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Ford closes its plant in which collect Lincoln
As our readers do know some information about the Lincoln company, they are aware also about the fact that the sales were not going as expected lately. Even though, as we see, the models that the company develops are greatly met by the public and receive high scores from the critics, they still do not sell as the predictions said they will. In such a way, the company has been challenged with this situation for quite a long time, and now it is the moment, when we have to say that they have decided to close one of the factories in order to reduce the costs.
The city of Vixen was the place, where there was closed a factory of Ford, which produced cars of the Lincoln brand already since 1957. During this time, the assembly line produced more than 6.6 million vehicles, including such models as Continental, LS, Thunderbird and Town Car. Unfortunately, these days the demand for cars of this brand is very small, so will now be issued only model Town Car, the assembly of which will be transferred to the Canadian province of Ontario.
The decision was taken by the mother company Ford, which also promised to provide all the communication means for the cars in the new factory, so that they will be as easily transported to the dealers, as if the factory was never closed.


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How are you? Happy Halloween! I hope you're enjoying your day, however you're spending it, spookily or not spookily. I'm not going to lie: I'm not a fan of Halloween myself; I'm a wimp at heart, and react to the slightest scary thing in a completely disproportionate manner. I'm not going to a Halloween party as such; just a small do with some family friends and a family friend's pub.
I don't really want to talk about Halloween though; it's being talked about enough by everyone else! I want to talk about family. Specifically, distant family…
Both of my grandads are dead. What a paragraph opener! I have two grandmas, and only one of them stays in touch. The one that stays in touch doesn't visit often; I last saw her five or six years ago; no one can really remember. I've never had a good relationship with my grandparents. A mix of distance and, bluntly, a lack of interest on their part drove us apart. My nan (the one that stays in touch) doesn't respect my sister and I; we are too much like my mum (her daughter-in-law), whom she doesn't particularly like. I think it's because she thinks that our mum isn't of an upper-class family, and therefore just can't be good enough for our dad (her son). Personally, I also think she doesn't like me as a grandchild because I'm not a typical child; I'm blind, and with a nickname of Blindie Rebel, I think that her point (in her view) is indisputable. I think that, as the years went on and she continued to not put the effort in with my sister and me, we both began to not want her in our lives. When she does grace us with her presence (usually by phone), she asks minimal questions, and still treats us as she did when we were ten years younger. However, although I feel frustrated towards her, I can't help but feel disappointed that I never had the grandparent-grandchild bond that every young person is entitled to. I know that having that bond with someone who doesn't want it is useless, and is unlikely to result in a happy family relationship, but I almost feel like I've been cheated out of a grandparent.
This nan and her husband split, and my grandad was with another woman when he died. His partner has treated my sister and me as her own grandchildren, and has been more interested in what we're up to than my nan ever has been, and likely ever will be. We don't see her often; distance is hard to shorten. She stays in touch through Facebook, and by phone and text, and likes to know what we're doing with our lives. I've known her for less time than my biological grandparents, but already treat her with more respect that I am able or willing to show towards my biological grandparents.
My nan was in the area last night and this morning, and asked us to go and have breakfast with her at her hotel, before she left for home this morning. I wasn't overly keen, to be honest, but I felt it was only fair; maybe after all these years, she wanted to try and start to bond with us. I'm not going to go into detail about the meal – I feel that wouldn't be interesting enough -, but I'll say that I don't think my hopes were to come true; she acted as she always does.
So, the question I guess I'm asking is: Is it wrong to give up on your grandparents, if they've given up on you?
I'm sorry for the slightly depressing subject matter today, but again, I wanted to get it down, and to share it with you guys. What do you think?
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When it comes to an addition to replacement mattresses that are adjustable you could also purchase sleeper sofas that are adjustable. A few pertaining to the asking prices for all of these products are provided below only so you can easily get a plain idea of precisely what you can expect to spend to get an adjustable bed, mattress or frame:
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Totally customizable selections and features. Innerspring coziness possibilities in soft, medium or extra firm. The ideal sleep position for the head and feet is literally within reach using easy to use hand controls and the Premier's Swift-Adjust motors. The Premier type comes standard with a high-density foam foundation plus a heavy-duty base thrown together with material that will not warp, break or squeak. Starts off at around $1500 for a plush top twin and naturally goes higher with price. The most expensive one I checked out was for approximately $4k and it was a king Firm Talalay Latex Core with Plush Quilted Cover. Of course, these can become steep but they seem amazingly comfortable!
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As parents, it's our job to protect our children from things that might cause them harm. When something bad happens, it's only natural to feel partially responsible—even if there wasn't anything you could have done to prevent it. When parents find out their child has an eating disorder, some experience intense feelings of guilt or responsibility for somehow causing the problem to develop. But, are these emotions really justified, or are we holding ourselves to an impossible standard?
We know a great deal more about eating disorder causes than we did even just a decade ago. And, what research shows us is that eating disorders are complex illnesses with a wide variety of underlying causes and contributing factors. Some might be genetic. Some are environmental. Some are psychological. The takeaway? Even if you could be a perfect parent, you still might not be able to prevent an eating disorder from developing in your child.
So, what causes an eating disorder like anorexia, bulimia or binge eating? Stay with us as we explore some of the top eating disorder causes in children.
Possible Eating Disorder Causes & Contributing Factors
Genetic Predisposition: Some research suggests that eating disorders may run in the family, like certain mental or physical illnesses. To date, a direct link between a person's genes and the development of an eating disorder has not been identified. However, we do see an increased propensity toward eating disorders among children who suffer from depression and anxiety.
Personality Traits: Perfectionism, impulsive tendencies, obsessive thinking—personality traits like these may put some children at increased risk for eating disorders.
Physical or Emotional Trauma: Children who experience traumatic events often deal with difficult emotions like shame or guilt even though they have done nothing wrong. In some cases, the eating disorder could be a child's attempt to regain control and cope with the emotional pain they are feeling.
Unrealistic Ideals: In a single year, a typical child could see more than 25,000 advertisements. Many of these ads feature unattainable images of perfection and an extreme overemphasis on physical appearance as a measure of personal worth.
Extreme Dieting: Children who become obsessed with dieting could also be more likely to develop an eating disorder. That's because extreme dieting usually indicates an unhealthy fixation on weight, body shape and food. And, since restrictive diets are particularly ineffective for achieving healthy, long-term weight loss, it can lead to feelings of guilt around food and eating.
Lack of Healthy Coping Skills: Life is full of ups and downs. Some are big and some are small. Healthy coping skills allow us to process and manage the negative (and positive) aspects of daily life. Without them, some children could be more likely to use food as a coping mechanism, which sets the stage for eating disorders or addiction to drugs.
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text: Liberty and Justice for AllRadtke, Kimberly DNP, APRN; Matzo, Marianne PhD, APRN, FPCN, FAANAJN, American Journal of Nursing: November 2017 - Volume 117 - Issue 11 - p 52–56 doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000526749.68926.06 Perspectives on Palliative Nursing Abstract In Brief Author InformationAuthors Article OutlineOutline Article MetricsMetrics This series on palliative care is developed in collaboration with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA; http://hpna.advancingexpertcare.org). The HPNA aims to guide nurses in preventing and relieving suffering and in giving the best possible care to patients and families, regardless of the stage of disease or the need for other therapies. The HPNA offers education, competence, advocacy, leadership, and research. When an unauthorized immigrant suffers a brain injury, who decides when treatment is withdrawn? An ethical dilemma touches on issues of clinician autonomy and justice versus patient and family autonomy. Kimberly Radtke is a palliative care NP at Ministry Saint Clare's Hospital in Weston, WI, and Ministry Saint Michael's Hospital in Stevens Point, WI. Marianne Matzo is director of research, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Oklahoma City, OK. She is an AJN contributing editor and the coordinator of Perspectives on Palliative Nursing. Contact author: Marianne Matzo, email@example.com. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. Abstract THE DILEMMA: AUTONOMY VS. JUSTICE FAMILY MEETINGS ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING REFERENCES Figure. Cristina Cruz is a 20-year-old unauthorized immigrant, one of two children of unauthorized immigrants living in a small town in the southwestern United States. (This case is a composite based on our clinical experience.) Until recently, she was a healthy young woman who lived with her parents and worked as a short-order cook. One evening, Ms. Cruz was found by her 17-year-old sister in the bathroom, pulseless and apneic. Her sister called 911 and started CPR. Resuscitation efforts continued en route to the local rural hospital, and spontaneous circulation returned. Ms. Cruz received endotracheal intubation, and when stabilized she was transferred to an ICU in a tertiary-care facility for further evaluation and treatment. Ms. Cruz is in a vegetative state, and her hospital care includes continuation of full ventilator support. Cardiac monitoring shows sinus rhythm with tachycardia at times, as well as hypertension requiring medication. She can open her eyes spontaneously but cannot follow commands given in English or Spanish, her native language. Spasticity is noted in the extremities, and an electroencephalograph shows almost continuous seizure activity. A neurology consultation results in initiation of suppressive therapy. Computed tomography scanning of the head shows no brain lesions or hemorrhage but does show changes consistent with extensive anoxic brain injury. This type of brain injury, though not equivalent to brain death, is devastating. The neurologist says that Ms. Cruz's prognosis for full neurologic recovery is extremely poor. A patient with this type of injury often remains in a persistent vegetative state, requiring tracheostomy and ventilation, feeding tube placement, and around-the-clock skilled nursing care. Her parents do not speak English, and a medical interpreter is called in. The parents are clearly in shock; they say they want everything done in the hopes of seeing their daughter regain her usual function. As devout Catholics, they rely heavily on their faith and regard their daughter's situation with hope for full recovery, and so supportive care is continued. Her parents also admit, to a Spanish-speaking nurse, that they do not understand what the physicians are telling them in terms of prognosis, despite the use of the interpreter. They are at a loss; they never imagined they would find themselves in such a position and have no idea what their daughter would wish for her care. Unauthorized immigrants and health care policy. Health care disparities related to barriers to access often exist in unauthorized immigrant populations,1-3 who are more likely to be uninsured and to use health care services only in times of crisis because the law doesn't provide for services that are not emergent.1 Unauthorized immigrants are not eligible for public insurance programs under the Affordable Care Act, nor are they allowed to purchase health insurance through state health exchanges.1 These circumstances can create ethical quandaries regarding the principles of patient autonomy and justice. Furthermore, critical illness increases unauthorized immigrants' risk of repatriation, which occurs when a hospital sends a patient back to her or his native country without consent. Hospitals are obligated only to provide emergency medical care, and when the patient is stable that obligation terminates. The lack of insurance (that is, a reimbursement stream) drives this practice.4 The prevalence of repatriation is difficult to document, but there have been hundreds of documented medical repatriation cases from 15 states to countries including El Salvador, Lithuania, Mexico, and South Korea.4 'Medically inappropriate' care. The attending physician tells Ms. Cruz's parents, through the interpreter, that she wants to stop aggressive measures, including removing the ventilator, despite their wishes that treatment be continued. The physician notes the high cost of providing "medically inappropriate" critical and long-term care to someone with little hope for meaningful recovery and no means of paying for care. This ethical dilemma touches on issues of clinician autonomy and justice versus patient and family autonomy. It could be argued that the attending physician has considered autonomy (and felt the need to follow the patient's family wishes) in deciding whether to provide medically inappropriate care,5 independent of the argument related to justice. The palliative care team—which includes a clinical nurse specialist (CNS), a social worker, and a hospital chaplain—is contacted on day 2 of hospitalization. The physician charges the group with assisting the family with decision making, in the hopes that they will quickly decide on ventilator release and comfort-based care. But the team, in keeping with patient- and family-sensitive care, chooses to focus not on quick decision making but rather on determining the family's values and goals and clarifying diagnoses and prognosis. The medical interpreter facilitates discussion so that the family may make informed decisions.6 This is in keeping with Joint Commission regulations, which support effective communication and cultural competence.7 The goal is to develop a plan of care that's amenable to both family and physician. Ms. Cruz's parents and sister share with the team their angst and grief at the prospect of losing her. The team aims to help them work through both the grieving process and the decision-making process, which allows the family to understand that the goal is to empower them to make decisions on her behalf. But this approach takes time, and the physician wants answers quickly. The ICU nurses recognize there are ethical issues at hand that may require outside guidance for both the physician and the family. Caring ethics is at the core of nursing care and the profession itself. Nurses provide for the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of others, often in the face of moral and ethical dilemmas.8 The nurses understand that although the interventions provided may be seen as medically inappropriate, the family's participation in clinical decision making may be compromised if they are pushed to make a decision. Also, the nursing staff caring for Ms. Cruz are in moral distress—they identify with both sides of this case and ask for an ethics committee meeting. Moral distress can occur when "the person is aware of a moral problem, acknowledges moral responsibility, and makes a moral judgment about the correct action; yet, as a result of real or perceived constraints, participates in perceived moral wrongdoing."9, 10 The physician agrees and says she is seeking an independent opinion on family autonomy and distributive justice. The four principles of biomedical ethics are justice, autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence11; these provide the framework of the meeting. The staff members present the many aspects of this case, including Ms. Cruz's status as an unauthorized immigrant and uninsured patient and the provision of potentially medically inappropriate care. The committee, in meeting with the attending physician, concludes that the opposing principles of autonomy and justice require further discussion and resolution. Back to Top | Article Outline THE DILEMMA: AUTONOMY VS. JUSTICE Personal autonomy, highly regarded in health care, involves respecting patients' wishes regarding health care decision making.12 Health care in the 21st century continues to place the individual at the center of almost every discussion.13 The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements 14 provides a nine-provision framework for ethical decision making. Provision 1 states, "The nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person."14 In addition, autonomy grants "self-determination of all human beings," including those with "diminished capacity: because of age, illness, state of consciousness, or use of mind-altering substances."15 The ANA's interpretive statements describe patients' moral and legal rights to be informed completely and accurately about their health, along with options for treatment in health-literate language.14 This includes family and significant others. Ms. Cruz's parents, with her best interests in mind, have decision-making power as surrogates because of her lack of capacity for self-determination. The principle of justice is one many health care providers face daily, especially in discussions of health care reform, socialized medicine, and the cost of health care.16 The ANA code of ethics provision 8 states that "the nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities."14 Justice involves fairness in allocating resources while providing accessible and equitable care to many.17 In today's health care climate, it can be challenging to provide equitable care that uses resources responsibly.15 According to David Crippen, justice in medicine may be understood as "it is better to artificially maintain life in ten death spirals than miss one expected survivor."18 Koch states that discussing cost "is rarely about compassion and appropriate care. It is typically a rationale for withholding care on the basis of social affordability and utilitarian assumptions about a patient's social value."19 Can the needs of one person outweigh the needs of many, merely because that one person is thought to be more deserving of care? Put another way: Should Ms. Cruz's inability to pay, along with her immigration status, determine whether care should be provided, especially when her ICU care costs upward of $4,000 per day? Some believe that health care is a right17—that is, everyone is entitled to it, regardless of ability to pay. Ms. Cruz is receiving circulatory and respiratory support, even though some may say these are extraordinary measures, given her grave prognosis. It has been argued that health care is a product consumers should pay for.18 Ms. Cruz has no ability to pay, nor does her family. The facility is facing the forfeiture of the cost of her care, which will amount to almost $300,000. Should health care costs be disclosed to patients and families? As Hall states, "Out of respect for patient autonomy and in the interest of justice, informed consent should include disclosure of the out-of-pocket costs that patients can expect to bear."20 This is addressed with the Cruz family, per their request, as part of informed consent and information sharing. It is likely the family will experience a catastrophic financial burden as a result of ICU care. Back to Top | Article Outline FAMILY MEETINGS Several meetings are held with Ms. Cruz's parents and extended family, the palliative care team, and the medical interpreter. The team establishes trust and determines the family's needs, based on their values. In this case, the team makes use of a medical interpreter for all conversations. The team members acknowledge that the parents are overwhelmed and answer their questions in ways they can understand. They concur that her family must understand Ms. Cruz's anoxic brain injury. Pictures and teaching models of the brain are used to help them see what is meant by "brain injury due to anoxia." The parents ask whether Ms. Cruz is brain dead, what care will look like moving forward with a tracheostomy, a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube, and around-the-clock care. The team explains that while she is not brain dead, her brain will never recover from its injury. The team reassures them throughout the discussion that they will support them, with a focus on their faith, by ensuring that a Spanish-speaking priest is available, if desired. It has been shown that the perspective each team member brings allows families to make the transition from acute care to palliative care21 and to establish a holistic mindset to the care given.22 Ms. Cruz never talked with her family about her wishes in such a situation. They know she wanted to become a nurse but have no idea what she would say she wanted if asked. In the midst of their grief and uncertainty, they want to know about the practical side of caring for her 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At first, they thought they could care for her at home. But it was explained that she would need a tracheostomy and a PEG tube and would need mechanical lifts for transfer from bed to chair. She would require full assistance with bathing, dressing, turning, feeding, oral care, and tracheal suctioning. She would be at risk for sequelae related to immobility, such as skin breakdown, muscle atrophy, and infections, to name a few. The CNS discusses with the parents the events leading to admission, the current care, and the grim prognosis for full neurologic recovery. Options for care are presented, including around-the-clock home care, placement in a long-term ventilation facility, or hospice care. The social worker addresses the financial aspects of these care options. What resources, if any, would be available to them to help offset the burden and cost of care? The answer, unfortunately, is very few. It has become clearer to Ms. Cruz's parents on day 3 that it will be nearly impossible for them to care for their daughter, along with their need to work to provide for their family. It is difficult for them to watch her languish in a state with so little hope for a meaningful life. They say that because Ms. Cruz was such a young, vibrant woman, she would not want to live this way. The chaplain has contacted a Catholic priest, and the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is performed at the family's request. Ms. Cruz's sister bonded with the chaplain when Ms. Cruz was brought into the ICU, and she begins to express to him her preferences. Even though the family was moving toward a decision during these meetings with the team, the attending physician opted to go ahead with an ethics committee meeting. Back to Top | Article Outline ETHICAL DECISION MAKING Health care ethics committees have long provided guidance to patients, families, and clinicians, in an effort to resolve complex medical dilemmas.23 The competencies for members of ethics committees include identifying and analyzing the conflict, accessing and applying standards and guidelines, and establishing expectations of the committee.23 Ethics committees also provide a forum for the presentation of narratives24: the narrative of fact from the medical record (the patient is in a persistent vegetative state) and the narrative of arguments based on the beliefs of those involved (the patient is a human being and therefore the allocation of resources is secondary to self-determination). Such committees are an ideal forum for nursing to advocate for patients and help to ensure that patients' voices are heard.25 In this institution, the health care ethics committee is not a decision-making body but rather one that reviews information, applies guidelines and standards, and makes recommendations. To resolve the dilemmas surrounding Ms. Cruz's care, the ethics committee meets on day 4 of her ICU admission. The record is reviewed, and the attending physician presents information on why life-prolonging interventions should be discontinued, basing her arguments on principles of distributive justice. Distributive justice includes a responsibility to preserve society's resources so that there can be fair and equitable distribution of resources.26 The social worker and the CNS present their perspectives on autonomy and allowing Ms. Cruz's family to come to their own decision, in their own time. The medical interpreter represents the family's perspective at the ethics committee meeting (the family has declined to attend). The bioethics committee finds that although the arguments regarding immigration status and lack of insurance are compelling, they will keep the discussion patient centered, emphasizing the facts of the case and the ethical tenets involved—autonomy versus distributive justice. The committee opines that while they can sympathize with the argument that the cost of caring for this patient would be very high, autonomy is the paramount issue, and the family should be allowed to come to their own decision about Ms. Cruz's care. A few hours later the family decides to release her from the ventilator and keep her comfortable—a decision they reach without knowing the bioethics committee's opinion. Ms. Cruz is transferred to the palliative care unit, where she dies on day 14, with her family at her side. Back to Top | Article Outline IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING The nursing staff involved recognized the ethical conflicts related to Ms. Cruz's care. Nurses are typically the practitioners with a view of "the big picture" and act as patient and family advocates. The ANA code of ethics describes the nurse's responsibility to identify difficult issues and to work toward resolution to ensure safe and equitable care.14 Nursing can, and should, play an active role in ethical decision making, both at the bedside and through such formal venues as ethics committee meetings.25 The nurses in this case advocated for family meetings so that the family would have a voice in the decisions regarding the ethical dilemmas surrounding Ms. Cruz's care. Nurses should be aware of these dilemmas and be empowered to act as advocates for patients and families. This is inherent in the professional nursing role, and active participation in ethical decision making is crucial to ensuring that patients have a voice, even when they cannot speak for themselves. Establishing a trusting relationship, ensuring information is given in a way that promotes understanding (in this case, through the use of a medical interpreter), and allowing families time to make difficult decisions are essential to upholding the principles involved in an ethical provision of care.Back to Top | Article Outline REFERENCES 1. Gusmano MK Undocumented immigrants in the United States: U.S. health policy and access to care. Garrison, NY: The Hastings Center; 2012 Mar 15. http://undocumentedpatients.org/issuebrief/health-policy-and-access-to-care. Cited Here... 2. Sarría-Santamera A, et al A systematic review of the use of health services by immigrants and native populations Public Health Rev 2016 37 28 Cited Here... 3. Ybarra M, et al Health insurance coverage and routine health care use among children by family immigration status Child Youth Serv Rev 2017 79 97–106 Cited Here... 4. Lee IP, et al Discharge, deportation, and dangerous journeys: a study on the practice of medical repatriation. South Orange, NJ: Center for Social Justice, Seton Hall University School of Law and the Health Justice Program at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest; 2012 Dec. https://law.shu.edu/ProgramsCenters/PublicIntGovServ/CSJ/upload/final-med-repat-report-2012.pdf. Cited Here... 5. Baily MA Futility, autonomy, and cost in end-of-life care J Law Med Ethics 2011 39 2 172–82 Cited Here... 6. Bosslet GT, et al An official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM policy statement: responding to requests for potentially inappropriate treatments in intensive care units Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015 191 11 1318–30 Cited Here... 7. 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Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Demo from my "Winter Greys" class
5 comments:
- Joan Tavolott said...
Love this!!! Perfect winter greys!
- 17 January, 2018
- Annie said...
Very nice Lin!
- 17 January, 2018
- Laura said...
Nice composition and balance of warm and cool colors. Thank you for sharing.
- 18 January, 2018
- Debbie Nolan said...
Oh Lin - this is so beautiful - your grays are just perfect. Love the country scene. Hope you are enjoying some warmer weather now. We had a day of thaw but winter is coming back tonight - snow is in the forecast once again!! Take care and have a delightful week. Hugs!
- 23 January, 2018
- Jeanette Atkinson said...
I love your subtle, yet lively grays - no sludge here!
- 07 March, 2018
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It seems to us here at Primomo Towers that the world has gone completely mad for pirates. And admittedly, we can see why due to their restless spirit, the command their ships and and their Lawless adventures on the high seas. But who is the greatest Pirates of them all?
Pirate come in many forms it could be a guy with one leg and a patch over his eye with parrot on the shoulder or a cool dude with long hair that looks like a rockstar (see Keith Richards), actually, I guess they all do look the same.
So who is it going to be your favourite pirate? Will you go for old hook hand Captain Hook from Peter Pan or how about loveable oddball Steve the Pirate from Dodgeball? Fancy a drink, yes please, how about Captain Morgan possibly the tastiest of the Pirates. Would you prefer to climb aboard the Black Pig and sell the seven seas with Captain Pugwash? Of course pirates were real, William Kidd, Bartholomew Roberts or lady Pirate Anne Bonny make the shortlist. Or will your favourite pirate be the swashbuckling Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, he's about to set sail on his fifth Big budget adventure.
So launch the mainsail and set sail to pick your favourite pirate, me hearties.


text: "Urban resort" is a site specific performative video. This work is reflecting on the fully changed environments and increase of urbanization in the city of Amsterdam where commercial and artistic spheres merge in a surrealistic outcome. The performance done in the nostalgic landscape on the edge of two worlds: broedplats Lely and new offices. In this story there is a way to escape the sense of a burden by neglecting the everyday duties. "The One time use" ideology is heavily present by giving another meaning to those objects, creating a playground out of building materials.


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Recently evicted Big Brother Naija housemates Soma and Miyonse, are back in Lagos today and they are appear ready to get down to the grind.
The ex-housemates were spotted at Cool FM in Lagos for a radio Interview. We hope to see more these guys and their new ventures.
Picture credit: CoolFM


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Day 1 - Transfer and Check in
Pick up of participants at Florence central train station "Santa Maria Novella" and transfer to our 4-star countryside Tuscan style resort in the heart of Chianti Classico.
Welcome dinner
Check in, welcome aperitivo with introduction to the tour and dinner in a typical Tuscan country style setting.
During this tour, each included meal features 3 or 4 courses, each paired with a local DOC or DOCG wine. The learning experience is enhanced by an explanation of the local ingredients and indigenous grapes. Be ready to taste and learn about Tuscany's rich variety of unique food and wine appellations!
Day 2 - Discover Chianti Classico
After breakfast we drive through the Chianti Classico hills and legendary villages such Radda, Greve and Gaiole in Chianti. An ancient monastery and palace hosts historical underground wine cellars. Our tour and wine and olive oil tasting are spectacular! We enjoy a guided tour through the rooms of the castle and a themed tasting.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, simply the best
Learn and taste many varieties of Protected Denomination Extra Virgin Olive Oils, such as:
Terre di Siena DOP: Olives must be produced in the hilly territories of the province of Siena dedicated to oil production.
Lucca DOP produced in a defined geographical district of the province of Lucca. It has a fruity, basically sweet olive taste from light to medium and with pungent, bitter sensations.
Seggiano DOP exclusively obtained from olive groves that have at least 85% of the Olivastra Seggianese cultivar in the Monte Amiata area.
Chianti Classico DOP. The production area corresponds to the area delimited for Chianti Classico wine production and covers numerous municipalities in the Siena and Florence provinces.
Day 3 - San Gimignano: Saffron and Leather
We depart for San Gimignano the home of the first white Italian DOC wine, which is now a well-known DOCG (the top Italian wine appellation), made with Vernaccia grapes. The village is one of the most fascinating medieval towns in Italy with many stone tall towers marking the landscape. Free time here to discover the many stores, artisan leather products, cheese, wild boar sausages and ... porcelain!
The saffron of San Gimignano is extremely pure. It's cultivated according to organic methods. 150.000 flowers give 1kg of saffron. It has recently been awarded with the DOP status (Denomination of Origin Protected).
Caciotta or Pecorino?
Follow a comparative tasting of Pecorino and Caciotta Toscana cheese. The Italian name "pecora" means "ewe/sheep". You will be surprised at the many varieties of this cheese, which are produced with pride in each village. A great companion to Italian cooking and a must-use condiment in many dishes.
Pecorino Toscano DOP (Protected Denomination of Origin): The cheese is prepared with full cream, pasteurized ewe's milk, often by farm-based cheese producers. It is generally regarded as a hard cheese, frequently used for grating, and to achieve this characteristic hard texture, the cheese should be left alone to age for at least four months. It's produced in Lazio, Toscana and Umbria.
Day 4 - Siena
After breakfast we drive to Siena, Italy's loveliest medieval city. Our local expert and guide Stefano takes us through ancient palaces and narrow medieval streets to understand the myths and facts of the famous "Contrade" and the "Palio".
Taste the famous Siena Ricciarelli IGP (Food of Protected Geographical Origin), a white, soft, moist and extremely sweet boat-shaped almond pastry covered with white icing sugar.
Leisure afternoon
Spend the rest of the day relaxing at our resort.
Day 5 - Coooking Day!
Today is the day to become acquainted with the true Tuscan cuisine along with mamma Vilma. Vilma works and lives in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, near Firenze where she owns a homemade pasta shop. Her passion for Tuscan cuisine is in her eyes, you will notice it right away! First of all, in the morning we blend in with the locals in the piazza, have a cappuccino (remember: cappuccino is a breakfast item for Italians) perhaps discussing politics and soccer then shop for local food to buy the ingredients for cooking. If you are familiar with the Italian language, you will recognize the beautiful Florentine accent everywhere here.
We then participate in a demo and hands-on pasta making seminar. We put our hands to work while making all kinds of fresh pasta shapes: tortelli, ravioli, fettuccine and more. As an Italian meal does not only include pasta, we gather around Vilma's kitchen where we cook the rest of the meal, eat, taste wine … and perhaps even have a siesta! What a day!
Day 6 - A day in Montalcino and Montepulciano
A close encounter with two of the top world's wine: Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano in the homonym villages. Collector beauties, made from local Sangiovese grapes, and featuring great potential to age due to their richness of tannins. Expect some great wine tasting here!
Taste Tuscan DOP and IGP specialties
Today we taste many succulent food appellations of Tuscany:
Finocchiona IGP, a soft and scented salami made with top quality meat cuts and seasoned with wild fennel seeds (finocchietto).
Prosciutto Toscano DOP, made only with pigs that are born, bred, fattened and slaughtered in Tuscany.
Lardo di Colonnata IGP, a fine salami made from pork lard that is cured in local Carrara marble quarries and caves. Layers of lard are alternated with pepper, salt, sage and rosemary.
Salamini italiani alla cacciatora (hunter style) DOP. Different types of small salamis, produced all over Tuscany and throughout central and northern Italy. They are known as 'cacciatori' or 'cacciatorini' and are usually dry, compact and ruby red in colour.
Day 7 - Florence
After breakfast we check out of our hotel and transfer you to Florence where we end the tour or your vacation continues, if you selected one of the tour extensions.


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Ever wandered what the world would be like if JFK had survived the shooting in Dallas? What would Marilyn Monroe have done with her life if she hadn't died at 36 years of age? British journalist Mark Lawson imagines a world where they are both still alive in his 1995 novel, Idlewild.
Idlewild is a great, light read. It's Lawson's first novel, and sometimes it feels like that, but he is having such fun here and the plot is clever and funny so I'm ready to forgive any slight awkwardness. Lawson switches between various plot strands throughout the novel. There is the conspiracy theorists' conference (with many discussions about the attempted assassination of JFK and how it was all a plot to get him re-elected), the police who protect JFK (one of whom is Michael Dukakis- in this version of history he sticks with policing instead of getting into politics) and the lives of the aging JFK and Monroe, amongst other story lines. Lawson considers how JFK's reputation would have suffered, had he been the president during the Vietnam War. This JFK is one who showed early promise and then disgraced himself, forever associated with an unpopular and unsuccessful military campaign. He is a washed out, disappointed character who looks back on his life with regret.
Similarly Marilyn has aged, and has never quite lived up to the popularity of her youth. She has to contend with losing her looks after a career built on her famous beauty. Her attempts at a serious acting career- a film version of The Brothers Karamazov- have been derided and now she lives a furtive life, avoiding paparazzi and using the name Jean Norman.
There are some great touches to the novel- apparently Marilyn Monroe was interested in making a film of The Brothers Karamazov in real life- and Lawson has created a believable alternative history. He keeps the tone light and amusing, while also examining more serious ideas to do with time, fate and the impact of the individual on history.
I enjoyed Idlewild as a light read, but felt that some of the characters lacked depth. I wanted to learn more about the aging Kennedy particularly, but Lawson seems to have sacrificed some detail in order to contain a complex and sometimes gimmicky plot. Still, it's an interesting concept and the novel doesn't take itself too seriously- a good summer holiday read.
Incidentally, the title is taken from the original name of what is now JFK Airport.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
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Bruce Lipton
Many spiritual people anticipate the return of White Light to the planet. They imagine that it will come in the form of a unique individual like Buddha, Jesus or Muhammad. However, from my newly acquired spirituality, I see that White Light will only return to the planet when every human being recognizes every other human being as an individual frequency of the White Light.
A child walks across hot coals. A woman lifts a car to save her trapped child. Congregants of the Free Pentecostal Holiness Church drink toxic doses of strychnine during exultation without harmful effects. We can walk on fire, drink poison and lift a thousand pounds. Yet, we have fallen victim to the myth that we are vulnerable and frail organisms whose limitations are programmed in the genes.
Facing crises in health, home and heart, to survive we must recover the true powers with which we were endowed. The path toward self-empowerment is now offered by leading edge science that is synthesizing a grand convergence of the Body-Mind-Spirit trinity. A renaissance in cellular biology has now described the nature of the communication channels linking the mind and the body. This new science reveals how our thoughts, attitudes and beliefs control our abilities and create the experiences of our lives.
I have learned to think of everything I see as having an energetic template that makes it appear as it does in the physical. When I want to change something in my life, I start with changing my energy. I do that by changing my belief about it and the emotions that I associate with it. It might sound crazy but it works every time. That is what the Law of Attraction is all about.
BRUCE LIPTON, PhD, an internationally recognized authority in bridging science and spirit, began his scientific career as a cell biologist. He received his Ph.D. Degree from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville before joining the Department of Anatomy at the University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine in 1973. Dr. Lipton's research on muscular dystrophy, studies employing cloned human stem cells, focused upon the molecular mechanisms controlling cell behavior. An experimental tissue transplantation technique developed by Dr. Lipton and colleague Dr. Ed Schultz and published in the journal Science was subsequently employed as a novel form of human genetic engineering.
In 1982, Dr. Lipton began examining the principles of quantum physics and how they might be integrated into his understanding of the cell's information processing systems. He produced breakthrough studies on the cell membrane, which revealed that this outer layer of the cell was an organic homologue of a computer chip, the cell's equivalent of a brain. His research at Stanford University's School of Medicine, between 1987 and 1992, revealed that the environment, operating though the membrane, controlled the behavior and physiology of the cell, turning genes on and off. His discoveries, which ran counter to the established scientific view that life is controlled by the genes, presaged one of today's most important fields of study, the science of epigenetics. Two major scientific publications derived from these studies defined the molecular pathways connecting the mind and body. Many subsequent papers by other researchers have since validated his concepts and ideas.
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Landon Family | Big Cottonwood Family Photography
In a world full of coincidences I sometimes wonder whether certain interactions, events, or otherwise mundane events are more than chance. Relationships for example I believe are always curated for our benefit or learning. Take two young moms with a yearning to be able to provide for their families all while still being present in their children's lives. I'm so grateful to say that my path crossed with Lily's in a preschool/daycare. I hold dear our days of chats between tantrums, and discussions over carrot sticks. Life took us in separate paths for nearly six years but by fate we ended up living only miles from one another. I am so fortunate to be able to say I was able to work with Lily yet again. There's something extraordinary about Lily. I'm confident in my boldness when I say that I don't think it's possible to be in the same room with her and not feel a calming sense of joy.
When you take someone as incredible as Lily and add an equally sweet family to the mix not even a mountain rain storm can hinder the beauty to be captured. After a long hiatus from the Mountains that hold a special reverence in my heart, it felt so nice to be able to be in my favorite work space- and as cliche and cheesy as I know it sounds- it was incredible to breathe in the crisp mountain air. I could almost feel Fall (my absolute favorite season of the year).
These images, I believe encompass what the Landon Family is compromised of; a whole lot of love, silly attics and a genuine adoration for each member. To get you in the mood to witness this special bond I am in love with what Lily said about her children. I" love my kids. My world revolves around them right now, and I am quite ok with that!" Just like Lily I'm completely ok with her love for her children and Joel too.


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You hardly feel like you're in Napa Valley when visiting Lava Vine. Far north in Calistoga, a stop here helps remind you that wine growing is, at its heart, farming and doesn't need any frills or glittery lounges. The humble wooden tasting room and picnic benches outside is enough, complemented by the passionate and friendly staff. Founded in 2000 by Joe Cabral and acquired by Rudy Von Strasser in 2016, Lava Vine expects to add some new bottlings to their portfolio under the new ownership.
Expect to see a Pinot Noir from the Santa Lucia Highlands soon, as well as Austrian specialty Grüner Veltliner from Von Strasser's eponymous Diamond Mountain estate. Already Lava Vine sells an impressive variety of wines sourced from vineyards all around Northern California, many sporting accessible price tags. Expect to taste unusual offerings like Verdejo from Suisun Valley or a Port-style dessert wine blended from actual Portuguese grape varieties. For traditionalists, their two Cabernets from Calistoga and Knights Valley demonstrate remarkable contrast in both terroir and winemaking. Lava Vine's signature wine? Their palate-staining Petite Sirah from their Knights Valley property is dense, inky and utterly gratifying.
WHAT TO TRY: The portfolio at Lava Vine is quite vast. If something isn't offered to you that you're curious to try, simply ask. Highlights include their Cabernet Sauvignons, Petite Sirah, Viognier, Chenin Blanc, Port-style dessert wine and late harvest Riesling.
INSIDE INFO: After Cabernet, Calistoga is most famous for its mud baths. For a full day of R&R, book a treatment at one of several spas located only a few blocks away from Lava Vine. But if you're planning on heading back to San Francisco that evening, don't make Lava Vine your last stop of the day. The traffic on the Silverado Trail during rush hour will give you a headache, and from Lava Vine you have an especially long way to go.


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If you want to be a successful blogger, you've got to dig in and form some habits. It's something all successful bloggers – erm, successful people in general have in common. They've got habits that keep them on point and going strong through all of it.
You've got to build some good blogging habits if you want to produce a quality and consistent blog.
Once you've got your blog up and going, work on these habits below and see if your blog improves!
If you want to be a successful blogger, you've got to dig in and form some habits @tommythetechie
Habit: Take Notes
I can't stress how important this actually is. Keep something with you that you can jot down notes on. There's really no excuse for ANY of us now, in 2016, when almost all of us have a smartphone – with a built in note-taking app. There's Evernote, OneNote, Google Keep – and hundreds of others. Pen and paper work just as well too.
The key thing is: take notes if you want to be a great blogger. There will be times when you think of a mind-blowing article that you want to write about when you get home… and when you get home, you'll forget what that idea was and then it's gone forever. Write it down! If you write it down, you can use that idea when you get home.
Note taking isn't just good for keeping up with spur of the moment ideas. If you're going to be an awesome blogger and write on a VERY regular basis, your ideas and thoughts and topics and facts will start to run together. If you take notes, you can organize your content and keep up with it.
Habit: Keep it Real
This one is huge also. You want to be as authentic as you can (Like..100%!). As I've mentioned before, the Web is huge and we can get our information from nearly anywhere. If you're authentic, people will come back to you. They're coming back to you for a reason – and that's why.
When you first begin, it will be harder than you might think – but as you blog your little heart out, it will get easier. I think we all do this. We try to hard when we start writing and the finished product just doesn't sound like something that we would say naturally. You want your blog posts to be your voice…So actually, try doing that. Read your articles out loud to yourself and see how they sound. Chances are some of them might sound "WHOA!", but that will give you a chance to work out the kinks on the fly and polish that article into something nice and authentic.
Habit: Post Consistently
I've already mentioned this a few times as well. It's just that important. You want your blog to flow with fairly regular content. Don't post every single day – you'll burn yourself out and you'll just drop your blog for good. Take time and work on writing quality blog posts – but do your best to keep your continent coming consistently. That's something that, as a reader, you appreciate – so put yourself in your audiences shoes. They like to read new stuff!
Set up a schedule for yourself and do your best to stick to it. Whatever works for you, just do it. Even if it's 15 minutes of writing every night, or one blog post per week. Work out something that will help you stick to it. There will be days and nights where you don't feel like writing, but if you hold yourself accountable with a schedule – you're more apt to stick to it.
Habit: Be a Self Starter
I feel like this one should be a no-brainer. If you're blogging, you're not working for anyone. You're not driving to work and clocking in, you're not working with coworkers, you don't have a boss to keep you on task. You're doing this all on your own – so you've obviously got to be able to start on your own if you want to be a successful blogger.
You have to be a self starter!
Habit: Network network network
As I've already mentioned, blogging is just you. You're not working for anyone, you don't have a team with you. It's all you. With that in mind, you've got to network a bit. You'll have to build up a network of awesome people that you can collaborate with and communicate with if you really want your blog to be great.
There are tons of blogs out there that are going to be similar to you. Reach out to them and start a conversation. Check out people and groups on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you're writing a blog about hot dog recipes, look for foodie and recipe groups – those are the people you want to work with obviously, they think just like you do!
I'll also say this… I'm an introvert, so this was always something that I thought was going to be hard. It's really not that bad. The beauty of the Internet is I can reach out to people without being face to face or chatting over the phone. That makes it a lot easier for me to start up a conversation about something. And, just like above – be persistent..the more you do it, the easier it will get. Just jump in!
These habits are nothing special either. They're all fairly easy to do – just practice and be consistent and before you know if you'll be a real live successful blogger! What's that super cliche saying? Practice makes perfect? Yeah that one.


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I guess you can't teach an old dog new tricks — even if that trick is the only hope of saving the dog (and human civilization) in the long term.
The last of the faux green big oil companies — Royal Dutch Shell — shocked many yesterday "when it announced plans to scale back its renewable energy business and focus purely on oil, gas and biofuels," the UK Times online reported.
Jeroen van der Veer, the chief executive, said that Shell, the world's second-largest non-state-controlled oil company, was planning to drop all new investment in wind, solar and hydrogen energy.
"I don't expect them to grow much at Shell from here, due to portfolio fit and the returns outlook compared to other opportunities," he said.
As somebody who has interviewed many Shell executives and written extensively about the company, explicitly praising them for their strategic planning vision and understanding that the future belongs to renewables, I confessed I am a tad surprised myself (see My 1996 warnings and predictions: "MidEast Oil Forever?" — Part I: Drifting Toward Disaster).
But perhaps nobody should be surprised. Shell is, after all, a big greenwashing oil company, which is obviously redundant (see "Investors warn Shell and BP over tar sands greenwashing" and "I see a green wash and I want it painted black" and "Shell spanked for greenwashing ad").
And Shell understands we are close to peak oil, which means industry profits are going to be huge, at least for a while (see "Shell: Conventional oil peaks within 7 years"). But there is the rub. Consider this seemingly ironic story about Shell's reserves, from Bloomberg today:
Royal Dutch Shell PLC failed to match all of last year's oil and gas production with new discoveries, in contrast to smaller rival BP PLC. Shell's reserve replacement ratio, including oil [tar] sands, fell to 95 per cent in 2008 from 124 per cent the previous year, the company said yesterday in a strategy update.
The future ain't oil. Indeed, Shell's Chairman basically acknowledged this when he wrote shareholders:
"Three hard truths still shape our approach," said Jorma Ollila, chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, in a message to shareholders. "When the economic crisis passes, global demand for energy will continue upward as populations grow and living standards rise; supplies of easy-to-access oil will struggle to keep pace with demand; and an increasing use of fossil fuels will drive up emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)."
Well, isn't that precisely why a company that is widely considered to be the best at strategic planning should have a transition plan off of oil?
Sure, hydrogen is a cul de sac (see "California Hydrogen Highway R.I.P."). But wind and solar are seeing staggering growth (see here and here). And Shell certainly understands they will see even greater growth in the future because of global warming. Yet:
Linda Cook, who heads Shell's gas and power business, said that wind and solar power "struggle to compete with the other investment opportunities we have in our portfolio".
And CEO Jeroen van der Veer's plan makes little sense:
He said that instead Shell would focus its remaining renewable energy investments on biofuels, where it is conducting research into "second generation" fuels, so far with little commercial success.
Biofuels seem unlikely to be a sustainable long-term replacement for oil at scale in a globally warmed world (see "Are biofuels a core climate solution?"). For the foreseeable future, biomass is far better (and cheaper and easier) to use as a direct replacement for coal (see "If Obama stops dirty coal, as he must, what will replace it? Part 2: An intro to biomass cofiring").
Here are some more reactions to this shortsighted and ultimately self-destructive decision:
John Sauven, the executive director of Greenpeace UK, said that Shell had "rejoined the ranks of the dirtiest, most regressive corporations in the world … After years of proclaiming their commitment to clean power, they're now pulling out of the technologies we need to see scaled up if we're to slash emissions."
A spokesman for the Department for Energy and Climate Change said: "We believe renewables have a strong future as part of the UK and global energy mix in the fight against climate change."
Shell has invested $1.7billion on alternative energy in the past five years, compared with total capital expenditure of $32billion this year. It holds stakes in 11 wind power projects, mostly in the United States, with the capacity to generate 1,100 megawatts of electricity. It also operates research programmes into thin-film solar and hydrogen technology.
Shell also said that it will maintain its spending on carbon capture and storage projects in Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Canada, Australia and America — most of which also receive state support.
Great. Put your money on CCS — the technology of the future, the distant future (see "Is coal with carbon capture and storage a core climate solution?").
Note to Shell: The world — joined by Canada — is eventually going to ban production and use of oil from the tar sands once we become truly desperate to stave off 1000 ppm and 5–7°C warming. My guess is that happens no later than 2030.
Royal Dutch Shell, R.I.P. You have written your own epitaph.


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Broker Associate
1983 Licensed Real Estate Salesperson
1987 Joined RE/MAX
1989 Licensed Real Estate Broker
1995/1996 Listed in Who's Who in Residential Real Estate in North America
National Association of Realtors
California Association of Realtors
South Bay Association of Realtors
Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council
Member of Ethics and Professional Standards Commitee at South Bay Assn. of Realtors
1981 University of Connecticut, BS Marketing
1991 Certified Relocation Professional
1993 Graduate Realtors Institute
1994 Accredited Buyer Representative
Consistently a Top Producer, member of 100% Club and Platinum Club (top 1% of agents nationwide). Member of RE/MAX "Hall of Fame". Top agent at RE/MAX Estate Properties. Has extensive background in marketing; including real estate development, financing, relocation, and new construction.
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** A portion of every transaction fee is donated to Children's Miracle Network


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November 22, 2016
SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), one of the largest copper producers in the world, for the construction of two sulphuric acid plants at the Chuquicamata Copper Smelter Complex, located in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile.
This project incorporates the best-in-class sulphuric acid production technology by MECS Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, with whom SNC-Lavalin has successfully executed projects for over 50 years. The plants will treat off-gas from the Chuquicamata smelter, each producing up to 2048 metric tonnes of market grade sulphuric acid per day. These new plants will replace those currently in operation at the facility and are part of Codelco's ongoing environmental compliance plans.
Construction is expected to begin in early 2017 with SNC-Lavalin performing basic and detailed engineering, procurement of equipment, and construction of the acid plants via their Santiago and Toronto offices.
"Following our recent contract award for the replacement of the Effluent Treatment Plant at the Chuquicamata Copper Smelter, this new contract once again supports our strong position in Latin America", said José J. Suárez, President, Mining & Metallurgy. "We are very proud to be part of a local project that, once completed, will not only provide Codelco with a first class acid plant facility, but will be a key element in their environmental program for the future. Codelco's environmental values are closely aligned with those of SNC-Lavalin and this adds to an already excellent working relationship," said José J. Suárez, President, Mining & Metallurgy.
Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. From offices in over 50 countries, SNC-Lavalin's employees are proud to build what matters. Our teams provide engineering, procurement, construction, completions and commissioning services together with a range of sustaining capital services to clients in four industry sectors: oil and gas, mining and metallurgy, infrastructure and power. SNC-Lavalin can also combine these services with its financing and operations and maintenance capabilities to provide complete end-to-end project solutions. www.snclavalin.com
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Friday, June 29, 2018
NINA - Guard Down
Truth be told, I have deep-seated family roots in Boston, so much so that whenever I get pitched an artist from there, I jump at chance to to write about them and their newest release. which may seem silly and a little bias but it's a feeling of hometown pride that I think most Bostonians will understand. As with the case of 21-year-old Chicago-born, Australian-raised and now Beantown-based singer/songwriter Nina Baumer, aka NINA, who is currently enrolled as as full-time student at Berklee College of Music. Now following the release of her self-titled debut EP, earlier this year, NINA returns with her new single called "Guard Down", a confessional R&B-infused soul-pop masterpiece that listeners can easily vibe along to.
Speaking on the the inspiration behind the track, NINA says:
I have a very close friend who works extremely hard and doesn't often show her vulnerability. After one of our 'boy talks' I was thinking about how I completely related to her and how when you have such big hopes and dreams you hold up a shield to anything that could distract you. From that the words 'Guard Down' just hit me."
Listen to "Guard Down" below.
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Boyd School of Law student Skylar Young recently co-authored an article titled "Justice Delayed" for U.S. News & World Report.
Calling to hold law enforcement accountable in the mistreatment of blacks, the article reads, "The public must remember that police work is a public service. Transparency is an absolute must, so that the public can hold the police accountable when they engage in improper conduct and brutality. The public must also stop cringing every time any mention of racism comes up in the national conversation. Race has been an enduring part of American politics since the nation's founding – from slavery and Jim Crow to voter ID laws and rampant cuts to Food Stamps and social programs. If we're committed to the constitutional principles of equality and due process, we can't sweep this discussion under the rug."
Skylar's co-author was Jamie Chandler, a political scientist at the Colin L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York and the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University.


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A man killed in a pedestrian-versus-bicycle accident on the Santa Ana River bike trail was a Newport Harbor High School alumnus, according to classmates.
Johnathan "Johnny" Coontz, 58, died at 6:58 p.m. Friday at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana about an hour after a bicyclist hit him near where Atlanta Avenue meets the bike trail in Huntington Beach, according to the Orange County coroner's office.
More recently Coontz was homeless, and court records show several convictions for drinking in public, among other offenses.
One fellow student described Coontz as a jokester and skilled athlete who could do wheelies and other acrobatics on his Schwinn Sting-Ray in junior high.


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I do so hope he has not come to possess your camera!
Some of the shots on your website are pretty impressive.
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People don't dress like that where I live
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"Harmless fuzzball" apologizes to alleged "slut"
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This is pretty rich stuff. It would have to be awfully rich to lure the famous Lyncho out of my involuntary semi-retirement. The internationally famous host of America's most successful radio talk show (if you don't believe it, just ask him) and the self-proclaimed leader of the Republican Party, the Conservative movement and all true patriots, has expressed regret over some strong words directed at a female college student who was so imprudent as to attempt to express her opinions before the representatives she supports with her tax dollars.
The exalted one is an old hand at insulting and demeaning the less powerful opponents of his all-wise decrees. It is well-known that the broadcaster despises homeless people and apparently thinks they are all a bunch of deadbeats, despite abundant evidence that many of those individuals have at some time in their now miserable lives put on the uniform of the Armed Forces of the United States. The notable cigar aficionado has denied the existence of Tourette Syndrome and mocked those afflicted with the disorder. He has openly ridiculed those diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as deadbeats and slackers. (It should be noted here that the brilliant high school graduate and world renowned scientist also denies global warming.)
But all this fandango got going when America's favorite fuzzball harmlessly described this mouthy mere woman as a "slut." It was just a verbal miscue and, of course,all the limp wrist liberals have gotten their knickers all knotted up. The mighty radio deity, rising above the unseemly bunch of whiners, has bravely come forward to sooth down all the ruffled feathers and all the girls that might have gotten their delicate little feelers hurt over such a commonplace and benign word as "slut." Let us examine this manly and courageous statement.
"For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke.
So take that, all you brainless liberals. He merely chose the wrong world while creating another of his sensible and well-considered analogies so that left-leaning dimwits might be enlightened as to their misconceptions. (We cannot argue with the part about the program being absurd.)
I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress.
They, Oh Great Ruler of the Airwaves, why did you bring it up?
I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line?
Well, I am surely no expert on such things, but some might argue that when one practices contraception, they ARE taking responsibility for their own lives.
If this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? Will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneakers for all students that are interested in running to keep fit? In my monologue, I posited that it is not our business whatsoever to know what is going on in anyone's bedroom nor do I think it is a topic that should reach a Presidential level.
Ah, another one of those brilliant analogies. Birth control pills are analogous to sneakers. I did not go to college either and I know better than that. It is even a biblical principle that married people have sex to relieve sexual tensions. That could be taken as recreation, Mr. Broadcast Wizard. And, sir, it was mighty generous of you to allow us to fool around in our own bedrooms without your personal supervision. I have had one divorce, Mr. All Knowing Leader of the Conservative Movement, how many divorces have you had? That is a matter of human relations, even marital relations, and I believe it is relevant to this conversation.
My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices."
Yeah, I know how it feels. Whenever I want people to fall over laughing I go instantly to my mental file of incendiary, hurtful, sexist adjectives. I get a lot of unsolicited emails from Republicans, Tea Partiers, and assorted right wing nuts, and it must be said in the Great One's defense that conservatives have a very odd sense of humor. Just last week a federal judge in Montana publicly apologized for sending out one of those witty items from the GOP flock that generally suggested President Obama's mother of having intercourse with a dog. Like I said, you guys have a peculiar sense of humor and, quite honestly, I don't get it.
Anyway, it's the thought that counts, Some the little girl doesn't like being called a "slut." How thin skinned! How small! That kind of thing is just killing the kind of honest and robust debate that professional broadcasters with decades of experience are attempting to encourage.


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Hindustan Construction Co. Limited (HCC) on Monday announced that its joint venture comopany AL Faraa has bagged a contract worth Rs. 484 crore from Maharashtra Metro Rail Corpn for the Pune metro project.
The contract comprises construction of 8 elevated stations on line II of the Pune metro rail project. The work constitutes general & structural civil works of the station buildings & architectural and site development. The 14.66 k.m long elevated Line-II of Pune Metro has 16 stations out of which 8 stations will be built by HCC. The project is to be completed in 3 years.
At 14:22 hours, shares of Hindustan Construction were trading at Rs. 43.35 per share, up Rs 1.40 or 3.34 % on the NSE.


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Falling in line behind the likes of Macy's, J.C. Penney, OfficeMax, Kmart and more, Staples is joining the horde of retailers opening its doors on Thanksgiving without bothering to wait for Black Friday.
The office supply chain will open on the holiday for the first time in its history, welcoming bargain-hunters at 8 p.m. before closing at midnight. The next day – the traditional holiday shopping kickoff – Staples will reopen at 6 a.m.
The company also surveyed more than 1,000 consumers and found that two-thirds are equally as likely to buy gifts online as they are in stores.
A separate survey of more than 2,000 adults, conducted by Harris Interactive for Promotionalcodes.com, concluded similarly that a quarter of consumers will hit up at least one online store for Black Friday.
Slightly more – 26% – said they will visit at least one physical store during the retail bonanza.
Extrapolating from the data, researchers said that about 32 million Americans alter their Thanksgiving plans in order to participate in the Black Friday frenzy. Many reported rushing through their turkey, eating it earlier than usual or skipping it entirely. Some said they decline to visit their relatives during the holiday so they can stay close to local malls.


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John Glenn, a 15-year trail volunteer with the Sierra National Forest who earned awards for his dedicated service, passed away Thursday after he sustained head injuries near Clover Meadow west of Cattle Mountain this week.
"We regret to inform you and share with the family of John Glenn our deepest condolences for his passing," a release from the Sierra National Forest read. "John was a longtime volunteer working with the Sierra National Forest and died from injuries he sustained the prior day, engaging in the volunteer work he loved."
Glenn, from Fish Camp, died while surrounded by his family at a hospital in Fresno, where he was airlifted after sustaining head injuries Wednesday afternoon.
Public information officer Iveth Hernandez said she didn't have details yet as to how Glenn was injured, or any potential causes.
She said Glenn, who volunteered with everything from taking students on guided hikes to clearing fallen trees, recently earned an award from forest officials as "Volunteer of the Year" due to 4,000 hours he spent helping improve the beautiful land.
Sierra National Forest officials added in the release they will miss such a "beloved volunteer."
"He was there not only as a volunteer but as a member of our family," the release said. "He saw the importance of working to preserve the outdoors for future generations. His passion and love for the land made him an essential part to the operations of the forest in fulfilling our motto of 'caring for the land and serving the people.'"
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Editorial: PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 74, p.174107, 2006.
Particular aspects of the switching properties of the Nb-PZT ceramics with anisotropic porosity (40% relative porosity) were investigated by comparison with the dense ceramics (5% relative porosity) of the same composition by means of the first-order reversal curve (FORC) analysis. The reversible/irreversible components give different contributions to the total polarization: A sharp FORC distribution with an almost negligible reversible component is characteristic to the dense material, while a broad distribution with an important reversible component is characteristic for the porous one. The coercivity corresponding to the maximum of the irreversible component is the same irrespective to the sample density and pore's configuration with respect to the electrodes: Ec,M=1.5 kV/mm, while the bias fields are zero for the dense ceramic, small and positive; Ebias,M=50 V/mm, when the major axis of the elongated pores is parallel with the electrodes and negative; Ebias,M=−100 V/mm, when this axis is perpendicular to the electrodes. The influence of the dipolar coupling leading to such bias fields is explained by considering that the particular microstructure is causing a symmetry breaking, decoupling the dipolar interaction (forward or laterally). A dipolar (discrete) model with random orientations of the dipoles' directions was used to simulate this confinement effect. The calculated FORC diagrams lead to the same type of bias as the experimental ones, proving that the lateral confinement gives an intrinsic contribution to the biased P(E) loops observed for the porous ceramics. In addition with other possible extrinsic contributions, this dipolar coupling can be a source of the built-in field in confined ferroelectric structures. The experimental FORC distribution was used as input in a Preisach-type model to recompose the major and symmetric minor hysteresis loops and a remarkable agreement with the experimental data was obtained. The FORC method proves to be an excellent tool in describing the ferroelectric systems, simulating polarization experiments, and predicting outputs of the circuits with ferroelectric capacitors. In the particular case of the porous anisotropic ceramics, the combined experimental and analytical FORC analysis allowed us to probe and to describe qualitatively the presence of the bias field as a result of the geometrical confinement.
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Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin officially endorsed Donald Trump tonight at a campaign event in Ames, Iowa.
"I'm here to support the next president of the United States," Palin said to a raucous crowd of Trump supporters.
Palin explained that America is ready for a change and Trump is the candidate who is "ready to Make America Great Again."
She cited Trump's qualifications and his readiness to be commander-in-chief, while blasting President Obama.
"We are ready for a change," Palin stated. "We are ready, and our troops deserve the best ... I believe that you're ready to see that our vets are treated better than illegal immigrants are in this country."
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