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When you hired your web designer you probably didn't realize you would also be hiring two to four other companies to manage and maintain your site. If you aren't particularly web-savvy you likely agreed with whatever the designer said and signed the checks. But now years later you may be wondering what do all those web companies do? Do you even need them?
The best way to get your head around all these companies' roles is to compare it to moving in to a new apartment.
Your Domain Name
Your domain name is the URL or web address people use to find your website (like http://legallinguist.com). Some people use their business name as their domain name. Others use key words like their practice area or niche. Think of this like the street address of your new apartment. You can give it to customers to help them find you online.
Domain Registrar
Once you pick a domain name you have to register it with a domain registrar (like Name.com). The registrar claims the domain on your behalf so no one else can set up a website that uses that URL. Think of this like going to the post office or secretary of state and setting up your address. The registry makes the URL officially and exclusively yours.
Hosting Service
The biggest advertisers among web companies may be hosting services (like GoDaddy.com). These are the landlords of the Internet. They own the physical machines where the data for your website (including pictures, written content, layout, and downloadable documents) is stored. You pay them rent to maintain that space and keep it secure.
Email Service
If you have a "vanity email" (like firstname.lastname@example.com) you may have a company that manages your email and forwards it on to your inbox in Microsoft Outlook or to your mobile device. This company is like your mail carrier that delivers email addressed to you at your domain.
Content Management Service
For some people, all of these services get wrapped up together into a bundle along with a content management service program. Blog hosting websites like WordPress.com create all-in-one packages and do a lot of the work for you. But what you gain in convenience you lose in customizability. That's why most web designers will use software from WordPress to allow you to easily access and update your website, its "content management service," but not all of its other services. Think of this as the online layout tool some apartment owners provide to help you plan out where your furniture will go, along with the movers to help you put it where you want it.
Web designers are great at making a very complicated process look easy and beautiful. But as an aspiring blogger and business owner, you need to make sure you know where all the pieces fit. Ask your web designer today to go through all of your web companies with you so you know what each of them actually do.
Lisa Schmidt is a blogging coach with Legal Linguist. She can help you create and maintain a blog to bring potential clients to your door. If you need help starting a blog or updating your website, contact Legal Linguist for a meeting today.


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In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior (Yun-Fat) gives his magical jade sword, Green Destiny, to his lover (Yeoh) to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. As the search leads to the House of Yu, the story takes on a whole different level, including the manipulations of the wicked warrior, Jade Fox (Peipei), a mysterious young woman (Ziyi), and her desert lover (Chen).
Winner of the 2001 Oscar Awards for Foreign Language Film, Art Direction, Cinematography, and Music (Score).
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The Association of Global Automakers (Global Automakers) applauds Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy's announcement regarding the creation of the Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate (CHEAPR) pilot program.
"Governor Malloy understands that point-of-sale rebates are one of the most effective incentives to spur demand for environmentally friendly vehicles," said John Bozzella, president and CEO of Global Automakers. "We applaud his work on the CHEAPR program. It is an important step toward building a green car market in Connecticut to the benefit of consumers and the environment."
CHEAPR is a $1 million pilot program to make green vehicles more affordable by providing a point-of-sale rebate, up to $3,000, for the purchase or lease of battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. The program is also the first in the nation to provide, in addition to the customer rebate, a cash incentive to the auto dealer for each transaction.
"We also want to thank the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Commissioner, Rob Klee, and his staff, for prioritizing the sale of green vehicles," said Bozzella. "Automakers have invested billions of dollars in the development and deployment of ZEVs and are committed to their success in the marketplace. CHEAPR is a great start, and we hope it serves as the foundation for a future, sustainable program."
Connecticut was one of eight states that signed a 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), committing to support, promote, and ensure a robust market for ZEVs.
The Association of Global Automakers, Inc. represents international motor vehicle manufacturers, original equipment suppliers, and other automotive-related trade associations. We work with industry leaders, legislators, and regulators to create the kind of public policy that improves vehicle safety, encourages technological innovation, and protects our planet. Our goal is to foster a competitive environment in which more vehicles are designed and built to enhance Americans' quality of life. For more information, visit www.globalautomakers.org.
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The Givenchy Le Prismissime 9-Colors Eyeshadow Palette. For $62 you can house this gorge palette in your makeup collection. All of your friends will be envious. Or they will think that it is ridic that you spent $62 on a shadow palette.
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Exploratory drilling and aquifer testing at the Kipahulu District, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii
Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4066
By: W.R. Souza
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An exploratory well, located at 388 feet above sea level in Kipahulu Valley on Maui, Hawaii, was completed and tested in October 1980. The 410-foot well penetrates a series of very dense basaltic lava flows of the Hana Formation. At an elevation of 10 feet above mean sea level, the well penetrated a water-bearing zone of permeable basaltic rock. Water from this zone had a head of about 76 feet above sea level. In October of 1980, the well was pump tested for 9 hours at various discharge rates up to 350 gallons per minute with a maximum drawdown of about 12 feet. Based on the test data, the well should produce water at a rate of 200 gallons per minute with a drawdown of less than 3 feet. The water level in the well was continuously monitored from October 1980 to mid-November 1981, during which period a maximum decline of 20 feet was recorded. Water level fluctuations in the well can be correlated to the flow in nearby Palikea Stream. The long-term water level in the well should stabilize at about 75 feet above sea level. Water quality was excellent. The total dissolved-solids content was 49 milligrams per liter and the chloride content was 4.2 milligrams per liter. (USGS)
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"The hotel was beautifully decorated, very comfortable and had very nice touches – fresh milk, serve yourself bar, full size snooker table, great breakfast."
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"The hotel grounds were stunning; Jacquie and Mike were extremely friendly and helpful and catered for my wife's gluten free diet excellently."
"The hotel was exceptional in everyway, the food first class and the view from the window was like a picture from a high quality holiday brochure. Have already recommended to family and friends."
"It was wonderful! It was everything that the description promised – and much more! We will certainly return – regularly!"


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Just imagine the memories that will be made on this Supreme Fort! The 6.5′ platform height , 13′ super slide and 9.5′ high swing beam will provide endless hours of fun for the kids and peace of mind for parents knowing the unit is constructed with massive 4×4 and 4×6 all natural chemical free cedar. The unit also boasts a built in picnic table/lower level floor/sandbox cover. A rock wall and lap bevel wood roof are included as standard features! Dare to compare and you'll find the Supreme Fort is considered another best in class/best in value playset only offered from Playground One!
Footprint: 19' x 22'
Deck Height: 6.5'
Swing Beam Height: 9.5'
Slide Length: 13'
Deck Size: 5' x 5'
Overall Height: 13' 6"
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- Convertible Picnic Table
- Wood Roof
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The Honourable Darryl Smith, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs extends a heartfelt thank you to former national football captain, Kenwyne Jones for his dedication to the sport of football over the last 18 years.
The former Southampton, Sunderland and Stoke City forward announced his retirement on Monday and will hang up his boots by the end of the year.
Jones who had had an illustrious career in football has made over 90 appearances with 23 goals for Trinidad and Tobago. Jones was named the Secondary Schools Football League Player of the Year in 2002 while playing for St Anthony's College.
In 2003, he made his international debut against Finland. He was named Sunderland Player of the Year in 2007/2008 as well as Players' Player of the Year that same season. He also received the accolade of Trinidad and Tobago Footballer of the Year in 2007, 2010 and 2013.
A talented son of the soil, Jones played in two World Cups, the 2001 FIFA under 17 Men's World Cup in T&T and the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany. He also appeared in three Concacaf Gold Cups in 2005, 2013 and 2015.
Speaking today, Jones said, "'My decision to retire from playing has not been an easy one for me but having thought about it at length, and having discussed it with those closest to me, I believe that now is the right time to move on to the next chapter in my life and career."
The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs once again thanks Kenwyne Jones for a sterling contribution to the sport of football and to the county. We wish him continued success in his future endeavours.


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Dashboard Evaluation Project
Description : Influence of mode of visual representation on dashboard evaluations
Partner : Renault, Perception and Sensory Analysis group
Years : 2009-2011
The project's objective is to investigate what the dashboards characteristics are (height, depth, ....) that are properly evaluated from configurable virtual mock-up, according to the mode of representation
4 modes of representation were studied:
- Photo mode: on display
- Quicktime VR mode: on display with an interaction allowing for viewpoint displacement
- Wall mode: photo on a screen projection of a 1:1 scale
- Cave mode: stereoscopic projection on 4 screens taking into account real-time subject point of view (via motion capture system).
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- Expertise in behavioral science for the development of experimental design and data interpretation.
- Infography and software development for the project.
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text: The Lawrence County Museum represents our proud past and looks forward to a wonderful future.Established in 1988, The Lawrence County Museum located on the corner of 6th and Adams Street in Ironton, Ohio is open Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. till 4:00 p.m. April through mid-December or by appointment by calling 740-532-1222 and please leave a message.The mission of the Historical Society and Museum is to preserve the proud past of Lawrence County, Ohio. The Museum is staffed by volunteers, (Docents) who truly care about Lawrence County, Ohio and our proud heritage.The museum offers an array of fascinating objects and history from the Nannie Kelly Wright room,( Nannie was the only known female Iron Master in the world, and the 2nd wealthiest woman in the world of her time), to the Reverend Rankin Room, ( famous abolitionist of slavery), the actual running of a miniature Iron Furnace, John Campbell, founder of Ironton, and so much more.Take in the Military Room. A tribute to the armed forces and soldiers from the Revolutionary War all the way up thru the Vietnam War You don't know what you have been missing until you see these wonderful pieces and hear the stories of yesteryear.


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Platform price pressure: will advisers start to absorb the costs?
By Katie Marriner
The issue of who should pay for platforms is a red-hot topic again – so what is the answer and what are the consequences for advisers and clients?
The long-running debate about who should pay for platforms – advisers or clients – has reared its head again after consolidator AFH announced it will no longer charge clients for using a platform.
AFH, currently one of the most prolific acquirers in the market, says no other charges will increase as a result.
The move came ahead of the FCA releasing its platform market study interim report on Monday.
With the regulator's laser focus on value for money and competition evident again, will more advice firms follow AFH's lead?
Paying the price
AFH claims it is the first advice firm in the UK to decide to absorb platform fees. The change will start by the end of the year.
The national firm, which acquired six IFA businesses in the first half of 2018, says it had already used its "growing purchasing power" to negotiate lower platform fees.
The firm did not want to name the platforms it has longstanding relationships with, but says firms it buys can continue to use whichever platform they were using before the acquisition. AFH, unlike fellow consolidator Succession, does not run a white-label platform of its own.
A spokesman says the established low rates it has negotiated are what has led it to be able to stop charging platform fees to clients. The firm is clear no other costs will increase because of the move.
AFH did not want to comment as to what its current platform costs are. However, chief executive Alan Hudson believes more advisers will follow AFH's lead.
He says: "Platforms are too expensive anyway and as it's mainly advisers who benefit from using them, we don't think it's right that our clients pay for them."
"found 87 per cent of advisers said clients should pay for the platform as the client is the main beneficiary"
Data from a Platforum survey last October hints AFH's move will not open the floodgates for more advice firms to take on the cost of using a platform. That research, in which 285 advisers were polled, found 87 per cent of advisers said clients should pay for the platform. Nearly three-quarters (73 per cent) said the client is the main beneficiary of the platform's service.
National IFA Ascot Lloyd, which merged with consolidator Bellpenny a year ago, questions if following AFH's lead makes commercial sense for advice firms.
Investment director Steven Lloyd says: "It's an interesting decision as historically wealth management firms have offered their own platforms as an additional way to increase their income."
Lloyd adds: "There are a lot of regulatory demands when you are a platform operator and, as we have seen with the Old Mutual Wealth platform, there are heavy costs involved in ensuring clients have the latest functionality and issues with re-platforming. That has to be taken into account as a risk with this approach."
Ascot Lloyd has a panel of five platforms – Aegon, AJ Bell, FundsNetwork, Parmenion and Zurich – and says it has used its scale to negotiate discounts, which can be up to 50 per cent off standard charges.
Lloyd says: "At the outset of the business we had neither scale in terms of assets under management nor large numbers of advisers. However, we completed our due diligence and identified the platforms we wanted to work with, and we then talked them through the business plan and our vision for the company, and they were all comfortable to give us preferential terms. We continue that process and the custody charges have been reduced further since then as the company has grown."
Adviser view: Jeannie Boyle, director, EQ investors
From my experience pretty much anyone can negotiate, but it varies between platform about how open they are to amending the published rates. Its very difficult to get a sense of who is paying what for various platforms, but in some cases even for a firm our size it does make a difference. I don't think there's any published list showing how they go about it, not one they are willing to share with advisers at least. It depends not just on the size of the assets, but also maybe on promises to use as a primary platform, the promise of business and the faith on what you are going to put on there.
Network Tenet says deciding whether to absorb platform fees would be down to each individual advice business in its group and would not be something imposed by Tenet.
Business development director Ben Wright says: "Tenet has always enabled its appointed representatives to run their own businesses as they choose within our regulatory framework." He adds: "All of our firms are continually considering ways to ensure that they remain competitive on cost and offer great value for money to their clients, which may involve periodic reviews of their charging structure or the decision to discount their fees in certain circumstances."
Tenet launched its own platform through Hubwise last year and tells Money Marketing it also "supports all of the major platforms".
Wright says: "We have negotiated some great platform charge deals for our members with a number of market-leading platforms, and we continue to keep close contact with providers, to ensure that our members have access to the best possible deals in the market."
Exactly what the threshold is – in terms of assets firms hold on a platform – for advisers being able to start negotiating deals on platform fees remains unclear.
"Some discretionary fund managers will discount charges, charging around 10 basis points less"
Last month Money Marketing reported discretionary fund managers will discount charges for portfolios run through platforms, with some believed to charge around 10 basis points less.
Investment Quorum chief executive Lee Robertson says advice businesses with more than £100m on a platform can start to negotiate discounts. But he acknowledges there is an amount of "secrecy" around discounts, and platforms prefer to negotiate individually with each firm.
Investment Quorum negotiates "hard" on clients' behalf for lower fees, Robertson says.
He adds: "We pass our platform fees on to clients but totally explicitly. We are totally transparent and explain the benefit of the platform and what it can do for the client and that it is part of the charging structure that we pass on to clients."
Robertson says AFH is to be commended for absorbing the platform fee and pledging not to increase its adviser fees as a result.
He says: "Good, thoughtful firms are always looking at ways to deliver more value to clients so I suspect this will be part of a trend during a period of low returns to try and reduce the impact of charges on clients. It will come down to the individual firm, its profitability and its business model."
Pilot Financial Planning director Ian Thomas is more sceptical, questioning if the move is a "self-interested PR exercise". He says it is hard to know if this will create pricing pressure in the market, without having a clear idea of what AFH's charges are.
However, he adds: "If [the overall cost to clients] can be kept at a level that is reasonable then that is the most important thing. From the client's perspective it doesn't matter if it is because the fund managers are being squashed down in price or if the platform fee has been removed or if advisers have reduced their fees."
Expert view: Graham Bentley, managing director, Gbi2
AFH saw the writing on the wall
In 2017, the average all-in advice, portfolio management and platform cost for a retail investor was around 200 basis points. By 2022, in an expected low-return environment that will need to shrink to 80bps if the proportion of portfolio returns lost to fees, which is currently around 24 per cent, stays the same.
In the US, robo-adviser Wealthfront already charges an all-in 25bps.
In the UK, B2B platforms provide services for advisers. By following the trade press or studying platforms' sales and marketing strategies one recognises those platforms' customers are the advisers.
Platforms perform web maintenance, migrations and system testing at weekends, because that's when advisers are off duty, despite that being when customers are most likely to want access. Clients aren't completely free to do what they want, because that is deemed to interfere with the adviser/client relationship.
"Representing thousands of clients, firms negotiate on price; individual clients can't do that"
Over a client's investment life, the negative impact of ad valorem platform fees on returns is astonishing. For example, on a £1m portfolio growing at 5 per cent a year on one of the leading platforms with zero advice cost, the fees reduce the return by more than £187,000. Given lower expected returns, something has to give.
While advisers are unlikely to take one for their clients by aggressively cutting their own fees, which have almost doubled since RDR, larger advice brands like AFH clearly see the writing on the wall, electing to absorb platform costs themselves. Representing thousands of clients, this allows those businesses to aggressively negotiate on price, which individual clients are unable to do.
The FCA has identified that the clients of some larger advice businesses with significant assets under management are already benefiting from preferential prices negotiated with both platforms and fund groups.
While advice remains a cottage industry, negotiating power is negligible. National businesses with scale and strong management have the opportunity to create new financial services brands that resonate with investors, delivering quality financial advice at a reasonable price.


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Demonstrator boats give a practical exhibition and explanation of how a boat works, the skills that created the craft, and what options can be had. This description doesn't really fit the Naiad 6.8 that Yamba Welding and Engineering created to showcase their skills and newly acquired Licence to build Naiad's.
The Naiad 6.8 is absolutely packed with features, bow boarding, D-shaped pontoons, suspension seating, VHF, GPS, Stereo, large storage lockers, twin 140hp engines, stainless steel handrails, Ski pole, extra heavy duty outer covers with 4 inner tubes and so much more...
This Naiad not only looks great it performs superbly. With a top speed of 78 Kph (42.1 Knots) and a cruise speed of 49.6 Kph (26.8 Knots) it is one quick vessel. The twin DF 140 Suzuki engines also have great fuel economy with 1.2 Litres per Km used at top speed and only 0.7 Litres per Km used at cruise, giving a range of 299 km with 220 litre tank (with 5% reserve).


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What Kind of Father Will He Be?
Chances are, if you're an expecting mom-to-be, you have, at one point or another, looked over at your main man and imagined the type of father he'll make once your baby arrives (and if you haven't yet, I'm going to bet you will after reading this article!).
Maybe you've pondered this while he assisted an elderly woman at the grocery store, or played football in the backyard with a young nephew. (Yay! He's going to be a helping father!) Or, maybe you've considered this as he ignored a pile of dirty dishes with such fervor you thought he might break his neck while walking by and looking in the opposite direction. (Oh no! He's going to disappear every time the baby needs a diaper change!)
If this sounds like a game you've played (or continue to play) during pregnancy, you may want to consider the following questions:
1. It's 9PM. You're hugely pregnant and craving chocolate chip mint ice cream. Your man:
a. Jumps up and heads out the door before you can finish the request
b. Fake snores on the sofa until you give up and munch on cookies instead
2. The dog pees on the living room floor. He:
a. Cleans it up without comment and moves on
b. Steps over it until it dries into a hardened crust
3. You get sick and spend a day in bed. He:
a. Fixes chicken noodle soup and serves it with a smile
b. Claims he can't figure out how to use the can opener and brings you crackers instead
If most of your answers fall within the A range, smile and relax; chances are he'll feel comfortable enough to jump in and take over baby duty when the time arrives. If you answered mostly Bs though, you might want to recruit additional help now, in case he locks himself in his man-cave on your baby's first colicky night and remains there until kindergarten.
All joking aside, if you really want to know what type of daddy your man may be (or even the type of mom you may be), Dr. Vicki Panaccione, parenting expert and founder of Better Parenting Institute, says to ask yourself these questions:
- Does he know how to be playful and have fun?
- Is he easily grossed out?
- Is he sentimental?
- Does he share?
- Will he pitch in and help?
- How patient is he when it's time to leave and you're not quite ready?
- Can he share you – your attention – or does he want you all to himself?
- Does he treat people with respect?
- Does he get easily embarrassed?
And before you get too worried, remember this: chances are you fell in love with the guy because he stole your heart and made you smile, and he's going to be that same great guy when the baby arrives. So, if he helps you around the house now, he'll likely continue to do so when you add on to the family. If he's playful and fun now, he's probably going to be rolling around the front lawn with a toddler in a few years.
And if not? Then it may come down to telling him your – and your baby's – needs.
Some men aren't sure how best to help out or how to interact with children, despite reading a million What to Expect When Baby Arrives and How to Be the World's Greatest Dad books. His relationship with his family, his childhood, and his basic personality all come in to play when it's time to be a father. Besides these aspects, "Becoming a parent is like taking on a new job," says Panaccione; a job for which you have absolutely no training.
If you're the new dad and you aren't sure what to do, practice. Prior to leaving the hospital, practice baby care techniques, like changing a diaper and bathing baby, under supervision. "Parenting is on-the-job training. The more you do, the more comfortable you become. "And," adds Panaccione, "your wife is nervous, too."
New dads can help by:
- Getting up in the middle of the night with mom and/or baby;
- Take charge by bringing home take out, buying groceries, and doing some laundry (tip from Dr. Panaccione: when in doubt, use the cold setting on the washer);
- Understanding a wife's full time job in the first few months is feeding, nurturing, and caring for the totally defenseless new baby; her secondary job is to take a shower and change clothes; and her third job is to try to stay awake as much as possible;
- and, Spending time with your baby. The baby needs you, so be there for her! Start in the womb by singing and talking and bonding vocally; then, after birth, by holding, rocking, singing, and making as much physical contact as you can.
If you are a new mom whose husband seems lost in the newborn process, "The best thing she could do is make him feel important and necessary in this process that seems to be so mom/baby focused." Do this by telling him how appreciated he is and reinforcing the things he does that really help. "Dads tend to feel left on the sidelines … bringing him in will be very beneficial for both of them."


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TIMISOARA, Romania - Four people have been charged with trafficking 100 Romanians to Ireland, finding them jobs, then extorting most of their wages, a prosecutor said Thursday.
The victims were recruited from poor families near the southwestern city of Timisoara from 2006 to 2008, and employed in low-paying jobs in eastern Ireland around the town of Enniscorthy, said anti-corruption prosecutor Tamas Schifbeck.
In Ireland, the victims mostly worked in agriculture and the construction business.
They were initially obliged to pay traffickers a fee of euros 2,500 ($3,400), then forced to pay 80 percent of their earnings to traffickers, said Schifbeck. If they didn't, they were beaten and their families threatened in Romania, he said.
Four other Romanians have been charged with aiding the people traffickers. If convicted, the eight suspects could be imprisoned for up to 15 years.
Irish police and Romanian intelligence helped with the case.


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Baby transport, child carrier, stroller, or pram consists of devices used for transporting and carrying infants. A child carrier is a device used to carry an infant or small child on the body of an adult. Such on-the-body carriers are designed in various forms such as baby slings, backpack carriers, and soft front or hip carriers, with varying materials and degrees of rigidity, decoration, support and confinement of the child.
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I have to drive to fredonia, ny to pick up my daughter from school next Sunday. It's a 7 hr drive for me so I'm thinking of camping sat night. Anyone familiar with western NY and places to camp/hang? Ideally it would be not far off rt 17 which I take almost all the way out and within a couple hours of buffalo but I'm open to all suggestions.


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5 Game Changing Ways to Get in Shape
Game Changing Ways, In these contemporary times, people are busier and have less time for their health. Healthy lifestyle increases your fitness level and makes you more productive. Here are 5 ways that can help achieving the best version of you. Try some of these recommended tips to get in shape. And witness the change in you .
Fluid Intake
A person takes at least 8 glasses of water a day. Fluids are essential for a healthy body. Our bodies are made of 70% of liquids and fluids. The functions of the fluids include digestion, circulation, absorption, transportation of nutrients, and maintenance of body temperature. A hydrated body delivers more energy, and increases our stamina and alertness.
Variety Adds more life
Nowadays, fitness trainers prefer a subtle combination of cardio and weight trainings for a healthy lifestyle.
At one hand weight training add more muscle and burn more calories…. And the other hand cardio stimulates heart and the whole body. Weight training, in addition to burning calories, also has an after burn effect. Your body would continuously burn calories. Even after you get done with the weight training. People also get bored with the same workout routines. These tiresome routines force them to lose interest in the exercise.
So find different ways to keep your exercise routine exciting and workable for you. Therefore, You can also add physical activities like sports, Zumba and yoga in your daily routine to spice things up.
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Many people find it hard to spare even couple of minutes to work out and keep themselves fit. Be it your work routine, taking care of your kids or simply doing house chores, workout would probably be the last thing on your list. With HIIT workouts one can do high intensity workout in a very short period of time. This could prove to be extremely effective in the long run. 20-30 of interval training will pay it off well.
Procrastination kills the progress. Game Changing Ways.
If you wait for perfect conditions to work out, it going to be a long time coming or it may never happen. One has to enjoy the workout to make it pleasant experience. Finally, Find the set of workouts that excite you more and better stick to them. Therefore, Choose easy and doable hacks to get in shape.
One of the most integral part of your workout routine is self-motivation. It's the only thing that keeps you going. Working out in a group is a great way to keep yourself motivated and help you keep a track of your progress level.
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St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 9, 2014 – The No. 2-ranked Washington University in St. Louis women's basketball team scored a season-high 91 points and outrebounded No. 20 Emory University 60-19 en route to a 91-55 win over the Eagles in University Athletic Association (UAA) action Sunday afternoon.
Washington U. improved to 18-2 overall and 8-1 in the UAA with the win, while Emory dropped to 15-5 overall and 4-5 in the UAA. The Bears travel to Waltham, Mass., to take on Brandeis University (12-8, 6-3 UAA) at 6 p.m. (ET) Friday, Feb. 14. Washington U. then faces No. 24 New York University (18-2, 7-2 UAA) at 1 p.m. (ET) Sunday, Feb. 16, in New York City. The Bears hold a one-game lead over the Violets in the UAA standings heading into the final five games, and earned a 70-60 victory over NYU Jan. 19 in St. Louis.
Three of Emory's first seven field goals in the game were three-pointers as the Eagles gained a 17-12 lead with 10:36 to play in the opening half. Junior guard Maddy Scheppers accounted for 16 of the Bears' first 17 points in the game, and she made her third three-pointer of the game followed by a pair of bonus free throws to tie the score at 17-17 with 9:38 left in the half. Those five points by Scheppers sparked a 21-2 run for Washington U. over a span of 4:46 as the Bears took a 33-19 lead to break the game open. During the run, Washington U.'s defense limited Emory to 1-of-5 shooting from the field and forced four turnovers, including three steals by the Bears. The Eagles cut the deficit to 12 points twice in the final six minutes of the half, but Washington U. scored its final six points of the half at the free-throw line and took a 47-31 lead into halftime.
Washington U. extended its lead to 24 points (58-34) in the opening 4:02 of the second half as Emory missed its first eight field-goals of the half. After a layup by the Eagles made it 58-36 with 15:03 remaining, Washington U. scored the next five points and a putback by junior forward Melissa Gilkey pushed the Bears' lead to 63-36 with 13:34 to play. Emory got no closer than 23 points the remainder of the game as Washington U. ran away with the 91-55 win.
Washington U. shot 48.3 percent (29-60) from the field in the win, including 7-of-15 (46.7 percent) from three-point range. The Bears limited Emory to 28.8 percent (19-66) shooting from the field, including 7-of-22 (31.8 percent) from beyond the arc. WUSTL was also 26-of-32 (81.3 percent) at the free-throw line, while Emory finished 10-of-14 (71.4 percent). Washington U. outscored the Eagles 40-20 in the paint and turned 20 offensive rebounds into a 21-5 advantage in second-chance points. The Bears finished with a 60-19 rebounding advantage, including a 20-8 advantage in offensive boards. Washington U. limited Emory to just five rebounds in the second half.
Scheppers scored 16 of her game-high 19 points in the opening 10:22 of the game, and had all 19 points in the first half. She was 3-of-6 from three-point range and 6-of-7 at the free-throw line, and also pulled down six rebounds. Gilkey recorded the 16th double-double of her career with 15 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Senior forward Kristin Anda scored nine points, including 7-of-8 at the free-throw line, and pulled down six rebounds, while sophomore guard Jordan Thompson tallied nine points, six assists and four rebounds. Senior forward Jordan Rettig added seven points and 11 rebounds, including five on the offensive glass. Junior guard Alyssa Johanson had eight points off the bench, and senior guard Jessy Rosen equaled her career-high with seven points and three rebounds in six minutes off the bench.
Bear Notebook: Washington U. leads the all-time series against Emory 45-6 … WUSTL's 91 points was the most in a game since a 96-67 win at Chicago Jan. 5, 2013 … The Bears are 17-0 this season when leading at halftime … WUSTL has outrebounded 42 of its last 48 opponents, including 18 out of 20 this season … Gilkey's 15 rebounds was the most by a Washington U. player since Jaimie McFarlin also grabbed 15 in the 2010 NCAA Division III Championship game against Hope College March, 20, 2010 … It was the 15th straight double-digit scoring game for Gilkey this season … Gilkey made her 75th consecutive start.


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[The following is a Stemman parable dating back to several centuries. It is often repeated among the nobility and the peasantry alike, to remind the nobles of their duties toward their vassals.]
Once there was a baron by name of Edward Rederick, who had inherited a vast and lovely estate called Rederick Park. The Park had existed without incident for three generations before Baron Edward assumed control from his ailing father. Unlike his predecessors, the young baron was not well-liked by the vassals who tended his estate, for he took advantage of them, hoarding food and wealth in his manor while the local peasantry starved. To avoid reprisals, Edward hid behind the high walls of his home, only leaving under heavy guard to collect taxes and foodstuffs from his poor vassals.
In order to pass the time and ward off their depression, the peasants began to play a game which a group of Travelers, recently arrived from Xiros, had introduced to them. The game, which is now known as dogball, quickly became quite popular. Within a short period of time it had even caught the attention of Baron Edward himself; and from time to time, he and the members of his household could be seen standing at the manor windows, watching the games from afar. Gradually, his curiosity began to get the better of him, and the baron started to venture out from the safety of the manor to spectate in person with his family.
After several moons of this, the peasants finally hatched a plan to take revenge upon their tyrannical lord. They organized a dogball tournament, the likes of which had never been seen before, and were sure to advertise it well in order to ensure that the baron would attend. When the day of the tournament rolled around at last, the peasants were pleased to see that Baron Edward, his family, and their private retinue of soldiers had all come out to watch. The competition was fierce and the games entertaining, and the Rederick family finally returned to their manor as night fell–only to find that the doors of the manor were locked tight. Bewildered, the baron demanded that the doors to his home be opened and his family allowed inside, and so imagine his shock as several of his vassals poked their heads out from his bedroom windows. The peasants had seized control of the manor while the family was distracted and were now barricaded inside the high walls. Baron Edward was mortified that he had been so handily outsmarted and refused to call in assistance to remove them from his manor. Instead, he opted to cut a deal with the leader that would establish a code of responsibilities for the Rederick family, ensuring that no peasant of Rederick Park would ever go hungry again.


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Munich (Germany), 21 August 2018 – The ELATEC multi-standard RFID reader in the TWN4 range offers maximum flexibility in identification technology. The RFID specialists now offer manufacturers and users more freedom when activating RFID technologies. Users activate HID Prox and iCLASS with the TWN4 Upgrade Card only when needed so they buy just the licenses they actually need.
ELATEC RFID readers, such as TWN4 MultiTech 3 BLE, support all common technologies (LF, HF, NFC, BLE). Configuration can be carried out easily and in a contactless manner with the TWN4 CONFIG Programmer and TWN4 Configuration Cards. ELATEC is now using the same principle to offer its customers even more flexibility and cost control in preparation and customizing. System manufacturers and system integrators can use the TWN4 Upgrade Card at any time to equip their stock of TWN4 readers with further technologies, if customers so desire. ELATEC readers can even be upgraded with the TWN4 Upgrade Card retroactively, for example, to equip systems that are already installed in the field. Three different activation options are available for the TWN4 Upgrade Card: Option P for HID Prox, option I for HID iCLASS, and option PI supporting both technologies. Upgrade Cards are available up to 100 licenses.


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If you plan to fly out of Chicago O'Hare or Chicago Midway airports this summer, you will want to arrive very early.
Both airports are suggesting that travelers arrive at least three hours early to ensure they make it through very crowded security checkpoints.
Before today, the TSA, which is very understaffed, suggested that travelers arrive at least two hours early to ensure they make it through security and catch their flight.
Airport security lines have been growing across the country recently thanks to an influx of passengers, and the TSA has struggled to keep up with the demand.
TRAVELERS: @TSA checkpoints are experiencing longer than avg wait times. We recommend arriving 3hrs prior to flights https://t.co/eFNeugkRD8
— O'Hare Intl. Airport (@fly2ohare) May 17, 2016
As more Americans return to work and the cost of airfare has continued to fall, more people are choosing to take vacations in 2016 by way of air travel.
In 2013, the TSA had more than 47,000 full-time workers serving 643 million travelers. This year, the agency reported having around 42,500 workers with an increase to 740 million airline travelers.
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin's office announced Tuesday that O'Hare will soon receive 58 additional TSA officers and four bomb-sniffing dogs. He didn't say when those new workers would arrive at the very crowded airport.
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Father's Rights on a Child's Last Name Change
There are a number of reasons a parent might want to change a child's name, and in most cases, the judicial system takes into consideration the wishes of both parents when deciding whether to allow a surname change for a minor child. In cases where the parents disagree about changing a child's last name, the court must weigh the mother's rights and the father's rights.
To change the name of a minor child—usually considered a child younger than 18 years of age—both the mother and father must consent to the name change. In most cases, both parents must sign consent forms as part of the name-change petition 2. If the parents are not in contact, the parent initiating the name change must have the other parent served with legal papers indicating her intent to change the child's name and publish her intent to change the child's name in local media.
If the father and mother agree to the name change, the court will usually hold a hearing to confirm that the child wants his name changed, and the name change will be approved. However, if either parent objects to the name change, the court will try the case to determine whether the name change is in the child's best interest. Both parents will get to give their side of the story, and the judge will usually ask the child for his opinion as well. In cases where the parents disagree, the judge will take into account numerous factors, including the child's involvement with each parent and the circumstances contributing to the child's name change.
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When both parents agree on the child's name change, the process of changing a name can take just a few weeks or months. If the case has to be tried, however, it can take several months or longer, depending on how it is scheduled on the court calendar. If the decision is appealed, it can take even longer.
Minor name changes are under the judicial umbrella of the individual states. Because of this, the requirements for changing a child's last name vary slightly from state to state. For this reason, you may find that the requirements for fulfilling your parental rights may be slightly different in different states. Check with your local Circuit Court clerk to find out exactly how your rights will play out in a particular state.
Changing a child's last name does not terminate parental responsibilities, including child-support responsibilities. In order to terminate parental responsibilities, a parent must legally petition the court to sever all parental rights and duties.
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West Gardiner is the site of one of the Maine Turnpike Authority's service plazas. In addition to the usual fast food providers, the plaza is home to the Center for Maine Craft. The Center features a retail gallery for handcrafted work by Maine artisans; cultural tourism information including craft artists' studios, commercial galleries, and nonprofit arts organizations; and exhibitions of fine craft sponsored by Maine's premier craft organizations.
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It could be that some of you have been waiting for this small piece of news a long time, perhaps longer than a long time, or perhaps it has seemed that way. The waiting list for a new school grew to many hundreds while I wandered the hemispheres on the Mankiller Tour, (which began casually in 2015 and hasn't come to it's senses yet). No one on this end saw that coming. The waiting list folks have been chewing this bone for a few days, and now we are letting it be known that a new class of the Orphan Wisdom School here in eastern Ontario, Canada will gather in the coming spring (First session: May 3-7, 2017). There will be another new class for our friends overseas which will have it's beginning in Wales, UK (First session: May 17-21, 2017).
It is news to no one that we are in some strange days. Strange days. I want you to be assured by one thing: that strangeness and these days will crowd the threshold of the Orphan Wisdom School, and they will get the harrowing and the heartache they deserve as we go about our learning. Perhaps there are mysteries tethered to the stake now. Maybe this is what it has come to. Perhaps some portion of this mystifying and sorrowed world is attending to the way in which we awaken, sorrowed as some of us are. This newest not-quite-yet-conjured Orphan Wisdom School will proceed accordingly, with little evidence that this is so or that what we do might consequence the deal.
Would that our endangered and dangerous days be remembered, years from now, as a time when some gathered and rose up and, truant no more, learned their lives. Then our learning together will begin to be tethered to something vast and thrilled, and burdened with purpose,
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Nation Revisited
Nation Revisited # 89, March 2012. email@example.com Following the Mob Representative government would be a fine thing but parliamentary democracy based on the party system has very little to do with "the will of the people." Public opinion is orchestrated by the mass media and exploited by unscrupulous politicians. Instead of trying to lead and educate the mob they pander to its basest instincts. The Labour Party encourages class war and the Tories promote xenophobia. We have had an equal share of Labour and Tory government since the war. We survived the economic downturns that come every ten years or so and we enjoyed the good times in between. But most of the improvements have come from the scientists not the politicians. The scientists gave us modern medicine and labour-saving devices and the politicians gave us mass immigration and unemployment. The UK is owned and controlled by big business. BP has got more power than the Bank of England and Tesco is more influential than the government. Our armed forces are under NATO command, our economy is controlled by the World Trade Organisation and our foreign policy is dictated by Washington. Putting our illiterate crosses on ballot papers every five years is therefore a complete waste of time. But things are starting to change. The Rothschild deficit spending system depends on a growing economy to keep up the repayments and a compliant population to keep paying taxes. But the economy is standing still and people are worried about their declining standards of living. The dollar has reigned supreme for nearly a century but it's now being challenged. India is negotiating to buy Iranian oil with gold. This could be the beginning of the end for American hegemony. Having the dollar as a reserve currency has enabled Wall Street to dominate the West but they don't have the same power in Asia. And China holds $1 trillion of American bonds. Most of the UK press is owned by big business and committed to the status quo. We can only hope that falling newspaper circulation means that people are starting to think for themselves. At present they get their opinions from billionaires like Rupert Murdoch. On his instructions the great British public voted for the Tony Blair/Gordon Brown circus three times in a row. They believed the lies about "weapons of mass destruction" and allowed a spendthrift government to borrow £1 trillion from their friends in the City of London. The system that made this possible is plutocracy not democracy. Colourful Language The websites and publications of the far-right like to use colourful language; much of it borrowed from the great religions. We therefore hear about the "Abyss" in connection with the EU. We have apparently been pushed into the Abyss by the "Juggernaut of Doom," and we are now facing "Armageddon." "Admin" posting on the BNP Ideas website used some hair-raising phrases: "The difference between Brazil and Britain's economies is apparent and vast: the Brazilians have ensured that their government acts in the national interest, while the British people have continuously voted for a vile nest of vipers who seek nothing less than the entire destruction of our country at all levels. The work of the traitors in the House of Treason has already plunged Britain below a Second World nation like Brazil. Let us all pray that the coming year brings about a change in the fortunes of our nation, before it sinks ever lower into the Third World." It's hard to believe that Dave Cameron and his team seek our "total destruction." And it's hardly surprising that we have been overtaken by Brazil; a huge nation of nearly 200 million people with abundant natural resources. Our decline is surely the result of efficient competition from abroad. But the BNP puts it down to a "Vile Nest of Vipers." Not to be outdone for hyperbole the "official" BNP website offered the following careful analysis: "William Hague has got a nerve lecturing the DR Korea and Burma, for all their faults at least the native inhabitants can walk their capitals safely unlike the third world sewer called London with its criminal knife-wielding scum ruling the streets…" This sort of language is counter-productive. Nobody in their right mind thinks that North Korea is a better place to live than the UK. If the BNP wants to be taken seriously they should drop the purple prose. Changing Times Our school holidays date back to the days when the kids helped out with the harvest. But today only 1.5% of our workforce manages to produce an impressive 60% of our food. Machinery has replaced manpower in most industries. It used to take weeks for a gang of men to unload a ship but now containerized cargoes are unloaded by crane in a matter of hours. Open-caste mines excavate near-surface coal by dragline in a fraction of the time taken by miners working in deep pits. A truck driver using a vehicle-mounted crane can unload palletised materials in minutes. And the thousands of printers that used to produce our newspapers have been replaced by a few technicians. Automation has made life easier but it has put people out of work. New jobs have been created in electronics and telecommunications but they require higher levels of skill. This will change patterns of immigration and education. The days of recruiting cheap labour from all over the world are numbered. People will still go abroad to find work but the free-for-all of recent years will give way to a more selective system as specialized labour becomes more expensive. Economic forces are starting to work against globalism. Chinese labour costs are escalating as migration from the country to the cities drives up rents and prices. The Chinese economy is growing at 9.7% per year and inflation is running at 4.2%. At the same time the rising cost of oil is making shipping dearer. This means that products can now be made competitively in North America and Europe. British manufacturing suffered badly from "outsourcing" but it's now recovering. Our top exports are; nuclear reactors, fuel oils, cars, electrical machinery, pharmaceuticals, precious metals, optical and surgical equipment, aircraft, space equipment and plastics. We cannot compete with Asia for mass production but we are winning orders for quality products. Many of our manufacturers are foreign-owned but they employ British workers and pay British taxes. Of course it would be better if our industries were British-owned but it's good that people are employed instead of living on the dole. Racism The conviction of two white men, Gary Dobson and David Norris, for killing a black man, Stephen Lawrence, revived the debate about racism in the UK. At the same time Luis Suarez a Liverpool footballer from Uruguay called Patrice Evra a "negro"; he is a Manchester United player from Senegal. Now Chelsea's John Terry is accused of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand, a mixed-race player for Queens Park Rangers. Both men are important members of the England squad. The murder of an innocent man naturally upset the black community but their sensitivity to "racism" is hard to understand when they listen to black music, study black history, believe in black power and take every opportunity to celebrate their blackness. The French believed that culture would prevail so they insisted on speaking French and refused to collect racial statistics or work to racial quotas. The result is that their black and brown people have confined themselves to ghettos and occasionally riot. In the UK we took the opposite approach and "celebrated diversity" by encouraging every language and culture. We also introduced "positive discrimination" to promote blacks over whites. The result is that our black and brown people have confined themselves to ghettos and occasionally riot. The truth is that immigration is all about numbers. A trickle of black or brown people can be absorbed into the culture of a white country but an uncontrolled flood is overwhelming; and when entire areas are taken over assimilation becomes impossible as invasion turns into colonization. Most of the Third World immigrants who came to Europe looking for a better life found jobs and settled successfully. But the factories that used to employ them are now shut and many of them have been forced onto the dole queue. It's time to look at the problem of supply and demand. It is not racist to conclude that a country with nearly three million unemployed does not need more immigrants. The Myth of Competition Conservatives insist that nationalized industries are wasteful and inefficient. But some private companies are dependent on subsidies and the banks are effectively a cartel offering similar rates and services. We were told that privatization would bring competition and bring down prices. This has happened with telecoms but the private railway companies get £4 billion a year from the state and we still have the dearest railways in the world. Gas, electricity and water companies appear to be competitive but there is actually nothing to choose between them. Privatization only works when there is genuine competition and a level playing field. Industries that depend on subsidies and hide behind regulation deserve to be nationalized. Let's start with the banks. They take no risks because they only grant loans and mortgages to customers with collateral. Years ago the interest rates on savings and loans were only separated by a couple of percentage points. Now they give you a pathetic 0.5% on deposits and charge a massive 19% on loans. A state bank could provide all the services offered by the private sector without getting involved in casino capitalism. The state is the guarantor of the banks so it might as well own them. The image of nationalized industries being drab and old-fashioned dated from the post-war Labour government that created them. That was because the old Labour Party was comprised of drab and old-fashioned people mostly from Marxist and Methodist backgrounds. They were suited to the austere conditions of the time. The Labour Party was obliged to have food rationing and exchange control regulations because of the desperate shortages they had to contend with. But they kept them much longer than most countries because grim austerity suited them; they actually liked the idea of people queuing for everything and having to carry ration books. But it doesn't have to be like that. There is no reason why the banks, the railways and the utilities should not be state operated. With modern management skills nationalized industries could be efficient and profitable. No private company can afford major infrastructure works like railways, motorways, power stations and hospitals without government help. The idea that private enterprise is better than the state at running things simply isn't true. Some of our biggest companies only stay in business by milking the taxpayer and even private hospitals depend on the National Health Service to train their doctors, nurses and technicians. Reforming the System Banks charge interest on loans according to the risk involved. Borrowers without collateral pay the most and property owners pay the least. This logic applies to high street banks lending individuals money for a new car and to international banks lending governments the money to build hospitals or fight wars. Without it the world economy would grind to a halt. The Bank of England has been nationalized since 1946. It issues money backed by the sale of interest bearing bonds. But since 2009 it has bought £325 billion of government bonds from financial institutions. This incestuous practice known as "quantitative easing" is a dangerous experiment that could end in disaster; but if it works it could stimulate the economy and get us out of recession. Even revolutionary regimes relied on the banks; the Soviets borrowed from international bankers such as Kuhn Loeb & Co and made huge profits from the worldwide wheat shortage following WW1. The Chinese communists followed the Soviet example and are now a formidable capitalist power that holds more than $1 trillion of American bonds. The National Socialists in Germany denounced finance capitalism but they ran an entirely conventional economy driven by rearmament and funded by international banks including Harriman and Warburg & Co. Fascist Italy was also part of the international financial system. At the end of the war the Italian Social Republic adopted syndicalism but before it could get going Benito Mussolini's fledgling republic was destroyed by Allied bombing and shelling. Apart from a few fortunate counties like China, Iran and the Gulf States the world relies on borrowing to pay for social security, health care, education, defence and all the services of a modern state. We have been living on credit for so long that we take it for granted. But the Rothschild model is not the only way to run an economy. Before the disastrous Vietnam War the United States balanced her books without recourse to borrowing. One day Europe will unite and self-sufficiency will liberate us from global capitalism. But for the time being all we can do is regulate the banks and reduce government spending. Forces that shape the world The Frankfurt School was a group of almost exclusively Jewish academics who set out to create a Marxist society by manipulating teaching. They are accused of promoting feminism, multiracialism and the dumbing down of education. They may have influenced events but the main causes of change have been economic and technological. Of course critics of the Frankfurt School would describe this interpretation as "Marxist." Emmeline Pankhurst and Germaine Greer both helped to liberate women but Gavril Princep was their real benefactor. When he shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 he started a world war that conscripted Europe's men to the front and replaced them at the workplace with women. For the first time women earned their own money and it wasn't long before they won voting and property rights. Their liberation was complete when the availability of contraception allowed them to control their own fertility. For centuries men controlled women with oppressive religious and political constraints but one bullet changed things forever. The slave trade from Africa to the Americas proved the viability of mass migration. William Wilberforce and the abolitionists are credited with ending slavery but it was stopped when destitute labour from Europe became available after the Napoleonic wars. Lessons learned about logistics were used to populate North and South America in the nineteenth century; and again after WW2 to bring African, Asian and Caribbean immigrants to Europe. The purpose was to provide cheap labour and the result was that the races of the world were redistributed. According to the 1841 UK census 33% of men and 44% of women were illiterate. The Education Act of 1880 instituted elementary education but education from the ages of 5 to 14 was not made compulsory until the Education Act of 1918. Many of the men who fought in WW1 were illiterate. And even in WW2 education was sadly lacking amongst the working class. Standards may have fallen in recent years but "dumbing down" is largely an urban myth. The Frankfurt School did not cause mass migration or the peacetime rejection of authority. Left-wing academics might have welcomed such changes but Soviet communism collapsed over twenty years ago. And it's not Karl Marx's fault that people watch TV trash and read the popular press. Western liberalism lacks order and discipline but the Soviet Union was authoritarian and patriotic. They also tried to deconstruct the Arts. But artists like David Hockney, authors like AN Wilson, actresses like Maggie Smith, architects like Norman Foster and musicians like Andrew Lloyd-Webber are the living proof that all is well with the Arts. It's time to reevaluate the effectiveness of the Frankfurt School. Their long march through the institutions may have been a waste of time because intelligence is a matter of heredity not conditioning. Karl Marx said: "It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves." Blaming the decline of education, morals and manners on the Frankfurt School is rather like believing in conspiracy theory. It may be hard to admit it but our current situation is our own fault and our eventual recovery is in our own hands. Liberty Within a European Confederation By John Bean The Confederate States of America , 1861-65, advocated the preservation of individual states rights, including its own tariffs, within the Federal Government. Although opposed to international slavery and slave trading, it included the right to hold slaves within each state. This writer does not support slavery in any form – and never has. A new Confederate Constitution of June 29, 2005 stresses that it wants a return to the importance of individual liberty, on which the republic was founded in 1776. This has been superseded by what is in reality an American Empire. In the same manner, a European Confederation would enhance individual liberty and give the right to operate selected tariffs ( Greece please note) in place of the existing 'Empire' of the European Union. Today in the USA the states still maintain more power that the counties of Britain or regions of France to legislate different taxes on many goods – notably fuel, drinks and tobacco – and laws governing driving and marriage licences, for example. In Europe we must not forget that Germany, a Federal Republic, is still made up of 16 states, of which Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia are most important. Again, unlike Britain, many retain some powers that are similar to those of the individual states in the USA. It should not be overlooked that Great Britain is already heading towards a United Kingdom Confederation with more powers increasingly being given to the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and the Northern Ireland Assembly. However, it is the example of Switzerland that could provide a working template for the development of a European Confederation, not least because it has shown that people who are German, French and Italian have learnt to get on with each other, plus the small number who speak Romansh. Switzerland is a Confederation of 26 cantons which enjoy some degree of autonomy. An aspect of its democracy is expressed in its regular referendums that enable ordinary citizens to propose a change to the constitution as long as it is supported by 100,000 votes of the approximate 5.8 million total electorate. Referendums have gone through that restrict the number and heights of mosques in Switzerland . Others have helped to control immigration numbers. Retain Different Currencies Much of the depth of the economic depression that has hit all Europe , but particularly the South, is down to the common currency of the Euro. Surely logic dictates that with the abolition of the Euro it would allow each nation's currency to find its own exchange rate against each other, as opposed to being in reality pegged to what is best for Germany's exchange rate. It would not come about overnight but with reduced exchange rates Greece , Spain and Italy , for example, would find a rising demand for their goods and services. Machine tools and cars for Italy , and a marked rise in tourists for Greece and Spain where holidays would become cheaper for those coming from north of the Alps . This ignores Spain 's additional advantage of its own overlooked modern manufacturing industry. Therefore, a Confederation would keep its individual currencies where this was most advantageous to the nation concerned. Spain and Portugal might decide to use a common currency. Ireland – who have been commended for their hard work and resilience in overcoming their fall from euroland grace – might decide to go back to the pound, even if they wish to call it the punt. Retain National Armies Because of the reduced size of the British Army the last 30-40 years has seen the disappearance, mainly through amalgamations, of many of the former county regiments – eg the Suffolk Regiment is now absorbed in the East Anglian Regiment. Most military analysts and historians believe that this has reduced their effectiveness to some degree, not least in serving with your own local people and its resultant competitiveness. Although Robert E.Lee was the Confederate Army's most brilliant and effective General in the American Civil War he was only the General of the Virginian Army. All the other Southern States had their own armies which, of course, worked closely with Lee. French hegemony over Western Europe in the 18th Century was finally overcome by an alliance of separate national forces from Britain and the German states under Marlborough and then the downfall of Napoleon by the alliance of the Duke of Wellington's army, Dutch soldiers and the invaluable help of Blucher's Prussians at Waterloo . Thus history suggests that we should still retain our national forces within a Confederation but working in close co-operation. That is already being seen with future plans for the British and French navies and the limited joint 'strikes' made by British and French aircraft in the recent Libyan campaign (not that I supported this interference in Libyan affairs). Finally in this brief outline of how a European Confederation would function, we must avoid a common police force. We do not need some imitation of the FBI but rather an Interpol that is upgraded by the tools of the electronic age. It could become more useful in tackling illegal immigration into Europe , particularly by destroying people-smuggling gangs. Editor's Opinion I asked JB to explain the idea of European Confederation. I believe in a united Europe with a strong central government for defence and the economy and national governments for domestic affairs. I understand that members of the BNP and related parties are hostile to the EU and would prefer a looser arrangement. Their fears are rooted in their own propaganda but without a common market and economic cohesion I doubt that a confederation would hold together. The European Union is a political reality that would have to be dismantled in order to construct a confederation. Those of us who believe in "Europe a Nation" support the efforts of the campaigning group Federal Union who are petitioning the European Parliament for closer fiscal union. Instead of allowing narrow self-interest to undermine European solidarity we should encourage European consciousness and dump the insular nationalism that led to two disastrous world wars. Times are hard at present but we will recover from the worldwide recession that has hit America and Japan as well as Europe.
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Peppermint Hot Chocolate is one of our favourite treats during the holidays and perhaps one of the best things about winter.
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4 cups of milk
Dash of cream if you want the hot chocolate thicker and creamier
1 to 1 1/2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of peppermint extract (or to taste)
Whipped cream
Crushed candy cane
Heat milk (and cream) over medium heat until hot, but not boiling. Stir in the semi-sweet chocolate chips (you can use pretty much any chocolate for this) and whisk together. Stir occasionally while heating. Add vanilla and peppermint extract. Whisk until chocolate chips are completely melted.
Once hot, pour mixture into cups and serve with whipped cream and crushed candy cane sprinkled on top. You can also pop in a peppermint candy cane to add flavour and use for mixing your hot chocolate.
And of course, you always turn your hot cocoa into a little naughty cocktail (I promise, Santa won't mind!) by adding some minty liqueur, or Baileys.
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Also, check out a recipe for Finnish Gingerbread biscuits for dunking.