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As I write this, I'm in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Killer Nashville conference. I've put on my bonafide author mask (authordom still feels too new to be real yet), which means I'm on panels and signing books and the whole author thing.
So here I am promoting KILMOON. What about the second novel in the County Clare mystery series, you ask? I've got a solid second draft that still needs heavy revision for plot. I just need to get on it, yah, you know?
But it's as I was saying last week: depression partially controls my actions vis a vis (is that how you use that phrase?) my energy levels. That said, I'm feeling confident that I'll finish this draft by the end of the year.
See, that right there, that little bit of hope and looking forward — that's a good sign. Yay!
GREY MAN continues the story of Merrit Chase, newcomer to Lisfenora village, Ireland, and Detective Sergeant Danny Ahern. Whereas KILMOON was mainly Merrit's story, the second novel will be Danny's. In this novel, Danny finds himself matching wits with a man who doesn't seem to exist after a teenage boy dies in Danny's arms. When the violence hits too close to home, he must figure out the connection between a mute women with traumatic amnesia, a hermit jewelry designer, and a second dead teenage boy.
(That up there isn't official marketing copy — a little early yet for that.)
The title "Grey Man" refers to a local myth that runs as a theme through the novel — a predatory faery that snatches people when the fog descends. As you might guess, it's foggy in the novel!
I'm not sure about the title GREY MAN — do you think it's too generic? I never know what to name my novels …
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Effective Community Group Pack
Tesco Bags of Help Greenspace Funding
Do you know a greenspace project in Aberdeenshire Council that would benefit from funding? Local authorities, community groups and organisations can all apply for Tesco Bags of Help funding!
The second round of Tesco Bags of Help is open from 18 April. Bags of Help is available to a wide range of community groups, local authorities and organisations across England, Wales and Scotland and they can apply for grants to improve local green spaces. Successful projects will go forward to a public vote in Tesco stores which will decide whether they receive a grant of £8,000, £10,000 or £12,000. Projects that will get the green light as a result of funding will include new pocket parks, sports facilities, schools, woodland walks and community gardens.
Bags of Help is administered by Groundwork, working in Scotland with greenspace scotland, and funded by Tesco customers from the proceeds of the 5p charge for plastic carrier bags. It will fund projects that benefit communities by physically improving open and greenspaces that do not charge for access. Groundwork anticipate grants being awarded to 144 successful groups across Scotland in November 2016
Full eligibility criteria and detailed application guidance is available online here http://bit.ly/bagsofhelp2.
Good luck and get going as this funding round closes on Fri 3 June 2016.
Community Anchor Organisations
Community Anchor Organisations are community bodies which may act as a focal point for community groups in a localised area. The benefit of having a community anchor in your area is that it may take the lead in large projects or initiate new projects. Often the problem when initiating a new project is the creation of a constituted group and finding office bearers. A small community can only have so many treasurers and secretaries! Once created the 'community anchor' can invite local people to come forward with their project ideas without the necessity of them becoming an office bearer. There are many examples of 'community anchor organisations' throughout Scotland to inspire you. http://www.localpeopleleading.co.uk/anchor-orgs/
Community and therapeutic garden networking – Aberdeen
Community and therapeutic garden networking – Aberdeen
Where: Donside Village, The Meeting Room, Donside Village Square, Aberdeen
When: Wednesday 01 July.
This day is free but booking is essential
10am – 3 pm
Are you involved in community or therapeutic gardening activity and looking to network with others? This networking day will include the opportunity to meet others, hear about the recent development of community garden activity at Donside Village and raise topics for group discussion. A soup and bread lunch will be included. This event is organised by the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens and supported by Trellis – supporting health through horticulture.
3pm – 4.30 pm
This session is aimed at those looking to establish or support community gardening activity in their locality. Come along to a short presentation of the benefits of community growing, have your questions answered on what to do next and find out more about resources available to get you started.
For more information about the day or to see a specific topic for discussion included please contact email@example.com
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Intended Outcomes:
Awareness of the need and options for appropriate and affordable housing is raised. Levels of homelessness are reduced through early intervention, education and the development of supportive social networks. Read the rest of this entry »
Meet Ed and find out more about the Effective Community Group Pack
I'm Ed Garrett and I work for the Council for Voluntary Service Aberdeenshire. My role is to support local community and voluntary groups with things like constitutions, funding and business planning.
As part of this we developed in partnership with Community Learning and the Business Club in Laurencekirk the Effective Community Group pack. This pack contains a whole host of useful material for new and developing groups, from how to write a constitution to roles of office bearers. I've just finished some additional inserts to go in the pack with information on campaigning, publicity, child and vulnerable adult protection, monitoring and evaluation, fundraising and event management, recruiting new members, data protection and risk assessment.

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Fall in Love With All Time Low All Over Again With It's Still Nothing Personal
2009 was a legendary year for pop/punk. We got Paramore's Brand New Eyes that year (revisit our top songs from that album here), A Day To Remember unleashed their Homesick record (still waiting on a anniversary show for that!) and a young band called All Time Low from Baltimore had their massive breakthrough with their sophomore release, Nothing Personal. For me, this was the album that made me fall in love with All Time Low. It's my favourite release from the band ever, oozes catchy tongue-in-cheek lyrics and punchy pop-punk riffs which basically set the band up for longterm success.
Instead of playing the usual 10-year anniversary show, Alex Gaskarth, Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson and Zack Merrick have gone back into the studio and re-recorded the entire album for us all as their 2019 selves, and titled it It's Still Nothing Personal: A Ten Year Tribute. To coincide with the re-recording they've filmed the entire process in a brand new documentary which is available forever on YouTube. Watch it below!
It's Still Nothing Personal: A Ten Year Tribute available everywhere now. Listen here!
It's Still Nothing Personal: A Ten Year Tribute Tracklisting:
1. Weightless
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3. Damned If I Do (Damned If I Don't)
4. Lost In Stereo
5. Stella
6. Sick Little Games
7. Hello, Brooklyn
8. Walls
9. Too Much
10. Keep The Change, You Filthy Animal
11. A Party Song (The Walk Of Shame)
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My husband doesn't dare not bring me flowers and a card on Valentine's Day!
My husband travels quite frequently for work and he will actually be home for Valentine's Day, so it has a little bit of extra special meaning for me this year. I want to do something extra special, but like most people, I don't have a lot of spare cash laying around – especially after the holiday season! That's where Savings.com comes in handy.
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What I'd love more than anything is to take a quick weekend trip with my husband for Valentine's Day, but because my sister's bridal shower is that weekend, that's not an option. Too bad, because I found a few really nice hotels with special pricing through Savings.com!
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CMS plc has been awarded UK exclusivity for the distribution of Cannon Technologies Smart Net ™ Cabinet Range. CMS has partnered with Cannon for three years and recently won the Gold Award for achieving over £1m in sales of Cannon's cabinet products.
The Smart Net range of network cabling cabinets is a stylish and cost effective enclosure solution available in a variety of heights widths and depths. It features as standard quick release hinges on all doors, and an easily removable roof panel even when fully wired. The standard cabinet range can be upgraded to include a number of accessories such as fan units, shelving, cable management, PDU's and can be configured to incorporate CannonGuard, the remote management capability for cooling and environmental controls. The Smart Net Cabinet can be supplied flat-packed or fully assembled and is available as standard in black (RAL9005) or grey white (RAL 9002). Additional colours are available on request.
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It takes a special talent to make a shocking pink dress look a little drab.
Zosia Mamet attends the Museum Of The Moving Image Honors Richard Plepler & Charlie Rose at Saint Regis Hotel in New York City.
Okay, maybe we're being a little harsh. We're not inclined to love the shape of this dress. It's almost generic in its shape. Plus: satin. Generic and satin are not two words one wants to hear when one is desperate to impress T Lo, as Miss Zosia almost certainly is. We're pretty sure it keeps her awake at night.
Having said that, she's polished, put together, inoffensive in her style and she looks relatively happy to be there. Should we just take our little victories where we can get them or are we wrong to expect more?
Bitter Kittens make the call:
IN! It's bright! She's smiling! Let's just call this one a win.
OUT! Peggy Olson on a blind date.
The Bitter Kittens tried to rally behind Robin Wright's Amish Hipster Girl getup, but ultimately, the vote came down to OUT.
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London's indie scene is pretty substantial these days. Indie music is playing in many of the nightclubs in London, stylish alternative bars are easy to find, and whole regions of London have been taken over by the indie crowd. Lovers of the style, music, fashion, and atmosphere of the indie lifestyle are stuck for choice in modern London. We've put together a list of some excellent venues and locations to check out if you want to experience the very best of the London indie scene.
Silver Rocket at the Buffalo Bar
Every third Friday of the month the Buffalo Bar turns into the Silver Rocket; a venue for some truly indie beats, even less mainstream than most clubs. It may only run once a month but it runs almost all night so you should be able to get your fill.
After Skool Club at the Quad
For a more frequently active club, be sure to check out the After Skool Club at The Quad. It runs every Saturday night and it's all about indie, electro, and retro music. It's a pretty exceptional venue if you're in a party mood so be sure to check it out.
Unzipped at the Fly on New Oxford Street provides an electro indie mix spinning records on two floors of exceptional music. It's a lively time with exceptionally cheap shots to keep the atmosphere bouncing. If you're looking to lose yourself in the moment but don't want to find your wallet crying when you get home; this is the place for you.
White Heat
Live Acts, DJs, Punk, New Wave, and Electro, can all be found in abundance every Tuesday at Madame Jojo's. If you are looking for a good time on one an off day, this is an exceptional option.
Another weekly club, this one happening on Friday nights, is the Popscene at the Astoria 2. The club is in an excellent location just off Tottenham Court Road making it one of the more convenient Friday night venues. Better yet, the focus is almost entirely indie, though a bit of Britpop and Grunge does creep in.
Candy Box
How does notoriously cheap drinks and indie hits sound to you? The Candy Box shows up every Thursday at Moonlighting on Greek Street with regular performances by Indie classics like the White Stripes and Bloc Party. There is also a bit of retro and 90s stuff is mixed in occasionally to keep things interesting.
The Queen is Dead
The Queen is Dead takes place at the Borderline on Mannette Street every Friday; just a convenient tube ride away from the Shaftesbury Paddington Court London. It's an epic night of Indie, Rock, Punk and also live bands each week. It's a long night of fun, so get in early and go hard.
Eat It
Upstairs at Sin on Charing Cross Road there's an excellent weekly club night. There's a cool mix of indie electronic and retro records supported by various guest DJs. There's also a second room with everything from Blur to the Cure; so you should be set no matter your tastes.
For indie music up Camden way you've got to check out Koko on the High Street. Amazing indie live acts run all week till about 11 and followed up by DJ clubbing all the way through till the next morning on Fridays. Be sure to check out the listings, you're bound to find some of your favourites performing at this excellent venue.


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What is a "better bank". I know that many people are keen on the idea (Brett King is the evangelist), but just being "digital" is not an advantage - traditional banks are catching up in that respect.
There are still many valid use cases where a face-to-face human interaction would be preferred (especially if banks could learn to truly listen to their customers again, the way it all started...)
Anyway, sentiments aside, anyone under illusion as to what modern financial services are about (digital or bricks), should read this
interview with PayPal's CTO. For those in a hurry: it's all about regulations and compliance these days... That mostly stops any "good intention" in its tracks.
Being a digital bank is very different from being a traditional bank. You do all the things Amazon would do if it were a bank. These are:
1. Keep track of all orders and their state, thanking the customer for making an order. So when I use the digital bank to pay a bill it records that request, thanks me for making it by email, tells me when the funds are received, emails me if there is a
2. When the customer looks for a new service show both the digital bank's offer and all the other offers in the banking marketplace. Ensure the customer gets the best deal.
3. Makes recommendations based on previous interactions. These are for all financial services not just the ones offered by the bank.
4. Provides personal financial management including consolidation of all banking relationships not just the ones with the digital bank.
5. Excellent customer service including live chat and the kindle-style help button to get an immediate video chat.
6. Automatically refund the customer if there is a price drop, always offer the customer the best rate, give the customer the lowest possible transaction costs and match customers whenever possible (like Amazon prime book sharing) for instance on foreign
exchange, so that if one customer wants $100 and another has $100 to sell, the deal is done at mid rate.
7. Allow customers to comment on all services, solicit feed back on all orders.
To do this at low cost and excellent reliability is not possible using the batch based, accounting systems of the legacy banks.
John, what you described is a "good" bank, not a digital one.
What are the advantages of being "digital only" (apart from cost savings)?.. First Direct was launched as a virtual bank when "digital" was used in conjunction with "rectal". Did that change anything?..
I dont see any real difference between a "digital bank" and a traditional bank.
There is nothing a digital bank can do that a traditional one cannot. Everything that is listed here is possible with a traditional bank, the fact they are poor at it doesnt mean a digital bank is in any way different. Rather, that a particular bank (that
so happens to be digital) prides itself on providing a better customer service...
Am I missing something?
I assume that a digital bank does not want to handle cold hard cash – just like the "virtual" First Direct over 20 years ago.
However given the current state of maturity of purely digital channels, I assume that the digital bank will still need to issue traditional payment cards to allow its customers to transact with real merchants.
There is still plenty of room for a banks of whatever type to do things better!
Andrew and Alexander, you are (I think) both right. What we want banks to be are customer oriented 'good' banks. As retail banks are becoming a subset of online retail, this means being at least as good as Amazon on the one hand, and running at much lower
cost of IT on the other. This combination is what I take people to mean by 'digital'. Of course, marketing departments of banks and vendors are free to redefine the word any way they find convenient, but I think it just means a bank fit to compete with the
GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple) all of which have the infrastructure and focus to do this right. Of the GAFA only Apple has a high street presence, but that just goes to show that being digital does not preclude being on the high street too. Amazon
now has shared fullfilment centers, so it too has a physical presence. Banks need to be digital in the sense that they are online retailers with the right physical presence, whatever that turns out to be.
I think being a digital bank is much more than being a "good bank". It's about reinventing banking processes with a digital lens. In fact the end state is probably quite removed from what we call banking today. And yes, agree above, it does involve humans
interacting with customers as well!
Being a "digital first" bank is not a synonym of being a good bank. Traditional banks can take advantage of digital transformation to connect people with customers, and reinvent the relationship model. We tend to compare everything with Amazon and aliked,
but many traditional retailers are capturing the digital opportunity, connecting physical and digital (i.e: Inditex-Zara). Read this article: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/25/the-death-of-commerce
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It's time for the second obsession session with none other than one of the most inspiring and interesting people I've met to date, Daniel Julien. A graphic designer, actually a modern day DaVinci based out of Montréal, Canada. He knows no limits when it comes to exploring new creative boundaries, from product design, posters, identities to anything that oozes coolness, daniel does with swagger and a smile. I met him a couple months ago during a multi-week stint at creative powerhouse SidLee in Montréal while working on the next global creative campaign for adidas, I'm privileged to know such a positive person.
I: What's the earliest memory of a creative activity you did?
x I believe I made a Two Ply Eight Part Button Knot with the umbilical cord when i was born. Second souvenir is probably drawing supernova military space stations and all-terrain trucks. They seemed so real in my mind — wonder how the drawings actually looked…
I: If you weren't doing what you do right now, what would you be doing?
x Probably Djing (so predictable). Been fascinated by turntables and records since I was a shorty. My father would get mad at me, I would crank some christmas disco songs and Greek dance music all day 'eer day. Or maybe private investigator, yeah, private investigator.
I: Inspiration, who? what? where?
x Mostly inspired by small things, the unnoticed. Wherever my attention deficit brings me. In crush mode when all is hectic and the deadline is giving me the cold shoulder – panic overcomes and then I realize that the solution has been in front of me all the time.
I: Share any piece of your work, recent or old and talk about it.
x I was ask to build a logo for a collabo between Furni and Ken Diamond — Almost carte blanche. Only constraint, It had to link Montréal and Vancouver. Printed on an hanker chief and laser etched on a pale leather wallet. Really into product design lately and many fun opportunities are coming thru.
I: Name 5 websites that you check often.
x www.garywarnett.wordpress.com
I've been meaning to conduct a series of interviews with people that inspire and motivate me on a more regular basis. Enter the Obsession Sessions. Every Monday morning you can expect a new brief interview with someone that I think is simply doing something outstanding.
This week, I'd like to introduce you to Jonathan Mutch, a young uber talented graphic designer that I randomly met over the internet. We were both pleasantly surprised that we also found out that we both live in Toronto. I've known him for two years and he's been inspiring me ever since.
I: What's the earliest memory of a creative activity you did?
J: I think the first time I really fell in love with design was when I was in the sixth grade. We were supplied with these white binders to hold some of our projects for the year, and were asked by our teacher to design them. I brought in a few issues of Mountain Bike Action and Car and Driver and cut out my favourite bikes, cars and logos and decorated the hell out of that binder. I loved every minute of it. I loved aligning the logos on the spine, the loved the overlapping shapes and colours, and I loved the textures formed by the cut outs and the decoupage. It wasn't until years later that I realized that I could do basically the same thing, for money.
I: If you weren't doing what you do right now, what would you be doing?
J: I was always unsure what I wanted to be. I wasn't passionate about anything career-wise until quite late in my life. To be honest, I have completely no idea what I'd be doing. Perhaps a photographer.
I: Inspiration, who? what? where?
J: I find inspiration from many things, but mainly talking to friends, colleagues and fellow students. I also collect a huge amount of images from various sources online. I have found most of my strongest ideas come to me when I'm doing something completely un-design related, such as cleaning my apartment, exercising or just walking to school. Getting away from the computer, sketching out ideas and just talking about the project with friends has helped me so much, and is something I wish I started doing sooner.
Designers that are inspiring me at the moment are:
Michael Cina
Network Osaka (Derek Kim)
ISO50 (Scott Hansen)
Olly Moss
I: Share any piece of your work, recent or old and talk about it.
This piece was done for a type class last year at OCAD. I recorded 12 hours of my day and went exploring in Toronto's west end. I documented what I saw, what I ate, who I spoke to, what I listened to, how far I walked, etc. It was a hugely challenging exercise but I felt it paid off. I restricted myself to one typeface (DIN) and 1 colour. The project took many forms before this final iteration was created, and I felt I improved as a designer in the process.
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04/25/2020 - Grafton Clean-up Day
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Name: Grafton Clean-up Day
Location: Stop by the Municipal Center during the week to pick up trash bags, gloves, gift cards for a free lunch at Pepperoni Express, Swirls and Scoops ice cream, bottled water supplied by Savers Bank, along with coffee and doughnuts.
Description: Help clean up Grafton. This the 13th year of this community-wide event. You can create a team and clean up your neighborhood. You can select a favorite site, like one of Grafton's parks, trails, or riversides. We all love Our Town and want to keep it "the Jewel of the Commonwealth".


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F9 is covering all channels and provides the best service to all resellers in Baltic market. We help our partners to grow their business.
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Building our own banking platform from scratch
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Thaddée is a Core Banking Expert at Qonto. So you must be wondering what a Core Banking (System) is? That's lucky — he'll be able to tell you a bit more about his work at Qonto and the technical challenges we face!
After a few years at Captain Train (which has since become Trainline), he was attracted to the Qonto project and joined the team in 2017 to take part in new challenges with a common purpose: to modernize the banking experience for businesses!
Qonto, the beginnings
"I wanted to discover new challenges. To me, the banking industry needed to take big steps to offer a modern experience to businesses. Alex, Steve and Gabriel convinced me that they had a long-term vision, an eye for detail, a customer focus, and were above all ready to put the hard work in."
In Qonto's early days, Thaddée's roles were varied and he worked with several technical stacks at the same time.
"When I arrived at Qonto, I was developing the front-end (the graphic interface) and the back-end (data storage and the operation processing logic)For example, I added VAT amount selection to transactions."
Towards a technical challenge
When the time came to develop our own banking platform, Thaddée naturally focused on the back-end when he joined the project.And what a project!In technical jargon, we call it:the "Core Banking System".This is a back-end system that enables monetary flows to move from one account to another.But who better placed than Thaddée to give you more details on the topic?
"Core Banking enables us to protect our customers' accounts, while following the obligations that are part of our approval from the ACPR.We maintain a database, the accounting ledger, to explain the origin and destination of all fund movements.This database scrutinizes accounts to ensure that everything is in order.It reconciles accounts held by our partners, and makes the necessary transfers to protect customers' funds (which is called confinement in the jargon)".
"Our Core Banking system enables us to execute our customers and their partners' transactions.We are connected to major interbanking networks such as SEPA, Mastercard and the French check network.Each one has its own set of rules.Our servers respond to card payments, apply direct debits, send transfers and guarantee that the information users read when they log in to their Qonto accounts is transmitted properly."
A complementary back-end team
This new banking platform is one of the most exciting stages in Qonto's life!It means gaining independence to offer an experience that meets our clients' needs as closely as possible, and continuing to build the service that businesses deserve.
To attack this new challenge, Qonto has surrounded itself with technical stars like Thaddée, with varied and complementary profiles, who have been able to make it all possible!France, Ukraine, Great Britain, China, Belgium, Tunisia, Canada, Brazil, Venezuela… in short, the Qonto back-end team already has a few stamps on its passport.
"The team was built throughout 2018 and grew to reach ten people.Recruitment was not easy, but luckily we have a wonderful HR team that works relentlessly to help us recruit the best people!We have selected people of varied backgrounds, each with complementary expertise to bring to the whole team.We are also surrounded by banking professionals to put all the cards in our favor."
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Prospects Appear Dim for Currency Bill
The Senate moved one step closer Monday to clearing a bill designed to punish China for allegedly manipulating its currency for economic gains — but it's unclear whether the legislation will make it to the GOP-controlled House floor and even less clear whether the Obama administration would support it even if it did.
The bill, a more comprehensive framework than the one the House approved in 2010, would enable the government to impose tariffs on products from countries that undervalue their currencies. And it has caused divisions within almost every political group in Washington, D.C., with some Senate Republicans touting the bill, some House Republicans saying it could damage the economy and the White House keeping mum on what has emerged as a clear Senate Democratic priority.
Even as lawmakers prepared to push the bill forward, a top White House official on Monday expressed only lukewarm support for the general idea of fair trade and declined to say whether President Barack Obama would sign the legislation into law on the unlikely chance that it makes it to his desk.
"We're still in the process of reviewing it. We share the goal that it represents, which is to achieve further appreciation of China's currency. We've seen some appreciation since last summer, which has been useful and good, but not enough," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said.
Democratic sources on the Hill say the administration's official position of "reviewing" the legislation is code for a desire not to support it — a gentle way of letting the Senate exercise its will without stifling the effort entirely.
A lack of coordination or agreement between Democrats on the Hill and in the White House might not matter, though, as House Republicans appear unlikely to consider the legislation in its current form, if at all.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who runs the schedule for that chamber, expressed reservations Monday about moving forward with the legislation, which would impose stricter rules on the Departments of Treasury and Commerce on how they consider currency manipulators.
The Virginia Republican said he believed the bill could have "unintended consequences" and was concerned about "the impact that an escalation may have on consumer prices and the rest" — hinting that he believes increased tensions between China and the United States could damage the struggling American economy. Moreover, he appeared to question whether it was the place of Congress to aggressively step in on such a delicate foreign policy and economic issue.
"I'm not saying that there isn't something necessary right now because manufacturers in this country are hurting," Cantor told reporters. "If there are unfair practices going on, we should look to our trade rep and the administration to address those."
Instead, House Republicans may choose to take up the issue of unfair trade practices by holding a series of hearings and, perhaps in the long term, making their own legislative offering. There are merits to discussing the benefits of fairer trade to American workers, some Republicans have suggested, but there is also serious concern in the GOP caucus that the Senate version of the bill would do more harm than good.
The united reticence from Republicans in the House stands in stark contrast to the positions taken by their GOP counterparts in the Senate, who were divided Monday on whether the bill should pass or why the Democratic-controlled body was considering the measure at all.
Budget ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) sent a "Dear Colleague" letter urging Senate Republicans to support the bill, using it as an opportunity to criticize the White House for shirking its responsibility to act against countries that may be underrating the value of their currencies.
"China's consistent, deliberate, and strategic devaluing of its currency,
specifically designed to create huge trade imbalances with the United States, skews the system," Sessions wrote. "But despite negotiations and promises, the Obama Administration and its predecessors have failed to persuade the Chinese to play by the rules. It now falls on the Senate to lead where the White House has abdicated."
Not all Republicans, however, shared Sessions' passion. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had a contentious back-and-forth with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on the floor Monday afternoon before the chamber's vote to proceed to the trade measure.
"With over 9 percent unemployment, with a debt and a deficit continuing to run out of control, with the 12 or 13 appropriations bills not acted on, with the Defense authorization bill perhaps for the first time in 41 years not being taken up … now in its wisdom, under the leadership of the Majority Leader, we will be taking up the China currency bill," McCain said with frustration on the floor.
Reid then came to the floor to engage McCain and defend the Democrats' plan to move forward with a bill that has bipartisan support.
Aides close to Senate leadership in both parties say the bill's ultimate fate in the chamber — despite prospects looking as good as any for passage — will be determined by how many amendments Republicans get to offer on the package, whether they will be germane and whether it will be enough for some Members who want to open debate on the bill to get their proposals heard.


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Ninna Nanna MULTY review: multi-purpose baby furniture
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The incredible MULTY by Ninnananna
It's no secret that when you have a baby you're going to need to buy stuff. A lot of stuff. In fact, loads of it! Your house will quickly fill up with baby stuff and all your spare pennies will go on your precious bundle instead of yourself. Our home is certainly filled with our children's belongings and we buy little for ourselves nowadays! It's something that cannot be escaped as furniture, toys and clothes always need replacing as the children grow and develop.
Luckily, Ninnananna have come up with an innovative solution to the furniture issue by creating a revolutionary piece of furniture that grows with your child – the 'MULTY'. No longer will you need to trawl the shops looking for the best baby crib, high chair or storage system as Ninnananna have this covered with an incredible 4 in 1 product. The MULTY will last your child from birth to 10 years old by providing you with your first crib, high chair, chair and storage system all from one piece of clever furniture.
The crib
This remarkable product starts off as a crib when your baby is born. Not just any old ordinary crib though, oh no. This one rocks itself back and forth to soothe your baby to sleep. We certainly could have done with the backwards and forwards motion for Reuben. He was so used to this from the hospital cribs, he just hated his Moses basket at home which rocked sideways. The MULTY can be tilted so babies with colic and reflux can breathe easier giving everyone a better night's sleep.
The crib looks attractive with its classic slatted design, but modern base. I love the white finish too. We have lots of white furniture and our walls are all painted white giving a fresh clean look. White can be added to any colour scheme, so there's no worrying about whether this crib will match your nursery colours.
The chairs & storage system
Once baby is ready to move to their big cot, this genius crib converts into a storage system and high chair/chair. There is no need to clutter up your attic or have the hassle of selling your outgrown crib as you can continue to make use of the MULTY as your child grows. It quite literally grows with your child suiting their milestones perfectly.
From snoozing adorable baby in their rocking crib, your little one is now sitting up by themselves and having their first tastes. The lower part of the crib will turn into their very first high chair, complete with safety harness and tray. From baby to toddler, this high chair will see you through all those messy meal adventures!
Whip off the tray and the high chair becomes a raised chair so your pre-schooler can enjoy mealtimes at the same height as the rest of the family until big enough to sit on adult chairs.
The upper part to the crib becomes a handy storage unit complete with inner and outer pockets, just perfect for storing your (no doubt) expanding collection of children's toys!
Watch their fab video here to see how it works:
Every part of the MULTY can be used from birth to age 10 (and even beyond if you continue to use the storage system). For only £179.99 (plus p&p) this is an invaluable piece of equipment for any new parent. It provides great value and convenience with its super clever design. I only wish the MULTY had been around when I had my two littles. We'd have saved a great deal of time and money!


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In Nebraska a directed verdicts based on circumstantial evidence leading to an inference presents a difficult problem. Even the Supreme Court of the United States has hedged when called upon to formulate a rule to help guide trial judges in federal courts when they are considering what degree of circumstantial evidence is needed to allow a case to go to the jury. The court stated ". . . the essential requirement is that mere speculation be not allowed to do duty for probative facts, after making due allowance for all reasonably possible inferences favoring the party whose case is attacked." The majority of the Court in refusing to adopt a general rule concluded that the problem is one that must be solved in particular situations.
Recommended Citation
Robert Berkshire,
Evidence—Directed Verdicts—Inferences from Circumstantial Evidence,
34 Neb. L. Rev. 102
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Why Your Content Strategy Needs Scripted Writers
Here at Scripted, we're dedicated to improving the quality of writing on the Internet. From writing blog posts for content marketers to creating original product descriptions for eCommerce companies, our network of vetted and qualified writers have helped thousands of companies scale their content initiatives.
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Scripted has a vetted network of over 7,000 writers who are focused on creating the most engaging content for your brand. Scripted Writers are accepted after multiple customized writing tests and industry prompts, resulting in 98 percent of all work being accepted by clients. Through our proprietary matching technology, we ensure that the most qualified writers have the opportunity to write your content.
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Celebrities, Launches, and New Concepts at 2012 India Auto Expo [PHOTOS]
Some of the planet's top automakers are showcasing their latest concepts and models at the 2012 India Auto Expo in New Delhi, as they seek to boost sales in one of the biggest markets in the world, despite the recent slowdown in turnover.
Most of the time, the biennial show displays new concepts in small cars, but this year its exhibition of 50 new vehicles includes sedans and sport utility vehicles.
Among the debuts are the Jaguar C-X16, Tata's new Safari-Storme SUV, Nissan's Evalia car, and Jaguar's Land Rover, as well as General Motors' new versions of its Chevrolet Captiva and Tavera SUVs.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the new offerings come as automakers worldwide are increasingly targeting emerging markets such as India, Brazil, China, and Russia, which are seen as key growth markets, in contrast with Europe and the United States. In addition, the new offerings reflect the confidence that local and foreign companies still have in India's auto market, despite the recent interest-rate hike and increases in fuel prices there.
The overwhelming feeling is that this current sales slowdown is a temporary phenomenon and global carmakers are certainly betting on India to bounce back. There's no slackening of interest here, R.C. Bhargava, chairman of Maruti Suzuki (MRTI.NS), India's biggest carmaker, told Reuters.
Automakers and analysts are optimistic that despite the odds, there will be a rebound in sales in the Indian auto market.
Take a look at the celebrities, launches, and new concepts at the 2012 India Auto Expo in the slideshow:
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Partner Judith Waltz was quoted in a Bloomberg Law article, "Medicare Enrollment Ban Hastens Home Health Closures," about a rise in the number of home-health agencies closing their doors due to a multi-year ban on new Medicare enrollments in four states.
Despite the ban, which was put in place because of a high risk of fraud and abuse, home-health fraud continues to thrive in those four states, Waltz said. "For home health, not only is it sometimes unclear what or how the service is being provided, but there are also beneficiaries who have been wrongly certified as being eligible for home health," she said.
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Millefiori Art Glass Jewelry

Hand made in Murano Italy
From the ancient Roman bowl to the modern "murrina" jewel. After two thousand years the same technique
of craftsmanship has now been revived: expert hands patiently assemble innumerable segments of coloured glass which are then fused in the furnace to recreate the amazing colours, patterns and transparent clarities of the ancient workmanship.
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DFM 2020 - 2020 Greater Bay Area Int'l Footwear Machinery & Material Industry Fair
Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center
Location & Details of Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center
- VENUE ADDRESS: No.1, Zhancheng Road, Baoan District, Shenzhen, China
Paper Communication Exhibition Services
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- CITY:Shenzhen
- INDUSTRY:Leather & Shoes
- Sewing Machinery
- DATE: 2020/03/05 - 2020/03/08 =' '?>Expired!
2020 Greater Bay Area International Footwear Machinery & Material Industry Fair
Concurrent exhibitions
South China International Sewing Machinery & Accessories Show 2020
2020 Greater Bay Area Int'l Textile & Clothing Industry Fair
About the trade fair in China
DFM 2020 - 2020 Greater Bay Area Int'l Footwear Machinery & Material Industry Fair will be held from March 5-8, 2020 at Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, China.
DFM 2020 will join DFC 2020 and SCISMA 2020, covering the total exhibition area of 80,000 square meters, gathering 550 exhibitors take part in the show.
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Address: Rm. 15, 5/F., Wah Shing Centre, 11 Shing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Official Website: Click to Visit
Established in 1985, Paper Communication Exhibition Services ("the Group") has been engaging in organizing trade exhibitions, publishing industrial magazines, providing printing and design as well as advertising services. Through development of two decades, the Group has become one of the most influential exhibition organizers in China.
China Expo Trade Shows List for Leather & Shoes
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Yiwu China Commodities City Exhibition Co., Ltd ( CCC Exhibition)
CCC Exhibition, 3F/International Expo Complex Building, No.59 Zongze Road, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
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International Expo Center,No.59 Zongze Road,Yiwu,Zhejiang,China (Post code: 322000)
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No.147, Sec. 2, Gaotie N. Rd., Dayuan, Taoyuan 33743, Taiwan
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Antique stone fountain with cast-iron rosette and a stone basin with splayed edges.
It features a stonework pediment with a rounded shape. This wall-piece is centered by a wrought-iron water outlet. The wonderful antique cast-iron palmette that flanks the spout is decorated with shells. The basin is composed of a stone base made of wide blocks with splayed edges. The whole base is topped by beautiful molded stone copings.
This lovely fountain will provide your garden with a new watering place full of freshness.
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Enrich Your English through Ads
Posted by Tanya Peterson on 25th Jun 2018
Advertisements are rich sources of idioms and they're often fun to watch. Take a look at this funny new Smirnoff advertisement starring actor Ted Danson and listen for these two idioms:
- What's that supposed to mean? – What are you saying?; I'm not sure I understand what you're saying (note: sometimes said when you're offended by what the person is saying)
- regular Joe – an average person (note: also sometimes known as an ordinary Joe, Joe Sixpack or for women: an ordinary Jane, an average Jane)


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Two recent headlines in other cities are not welcome news for supporters of a publicly owned, 525-room, $170 million Sheraton hotel proposed for downtown Tucson.
In September, The Oregonian declared, "Portland Convention Center Hotel Is Dead." In March, Standard and Poor's bond-rating service announced, "Downtown Phoenix Hotel's Outlook Is Revised to Negative."
In response to disappointing results during its first year of business—such as operating revenues 19 percent below forecasts—Standard and Poor's changed the outlook for the Phoenix Sheraton hotel's senior, non-publicly backed bonds from stable to negative.
In Portland, a 20-year effort to build a convention center hotel ended last year, because, as the Oregonian summarized: "The sticking point has always been the risk to taxpayers."
In both cases, public revenues were to be the ultimate guarantor of some of the bonds used to finance hotel construction. In Phoenix, city officials took that risk with subordinate bonds; in Portland, city officials declined.
The Tucson City Council and the Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District Board will soon be facing the same dilemma. They'll be provided a draft capital plan for the proposed convention-center facility, and they will have to decide: Should Tucson proceed with construction of the hotel, even though it may place City Hall's own revenues in jeopardy?
Stephen Moffett, of Garfield Traub, the Dallas-based firm that would build the facility, thinks the city should proceed. He calls the risks "negligible."
Moffett believes revenue streams produced by the hotel—such as room rentals and internal taxes—should be sufficient to cover the construction debt. He also points to the positive results in a recently released market study done on the proposed hotel by HVS. He even calls the study's conclusions "somewhat conservative."
Moffett emphasizes what he sees as both long-term and short-term benefits of building the hotel.
"The biggest reward," he says, "is getting Tucson back into the convention business. The overall economic impact of that is overwhelming. The No. 1 reason national meeting-planners select a city is because of a headquarters hotel and availability of room blocks."
Tucson doesn't provide those now, but Moffett says that if the hotel and a 33,000-square-foot expansion of the convention center are built, "It will open up Tucson to a whole new level of conventions."
As far as the hotel's short-term benefits, Moffett emphasizes the construction jobs that would be created. He estimates that approximately 70 percent of the hundreds of workers required would be from Tucson.
Moffett also highlights an October headline from The Dallas Morning News. It read: "Convention Center Hotel Is Helping Dallas Book More Business."
After an expensive campaign, Dallas voters last May narrowly approved city ownership of a convention-center hotel. Based on that, advance bookings for convention business there began to rise.
Moffett indicates that construction drawings for the Tucson hotel are 90 percent complete, and if the Rio Nuevo board and City Council give the go-ahead shortly, the hotel could be open by the summer of 2012.
However, Heywood Sanders, of the University of Texas at San Antonio—a frequent critic of the convention industry—warns of the financial risks of hotel public ownership.
"Folks get into this without any clear understanding of it," he says about the financing implications. "I anticipate Tucson will have to make a pretty serious financial commitment behind the bonds, and some officials will pooh-pooh that, because they always do."
Sanders cautions that backing such hotels can have consequences. "A convention-center hotel is a financially risky proposal," he observes, "but if you've bought it, you've got to pay for it. It's easy to say, '(A lack of business) won't happen,' but it has, a lot."
Reciting a long list of communities that have learned that lesson the hard way, Sanders comments: "It's all dependent upon the hotel's performance, and we've seen a lot of cases where consultants said it would do fine, and the hotels simply haven't done that."
Sanders also addresses the idea that Tucson should enter the "arms race" for convention business.
"Tucson (is being asked) to do what everybody else will or has done, bigger and better," he says about enlarging convention-center facilities and building adjacent hotels.
Sanders points out that convention business has fallen dramatically during the recent recession—and whether or not it will come back is open to serious question. Plus, he says of other market studies done by HVS that he's reviewed: "In a great many cases, things haven't turned out how they predicted."
Sanders says that publicly backed convention facilities that wind up falling short of expectations don't go bankrupt. "Instead, they just sit there and bleed money, and the city has to pay the bondholders. If Tucson officials aren't prepared to do that, they should rethink this proposal."
While it's easy to compare the city's risk of building a convention-center hotel to that assumed by Pima County when it approved construction of Tucson Electric Park—which is now devoid of both minor-league baseball and spring training—perhaps another analogy is more appropriate.
A story from October 1974 in the Arizona Daily Star summarized the financial situation of the Tucson Community Center (TCC) that had opened a few years earlier.
"'Self-Supporting' TCC," said the article's headline, referring to financial promises previously made about the facility, "Costs Residents Millions."


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I am buzzing. During Guinness' physio session tonight I was asked if I was planning on doing agility with Guinness again and it was actually recommended that we should do some! While I had accepted that we may never do … Continue reading
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In the vets again
This morning Guinness and I found ourselves sat in the vets waiting room, once again! Considering this dog hates the place he seems to end up there a lot, and I'm not the kind to rush a dog to the … Continue reading
Nausea, Eliminations & Achievements
On Sunday 17th May, still recovering from a very dodgy tummy the day before, and being fuelled by only a few mouthfuls of cornflakes, I rocked up to my first show of the year! Not just the year, but our … Continue reading
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Waterbury Traditional 34mm Stainless Steel Bracelet Watch
Additional Information
- INDIGLO® Night-Light
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- Product: Waterbury-Classic-34mm-Watch-Stainless-Steel
- Case Width: 34 mm
- Case Material: Stainless Steel
- Band Color: Gold-Tone
- Buckle/Clasp: Clasp (Deployment)
- Case Color: Gold-Tone
- Case Finish: Brushed/Polished
- Case Shape: Round
- Case Size: Small Size
- Crystal/Lens: Mineral Glass
- Dial Color: Black
- Dial Markings: Arabic (Partial)
- Watch Movement: Quartz Analog
- Case Height: 11 mm
- Strap and Lug Width: 16 mm
- Attachment Hardware Color: Gold-Tone
- Water Resistance: 50 meters
There is strength in tradition. This collection provides an update to a true classic — a timepiece honoring our roots with ageless style. A testament to our commitment to craftsmanship and watchmaking, the Waterbury Women's Traditional is well-suited for everyday wear with its black dial and polished gold-tone stainless steel case and bracelet.
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Help drive your landscape design project by what you need, want, and what you can do without.
Planning your back yard patio project can sometimes feel like your caught in a whirlwind. All the "pinned" photos, back yard comparisons and the mother-in-law suggestions. The front landscape of the house is the first impression and its easy to be practical and formal there. But the back yard patio, that's your personal expression and a place to check formality at the back door and usher yourself, friends and family into the sanctuary of relaxation. Narrowing the focus on how to create that special place can be challenging, but this first step will help you get on the right path to a healthy balance of practicality and play.
Landscape Design: #1 Make a list of needs and wants
Grab a cup of coffee or your favorite cup of inspiration and head to the back yard. Spend some time gazing over the space. At first, consider the size of space and how it correlates to the house. Notice where doors are located, potential pathways, and how you see yourself using your patio space. Begin to take note of the things you will need and begin to add some things you want into the mix. A couple things to consider would include:
- How do I entertain currently inside my home and how can I create that experience
outside on my patio?
- How many do I want to entertain on my patio space? Decide if this is going to be a space just for you and a couple people with some loungers and pub table, or a family affair where a larger table, grill and fire pit/fireplace would be required.
- Think about what kind of elements you would like to incorporate into your patio space. Whether thats an outdoor kitchen/bar, fireplace or fire ring, water feature or a pergola for some shelter from the sun.
Have fun with the process! Be creative in how you need to use the space along with what you want to include in the patio space to make it your own sanctuary of relaxation and entertainment. Contact your local pro landscape designer/contractor who can help you narrow your focus and help you design a back yard patio space that gives you your needs and wants to fit within your budget.


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The Group has obtained diversified financial service licenses and has established a consummate financial services system, With the advantages of earning various financial licenses and its well-established financial services system, which provides services such as listing sponsorship, underwriting and placing, dealing in securities, financing consultancy, merger and acquisition agency, financial advisory, asset management and private equity fund management. Upholding the operational philosophy and thought of education investment bank, the Group seeks to unleash the synergy between its financial services business and education operation business and features on educational financial services with other industries as complement in order commit to becoming an investment banking professional in the education industry.
Major Financial Services Subsidiaries:
Granted SFC licenses for dealing in securities and advising on securities (Type 1 and 4)Granted SFC licenses for dealing in securities, advising on securities and asset management (Type 1,4 and 9)Granted SFC license for advising on corporate finance (Type 6) to act as a sponsor for listing applicants in initial public offering and to advise the listed companies in relation to the "Takeover Codes" and the "Listing Rules"Licensed by Monetary Authority of Singapore to be IPO Issue Manager, Underwriter & Placement Agent, FA/IFA for listed companies in Singapore
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(Australian Associated Press)
Treasury boss John Fraser is concerned about rising debt levels.
Mr Fraser has told a Senate estimates hearing the Australian economy is in "great shape" while pointing to the risk posed by people thinking borrowing rates will continue to be low.
"We are perhaps being succumbed into a sense of comfort that we can continue to borrow at remarkably low interest rates," he said on Wednesday.


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The new site design is BEAUTIFUL! It makes me want a pumpkin spice latte immediately. And wonderful pics, as usual.
I love, love, LOVE when leaves turn red! i wish all trees and such turned that color.
Oh wow — these are GORGEOUS! The colors are beautiful, especially the second one — it's so striking. I don't know how you got that translucent look on some of the leaves but it's just amazing.
I love the fall leaves but I'm too far south and we just don't get that same effect here.
Love the photo's you have here! It sure feels like autumn just by looking at it!
It's very beautiful, look at those red leaves, they represent the peace and calm on that place.


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How will Lifetime Allowance affect me?
Will I have to pay tax?
This will depend on the planning you have taken at the point at which you wish to access your pensions:
1. People often do not understand that certain pension schemes are able to pay out in excess of 25% Pension Commencement Lump Sum (this used to be called tax free sum, but this is simply not the case anymore. For example, if you move to live and retire in countries such as France or Spain (and others) then you will be expected to pay tax on any lump sum from a pension even if it is QROPS).
2. If you have not sought to take protection then your scheme rules will restrict what you can take and how. Ultimately you will be restricted to a PCLS dictated by your scheme rules or 25% of the value of your pension or 25% of current Lifetime Allowance. You should seek advice on which applies to you.
3. The only way around this is to seek to "protect" your pension at a level greater than the current lifetime allowance in-force (see the relevant web page).
There are considerable points to understand about the rules pertaining to existing benefits and when they were taken – Seek Advice.
4. Offshore Pension Transfers to ROPS / QROPS are mis-understood largely. They may remove some taxes that would be due in the UK if the holder of the pension stays outside the UK, and they may help with Lifetime Allowance rules even if the person lives in the UK subject to legislative change, but they do not avoid taxes on where you are resident in places such as Europe and the USA, and even worse, they may lead to further taxes becoming due in some jurisdictions.
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After much consultation, Nemesis Now decided on eight classic figurines and eight totally fresh bears to release in this catalogue.
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About These Photos of IBC
To inform mature visitors to this web site, we present photographic examples of inflammatory breast cancer, skin metastases, and more. The Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation wishes to thank these patients for sharing their photos with the IBC community. These photographs are frank.
These photographs show typical visual symptoms that appear at time of diagnosis, before treatment. Remember there are often non-visual symptoms that include itching, pain, and skin thickening.
These photographs depict what are commonly called skin mets (metastases). The first photos are of early skin mets, the other of a more advanced case of skin mets. Since IBC is in the lymphatic channels of the skin, local/regional recurrence in the skin is not uncommon, even after radiation treatments.
One Woman's Journey with Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Follow one woman from before her Inflammatory Breast Cancer diagnosis in 2009 through chemotherapy, surgery, radiation and post-treatment in 2011. She wishes to remain anonymous. Here is her journey….complete with photos taken along the way. These photos are frank, they were taken before diagnosis, during chemotherapy, just before mastectomy surgery, radiation markings, immediately post radiation, 16 days post radiation, and final healing of chest wall. The Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation wishes to thank her for sharing her story and photos with the IBC community.
Meet Krysti, diagnosed with bilateral (both breasts) metastatic Inflammatory Breast Cancer in 2005. Krysti shows that treatment of one small brain metastases is not the awful procedure some might imagine. From the first step of being fitted for a halo, to post treatment, Krysti shares her photos and commentary with her usual good humor and fabulous smile.


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June 17, 2014
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING – Reported by Watson Fisher
Key Indicator Report Township Manager George Wolfe delivered his regular report on the township's financial situation for the 1st quarter of 2014. It included financial reports for the first three months for the General Fund, Revenues and Expenditures, State Aid, the Fire Equipment Fund, LOSAP, the General Improvement Fund, the Friendship Center, and the Sewer Authority. For historic trends he reported that in the township before 2008 there had been financial growth, starting then the recession through 2011 had seen reduced revenues, and since 2012 there has been a moderate rebound. Regarding municipal debt, recent bond issues have financed extensive ongoing needed sewer projects and some other improvements. And the supervisors' mandated 25% rainy day fund has again been realized.
Authority The board approved the appointment of Justin Eby to fill the vacancy on the sewer authority board.
Beaufort Hunt, Inc. For 29 years this organization has leased a 2 acre property identified as 6660 Union Deposit Road in the AR Agricultural Zoning District. It contains a barn and a garage and is used as a kennel for the club's dogs. In order for them to purchase the property it needed to be subdivided from the adjacent undivided land. Earlier in the year this organization received approval for the subdivision from the Planning Commission and the Zoning Hearing Board. To complete the process the supervisors voted to approve the subdivision.
June 26, 2014
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP ZONING HEARING BOARD MEETING – Reported by Watson Fisher
Five Below, Inc. – Docket #1356 This hearing was a continuation of the one at the previous month's meeting when the applicant appealed to have a larger than allowed sign on the exterior of its relocated and enlarged store at the Colonial Commons Shopping Center. The size of the proposed sign was larger than the board could accept so the applicant agreed to resubmit his appeal. At this meeting the applicant presented two smaller sign options. The board agreed that the sign option which will be seven feet high with three foot high letters was acceptable and it was approved.
Country Inns and Suites – Docket #1358 This existing chain hotel is located at 1025 Peiffers Lane facing interstate 83. It had been granted a variance in 2008 for the number and size of exterior signs on the building. They were allowed then to have a third outdoor sign and slightly larger signs than permitted by code. The chain now is upgrading the wall signs on all its hotels with improved energy efficient signs that will be only slightly larger than the existing signs. The board debated the proposed very small size increase which they agreed was not noticeable and voted to approve the variance request.
July 1, 2014
Reported by Watson Fisher
At their May workshop session the supervisors reviewed a list of projects the township needed to consider implementing in the next four or five years and made an initial effort to estimate their cost and prioritize them according to their importance. These were projects that would be one-time expenditures. They had reduced the list to the 40 most important projects, each of which would cost at least $25,000.00. These projects include road improvements, storm water projects, park projects, fire services study and new equipment, public works equipment, increased personnel costs, and police department personnel and equipment.
At this meeting they decided that all but a few of the listed projects should be included in the five year program and that a few of those included could if necessary be delayed a few years. The cost of the projects would be covered by a small real estate tax increase or by new borrowing. One more meeting will be needed to finalize the list, refine the estimated cost of each project, develop a phasing plan and resolve the funding source.
July 1, 2014
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP AUTHORITY MEETING -Reported by Watson Fisher
Sewer Projects – Resolutions #14-07-01 through #14-07-21 These twenty one resolutions are to authorize the condemnation for temporary construction easements for building sewer replacements in the BC-3B mini-basin. The resolutions were approved.
Sewer Projects – Resolutions #14-08-01 through #14-08-06 These six resolutions are to authorize the condemnation of permanent and temporary construction easements for mainline sewer replacements in the BC-3B mini-basin. The resolutions were approved.
These resolutions are required to legally complete sanitary sewer repair projects. Condemnation is the last resort when the few landowners involved fail to authorize the projects after an extended period of time. This procedure is required by the state.
July 1, 2014
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING – Reported by Watson Fisher
Stormwater Management Permit – Resolution #14-17 At their June workshop meeting the supervisors discussed possibly changing the regulations regarding when a permit for a property owner to add impervious area to his property is required. This could be anything from a pad for a small shed to a swimming pool. The current regulation requires a permit when the property owner increases the impervious area by more than 50 square feet. This seemed to be somewhat onerous so the board voted for an amendment to increase that number to 80 square feet. For projects above that a permit is required and at that point the involved new DEP storm water management regulations come into effect.
Dauphin County the County, by a Memorandum of Understanding, offered to take over the administration of the upcoming extensive sanitary sewer project in the area of Winfield Street in the township. The board was happy to vote to accept their offer.
Storm Water Project Bids were received recently for the construction of a large series of storm sewer projects. The projects include work on Marblehead Street, Pearl Street, Goose Valley Road, South Carolina Drive in Forest Hills, Beaver Road, Earl Drive west of the stream culvert project now under consideration, and others. The low bidder was Ronca Construction with a bid of $1,383,000.00. That was slightly above the estimated project cost but considering the amount of sewer work currently being bid was considered reasonable. The supervisors voted to approve the bid.
July 2, 2014
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP PARKS & RECREATION BOARD MEETING – Reported by Watson Fisher
Hodges Heights Park A neighbor of this small park in the southeastern part of the township, who had previously been on the P&R board, attended the meeting to request that something be done to improve the damaged fields and pavilion which make the park almost unusable. This matter had been brought up at several meetings recently so it has been discussed with the supervisors. The board requested that she put her concerns and suggestions in writing to help create a suggested course of action.
Koons Park Softball Sam Hartley has led the effort to rebuild the softball field at the park. The construction work for the new backstop, concrete block dugouts and concession stand is nearing completion and is a welcome improvement to the park.
PHR Baseball Association The baseball association had offered to make a number of improvements at the field including a new dugout, a flag pole and trees. The board looked favorably on the improvements offered and planned to formally approve them at their August meeting.
2013 Annual Report Parks & Recreation Director Brian Luetchford presented his annual report covering the department's activities during the previous year. The board thanked him for the report which was very detailed and thorough as usual.
Vacancies Mr. Luetchford reported that there are presently a vacancy each on the P&R board, the Arts Council and the Greenway Committee. Plans are to schedule interviews with applicants in August.
July 2, 2014
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING – Reported by Bill Bostic
Note: Township manager George Wolfe served as planning and zoning officer at this meeting.
Preliminary/Final Land Development Plan for the Townes at Galway, #14-08 This plan was discussed last month and came before the commission again after the applicant's engineer addressed questions from the township staff. It is a 17-unit townhouse community proposed for a 2.5-acre lot located south of Union Deposit Road along Newside Road at Summerwood Drive (map: http://goo.gl/maps/5fDD7). Similar housing units are located adjacent to the proposed community.
The commission reviewed waiver requests prior to unanimously voting to approve the plan. One commissioner noted that he disagreed with the sidewalk design that is located along a private driveway.
Preliminary/Final Subdivision Plan for Huntleigh #14-12 The proposed subdivision is on an undeveloped, 22-acre parcel located along Lyters Lane and Conway Road that would be divided into five housing lots (map: http://goo.gl/maps/hpcTt). The property currently is approved for 32 building lots under phases #6 and #7 of the Huntleigh development that was approved about a decade ago.
The commissioners briefly discussed a recommendation from the township engineer to require a sidewalk along Conway Road that would end near a park. Also, George Wolfe pointed out a need to flatten out a roadside slope at a curve on Lyters Lane to improve sight distance.
Residents who live in a neighborhood adjacent to the proposed subdivision asked for information on the location of driveways, and discussed stormwater problems and a street-safety issue that are unrelated to the proposal.
The commission asked the applicant to revise the original Huntleigh preliminary plan so members can compare the current and revised plans. The proposal was tabled.
July 8, 2014
Reported by Watson Fisher
I-83 Project A letter from PennDOT to the township provided some updated information on the planned project to widen the interstate to three lanes each way from Union Deposit Road to the I-81 split. Starting in 2018 the bridges over I-83 will be lengthened after which the additional lane each way will be constructed. The current question to the township is regarding sidewalks on the bridges over I-83. The state will construct the sidewalks on the new bridges if the township will agree to maintain them including snow removal. The township will need to decide which bridges if any will be constructed with sidewalks. Their decision is needed by August 6th.
The board's initial feeling was to accept the sidewalks on the Union Deposit Road and the Route 22 bridges and to possibly contract out the snow removal work. Special equipment would probably be needed to avoid simply moving snow from the sidewalks onto the adjacent highway. Several alternate proposals will be prepared for the board's consideration at their next meeting.
Grant Application An application will be prepared for state funding for two pieces of labor saving equipment needed at the township's compost facility. Their compost screener needs to be replaced and they need a windrow turner. The initial application for $250,000.00 for the screener has a good chance of being granted but a follow-up application for the turner is less likely to be successful.
Meadowview Village At last month's workshop session, representatives from the homeowners' association requested permission to amend the land development plan to allow them to omit a low retaining wall behind several houses that was in the original plan but had never been constructed. The township engineer favored building the wall as a long term safety measure but agreed that without it the possibility of any future problem was very slim. Action on this item will be on the agenda for the next business meeting.
Contact Helpline This effort is to support the organization's Dauphin County Local Share Grant application requesting funding to purchase new computers. The township supported the organization's project last year and voted to do so again this year.
School Buses Complaints have been registered from a number of residents objecting to the continued parking of large school buses on residential streets, most typically between their morning and afternoon runs. The supervisors considered how best to word a possible ordinance restricting this practice. They agreed that the parking restriction would affect vehicles that are larger than a certain weight, that was registered to transport school students, and that are parked on township streets in residential zoning districts. An ordinance covering this will be prepared for possible action at the next business meeting.
Mowing Requirements The supervisors again discussed the provision in the township's Property Maintenance Code that relates to the cutting of weeds and grass on large tracts of land that are adjacent to small lots. Currently large lot owners are not specifically required to mow areas adjacent to a small lot and the appeal is to revise the regulations somehow so that they are required to do so. It was suggested that this might be achieved by simply requiring the large lot owner as a minimum to mow the portion of the lot identified in the zoning ordinance as the building setback area in the particular zoning district. The supervisors agreed that this seemed to be a fair and clear way to resolve this matter and requested that an amendment to the regulations be prepared for action at the next board business meeting.
July 9, 2014
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP GREENWAY COMMITTEE MEETING – Reported by Watson Fisher
Autumn Oaks Trail This paved trail in the McNaughton housing development at the northern end of Patton Road is half completed. It has good signage and will be extended as the rest of the development's first phase is finished.
Mateer Field The township is working to possibly acquire this potential park site which has two playfields and is located adjacent to Oak Park Circle. None of the members of the organization that is the apparent owner of the property could be found. The township solicitor has now met with the unofficial caretaker to try to determine what would be required to legally transfer ownership. Without being able to find an actual deed it appears this may be somewhat difficult.
Oak Park Trail As noted previously, planning for this trail from Oak Park Circle to the Osteopathic Hospital could be stymied without a safe way for hikers to cross Locust Lane. A meeting has now been scheduled in September with a police safety officer to explore how this pedestrian crossing concern can be handled.
Brouchure Continuing work is being done by the committee to redesign the Walking Opportunities Guide brochure into a somewhat larger, more complete and easier to follow document. Printing cost for the brochure is in the township's budget for next year.
Trail Walks Guided walks on park trails are scheduled for the first Sundays in September, October and November. The committee will be having periodic trail cleanup sessions during the fall.
New Map The township Sewer Department has created a new very detailed map of the area of Nyes Run along which the proposed trail would run. It shows the extent of the wetlands and the possible difficulties the planners of the trail will encounter. The feasibility study that will be paid for by a grant from the state will be completed next year.
July 15, 2014
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP AUTHORITY MEETING – Reported by Watson Fisher
Sewer Project – Resolutions #14-9-1 through #14-9-4 These four resolutions are to authorize the condemnation of permanent and temporary easements for the connection of the Springford Village Development. The project involves the dismantling of the sewer line connection to the treatment plant. The resolutions were approved.
July 15, 2014
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING – Reported by Watson Fisher
Contact Helpline – Resolution #14-18 This resolution authorized the submission of a Dauphin County Local Share Grant application in support of the Contact Helpline organization toward the upgrading of their computer equipment. The board approved the resolution.
I-83 Project – Resolutions #14-19-1 through #14-19-07 These resolutions are responses to the PennDOT questions regarding sidewalks on or under the planned new bridges that will replace the existing ones spanning the widened interstate. The state will build the sidewalks if the township will agree to routinely clear them of snow every winter. The supervisors needed to address the question for each bridge separately.
On the new Union Deposit Road and Jonestown Road bridges over the interstate the supervisors voted to agree to plow the new sidewalks but at the Elmerton Avenue bridge they voted not to. For streets that will be under new bridges they voted to plow the sidewalks at Londonderry Road but voted not to at Locust Lane or at Megoulas Boulevard. The supervisors approved several recommended road changes that the state will need to make as a result of the project that will affect Revere Street and Hollywood Drive.
Median Break – Resolution #14-20 This resolution is to indicate to PennDOT the township's support for the closure of the median break on Union Deposit Road between Scenery and East Park Drives and I-83. This is the best option if PennDOT won't signalize the turns at this location. The supervisors voted to approve the resolution.
Grant Application – Resolution #14-21 This resolution is to authorize the submission of a grant application to the Department of Environmental Protection for funding to support the operation of the compost facility. If granted it would cover some of the $400,000.00 cost for two pieces of new equipment. Also if granted the township could then reapply for additional financial help for this matter in the future. The supervisors approved the resolution.
Vehicle Parking – Ordinance #14-04 This ordinance would amend the Property Maintenance Code to prohibit the parking of vehicles in the front yards of residential properties in the R-1, R-2 and Residential Cluster zoning districts. The enforcement of the provision is intended to be on a complaint basis only. The ordinance provision was approved.
Wolfersberger Park This Declaration of Covenants & Restrictions will provide DEP with assurance that when the township deposits clean fill from sewer project excavations on areas of the park that will become playfields, nothing will be done to disturb existing wetlands. The declaration was approved.
Meadowview Village – Subdivision Plan Amendment #04-22 Representatives from the development's homeowners association proposed formal changes to the plan resulting from the developer and builders' long term failure to complete the project. The three changes were to remove from the plan the pedestrian paths that were never built, to construct the two small parking lots that were on the plan but never built, and to revise the plan to include the planned retaining wall that was never built but to locate it farther away from the houses than originally shown. The changes as noted were approved.


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Scotch Yoke Mk III
Mk III Scotch Yoke Mechanism. I'll be using this mech in the heart of forthcoming models, meanwhile I'm making available as a free download for members.
Let's see what you Paper Ninjas can come up with!
Print out the parts onto thin card. Score along the dotted and dashed lines then carefully cut out the parts.
Roll up and glue the three pins and glue the ends down to make circular tubes.
Fold up and complete the two crank parts.
Fold up and complete the handle.
Glue the push-rod tube into the box top.
Glue the box top stiffeners across the underside of the box.
Assemble the yoke as shown.
Glue in the pushrod so that it is at a right angle to the yoke and just touching the top fold-in flaps.
Thead the pin with four arrows through the yoke and glue the two crank pieces into place. Try to line them up as accurately as possible.
Fold up the bottom flaps on the box sides to make right angled triangles. Glue the two box sides together and glue on the box lid.
Add the two remaining pins to the crank assembly, one at each end. Thread the push-rod into place up through the hole in the box top. Fit one of the pins through the hole in the box side.
Fold the box round and glue all the flaps down to close the box.
Glue down the flaps on the front and back of the box to the inside wall of the box.
Assemble the pillars and slides.
Fit the slides into the yoke as accurately as possible. Glue the pillar to the grey areas on the box front and back.
Complete the model by adding the handle.
How will you use this new mechanism? Here's my quick "Clockwork Frog" made with the scotch yoke mech, ratchet mechanism and some googly eyes.