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Terms & Condition
Terms & Condition:
All the services of Clippingpathbusiness.com ("Clipping path business") available on this Website for the Client, subject to the subsequent terms and conditions.
By accessing or using the Website, or if you have taken any services, the Client acknowledges that he or she has read, understands and agrees.There have somerestriction or qualification, which bound to abide by these terms and conditions and laws stated bellows.
1. Definition
When the words (definition) and terms used anywhere that isexpress the following meaningswhere the context clearly indicates whole terms.
a) Customer: The natural or legal person who has registered at the Website and/ or has provided Clipping Path Business with an order for Services.
b) Services: Generating clipping paths, clipping path masking, and other graphics clipping path related services provided by Clipping Path Business as advertised on the Website and in other promotional tools.
c) Clipping path Business: Clippingpathbusiness.com, the legal person who has established the registration or the order referred to order and who has made an offer or quotation preceding aachievable order.
d) Clipped Image(s): It is the outcome of one or more images after Clipping Path Business has successfully done the Services.
e) Website: www.clippingpathbusiness.com.
2. General
2.1 These terms and conditions are valid to all offers/price quotations by Clipping path business, all agreements between Clipping Path business and the Client, as well as all obligations following from and based on such agreements.
2.2 These terms and conditions may not be amended, mixed or modified except insofar as clipping path business has expressly received them in writing.
2.3 If any condition of thesestated invalid, unenforceable or illegal by the courts or judges, the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions should be sustained in full force and effect.
2.4 When you visiting and surfing the Website, registration an account on the Website or placing an order, if the Client agrees with those terms and conditions.
2.5 Any other terms and conditions planned by the Client, whether verbally or in writing, shall be of no result and the Services provided by Clipping Path Business shall not comprise acceptance of such terms and conditions or requirements, unless Clipping Path Business has expressly established such terms, conditions or requirements in writing.
2.6 Clipping Path Business has the right to modify the content, pricing, date of publishing,service charges, images and other kinds of information whenever the authority needs. All information on the Website is provided as it is and customers should independently authenticate any information provided on the Website before relying ahead it.
2.7 The Client is not at liberty to assign or transfer to any third party any of theobligations or rights under these terms and conditions.
2.8 Clipping Path Business reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions at its own description. Any amendments and consequent obligations on the part of the Client are directly applicable after observe is provided on the Website.
3. The Services
3.1 Clipping Path Business will provide the Services (the uses of which is entirely at the Client's risk) for the prices as mention on the Website: (i) if the Client is able to distribute the image(s) as a graphics file or files, in JPEG, GIF, EPS, PNG,BMP, PSD or TIFF format up to a utmost of 200MB each, via the Website; (ii) if the image(s) can be delivered through the customer FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and Clipping Path Business is able to transfer the image(s) (up to a utmost of 200MB each) from the customer FTP objective to the Website.
3.2 If the Client includes no necessities regarding the Services, then the Services will occur in a standard methodof meaning where the whole background will be removed from the object(s) and made it white.
3.3 Upon receiving of each order, Clipping Path business will check its contents for fulfillment with clipping path business published standards and Clipping path business capacity to fulfill it. Furthermore, Clipping Path Business will check the complication of the order and assign a complexity level to it. Every order submitted by the Client shall be subject to acceptance by Clipping Path Business and such acceptance may be withheld at the judgment of Clipping path Business. After acceptance, Clipping Path Business will notify the Client by email to verify acceptance of the order and deliver the Client a price offer /quotation. Approval of the offer and payment, insofar as the Client and Clipping Path Business have not agreed upon payment after delivery as mentioned in clause 4.4, must occur within 10 calendar days.
3.5 We maintain the standard manner as defined in clause 3.4, the Customer has the right to refuse their images -in the submission of application on the Website- up to a maximum of three times, just minimum pay extra for modification round(s). Only for cases where the image excellence is proven to be insufficient for Clipping Path Business to perform its Services, Clipping Path Business may charge the Customer extra for corrections with negotiation. The submitted file and the content shall together constitute the order of the Customer.
3.6 As an alternative of the standard manner as presented in clause 3.4, the Customer could include additional necessities regarding the Services. In those cases the Customer has the right to refuse the images -in the application on the Website- up to a maximum of one time, withhaving to minimum pay for the correction. In those cases where the image quality is established to be insufficient for Clipping Path Business to perform its services, Clipping Path Business may charge the Client extra for the correction round.
3.7 Upon the Customer's request, as well as in case it becomes essential to perform the Services, the image(s) will be transformed into a different graphic folder. Transforming an image into aaltered graphic folder may affect, by way of example and not as a limitation, the excellence and color correction of the original image. Clipping Path Business cannot make any assurance to the Customer in regard to the result or output that originates from transforming an image into analtered graphic folder.
3.8 The Customer may cancel the demand on the Website after receiving the charge quotation for the Services. However, the Customer may not cancel ademand after notification of approval by Clipping Path Business as the provision of Services for that demand will have originated.
3.9 Clipping Path Business shall notify the Customer by email when the Customer'sdemand has been completed and the outcomes are available for download from the Website. However, Clipping Path Business recommends that the Customer visits his personal account regularly, as it is possible that emails do not spread their purpose due to virus scanners, anti-spam and other methods of mail safety. Clipping Path Business will save Clipped Images for at least 12days after the images have been completed.
4 Prices & Payments
4.1 Clipping Path Business will show the number of images for the Services on the invoice to the customer. The number of images for Services could be different from the number of images which the Customer has uploaded on the Website due to possible rejections or service needs of images by Clipping Path Business because of, but not limited to, the size and quality with value. The Customer shall bear the risk of misunderstandings with regard to the number of images and is therefore responsible for inspection the number of images on the invoice.
4.2 If Clipping path Business, considering the volume of an instruction by the Customer, approves in writing upon payment after distribution, then the Payment must be made within offered bill cycle date ranges from (1 week or 10days) without being able to pray any discount, suspension or compensation. In this procedure all the quotation will be auto permitted by the application as per the granted price.
4.3 Clipping Path Business aims to protect genuine credit card owners and/or users of others online payment methods from fake and therefore may report to the significant authorities any person using or trying to use a credit card or other online payment methods without specious authority.
4.4 Clipping Path Business will charge the Client the prices for the Services as mentioned on the Website, unless a special or a fixed price arrangement has explicitly been provided in writing by Clipping path Business. All standard prices listed on the Website are subject to change without previous notice.
4.5 If the Customer does not pay within the time structure specified, the Client shall be considered in default. Clipping Path Business shall be eligible, without any notice of default, to charge of interest as from the due date. This interest shall be calculated according to the current constitutional commercial interest or if pertinent, the statutory interest rate as well as any legal and extrajudicial charges related with collection, which add up to 10% of the outstanding amount, with a minimum of $99.
4.6 Each and every supply of Clipped Images to the Customer shall take place while preserving the ownership of these Clipped Images until such time as the Customer has paid all that he is appreciative to pay pursuant to any order, counting interest and costs.
4.7 Prices and the rates existing and agreed upon by Clipping Path Business will at all times be exclusive of tax and any other levies obligatory by the government. Here all payments for the Services must be made in by online payment or payment method offered by Clipping Path Business once the job is delivered also payments can be made in a Billing cycle basis based on mutual understating between customers and clipping path business.
5 .Delivery Time
5.1 All the orders on Clipping Path Business will be processed within 24 Hours or any given time that willfix when the contract willstart. However the delivery times are estimates only, unless it has been clearly stated in writing by Clipping Path Business that it guarantees a certain delivery time. Clipping Path Business shall, even when a definite delivery time has been decided, only be in default after the Customer has served notice of default on Clipping Path Business.
5.2 During the implementation of the Services the customer shall be obliged to do all that is reasonably necessary or attractive in order to make a timely delivery by Clipping Path Business possible, in particular by immediately answering any questions Clipping Path Business may have.
5.3 Clipping Path Business shall not be bound by an agreed delivery time if the customer requires changes to be made in the Services.
5.4. Clipping Path Business will do everything within its means to notify the customer when the particular delivery time, as shown on the Website or specific in the acceptance of the order, is improbable to be met. The customer is still responsible for paying the amount owed for Services irrespective of the fact that Clipping Path Business is not able to meet the release time as shown on the Website or specific in the acceptance of the order.
6 .Warranties, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification
6.1 It is assured that all the clipped images will be of a towering quality and the subject of quality of the image(s) which have been delivered to clipping path business. Clipping path business makes no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever, state or implied, in connection with these terms and conditions or the website, counting but not limited to warranties of merchantability, non-infringement or strength for a particular reason, other than set forth herein. The customer agrees that clipping path business will not be accountable or liable, under any situation, for any: (1) disruption of business; (2) access delays or right of entry interruptions to the website; (3) data non delivery, destruction, corruption or other modification; (4) loss or damage of any sort incurred as a outcome of dealings with or the attendance of off-website links on the website; (5) computer viruses, system crash or malfunction that may occur in link with the customer's use of the website, as well as during hyperlink to or from third-party web sites; or (6) events beyond clipping path business reasonable control. To the utmost extent allowable by law, clipping path business will not be liable for any indirect, particular, incidental, or significant compensation of any kind related to the website despite of the form of action whether in contract, tort or even if it has been advised of the opportunity of such damages. There have no event shall its maximum aggregate liability exceed the acquire price of the order.
6.2 Any claim based on any defect in the Clipped Images pursuant to these terms and conditions must be notified to Clipping Path Business in writing within seven (5) calendar days of their delivery after which the Client will be deemed to have accepted the Clipped Images as having been delivered in accordance with the order.
6.3 Clipping Path Business uses all reasonable endeavors to ensure that the Website remains accessible at all times. However, Clipping Path Business cannot guarantee that the Website will operate constantly or will be error free. Clipping Path Business therefore accepts no liability for any breakdown or non-availability of the Website and/or any failure or non-availability for downloading the Clipped pictures as mentioned under clause 3.9. Furthermore Clipping Path Business accepts no liability for delay in the Services which is caused by pictures which do not meet the necessities as mentioned in clause 3.1.
6.4 Any failure on the part of Clipping Path Business in the presentation of the Services which is the result of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, time bombs, corrupted files cancelbots or any other similar problem shall not be imputed to Clipping Path Business and shall therefore not give the Client the right to set aside the agreement or the right to damages.
6.5 By giving any order of the Client acknowledges that he, she or it has not relied on any statement, warranty or representation other than those which is made in these terms and conditions.
7. Intellectual Properties
7.1 Clipping Path Business authority, the affiliates and the licensors preserve the rights of all the content of the Website, including but not limited to text, graphics, design, logos, images, software, data compilations and interfaces which is protected by U.S. & international copyright laws.
7.2 After the customer has paid and downloaded the Clipped Images, the copyright of the Clipped Images is routinely transferred to the customer. If payment has not occurred, Clipping Path Business remains the copyright owner of the Clipped Images.
7.3 The trademark Clippingpathbusiness.com and the logo of Clipping Path Business are trademarks of Clipping Path Business or its affiliates, and may not be used without the previous written consent of Clipping path business. All other trademarks not owned by Clipping Path Business or its affiliates that are used on the Website are the possessions of their respective proprietors.
7.4 Clipping Path Business grants Client a limited, nonexclusive license and revocable to access and make personal use of the Website. The limited license set forth in this segment does not include the right to: (1) use, adjust or download the Website or its contents other than as set forth herein; (2) make any derivative work based on either the Website and its content; (3) collect all account information for the benefit of other party; (4) make use of any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Clipping path business name or the trademarks without Clipping path business express written consent; or (5) use software robots, spiders, crawlers, or similar data gathering and removal tools, and take any other action that may impose an difficult burden or load on Clipping path business infrastructure. Any illegal use by the Client of the Website terminates the limited license set forth in this Section without injustice to any other remedy provided by applicable law.
7.5 Except as set forth in the partial license below, or as requisite under applicable law the trademarks, or any other segment of the Website may be used, duplicated, reproduced, copied, sold, resold, accessed, modified, or otherwise exploited in full or in part for any purpose without Clipping path business prior written consent.
7.6 If the Client provides Clipping Path Business with images, it represents and warrants that it owns or otherwise controls the rights to its images and that the images do not infringe any intellectual property rights of third-parties. The customer further represents and warrants that such images do not comprise or contain software viruses, commercial solicitation, mass mailings, chain letters, or any form of "spam". The customer may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead Clipping Path Business as to the origin of any images. The customer agrees to indemnify Clipping Path Business for all claims arising from the customer claims to any rights in any images. The customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Clipping Path Business harmless, damages, for any loss, or costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any third-party claim, demand or action resulting from the Client's use of the Website, including any claim for infringement of intellectual property rights of third-parties. The customer also agrees to indemnify Clipping Path Business for any loss, damages, or costs, including logical attorneys' fees, resulting from the customer's use of software robots, , crawlers, spiders or similar data gathering and removal tools, or any other action the Client takes that imposes a difficult burden or load on Clipping path business infrastructure.
8. Privacy
8.1 Any information of the Client provides to Clipping Path Business will be kept confidential and will be used only to support the Client's customer relationship with Clipping path business. Clipping Path Business shall not disclose or sell information about the customer to any third party except in connection with an auction of the whole or part of the business of clipping path business.
8.3 Before the customer places his first order the customer will be asked to provide his name, email address and other personal details information necessary for Clipping Path Business to fulfill the Services for the Client and/or enhance the Customer visit to the Website.
9. Security
9.1 Clippingpathbusiness.com will uses "cookies" to recognize users of the Website and personalize their visit by customizing web pages for them and for collecting user information to enable Clipping Path Business to provide the Services and fulfill the obligations towards the Client.
9.2 Clipping Path Business takes reasonable steps to ensure that unauthorized third parties do not access data transmitted electronically to Clipping Path Business or by Clipping Path Business via the Website. However Clipping Path Business cannot guarantee that such access will not happen. Consequently, the customer accepts the risk that data transmitted electronically by Clipping Path Business or to Clipping Path Business via the Website may be intercepted or accessed by third parties who are unauthorized by Clipping Path Business to access such data.
9.3 The customer acknowledges that the customer is responsible for the protection of his, her or its computer system, software, hardware & data and those of third parties who may access or otherwise be connected to the computer system of the customer. Consequently, the customer accepts responsibility for ensuring that all emails, programs and other data downloaded or otherwise received from the Website or from Clipping Path Business are free from viruses, Trojans, worms and all other forms of malicious code before using the equal.
9.4 Clipping Path Business tracks the geographical locations of customers to avoid fraudulent actions.
10. Confidentiality
All the information should be reserved confidential and both parties have the same opinion that (including trade secrets and proprietary information) the information disclosed to them by the other party pursuant to those terms and conditions. Both parties also have the same opinion that they shall not, without the previous written consent of the disclosing party, use any confidential information for their own purposes or release it to any third party other than for the performance of the Services which provided the receiving party shall have no obligations under this article to the extent that such information is public knowledge or is already known to the receiving party at the time of disclosure or subsequently becomes public knowledge other than by breach of these terms and conditions or subsequently comes lawfully into the possession of the receiving party from a third party.
11. Force Majeure
Force majeure is understood to be any situation beyond the control of the parties, as a result of which fulfillment with the agreement can no longer be required in all rationality. In the above context or an example, the following events are also considered to be cases of force majeure: any malfunctions, which may or may not be provisional, at the premises of one of the parties, or situation preventing standard completion of the agreement, including but not limited to strikes, lock-outs, revolution, involvement by a higher authority, acts of terror, state of war and siege, fire, epidemics, natural disasters, extreme weather conditions and similar conditions.
12. Miscellaneous
The customer must have to be acknowledged and agreed that these terms and conditions constitute the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties relating to the Client's use of the Website, and succeed and govern all prior proposals, agreements or other communications.
Any kind of changes posted on the website will be effective right away. The customer continued use of the Website constitutes the Client's agreement to all such terms and conditions. Clipping Path Business may with or without prior notice, terminate any of the rights granted by these terms and conditions. The customer shall comply immediately with any termination or other notice, as applicable, including by ceasing all use of the Website.
Nothing contained in these terms and conditions shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership and other form of joint enterprise between Clipping Path Business and the Customer. Clipping path business failure to require the Client's performance of any condition here of shall not affect the full right to require such presentation at any time thereafter nor shall Clipping path business waiver of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of the condition itself. In the event that any provision of these terms and conditions shall be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law or be so held by any arbitral award or applicable court judgment, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these Terms and Conditions unenforceable or invalid as a whole.
Clipping Path Business reserves the right, in its sole carefulness, to change these terms and conditions at any time by giving the changes on the Website.


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and so are the mangoes.
Wow. I dont have much to say after that. 😛 I can talk about nothing for hours..but when it comes to writing a post. Ah well..
Lets just stick to keeping it random.. I can do that. Not too hard. Here goes…
I haven't read a book in months. I dont even remember the last book I read. I love being taken completely captive by a book.. when its the only thing I talk about for days. Thats what TV does to you. Steals time that's meant for books. Bad TV! BAD BAD TV!
I would've gone over to the mall to sit at landmark for a couple of hours just to read. But I meet too many people and I'm usually not in the mood to be nice and talk about what I'm up to. I don't think "I wake up, eat, sit online and sleep" make up for interesting conversation.
Especially when a lot of people are so curious about WHY I don't have a job!
Heck, If I knew I would've done something about it!
And then the comments about my hair… let me just say it once and for all. I know I paid a lot to get this done. You don't have to make that scary face at me when I tell you. The one that makes you look like a toad.
I know that some of you think that my hair looked better before.. but let's see.. I'm not married to you nor am I dating you. You're not even my mom. Do you think I really care about your opinion??
Ok fine.. I do! So just be nice to me and keep all your "real and honest" opinions to yourself! Is that too much to ask for?!
Anyway, I have had a pretty crazy weekend. I feel completely drained. Its weird coz' even though I'm at home I have such a full life.There is just So much to do. But exciting exciting times. God's on the move. He's raising up an army and I'm just amazed that I'm a part of it.
I can't believe that when things are getting so exciting I have to pack up and leave.
I wonder what God has in mind.
Where He leads I will go.
But we have a deal.. I am coming back. I'm Indian. I will always be Indian. I want to be Indian in India!
I'm not sure that made sense..
as I was saying… Summer's here..
and so is the madness!

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Along with the usual smattering of scantily clad ladies, a gorilla named Bokito is dominating the YouTube charts today with four of the six most-watched video clips of the day.
On Friday, the 400-pound male somehow got out of his exhibit in the Rotterdam Zoo — something of a feat, it seems, since to escape, he would have had to scale a high wall and then overcome a gorilla's natural lack of swimming skills to cross a moat.
Once loose, Bokito ran amok. He attacked a 57-year-old woman, dragging her several feet and sinking his teeth into her. Two other visitors were injured as well, as zoogoers sought cover, and a zoo employee was "suffering from shock after coming face to face with the animal," Dutch News reported.
"Everyone was in panic, running away, screaming, wailing, screaming kids running around. It was a total drama," one witness told NOS radio.
A group of people tried to barricade themselves inside a restaurant on the zoo grounds, only to watch in horror as the gorilla, its mouth "covered in blood," bashed his way in through a glass door, according to BBC News.
That was where he was recaptured, though, when a zookeeper managed to sink a tranquilizer needle into him.
Back on Gorilla Island once again, Bokito has become a YouTube star. Most viewers are probably drawn to the when-animals-attack factor, but at least one video paused to mount a defense of the gorilla.
In that clip, a sappy song plays during a slide show of images from the escape, and viewers are exhorted about who is at fault. "One cannot blaim [sic] the gorilla for his behaviour. It's not his nature to attack humans," the summary said.
Also jumping to Bokito's defense is perhaps the last person in the world that one might expect: his first victim. Though she suffered a crushed hand, bone breaks in her arm and wrist and dozens of bite wounds — injuries that have required two rounds of operations so far — the woman, Petronella Yvonne de Horde, said she is still a member of the Bokito fan club, which she joined when he was four months old.
"He is and remains my darling," she told Reuters.


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Pearl Acoustics Live Events
30th March - Kasteel de Bunswyck in Leuven, a panel of experts, musicians and instrument makers will help us chose the final configuration of our next production run of Sibelius speakers. It's going to be a great event and we have some surprises in in store for our listening panel!
High End (May 2016), Munich Germany - Trade Show
This Trade show is a 4 day event and will end on the 8th May,
The Munich High-End is an annual HIFI exhibition taking place in the MOC Messe Exhibition Centre, 20-minutes from the vibrant Munich city centre. Now recognised as the finest exhibition of high-end audio the world over, the Munich High-End attracts a global audience and all of the leading manufacturers.


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At the beginning of the film, Quasimodo's parents who were gypsies tried to enter the city of Notre Dame with fellow other gypsies. But they are discovered by Judge Claude Frollo, and his soldiers. While his wife, and deform infant son manages to escape. He is taken to the Palace of Justice, and is killed by Frollo's soldiers.
He is a kind, and caring person. He truly cared about his wife, and deform infant son overall. He then shows that he is brave, and will protect his family from soldiers. He was also shown to risk his own life to make sure that his wife, and deform infant son were safe from Frollo.
He is a slender man with black hair and has black eyebrows. He has a black mustache. He has a earring on his left ear. He has on a purple hat with black gloves. He wears Indigo clothing.
Live Action Film
Songs sung by him
- Hush it up will you
- Judge Claude Frollo
Quasimodo's Mother
He cared about his wife very much, and protected her from Frollo's soldiers. He was never the less happy that his wife fled from Frollo with his deform infant son, hoping that she would protect their child from the evil judge.
He cared about his infant son, despite his deformity. He also showed that he risked his own life to make sure that his son, and mother were safe.
Other Gypsies
He also protected his fellow gypsies who accompany him to Paris, and is sadden that they are capture alongside him, while his wife and deform infant son fled from Frollo.
Judge Claude Frollo
He hated Frollo, for capturing him, and never tells the Judge's soldiers where his family is. Never the less, he is killed by Frollo's soldiers.
Knownable Relatives
- Quasimodo's Mother (Wife)
- Quasimodo (Son)
- Madellaine (Daughter In Law)
- The stage musical identifies him as Jehan Frollo, the younger brother of Claude Frollo.
Voice Actors
- Japanese : ???
- English : ???
all information on Quasimodo's Father came from http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Quasimodo%27s_father


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Saeco Nina Bar coffee machine troubleshooting
|The machine does not switch on
|No power supply
|Check the electrical circuit
|The machine does not warm up
|The thermostats have intervened
|Replace the thermostats (if of the One shot type)
|The power supply does not reach the boiler
|If they are manual, reset them If they are automatic, they are reset automatically Check the electrical connections
|The pump is very noisy
|There is no water in the tank The pump has disengaged from the supports
|Fill the tank
|The silicone pipe that carries the water from the tank to the pump is pinched or blocked
|Insert the pump into the supports once again
|Check the water circuit
|The coffee is too cold
|The filter holder is not inserted for the pre-heating process The cups are cold
|Run hot water through the filter holder
|Pre-heat the cups with hot water
|The milk does not froth
|The milk is not suitable (powdered or skimmed milk)
|Use whole milk
|Dirty nozzle or Cappuccino maker
|Carefully dean the nozzle or the cappuccino maker with water
|The coffee flows too quickly and does not form the cream
|Little coffee in the filter holder Grinding level too coarse There is a missing component in the filter holder
|Increase the quantity Use a different mixture Verify that all the components are in place and installed correctly
|The coffee does not flow or it flows in drops
|Grinding level too fine
|Use a different mixture Agitate the coffee
|The coffee is pressed too much in the filter holder
|Reduce the amount of coffee Descale the machine Carefully dean the filter
|Too much coffee in the filter holder Blocked water channels Blocked filter in the filter holder
|The coffee does not flow from the edges
|The filter holder has been inserted incorrectly into the coffee dispensing unit The upper border of the filter holder is dirty
|Insert the filter holder correctly Clean the edges of the filter holder
|The seal of the boiler is dirty or worn
|Clean or replace the seal Reduce the amount of coffee
|Too much coffee in the filter holder
Saeco RI975243 coffee machine troubleshooting
|The machine does not turn on.
|The machine is not connected to the power source.
|Connect the machine to the power source.
|The plug has not been plugged into the back of the machine.
|Insert the plug into the machine's power socket.
|Machine in stand-by.
|Press the brew button to start the machine.
|Coffee is not hot enough.
|The cups are cold.
|Warm the cups with hot water.
|Hot water or steam is not dispensed.
|The hole of the steam wand is clogged.
|Clean the hole of the steam wand using a pin.
|Coffee has little crema.
|The coffee blend is unsuitable or coffee is not freshly roasted.
|Change coffee blend.
|The machine takes a long time to warm up or the amount of water dispensed from the wand is too little.
|The machine circuit is obstructed by limescale build-up.
|Descale the machine.
|The brew group does not come out.
|The brew group is out of place.
|Turn the machine on. Close the service door. The brew group is automatically placed in the correct position.
|Coffee grounds drawer is inserted.
|Remove the dregdrawer first, then the brew group.
|The machine grinds the coffee beans but
|Water tank is empty.
|Fill the water tank and prime the circuit again.
|no coffee comes out. (see note)
|Brew group is dirty.
|Clean the brew group.
|Circuit is not primed.
|Prime the circuit again by dispensing water from the steam wand.
|Rare event that occurs when the machine is automatically adjusting the dose.
|Brew a few coffees as described in the manual.
|Knob to adjust the quantity of coffee per cup is in wrong position.
|Turn the knob clockwise.
|The coffee is too weak, (see note)
|Rare event that occurs when the machine is automatically adjusting the dose.
|Brew a few coffees as described in the manual.
|Coffee is brewed slowly. (see note)
|Coffee is too fine.
|Change coffee blend.
|Circuit is not primed.
|Prime the circuit again by dispensing water from the spout
|Brew group dirty.
|Clean the brew group.
|Coffee leaks out of the dispensing head.
|Dispensing head is clogged.
|Clean the dispensing holes with a soft cloth.
|Brewing does not start.
|Coffee bean hopper cover is in wrong position.
|Correctly place the cover on the coffee bean hopper and press it firmly.
Saeco TALEA coffee machine troubleshooting
|Turn machine off and on to solve the problem
|Turn the appliance off and then back on after 30 seconds to resolve the fault.
|Call Service Centre
|The problem requires the intervention of the Service Centre
|Insert drip tray
|Insert the drip tray
|Close coffee bean hopper lid
|The coffee bean hopper lid must be dosed to produce beverages.
|Insert ground coffee
|This message is shown if the user selected the use of this type of coffee when the products were specifically programmed.
|Insert brewing unit
|Insert the brewing unit in its intended location
|Insert dreg drawer
|Insert the dreg drawer
|Empty dreg drawer
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A naked fear filled me as I walked toward Saudi immigration. I wondered if I was Muslim enough to be allowed in.
I was a marked man — a Muslim who was not only openly gay, but had also been publicly labeled an infidel for my blasphemous argument that Islam and homosexuality could co-exist.
Following the release of my 2008 film, A Jihad for Love, a fatwa condemned me for the sin of apostasy. The fatwa provided extensive, supposedly Quranic evidence, quoting from the "Judgment on Apostates" section of the indoctrination curriculum used in Saudi schools:
An apostate will be suppressed three days in prison in order that he may repent. Otherwise, he should be killed, because he has changed his true religion, therefore, there is no use from his living.
But there I was, at the border of the nation I most feared — Wahabi-land. Wahabism is the cruel and puritanical form of eighteenth-century Islam the Saudis practice. They reserve the death penalty for people like me, with beheading often being the punishment of choice.
And yet, it was immense faith that brought me here. I was obeying my highest calling as a Muslim, embarking on the Hajj pilgrimage. This was my journey of the spirit. I prayed I would be allowed to finish it.
"Muslim?" said the balding border guard scrutinizing my Indian passport.
"Yes," I answered with a confidence I did not feel.
He typed into a tired looking PC. Had he Googled me and already known who I was?
Islam's outliers shared a Hajj of defiance with me. For them, this desert was a landscape of destruction.
Stamping my passport with his grubby fingers he said, "Ahlan al Hag" ("Welcome Hajji"). Premature, I thought. The greeting was reserved for those who had already fulfilled Islam's highest calling. "Insha'Allah" ("If God wills"), I replied. He smiled. It was as if he had stamped the word "Muslim" on my forehead.
Our Shia-filled bus sped toward Mecca. Well-marked signs on the road to Mecca say "Muslims Only." The Saudi's provide timely highway exits marked "Non Muslims" for the disbelievers.
As far as the Wahabis were concerned, both the Shia and I would usually fall into the disbeliever category. At the time I thought I was the only Sunni in my Hajj group. I shared this secret with our group leader, Shafiq. My bigger secret, I dared not share. That stayed in my Hajj closet.
"We Shia welcome you brother Parvez. But if it were the other way around, it would never happen. A Shia pilgrim in a Sunni group? Never!"
I felt a surprising affinity with them. Islam's outliers shared a Hajj of defiance with me. For them, this desert was a landscape of destruction. The Saudis had obliterated the graves of Islam's ancestors — graves to which they prayed. Islam's most bitter divide is about lineage. Who inherits the Prophet Muhammad's wisdom?
At Jannatul Mu'alla, the historic cemetery in Mecca, we prayed as intransigents to graves that included the Prophet's wife and grandfather. A white SUV pulled up and out stepped a Mutawwa, a foot soldier of the feared Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. "Shirk," ("idol worship") he yelled through a bullhorn. He exhorted us to not turn our backs to the Kaaba, the black cube-shaped structure that is the beating heart of Islam.
Hours later, I walked towards the Masjid al Haram (The Sacred Mosque) that houses the Kaaba. I was walking in an unnervingly capitalist landscape. Skyscrapers and cranes leapt into the heavens. I wondered if the crowds of pilgrims, transformed now into eager shoppers, recognized the destruction.
If Islam offered redemption to its sinner-pilgrims, it was to be found right here, at the Kaaba.
The Saudi-funded obliteration of Islamic history was at peak success. They had even built a row of toilets over the home the Prophet shared with his first wife, Khadija. This was Mecca Vegas. The Prophet Muhammad would recognize nothing in this town but the ancient Kaaba, where I was headed.
The Hajj is a harsh pilgrimage that is fundamentally about faith and surrender. It was only moments spent praying to and contemplating the Kaaba that offered succor to the faithful.
The hungry hands of sinners, over centuries, made its grainy, granite surface a vessel of forgiveness. It radiated a strength that filled me. Drawn to it like a magnet, I would return night after sleepless night. If Islam offered redemption to its sinner-pilgrims, it was to be found right here, at the Kaaba.
It was Younes, a mild-mannered doctor from Alabama and now my Hajj friend. For a moment we marveled at the unlikelihood of finding each other in these immense crowds.
He was a thoughtful man, and I had instinctively liked him.
"I have something to tell you," he said. I listened. He was coming out to me, as a Sunni man.
"But I thought your wife and mother-in-law were Shia, "I said.
"An unlikely marriage, but a very strong one," he said.
He asked me if I knew how to pray like the Shia. I told him I had spent months learning their customs before I came. When I was with the Shia group, I prayed like they did. When I was alone, I prayed the slightly different Sunni way.
"A good compromise," he said. "It wouldn't be good to be found out as an outsider here."
It was no longer a question of whether Islam would accept me. It was a question of whether I would accept Islam.
I already knew that Younes chose his words carefully. I wondered if he knew. We sat in contemplative silence for a while. I had always been taught that where we sat was God's abode. And God didn't like liars, my mother used to say. My burden of deceit suddenly felt very heavy.
"I have something to tell you, too, "I whispered.
"I am gay." The three words came out, ones I have never even dared say to my father.
"I knew," he said. And then there was silence. It felt like eternities passed. Younes gently put his arm around my shoulder.
"Why would you want to be a part of something that wants no part of you?" he asked.
I wanted to tell him that the Kaaba gave me the strength to come out. His kind gesture validated my very being. The sleepless nights spent here had changed me. Here at Islam's ground zero, I believed I had received acceptance from a higher power than those who patrolled these walls with rifles and batons.
My Islam would forever be different. It would no longer be a faith of fear. It was no longer a question of whether Islam would accept me. It was a question of whether I would accept Islam.
And sitting there silent, with the nice Sunni doctor from Alabama, steps away from Islam's beating heart, I did.
The opinions expressed in this piece belong to the author.
Image courtesy of Mawardi Bahar / Shutterstock.com.


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original store was at the corner of Church Hill opposite the
Anglican Church in Caledonia, but in 1889 documents in the recording office in Liverpool show that Nelson Foster Douglas, one of Milton's sons and proprietor of the store, purchased the lot where the current store is located. In 1907 a new store was built at "Caledonia Corner" and the
stock from the old store was carried and put into place in the newly-completed store.
In 1914 Nelson Foster died and the store was run by the estate until 1916, when his five children-Perry, Lee, Helen, Viola and Dora-
incorporated and took over the running of the store. Over the years,
Perry and Lee eventually took over the management of the store and its interests. Lee and Perry passed the business on to Lee's son, Nelson. Nelson stayed with the business until 1992, after bringing his son Blair
into the family business. Blair continues the family tradition.
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I love social stories and find them extremely useful for kids with autism, behavior problems or ADHD. They are a great tool for parents as well. This post will cover the hows and whys of writing and using a social story.
What is a social story? A social story is a story about something a child is going to be experiencing in the future, often with pictures. The story prepares the child for the event by telling the child what is going to happen and in what order.
For instance, a story about going to the dentist will explain to the child that he or she is going to see a person to help them keep their teeth clean. Then the story will walk the child through the steps: checking in at the office, waiting in the waiting room, sitting in the dentist chair, ex-rays, cleaning and getting a balloon at the end.
In the story, you can reference specific things that might be hard for your child. For instance, of your child is bothered by noise, you can explain what parts of the dentist visit will be noisy. Or maybe you will explain that it feels funny to have someone clean your teeth for you, but that it will not hurt. Social stories are a chance to explain what is going to happen so your child is less surprised and better able to handle those things when they happen.
For younger kids (under the age of 10), I illustrate the story. If I can, I use pictures of the people and places the child will encounter. So I might find or take a picture of the dentist's office or the dentist to let the child know what to expect. If I can't do that, I use clip art to illustrate different steps.
Parents can also use social stories to "front-load" expectations. Front-load is a fancy term for setting out expectations ahead of events. For instance, "You have to sit still in the dentist's chair and let the dentist look in your mouth" is a great way to help your child know what he or she must do at the dentist. You can also tie rewards to good behavior in the story "When you let the dentist look at your teeth, everyone is proud of you! The dentist will give you a balloon for doing so well" (if you know your dentist hands out balloons).
Putting together all the elements of the story we just talked about, here is what a social story for going to the dentist might look like (minus pictures).
You are going to the dentist on Tuesday.
The dentist helps your teeth stay clean and healthy.
When you go to the dentist, Mom will tell the dentist that you are ready to have your teeth cleaned.
You might have to wait in the lobby for the dentist to be ready for you.
When they are ready, a dental hygienist, a person who helps the dentist, will take us to a small room in the back. Mom will stay with you.
The dental hygienist will have you sit in a big chair. She will use a special machine to take pictures of your teeth.
This does not hurt at all, although she will have you bite down on something that feels funny.
Then the dental hygienist will clean your teeth. She will use different tools to do this. Some of them will be noisy. You can wear earplugs if you want.
You have to sit still and let your teeth get cleaned. It is important!
The dentist will come in then. She will look at your teeth and show you the pictures they took earlier.
If you let the hygienist clean your teeth and let the dentist look at your teeth, everyone will be proud of you! The dentist will give you a balloon after she sees your clean teeth.
Read the story at least 3-5 times before the event for kids ages 3-7. For kids 8-10, 1-2 readings usually suffice unless the child is on the spectrum (if the child is on the spectrum, consider increasing to 3-5 times for older kids, to 5-10 times for younger kids.) Kids will let you know when they understand what will happen by telling you they understand or telling others about what they are going to be doing. Some might like the comfort of reading the story again and again though, so be prepared to read the story as often as your child needs it.
When expectations are understood and events explained, kids tend to behave better. The world becomes more understandable and the hidden rules adults understand are made explicit. Kids thrive on clarity and understanding.
If social stories are too hard for you to write or you feel uncomfortable writing them, children's books that explain things that will happen to your child can be great for this as well. The Bernstein Bears have many books that explain things like the dentist and doctor. They can be great shortcuts to social stories.


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Debbie and her husband are in Louisville Kentucky to see family. Hope they get to the Derby museum.
Sue and Chuck are going back to New York this week-end to celebrate his 80th birthday with friends. Have fun and congratulations Chuck!
Mary and Ralph look like they are having a great time with their trailer and visiting their kids.


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|August 29, 2008
Last night CNN reported that Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, recently cleared his schedule. Tim Pawlenty is one of the candidates John McCain is considering for Vice President. We should have some idea today of his choice.
The other serious candidates include Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Tom Ridge, the former governor of Pennsylvania. I think most conservatives would like to have Mitt Romney.
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Retreat to dunes, limestone crags and beautifully clear waters
Thailand has the benefit of possessing a disproportionate amount of the world's top beaches, Lonely Planet says, leaving visitors spoilt for choice. Many of them have powder-soft dunes, dramatic limestone crags and beautifully clear waters.
Some of the very best are: Hat Phra Nang, Railay ("perfect sand, limestone cliffs and caves, emerald water" but "tends to get crowded in high season"), Hat Khao Lak ("expect outrageous sunsets and lazy days"), Ko Tao ("hit the island's west side for tiki-torched beach bars" then escape to the eastern side for a "hermitic retreat"), Ko Mak and Ko Kut ("sling your hammock up on a desolate beach") and Ao Bang Thao, Phuket ("this laid-back yet lively beach has something for everyone").
Lonely Planet
[pictured: Hua Hin Beach; courtesy TAT]


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I enjoyed Basia Bulat's powerful gospel-infused voice. Her album is called Tall Tall Shadow, and is a follow-up to 2007's Oh My Darling. With a mix of song types and tempos, this album is recommended. In a few of the songs, like "It Can't Be You," the music is secondary to her vocals. Other songs, like "Wires," are very dancey.
[Watch this video of Bulat covering "Glory Days" for AV Undercover. It gives a little preview of her impressive vocals and awesome hammer-harp skills.]
A few tracks into Lorde's Pure Heroine, I was finally able to place where I'd heard her before. "Royals," the "single," is currently the song de-jour of department stores, coffee shops, and TV montages. This song is everywhere and, you know what, the album does not disappoint. I usually like my female vocalists to be a little tougher (ie. Neko Case and Liz Phair on Exit in Guyville), but I can see the appeal of Lorde. It is like Feist, mixed with CHVRCHES, with some Grimes thrown in. And she's only 16.
HAIM's release, Days are Gone, was the most buzzed about. SiriusXM has been playing songs from his quartet of sisters for months. They are obviously influenced by indie-pop and R&B. There appears to be some sampling and remixes. Overall, though, this release probably ranks third overall.
Yuck released their first album since the departure of singer Daniel Blumberg. Entitled Glow and Behold, it reminiscent of Big Star with a 1970s breezy vibe.
Fuzz's self-titled debut is just what you may think: an album of fuzzy rock. Ty Segall's latest project is full of guitar solos and heavy riffs. Not for me, but recommended if you like the fuzz.
British singer-songwriter Johnny Flynn released Country Mile. This is his first album since 2010's excellent Been Listening (although he did score A Bag of Hammers in 2012). As a former actor, Flynn is an excellent wordsmith and the lyrics reflect his narrative ability. I definitely recommend it especially if you haven't listened to Flynn before and enjoy folksy singer-songwriters - ie Frank Turner.


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Company "Post International" provides full range of international postal services and manages few International Mail Processing Centers (IMPS) in Ukraine and Poland.
Import to Ukraine
The company provides the postal services such as:
- receiving postal dispatches abroad;
- postal formalization, delivery to Ukraine with further custom clearance
- delivery "to door" via partner selected by customer;
- services of cash on delivery.
As well as:
1. Managing consolidated cargos of international mail on the terminals in Poland (Warsaw)
2. Full mail customs formalization in conformity with Acts and Norms of Universal Postal Convention
3. Maximum fast delivery of international mail to Ukraine by trucks to our warehouse with further delivery to end consumer or postal department.
Export from Ukraine.
Consolidation of local mail for export, formalization of necessary customs and postal accompanying documents, transportation to IMPC (our daughter company Post International EU with the status of postal operator) in Republic of Poland, custom formalization in Republic of Poland, and addressed delivery to recipient.
- Accepting the parcels in one of the biggest mail logistics centers in the Republic of Poland.
- Modern warehouse center. Comfortable location within city borders. Easy transport accessibility.
- Fast delivery via auto/avia transport around the world.
- Customs formalization and clearance. Consulting in international postal legislation.
- Оперативная доставка посылок вашим клиентам.
- Flexible tariffs and schedule of delivery.
- Tracking of mail for customer.
- Possibility of integration with existing software.
- Consulting our clients throughout all stages of document preparation and passage of cargo.
- Providing service of COD transfer: flexible tariffs, fast currency purchase, low commission.


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February is Spay/Neuter Awareness Month
Health benefits as well as the prevention of unwanted litters are two of the biggest reasons why The Anti-Cruelty Society offers a low-cost spay and neuter clinic to the public.
Spaying and neutering pets offers many health benefits to pets including preventing uterine infections and breast cancer in female dogs and lessen the risk of enlarged prostate gland and testicular cancer in male dogs according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. Sterilizing your pet could also lead to them living 3-5 years longer.
At The Anti-Cruelty Society, pets using our Spay/Neuter Clinic go home the same day as the surgery. Immediately after your pet has been spayed or neutered, you can expect them to be more tired and lethargic than usual. They may try to lick their incision site and this can be prevented by purchasing a cone for them to wear until the wound has healed. Pets do not receive external sutures, so a follow up visit for removal is unnecessary. The Society offers post-surgical care if necessary at no charge until the incision has healed.
The Anti-Cruelty Society sees thousands of pets come through our doors each year, many of which are the offspring of a pet or unwanted litters. Spaying and neutering pets in the public helps prevent these unwanted litters which helps keep shelter populations lower.
The Anti-Cruelty Society's low-cost spay/neuter clinic offers this life-saving surgery at an affordable rate for all: cats' surgeries are just $30, dogs are $130, and pit bull and pit bull mix dogs are $60. In 2017, The Anti-Cruelty Society spayed and neutered 6,175 pets from the public and 2,794 shelter pets sterilizing a total of over 9,000 Chicago area pets.
For more information, click here. To sponsor a spay or neuter procedure for someone who cannot afford the cost of the procedure, please donate here.


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We are learning that no matter what the first is, without Everett it stings deeply. Today Tennessee was blanketed with it's first snow of the year. The kids we're out of school even though it didn't start to actually snow until the afternoon. Excitement was high and the disappointment was high too when they woke up to only rain. All day the snow was anticipated and we just weren't sure it would ever arrive.
The sadness of life without Everett has not lifted even the slightest bit yet, in fact, Josh Kelley pointed out the other day how it seems to be getting worse and he's right, it is. We know it won't last forever, but for now nothing seems to lift the grief. Nothing seems to ease the pain or take away the sadness. Our littlest was asleep in her bed and Amon was working on not napping so I told Josh I was going to go up and lay down with him. I climbed into Amon's top bunk and cuddled in close next to him. I held him tight and we both dozed off. Next thing I knew, about 2 hours later, I woke up to Josh touching my shoulder and saying, "It's snowing."
I never take naps, but today I needed this rest. Our bodies have definitely taken the toll grief brings and we are absolutely exhausted. Amon stirred and I told him it was snowing. He responded by shrugging his shoulders and saying, "It still hasn't shown up." I told him what Josh had just reported and his eyes brightened and he hopped down the bunkbed latter as quick as he could.
Sure enough, snow was falling and sticking and making everything pretty and white. I thought about the last time we'd seen snow…in Beijing…in February right before meeting Shuai for the first time. I watched how excited the kids we're and the sadness sunk in quick. Shuai would have loved this. He would have been adorable all bundled up and going as hard as his little body and broken heart would have let him. He would have loved the slowness of the day. The crafts and pizza and fun snacks and shows and snuggles. I cannot even begin to explain how much I long to snuggle his sweet little body. I wish I could have napped with my baby today…breathed him deeply…stroked his dark hair…held him close like I did Amon.
The day carried on and the kids played their hearts out. I slept through starting the crock pot for dinner and forgetting to tell Josh to do so as well so he walked down to Walgreens to snag 3 frozen pizzas for dinner. 3 out of 8 of the Kelleys ended up eating dinner sitting on our countertops. Of course I thought of Everett. How could I not?!?! We we're doing his thing. We we're sitting in his favorite comfort spots right on top of our counters while eating one of his favorite American foods.
I scrolled social media and saw everyone's snow pictures and honestly, some just made me straight up angry. I know it's not right or justified, but it's the ugly truth of grief. So much has changed since Shuai died. So many many things have changed…we're not the same people, relationships have diminished and new ones have emerged. Sadness and pain and hope all swirl around mixing together and it's just hard to navigate most days…especially days that should feel extra special, but feel extra painful instead.
We ended our first snow day with treats and a movie. I started crying when the kids started rolling off to their rooms to brush their teeth and get ready for bed. Solomon grabbed my neck and hugged me tight. If I'm down, he is the first one that recognizes it and steps in to love on his mama. After the kids all went to bed I finally went outside by myself to see the snow. I stood there watching the snow fall in the light of the security light in between our house and our neighbors. I hoped Everett knew how deeply we miss him. How we think about him all day, every day. How we long to be with him. I thought about how I hoped some how he saw our first snow without him and knew we missed him and wished we could have experienced it with him. I hoped he snuggled up close to Jesus today and napped the way Amon and I had.
No matter how anticipated or longed for the first is, it still proves hard and sad. My mind is set on Shuai tonight, like it is every night, and how I really hope it feels like a blink of the eye until we're together again…until I can scoop him up and hold him close. Another first and our first snow day of this new year means we're yet another day closer to our boy.


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Hiring and keeping effective employees for administration, marketing, and other company operations has become increasingly difficult. As a result, companies are exploring different approaches to talent management for the home office. This article looks at the talent supply issue and new talent management initiatives that have the potential to enhance home-office talent acquisition, development, and retention.


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1797 SW State Road 47
Lake City, FL 32025
Phone: (386) 961-0102
Clay Electric Cooperative is an incorporated, member-owned, not-for-profit electric power supplier, democratically organized and controlled by those it serves. Formally organized in 1937, the co-op has traditionally been known for its excellent service.
The co-op is also a Touchstone Energy cooperative- a national alliance of local, member-owned electric cooperatives committed to high standards of service.
Headquartered in Keystone Heights, Florida, the electric co-op is one of the largest in the United States. There are six district offices (Keystone Heights, Orange Park, Lake City, Gainesville, Salt Springs and Palatka).
The service area is divided into nine trustee districts with one member representing each district on the cooperatives board of trustees. Members are elected to the board at the co-ops annual meeting; the next meeting will be held in March or April 2018.


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Country Buses Volume Two 1950-1959
This second volume of Laurie Akehurst's account of London Transport's country buses covers the 1950s. A decade that opened with the promise of expansion but closed with the services beginning their decline. It was a decade in which the fleet was transformed by the continuing arrival of new RTs and the introduction of the RF, GS and RLH types. Liberally illustrated in monochrome.


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Jason Lowe believes Rovers showed true character and resilience in their 1-1 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion on Tuesday night.
The team had to work hard under spells of relentless pressure from the home side at the Amex Stadium and the midfielder feels that the belief and organisation showed can serve them well in the end of season run-in.
"We were under a lot of pressure at times and we had to soak it up," said the England Under-21 star.
"Overall I think it was a well earned point, but it was a little bit frustrating as I do think we should have had a penalty in the second half.
"They moved the ball well, made the pitch big and we had to be organised. We stuck at it and played on the counter attack.
"We got the goal, but 1-0 is always a vulnerable scoreline.
"The side showed a lot of character, we are a lot more organised off the ball and we are working for each other.
"It is the last stretch now until the end of the season, we'll take one game at a time, try and take maximum points and we'll see where that leaves us."


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Former Obama administration official Andy Kim's (D) contributors in the fourth quarter included "actor Mark Ruffalo … singer/actress Barbra Streisand … philanthropist Alex Soros and actress Piper Perabo."
Kim outraised incumbent Rep. Tom MacArthur (R), taking in $345,000 and starting the election year with $431,000 in cash on hand. MacArthur raised $269,000 and had $932,000 on hand.
Kim also "received $2,000 from House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer's campaign fund and another $5,000 from Hoyer's political action committee, AmeriPAC."
MacArthur received "$183,000 from other campaign committees and PACs, including the Majority Committee PAC, Republican Main Street PAC, Republican Whip Steve Scalise's Eye of the Tiger PAC, and the moderate Tuesday Group PAC." (Burlington County Times)


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Blu-ray Edition
Review by Michael Jacobson
Stars: Robert DeNiro,
Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Hart, Alan Arkin, LL Cool J, Kim Basinger, Jon
Director: Peter Segal
Audio: DTS HD 5.1
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Studio: Warner Bros.
Features: See Review
Length: 113 Minutes
Release Date: April 8, 2014
"Now GO KNOCK HIM OUT!!!...and hurry up, I gotta pee..."
Film ***
Grudge Match is actually the type of movie where so much was just waiting to go wrong, and yet, as fans, we root for it to go right. And by and large, it actually does.
What movie fan (or fight fan) wouldn't want to see a match between Rocky Balboa and Jake LaMotta? Well...maybe we'd have rather seen it some 20 to 25 years ago, but we can't have everything. In those characters, Sylvester Stallone and Robert DeNiro helped change the landscape of boxing movies, and gave film lovers two of the screen's most unforgettable characters.
So sure, in this movie, neither actor plays his iconic character, but you still feel the vibe. Stallone is "Razor" Sharp, and DeNiro is "Kid" McDonnen, two fighters with a short but unforgettable history. In the 80s, they had two of the most grueling and still-talked-about matches ever. In the first, Kid won, but in the rematch, Razor disposed of Kid pretty neatly. Kid claimed he didn't take the rematch seriously and was under-trained for it. He, and boxing fans everywhere, wanted the third decisive match to prove once and for all who the better fighter was.
The only one who didn't want it was Razor, who retired from the ring. No amount of taunting or public humiliation from Kid could make him change his mind. And so, both men went their separate ways, with Kid running a car dealership and a restaurant, and Razor becoming a factory worker.
Razor has also been trying to take care of his aging manager Lightning (Arkin), but funds are running thin. That is, until Dante Slate (Hart), the son of his and Kid's former promoter (who took a LARGE part of their winnings), arrives with a deal. A video game maker is producing a game based on classic boxing rivalries. It's easy money if Razor will just show up, wear the motion-tracking suit, throw a few punches for the camera and record a few phrases.
Reluctantly, Razor agrees, but only on the condition that he does NOT want to see Kid. Yet, as fate would have it, Kid shows up early, and we find that 30 years' time has not mellowed these aging warriors, or their disdain for each other. A few punches are thrown, a video goes viral, and...well, it's easy to see what's coming.
Despite being in their 60s, the world begins to clamor once again for that final decisive match. Kid is as anxious as ever, but Razor, facing financial troubles, agrees. They are not alone; Razor still has Lightning in his corner, and Kid is introduced to B. J. (Bernthal), the son he never knew he had. Between both men is Sally (Basinger), with a missing piece of the puzzle to demonstrate why so much animosity exists between these men after so long.
I was expecting this film to be more of a spoof, but although it plays lightly, it plays seriously. There are one or two winks at the audience to let us know that yes, the filmmakers ARE aware of Rocky and Raging Bull, but nothing too ham-handed. And frankly, the final fight was better than I would have thought...credit the guts of DeNiro and Stallone, who are no longer young, but still willing to endure tough, physical roles for the sake of the story.
It's not a game-changer, but any fans of these two actors and the characters they made famous can't help but have a good time with Grudge Match. If you are not one of those, I can't say what you will think, but being one myself, I can say this movie goes the distance with charm, humor, and even a touch of warmth.
BONUS TRIVIA: Director Peter Segal actually asked Stallone to choreograph the final fight, which he did. YO ROCKO!!
Video ****
This is a beautiful looking anamorphic and high definition transfer from Warner. The images are clean and well detailed, and the colors are vibrant and natural. The final finale, which has large crowd scenes and good action, renders extremely well.
Audio ***
There are only a few scenes where dynamic range comes into play, but this uncompressed audio track delivers them nicely. Much of the movie is dialogue-oriented, and the spoken words come through cleanly and are well-balanced against the music and backgrounds.
Features ***
The extras include a making-of featurette, two specials on Kevin Hart, one with Larry Holmes, one with Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, plus an alternate opening and two alternate endings (each with a different outcome for the match).
Grudge Match may not be an undisputed champion of a boxing movie like Rocky or Raging Bull, but it's at least a winner by split decision. Stallone and DeNiro deliver laughs and fun in this enjoyable toe-to-toe matchup.


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You Are What You Think, Not What You Think You Are
Ever heard of a vision board? Have you ever done one?
The key to living fulfilled is to find out what is important to you, to identify your passions and then to find a way to live with that passion in your life. The vision board experience is one way to help uncover and discover what is most important to you, and to help you visually express what you want in life. Think of it as a way to help unlock your dreams, goals and aspirations, even some that you might not have known about.
The idea behind a vision board is that you create a visual reminder of your dreams and goals. And it is based on the Law of Attraction which says: What you think... you will become, also what you put out into the Universe, will be returned to you.
A few months ago I attended a vision board workshop and created my own vision for the future. I loved the "me" time to sit back and think. In the past I have rarely allowed myself the time to consider questions like: What was I doing the last time I experienced joy? What could I see myself doing that would create more joy in my life? If money were not an issue, what would I spend my time doing?
Being a type A person, I am usually too busy getting things done to slow down and think about me. It's interesting what things you learn about yourself, your life, and your dreams for the future when you take the time to consider and reflect.
Once you complete your Vision Board, it then serves as a visual representation/reminder of the things you want to have, be or do in your life. Something you can refer back to when you're feeling a little off track, or lost, a visual personally created by you, that brings your dreams back into focus.
Affirm the positive, visualize the positive and expect the positive, and your life will change accordingly.
In the past two months I have volunteered to lead a couple vision board workshops, one at Gilda's Club and one at a friend's house. Each time, not only do I enjoy making the connections with people and their stories, but I personally have come away with new things to add to my vision board.
I believe in the power of positive thinking. Do you? If you are interested in scheduling a vision board workshop, let me know. I'll even offer to lead one for free*, just for the experience!
*Certain restrictions apply of course.... send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested.
How about you? Will you THINK positive in 2012?


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Los Angeles is slowly pondering autumn as it doesn't exactly feel like summer anymore, nor does it feel completely like autumn either. This is how I'm styling the in between. All of these pieces are from my current capsule wardrobe. See more styling in my lookbook.
love, gratitude, kindness… true beauty
(Images by Dawn Michelle)


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The holidays are all about showing others how special they are to us. Today's tip of the day comes from Zen Habits.
Give a free hug. OK, only do this when appropriate … but if you have a loved one in your life, give them a hug! Often we can go too long without showing our affection and gratitude, even to those who are closest to us. Don't neglect this important part of your relationship. By "free" hug, I mean don't expect anything in return — just give it as a gift of gratitude. If you give a hug to a stranger, be prepared to run very fast afterward.


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1 1/2 - 2 lb. roast (cut into thin slices about 1 inch) 1 can pieces and stems mushrooms 1/3 cup soy sauce salt and pepper 1 12oz. bag of broccoli florets 1 can Campbell's onion soup 1 packet Beef OXO flavour 1 cup water 3 tbs. corn starch 1 pk. fettuccine
Cut meat into small thin pieces. Add salt and pepper and soy sauce. Let marinate for 15 minutes. Fry marinated meat in 3 tbs. oil. When meat is no longer pink add the mushrooms and simmer for half an hour on medium heat. Meanwhile cook the fettuccine, following package directions. Mix 1 packet OXO with 1 cup of water and stir in 3 tbs. cornstarch. Add to the meat and stir until the sauce thickens. Pierce the broccoli bag and microwave on high for 2 - 2 1/2 minutes. Drain and rinse the fettuccine, add it and the broccoli to the beef mix.Mix and serve.


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Lake Tahoe Nevada SP
|Best Western Topaz Lake Inn
|Super 8 by Wyndham Gardnerville Topaz Lake
Best Western Topaz Lake Inn
3410 Sandy Bowers Avenue, Gardnerville, NV 89410
Although its address mentions Gardnerville, the Best Western Topaz Lake Inn is actually 20 miles south of the town along US 395, 1 mile from the Nevada/California border. The hotel occupies an elevated position on the shores of Topaz Lake; all rooms look out east over the lake, half a mile away, and on towards distant mountain ranges, while views to the west are spectacular too, with the Sierra Nevada range rising just a few miles away. The lake is popular for swimming, water skiing, fishing and boating, and the lakeshore village includes a casino/restaurant/lounge for evening entertainment. Free continental breakfast, a fitness center, hot tub and free wi-fi are the main amenities.
Super 8 by Wyndham Gardnerville Topaz Lake
1979 Hwy 395 South, Gardnerville, NV 89410
35 miles south of Carson City and 20 miles from Gardnerville, the pet friendly Super 8 enjoys a peaceful, tree-lined setting beside a small residential community bordering scenic Topaz Lake, along US 395 close to the California stateline. A restaurant and 24 hour casino are adjacent, while the motel offers plenty of facilities of its own, including a coffee shop, meeting room, games room, outdoor pool and free continental breakfast. There are many scenic places within a hour's drive, such as Lake Tahoe, Bodie and Mono Lake.


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The fan comprises a fan, turbine blower, blower and compressor, divided in detail including centrifugal compressor, axial compressor, centrifugal blower, roots blower, centrifugal fan, axial fan and Yales blower 7 categories. The development trend and direction of the future fan are as follows:
The prediction for the use of a wide range of small and medium sized fan fan from the demand characteristics, product structure and manufacturing process is relatively simple, the cost is relatively low, the main user is the pursuit of high efficiency, low noise, long life, and the price is cheap. The other is a capital and technology intensive products, complex structure, long manufacturing cycle, complete and systematic is also strong, but running in high pressure, high temperature and high speed conditions, some even in the harsh conditions of operation, users have different requirements on the fan. For turbo blowers and compressors and large fans, users mainly aim at high quality, high reliability, stable operation and long cycle.
From the main areas of demand structure prediction, general ventilation fan (generally for medium and small centrifugal and axial fan) the most widely used, the largest demand, manufacturers are also the most. Generally speaking, the supply of such products exceeds the demand. Special purpose fan (including anti-corrosion fan, high temperature fan, wear-resistant fan, exhaust fan fire etc.) demand is not great, but because of special operation conditions, need to be treated differently, because the main material is special. The biggest feature of Roots blower is that when the pressure is within the allowable range, the flow rate varies little, the pressure selection range is wide, and the forced gas transmission characteristics are the main disadvantages. In recent years, through the introduction of technology, joint ventures and self-developed, our country has introduced a three blade roots blower with low noise, which is popular with users and has a better market prospect. Turbine compressor (including centrifugal compressor, axial compressor and axial centrifugal compressor) is an important equipment of the whole set of major projects, and plays an important role in the national economy. The performance requirements of turbo compressor are both high pressure and large flow. With the large-scale installation of equipment, the parameters of turbo compressor are becoming higher and higher. Such as blast furnace smelting plant, large coal chemical plant, large chemical fertilizer plant, large ethylene plant, large air separation unit, natural gas pipeline conveying device and oil field gas injection device, etc.. The demand for such products is small, but due to the importance, complex structure, long manufacturing cycle and high technical content, there are good economic and social benefits. The manufacturing level of turbo compressor represents the whole level of the fan industry. The capacity forecast from the domestic market varies greatly according to the requirements of different pressures and flow rates. Therefore, the fan demand should be differentiated according to its type and size, and forecast according to the demand of different industries. According to incomplete statistics, the annual growth rate of fan production in China was from 1980 to 1996, with an average annual growth rate of 13.8%. It is estimated that the total output of China's fans will be between 2 million 600 thousand and 2 million 900 thousand units in 2005, and that it will reach 3 million 100 thousand to 3 million 250 thousand units in 2010. According to the fan industry statistics, prediction of centrifugal compressor output in 2005 was 1 million 600 thousand ~ 1 million 800 thousand, 2010 will reach 2 million to 2 million 100 thousand; 2005 axial compressor production was 260 thousand units in 2010 is expected to reach 360 thousand units; turbine compressor and blower in 2005 the market share of up to 70% the left and right.
From the foreign market forecast, China general machinery fan industry association member unit 2000 export fan 7969, export delivery value is 81 million 157 thousand yuan. From 1991 to 2000, the total number of exported fans was 72876 units, and the total value of exported goods was 747 million 260 thousand yuan.
At present, the trend of global economic integration is becoming more and more obvious, and the economy of all countries will depend on each other more closely. International economic cooperation and exchanges are becoming increasingly close, and the international market is in a period of great cross and integration. At the same time, the global industrial restructuring is accelerating the pace of international division of labor, the scale and depth have significant progress, the developed countries will continue to industrial production to capital intensive and technology intensive industries and labor-intensive products transfer to developing countries and regions. This provides a good opportunity for China to play its own advantages and enter the international market.
In 1970s, foreign advanced technology of centrifugal compressor was introduced in China. After digestion, absorption and innovation, the product quality was improved. As long as the quality and delivery time are guaranteed, the use of price advantage is internationally competitive. Especially after China's accession to the WTO, it is possible to increase the export of fans. From the historical analysis, the main export varieties are small and medium-sized fan and fan parts. Domestic producers of such fans, the main gap is that the surface quality can not meet the export requirements, if improving the quality of appearance, but also has a price advantage, the prospects in foreign markets is broad. From 1991 to 2000, the fan export situation shows that the export of small and medium-sized ventilators is not stable enough, and there is no obvious trend of growth. But as technology continues to improve, such wind turbines are expected to increase in volume and are projected to grow at an average annual rate of about 5% on 2000.
There was a marked increase in exports of centrifugal compressors and blowers from 1991 to 2000, reaching 87 units in 2000. The major exporters are India, Pakistan, Iran, Vietnam and other developing countries. This trend is expected to grow, reaching 100 units a year.
To sum up, in the next few years, the market of wind turbines will be greatly developed, and the domestic market demand of small and medium fans will increase correspondingly, but the overall supply exceeds demand. In macroeconomic regulation and control, the state should introduce appropriate economic policies to limit the further development of such enterprises, and encourage the expansion of exports and the development of foreign markets. For turbine compressor, domestic only Shenyang air blower factory, Shaanxi blower (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Blower Factory Co. Ltd., Chongqing GM (Group) Co. Ltd. a few companies are able to produce, the current domestic market share of only 50%. Therefore, for such products, the state can not only limit its development, but also support the macro-control, and encourage users to use domestic equipment. At the same time, the export of such equipment should also be given corresponding support.


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GLA at a Glance
What GLA is doing
Changing your life and reality and contributing to the world
Practicing the Study of the Soul guides you to fulfill the purposes and missions of your life
All of us human beings exist as souls that harbor eternal life. Keiko Takahashi's Study of the Soul teaches us that by experiencing lives repeatedly under different conditions of eras, regions, and families, each of us aims to deepen and develop as a soul and to fulfill the purpose and mission of the soul.
Practicing the Study of the Soul means to accept encounters and incidents in our lives as callings to our souls. In order to respond to these callings, we cultivate our mind-heart, and thereby advance toward accomplishing the purpose and mission of our lives.
The principle of practice: Changing oneself
In practicing the Study of the Soul, we place importance on the mindset of perceiving "an ordeal is a calling." We perceive that difficulties and problems are calling us to change to a new way of living.
When we encounter a problem, we first look into ourselves and change our own mind-heart, and with that new self, we interact with the world to affect changes in reality. This is an unchanging mindset in practicing the Study of the Soul.
Why we can change our mind-heart – Because the Soul Compass enables us to grasp our mind-heart accurately
The reason for our being able to change our mind-heart and change ourselves is that the Study of the Soul provides us with a chart called the Soul Compass, which enables us to grasp our mind-heart accurately, and with solid paths that guide us to change it.
There are certain patterns of our mind-heart of which we are not fully aware and that produce similar and sometimes unfortunate results again and again.
For example, some people easily become pessimistic, closing off possibilities, while others become angry and sever their relationships with others. Some are optimistic until the finally become flustered, while others, make tremendous efforts but in the end find themselves.
By studying the Soul Compass created by Keiko Takahashi, we can understand the limitations of our mind-heart and by changing them to possibilities.
In GLA, many people are practicing the Study of the Soul and can serve as models
As you can learn from Keiko Takahashi's lectures in which practice reports by members are almost always presented, many GLA members have changed their mind-heart and brought about new realities.
A business manager whose company was on the verge of bankruptcy discovered within himself the ardent wish to protect his employees and his clients. He then responded to his wish and succeeded in rebuilding his company. A woman who had suffered from a strained relationship with her mother-in-law for years was awakened to the differences in the conditions of their lives, leading her to build a family filled with more love and trust than between a real parent and child.
All of these practices not only changed negative situations for the better, but also revealed the deep meanings of their lives: why they have lived the lives they had and faced their specific ordeals.
Many of these practices are shared in GLA gatherings and seminars and have accumulated as wisdom about life. Members' practices serve as models to other members and guide them.


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Devil's Elbow & Music Dog:
Described as 'A new and smokin' hot take on country' (Scott Kara, NZ Herald), Hawke's Bay's own
Devil's Elbow return to Cornwall Park before heading into the studio to record new material performed
by Alec Withers (g/vox), Ben Persen (b), Andrew Pearce (g/vox) and Cole Tilbury (d).
Kicking the day off in a similar vein, Music Dog with Les Withers (v/g) and Sean Coleman (g) will present
their brand of outlaw-country rock by artists such as Waylon Jennings, Steve Earle & Tom Petty.
Proudly supported by: Team Pete Scott, Harcourts
In case of inclement weather please check www.artsinc.co.nz or call 06 878 9447.
Sunday 24 February, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Restrictions: All Ages
Cornwall Park, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Tomoana Rd, Hastings, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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Wisbech dance instructor joins expanding academy
An expanding dance school has welcomed a new instructor.
Laura-Jayne Shippey has welcomed her old friend Conan Nicholas to LJ's Dance Academy.
Mr Nicholas, 29, of Wisbech, trained at the renowned Urdang Academy in London before performing on cruise ships.
He is now taking two contemporary dance classes on a Thursday for the academy, which meets at Thomas Clarkson Academy in Wisbech.
Miss Shippey said the school has grown considerably over the last year.
"The dance school is getting busier and it has got to the point were I haven't any more time to teach extra classes.
"It's mainly young ones who have joined the classes. Some of my classes have now reached the 25 mark and that is the maximum I can take.
"I have been friends with Conan since I was 15. We know each other really well and we used to perform in shows together.
"We have similar interests so it is nice to work together."
Mr Nicholas will be taking two contemporary dance classes for children and adults.
Miss Shippey said: "Contemporary – but much less strict. It is a free and expressive form of dance.
"The feedback I have received from Conan's dance classes has been very positive and everyone has enjoyed it."
The new children's class, which is open to youngsters aged eight and over, runs from 6.15pm to 7pm.
This is followed at 7pm by the second class, for teenagers and adults. Classes cost £4 and £2 for a taster session.
For more information go to the LJ Dance Academy website: www.ljsdanceacademy.com