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2018 Bebe - A Chorus Line (Dir:Ed Hughes, MD: Wendy Gadian )
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2017 Telephone Operator - Grand Hotel (Dir: Anthony Banks, MD: Wendy Gadian)
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A Checklist for Bathroom & Powder Room Lighting/
Bathrooms (and kitchens) should be the first areas considered in remodel projects. Homeowners can add 80-90% of their investment of a bath or kitchen remodel onto the value of their home. Today that's a very good return. Plus, getting the lighting right in these spaces will make them dramatic, functional and relaxing.
Well-designed lighting is of the utmost importance in the bathroom. But more often than not people use inadequate lighting techniques for much-needed task illumination. How many times have we seen a dramatic photograph of a vanity with a recessed downlight directly over the sink? It makes for a great shot, but imagine yourself standing at the mirror with that harsh light hitting the top of your head. Remember when, as a child, you would hold a flashlight under your chin to create a scary face? The same thing happens, only in reverse. Long dark shadows appear under your eyes, nose and chin. This is really bad lighting for applying makeup or shaving.
Another typical mistake is the use of one light fixture that is surface-mounted above the mirror. This is only slightly better than the one recessed light over the mirror. At best, it illuminates the top half of the face, letting the bottom half fall into shadow. This is an especially hard light by which to shave. There are just so many ways you can tilt your head to catch the light.
Task Lighting at the Sink
For the best task lighting use two fixtures that flank the mirror above the sink to provide the necessary cross illumination. The most effective way to provide this cross illumination is to wall-mount a pair of translucent fixtures at eye-level on either side of the sink. These task lights can flank a hanging mirror or be mounted directly on a full wall mirror. For inset sink areas, the mirror lights can be mounted on the return walls.
I recommend the equivalent of 75 watts worth of incandescent light per fixture in the master bath and 40 watts worth of light per fixture in the powder room. LEDs (light emitting diodes) can give you the same amount of light for much less wattage, plus in California, Title 24 requires that the lighting needs to be 100% high efficacy or controlled by a switched motion sensor.
Lighting for Tubs and Showers
While the task area at the vanity is the most critical to illuminate correctly, other areas of the bath also bear consideration. Tubs and showers need a good general light. For this purpose, recessed fixtures with white opal diffusers are commonly used and relatively effective. One drawback is that many of the units on the marketplace project approximately two inches below the ceiling line and may not be visually comfortable. There is a recent development that makes lighting in these wet locations a little more exciting. There are fixture manufacturers that offer recessed adjustable LED versions that are rated for wet environments. As designers are specifying wonderful tile, interesting plumbing fixtures and niches for art, they can now install directional fixtures to highlight these exciting elements.
Make sure that all light fixtures - recessed or surface mounted - used in the shower, steam room, and over the tub are listed for wet locations by Underwriters Laboratories (UL), ETL or another approved testing laboratory. If UL tests them, they will have a blue UL label that indicates they are wet location rated.
LEDs in the Bathroom
LED options are important today, and higher energy costs make the use of high efficacy light sources a strong consideration in the construction or remodeling of bathrooms. LEDs are at least three times more energy efficient than incandescent lamps. They also last longer and produce less heat.
Educate yourself about LED sources. Fortunately, the color of many of today's LEDs are very flattering to skin tones. Many manufacturers are also jumping on the GU-24 bandwagon. This is an LED A-lamp (household bulb) with a bayonet base that can be dimmed with a standard incandescent dimmer. This GU-24 base meets California's Title 24 requirements because the bayonet base cannot be replaced by a screw-in incandescent lamp.
Some new LED lamps not only provide greatly improved color rendering, but the 10-watt version produces an amount of illumination close to a 60-watt incandescent bulb. Colors available in the LEDS are close to that of standard incandescent (2700 degrees Kelvin) or halogen (3000 degrees Kelvin). Mixed light sources can be used in one's bath without creating disconcerting color variations. My new favorites are the LEDs that are the color of dimmed incandescent (2400 and 2200 degrees Kelvin). Having a CRI (color Rendering Index) of 90 or higher insures you will get a quality of light that is incandescent in feel.
Exhaust Fans
Windowless interior bathrooms require an exhaust fan. Bathrooms with an operable window are not required by code to have an exhaust fan, although many homeowners like to have fans to help remove steam and odors. Specifying a combination fan and light is a quick fix, but not an attractive choice. Make sure to specify separate switching for the fan and light, if allowed by code, so that the fan doesn't automatically go on when someone runs into the bath to grab a tissue or wash their hands.
Ambient Lighting
Ambient, or Indirect lighting in a bathroom adds a warm overall glow to the space. Wall sconces or cove lighting that directs light upward can provide gentle ambient illumination. Both of these applications can use LEDs. For bathrooms with higher ceilings, pendant-hung fixtures with incandescent or LED lamping can also be considered as a source of fill light. Another good reason for adding some type of ambient illumination in bathrooms is that they are now becoming multi-functional areas. Homeowners can have exercise areas, dressing rooms, lounging areas, and whirlpools for more than one. Some bathrooms have even become intimate entertaining areas that deserve all the design care that you give to the other main areas in the house.
Skylights are often installed to supplement or replace electric lighting during the day. Clear glass or acrylic skylights project a hard beam of light, shaped like the skylight opening, onto the floor of the bath. Bronze-colored skylights cast a dimmer version of the same shape, while a white opal acrylic skylight diffuses and softens the natural light, producing a more gentle light that fills the bath more completely.
Accent Lighting
This newly understood need for ambient illumination presents opportunities for accent lighting. Plants and art pieces can be highlighted as in other areas of the house.
When people are entertaining, the room most visited by their guests, besides the areas where people congregate, will likely be the powder room. This space can be treated differently from the other bathrooms, as no serious tasks are going to be performed by guests here, it's simply a place to wash hands or check hair and makeup before rejoining the soirée.
Here, lights should just provide a flattering glow. Sometimes a pair of translucent fixtures on either side of the mirror with a single fixture in the middle of the ceiling will do the trick. Some powder rooms do double duty as guest baths for overnight houseguests. If this is the case light the bath as you would a master bath, also making sure to put the various lights on dimmers to allow for flexible control over the illumination levels.
The Bottom Line
Bathrooms and kitchens are the two areas where people are most willing to invest their money, because a well-done remodel in these two rooms adds immediate value to the home. They can normally recoup most of the money they have invested when the home goes on the market. But the most important thing to remember is that good illumination for tasks in the bathroom is primary, because looking good is hard work.


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San Francisco 49ers
49ers notes: Strong defensive effort ruined by ugly 4:23 span
Video: 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman postgame comments
A week after being trampled in Cleveland, the 49ers held the Bengals' leading rusher, Giovani Bernard, to 31 yards and the Cincinnati offense to 242 yards, the lowest total for a San Francisco opponent this season.
In that way, it was a typical Levi's Stadium performance for the defense, which has played with far better energy and drive at home and which entered the game allowing only 15.8 points per game at home.
The problem came at the end of the second quarter, when the Bengals quickly turned two turnovers and one bad punt into three touchdowns.
"In four minutes and 23 seconds, it went from 0-0 to 21-0, OK?" coach Jim Tomsula said. " ... We have got to understand that we cannot make those fundamental mistakes."
NaVorro Bowman led all tacklers with 12 stops, including a fourth-down stuff in the first quarter. He is now tied for the league lead in tackles with Colts linebacker D'Qwell Jackson.
Nickel cornerback Jimmie Ward also had a strong game, finishing with five tackles, two of them behind the line of scrimmage, and sacking Bengals quarterback A.J. McCarron in the third quarter. It was Ward's first sack.
Ward and McCarron played on the same Pop Warner team as kids – McCarron was a quarterback and Ward a linebacker – but Sunday was the first day he was permitted to hit McCarron.
"They always had the blanket on him; I couldn't touch him at practice," Ward said.
In his first NFL start, McCarron was 15 of 21 for 192 yards and a touchdown. The 49ers sacked him four times.
"We were just trying to confuse him," Ward said. "It was his first start as a quarterback, so we were trying to show him different packages that he hadn't seen before."
Draughn and out – Starting running back Shaun Draughn injured his knee in the second quarter and did not return.
Travaris Cadet and Kendall Gaskins took all of the snaps at tailback from that point. With the 49ers playing catch-up in the second half, Gaskins had six catches for 52 yards while Cadet caught four passes for 32 yards.
Draughn became the fourth 49ers runner this season to suffer a significant injury. Starter Carlos Hyde (foot) and his top backup, Reggie Bush (knee), are out for the season. Mike Davis (hand) was placed on injured reserve with a designation to return. He is eligible to return to the active roster this week.
Fullback Bruce Miller also had two carries, including a one-yard touchdown run.
O-line shuffle – Marcus Martin, who started the game at right guard, suffered a concussion in the fourth quarter and did not return. The 49ers compensated by moving tackle Erik Pears to right guard and inserting rookie Trent Brown at right tackle. Brown did not surrender a sack or a quarterback hurry.
The team's normal right guard, Andrew Tiller, started the game at left guard in place of Alex Boone, who injured his knee last week in Cleveland. Another rookie, Ian Silberman, was active for the first time since Week 1 while Jordan Devey was inactive for the first time this season.
Et cetera – Phil Dawson hadn't missed a field-goal attempt – 19 straight – since his first attempt in Week 1 was blocked. His fourth-quarter try Sunday also was blocked, this time by 6-6 Bengals defensive lineman Carlos Dunlap.
▪ Quarterback Colin Kaepernick had planned to be on the sideline for today's game, his first since last month's shoulder surgery. However, the team's medical staff decided that the risk of damaging the still-healing shoulder was too great. Kaepernick's recovery time is four to six months.
▪ The skies around Levi's Stadium remain full of animus about the 49ers' owner. A banner reading "Hold Jed Accountable" was being flown around the stadium about two hours before kickoff. Before the last home game, Nov. 29, a banner that read "Jed & 49ers should mutually part ways" was flown before kickoff.
▪ Tomsula won his first replay challenge of the season when the officials determined that San Francisco recovered a late on-side kick. Tomsula had been 0-6 before that challenge.
Matt Barrows: @mattbarrows, read more about the team at sacbee.com/sf49ers.


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Where Do I Start?Not sure which class to attend? Check out the descriptions below and if you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to reach out. We're happy to help you decide which class will be the best fit.
Many people think that they have to be flexible to do yoga, but that's simply not true. You don't have to be able to touch your toes, bend backwards, or lift your leg to your head to enjoy our classes. In fact, all you need is the desire to get on the mat and open yourself to the possibility of feeling better than you ever have before. If you'd prefer to learn the very basics of Iyengar Yoga before joining in with other Level 1 students, Yoga Basics is for you.
Level 1
These classes are designed for those new to Iyengar Yoga and those with little or no yoga experience in general, and accommodate all levels of fitness. They introduce the foundations of Iyengar Yoga, such as proper alignment and sequencing, and develop students' mobility, strength, flexibility and stability. These dynamic classes focus largely on standing poses, seated poses, forward bends and other fundamental postures including those from the shoulderstand family. Our well-trained teachers ensure that all students work through the postures according to their individual abilities.
Level 2
For those students who are well practiced in Salamba Sarvangasana (shoulderstand) and other level 1 postures, these classes add further refinements and additional new poses including Sirsasana (headstand). Pranayama (breath awareness and modification) is also introduced.
Level 2/3
For students with substantial Iyengar Yoga training who are strong in standing postures and can do Sirsasana with confidence for five minutes. Sirsasana variations, intermediate postures, and seated pranayama are taught.
Level 3
For students with substantial Iyengar Yoga training who are strong in standing postures and confident in both Sirsasana & Sarvangasana. A broad range of inversions, backbends, arm balancings, and pranayama is introduced at this level. PREREQUISITE: experience with Level 2 &/or permission from the teacher.
Yoga for Stiff Bodies
One of the biggest misconceptions of yoga is that you have to be naturally flexible to do it. Like our Yoga Basics class, this class is designed for students who are new to yoga but with a particular emphasis on working with stiff bodies.
Restorative Practice
This class emphasizes poses that soothe the nervous system. The use of props in combination with strategic sequencing and timing (often for longer durations) encourages rest, recovery, and restoration.
Modified Practice
Want to do yoga but feel a bit vulnerable because of an old injury? Modified Practice might be a perfect fit for you. In this class, you learn basic yoga asanas with a particular emphasis on how to keep your area of vulnerability (i.e. knees, shoulders, low-back, etc.) safe. The principles taught will provide a solid foundation for transitioning into Level 1 classes. Please contact us to discuss your personal circumstances and to coordinate a date and time for the session(s).
General Class
Teachers at Studio Po are skilled at responding to the bodies in front of them. The brilliance of BKS Iyengar's work is that every pose can be modified to accommodate varying skill levels and body types. In an All Levels class, everyone is welcome, regardless of previous experience. The teacher will ensure that everyone is appropriately challenged and safe.
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Samuel plays closely with himself, away from his parents who are arguing about money again. He plays soldiers, he is both sides, he wants both sides to win, he wants both sides to lose. He has no sisters or brothers, he never sees his cousins who live far away in the same country. His aunts and uncles often forget his name.
He is eight and popular at school despite being a small boy, his brain is quick and he can make his cohorts feel better.
He dreams of beasts and butterflies, suffocation and a super-saviour with a Halo and love in his eyes. He fears giants and wants to be one of them. One night in bed, playing pilots with the opening of his plastic hot water bottle that he uses to cover his mouth and nose, his hears his mother and father talking. They are coming closer, it is hours since he went to bed, their bedroom is at the other end of the hall.
They come into his room, quietly, and his father switches on his nightlight. They are not angry with him for being awake and playing pilots but still somewhere in him he is frightened. He is also excited, nothing like this has happened before. They might come up individually to scold or soothe him; his father comes in sometimes, late after work to sit by Samuel's bed and talk softly to him, thinking that his son is asleep. Samuel wonders how often his father does this when actually is asleep, he likes to think that it is every night.
They tell him that he going to have a new brother or sister. His mother looks different. His father looks serious and then like a boy. They explain that the new brother or sister will come after Samuel's next birthday. They kiss him, both at the same time, one on each cheek. Samuel doesn't know what to make of it, and takes some time to get back to sleep.
Soon, but a long time away, Samuel's mother is delivered of a daughter for the boy waiting at home. Samuel is nine. Nobody at school seems to be as excited as a Samuel about the arrival of his new baby sister.


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Diabetes is a growing problem in the UK but a free prevention programme is offering hope to people at risk in Derbyshire.
There are 3.5 million people who have been diagnosed with diabetes in the UK and a further 549,000 may be unknowingly living with the condition.
Diabetes can lead to serious health issues including stroke, heart and kidney disease, and amputations.
The condition develops when glucose can't enter the body's cells to be used as fuel and this happens when either:
* There is no insulin to unlock the cells (Type 1 diabetes)
* There is not enough insulin or the insulin is there but not working properly (Type 2 diabetes).
Type 2 diabetes is far more common than Type 1 and currently, more than 55,000 people in Derbyshire have Type 2 diabetes with 70,000 more are at high risk of developing it.
The good news is Type 2 diabetes is largely preventable through lifestyle changes and there's a free Type 2 diabetes prevention programme in Derby and Derbyshire.
It's called Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme and offers help and education on how to prevent developing diabetes.
This covers topics including healthy eating and taking regular exercise.
To find out more visit www.derbyshire.gov.uk/healthieryou or speak to your GP.
Five of the main risk factors for developing Type 2 diabetes are:
* Age − being over the age of 40 (over 25 for South Asian people)
* Genetics − having a close relative with the condition (parent, brother or sister)
* Weight − being overweight or obese
* Ethnicity − being of south Asian, Chinese, African-Caribbean or black African origin
* Pregnant women who have gestational diabetes are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life
Common symptoms of diabetes include:
* Going to the toilet a lot, especially at night.
* Being really thirsty.
* Feeling more tired than usual.
* Losing weight without trying to.
* Genital itching or thrush.
* Cuts and wounds take longer to heal.
* Blurred vision.
If you have any symptoms of diabetes, you should contact your GP.
It doesn't necessarily mean you have diabetes, but it's worth checking. Early diagnosis, treatment and good control are vital for good health and reduce the chances of developing serious complications.


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Latin America has generally heralded the death of Osama bin Laden, with presidents from Mexico to Peru issuing statements congratulating the US on the operation that brought down the world's most wanted terrorist.
But if this region's own history with deadly ideological insurgencies and organized crime is any example, Mr. bin Laden's death won't alone spell the end of Al Qaeda, as the task of taking down such a group often requires targeting the many mid- and high-level commanders who control ground operations.
While governments tend to hail top take downs such as bin Laden and hold them up as proof of success, targeting a group's leadership has proven a mixed bag throughout Latin America.
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"The neutralization of the leader of a criminal organization has never brought – as an immediate consequence – the end of the threat that it poses," says Bogotá-based security analyst Alfredo Rangel, who has watched drug trafficking and rebel organizations in Colombia survive through the demise of numerous top chiefs.
The US has voiced optimism that bin Laden's death is a game changer.
"We're going to try to take advantage of this opportunity we have now with the death of Al Qaeda's leader, bin Laden, to ensure that we're able to destroy that organization," White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan said on NBC's Today show. "We're determined to do so and we believe we can."
In Colombia, which has been fighting a leftist guerrilla insurgency since the 1960s, President Juan Manuel Santos shared the view. "This is an important and convincing strike at global terrorism," he said in a statement. It "demonstrates yet again that terrorists, sooner or later, always fall. In the fight against global terrorism there's only one path to take: persevere, persevere, persevere."
But President Santos's remarks overlook his nation's limited success against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) by targeting its leadership. "The FARC have a capacity to persist even after the death of their leaders," says Mr. Rangel.
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The FARC, which like Al Qaeda is on the US list of foreign terrorist organizations, has been weakened by a sustained military and intelligence campaign that whittled the number of fighters from an estimated 18,000-20,000 in 2002 to about 9,000 today. That success has little to do with hitting top leaders (a strategy known as "decapitation"), says Rangel.
The FARC's capacity for survival was clear in 2008, when in a single month the group lost three people from its seven-member ruling secretariat. Legendary FARC leader Manuel Marulanda died of a heart attack at 77, Raul Reyes was killed in a bombing raid on his camp in Ecuador, and Ivan Rios was killed by a member of his own security detail. They were quickly replaced.
In 2010, the FARC's top military strategist known as Mono Jojoy was killed in a bomb raid on his camp, and while his military division, the Eastern Bloc, was reportedly thrown into some disarray after that, its operational capacity today appears to be stable, according to intelligence officials.
One peasant who has lived in an area long under FARC control, and who lost a leg after stepping on a rebel-laid landmine, says the guerrilla group is like a family. "The father dies, so the mother takes over leading the family. Then the mother dies and the eldest son is in charge, then he dies and the next one takes charge," says the young man, visiting Bogotá this week, who asked that his name not be used for security reasons.
"Taking down one or two top leaders doesn't do much but when there is a systematic and massive loss of middle and high-level leaders, that's when things start turning around," Rangel says.
A look at 300 cases worldwide
The fight against the politically inspired insurgencies that have today morphed into extralegal drug trafficking organizations in Latin America is, of course, far different than the fight against international terrorism.
Jenna Jordan, a post-doctoral fellow at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago, studied nearly 300 "decapitation" cases and found it is least effective when groups are well-established, religious, or relatively large – like Al Qaeda. Those characteristics lead to easier succession when leaders are taken down. Larger and older groups also tend to continue enjoying local support, critical to their operations.
"Groups that have been around for so long tend to have a lot of support from their communities, whether through coercion or not," she says.
In Mexico, the government of President Felipe Calderón, in its effort to destroy drug trafficking networks that have cost more than 36,000 lives since 2006, has hailed the arrests or deaths of top leaders of various criminal organizations – 20 in all since March 2009, according to national security spokesman Alejandro Poire.
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But the results of "decapitation" in Mexico have been harder to assess, as groups, far from disappearing, have merely morphed or splintered – often provoking more violence. For example, after the takedown of drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva in 2009, violence exploded in the parts of the country once dominated by the Beltran Leyva Organization, which splintered.
Last year set a record for those arrested or killed during Mr. Calderón's term. They include Edgar Valdez Villarreal ("La Barbie") of the Beltran Leyva Organization and Ignacio Coronel Villarreal ("Nacho Coronel") of the Sinaloa group. And yet, according to government figures, the 15,273 deaths in 2010 represented a 60 percent rise from the previous year.
There are myriad reasons why, but for many it shows that targeting leaders has a limited impact, even if it is symbolically important. "Groups readjust with the decapitation of their leaders, and continue disputing territories and trade," says Erubiel Tirado, a security expert at the Iberoamerican University in Mexico City.
The same has proven true in Colombia. "Some groups, when they get hit at the top, disperse into new smaller groups with new leaders that individually present a smaller threat, but that taken together can be just as big a threat as before," says Rangel, noting that Colombia is currently faced with the problem of a half-dozen fractured, unorganized drug trafficking groups with significant military capabilities that replaced now-demobilized rightwing paramilitary militias. "These new groups are harder to fight."
Mexico defends strategy
Facing increasing criticism over its strategy, the Mexican government has gone on the defensive. Yesterday, Mexico's security spokesman held a press conference with journalists, which he commenced by stating: "It is not true that the capture or death of criminal leaders has been behind the increase in violence in certain regions of the country." Highlighting the death of Mr. Coronel in Jalisco state, Mr. Poire said homicides there have gone down, not up.
Aside from that, taking out a top leader can play a critical role in morale – serving a sense of justice, like in the case of bin Laden, for those affected by acts of atrocity.
There are also cases in which decapitation has proved the last straw for organizational integrity, particularly when the charisma of a leader gels a group together. Ms. Jordan says that small, Marxist groups in Latin America and Europe in the 70s and 80s, for example, were crippled when their leaders were taken out.
And in Peru, where President Alan García congratulated US leaders and said the death of bin Laden may have been a miracle by beatified Pope John Paul II, the arrest of Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman in 1992 is generally viewed as the beginning of the rebel group's demise.
Still, Jordan says that it wasn't until the end of the decade, with the arrest of Oscar Ramirez Durand, who led a resurgence of the group, that the Shining Path really fell apart. She says that a loss of membership and weakening of the bureaucracy were the last straws in that case.
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World cities situated in Westernized nations tend to be a melting pot in their own proper, so incomes your advertising degree overseas in any one in all these major international cities will show a tremendously rewarding experience with unparalleled networking alternatives.
The module is designed for advertising and marketing specialist students to introduce them to the ever rising companies industries, both in business and non-business sectors, by way of various advertising functions in a wide range of situations, including non-traditional marketing contexts.


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Chatter Around the World is a curated weekly update of articles related to economics, investing, dividends and personal finance. In these weekly updates, I also capture my blog updates and news related to my portfolio holdings.
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New Blog Posts
Let's dive into the links that caught my attention this week.
Updates from My Portfolio Holdings
- [AAPL] Apple to borrow more despite $216B cash pile
- [AAPL] Apple likely to invoke free-speech rights in encryption fight
- [BIP.UN.TO/BIP] Brookfield trumped as Australian port giant Asciano accepts rival bid
- [CNR.TO/CNI] CN announces US$500-million debt offering
- [CVX] Chevron to speed up asset sale as it shifts Gulf of Mexico focus
- [GE] GE Oil & Gas Signs Agreement with Statoil for Future Subsea Projects
- [IMG.TO/IAG] IAMGOLD Q4 EPS of -$0.16 misses by $0.05 Revenue of $238.2M (-12.6% Y/Y) beats by $19.62M
- [IPL.TO] Inter Pipeline Reports Record Financial Results for 2015; Q4 FFO of $0.63; Revenue of $455.7M (+16.8% Y/Y)
- [KMI] Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Discloses Stake in Kinder Morgan
- [MAIN] Main Street Announces New Portfolio Investment
- [O] Wunderlich Securities Downgrades Realty Income to Sell
- [QCOM] Qualcomm: Bernstein Ups to Buy; Rated Outperform; Price target raised to $55
- [QCOM] Qualcomm strikes Lenovo licensing deal
- [TRI] Thomson Reuters Releases Solution to Help Multinational Corporations Identify Global Tax-Saving Credits and Incentives
Interesting Reads
- 400,000 Americans In Jeopardy As Giant Pension Fund Plans 50% Benefit Cuts from Zero Hedge
- Big Food Can't Close the Deal from Bloomberg Gadfly
- From banks to Uber: No competition please, we're Canadian from CBC
- My 3 True Assets Or Pots Of Gold: My Stock Portfolio, Social Security And Pension by RoseNose via SA
- Ontario pushes back provincial pension plan rollout by at least 1 year from CBC
- The Bond Market is Talking: Is the Bank of Canada Listening? by Ted Carmichael Global Macro
- What does a passive income portfolio look like? by Freedom 595
Dividend Reads
- Dividend Raises & Cuts – Week of Feb 15, 2016 by Dividend Growth Info
- Business Change is bad for dividend investors by Dividend Growth Investor
- Consumer Defensive – Ready to Face the Bear by The Dividend Guy
- Dividend Growth Stock Overview: Fastenal Company by Harvesting Dividends
- Retired Dividend Growth Investors: Sleep Soundly By Embracing Survivorship Bias by Chuck Carnevale via SA
Dividend Stock Analysis
- [BF.B] Brown-Forman: Serving Higher Dividends for over 30 Straight Years by Simply Safe Dividends
- [DIS] The Walt Disney Company: A Premier Dividend Growth Stock by Simply Safe Dividends
- [ITW] Illinois Tool Works Inc Dividend Stock Analysis by Dividend Growth Stocks
- [SBUX] Starbucks – Buy The Coffee, Wait On The Shares by Passive Income Pursuit via SA
- [TROW] T. Rowe Price Stock Analysis by Dividend Diplomats
- [WFC] Wells Fargo & Company Dividend Stock Analysis by Dividend Growth Stocks
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As a vast majority of businesses need employees in order to expand, company directors, sooner or later, have to face the process of recruiting people and familiarize themselves with the employment law. It is almost the same thing, but the picture is completely different: his red line rightly emphasizes the big collapse of employment that you had since 2008. To avoid this, it is strongly recommended that you hire a competent employment agent that can help you to find a rewarding job and obtain the work permit that is mandatory for every foreign worker who wishes to work in Singapore. The employee's claim was therefore dismissed and she then appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. DODD has contracted with HIGH IMPACT Mission-based Consulting (Allan I. Bergman and Lisa Mills, Ph.D.) to develop recommendations for a funding system redesign that supports an increase in integrated employment. Employment screening technology continues to advance as more and more companies find the need to obtain detailed and accurate reports regarding the applicant's background.
This email will contain the application number, as well as a link to allow the applicant to check the status of their eTA application at any time. Businesses that saw improvements in their total employment numbers were Manufacturing, Trade Transportation and Utilities, Education & Health Services, Leisure & Hospitality, and a significant increase in Government. The factors behind moving out of poverty after gaining employment are also examined. This date of employment is the date that you officially become an employee of this particular employer. These things change yearly so always make sure to stay on top of the changes, or run the risk of running afoul of the law.
The clause should specify exactly how the payment will be calculated and whether it includes compensation in relation to bonus, commission or holidays, or whether it only relates to basic salary. Please be reminded that formerly released employment statistics can be adjusted in the future. E.g. be corporate or property lawyers retraining as employment or insolvency lawyers.
Back in the day, the prerogative writs of English common law provided a powerful tool to ensure that the rule of law" and a full and fair application of the rules of natural justice" were guaranteed before administrative tribunals. Increasingly, however, federal and state laws are enacted which direct the employment relationship and decrease the autonomy of employers.
Employment agencies too have their own job boards wherein they announce different job opportunities available with their clients. A contract of employment is an employee's acceptance of the terms and conditions offered by an employer, evidence of which is commencement of the work by the employee. A private employment agency is a relevantly untapped source for future employees and employers alike in a changing economic world with a surprising amount of jobs waiting to be filled. At will employees who have been wrongfully terminated are entitled to various remedies under law. Only after the EEOC is unable to determine a proper remedy may a legal claim be filed in a court of law.


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We're of the opinion that inflammation-fighting foods should be a regular part of any healthy diet. But after starch- and sugar-heavy meals like Thanksgiving dinner, everyone could stand to load up on anti-inflammatory foods to temper bloating and do a bit of damage control. That's according to Rachita Reddy, MD and Violet Santana, nutritionist and author of Operation Cleanse, who shared the de-bloating, anti-inflammatory foods they turn to after an indulgent meal with She Finds. Consider filling up on the following three foods to ease inflammation and detox this holiday season.
"Whole grains reduce fat and take inches off your waist because they're absorbed into the bloodstream at a slow pace," explains Reddy. She suggests filling up on quinoa and other whole grains like barley, brown rice, bulgur, and steel-cut oats following an indulgent meal since they're filled with fiber, which prevents inflammation and a sugar spike. "No sugar spike means the sugar in your body isn't stored as fat."
Salmon tops any list of anti-inflammatory foods to add to your diet. The omega-3 fatty acids in this fish are what you could call "healthy fats" that contribute to healthy brain function and even lower the risk of cancers and chronic diseases like Alzheimer's, macular degeneration, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. A 2013 study in the journal Immunity even found that omega-3s help block the body's inflammatory response. Plus, this protein-rich fish is rich in vitamins and minerals like potassium, selenium, and vitamin B12.
"While the avocado is rich in healthy oils, it's not as high in calories as people fear," says Santana. She recommends eating this fruit after indulgent meals, as it is naturally high in heart-healthy unsaturated fat, fiber, vitamins A, C, E, K, and B, potassium, and antioxidants. The anti-inflammatory benefits of avocados are so strong that they can even offset unhealthy food choices. One 2013 study even found that simply adding an avocado to a hamburger could limit the inflammatory response in the body.
Next up: Two more anti-inflammatory pantry staples that you need to know about!


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Post-doctoral position
Numerical simulations of cold atoms in optical lattices
directed by : Giuliano Orso
Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques - University Paris Diderot, 75013 Paris
Collaboration with the experimental team of C. Salomon and F. Chevy,
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris)
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A post-doctoral position is currently open in the Theory group of the laboratory MPQ in the Paris Diderot campus. We are seeking for a qualified candidate to reinforce our research activity on condensed matter physics with cold atoms and photons. Spin-imbalanced Fermi gases in low dimensions provide realization of exotic superfluid states of matter, called FFLO states, which are of importance for several branches of physics, ranging from condensed matter to astrophysics and high energy physics.
The candidate will perform numerical simulations of generalized Hubbard models describing strongly interacting Bose-Fermi mixtures confined in 1D or 2D geometries by optical lattices. The main goal is to study how the presence of the bosons affects the superfluid properties of the system, in order to compare with ongoing experimental activities at ENS. Most of the numerical methods to be used are already implemented in open-source libraries, like ALPS (Algorithms and Libraries for Physics Simulations).
The requested skills are in numerical physics with application to atomic, solid-state, statistical or theoretical physics. A good knowledge of the physics of cold atomic gases would be appreciated. Applicants should send their CV, including publication list and the contacts of up to three reference persons (PhD advisor, collaborator, etc.), to G. Orso (giuliano.orso univ-paris-diderot.fr).
The appointment is for 15 months starting preferably by January 2018 ; applications will be considered until the position is filled.


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In light of the fact that the majority of Americans have never heard of the TPP — The Trans-Pacific Partnership–I wanted to share a powerful interview with Dr. Roberts that clearly explains what the TPP is and what it means for the economic survival of ALL the people on the planet.
Dr. Roberts, a former Reagan administration cabinet member, is a great source of information and explanation as to what is happening behind the closed doors of the U.S. and European governments and what their end-run agenda is.
You will also see that it MATTERS NOT — who is in the "White House" or whether a politician is a Democrat or a Republican. Do not let your "attachment" to any politician BLIND YOU TO THE REALITY that is facing all of us.
It is no accident that our politics have taken on the flavor of a circus or a rock concert with pithy sayings and carefully staged photo shoots that mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
It is no accident that we being dumbed-down and led to believe our salvation is somehow attached to disinterested, DETACHED rock star politicians, first blacks, and smiling white liberals. What you see before the camera are the MASKS they wear and after you watch this video–you really need to watch this video–you will understand exactly what I mean.
Do a search on the politicians who are supporting and pushing for the passage of the TPP. Then, you decide:
Friend OR foe?
Fact: In the first 24 days of 2015, police in the US fatally shot more people than police did in England and Wales, combined, over the past 24 years.


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We partnered with Google to create a series of installations showcasing the power of Google Cloud in unexpected ways. They debuted at Horizon, an event for Fortune 100 executives at the Old Mint in San Francisco.
Data in motion
The unexpected creativity hidden within Google Sheets emerged through a one-of-a-kind animated data visualization within a Sheet, updating in real time. We created a framework to animate business trends utilizing the tools available within sheets, and displayed it on a 20-foot-wide LED wall in the entry hallway.
ASCII Mirrors
We invited visitors to literally see themselves with Google, in mirrors built with Google Docs. Each mirror captured an image from a webcam, converted the image into ASCII text, and pasted the text into a live Google Doc in real time. We designed and programmed an ambient state for each mirror, featuring famous inventors, technologists, and artists.
Query It!
The Old Mint's basement vaults offered a perfect location for Query It!, our popular trivia game powered by BigQuery, Google's Big Data analytics platform. Specifically for the Horizon event, we integrated a room-scale LED light show and special business-focused databases.
We showcased Google's powerful image recognition technology with Emotobooth, a photo booth that uses Cloud Vision API to detect the emotions of guests via their facial expressions.
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Blaylock Covets AOY After Breakout Season
For all intents and purposes, Stetson Blaylock had a fantastic 2013 season. (As posted on BassFan.com)
He cashed checks in all six FLW Tour events, followed up his worst finish with back-to-back Top-10s, qualified for his fourth Forrest Wood Cup and second Toyota Texas Bass Classic, and trailed only Andy Morgan in the final FLW Tour Angler of the Year (AOY) points. Not bad for the 26-year-old from Benton, Ark.
Still, he's hardly satisfied.
He's already drawn up his to-do list for 2014 and at the top is to win AOY. Yeah, that's at the top of everyone's wish list, but a quick look at Blaylock's career arc indicates his desire to assume the AOY throne is nothing to sneer at. Two years ago, he was 14th in points. Last year, he slipped to 21st before rebounding in a big way this year.
Only a 56th-place finish at Beaver Lake this season prevented him from putting more heat on Morgan at Lake Chickamauga to close the year.
"It could've been better and when it was over, it really frustrated me," he said, reflecting on the Beaver result. "Looking back now, I feel worse because that's the one that cost me Angler of the Year. When the tournament was over, I was pretty upset with that finish. I was off to a good start and being able to fish Beaver close to home where I've fished 100 times. To finish 56th, I didn't like it. It fueled that fire, though, and I kept on chugging. I didn't expect to come back and finish 2nd in points. I scratched and clawed and got back up there.
"It's all about how strong you are mentally," he continued. "There are a lot of good fishermen out there, but not all of them can bounce back and keep things going and stay on top of it. I've had several good years now and in a way it's good and in a way it worries me. I see guys who've won Angler of the Year and then finish in the 100s in points. To me, I don't understand how that's possible and that's what scares me about this thing. When is that going to happen to me, when every decision I make is the wrong one? Hopefully, it won't ever happen, but it's in the back on my mind."
Seeing Red
While Blaylock was happy with the consistency he showed in Tour events, two tournaments at the Red River – the Bassmaster Central Open in April and the Forrest Wood Cup in August – continue to confound him. The Central Open came 2 weeks after Beaver Lake and gave him a perfect opportunity to get that bad taste out of his mouth. He wound up 114th, an outcome that still irks him.
"I couldn't catch 'em," he said. "That kind of thing frustrates me. I know it was a smaller event and wasn't that far from home so it didn't cost me a lot, but that's not how I like to do it. It didn't let the wind out of my sails, but I felt like I was on a roll. Then I went in there and dumped a tournament. I had to stand back up and shake it off and carry on.
"The Red River is the only place I've ever been that makes me feel like I don't know what I'm doing. It changes so much."
After his stumble at the Central Open, Blaylock was sure he'd learned something he could apply at the Red in August for the Cup. He made a trip down before it went off-limits and came home thinking main-river fish would prevail over those swimming in the backwaters or lily pads. He was sorely mistaken.
"To be honest, this time it was all about making the wrong decision before I ever left the house," he said. "I went down and pre-practiced and saw all the lily pads. To me, it was going to be August and it was going to be hot. The main river should've been good. I told myself before I even left home that I'm not going to throw at a lily pad and I'll spend 90 percent of my practice on the main river. It wasn't the right decision. A couple of guys did really good fishing the main river and I'd sure like to know how."
Next on Blaylock's fishing to-do list is to win Angler of the Year.
When he returned for official practice, his confidence soared after finding a backwater pond that produced 18 pounds for him pretty quick one morning. He also had some fish in the 2- to 2 3/4-pound range on the main river. He even told his brother and practice partner, Keeton Blaylock, who qualified as a co-angler, that he couldn't recall being that confident before a Cup.
"It can't be this good," he told him.
He was boat No. 1 on day 1, meaning he had his pick of where to start. He opted for the backwater in Pool 5.
"Lo and behold, the only boat that came in there with me was Bryan Thrift," he said. "He started on one little spot and caught that 7-pounder and another 6. His co-angler caught a 5 or 6 and I saw it all go down. It hurt because I knew what was there. I just had to stay confident. I fished in there until 11 and caught but three little 12-inchers."
He scratched together 6-14 on day 1, then changed it up on day 2 and fished in pads. He wound up catching 10-06, his best effort at the Red, and finished 30th.
"Those fish on the main river I had, I would've sworn that 10 or 11 pounds would've been no problem and I wound up with 6-14 on day 1," he said. "You just can't do that. I don't understand where those fish go or if they just didn't eat or if they repositioned. It's the only place that makes me feel stupid every time I fish it. My mentality has to get better for that place and it was this year because I really felt like I had a shot to win there. I thought a Top-20 would be no problem."
Happy On His Own
Blaylock fished out of FLW sponsor-wrapped boats the first 4 years of his career, a different one each season. He grew weary of the constant change and when STP didn't return as an FLW sponsor in 2013, he started to build his own stable of sponsors. He couldn't be happier. While there is some security in having a team deal through FLW, he says the short-term involvement of some sponsors made him step back and examine what was going to be best for him moving forward.
"I'm happy to have had the team deals I've had and it stinks when those companies pull out and go away, but that's how it is," he said. "Am I happy with where I'm at now? Absolutely, because my family can travel with me and I don't have to work the Fun Zones and stuff like that. I will stay and hang around for the sponsors I have now if they need me to, but just having that freedom and not being tied down is good.
"For what you have to do, though, the team deals are a great deal. Anybody that has one and complains has a problem. I don't want to be the guy that says I'm glad I don't have one because they're good deals. At the same time, the freedom of not having one and for example, getting your own vehicle and being able to customize it how you want it and put your own wrap on it, you just kind of build an image. It is a little harder to build an image with a team deal because they're so here today, gone tomorrow. If you can do it through a team deal and build a career around it like some of the guys have, more power to them, but it just didn't work for me. I'm happy with where I'm at."
While Blaylock would like to see a few more fall events on the schedule, he's anxious to get to Texas for the TTBC next month. He tied for 21st in his only previous appearance in 2011. "I absolutely love Conroe," he said. "If I could wake up in the morning and say, 'Man I want to go fish exactly how I love to fish and do exactly what I love to do,' Conroe is that lake. It's really good deep, but it's really good shallow. If we get some cooler weather between now and then, there'll be enough fish shallow. I feel confident there and I'm looking forward to that. Hopefully, there will be a little more water in there this year and some more cover so you can fish new water every day."


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Camp revival: Methodist-built community, cottages keep the faith
The Methodists had the uncanny ability to pitch their summer revival camp tents on what would someday become prized real estate. Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, Ocean City, N.J., and the Chautauqua Institution in western New York are just a few locations the Methodists chose.
The Martha's Vineyard Campmeeting Association, a National Historic Landmark, is considered the first. Before the Civil War, the camps were just tents surrounding a large open-air tabernacle used for services. After the war, small Victorian cottages sprang up in place of the tents, and the rest of the country discovered its beauty.
Another group of Methodists did the same thing in a wooded glen in Natrona Heights in 1849. Although this group didn't demonstrate the same real estate savvy as some of their brethren, they did have staying power. Now in its 168th year, the Pittsburgh Tarentum Campmeeting Association is a cottage community with a multidenominational Christian demographic.
"We have Catholics, Protestants and others," said Jack Richards, current president of the PTCA who has summered in the community since 2008.
A fire in the mid-1800s destroyed the original campsite on the other side of the gorge. This site is the camp's second coming. Today, 33 charming little summer cottages built circa 1870-1920s are nestled in a clearing in the woods surrounded by tall old oak trees.
They ring the Lindenmuth Tabernacle, an open-air structure, where services are held Wednesdays and Sundays at 7 p.m. in July and August and are open to the public. Occasional concerts are also free and open to anyone seeking a spiritual lift.
The PTCA is active from April 1 through Oct. 31 when it closes for the winter and residents head to warmer spots in Florida and Arizona or just down the Allegheny River to Oakmont.
"The cottages aren't winterized," said Cyndi Nace, chairman of the sales and lease committee.
"The outside wall is the inside wall. There is no insulation," added Debbie Caffacus, another resident.
Tom and Judy Doyle of Penn Hills bought and renovated their cottage nine years ago.
"Our cottage is the only one with a tin ceiling," he said. "My wife calls this her dollhouse.
"People used what was available at the time when they built these. There is one cottage that has shutters as a ceiling. No two are alike."
There are several cottages currently for sale, but potential buyers have to be willing to work in the community doing little jobs such as planting flowers or painting or helping maintain the buildings or community outreach. Because it is a Christian camp, attending services is encouraged.
The average cost of a cottage is approximately $20,000, residents said. The cottages that are for sale come furnished, so new owners can decide what to keep and what to give away.
"There is a yearly fee of $1,300, which covers water, gas, sewage, taxes and ground maintenance. The caretaker and his wife live on the premises all year long," said Nace.
The camp used to have an in-ground pool fed by a spring. Locals who didn't live at the camp paid five cents to swim. Today there is a heated above-ground pool available for anyone wanting a dip. The camp also has a laundry for those who do not have a washer and dryer in their cottages.
Ginny Wellman has been at the camp for 27 years. She calls her cottage Victoria. Her cottage is lavender and blue with pinkish and purple-red accents.
"When I bought the cottage, all the others were green and white or just green or white," recalled the 88-year-old. "I was the first one to bring color onto the campground."
Her late husband was the Rev. Willard Wellman, pastor at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church. "I wanted to stay true to the architectural integrity of the building," she explained.
The dining room, two bedrooms and most of the cottage are decorated in Victorian style. All sorts of antique cooking paraphernalia line the walls in the dining room, and she painted the kitchen floor in a plaid pattern.
Wellman writes the monthly newsletter "The Campgrounder" from the second-floor sleeping porch that she turned into an office. She and other residents agree it's a special place. "One thing living here did was make me realize how little I really need to be happy," said Doyle.
For more information on the Pittsburgh Tarentum Campmeeting Association, call Cyndi Nace at 412-849-8998 or go to the website, www.summercottagespa.org.


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The Hotel Comète 3*: feet in Paris, head in the stars
Opened in January 2016, the Hotel Comète Paris is THE essential new address in east Paris. Situated close to the Place de la Nation, Père Lachaise Cemetery and a wide choice of transport links, this brand new 3 star + establishment enjoys a great location in a pleasant neighbourhood that can be reached with ease.
Inspired by outer space, the planets and stars, the dreamlike ambience of the Hotel Comète makes it the perfect place for a peaceful interlude in the heart of the city. Here, everyone can enjoy a personalised welcome and the high quality of the superb services we provide. Come and relax amidst our cosmic chic décor after a day of pleasure or business.
A fashionable location close to the Place de la Nation and the Père Lachaise Cemetery
The attractive and increasingly popular Charonne district was chosen as the location of the Garance building, a marvellous example of contemporary architecture. With its bright red façade and 84,000m² of space, this is considered to be one of the most daring and spectacular buildings in Paris. The Parc Floral de Paris, the Bois de Vincennes and the Hippodrome de Vincennes are also nearby.
The hotel is very well served by public transport, allowing our guests to get around Paris quickly and easily. Metro line 1, which provides access to the Défense, the Louvre, the Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Elysées and Notre Dame Cathedral, is only 200 metres away. Also nearby is the T3 tramway, which directly serves the Parc des Expositions de la Porte de Versailles.


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Tenure track positions at the American University in Cairo, Egypt
There are several tenure track faculty openings at the American University in Cairo, we are particularly seeking a cognitive or cognitive- developmental psychologist, and we also encourage applications from those with a basic background in psychology, including developmental, social, community, biological psychology.
If you are considering a meaningful academic experience in a different country, AUC is unique and distinct in many ways:
- One of less than 20 universities overseas that are accredited in the U.S. by the Middle States Commission so it endorses highest standards of education, and the teaching experience (curriculum, textbooks, etc.) is like teaching in the U.S.
- Incredible level of support for faculty development including grants for research, up to $3,500 annually for attending conferences, and a center that enhances teaching and learning including faculty workshops on diverse topics with certifications and individualized teaching supports.
- High level of experiential and hands-on training in psychology including undergraduate research, emphasis on active learning, community based learning (required for the BA), and 600-hour internships at the graduate level for the Counseling and Community MA programs.
- One of only two community psychology Masters programs in the continent and region, and to our knowledge the only integrated in-house counseling/ clinical training clinic under a psychology program in the region.
- State-of-the-art campus with beautiful landscaping and environmentally friendly design.
- High level of support and orientation for faculty coming from other countries including (depending on contract) a comprehensive relocation process, housing support, annual leave, schooling for children, mail system for letters and books, etc.
- Strategic geographical location which makes it easy to travel for conferences or research in other parts of the world.
- Opportunities for gaining training in learning technologies including collaborative on-line international learning, blended learning, in-class technology, etc. at the Center for Teaching and Learning
- Opportunities for international and cross-cultural research, as well as local connections including over 60 partnerships between AUC psychology and government, U.N. agencies, international nonprofit associations, local nonprofit associations, European development funds, foundations, etc.
- Living in an exiting, vibrant, active mega-city that never sleeps without facing the higher levels of crimes and safety concerns that we experience in larger cities in the U.S.
All instruction at AUC is in English, Arabic language is not required. We are looking to fill the positions soon, so if interested please submit your application as soon as possible.
You may also feel free to contact Dr Kate Ellis if you have any questions regarding your application.
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One of the hottest babes in Hollywood, Kate Beckinsale has been complaining about her lack of sex. Off late, her husband, director Len Wiseman has been working very hard. I bet he can't be a 'Wiseman', if he can keep his hands off his HOT wife for so long!
Busy completing the new Die Hard movie, "Live Free or Die Hard" Wiseman is extremely occupied and all the lonely nights that Beckinsale spends leave her feeling lonelier. The movie opens this summer, and Beckinsale is expecting to be 'lonely no more' and back in bed with her husband for some passionate sex.
The actress says, "I've felt so lonely because Len has been a virtual stranger for several months now. He basically comes home to sleep." I tell you, it's hard for me to believe that a wife as beautiful as Beckinsale wouldn't be more exciting than a movie to come home to.
She further adds, "I've told him he's going to have to make it up to me. I won't let him out of bed for a month."
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WWB readers get an advance peek at this story I wrote for Saturday editions of The Oregon... But wait, there's more! I've also included a few web-only additions that I couldn't squeeze in the print edition.
Two tax hikes passed by the Legislature faces a powerful new opponent: a broad business coalition willing to spend millions of dollars to persuade voters to reject the increases.
Dozens of business lobbyists and officials met in a crowded Salem hotel conference room Friday to launch a high-powered effort to refer the personal and corporate tax hikes to the ballot. They hired lobbyist and political strategist Mark Nelson, who masterminded a 2007 campaign that defeated a ballot measure raising cigarette taxes.
"We have a highly motivated group," said Jay Clemens, president of Associated Oregon Industries, which help put together the coalition. "People were ready to pitch in and go to work on a campaign."
While conservative tax activists have talked for months about referring the $733 million in tax increases to the ballot, the entry of this powerful business coalition into the fight raises the likelihood the issue will go before voters. It also means that supporters of the taxes including public employee unions, AARP, school activists and social service advocates, face a tougher and more expensive campaign.
Several business lobbyists said they decided to join the campaign because their attempts at a compromise had been brushed off by the Democratic legislative leadership.
In particular, they said they were angry the Legislature made the tax hikes permanent instead of asking business to just help the state during the recession.
"If it had been temporary, we would have complained but we wouldn't have fought it," said Jon Chandler of the Oregon Home Builders Association. "This just really clobbers us."
One measure raises personal income taxes for individuals with taxable incomes above $125,000 a year or joint filers at more than $250,000. The other raises corporate income taxes, including the state's depression-era corporate minimum tax of $10.
While most Oregon taxpayers will not be hit by the tax hikes, Clemens and other business leaders said they would focus on the detrimental impact of the increases on the state's business climate and on job creation.
Democratic legislators and their allies defend the tax hikes, saying they will help preserve important services and make the tax system more fair.
Several unions and other groups have already been preparing for a fight. Kevin Looper, who will head the campaign backing the tax increases, acknowledged the business coalition will make his job harder.
Still, Looper predicted voters would ratify the tax hikes. "The need for tax fairness will make this a successful campaign," he said. "Long before a budget crisis came along, everyday Oregonians felt like they were carrying too much of the tax burden."
House Speaker Dave Hunt, D-Gladstone, also defended the tax increases, saying that "every major business group in the state" had agreed that some tax hikes were necessary.
[What Hunt didn't say in his statement is that the business groups were quite upset that the tax hikes were permanent. In fact, the corporate tax hike almost didn't get through the Senate because of the objections of Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, on this point. Hass eventually agreed that some of the corporate tax increases would eventually flow into the state's rainy-day funds.
Also, Hunt's spokesman, Geoff Sugerman, passed along a comparison of the tax hikes proposed by two business groups with what the Legislature passed - and the legislative plan is cheaper. Check it out and decide if you think it sounds right.]
In addition to Associated Oregon Industries, the coalition fighting the bill includes several agricultural groups and trade associations as well several individual firms.
The Oregon Business Association, which bills itself as more moderate than other business groups, planned to attend the meeting but was neutral at this point, said Ryan Deckert, the group's president.
[It will be interesting to see where the more liberal Portland-area business community comes down on this. I did talk with one area business figure who usually works with Democrats but may join this coalition.
On the other hand, I got a call from Jim Carlson from the Oregon Health Care Association (nursing homes, assisted care centers, etc.) defending the tax increases as fair. But he said his group hadn't decided if it will contribute money to the campaign defending the tax hikes.]
Pat McCormick, a political consultant who works with Nelson, said it would cost between $500,000 and $1 million to collect the 55,179 signatures needed to place each measure on the ballot. He would not say how much the coalition planned to spend fighting the tax hikes, but he said it would run into the millions of dollars.
[McCormick said tax activists such as Russ Walker of FreedomWorks are free to join this referendum effort - but they won't play any leadership role.]
Legislators are working on a bill that would set a Jan. 26, 2010 election for any referendums. House Bill 2414 also included a provision that would flip the usual meaning of a "yes" or "no" vote on a referendum so that it would take a "yes" vote to reject the tax hikes.
Lawmakers received a number of calls and emails from critics of that provision after it was publicized and they pulled the bill back from the Senate floor. Legislative aides said it's not clear yet how it will be rewritten.


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NEW Network Starting in India
100 + 100 = 200; 100 x 100 = 10,000.
The above math equations pretty much sum up the major thing that we've learned from NewThing: We must be about multiplication, not addition. Now, don't get me wrong—addition is good…but multiplication is better; addition adds while multiplication multiplies.
In India we have amazing evangelists - men and women who are willing to risk their lives to take the name of Jesus to places that He has never been proclaimed. They are being beaten, rejected, and mistreated for the sake of the Gospel, but remaining faithful. These people are my heroes.
But here's the downside. Evangelists, in general, are great at addition, but they forget about multiplication and reproduction. They are great at bringing people to faith, but not as great at creating disciples.
In the last 30 years, Central India Christian Mission (CICM) has planted over 1,300 churches in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. We have seen some multiplication, but it has mostly been rapid addition. This has led to thousands of lives being transformed, which is absolutely amazing! But, we haven't seen as much reproduction as what we would like. (Gotta have those babies!!)
This is where NewThing comes in.
NewThing has helped us to focus our time and attention on multiplication. They have taught us different principles and strategies on not only how to reach new people, but how to also build new leaders.
With these principles, CICM launched a program called IGNITE about a year and a half ago. The entire focus is training people to see reproduction happen on every level: disciples making disciples, leaders creating leaders, churches planting churches and networks planting networks.
We have trained 60 men and women in these principles over the last year who have started over 200 discipleship groups that are multiplying! There are over 2,000 people now in these groups that are all being trained in these same principles. We now have groups in 14 states of India and 3 different countries. These men and women are literally raising up an army that will multiply the love of Jesus all over this country and the surrounding countries.
India will never be the same.
In the last two months, we have trained almost 180 more people who will be going and putting this into practice in the next few months.
NewThing shifted our thinking from addition to multiplication and we will be eternally grateful, along with thousands of souls in India. Thank you, NewThing, for helping us create exponential change! It's an honor to be partnering with you!
Central Christian India Mission (CICM) and NewThing have partnered in India to start new reproducing churches. Josh Howard is a Director with CICM and writes about the need for partnerships to catalyze movements.


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Only an enormous shock in tomorrow night's return leg in Pamplona can prevent the mouthwatering prospect of a Copa del Rey Quarter Final between Barça and Real Madrid. Osasuna need no fewer than five goals to put us out and to be fair I don't think even the most optimistic Osasuna fan will be hoping for any more than a victory on the night. We saw in the second leg against L'Hospitalet that Pep Guardiola will not take these games lightly however simple they may seem at first glance. Eighteen players have been named for the trip, 15 from the first team plus Isaac Cuenca, Sergi Roberto and Martin Montoya. Keita has joined Mali for the African Cup, Alves and Iniesta with a light knock have been rested while Maxwell has been left out as it seems he is negotiating a move to Paris Saint-Germain and could sign very soon.
We have already scored twelve goals in two meetings with Osasuna this season, an 8-0 thrashing in the league in September was followed by the 4-0 win in the first leg last week though both these games were at Camp Nou. Osasuna are a much better team at the Reyno de Navarro stadium (I preferred it when it was called El Sadar), but it seems almost impossible that Barça could go out. We should perhaps remember the Getafe disaster in 2007 when we lost a 5-2 advantage from the first leg but these things don't seem to happen with Guardiola in charge.
Despite losing heavily to us Osasuna are having an excellent season under Jose Luis Mendilibar and they are currently fifth in La Liga. They play an attacking style of football but this seems to leave them a little vulnerable against the very top teams. Mendilibar doesn't expect much from tomorrow's game as he has left out six first teamers to give a chance to some youngsters to get some experience. Hopefully Giuardiola will give Sergi Roberto, Cuenca and Montoya another first team chance though I can't help feeling he might have added a couple more youngsters to the squad for this trip.
I don't normally like to look past the next game, but the prospect of two more games with Madrid is so exciting. Not only do we have the bonus of two more clasicos which will make it nine games between the two great rivals in less than twelve months, we will also have the chance to affect their morale again. It is looking unlikely that Madrid will drop many points but it is probably better that they are stretched as much as possible. The Copa may end up having a big influence on the Liga and I think us playing each other again can only work in our favour. But first to finish the job with Osasuna, I'll go for a narrow win for Barça.
Barça list for the trip: Pinto, Valdés, Montoya, Puyol, Piqué, Mascherano, Fontás, Abidal, Adriano, Busquets, Xavi, Thiago, S. Roberto, Cuenca, Fabregas, Messi, Alexis, Pedro.
Possible starting XI: Pinto, Montoya, Mascerano, Fontás, Adriano, Busquets, S.Roberto, Thiago; Cuenca, Alexis, Pedro.
My prediction: Osasuna 1 Barça 2


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What Is Standing in the Gaap?
Celgene has created the "Standing in the Gaap for African Americans with Multiple Myeloma" initiative to help spread the word about how multiple myeloma affects African Americans differently, in order to improve the quality of the care they receive.
- Standing in the Gaap: An initiative created to help bridge the gaps in care for African Americans living with multiple myeloma
- The essence of the phrase "Standing in the Gap" is: I am there for you, I have your back, I will provide the bridge to help you achieve your goals
Stand in the Gaap for African Americans With Multiple Myeloma
Multiple myeloma is the second most common form of blood cancer in the United States, and the most common blood cancer among African Americans, yet it is still relatively rare. It affected about 90,000 Americans, including about 18,000 African Americans, in 2012. The good news is that some studies suggest that compared to white Americans, African Americans tend to have less aggressive forms of multiple myeloma and may have a better prognosis when receiving the proper care. This means that when African Americans get the care they need, they may be able to live longer with the disease. However, data suggest that African Americans with multiple myeloma aren't always getting the appropriate care they need.
Join Us In Standing in the Gaap
The Standing in the Gaap initiative offers information and resources to help you feel more confident and involved in your care. Get informed, find out about support available to you, and work with your doctors and nurses to get the best care possible.
Download the Standing in the Gaap brochure to learn more about multiple myeloma and how the disease could affect you differently.


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Cash will benefit communities
People in Erewash will benefit from the latest round of Rural Community Grants that look set to be given the go ahead at a Council Executive meeting on 4 December.
The scheme allows parish councils to apply for a share of £250,000 of funding over four years and is designed to help meet some of the costs of new capital projects.
Ockbrook and Borrowash Parish Council has applied for £2,070 to help fund improvements to the access route at Borrowash Burial Ground, which is being converted into a Garden of Remembrance. This will enable contractors to start work at the site.
Two extensions to deadlines for previously approved grants awarded to Sandiacre Parish Council are also expected to be agreed. The grants were agreed in September 2017 but the money was not spent within the 12 month deadline. The first was for £10,000 to support Sandiacre Town FC's project to build a new 3G artificial pitch at Sandiacre Friesland School. The other was £12,500 to help the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust to pay for the extraction of the lock chamber and remedial work at Sandiacre Lock.
Councillor Carol Hart, Leader of Erewash Borough Council, said:
"The Rural Community Grant Scheme has been successful in meeting the costs of new capital projects which benefit the community, bring local people together and improve neighbourhood engagement.
"The council continues to recognise the value of the work done by local groups and parish councils in the community through this scheme."
The council allocated £250,000 to support capital projects over four years through the Rural Community Grant Scheme, which ends in March 2019. Applications for the current round of funding close on 17 December. Apply at erewash.gov.uk/grants


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There's probably a good reason why they call this restaurant "Little" Bangkok since finding parking is next to impossible with its tiny parking lot where it sits right by the busy street of Cheshire Bridge. I have even seen a couple of people sitting in their car at the gas station next door waiting for diners to leave in order to take their parking spot. Daaaaang, this place must be that good. Once you're inside, you'll find that this place is pretty small and comfy so it's easy to hear people conversations if you try hard enough (Please don't). Along with having your obvious Thai dishes, they even have an extensive Chinese menu along with it.
After browsing through the menu, we couldn't make a decision on what to get for our appetizer. We relied on our waiter for some recommendations and we ended up with some Thai dumplings to start our adventure. Meh. Just meh. My buddy and I weren't that impress with our waiter choice. The Thai dumplings was rubbery and bland. Instead of using the sauce lightly to complement the flavors of the dumplings, we had to use a good among just to mask the boredom.
Penang curry chicken that I ordered did help me forget about the dumplings just for a little bit. The curry was rich and creamy but I wish they could just add a little bit more of it so I wouldn't have to keep splashy my curry over the chicken and veggies to enjoy it. Overall, it's not bad. But it could have been a lot better.
This is probably the only dish that stood out and prevented me from leaving in complete disappointment. The chicken and shrimp pad Thai was beyond good and it's probably one of the best I had in Atlanta. It's lightly sweet with the perfect among of sauce added to it. If I were to come back to Little Bangkok next time, this dish would be the first thing I would order.


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10 Best Price Comparison Shopping Engines & Websites
Online shopping is the process a customer takes to purchase a service or product over the internet. Not only does this beautifully constructed website offer designer buys for men and women, it provides beautiful fashion editorials and a beauty section. A decade since its inception, Stylebop has become a leading name in luxury labels online: two million users a month log on to check out the great mix of established designers such as Pucci and Balmain with newer names Casadei and Raoul. Included in the service is a multiretailer checkout system, so you only need to install one shopping cart that lets customers purchase from multiple retailers featured in your store. Online transactions can be risky so you also want to ensure that you only use modes of payment that you can trust in terms of safety and security. The Number of online complaints and pleas for help I see is something I havent seen before for a company that is supposedly One of India's recent times internet success stories.
Browse through our online fashion store to get more information on our latest arrivals and products. Is one of UAE's largest online retail websites offering a wide variety of products including clothes, watches, toys, kitchen accessories, electronic goods as well as beauty products just to name a few. Look out for free and express delivery, cheap returns and sales, and keep an eye on social media for exclusive deals. Men usuallywear formalshirts to workplace and some particular party and function.
Scores for quality, value, and price didn't always line up. For example, readers said that while the product quality at one shopping website was outstanding, that the value and prices at that same site were just okay. Online retailers realize that their customers are on the lookout for good deals and they tailor their prices accordingly. With online giant Amazon the brain power behind this online store, it's safe to assume it won't disappoint.
It is quite faster than actual shopping, you get to pick anything you want from that shopping site, and finding any item you want is fast and efficient. Based in New Zealand with retail outlets around the country, Hallenstein Brothers supplies men with stylish clothing for the everyday as well as a small range of accessories to help complete your look. All of these are great places for online shopping because you get incredible savings while purchasing fashionable items.
From the team behind , The Outnet is a site dedicated to selling designer womenswear at discounted prices. Volusion — A very close runner-up for our pick for the best shopping-cart software for small business, Volusion offers an easy-to-use, robust, all-in-one solution that lets any business quickly sell online. We provided thousands of deals every day along with bundle of products to provide you even more savings. The quickest way to find FedEx job opportunities is online with job boards and various other sites that are affiliated with FedEx.


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The Modern, Lightweight Roofing Trends That Are Quickly Replacing Conventional Asphalt Shingles
Lightweight construction makes modern homes affordable, and the building process faster. Asphalt shingles have long been the choice for this type of wood construction because they are durable and lighter than less conventional materials like tiles. Here are some of the lightweight roofing trends that are beginning to become more popular than conventional asphalt shingles:
1. Composite Shingles Made from Durable Recycled Plastic Materials
Asphalt shingles are composite shingles, but today, there are also composite shingles that do not contain asphalt. Newer composite shingles are also made from recycled plastics, which give you a conventional looking roof with an environmentally-friendly material. This is an option if you do not want to spend the extra money for some of the other materials that are more expensive than asphalt shingles, such as metal roofing and synthetic materials. In general, the composite materials will have about the same life as asphalt shingles, and eventually need to be replaced.
2. Stone Coated Metal Roofing for A Textured Look and Color
Metal roofing is another option to consider for replacing your asphalt shingles, which may cost a little more but lasts. The durability of metal roofing can save you money on future roof replacements that are needed with conventional composite shingles. Stone coated roofing materials are a good choice for metal roofing, because they have a durable textured finish to protect the roofing material. Stone coated metal roofing is also available in many colors and styles, to give your home a custom, personalized appearance. This is a great option to give your home the look of European-style tile roofs.
3. Green and Affordable Synthetic Slate and Shake Roofing Materials
Slate and shake materials are often installed on wood structures; the first of which is too heavy to use as an asphalt roof replacement. There are options to give your home the look of slate when you replace the shingles, such as using synthetic slates that are made of lighter recycled materials. In addition, wood shakes are also available in synthetic materials, which are good to reduce maintenance and the fire hazards that come with a real wood roof. These materials may cost a little more than asphalt shingles, but they will generally last longer and are easier to maintain.
These are some of the asphalt shingle alternatives that are trendy, lightweight materials to use for roof replacements. Contact a roofing contractor like Affordable Roof Care to help with choosing the right materials to replace the asphalt shingles on your home.


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I first worked with Erin as a contributor to Scars: An Anthology, and I was impressed that she valued my writing enough to let it shine through the editing process. Our brains seemed to somehow sync. After I got my own book deal, I discovered that my publisher hired freelance editors. I knew Erin would be the perfect editor to bring in to help work on my book, so I crossed my fingers and played matchmaker: it worked! And I'm so glad. I can't give Erin enough credit—from developmental to final editing, she knew exactly what my story needed, and after about nine months of creative push and pull, she made a brilliant observation that gave my book the beginning I had been searching for, my opening equivalent of Cheryl Strayed's hiking boot going over the ledge of the PCT in Wild. Erin is a dream editor, one I will always choose if I can.
"As a writer, I have worked with many editors from a diverse range of literary journals and small presses. Some of the editors were pushy, some were pushovers. A few of them acted like they would rather have nothing to do with me. A few would consistently forget my name. But then there's that rare and special breed of editors who know what they're doing, who were born to do this. They are the editors who are actually interested in you and your story. Aside from an engaging and helpful conversation I had with Erin about my essay—a conversation that would help to make me think differently about my writing—I have also grown into my writer self while under her guidance and through her expert advisement. When we worked through editing my essay, I was able to be at ease because I could just feel how I was handing my deeply personal essay to an editor who was going to treat it kindly, treat it with respect, and who was determined to improve the ways in which an essay can reach out to the reader. As an editor, I know how difficult it can be to convince a writer that her work is good, that those compliments weren't fake, but testimonials to the ways in which they supported her work. My experience working with Erin was one that showed me how with the right kind of care and support my writing could thrive. I have become more confident in myself as a writer and editor after I saw how Erin was invested in my success. I felt like my essay was treated with extreme love and excitement."
Chelsey Clammer 's essay, "Cut," appeared in Scars: An Anthology (Et Alia Press, 2015). Chelsey is the author of BodyHome and won the 2016 Red Hen Press Nonfiction Manuscript Award. Red Hen Press will publish her collection of lyric essays, Circadian, in Fall 2017. Her work has appeared in Black Warrior Review, The Rumpus, McSweeney's, Hobart, Essay Daily, and The Water~Stone Review, among more than one hundred other publications. She is the Essays Editor for The Nervous Breakdown, a reader for Creative Nonfiction magazine, and an online creative writing instructor for WOW! Women On Writing. Chelsey received her MFA in Creative Writing from Rainier Writing Workshop. She lives in Austin, TX.


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Development as colonialism
(This important essay exposes modern 'development' as colonialism repackaged and ferociously applied via transnational corporations, compliant local elites and global institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF—all underwritten by the threat of military force.
It was published in The Ecologist Vol. 27 No. 2, March–April 1997. An extended version was published in 2001 as Chapter 1 of The Case Against the the Global Economy by Edward Goldsmith and Jerry Mander.)