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Study Abroad in France
Designed for students at an advanced level of French, the Middlebury School in France provides opportunities to experience French culture in one of three locations: Bordeaux - a larger city with a rich culinary and wine growing tradition; Paris - the cosmopolitan capital at the heart of France; and Poitiers- a quintessential French town with a strong university and student culture.
In Bordeaux and Poitiers, students enroll directly in a broad range of disciplines in one of Middlebury's partner universities. Students in Paris enroll in up to two Middlebury courses at the School in France headquarters, the Centre Madeleine, and take the rest of their courses at one of the many host universities in the city.
At all sites, whether in a university course alongside local students, or at the Centre Madeleine, courses are conducted solely in French. Students adhere to the Middlebury Language Pledge® while studying abroad, showing a commitment to linguistic and cultural immersion.
All students are required to engage in either an academic internship or volunteer work. Student clubs and French language conversation partners also offer students an opportunity for further community involvement.
Housing - with local families or in residences - is geared to provide students with immersion in the language and culture outside of the classroom.
We have an exciting new STEM track in Poitiers!
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Country Eye has launched a free App for people living and working in the rural community in Kent.
The app records and disseminates information using a smart phone's camera and GPS location
The app has been built to help Kent residents receive rural information and report information
quickly and efficiently. It allows users to record and share information on crime, suspicious
behaviour and damage in their home community or whilst out and about.
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MFX challenge is a special challenge by MFX Broker which gives chance to traders to try out prop-trading program. It is a selection round which provides the opportunity to be a part of prop-trading program. If you're someone who was waiting to participate in prop-trading program, then definitely it is going to be a wonderful opportunity for you. Know everything about the MFX Challenge if you're interested in becoming a part of the prop-trading program.
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Indulge in the elegant beauty of Chocolate by Petite Le Vian. With a square shaped quartz and a square shaped Pomegranate Garnet at its centre, this stunning ring is crafted from sumptuous 14ct Rose Gold and features a double band effect design set with deliciously dazzling Chocolate Diamonds.
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Five days a week, through rain, snow, blistering heat and bone-chilling cold, Pam Nelms rides her bicycle 7 ½ miles from her home near the State Fairgrounds to her human resources job in downtown Minneapolis.
"I think of myself as a bicycle commuter, that is my self-identity," said Nelms, 51.
That's a big change for Nelms, who drove to work for 25 years before turning to the bike just five years ago. "I see the bicycle as a transportation machine, a wonderful transportation mode."
That's the kind of conversion that organizers of next week's Bike Walk Week Twin Cities are hoping to see in other women.
Just 25 percent of Twin Cities bike commuters are women. While that is on par with the national average of 24 percent, it marks a decline from the 33 percent the Twin Cities recorded in 2008, according to some counts.
Advocates say three major factors keep women off the roads: safety, gender roles and certain stereotypes of the male-dominated biking community, such as skintight jerseys and shorts.
"You don't want to be a poser, have people say you don't look like a biker, you are not in super shape and you are not carrying a messenger bag," said Jessica Hill of the Commuter Connection, one of seven organizations encouraging people to walk or bike to work at least one time between Sunday and Saturday.
"This is the kind of perception that I am trying to stop, that you need to be totally in the know and be in great shape to bike to work," she said.
The arrival of Nice Ride Minnesota, the popular bike-sharing program, may be helping with that. The sight of women in skirts and business suits on bicycles is helping break down the misconceptions, Hill said. She has also added bike accessory items that appeal to women to the Commuter Connection's store in the US Bank Plaza skyway in downtown Minneapolis, and posted biking articles on the organization's Facebook page that show women biking.
Connections are crucial
To get more women rolling, Bike Walk Week organizers will sponsor free clinics on "Riding in Traffic" and "Basics for Bicycling Transportation." They also will hold "pit stops" around the Twin Cities where cyclists can get free bicycle and pedestrian safety lights and connect with other commuters.
Those connections are crucial for women, who are more likely to ride in places frequented by other bicyclists, said Hilary Revee of Bike Walk Twin Cities. In its 2012 count of bicyclists taken between 4 and 6 p.m. at scores of locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul, the number of female cyclists was highest where bicycle traffic was greatest, and often surpassed the local and national averages.
Women are also more likely to avoid major thoroughfares and ride where there are bike lanes, bike boulevards and areas separated from traffic.
Barriers to biking
They also face both practical and impractical barriers.
Because many women are responsible for child care and domestic responsibilities, they run multiple errands at places such as the dry cleaner, library or grocery store on the way to and from work. As a result, women view biking to work as unfeasible, said Claire Stoscheck executive director of the St. Paul nonprofit Cycles for Change.
A lack of shower facilities or places to freshen up at work also keeps them from riding, she said.
Stoscheck also said society's view of the bicycle needs to change.
"Cars are still the symbol of success in America," she said. "Bikes are seen as toys, for sports for adults or the aggressive young male messenger running red lights. We need to make [women] love the bike and believe that they can do this for transportation and not just for fun and games."
The League of American Bicyclists in Washington, D.C., has embarked on a national campaign to get women to ride bikes at the same rate as American men for transportation, recreation and fitness by 2050. As a result of its efforts, offshoot groups such as Women on Bikes St. Paul have sprung up across the country.
"We won't see a change in those local or national stats overnight, but we're definitely laying the foundation to close the gender gap," said Carolyn Szczepanski, communications director for Women Bike.
Nelms, the St. Paul bike commuter, logs an average of 3,500 miles a year biking. Along with saving gas and getting a daily workout, Nelms says there are intangible benefits.
"I feel involved with my neighborhood," she said. "I sometimes stop and talk to people out walking their dog. If I see something, I will stop and ask about it. I like the feeling of being part of the city. When you are in a car, you are insulated from the world. On a bike, you are part of what is around you."


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It seems the Religious Right Left is at it again, forcing their beliefs into the political realm.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was being interviewed on Morning Joe on Friday, explaining why religious and rural Americans were no longer supporting her party. Pelosi helpfully explained that Democrats are doing God's work, but not getting any credit.
"And while we're doing the Lord's work by ministering to the needs of God's creation, they [Republicans] are ignoring those needs, which is to dishonor the God who made them."
It's tough keeping up track of which policies Pelosi considers "the Lord's work", and which policies are "dishonoring God".Read the rest of the story HERE.
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Twin Fantasy
To fans delight Car Seat Headrest's self-proclaimed 'never finished' hit album Twin Fantasy got a revamp at the beginning of this year. Originally released in 2011, Twin Fantasy was a surprising cult hit, drawing acclaim for his honest and relatable lyrics Car Seat Headrest cultivated an expansive and devoted fan base. Now the young Virginian heads out on tour to bring his iconic album to you!
Starting out just after graduating high school Car Seat Headrest a.k.a Will Toledo channelled his teen angst into his music. Drawing inspiration from high school, relationships and his fist lonely year at Virginia Commonwealth University Toledo self-released five full-length albums before releasing his iconic and adored Twin Fantasy in 2011. After releasing record after record the determined young buck was picked up by Matador Records in 2015 where he has continued to develop his sound releasing a further three studio albums, including the revamped Twin Fantasy.
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Steady as you go for Robins
Jon Stead scored for both teams as Bristol City moved four points clear of Coventry with a 3-1 victory in a crunch clash at the bottom of the npower Championship.
Home striker Stead netted a first-half own goal before wiping out the deficit early in the second period, and Yannick Bolasie, fresh from the bench, fired home the winner in the 82nd minute.
It gave the Robins, who had Brett Pitman sent off late on before adding a third goal through Chris Wood, breathing space with four games to play.
But for Coventry, who saw their seven-match unbeaten run come to an end, it could prove a critical blow to their survival hopes. They are the closest of the teams in the bottom three to safety, however Bristol City now look increasingly safe in 21st place.
Pitman and Stead gave Coventry goalkeeper Joe Murphy some early work to do with a couple of long-range efforts which found the target.
Ryan McGivern's 13th-minute header provided a sterner test for the goalkeeper but he did well to deny the defender after he made good contact with Albert Adomah's pinpoint free-kick delivery.
The visitors' first opportunity to apply some pressure of their own saw Gary McSheffrey whip in a corner which Dean Gerken punched clear with Cody McDonald and Clive Platt lurking.
Neil Kilkenny's superb half-volley from almost 30 yards flashed just wide as the hosts went close again.
A Robins player did get his name on the score-sheet with 33 minutes gone but Stead was credited with an own goal as he inadvertently flicked Sammy Clingan's free-kick beyond Gerken.
The home side responded well to the setback and after Cole Skuse's ambitious effort was well blocked by Richard Keogh, Kilkenny drilled another effort narrowly wide.
Despite heading into the interval behind, there were plenty of signs that Derek McInnes' men were still in the contest and within two minutes of the restart they were rewarded for their efforts.
Pitman swung in a corner, Skuse helped it on its way and Stead was there to bundle home from close range and make amends for his own goal.
With both sets of fans appreciating the huge importance of the clash there was an electric atmosphere inside Ashton Gate as the two sides went in search of a crucial three points.
The hosts were next to threaten and Richard Foster's cross was headed on target by Stead but Murphy showed quick reflexes to tip it over the bar.
After a flurry of corners Andre Amougou nodded home but referee Scott Mathieson spotted a foul by Stead on Murphy and the celebrations were cut short.
That was the lively Stead's last involvement after an eventful 66 minutes on the pitch as West Brom loanee Wood was introduced from the bench.
Bolasie came on with eight minutes to play, making an immediate and telling contribution as he turned in the box before steering a shot home from 12 yards.
Hopes of a comfortable finish appeared to have been dashed when Pitman was dismissed for a foul on Jordan Clarke but Wood's injury-time goal put the seal on a hugely important victory.
Bristol City 3-1 Coventry: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.
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For our Friday eye candy we are lucky enough to have a selection of new work by Rachael Taylor. Rachael has been busy updating her licensing portfolio and private archive area so clients will be sure to see plenty of fresh ideas. She has been exploring a variety of subject matter & experimenting with colour palettes that can to cater for numerous licensing opportunities. Rachael is currently overseeing the Make it in Design Summer School which she co-founded with Beth Kempton. The current course is going really well so Rachael is really enjoying the trend led design inspiration for her own work and hopes to find the time to update her portfolio more over the rest of Summer. Please visit Rachael's website for more info.
11 August 2017
NEW WORK - rachael taylor
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What a gorgeous portfolio! All of these are truly breathtaking. Love them!!
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Tiluland - Axes Of The Universe (2011)
Prepare yourself for an extraordinary adventure with the guitar and synth Gods Tiluland. They are a two man band that consist of Arwe, the guitarist, and Gimi, the keyboardist. Together they have released their album, entitled "Axes Of The Universe." It is completely made up of thunderous guitars and beautiful melodic synths. All nine songs on the album are instrumental tracks and are packed with fast pace electrifying action.
The intro "Prologue (To The Kings)" sounds like a score written from Avatar with its epic strings and gorgeous orchestration. The notes are uplifting and really give a good build up to the album. "Tilu Of The Kings" fades in with catchy guitar riffs layered with rapid double bass pedal drumming that ignites the flame to this astonishing track. The soft strings consume you while you are tossed around in a whirling pool of notes. The guitar leads the other instruments almost like a vocal in the song. This leads right into "March Of Immortals," which has the lead guitar playing quick scales up and down as heavy chugging guitars fill the background. The beginning riffs sound similar to Dream Theater, as the chords pound away at you with explosive snares and kicks behind them. This is definitely a track that you'll be pumping your fists to.
You'll run into more fast detailed melodic riffs in "Heroes" that will just blow you away. Epic strings build up in the middle of the song almost as if it's the chorus. The riffs are absolutely stunning with clear synths backing them up. Meanwhile the drums are just blasting away with booming double bass and violent cymbals crashing from left to right. "Arctic Twilight" is built similar with its machine gun double bass pedaling. The guitars are just relentless with their hell raising solos and magnificent detail in structure. "Warrior's Anthem" is the one softer songs on the album that includes some mellow acoustic guitars in the beginning as the strings carry them into the distorted guitars that are waiting in the middle. The lead guitar really plays well as a vocal in this song almost as if the instrument is singing to you. Make sure you check this song out.
The last three tracks combine into one large tracks, entitled "Epic Tilu Fantasy." Part one, "A Grand Tale," opens with angelic piano notes surrounded by gorgeous orchestrated strings. This breaks into heavy guitars chugging catchy riffs and while drums beginning to charge at you with heavy bass. This eventually runs into part two, "Axes Of The Universe." This fades in with soothing strings for only a few second until reckless upbeat guitars come soaring in. The solos played in this song are so incredibly fast that you might want to hit replay a couple of times to catch everything that is thrown at you. By this time you have gone through a little over 8 minutes as part one and two are both about four minutes long. Then you'll come across the final part, "Kaamos," which by itself plays for over eight minutes long. More reckless guitar riffs come rolling in with dark synths in the background. As the melody changes, the drumming patterns constantly change from detailed fill to detailed fill. The notes that are played are just astounding and provide such a beautiful image to the album. Before you know it you'll be playing all three parts over and over again because they're just that damn good.
You would think that, playing this symphonic style of music with similar instruments, after a while most of the songs sound the same. Well, it's a different story for Tiluland. They manage to provide a clear and unique sound in each song where you can actually recognize each track individually and know which song is which. "Axes Of The Universe" shows a whole different side to symphonic song writing and orchestrated instrumentation. This is definitely an album you do not want to miss!
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I ended up looking up swatches and was turned off, it was a beauty in the bottle but I could not find many photos that did it justice. It looked more pink than red from what I saw online. I finally gave in when a coupon became available at the RCSS this past weekend, $2 off plus no tax! Since then it has been sitting on my desk looking all pretty and I decided suddenly that I had to try it.
The first coat worried me, the formula was okay, but I experienced balding and dragging with the glitter when I went over the same spot twice. The second coat was a thick one and in my opinion evened out any imperfections from te previous coats.
I wanted this glitter to really shine so I apples two topcoats, first ASK cosmetics top coat which added some much needed gloss, and the second was Seche Vite for a wet like shine that dried in no time ;)
This also looks to be a popular shade on NailPolishCanada.com, I got an email fro them the other day with a list of the top polishes at the moment, I can't remember the exact number this was on the list but it was marked as backordered! I saw a bunch at my local RCSS, so check them out if your looking for it, and don't forget to pick up a coupon from the coupon wall at the front of the store.


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Ride Or Die: Karrueche Tran To Reportedly Spend Valentine's Day In Rehab With Chris Brown
Karrueche Tran has made it clear in the past that her love for Chris Brown has very few limits. With Valentine's Day just one day away and Chris still completing his rehab stint, sources say that the fashion designer will be celebrating the holiday with her boo in rehab.
"Karrueche's definitely going to see him and spend the day with him at rehab," an insider told Hollywood Life. "She wouldn't miss it for the world. They both want to be with each other and they will, they just want it to be under different circumstances, that's all."
The sources goes on to say that she won't be showing up empty handed, apparently she'll be showing off her culinary skills for her boo.
"Food. She wants her babe to eat. He's not much of an eater, he never really has been. But she's going to make him some homemade cabbage and shrimp biscuits. Kae can get down in the kitchen and she's going to whip him up something and take it to him."
If you haven't already given her the girlfriend of the year award, we hear she's also planning a little welcome home shindig with his mom once his 90-day rehab stint concludes on Feb. 20.
"Nothing too outrageous," the source dished. "We just want to welcome him back. We'll order some food, break out the XBox 360, play some music and just all be together."
This would not be the first holiday that Karrueche has spent in the rehab facility with Chris. She also spent this past Thanksgiving with the "Love More" singer.


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February makes most of us think of valentines and hearts and the ones we love. Have you ever wondered how RLS impacts love relationships? In late 2013 the Willis-Ekbom (formerly RLS) Foundation conducted a survey of over 1500 of it's members and their spouses/partners. The survey is called the "Patient Odyssey" survey. Among the results were 5 interesting findings about the impact of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) on sleep and relationships.
Who were the couples?
- 90% of spouses/partners who responded have been in a committed relationship for more than 15 years.
- 80% of spouses/partners learned about their loved one's RLS after getting married/entering into a civil union.
- Almost half- 46%- believe they should be involved in their partner's decision regarding medication and half (50%) have encouraged their partner to ask their doctor for a different medication.
- 50% of spouses reported being "extremely" aware of their spouse's RLS
- 20% of partners claim RLS has negatively impacted their relationships, however, 99% never considered ending the relationship because of RLS.
5 Ways RLS Impacts Sleep and Relationships
- A restful night's sleep was the area most affected by RLS, as reported by spouses and partners (85% and 38%, respectively). Most attention is typically focused on the RLS sufferer. Clearly spouses are also missing out on a restful night's sleep.
- 65% of patients and 24% of spouses/partners report being impacted by RLS three or more times a week. More than one-third of the week many couples are not getting the sleep they need.
- About 1/3 of patients and 1/3 of spouses/partners admit sleeping in a separate bed due to RLS. Sleeping in separate beds is a good fix for the partner, but doesn't help the patient get sleep.
- Because of sleep loss, 81% of patients and 33% of their partners reported their productivity was at least somewhat impacted the following day. Patients experiencing loss of productivity the day after an RLS attack is expected. Partners of RLS sufferers losing productivity isn't discussed as much.
- 9% of patients and about 12% of partners expressed RLS impacting their intimacy. That's a shame.
The Bottom Line: RLS affects partners too. When both partners aren't getting enough restful sleep, a little compassion among partners may go a long way. If medication is not working or not an option, you may want to talk to your doctor about Relaxis. You may both be thankful you did.


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Subject: GAC Audit Report: LEC Paid Board Members US$100, 500 in Two years Contrary to Act
Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:00 am
GAC Audit Report: LEC Paid Board Members US$100, 500 in Two years Contrary to Act
By FPA
Monrovia Acting Auditor General Winsley Nanka has completed and submitted to the National Legislature and the President of Liberia two audit reports on the accounts and related financial records of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) for the fiscal years 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 and the National Postal A
ddress System (NAPAS), Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications for the operating period November 2009 through 30 June 2012.
This brings to Seventy-Six (76), the total number of audit reports submitted to the National Legislature and the President.
Acting AG Nanka noted that it took an unreasonably longer time for LECs management to respond to the Draft Management Letter, which impacted on the timely submission of audit report to the National Legislature.
As a result, a follow up on the implementation of recommendations contained in the report were carried out on June 2, 2012. However, management did not make any significant improvement in the deficiencies noted, in terms of implementing the number of issues and recommendations conveyed in this audit report.
The Acting Auditor General noted that board fees paid to Board Members were irregular and contrary to the provisions of LECs enabling enactment.
The Act stipulates that LEC board shall receive a stipend for each meeting attended and all expenses incurred in attending meetings. However, the Board members were paid, in addition to board fees per sitting paid to them, a total of US$100,500.00 as quarterly allowances for the period under review.
He further noted that the former Chairman of the LEC Board, Mr. Dunstan L.D. Macaulay and Board member Mr. Augustine Vandi received US$24,000.00 and US$21,000.00, respectively, from the corporations accounts for the provision of consultancy services to the corporation.
However, payment records submitted to him did not indicate that the required services for which the amounts were collected from the corporations account by the Board Chairman were delivered to the corporation. The payments made to the Chairman of the Board, and a board member are regarded as conflict of interest, and is tantamount to self-dealing.
He noted incidence of non-compliance with provisions of extant regulatory framework such as Executive Ordinance on foreign and local travels, and the Public Procurement and Concession Act (PPC). The infraction noted with foreign travels amounted to US$82,519.00.
Employees social security contributions amounting to L$695,859.80 and US$6,748.65.00 were not remitted to the National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP), as management did not provide evidence on the payment or remittance of the aforementioned amounts. The social security contributions to NASSCORP on behalf of the LEC employees represent their benefits at the time of separation from public service, and if contributions are not remitted to NASSCORP, the workers would be denied their social security benefits when they are separated from the public service.
Acting AG Nanka noted that US$1,200.00 was supposedly paid to some government staff at the Finance Ministry as inducement for facilitating the payment process of LECs allotment and vouchers at the Ministry of Finance. The payments were channeled through the Corporations former comptroller Mr. Augustine S. Vandi.
Mr. Vandi claimed to have given the money to some staff of the Ministry of Finance for payroll processing, but could not provide evidence of the disbursements made. Acting AG Nanka could not derive any assurance that the payments made to the former comptroller were given to the intended beneficiaries.
Payment of inducement to government employees is unlawful, and contravenes section 12.50 (a) of the Penal Law of Liberia which states in part a person has committed bribery, a second degree felony, if he knowingly offers, gives or agrees to give to another or solicit, accept or agree to accept from another, anything of value as consideration for the performance of his or her official duties.
Further review of the payment vouchers indicated that Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Joseph T. Mayah and the former comptroller, Mr. Augustine S. Vandi could not justify the payments made to them in the tune of US$8,100.00 as transportation allowance, whereas they have been assigned vehicles by the corporation.
Acting AG Nanka noted irregularities with nine out of eleven services and work contracts valued at US$224,957.00. These entities; namely, Seek Engineering and Construction Company (two contracts), General Power Construction Company, CM Company, Trans-African Trading Company, Pro-tech Communication Inc., Pump and Tank Maintenance, Electro Shack, and Development Consultants were awarded contracts without meeting the requirements of the PPC Act. As a result, there was no assurance that the services and works obtained from those contracts were procured on the basis of lowest responsive evaluated bids.
The Acting AG further noted that amounts reported by management in the cash book for fuel and gasoline did not agree with disbursement vouchers tallied. His analysis indicated that the figures reported in the cashbook as expenditures on fuel and gasoline incurred during the fiscal year 2006/07 was US$1,536,075.00. However, vouchers tallied for the same period was US$1,109,007.00. This gives an unexplained variance of US$427,068.00.
Additionally 3,475 gallons of gasoline issued to unspecified individuals could not be accounted for, as there was no evidence of receipt of fuel and gasoline by the beneficiaries recipients.
For the financial year 2007/08, the LEC did not present to the Acting AG an annual financial statement. As a result, he could not evaluate the performance of management and thus form an opinion on the entitys financial performance and position for the fiscal year in question.
Section 53.7 of the Executive Law of 1972 requires the Acting AG to name and hold people accountable for mistakes, defaults and frauds in the collection and disbursement of public funds. Overall, both financial and administrative activities undertaken by LEC management during the periods under review were characterized by a number of financial irregularities and major control deficiencies.
The irregularities noted amounted to US$689,053.02 and L$330,473.00, and involved irregular payments of board fees, unaccounted for foreign travel advances and payment of funds for inducement as well as anomalies in procurement of goods and services undertaken by management.
On the forensic audit of the National Postal Address System(NAPAS), Acting AG Nanka recommended that NAPAS account be frozen until the full commencement of the project and that requisite financial policy and internal control be put in place and adhered to in order to ensure accountability and transparency in the disbursements of NAPAS fund.
The National Postal Address System Project was conceived to work out a plan to improve courier delivery system in Liberia. The implementation of the system was to ensure a house-to-house mail delivery throughout Liberia. The National Postal Address Systems mandate is expected to elapse in five (5) years at which time an efficient and reliable door-to-door mail delivery service will be implemented.
On 20 November 2009, a donor conference was held at the Monrovia City Hall to raise and solicit funds for the National Postal Address System. At that conference, the amounts of US$10,155.00 and L$2,700.00 were raised in cash and financial pledges of US$51,750.00 and L$1,000.00 were made respectively. Of the total amount of pledges, US$25,050.00 has been collected leaving uncollected pledges of US$26,700.00 and L$1,000.00.
For the period under examination, the National Postal Address System (NAPAS) Project was a one-man operation headed by Mr. Numene T. H. Barthekwa. The Acting AG observed that the Project Director of NAPAS, Mr. Numene Barthekwa, was not competitively recruited.
He was selected by the then Acting Minister/Chairman of NAPAS Steering Committee, Mr. Peter N. Ben under the guise that Mr. Yini-Guva Sahn, one of the interviewees who was competitively selected to occupy the position could not come to Liberia in time.
A review of audit documents submitted by NAPAS revealed that taxes in the tune of US$2,663.59 were not deducted from the Project Director Mr. Numene T.H. Barthekwas salaries and allowances for the months of November 2010 to June 2011.
The failure to withhold income tax by Minister Fredrick Norkeh and Comptroller Henry S. Shaffa of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was not in compliance with Section 905 of the Revenue Code of 2000. Therefore, the AG has recommended that Minister Norkeh and Comptroller Shaffa pay to the Ministry of Finance the unpaid taxes.
In view of the above, the Acting AG is calling on President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Speaker Alex Tyler, Senate Pro -Tempore Findley and the National Legislature, to consider the resolution of the issues raised in the report urgently given their impact on public sector financial management.
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City, township residents to vote on aquatic park
On Tuesday, April 20, voters in the city of Paynesville and Paynesville Township will cast ballots to decide whether a joint project to build an aquatic park in town will proceed.
Residents will vote to authorize bonding, or borrowing, for the proposed Paynesville Area Aquatic Park, which is estimated to cost about $1.25 million to build.
The facility - which would be located on school property, just north of the student parking lot at the high school and just south of the armory - would include a 6,534 sq. ft. heated pool, divided into several areas, including an area for lap swimming, a shallow area, a diving area, and a plunge area for the water slide. The aquatic park would be built by the city and township but would be run solely by the city.
If the referendums on Tuesday, April 20, both pass, engineering designs could be completed by July, bids let for August, and construction could start this fall. The Paynesville Area Aquatic Park could open by Memorial Day 2005.
According to their pool agreement, both the city council and township board will need to approve the final plans for the aquatic park. If either vote fails, the project would stall, as only part of the financing would be available.
The city of Paynesville and Paynesville Township have agreed to split the cost for the proposed aquatic park on a basis of roughly 62 percent for the city and 38 percent for the township, a ratio based on the respective populations of the city and township. That means the city would bond for $775,000 and the township would bond for $475,000.
These amounts include the costs for bonding, roughly $50,000 for the city and $30,000 for the township, an oversight that was discovered last week. So, by bonding, the city and township would raise about $1.17 million for the project, after subtracting these bonding costs.
The base bid for the aquatic park is estimated to be $1.23 million, with another $150,000 in alternates, including a second water slide, also to be bid. By including these bonding costs, it means that unless the project bids are extremely low the city may have to pick up additional costs for the project, since the township's share is limited to $475,000.
Ideally, said city administrator Steve Helget, bids would be competitive enough that a second water slide, costing around $90,000, could be added right away. With the bonding costs being subtracted from the amount raised, the city may have to use its reserve funds or may have to wait to add a second water slide or otherwise cuts costs for the project. All estimated increases in property taxes for the bonding issue have not changed due to the error involving the bonding costs.
(Property tax estimates were redone earlier to account for the exclusion of agricultural land and seasonal property. Neither ag land nor seasonal property will be taxed for this bond issue, according to state law. For agricultural homesteads, only the house, garage, and one acre of property would be subject to tax for the pool project. Seasonal property is exempt.)
Tax estimates (based on 15-year bonding) for the city are: $70.42 per year for a $100,000 residential homestead; $88.02 per year for a $125,000 residential homestead; $105.63 per year for a $150,000 residential homestead; $70.42 per year for a $100,000 commercial/industrial property; $352.09 per year for a $500,000 commercial/industrial property; and $633.76 per year for a $900,000 commercial/industrial property.
Tax estimates for the township are: $45.43 per year for a $100,000 residential homestead; $56.79 per year for a $125,000 residential homestead; $68.15 per year for a $150,000 residential homestead; $45.43 per year for a $100,000 commercial/ industrial property; $227.17 per year for a $500,000 commercial/industrial property; and $408.91 per year for a $900,000 commercial/industrial property.
Bonding, like all borrowing, includes interest expense. The city's estimated bond rate averages at 4.45 percent over 15 years, while the township's rate averages at 4.47 percent. Over the 15 years of bonding, the city would actually pay nearly $1.1 million in interest and principal to bond for the aquatic park (on a $775,000 bond) while the township would pay over $675,000.
The proposed aquatic park would be located on school property next to the high school student parking lot.
The #1 feature of the aquatic park, which will have a pool area of 6,534 sq. ft., is heated water, according to Bill Deneen, an engineer with USAquatics who guided the feasibility study for the proposed Paynesville Area Aquatic Park.
This feature is easy to overlook but is really important because with heated water the public will be able to use the aquatic park as soon as the weather warms each summer, whereas it takes a month of warm weather to heat lake water, said Deneen. Heated water provides an outdoor aquatic park with an estimated season, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, of nearly 100 days, of which 90 or so should have weather suitable for swimming.
Other park features are a flume slide (with at least two turns to keep people interested); a diving well with a drop slide and diving board; a competition-length lap pool (for water aerobics, lap swimming, and swimming lessons); and a zero-depth-entry (beach-style) area with shallow water and play features.
Operating Costs
The pool committee proposed an aquatic park because its popularity should allow it to generate more revenue through more return visits and greater concession sales than a basic rectangular pool. (The pool committee also considered an indoor pool but determined that the building and operating costs, several times those of an outdoor aquatic park, were too high to be feasible for Paynesville.)
With heated water, it is possible to have swimming lessons, even lap swimming, in the mornings and then have open swimming in the afternoons and possibly in the evenings, too, depending on staffing and demand.
USAquatics estimated the annual operating costs of the proposed aquatic park - including salaries, supplies, utilities, maintenance, and future improvements - at $66,250. To break even, the aquatic park would need to average 294 patrons per day at an average rate of $1.50 for admissions and $1 for concessions.
The actual hours and fees for the aquatic park have not been set yet. The pool committee would oversee construction and probably would set the initial fees. After that, the Paynesville Area Aquatic Park would likely be governed by the city's park committee and, ultimately, by the city council, said Helget.
The pool committee is considering having daily fees, punch cards (offering multiple visits at a reduced rate), and season passes for families and individuals. While the passes would likely average less than $1.50 per day, the daily rates would likely be more.
If the aquatic park did not come close to breaking even, the city could raise its rates to generate more income from the park.
Still, Helget said, the aquatic park may need to be subsidized, but it should need less subsidizing than other pool options - either a plain rectangular pool or an indoor pool.
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Eric is en route to Tacoma from the VMAC, so I thought I'd post the link that Mike Holmgren has indeed taken the job with Cleveland Browns.
I know people have had their opinions, so go ahead and post them again.
Dave Boling offered his in today's paper.
Despite the effort, the Seahawks are the ones facing the pressure now.
Holmgren will find work and get a nice salary for it.
But if the Seahawks don't find somebody to get busy turning this franchise around, the ghost of Mike Holmgren could turn into a haunting specter.Steve Kelley of the Seattle Times also did the same, and even talked with Holmgren.
But no matter who offered what during this weekend's negotiations (the Seahawks did not respond to Holmgren's claims), football is a bottom-line business and the bottom line of this story is that the Seahawks lost Mike Holmgren.
He wanted the job and they blew it. No matter how they spin it, they didn't get Holmgren and it could be years before they recover from this blunder.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Senate on Wednesday passed the resolution on the Philippines-Australia Status of Visiting Forces Agreement on second reading with seven negative votes, on its last day of plenary sessions before the chamber's sine die adjournment.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile -together with Senators Loren Legarda, Jinggoy Estrada, Franklin Drilon, Vicente Sotto III, Pia Cayetano, Bong Revilla, Teofisto "TG" Guingona III, Antonio Trillanes IV, Edgardo Angara, Kiko Pangilinan, Panfilo Lacson and Gregorio Honasan – voted to approve the measure on second reading.
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"SOVFA will ensure that Australian Visiting Forces and its Civilian Component are well-informed of our environmental laws and regulations," Legarda, sponsor of the resolution and chair of the Senate committees on Foreign Relations and Climate Change, said.
"The SOVFA with Australia sets a precedent in defense agreements in that it has unique provisions on environmental protection. The Agreement explicitly prohibits the conduct of exercises or other activities in protected areas, ancestral domain areas, critical watersheds and protected forest areas," Legarda added.
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A couple years back, I coached my son's soccer team at the YMCA. It was a bit of a rag-tag bunch, thrown together for just that season, with, if I remember right, only four kids who had ever played together before. And they were absolutely great kids! The whole team worked hard, played hard, tried to do everything I asked of them — it was great fun!
But, there was this one team (isn't there always that "one team"?) in this league that had everything going for them — they had been together for a few years, they were a talented, competitive bunch, and they had some really good coaching. The first time we played them, they beat us 6 - nil (soccer term). That was nothing — they beat one team 12 – nil! They were good.
So, in preparation for our second match against them, I implemented a new strategy, a philosophy based on never extending ourselves and never leaving any holes in our defensive zone. It was a 100 percent defensive philosophy, and, frankly, I had absolutely no idea if it would work. But it did — the kids made it work by being smart and patient and hard-working. And the end result? A nil-nil tie.
Let me tell you something: I'm a very competitive person, sometimes unhealthily so, and I don't think I've ever been so happy to walk away with a tie in my life!
I believe that's how religious conservatives should feel about this week's Supreme Court ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case.
I've read the entire ruling, and, to be honest, I don't think Masterpiece Cakeshop "won." I also don't think the LGBT community "won" or "lost." I know who lost: the Colorado Commission on Civil Rights got fairly well spanked for their anti-religious bias. And, of course, the lawyers won, because this particular fight will go on. And on…
The ruling did not assert Free Exercise over Equal Protection; rather, it said that the Commission could not be casually dismissive of Religious Liberty arguments (which, of course, begs the question: if the Commission had come to the same ruling, just without the dismissive language, would the case have gone differently? Like, it's okay to *be* anti-religious, just don't show anybody that you're anti-religious). Nor did the ruling leave an opening for discrimination against LGBT people; all four opinions were clear on that point.
But, considering how bad it could have been for religious conservatives — a sweeping ruling saying that personal religious beliefs have no business in the public sphere, so even churches must perform gay weddings — you can understand how there are some who are celebrating this week.
They got a tie, when they might have lost in a massive rout.
What gets lost in all of this is the continued Balkanization of our society and our communities. When everybody reflexively retreats to the "tribes," there are only two options: win or lose. Justice Kennedy tried, I think, on several occasions in his majority opinion to remind us of how we should approach each other. He cited the expectation that the Cakeshop's argument was supposed to be treated "neutrally and respectfully" by the CCCR.
Wouldn't that be a wiser approach to living in this day and age? Neutrally and respectfully? Could the Cakeshop owner have served the gay couple "neutrally and respectfully" and still adhered to his faith? Are there no baking artisans who gladly and enthusiastically serve the LGBT community that this couple could have gone to? There were opportunities to avoid this battle.
But our country is increasingly becoming about enforcing orthodoxy—Orwell had many terms for it—on everyone and every thing around us. That's great, if all we want are endless litigation and heterogenous communities run by Newsspeak and Ingsoc.
But if we want the America we used to read about, the one our Founders envisioned, we would do well to act with more neutrality and respect. Maybe we can play for a few more ties.
Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.
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Thanks again to John EllisPosted in Club News by admin, on Jan. 9, 2018.
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All at the club much appreciate the help of John Ellis to maintain our pitch is the absence of our usual machine.
John kindly uses his machine at no cost to the club, even supplying the petrol.
Many thanks John, we would, at this time, have major difficulties without your kind help.


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Rudolph the red nosed reindeer really did have a red nose, and researchers have uncovered why it was red. Rudolph's nose led Santa's sleigh because of a dense network of blood vessels in his nose.
Scientists from the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands and the University of Rochester in New York have found that reindeer have 25 percent more capillaries carrying red blood than humans do. Scientists examined adult reindeer's nasal microcirculation and discovered differences and similarities between reindeer and human noses.
Dr. John Cullen of the University of Rochester told Med Page Today, "In colder climates and also when they are higher up in the atmosphere pulling Santa's sleigh, the increase in blood flow in the nose will help keep the [nose's] surface warm."
In order to carry out the experiments, researchers used hand held video microscopes to compare the blood vessels of two reindeer and six humans. After running on a treadmill, the reindeer's nose showed red on a thermographic image. They also found gland-like structures in the nasal mucous membrane in both humans and reindeer. Scientists think the gland-like structures may secret mucous in humans. They also believe that, since reindeer are unable to sweat, the collection of blood vessels help regulate their body temperature.
Live Science reports:
"These results highlight the intrinsic physiological properties of Rudolph's legendary luminous red nose, which help to protect it from freezing during sleigh rides and to regulate the temperature of the reindeer's brain, factors essential for flying reindeer pulling Santa Claus' sleigh under extreme temperatures."


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Traveling to Barcelona
By Air: Barcelona's main airport is El Prat, which has two terminals. El Prat is well connected to the city centre (Placa Catalunya) by Aerobus (which runs very frequently and take roughly 30 minutes to the centre of town). A single ride costs approximately €6, and a return fare is approximately €11.
Some low cost airlines also fly to airports in Girona or Reus (near Tarragona). There are buses to these airports but the journey is over two hours.
By Train: Barcelona's main train station is Barcelona Sants. There are fast trains connecting Barcelona to Madrid, which take under 3 hours, and also fast trains (TGV) connecting Barcelona to Paris. The website for the Spanish long distance and middle distance trains is: Renfe (the website is not well-designed, however); for short distance trains in Catalunya, please go to: Rodalies
Travel around the city: Barcelona has a good public transport system, with an underground (metro), Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat trains (city trains which, after travelling through parts of the city, go to nearby towns), trams, and buses. The website of the city's public transport authority: Barcelona Metro Transit . You can also find information on Google maps for how to reach any place in the city by public transport.
If you plan to use public transport more than for four single trips, it's convenient to purchase a T10 (zona 1) ticket, which is a ten-ride ticket and costs approximately €10; each ride covers any public transport you take for 1 house and 15 minutes after you stamp the ticket.


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|Below is a procedural terrarium filled with life, mystery and death. In this session, Capy creative director Kris Piotrowski will delve into the ongoing process of creating The Isle, the mysterious setting for Below. This talk will attempt to shed light on the process, and share some of challenges involved in attempting to create a game world that resonate with history, narrative and thematic meaning - all without relying on text or dialogue. Elements covered include the impact of art direction choices, the role of music & sound direction, and how research, references and personal inspirations have shaped the creation of Below's foreboding game world.


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RSS, OPML and the XML platform.
Copyright 2003-5 Randy Charles Morin
I'm gonna break this tutorial into two parts. The first part is when you want to move an RSS feed to another place, domain, blog, or whatever. The second part is when you don't care anymore and you want your readers to simply go away and free up some bandwidth.
In doing my own testing, I put together a very dynamic RSS feed [http://www.therssweblog.com/test/rss-time.aspx] where all these various move operations will be moving to. The first and most proper way of moving an RSS feed is to respond to the HTTP request with a 301 Permanent Redirect. I've prepared a small ASPX file [http://www.therssweblog.com/test/http-301.aspx] that simulates exactly this type of response. The code for ASP.NET is shown.
<%@ page language="C#" %>
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
If you re-use this code, simply change the URL in the AddHeader call to the target URL where your RSS feed is moving to.
For the really geeky nerds out there, this is what a 301 redirect looks like at the wire level. The first two lines are the client request and the last four are the server response. I removed a couple headers that were irrelevant to the discussion.
GET /rss/test/http-301.aspx HTTP/1.1 Host: www.kbcafe.com HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:55:11 GMT Location: http://www.therssweblog.com/test/rss-time.aspx Content-Length: 0
Of course, not everybody has HTTP level access to their website or the skill required to generate such a response. In those cases, you may want to consider an XML-level redirect. Here's a sample XML-level redirect [http://www.therssweblog.com/test/xml-redirect.xml]. The content of the file is shown below.
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
To use this technique simply download the xml-redirect.xml file. Then change the URL of the target RSS feed to the URL where your RSS Feed is moving to. You may have to escape some characters in your target URL. Change > to > < to < and & to &. If you struggle with such escaping, then drop me an email [firstname.lastname@example.com]. Finally, rename the file to the same filename as your RSS feed and copy the file to your web server, replacing your old RSS file.
Again for the geekoids, here's what the XML-redirect looks like on the wire.
GET /rss/test/xml-redirect.xml HTTP/1.1 Host: www.kbcafe.com HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Length: 121 Content-Type: text/xml Last-Modified: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:21:37 GMT Accept-Ranges: bytes ETag: "2268c84be44c71:d84" Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:57:19 GMT <?xml version="1.0"?> <redirect> <newLocation>http://www.therssweblog.com/test/rss-time.aspx</newLocation> </redirect>
Assuming options A and B are not possible, the next best way is a 302 Temporary Redirect. But this method is really wasteful because the client software will continue to use the original URL and be redirected every-time to the new URL. Wasteful indeed. Here's sample temporary redirect [http://www.therssweblog.com/test/http-302.aspx]. If all of A, B and C are not possible, then a last option is to put a blog entry that specifically asks your readers to re-sub using the new URL.
Great, we know how to move an RSS feed, but just how do we go about killing one that is no longer required. The best way to tell a client that a feed is no longer used is to response with a HTTP 410 Gone response. Here's a sample 410 gone response [http://www.therssweblog.com/test/http-410.aspx].
The ASP.NET code for a 410 gone response.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
Response.Status = "410 Gone";
And here's what it looks like on the wire.
GET /rss/test/http-410.aspx HTTP/1.1 Host: www.kbcafe.com HTTP/1.1 410 Gone Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:02:32 GMT Content-Length: 0
Some RSS clients will prompt the user to remove the feed when this response is encountered. Others will simply stop polling the feed or even unsubscribe the user without requiring any confirmation.
If you can't figure out how to do a 410 Gone response, then you can also use an XML-level redirect to accomplishes the same. Here's a sample XML-level redirect that tells the RSS client that the feed should be unsub'ed [http://www.therssweblog.com/test/xml-gone.xml]. Note this XML-level redirect is similar to previous, except that no new RSS feed is provided.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
And finally, here's what a XML-level unsub looks like on the wire.
GET /rss/test/xml-gone.xml HTTP/1.1 Host: www.kbcafe.com HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Length: 64 Content-Type: text/xml Last-Modified: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:21:37 GMT Accept-Ranges: bytes ETag: "de1aba4be44c71:d84" Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:10:18 GMT <?xml version="1.0"?> <redirect> <newLocation/> </redirect>
Notes: If anybody has PHP code or other similar to the ASP.NET code above, then feel free to post them in the comments. If you post them in the next few days, then I'll likely add them to the content of the original article. And a big thanks in advance.
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Hope College's Jenna Grasmeyer is one of 480 nominees for the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
Now in its 25th year, the NCAA Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes across Divisions I, II and III who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves throughout their college careers in academics, athletics, service and leadership.
Grasmeyer is a former volleyball standout, national champion and 2015 Hope graduate. Earlier this month, she was named the winner of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association's 2015 Sheila Wallace Kovalchik Scholar-Athlete Award given to its top female student-athlete.
The 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year winner will be announced at the annual award ceremony October 18 in Indianapolis.
Of this year's NCAA Women of the Year nominees, 180 competed in Division III athletics, 207 competed in Division I and 93 competed in Division II.
The NCAA encourages member schools to honor their top graduating female student-athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year award. Then, conferences assess each nominee's eligibility and select up to two conference nominees. All conference nominees are forwarded to the Woman of the Year selection committee, which chooses the top 30 honorees – 10 from each division.
From the top 30, the selection committee determines the top three nominees from each division and announces the top nine finalists in September. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then chooses from among those nine to determine the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year.
Grasmeyer was a standout performer in volleyball throughout her four years at Hope College.
An outside hitter for the Flying Dutch, Grasmeyer was a four-time All-MIAA first team selection and was selected a first team All-American three times by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. She led Hope to a 58-6 record in MIAA play and a 120-17 overall mark during her four years. She served as team captain in her junior and senior years. Grasmeyer capped off her career last fall by leading the Flying Dutch to their first NCAA Division III national championship, earning Most Outstanding Player honors for the tournament.
Grasmeyer set numerous school records during her career, including kills (1,839), attack attempts (4,641), service attempts (1,666) and matches played (137). She also tied a school single-match record for kills with 28 and set the single-match record for attack attempts with 75.
An exercise science major at Hope, Grasmeyer graduated in May with a 3.79 grade point average. She was a three-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll, and over the winter was named to the Capital One Academic All-America second team in volleyball by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Grasmeyer was heavily involved in campus and community activities during her career at Hope.
As a member of Hope's Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC), she planned and coordinated a campus and athlete-wide food drive that contributed 2,000 items to a local food bank. She also served as a mentor to a young child struggling with obesity, helping her with exercises and healthy food choices, worked individually with a special needs child in a therapy pool and volunteered to help third-graders with their reading skills. She also volunteered at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and at Harbor House in Jenison.
Jenna Grasmeyer is the daughter of Mark and Karla Grasmeyer. She is a graduate of Hudsonville Unity Christian High School.


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FRANKFURT, May 8 (Reuters) - German publisher Axel Springer posted a double-digit gain in core profits in the first quarter as its digital portfolio continued to perform, in line with its guidance for the full year.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 16.3 percent to 171.2 million euros ($204 million), it said on Tuesday, in line with average expectations in a Reuters poll of analysts.
Revenues rose 6.9 percent to 773.5 million euros, compared with an expected 758 million euros.
Springer, which generates four fifths of its core profits from digital, reiterated its 2018 guidance for low double-digit growth in adjusted EBITDA and revenue growth in the low- to mid-single-digit percentage range.
The company also reported separate organic figures, adjusted for consolidation and currency effects, with first quarter revenues gaining 4.7 percent and EBITDA growing by 6.7 percent respectively.
It guided for organic adjusted EBITDA and earnings growth this year in the mid- to high-single-digit range. ($1 = 0.8393 euros) (Reporting by Douglas Busvine Editing by Maria Sheahan)


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I recently configured a RAID 5 partition in Server 2008 with 4 RAID 5 disks. These disks are connected through a SATA expansion card that uses PCIe. This morning, I checked and they had finally finished synchronizing, and so I tried to do some speed tests.
Copying off the disks started pretty much fine - speeds began at > 125MB/s, then trailed down to about 70MB/s, which I found odd but not worrying. Writing TO the disks however is a completely different story. I attempted to copy some of my VM host ISOs onto the disks (~2-4 GB apiece) and this resulted in speeds of approximately 10MB/s. I tried copying both from a local disk (connected directly to the motherboard) and from another server ththe gigabit network and results were the same.
I checked the performance monitor while transferring the files and the only thing that stuck out was that my memory hard faults shot up to 6,000 per minute (spiking around 200/s) by explorer.exe. The system is running 2GB of DDR667 ECC RAM and a quad-core 2.3GHz opteron.
Is there anything I can do to fix this performance issue (buy more RAM? move the drives to a faster box?, etc) or am I just screwed so long as I stick to windows.