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Dell Computer Corp. posted a 5 percent increase in quarterly profits despite a 7 percent drop in sales. However, its annual net income plummet 43 percent, the worlds top PC maker reported on Thursday.
For its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Feb. 1, Dell posted net income of $456 million, or 17 cents a share, up from the $434 million, or 16 cents, it earned during the same quarter a year earlier.
For fiscal 2001, Dells net earnings were $1.25 billion, as compared with $2.18 billion a year earlier.
Sales during the fourth quarter totaled about $8.1 billion, more than $600 million less than last year. Looking ahead, the company project sales would fall another 3 to 5 percent in the coming quarter, reflecting an ongoing industry-wide slump in computer sales.
Dells results fell within Wall Streets expectations, which were based on guidance the company offered last month.
Rather than earnings, Dell touted its recent market share gains against its competitors. Over the last year, the Round Rock, Texas-based company has used aggressive low-pricing to gain share on its rivals, leveraging cost-savings from its more efficient made-to-order business model to lure away customers from Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM and others.
According to the Dell, the company gained almost three percentage points of worldwide server market compared to a year ago, and more than five points in the United States, based on units shipped.
"As our industry moves into a new stage of consolidation, the opinions that still matter most belong to customers," company Chairman and CEO Michael Dell said in a prepared a statement. "The pace with which theyre choosing Dell products and services accelerated last year, and puts us in a stronger competitive position than at any time in our history."
Dell predicted that his company would outperform the industry during the first quarter, despite a seasonal drop in consumer sales and continued weak demand from enterprise customers.

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text: Eva Georgia, embattled g.m. of Pacifica's KPFK in Los Angeles, will leave the job on October 31, according to the Los Angeles Times. "Being General Manager of a progressive community radio station isn't easy," said Greg Guma, Pacifica executive director, in a statement reaffirming the Pacifica National board's support for Georgia. "In fact, it's a tough and draining job." Georgia has been accused of sexual harassment and racial discrimination in two pending lawsuits.


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Is there mold below the surface?
Dear George,
Got a question that I just can't seem to say it without too many words.
I just found what the apartment maintenance manager called black mold. He says that he is going to spray clorox on the about 6 inches spot and is going to seal it?
Dear wordy,
Have you ever seen a blue cheese? Have you noticed how the threads of blue run through the cheese, not along it's surface? That is because mold does not grow only on the surface. The wallboard your mold it is growing on is "food" and what mold you see is only a percentage of what is actually there. Your maintenance manager's bleach solution will work if the mold is actually only superficial, like perhaps, growing superficially on your shower grout . (Odds are against mold being superficial.) But mold is a symptom of an underlying issue–somewhere you have a water leak or excess humidity which allowed the mold to take root. So before you go for the bleach…
1) Make sure that you find and eliminate the water leak;
2) Dry up your humidity issues;
3) Replace, paint and seal the new wallboard.
If you do not eliminate the water/humidity situation, the mold will just grow back.
It is a good idea to have a mold inspection first, to set a baseline; then after remediation, follow up with another set of readings. That way you will be able to locate other affected areas, even if you cannot see them; and you will be able to tell if the remediation was effective.
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Tesla to buy Grohmann Engineering to ramp up automated manufacturing
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc said on Tuesday it would buy German firm Grohmann Engineering to improve its automated manufacturing systems.
The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, is expected to add over 1,000 engineering and skilled technician jobs in Germany over the next two years, Tesla said in a blogpost. (http://bit.ly/2eIkeNm)
Several elements of Tesla's automated manufacturing systems will be designed and produced in Pr��m, Germany.
Grohmann Engineering, which would be renamed Tesla Grohmann Automation after the deal, will serve as the initial base for Tesla Advanced Automation Germany headquarters, with other locations to follow.
Elon Musk-led Tesla, which has been seeing an upward trend in its production level, expects exponential improvements in the speed and quality of production, while cutting costs, following the deal.
The Grohmann buy will also help Tesla ramp up its production and reach its target of 500,000 vehicles by the year 2018.
The deal, expected to close next year, is subject to clearance from regulators, including those in Germany.
(Reporting by Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)


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These are really important questions that are seldom discussed. But if Europeans do not have a well understood consensus about them, we will find it increasingly difficult to build the sort of integrated economic unity, that is required by our present difficult economic situation. This is because values, and economics, cannot be separated.
A recently published European Values Survey ,conducted in all European countries, shows that Europeans have widely divergent views about what constitutes a good life, about mutual obligations, and about individualism and community. When approaching common EU questions, each nation will tend to assume its approach is best, or indeed the only valid,one and may be quite uninformed about what others think and why. That is not a recipe for harmony and unity. And there is no common conversation in Europe about the things that are important.
The concept of EU citizenship goes back to the Maastricht Treaty. (Article 17 of current EU Treaties)
A promise of common citizenship implies a shared set of values, that encompasses shared rights, and, of necessity, and as the Treaties say, shared obligations.
A right without an obligation is a logical impossibility. If someone has a right, some other person, or group, has to be on hand and willing, to ensure that it is vindicated.
The concept of European civilisation goes back even further.
Europeans once felt comfortable invading other parts of the world, because they felt they had something special, a special set of values, or some special knowledge, that they could bring to those parts of the world, that would not enter there, without some form of compulsion, and that the benefits would exceed the costs of the compulsion.
Of course, there were selfish reasons too, but Europeans were able to live with their consciences because they felt they were, ultimately, doing good.
The construction of the European Union, going right back to the 1950's, proceeds from the assumption that Europeans share a set of values, that justify a pooling of sovereignty that would enable them to defend those values .
It also presumes the existence of some form of shared European civilisation that distinguishes Europeans from Asians, North Americans, Africans, and South Americans.
Some might sum up these "European Values" up as simply, democracy and the rule of law.
But these concepts will only work if there is a minimal shared understanding, across Europe, of what they mean in practice. That is not something that can be delegated to lawyers in the European Court of Human Rights. Lawyers can only do their job well, and without hubris, if there is a minimum consensus on basic questions like these.
What should law say?
How far should majority views, in a democracy, intrude on private lives?
Should people be treated exclusively as individuals, or do families have rights and obligations?
When does a life become human, and when should it begin to enjoy human rights?
Democracy cannot easily survive if people views, of what should be done collectively are totally divergent, and if there is no underlying consensus. Democracy was brought down in the 1930's in most of Europe because that necessary consensus had ended. That could happen again.
The Rule of Law will not survive, and laws will not be enforceable in practice, unless there is some shared sense, across Europe, of what the law should say, and of how far law should go in regulating our behaviour. Law needs some shared view of what is private, and what is public, and how far it should go in regulating the former.
Elites cannot go too far beyond the consensus in society when imposing, through the courts in Europe or nationally, their views of what the law should say.
This is especially so in a Europe of 500 million people, where so many different views are liable to exist.
If we are to proceed to create a society in the European Union, based on shared, and, to some degree, mutually enforced , values , we need to establish if such shared European values really exist.
And we need some mechanism for discussing these values with one another, across Europe, in a mutually respectful way.
It cannot just be a question of those countries or groups, who deem themselves to be the most "advanced", "enlightened", or "progressive" in their values, using their skill in the legal system, and their access to Judges, to enforce their values, through European law, on those deemed by them less progressive, enlightened, or advanced. That will not work, and will eventually provoke a reaction, and not necessarily one that will be welcome.
"Le Monde", the French newspaper , on 19 June reported on a recently published European Values Study which showed dramatic differences between Europeans in what they believe should be the role of society, and of the individual. The Study chose 19 indicators to measure how "individualised " were the values of Europeans in all 47 European countries.
Among the indices of individualisation were the following
- adherence to a relativist value system, rather than one based on a set of principles
- a belief that one expresses and develops oneself primarily through paid work (as distinct from family responsibilities)
- a belief that one should spend one leisure time according to personal taste
- a belief that one should choose ones form of family, with each member of a couple having a separate set of friends, choosing to have or not to have children, choosing to marry or not,
- a belief that homosexual couples should adopt children
- a belief in liberal abortion laws
- tolerance of divorce, adultery, euthanasia and suicide
The survey ranks countries by the proportion of their population that was "individualised", according to these measures, in 2008.
The most "individualised" country in Europe is Sweden, where 84% of the population had this set of beliefs.
In contrast with Sweden's 84% preference for individualism, support for that view is only at
7% in Cyprus,10% in Malta,19% in Romania,22% in Croatia,24% in Latvia,26% in Greece ,and28% in Bulgaria
Just across the Baltic Sea from Sweden, in Estonia, only 24% had the same opinion as the Swedes. Even closer to Sweden, only 20% were of that opinion in Poland, which means that 80% of Poles did NOT agree with the Swedish view!
After Sweden, the next most "individualised" country was Iceland ( 83%), followed by Denmark 78%, Finland (69%), Netherlands(68%) and France (67%).
There were many contrasts, even between close neighbours.
Britain was at 54% on the individualised belief scale, whereas Ireland was only at 34%, implying that almost 2/3rd of Irish people did not have an individualistic view in 2008.
Spain was at 61%, whereas Italy was only at 24%, a truly remarkable difference between two counties, often put in the same box!
The Czech Republic was 52% "individualised" while Slovakia was only 36% .
Germany is only at 52%, while its neighbours Denmark and Netherlands, as mentioned already, were at 78%, and 68% so, respectively.
Newer members of the European Union simply do not share the highly individualistic preferences of some of the older EU states.
It is important that European institutions, including the ECHR as well as the EU, take note of what Europeans actually believe, as distinct from what the people administering these institutions personally believe themselves, or decide Europeans believe ,having looked into their own hearts.
Malta is as much part of Europe as Sweden!
Italy is as European as France!
European Courts can only be used to impose "European norms" when we have first debated, in a genuinely European electoral process, what those norms are and should be in future. We do not have such a process at the moment. Judges and regulators need democratic guidance, and we need a Europe wide venue for this.


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If you want an alternative way to see out the old year and bring in the New Year, the annual Hogmanay Watchnight service in Glasgow Cathedral provides a warm and prayerful ecumenical experience.
This year,the Cathedral Strings welcomed the congregation as it gathered with a selection of well-known carols and hymns. Their leader got the people humming the music of Silent Night, a way to get them involved (and perhaps subtly to ensure the appropriate use of vocal chords!). Then the service started with a welcome from Roger Sturrock to the evening and an invitation to join in the first carol, the rousing "Joy to the World".
A more reflective mood was set by the next hymn "Be Still and Know that I am God". Mary Welsh of the Archdiocese of Glasgow's Ecumenical Commission then led the congregation in the first prayer in which, reflecting on the work of the churches together in Glasgow, she asked that the Lord support the continuation of that work with people in need. She finished by quoting the prayer of St. Francis (Make me a channel of your peace) and the prayer which forms the full motto of the City of Glasgow. The congregation responded with the singing of a contemporary hymn which has become very popular "In Christ alone my hope is found".
Ugandan baritone Terence Ayebare returned as soloist for the service, and his first piece was a beautiful rendition of the Lord's Prayer. This was followed by the SoundBite interview which gives an opportunity for a charity or church group in the city to publicise its work. This year Jim McNair interviewed Grant Campbell of the Glasgow City Mission.
Grant spoke of their work at this time of the year providing a Winter Night Shelter. It is currently operating in the Blythswood Hall of Renfield St.Stephens Church, thanks to the kindness of the congregation. It offers support to the most vulnerable people who are homeless as a result of addictions, violence etc. and who have no network of supporting relationships at times of difficulty.
The aim is to give them one night's accommodation while efforts are made to get alternative temporary or permanent housing, but at this season often all the alternatives are full – there is no room at the inn – and many become "permanent" residents. For the rest of the year, the City Mission receives between 150-200 people each day , accepting them as they are and trying to help them to move on in their lives and to improve their skills.
Elspeth Glasgow of Glasgow Churches Together read the scripture passage for the evening from the Book of Joshua, before the offering was taken up for the work of the City Mission. Terence Ayebare then sang "Look at his Glorious Cross", a meditation in song.
The reflection for the service was given by former Moderator of the General Assembly, the Very Rev. Albert Bogle, and it was both enjoyable and challenging. After an opening prayer, he asked "how has the year been for you?" Most people, he suggested, would respond that there were times where they struggled. This led to further questions – are these problems random and is life a sea of random events? If we join all these events up, is there a purpose to them? How can we see a purpose in things such as the recent helicopter crash?
So often we feel helpless but we believe that there must be hope, and he offered a Bible text to accompany us throughout the coming year, that which had just been read from the Book of Joshua "Only be strong and of good courage. I the Lord your God am with you." This same confidence in the accompanying presence of God is repeated throughout the Old Testament e.g. in Psalm 22(23). It is reflected in the life of Christ. Therefore we have to be strong. Fear seeks to control us but perfect love casts out fear. Mr. Bogle is an enthusiastic musician and writer of hymns, and he finished with an amusing reference to a hymn which has been many years in the writing and yet to be finished. In it he visualises God as a lion by his side, offering protection, and he invited everyone to put out their hand "and feel the lion's mane" each time they were anxious or in fear.
It seemed very appropriate after that reflection to stand and sing "To be a Pilgrim" before the final part of the service. Dr Laurence Whitley, minister of the Cathedral, led the congregation towards the coming of the New Year. He remarked that Mr. Bogle's reflection reminded him of an African tale of a mouse and an elephant walking over a bridge. The mouse exclaimed "we really gave that bridge a shake" – so too we can do great things, working in partnership and walking in the company of a source of enormous power. We should not think small, because of the One who walks with us. God calls us to do, not what we can do, but what He can do. We should thank God that we are part of his great and wonderful purpose.
As the bells rang in the New Year, the congregation wished each other peace and joy, and then it was time to go out into that new Year, singing "Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided, urged and inspired us, cheered us on our way".


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Do I need car insurance?
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Some types of insurance are optional and some are mandatory. Car insurance falls into the latter group and has been a legal requirement in the UK since the Road Traffic Act was passed in 1930. This means that you must have a minimum of third party insurance if you own a car, even if the vehicle is permanently parked on your driveway or in your garage. It's a requirement because, at a minimum, it covers injuries and property damage that you may cause to other drivers, pedestrians, and passengers.
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We sell products and services designed to help people make the most of later life, and we give our profits to the charity Age UK.
So what are the consequences of owning a car that doesn't even have a minimum of third party insurance? Read on to find out.
What happens if I don't have car insurance?
If you don't have car insurance and the police discover this, you could end up with points on your licence and a fine. However, if you have an accident while driving uninsured, the consequences could be even more serious.
The police can very easily see whether your vehicle is insured or not using automatic number plate recognition cameras. These cameras can scan your number plate and, if your vehicle is insured, the software will be able to find its details in the Motor Insurance Database (MID). If your vehicle is not insured, the software won't locate it in the MID and will therefore flag to the police that it's uninsured. Using your number plate, they can find your address and send out an Insurance Advisory Letter (IAL) to your home. If you believe this to be a mistake, you should dig out your insurance policy and phone the provider to ensure that your vehicle is listed in the MID.
What's the penalty for driving uninsured?
If you're caught without insurance, you could be issued with a fine of up to £300 and receive up to six points on your licence. These points would remain on your record for at least four years and you would need to alert an insurance company to the points for the first 12 months. You may find that this increases your premium. You will also be made to exit the car and it may be towed, depending on the location.
If you're caught without insurance and you were doing something else illegal, such as driving with no seatbelt, talking on the phone, speeding, or driving with no MOT, the penalty could be even higher and you may end up disqualified from driving temporarily. If you do end up disqualified for more than 56 days, you need to apply for a new licence and may even need to retake your test.
Sometimes, a car insurance policy can expire without you realising it. Unfortunately, even if you thought you were insured, you're still at fault as it's your responsibility to make sure that a car insurance policy is active and valid. It may be possible to appeal the fine and the points, but there's still no guarantee that you'll be let off with no consequences.
There are some exceptions that mean you don't need car insurance, however, these are few and far between. If you're unsure whether you do or don't need it, it's always best to get it anyway.
Reasons for not needing car insurance include having a valid Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN), owning a car that hasn't been on a public road since before 1st February 1998, having a car scrapped, stolen or exported (as long as you have provided evidence of this) or owning a car that is between dealers.
A vehicle can be declared as SORN through the government website. Once you do this, you could receive a tax refund for any months you won't be using the vehicle. Once a car is recognised as SORN, you cannot use the vehicle on the road until you tax and insure it again, however it can be parked on a driveway or in a garage. It cannot be parked on a public road.
If your vehicle hasn't been driven since before 1st February 1998, you do not need to declare it as SORN and you don't need insurance, however, you cannot drive it.
As previously mentioned, accidentally driving without insurance, even if you believed your insurance policy to be active, is still illegal and you would be expected to pay the fine and accept the points. However, occasionally you can appeal the decision. This can only be done in very special circumstances and appealing doesn't necessarily mean you will win.
These circumstances include if an insurance provider has cancelled a policy without alerting you, if you don't have a policy because of a fault of the provider and if the provider said you could drive the vehicle legally when this wasn't the case. Each of these things would need to be proved using evidence, such as emails, and it may take a long time for the appeal to be processed.
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We sell products and services designed to help people make the most of later life, and we give our profits to the charity Age UK.


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The credential Certified in Financial Forensics combines specialized forensic accounting expertise with the core knowledge and skills that make CPAs among the most trusted business advisers. The CFF encompasses fundamental and specialized forensic accounting skills that CPA practitioners apply in a variety of service areas, including: bankruptcy and insolvency; computer forensics; economic damages; family law; fraud investigations; litigation support; stakeholder disputes and valuations. To qualify, a CPA must be an AICPA member in good standing, have at least five years of experience in practicing accounting, and meet minimum requirements in relevant business experience and continuing professional education.


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A preliminary study suggests that a negative, inhibited personality type (type D personality) appears to predict an increased risk of death over four years among patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Peripheral arterial disease occurs when plaque builds up in arteries that supply blood to body areas other than the heart and brain, such as the extremities. However, patients with PAD also have an increased risk of secondary events such as stroke, heart attack and death, according to background information in the article. "Preliminary evidence suggests that personality traits such as hostility may also be associated with the severity and progression of atherosclerosis [plaque buildup] in patients with PAD," the authors write. "Another potential individual risk factor in this context is the distressed personality type (type D). Type D refers to the joint tendency to experience negative emotions and to inhibit self-expression in social interaction."
Annelies E. Aquarius, Ph.D., of Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands, and colleagues studied 184 patients (average age 64.8) with peripheral arterial disease. The participants completed a personality questionnaire when they enrolled in the study, between 2001 and 2004. On the questionnaire, patients rated certain statements (such as 'I often find myself worrying about something' or 'I would rather keep people at a distance') as true or false on a scale of zero to four to assess their negativity and social inhibition.
During four years of follow-up, 16 patients (8.7 percent) died, including seven who died of cancer and six of cardiovascular disease. After adjusting for age, sex, diabetes and kidney disease, patients with type D personality had an increased odds of death.
Several physical and behavioral pathways may link type D personality and risk of adverse health outcomes, the authors note. The personality type has been associated with increased activation of the immune system and changes in the body's stress response system. In addition, "inadequate self-management of chronic disease is a potential behavioral mechanism that may explain the relation between type D personality and poor prognosis in cardiovascular disease," the authors write.
"Although patients with peripheral arterial disease typically have multiple cardiovascular risk factors that put them at high risk for cardiovascular events, research shows that patients with peripheral arterial disease receive suboptimal secondary prevention," they conclude. "In addition to improving awareness of the traditional medical risk factors in peripheral arterial disease, attention should be given to psychological factors that may have an adverse effect on the clinical course of peripheral arterial disease. The present findings show that screening for type D personality may be especially important in this context."
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In addition to routine accounting functions, we provide the tools you need to monitor business trends and plan for seasonal fluctuations. We offer accurate financial data delivered in reports that are carefully tailored to the needs of your hotel. These regular reports coupled with our sound guidance will help you find new ways to cut costs, stabilize cash flow and stay profitable. We'll also help you tighten up financial controls and keep a close eye on expenses in order to funnel more income towards your bottom line.
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Classmates from 1972-1977 Reunite
Forty years ago, a group of five HSC graduates left Newcastle Adventist School (now Macquarie College) to take on the world!
On Sunday 19 November four of these graduates reunited at the College along with some classmates who shared their education journey with them at various stages between Year 7 (1972) to Year 12.
Twelve former students and several spouses gathered for a special occasion to share memories, reminisce and catch up on the last 40 years.
Canteen staff provided a delicious lunch after which the former students enjoyed an informative tour of the College.
According to reunion organiser Mark Vodell (now Principal at Gilson College in Victoria), the concept of the reunion was inspired by the premature passing of a former classmate and the death of his old headmaster Pr Ernie Krause. Mark emphasised that it is important to "get together whilst you still can".
The 1977 HSC graduates Margaret Jones, Joy Arthur, Mark Vodell and Jenny Davy cut the celebration cake for all to enjoy.
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Google collects your data like your web search history, location history, all kinds of web activity Google search, YouTube Search and other activities that you do over the internet. That is why it is very important one should delete their online activity regularly to protect their privacy concerns.
Google is now globally rolling out a very new feature by which users can delete their online activity automatically manually. These activities are your google search activity, location history, web and app activities, etc.
This feature can give better user experience as the user can delete their google activity log, can delete all history from their account. As a privacy concern, everyone should always disable these features from a google account so you can be protected from being fraud online.
In this article, you will know how to automatically delete location and search history in your Google account. And also, steps to disable location history, web and app activity, activity history.
Delete location and search history automatically from the Google activity log
Follow the steps to delete location and activity history from Google activity log. So, let's start.
- 1.) Open your Google Account.
- 2) Click Data & Personalization from the menu of the left panel.
- 3.) Under the "Activity controls" section, click the Manage your activity controls option.
- 4.) Under the "Web & App Activity" (or "Location History") section, click the Manage activity button.
- 5.) Click the "Choose to delete automatically" and then Choose how long to keep button.
- 6.) There are three options: A)Keep until I delete manually (default). B)Keep for 18 months and
C) Keep for 3 months. Choose one these option as per your choice.
- 7.) Click the Next button.
- 8.) Click the Confirm button.
- 9.) Click the Got it button.
And Done..!!
When you follow these steps Web & App Activity that you did will be deleted automatically after the duration that you selected.
Disable location history
Similarly, as the above step, you can also disable location and search history. Just follow the steps.
- Open your Google Account.
- Click Data & Personalization from the left menu.
- Click the "Manage your activity controls" under the "Activity controls" section,
- Toggle off the Web & App Activity (and Location History) in "Activity controls"
- Click on the Pause button.
After the completion of these steps, Google will no longer collect your online activity. And these data will be deleted gradually from the database between the period 3 months to 18 months as you selected.


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Yes we are servicing and delivering portable toilets and handwashing sinks to Construction sites and Long term rentals in these Covid 19 times.
Map of the cities we provide portable toilets and towns in between
Inside of Double Supreme portable with heaed warm water sink
K. Winter Sanitation Inc.
is experienced in providing all types of Portable Toilets and handwashing sinks for any and
all construction projects, including, home builders, high rises, road construction, sewer and water main, factories and long term rental. Our portable toilets are cleaned and serviced by our own professional staff. Our standard "Sure-Flush" construction toilet can come with either a Cold Water sink or Heated Warm Water sink temperature (95-110 F or 35 -43 C), Infrared heat light, Electric fan heated, soap, paper towels, toilet paper, urinal, units on wheels, Electrical Safety Authority Approved signed and dated service card to meet the requirements for clean-up facilities on construction sites in Ontario. We have available two station cold water sinks that are self contained with paper towels and soap.
*** New Double unit Supreme Better then a trailer as no steps no trip over, Electric heater, Clean-up facility with Heated Warm Water sink temperature (95-110 F or 35 -43 C), Fresh water flush, works on two 15amps 110 volts plugs***
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BY KAREN YOUNG Cinco de Mayo is recognized as a regional holiday in Mexico and around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. It is often confused with Mexican Independence Day which is on September 16. Cinco de Mayo … [Read more...]
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BY JENNIFER EVANS GARDNER (Editor's Note: This is part of a continuing "Road Trip" series by Jennifer Evans Gardner.) I stood in line for the water slide, shivering in the cool marina air, little children all around me. Too many kids for my taste, … [Read more...]
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IMM is building a new overpass at Edirnekapı Metrobus Station in order to reduce the passenger density and provide disabled access. Within the scope of the study, E-5 Highway and Haliç Bridge will be closed to traffic on a one-way basis tonight and Saturday night.
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) is building a new pedestrian overpass to Edirnekapı Metrobus Station within the scope of the "Construction of Steel and Reinforced Concrete Pedestrian Overpasses on the Metrobus Road in Istanbul". The metrobus platform section will also be extended to this new overpass. The old overpass will continue to serve. With the project, the density of passengers in the region will be reduced and the overpass will be suitable for disabled use.
Within the scope of the work in Edirnekapı, the steel construction of the newly built pedestrian overpass will be replaced. For this, D-100 (E-5) Highway will be closed to traffic for 2 nights one-way.
D-100 Highway Edirnekapı Metrobus Stop location Zincirlikuyu direction will be closed to traffic between 13:2020 on 23 August 59 and 14:2020 on 06 August 00. Circulation will be carried out on Beylerbeyi Caddesi - Savaklar Caddesi.
Avcılar direction will be closed to traffic between 16:2020 and 01:00 on August 09, 00 (the night connecting Saturday to Sunday). Circulation will be provided at the Edirnekapı-Rami road junction and then over the First Connection Road-Beylerbeyi.
In addition to the renewed overpasses, elevators or ramps that will facilitate disabled access are also being built on the 44-station metrobus line. Efforts are underway at Mecidiyeköy and 15 July Martyrs Bridge stations to make disabled access even easier with additional elevators and ramps. Planning is still ongoing for 11 stations that do not have elevators or ramps. Currently, 33 stations on the metrobus line have elevators or ramps for the disabled.
On the other hand, within the scope of the joint renewal work (the metal profile part separating the two bridges), the second phase of the Golden Horn Bridge, which started a few days ago, concrete was poured and the welding process was completed.
With the completion of the work, 2 lanes of the bridge, which were closed in the Edirnekapı - Okmeydanı direction, were opened to traffic.


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Blu Hotel Morisco & Baja is located in the centre of Cannigione, 30 km from Olbia port and airport. Barca Bruciata/Tancamanna beach is just 3 km away, accessible by taking a mini-train (from June to September at fixed times). The most exclusive resorts on the Costa Smeralda are just a stone's throw away. Blu Hotel Morisco & Baja is the perfect choice for guests wishing to visit all of the area's beaches and is an excellent starting point for exploring the natural wonders of the countryside of the north-eastern part of Sardinia.
Blu Hotel Morisco & Baja is made up of two separate areas: the Morisco area, in the shape of a horseshoe, containing a full range of guest services – reception (with pay-for-use Wi-Fi access), restaurant and bar – and rooms; and the Baja area with the rest of the rooms and a second bar. The centre of the resort boasts two swimming pools, both with pleasant sun decks, parasols, sun loungers and a bar. In the green area behind, guests will find the sports fields and the theatre. Activities and group sports classes are organised for guests in the green area as well as at the pool.
In 2015, 61 brand-new elegant rooms will be available in the Baja area in addition to the 166 rooms in the Morisco area. All rooms at the Resort have an en-suite bathroom with shower and hairdryer, balcony or terrace. Rooms also offer a telephone, satellite TV, air conditioning and a mini bar (filled upon request at a charge). Rooms can accommodate between 1 and 4 people (discounts and reductions for children and teenagers).
Standard: located either in the Morisco or the Baja area. Balcony or terrace
Standard Sea View: only in the Morisco area. Balcony with sea view
A shuttle service to and from Barca Bruciata/Tancamanna beach, located just 3 km from the Resort is available to guests (from June to September at fixed times). The closest beach is about 200-300 m from the hotel.
Wellness Centre
The Resort's wellness centre and gym are located in the Baja area and may be used upon request and at a charge.
Young guests at the Blu Hotel Morisco & Baja can be looked after by our specialised staff. The mini-club in the Morisco area is open from 14 June to 12 September while general entertainment for all other guests is available with a piano bar three evenings a week (in the Morisco area).
Located in the Morisco area and equipped with air conditioning, the Resort's spacious restaurant is open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
New in 2015: An all-inclusive package is combined with room reservation and includes full-board – buffet meals at the central restaurant (Morisco area) – with drinks included at meals (house wine in carafes and water in carafes) and an open bar from 11:00 – 22:00 at the Baja Bar (grappa, myrtle liqueur, draught beer, cola, orange soda and other soft drinks by the glass, tea, coffee, cappuccino and ice lollies for children).
A tennis court, football field and volleyball court are available at the Resort.
Services & Activities
Small animals are welcome at the Blu Hotel Morisco & Baja (cost €20.00/day).
Wellness Centre and gym in the Baja area
Piano bar
Wi-Fi in the lobby (pay-for-use)
Mini-club (fixed timetables and periods)
Football field, tennis and volleyball court
Covered garage (additional charge)
Small animals welcome (additional charge)


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Excerpt: 'Trump: The Greatest Show On Earth — The Deals, The Downfall, The Reinvention'
On Twitter there's a profane character who calls himself @realDonaldTrump — and then there's the all-too-real Donald Trump: reality star, casino mogul, political toxin, and conman extraordinaire. Nobody has written as many informed and perceptive stories about Trump as investigative reporter Wayne Barrett, whose Brooklyn basement full of Trump-related files is now a top destination for every serious journalist covering the Republican presidential front-runner. Barrett's landmark 1992 book Trump: The Deals and the Downfall is now a cherished out-of-print rarity, but Regan Arts recently published a Kindle edition titled Trump: The Greatest Show On Earth — The Deals, The Downfall, The Reinvention. What follows is an exclusive excerpt from its new foreword:
Two days after his 69th birthday, Donald Trump became the first presidential candidate to launch his campaign aboard an escalator, descending on a continuous loop of steel against a backdrop of continuously looping waterfalls, all in front of the very cameras that have so often made his story a spinning reel of autoerotic autobiography. Everyone else in the movie that Donald is making with his life—that morning and beyond—is just an extra.
As much attention as that particular escalator ride garnered, the Trump history leading up to that moment went unnoticed: more than a century earlier, the first escalator was built on the Old Iron Pier in Coney Island, a precursor to Steeplechase, the landmark amusement park that Fred Trump, Donald's father, tore down in the 1960s, ending the Brooklyn beachfront's run as one of the world's most famous playgrounds.
The stage-managing of that escalator entrance at his signature Trump Tower was just one of the anomalies at Trump's mid-June announcement.
His bid for the presidency came 25 years, nearly to the day, after Donald produced a birthday extravaganza—at Trump's Castle in Atlantic City—the day after he first defaulted on a casino bond in the thick of a financial meltdown. On stage in the confetti-covered Crystal Ballroom, a George H.W. Bush impersonator declared that Trump should be president, a joke on its way now to possible prophecy.
Melania, Donald's third wife, joined him on his journey down the gold-railed escalator, just as she did in a 2013 Celebrity Apprentice episode when she and Donald introduced her line of caviar skincare. But it was first wife Ivana who had overruled the architects 35 years earlier to insist on a 60-foot waterfall, and who had trekked across an Italian quarry to pick the finest rosy-beige Breccia Perniche marble for the five-story atrium—the same marble that matched the peachy orange hue of Donald's hair on the morning of his press conference.
The lights illuminating the waterfall were installed by a contractor whose brother-in-law, Donald Manes, voted for the tower's zoning variance as a member of the city's reigning Board of Estimate, a few years before he plunged a kitchen knife into his chest just as US Attorney Rudy Giuliani was about to indict him. Trump's lawyer on the Trump Tower tax abatement, Stanley Friedman, was Manes' partner in crime, who delivered a second Board of Estimate vote for the tower and was later convicted by Giuliani on unrelated racketeering charges. Giuliani once opened a probe into Trump's sale of a Trump Tower apartment to the head of one of the city's largest gambling rings, who brought a briefcase of cash to a closing Donald personally attended. Giuliani is now an informal campaign advisor to his onetime donor Trump.
Trump Tower itself is a monument to the mob. Sweetheart deals with a mob Teamsters local that delivered the concrete, and mob contractors that supplied and built the tallest reinforced concrete job in the country, were choices Donald made, provoking the interest of federal prosecutors at the time. Now, as he lays claim to the White House, he is announcing an even larger concrete project, a thousand-mile wall to protect us from drug and trafficking cartels.
The Trump Tower apartments, and some of the offices above the atrium, had long been magnets for criminals. A half dozen felons, including the head of the Gambino-tied concrete-drivers union, owned part or all of over two dozen units in the tower in its first decade. Trump's cluelessness on foreign policy, apparent even in his opening speech, extended to the tower's apartment and office occupants—a disturbing collection of international rogues.
Baby Doc Duvalier bought a $2.5 million apartment there before the tower opened and before the president-for-life was driven from power in Haiti. Chuck Blazer, the 450-pound, now-convicted, wheeler-dealer at the center of the vast FIFA soccer scandal, wallowed between two different tower apartments and a tower office where his branch of the soccer federation was headquartered. Another FIFA potentate, Brazilian Jose Maria Marin, who was once caught on videotape pocketing a gold medal that was supposed to be presented to a member of a championship team, is under house arrest on racketeering charges in his $3.5 million Trump Tower apartment.
Bayrock, a developer that joined Trump in New York and Fort Lauderdale projects, was headquartered at the Tower and one of its partners, Tamir Sapir, a Russian billionaire who Trump called "a great friend," had a $5 million apartment there. Sapir's top aide pled guilty to participating in a 13-year racketeering conspiracy with the Gambino crime family, with some of those years overlapping with his involvement in running Sapir's construction operations. Felix Sater, who owned a 50 percent "executive membership" in the Bayrock entities set up for the Trump projects, pled guilty in a $40 million mob stock swindle and cooperated with federal prosecutors. Sater, the son of a Russian mobster, appeared in photos with Trump and was identified as a senior adviser on a Trump Organization card. Sater also did prison time for plunging the stem of a wine glass into a commodity broker's face.
While Candidate Trump contends that Saudi Arabia was behind the 9/11 attacks, a top Saudi government minister at the time of the attack, Prince Mutaib bin Abdulaziz, owns a full floor in the tower. In fact, although Trump would soon argue that "we should stop supporting the Saudi dictatorship," as well as stop buying their oil, he said in his announcement, "I love the Saudis; many are in this building."
Two other Trump Towers, one in Istanbul and one in Philadelphia, involved convicted cocaine traffickers, but not as residents. Trump's initial partner in the twin towers in Istanbul—one residential and one office/commercial building—was Engin Yesil, who was sentenced to six years in prison for trafficking 20 years earlier. He later said that he assigned his earnings on the Trump project to Dogan Holdings, a giant Turkish developer that was fined $2.5 billion by the Turkish government for dodging corporate taxes for years. The Dogan firm was alarmed when Candidate Trump made his strongest anti-Muslim statements a few months after his announcement and threatened publicly to separate Trump from the project.
The Philadelphia tower was never built after Trump's local partner Raoul Goldberg disappeared and the development firm went bankrupt. Sentenced to 46 months in prison in 2000 on cocaine charges, Goldberg was on probation when he brought the deal to Trump in 2005. Under a licensing and management contract with Goldberg's firm, Trump was so involved he did the video pitch for it, and his company got the permits and cut the spa and restaurant deals, with daughter Ivanka and son Donald Jr. working on the ground.
The Trump Tower lobby where Trump made his presidential announcement wasn't exactly his property alone, either. The lobby is privately owned public space. The zoning variance that Manes and other Trump insiders on the Board of Estimate approved gave Trump 20 extra floors if he ran the shops and atrium as space open to public use, where visitors could relax without shopping at Gucci or eating at Trump Grill, where 45-dollar Trump steaks sell a floor below the lobby.
A 22-foot black marble bench near the entrance made it so easy to relax that Trump tried to discourage visitors by covering it with planters soon after the tower opened, a violation so blatant that the city cracked down, forcing Trump himself to huff and puff in the office of a City Planning Commission deputy and to write a letter complaining about "drug addicts" who apparently couldn't resist gilded Fifth Avenue rest stops. He lost that battle but never gave up, eventually replacing the bench and other public space with two Trump Stores, 40-foot mahogany counters where everything Trump—from books to bling—was sold at prices no vagrant could afford. The city fined him $2,500 in 2008, but sales, including those of Melania's timepieces and fashion jewelry, may have topped that every hour. So, they continued on for years, well after the presidential debut, until the city levied a $4,000 fine in February 2016 and finally shut the counters down.
In exchange for this atrium access, Trump even built his own three-story, $100 million, Louis XIV facsimile penthouse, where he issues tweets and devours Twinkies in his pajamas; yet he's broken the deal again and again, contemptuous of commitments to a public he now wants to represent.
Adapted from Trump: The Greatest Show on Earth–The Deals, the Downfall, the Reinvention by Wayne Barrett. Copyright Wayne Barrett. Available now as an ebook from Regan Arts.


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The mission of the Knox School of Santa Barbara is to provide a stimulating and nurturing environment where, alongside an engaging and challenging curriculum, the social and emotional needs of gifted and talented students are respected and compassionately supported.
The Knox School of Santa Barbara provides a rigorous and stimulating academic environment and high caliber curriculum combined with an individualized, ability-based (instead of age-based), and inquiry-based approach to learning in order for students to develop critical and creative thinking skills and retain a deep love of learning. The school retains a professional and supportive faculty sensitive to the instructional and emotional needs of gifted students and who are strongly dedicated to providing the highest quality education. The school is committed to ensuring respectful accommodation and a variety of strategies to meet all learning styles and continuing to develop instructional strategies and academic and affective curriculum based on current research and best practices.
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Leading competition professionals from around the world present reflections and forecasts on topical issues in antitrust and competition law and policy in this first volume of Women & Antitrust. Over a series of candid conversations, enforcers, in-house counsels, lawyers and academics take on questions regarding, among others, the following areas :
– assessment & regulation vis-à-vis digital platforms ;
– behavioural economics & competition policy ;
– public interest concerns, including privacy ;
– Brexit & its expected impact ;
– international cooperation ;
– policy and enforcement trends for 2020.
Nestled among the exchanges are insights into the professional paths of the women interviewed. Through personal anecdotes, they share perspectives on their chosen roles, if and how gender has informed their career choices, and offer advice to young practitioners interested in joining this field.
This volume has been published in cooperation with W@Competition. A second volume will be published in cooperation with Women's Competition Network (WCN).
With contributions by : Academy of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets ; AILI Consulting ; AlixPartners ; Allianz ; Ashurst ; Baker McKenzie ; BHP Billiton ; Bowmans ; Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense ; Chiomenti ; C-Law ; Cobalt Legal ; Competition & Consumer Commission of Singapore ; CS Associados ; Cuatrecasas ; Danish Competition and Consumer Authority ; DG COMP, European Commission ; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer ; Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners ; Gilbert + Tobin ; Google ; Hannes Snellman ; Hogan Lovells ; HSBC ; Infonavit ; King & Wood Mallesons ; Mayer Brown ; McDermott Will & Emery ; Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission ; New South Wales Department of Customer Services ; Nortons Inc ; O2 Telefónica UK ; Oxera ; Renmin University ; RBB Economics ; Siemens ; Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission ; Sullivan & Cromwell ; Swedish Competition Authority ; thyssenkrupp ; UK Competition and Markets Authority ; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ; University of East Anglia ; US Department of Justice ; W@ ; ZX Ventures.
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Nicaragua had been hailed by many as the unrecognized economic growth story in Central America. One of the poorest countries in the Americas, in recent years it emerged as a poster child of investment-attraction policies against the odds. The economy grew 4.7% in 2017, the fourth highest rate in all of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). But while macroeconomic stability allowed FDI to grow by around 4.11% between 2015 and 2016, the increasingly authoritarian government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, paired with the instrumental, conditional support of the private sector–coalesced around the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP)–and the complacency of the Catholic Church, was a recipe for unrest.
Ortega, a former revolutionary, learned from his past mistakes in confronting the powerful private sector. And since his 2007 election, he has effectively co-governed with their support. Several scholars point to the active collaboration and endorsement of COSEP delegates in economic regulations and policies. COSEP also has official status on oversight boards for over a dozen public, or public-private, institutions.
This three-pronged alliance—state, business, and church—was extremely effective in hiding some of the signs of trouble in the Nicaraguan political and economic system, as it drew support from both upper and lower classes. Ortega guaranteed the proper environment for investment and commercial activity, with businessmen looking the other way as the government consolidated its power through electoral fraud, corruption, and hijacking democratic institutions to further of his consolidation of power.
But the truth is that no authoritarian form of government, even one favorable to big business interests, can truly benefit the majority of a population. And if power remains concentrated in but a few hands, accumulated tensions will eventually come to the foreground. The product of Ortega's perilous alliances is the Nicaragua we see today.
Economic progress built on political and economic convenience
For a while it worked. Foreign direct investment to Nicaragua remained stable since 2011 at around $900 million dollars a year, most of which was directed to textile and auto-parts production. This meant a direct impact on headline numbers, though human development remained an issue; Access to basic services is a daily challenge in Nicaragua, which ranks 124th in the UN's Human Development Index.
Alarms had been sounding for a while, however, as not only citizens, but also the United States lost patience with the astonishing levels of corruption in the country.
In October 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (the NICA Act). This was a measure to block U.S.-funded international assistance to the country until it took effective steps to promote democracy, strengthen the rule of law and respect freedom of association. Ten months later, as the humanitarian crisis continues to develop and draw attention, there are significant chances that the Senate will also move to pass the NICA Act into law. The U.S. Treasury has also imposed at least three rounds of sanctions on Ortega's allies and operations.
From the onset of the crisis, it has been clear that the extractive model championed by Ortega was no longer sustainable. Early protests were a reaction to an overhaul of public pensions in which citizens would pay more to receive less benefits. Tensions only rose after he decided to repress mobilized citizens by the use of force.
Economic impact and economic interests
On the economic front, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have been hurt the most, as they face the resulting shortages from the lack of reliable land transportation both to sell their products abroad and to import essential consumption goods.
In June 2018, trade between Nicaragua and other Central American countries decreased by 51.2% compared to the same month in 2017. And transport operations moving through Nicaragua from south to north have decreased 24.2% year-on-year in June.
While the business community has now locked horns against the government and Ortega accuses them of having joined the opposition alliance–Alianza Cívica –their tepid actions against Ortega and his wife and vice-president, Rosario Murillo, send mixed signals at best.
Institutional damage at home and abroad
Abuse of power has for years weakened democratic institutions in Nicaragua. But in partnership with COSEP, it has also sabotaged regional institutions aimed at promoting development.
As part of the former administration of the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration Nicaraguan officials helped the Council of Ministers of Transportation (COMITRAN) draft a regional policy framework to improve Central America's infrastructure and transportation—one of the key obstacles to improving trade and investment in the sub-region.
But Nicaragua's government tried to sabotage it on two occasions. First, it prevented a delegation of international experts from coming into the country to conduct a diagnosis of some of the key obstacles in Nicaragua's transportation system. COSEP's President later blocked the approval of the regional transportation policy for almost a year, arguing that the appropriate mechanisms for consultations had not been followed in Nicaragua.
This points to tensions growing in the business-government alliance since 2015. COSEP has complained over lack of consultation on a series of policy initiatives. Ortega's economic and family interests have obviously started taking precedence over his business sector allies.
What this means for the crisis
Calls for a dialogue in Nicaragua are unlikely to bear fruit. Ortega will likely renege on any promises made as his paramilitary forces continue massacring citizens, and the opposition alliance does not have the upper hand in securing concessions.
COSEP made the mistake of trying to cozy up to a dictator. And for this they are complicit in a humanitarian crisis as seeking to take economic advantage of the government's continuous power grab. If they are now serious in breaking ranks with Ortega, COSEP's authorities must distance themselves from the corrupt structures that have existed, admit their responsibility in helping maintain them, and pledge to abandon those corrupt practices today and in the future.
The Catholic Church has already left Ortega's fragile alliance. Bold action on the part of the country's business community would place much-needed pressure on the Ortega regime to start the process of transforming the country's institutions. It will also send a powerful warning sign to other business groups in the region: Abetting a corrupt autocrat may be good for short-term profits but ultimately it is not sustainable and inevitably leads to political fallout.


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Eat Like a Local in Portugal with Kinloch Lodge Cookery School
Portugal's cuisine draws in both Atlantic and Mediterranean influences, stewing them together into flavours renowned worldwide. As part of our Eat Like a Local series, we decided to get to know Portugal's food a little better, drafting in a few of the UK's best cookery schools along the way.
Kinloch Lodge Cookery School
The Kinloch Lodge Cookery School, a Skye-based school just off the northwest coast of Scotland, gave us this appetizing recipe for bacalhau balls. It takes a little longer (you need to soak the fish in fresh water overnight), but the result is more than worth it.
Ingredients – bacalhau balls
Main fish mix
600g salmon and other trimmings
2 whole eggs
½ an onion
60g cornflour
½ fennel
½ red pepper
10g fresh ginger
2 cloves of fresh garlic
2g fresh chilli
15g caster sugar
5g salt
3g tabasco
18g white wine vinegar
1 bag blanched spinach
200g bacalhau (dried and salted cod – alternatively, you can use smoked haddock fillets, gently poached for five minutes)
½ bag chopped raw spinach
Sweet chilli dip
170ml white wine vinegar
50ml water
350g caster sugar
25ml fish sauce
2 red chillies
1 clove of garlic
2 teaspoons of fresh ginger
2 pinches of salt
2 pinches of cornflour (mixed with cold water to dilute)
Method – bacalhau balls
- Blend the fish trimmings in a food processor.
- Add the eggs and mix again for a short period of time. Then add the tabasco, caster sugar, salt, white wine vinegar and cornflour. Blend again.
- Remove from the food processor and place into a large mixing bowl. Add the fennel, red pepper and onion into the food processor then blend to a pulpy liquid. Add this to the large bowl holding the fish mix.
- Chop the chillies, ginger and garlic by hand and add to the mix.
- Blanch the spinach by dowsing in boiling water and removing immediately. Leave to cool. Once cold, squeeze any excess juice from the spinach.
- Roughly chop the blanched spinach along with the raw spinach. Combine into the mix, along with the salted cod or haddock. Mix well and as gently as possible.
- Portion the mix into walnut-sized pieces and deep fry for 2-3 minutes. Allow to drain and serve with a sweet chilli dip.
Method – sweet chilli dip
- Remove the seeds and stalks from the chillies and chop into small pieces.
- Finely chop the garlic and ginger.
- Add all the ingredients to the saucepan (apart from the dissolved cornflour) and bring to the boil.
- Whisk in the diluted cornflour, continuing to boil for a further 1-2 minutes then set aside to cool.
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The Dyson V7 Trigger handheld vacuum is recommended for use on hardwood floors and has a run time of up to 30 minutes, which sounds impressive when compared to many of the best handheld vacuums. However, on its MAX power mode, it will only last about six minutes. This is an expensive option, but it comes with two power modes and some tool attachments. It has a 0.8 quart suction cup capacity, which is a convenient capacity to save you from making regular trips to the trash. When you do empty the Dyson V7 Trigger, the bagless design and one-touch emptying will make the task hygienic.
Dyson V7 Trigger: Main features
Weight: 4 pounds
Dust cup size: 0.8 quarts
Warranty: 2 years
Charge time: 3 hours
Battery life: 30 minutes / 6 minutes MAX mode
The The Dyson V7 Trigger handheld vacuum comes with a charger and docking station, as well as a crevice tool for narrow gaps and tricky areas and a mini motorhead for upholstery and stairs. The motorhead has 3,920 stiff bristles to dislodge dirt and dust, and the combination tool is a two-in-one tool which has both a brush and wide nozzle for a variety of household tasks.
This handheld vacuum takes three hours to charge. That's a lot compared to the Black + Decker Dustbuster CHV1410L, which holds its charge for a similar amount of time - 30 minutes. For a handheld vacuum to hold its charge for 30 minutes is well above the average time, but there is a catch with the Dyson V7 Trigger. The vacuum comes with two power modes, and while the lower power could last for up to 30 minutes when fully charged, it will only last up to six minutes on MAX boosted suction power. The MAX boosted mode is only designed for intense tasks and tackling tough spots, though, so don't expect to use it on this mode all the time.
The design of the Dyson V7 Trigger is similar and size and dimensions to most handheld vacuum cleaners. It weighs four pounds, which is again about standard for most handheld vacuums. For a much more lightweight model, try the Shark WANDVAC.
Dyson creates some of the best vacuum cleaners for home and is constantly innovating when it comes to vacuum design, which accounts for its high prices. That being said, this handheld vacuum offers a lot of the same features as some lower-priced options on the market. One of the many things which set it apart is its two year warranty, which is above average among vacuum models.
Dyson V7 Trigger: User reviews
So the Dyson V7 trigger looks good on paper, but what are users saying? Feedback is overwhelmingly positive. One said "I should have bought this years ago. I used this on the carpet in the back seat of my car and the mats look like new. It recharges quickly and stores easily". When weighing up the price against the performance, another said "The product price is higher than I like to spend, but you are definitely paying for the quality and durability!"
Almost all of the negative feedback we saw complained of the same thing - the battery life. One user said it was a "great purchase, but I wish the battery life was a tad longer".
Should you buy the Dyson V7 Trigger?
There's no doubt that the Dyson V7 Trigger is a great handheld vacuum, but the question is - is it worth its high price point when it has a similar battery life to other, less expensive models? Well, this handheld vacuum is certainly very powerful and capable of tackling hardwood floors, upholstery, and even pet hair. Its two year warranty and numerous add-ons set it apart from cheaper competitors. Whether that makes it worth it really depends on your budget and needs.


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A strip from The Hotspur
See The Hotspur issues 269 – 278.
Writer:- The Hotspur editorial team. Artist:- Ted Rawlings.
Main cast:- Sergeant Moss.
Time period:- Boer War, South Africa.
From the synopsis of the series in Hotspur (picture series), issue 268, 'The battle for Mafeking is on! It's the South African War, and the Boer, or Dutch rebels are laying siege to the British settlers in the town of Mafeking. There were many heroes of the siege, but perhaps the bravest of them all was Bert Moss, the Mafeking blacksmith!'
The following adventures of Moss are from issues 269; 270; 272; 274; 275 & 278.
***Please note that I am using a standard thumbnail image for all the full size pictures on this page. This is purely being done to save myself some time.***
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People all over the world, start a love train!
One thing I love about travelling is getting to make friends from all around the world. In my travel adventures, I have been fortunate enough to become friends with people from the USA, Canada Greece, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Australia and various parts of the UK.
It's in these friendships that I have shared some of my favourite travel memories, like camping under the stars in Australia and climbing an active volcano in Guatemala and I feel so grateful for all the adventures that I have been able to share with them.
My second favourite thing that I love about travelling is being able to share my adventures with you guys on Eat Travel Love and chatting with other travel and lifestyle bloggers to get inspiration for all of my new adventures.
So when I received a nomination from my best friend, In The Frow, I felt pretty honoured. She had chosen me and another blogger to be apart of something called Random Acts of Kindness. A lovely idea from Debenhams, where they have started off with a handful of bloggers and have asked them to nominate two of their best blogger friends, to tell people why they love them and to choose something from their bracelet range* to send to them - resulting in a chain of kindness.
Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you to Victoria for nominating me and I look forward to receiving my surprise bracelet. Now I would like to pass my chain onto fabulous ladies.
Well I Guess This Is Growing Up
Meet Karen Clough. One of the nicest people I know and someone who I consider to be a very good friend. She's works in digital marketing by day and is a feisty red headed home blogger by night. Join her adventures as she discusses DIY and home renovation projects.
Glamour in the County
Meet Lula Belle. Culture, travel and lifestyle blogger. She's always been so kind and helpful to me. If ever I'm on a travel adventure, she's one of the first people to send me a recommendation tweet on places to visit.


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Millions of Japanese observed a moment of silence Tuesday, lighting candles and pausing to reflect on the third anniversary of the tsunami disaster which killed at least 15,884 people.
In Tokyo, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito were due to speak at a memorial service to mourn the victims – including 2,636 people who remain unaccounted for.
At ceremonies across the country, a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. local time (10:46 a.m. ET) marked the time that the 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit on March 11, 2011.
In the northern town of Minamisanriku, local residents earlier gathered in front of what used to be the town's disaster prevention center, where dozens of town employees died in the disaster, residents prayed in front of a small table filled with flowers, a Buddha statue and incense, according to an Associated Press report.
Japan is still struggling to rebuild, despite setting aside more than $250 billion for reconstruction through to March 2016
About 267,000 people are still living in temporary housing and other makeshift facilities nationwide, the Japan Times reported.
Abe earlier acknowledged the task facing survivors. "I want to make the upcoming year (one) in which people in the disaster area can really feel reconstruction," Abe said at a news conference, according to the Japan Times. "From now on, I'll emphasize not only the hard side of reconstruction, but also reconstruction of their hearts."


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