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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.CHICAGO — More than two dozen people were shot in Chicago during the warmest weekend so far this year. According to Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, from 6 p.m. on Friday until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, there were 24 shootings across the city and five murders. In the same timeframe last year, there were 18 shootings and four murders. Four children, under the age of 16, were among those injured. The latest shooting happened shortly after midnight Monday at 72nd Street and Stony Island. A man was walking to his vehicle when someone opened fired. He was shot in the chest and transported to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. Two children and four adults were shot during a baby shower at 63rd and Seeley in West Englewood on Saturday. Witnesses said the shooters fired into a crowd, sending three people to hospital in critical condition; including an 8-year old boy shot in the chest and back, a 10-year old girl shot in the shin, and a 29-year old woman shot in the chest. Police believe the shooting was gang-related, in retaliation for another in Englewood. Guglielmi said they will be having an Operation Wake Up Monday evening with the community at the site of the shooting to try and spur additional leads Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot tweeted that she was heartbroken, and "we must stop the epidemic of violence in our city."
A few hours later, Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited the two children at Comer Children's Hospital. "Our kids deserve to know the sound of laughter not the sound of gunfire regardless of where they live regardless of their background. They are playing, two parties. One is a birthday party. One is a baby shower. They're in the front yard, and you have nothing but a bunch of gangbangers thinking our streets are their firing range," Emanuel told reporters. The Chicago Tribune reports of those shot this weekend, 24 people were shot within 30-hour span.
I'm heartbroken by the news of a shooting in West Englewood yesterday. No parent should fear for their child's safety.— Lori Lightfoot (@LightfootForChi) April 7, 2019
We must stop the epidemic of violence in our city and take care of victims & witnesses, who continue to experience trauma long after these devastating events. https://t.co/mlTJj6DLjE


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Raise a glass at specialist whisky festival in St Albans
PUBLISHED: 12:07 28 June 2019 | UPDATED: 12:07 28 June 2019
Summerton Whisky Festival
A 'neat' festival for lovers of whisky is coming to St Albans for the first time.
The Summerton Club Whisky Festival will take place at The Lower Red Lion in Fishpool Street on the weekend of June 29 to June 30.
The event will give visitors and festival-goers the chance to sample a huge array of over 60 craft small batch whiskies, from all around the world.
As well as sampling fine spirits from over 15 master distillers, a host of industry experts will be on hand to guide visitors through the samples on offer.
Whiskies to be featured at the festival include one of the first single malts to be produced in London in over a century, from award-winning distillers Bimber.
Visitors are in for a real treat as Bimber will be debuting their first release of 'The London Single Malt Whisky' with special bottlings of different finishes.
As well as British distillers, there will be brands to sample from all across the globe.
One to look out for is Mackmyra, the award-winning Swedish single malt brand.
Its famous 'Moments' range is released every year and is limited to just 4,000 bottles.
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Visitors to the festival will have the rare opportunity of sampling Mackmyra's latest limited-edition malt.
With the rise in popularity of Japanese whisky, the festival will be hosting three top flight Japanese brands including Hatozaki, Togouchi and Akashi.
The festival is run by The Summerton Whisky Club, a craft whisky members club which aims to share the best in international whiskies.
Club founder Daniel Humphrey said: "We're really excited to unveil so many top-quality whisky brands and where better to try these great tipples than in a lovely old 17th century pub in St Albans.
"Whether you are new to whisky or a seasoned connoisseur, the festival will provide a rare insight into some truly great whiskies from around the world.
"Learn about the distilling process and enjoy a great time with the experts."
The festival will be open from 1pm to 5pm on both Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30.
Tickets are priced at £25 per day or £45 for a weekend ticket.
The price includes all you can drink samples of the delicious whiskies on offer as well as the opportunity to purchase these rare whiskies at a discount price.
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I have heard some people say that it's better to go heavier gauge. I ask because I have a student whose parents bought her a full-sized guitar (at, I confess, my recommendation) - the neck thickness of what they got has made the student uncomfortable but she is happier with one of my guitars that has a slightly smaller body and thinner neck, but is still 650 mm.
I'm thinking that a 7/8 size is our next stop, and I've had students use Cordoba 7/8 size classical guitars in the past with great results.
But now I'm wondering if we should try a heavy or medium gauge string.
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Mohd Safee Bin Mohd Sali (born 29 January 1984 in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia) is a Malaysian footballer who plays for PKNS and the Malaysia national football team. Safee plays as a forward or an attacking midfielder
In 2011, Safee became the first Malaysian footballer to play in the Indonesia Super League with Pelita Jaya. Safee previously played for Melaka TMFC, Kuala Lumpur FA, Sarawak FA, Selangor FA, Pelita Jaya and Arema Cronus before heading back to Malaysian's side, Johor Darul Ta'zim.
Safee represents the Malaysia national team at the international level and was a member of the Malaysian team who won the 2010 AFF Championship for the first time with Safee being the top scorer. Safee is the only Malaysian footballer to score in four consecutive AFF Championship tournaments and is currently Malaysia's all-time leading goalscorer in the tournament with nine goals.
Safee began his career at the age of 19 playing for TM FC after he attended the team tryout. Safee managed to play a few games for the team before joining Kuala Lumpur FA.
Safee talent was noticed by Kuala Lumpur FA coach, Igor Novak. He managed to score a hatrick during a league match against Perak TKN which ended with 6–2 win. He scored 11 goals in his first season with the team. In 2004 season, he only managed to score two league goals. In his last season with Kuala Lumpur, he scored 11 goals (7 league goals, 3 goals in Malaysia FA Cup and 1 goal in Malaysia Cup).
Safee later joined Sarawak FA. He became the top local goalscorer with 10 goals. His performance attracted the attention of the Malaysia football fans and the national team coach.
In 2006/2007 season, Safee joined Selangor FA. He was given the number 10 jersey which was once worn by legendary Selangor FA and Malaysian national team player, the late Mokhtar Dahari. With Selangor, Safee impressed K. Devan by bringing the team both to the FA Cup and Malaysia Cup final. However, Selangor lost to Kedah FA in both finals with the same score of 3–2. He scored a total of 11 goals in his first season with Selangor.
On his second season with Selangor, he scored 11 goals in 10 matches, but he had an injury that made him missed half of the 2007/08 season. He returned to be the second top scorer on the 2010 Season. He also scored the winning goal for Selangor in a 2–1 win against Negeri Sembilan FA at the 2010 Malaysia Charity Shield.
After the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup and his superb performance at the early stages in the 2011 Super League Malaysia season, Safee agreed to join the Indonesian Super League team, Pelita Jaya to gain more experience. Safee's last game with Selangor was a 1–1 draw against Kuala Lumpur FA. This was Safee's last game before his departure to Karawang, Indonesia to join Pelita Jaya.
On 5 February 2011, Safee officially transferred to the Indonesian Super League team, Pelita Jaya on a USD 30,000 transfer fee and his salary reached USD 10,000 or RM 30,360. . Safee signed a 1 year contract with Pelita Jaya. This transfer made Safee the first Malaysian player to play in the Indonesian Super League. Safee originally was given the number 10 shirt. But due to a registration problem, he chose the number 55 instead of his original number. Safee made his league debut against Sriwijaya. Safee scored 7 goals in 13 appearance in his first season with Pelita.
On 12 October 2011, Safee was announced as the captain of Pelita Jaya for the upcoming 2011–12 Indonesia Super League season and changed his jersey number to 10 instead. On 24 March 2012, Safee managed to score four goals against Gresik United. Safee ended the season with 20 league goals.
In 2011, Safee was offered a two-week trial with Football League Championship club, Cardiff City.
In 2013 season, Safee transferred to Arema Cronus.
In 2013, Safee returned to Malaysia to join Johor Darul Takzim. He made his debut and scored two goals in the pre-season match against Melaka United. In 2015, Safee was selected to start in the 2015 AFC Cup Final in a 1–0 victory against Istiklol at Pamir Stadium.
In 2017, Safee announced that he had signed with PKNS.
Safee started representing Malaysia Under-23 during the 2004 Olympic Games qualifiers. He played all the qualification matches but mostly played as the substitute. He was then selected to represent Malaysia Under-23 at the 2005 Pre-South East Asian Games in Thailand under the then-coach Bertalan Bicskei. He managed to score only one goal in the tournament against the Philippines Under-23. He however did not make it into 2005 South East Asian Games squad that won the bronze medal. After the 2005 South East Asian Games, Safee was given a chance by coach Norizan Bakar to represent the Under-23 side for the 2006 Doha Asian Games. He again failed to make it into the squad.
After the national Under-23 sides failure in the 2006 Asian Games, Safee was selected as the main striker by coach B. Sathianathan. Together with striking partner Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak, they managed to win the 2007 Merdeka Tournament after defeating Myanmar 3–1 in the final and becoming the top scorer with 4 goals. He then was chosen to represent the country in the 2007 South East Asian Games in Thailand. Safee managed to score 2 goals in the tournament but the Under-23 national team failed to advance into the semifinal after a draw against rivals the Singapore.
For 2008, Safee was chosen as the main striker in the 2008 Malaysia Intercontinental Cup. He managed to score all Malaysia's 3 goals in Malaysia's 1–3 defeat to the Republic of Ireland, 1–0 win against the Iraq and an impressive 1–1 draw against the Nigeria. The match against Nigeria was Safee's last game with Malaysia national under-23 team.
In 2010, Safee received called up for the Asian Games squad. He played three matches in Eximbank Cup in Vietnam. He did not chosen as the three senior members for the final squad to the Asian Games.
After an impressive season with Sarawak in the Malaysia Premier League, Safee managed to make it into the national team. He was given his first senior caps against New Zealand on 19 February 2006. He then scored his first international goal on his second cap against New Zealand.
He then became the part of the national football team preparing for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. He was then chosen into the squad of Malaysia 2007 Asian Cup. He only made his first appearance in the Asian Cup in the third group match against Iran where Malaysia lost 0–3.
For the 2008 Merdeka Tournament, Safee scored another similar style of goal that was scored earlier during the 2008 Sultan of selangor Cup against the Nepal. He became the top scorer of the tournament with 5 goals despite Malaysia losing 6–5 through penalty kicks against Vietnam in the final.
In November 2010, Safee was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Safee scored twice against Vietnam to secure a 2–0 win in the first leg in the semi finals. Safee again scored another two goals in the first leg of the finals to secure a 3–0 win against Indonesia. On the second leg of the Final, Safee scored another goal to earn 5 goals, thus becoming the tournaments top goal scorer. Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 title for the first time in their history.
On 28 November 2012, Safee netted in his third consecutive AFF Championship tournament, scoring the second goal in Malaysia's 4–1 win over Laos in their second group match. On 29 November 2014, Safee netted in his fourth consecutive AFF Championship tournament, scoring the first goal in Malaysia's 3–1 win over Singapore in their third group match. Other than that, he was invisible throughout the tournament.
Safee also represented in the Malaysia XI squad against Arsenal and Liverpool at the Shah Alam Stadium on 29 July 2008. He was one of the impressive Malaysian players on the match. The Malaysia XI eventually lost.
On 16 July 2011, Safee was included in the match against Liverpool in which the Malaysia XI lost 3–6. He came on as a substitute and scored 2 goals.
Safee previously wears the legendary jersey No. 10 which was once worn by legendary Selangor FA and Malaysian national team player, the late Mokhtar Dahari. He is a member of the Malaysia national football team. His aggressive playing style, combined with great pace, good physique despite his height of 171 cm and his shooting techniques recently made him a regular first team member for the national team. Being one of the Malaysian players with the best flair, Safee also contributes spectacular goals with his long shots and overhead kicks for both the national team and Selangor FA.
Safee gained notoriety on social media after lashing out at fans for criticising his poor performances for the Malaysian national team in the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup. After a 3–2 loss to Thailand in the group stage of the tournament, he responded to negative comments on Instagram by saying in Malay: " "Those commenting negatively here, have you played at the international level? If not, you'd better shut up...Don't put down the efforts of those fighting for the country's honour...IF YOU SHAME TO SUPPORT HARIMAU MALAYA BETTER CHANGE TO ANOTHER FLAG (sic)".
Malaysia succeeded in making it to the final anyway, after overturning a 2–1 semi-final first leg deficit to win 5–3 on aggregate against Vietnam in the second leg. Safee was rested for the second leg, reportedly due to injury. Following the victory over Vietnam, he posted an Instagram photo of himself celebrating, with the caption (translated): "To the fans who swapped flags after being told off last time, don't hide your faces behind pillows ok..just wipe them with tissues". One of the photo's hashtags said "#amikkau", which means "take that" in Malay. This outraged Malaysian fans further, and Safee was booed by home supporters during the final game against Thailand.
Safee is under sponsorship with American sports-brand, Nike, after previously being the face of Adidas for South East Asia. Safee was given his own Mercurial Football Boot with his name on it. It was given exclusively by Nike.


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A common problem in shooting sports is precipitation of lead onto aluminum suppressor baffles. (The lead presumably comes from both lead styphnate priming compound and from the base and bearing surface of lead bullets that vaporize during propulsion.)
If the lead precipitate is allowed to build up a contiguous layer it requires mechanical removal, which tends to damage and degrade the aluminum alloys used.
A common solution for ferrous baffles is to strip the lead with H2O2-boosted acetic acid, but that goes after aluminum almost as fast as lead.
What practical electrochemical methods could be used to strip the solid lead from the aluminum?
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By Marion Blackburn
GRIMESLAND, N.C. — When Bishop James Lot Smith Spencer made a commitment to "Feed the poor," his children accepted the mission as well.
Today, the First Born Community Development Center, directed by Smith's daughter, Carolyn Smith Spencer, serves that pledge with monthly food giveaways for people in the rural, impoverished Pitt County community of Grimesland.
The center is attached to the First Born Holy Church, which Bishop Smith founded in 1969.
Each month, First Born helps feed about 500 families, but uncertain funding means that may not be possible in the months ahead, says Carolyn Smith Spencer.
"I never asked for a salary, just to pay the light bill. But it's a struggle," she says. "You can't have an agency without paying people to work for you."
First Born began in 1992 with a simple goal of providing food for the poor.
At full capacity, it offered food three Saturdays a month, including one distribution for people with diabetes.
Now it offers food only once a month for the community, while the diabetic food giveaway has continued without interruption.
First Born operates mostly with volunteers. It formerly paid Smith a modest salary, but that has been discontinued.
The group needs about $4,700 each month to pay for delivery trucks, utilities and other expenses.
First Born in 2007 will lose part of its funding from United Way of Pitt County because with its limited staff it was unable to fulfill some United Way requirements, says Gwendolyn Smith, president of First Born's board and another of James Smith's daughters.
So as the agency reduces services in the short term, it is planning for more stability.
"Our focus for the months ahead is to tap into some of the grants that we might qualify for," Gwendolyn Smith says. "In some ways it's good for us that we are in this situation, because it's showing us how strong we are as an organization."
In the meantime, her sister, Carolyn Spencer, who trained in cosmetology, has returned to working in a hair salon while continuing to operate the First Born Center.
"Carolyn had to look for another job, but she said, 'Don't worry, we'll make it through,'" Gwendolyn Smith said.
First Born has 11 board members and 40 to 50 volunteers who staff the food distribution each month.
The agency is funded through private donations, many of them monthly individual commitments. Churches in the area have also supported First Born.
The Smith family of 16 was raised helping others, Gwendolyn Smith says.
"That's the way we grew up," she says. "My father instilled in us that we were to love our neighbor. My father had this vision for as long as I knew him, to help our neighbors and feed the poor.
"A lot of times you live next to someone and you don't know what their situation is. When he decided to create a little pantry, Carolyn started looking for ways to bring in some money to support what our father began."
Smith and her sister completed the requirements to establish First Born as a nonprofit agency. It has been a member agency of the Food Bank of North Carolina since then.
These days, Carolyn Spencer says, the agency serves nearly 2,000 clients.
The center also delivers to the home-bound, handicapped and elderly and offers clothing and youth programs.
The monthly food giveaway for people with diabetes is sponsored by a grant from the Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation.
First Born will continue to receive some United Way funds through contribution designated for the agency by donors.
Those designations last year totaled more than $20,000.


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Time Is Now Sweater
Alright, grab the popcorn and start the movie in this comfy, lightweight, knit sweater. Featuring a V neckline and color block stripes. These colors are idea for fall but you could totally pair it with shorts in the summer as well.
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The full line of Belleza's Ria is in store now! How exciting is that!? Ava has always been my number 1 choice but Ria is close to getting that position now. She is gorgeous and the last shape I made fits this skin perfectly. I'm showing you 2 of the gorgeous make- ups here. And what I also wanted to show you are these 2 exclusive styles from Damelfly. The Mohawk one is for both guys and gals. There are only 150 left total so you better hurry if you want one of these styles, or perhaps both 🙂 Happy shopping! ❤
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Amazon Teams Up With Regulation Enforcement To Deploy Dangerous New Facial Recognition Technology
Along with the development of science and technology, technological innovations grew together with it, resulting to the emergence of new equipment and gadgets. Principally, media convergence is the process when new technologies accustomed by existing media and folks can clearly see the alteration from previous media to the new media (Dwyer, 2010). The professionals of technology also has helped us with surviving and existing as human beings with the innovations of properties, machines to scrub water, money growth, provision of food, and so forth.
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Technology has created employment for people who market their products through the web. By aligning with technology, using The MovieMaking Course of as a studying and teaching instrument; human improvement, through faux play, can declare authority over simulation and simulacrum, overruling them with a significant, shared experience.
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In any country, go to any area where archery is practiced. Rent a bow, and ask for the one on the bottom row, third last one to the right. With it you will receive fourteen arrows. All of them, except for one, should be fletched with yellow and white feathers. The odd one out will be fletched with black.
Proceed to fire your arrows, but do not ever use the black one. You may continue shooting well past closing time; you will not be interrupted by anyone. As night falls, nock an arrow on your string; fire it just as the last sliver of sun sinks below the horizon. No matter your skill, no matter you eyesight, the arrow will be a perfect bullseye.
At that instant, a wave of black and violet fog will erupt from the target, and will form a ring with a diameter that encompasses seven targets, including yours. When it fades, you'll see that where it once sat in a wide plain, or at the edge of a forest, the range is now located at the top of a dirt-capped plateau.
It's advised that you move from the middle of the range, as an arrow will be headed directly towards you. The owner of the arrow is a young woman, someone who looks to be a year younger than yourself. Her flaming red hair whips straight back as if a wind blows straight into her face. In her hands she holds a bow carved from blue wood. Over her right eye she wears a white eye patch, marked with a symbol similar to the one on your eye.
She'll beckon you over, and challenge you to a contest of marksmanship. How you do on your first two shots is not important. When you nock the third arrow, a large beast-like demon will vault over the edge of the plateau. Releasing the shot will fire it straight through its head. It will be a drop in the ocean, though, as the one beast will be followed by thousands of others just like it.
Before the first wave hits the ground, grab the archer around the waist, and kiss her as if it was the last thing you could do before you die; it's highly likely that it will be.
Time will stop. The beast demons will hang in mid air. As soon as you break contact with her, ask her, "Who is among my allies?" Her answer will come in the form of a story that details every shadow-cloaked assassination in human history. At the end she will take off her eye patch, and hand it to you; you'll see that, lodged in her right eye is a twisted iron arrow head, blood pouring from the wound as if it was fresh.
You should knock your black arrow, as she is knocking an identical, white one. Stand back to back, aiming towards the frozen mass of demons, and at the same time, fire.
The resulting white-wash explosion will knock you out, and you'll wake up in the bed of the place you call home.
Over your right eye will be the eye patch.
That eye patch is Object 179 of 538. Wearing it will reveal to you who your allies truly are.
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Tue 1 Oct 19
12th and 13th October 2019
Free of Charge
Autumn has arrived, with the leaves begin to change colour, cooler temperatures and new foods in season as the nights grow darker. The October market weekend at Bowhouse is an opportunity to enjoy the finest, local artisan produce of the area.
The October market will see over 30 of the finest producers hosting stands over the weekend. This October will focus on orchards and the fruits that can be found in gardens with apple pressing and Scottish fruit tasting. Visitors to the market area can pick up a huge selection of cheese, bread, meat, fish, fruit and vegetables from a curated selection of Scotland's very best.
With exhibitors including Unorthodox Roast coffee, Birken Tree birch water, beer and cider from Wasted Degrees and Strathearn Cider. There will also be charcuterie from East Coast Cured and Good Life Farming and cheeses from St Andrew's Farmhouse Cheese and the Damn Fine Cheese Co. Those looking for a sweet treat will be spoilt for choice with Dundee Cheesecakes, The Newport Bakery, The Cocoa Tree and more for cakes, chocolate and baking.
As well as shopping, there will also be street food with curries, wood-fired pizzas and fish and chips to keep the whole family well fed at long communal tables while listening to live music performed by Luke Ivins.
There will also be a butchery stall from Balcaskie Meat selling organic beef and a selection of game meats from the Estate. Cooking with venison is incredibly easy and healthy as it is very lean and high in iron.
Kellie Castle and Garden will also be returning to Bowhouse with a children's wishing tree and apple print artwork activities. They will be raising funds for the National Trust by bringing their wobbly fruit to be made into apple juice, so visitors should bring their containers to take fresh juice home.
The monthly Market Weekends at Bowhouse are free to attend, giving visitors the opportunity to meet, discuss and taste food and drink from Scotland's best artisan producers. In addition, Bowhouse acts as a hub for food and drink producers in the East Neuk of Fife, providing them with support and acting as the missing link between farm and fork.
Further details can be found at bowhousefife.com or on:
Twitter – twitter.com/BowhouseFife
Facebook – facebook.com/BowhouseFife
Instagram – instagram.com/bowhousefife
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Bowhouse continues to attract a crowd of food-curious people from across Scotland and travel to the venue is easy. Train stations at Kirkcaldy and Leuchars are stops on the main East Coast Mainline with regular services to Edinburgh and Glasgow. Stagecoach bus services 95 (Leven–St Andrews) and X60 (Edinburgh–St Andrews) stop nearby. The popular seaside holiday town of Elie is under two miles away and a popular cycle ride along the Fife Coastal Path.
Bowhouse Farm, St Monans, Anstruther, Fife, KY10 2DB


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Introduce yourself…
I'm Chloe, owner of White Button Weddings. I'm wife to Tim, and Mummy to two little boys, Arthur and Hector, and soon to be a little girl as well! Life is hectic but I love it and thrive on the variation that my roles as wife, Mummy, daughter, friend and wedding planner bring me.
My main team mate is my Mum and best pal, Sarah. She is incredible- super creative, seems to have endless energy and is a constant positive support. Everyone loves Mum, she's such a joy to have around on your wedding day and is just great at getting stuff done. Although I always introduce her as Sarah, by the end of a wedding she is always just 'Mum' to everyone.
What are a few of your favourite things?
I love jaffa cakes (like really love them!), cooking, family time, quality time with friends, travelling, interiors, the sunshine and country pubs.
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7 Things I Wish My Partner Had Said To Me In The First Hour After Giving Birth
I don't know if it was the buzz of the surrounding machines, the non-existent cry of our son as the doctors tried to resuscitate him, or the fact that I'd already been through labor and delivery once before, but I knew something was missing after I had my second child. I remember lying in bed, still foggy, waiting to hear my partner say something comforting, loving, or even funny. Instead, nothing. Honestly, there are so many things I wish my partner had said to me in the first hour after giving birth, but there's nothing he, or I, can do to change that now.
I can't blame my husband entirely, though. After all, I have no idea what it's like to watch your wife endure a traumatic birth. Labor was incredibly painful and long (three days) and it took a toll on everyone involved. Our sweet boy was not only stuck in the birth canal, but he had his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. When he finally came into the world, the umbilical cord snapped. In that moment, and in the absence of a newborn cry, my world went dark.
The doctors and nurses swiftly carried our son away, my partner disappearing along with them. I had passed out from an immense loss of blood, but I do vaguely remember seeing the shape of my partner by my side periodically. One minute he was there, the next minute he was gone. I didn't know what was going on at the time, and, looking back, I wish he had been more engaged. In the end, I truly believe that if he had said some of the following in that first hour after such a terrifying delivery, I wouldn't have felt so scared, unsure, and alone.
"Everything Is Fine"
When labor and delivery was over, the room was so loud. I thought the worst part had passed, but as I drifted in and out of consciousness I realized that wasn't the case. I needed my partner to step up and make sure I heard, and understood, that everything was OK. As doctors and nurses rushed in to help me and my son, everything took a turn toward the chaotic. Maybe my partner said something before he was ushered out of the room, but it wasn't enough.
Every mom who's just given birth deserves to hear that everything is fine.
"Our Baby Will Be OK"
More than anything else, I needed to hear that my son — the being I carried in my body for nine months — was going to be OK. By the way the doctors and nurses swiftly took him away after delivery, and by how quickly and carefully they were working on him, I knew something was wrong and I needed words of comfort.
In the absence of any kind of reassurance, and in the midst of my overwhelming confusion, I remember ripping my oxygen mask off at one point and trying to see what was going on for myself. If my partner had said our son was alright and gave me updates, I would have been able to focus on staying healthy myself, too.
"Take Care Of You"
Once it was clear that my son and I were going to be fine, I would've loved for my partner to make sure I knew not to worry about anything but myself. I needed to hear that the most important thing to do was to rest while the nurses cleaned me up. Instead, I worried about our older 5-year-old daughter, our visiting family members, and my partner. I worried about how long people were waiting, how happy my daughter was, and if my partner was OK.
I needed to focus on myself, and no one around me reminded me of that undeniable fact.
"I'll Handle It"
I wanted my partner to step up and take care of whatever the hell needed to be taken care of. I didn't want to be asked, or consulted, or informed, unless it was dire or in regards to the wellbeing of our new son. I definitely didn't want to decide anything, or think, or weigh options. I just wanted to lie in bed until I was able to get up and go to the bathroom. I wanted to rest after a traumatic labor and delivery. I wanted to sleep and find my center and get back to neutral.
Hearing "I'll handle it" would have given me the freedom to finally, after nine months of pregnancy and a seemingly endless labor and delivery. relax.
"Let Me Help You"
After a long labor, any and all help was greatly appreciated. After childbirth, and definitely within the first hour, I wish my partner had offered to help me more. I needed to know he was my person, without question, and that's he'd help however he could. I wanted to rely on my husband, and not doctors and nurses.
"You're Amazing"
After a labor and delivery that felt like I had literally conquered Mt. Everest, I wanted — needed — validation. Hell, I deserved to hear all the damn compliments in the damn world. I had earned the right to hear about what a great job I did giving birth to our child. At the very least, it would have been great for morale.
"We Can Get Through Anything"
When my son made me a mother for a second time, I was both proud and terrified. I didn't know how to parent two children. Hell, I wasn't sure I was doing a good enough parenting one. And in that first hour after giving birth, my emotions were raw. I was exhausted, I was overwhelmed, I was in pain, and I was completely unsure about the immediate future.
I wish my partner had brought our daughter to my side when I held her new brother and quieted all the doubts flying around in my head. I wish he'd looked at me and said, "You did it, and we'll get through it. I promise." Then again, maybe he didn't have to. When I looked at my family together, I already knew.
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Dick was a clever boy, but his parents were poor, so he had to work in his spare time and during his holidays to pay for his education. In spite of this, he managed to get to the university, but it was so expensive to study there that during the holidays he found it necessary to get two jobs at the same time so as to earn enough money to pay for his studies.
One summer he managed to get a job in a butcher's shop during the daytime, and another in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learnt to cut meat up quite nicely, so the butcher often left him to do all the serving while he went into a room behind the shop to do the accounts. In the hospital, on the other hand, he was, of course, allowed to do only the simplest jobs, like helping to lift people and to carry them from one part of the hospital to another. Both at the butcher's shop and at the hospital, Dick had to wear white clothes.
One evening at the hospital, Dick had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the place where she was to have an operation. The woman was already feeling frightened at the thought of the operation before he came to get her, but when she saw Dick, that finished her.
"No! No!" she cried. "Not my butcher! I won't be operated on by my butcher!" and fainted away.
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A critical look at BC's new tax breaks and subsidies for LNG
Thursday, May 09, 2019
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
View the report by clicking here.
Overall, the new BC government has offered a much sweeter deal to the LNG industry than what the previous government was willing to extend, making four major concessions: discounted electricity prices, exemptions from increases in the BC carbon tax, a corporate income tax break and deferral of provincial sales tax on construction.
OFFICES: BC Office
ISSUE: Energy policy
PROJECTS: Corporate Mapping Project


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Scuba Claustrophobia Remixes
Published Nov 11, 2015Claustrophobia, the fourth LP from Scuba, stands as not only his best piece of work to date but also one of the best electronic releases of the year. Moving from sleek proto dubstep into something much richer, modern and focused, Claustrophobia signalled a new, brave direction for the British producer. So it makes sense that the Scuba would be eager to pass these tracks on to the next generation for the remix treatment.
Collecting previously released mixes alongside a handful of new submissions, Claustrophobia Remixes pulls together only a handful of known names (Atom , Audion, Radio Slave), while lesser-known producers also give satisfying takes Scuba's tracks: Acid Mondays' propulsive "Needle Phobia" redo, Len Faki's undeniably danceable "Black on Black" and Tuff City Kids' rubbery "Transience" are all intriguing. Claustrophobia Remixes proves to be a surprisingly listenable and digestible collection of songs thanks to the strong stock material and enthusiastic line-up. (Hotflush)


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Devising and implementing appropriate strategies for customer management and effective communication will create value for customers, achieve strategic company goals and ensure competitive advantage in the market place. The course is structured to provide participants with the essential tools for not only achieving breakthrough service, but also laying the foundations for an innovative, dynamic work culture tailored to the exacting needs of clientele. The focus is on managing customer expectation, delighting the customer, effective relationship management and understanding the barriers to delivery of outstanding customer service.
Participants will learn to deliver customer service and result based marketing efforts serving customers while also achieving better results from their marketing effort. The key to sustainable success for any operator is the industry and consistency of its service, as well as an understanding of the customer. This is the key focus of the seminar
Key Learning Objectives/ Benefits
- improve your performance on customer service delivery
- deliver superior customer service leading to customer delight
- improve team work and synergy within various departments
- achieve competitive advantage in the market where you operate
- delight internal and external customers
- become more productive and increase job satisfaction
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Customer Management: Tools for effective Relationship Management.
- Role of Effective Communication in Customer management
- Maintaining and Updating Database (to aid effective communication)
- Creating and Communicating Value
- Barriers to Value Creation
- Best Practices around the World
- Telephone Techniques
Managing Complaints and Feedback: Best Practices Worldwide.
- Handling objections and complaints
- Scenario (case study discussion)
- Video presentation
- Monitoring of complaints and compliments
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Long story short this was my very first boss I ordered for the dealership I work for #0001 and I kept in touch with the owner thru service and when he would come talk cars with me. The only mods to the car he did was the red track key and opened up the side exhaust. Well last year in April he mentioned he don't drive the car much and his knees aren't doing well and would consider selling it. Of course I wasn't ready and really wasn't interested but a few months back I got the itch for a gt500 and started looking for one on Mannheim auto auction and when addave started asking me for carfax's. He got me thinking and I started looking at the prices online and auction prices for boss's and was shocked how expensive they are. So i gave my customer a call and asked if he still had the car and he said yes and we negotiated with no test drive lol. After a few days we struck a deal.
I ordered a new window sticker thru the dealer and build spec sheet and of course the dealer invoice. Thanks ford
The day I picked up the boss
First I thing I did was drop it off for 15% tints and headlight tints and taillight tints and hid lighting.
Then I bought some steeda springs and had it lowered at @DMarkperformance thanks drew.
Then I had the front plate bracket removed and had the front bumper painted. Then I clay bared the paint with a Porter cable with pinnacle products. I wiped down the interior and scrubbed the boss mats, wiped down the engine bay and every door jam and trunk jam.
So far I'm happy with it and plan on keeping the car stock and maybe add wheels.


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How Good Walkability can equal Good Investment
Melbourne's urban landscape is increasingly densifying with what appears to be a constant supply of residential development geared towards investors in inner city and medium ring suburbs. As supply and choice increases, it becomes ever important for those choosing to invest in an inner city dwelling to consider investment criteria about and within a suburb to ensure that when you buy an apartment, you are buying maximum value for dollar. Such criteria may include cost per square metre, proximity to amenity and public transport and owner versus renter breakdown, but one factor that is gaining increased gravity with investors is a suburb's walkability.
Walkability is a points system derived by Walk Score and uses accessibility and proximity for residents to people, places, attractions and transportation options amongst other considerations to determine how walk friendly a suburb is for those who choose to reside within it. The aim of this scoring system is to promote healthier, happier and more sustainable lifestyles by pointing potential renters to areas which gives them more lifestyle options and subsequently provides investors a good guide on which areas are potentially a good investment.
Research on the local Melbourne property market conducted by advocate firm Secret Agent suggests that prices can rise by up to $298 per square metre for a five point increase on the Walk Score scale which works out to approximately $60 per square metre per point. As a comparison, lets take two inner south suburbs of South Yarra and Elwood and compare an average 60 square metre apartment. The Walk Score of South Yarra according to the scale is 92 compared to Elwood's 84, which is a difference of 8 Walk Score points. Based on the Walk Score price guide alone, a purchaser would be paying on average approximately $480/sqm more in South Yarra than in Elwood. Obviously there are many other factors that affect an investors decision, but the main idea is to use the Walk Score as a guide when selecting a good investment.
Unsurprisingly, Melbourne's most walkable suburbs are located in the inner city and more to the point in the inner north with Carlton (currently with 10 residential projects listed on Urban.com.au's project database) taking the crown as Numero Uno with a Walk Score of 97 out of a possible 100. Carlton is closely followed by it's inner city neighbours, Fitzroy (96) and Fitzroy North (93) in second and third place. Melbourne in its entirety is second in Australia with a Walk Score of 57 compared to Sydney which has a Walk Score of 63.
What is alarming though, and again not surprising to most people that live in Melbourne, is that once you spread out beyond the sought after inner city suburbs, the Walk Score drops off dramatically and provides a very clear insight into Melbourne's car dependency. For example, Truganina, a new suburban development area located in the outer western boundaries of Melbourne, has a poultry Walk Score of just 20 and is classed as Melbourne's 328th most walkable suburb. Those that read Urban.com.au regularly know that the message will always advocate for smarter planning that revolves around infrastructure and amenity, similar virtues to what the Walk Score aims to exemplify. So to see a score down in at the bottom of the barrel such as Truganina's, it beggars the question - why suburban developments are allowed to continue to eat up more land and to keep people in their cars which adds no value to the public realm?
At the end of the day, most people if they had a choice would choose to live near amenity and services and not have to rely on the car as much, but it is an unfortunate fact that today Melbourne is a car dependent city due to its suburban sprawl. To combat this and to ultimately improve the lifestyle of Melbourne's citizen's, urban densification is crucial by way of increased residential and commercial development to ensure that more people can live, work and play in close proximity to better and healthier lifestyle options.


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AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program awards grant to Ilie
ECE ILLINOIS Assistant Professor Raluca Ilie was selected by the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) to receive a grant that covers a three year period and totals to $450,000.
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) announced that they would award about $19.9 million in grants to "45 scientists and engineers from 38 research institutes and small businesses who submitted winning research proposals through YIP."
Out of over 280 proposals, Ilie's proposal, "Determining the Contribution of Nitrogen to the Total Ionospheric Ion Outflow," was named as one of the 45 winning proposals.
Through this program, the YIP strives to "foster creative basic research in science and engineering, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators, and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize the Air Force mission and the related challenges in science and engineering."
Visit the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base site to view the list of grant recipients and their anticipated research areas.


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It is widely known that Kodak has filed for Chapter 11 protection back in January 2012. The company went bankrupt even though it is regarded as one of the most innovative imaging companies of all time and the inventor of the digital camera.
Kodak Q1 2013 earnings report: $283 million profit
A long history does not guarantee success, but it also does not mean that Kodak should give up. Despite the fact that its losses for 2012 reached an amount of over $1.3 billion, CEO Antonio Perez stated that the company will emerge out of bankruptcy sometime in mid-2013.
It appears that Perez is right, as the company provided good news in the space of less than 24 hours. Yesterday, Kodak handed over its personalized imaging and document imaging business to the UK Pension Plan, in order to pay a debt of $2.8 billion. Now, the firm has reported a quarterly profit of $283 million.
The Rochester-based company is back on track after a long run of negative balances. In the first quarter of 2012, Kodak announced a loss off $366 million, therefore the news that the company made a successful comeback to profit in such a short amount of space is encouraging.
Patent portfolio sale accounted for most of the money
Most of the profit comes from the sale of its digital imaging patents to several companies, such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Facebook for an amount of $538 million, not $527 million as previously reported.
However, some of its businesses are still losing money. The Digital Printing and Enterprise subsidiary lost $8 million. Even though it is a loss, it should be compared to the $89 million one in Q1 2012.
On the other hand, the Graphics, Entertainment, and Commercial Films subsidiary announced a profit of $38 million, which can be put in contradiction with the $84 million loss just one year earlier.
Experts believe that Kodak will announce its emergence out of bankruptcy sometime over the following months, shortly after the regulators will approve the handing over of its personalized and document imaging businesses to UK retirees.


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This is the Stockholm's Central Train Station or simply Centralstation. This is the neural center of interurban/intercity commuting; as almost all European capitals, Stockholm is well served by rail services to other major Swedish cities and other neighboring foreign cities. IMO, when you are here you feel like time has stopped, as if you were in the 1950s. Have I told you that I love trains?
September 29, 2016
Central Train Station
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Name: Lumina Alkori
Country Affiliation: Wanderer
Race: Human
Tier: D
Class: Beast Tamer
Age + Birthdate: 22(3/03)
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual with preference towards women
Personality: Quiet with a air of the untamed surrounding her, this is reflected in the way she acts in city, constantly on guard and watching for danger. she is curt and very unladylike simply doing what needs to be done, which can get her in trouble as the nuances of society make little sense to her. Lumina also struggle with concepts like jokes or lies, making her in a lot ways naive... but making a fool of her is a good way to get hurt as for in the wild things like that can cost a life.
While she is often hostile to others, new things can cause her to drop her guard a little, not only that but she does not understand the concept of laws... or civilized ones anyways. Because of this she often causes trouble without meaning to simply out of ignorance which unfortunately does not fly. Thankfully she is smart enough to get herself out of problems... though not always peacefully.
Unfortunately Lumina is not good at making friends, most likely something to do with not liking the majority of the races and while she is unlikely to openly call anyone a friend, it is possible to earn her trust. Doing so will earn you a stead fast ally whom will protect you as long as she feels that your in the right, according to her perspective anyways.
Food: Having grown up in the wilds where food is often scarce, Lumina has a almost gluttonous attitude towards anything she finds to taste good.
Fanalis: Something about the wild nature of the Fanalis puts Lumina at ease, she is more likely to trust them simple cause she views them more akin to animals then the other races.
Cities: The hustle and bustle of city make Lumina uncomfortable. This is due largely due to her diminutive size and the noise that comes with a city.
Humans, Magicians and Imuchakk: Lumina dislikes each of these races for a different reason. Humans are unfairly disliked by Lumina due to her past. Magician's confound her often doing things that are beyond her understanding and thus make her uncomfortable. Imuchakk simply are imposing to her with both height and weight, simply making her feel small, something she dislike very much.
Finding her birth parents: Lumina was left in the wilds when she was 7 years of age, left to die to the elements and wild animals. But she didn't die... she was "adopted" taken into a family of foxes where she spent most of her life happily, but the question of why always returned to her mind... "Why did you leave me?... why did you not want me?... Why?..." In many ways the questions have haunted her and cause her to unfairly hate humans, as in she does not consider herself human but a fox.
Many years ago Lumina had a "sister" whom was wild as the wind and clever then any of her siblings. But humans are devious and cruel, she fell prey to a trap and was slain for her pelt. Since that time Lumina took her name Alkori and has killed any hunters that came into their part of the forests. Her actions are out of fear of losing more of her family and will do anything to protect her two remaining siblings Ume and Seda.
Face-Claim: Veloce, Carciphona
Hair Color: White
Eye Color: green
Height: 162 cm
Weight: 50.8 kg
Appearance: Aloof and passively hostile to most people, Lumina is not exactly the friendly sort most people are greeted with glares and silence. When she does speak she is often curt and unapologetic. This is also reflected in her body language, always on the defensive and highly alert, she will also go out of her way to make others feel intimidated.
Lumina tends to dress in colorful clothing that are often hand made. though she does have a few outfits that are quite fancy she acquired from a trader that became fond of her, the color red is a color that frequents her wardrobe.
Rukh Alignment: Black Rukh
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History: Lumina's life has never been easy, being raised by animals meant her life followed the same pattern. Wake up, find food and repeat... sometime having to defend herself from a wolf or something else that looked at her and saw a snack. Very little of her life is notable except when she first was abandoned by her parents. Where instead of dying a harsh death in the wilds she was found by a family of dire foxes and taken in as another Kit by the mother. In the years following she slowly lost the meaning of what it is to be human, viewing herself as a fox. She lived this way for 10 years without any real human interaction beyond stealing from them when she needed something beyond what she could scavenge or hunt.
Her isolation ended when she was snared by a trap found by a trader whom was hunting, the man was confounded by the what he caught. A human girl who could barely speak and snarled at him like a animal. He let her go from the trap and left only to return a while later, searching for her, the man ended up injured. Lumina found him bleeding at the base of a small hill, Because of the man's action with her in the past Lumina took him back to her family's den, where she nursed him back to health. during this time she relearned how to speak again, albeit crudely. It was at this time she began asking herself questions that she had long ago stopped asking.
Over the next few year the man would visit, bringing her and her family new things to experience, often fancy foods and things to make their lives easier, but with every visit Lumina had more questions and with every answer she grew more angry. Angry that all these wonderful things came from the human world, the food, the clothing... and yet she was left to die in the wilds. On the man last visit Lumina lost her temper and hit the man, she had begun to hate humans and had taken out it out on one of the few people whom she had called friend. Because of this she set out on her own, determined to find her parents and ask them.... Ask them Why?
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- Role-Play Sample]Ayhia half ran to the ship armory, moving past well armed Rangers and sailors whom went about preparing for live combat, she was almost there when her com-link chimed. She hit the toggle, "Go..."
"Ma'am a large ship just exited Hyper." the person paused, "Alef class dreadnought... they are deploying fighters and targeting us..."
Ayhia kept moving as she thought about what to do, smiling to herself as a thought crossed her mind. *I could us a Alef Class...* She widened her com to include all of the COC. "New orders Target Alef Class, I want its shields down, engines disabled and it defanged. We could use a ship like that for the CSDF i want it disabled so we can board it, Relay orders to the other ships." She closed the line and moved into the armory, taking a set of armor and a DT-122c. As she dressed she looked around the room at the many rangers that were still prepping, many were quiet and some where not. In a way things were better, their was a air of happiness now... well perhaps not happiness but people were content for now. Ayhia put on her visor and deployed, it linked with the COC display, allowing her to watch as 112 fighters turned to target the new threat.
(OOC: Will be establishing a NPC Squadron that will be subbed when factory reopens, they are using standard gear at the moment.)
"Equivalent to wolf-packs, All units are to direct fire at Alef class and fighter escorts. Howlers are to clear the space and Banshees are to start composite runs, Disable the ships Shields, weapons and Engines in preparation for boarding."
A cacophony of confirmations rang out in response as all the flight wings called in affirmations, Erin Grim the flight leader of Zeta-22 toggled her own mic, "Confirmed, gimp the enemy." she toggled the com over to the channel Zeta-22 used, "Gretch i want you and your squad to power up your composite beams and start hammering away at the shields, Minnd, Lockly and Ten's provide fire support, the rest of you on me."
Erin watch as her flight broke formation, Taking up a a formation that fell in line with her orders. She smiled as she watched other flights around them take similar approaches. She turned her attention to the enemy fighters closing in on them and her smile deepened, flipping her comms to open channel shared by all fighters. almost in unison all the flight leaders spoke.
"Guns Guns Guns!"
Before the two forces had even reached effective for combat the CSDF forces unleashed a torrent of mass driven metal, because of the physics of space they would not lose any of their force unlike blaster type weapons would lose potency the longer they travel. Erin switched back to her flight channel. "Wolves time to feed!" Erin pushed her fighters speed to the max, 4 other's followed suit, leaving a gap between the fighter wave and the bomber wave. The CSDF fighters would use their speed, mobility and shear firepower to supress the enemy fighters in an attempt to open a hole for the bombers to reach the Alef.
"The Equivalent Exchange" COC
(OOC: I will again be using this thread to establish named NPC for the CSDF.)
They were outmatched in over all firepower, yet would not back down, the CSDF was used to uphill battles. Standing next to the ships holo table, which showed the combat area was a tall Twi'lek. She frowned as she looked at the blip that showed the Alef class, it was a vastly more powerful ship then anything they had... but it was only one ship... they had seven.
"Captian Sevais fighters have engaged."
The Twi'lek nodded and tapped her fingers on crossed arms, "Have the fleet approach from different vectors to divide its fire... Have one cruiser and one Corvette move to each side start broadside firing." Sevais bit her lip and studied the map some more, reaching down she toggled the comms. "Helm full speed ahead at negative 30 degrees, duck us under their firing ark for those top cannons." As soon as Sevais gave the orders 5 of the seven ships started to move towards the Alef class.