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Ryan Carra utilizes his extensive technical background to assist in counseling clients in the electronics, chemicals, and energy sectors regarding a variety of environmental regulatory issues. Ryan has advised on questions relating to waste classification, chemical hazard classification, chemical notification requirements, and requirements relating to radiation-emitting equipment both domestically and abroad. Specifically, Ryan is well versed in international agreements relating to materials restrictions and waste, such as the Basel and Minamata Conventions.
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Owning a bicycle creates new transportation options. A bicycle is so much more than a toy: it is the first vehicle many children ever ride on their own. Let your child discover the responsibility associated with controlling a vehicle, but also the exhilaration and freedom that come with it. We provide options for your child from the tiniest balance bike to first adult bike, as well as solutions for you to carry children with you if they are too small to pedal independently, or if the distance is too great.
If you and your family are interested in a specialty set-up, such as the Family Tandem pictured above, or cargo bike, we have plenty of experience with such products and will be happy to work with you on making it a reality.
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Batch Bicycles offers an uncluttered selection of simple, well-designed kids bikes in three shiny colors: blue, orange and black. They have something to fit your child from his or her very first scoots on a balance bike, to their very own transportation on campus. Come in and try them out.
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This is one of the best designed tagalongs on the market. It turns an ordinary adult bicycle into a child-friendly tandem. It attaches to your bike by means of a proprietary rear rack, which improves the tracking and safety of the device, but also gives you a useful place to carry bags, which is difficult to do with other popular tagalongs. Burley Kazoo retails for $299.
Tow-behind child trailers
Child trailers carry one or two kids, and have substantial cargo space. They feature safety harnesses, ventilated panels, a bug net and rain cover. They convert to a stroller configuration (for when you bike to the zoo and want to stroll around), and fold flat for storage. A child trailer makes great grocery hauler when your kids are not in it. We carry trailers from Burley and Thule. Stroller-convertible models are available from $400.

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Karl Hikade
1942 Born in Vienna.
1948–1964 Lives in London.
1959–1964 Studies at the Hornsey College of Art,
1970–1974/ 1976–1978/ 1983–1994 Lecturer at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
1994–1997 Interim head of the master course for
painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
Lives and works in Vienna.
International and Austrian exhibitions: Austrian incl.
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna; Vienna Secession; Oberes Belvedere, Vienna; Galerie Winter, Vienna; Museum
Liaunig, Neuhaus; international incl. Switzerland,
Germany, France, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands.


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Griswold economic development officials say the town is handicapped by a lack of incentives to offer potential business developers, something they hope to change before the end of the summer.
Griswold economic development officials say the town is handicapped by a lack of incentives to offer potential business developers, something they hope to change before the end of the summer.
Griswold is attempting to negotiate a sewer fee incentive similar to the one Lisbon has had in place 11 years. Griswold officials said it is one of the reasons Lisbon has been so successful in luring large shopping centers to expand the job and tax base there.
"I see a number of potential large projects coming down the road, and if we don't have something more to offer than we have now, they will just bypass Griswold once again," Economic Development Commission Chairman Tom Giard said.
Lisbon, in 2001, paid $4.4 million to the Jewett City wastewater treatment plant to set aside 208,000 gallons of daily flow for business projects in town.
Giard's commission seeks to use funds Griswold already has given to the plant — about $4 million since its construction more than a decade ago, he said — to get an allocated flow for its businesses.
New developers in any town pay sewer system "buy-in/tie-in" fees based on the size of the sewer pipes serving their businesses and the maximum amount of water flow the pipes can handle. The fees come during or before construction, Griswold Town Planner Carl Fontneau said. The commission's plan would let the town offer a portion of its pre-purchased flow to prospective developers to reduce or eliminate those upfront fees.
"It matters, especially in the construction phase, because the developers put up a lot of money and haven't made any yet. If we can lop a few hundred thousand off the top, that could be the difference" between building in Griswold and elsewhere, Fontneau said.
Jewett City Department of Public Utilities Director Ken Sullivan, who oversees day-to-day operation of the wastewater treatment plant, and Louis DeMicco III, the chairman of the Jewett City sewer authority, said their discussions with the commission about the details are still in the early stages.
"The economy is pretty dismal, and with that in mind, we're looking at anything we can do to jump-start this severely ailing economy," Sullivan said.
Giard hopes to have incentives ironed out by summer's end, along with an updated tax abatement ordinance also designed to spur business growth.
Selectmen approved a tax abatement ordinance three years ago, but it never made it to a town meeting. Giard said the commission is working with town lawyers to update it and get it before voters.
Abatements and fee incentives are big helps for business owners seeking to relocate or open secondary locations, said Norm Krayem, the commercial committee chairman at the Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors.
When it comes to bringing developers into a town, "one of the best assurances a business has is that the town supports them and wants to work with them," he said.


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Getting to Know You: Katina Kontarakis
Founded in 2010, WHOSAY is built from the best of entertainment, technology and advertising. The people that power WHOSAY are an incredible blend of advertising, technology and media professionals that foster a wonderful spirit of creativity, innovation and commitment. Today you will get to know, Katina Kontarakis, West Coast Account Director.
WHOSAY: What is your role at WHOSAY?
Katina Kontarakis: West Coast Account Director
WS: What was your job before coming to WHOSAY?
KK: Account Executive at Discovery Communications
WS: What's your secret life hack and/or productive hack?
KK: At the end of every-day I make two daily to-do lists, for work and for personal tasks. I prioritize each list and accomplish the top 5 tasks first thing in the morning.
WS: What don't most people know about you?
KK: I've always been called by my middle name Katina. My first name is actually Kathy.
WS: What do you want to achieve in the near and/or long term?
KK: With any goal of mine, it's to always give 110%.
WS: Share your advice with aspiring young people who want to break into your industry?
KK: Be bold and don't be afraid to ask questions. Our industry is constantly changing!
WS: What are your favorite books or quotes?
KK: "Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road."― Jack Kerouac, On the Road
GETTING TO KNOW YOU is a series of interviews with the WHOSAY team.


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Don't you hate it when something is on the tip of your tongue? When you have distinct memories of something, but you just can't remember the name of it to save your life? Well, video games are no exception. In the decades of video games' existence, thousands of games have come out, some good and some bad. Some games come out that leave a huge impression or legacy for one reason or another, but are difficult to totally recall. The games that toe the line between total obscurity and ubiquity. So we've scoured our memories and backlogs of games that came out at least twenty years ago in order to find a collection of titles that you probably picked up at some point, but just can't recollect now, whether it be because the series fizzled out or the name itself was too strange to keep track of. Let's take a trip down memory lane and explore 15 Old Video Games That You've Played - But Can't Remember The Name Of.
15 Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Bright colors, poorly rendered polygonal graphics, and tons of quirky platforming action – Mystical Ninja is truly a Nintendo 64 game. But with a name as loquacious as Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, it was a game that was doomed to be remembered only by the aforementioned graphics and quirks.
Mystical Ninja also had the misfortune of coming out between Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – two of the biggest games not only on that console, but of all time. Like Mario, a lot of the action in Mystical Ninja involved platforming and exploration, while a healthy chunk of it also involved dungeon-delving ala Zelda. It's only natural that when thinking about N64 experiences, one tends to remember the titanic titles and forget the games with a similar feel. It's a shame, too, as Mystical Ninja had a lot going for it, such as surrealist humor and an interesting blend of fantasy, sci-fi and real history. Maybe if it didn't have as wonky of a title as it did, or if its competition wasn't so steep, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon would be remembered a bit more for the silly fun it provided.
14 3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet
If you touched a computer at any point in the '90s, chances are you have played this game. You had this vague image of purple and black with a grinning man in a UFO burned into your mind, if not into the monitor screen. You knew its name had to be something pinball-related, but you were too busy racking up points to notice the title printed behind the happy astronaut: Space Cadet.
Space Cadet was a spinoff of Full Tilt! Pinball bundled with Microsoft Windows 95, making it owned by literally everyone who bought a Windows PC in the mid to late '90s. Sit down at any computer, whether it was in the classroom or at your parent's' home office, and you could boot up some Space Cadet and start spamming those bumpers to send pinballs off into the cosmos. We may not remember it as fondly as the games we actively chose to sit down and spend hours absorbing, but Space Cadet should be nonetheless respected for always being there for us whenever we needed to kill some time.
13 Math Blaster Episode 1: In Search of Spot
The Math Blaster series has been livening up elementary math classes for decades now, but the most memorable of the bunch would have to be Episode 1: In Search of Spot. In an elaborate ploy to make math actually interesting, In Search of Spot disguised its series of number-crunching puzzles with exciting sci-fi action. First you had to solve enough puzzles in order to power up the Blasternaut's tractor beam so that you could then shoot the trash floating in space, which allowed you to feel like Luke Skywalker shooting down TIE fighters instead of stuck in school. Next you had to write out equations in the fuel tank to get the ship to the next planet, and you would follow that up with flying through caves in a jetpack, flying through barriers that only let you pass if you had the right number. Finally, you don your jetpack once more to invade the UFO of the pesky trash alien, flying through the engine under the correct answer to more difficult questions, dodging trash as you fly.
Educational games might not hold the same place in our hearts as our favorite action-adventures and RPGs, but there's something to be said about making school that much more bearable.
12 Primal Rage
No genre of video game has more forgotten gems as the fighting genre, and Primal Rage is a prime example. This SNES-era affair allowed players to get their kaiju on and pick a big beast to fight other giant apes and dinosaurs for dominance over a post-apocalyptic world. Like any other fighter worth its salt, Primal Rage allowed players to pull-off wicked combo attacks and finishing moves, and then bathe the screen in gallons of animated blood. So much so in fact, there was even a bit of a controversy regarding the game's T for teens rating as opposed to a more appropriate M.
However, even controversies couldn't keep the game from fading into obscurity. With the release of the more popular and acclaimed Killer Instinct around the same time, Primal Rage was pushed aside into its own dino-punching corner. A sequel was announced, but ultimately canceled, and so Primal Rage now serves as just a relic of an older time. A time when you could be a giant frost gorilla laying the smackdown on a fire-breathing T-Rex.
11 ClayFighter
While on the subject of obscure fighting games, one would be remiss to not mention ClayFighter. Probably remembered as that one game with the angry snowman punching a quipping piece of taffy, ClayFighter was an odd outing in that its whole appeal was being a Mortal Kombat knock-off with claymation aesthetics. While fighting games were being surrounded by controversies over the amount of gore in their games, developer Visual Concepts thought it would be wise to capitalize on a sillier, less bloody alternative fighting game.
The gamble did not pay off, however, as Mortal Kombat and the like have lived on to this very day, while ClayFighter had only two more sequels before wrapping up. It wasn't without success, however, with the first title selling up to 200,000 copies and enamoring fans with its zany sense of humor. I mean, what other game let you play as a blob mastered in the martial art of goojitsu?
10 Cool Spot
Back in the earlier days of video games, the product placement was the furthest thing from subtle. That's how you get a game like Cool Spot: a whole game devoted to running around as the since-retired mascot of 7-Up soda.
But see, while product mascot games like Yo! Noid and Pepsiman were hollow and lackluster experiences, Cool Spot actually had some challenging, responsive, and rewarding gameplay. You could bounce around grabbing balloons, pull off cartwheel attacks and even sling soda bubbles at your enemies. Plus the Spot was an endearing mascot with his circular red body and slick pair of shades. Put those together, and you have yourself a game that people actually played a fair amount of. However, eventually 7-Up discontinued the use of Spot as their mascot, and production of Spot games ended, booting the franchise out of the public eye. But while many might forget the name Cool Spot, nobody can forget the little red circle enlightening us about the refreshing taste of "the uncola."
9 ToeJam and Earl
Probably the strangest sounding title on this list – probably the strangest sounding title in all of video games – ToeJam and Earl was an action game where you played hip-hop influenced aliens who crash landed on the planet with the most hostile creatures ever: Earth. You and a friend control one of the titular aliens, attempting to navigate the world, find pieces of your broken ship and avoid earthlings at all costs.
ToeJam and Earl grew itself a cult following, with initial sales not impressing anyone at Sega, but word of mouth increased the game's popularity enough to fund a few sequels. It never caught on with mainstream audiences, but fans of the game loved its hip-hop and jazz-funk soundtrack, sense of humor and overall zany action. Not to mention the game's innovative use of split-screen co-op, which made it one of the definitive games to play with a friend right by your side. ToeJam and Earl might be too weird to be a household name, but it's certainly a fun title to keep reminding yourself about.
8 Out of This World
One of the largest reasons you might be befuddled trying to remember the name of Éric Chahi's sci-fi masterpiece is the confusion regarding the title change during its localization. While most of the world knows it by its official title of Another World, if you're in the States, you instead know it as Out of This World. That little distinction can make the game a pain in the butt to look up.
But another possibility as to why you might've been fuzzy on the name is that perhaps the ground-breaking material in the game is remembered more vividly than the title. Sometimes innovation is the main take away, especially when it then becomes adopted as a new norm. And Out of This World was definitely an innovator on several fronts, especially with the use of cutscenes and in-game cinematics. The easy-to-learn, difficult-to-master combat as well as the game's narrative drive would go on to influence many games, including the likes of Metal Gear Solid and even Silent Hill. And now that you know the title, be sure to track it down and play it again. With all that it had to contribute to modern games as we know it, Out of This World deserves a revisit.
7 SkiFree
Before the days when the beautiful beasts of Bloodborne or Resident Evil could give us nightmares, gamers' dreams were haunted by a crude scribble of an angry yeti. We were all moving through pixelated fields of white, racing to the bottom of the screen and dreading the oncoming onslaught of that gray abomination.
And with all that persistent terror, it's easy to forget that the game itself was all about skiing. Moreover, that the game had the absolutely innocuous title of SkiFree. Now, to be fair, the actual goals of the game are to ski down a snowy slope, avoiding obstacles and navigating between sets of flags. But once you reach a certain point, the Abominable Snow Monster would appear and attempt to devour you.
Like most of the casual titles in the Microsoft Entertainment Packs, SkiFree was a game we all played in our downtime hours fiddling about with a PC in the '90s, only to be forgotten about when we got the chance to play with more serious games. But some things can never truly be forgotten. Like the horrors that await you after you ski past 2,000 meters.
6 Super Solvers: Midnight Rescue!
Representing the English class sub-genre of educational games, Super Solvers: Midnight Rescue was a side-scrolling adventure game that required you to use your mad language comprehension skills in order to prevail. The game tells the story of the mischievous Morty Maxwell, who's attempting to paint the school invisible with a series of robots, and one brave student who searches for clues amongst reading passages to deduce where evil Morty is hiding.
Unlike other educational games which too often had an immersion-robbing separations between the educational and game aspects, Midnight Rescue was able to merge the two more organically by having the majority of the reading passages come from in-game sources. On top of that, there were over 200 possible reading excerpts and over 400 possible questions relating to them, so there was something educational games so often lacked: replay value! It might not be on anybody's best video games of all time list, but Super Solvers: Midnight Rescue (and its sequels, such as Treasure Mountain, Treasure Cove, and MathStorm)lent itself to be played over and over again, both in the classroom and at home.
5 Chip's Challenge
What was the name of that game with all computer parts and different colored shoes and the lime green background? Why, it was Chip's Challenge! How could anyone forget navigating mazes of gray blocks collecting various keys? The only thing more memorable was turning a corner only to see a stretch of water and realize you hadn't found the dang diving flippers yet.
Though originally released on the Atari Lynx in 1989, Chip's Challenge really found an audience when it was bundled with Microsoft Entertainment Pack 4 in 1991 and later, in 1995's Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack. In the same vein as Space Cadet or SkiFree, Chip's Challenge was a casual game on many a PC, making it a common pastime. However, thanks to its password system, you could jump to any level you wanted and thus feel a sense of progression – something often lacking in casual games at the time. These days we have our mobile games to scratch our itch to kill time, but back then, we turned to good old Chip and his crazy mazes.
4 Narc
The oddities and controversies of Narc are so well-remembered, that it more than likely overshadowed the name of the game itself. I mean, it doesn't matter what you end up calling a game, if it involves drug addicts literally hurling used needles at you and a final boss that is just a gigantic head, that's all anybody is going to take away from the experience.
In Narc, you and a friend played as two machine-gun-toting narcotics officers hilariously named Max Force and Hit Man (because this was the '80s). You took to the streets to mow down dope fiends and drug dealers in order to rid the city of nefarious drug lord, Mr. Big. As if that wasn't enough to make mothers fuss, you could also shoot rockets to make your enemies explode into chunky pieces and then you were given bonus points every level depending on how much money and drugs you could confiscate. There was an attempt to reboot the franchise in 2005, but sadly the game got mixed reviews and didn't have quite the same zealous anti-drug sentiment of the original. Still, whenever you got a chance to slip away to the seedier corner of the arcade, Narc was there to help you take the War on Drugs to a terrifyingly literal level.
3 Altered Beast
"Rise from your grave!" Anyone who got their hands on a Sega Genesis (or one of the many classic collections released over the years) remembers those booming words as your character springs from his grave to punch skeletons in the face. Survive long enough and collect floating orbs, then you can witness your character enlarge and proudly proclaim "Power up!" until they transform into a variety of beasts to wreak havoc on the level's boss monster.
Yes, Altered Beast was a badass, well, beast of a game. And yet, as memorable as its gameplay was, it tends to be forgotten amongst Sega's other classic franchises. Maybe it's the fact that it was overshadowed by the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog and Streets of Rage, which got multitudes of sequels. Maybe the title itself just doesn't have the same oomph to it; the word "altered" doesn't the same kind of drama as, say, Golden Axe does. Either way, Altered Beast is Sega Genesis jewel that rips its way into the memories of anyone that picks it up… even if the name can escape you along the way.
2 Number Munchers
Number Munchers is one of the OGs of the educational game genre, and the flagship of the Munchers series. Back in the early days of DOS machines, school kids everywhere were still given the solace of computer games to break up the monotony of classwork and lessons. Just turn on a game of Number Munchers, and you could almost convince yourself you playing some Pac-Man or Qbert, jumping from space to space eating the right numbers and avoiding ghoulies that wanted to eat you instead.
The math part of the game was relatively straight-forward: you had to hop around the gameboard and eat the numbers that fit the criteria, be it a multiple of a given number or other requirements. However, there was the added difficulty in the hungry Troggles that would also roam the board, hungry for your little green avatar or just wanting to cause some mischief. The longer you took, the more monsters on the board and the less points you could build up, so Number Munchers ended up being a great tool at making you quicker with solving simple math. And some people have the nerve to say video games aren't productive!
1 Breakout
The concept of this game is simple: you control a rectangle at the bottom of the screen, there are rectangles at the top of the screen, and there is a ball you must bounce to knock out the top rectangles. It is such a simple, yet satisfying concept for a game that it became an arcade classic and spawned multitudes of sequels and clones throughout all the years. You could find limitless rip-offs of this concept of bouncing a ball to knock out squares on the mobile app store this very second.
But be honest, did you remember that the name of the original is Breakout? Probably not. Unlike Pong or Space Invaders, whose premises are easily discernible even by the early graphics of the time and thus their titles easier to remember, Breakout has no obvious connection to what's happening on-screen. If you look at the art of the game's arcade cabinet, it implies that you control a criminal throwing your prison ball at the bricks of your jail, which you are attempting to break out of. Pretty hard to discern all that with just dots and squares, and probably the reason why the name of this game falls to the side more often than the darting ball does. With its now-ubiquitous premise contrasted by its ill-fitting title, Breakout is the definition of an old game you've played before but can't remember the name of.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) --Fortune magazine said Tuesday that it created two new stock indexes, the Fortune 500 Index and the Fortune e-50 Index. The new indexes are based on Fortune's 45-year-running list of America's 500 biggest companies and a list of "e-companies" announced in last December's issue.
"The curious thing...is that everyone knows that these old tools aren't hip enough for the new century. Not only is the Dow DJIA, -0.95% way too tiny (a mere 30 stocks), but it is also weighed down by the remnants of Industrial America, making it no longer relevant to huge swaths of the stock market. Even the S&P 500 SPX, -0.39% doesn't fully reflect the performance of America's biggest companies, and it definitely doesn't get the cutting edge Internet stocks," columnist Bethany McLean writes in the magazine's 70th Anniversary edition.
Last week the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Fortune announced that the exchange will trade futures and options contracts based on the indexes, pending regulatory approval. The publisher said it anticipates the launch of other financial instruments and mutual funds based on the Fortune e-50 Index and Fortune 500 Index in the near future.
Canadian site seeks US audience
Vancouver-based Investment.com will purchase "Mutual Fund Review" magazine, Fund Counsel newsletter, the fundcounsel.com Web site and various other assets for a combination of cash and stock. Fund Review editors Levi Folk and Richard Webb are expected to play significant roles in the future development of the site's mutual fund coverage, both in Canada and the United States, the firm said.
"We are very excited about the acquisition of 'Mutual Fund Review' (English & French versions), the Fund Counsel Web site, and the addition of Levi Folk and Richard Webb to the management team," President and CEO Charles Desjardins said in a statement. "The breadth of coverage in the premier mutual fund magazine in Canada, combined with the content on fundcounsel.com, will give Investment.com the core assets to build a highly functional, interactive mutual fund resource for Canadians, Americans, and foreign investors."
Pioneer value fund offered to German investors
Dusseldorf-based Incam AG is offering a new value fund to German investors based on the flagship value portfolio of American fund firm Pioneer, the Pioneer Fund (PIODX). The German equivalent, the Pioneer America Fund, will invest at least 80 percent of its portfolio in US blue chips and will be managed by John Carey, manager of the American Pioneer Fund since 1986. The fund is described as a "classic value fund" that complements the Pioneer group's portfolio of funds already offered by Incam INAGY in Germany.
J.P. Morgan opening client centers
J.P. Morgan announced plans to open private client centers in 18 cities across the U.S. "We are opening private client centers in response to direct feedback from affluent investors who are looking for a venue other than work or home to obtain advice and focus exclusively on their total wealth picture," Alistair Jessiman, managing director, said in a statement. J.P. Morgan JPM, +0.17% will open private client centers in three cities this quarter: New York, Boca Raton and Washington D.C.
Shifting sands
The Frank Russell Company appointed Timothy Noonan to serve as director of business development. Noonan is responsible for design and development of investment products and programs that expand Russell's U.S. funds distribution business. Noonan joined Russell in 1992, serving since 1994 as assistant to Randall P. Lert, Russell's Chief Investment Officer, in formulating strategy for the tax-sensitive and high net worth markets.


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My soul reamins untouched
my house lies in shambles. Why wasn't I home. I wish I'd cherished the rubbish before I knew thats what it'd become.
Feels like a dream. My soul remains untouched.
I'm left to rebuild and with little strength to plan the blueprint. I'm relieved that my Architect has the perfect design.
Tornado hurricane my heart has suffered an unnatural disaster.
My soul remains untouched.
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Britain's major banks must arm themselves against the mounting threat of cyber attacks, Bank of England policymakers have warned.
Minutes of last month's meeting by the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) revealed concerns that the threat of cyber attacks "had many dimensions and was growing".
The FPC, which is charged with safeguarding financial stability, cautioned there were a number of "potential vulnerabilities" in the banking system and said it wants banks and other institutions - including the Bank of England - to draw up plans for protection as a priority.
The UK's banking sector is particularly at risk due to old and complex IT systems, as well as a high degree of interconnectedness and its reliance on centralised infrastructure, such as payment systems and clearing houses.
Treasury officials are already working on plans to assess, test and improve the system's resilience to cyber attacks.
But the FPC, which is chaired by Bank governor Mark Carney, said there now needs to be a "concrete plan" in place by the end of the first quarter of 2014, with a progress report before the end of this year.


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In his welcoming remarks at the launch at Chartered Accountants Hall, President Nick Parker said: I think this is one of the most important and positive steps weve taken as an institute. When he became President last June Parker put diversity at the top of his agenda and he hopes the new community will challenge us all.
Parker explained diversity is often defined as the recognition and celebration of difference, equality of treatment and opportunity, ensuring we are all represented with an equal voice. But he felt it also means the building of knowledge and understanding, and the generation of new ideas and perspectives.
The ICAEW is already working hard to achieve greater diversity. It runs a Diversity Advisory Group, which reports directly to the board, its Women in Leadership programme helps more women achieve senior roles, and it was a co-founder of Access Accountancy, which works to improve access for those from disadvantaged backgrounds. On top of this, the ICAEW provides support to the Professional Services LGBT Group and has its own internal network group and champion of LGBT rights.
The new community, still a work in progress, will hopefully help connect communities and become a useful resource for those who are unable to develop their own initiatives.
Parker wants to encourage students to take a look at the online information hub at icaew.com/diversity.
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matters, and this was not just about impact on the bottom line. She pointed to its importance in attracting the top talent, too. That said, she pointed out it has been widely reported that companies with gender diversity are 15% more likely to financial outperform those who dont have one! And Hurst emphasised that PwC was putting diversity at the heart of its values. We cant afford to look out of touch and irrelevant, she said.
Interestingly, she revealed there are now financial consequences for those who do not help the firm achieve its diversity goals. This was after the firm discovered that many senior people were not aware of the targets set in 2015. They are aware of the targets now!
It was a common thought at PwC that women were not making it to the top because they didnt return after maternity leave. However, research quickly found this simply wasnt true and in fact they were getting stuck at management level. That meant policy changes could address this problem directly.
When the audience was asked if their current workplace was inclusive some 65% said it was; 35% said not. They were also asked if having quotas was a way to address the problems. Here some 60% said no and 40% yes.
The launch came as Stonewall research showed two in five students (42%) have hidden their identity at university for fear of discrimination. Incredibly, 7% of trans students had been physically attacked by another student or member of university staff in the past year.
A survey of people in work found more than a third of LGBT staff (35%) have hidden the fact that they are LGBT at work for fear of discrimination. And nearly two in five bi people (38%) arent out to anyone at work.
Workplace bullying continues to be a serious problem for LGBT employees. Almost one in five (18%) have been the target of negative comments or conduct from work colleagues.
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Before they can complete their teacher certification, aspiring teachers attending Iowa colleges must spend time working with "diverse groups" of students with "diverse learning needs," according to the Iowa Code.
In one of the least racially and culturally diverse states in the country, finding those classrooms can present a challenge.
"There are certain areas of the state where, looking at that ethnicity and culture, you can walk in a classroom and there are all white faces," said Julie Finnern, former dean of Buena Vista University School of Education and Exercise Science. "It's just that geographical location."
For Buena Vista and other higher education institutions, finding a diverse set of classrooms for teachers training can mean commutes as long as 60 miles one-way, spring break trips to schools near Houston and classroom placements as far away as Spain.
That's where Taylor Scudder, who graduated from the University of Iowa in December, traveled to fulfill her certification requirements. She moved to Spain to work in a private school, where half the lessons were taught in English. That training came after practice teaching in a fifth-grade classroom in Marion, where most of her students were white and native English speakers.
"By placing us at all the schools they do, we learned how to incorporate and celebrate diversity in our classroom every single day," Scudder said. "I pride myself on being culturally competent, and that's something I've learned from all the schools I was placed at during my time at Iowa."
The young teacher is one of many who recently entered the teaching workforce with purposeful, targeted training on how to educate all of Iowa's students — who are, almost every year, becoming more diverse.
Iowa still is one of the most monolithic states in the country. While demographics are shifting, most Iowans still are white. Few are first-generation Americans. Most speak English at home.
But take only children and teenagers living in Iowa, and the picture shifts. The vast majority of young Iowans are enrolled in a public school, where almost 75 percent of students are white, according to the Iowa Department of Education. That's still more than many parts of the United States, but it's a notable difference compared to Iowa's overall population, which is about 91 percent white, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
There are pockets of the state — including Storm Lake in northwest Iowa, where Buena Vista University has its main campus — where student populations have become more diverse more quickly. Storm Lake is one of only eight school districts in Iowa where most of the students are not white.
That demographic is a benefit to Buena Vista as it searches for school placements for its student teachers.
"The schools are getting more diverse, which, actually, is helpful," said Roberta Hersom, Buena Vista School of Education assistant dean. "That goes along with the population of the state as a whole."
While racially and culturally diverse classrooms often are the most difficult to find within Iowa's borders, universities emphasize all kinds of diversity when placing aspiring teachers in classrooms.
"Diversity isn't just different racial groups in your classroom. Diversity is gender, it's ethnicity. It can be cultural, it can be racial, it can be socioeconomic, cognitive diversity within classrooms, behavioral and even physical," Hersom said. "There are a lot of different ways to describe diversity. Instead of concentrating on one, we try to help them understand that there is diversity in every classroom and in every school, and that as a teacher you're expected to be able to deal with that."
To ensure teacher candidates are interacting with a wide breadth of students, most universities track and code each candidate's school placement — monitoring the size of the classroom she works in, the socioeconomic status of students, ethnic makeup, English proficiency and other factors.
"If I'm in Storm Lake … that works well," Hersom said. "If I'm in Spencer, that's a little bit different because the Spencer school district doesn't have quite the diversity as far as race and ethnicity, but they have other types of diversity in their school population."
It's a disservice to consider only race or ethnicity when looking for diverse groups, Finnern said.
"But we can't use that to block the need for understanding the ethnic and racial diversity piece," she said.
While Iowa's student population — the vast majority of whom attend public school — becomes less white, its teacher workforce continues to be overwhelmingly white and female.
Building a diverse teacher workforce still is a priority for most institutions, Finnern said.
"Think of it like windows and mirrors," she said. "We want new perspectives and to help teachers see new things, but we also want teachers to go into schools and for the children to see mirrors. Within curriculum, teaching methods and teachers that they see, we want them to see mirrors of people and ideas and stories that reflect their own experiences."
But the reality of Iowa's teacher workforce remains. Every child here — regardless of his race, gender or family's wealth — most likely will be taught by a white teacher.
"I know Iowa's got some challenges around diversity, got some work to do," said Eddie Moore, a researcher with a doctorate from the University of Iowa and the author of "The Guide for White Women who Teach Black Boys."
Black children, for nearly all of American history, have been overrepresented in special education, disciplinary referrals and suspensions, while lagging behind in high school graduation rates, Moore noted recently during a stopover in Iowa City promoting his book.
"I understand that every student comes from a different background...I think celebrating that in your classroom and figuring out ways you can bring that into your instruction is really important, so you can be more relatable to your kids."
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Even in Iowa, where the highest perc��entage of high school students — about 91 percent — in the country complete their high school education, only 80 percent of black students graduate.
Other racial minority groups, except Asian-Americans, similarly fall short of the state's overall rate.
The discrepancy, Moore is quick to point out, is not the fault of the children.
"We're really looking at some of these numbers and trying to provide some tools and support to help us (educators) do our job better," he said. "We wanted to be really careful not to say these boys are bad, to blame black boys to make them out to be the bad person."
It's not the fault of a mostly white teacher workforce either, he added.
"We want to look at the system, the structure," he said. "Something is going on in the process and the system that is playing a role in some of these gaps."
Being purposeful about training, preparing and equipping teachers to work with every student — not just those who have historically succeeded in traditional school settings — could begin to close stubborn achievement gaps, Moore believes.
To that end, higher education institutions stress the importance of understanding students' cultural backgrounds as teachers try to reach all students.
"One of the goals for a teacher candidate is … to walk into a learning setting and know how to understand the cultural context of the school, the community, individual students where they are teaching," Finnern said. "As they understand that cultural context, they can make changes and make wise changes about the pedagogy they use.
"That doesn't come automatically for a lot of people — to realize the same way of teaching does not work with every group of children or every individual learner."
To find diverse groups where their teacher candidates can train, Iowa institutions training the next generation of teachers have turned to outsourcing.
Scudder headed to Spain, and other college students head to schools in Alaska, Chicago and the East Coast to learn how to teach all students.
During spring break, students in Iowa State University's College of Education regularly head to the Aldine Independent School District outside of Houston to experience the nearly 70,000-student school district, where almost 80 percent of children are Hispanic.
"It offers something that we can't necessarily offer here in Iowa," said Daryl Sackmann, an ISU clinical experiences coordinator who specializes in out-of-state teaching experiences. "Our primarily Caucasian students are definitely the minority."
Clinical experiences — also called field experiences or student-teaching placements, depending on the university — are designed to get students out of their comfort zone.
"Even if they stay in Iowa, we try to give them diverse opportunities," Sackmann said. "Somebody from Cedar Rapids, for instance, sometimes they are coming from an urban school, but sometimes it's way more suburban. So we try to give them that rural experience.
"We take them out of their comfort zone so they're well-rounded."
Teacher candidates can express a preference for a certain type of school, but, ultimately, teacher preparation programs default to a preference for diverse settings.
"Being intentional about that and really tracking student experiences was very important," Finnern said. "We could look and see this student has only been in small rural schools, and make placements in a large urban school."
Regardless of where a teacher ultimately lands a job, higher education officials believe they're better for experiences elsewhere.
"Students come back with diverse perspectives about how students learn, and can use that learning to really excel with the students you do have in your classroom," ISU's Sackmann said. "I know they all take something away from it, whether they're coming back to Iowa or going somewhere else."
The cultural competency Scudder honed in college while teaching students of various ages, family incomes, cultures and home languages has improved how she teaches, she said.
Since graduating, Scudder has worked as a permanent substitute teacher at Alexander Elementary in Iowa City where, on a given day, she could be working in any of the school's kindergarten through sixth-grade classrooms.
"It's one of my favorite things I've ever done," she said. "I can't walk through the hallways without some student saying, 'Ms. Scudder, Ms. Scudder!'"
Her experience in college has been essential as she navigates multiple classrooms in a school where almost half the students are black, 30 percent are English language learners and 70 percent belong to lower-income families.
"I understand that every student comes from a different background," Scudder said. "It doesn't have to mean their ethnic background. It could be familial, or the state they lived in before. I think celebrating that in your classroom and figuring out ways you can bring that into your instruction is really important, so you can be more relatable to your kids."
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Master a Thai Cooking Class in Chiang Mai
There's one thing you can't beat in Thailand – street food. Not only does it taste fantastic, it will only set you back a few dollars, which is great for a budget traveler. Even better is learning to cook the food yourself with a Thai cooking class.
As we wandered the night markets all throughout northern Thailand, we realized many of the vendors tend to specialize in one type of food, such as pad thai or noodle soup. Maybe that's the secret. They've perfected their dish and they're sticking to it. Hey, it works. And for those of us who walk the rows of food vendors to find our favorite meal, you know it's definitely going to be worth the money.
Oren and I don't have a lot of experience cooking Thai food and the few times we tried back in the States, we ended up with a skillet full of burnt and undercooked noodles. (Oren objects to this comment, even as he admits its truth). So, we decided that we couldn't leave Thailand without taking a Thai cooking class! There are schools throughout Thailand's major cities that offer full-day and half-day cooking classes. Since we were spending most of our time in the north, Chiang Mai seemed like the perfect place to test out our cooking skills.
Baan Thai Cookery School has been running Thai cooking classes in Chiang Mai since 1999. It offers full-day classes, but we opted for the evening class from 4:30-8:30. It was really easy to enroll; we just sent them an email. The company also provided transportation to and from our guest house. The class was split into two groups of about 8 people.
Our first stop? The market. We seem to go to a lot of markets while we travel, but each one is very different. The market also helps you better understand the culture and diet of the country you're visiting. We were very intrigued with Thai fruits, like jackfruit, durian, and Thai apples. Some we had never seen before! After our chef showed us the ingredients we would be using in our dishes, we walked back to the school.
Our evening class consisted of four different dishes, plus a curry. Within each course, we were allowed to choose from three or four dishes. This was great! Oren and I tend to like different foods. Also, we figured we'd divide and conquer so that between the two of us, we could make all of the dishes. My first dish was pad thai. Recipes courtesy of Baan Thai Cookery School.
Pad Thai Recipe
250 grams rice noodles
50 grams chicken (optional)
3 tbsp oil
20 grams spring onion
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce (or soy sauce)
2 tbsp oyster sauce (or mushroom sauce)
1 egg
30 grams bean sprouts or cabbage
1 tbsp chopped garlic
50 grams tofu (cut into small cubes)
1/2 cup water
1. Heat the oil over low heat, add garlic and fry
2. Add chicken (optional) and tofu. Stir until the chicken is cooked
3. Break the egg in spread the egg throughout the chicken. Lightly scramble.
4. Add noodles and water, still under tender.
5. Season with fish sauce, oyster sauce and sugar
6. Add bean sprouts and spring onions.
7. Turn off heat
8. Serve with fresh vegetables (like cabbage or beans sprouts) and you can add lime juice, grounded peanuts and grounded chillies as additional seasoning.
Following this meal, we created and dined on an appetizer and a soup. I made spring rolls from scratch! (After years of eating them, it's about time I learned how to make them!) After finishing that, we were so full! But, we still had our main course to make and eat! I went with Kao Soy:
Kao Soy (Chiang Mai Noodle Bowl)
50 grams deep-fried egg noodle
100 g boiled egg noodle
2 tbsp pickled cabbage
50 grams chicken
2 tbsp oil
2 cups coconut milk
3 chopped shallots
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp Indian curry powder
1 tbsp red curry paste
1 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves and spring onion
1 lime, cut in quarters
1. Put the boiled egg noodle in a bowl
2. Mix the red curry paste with indian curry powder
3. Place the wok over low heat, add oil, red curry paste and stir continuously
4. Add chicken, add 1/4 cup of coconut milk and stir until the chicken is cooked
5. Add the remaining coconut milk, turn to medium heat and continue stirring
6. Add fish sauce and sugar
7. Pour into the bowl and top with deep-fried egg noodles
8. Serve with picked cabbage, lime and shallots
It was hard to believe that we made these Thai dishes! Truthfully, if they didn't taste good, we had no one to blame, but ourselves. This was not the case. Oren may have added a little too much spice to his dishes, but luckily, he was the one shedding the tears, not me. At the end of the meal, we had enjoyed great food and wonderful company. Even if you're a novice chef, it's worth taking a Thai cooking class!


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The other day the superintendent of schools posed an interesting question to a group of administrators. If there are magnet schools for STEM, and magnet schools for the performing arts, why couldn't there be a magnet school for kindness? He went on to ask the group to think about what we would do if money was no object, to create a school free from the scourge of bullying and mean behavior so prevalent in schools today.
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Here is the official list of the results of the Religion News Association's Top 10 religion-beat news stories in 2016.
Needless to say, picking the ballot for this poll is hard. Wording the questions is even harder.
So here is your challenge, especially at the top of this list. Look at stories No. 1 and No. 2. How would you have worded them? What major religion events and trends, in your opinion, didn't make the Top 10? Where there major omissions from the ballot itself? Scroll down and look at the items that were not at the top of the list.
Go for it.
1) Donald Trump gets strong support from white Christians, especially evangelicals, in an upset presidential election. Many were alarmed by his vilifying Muslims and illegal immigrants and his backing from white supremacists. GOP keeps majorities in Congress.
2) Post-election assaults and vandalism target Muslims and other minorities. Some assailants cite Donald Trump's victory as validation. Critics denounce the appointment of Stephen Bannon as White House strategist over his ties to white supremacists.
3) Standing Rock Sioux members demonstrate against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, which they say will foul water and sacred lands. Clergy and religious activists from around the country join in protests.
4) A busy Pope Francis urges a pastoral approach to the divorced-and-remarried in the apostolic exhortation "Amoris Laetitia." His Mass at the U.S.-Mexico border supports immigrants; he speaks of Donald Trump's proposed border wall as not Christian.
5) At least 4,600 migrants are killed in Mediterranean shipwrecks while fleeing conflicts, many with religious dimensions, in Africa and Asia. The ongoing crisis fuels anti-migrant, rightward political shifts in Europe, including Brexit.
6) Terrorists linked to, or inspired by, the Islamic State kill scores and injure hundreds at airports in Istanbul and Brussels, at German sites and in Nice, France, where a man kills 86, many of them Muslim, by driving a truck through a seaside holiday crowd.
7) Despite scholarly attention to "the end of white Christian America" and to growing secularism, the former provide decisive votes for Donald Trump while left-leaning religious "Nones" fail to deliver needed votes for Democrats.
8) #BlackLivesMatter protests continue with clergy and religious participation following high-profile shootings of African-Americans by police. Clergy also play a prominent role in uniting communities after deadly shootings of police officers.
9) Although white evangelicals voted Trump by a 4-1 margin, their leaders split sharply. Many evangelicals of color opposed him. Supporters cited pledges of conservative policies and court picks, opponents his alleged misconduct and racist comments.
10) Omar Mateen, claiming allegiance to the Islamic State, shoots and kills 49, wounds 53 at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Other home-grown terrorists injure dozens at a Minnesota mall, The Ohio State University and NYC-area targets of homemade bombs.
Headlines that did not make the Top 10:
11) The sudden death on Feb. 13 of outspoken conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia leaves the high court deadlocked on many issues. A GOP Senate blocks President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland, saving the seat for a Trump nominee.
12) Transgender rights get backing from the Obama administration, opposition from a North Carolina law and a decision by the Supreme Court to hear a Virginia bathroom-access case. LGBT groups fear a Trump-Pence rollback of recent legal gains.
13) The trial begins for Dylann Roof in the racially motivated 2015 murders of nine black churchgoers in Charleston. The Southern Baptist Convention urges churches not to display the Confederate flag. Washington National Cathedral removes stained-glass images of the flag.
14) The Supreme Court punts on a politically charged religious-liberty case by asking parties to settle the challenge to the Obamacare mandate for contraception coverage for employees of faith-based schools and charities.
15) Disputes on gay marriage and ordination: United Methodist Church forms commission to avert split; Anglican Communion suspends U.S. Episcopal Church from leadership roles for three years; InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to terminate dissenting employees.
16) Various military forces recapture territory from so-called Islamic State's "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq, though deadly fighting bogs down in Mosul, Iraq. U.N. and U.S. declarations accuse IS of genocide against religious minorities.
17) The Syrian war rages on with the Assad government receiving Russian military aid as it aims to crush the mainly Sunni Muslim resistance.
18) Despite opposition from religious and disability-rights activists, laws allowing the terminally ill to seek lethal prescriptions are approved in Colorado, the District of Columbia and Canada, where author W.P. Kinsella (whose novel inspired the movie "Field of Dreams") is among the first to use one.
19) "Holy and Great Council" in Greece, aiming to be broadest Eastern Orthodox council since 787, draws many, but not all, major Orthodox prelates. Cuba hosts the first-ever meeting of a Roman Catholic pope (Francis) and a Russian Orthodox patriarch (Kirill).
20) Human rights groups condemn Myanmar's Buddhist-majority government for its continued attacks on Rohingya, a Muslim minority that it denies rights of citizenship. Thousands of Rohingya flee into forests or neighboring Bangladesh.
21) An Easter bombing targeting Christians kills more than 70 in a Lahore, Pakistan, park; Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility.
22) Fallout continues of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. In Pennsylvania, three Franciscan superiors are charged with failing to protect children from abuser. A Philadelphia church official wins appeal on similar charge.
23) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan survives a deadly coup attempt in July and cracks down on judges, journalists and followers of Pennsylvania-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, whom he accuses of plotting the coup and wants extradited from U.S.
24) Notable deaths in 2016: ex-boxing champ and Muslim convert Muhammad Ali; EWTN's Mother Angelica; Billy Graham's songleader, Cliff Barrows; cartoon-tract creator Jack Chick; "Left Behind" author Tim LaHaye; Eagle Forum's Phyllis Schlafly.
25) Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature for a half-century of enigmatic song lyrics, many featuring Jewish and Christian imagery. Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, whose "Hallelujah" and other works were infused with Judaism, dies at 82.
Newsmaker of the Year
Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the Muslim parents of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq, who appeared before the Democratic National Convention as Mr. Khan denounced Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering the country as unconstitutional.
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President-elect Donald Trump, who drew strong white Christian support, stirred debate among church leaders over his character, rhetoric and lax religiosity, and alienated many Hispanic Catholics, black Protestants, Jews, Muslims and non-believers.
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, who gained national attention and support in protest of a pipeline that they say will foul their water and sacred lands.


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When it comes to electricity, there are some situations and repairs that are much more urgent than others. This is due to the fact that they pose an immediate risk to property damage or personal injury. Knowing when you should contact an emergency electrician is a challenge; however the following tips will help you to determine if you should call one right away.
If you notice any exposed wires, this is a clear sign for alarm. Exposed wires create an increased risk of electrocution and fire and will require immediate repairs. If you have encountered this situation, then you should block off the area in order to keep any people or animals from getting too close and being injured. Once the area is blocked, call an electrician right away.
There is also a huge risk of electrocution if there are wires that have come into contact with water. The main danger in this situation is that people may be shocked if they touch the water or if they place some other item in it. If you have electric wires that are in direct contact with water, the best course of action you can take is to evacuate the area immediately and then call a professional emergency electrician for help.
Another clear sign that you need emergency electrical services is if you have an electrical outline or socket that has begun to smoke. This is a huge fire risk, even if you stop using the outlet completely. Instead of running the risk of this occurring, you should contact professional services right away. If you have a socket that emits a spark only when something is plugged in, this is not necessarily considered an emergency, but a situation that should be inspected within a reasonable period of time.
If you ever question whether or not you should contact an emergency electrician for repairs, the general consensus is that it is better to be safe now than sorry later on. The initial cost of the electrician's services are low when compared to the possible consequences that may occur. Calling the services of a professional will eliminate the risk that you are facing.


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A bite of fall featuring butternut squash that delivers a punch in every bite! Add nuts, chocolate chips, dried cranberries or all of them, to make it a truly decadent dessert! 503 per serving with add ins included makes this a true treat for fall to indulge! Perfect for your fall themed lattes and hot chocolates! Check out the bonus recipe at the end of the post for a biscotti recipe!


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Russian funds investment in the construction of the Hanhikivi NPP (a joint project with Russia) is undoubtedly a very sensible decision; this money will return, said Vladimir Putin at a big annual press conference held on Thursday.
"The money that Rosatom has allocated for the construction of an NPP in Finland is a good investment, as Finland has a very sustainable economy. Despite obstacles created by the project's opponents, the Finnish parliament has made a firm decision to approve it," said Putin.
He added: "Rosatom's partner – a company operating in Russia, which has already invested billions of euros in our economy – has been willing to work together and has assumed the risks."
"This money is totally returnable, it is a sound investment," stated Putin.
In 2013, Rusatom Overseas, Rosatom's international division, and Fennovoima signed a contract for the construction of the Hanhikivi 1 NPP. In 2014, the Russian party received a 34% stake in the project. The plant will have the Russian VVER-1200 reactor of the AES-2006 design. It is planned to be put into operation in 2024. In December 2014 the Finnish parliament approved the project. In June, Fennovoima applied for a construction license. In January 2015, the Russian government included the project in the list of self-liquidating infrastructure projects, co-financed by the National Wealth Fund. The Fund will allocate a sum equivalent to EUR 2.4 billion (in rubles) for its implementation, but no more than 150 billion rubles. In March, it allocated RUB 57.5 million for the project.


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Ponce is Puerto Rico's second largest city, and it's known for magnificent architecture and a vibe much more serene than anything you'll find in San Juan.
Take a full day trip across a scenic expressway through the central mountain range to the city known as "The Pearl of the South." Once in Ponce, you'll follow your knowledgeable guide past stately plazas and ornate mansions. See Parque de Bombas Firehouse, known for its striking black and red facade. Stop in at the Ponce Museum of Art to see paintings by noteworthy European and Puerto Rican artists. And visit Serralles Castle, the colossal former home of a Puerto Rican rum dynasty.
A full day of sightseeing in Ponce is an experience you won't soon forget.
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GOD IS THE GREAT STORYTELLER. He spares no detail in the unfolding of his divine drama. He gives us the good, the bad, and the ugly. The scriptures guide us from the chaos of creation before God spoke, to Abel's short-tempered, bloodthirsty, older brother. From the abuse and trauma dished out by Joseph's older brothers to the trash talking, YHWH boasting, ruddy-faced future king of Israel. All the stories of the Bible are for our instruction, for our example. The preacher of Hebrews understands the power of story when in the middle of his sermon he takes us through the catacombs of history to tell us about the heroes of the faith.
Each story contains actors, and each actor has a role to play; this is how stories work. Our lives are micro-stories found within the arc of God's grand narrative. And we are to see our lives as part of God's story. Will we be characters who are courageous and fierce like queen Esther? Or will we be a milksop coward like Ahab? Will we be brave like Jael or will we be passive like Adam? Will we worship like David or whine like Jonah? These stories have been passed down from generation to generation as examples for our children and us. The question now is, who's example will you follow? What sort of character will you be?


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Happy Friday, folks! Any fun plans for the weekend? This last month or so has been a whirlwind/absolute nightmare, so I'm planning on some much-needed catch up time with friends.
I've compiled a list of all the best links from the web for ya. Because you need a break. Because it's Friday. Enjoy. ;)
How to design your home based upon your zodiac sign (mine is pretty much already dead on!)
What is an "untouchable day" and why do you need one?
Speak up! "Your silence serves no one."
This photo-series of forgotten places makes me want to go off the grid.
The wild stories behind the world's rarest colors.
This astronaut brought her son to a photoshoot and it's absolutely adorable.
A tribute to girl scout roots.
A cat bed to beat all cat beds.
I just finished So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo and while that book was hard AF (see my review on goodreads here), it did get me thinking more about implicit bias.
A new typeface that merges braille with visible letters might make braille more accessible for all readers.
This Phantom of the Opera beatbox is insane.
The tea lover's guide to Hong Kong. Alright....take me back!
A patient at the Heidelberg Psychiatric Clinic during the 1890s embroidered her straight jacket, creating a powerful item and a unique piece of art.
Take me to the colorful village of Guatape!
If you're like me you talk about food guilt as a way to bond with other people. Here's why we need to stop doing that.
Nature is reclaiming this abandoned Chinese fishing village and it is beautiful.
Why do some birds glow under black light?
Let's hear it for good sportsmanship.
Hardcore porridge. How to eat breakfast like a 17th century Swedish satanist.
This Thai treat is so smooth it's name translates as "I forgot I swallowed" and well, let's just say my interest in piqued.
Of course Norway has the most beautiful public toilet.


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From the Church Leadership
We see partnership as vital, valuable, and identifiable; and believe the significant value in partnership should be reflected in the process of making the decision to become a member. Partnership is a little counter-culture, people often like to belong without commitment. Church is counter-culture, its very nature is to challenge culture by being of Christ. We believe recognised partnership is the biblical norm for a local church community.
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The Next Steps process guides you to discover your redemptive purpose and live the life God created for you. It is made up of four steps that equip you to follow Jesus, connect to the church, discover your purpose, and serve others.


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What Medicaid Tells Us About Government Health Care
Why would Obama want to build on a system with poor outcomes?
Medicaid provides coverage to poor and disabled Americans, many of whom face the highest burden of chronic disease owing to cultural and socioeconomic challenges. The program beats being uninsured, but it often relegates the poor to inferior care.
Reimbursement rates are so low, and billing the program so complicated, that it is hard for internists like me to get beneficiaries access to specialized care or timely interventions. For my patients as well, many of whom are uneducated or don't speak English, Medicaid is replete...


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Thilanga Sumathipala SpeaksJanuary 17, 2016
S R Pathiravithana
Deprivation sometimes could transform into gallantry. It was a make-or-break affair for Thilanga Sumathipala, a man who was turned into a doormat of 'interimism' (a word that we coined under the given circumstances) for more than a decade through constant shutting down of the elected power base through the installation of interim committees.
The newly elected Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President, Sumathipala, has gone through the mill of cricket governance seeing the yo-yo effects of these experiences. Yet, he lived with his passion for cricket through all those years and now finally he is sitting in the office by the SSC grounds with that magnificent view and will be holding the magic wand of cricket power presumably for the next two years.
Last week the Sunday Times Musings had an exclusive chat with Sumathipala and he outlined his future vision for Sri Lanka Cricket and other matters pertaining to the wellbeing of the game.
First we asked the new president how he sees the challenges before him – a cricket team which is hobbling in the international arena, along with matters which are relevant to cricket governance. Sumathipala explained: "I think our first priority is the national team. We feel at present the national team is in disarray. Taking the whole gamut of Test cricket, ODI and T-20 cricket, we feel we have fairly a big issue at hand. On the other hand, we have a problem with the national coach.
When we look at a dedicated professional team, his responsibility is not only coaching. He is in-charge of the entire support service, training schedules, warm-up matches, setting up captain's meetings. Read the rest of this entry ?
Million Dollar Test Bonanza for the Seven Second Tier Cricketing NationsNovember 25, 2015
Andrew -Fidel Fernando, courtesy of ESPNcricinfo, where the title is "ICC to pay seven Full Members $10 million each" … Two Big Men at Cricket's Peak
The ICC will pay seven full-member boards $10 million over the next eight years, as part of the Test Cricket Fund announced during last year's Big Three takeover of cricket's governing body. Other than the BCCI, ECB and CA, the remaining full-member boards will each receive $1.25 million annually, beginning January 2016. The latest figures indicate that each member receiving the Test Match Fund stands to gain $10 million over eight years. This is less than the figure of $12.5 million over eight years announced by ECB president and ICC executive committee member Giles Clarke in February 2014 as each nation's Test Cricket Fund package. Read the rest of this entry ?
Jerome Jayaratne will be Coach for Tour of New ZealandNovember 8, 2015
S.R. Pathiravithana, in The Sunday Times, 8 November 2015
The present Interim cricket coach of Sri Lanka, Jerome Jayaratne is likely to be seconded for his services till the end of the World T-20 Tournament which will be held in India April next year according to cricket's Interim cricket head, Sidath Wettimuny.
SLC's cricket's Interim head told the Sunday Times "At the moment the side is pretty much settled and we do not want to rock the boat in any way. So we are hoping to keep him in charge of the national team will the end of the World T-20 tournament in March/April 2016. The discussions are continuing on the matter and we have not arrived at the final decision as yet" Wettimuny said.
The Longstanding Travails of West Indian CricketOctober 26, 2015
Tony Cozier, courtesy of ESPNcricinfo, October 25, 2015, where the title is "If only West Indies had listened to Murray and Dujon"
There were warnings of the deteriorating relationship between the players and the board 35 years ago. Little has changed, and it could get worse. A familiar story: in 1990, Jeff Dujon highlighted the lack of clarity in players' contracts © Getty Images
For all its global hype, Back to the Future Day last Wednesday might just have escaped your attention. As it was explained in hundreds of newspapers and websites, Back to the Future II was the title of a 1989 movie that propelled its two main characters, Marty McFly (played by Michael J Fox) and Doc Brown, forward to October 21, 2015. It was a sequel to an earlier film, where the two made a trip back to 1955.
Some of what writer-director Robert Zemeckis prophesied has materialised (video chat is real, cars run on alternative fuel, thumbprints can open doors and pay bills, and while the Chicago Cubs may not be at long last baseball's World Series champions, they are in the final playoffs). Others (flying cars and skateboards, and – West Indians will be amused to learn – the banning of lawyers!) will have to wait for Back to the Future III. Read the rest of this entry ?
Mike Marqusee from his Grave: Reviewing the 2011 World CupFebruary 17, 2015
Mike Marqusee ** originally published in The Hindu, 20 March 2011 and http://www.mikemarqusee.com/?p=1154 and then presented in cricketiue
At the outset of this World Cup, both the format and the event were on trial. Questions about its pre-eminence in the global game had been raised not only by the best forgotten 2007 instalment but even more by the rise of T20 and the IPL. While it's too early to say, at the half way point the tournament seem to be answering these questions in the affirmative. At least that's what it looks like sprawled in front of a TV screen in faraway London.
First, it's clear, surely, that the 50 over format has plenty of life left in it and remains a much richer, more satisfying spectacle than T20. Fifty overs allows the batsman to build an innings; indeed, it demands it. It's not just a question of the amount of time but how to use it effectively. Changing gears – which means having more than one or two gears to change through – is an art unique to cricket batting and it plays no role in T20. What's more, to succeed over the longer duration batters need to play strokes all around the wicket, exploiting the full 360 degrees. It might be said that whereas T20 matches are won by the field placings thwarting the batsman, 50 over matches are won by the batsman thwarting the field placings.The new wrinkle of the batting "powerplay" (I wish they had thought up a less macho name) has proved unpredictable, tactically demanding and in some cases decisive. This moveable five over stretch has expanded the room for comebacks – real comebacks from a losing position that are much more convincing than the helter-skelter swings of the pendulum of T20.
Australia's International Cricket Season kicks off at Adelaide OvalNovember 7, 2014
Allan Donald and Safs in their dug-out
some 26,000 odd fans watched this one-sided T20 match between Australia and South Africa … half the house capacity
… among them were Ronali, Anu, Charitha, Hewan and Madu and a budding young cricketer Dinan Perera Read the rest of this entry ?


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In the good ol' days, dirt track racers pulled off their sidecovers and slapped number plates on the sides of their bikes to let people know who they were when they were rooster tailing through every turn at the local dirt track. The British Customs Number Plates are designed to help you pay homage to the heyday of motorcycle racing by having your own customizable number plates on the side of your modern classic. Machined from high-quality aluminum for a factory fit and are designed to pop right into your factory sidecover mounting holes for a quick and easy installation. Available in satin black or brushed to complement whatever your color scheme is, they're designed to be the perfect touch on any tracker, desert sled, or scrambler build, and are a great addition to any Appearance Weekend Project.
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Are you a true dragon hunter?
You've come to the right place!
Every dragon hunter or priced collector is at home here. The fantasy MMORPG Savage Hunt offers you over 600 different dragons, waiting to be tamed. Be it in the depth of the wilderness or in the darkest dungeons - every dragon is available for free.
Savage Hunt – Where you can tame every dragon! Are you ready for the ultimate challenge?
Experience the action-packed combat - dodge, block, attack!
Explore a lovingly crafted game world from the skies, on foot or on water!
Enhance your character, train your dragon and become a one-man-army!
Master hundreds of different dragon skills and expand your character!
Use not only your character's skills but your dragon's as well
Your character grows together with your dragon. Obtain mighty dragon skills and learn to use them at the right times. Your choice of dragon can very well decide over victory or defeat, be it as an active combatant or through its supporting abilities. Do you want to be the ultimate damage dealer, regardless of the consequences? Your dragon skills can grant you powerful abilities to decimate your foes. Maybe you're rather a tank and like to draw the enemy's attention, while swallowing immense amounts of damage? Your dragon can help with that. But healers and supporters aren't coming short either - specialize in dragons with supporting abilities to cover your friend's backs during combat!


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'SNL' Cast Rumored To Add Noël Wells, Beck Bennett, John Milhiser, Kyle Moo
As always, casting decisions about "SNL" are not official until NBC confirms them. A spokesperson for the show has not yet returned our emails. The new players would fill spots vacated by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Jason Sudeikis, who left the show at the end of last season.