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Ruth Moody, the Juno award-winning singer-songwriter from the Wailin' Jennys, returns to the Freight with her own fine band and a great new album, These Wilder Things, which has won praise from The Telegraph, The Independent, and the website Americana UK. It all starts with Ruth's gorgeous voice – light and clear, but full of shadows and shadings that suggest a dark undertow under the sweet surface. Or maybe it starts with the songwriting, subtle and sensitive, insightful and inspiring. Ruth wrote the Jennys' trademark anthem "One Voice," and her song "Storm Comin'" won first place in the gospel category at the International Songwriting Competition. Sing Out! Magazine has described her songs as "classically elegant," the website Penguin Eggs has called them "divine," and Direct Current Music has termed them "quietly mesmerizing and sensuous." What's most important is that the songs, the voice, and the astute arrangements all contribute to an ultimate effect – beautiful music that appeals to heart and mind, body and soul.
Born in Australia, raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ruth grew up in a musical family. In her early twenties, she discovered that her across the street neighbor, Leonard Podolak, who had been her playmate in elementary school, had a Celtic roots band called Scruj MacDuhk. She served as the band's lead singer for five years, then co-founded the Wailin' Jennys with two other women from Winnipeg, Nicky Mehta and Cara Luft. In 2010, she released her first solo album, The Garden, to wide acclaim. Her band features Adam Dobres on electric and acoustic guitars, ukulele, and vocals, Adrian Dolan on fiddle, viola, mandolin, mandola, and vocals, Sam Howard on upright bass and vocals, and Ruth herself on guitar, banjo, bodhran, and vocals. "This world is full of trouble and woe," she sings on the new album. But out of that trouble, she finds joy and mystery, which she shares with her listeners in full measure.
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The Amloravid empire collapsed in 1145, leading to al-Andalus fragmenting into a new collection of taifa states. Alfonso VII was able to exploit this situation by capturing Cordova in 1146. He then organized another expedition with Genoa and Pisa to attack Almeria. While Catalan and Aragonese accounts give most of the credit for the capture of Almeria to Alfonso, this version by Cafarro offers a different version of events. Caffaro was a writer, diplomat and soldier, who commanded a genoese expedition to Minorca and Almeria in 1146. His account was written before 1154.
It is plain to almost the whole world that for a long time past Christians have been captured, and others killed, in many regions far and wide by sea and by land by the Saracens of Almeria, and that many have been imprisoned and tormented with divers kinds of martyrdom and sufferings. Many of them, from fear of torture, have abandoned the true faith and have invoked the devilish name of Muhammad. On this account God cannot at last fail to exact vengeance for so much outpouring of blood.
The Genoese therefore, inspired and called by God through the Holy See, had their forces sworn in for an expedition against the Saracens of Almeria, and held a council in which six consuls for the body of chief citizens, and four by the votes of the city, were elected, according to whose decisions and leadership the city and its forces should for that period be governed. […]
After their election, the aforementioned consuls at once held a council, at which they ordered that peaceful settlements should be sworn to all disputes. Then, with the Holy Ghost guiding them, all those who intended to go off to war confirmed the peace of the consuls and the archbishop, and in their turn received the kiss of peace. Men and women rejoiced greatly, and unanimously urged the consuls to take money with which to pay the army.
The consuls, aware of God's will and knowing the wish of the people, ordered all the men of the region of Genoa, under an appropriate oath, to bring, each one with all due speed, such things as are necessary for an army: an abundance of food supplies (without creating want at home), many weapons and goodly tents, handsome and honourable banners, and all things that are needful for such an enterprise, such as towers and engines and all kinds of machines for capturing a city.
When the soldiers heard the orders of the consuls of the city, they equipped themselves with weapons and tents and all things needful, so that for a thousand years past such splendid and goodly and numerous things had not been seen or heard of in one army.
Then after everything had been prepared as we have said, they set sail in 63 galleys and with 163 other vessels. This was all made ready, and the voyage begun, in five months.
After they reached Barcelona, Baldwin the consul went on from there with 15 galleys to Almeria as an advance party, until the main body of the force should join him.
After he reached the Gata headland the Genoese, not finding the Emperor [Alfonso VII] there, stayed a month in great fear, since they were outside the harbour. They sent Otto de Bonovillano as emissary to the Emperor, who was at Baeza, and who had given leave to his army, having with him no more than 400 horsemen and 1000 foot-soldiers. When he learned that the Genoese fleet had arrived, he regretted that he had given his troops leave, and he said he would come, but then he delayed.
Meanwhile the Saracens of Almeria were in good spirits and sallied forth frequently from the city, trying to get the 15 galleys to engage in battle. Then Baldwin the consul, who was keeping watch with the galleys, sent a message to his colleagues, that is to Oberto Turris and Philip and Ansaldo de Auria, telling them to join him for the attack on Almeria. This the colleagues were not prepared to do until they had their troops with them. Meanwhile, the Count of Barcelona arrived with a large fleet, bringing with him soldiers and knights to the number of 53. Then they ordered Baldwin to approach the mosque early in the morning with his galleys, acting as though he were about to launch an attack, so that when Saracens came out, the Count and his men would at first light be at Lena, on land close to the river, with 15 galleys beyond Lena, and one galley at the Lena headland; after the Saracens came out to fight, that galley would send a signal to the soldiers and the 25 galleys; and so it was done.
The Saracens, when they saw the men from the 15 galleys coming up the beach as though about to launch an attack, suspected that something further was being planned. Accordingly they sent out two soldiers, one white and one black, who climbed a hillock and looked around. Since they could not see any troops in hiding, they made a signal with their flags, to tell the Saracens to come out of the city and start the battle. Immediately, 1040 rushed out fully armed, and began to attack the men from the 15 galleys. In this way the Genoese from the galleys drawn up to the beach lost eight' of their men killed. Meanwhile Ansaldo de Auria the consul, from the single galley left on watch, sent a signal, not a moment too soon. The 25 galleys and their men began to move, and these galleys meeting others, all stayed together. The consuls Oberto Turris and Philip, who were at the Gata headland, having advanced with the whole fleet, and those consuls who had earlier arrived by sea with 12 galleys, and the soldiers on land, and the 12 galleys joining the others which were at the mosque, all went forward to the docks. Our soldiers blocked the way of the Saracens emerging from the city and, with God's help, bravely began to attack them; and the Saracens, from fear of the galleys, began to flee towards the city, with our men after them. Among the latter one of the Genoese, by name William Pellis, without waiting for his commander's order, rushed ahead of the others, and first killed one Saracen in the front line with his lance, then, like a lion among cattle that tears at their bodies with his claws, killed many others on Almeria beach by cutting off their heads with his sword. At once the consuls with the men from one galley landed to attack the Saracens, and together with the men from the galleys at the mosque who also landed, killed 5,000 Saracens, strewing the shore with corpses. The galleys still at sea joined in the battle, killing the Saracens who tried to escape by water.
Since a strong wind was, getting up, the consuls ordered the men in the ships and the soldiers to go to Lena harbour; this they did, and pitched camp on the shore. There they held a council, and gave thanks to God for their great victory. When the council was concluded, the consuls ordered the galleys to be drawn up to the beach of Almeria. Then they ordered the engines and siege-towers and catapults to be drawn up. While they were doing this, the Saracens emerged and came towards the galleys, three times, but they were beaten back and some of them were killed, the rest fleeing back into the city.
After they had set up the mangonels and siege-towers and catapults, the Emperor arrived with 400 horsemen and 1,000 foot-soldiers. At once we drew a siege-tower and battering-rams up to the city wall and positioned them in strategic places. The Saracens, many times beaten back as they rushed out at us, attacked our siege-towers with fire and weapons and mangonels by day and night. But the Genoese persevered, fighting off the Saracens, killing many of them, and always forcing them back into the city. With their siege-towers the Genoese captured two towers and destroyed eighteen yards of the wall.
Meanwhile the Saracens, now really terrified, held a secret parley with the representatives of the Emperor, Armengol of Urgel and King Garcia Ramirez [of Navarre], agreeing to pay them 100,000 maravedis and more beyond that. In exchange for this, the Emperor should withdraw and abandon the Genoese. When the consuls heard this, they called a council as quickly as possible. With God's aid, their decision was to attack and enter the city early next day. When morning came, on the day before St Luke's Day [18 October], they immediately held a council of war, and formed up in twelve companies each with a banner, each company consisting of 1,000 armed men; and the consuls gave orders about the plan of attack. The consuls went many times to the Emperor and the Count of Barcelona, urging them to order their men to arm and join in the attack to capture the city; but the Emperor came only reluctantly, and when he did, found the Genoese companies already armed in the field.
The consuls ordered their men to begin the attack on the city in silence, without battle-cries, as soon as they should hear the sound of the trumpets. This they did, and the horsemen followed them. After a short time, in less than three hours, with God's help, and after a great deal of Saracen blood had been shed, the whole city was taken right up to the citadel. On that day 20,000 Saracens were killed, and in one part of the city alone 10,000 were cut down, and near the citadel 20,000. Our men took 10,000 women and children back to Genoa. Within four days the Saracens surrendered the citadel and their persons and handed over 30 million maravedis in order that their lives should be spared. The consuls kept 60,000 maravedis of the money that was taken for the common good, and they paid off the debt of the community to the extent of 17,000 pounds. Then they divided up the rest of the money among the galleys and other ships.
To garrison the city they left Otto de Bonovillano with 1,000 men. After holding a council, they ordered everybody to withdraw from the city with their galleys and vessels, and so it was done. They then returned in triumph safely to Barcelona, put the galleys and ships into port, and elected new consuls.
This text was first published in Christians and Moors in Spain, edited by Colin Smith (Aris & Phillips: 1989-92). This three volume set can be purchased through Oxbow Books. We thank Aris & Phillips for their permission to republish this text.


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Kachingwe claims Nevers Mumba's election as MMD president is invalidKachingwe claims Nevers Mumba's election as MMD president is invalid
TIME PUBLISHED - Saturday, December 1, 2012, 1:39 pm
The Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) national secretary Major Richard Kachingwe has decided to invalidate the election of Dr. Nevers Mumba as party president.
In a letter to the National executive committee of the party, and obtained by media, Major Kachingwe said that he had decided to use powers vested in him by the constitution to cancel the election of Dr. Mumba to save the party from infiltration and destruction.
Major Kachingwe said that it had come to the attention of the party that Dr. Mumba is still a bonafide president of the Reform Party which he has not renounced or dissolved and that party records are still active at the registrar of societies.
Major Kachingwe said that this was against article 4 (A) (3) of the party constitution which stated that "to be accorded membership, a person must not be a member of any other political party in Zambia.
He also stated in the letter that when bidding for presidency, Dr. Mumba did not disclose the fact that his re-admission had been rejected and believably presented to the elections committee credentials obtained fraudulently.
Major Kachingwe noted that following Dr. Mumba's expulsion from the party in 2005, his application for re-admission in 2008 was rejected at a meeting chaired by then party president, late Patrick Mwanawasa and attended by Kabinga Pande, Ronnie Shikapwasha and Mutale Nalumango among others.
He stated that this was also against article 6 (ii) of the party constitution which stated that "A member who is expelled from the party may be considered for re-admission upon re-application to the national Executive Committee.
Kachingwe further stated in the letter that the situation had potential to put the party into a dilemma if an election was to be held today because Dr. Mumba would be disqualified on technicalities for belonging to two political parties.
Dr. Mumba has also been accused of launching an illegal campaign for 2016 in Mufumbwe and sponsoring people to hound out the secretariat on flimsy allegations.
Meanwhile, MMD youths this afternoon hounded out party national secretary Major Richard Kachingwe out of his office, accusing him of dividing the party.
The youths dragged him from his office at the party secretariat in Rhodespark to the main road where he was forced to get onto a moving car belonging to one of the party officials.
This follows the letter that Major Kachingwe wrote to the party national executive committee informing them of his decision to nullify the election of Dr. Nevers Mumba as party president.
Present at the secretariat was party vice president for administration Brian Chituwo and Kabinga Pande.
And speaking to journalists after the incident, Mr. Chituwo said that what has happened is unfortunate because there is a more proper manner in which issue of the party can be addressed.
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The enterococcal surface protein, Esp, is involved in Enterococcus faecalis biofilm formation
Toledo-Arana A, Valle J, Solano C, Arrizubieta MJ, Cucarella C, Lamata M, Amorena B, Leiva J, Penadés JR, Lasa I.
Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Recursos Naturales and Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus de Arrosadia, 31006 Pamplona, Spain.
Magazine: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Date: Oct 1, 2001Clinical Microbiology [SP]
The enterococcal surface protein, Esp, is a high-molecular-weight surface protein of unknown function whose frequency is significantly increased among infection-derived Enterococcus faecalis isolates. In this work, a global structural similarity was found between Bap, a biofilm-associated protein of Staphylococcus aureus, and Esp.
Analysis of the relationship between the presence of the Esp-encoding gene (esp) and the biofilm formation capacity in E. faecalis demonstrated that the presence of the esp gene is highly associated (P < 0.0001) with the capacity of E. faecalis to form a biofilm on a polystyrene surface, since 93.5% of the E. faecalis esp-positive isolates were capable of forming a biofilm. Moreover, none of the E. faecalis esp-deficient isolates were biofilm producers. Depending on the E. faecalis isolate, insertional mutagenesis of esp caused either a complete loss of the biofilm formation phenotype or no apparent phenotypic defect.
Complementation studies revealed that Esp expression in an E. faecalis esp-deficient strain promoted primary attachment and biofilm formation on polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride plastic from urine collection bags. Together, these results demonstrate that (i) biofilm formation capacity is widespread among clinical E. faecalis isolates, (ii) the biofilm formation capacity is restricted to the E. faecalis strains harboring esp, and (iii) Esp promotes primary attachment and biofilm formation of E. faecalis on abiotic surfaces.
CITATION Appl Environ Microbiol. 2001 Oct;67(10):4538-45
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Along with the popularity of vaping as an alternative for adult smokers has come a more troublesome group of customers: curious teenagers. And as with other adult products, the need to discourage use by adolescents requires regulators and legislators to find the proper line between child and adult — the age at which adolescents are allowed to make their own decisions about what they should or shouldn't consume.
In most countries, vaping is either regulated as a tobacco product, as a standalone consumer product category, or it isn't specifically regulated at all. In about 40 countries, vapor products are banned altogether. In those nations that regulate vapes, the legal age to buy e-cigarettes is usually the same age at which citizens are considered adults. In most places that age is 18, but it varies, as we will see.
Implementation of the FDA's Deeming Rule in 2016 brought with it a federal ban on the sales of vapor products to those under age 18. By deeming the tobacco-free devices and e-liquids to be tobacco products, they fell under existing federal age restrictions for selling tobacco products to minors.
The age restriction had been a big part of the demand for FDA regulation of vaping products. In the years before implementation of the new rules, anti-tobacco activists had portrayed the vaping market as a "wild west" that needed to be tamed by the federal agency. Of course, the truth is that 48 states already had their own age restrictions when the Deeming Rule took effect, and some states have a minimum age that's higher than the legal adult age of 18.
Alabama, Alaska, and Nebraska have set 19 as the legal age to buy vapes. Buyers must be 21 in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (takes effect July 1, 2020), Texas, Utah (takes effect July 1, 2021; minimum age is 19 until then), Vermont, Virginia, and Washington (takes effect Jan. 1, 2020). The legal age is also 21 in the District of Columbia and U.S. territory Guam. In every other U.S. state and territory the age is 18.
Tobacco 21 is an organization dedicated to increasing the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco and nicotine products to 21. Proponents say that if young potential smokers (or vapers) don't socialize regularly with people able to legally purchase tobacco products (or vapes), fewer teenagers will have access, and fewer will become frequent users at an early age. According to CASAA, "advocates of T-21 legislation have as their guiding principle the eventual elimination of tobacco and nicotine products from the marketplace."
The 2018 JUUL panic brought about intensified efforts to ban vapor sales to minors. In fact, vaping may now be a bigger motivator than smoking for passing Tobacco 21 laws. Despite Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's "teenage vaping epidemic" proclamation, the FDA is prevented by the Tobacco Control Act from increasing the federal minimum age to purchase tobacco products beyond 18. That means that state and local laws are filling the gap – at least until Congress changes the law federally.
Tobacco 21 is the brainchild of an Ohio State University medical professor and tobacco control activist, and it has been a ringing success. So far, about a third of the states (and D.C.), and more than 470 cities and counties, have adopted 21 as the legal age to buy cigarettes (and usually vaping products too). Every tobacco control and special interest health group supports the Tobacco 21 movement. So do the major tobacco companies and JUUL Labs.
The Tobacco 21 parent organization, the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, not only opposes smoking, but also maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward low-risk nicotine products. In fact, Tobacco 21 founder Rob Crane actually opposes laws that would increase the legal age to buy cigarettes if they exempt vaping products.
"Including e-cigarettes and other nicotine products in legislation to increase age access to 21 would seem to be an important deterrent to the threat of e-cigarettes as a gateway, but advocates must be vigilant about use of these arguments to exempt e-cigarettes from regulation and taxation," says the Tobacco 21 website. "For that reason the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation only support an increase to age 21 for tobacco products if it also includes e-cigarettes and other nicotine products without exemption or preemption of increased local control."
Of course, many 18- to 20-year-old adult smokers will be denied the opportunity of using low-risk nicotine products when the law in their state or city bans vape sales to those under 21. Additionally, according to a recent study, young people who want to vape nicotine are likely to smoke instead if vapor products are denied to them by age restrictions.
Just saying no to nicotine may sound good to tobacco control activists and protective parents, but what it means to many young people is three years of using nicotine in whichever product is the most convenient to obtain. Cigarettes will almost certainly be the easiest recreational nicotine product for a minor to get their hands on. And the longer they wait to quit smoking, the harder it becomes.
The 2019 state legislative session has produced Tobacco 21 proposals across the country. Following a year of panic over students juuling in classes and school restrooms, legislators want to prove they're doing their part to stamp out the "teenage vaping epidemic."
Tobacco 21 is an easy way for state lawmakers to show their concern, since it's supported by just about every tobacco control, drug prevention and health organization in the country. Passing a law to restrict vaping products is the easiest of easy wins for headline-hungry state legislators. The only people likely to object are vapers and retailers, but lawmakers know they'll get public praise from trusted tobacco control groups like the heart and lung associations.
Less than a month into 2019, nearly 20 bills had been introduced to increase the legal purchasing age to 21. State lawmakers in Connecticut, Iowa, and Nebraska have even proposed upside-down "vapor 21" legislation — laws that would punish sales of vapes to minors, but allow under-21 customers to buy cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products!
It seems logical that e-liquid without nicotine would have fewer restrictions than e-juice with nicotine. However, in the U.S., it makes no difference as far as the law is concerned. All e-liquid can only be sold to adults.
Although the law that gives the FDA jurisdiction over vapor products — the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act — defines "tobacco products" as anything (except FDA-approved therapeutic nicotine products) that is "made or derived from tobacco," it also includes "components and parts."
As long as zero-nicotine e-liquid can be used in a "tobacco product" (like a mod or atomizer) that could also be used with nicotine-containing e-liquid, the nicotine-free e-liquid is also considered a tobacco product. It sounds silly, but that's how the FDA made sure that the definition of a tobacco product included things like atomizer coils, batteries, computer software…and zero-nicotine e-liquid.
Again, the Deeming Rule doesn't specify how old you have to be to vape without nicotine. Rather, it prevents retailers from selling vapes to minors. Whether zero-nicotine products are illegal to vape if you're under 18 is up to local lawmakers, and you should check with them to be sure.
Aside from countries that have banned sales of vapor products completely, and a surprising number that have no vape regulations, most countries simply follow their legal adult ages when setting a minimum age to buy e-cigarettes.
As in the United States, some other countries have state or provincial laws supersede the national minimum age for buying vapes. Canada, for example, has a national minimum age of 18, but many provinces and territories have set the age to buy vapes at 19. In Australia sales of nicotine-containing consumer products (except cigarettes) are illegal, but non-nicotine vapes are legal, and the legal age to purchase varies from state to state.
Despite the Tobacco 21 wildfire raging across the United States, only two other countries in the world (Honduras and Palau) have decided citizens must be at least 21-years-old to buy a vapor product.
If you are planning to visit another country, please check with authorities to find the most recent information on vape laws and practices. Our list comes mostly from the Johns Hopkins University Global Tobacco Control site, and from original research.
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In every country, there is an established age of majority, the age at which a young person is first allowed to vote, enter contracts, apply for credit, serve in the military, and buy alcohol, tobacco, and other products considered inappropriate for children. No one really knows when adolesence ends and adulthood begins. In fact, it's different for everyone.
Legislators try to choose an age at which young people have more adult traits than childish ones. Tobacco 21 is extraordinary because it judges smoking (and vaping) so dangerous that the choice to do it must be taken away from young adults who are trusted to drive, get married, and fight in wars.
To include vapor products in such legislation is to make a judgement about vaping that doesn't seem to be supported by the scientific evidence. And in most other places around the world, legislators have so far not found sufficient evidence to support such an extreme measure.
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It has only been a year that I have really called myself a photographer. However I completed my diploma almost 3 years ago.
What gives you ideas and/or inspires you to create your photographs? OR We know that each of us has someone or something, which inspires our life and work. Can you tell us the true basis of your inspiration?
The general idea for a shoot could come from a random image, a film clip, a movie, a colour, someone I see in the street, a pin on Pinterest… But it is mostly the model I choose that will inspire me in the end: her mood, the way she moves, how we interact… That is what will really gives a precise direction to the shoot while it is happening. I try as much as I can to leave the door open for the model to interpret my general idea and I -intentionally- do not say much while shooting.
And how would you describe your own work?
Although I learnt photography in the studio and think like a studio photographer: I like a simple set / decor, a lighting setup that has to be precise but not too complex, natural make up, a controlled and minimal retouching and prefer working with a small team. Producing images primarly focused on the model's attitude is essential to me. I hope it is evident in my work
I also tend to think my photos are closer to a European look than a Northern American one (when it comes to fashion photography aesthetics). you could say a British look. That is very subjective, I guess.
Ari by the Swimming Pool. Everything was right: her pose, the light, the colors. We shot at a roof top swimming pool in downtown Montreal for Sicky Magazine, all natural light. It was such a beautiful day, a great team and also my first publication.
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Most important thing in life : Drive (…not the Ryan Gosling film)


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I made this today for my mums' Christmas present. I found the green velvet in a charity shop for £2, and we both wanted it. My mum wanted some to recover the dining chair cushions with, but there wasn't enough material. She also said that she wanted a noticeboard for Christmas, 'like those with ribbons across it'.
While we were clearing out some of my things for charity I remembered I had a cork noticeboard, which I'd painted bright pink then decided I didn't like it. I covered it in wadding and fabric using staples and thumbtacks, after lots of fiddling and realising the wadding was too thick so I halved it.
I couldn't decide on a suitable fabric other than this, and didn't have enough of any ribbon she'd like apart from this, so I put them together. I added some vintage buttons which are a combination of my nanna's button collection and whatever I've salvaged. Since I took the photos I've also added some hooks and twisted green ribbon for it to hang from.
I quite like it, though I sacrificed being able to pin things to it for the look of the squishy padding.


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New remix contest by The Sharpest Sword. Remix the track "Red Astronaut Visor" and win a copy of Devolve To Evolve on CD and a TSS T-Shirt.
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Welcome to the start of our first Remix Competition!
Below you will find individual tracks for "Red Astronaut Visor" by The Sharpest Sword. We encourage anyone who is up to the challenge of Remixing this track to participate in our first Remix Contest. The winning Remix will be personally selected by the band, and the creator will receive a copy of Devolve To Evolve on CD and a TSS T-Shirt.
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2) You will be able to download the tracks from "Red Astronaut Visor" until Nov. 30, 2009. Feel free to use as many or as few of the tracks as you like.
3) Remixes must be uploaded to our Sound Cloud Drop Box no later than Dec. 15, 2009.
4) More than one submission per Re-Mixer will be accepted, because we would like to hear as much creativity as is possible.
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For fans of Lisa Lutz and Janet Evanovich, the debut in a new series, A Bad Day's Work is a fast-paced and funny mystery starring a wonderfully flawed TV camerawoman named Lilly who is caught at the right place but definitely the wrong time.
Nothing seems to be going Lilly's way. A TV news photographer at her hometown television station, she's one of the hardest working "shooters" there, but her pit-bull personality and a series of unlucky blunders have put her job in jeopardy.
So when an urgent story breaks in the middle of the night, Lilly is determined to turn her bad luck around and get the respect she deserves. But the pressure is on—either she delivers amazing video—or she's fired. After busting her butt and dodging the cops, Lilly has what could be the biggest scoop of her career—exclusive video of a murder scene. Or does she have it? Lilly is stunned when the tape played in front of the entire newsroom is nothing but dead air.
Soon she's on the run from criminals and police, both of whom claim Lilly's video is the key to solving the murder and think she pocketed the real tape. Can she escape her pursuers long enough to catch the killer, or will she end the day as the next victim?
Lilly's bad day just keeps getting worse, but the one thing she knows for sure is that she'd like to live to see more of them . . .


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It is beyond my limited understanding.
July 2nd, is a date each year, for the past five years, that something spectacular happens in my life.
Again, I can not explain, but I can document it.
Already this morning, I have closed the largest single deal of my budding recruitment career.
There is so much of the day left.
Whereas Good Friday is my favorite day of the year…
…July 2nd is my most anticipated day of the year.
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Went here on a tip that it was spicier than Chat Thai. AL find this next comment sacrilegious but we find it better than Chat Thai (Chat Thai Westfield at least).
It was generally spicer than Chat Thai, the pork belly has larger pieces of meat, pad thai comes with sugar and chilli "on the side" in a more authentic thai fashion and pad khee mao was also good and mango sticky rice was good too.
The crab cakes were ok but slightly dry, the pork hock reminiscent of the Malaysian "bah kuh teh" but sweeter. Maybe avoid those two.


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As expected from a device dubbed as the World's smallest MP3 player, this thing is really tiny. It is literally a cube a little less than 1″ on any side. I always like to give the good news first, so I will say that for such a small device the sound is truly amazing. Now for the bad news.
If you have wanted to buy a portable music player, but were put off by the price, the Sansa Fuze+ may be your answer. The prices for the Fuze+ start at just $89. The Fuze+ is the newest version of the SanDisk Fuze line of players. It has some great features — especially the ability to play a variety of different formats. This allows you to drag your music right out of iTunes into the player. In fact, this is the most full-functioned MP3 player that I have ever reviewed. It can even play FM radio and record your voice and/or a radio show. It comes in great colors. The only drawback is an erratic touchpad that doesn't always give you the proper response to your touch. If you can live with that, it's a winner!
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The Fuze+ wins the prize for the music player with the most functionality at an affordable price. It includes an FM radio with the ability to record radio, a voice recorder, a photo viewer, good video playback, a MicroSD card slot for expansion, the ability to play slotRadio cards, good battery life, and the ability to play a wide range of formats (including MP3,FLAC, AAC, and OGG to name just a few).
All of this functionality comes at an excellent price. As we write this, an 8GB iPod Nano is selling for $149 while the 8GB Fuze+ costs only $89. The Fuze+ has similar audio quality to the iPod, but it also has a larger screen, video playback, more audio settings, removable storage capabilities, an FM radio, and voice recording. It even displays photos with better accuracy than the Nano.
While the interface is excellent, the biggest drawback of the Fuze+ is the erratic touch panel. It simply doesn't respond consistently. After a few weeks of use, we got somewhat used to it, but still were sometimes annoyed while using it.
The ability to use slotRadio card should not be overlooked. You can purchase a slotRadio card that contains 1,000 songs for $40. It is an excellent way to get music into the player without ever having to use the computer or spend time downloading songs.
The Fuze+ delivers solid quality and great functionality at a very affordable price. If you can live with its erratic touchpad, it is a bargain. If SanDisk can make the touchpad more consistently responsive, it will have a real iPod killer in this product.
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You can read my more detailed review with pictures at HardwareSecrets.com.
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It's not a gimmick — the new iPod shuffle will actually talk to you. It will announce the name of the song and the artist, but even more importantly, it will announce and let you choose playlists. This is a wonderful feature for this least expensive iPod. Because the shuffles don't have a screen, up until now, all you could do is "shuffle" your music. That is, have the music tracks played in random order.
However, this new shuffle lets you choose to play a playlist. That means you can put together lists of certain types of music in iTunes and choose which list you will play on your shuffle. You can make a collection of music for exercise, for walking, for relaxing, or for just about anything you choose. This makes the shuffle ultimately more usable.
I took an in-depth look at the shuffle. My full review with photos is posted on Hardware Secrets. For those of you who may not want to do all that reading, I'll give you a quick summary here.
The new talking shuffle is very, very small. No bigger than a pair of nail nippers, a Bic lighter, or a AAA battery. It's great for those who don't want a lot of bulk, but may be problematic for those who lose small items easily.
For such a small device, the sound quality is amazing as is the 4GB storage size. The biggest drawback is that because the controls are on the cable of the ear buds, you must use the hard round Apple ear buds that come with the shuffle. Many of us find these very uncomfortable.
The retail price of the shuffle is $79. The capacity, the sound, and the ability to choose the music you play make it worthwhile. If you want an inexpensive digital music player, and you don't mind the ear buds, this may be the one for you!
FM transmitters that let you play the audio from your digital music player in the car are nothing new. I have been using one for years. You hook your music player to the transmitter and plug it into the cigarette lighter in your car. (You younger folks may call call the cigarette lighter, the 12 volt accessory outlet.) Then you tune the transmitter and the car radio to the same frequency and voila! You hear the digital music through your car speakers.
Up until now, you the FM transmitters were device specific. So you had to use one made for an iPod with an iPod, or made for a Sansa with a Sansa. If you and your husband had different players, you needed two different transmitters. If you decided to move from an iPod to a Zune, you had to purchase a new transmitter.
This new device by Griffin, has made everything much easier. It is called the iTrip Universal because you can use it with just about any MP3, CD, or cassette player. This magic is made possible because instead of using the proprietary charging port on the device, the iTrip hooks up to the headphone jack. On most devices the headphone jack is a standard 1/8″ , so the iTrip can be used with many different audio devices.
I use both an iPod and a Zune. When I travel i usually listed to the podcasts on my iPod, but occasionally I like to listen to the music on my Zune. So this little device is a godsend for me…. allowing me to use the same FM transmitter for both devices.
This little iTrip device also has what they call SmartScan. You simply press a button and the iTrip will find an open FM frequency to use. Then you tune your car radio to that frequency to hear the audio from you handheld music device. It works like a charm. I used it recently on a 12 hour car trip. When I lost one frequency, I simply pressed the SmartScan button and then set the car radio to the frequency that it found and displayed on the screen. i was able to do this while driving without much distraction at all.
The iTrip has one other nice feature. There is a built-in USB port that you can use to charge your device while it is attached to the iTrip. Again, this worked seamlessly with both my devices. The only drawback is that you have two wires running between the car outlet and the device…one for the iTrip and the other, the charging cable that came with your device. This looks a little messy, but it allowed me to play my music and podcasts for the entire trip.
One of the best things about this iTrip is that if you or someone in your family gets a different type of MP3 player in the future, it will most probably still work with your iTrip. At $49.99, it is competatively prices, and more useful than most transmitters of this type.
The Microsoft Zune got off to a bad start. The first generation product was chunky and kind of ugly and the software was lacking. The subscription service was the same old thing. It even had a problem that caused it to stop working at the end of a leap year.
That said, I want you all to know that Microsoft did a spectacular job with the 2nd generation Zune. It is small and sleek. It sounds great. The software is dynamic. It handles a wide variety of different audio and video formats. Microsoft has added a lot of content to their Zune Marketplace including videos and TV shows. They are even starting to produce their own original content.
Microsoft also changed the subscription service in a way that really benefits most subscribers. Now, for $14.99 a month you get to listen to almost all the 3+million songs and you get to keep 10 tracks a month to keep in your permanent collection. It's like purchasing a CD a month and getting a whole lot more!
If you just want to play your own music on a portable player, the iPod is good, but if you are a real music lover the Zune is for you. It lets you listen to all of the music you love and the Zune Community helps you find new music as well.
I looked at the Zune 4 which is a 4GB flash memory model that sells for $100. My full review of the Zune, including pictures and specifications is posted at Hardware Secrets. Be sure to check it out!


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The Companies Act 2014 (the "Act") which consolidates the existing Companies Acts 1963 to 2013, is expected to commence on 1 June 2015.
There a number of material changes contained in the Act, in particular, the current model of private limited company (which is the most common company type in Ireland) will be split into two types – the private company limited by shares ("LTD") and the designated activity company ("DAC"). There are also a number of changes aimed to improve corporate governance, for example, codification of directors' duties.
Under the Act, two forms of private limited company will exist, the LTD and the DAC. In order to decide which form is the most appropriate, there are a number of factors to consider. A LTD company will have full corporate capacity (no objects clause) while a DAC will retain its objects clause and will have restricted capacity. In some circumstances, it will be very clear which company type to convert to, for example, all regulated financial institutions and/or any private limited company which has listed debt securities must convert to a DAC.
Some of the other principal differences are outlined below:
Within the relevant transition times, a company must decide which new form to adopt. Any private limited companies which do nothing during this time will automatically convert to a LTD after the 18 month period expires.
Conversion to either form can be achieved simply by way of passing a special resolution, adopting a new form constitution and filing the relevant forms with the CRO.
For all other company types (for example, the public limited company, companies limited by guarantee or unlimited companies) they will not have to convert but will have to review the changes in the Act that are applicable to them.
The Act has provided a number of statutory default provisions which will apply if the constitution is silent on such matters. However, these statutory defaults can be modified or dis-applied in the company's constitution.
The common law directors' duties and responsibilities have been codified and can be found in Part 5 of the Act.
A company must still have a company secretary (note: for single director LTDs, the secretary cannot also be that sole director) and the Act imposes a duty on the directors of a company to ensure that the person appointed as the secretary has the skills or resources necessary to discharge their statutory or other duties.
Any person, authorised by the board of directors of a company, to bind the company, may now be registered with the Companies Registration Office as a "registered person". The board and any such registered persons will be deemed to have the authority to bind the company.
The Act introduces (i) majority written resolution which can be passed as an ordinary resolution (50% or more of total voting rights – effective after 7 days from date the last member signed ) or (ii) special resolution (75% or more of total voting rights – effective 21 days from the date the last member signed). Unanimous written shareholder resolutions (which take immediate effect) are also still available to companies.
The Act provides for the correction of defective statutory financial statements. A company can prepare, approve, audit and file revised financial statements or revised director's report in respect of a prior year.
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Match ends, Norwich City 1, Crystal Palace 0.
Norwich City 1-0 Crystal Palace
- From the section Football
Tony Pulis's reign as Crystal Palace manager started with defeat, leaving them bottom of the Premier League as Gary Hooper earned Norwich victory.
Hooper scored from close range following Wes Hoolahan's low cross, after Canaries striker Johan Elmander had hit the bar.
Palace were denied an equaliser when Barry Bannan's drive was headed onto the bar by Martin Olsson.
But Norwich moved away from trouble with a third home win of the season.
Former Stoke boss Pulis has never been relegated in 21 years of management.
But the 55-year-old has his work cut out if he is to continue that record, with Palace six points from safety after just two wins since winning promotion last season.
Pulis will be encouraged with the way his side responded to falling behind but Palace's worrying lack of firepower - seven goals in 13 Premier League matches - needs to be addressed.
Palace arrived at Carrow Road with back-to-back clean sheets against Everton and Hull, but were fortunate not to be 2-0 down inside the opening 15 minutes.
Elmander was denied his first top-flight goal since arriving on loan from Galatasaray when his clever backheel from Nathan Redmond's free-kick cannoned against the underside of the bar.
Teenager Redmond then forced a fine save from Julian Speroni, before the 19-year-old played a role in his side's goal.
Redmond's pace proved too much for the Palace defence, his pass landing at the feet of Elmander, who allowed Wes Hoolahan to lay the ball across the six-yard area for Hooper to slot home.
Palace responded through Bannan, who was denied an equaliser two minutes later when his fierce drive was deflected onto the underside of the bar by Olsson.
Pulis's side were much improved after the interval.
They went close to equalising when Dean Moxey's low cross into the Canaries area was almost sliced into the net by Norwich defender Sebastien Bassong.
But it was Jimmy Kebe who went closest to equalising in the closing stages, the former Reading player firing narrowly wide from 18 yards.
Norwich, who are away to Liverpool on Wednesday, have now won back-to-back home games and climb two places to 14th in the table.
For a gallery of photos from Saturday's Premier League games, visit the BBC Sport Facebook page.
Norwich manager Chris Hughton:
"It feels like a big win for us. We played very well in the first half and scored a good goal, but we knew they would come back.
"It is never comfortable viewing when you look at the league table and you are in a position you do not want to be in.
"However many places we have jumped [in the table] it is a nice feeling."
Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis:
"You have to take your chances. We did not have the breaks.
"How [Norwich defender Sebastien] Bassong gets that [clearance] over the crossbar from there, it was unbelievable.
"Then the kid who stops Barry's shot from going in with his header, Cameron had a really good chance, so we have had the opportunities."
- 1Ruddy
- 2MartinBooked at 82mins
- 23Olsson
- 8Howson
- 24Bennett
- 5Bassong
- 14HoolahanSubstituted forJohnsonat 79'minutes
- 10Fer
- 16ElmanderSubstituted forBecchioat 81'minutes
- 11HooperSubstituted forWhittakerat 90+1'minutes
- 22Redmond
- 3Whittaker
- 4Johnson
- 6Turner
- 18Garrido
- 19Becchio
- 20Nash
- 31Murphy
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- 1Speroni
- 2Ward
- 21Moxey
- 15JedinakBooked at 63mins
- 19Gabbidon
- 27Delaney
- 8Dikgacoi
- 46BannanSubstituted forWilliamsat 73'minutes
- 29ChamakhSubstituted forGayleat 80'minutesBooked at 86mins
- 13PuncheonSubstituted forKébéat 76'minutes
- 30Jerome
- 3Mariappa
- 9Phillips
- 12O'Keefe
- 16Gayle
- 20Williams
- 28Kébé
- 34Price
- Referee:
- Chris Foy
- Attendance:
- 26,851
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home60%
- Away40%
- Shots
- Home10
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away3
- Corners
- Home5
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away14
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Second Half ends, Norwich City 1, Crystal Palace 0.
Bradley Johnson (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kagisho Dikgacoi (Crystal Palace).
Foul by Steven Whittaker (Norwich City).
Jonathan Williams (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Russell Martin (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dean Moxey (Crystal Palace).
Substitution, Norwich City. Steven Whittaker replaces Gary Hooper.
Attempt saved. Cameron Jerome (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Jimmy Kébé (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Gary Hooper (Norwich City).
Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dwight Gayle (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Leroy Fer (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dwight Gayle (Crystal Palace).
Foul by Martin Olsson (Norwich City).
Dwight Gayle (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Jimmy Kébé (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Daniel Gabbidon following a set piece situation.
Russell Martin (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Russell Martin (Norwich City).
Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Norwich City. Luciano Becchio replaces Johan Elmander.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Dwight Gayle replaces Marouane Chamakh.
Substitution, Norwich City. Bradley Johnson replaces Wes Hoolahan.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Dean Moxey.
Russell Martin (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cameron Jerome (Crystal Palace).
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jimmy Kébé replaces Jason Puncheon.
Foul by Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City).
Jonathan Williams (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jonathan Williams replaces Barry Bannan.
Attempt blocked. Nathan Redmond (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gary Hooper.
Offside, Crystal Palace. Barry Bannan tries a through ball, but Cameron Jerome is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Sébastien Bassong.
Attempt blocked. Jonathan Howson (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Martin Olsson (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace).


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For the longest time, I have wanted to whiten my teeth, but it one of those things I always put off. In the past, I have tried Crest White strips and my teeth were too sensitive and small. The strips would always off and taste so bad, and then hurt. I have been using teething whitening toothpaste forever and let's be honest those don't work either.
So I just sort of put it off. Then my dentist started asking if I wanted to whiten my teeth, hint hint, your teeth are looking yellow. Thanks, Doc, I already know. I asked about the cost and realized it was definitely not in my budget. So, I put it aside like all the things I want to do to myself these days. Then I found Smile Brilliant and their at-home teeth whitening system my desire to have whiter teeth came true! It is super easy and affordable for the mom on the run and on a budget!
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I received my trays a week or so later and was ready to roll. All I had to do was follow the step-by-step instructions. You simply add professional teeth whitening gel to your trays, wear them, and relax! Let Smile Brilliant do the work. I have done two whitening sessions so far, and it is so easy. The trays fit my teeth perfect and keep all the gel in place, so it doesn't slip all over and taste bad. They suggest 7-14 whitening sessions, which means in less than 2 weeks you can have a brighter and whiter smile.


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The Merits of Neon Signs
You ought to note that neon signs have been used in businesses and they have been in use for very many years. Note that numerous individuals could have a notion that neon signs are a thing of the past but they are still effective. This article contains some merits of neon signs so, keep reading.
You ought to note that neon signs are visible from far. Bear in mind that the signs are beautiful and they are normally placed outside many businesses and you can see them without any difficulties.Keep in mind that the human eye is naturally drawn by colorful lights. Be advised that the neon signs will boost your business even if it is located in a busy street. You ought to note that the signs are always used by small businesses so that they can be known in the locality.
You ought to note that neon signs are highly beneficial because they can be custom made. Be advised that you have the freedom of using the logo of your choice. You need to know that neon lights will give you the chance to do business at night.Keep in mind that you increase the lights to brighten the sign. Keep in mind that installing the neon light and maintaining it is pocket-friendly.
It is essential to note that neon lights are cheap and energy-efficient and that is why maintaining them is easy. Given its bulk abundance, it is no surprise that neon signs are affordable.For this reason, they have a longer life than the light bulbs.
Note that the signs have an extensive working range. Keep in mind that they will be safe in cases where line voltage is subject to blackouts and surges. Keep in mind that they go for very many years. Neon lights that are built and maintained well will serve you for ten to twelve years. Note that neon signs are better than the old type bulbs because they don't last for many years. Note that setting up neon lights is an easy job and you can start using the immediately.
It is crucial to keep in mind that neon signs are known to attract customers. Note that they are normally used for advertisement and it has been going on for decades.They have been used by big companies as an advertising tool since the 19th century.For this reason, clients have been attracted by the neon signs in a huge way. Remember that clients usually look at the sign to find out if the business is closed and also to see promotions, and you can use it to your advantage. It is crucial to keep in mind from the minute you mount your neon sign, you will catch the eyes of passersby.
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As I looked at the Ger to Ger handbook, I became a bit nervous about my pending journey into the desert. I paged through the lightning strike section with the extensive "flash to bang" explanation wondering if there was something more statistically relevant about Mongolian lightening that I should know. Next I came across the wild animal section and the snake section reading "they usually aren't aggressive". Finally I quickly sped through the tick section assuming that since there were no trees or grass in the desert, I shouldn't have to worry about ticks…right?
There were many reasons why I chose Ger to Ger:
* They are a pioneer in Mongolian sustainable, culturally responsible tourism.
* 85% of the fees I paid goes directly to rural Mongolian nomadic groups and communities.
* This tourism activity helps increase rural social economic development.
* It was about meeting people and building relationships, not seeing all of the 'tourist sites'.
* It promotes cultural interaction and furthers the education of the herders by exposing them to other cultures and languages.
* It's required to go through a cultural 'orientation' before sending you out into the 'real' Mongolia.
I sat at my orientation with my new travel partners with excitement and a bit of trepidation. Excitement about experiencing the culture and a bit nervous learning about the massive amounts of boiled mutton I would be subjected to over the next 12 days. The route would take us into the Middle Gobi area where we'd go from Ger to Ger via local, traditional means (aka horses, camels, by foot, and by cart) and for the longer hauls we'd have a jeep. We'd eat what the families made for me and we'd pitch our own tent/ger so as to have a small bit of privacy in a land where there's nowhere to hide.
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Fall Protection for Workers
Written by Greg on January 29, 2015
While there may be numerous hazards for workers in any given labor environment, one area that is often overlooked is the potential for falls and falling objects to create harm. According to a recent OSHA (Occupational Safety Health Administration) study "falls and falling objects can result from unstable working surfaces, ladders, that are not safely positioned, and misuse of fall protection."
Additionally, workers can also be subjected to falls or falling objects when floor holes, sides and edges, and wall openings are not properly protected.
In addition, OSHA also stated that any worker, who works at a height of six feet or more in the construction industry, or four feet or more in any general industry, must be protected. Thus, for employees and employers alike, it is essential to understand how to offer adequately offer fall protection to employees.
When employees work on a walking or working surface that has an unprotected side OSHA standards dictates that management must:
- Roll out a fall protection program both through development, implementation, and commitment.
- Provide specific training on the aforementioned fall protection program.
- Evaluation of the program's overall effectiveness in order to gauge whether or not any specific changes will be made.
In addition, employers must continually assess the workplace in order to ensure that the structures have enough structural integrity to support workers. This measure includes the proper construction and installation of all support structures, the supervision of employees, implementation of fall protection systems, and the assurance that workers are all properly trained.
When there is an unprotected side, wall or floor opening it is encouraged that employers use one of the following in order to offer additional protection:
- Guardrails
- Safety Nets
- Fall Arrest Systems
- Covers or guards for floor holes when they are not being used
- All floor holes should also be able to support two times the weight of equipment, employees, and any other materials that will be placed.
As one can imagine, it is imperative that supervision is also maintained, both to ensure that these regulations are being followed and to locate any discrepancy that may arise. In addition, the research also points out that, when dealing with ladders in the working environment, OSHA also suggests that:
- Portable ladders should be extended to the side rails at least 3 feet above the landing.
- Side rails should be secured at the top to a rigid support and use a grab device when 3 foot extensions are not possible.
- The weight of the latter should be secured and inspected for any potential cracks, breaks, or other defects.
- The ladder should not hold more weight than has been allotted by manufacturer specification.
- Only ladders that comply with OSHA specifications should be used. These ladders have been specifically made for durability and the assurance that accidents will be minimized upon use.
Following all of these steps ensures that employers comply with OSHA standards and helps to prevent very serious accidents from occurring from inside the work environment.
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text: The MS in Engineering Management program is an important degree program at university. The program is designed very carefully to cater the need of various stakeholders. The curriculum of MSEM is developed in such a way to prepare students to identify problems, provide solutions for the existing problems in commercial, financial or other types of organizations. The main tactic of this degree program is to ontegrate theoretical and practical aspects of computer science discipline and its applications to various business systems. The design and use of the computer based colution to variety of problems is another major aspect to be studied during the MSEM program. The MSEM program provides students with broad range of computer knowledge and practical skills required in most of business and industry areas today.


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Morgan Cummins earned numerous honors this past spring. He was a First Team All-SCIAC selection for the third time in his career. He was an ABCA First Team All-West Region selection. He was named to the d3baseball.com All-American First Team. He was also Academic All-District for the second time. As catcher, he led the Stags with a .444 average. He also led the team in on-base percentage (.581), slugging percentage (.690) and walks (36) and tied for the team lead in doubles with 20. He was second in runs with 52 and third in RBI's with 40. Cummins is from Coronado and graduated from CMC in May with a History/Government (double) major. After graduating he signed with the Florida Marlins and is playing for the Jamestown Jammers in Class A ball.
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text: About us Where we help Kashmir Kashmir Emergency Appeal Al-Fatiha Global is able to deliver Humanitarian Aid inside Srinagar and other parts of Jammu & Kashmir, by working in partnership with a locally registered charity in Indian Administered Kashmir, which is run by those residing inside Srinagar, in the vale of Kashmir. The recent upsurge in the violence of July 2016 has seen a huge loss of life once again, thousands have been injured, and Kashmiri's are severely in need of medical aid. Please donate to our Kashmiri Appeal. Situation in Kashmir In 2010, Yale literary Prize, winning Indian writer Pankaj Mishra, sums up the Situation in Kashmir, during his interview with British newspaper the Guardian. Once known for its extraordinary beauty, the valley of Kashmir now hosts the biggest, bloodiest and also the most obscure military occupation in the world. With more than 80,000 people dead in an anti-India insurgency backed by Pakistan, the killings fields of Kashmir dwarf those of Palestine and Tibet. In addition to the everyday regime of arbitrary arrests, curfews, raids, and checkpoints enforced by nearly 700,000 Indian soldiers, the valley's 4 million Muslims are exposed to extra-judicial execution, rape and torture, with such barbaric variations as live electric wires inserted into [censored]. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/aug/14/silence-over-kashmir-conflict Kashmir's have been called the Palestinians of the Indian Sub-continent; their suffering has given rise to a vocabulary that does not exist elsewhere. Dead Eyes The term is given to hundreds of Kashmiri children blinded for life, after having been shot in the eyes with non-lethal pellet guns. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/asia/pellet-guns-used-in-kashmir-protests-cause-dead-eyes-epidemic.html?_r=0 Half Widows Numbering in the thousands is the term given widows, whose husbands are taken for interrogation by the security forces and have subsequently 'disappeared'. These women are called "half-widows" because they have no idea whether their husbands are dead or alive. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/the-other-half/ Gendered Violence The army and police have been accused of rape, sometimes to force compliance. The Kunan Poshspora incident is just one high profile example: in 1991, an estimated 40 women from two Kashmir villages were gang raped by members of the Indian army in just one night. http://www.milligazette.com/news/7188-1336-rape-cases-in-kashmir-in-seven-years-conviction-rate-woefully-low The Indian government has registered 1,336 cases of rape in Kashmir since 2006, but there have been few convictions. Official statistics on sexual violence are very conservative: 12% of interviewees who took part in a 2005 study by Médecins Sans Frontières reported that they had been victims of sexual violence since 1989. http://theconversation.com/the-forgotten-half-widows-of-kashmirs-armed-conflict-62708 Fake Encounters Fake encounters is the term given by Kashmiris, to the describe the practice luring civilians by promising them Jobs as "porters" for the army and shooting them in cold blood, to claim cash awards. Awards are given to soldiers for stopping infiltration by militants from Pakistan and since foreign militants have no local next of kin to return the body for burial, these bodies are buried in unmarked graves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Kashmir_unrest https://thewire.in/81287/army-told-disclose-pathribal-fake-encounter-details/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/09/mass-graves-of-kashmir TTT Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma, a term used to describe the transmission of trauma down the generations. Before 1989, there were no PTSD cases, but now we have an epidemic of disorders in Kashmir. Generation after generation has been at the receiving end; anybody could get killed or humiliated - [it's] a condition of helplessness. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recently released a comprehensive report [PDF] on mental health in Kashmir, it concluded that half of all residents of the valley have "mental health problems". The report found that nearly 1.8 million adults suffer from some form of mental distress. A majority - 93 percent - have experienced conflict-related trauma. The average adult was found to have witnessed around eight traumatic events (more than one in each decade) during his or her lifetime. More than 70 percent of adults have experienced or witnessed the sudden or violent death of someone they knew. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/06/kashmir-mental-health-crisis-160620085520339.html SSMCMC State-Security-Military-Corporate-Media-Complex, is the term used to describe the relationship between the politicians, the security forces and the media, in ensuring a unified front is presented to the Indian people and the world. Sudhir Chaudhary, the editor of the Zee News channel, said in an interview to Al Jazeera: "We have an anti-terrorism stand, an anti-Pakistan stand. We believe Kashmir is a part and parcel of India." Justifying the gag on the Kashmiri press, he said: "Media in Srinagar is not fair, is not neutral. It is not portraying both the sides ... it was a right decision to put a brake on such media." During the 2016 unrest in Kashmir following the death of 21-year-old Burhan Wani, a "most-wanted" , insurgent commander, the Indian state enforced a complete information blackout. Mobile phone networks and internet services were interrupted. Printing presses shut down and newspapers in the region temporarily banned from publishing. Facebook was accused of censoring posts and pictur and blocking the user accounts of those posting about the events unfolding in Kashmir. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2017/03/manufacturing-consent-indian-administered-kashmir-170301125234902.html AFSPA The "Armed Forces Special Powers Act" 1990 means "No officer can be charged without permission from the Indian Government". Its; origins can be traced to "The Armed Forces Special Powers Ordinance of 1942", which was promulgated by the British on 15 August 1942 to suppress the Quit India Movement. United Nations ViewWhen India presented its second periodic report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in 1991, members of the UNHRC asked numerous questions about the validity of the AFSPA. They questioned the constitutionality of the AFSPA under Indian law and asked how it could be justified in light of Article 4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ICCPR. On 23 March 2009, UN Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay asked India to repeal the AFSPA. She termed the law as "dated and colonial-era law that breach contemporary international human rights standards." On 31 March 2012, the UN asked India to revoke AFSPA saying it had no place in Indian democracy. Christof Heyns, UN's Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions said "During my visit to Kashmir, AFSPA was described to me as 'hated' and 'draconian'. It clearly violates International Law. A number of UN treaty bodies have pronounced it to be in violation of International Law as well." http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/un-asks-india-to-repeal-armed-forces-special-powers-act-474228 A Wounded Paradise The natural beauty of Kashmir is unrivalled, with its' soaring mountains, gushing rivers and green meadows considered a utopia by those who visit. But for residents, Kashmir is a place of injustice, death and destruction. It is a wounded paradise where orphanages, military checkpoints and "martyrs'" graveyards disfigure the landscape.http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2011/08/201181143630563904.html Operating In Kashmir For 20 Years Al Fatiha Global was originally set up in 1996 to benefit the needy in Pakistani Administered Kashmir. A few of our dedicated team of volunteers and trustees are from the region so know the area well and have a vested interest in benefitting the community and its inhabitants. An emergency response team was mobilised straight after the floods in September to assess and identify the need on the ground. In conjunction with local aid agencies permanently based in Kashmir, Al Fatiha Global was able to deliver an emergency response which included medical and vital food aid, mobile clinics, and teams to help with the disinfection clear up the process once the flood waters had receded. The sharp increase in refugees as a result of flood waters destroying so many family homes has meant that AFG will be working in the region for some time to come and will need YOUR generous donations along with our team on the ground to help the most vulnerable long term. A series of natural disasters such as the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the September floods of 2014 have hugely exacerbated the humanitarian crisis. The unstable and sensitive nature of the region along with the geographical challenges of delivering aid has resulted in several dedicated aid agencies developing their services to alleviate some of that suffering. Kashmir has seen almost six decades of violence result in a humanitarian crisis often ignored by the international community. Several wars and continuous low-level conflicts over Kashmir between India and Pakistan have impacted tens of thousands of innocent civilians over that time- many live in temporary homes having been displaced several times due to the violence. An estimated 22,000 widows and 100,000 orphans have been reported as a result of violence in Jammu & Kashmir over the last several decades and the death of a breadwinner in many of these communities results in great hardship for those left behind. 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Back in the days when I juiced almost daily—a bygone era whose recession I attribute to being just a whole lot busier—I watched bowl after bowl of organic veggie pulp migrate into my trash. It was awful to watch, if only because it was like watching so many dollar signs be flushed away. Sure, I had a great cup of juice, but what of all the stuff I was throwing out? Surely, I thought, I could figure out a use for it.
Life changed forever when I discovered how to make juice pulp crackers at home (and carrot falafel, and spinach burgers, and green guac, and more). I was ecstatic to find that there was a simple and easy way to avoid having any waste at all (even though I maintain that, if I couldn't use the pulp, it would still be worth it to juice).
Nowadays, the problem isn't that I have too much juice pulp on my hands, but rather that I have too little. I try to juice on Saturdays and Sundays, but the honest truth of the matter is that I don't often find time during my busy weeks, and I'm at peace with it. The downside is that I miss having juice pulp crackers, flatbreads, burgers, and so on to snack on, as they make for a great alternative to grain based sources of crunch. They're also economical, tasty, and—as far as dehydrator recipes go—very easy.
That's where friends like Valerie come in. Valerie happens to run her blog out of a very modest kitchen—it's amazing what she does to economize space—and she recently mentioned that she always has a glut of juice pulp in her freezer. The excited look on my face must have said it all: she immediately offered to send me home with a few bags of frozen juice pulp.
Is it a little weird to catch a bus home with a big purse full of frozen green juice pulp? Yes, yes it is. But I never said I was normal.
If any of you are wondering, juice pulp freezes beautifully, though I wouldn't exceed 3-4 weeks.
Valerie mentioned that she's been experimenting with different sorts of pulp crackers, and namely with both chia and flax as her base. After sampling some of her delicious creations (some with cayenne—yum!) I was inspired to get to work on my own, side-by-side comparison of the two methods. I made a chia seed recipe first, using my original template for pulp crackers and substituting chia for flax. I also threw chia seeds in at the end, which was a great touch!
Chia Juice Pulp Crackers (raw, vegan, GF)
Yields 1 dehydrator sheet worth of crackers, 24-30
2 cups juice pulp, tightly packed
1/2 cup ground chia seed
2-3 tbsp tamari (I like my salty)
2 tsps coriander
black pepper to taste
1/3-1/2 cup water
1/3 cup chia seeds, whole
1) Place pulp, ground chia, tamari, coriander, and black pepper in a food processor fitted with the S blade. Pulse to combine well.
2) Add the water and let the motor run, till mixture is right consistency (start by adding 1/4 of a cup and move up: how much you need will depend on how much liquid was in the pulp already). You want your mixture to be thick and sticky, but spreadable.
3) Add whole chia seeds and pulse to combine.
4) Spread on a Teflex lined dehydrator sheet, score into cracker shapes and dehydrate at 115 for about 5-6 hours. Flip the sheet over (you may want to put another sheet on top and then flip them both), and then dehydrate till very dry, about 4-5 more hours.
Love! My immediate thought is that the chia seed crackers end up less crunchy than flax crackers, but they're also thicker and a little heartier. I think they'd actually make wonderful raw flatbread that's actually more bread than cracker—it's next on my agenda! These were a refreshing alternative to the usual flax stuff.
But of course, the flax crackers are great, too. And since I had a lot of juice pulp thanks to Val, I made some of those, too, using a new lemon thyme variation that's stunning!
Lemon Thyme Juice Pulp Crackers (raw, vegan, GF)
Makes about 24-30 crackers
2 tightly packed cups juice pulp (any veggies you like)
1/2 cup flax meal, ground
1 tsp sea salt
2 tsps crushed thyme
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp lemon zest
Black pepper to taste (I'm generous with it)
1/4-1/2 cup water
1) Blend all ingredients save the water in a food processor. Add water in a thin stream till the mix is easy to spread, but still a bit sticky (the amount of water you'll need will vary based on how watery the pulp is).
2) Turn the "dough" out onto a teflex dehydrator sheet and spread it evenly. Score into cracker or flatbread shapes–I tend to do half and half of each!
3) Dehydrate the crackers at 115 degrees for about 5-6 hours. Flip the sheet by putting another teflex sheet over it, flipping it over, and then peeling off your original sheet.
4) Dehydrate for another 4-5 hours, or until crackers are nice and crunchy (again, this time may vary based on how watery your pulp was).
Oven option (also applies to chia crackers): bake crackers at 325 degrees for about 30 minutes, checking on them often to be sure they're not burning. Use your kitchen intuition!
These, too, are delicious. See how they're sort of thinner and crunchier than the chia ones?
They also make wonderful flatbread for lunch or snackage:
Chia, flax…let's call the whole thing off. No matter how you slice it (pun intended) these mixtures are wonderful way to get essential fatty acids, beneficial fiber, and veggie goodness into a high raw day. Enjoy!
What's your favorite raw or cooked cracker recipe? And what other sorts of things do you like to do with juice pulp?


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When death row inmate Michael Lambrix applied to be a Florida Supreme Court Justice in January, the nominating committee had a good laugh. "It's tongue-in-cheek," said Chair Robert Hackleman - and it probably was. (Lambrix wrote: "My biggest qualification...is that I'm the only applicant that has been totally screwed by the justice system.")
But it seems the chuckles ensuing from lawyers and judges have now faded into an uncomfortable silence. This past February 9, the litigious convict scrawled a 26-page motion "to Disqualify the Entire Florida Supreme Court." He demanded it be filed appropriately and addressed in a timely manner. His claim: Chief Justice Peggy Quince helped prosecute his murder case in the 1980s. It has since come to light -- he says -- that the team of lawyers acted unethically. He writes: "Numerous documents [that show] the state knowingly withheld evidence"
Researcher Mike Hikey - who has followed the case out of sheer curiosity --is taking Lambrix seriously. "The fact that he has turned down offers for a reduced sentence twice shows he is serious about his innocence claims."
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My boyfriend and I are just back from a two week cruise on the island escape. This was my boyfriends first cruise and after reading the reviews we were really unsure what to expect. However we had a fantastic time. Yes it's an old ... Read More
My boyfriend and I are just back from a two week cruise on the island escape. This was my boyfriends first cruise and after reading the reviews we were really unsure what to expect. However we had a fantastic time. Yes it's an old cruise ferry but it didn't feel that way on board. All the public areas were nicely decorated and you could tell they have spent a lot on this ship. Our cabin wa nice, it was slightly bigger than I expected however the bathroom was dated and it took us a while to get the shower to a nice temperature but we finally mastered it. Thank you has to go to Melwin our cabin steward who attended to our room 3 times a day and who was very friendly. Food wise we couldn't fault the ship. Food was varied and plentiful, we never struggled to find something we liked. The island restaurant was our favourite out of the two, but we did eat at the beach comber if we missed dinner in island restaurant or if we were feeling like a snack. I would highly recommend going to the oasis at least once. For £15 it is well worth it, we had the lobster menu and this included lobster ravioli, lobster soup, lobster Thermidor and a choice of dessert. It was absolutely amazing they also gave us a basket of different breads with oils. The all inclusive drinks package was great too, you only pay for premium drinks but you should be able to find something you like ( I liked the cocktails) and if you do want a premium drink its not that expensive. Entertainment was great we especially enjoyed the bounty lounge where the Switch played every night and where there were game shows. We were asked to take part in the generation game on our first week which we were a bit apprehensive about, but we had a blast and enjoyed every minute of it. The entertainment staff were excellent. We did go to the shows a couple of times but if I'm honest they weren't for us we are a couple of ages 28 and 31 so we felt it was more geared up to older people. Which was fine as there was plenty to keep us occupied and we never felt out of place. We did enjoy ending our nights in the look out bar which acted almost like a night club which was great. On the whole we couldn't fault this cruise and we loved exploring all the lovely cities along the way. Would we do it again? Absolutely :) Read Less
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Amazon is currently in talks with recording company executives to try and broker a deal to create a streaming music service, according to a report today by Re/code. While rumors about a possible streaming service have been around for a while, music industry sources said Amazon is now in more serious negotiations to get a deal done.
It would be a logical move for the company to leverage the existing library it has for its Amazon MP3 service, and would be in line with the company's Amazon Prime Instant Video and Kindle Lending Library offerings. According to the report, Prime customers would get access to the service for free, like Amazon's other offerings. It could also be a key new feature for the company's rumored set-top box: that way, Prime subscribers could get access to Amazon's entire streaming audio library in their living room.
Amazon is currently the only major tech company without a streaming music service. Apple has iTunes Radio, Google has its Play Music app, and Microsoft has Xbox Music. Launching its own streaming service would put Amazon on the same level as those other companies.
That said, Amazon's own insistence on low prices could torpedo its ambitions. The company is asking for a significant discount on a streaming license in its negotiations, compared to the deals labels have struck with services like Rdio and Spotify. Still, the company has staff members who are experienced with landing licensing deals. Michael Paull, the head of its digital music division, was formerly a Sony Music executive, and Principal Content Acquisition Manager Adam Parness used to head up licensing efforts at Rhapsody.
A new streaming service would certainly be one way to get people to stay subscribed to Amazon Prime as the company looks to raise its price from $79 to $99 or $119. An earlier survey showed that while Amazon needs the price increase, it has to convince consumers that they're still getting a good deal in order to maintain Prime's current subscriber levels.


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The Ahmed Bin Rashid Free Zone (ABRFZ) is located in the emirate of Umm Al Quwain, on the west coast of UAE. This has been established with the vision to develop the region into a global business hub and dive the local as well as foreign investments into the emirate.
Having its own port capable of handling ocean going vessels, the ABRFZ offers easy connectivity to the international markets in Europe, Africa and Asia. The management has a clear vision and mission to establish a customer friendly environment while preserving the local values and protecting the environment, health and safety of the people who work there as well as the society at large.
Three types of licenses are issued at ABRFZ. They are General trading license, management and consultancy license and Special license. These business models offer flexible licensing options to the investors.
Once the investors submit a completed application form, the free zone authority will review the proposal. After the project is approved provisionally, the legal representative of the investing company is called for a discussion to finalize the details of the project.
Once the agreement has been reached, a lease and Secondment agreement will be prepared and signed by both the parties. The license fee has to be remitted before the license is issued. The usual lease period is fifteen years, with an option to renew.
After the license is issued, the Free Zone Authority can sponsor the staff on behalf of the investor. Such employees, sponsored by the free zone authority can not wok out side the free zone.
Advantages of Ahmed Bin Rashid Free Zone:
ABRFZ has a reserved land of 118,000 square meters, exclusively for developing the light industrial units.
Many attractive financial incentives are offered to the investors such as , tax holiday for fifteen years, No export and import duties etc.
ABRFZ has adequate warehousing facilities where the goods can be stored safely. Many amenities are available with these properties. All the utilities are centrally managed by the local provider and are readily available at a very low rate. Labor and staff accommodation is available on site.
ABRFZ offers a one stop shop for all the government related, procurement related and business operations elated services. This enables the investors to quickly establish their companies and focus on the business development.
ABRFZ has state of the art communication and IT infrastructure and networks. These are managed with a very high availability and performance standards. The free zone also provides excellent logistics management and cargo handling services which helps the investors in reducing the cycle time.
Ready to use office units also help the investors to quickly set up the businesses. The ABRFZ has a very clearly defined safety , health and environment policy and is keen to partner with the investors to ensure the environmental sustainability of the region.
With all such incentives and advantages, coupled with a highly investor friendly environment, ABRFZ is growing very fast.