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Silver Donation – All About the Birds!
The Silver Nature Reserve is in Grey Highlands and close to the Niagara Escarpment. It shares its eastern border with the Niagara Escarpment Plan boundary. The land contains many features including afforested fields, a maple-beech climax forest and the Wodehouse Marsh Wetland. The location combined with these significant natural features makes a beautiful nature reserve.
The land donor, Malcolm Silver, is an EBC Board Member and an avid birder. During his time on the property, he has observed many birds and we have a list 63 species long to prove it! Species range from forest birds to water fowl to grassland birds; from the mighty Sandhill Crane to the tiny Chipping Sparrow.
Observations include birds at risk like the Eastern Wood-pewee. This species holds the status of Special Concern in Ontario, but is not listed in the federal Species at Risk Act. The Special Concern designation protects the species but their habitat is not protected. The conservation of this property will preserve existing habitat in perpetuity. The afforestation of the fields will, in time, eliminate breeding habitat for the Eastern Meadowlark. However, it will increase breeding habitat for forest birds at risk like the Wood Thrush and Eastern Wood-pewee.
Malcolm's observations are not limited to birds! We have records of several reptiles, amphibians and mammals. They too enjoy the wetlands, damp forests and grassland on the property.
Malcolm severed the ecologically significant part of his property from the farmhouse and farmland which he and his family will retain. He donated the rest to EBC. As a land trust, EBC will not erect buildings or use the land for anything aside from hiking. As a condition of the severance, the land on the donated parcel was re-zoned. Land zoned Agriculture (A1) changed to Open Space (OS) to restrict land use. This adds another layer of protection further ensuring the conservation of these natural features and the species that depend on them.
On a landscape level, the Silver Nature Reserve contributes to existing conservation efforts in the area. There are several Grey Sauble Conservation properties along with provincially significant areas.
As the new owners of this nature reserve, EBC will protect the ecological integrity for future generations. Thank you Malcolm!

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Disclaimer: Below is purely my personal opinion and may not be the best way of going about this task. This is just the way I followed. Optimum way for others may vary from person to person.
All of us read newspapers, but many of us don't read it in the way it should be read for UPSC exam. There is a common complaint that we spend too much time on newspapers or we read the topic, still couldn't write well in the exam on it. Many people complain of quantity versus quality tradeoff in the exam i.e. how to attmept maximum number of questions while maintaining good quality in answers. This happens mostly because we are not able to structure our thoughts well in the exam and don't recall our points quickly. And the main reason for this is unorganized way of studying. Our mode of study should be structured and we should then make our notes in a way UPSC asks questions. Then our thought process would be structured, we will write good answers and recall maximum number of points in the exam. UPSC asks ISSUES and NOT NEWS. So while reading newspapers, we should focus on issues and not news.
An aspirant, chocoboy was kind enough to send me pdfs of today's hindu. Instead of replying personally to him, I thought it would be useful if I write a public post on it. So below is how I think we should go through today's newspaper.
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In this page, only 2 articles should be read – one on judge appointment and other on high speed trains. In the judge article, the things we should focus on are: collegium system, its origin, what it is, government has what powers to overrule judiciary (as has happened recently), what can judiciary do now, how the collegium system has worked so far, its criticisms, recent JAC act and constitutional amendment, pros n cons of the act, way fwd / our opinion… Now obviously most of these things we will not find in this news article. Here is where internet steps in. We should google about all these things, read expert opinion, watch Rajya Sabha TV youtube video on it etc. and make our own notes in our own words on all these topics. Better to have online notes so that we can edit them later.
Next article of use is high speed train where we should study sad affairs of railways today, what are issues with railways, how it should be improved, various committees formed in last 3-4 years, any major committee formed whose recommendations have had a major effect on railways, is running high speed / bullet train a good idea or wastage of money, pros and cons of it, privatisation of railways – pros and cons, is any new technology being used in high speed / bullet / maglev trains? Again obviously we will not find all these in a single place, we will have to toil and search for all these things on internet.
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Normally page 3 doesn't contain anything, but here there is this 'blue fuel'. So blue fuel must be focused upon – what it is, what will be its impact, pros and cons.
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Judiciary article – we have already read in page 1, so may be just glance through it to see if anything new covered.
Islamic state article – new thing for me, so I would read it, try to link it with what I know. Things which are new to me or I can't understand, I would google starting with Baghdadi's name. If this is an important story, we would get to read more about it in coming days.
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Ecology article – Usually such articles contain repetitive and often said things. So just a glance through is needed to see if this contains anything new. If it doesn't no need for any further action. If it does, underline it, make notes and if needed search on internet.
Privatisation of health sector – This is an important question for us. We should read the article and then search on internet what are the weaknesses in present system – both public health system and private health system, and the pros and cons of privatization, and how to achieve privatization while minimizing its harmful impacts. Internet study is needed.
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Only article of use to us is Indians in Mosul. This is a developing story, we will read the article, most probably there will only be 1-2 lines of use to us in this article which we should underline and add to our notes.
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Again the article of use is Kurdish leadership one. This again is a developing story, read it fast and underline and make notes of 1-2 new things we find.
Next article is that of shift in Japan's policy – we should be aware of the nature of this shift and its impact. Japan – China question is an old one and so much we already know about it that not much time needs to be spent on it.
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There is an article on El Nino. Don't read the article, we just need to know the mechanism of El Nino from Geography point of view.


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for longer lasting smooth skin.
Waxing uproots the hair from its follicles for the longest-lasting (up to six weeks), smoothest results of all temporary hair removal methods…
What's more, over time it can also decrease regrowth. There are several types of waxes:
Hot Wax
Often called paraffin wax, the original hot wax (hard wax) took the form of a tray of solid wax derived mainly from tallow and resins. In order to work, it had to be heated. Hot wax is applied to the skin, allowed to cool down, goes hard and is then removed along with the hair. This method does not require any strip.
Warm Wax
Warm wax is actually a liquid sugar mixture, heated (on the stove or in a microwave oven), applied to the skin and then removed with muslin or cotton strips which absorb the wax, allowing it to grip the hair. Both warm and hot wax have the advantage of opening up the hair follicle and softening the layers of surrounding skin, easing the release of the hair with its root.
Cold Wax/ Gel-Wax
Cold wax, in either paste or gel form, is applied to the skin without heating. Cotton strips are then applied and the cold wax and hair are removed together with the cotton strip. This method can be very fast as there is no heating required. Just apply the wax and remove the hair.
Wax Strips
The wax strip system–or instant waxing–offers a convenient, quick, "no mess, no fuss" method of hair removal that requires no preparation. There are different types of strips available for sensitive or normal skin types. Sensitive formulas are gentler on the skin as they have less grip on the skin whilst normal formulas are very effective for removing all the hair and can be used more than once.
Shaving has been in existence since ancient times. The razor or shaver cuts the hair off at the surface of the skin…
Shaving has been in existence since ancient times. The razor or shaver cuts the hair off at the surface of the skin, causing hair to grow back (sometimes as soon as a few hours later) coarser.
While a razor can be convenient, it has its cons, frequently causing nicks and cuts, hair growing back quickly and more coarse, and causing a period of prickly stubble.
Depilatory creams and lotions, which remove hair just below the skin's surface, have become the most common form of at-home hair removal over the past 30 years…
Depilatory creams and lotions have a more feminine connotation than shaving and come in various strengths formulated for specific areas of the body.
The method is more effective than shaving, as the hair is removed slightly below the skin's surface, and so the hair will take longer to grow back than shaving.
The method is also very convenient as the cream or lotion is applied, the beauty routine can continue for a few minutes and then the cream/lotion is removed along with the hair.
As well as waxes, creams and razors, there are a number of other hair removal methods..
Bleaching is an alternative to physical hair removal. Although bleach does not remove hair, it lightens the colour of the hair so that it blends with the natural colour of the skin. Bleaching can be great for younger people who do not want to remove the hair but want to lessen its appearance. Bleaching can also be great for facial hair, arm hair and foot hair.
Touted as permanent hair removal, electrolysis involves inserting a fine needle into the hair follicle and electronically charging the root of the hair to kill it. However, a new root cell can form in the same area, causing re-growth. Compared to other hair removal methods, electrolysis is relatively new, time-consuming and expensive.
Mittens are an inexpensive method of hair removal. They scrub the surface of the skin, catching hair in their abrasive fibre/crystals and pulling it out, either at the root or above the skin. The abrasiveness can be harmful to delicate skin. This can be a great hair removal method for the right person, and also exfoliates the skin giving great condition when moisturiser is applied afterwards. This method is not for everybody.
Laser hair removal is a costly procedure in which a laser beam is used to disable hair follicles. Not only is it the newest method of hair removal to be marketed, but it is also among the newest cosmetic laser treatments available. Some estimates say one treatment can eliminate 30 to 40 percent of the hair for up to a year (the rest may grow back, but with a finer texture). While the number of treatments required to effectively remove the hair depends on the size of the area involved, typically two to four sessions are needed. Laser can be damaging to the skin and its long term effects are unknown. It can also be a costly treatment.


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SoCozy Salon Formula for Kids Hair
I partnered with SoCozy Hair for this sponsored post, because managing kids is one thing, and managing their hair is another. As usual, all opinions expressed are my own.
As a woman of color, our hair has always been a topic of discussion. Society's definition of beautiful and attractive didn't always include naturally kinky hair and I saw evidence on the magazine covers, in movies and in commercials. By the time I was in my early teens, chemicals had already been introduced to my kinky strands. It took me a long time to learn to love my natural strands and its versatility.
I want my daughter to love her hair, but more importantly to know that her true beauty lies within her. I love my daughter's hair texture and how it can be manipulated into just about any style, so I'm all in for any product that will help make that process easier. And because her scalp is tender, there's always a need for a gentle and easy-to-use products. Finding the right products to care for my little princesses hair, is always worth the fuss.
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So if you're looking for some smart, fun products that strengthen and nourish with no nasties (no paraben, sulfates, and synthetic color) for your darlings. Check out SoCozy! It's time to kiss tangles, frizz, and bedhead farewell.
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One of the most energetic and original bands of the Rockabilly Boom, The Shakin' Pyramids acheived success with two albums and a string of singles on Virgin Records in the early 1980s.They made a number of TV appearances and toured Worldwide in their short career, leaving a lasting impression on all who saw them play. This live performance was recorded originally for Radio Broadcast, and captures The Shakin' Pyramids rockin' it up at a festival in their native Glasgow in 1981.They storm through a bunch of their best known songs, and also perform some songs which were never released on any of their records. An essential release.
Raucous Records is the longest establisted 1950s Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly and Psychobilly CD, DVD and vinyl specialist on the internet.A world of Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Surf, Swing and 1950s Rock 'n' Roll delivered to your door.
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Jonah Luke & Annie Jo -
Duo Electronic Press Kit
Jonah Geil-Neufeld
As a duo, we perform with Jonah Luke on vocals and acoustic guitar and Annie Jo on vocals. We are based in Portland, OR, USA.
Musical duo Jonah Luke and Annie Jo play joyful, lively, thoughtful folk-rock with a dash of pop and a sprinkling of a cappella. With stirring harmonies and upbeat tunes, they bring out the sunshine wherever they perform, even in their rainy city of Portland. Playing around the country (and perhaps the world), the two enjoy sharing the musical love.
Jonah Luke grew up playing drums in a cajun band, and quickly expanded his repertoire to trombone and guitar and songwriting for a few different rock bands. Annie Jo, on the other hand, grew up acting in musicals at her local community theater and singing at the dinner table, to the annoyance of her family. The two met in college and became fast music-making partners, performing in their school's musical, Urinetown, and singing in a cappella groups. This knack for performance and playfulness comes across in their concerts, where they sing originals and covers.
Jonah Luke's first solo EP, I Don't Need You to Know, was released in 2010 after being recorded in various dorm rooms. Finding a Way Home, the group's first full length album, came out in 2013 and was celebrated with a release show at The Secret Society in Portland, OR. Other venues the duo have enjoyed playing include the Crystal Ballroom, Alberta Street Pub, McMenamin's Edgefield Winery, The White Eagle, and Maryhill Winery. In 2015 they released a full-band EP called Within The Lines. They are currently playing around the Western United States, writing songs, and performing in Portland.
For a longer bio, go here.
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"Jonah Luke and Friends, kicked off the event with sunny acoustic guitar riffs and two trombones softly crooning along with Jonah's lyrical wit. The band played old open mic favorites that the crowd was familiar with. Jonah threw in some scat, eliciting much clapping and cheering from the audience. The band's upbeat melodies and warm harmonies carried the audience into carefree summertime bliss, a rare experience during Portland's dreary winter rains."
- The Pioneer Log (Lewis & Clark student newspaper), Hilary Devaney
Jonah Luke's "I Don't Need You to Know EP" is the debut recording from this Portland, Oregon singer. His music on this disc is joyful, acoustic and sunny. The title track is a bouncy full-strum tune with some "dum dum dee" bubbly backing vocals. This is a good freshman set. Luke's music doesn't so much grab you by the collar as it does give you a quick hug and a pat on the back. Enjoy!
- Lee Armstrong, Amazon.com reviewer
Where We've Played:
Portland, OR:
Crystal Ballroom
Alberta Street Pub
Secret Society Ballroom
The Waypost
Maryhill Winery
The White Eagle
Edgefield Winery
Chicago, IL
Bend, OR
The Dalles, OR
Seattle, WA
New York, NY
Patterson, NJ
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PROFILE: Renee Ludekens
Renee Ludekens and her partner moved to Daylesford in the early 2000s. The first time she went to ChillOut, Renee didn't really even know what it was.
I went to a ChillOut event, didn't know anything about it, and just went 'oh my god I cannot believe this town has a gay festival!' I was so excited and proud.
Not only was it exciting to discover that her new hometown had its very own pride festival, the general acceptance and freedom to be who she was in Daylesford was something that Renee did not take for granted.
I had lived overseas for 15-20 years in countries where homosexual activities in any form have been illegal, so was never comfortable coming out or being a gay woman ... so being in a town that appeared to be very accepting, and to have a festival that was very accepting, it was like, I'm so involved. I will give all my time and energy to something to say yes, this is right.
Renee's enthusiasm for her new home and for the ChillOut Festival meant that she jumped wholeheartedly into helping out: 'I jumped on as a volunteer and did anything that they wanted me to do.' The first year as a volunteer Renee did a variety of different jobs, including working the bar, marshalling the street parade, and working Carnival Day. She was happy to go wherever she was needed. As she remembers, 'I just worked the whole time, and then went on the next year to join the committee'.
Renee joined the ChillOut committee at quite a transitional time. For the first few years, committee members and volunteers organised and staffed the festival. Renee held the position of vice president, then president for a few years during this time. Then for the last couple of years of her involvement on the committee, her position transitioned into paid coordinator.
The committee changed [with] a couple of corporate guys on it ... which brought in an element of getting corporations involved, or getting fundraising to a different level ... it certainly gave [ChillOut] a push to recognise that you can't have the chiefs doing everything as such, you've got to have some of the management managing and some of these other jobs that take up so much time maybe can be outsourced.
With the influence of new committee members such as Jim Culbertson, the festival found itself with better sponsorship and as a result more financial support. This allowed the festival to grow in a more professionalised fashion. Tasks like cleaning up at the end of Carnival Day or car parking were outsourced to community groups including local schools and the CFA. As Renee remembers, 'it was just a natural progression ... instead of just having community groups get money, they were involved in working for it'. This retained the emphasis on community benefit, but also allowed the festival organisers to focus their limited voluntary energy on other issues.
The paid positions that were introduced, however, were still very limited. As Renee recalls, you weren't paid for all your hours:
You might do say 50 per cent payment – you'd bank in 10 hours of payment then you'd volunteer your other 25 or whatever it was – so even though it sounds glamorous being a paid position ... that's not how it worked.
Renee stayed on the ChillOut committee for almost a decade.
And I loved it. I cannot say enough how wonderful it was. That feeling on Monday or the Tuesday – we've had the dance parties, we've had the carnivals, we've had the street parades, we've had our finishing breakfast, and you'd come back and you'd feel so flat and so depleted of any energy ... but this feeling of, oh my god I don't have to juggle a thousand things, but I don't have that adrenalin rush anymore. It took about a week or two just to calm down and go, okay now get back into rhythm.
After working a few years in the position of paid coordinator, Renee decided it was time to hand over the reins.
I also felt that my role could take ChillOut a little bit further ... but I didn't have the power at that point or energy to take it further. So for me it was a really nice time to hand over and let other people run it.
Renee is all-too-aware that the freedoms and liberties she and the LGBTI community enjoy today were hard won.
People forget that there have been fights to get here, it hasn't always been smooth sailing. I haven't experienced the violence ... [but] I have seen verbal abuse go on around here years ago. I think it's extremely necessary to have a political say and opinion and to be heard ... So I think it's very important to say yes, we're here and these are the things we need because we are another part of the community, and a big one that makes up this diverse area.
Ever a ChillOut fan, Renee still enjoys attending and participating in events when she can. When she's at the festival, she admits:
I'm bursting with pride. I admire the people that are running it, and I always take my hat off and think what a fantastic job they're doing ... when I see the committee, when I see the volunteers, and I see how excited they are, and I see the events that they're pulling off, it's just total pride.
All quotes taken from an interview with Renee Ludekens, 18 December 2017.


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Lieutenant Doren is a human quest giver located in the Rebel Camp[47.3, 10.9] in the contested territory of Northern Stranglethorn. He is the highest ranking officer of the camp and sends adventurers to kill the traitor Kurzen. He suspects Bookie Herod of betraying Private Thorsen.
Quests Edit
- [24] Spared from Madness
- [24] Stopping Kurzen's Legacy
- [24] The Fate of Kurzen
- [24] Hero's Call: Northern Stranglethorn Vale!
- [24] Rebels Without a Clue
- As part of the Rise of the Zandalari line
- [85] Defend the Rebel Camp
- [85] Warn the Rebel Camp
Removed quests EditNote: These quests are no longer associated with this particular mob/NPC/item.
- [35] Bookie Herod
- [37] Patrol Schedules
- [40] Colonel Kurzen (Elite)
Patch changes Edit
- Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Quests changed.
External links Edit
- Level 60
- Level 85
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Caffé Terzi
Creating a New Coffee Culture in Italy
Millions of espressos are served across Italy every day but few people are drinking single-origin arabica. The Specialty Coffee Association in Italy and a dedicated contingent of importers, roasters and café owners are trying to changing that. Read more
The free STiR newsletter is sent once each month with news updates, important information and upcoming events.


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Associate Director, Personalized Learning Consortium
- Location
- Washington D.C.
- Salary
- $85,000-$95,000 per year with generous benefits
- Posted
- Aug 07, 2018
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- Associate Director, PLC
- Administrative Jobs
- Academic Affairs, Instructional Design
- Jobs Outside Higher Education
- Non-Profit Organizations & Associations
- Institution Type
- Other Organizations

Summary
 The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), a research, policy and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in the US, Canada and Mexico, is seeking an Associate Director for the Personalized Learning Consortium (PLC) to manage several exciting and complex national initiatives to advance the use of digital and adaptive learning within higher education. Successful candidates will be a collaborative team member and capable of working with a broad range of individuals and constituencies across the United States. S/he will be highly motivated and able to communicate effectively, as well as possess strong project planning/management, organizational, and change management skills. This full-time, two-year, grant-funded position will be based in Washington, DC. For more information, consult www.aplu.org.

 Background
 The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) is a research, policy, and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. With a membership of 238 public research universities, land-grant institutions, state university systems, and affiliated organizations, APLU's agenda is built on the three pillars of increasing degree completion and academic success, advancing scientific research, and expanding engagement. APLU undertakes a wide array of projects and initiatives along with its members and provides a forum for public higher education leaders to work collaboratively and better meet the challenges and opportunities facing public universities. Annually, APLU member campuses enroll 4.7 million undergraduates and 1.2 million graduate students, award 1.2 million degrees, employ 1.4 million faculty and staff, and conduct $42.7 billion in university-based research.

 APLU's Personalized Learning Consortium (PLC) offers participating institutions a robust strategy for understanding, implementing and scaling the use of technologies designed to personalize and improve the education experience. Comprised of 14 universities, the consortium fosters multi-institutional cooperation and collaboration among academic affairs leaders to advance the use of technology to improve student learning, retention, and graduation. For more information, consult www.aplu.org. (Hiring for this position is contingent upon confirmation of funding.)

Responsibilities

Develop and implement strategy for all Digital Learning Solutions Network (DLSN) activities. Provide effective technical assistance to scale digital learning initiatives to targeted four-year universities.

Provide day-to-day grant management and coordination of all digital learning grant funded activities, including developing, implementing and managing planning process, work plans and activity schedules to meet project objectives. Report on grant requirements.

Manage project assessment and evaluation, including designing, implementing, collecting and analyzing required institutional data and directing evaluations and assessments of project-related activities. Incorporate project learnings into project activities.

Communicate project results to internal and external stakeholders at meetings, conferences and other convenings.

Prepare project reports, research briefs and other relevant documents to communicate project results. Publish research in key academic journals.

Supervise other grant personnel as requested, collaborate with PLC/APLU program staff, and manage relationship with university partners, subcontractors, and vendors as appropriate.

Coordinate with the PLC Executive Director to develop grant proposals and associated budgets for multiple funding agencies to support the ongoing work of the DLSN.

Work as a team member to ensure the efficient and effective operations of the PLC.

 Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree required, doctoral degree preferred, in relevant area.

Two plus years of progressive experience in project planning, project implementation and management, supervision of project staff, and collaboration with organizational partners.

Experience with digital learning, especially scaling adaptive courseware, online education, instructional design, technology enabled education/training, curriculum development and/or professional development.

Experience, ability and desire to interface with high-level university leaders.

Experience with qualitative and quantitative research or program evaluation.

Strong people management skills including the ability to provide direction and leadership of indirect reports. Demonstrated success in working in a matrixed professional environment. Experience working with and managing sub-contractors and consultants.

Ability to schedule and lead efficient and productive meetings both in person and via web-based communication tools.

Demonstrated ability to work independently, establish priorities and exercise sound judgment in response to complex and sensitive situations.

Excellent written and oral communication skills. Exceptional presentation skills

Excellent MS Office 365 skills as well as a willingness to learn new technologies.

Passion to improve education by serving institutions, advisors, instructors, and learners.

Ability to travel domestically as needed, approximately 30% of the time.

To Apply
 Please send a letter of interest and resume to APLU's Human Resources Department at [email protected] with the subject line: Associate Director, PLC. Applications will be reviewed as received and continue until the position is filled. Salary range is $85,000 - $95,000 depending upon experience and qualifications. APLU provides a generous benefits package.
 APLU is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.


text: Microeconomics is considered the starting point of Macroeconomics, and deals with individual and small business economic decisions. These individual decisions, in aggregate, affect the demand and supply of goods and services throughout the entire economy. One of the most commonly analyzed topics in microeconomics is the model of supply, demand and equilibrium. Under this model, the producers and consumers of a good determine how its price and quantity is traded between them. In a free market, the price of goods will vary until it hits an equilibrium point, which is defined as the point at which the total quantity of goods demanded equals the quantity of goods supplied. Using the model of supply and demand, economists are able to understand how individuals will price their goods and allocate their limited resources in the most efficient way. To illustrate this, take the example of Lisa's Clothing Incorporated. Lisa's clothing is about to launch a new jacket in Northville, USA. This jacket helps their local customers stay warm in very low temperatures, and every single person in Northville wants one. Lisa's wants to sell 10,000 jackets at $1,000 USD each, but no one in Northville is willing to pay that price. This creates an excess supply of jackets in Northville, since the supply is greater than the demand. The locals of Northville would be happy paying $100 USD for the jacket, and would therefore buy all 10,000 jackets at this price. However, Lisa's thinks this price is too low for such an amazing jacket, so they're only willing to sell 10 jackets for $100. 10 jackets is not a large enough supply for the people of Northville, and they sell out almost instantly. The 10 low priced jackets create excess demand, as there is now more demand for $100 jackets than there is an actual supply of them. Lisa's clothing then decides to increase the price above $100, until they find the maximum price they can charge while still being able to sell as many jackets as possible. In this case, 5,000 jackets at $500 each is that sweet spot - known as the equilibrium point.


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Rymill Park
East Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Four Asian magicians have given up their dreams of becoming doctors and accountants to present you with a jam-packed show of modern magic, hilarious stereotypes and socially-awkward stories.
Each illusion is an opportunity for the performers to offer a sneak-peak into their own lives, whilst the overarching narrative conveys the hardships and values of a stereotypical Asian. This ever-so-slightly racist twist on a conventional magic show will leave you laughing, crying and loving every moment.
Politically incorrect and fresh off the boat, 'Wicked Wizards From the East' is a guaranteed jaw-dropping sell-out.
Grab your tickets now!
For more information, videos and testimonials please visit www.wwfte.com
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The BlackTies
The BlackTies is a Sydney Magician Group specialising in entertaining large crowds of audiences. Over the last 5 years the team has entertained at corporate functions, private parties and charity events across the Sydney region. The BlackTies hand-crafts fresh and engaging illusions designed for the 21st century sophisticated audience. Specialties include card magic, coin magic, mentalism, mind-reading, metal bending, levitations, stage magic, illusions and everything in between. Each performer is intensively trained at showmanship, stagecraft and comedy.


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Disqualification for Rebellion
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.Amendment XIV, Section 3
The disqualification of former rebels for federal and state office was the most controversial of the sections of the Fourteenth Amendment. It appeared to be vindictive and to intrude on the President's pardon power. It certainly made the ratification of new state constitutions in the South less likely—and some Congressmen believed that this was a deliberate stratagem to keep the Southern states out of the Union until after the 1868 election. An original draft of the section would have disqualified all who had voluntarily aided the Confederacy until 1870, but the Senate adopted Senator Jacob Howard's less severe but potentially more permanent version. Congress lifted the disqualification of many individuals, and in 1872 it did so for all but Members of the Thirty-seventh (1861–1863) and Thirty-eighth Congresses (1863–1865), federal judicial and military officers, heads of departments, and foreign ministers. In 1898, Congress removed all disqualifications for previous disloyal conduct. Despite being written in a particular historical context, the clause is still in operation and would apply in the case of future insurrections or rebellion.
- Paul Moreno
- William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History
- Associate Professor of History
- Department of History and Political Science
- Hillsdale College


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UFC President Dana White Vows Ronda Rousey Will Bounce Back From Loss (VIDEO)
UFC president Dana White took to the press to offer his thoughts on the future of 2015's biggest sports star, Ronda Rousey, who suffered her first loss at UFC 193 in November in a bantamweight title fight against fellow undefeated fighter Holly Holm.
In an interview with TMZ yesterday, White vowed that Rousey would bounce back from her loss. When asked if Rousey was overwhelmed heading into her now iconic fight with Holm, White defended his fighter while also praising her resiliency (and her acting talent):
"I don't think so. She's one of the mentally strongest people I've ever met in my life and err, you know, just wasn't her night – she'll bounce back. She killed it on Saturday Night Live, though."
Although it was initially expected that Holm would face Rousey in an immediate rematch from their UFC 193 bantamweight title fight, that match is on the back burner for now, as Rousey is taking time to recuperate (and possibly pursue her acting career). In the meantime, Holm will defend her bantamweight title against Meisha Tate at UFC 196 in March.
For Dana White's full interview, check out the video below:
What do you think? Will we see Ronda Rousey fight again? Or should she just pursue an acting career full-time, and leave MMA behind? Sound off in the comments!
And for more UFC news, get an update on the major setbacks that are now jeopardizing UFC 196 this March!


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Boxed wine is nothing new on the American market, and many European countries are selling it as well. The thing is, most such wines are run-of-the-mill. Would they sell even better if they came from a high-level French producer?
Cordier Mestrezat Grands Crus (above), an upscale Bordeaux house for more than 100 years, is hoping that will be the case with its new offering, called Tandem. It's quite a departure from Cordier's top-shelf wines which can go for four figures.
Tandem is packaged in an 8.5-ounce carton containing red, white or rosé wines. Each carton has a straw with four holes, which is supposed to spray the wine into the consumer's mouth and, thus, mimic the sensation to drinking from a glass.
The winemaker is test marketing Tandem in 600 supermarkets in Belgium at $2.50 a carton. It will go on sale in France next year and abroad as well.
Cordier officials says they are trying to attract younger consumers in a market that is seeing a dropoff in sales of French wine in favor of American and South American imports and, indeed, a dropoff in wine sales in general as spirits gains market share.
"It is a product that can sell in stadiums, hotels and airlines," Vincent Bonhur, Cordier's head of marketing, said in a press release. "In France, the wine market is still very traditional, but in markets such as Canada, the U.K. and Northern Europe, this new format should be a hit."
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Final show 2016. Students at Adrianas Dancehouse! December 11.
Salsadance every sunday at Liseberg amusement park during summer season!
May 22. Students from Adrianas Dancehouse performing the final show for the spring semester at Möllan last Sunday
On stage at the SSC 2016 Saturday!
The sky is the limit for the students at Adrianas Dancehouse !
From the final student performance at Adrianas Dancehouse. December 12.


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Uber Plans to Launch Flying Taxis in Dubai and Texas Taking to the skies as early as 2020.
International ride-hailing company Uber unveiled details of its ambitious sky cab project which will offer urban flying taxis to the public as early as 2023. The travel crafts will be capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) at various vertiports across cities. Currently, Dubai and Dallas-Fort Worth will be the first urban locations where Uber will pilot test its sky cabs as soon as 2020. Meanwhile, the transportation company's new project is still pending approval from other cities, where issues regarding aviation traffic, safety, noise pollution, and intrusion must be addressed and tackled.
Other barriers include the challenge of finding convenient places for take off and landing. One critic, Yolanka Wulff, stated: "it doesn't make sense to take a 15-minute flight if you have to drive a half hour out of town to get to the nearest airport." Uber chief product officer Jeff Holden says that the likely plan will be to place vertiports on top of buildings, including "anything from residential structures to office structures that have roof space they can use."
More details will be revealed at Uber's three-day Elevate Summit conference in Dallas. Share your thoughts with us and learn more about the air taxi trend by checking out the Lilium Jet, touted as "the world's first all-electric VTOL jet."


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Tag And Label Manufactures Offer An Array Of New Plant Products
Whether it's flexible labelers or tags that provide vital plant information to consumers, today's greenhouse growers have many needs when it comes to tags and labeling system. Here, plant tag and label manufacturers discuss the biggest concerns they are hearing from growers, and how their new products are addressing these needs.
Great Lakes Label
According to Tony Cook, Owner and CEO of Great Lakes Label, growers are looking for tri-panel labels that can be peeled open to provide more valuable space for crucial information.
"They are also interested in our WetStick label, which resists moisture so effectively that it can be applied underwater. This durable label also sticks to textured surfaces such as decorative pots."
When it comes to automation, Cook cites a number of new products Great Lakes Label has developed:
• The Tag Labeling System allows for flexibility when it comes to major retailers increasing the requirements for individual plant tags. On some occasions, different prices are required on the same version of a tag by these major retailers in order to be sent to various regions. The Tag Labeling System allows growers to efficiently handle these requirements.
"Applying by hand uses too much labor, and throwing unusable tags away can cost companies thousands of dollars," Cook says. "The Tag Labeling System provides the option to over-label, which reduces material waste and increases material efficiency."
• The High-Speed Labeling System labels stacked pots, both round and square. It works at a rate of up to 225 containers per minute on average for print and apply, and up to 375 containers per minute on average for apply only. Label sizes are a minimum of 1.25 by 1.25 inches with a standard blow box applicator. Smaller labels can be applied using a tamp/blow application. Label sizes can reach a maximum size of 5 by 5 inches with a standard blow box applicator.
• The Label Gator 2.0 now has upgraded software. Introduced at Cultivate'16, the system utilizes the same simple user interface for the operator. Users can now quickly set operator buttons from an infinite number of preset label formats. It has been expanded to six variable fields, one UPC field, one fixed data field, and one date field. Rotate any field individually to orient on the label as needed.
• The Two-Sided Labeling System labels the sides of individual containers or trays up to 280 per minute based on container and label size. It is compatible with round and square containers as well as trays and flats. The label is typically 2.25 inches high, based on standard peel edge; however, optional peel edge widths are available upon request.
• The Propagator Labeling System labels the front of seed propagation trays at a rate of 20 trays per minute, depending on product length and spacing. The label size is 4 to 6 inches wide by 0.5 to 0.75 of an inch in height.
Gerry Giorgio, Creative Director at MasterTag, says one trend that he is seeing is the request for pricing to be added to the tag. This is mostly driven by large retailers and their tag providers, he says; however, these trends tend to expand out to the greater market.
"We are beginning to see requests for pricing on tags increasing across all strata of growers," Giorgio says.
When it comes to new products, MasterTag has introduced a line of printed pots called SpotLight. These can be printed using the same high-resolution process as MasterTag's other printed products, incorporating graphics and images that expand and complement the tag.
"SpotLight pots, when designed with the consumer in mind, can add value to all plant products, as well as be an effective branded package," Giorgio says. SpotLight Pots offer growers:
• Consumer-ready themes with coordinating tags
• Custom designs to fit any program
• High-resolution printing process that relates to high quality images and graphics
• Low quantities, so retailers can keep displays fresh
• Availability in trade gallon and quart sizes and as drop-in or grower pots.
Horticultural Marketing & Printing
The biggest things growers are looking for now in tags and labels, according to Todd Davis, Director, OnSyte Products at Horticultural Marketing & Printing, is a solution for printing their high-quality color tags in house. Doing so can solve a lot of problems, Davis says.
"When you produce them yourself, you can print as few varieties — short runs — as you want. This is impossible to do when you're getting all your tags printed by tag companies."
Second, Davis says, there's no wait time. If you have an order that needs to ship, you don't have to wait weeks for them to be produced.
"Growers have told us that printing their own tags has increased their sales by thousands of dollars," Davis says. "When their availability lists indicate no color tags available for a certain plant, those plants don't move and they end up in the dumpster. But with tags produced in house, these plants turn into revenue that would have been lost."
Another advantage to printing your own color tags, Davis says, is that you can easily create custom programs for retail customers, trial new marketing programs on a small scale, and even sell test trial plants you may have grown only 50 to 100 total units.
Printing yourself also means that you're not inventorying thousands or millions of tags for hundreds of varieties. This frees up cash flow, and also leads to less waste because there are always tags in your inventory that won't be used and eventually get thrown away.
Locking In Tags
Another thing growers are considering, Davis says, is using more tags that lock into rims of pots or flats. The advantage is that they don't fall out in shipping, and consumers at retail locations can't remove them easily.
"A less obvious advantage is that, in many cases, this means growers can get away with one tag instead of two," Davis says. "It's pretty common for growers to use one black-and-white sticker tag on pots and flats. This would contain the basics like weights, measures, point of origin, etc., that's required by law."
Then the color tag has the photo and the variety information, etc.
"With locking tags, you can put both on a single tag because you're not afraid of losing the tag during shipping or at retail," Davis says.
The newest product at Horticultural Marketing & Printing is the UVPlus 931E color printer and the accompanying TagXpress software system.
According to Davis, the UVPlus produces professional-quality, high-resolution tags with the highest level of fade resistance available on the market. Growers can produce their own color hang tags, signs, and even pot stakes that will not begin to fade for at least one year.
"With TagXpress, growers are able to easily produce beautiful color tags, and TagXpress can be set up to work in conjunction their existing POS systems," Davis says. "Growers can also have access to the extensive Horticultural Marketing & Printing photo database through a new program we've launched."
Another new product is Mobile Advantage, which gives gardening consumers access to loads of plant information via text messaging. It also gives the green industry a look at what information consumers want, who's asking for it, when they're asking for it, and where they're asking for it.
"With these analytics, growers are starting to target-market to consumers in ways they never thought possible," Davis says. "Mobile Advantage does everything people thought QR codes would accomplish, only in a format that consumers will actually use."
Tags prompt consumers to text a code to a number, and they receive back a link to a website that can be accessed on their smart phones. The website consumers receive can contain information you could never fit on a tag — extensive growing information, plant history, companion plants, tie-in products, etc.
What's Coming In The Future?
Print-on-demand is going to be cheaper, faster, and better," Davis says. "We've been researching and trialing these systems for many years. What's available now is good, but it's only going to get better."
As this technology gets cheaper and easier, Davis says more growers are going to take advantage of it.
"That means more directed plant information for consumers, which means they'll have more success, which means we'll sell even more plants."
There is no question that big box stores are looking to group multiple plants together to increase sales, says Steven Kunreuther, President of Texpak, Inc.
"Any system that they adopt will need to be easy for the growers to assemble at their facility and inexpensive."
Texpak's Flora-Grip system was tested by The Home Depot in 2015, and according to Kunreuther, the retailer realized an 82% sell-through rate.
"Two of the reasons that this type of packaging works is that it aids the consumer in getting what they want with less effort, and it increases impulse purchases," Kunreuther says.
With the three pot system, clips are applied between the pots, and a handle is connected to the clips. The handles are partially reprinted and come on rolls, which gives the grower or retailer maximum flexibility. The handles can be run through a thermal transfer printer, and prices, bar codes, and logos can be added at the last minute.
For more information, go to Texpak.com.


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by Ewald Banse
Ewald Banse (23 Mayıs 1883 – 31 Ekim 1953) üstün ırklar teziyle Nazi Almanya'sının saldırgan politikası için dayanak sağlayan bir coğrafyacıdır. Atatürk'e yakınlığıyla da bilinen Banse, bir de Türkiye Coğrafyası kitabı yazmıştır. Die Türkei / eine moderne Geographie isimli kitabı 1919'da yayınlanmıştır. Kitabın Paphlagonien başlıklı bölümünün (sayfa: 82-86) İngilizce çevirisini aşağıda bulacaksınız. Şu anda Türkçe çevirisi üzerinde çalışıyorum. Osmanlının son dönemlerinde bölgenin sosyo ekonomik yapısıyla ve özellikle Safranbolu ile ilgili bilgiler önemlidir.
This country differs from its western and eastern neighbor landscapes by broad plateaus, whose fixed Paleozoic and Tertiary mass, a narrow cretaceous mountain belt ranges compress against the sea. It is possible that the low rainfall behind the coastal trains (below 500 mm) was not strong enough to reshape the plateau character to those expressed mountain and valley forms by run-off water, the Bithynia and East Pontus excel. To the difference between the chain- and plateau-like landforms as well as the approximately concurrent with them the forest and steppe country join as continued same phenomenon in Bithynia. The occurrence of three depths and central valley lines that perhaps prefigured already in diluvial hydrograph, only through the subsequent ground movement and erosion following them attained its present course, drastically. They are also the main strip of grain farming land and almost the only important transits courses. Clods between them make travel almost impossible cross snowy paths in winter until May, and the transverse valleys are almost all impassable. Therefore, the rather sparsely populated country is still unknown for us in many respects, and its residents are considered to be raw and unworldly. They used to be called by the old Hellenic colonists of the shore strip; the people who talk barbaric (παφλάζЫν) whose name have remained Paphlagonia.
The coastal zone is the roughest part of the country with steep and often without a landing beach, the mountains shoots way up from the depths of the sea. Only occasional cape or on the narrow strip of sand or the narrow estuaries found by the old emigrant Millets colonies give chance to constitute their towns and factories. Today maritime is vulnerable in these, for not very good anchor points secure against the prevailing storms at sea for weeks and to avoid the inhospitable raids. Besides the port poverty the poor lines of communication hindered the flourishing of places on the coast. Only towards the end of the last century, the governments made a paved road from the port Ineboli to Kastamuni and to some interior settlements and consequently the exports have been significantly increased. Since then more than four hundred steamers each year with two thousand sailors on their boards run to the colorful Turkish town with numerous sawmills work for coastal mountain forests and to collect the tiftik of the highlands as well as fruit and vegetables. The port town of Sinope with about ten thousand Greek and Turkish inhabitants was the old Mithridates's residence and whose peninsula was described as sweeter than the labia of the houris of paradise and its isthmus much better and slimmer than the slimmest waist of a young man, by medieval chroniclers. At Sinope and the foreshore is wider and more fertile than elsewhere, but it also lacks good inland roads. The coastal mountains here can be passed only few months a year because of excessive rainfall and particularly sharp slopes. The same is valid for the departure ports of the western coast like the town of Eregli and Songuldak ports which is developed in 1899. Both carry large amount of coal which is obtained from the mines of Heraclea in the local coastal range, which is in a folded Paleocene chalk mountains to the Bosporus. The export of 800 000 tones per year.
Behind the coast weakly vegetated foothills or gray rock heights rise, on which still thrive few lemur and then rise throughout the steep, pathless mountain walls up especially in the west, one above the other, black walls of oak and beech, of spruce and birch and sycamore forests, between which the same unhealed wounds gape the roaring pathless gorges of river shores. Fields of grain and maize, millet and vegetables smaller creek slings approach to small wooden villages where you can find, the fur of the brown bear which give serious damage to the livestock as numerous found almost house by house in the forest and at the torrents numerous sawmills ("factory") thunder to meet the demand for wood of the Turkish fleet together with buffalos dragging the bar on chains. Settlements in the coastal mountains are of course very loosely distributed and often consists only desolate terrains which are grouped in a wide radius around a bazaar. Only in the west, where the land forms are to loosen up a bit to Bithynia, a larger community has formed, the small Bartin, which annually for about two million mark wood and also fruits, vegetables, and by the mouth of his little river of the same name much poultry (almost one million) raised.
If you have exceeded the narrow forest zone of the coastal range, (in the middle of the country, for example, even a little south of the abandoned, but not depleted copper mines of Küre) the dry inland landscape starts. With their gray, rugged, yet mild -shaped lime heights, where the wind blows hard in the stalks of the herbs and the branches of bushes. Only the water branches more coniferous forest still pleased the eye or at higher hilltops for which the foothills of the marine clouds, but not the ax of the woodcutter still suffices. The valleys, however, open up a bit more and in the northernmost fracture and culture line blossomed in the lower reaches of the Boli Su and from the source valleys of Bartin Su and Dewrikian Irmak frequently interrupted, but between the arid plateaus but most important consequence of cultural havens. The same fresh flowers cover stony wall houses. South of them, the plateau character Paphlagonia comes to full training with wide yellow corrugated chalk boards and steppe pastures and stately herds of valuable Angora goats blooms, whose silky hair under the name tiftik is traded. Where bush or even forest islands at fomented slopes, where shy refuge of yoruk tribes migrate and where Kurds from Galatia emerging, and where they hang around even nomadic Armenians (elekdschi, i.e. sieve maker) with their sheep, horses and cattle. The core of the plateau country is the uplands of the two Iflani. Your horizon is often cut of a hard limestone crust, which removes the underlying soil in many places the action of the plant world. The south-facing valleys canyon landscapes true form with a sequence of steps of terraces and vertical walls., only the north-eastern part of the well-watered grain and rich valley high valley gau Dadai is better settled. As far as this whole landscape shape and extends toward the south which will certainly interrupted twice by long west-east culture sinks.
The drain of Aratsch Tchai and the Gok Irmak is the economic backbone of Paphlagonia , because in their longitudinal valleys is an abundance of water available, which is revealed from the groundwater levels of the lateral lime board in this collection tube. So has been able to accumulate a good layer of humus on the flat valley bottoms, who extensively irrigated diverse crop yields. Wheat, cotton, fruit and rice on the lower reaches of the Gok Irmak, tobacco in the upper reaches, sericulture, wine and tobacco cultivation and saffron production on Aratsch Su and Ulu Tchai / these are the most valuable products of this valley strip. Moreover, since he is the straightest land connection between Samsun and Constantinople, several cities then has to develop in its trace. Of them Safranboli the western suburb of Paphlagonia has become the center of the Anatolian saffron culture based on the gorgeous yellow crocus blooming and carries large amounts of the much used in oriental cuisine and pharmacy spice to Constantinople. The city expressed their gardens and bridge spanned rivers in the folds of several valleys, at the cliff faces, climbing up house on the house. It counts some 20,000 Greek inhabitants. The water mills recycle and tanneries in the products of the fields and forests and carries from saffron to grain, fruit and skins on the paved road out of Bartin. About as much like the population of the Vilayet Kastamuni its capital, whose dark red gabled roofs and green treetops, pressed into a pale yellow hoop height, make a haunting impression. The close-in boiler situation increases the heat of the short summer to unbearable degrees and makes the nearly nine months lasting winter with its snow flurries worse than it is already there at an altitude of 800 m without the many furs and thick-lined dresses in the only warmed by braziers rooms use the people a lot. Since the climate is still too high temperature, the city will often left stay as exiles. Narrow and oppressive as the whole aspect is also the fanaticism of the local Moslems, under which assets confraternities to exist no less than twelve different dervishes. The resident which was once considered very productive finished today to pretty calico prints, sail cloths, leather work, copper devices, including hand daggers, ropes, and rain-proof white coats and blankets from wool. Those are industries, as they need and required for a cattle rich country. The southernmost of the three inner Paphlagonian cultural lines which is separated from the middle also by steppe -like and bushy willow rich plateaus, possesses in the upper reaches of the Ulu Tchai, in Dewres Irmak and a piece of the lower course of the Halys a similar string of cultural oases with identical products . Here goes the old post road from Stamboul to the east, which was committed to the opening of steam navigation to Trebizond by a large part of the Persian export caravans. The line differs from the mean by the fact that the accompanying very high pass (Ilkas Dar 2350 m) grows richer forest jewelry, and that she can not develop a major urban center, what probably the remoteness of the coast is to blame. The Halys breaks through the plateau in tight tale aligned scenes, which combine picturesque, in the forms of rock, water and forest constantly changing stimulus often with lack of space for topsoil and routes. His falling is to be strong and water level changes too often, but that he could serve for navigation.
The rainfall declines in the south down to an annual rate of 400 mm. The steppe finally enters into their right, and only of the highest ridges look dark yet, but already sparse spruce groves on the gypsum- rich highlands down. The inhabitants are mostly Turkmen and Kurds already, and her life takes place in the changing forms of wintry valley and the summer yaila life. Crops thrive in the harsh winters very high surface air only fueled and carefully irrigated valley floors , as in the town Changri , which degrades the salt already known of old rock salt mines and besides wool , and yellow berries performs in larger quantities. In these areas already accomplished the transition to the inner Asia Minor.
Thus Paphlagonia is divided into number of mutually very different zones: the evergreen coastline with small ports, three agricultural belt with farming communities and industrial cities (weaving), the forest and mineral-rich coastal mountain plateau three agricultural belts with bush steppe and livestock. Due to extraordinary difficulties arisen by the geological forms and transportation on the roads are the reasons of stamp of backwardness. Due to Islam and fanaticism – lively social life only on the coast, gradual devaluation of livestock due to inbreeding and excessive usage of bad roads – predominance of large estates with culpably and glum crofters system. In some coastal areas, the villages still live in commons, where the field every year from one merges into the other, which keeps everyone negative drives for improvement. It is one of only about three hundredths of Christians, and the population is among the most reliable subjects of the Porte. It provides an excellent soldier and has material in connection therewith most – syphilis sick. Every Turkish official who is into the Vilayet displaced Kastamuni, anywhere, anytime using their own eating and drinking utensils and cleans itself almost always.


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Fri-DIY-Day: Reversible Pulse Warmers/
Oh, pulse warmers ... or cuffs, armwarmers, wristwarmers ... Whatever you call them, I of the perpetually cold hands adore them more than what is reasonable. I've knitted several pairs over the years and worn them to death, but I think I might love these sewn ones even more ... they are sleeker and read a little more refined, especially since there's no thumbhole.
And these are reversible, so you can go from Elizabeth Bennett to Joan Jett in 30 seconds! And they are wicked easy to make -- you can whip a pair up in 20 minutes-ish. And they use up little pieces of fabric not good for much else! What more do you want, people?
What You Need
* 2 pieces of knit fabric that look nice together to you, each about 13" wide and 18" long. T-shirt fabric can work well, as can any knit with a bit of stretch to it.
* Your normal cutting and sewing tools
* Pattern -- The PDF is here. Note on sizing: These fit my wrists -- medium-sized, 8.5" around the widest point and 6.5" around the wrist -- really well. You can make them a little bigger or smaller as needed to fit your measurements
How To
1. Using the pattern with the flat edge laid against the fold, cut out 2 pattern pieces (both on the fold) of one fabric, then the other. You will end up with 4 pieces of identical size and shape.
2. With right sides together, pin together, then serge or zigzag stitch the curved edge of each piece of fabric to make a tube. Now you have 4 tubes.
3. Turn the two tubes made of fabric 1 (plain white in my example) right side out. Leave the two tubes of fabric 2 (the 80s one in my example) right side in.
4. Put Fabric 1 tubes inside Fabric 2 tubes. The right sides of each fabric should be facing each other.
5. Pin one edge of the tubes together, slightly offsetting the seams from step 2. Zigzag right along this edge.
7. Turn the pulse warmer right side out. Press along the edge you just sewed to flatten it out.
8. Now turn your piece around and straighten everything up inside. Turn the edge of both fabric 1 and fabric 2 in 1/2" and pin.
10. Press the edge, then zigzag neatly right around it, catching all layers of the turned-in fabrics.
11. Trim your threads, give it one last press, and you are done yo!
These are so cute, I don't think I'm going to take them off till spring. I love how the white side looks peeking out of my black blazer -- now I just need to re-do my nails.
Have fun dechillifying your wrists!


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Please welcome guest blogger, Giles Hutchins, as he shares with Strategic Sustainability Consulting readers his take on the "Firm of the Future."
Due to a 'perfect storm' of economic, social and environmental factors, our business landscape is becoming increasingly more volatile.
The pace of change is becoming faster and only set to increase. To succeed we must be agile, creative, alert, spontaneous and responsive – operating in completely new ways. Today's rapidly changing business environment calls for businesses that thrive in rapidly changing environments: businesses more akin to living systems that can learn and adapt, not structured and silo'ed, stifling learning and agility; businesses that are bottom-up, decentralised, interdependent, multifunctional, emergent, self-organizing units, not centralised, top-down, hierarchical monoliths.
Put simply, the business models and management approaches that served us well in the past, are no longer fit for purpose in a business context where dynamic change is the 'new norm'. Organisations that are able to 'let go' of old business paradigms, having the courage to embrace new ways of operating whilst dealing with the pressing short-term issues of today, shall be the ones who can weather the storm, adapting to seek out opportunities in these volatile times. Other organisations, fearfully clinging to practices that are no longer fit for purpose for the times within which we now operate, shall struggle to cope with the level of change ahead.
The years ahead to 2020, in this Decade of Creative Destruction & Reconstruction, shall bear witness to the wheat being separated from the chaff - organisations who 'get it' adapting and evolving, and those that do not perishing or being acquired. Bold 'Firms of The Future' shall start to unlock the creative potential of their own workforce, their partners and communities they serve, initiating positive virtuous cycles of collaboration, innovation and value creation for all stakeholders; improved value, higher margins and higher well-being the result.
As Dawn Vance, Global Supply Chain Director at Nike succinctly puts it:
'Organizations have 3 options:
- Hit The Wall;
- Optimize and delay hitting the wall; or
- Redesign for Resilience – simultaneously optimizing existing networks whilst creating disruptive innovations and working collaboratively with partners.'
It is this 'redesigning for resilience' which drives the transformation from a Firm of The Past to a Firm of The Future. The Firm of the Future is one that:
»» Drives transformation through values-based leadership and stakeholder empowerment using the catalysts of education, innovation, inspiration and collaboration;
»» Encourages synergies across its business ecosystem, engaging with multiple stakeholders in an open, transparent way; where common values create connections enabling mutualism;
»» Harnesses the power of social networks and the 'pull' media; uses crowd sourcing, co-creation, open source collaboration platforms and transparent branding for differentiation;
»» Evolves ecological thinking for innovating and new ways of operating and generation value for every stakeholder within the community it serves; where waste equals food and nature inspires the people, processes and products.
Giles Hutchins is global director for sustainability solutions at AtoS, and co-founder of BCI: Biomimicry for Creative Innovation


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A few weeks ago, I scoured the internet for the best in DIY beauty to pull together a slideshow for one of my favorite sites, Kirtsy. From scrubs to lip balm, facial masks to eyeliner with an almond (seriously), there's a little bit of everything included. Take a look!
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Dear Parents:
Welcome to Pine Forest Elementary School. During this year we will be working together as partners to provide the best possible education for your child in a nurturing environment that is student centered and positive. Your commitment is an important part of our educational process and communication is the key to assuring a successful year for your child.
The Pine Forest Team believes children should learn the academic and social skills to give them the traits necessary to become independent and responsible life-long learners. While instilling the importance of the treating each other with a mutual respect and always trying to do your best we have focused on three school goals: Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe.
Assisting your child with understanding the importance of these rules and reinforcing their concepts will assure that Pine Forest Elementary School is a safe, healthy and positive environment for everyone.
Teachers, support staff, parents and the community work hand-in-hand help to assure that we are helping our students learn the skills to become the leaders for tomorrow. Because we understand that students learn in diverse ways we value a variety of learning styles and teaching styles. We understand education is the key to a successful life and all of us are dedicated to providing the children of Pine Forest Elementary with a quality education in a safe environment. By believing in excellence, we will work together to build the strong foundation necessary for success. Remember, if you have any questions or concerns please contact me at 501-851-5380 or I can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thank you for entrusting us with the opportunity to educate your child. It is going to be a great year!
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How to apply blush
Wearing blush can be tricky business. However, as long as you have the right shades and the right tools with you, your blush should make you look naturally healthy and glowing with little to no effort at all!
Choosing the right shade
Most women can get away with experimenting with different blush shades - that's what makes it so fun. However, if you're looking for the ultimate blush that's like a great pair jeans you can wear anytime and look good in, you need to be aware of what works best for your skin. Here's a short guide of what shades to use for your skin tone.
Light to medium beige skin tone: Barbie pinks, blue-toned pinks, peach pinks
Majolica Majorca Puff de Cheek in Peach Macaron
Light to medium yellow skin tone: Coral pink, berry, tangerine, apricot
Revlon Matte Powder Blush in Blushing Berry
Dark skin tones: Reddish pink, brick, plum, mauve
MAC Mineralize Blush in Love Joy
Choose your weapon
I have bad news. Most cheap blush brushes are crap, so don't bother. There's only one blush brush I would recommend, and it's the Marionnaud Premium Blush Brush. It's perfect.
If you have a super pigmented blush or you simply want a softer effect, you can also use a stippling brush like this one from Charm.
Application techniques
The good ol' pat and swirl method works, but I find that one can get uneven results while messing up the foundation you already have on. You can also swipe the blush across your cheeks, but then again, it messes up the makeup. This is how I do it:
1. Smile to see the contours of your cheeks. You want to do a soft, round shape on the apples of your cheeks, tapering to your hairline.
2. Load your brush with a small amount of product, tap. It's easier to add than to take away! Then, quickly swipe the brush in short downward strokes, going outwards, starting from the apples of your cheeks to your hairline.
3. To blend, do the same downward strokes again. Short and sweet, alright?
4. If you find you applied too much, get a big powder brush and sort of buff the blush in the same downward motion. Don't attempt to cover the blush with powder because it will look weird and caky. If buffing can't soften the blush, get a facial tissue, then gently pat and wipe the top layer.
And that's it. :) Hope this helps, and let me know if you have any questions.


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Science.com explains that microgravity affects the body in many different ways, primarily through bone and muscle loss. The lack of pressure on bones causes the body to reabsorb calcium from them, weakening them and potentially causing kidney stones. A similar lack of load on muscles can lead them to become atrophied over time. The body's fluids also shift, leading to inner-ear problems as well as a feeling of congestion.
Minor effects of microgravity include pressure changes inside the eye that can slightly alter an astronaut's vision, gastrointestinal distress due to changes in the digestive tract, and a slight lengthening of the spine. In addition to the direct physical changes microgravity causes in the body, other aspects of spaceflight can also have detrimental effects. For instance, astronauts deprived of the traditional day-night cycle can suffer sleep disruptions, exacerbated by the tight quarters and constant activity in spacecraft, according to the National Science Biomedical Research Institute.
In order to combat these problems, astronauts on extended space missions must make time every day for rigorous exercise programs, and must consume nutritionist planned meals in order to provide all the nutrients the astronauts need to stave off bone loss and other potentially dangerous conditions. Ultimately, astronauts must be rotated back to Earth on a regular basis to prevent long-term health issues.


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Kobe Bryant seems very frustrated with Jeremy Lin questions (Video)
We realize Jeremy Lin has only played at a high level for three games in his NBA career, but his story is pretty fascinating. He's scored more than 20 points in each of the Knicks' last three games, and will face a true test Friday night when New York hosts the Lakers. As of Thursday night, Kobe Bryant was not familiar with the Lin craze — or Linsanity as it is being called.
"I know who he is, but I don't really know what's going on too much with him," Bryant said according to WEEI.com. "I don't even know what he's done. Like, I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I'll take a look at it tonight though.
"I don't even know what the (expletive) is going on. What the (expletive) is going on? Who is this kid? I've heard about him and stuff like that, but what's he been doing? Is he getting like triple doubles or some (expletive)? He's averaging 28 and eight? No (expletive). If he's playing well, I'll just have to deal with him."
Easy, Kobe. Nobody is saying he's a better player than you are. Is it possible that Kobe really hasn't heard of Lin yet, or is he trying to get into his head before Friday night's game? Lin hasn't been putting up triple doubles, but he is also an undrafted who has gone from a bench player to carrying the Knicks. Bryant may not have heard of him prior to last night, but if he isn't familiar with Lin by now he hasn't been doing his homework.


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Ramchal then proceeds to end this section of the book by chronicling more of the history of the battles of good and evil.
Now, though the two were quite separate and distinct from each other at first, as we saw, that soon came undone. And good and evil took turns holding sway in the passage of time.
Adam and Eve were to have separated good and evil right at the start, after which "G-d would (have) amended the various (mystical) groupings enough for the Divine sustenance to flow through perfectly forever and ever", and Adam and Eve would have been eternally and amply rewarded. In fact, all they had to do was to adhere to G-d's commandments, and "everything would have been rectified". But they sinned indeed, and the holy and the profane mixed together once more, until the combination of the two "grew strong enough … to spread throughout the world in the course of (the) ten generations" from Adam himself to Noah. And as a result, we — their descendants — really "can't rectify things until the two are separated" once and for all.
Once the generation of the flood came to be sinful, "the yetzer harah grew stronger yet" and to "spread out in all directions throughout the world", which then "left no room whatsoever for holiness". Things got so bad, in fact, that "the world nearly returned to its 'formless and empty' (Genesis 1:2) state". Then the terrible dispersion that came about when humankind tried to build the Tower of Babel did even more harm, but "holiness assumed a place of its own" despite that, in which our forefather Abraham drew his inspiration. Despite his presence, though, "impurity continued to spread throughout the world".
There came to be a distinction between good and evil, though, when Esau and Ishmael separated themselves from the Patriarchs, and "from that point on (things) spread out in such a way that the profane and the holy each stood in direct opposition to each other", which was of course an important thing because evil was separated from good again.
Nonetheless, though "the side of holiness hadn't yet gotten strong, … the profane side came to be very much in control", which was a bad thing of course. Still and all, even though the side of holiness "wasn't cleansed well enough of its earlier attachment to the profane", it came to be "fully purified in the iron furnace of Egypt" when we were enslaved, which *was* for the good.
Now, things were amended to a very great degree when our people received the Torah at Mount Sinai, which then began to render the other nations powerless over us. In fact, "not only were the other nations unable to rule over the Jewish Nation (then), but the Jewish Nation itself could have ruled" — "had they not sinned with the golden calf", which was of course our greatest error and our most lethal national sin.
By then, "the evil that had left" them at Mount Sinai "re-attached itself" to them when they worshipped the golden calf. In fact, "had they not sinned (that way) they'd have immediately gone to Israel where they'd have initiated … the original rectification", but that didn't come about. Things went downhill once again with the incident of the spies; as a result "they weren't able to go (straight) to Israel" and bring on that rectification, and they had to remain in the desert for forty years.
In any event, though "we hadn't yet been purified from that evil that re- attached itself" it still and all "sometimes lessened and other times grew strong again", until the days of King Solomon when the Holy Temple was built, and "we experienced a (degree of high) rectification". Evil would actually have been utterly eradicated then "were it not for Pharaoh's daughter (of that era, whom Solomon married), because of whom it stayed within (their environment)" and when it "regained strength to the point where the Temple was destroyed and the Jewish Nation was exiled for seventy years".
The husk nonetheless "left them alone for a time, when they went back and built the (second) Temple". But the trouble was that "the evil hadn't vanished" — it only "lessened and weakened". Be that as it may, "the Jewish Nation had a place to grow strong in" when they returned to Israel, "but it wasn't long before an utterly black darkness overcame them again" which we'd endured until now and will continue to stew in "until the throne of the righteous Moshiach would be built".
But that's just the beginning, in a way.
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If you've never heard of the band Junip before, you're not alone. Fronted by renowned folk singer-songwriter Jose Gonzalez, the band's 2010 release Fields eschews his typical stripped down acoustic delivery in favor of a more rounded, almost jammy sound. Joining Gonzalez in Junip are Tobias Winterkorn on keyboards, and Elias Araya on drums.
Together, they manage to weave a sound that will be familiar to fans of Gonzalez's solo work, but it's definitely something more than just the Jose Gonzalez Band.
The record's spontaneous sound gives the whole thing a "first take" sort of feel. It's like you are standing in the room where it was recorded as the trio fills every space with a mix of funky classical guitar, mellow, vamped out drum lines, and keyboard sounds that shift from prog-space rock to hints of Ray Manzarak's organ and electric piano.
The recording also has an overdriven tone that causes it to really buzz around the edges. And Junip decisively take it a step further as they push these overdriven tracks through reverb and delay chambers. The cumulative effect is one that creates an energy that seems to almost swirl out of the speakers, covering you with a blanket of sound as they hang out on vamps in tunes like, Always and Rope and Summit. By the time you get to the beautiful, building Without You, you'll feel how this sound almost lifts them off into space. And there is no real disappointment when they don't go actually go there. They instead leave you to realize the beauty of the song is in the build-up itself.
Over the course of the album it is this overall tone they create that pulls you in. While some may argue that the songs start to sound very similar, there isn't a throwaway track in the set. And as the final echoes of the closing track Tide dissipate into the depths of some unexplored cave, you will find yourself reaching for this blanket of sound again, because everyone needs a good blanket to keep them warm at night.
Check out the track Without You from Junip's album Fields below.


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Kite flying in February
The old ferry landing
Trail along a gut...
and the maker of the trail
Allison Turner explains the wear of teeth on a horse skull to an
author who was visiting to gather information
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about Diane
Diane has 14-years experience as a Senior Yoga Teacher, having first experienced the feeling of Yoga at various classes whilst living in London, working in the corporate world. Her interest in World Class Sport, then led her Sports Massage and accrediting as a Yoga Sports Coach. This enabled her to further understand the safe, strong and fluid analysis of the biomechanics of Yoga. She qualified in an Ashram in Colorado, has since trained across the World with Ana Forrest, David Swenson and Shiva Rea, as well as Meridian resisting stretching in Boston and Florida, which led her to work with National Sports Teams and athletes such as Formula One driver Mark Webber. Her light hearted, sincere, fun approach to Yoga and her excellence in her field led her to become Brand Ambassador for Sweaty Betty and a chosen Guest Presenter for the Champneys brand.


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Daily Announcements - May 10, 2018
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Student Council: Anyone who would like to plan homecoming for next year, come to the Student Council meeting today 5/10 after school in Mrs. Young's room (232).
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Don Blisard was a long time artist for the Thomas D. Murphy Calender Company. He produced a large number of paintings depicting rural scenes of the mid-west. Most of his paintings where inspired by the countryside of southwest Missouri, in the Marrionville and Aoura areas. - Cameron Blisard (artist's grandson)
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Date: January 2005
Publication: Naturopathy Digest
Author: Tabatha Parker, ND, co-founder and medical director of NDI
Most health care professions have relief organizations like Doctors Without Borders providing volunteer opportunities in developing countries. Until now, there has not been a nonprofit dedicated to providing opportunities for naturopathic physicians. The 2003 founding of Natural Doctors International (NDI) has changed all that. Dr. Laurent Chaix, Dr. Michael Owen and I - all naturopathic physicians - realized the gap in international relief medicine and recognized that the naturopathic profession needed to contribute to the growing global health crisis. Having a relief organization dedicated to providing opportunities for NDs and other practitioners of alternative medicine made the most sense, so we started a nonprofit 501(c)(3) to do just that.
Two issues were of utmost importance to NDI: developing a strong presence and being legitimate in each country we worked in. Not wanting to be short-term medical tourists, NDI began working first with Nicaragua's Ministry of Health to develop a program that would be both sustainable and sanctioned. We began by designing a program that would establish long-term clinical opportunities for naturopathic physicians. Because of the training involved, naturopathic physicians are the perfect gatekeepers for alternative medicine outreach teams - they easily can go from discussing pathology exams with an MD to discussing herbal medicine preparations with a traditional medicine healer. NDs also have the advantage of a license to practice medicine, which not all alternative health care professions have. By starting with naturopathic rotations, NDI will pave the way for other types of alternative medicine practitioners. The decision was made to begin the pilot site in Nicaragua; negotiations with Nicaragua's Ministry of Health (MINSA) produced a three-year contract to have NDI physicians work in the Moyogalpa Center of Health on the island of Ometepe in southern Nicaragua. The contract recognizes naturopathic physicians and allows NDs to practice legally through NDI projects. NDs who apply must be licensed graduates from accredited, four-year institutions.
Currently, Dr. Michael Owen and I serve in the Center of Health on Ometepe Island. Since its inception in March 2005, we have provided over 800 patient visits, established five ongoing community outreach projects and completed two community support projects. Helping Hands, the backbone of NDI's success, is a free pharmacy supplying islanders with vitamins, homeopathic medicines, botanicals and pharmaceuticals. The generous donation from John Weeks and Dr. Jeana Kimball of their family's Isuzu Trooper, Esmeralda, has given Helping Hands the ability to run an ambulance service that has already saved two lives. NDI has sent more than $30,000 in donations to the Moyogalpa Center of Health from Dr. Eric Yarnell of Heron Botanicals; Al Czap of Thorne; Dr. Wayne and Lee Centrone of Portland, Ore. and Golden Lotus Botanicals; Boiron; Vital Nutrients; Hyland Homeopathics; NCNM; Oakmont Labs; and numerous personal donations over the past year. Heron Botanicals generously set up a program whereby doctors can request to have a percentage of their purchases go directly to NDI.
NDI offers both short- and long-term volunteer opportunities for doctors and students. Five students already have visited Casa NDI in Nicaragua this year: Christine Middleton (CCNM); Tyler Mongan, Holly Elmore and Alex Desoler (SCNM); and Ryan Sweeney (NCNM). "My experience visiting NDI was great, as I saw that medicine could be personal," said student Tyler Mongan. "Drs. Parker and Owen have made the effort to become a part of the community instead of just acting as foreign doctors who are in some way outside of and distanced from the people. They are willing to do things and fight for changes that demonstrate their commitment to a whole health perspective. I discovered more about naturopathic medicine and what it means to be a naturopathic physician in that week than I had in my entire first year of medical school." With the establishment of a one-year volunteer rotation for licensed NDs on the island of Ometepe, NDI is able to provide continuity of care. Applications for this rotation were due this fall and NDI proudly accepted Dr. Ananda Steigler, an NCNM graduate, who will join team NDI in Nicaragua this month. I will complete my second-year rotation as the medical director in Nicaragua. Finishing up his rotation in December, Dr. Owen will return to his home in Oregon, where he will lead doctors on one-to-two week NDI medical trips throughout the year and start a private practice. NDI receives rolling applications for the volunteer position and might add a third naturopathic physician in fall 2006 as funds permit.
We could not have done any of this without help from the community. Dennis Becklin of Environmental Container Systems and Susan White of Whitespeed have been our two main contributors. In September 2005, NDI held its first annual fundraiser and silent auction at Kell's Irish Restaurant in Portland, Ore. More than 100 people attended the event, many of them NDs, raising in excess of $8,000 for NDI. Thanks to volunteer Amy McCandlish for her successful efforts in coordinating this event. NDI is growing in leaps and bounds. We wanted to become the Doctors Without Borders of the alternative medicine community and we are doing just that. NDI recently received the community service award from the American Herbalist Guild and plans to start a botanical project in Nicaragua with the cash award. Our 2006 goal is to continue to strengthen Project Nicaragua and develop our presence in the international health community by coordinating with groups such as the World Health Organization, whose 2002-2005 Strategy on Traditional Medicine should be read by all naturopathic physicians (www.who.org). The world is changing, and naturopathic physicians are the future of medicine.


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I'd like to introduce Japanese family-style cooking, bento and something yummy. Je vais vous présenter la recette de cuisine japonaise familial, des bento et d'autres mets délicieux.
An exotic lunch at my baking class
The dish was for the lunch at my baking class. I like Maghrebian and Middle Eastern food very much, but it was the first time to serve it as the lunch at my class. Some of students had never experienced it before, but looked they loved it very much.
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The report published yesterday suggests that NHS staff were working according to the best available knowledge at the time. As chair of the all-party group on HIV and AIDS, however, I often hear about current incidents in which NHS staff do not have the best available knowledge at their fingertips. What have the Government done and what are they doing to ensure that we have a well-informed...
To ask the Prime Minister, when he last visited Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the Access to Work scheme in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (b) North Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK has been in each month since May 2010.
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If you are lending or borrowing money, a written agreement can be essential to ensuring that you and the other party are on the same page (literally) about the loan's terms. A loan agreement should address payment terms, due dates, interest, and what will happen if the loan is not repaid in time.
Components of a Typical Money Loan Agreement
Some components of a typical money loan agreement are:
- Principal. The principal is the amount of money being loaned.
- Term. What is the duration of the loan? The agreement will specify when the loan begins and the date by which it must be fully repaid.
- Interest. The interest rate of the loan will be specified in the agreement. The agreement will also specify how the interested will be calculated (e.g., simple or compounded at certain intervals) and if the rate is subject to variation.
- Repayment Schedule. The loan might be repayable in a lump-sum or in installments. Either way, the agreement will specify the understanding of the parties.
- Default. If the borrower fails to meet certain obligations specified in the agreement, including making payments as required, then the borrower will be in default. The agreement will specify the consequences of default, including possibly a higher interest rate (a "default interest rate").


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