owner of the shop where I get them, and he has an online store and does quite a bit of business through it. I checked the Quest Bars, and they are cheaper from him than anywhere else I have seen them. His store is Get Ripped Nutrition. Haha. I laugh every time pudgy middle aged me walks into the 'Get Ripped' store.
I am reading/skimming Linda Bacon's book, Health at Every Size. As I have said on this blog before, I don't actually think you can be healthy at EVERY size. When you are young, you probably can be healthy at any size, but eventually extreme excess weight will catch up with you. At the same time, I do think that many many people are not going to fit into that perfect BMI category and they ARE very healthy. She has an awful lot of scientific research in her book, most of which I've heard before, which is why I am skimming parts of it. This whole concept of your body knowing what size it should be and allowing it to settle at that weight puzzles me. So does that mean that I was MEANT TO weight 257 pounds? Cause that's where I stayed very consistently for many many years. Or does that mean I broke my body's regulatory systems and ended up there by default? Its a puzzlement… I got the book cause it was so cheap on Kindle.
I've been very happy that I have continued with my wanting to be active. It seems that that little statement that I stuck in there–"If being a little heavier is part of this, so be it."— has been very important. I do not hesitate to go to the gym just because I think my weight is up that day, or I am 'feeling' fat, or I think I look frumpy. I go happily and proudly to the gym as a fat frumpy super strong short old lady. I am mostly happy with what I see in the mirror. I hope this part of my process sticks!
So there you have it. Just a ramble about what long term weight loss maintenance looks like. Its not perfect.


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Detroit native Scot Lenter's a funny guy who really craves the spotlight. Even at 7 years old, a rap song he wrote won him the opportunity to perform on the prestigious-for-kids Mickey Mouse Club. He continued to act professionally as a kid, sang in a punk band, and ended up in trouble with the law. A judge let him "elude" jail time to get out of town, so, the next obvious move was to become a comedian in Miami.
He's now spewing jokes all around the South Florida area and is part of the Have-Nots Comedy Showcase alongside Dominic Perenzin, Jay Mays, Raul Salazar, Jessica Gross and Mike Mercadal. They create comedy with a purpose, and it's the only comedy show in town where all the comics on the lineup get paid. Nice.
We asked the funny guy a few questions in anticipation of the Have-Nots show Thursday night at Villa 221. He explained why comedians are "funny" people, the best way to deal with hecklers and how he gets dates.
Do you think the reason people become comedians is because they're really sad, strange, desperate people who want other people to like them?
I have had the opportunity to work with hundreds of comedians and still have not met one that was able to relate to other human beings on a traditional level. Comedians are introverts, incapable of ordinary social interaction. It feels good when the "normies" come up to us after the show and talk to us because in real life they wouldn't. This is also how we get dates.
What does your dark side look like?
I am a really bad seed. I only look one way when I cross the street. Sometimes, I feed my adult cats kitten food. I rarely recycle. Basically, I am the guy your mom warned you about.
Have you ever deeply regretted anything you've said onstage?
Usually, I drink too much to remember what I said on stage but when I watch videos of myself, I generally regret everything I said.
What's your favorite clean joke to tell?
I was chatting online with my girlfriend when all of the sudden she typed to me that she just got a phone call. Her sister was in an terrible accident and was rushed to the hospital. The only response I could think of was to type her back the little frowny face symbol.
How do you feel about hecklers?
The best way to deal with hecklers is to go on stage and get heckled every night. Eventually, you will have a response for every stupid comment they can think of.
What is the best thing about being onstage?
In all my years of experimentation, I've never received a high like you can get from a good stand-up set. I thrive on being the center of attention. That is why I couldn't be in a band anymore, three people sharing the spotlight is just too many for me. Plus, and ladies back me up on this one, being on stage makes me cuter and have a better personality.
To check out Lenter online: www.scotlenter.com, www.havenotscomedy.com


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Photos of Dodge Challengers
I have a healthy obsession with Dodge's Challenger line of muscle cars. These beauties are built to a standard people who love American automobiles can appreciate. Below is a group of nice looking Challengers that I photographed recently. For me this is the ultimate collector's car.


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The first Shipley/Saltaire running took some planning, with poster designs, programmes, visiting buses, stalls and refreshments all to book. Keighley Bus Museum buses to clean and prepare for service or for display, it was going to be a long day, but worth it..................................
The week before the event the programme was being printed kindly by Transdev in Keighley, who also brought across one of the recently refurbished 662 'The Shuttle' buses. The days before were dominated by members moving and cleaning the buses ready for the off on Sunday morning, this was made a little trickier with a couple of seasonal appointments and several classic cars departing the Riverside depot. As everyone busied themselves around the buses and other duties, two members were sent across to Keighley bus station to collect the printed programmes and place them onto the Bradford Trolleybus. After washing the buses, these were placed in order of being driven out, with the Royale going in first and the trolleybus going in last, to be first out. After a busy day its was all of home and up for the dawn start at the Shipley Glen showground, where the first buses would arrive at around 05:30, with one member staying behind to ensure no-one got up to any mischief.
As Huddersfield 473, Leeds 131, WYPTE/Bradford Corporation H25, Leeds 139, Leeds 574, WYRCC SGL16, along with the two trucks and the recent purchase of SYPTE M18, the field was looking to get busy. Then more vehicles arrived, with WYPTE 8534, First West Yorkshire/Yorkshire Rider 7674, preserved Pennine Dart D15, two Crosville Bristol L's, the Royale, Bournemouth 266, Bradford 410 from the AVTG collection, with Bradford 82 and two fine coaches from Classic Connections, the 1959 Wallace Arnold Plaxton AEC and the Independent Bristol LHS. It was a splendid start as news filtered through that the rally was in full swing, as families gathered to sample the buses visiting Baildon or Saltaire Victoria Road, a place not graced by buses for some considerable time.
Above Leeds 28 a Roe bodied Leyland Tiger dating from 1934 is taken through the reverse movement on Victoria Road in Saltaire, this neat little vehicle performed well, doing quite a few journeys across the day. Meanwhile the Western SMT livered Bristol VRT was taken to the Baildon terminus, then while Leeds 28 was returning to Coach Road, Leeds 131 was setting out for its only trip to Saltaire, Victoria Road. Over the day various vehicles were used on service with Bournemouth 266, Pennine D15, United Counties Bristol KSW, WYPTE 8534, Leeds 574, WYRCC SGL16, A Crosville L and the Royale. There were 22 journeys on each service, giving us 44 trips, it was a gamble for the KBMT, but it payed off for the first event, which included a mystery tour using RM736. The four stall holders were full of praise for the initial event, expressing a return for the event in 2016, which was nice. The families and members of the public were filling up the buses, and all were happy taking a trip on the various vehicles. The Yorkshire Rider liveried modern Volvo B7TL/Gemini was used on a few journeys along the day, with its final trip out in the mid afternoon, to Saltaire.
KBMT members who were in attendance since the early start, were busy taking drivers along the routes, selling the programme and making sure that buses could not blocked in by parked cars on the Salts Grammar School turning circle. The positive feedback was keeping the mood buoyant as members were detailing the bus trips, the displayed vehicles and the buses out on runs, plus selling items on the KBMT stall. The weather held sway until around 16:00 when the Royale was embarking upon a return from Baildon, then the heavens opened!
The guest vehicles and the other displayed buses and trucks were quickly taken off the Shipley Glen field, as the public ran back to there cars, as Stall holders packed up and left the field. Above the Wallace Arnold coach making its way around the turning circle, before heading home. The Aire Valley Transport Group buses were also quickly dispatched back home, with the KBMT vehicles having to wait for the members to go to and fro to Riverside, as buses were taken back to base. By 20:00 the buses were successfully placed back into Riverside, as members then ventured to the Dalesway public house for a well earn drink and a meal.
Credit must go to all our show/event members who stayed with the events team until the close of play so to speak, it was a long day, but worth every minute.
The event will go-ahead next year on July 3rd 2016, with the same format, with a few improvements, which are needed, to ensure a successful day out for the general public.
Bus rallies and events I have visited, across the years.
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- Check your sheets for tell-tale blood spots.
- Consider bringing a large plastic trashbag to keep your suitcase in during hotel stays.
- Carry a small flashlight to assist you with quick visual inspections.
- Put your suitcase on a luggage rack, not on the bed, and move the rack away from the wall.
- When you get home, unpack your suitcase outside.
- After vacation, avoid bringing in hitchhiking bugs by removing the contents of your suitcase outside.
- Place all clothes in plastic bags for immediate washing, and leave your suitcase outside until you've inspected it.
- Immediately wash your travel clothes separately from other laundry. Wash and dry the clothes on the highest setting that the fabric can withstand or take items to the dry cleaners.
- Vacuum your luggage. Use an attachment on your vacuum cleaner or a handheld vacuum to clean your bag. Pay special attention to the crevices.
- When you enter a hotel room, don't unpack.
- Pull the blanket and linens off the bed starting with the corners, where bed bugs like to hide. You're looking for bugs or dark brown blood spots.
- To be thorough, check all four corners of the mattress—not just one.
When you check into your hotel room on that much-needed vacation, remember to check it thoroughly for bed bugs. Here are some steps to take during and after your vacation.
Bed Bug Prevention
It is very unlikely, though not impossible, that a bed bug infestation will develop in an office, classroom or other non-residential environment. However, these sites can serve as transfer hubs for bed bugs to hitchhike a ride into your home. Management, staff, students and workers all have roles to play in reducing the spread of bed bugs.
Steps You Can Take
If a bed bug is found call DA Exterminating right away at 800-650-PEST!
About Bed Bugs
The common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) has long been a pest – feeding on blood, causing itchy bites and generally irritating their human hosts. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) all consider bed bugs a public health pest. However, unlike most public health pests, bed bugs are not known to transmit or spread disease.
They can, however, cause other public health issues, so it's important to pay close attention to preventing and controlling bed bugs.
Experts believe the recent increase in bed bugs in the United States may be due to more travel, lack of knowledge about preventing infestations, increased resistance of bed bugs to pesticides, and ineffective pest control practices.
The good news is that there are ways to control bed bugs. Getting good, solid information is the first step in both prevention and control. While there is no quick fix, there are effective strategies to control bed bugs involving both non-chemical and chemical methods.
Bed bugs can be hard to find and identify, given their small size and their habit of staying hidden. It helps to know what they look like, since the various life stages have different forms.
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In some 2013 research, 46.1 percent of households in New Orleans reported a pest sighting of some sort. At DA, we treat for virtually any pest problem but we see five pests on a regular basis that seem to us to be the most prevalent in New Orleans. We want you to know about these pests and the threats they pose to New Orleans residents.
1) Formosan termites
A single colony of Formosan subterranean termites may contain several million individuals. Because of its population size and foraging range, the presence of Formosan subterranean termite colonies poses serious threats to nearby structures.
Because of their population sizes and foraging ranges, the presence of Formosan termite colonies pose serious problems.
In New Orleans, where this termite species was introduced in the 1950's, the control and repair costs due to Formosan subterranean termite is estimated at $300 million annually (Suszkiw 1998).
2) German cockroaches
The German cockroach is the cockroach of concern, the species that gives all other cockroaches a bad name. It occurs in structures throughout New Orleans, and is the species that typically plagues multifamily dwellings. The German cockroach is found throughout the world in association with humans.
German cockroaches adulterate food or food products with their feces, physically transport and often harbor pathogenic organisms, and may cause severe allergic responses.
3) American cockroaches
The American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus), is the largest of the common cockroaches measuring on average 4 cm in length. It occurs in buildings throughout New Orleans, especially in commercial buildings.
It is found mainly in basements, sewers, steam tunnels, and drainage systems (Rust et. al. 1991).
The American cockroach is an omnivorous and opportunistic feeder consuming decaying organic matter but will eat almost anything. American cockroaches can become a public health problem due to their association with human waste and disease and their ability to move from sewers into homes and commercial establishments.
4) Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes cause more human suffering than any other organism -- over one million people worldwide die from mosquito-borne diseases every year. Due to the recent publicity about the Zika virus, many people are aware that mosquitoes can be detrimental to their health and are taking measures to avoid them. Some of the diseases associated with mosquitoes include: malaria, chikungunya, dog heartworm, dengue, yellow fever, eastern equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, LaCrosse encephalitis, western equine encephalitis, west nile virus, and zika virus
5) Bed bugs
Bed bugs are parasitic insects that feed exclusively on blood and are one of the most difficult pest problems to eradicate quickly. A number of adverse health effects may result from bed bug bites, including skin rashes, psychological effects, and allergic symptoms. Bed bugs are not known to transmit any pathogens as disease vectors. Certain signs and symptoms suggest the presence of bed bugs; finding the adult confirms the infestation.
Call DA if you see these or any other pests! 800-650-PEST
Sad to say, bed bugs can be found nearly anywhere these days, from expensive hotels to movie theaters to homes. Many bed bug infestations in homes are a result of bringing these critters home in your luggage. If you follow the tips below, you'll go a long way toward preventing an infestation in YOUR home!
Bed bugs are a problem, let's face it. But the scariest bed bug possibility involves infested hotel rooms and bringing these little buggers home with you from your travels. Before you book any hotel room, go online and check for bed bug complaints from other travelers. Sorkin's favorite sites for this include TripAdvisor, The Bedbug Registry and Bedbugger.com. Just keep in mind that researching a property before your trip won't guarantee you a pest-free stay since many infestations go unreported.
First, a little info about these little bed bug critters. Most bed bugs congregate around beds, but a few of them will hide in remote areas. They hate light and if disturbed, will attempt to move to more remote areas. Bed bugs can be 1/16″ to 1/4″ and can vary in color from virtually colorless (the young) to a dark brown (the adults).
When entering your hotel room. . . . . . you should do a quick inspection of the bed. Look at the corners of the mattress for the presence of bed bugs and dark stains. Pay attention to cracks, crevices, seams, and folds of material. If you find evidence of bed bugs, call hotel management and ask for a different room.
Always put your luggage on the luggage rack, not the bed or chairs in the room to reduce the chances of bed bugs hitchhiking home with you.
If, after spending a night or more in a hotel room. . . . . .you discover bed bugs, take these precautions.
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The Jewish holidays are celebrated in Israel officially and nationally and vacation days are set in accordance with them.
Judaism has its own calendar, the Jewish calendar, which has 12 lunar months based on the cycle of the moon. The Hebrew month starts with the first appearance of the new moon, the 15th of the month is when the moon is full and the month ends when the moon disappears (prior to its reappearance).


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Date of Birth : May 11th 1964
He is a graduate of Holland Hall School and Brown University and a classicist. Nelson is Jewish; his maternal grandparents escaped the Nazis shortly before World War II, fleeing to the UK in 1938 and emigrating to the U.S.A. in 1940.
Nelson has appeared as an actor in Holes, Heavyweights, Minority Report, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Meet the Fockers, The Good Girl, Syriana, Hoot, and the critically-acclaimed HBO film, Warm Springs. Nelson also had a featured role as Delmar in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?. According to directors Joel and Ethan Coen, he was the only one in the cast or crew who had read Homer's Odyssey, the work upon which the film is based. He sings "In the Jailhouse Now" on the soundtrack.
Films he has written and directed include The Grey Zone, based on his play of the same name, and Eye of God. He is also the director of O, based on William Shakespeare's play Othello but set in a modern-day high school. Recently, he has been cast as Samuel Sterns in The Incredible Hulk.


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We have so many picky eaters that I've found PIZZA is the remedy for what to serve at a party! Today, we are celebrating Dan's Mom Lynnette's birthday 🙂
I purchased a Pizza Craft portable outdoor pizza oven about a year ago.
It is my pretend wood burning pizza oven in my pretend garden in my pretend outside kitchen.
Matt has become the pizza cooking expert.
I use the Craftsy recipe for Pizza Dough. I actually took an online class to learn more about Pizza Dough. The class was taught by Peter Reinhart. Here is the recipe
The Recipe uses a no-knead method developed by Peter Reinhart


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Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 4, 2017 – The No. 19-ranked Washington University in St. Louis volleyball team captured its 22nd University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship in program history in defeating No. 7-ranked Emory University on its home Woodruff P.E. Center court 3-1 Saturday afternoon.
The Bears improve to 24-9 on the season and 22-5 all-time in UAA Championship matches while Emory fell to 27-6 on the year and 7-12 in the association championship match all-time. The Bears and Eagles met for the 16th time in conference championship history and the Bears improved to 11-5 against Emory with the win.
WashU 3 - Emory 1 (25-23, 17-25, 25-16, 25-17)
Junior Julianne Malek led the Bears attack with 14 kills and a .542 hitting percentage as The Woodlands, Texas-native committed a single error in 24 attempts. Junior Ifeoma Ufondu totaled 10 kills, while the Bears finished with a .270 hitting percentage compared to the Eagles .200 mark.
Freshman Kirby Knapp (20) and sophomore Chloe Stile (19) paced the attack. Junior Natalie Stephanus led the Bears with two service aces and was at the service line for the final point of the match.
Sophomore libero Zoe Baxter finished with a match high 21 digs as WashU finished with 52 combined digs. The Bears combined for seven blocks compared to Emory's four with sophomore Leila King contributing a match-high five block assists.
The Bears quickly built a five-point lead early on in the first set with multiple kills by Ufondu and junior Lauren Martin. The Eagles rallied to within a single point, 24-23, but a block by King and Ufondu closed out the set for the Bears.
WashU scored the initial point of the second set but Emory scored four straight points to take the lead for good. The Bears attack was held to a .087 percentage in the second set as Emory evened the match up at one set apiece.
The Eagles and Bears traded single points back-and-forth with Emory leading 11-10, but WashU went on a 9-3 run to take control of the set. Baxter helped clinch the set with the final kill for the Bears which put them ahead 23-15 until back-to-back errors by Emory ended the set.
WashU knotted the score at 5-all on a kill by Malek before she gave Washu the lead for good with an ace. The Bears built an eight-point advantage, 20-12 on a kill by Ufondu and clinched the match on a kill by freshman Tricia Brown assisted by Stephanus.
The Bears secured its 31st straight NCAA Tournament berth with the victory and will learn of their opponent during Monday's 11:30 a.m. (CT) selection show. Be sure to stay up to date on all your Bears scores and awards by following @WashUBears on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


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Gilmore returning to racing at Holland Ladies Tour
Australian hoping to be in top form for Worlds
Rochelle Gilmore (Lotto-Honda) is hoping to finally return to racing at the Holland Ladies Tour which gets underway on the 6th September, after an extended period off the bike with a broken pelvis.
The Australian's recovery was slowed after doctors initially thought that she had avoided a fracture when she crashed hard in the Giro Donne in July. Gilmore attempted to walk a number of times, but severe pain eventually forced her to ask for a second diagnosis which revealed the fracture.
Six weeks on, Gilmore has now been cleared to race, and hopes that she can return to form ahead of her main goal of the season, the Road World Championships in Copenhagen.
"I've regained and improved on my original strength and stability through the hips, core and quads," said Gilmore. "I've worked extremely hard throughout this period of rehabilitation. I enjoy racing and I've really missed it so I can't wait until I race again."
"Nothing was going to stop me from having a shot at this year's World Championships on a perfect course with a perfect finish!"
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Water intrusion can be a very destructive force. Evergreen Restoration's staff of IICRC trained technicians is suited for any Water Loss situations. Through intensive, on-going schooling and in-house training, we have staff available and answering the phones 24/7. Evergreen Restoration's response time is unrivaled in the industry. Once on site, we are able assess the situation and address it immediately with our specialty equipment designed for these situation. In most instances, a few days of drying can reverse the effects of water damage. When the excessive moisture has been removed from the structure, our contractors can efficiently repair any damages to pre-loss condition.
When a water loss has occurred it is important to remember that the longer that water stands, the more difficult it becomes to remove and the more likely it is to become contaminated and/or germinate mold.
When Evergreen Restoration, is called to your home or structure in Packwood our IICRC Certified Technicians will do the following procedures EVERY TIME:
1. Take photo of the front of the home or structure and physical address.
2. Introduction of the crew to the Packwood homeowner/property manager.
3. Speak with the Packwood homeowner/property manager about the damage and find the point of origin.
4. Start with the point of origin and inspect all affected areas of the home for moisture.
5. Take Photo's of all affected areas, including documenting the condition of all the personal belongings in the affected areas.
6. Walk through the home or structure with the Packwood homeowner/property manager to explain the documented damage and the drying process.
7. All authorizations and releases signed and dated.
8. Begin extracting highly saturated areas from the water damage.
9. Remove any baseboards and doors to promote better airflow.
10. Remove all affected carpet and padding and any affected insulation in the crawl space.
11. Take samples of the damage areas for lead and asbestos and have the samples tested.
12. Remove all affected drywall from the Water Damage.
13. Set up equipment to begin the drying process.
14. Take photos of the water damaged areas with equipment operating and sheetrock removed.
15. Send documents to insurance company.
Water damage may occur even without coming in contact with liquid water Hygroscopic (moisture absorbing) material will attract moisture from the air during prolonged periods of high humidity
Please do not hesitate to call us if you have any questions.
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The town of Packwood has historically relied on the forest products industry as an economic engine, supplemented by government employment (via the National Forest and Park Services) and seasonal tourism. In the late 1990s, the Forest Service began consolidation of many ranger stations, with the result that Forest Service jobs moved to the town of Randle and the new Cowlitz Valley Ranger Station. Shortly thereafter, several factors, including the Asian financial crisis, decreased logging on federal lands, and depression in lumber prices, brought the closing of the Packwood Lumber Mill. Due to the limited economic opportunity, the town's housing consists heavily of summer housing for snowbirds, retirement homes, and vacation cabins. The influx of retirees and determination of long-time locals has led to a recent civic revival in the town, however. Several local organizations seek to promote the tourism opportunities of the town, improve tourist and vacation infrastructure, and plan for the long-term economic revitalization of the town. The decades-old Annual Packwood Flea Market now attracts tens of thousands during the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, and the recently expanded White Pass Ski Area provides a steady flow of visitors during the otherwise tourism-slow winter months. A new art gallery, along with a heritage museum housed in the old school building, are indicative of increasing diversity and economic revitalization in the area


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Situated on a hilltop in the village of Stanley Bridge, our scenic, smoke free, Country Resort sits on twelve acres of landscaped property overlooking New London Bay and the Stanley River. Guests enjoy a peaceful, relaxing atmosphere with a variety of activities on the property such as an outdoor heated pool and hot tub, volleyball courts, bonfire pit and gift shop. We are centrally located; a 30 minute drive to Charlottetown and Summerside and five minutes from Cavendish, home of Anne of Green Gables. Nearby attractions include Cavendish National Beaches, adventure parks and eight of the Island's best golf courses.
Dining Facilities:
Dine at our onsite restaurant, Sutherland's Restaurant. Sutherland's Restaurant offers the freshest Island ingredients including Island Seafood, Island Produce, Island Steaks & Chicken. We are everything Island! Sutherland's offers a casual atmosphere with an outdoor deck, family dining & pub. Check out our everyday food and drink specials. For Reservations Call: 886.2434
Meeting Facilities:
Our conference centre has 6 comfortable meeting rooms of varying sizes, some with private decks and a fireplace in a quaint countryside setting. Ask about how you can receive free meeting space. Complimentary use of our hospitality cottage for groups booking over 15 accommodations. We will make your conference a memorable experience for all delegates who will enjoy a vacation destination while here on business. Our creative banquet menus offer something for everyone with healthy choices and Island seafood options.
Guest Services:
Cooking Demos with our Chefs & Live Entertainment (July & August). Off site catering services. Heated pool and hot tub. Gift Shop. On-site Laundromat, business centre, on site restaurant, high speed internet, complimentary wireless internet, free parking, bonfire pit, fitness centre and games room, volleyball courts, baseball & soccer fields, horseshoe, playground, vending machines. Many specials and packages available.
Guest Room Facilities:
The Country Inn features single and double rooms and suites that are modernly decorated with coffee makers, televisions, hair dryers, clock radio, telephones and air conditioning. 16 cottages with private decks and barbeques offer fully equipped kitchens, television, clock radio, cathedral ceilings and a cozy pine finished interior. The Lodge offers fantastic views of the Stanley river and red Island cliffs. Bachelor, One and Two bedroom units along a shared deck at great rates!
English & French
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April though November. Corporate rates available.


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Several years ago while my husband and I were shopping for a new television, the clerk tried to convince us we should give the latest technology a try. So after making a spectacle of ourselves with some snazzy glasses, we settled in front of a 3D TV to see what we thought.
Turned out it wasn't so much what I thought as what I felt. Within seconds I started to feel woozy, followed soon after by nausea. 3D was out, LED in.
So, two years ago, it was with no small amount of apprehension that I let my grandson convince me we needed to go see that particular version of The Avengers. Having been duly warned by others who had not fared well with the 3D format on the big screen, I agreed to accompany him with the caveat that we would be sitting near the back of the theatre.
Which it would seem was the ticket. I had a blast. With larger-than-life characters coming at me, and planes seemingly flying over my head, I was pulled into the world of 3D. It truly is, as noted on iCLIPART.com's Pinterest page, the link for which I share below, the place where life pops out to say hello.
I guess you might say, then, that with these favourite collections of 3D illustrations, I'm sending a friendly greeting your way for the weekend:
iCLIPART.com 3D Collection
iPHOTOS.com 3D Illustrations
3D Acclaim Images
ClipartGuide 3D Images
ClickArt Online 3D Illustrations


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SpeedPro is a 3M-certified studio that specializes in large format printing for businesses and other organizations in and around Richmond, VA. Our clients include architects, marketing agencies, and fleets, and the products we create for them include outdoor signs, trade show displays, and car wraps. Our goals are to be a strategic partner to each organization we serve and to help them enhance their brands and visually communicate with their existing and prospective clients.
We opened our SpeedPro studio five years ago and have 25 years of industry experience. Our focus is on bringing ideas to life in a big way, and we do that by listening to our clients and asking questions until we have a complete understanding of their needs and preferences. We work with clients to achieve their business objectives, and we're able to help them on schedules that make sense for their needs.
We take great pride in delivering outstanding service and in helping clients find the right solutions for their particular purposes. If your company has one or more vehicles, we can help you make the most of that mobile presence with wraps and window graphics. In addition to trucks and cars, we provide these services for boats, motorcycles, and other types of vehicles. Other ways we can help enhance your marketing goals include providing:
- Wall murals
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Working with SpeedPro is easy, and we look forward to building a relationship that will benefit you for years to come. You'll find our studio near Gayton and Ridgefield Parkway, and we serve clients throughout Richmond and the surrounding areas, including Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, and Williamsburg. If you have any questions about the large format printing work we offer, don't hesitate to call us today to learn more.


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As a mother of kids who go to university, there is no other greater stress than what they will eat once they get home from a hard day of studying. With less time on their hands and small communal kitchens, cooking up complicated meals isn't easy. However, these days with so many ready prepared ingredients, cooking from scratch isn't as hard as it seems.
My daughter rose to the challenge accordingly and made this recipe using Veetee microwavable rice. It's a lot better than her heating up ready meals or getting takeaways as the rice only takes two minutes in the microwave. She sent me a picture of her food and I already pencilled it in for her to make it for the family once she got home!
The Veetee Heat & Eat range is great for students and adults alike and is available in plain and flavoured options. Although they are microwavable packs, these can be stir fried and you can adapt them to create a new recipe. My daughter said that she used Veetee microwavable basmati rice and then stirred it through the beetroot pulao mixture that she made. She also uses others in the range to cook various meals for herself. My husband has now learnt from her to make these rice dishes when I am not in.
Veetee sent me a hamper of their microwavable range Heat and Eat to try at home and become a part of the Veetee Bloggers Community. This rice post has been created in time for National Rice Week (19-25 Sep 2016).
You will need :-
- 2 packets Veetee microwavable basmati rice
- 1 packet of firm tofu
- 2 medium boiled beetroot grated
- 2 tsp. English Mustard paste
- 3-4 tbsp. oil
- 1 tbsp. whole spices (clove, green cardamom, black cardamom, whole black pepper, cinnamon and bay leaf)
- 1 tsp. Caraway seeds or Cumin seeds
- 1 big onion finely chopped
- 1 tbsp. ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tsp. red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- Fresh chopped coriander
Disclaimer - Thank you Veetee for sending me a hamper of goodies. I was not told or paid paid to write a positive review, all the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thank you for stopping by and reading this post ! We hope to see you again soon :)


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Boston, Massachussetts
December 15, 1908
Being advised that a hearing is to be granted tomorrow by your committee upon the petition of the city of San Francisco for a confirmation of a grant of flowage rights in certain valleys within the Yosemite National Park, said petition being represented by House Joint Resolution 184 dated May 12, 1908, I beg leave to herewith file with you a protest, on behalf of the Appalachian Mountain Club, against this grant and its confirmation.
Permit me to state that I have authority to thus speak on behalf of the club by virtue of a vote passed by our governing board on October 22, 1907. The matter was at that time before the Secretary of the Interior, and a formal protest was filed with him.
Allow me also to state that we are not speaking upon this subject without definite knowledge of the conditions both political and physical. Many of us have visited the Hetch Hetchy Valley, and in fact have traversed the entire length of the Tuolumne Canyon from Soda Springs meadows to Hetch Hetchy. Moreover, we have examined in detail all the printed evidence gathered upon the subject by the Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, who, as Secretary of the Interior, considered this petition in 1902; we have corresponded with the present Secretary of the Interior, with the Chief of the Forest Service, and with prominent citizens of San Francisco and other bay cities upon the matter. The writer has also had personal interviews on two or three occasions with two noted hydraulic engineers who had served as consulting authorities upon this subject of added water supply for San Francisco. We have, in short, taken the utmost pains to inform ourselves as to the merits of both sides of the case, and have kept posted constantly through all the proceedings.
It is our belief that Mr. Hitchcock took the only proper stand upon this petition. It was his endeavor to ascertain whether or no there was any public necessity which would justify him in surrendering to any community special rights which would tend to injure the natural beauties of the park. The act of October, 1890, requires the Secretary of the Interior to "provide for the preservation from injury of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders * * * and their retention in their natural condition."
It is true that the act gives him power to make grants such as that now under consideration, but only when it "is not incompatible with the public interest."
Mr. Hitchcock, after taking much testimony, decided that this was not the only reasonable source of water supply for the city, and that he was not justified, therefore, in granting flowage rights which would of necessity involve the mutilation of the natural wonders of the park.
Mr. Garfield, however, declined to rule upon the claim of the city that this was the only reasonable source of water supply, stating that in his judgment "it is sufficient that after careful and competent study the city officials insist that such is the case."
In this we feel that Mr. Garfield erred. What constitutes "careful and competent study?"
Two of the very best authorities on municipal water supply in the country were consulted by the opposing sides in this matter. For the city, Mr. Desmond Fitz Gerald, of Boston, made an examination and report. For the opposition, Mr. Frederick P. Stearns, also of this city, likewise made examination and report. Both engineers considered not only the present water supply but several proposed new supplies among others the Hetch Hetchy and Lake Eleanor watersheds. Mr. Fitz Gerald favored the Tuolumne source, while Mr. Stearns reported that the present supply with the extensions which can readily be made, is in all respects adequate for many years to come.
Was not the study of the opposition therefore equally "careful and competent?"
We would not array ourselves knowingly in opposition to granting any community a proper water supply, but we feel that here is a point of fundamental importance which should be proved beyond peradventure before the Hetch Hetchy grant is confirmed. Is the Tuolumne supply to only reasonable one for San Francisco.
The mere assertion of either side that it is or that it is not, however positively made, should not be accepted as conclusive evidence. It is our hope that your committee will avail itself of the personal testimony of the two engineers named above.
We believe that you will agree with us that the resources of our national parks should not be carelessly opened to exploitation and that you will also appreciate the importance of conserving such notable scenery as these parks contain as national assets of value. Switzerland long ago appreciated the commercial and sanitary value of scenery and legislated for its conservation to her great and lasting profit. Our people are more and more coming to appreciate the value of their national scenic treasures. The Yosemite Park is year by year visited by increasing numbers. An examination of the recent reports of the superintendent of the park will show that the tide of travel has greatly increased there since the completion of the railroad to El Portal. The hotels in the main valley are already inadequate, and camping parties find it increasingly difficult to securities.
Hetch Hetchy Valley is admitted to be a natural wonder, but little inferior to the Yosemite proper, while the Tuolumne Canyon, through which flows and plunges the main river from the great mountain meadows at Soda Springs, is one of the big natural features of the Sierra and of the park.
The old Yosemite is soon to prove inadequate in every way to keep the throngs that will journey to those mountain regions. With better roads to Soda Springs and to Hetch Hetchy the present pressure upon Yosemite will be relieved. Civil engineers who are members of this club and who have recently traveled over the trails of the park, state that it would be a comparatively simple matter to thus open up those sections to the public. The public merely awaits the facilities. With a reservoir at Hetch Hetchy one of these great camping grounds will be extinguished, and the scenery which would attract the people thence will, in our opinion, be seriously marred. We are unable to agree with those who profess to think that a vast artificial lake, subject to heavy drafts by the water users and by evaporation in dry summers, with the attendant bare and slimy shores, will prove equally attractive to those who seek relaxation amid pleasant scenes.
It is even doubtful if the users of the water would long allow the camping upon those shores of hundreds of tourists and their animals, owing to the danger of the contamination of the supply. And will not the same hold true of the camping privilege in the Tuolumne Canyon and on the mountain meadows above? The tendency of water boards everywhere is to relieve the watersheds under their care of even a suspicion of a contaminating influence.
We regret that we are unable to be personally represented at the hearing, but we trust that this letter may be allowed to go in as a part of your record, and that your committee will take no hasty action upon the petition of the city.
Allen Chamberlain
Councillor of Exploration and Forestry


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The Nuffield Trust has released a report today which claims that reversing the 'unsustainable' rise in emergency hospital admissions is the single biggest issue currently facing the NHS in England. The independent health charity issued the warning following new analysis which shows that the number of emergency admissions in England rose by 11.8 per cent between 2004/05 and 2008/09, resulting in around 1.35 million extra admissions.
The report reveals that emergency admissions now make up 35% of all hospital admissions in England, at a cost of around £11bn to the annual NHS budget. The cost of treating the extra patients that have materialised since 2004/05 alone is estimated to be £330m per year.
The rise in emergency admissions has been linked with a dramatic increase in the number of short-stay admissions – those patients that are admitted as an emergency for one day or less. In England in 2008/09, 592,724 more patients were admitted for one day or less compared to 2004/05 – a marked jump, with zero and one day admissions accounting for 49 per cent of all emergency admissions in 2008/09 compared to 42 per cent in 2004/05.
The report concludes that this has, in part, been caused by a lowering of the clinical threshold for emergency admissions. Advances in medical care and management have reduced the length of time patients stay in hospital, which in turn has freed up more available beds and allowed doctors to admit more patients. To break out of this cycle in future will mean creating better out-of hospital care and preventive care to reduce the risk to patients of admission and enable expensive hospital beds to be closed, the report warns.
"Reversing this unsustainable rise in emergency admissions must be the number one priority for the NHS in England – any reform to the health service that does not tackle this will fail," said Nuffield Trust director, Dr Jennifer Dixon. "Our hospitals are over-heating and are on an unsustainable path in which they are treating patients at great cost to the NHS and to patients themselves.
"This cost could be avoided by preventing ill health through better care by GPs, community care services or social care, and better co-ordination of care between doctors in hospital and general practice. Avoidable emergency admissions will continue to rise unless care is more integrated and hospitals and beds are closed. Otherwise the risk is that the NHS becomes unaffordable."


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Native American and European settlement
The indigenous peoples of the U.S. mainland, including Alaska Natives, are believed to have migrated from Asia, beginning between 40,000 and 12,000 years ago.[32] Some, such as the pre-Columbian Mississippian culture, developed advanced agriculture, grand architecture, and state-level societies. After Europeans began settling the Americas, many millions of indigenous Americans died from epidemics of imported diseases such as smallpox.[33] [1][2]The Mayflower transported Pilgrims to the New World in 1620, as depicted inWilliam Halsall's The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, 1882.In 1492, Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus, under contract to the Spanish crown, reached several Caribbean islands, making first contact with the indigenous people. On April 2, 1513, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León landed on what he called "La Florida"—the first documented European arrival on what would become the U.S. mainland. Spanish settlements in the region were followed by ones in the present-day southwestern United Statesthat drew thousands through Mexico. French fur traders established outposts of New France around the Great Lakes; France eventually claimed much of the North American interior, down to the Gulf of Mexico. The first successful English settlements were the Virginia Colony in Jamestown in 1607 and thePilgrims' Plymouth Colony in 1620. The 1628 chartering of the Massachusetts Bay Colony resulted in a wave of migration; by 1634, New England had been settled by some 10,000 Puritans. Between the late 1610s and the American Revolution, about 50,000 convicts were shipped to Britain's American colonies.[34] Beginning in 1614, the Dutch settled along the lower Hudson River, including New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
In 1674, the Dutch ceded their American territory to England; the province of New Netherland was renamed New York. Many new immigrants, especially tothe South, were indentured servants—some two-thirds of all Virginia immigrants between 1630 and 1680.[35] By the turn of the 18th century, African slaveswere becoming the primary source of bonded labor. With the 1729 division of the Carolinas and the 1732 colonization of Georgia, the thirteen British coloniesthat would become the United States of America were established. All had local governments with elections open to most free men, with a growing devotion to the ancient rights of Englishmen and a sense of self-government stimulating support for republicanism. All legalized the African slave trade. With high birth rates, low death rates, and steady immigration, the colonial population grew rapidly. The Christian revivalist movement of the 1730s and 1740s known as the Great Awakening fueled interest in both religion and religious liberty. In theFrench and Indian War, British forces seized Canada from the French, but the francophone population remained politically isolated from the southern colonies. Excluding the Native Americans(popularly known as "American Indians"), who were being displaced, those thirteen colonies had a population of 2.6 million in 1770, about one-third that of Britain; nearly one in five Americans were black slaves.[36] Though subject to British taxation, the American colonials had no representation in the Parliament of Great Britain.
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[3][4]Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull, 1817–18Tensions between American colonials and the British during the revolutionary period of the 1760s and early 1770s led to the American Revolutionary War, fought from 1775 to 1781. On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress, convening in Philadelphia, established a Continental Army under the command ofGeorge Washington. Proclaiming that "all men are created equal" and endowed with "certain unalienable Rights", the Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, drafted largely by Thomas Jefferson, on July 4, 1776. That date is now celebrated annually as America's Independence Day. In 1777, theArticles of Confederation established a weak confederal government that operated until 1789.
After the British defeat by American forces assisted by the French and Spanish, Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States and the states' sovereignty over American territory west to the Mississippi River. Those wishing to establish a strong federal government with powers of taxation organized a constitutional convention in 1787. The United States Constitution was ratified in 1788, and the new republic's first Senate, House of Representatives, and president—George Washington—took office in 1789. The Bill of Rights, forbidding federal restriction of personal freedoms and guaranteeing a range of legal protections, was adopted in 1791.
Attitudes toward slavery were shifting; a clause in the Constitution protected the Atlantic slave trade only until 1808. The Northern states abolished slavery between 1780 and 1804, leaving the slave states of the South as defenders of the "peculiar institution". The Second Great Awakening, beginning about 1800, made evangelicalism a force behind various social reform movements, including abolitionism. [5][6]Territorial acquisitions by date Americans' eagerness to expand westward prompted a long series of Indian Wars. The Louisiana Purchase of French-claimed territory under President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 almost doubled the nation's size.[37] The War of 1812, declared against Britain over various grievances and fought to a draw, strengthened U.S. nationalism. A series of U.S. military incursions into Florida led Spain to cede it and other Gulf Coast territory in 1819. The Trail of Tearsin the 1830s exemplified the Indian removal policy that stripped the native peoples of their land. The United States annexed the Republic of Texas in 1845, amid a period when the concept of Manifest Destiny was becoming popular.[38] The 1846 Oregon Treaty with Britain led to U.S. control of the present-dayAmerican Northwest. The U.S. victory in the Mexican-American War resulted in the 1848 cession of California and much of the present-day American Southwest. The California Gold Rush of 1848–49 further spurred western migration. New railways made relocation easier for settlers and increased conflicts with Native Americans. Over a half-century, up to 40 million American bison, or buffalo, were slaughtered for skins and meat and to ease the railways' spread. The loss of the buffalo, a primary resource for the plains Indians, was an existential blow to many native cultures.
[edit]Civil War and industrialization
[7][8]Battle of Gettysburg, lithograph byCurrier & Ives, ca. 1863Tensions between slave and free states mounted with arguments about the relationship between the state and federal governments, as well as violent conflicts over the spread of slavery into new states. Abraham Lincoln, candidate of the largely antislavery Republican Party, was elected president in 1860. Before he took office, seven slave states declared their secession—which the federal government maintained was illegal—and formed the Confederate States of America. With the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter, the Civil War began and four more slave states joined the Confederacy. Lincoln'sEmancipation Proclamation in 1863 declared slaves in the Confederacy to be free. Following the Union victory in 1865, three amendments to the U.S. Constitution ensured freedom for the nearly four million African Americans who had been slaves,[39] made them citizens, and gave them voting rights. The war and its resolution led to a substantial increase in federal power.[40] The war remains the deadliest conflict in American history, resulting in the deaths of 620,000 soldiers.[41] [9][10]Immigrants at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, 1902After the war, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln radicalized Republican Reconstruction policies aimed at reintegrating and rebuilding the Southern states while ensuring the rights of the newly freed slaves. The resolution of the disputed 1876 presidential election by the Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction; Jim Crow laws soondisenfranchised many African Americans. In the North, urbanization and an unprecedented influx of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe hastened the country's industrialization. The wave of immigration, lasting until 1929, provided labor and transformed American culture. National infrastructure development spurred economic growth. The 1867 Alaska Purchase from Russia completed the country's mainland expansion. The Wounded Knee Massacrein 1890 was the last major armed conflict of the Indian Wars. In 1893, the indigenous monarchy of the Pacific Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown in a coup led by American residents; the United States annexed the archipelago in 1898. Victory in the Spanish–American War the same year demonstrated that the United States was a world power and led to the annexation of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.[42] The Philippines gained independence a half-century later; Puerto Rico and Guam remain U.S. territories.
[edit]World War I, Great Depression, and World War II
[11][12]An abandoned farm in South Dakotaduring the Dust Bowl, 1936At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the United States remained neutral. Most Americans sympathized with the British and French, although many opposed intervention.[43] In 1917, the United States joined the Allies, and the American Expeditionary Forces helped to turn the tide against the Central Powers. After the war, the Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles, which established the League of Nations. The country pursued a policy of unilateralism, verging on isolationism.[44] In 1920, the women's rights movement won passage of a constitutional amendment granting women's suffrage. The prosperity of the Roaring Twenties ended with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 that triggered the Great Depression. After his election as president in 1932,Franklin D. Roosevelt responded with the New Deal, a range of policies increasing government intervention in the economy, including the establishment of the Social Security system.[45] The Dust Bowl of the mid-1930s impoverished many farming communities and spurred a new wave of western migration. [13][14]Soldiers of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division landing in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944The United States, effectively neutral during World War II's early stages after Nazi Germany's invasion of Polandin September 1939, began supplying materiel to the Allies in March 1941 through the Lend-Lease program. On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, prompting the United States to join the Allies against the Axis powers as well as the internment of Japanese Americans by the thousands.[46]Participation in the war spurred capital investment and industrial capacity. Among the major combatants, the United States was the only nation to become richer—indeed, far richer—instead of poorer because of the war.[47] Allied conferences at Bretton Woods andYalta outlined a new system of international organizations that placed the United States and Soviet Union at the center of world affairs. As victory was won in Europe, a 1945 international conference held in San Francisco produced the United Nations Charter, which became active after the war.[48] The United States, having developed the first nuclear weapons, used them on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August. Japan surrendered on September 2, ending the war.[49]
[edit]Cold War and protest politics
[15][16]Martin Luther King, Jr.delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech, 1963The United States and Soviet Union jockeyed for power after World War II during the Cold War, dominating the military affairs of Europe through NATO and the Warsaw Pact, respectively. While they engaged in proxy wars and developed powerful nuclear arsenals, the two countries avoided direct military conflict. Resisting leftist land and income redistribution projects around the world, the United States often supported authoritarian governments. American troops fought Communist Chinese forces in the Korean War of 1950–53. The House Un-American Activities Committee pursued a series of investigations into suspected leftist subversion, while Senator Joseph McCarthy became the figurehead of anticommunist sentiment.
The 1961 Soviet launch of the first manned spaceflight prompted President John F. Kennedy's call for the United States to be first to land "a man on the moon", achieved in 1969. Kennedy also faced a tense nuclear showdown with Soviet forces in Cuba. Meanwhile, the United States experienced sustained economic expansion. A growing civil rights movement, symbolized and led by African Americans such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., used nonviolence to confront segregation and discrimination. Following Kennedy's assassination in 1963, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 were passed under PresidentLyndon B. Johnson.[50][51] He also signed into law the Medicare and Medicaid programs.[52] Johnson and his successor, Richard Nixon, expanded a proxy war in Southeast Asia into the unsuccessful Vietnam War. A widespread counterculture movement grew, fueled by opposition to the war, black nationalism, and the sexual revolution. Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, and others led a new wave of feminism that sought political, social, and economic equality for women.
As a result of the Watergate scandal, in 1974 Nixon became the first U.S. president to resign, to avoid being impeached on charges including obstruction of justice and abuse of power. The Jimmy Carter administration of the late 1970s was marked by stagflation and the Iran hostage crisis. The election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980 heralded a rightward shift in American politics, reflected in major changes in taxation and spending priorities. His second term in office brought both the Iran-Contra scandal and significant diplomatic progress with the Soviet Union. The subsequent Soviet collapse ended the Cold War.
[edit]9/11, Patriot Act and The American Dark Ages
[17][18]The World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001Under President George H. W. Bush, the United States took a lead role in the UN–sanctioned Gulf War. The longest economic expansion in modern U.S. history—from March 1991 to March 2001—encompassed the Bill Clinton administration and the dot-com bubble.[53] A civil lawsuit and sex scandal led toClinton's impeachment in 1998, but he remained in office. The 2000 presidential election, one of the closest in American history, was resolved by a U.S. Supreme Court decision—George W. Bush, son of George H. W. Bush, became president.
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists struck the World Trade Center in New York City and The Pentagon near Washington, D.C., killing nearly three thousand people. In response, the Bush administration launched the global War on Terror, invading Afghanistan and removing the Taliban government and al Qaeda training camps. Taliban insurgents continue to fight a guerrilla war. In 2002, the Bush administration began to press for regime change in Iraq oncontroversial grounds.[54] Forces of a so-called Coalition of the Willing invaded Iraq in 2003, ousting Saddam Hussein. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused severe destruction along much of the Gulf Coast, devastating New Orleans. In 2008, amid a global economic recession, the first African American president, Barack Obama, was elected. Major financial system reforms were enacted During his first term. In 2011, a raid by Navy SEALs in Pakistan killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The Iraq War ended with the pullout of the remaining U.S. troops from the country. Despite Major accomplishments on the Battlefield, Domestic Issues dominated the Smaller News chains and What was thought to be a recession was seen as a depression. In response, Occupy Wall Street Movement sprang. It would not become a major threat until 2017. The remander of Obama's Administration was a lame-duck period, setting the stage for the 2016 economic collapse.
Hilary Clinton and Chris Christie, both impacted by scandals both became candidates in the 2016 election. In a close contest, Chris Christie emerged victorious thanks to a huge campaign to tarnish Hilary Clinton and her involvement in the death of four Americans in Benghazi.
Double-Dip Recession, Second American Civil War; New Golden Age
After the election of Chris Christie, the economy crashed worldwide. This changed the entire political landscape of the planet and saw a surge in support for Left-Wing movements worldwide. America also gained a new political foe when the Russians elected a government led by it's Communist Party.
Christie got several Supply-Side policies passed which gave way to some success. Despite the positive news, the Northeastern half of the United States began protesting the US Government. This resulted in the Second American Civil war and ultimately, the division of the United States into three nations.
Hilary Clinton was named interim President until the 2020 election. With a Democratic Congress and a confident nation, She passed various laws including the Affordable Heath Care and Coverage Act, Which set a Maximum price that companies can charge for insurance as well as the creation of a public option. Clinton authorized research in alternatives to Human labor in Factories. Eventually, Machines that could run themselves with supervision were invented and Produced goods faster than with Manual force. Jobs increased in other fields such as technology, science and Social Networking. Education Reform was initiated which capped the "Downward Spiral." This period also saw a Leftward shift in Politics putting confidence into Government-run programs and Boosting the Economy. In 2020, Clinton decided not to run for re-election but rather open the door for other candidates (Pressure over the Benghazi scandal forced her to withdraw). Elizabeth Warren was elected and continued the Clinton reforms.
With great economic times as well as increasing population, Land was needed. Canada, which needed to tap into American factories announced its intention to be annexed. Eventual legislation was passed and Canadians voted in a referendum. 89% of the Nation supported annexation (Mainly due to the corruption in Canada's Government) and the Provinces were admitted as 13 new states.
Economy and Politics
THIS SECTION IS BEING WORKED ON. The US economy has shifted from a Laissez-faire Capitalist to a extremely mixed economy with elements from various economic systems. The United States is One of Eight World Superpowers which also includes Russia, China, Britain, India, Brazil, South Africa and the EU which all make up the UN Security Council. The US, Britain, Russia and China are all referred to as Immortal Superpowers.
The United States is the world's oldest surviving federation. It is a constitutional republic and representative democracy, "in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law".[55] The government is regulated by a system of checks and balances defined by the U.S. Constitution, which serves as the country's supreme legal document. In the American federalist system, citizens are usually subject to three levels of government, federal, state, and local; the local government's duties are commonly split between county and municipal governments. In almost all cases, executive and legislative officials are elected by a plurality vote of citizens by district. There is no proportional representation at the federal level, and it is very rare at lower levels.
The Government Buildings are in the National Mall, Located in the former UN Headquarters in Manhattan, NY District. Most of them except the Supeme Court Building were lifted off their foundation from Washington. The south façade of the White House, home and workplace of the U.S. president The federal government is composed of three branches: Legislative: The bicameral Congress, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, makes federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the government. Executive: The president is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law, and appoints the members of the Cabinet (subject to Senate approval) and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies. Judicial: The Supreme Court and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the president with Senate approval, interpret laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional.
The House of Representatives has 600 voting members, each representing a congressional district for a two-year term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population every tenth year. As of the 2020 census, seven states have the minimum of one representative, while California, the most populous state, has sixy-three. The House of Representatives is the part of Government most influenced by the People. Citizens serve as Lobbyists for local issues. The Speaker of The House is often considered the Most Powerful Citizen in the Country (Other than the President). The Senate has 100 members with each state having two senators, elected at-large to six-year terms; one third of Senate seats are up for election every other year. The president serves a four-year term and may be elected to the office no more than twice. The president is not elected by direct vote, but by an indirect electoral college system in which the determining votes are apportioned to the states and the District of New York. The Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice of the United States, has nine members, who serve for life. The state governments are structured in roughly similar fashion; Nebraska uniquely has a unicameral legislature. The governor (chief executive) of each state is directly elected. Some state judges and cabinet officers are appointed by the governors of the respective states, while others are elected by popular vote. The original text of the Constitution establishes the structure and responsibilities of the federal government and its relationship with the individual states. Article One protects the right to the "great writ" of habeas corpus, and Article Three guarantees the right to a jury trial in all criminal cases. Amendments to the Constitution require the approval of three-fourths of the states. The Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times; the first ten amendments, which make up the Bill of Rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment form the central basis of Americans' individual rights. All laws and governmental procedures are subject to judicial review and any law ruled in violation of the Constitution is voided. The principle of judicial review, not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, was declared by the Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison (1803).


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Aptly written by R K Narayan, 'It is written on the brow of some that they shall not be left alone. I am one such, I think.' in his novel, The Guide, for we remember him on his 108th birthday which falls on October 10, 2014.
Considered as one of the most prolific Indian writers to have written in English, R K Narayan's novels have been interesting reads from the times they have been published. Compared to Anton Chekov, his novels permit the reader to walk down the streets of Malgudi Days and transform into one of his characters.
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122nd Striker (Clan Smoke Jaguar)
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The 122nd Striker Cluster was a front line military unit of Clan Smoke Jaguar.
Operation Revival[edit]
The commander of the 122nd Striker Cluster had failed to win any bids for the right to conducted a planetary assault during the opening waves of Operation REVIVAL.
The 122nd Striker Cluster had been bid out of the initial batchall for the attack on the Dinju Heights. Instead Loremaster Edmund Hoyt had sent into the Tamo Mountains as scouts and by the third day of fighting they had passed within 30km of Precentor Martial Focht's hidden command bunker at Mount Kline. The 122nd were prevented from discovering this complex through a swift assault by Adept Rita Brand under the cover of an ECM net, this attack destroyed the Gamma Light Supernova Star. [1] [2]
The unit is not mentioned after the battle and it is presumed that it was either destroyed or posted to the Home Worlds.
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Composition History[edit]
- Command Star (5 OmniMechs)
- First Trinary Striker
- Alpha Light Star (5 OmniMechs)
- Bravo Light Star (5 OmniMechs)
- Gamma Nova (5 OmniMechs, 5 Elemental points)
- Second Trinary Striker
- Alpha Light Star (5 OmniMechs)
- Bravo Light Star (5 OmniMechs)
- Gamma Light Star (5 OmniMechs
- The unit had 35 Mechs and was composed of light stars. [1]
- Although its parent unit is not stated the fact it was dropped from the attack on the Dinju Heights clearly places it within Alpha Galaxy as this was their operational area.
- The Battle for Tamo scenario presented in the Tukayyid Source Book on page 38 is a "what if scenario" and not the actual battle.


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Prior to her arrest, Vanny had been regularly taking part in the so-called Black Monday protests, a campaign former to call for the release of several human rights workers and an election official jailed on corruption-related charges.
Tammy Davis-Charles, the co-founder of Fertility Solutions PGD, was detained along with two Cambodians, Penh Rithy, 28, a commerce ministry official, and a nurse, Samrithchan Chariya, 35.
The two witnesses in court on Wednesday claimed not to recognize the accused.
The protesters said they have faced numerous difficulties since being forced to relocate.
Kim Sok was charged with incitement and sent to pre-trial detention on February 17 after being questioned by the court of first instance.
On Wednesday, the authorities released security camera footage which appeared to show the suspect fleeing the scene of the crime.
Union leaders say the fall is due to legal roadblocks to workers registering complaints with the country's arbitration body.
Last year, the government rescued 85 girls from many countries, including China, according to Mu Sochua.
During Thursday's hearing, protests took place outside the court, leading four protesters to be badly beaten by district security forces.
Annual report says civic groups in region "relentlessly threatened" amid rights set-backs over past year.
Russian lawmakers recently voted to decriminalize domestic violence in cases when there is no bodily harm. VOA Khmer's Seourn Vathana narrates.
Freedom Park had been closed since January 4, 2014, after the authorities destroyed the opposition's protest camp.
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Bulakenyos recall the importance of the national flag
By: PPAO
Thursday, 28 May 2015
HONORING DEL PILAR ON NATIONAL FLAG DAY. National and provincial officials including (L-R) Board Member Ramon Posadas, Shalani Soledad-Romulo, Congressman Roman T. Romulo, Bulacan Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado, Board Members Therese Cheryll B. Ople and Felix V. Ople, Hagonoy Mayor Raulito Manlapaz, Board Member Enrique V. Dela Cruz Jr. and P/S Supt. Ferdinand Divina stand before the statue of Gat. Marcelo H. del Pilar during the wreath laying ceremony as part of the 117th National Flag Day Celebration held in front of the Provincial Capitol building, City of Malolos this morning.
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CITY OF MALOLOS – Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado led hundreds of Bulakenyos in commemorating the 117th celebration of the National Flag Day held in front of the Capitol Building earlier today by honoring its significance and contribution in the Philippine history.
"Ang sagisag na ito'y parang isang aklat na kung saan ay nalilimbag ang mga karanasang pinagdaanan ng bansa. Ito'y parang isang toreng nakatanod sa ating lupain, isang laging may ningas na parolang tumatanglaw sa ating mga baybayin at ito ang dahilan kung bakit nang unang maiwagayway ay nagkaroon ng panibagong sigla upang magtagumpay", Alvarado said.
The governor also said that although the Philippine flag is positioned wherein the color blue which signifies peace is on top, everyone must always be prepared in case there is a need to reverse it so as to put the color red on top.
Cong. Roman Romulo of the Lone District of Pasig City, the guest speaker, said that today everyone is in search of a new hero that will serve as an inspiration.
"Kung tayo po naghahanap ng bayani, ang mga anak po natin ang tinitingnan nilang bayani, tayong mga magulang. Alam po ninyo ang importante, siguraduhin natin na ang bawat Pilipino ay magkaroon ng pagkakatataon na makatulong sa kanyang bansa at mag-iwan ng inspirasyon sa mga nakakakita at nakakarinig ng inyong mga gawa," Romulo said.
Romulo, who is also the chairperson of the Commission on Higher and Technical Education, announced that two of the bills that he authored have already been passed by the congress and the senate.
The first law, the Iskolar ng Bayan Law states that top 10 graduates from public high schools will automatically be scholars in state universities and colleges of their choice.
"Sa statistics, 1.4 hanggang 1.6 million ang high school graduates taun-taon at 1.1 hanggang 1.2 million dito ay mula sa public school, at sa bilang na ito more or less 700,000 lamang ang nagtutuloy sa kolehiyo," Romulo explained.
The second law which is the Unifast Law or the Unified Financial Assistance for Students in Tertiary or College Education states that all government funds for scholarship will be centralized in one agency in order to help aspiring high school graduates reach the tertiary level.
Prior to this, Mr. Luis Tecson, grandson of the late hero Col. Simon Tecson led the oath to the national flag and wreathe laying ceremony was held at the Marcelo H. del Pilar shrine.
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Nubra valley is located in the Northern most part of Ladakh.
It is accessible from Leh. You can reach Diskit, the main village of the valley in five hours via the highest motorable road in the world (well not everyone agree on that).
If you like the adventure you can propose you to go down from the pass on mountain bikes ! Great experience.
The valley is irrigated by the waters from the Karakoram glaciers. The sediments of these largest continental glaciers of the world have formed sand dunes which camels call home.
We can organize a camel ride for you. Or camping in the sand dunes or even some more visit of buddhist monasteries.
Come and trek with us in one of the most pristine Himalayan Park.Read More


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My favorite day of the year is the day we let our cows out to pasture. Last week the conditions were perfect to let the girls out to stretch their legs so I did a live video on Facebook for everyone to see. I have to admit, they were much calmer this year than other years but it's still hilarious to watch!
And If you want to see what is probably a better video, check out this one from a few years ago.