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There are many important reasons for you to use caution when searching online. There are many threats that could jeopardize the safety of your personal information, your identity, your family's important personal and business files and even your health and safety. Setting rules and guidelines for searching safely online will help you to avoid many of the mistakes people make that put them in a bad situation. Here are some examples that should help you stay safe online.
Be very careful what you tell people online.
Many people don't even know what type of information people who intend to do you harm could be looking for or use to hurt you. This information includes your home address, names of schools you or your children attend, telephone numbers, or even something as simple as the state you live in. Unless you are dealing with someone you and your children know and trust or are dealing with a reputable and established online business with a secure page, never give out this information to people online or through e-mail. You should even be careful of giving out your age, whether you are married or not, and any and all financial information. Don't even post photos of yourself or your children on public sites that anyone can see and don't post your e-mail addresses on public sites or lists. Also be sure to find out what your Internet service provider's privacy policy is. They may sell your information to third parties for marketing purposes. There are ways for people who have even the smallest bit of information about you to find out more that could put your security in danger.
Know what services you and your family use online
Get to know what services you and your family use online and what types of privacy policies they have. If you have children that use the Internet, have them show you what they use online and how to access it. Be familiar with the services that are available to children on the Internet, and let your child know which ones are allowed and which aren't. Find out if your child uses an e-mail service online and know what their user names and passwords are. You should be aware if there is any type of unacceptable conduct online for your children. Many computers have the option of setting up specific logins for each member of the family. You can monitor their activities on the Internet as an administrator of the computer and set limits of how long they can be logged in and what sites they can or cannot go to.
Set reasonable expectations about what you find online
It's important that to understand you can't believe everything you find on the Internet. People are not always who they seem online, and there is no way of telling if someone is telling the truth or not. Someone could say they are a twelve-year old girl when they are really a forty-five year old man. Stick to sites that you trust. If anything "seems" fishy, there is probably a reason for you to be suspicious. This concept is important to keep in mind for people who want information from you or who want to "be your friend", but it is also important when shopping online or doing research. Although we want to think that most people are good and have good intentions, there are some who are online only to take advantage of others. Scam artists are very good at making themselves look reputable. If something seems too good to be true it probably is. If there is a site that is offering a digital camera for $200 dollars less than everyone else who sells it, there is probably something that should be avoided.
Just remember that the Internet offers a tremendous amount of information in a short amount of time. The best rule to follow when searching online is to be alert and aware of what is going on around you. Trust your instincts and you will be able to search safely online.


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Stormcellar – The Curious Assembly
Self Released
14 tracks
Stormcellar opened the fifth annual Crossroads Blues Festival at Lyran Park in Rockford, Illinois on August 23rd and they have just released a brand new blues and roots CD to kick off their second US tour. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, these guys are superb musicians with a great roots sound! Featuring Michael Barry on harp and vocals, Paul Read and Michael Rosenthal on guitars, Theo Wanders on drums and the revolving deputy bass section, this is a band that keeps getting tighter and tighter in their musical approach.
The CD opens to "On The Low Low," a song with a distinctive attitude. A driving but moderately slow blues that talks about what we do on our own time is only our own business. The tune grinds to the beat and Barry's harp bleats out in guttural fashion. "Slipping Through These Blues" is what I'd call a somewhat ethereal TV theme song sort of blues. It's got that smooth sound that chic TV show theme sorts have with a little mean slide guitar and some reggae laid over it. Very cool and very interesting, and then Barry comes in for a harp solo that is like a robust version of "Once Upon a Time In the West" and that haunting Enrico Moriconi sound. I loved it.
Mandolin time comes next with "Queen Above The Oceans." A short and effective folky tune, it has some pretty mandolin and accordion on top of the fiddle and acoustic guitar. The boys go to the country with guest Jo Fitzgerald adding her vocals harmonies to Mike's lead on "Put On Your Sunhat Sweet Adeline." Sweet finger picking and harp work make this a song that you might hear on a Delta or Australian front porch.
"Dirty Work" brings us to a repackaging of a Steely Dan song into a driving blues rock. Using Fagan and Beckers lyrics, the boys add their own music and it really is pretty nicely done. The guitar blazes and the vocals are strident here. "Downward Bound" offers up some traditional, dirty, low down driving blues licks. The harp and guitar are sweet as Barry guts out the vocals and deliver s great song that moves along and gets you wanting to dance.
In "Cry For You" the band gives us a short, folky number with a stark approach. The acoustic guitar and vocals stand alone and the ballad is offered up quite effectively for our consumption. They follow the stark ballad with a bit more robust ballad called "Twice Shy Girl" which breaks out into a rocking number after about a 90 seconds and then they revert for the end to the more subdued approach. Interesting and cool!
"Travelling Song" features mandolin and has a country twang with vocals and harp. The boys tried t get a live sound in the studio and I think they achieved that quite well. "Give Me Something I Want" is a very bluesy cut where the central theme is, "If you can't give me something I want, give me something I need." I don't think that need much explanation. Stinging guitar work here that blends with the harp, nicely done!
In "Looking Glass" the boys star with harp and drums and build into it. The song is about a female musician who gives up on her beau as she gains fame and the former beau warns her, "Not to move too fast through the other side of the looking glass." Good slide by Paul Read here and Rosie on the electric guitar also plays into another nice guitar solo that punches its' way out here. The acoustic "Onward Traveler" is another folk song with just vocal and guitar and the band delivers another moving piece. "The Sun Shines On" Has a haunting harmonica line and a cool set of lyrics. The album ends as they reprise with a slightly expanded version of "Cry For You."
I liked this CD a lot. It's cool, slick and fun. It's not completely blues, adding folk and country to the mix to make a unique and eclectic sound. Stormcellar will intrigue the listener with an ear for good music while giving something for fans of many genres to appreciate in one very well done package.

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Douglas W. Judson
Top 10 Takeaways from Budget 2020
Updated: Mar 6, 2020
2020 is a challenging financial year for the Town of Fort Frances.
Yesterday Council approved an increase to the overall tax rates of 3.24% in order to balance our operating budget. A capital budget was passed on February 18.
While a public briefing and report from Administration on the budget will take place during an upcoming meeting of Council, here are my 'top 10' observations about this year's operating budget, and the factors the rates we set take into account:
1. Many of the Town's costs are mandated and/or uncontrollable.
The Town is legally required to foot the bill for a number of costs which are outside of our control. Here are 3 examples:
Courthouse security is paid for through our contract with the Ontario Provincial Police. While recent changes have been made to bring certainty to this cost centre, over the past number of years we have had no control over this price tag, because it fluctuates with the schedule of the court and the length of its dockets. The cost estimates for this line item spiked from $126,000 in 2015 to $341,000 in 2019.
We are also required to have an asset management plan which sets out an evidence-based sequence for investment in our capital assets (roads, sewer, etc.) and that puts away a portion of funds annually to cover those future costs. Not doing this would burden future generations with the full cost of aging infrastructure. Approximately 1.4% of this year's increase was to be attributed to our asset management obligations.
The municipality is required to comply with pay equity laws. This year, Administration completed a comprehensive pay equity exercise for the first time in over 25 years. Pay equity ensures that across our organizational chart, work of equal value receives equal pay. The pay equity process resulted in a modest increase to our budget which helps ensure that our compensation structure is equitable, fair, and competitive. This allows us to attract and retain the talented staff we need to move our municipality forward. (For more information see the current salary administration policy. Note that Council's pay was set by a bylaw enacted by our predecessors, and is not subject to this policy.)
2. Fort Frances covers several costs which benefit the entire district.
The Town continues to pay for the entirety (or a large portion) of a number of costs which benefit the entire district. In other regions of Ontario, some of these costs might fall to an upper-tier municipality, but we do not have that level of government in Northwestern Ontario, aside from the limited mandate of district social service administration boards. As such, the largest municipality often gets stuck with the tab for services that benefit everyone. For example:
Fort Frances contributes the lion's share of municipal funding for physician recruitment in our district;
Fort Frances is the only community that pays for security at the courthouse, despite the fact that the court serves every municipality and First Nation from Rainy River to Atikokan;
Fort Frances foots the bills for the airport, which is the only airport with passenger service in the Rainy River District; and
Fort Frances has been paying to operate the Tourist Information Centre, which benefits the entire region at its busiest border crossing, while arguably few of its visitors have Fort Frances as a final or only destination on their journey.
3. Inflation needs to be part of the equation.
It is bad policy for revenues not to keep pace with inflation, which is estimated at 2%. Assuming stable property assessments, if we do not increase taxes by at least a percentage equivalent to inflation, we are essentially expected to do more with less money in each subsequent year. This is a challenge at a time when other levels of government continue to download costs and services to municipalities.
It is concerning to me that over the past two decades, our predecessor Councils only increased taxes by an average of 0.87%. There was not a single year over that time period when taxes were increased by at least inflation – including in the years after the mill closed and there was a real risk that our financial circumstances may change.
While frugality can be a virtue, in excess it becomes short-termism. It has left today's taxpayers on the hook to make up the difference. We cannot afford to continue to shift cost burdens to future generations.
4. The budget has to account for growth factors.
The total of our asset management percentage (around 1.4%) plus inflation (around 2%) is still greater than the tax increase of 3.24%, meaning that the overall tax increase is not as high as it could be. This is a result of a significant effort by Administration and Council to identify areas where acceptable and reasonable cost savings could be attained. Understood another way, it means that the actual tax increase, net of these growth factors, is actually negative (i.e., a decrease of around 0.3%).
5. Significant property assessments are under appeal.
Resolute Forest Products and the Riversedge Developments have challenged the assessment value of the mill properties. Those appeals are before the Assessment Review Board. The outcome of that process could result in lower property tax revenue from those properties.
Importantly, the tax ratio between residential and industrial rates is approximately 1 to 7. That means that the tax revenue resulting from an industrial property is much higher than that from a residential one of equivalent assessment. By example, the Town would need to gain $49 million in residential assessment to make up for the loss in revenue from $7 million in industrial assessment.
As residents know, significant efforts were made by Administration and Council over the past 15 months to secure an operational future for the mill. As I have written elsewhere, those measures were met with aggressive actions by the previous owner to ensure that we did not get the outcome we deserved.
While there continues to be a mix of uncertainty and optimism surrounding these properties, it is our responsibility to plan for a future where local taxpayers may have to make up the difference while our community adjusts and nurtures new opportunities.
6. New relationships and fresh perspective has resulted in cost savings.
Since Day 1 of this Council's term, we have been working together to find opportunities to take a fresh approach to issues that will return value to our community. This has not only been beneficial for community-building, but realized significant cost savings even before this budget year.
For instance, in 2019, we inherited a budget from the previous Council which had earmarked $490,000 for legal costs related to the Point Park. A large expense was on the books in years prior as well. We now enjoy a much more positive and collaborative relationship with the Agency One First Nations, which was publicly celebrated during a signing ceremony last May. As a result, just $65,000 was charged to this budget item in 2019, and we have now significantly reduced this budget for the second time in 2020.
7. We took a deep-dive to identify cost savings.
Council and Administration went to great lengths to make reasonable cuts and service reductions and achieve efficiencies in order to reduce the financial impact on taxpayers. At the special Council meeting on February 18, we directed Administration to identify $150,000 in potential cost savings for our consideration at our next meeting on March 2.
Councillors felt strongly that this was an exercise that the community would expect us to undertake before we enacted any tax increase. From the list of options produced by Administration, over $108,000 in savings was identified by Council. We did not feel that the proposed cuts beyond that point would be acceptable to the community. These were all tough decisions, made in recognition of the fact that there is very little fat to trim in our municipal government.
8. Structural and strategic change is underway.
As this is the second budget year of this Council's mandate, it makes sense that if a larger tax increase is required, that it occur at this point in order to give ample runway to Council to make further structural changes. Our future budgets will thus be aligned and grounded in the vision articulated in our forthcoming strategic plan and the realities of the changing economic circumstances and opportunities facing our community.
9. We have to modernize to changing trends and consumer practices.
Our Council has repeatedly recognized the need to modernize local government and its services. This isn't just about reforming our internal procedures, but also our service interface with the public.
One example is the Tourist Information Centre. While some may be unhappy with the potential loss of this service, in reality the conversion of stops to sales or spending does not occur the same way it did in years past. Few visitors to our border don't know where they're going before they arrive, or what they're going to do when they get there. Moreover, the future role for tourist information may be one that is integrated with our gateway to Rainy Lake Square, in order to drive traffic to our downtown and be more integrated with local cultural assets, such as the museum.
These are the opportunities I will be looking for as we move forward on some of these exciting projects and the studies underway on the former wood yard and nursing station properties.
10. Our budget decisions respect civic engagement and volunteerism.
Around the Council table, I believe that there is a general recognition that our community is built on the hard work, sweat equity, and capacity of volunteers that we simply cannot replace. That's why:
We rejected a proposed reduction to the library budget, recognizing that the library's volunteer library board already oversees a high-value, lean operation, and had already gone through their books to painstaking detail;
We refused to cheap-out on recognizing volunteers, and will maintain our annual volunteer recognition event; and
We will be looking to our various advisory committees to provide input on further structural change, modernization, and transformation efforts related to their portfolios.
The views expressed are my own. Should you have any questions, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Technical questions about the budget or the Town's budgeting process should be directed to Administration at (807) 274-5323.


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Happy new year everyone, trust the holidays have been fun filled and exciting. I hope all the new year resolutions have started taking shape 😉
Last year was a pretty busy one for me and we (at Purple Damsel) were able to add two international brands to our makeup sales collection – Face Atelier and Benjabelle. whoop whoop!!! Expect more goodies in 2015.
My post today is about my makeup brush cleaning tools that are effective, energy/time saving – Sigma Spa cleaning glove, Benjabelle Brush tree, Benjabelle Organic Foam wash and Benjabelle cleansing balm.
The cleaning process is simple:
1. Put one or two pumps of the foam wash on the spa glove, wet the dirty brush with water and rub on the foam wash. rinse off and repeat the process if needed depending on how dirty the brush is. If it's the balm you're using, wet the brush with water and swipe on the balm to pick some of the product and rub on the glove to clean.
2. Squeeze out excess water using the thumb part of the glove meant for this and arrange the brushes on the brush tree.
Voila! Pretty easy.
Foam Wash/Cleansing Balm: What I love about the foam wash and cleansing balm is the fact that they're easy to get off the brush. Unlike some other cleaning products I've used, I've had to use lots of water and rinse severally to get foam out of my brush especially my kabuki brushes but these babies (foam wash and cleaning balm) comes off the brushes easily. It's also organic and doesn't contain dangerous chemicals that could be harmful for the brushes and on the long run – the skin.
Brush Tree: Light weight, folds easily like an iPad and easy to set up. The tree comes in four (4) sizes for different brush sizes. The Tree dries makeup brushes in less than 12 hours, yes super easy and saves space too. A spinner can be used with any of the tree sizes – this makes storing cleansing balm or beauty blenders easy. It's called a spinner because it spins around and you won't have to lift the tree or turn around to assess products stored on the spinner – all neat and tidy.
The Sigma Glove is easy to use, durable, saves time in washing and cleans the brushes thoroughly too. The surface comes with different 'textures' for different brushes (face, eyes, lips etc) both the front and the back of the glove can be used. There's also a part on the glove that helps in removing excess water from the brushes and re-shape them before drying.
You can get the products listed above/pictures below at http://purpledamsel.com/shop
Find below pictures of these ahhhh-mazing products.


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About Dorian Haqmoun
Dorian studied teaching, and then some years later, art with
the Sicilian painter Beppe Assenza. Dorian worked as a primary and art
teacher in Switzerland, Germany, England, Egypt and Zanzibar. In between Dorian also worked as a copy editor, film
subtitle editor and social therapist with people with learning
difficulties and mental health problems. In England Dorian exhibited at the
October Gallery, the Wigmore Hall, Leighton House, Lauderdale House,
The Actor's Institute, The Economist, Dunvegan Castle and Hoathly Hill Gallery.
In Cairo Dorian Haqmoun painted full time for several years, had one person shows at the
Gezira Art Center, the Center for International Cultural Cooperation,
and participated in group shows such as On a Caravan (an annual group show), The Russian Cultural Center, and the Portrait Gallery.
"My work has been deeply inspired by a trip to Kerala, India in 1993, where I was a student at a winter school for the performing arts for a month. I studied the visual arts while being surrounded by actors, musicians and dancers and watching their performances. From the study of Sanskrit calligraphy, mandalas and tantras I moved to Islamic calligraphy, architecture as well as poetry, painting and music."
"My most
recurring theme is the gate. I am deeply drawn to the arches, gates and passages seen
in mosques and other buildings of the Islamic world. The gate
has a deeper meaning for me: it is a passage between an outer and an inner
space, a doorway leading into a world that can only be imagined. The quiet
realm of colour in my paintings is filled with the sound of unheard music."


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I keep on thinking this question whether we are ready for Hybrid Car in Malaysia? I don't see much acceptance on Hybrid here, why? Are the consumer worried about the question below
1) Does all the workshop know how to repair hybrid car?
2) How much does the battery cost to replace?
3) Is the maintenance high?
These is what i can think off, I'm thinking what car to get next? Hybrid or non-hybrid. For time being there is not much choices for Hybrid, only Honda and Toyota having Hybrid. Hybrid also have many variant, for Toyota Prius is the 3rd Generation Hybrid is a Series-Hybrid, it run on electric during startup and even when cruising but Honda Civic is Mild Parallel Hybrid where it run on electric when acceleration pedal are release and almost going to halt state.
Since we only have 2 choices the price is still consider high compare to others country, how soon will our car maker come out with Hybrid car? I really hope to get an Hybrid car but can't afford at the moment, hope that more car maker bringing in more choices for us.
For those who not sure what is Hybrid car all about, you can check it out here.


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Georgius Agricola was born 500 years ago, in 1494, in Saxony. His real name was Georg Bauer, but following the custom of the time, it was Latinized to "Georgius Agricola" early in his youth. A contemporary of Copernicus, Martin Luther, Leonardo da Vinci, and Christopher Columbus, Agricola is regarded as the "father" of mineralogy.
Initially educated at the University of Leipzig where he taught Greek and Latin, Agricola subsequently continued his education at the Universities of Bologna, Venice, and Padua where he studied philosophy, medicine, and the natural sciences. In 1527, he accepted a job as town physician in Joachimsthal, a mining boomtown, located in Bohemia. As recorded in one of Agricola's own works, the time he did not spend in the practice of medicine was devoted to the study and exploration of everything he could find that dealt with mining.
In 1530, Agricola left Joachimsthal. He spent the next three years traveling and studying mines. He settled in Chemnitz, Saxony, in 1533, where he again assumed a position of city physician. In 1546, he was appointed Burgermeister of Chemnitz. During this time he was frequently consulted on matters related to mining engineering. It was also during this time that Agricola devoted himself to setting down on paper what he had learned.
Agricola was a prolific writer in many disciplines, but is especially respected for his numerous books on mining and other topics dealing with the earth sciences. One of his earliest books on mining and mineralogy, Bermannus (1530), was based upon information obtained from his conversations with the "learned miner" Lorenz Berman during his time at Joachimsthal.
In 1546, four of Agricola's multi-part books on mining and natural science were published. They were De Ortu et Causís Subterraneorum, one of the first works on physical geology; De Natura Eorum quae Effluunt ex Terra, which dealt with subterranean waters and gasses; De Veteribus et Novís Metallís, which was devoted to the history of metals and topographical mineralogy; and De Natura Fossílíum, the first book which attempted to cover mineralogy in a systematic fashion.
In De Natura Fossílíum, Agricola described
and categorized about eighty minerals in terms of their physical
properties -- color, brilliance, taste, shape, hardness, solubility,
fusibility, etc. Agricola classified minerals into one of five
categories based upon their physical properties: "earths" such as
clay and chalk; gems and precious stones; "solidified juices"
such as salt, alum, orpiment, and sulfur; metals; and
"compounds" such as pyrite and galena. Today, these
classifications seem almost simple minded, but we must
remember that Agricola was working 450 years ago -- before
the advent of the atomic theory of matter. In reality
De Natura Fossílíum was a remarkable
Agricola's most well-known work was published in 1556, one year after his death. De Re Metallica, Agricola's magnum opus, describes in detail the mining methods, smelting and metallurgical processes, geology, mineralogy, and mining law of the day. It is comprised of twelve "books" which cover topics ranging from the philosophy of mining and the qualities of a good miner to the arts of exploration, mining, assaying, and smelting. The volume includes a very large number of block prints which illustrate the concepts described therein. Twenty years in the writing, De Re Metallica remains today an important historical and scientific document. In the translator's preface to the English edition of the book it is stated, "we must emphasize that Agricola was infinitely clearer in his style than his contemporaries upon such subjects, or for that matter than his successors in almost any language for a couple of centuries." Indeed, it was not until 1738 that De Re Metallica was surpassed by Schlüter's book on metallurgy. In the interim, De Re Metallica was reprinted in three languages and ten editions.
As was the custom for scientific literature produced during his time, Agricola wrote and published his works in Latin instead of his native German. Doing so apparently strained the resources not only of the writer but of readers and translators as well. In the sixteenth century, as it is today, Latin was pretty much of a dead language. Many of the concepts that Agricola attempted to describe in his works defied simple description. Latin just did not have the words to express his ideas. As a result, Agricola was forced to invent a large number of Latin terms to convey his thoughts. The use of non-standard Latin expressions rendered his works impervious to casual translation.
The first successful translation of De Re Metallica into English was performed by American mining engineer and subsequent President of the United States Herbert Clark Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover. The translation was done in a day when Presidents were chosen for their previous positive contributions to society rather than for their media appeal and political chicanery. The translation was originally published in The Mining Magazine, London, in 1912. A subsequent edition was published in the United States, in 1950, by Dover Publications.
As sometimes happens to great scientists and natural historians, Agricola was largely forgotten in his country after his death. Neither the cities of his birth, residences, nor interment have ever demonstrated any recognition, much less appreciation, of his contributions to science and engineering. It is speculated that this ignoble treatment was a result of the religious climate of sixteenth-century Europe coupled with Agricola's open contempt of religion. It would seem that Agricola was superseded by politics after all.
Copyright © 1994 by Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society, Inc.
The preceding article was originally published in the December 1994 issue of Lithosphere, the official bulletin of the Fallbrook [California] Gem and Mineral Society, Inc; Richard Busch (Editor).
Permission to reproduce and distribute this material, in
whole or in part, for non-commercial purposes, is hereby granted
provided the sense or meaning of the material is not changed and
the author's notice of copyright is retained.
Last updated: 18 September 2002


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The "fiscal cliff" drama continues with more drama than markets would like. As a reminder, the so-called fiscal cliff is the result of last summer's largely failed debt ceiling negotiations in which a package of spending cuts and tax increases would automatically go into effect at the end of the year. The main tax hike would be ending the tax cuts from George Bush's presidency. Spending cuts would be across the board. Still, remember in Washington-speak, a cut is simply a reduction in the amount of expected increase in funding for a program, so a cut is not always what you and I would call a cut, that is, a reduction in spending from the year before.
Economists have said that this package would cut US economic growth by 2-3% in 2013 and put growth below zero. I think they are over-stating the case. The term fiscal cliff is also unnecessarily emotionally loaded on the scary side. Letting it occur, as was the final plan last sumnmer, would be "irresponsible." Oh, how short-term-oriented and averse to discipline is our group of representatives! Be careful about pointing fingers at them, though. They caught that disease from voters.
Some Republicans and some Democrats have tried to bring in Medicare and Social Security to the discussion – a seemingly rational move since entitlements account for 63% of all federal spending and are far and away the fastest growing. But, the opportunity to paint the opposition as cruel to the poor and aged is too much to resist and so most are avoiding that discussion, which so far has only amounted to raising the future Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67, matching the full Social Security benefit age. There is also the problem that Obamacare really increases the costs of caring for seniors and that just makes the budget problem worse if nothing is done on reining in the growth in Medicare.
So, Pres. Obama is off on the campaign trail again to tout the Obama version of a fiscal cliff fix while Republican Sen. Mitchell rails against the president for leaving town while negotiations are underway. Meanwhile, Democratic Sen. Reid is predictably upset at Republicans. Sigh.
I don't think the markets can keep moving up while these negotiations look as bleak as they do. And, since the deadline for legislation on this is Jan. 1, that gives about five weeks to get it done, less if before Christmas. It is still enough time that it is probably much too optimistic to expect anything in the next couple weeks.
Keep a close eye on the market, especially if you have positions with gains in a taxable account that you might want to sell in 2012 to get the lower capital gains tax than what we will likely see in 2013. I think a lower market for the next two weeks is much more likely than a higher market, regardless of economic reports.


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Post-Nargis periodic review III
This third Periodic Review, produced from an analysis of data collected between 21 October and 17 November 2009 in worst-affected townships of the Ayeyarwady and Yangon Divisions, is intended to assist those who have been involved in the relief and recovery effort to assess the progress made by the humanitarian community, and the needs of the affected population.
It finds that focused efforts were still needed to help people with their livelihoods to restore household self-reliance, even 18 months after the disaster. It stresses the need to strengthen the effort on the protection of vulnerable people and preparedness in order to assess the state of recovery to go beyond the average, ensure longer-term food consumption to address livelihood needs, respond to the needs of commercial fishing and livestock sub sector, to apply a broader maternal and child health intervention.


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One more off the bucket list. Sleeping on the perfect bed: check.
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Dream Bed™.
A little while ago, we got to redo our bedroom and make it feel all cozy and more like us. Our bedroom, the headboard and the bed itself remind me that we can make our dreams happen.
Our room and The Dream
About 5 years ago when we first arrived in California, I was home alone, pregnant, and jobless. I whined often that I couldn't afford to change anything about our "stuff" and lamenting that it might be forever before we could own our own place and really make it ours.
It took about a year of being married to realize I had picked bedding I hated and that he didn't care at all about what he slept in. One night, he told me just to make it happen. He talked me into making the duvet cover I wanted, So I did. And shortly after that, when we were going to try to get rid of his massive headboard, he said, "lets paint it!" So we did. And eventually a few years ago when we inherited the cal king mattress from friends, I finally bought the duvet I wanted and now I have a bedroom that reflects me more than most corners of my home. Looking at it reminds both that we have come a long way from that ugly brown and red comforter and that we can make our dreams happen if we work for it.
The only painful part of all this, and I mean literally painful, was the mattress. Though finally large enough to sleep in without the human steam roller squishing me in the night, the mattress had deep dips where it's former owners {our dear friends} slept. {You can almost see the dips there!} It made for sleepless nights and days with back pain.
Those who have known me for any length of time know that I sadly have functioned on less than 5 hours of sleep most nights with a never-ending fight with insomnia. When I get anxious, my thoughts and that bed {and my kids} kept me up.
So when The Dream Bed™ arrived at our door last week, it was literally like Santa had come. And arrived on the most perfect day when we really needed a win. I heard the truck pull up and ran to my window, and I heard my boys run to check the window too. I ran out in a towel and both my husband and my four year old were jumping up and down screaming, "it's here! it's here!" like…well, four year olds. {I'll let you gather that image for a second…}
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I have loved this company for a while, and as one who pays close attention to marketing and branding, I just think they have got it right! They live in that sweet spot of online storefront and a traditional store. Order the bed online, it comes in 2 days with free shipping. In a box!
I also respect and appreciate companies who know how to give back, and to make a difference in the world. When you buy a mattress, they will donate a mattress to someone in need, so Dream Bed is providing good sleep to so many people. And as a company, they give back to the community and have donated lots of mattresses to homeless shelters to help those in need to dream big too.
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Look how awesome it looks in the room! I even love how my duvet lays on it because it has a more boxy modern feel. Cleaner. {Look at the bed above to see the difference!}
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And now I climb into bed and remember we have a long way to go, but we've come a long way too!
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Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France (2007–2012), smiles during a discussion titled "Europe: Quo Vadis?" as part of the 20th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2016.Stoyan Vassev/TASS
The pundits and pontificators on the sidelines really stirred up this year's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) when they suggested high-profile westerners should show the event the red card. Dialogue is vital, especially in these jittery days. Particularly as NATO conducts huge exercises in the Baltic Sea not far from Russia's borders and rhetoric from Moscow is increasingly bellicose at times.
The absence of bilateral discussion, favored by a number of EU members and many opinion-shapers, particularly in the U.S., would only serve to create a bigger void. And a greater vacuum would be a disaster. For that reason, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's choice to travel to St.Petersburg was the correct one.
"There are those who like the idea [for me] to be here and those who don't like the idea. I like the idea," he said to applause, speaking at the SPIEF on June 16.
However, when getting down to business, Juncker was in no mood to massage Kremlin egos. Instead, he talked tough and made the position of Eurocrats clear, while also offering to "build a bridge." Russia's actions in Crimea and Ukraine had put the "very principles of European security through a severe test," said Juncker. He also insisted that the only way to end Western sanctions on Russia was to fully implement the Minsk agreements, the series of accords aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Of course, it takes two to tango in that regard and Kiev's lack of movement is equally, if not more of, an obstruction than any Russian hesitancy. Asked later if he believed sanctions had changed Russia's behavior, Juncker gruffly replied that he would discuss the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin personally during their private meeting later.
Juncker's visit to Russia is the first by a Brussels bigwig since sanctions were prompted by Moscow's takeover of Crimea in 2014. He wasn't alone either. Italy's Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, also attended and so too former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who may well return to the Élysée Palace once again next year.
A decade ago, Sarkozy was perceived as a pro-American politician, and hisownwords seemed to confirm it. Upon assuming office he stated that: "I want to tell them (Washington) that France will always be at their side when they need her."
However, in the spirit of the Maltese inventor of the concept of "lateral thinking," Edward de Bono, Sarkozy seems to believe that "if you never change your mind, why have one." In recent years, he has been practicing his own version of ostpolitik and embracing warmer relations with Russia.
There's no doubt that the Frenchman's heart is in the right place, and he genuinely wants to help ease frictions between Moscow and the rest of Europe, but his comments in St. Petersburg on June 16 showed a lack of genuine appreciation for Russia's position.
This is what Sarkozy actually said: "I proposed to President Putin that he lift the sanctions on his part, and Minsk-2 will be applied in exchange to this. Instead of letting the sanctions block the state of affairs from all sides, let's make favorable conditions from this crisis so as to lift these sanctions. I wish Mr. Putin to announce the lifting of the sanctions on his part, and we, the Europeans, will follow this movement."
In theory, extending an olive branch might sound attractive, but in reality it's far more complicated. As the economy struggles, owing to a mix of low oil prices, failure to reform sufficiently and sanctions too, agriculture has been one of Russia's few bright spots in recent times. For instance, grain exports alone have risen by 13 percent over the past year.
Meanwhile, as Bloomberg reported on June 7, domestic food production is booming, from meat to fruit to vegetables. This is important for Russia, since for far too long its economy was run on the crazy idea that it could simply export its resources and buy everything else in.
Thus, we had the world's largest country importing basic foodstuffs like milk and cheese, while leaving vast tracts of some of the world's most fertile land completely empty. Never mind the security implications, it was also dim-witted economic strategy.
The Kremlin's counter-sanctions on Western produce have opened a window for Russia to correct this misguided policy. They've been so successful that Putin himself admitted that a farmer from Voronezh asked him not to remove them. Sarkozy is trying to help Russia, but as is frequently the case here, things are not as simple as they seem.
Bryan MacDonald is a Moscow-based commentator.
The opinion of the writer may not necessarily reflect the position of RBTH or its staff.
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Here's a riddle for you: what do you get when you combine the "Merc with a Mouth" and a refreshing summer time dip?
"Dead..pool. You get it?"
Huh? Get it? Yeah you probably get it. It's not that hard.
In this newest promoâthat we first saw at Comic Book Resourcesâadvertising the release of the Deadpool DVD and Blu-ray (out today, Tuesday May 10th), the R-rated superhero gets an Adult Swim, puppet-style commercial, featuring not only our favorite raunchy superhero in red, but also a puppet Stan Lee as the poolside DJ.
"We didn't have to pay the DJ anything, just had to stock the pondâso to speak."
Besides bikini-clad puppets, this super silly commercial also gave puppet Stan Lee literally (literally) what he wanted when he said, "We need someone to die up in this pool. Make it a dead pool." In fairness, that guy Deadpool needlessly murdered with a bunch of discs in the chest did seem like kind of a tool. Who needs that when you're trying to cool off?
Like the movie itself, as well as all of the commercials that preceded its release in theaters, the ads for this Blu-ray release have been lots of fun, like the one that was a parody of every single erectile dysfunction commercial you have ever seen.
I mean, that's if you even have a Blu-ray player. I have an old VCR that only plays Betamax tapes without sound.
Which Deadpool promo has been your favorite? Tell us in the comments below.
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Make grammar instruction simple with DLI!
Imagine how good it will feel to build a strong foundation in writing conventions with just a few minutes a day and the support of DLI.
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is focused:
DLI focuses on one new skill each week. Beginning the first week of the school year, you begin to build a strong foundation avoiding gaps or duplication in instruction. Teaching all of the skills in your district and state standards including the Common Core State Standards by the end of the school year can seem like an impossible task. DLI helps you accomplish this one week at a time!
as simple as 1-2-3:
DLI is quick and effective. Plan 5-10 minutes a day to complete the daily practice Monday-Thursday.
On Friday, the weekly assessment and mini-lesson for the new focus skill require 30-45 minutes. Click on Week at a Glance to see a weekly plan.
Teachers can deliver DLI tasks to students in three ways. First, DLI student tasks are reproducible. With the purchase of the Educator Bundle, teachers can post the tasks to Google Classroom or other secure platforms (see below) and use them with interactive whiteboards in the classroom.
pairs well with distance learning.
With purchase of an Educator Bundle (DLI book + DLI Student Tasks Days 1-4 on a USB drive) you can post DLI student tasks for Days One-Four digitally for online access by your students to Google Classroom or other similar secure platforms. (CLICK HERE to download details and Terms of Use for the USB drive.)
With the use of the free Kami annotating app, your students can circle, underline, hilight, and add text boxes for the DLI editing paragraphs before sending the task back to you.
CLICK HERE to learn more about KAMI, a Google Chrome extension.
Check out this teacher-friendly information on how to set up Kami including step-by-step video for teachers and one for students. Once you reach this site, scroll to the heading, "Do you wish your students could type on worksheets?" the video titled, "Teacher How-to" appears in a field below that.
How to use Kami with the DLI PDFs
supports the complete learning cycle:
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to create opportunities for practice and review. The instructional cycle continues
with a weekly assessment. DLI knits all of the elements of the learning cycle
together into one cohesive resource. How does DLI compare to other English
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features a weekly assessment that mirrors formal assessments:
assessments prove beneficial for both teachers and students. They provide
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early intervention. For students, frequent short assessments create an opportunity
to hone their test-taking skills. Since the assessments employ formats found
in other formal assessments, students make
a smoother transition to demonstrating mastery. As the year progresses, students
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skills in following directions.
aligns with the Common Core State Standards:
Capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and usage have been given increased emphasis with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards.
However, educators are finding that relying on their districts' reading series or use of commercial review resources lacks adequate support for true skill development for writing conventions.
Daily Language Instruction solves this problem: DLI is an effective stand-alone supplementary resource that provides comprehensive skill development for writing conventions and features direct instruction on a weekly focus skill, quick daily practice, spiraling review, and assessment.
A revision of the DLI materials for grades 1-6 ensures that they provide strong support for the increased rigor in your district and state standards including the Common Core State Standards. Click the Products tab and the appropriate grade level to lead you to a CCSS correlation for each grade level. Additionally, you may wish to access and download the entire DLI 1-6 Scope and Sequence by clicking on this link.
curriculum is centered on seven guiding principles and grounded in research:
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is kid-friendly:
DLI is a perfect way to start the day. Students are ready to discuss the practice items by the time you have completed attendance, lunch count, and morning announcements.
Students like DLI and gain confidence with the support of a spiraling review.
Expect to see strong engagement when you discuss the daily tasks!
scaffolds your writing conferences:
DLI plays a vital role in supporting your writing conferences. As the year progresses, you will find that students bring more background to their conferences as a result of their work with DLI. The five to ten minutes you spend each day on DLI is a great investment in providing a scaffold for their time in conference with you or an effective follow-up. They may meet a new skill in the context of a conference with you, which may be later reinforced by DLI. Or DLI can provide the first exposure, which will be applied in a conference; the combination is effective.
is effective:
Consistent use of DLI results in a deeply-rooted skill base that carries
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includes pre-post assessments at six-week intervals:
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includes 30 weeks of spelling lists:
Several of the weekly skills in the DLI materials could also be considered spelling skills. Some examples include contractions, plurals, singular possessive nouns, and homophones.
By using the optional spelling lists included in the DLI book, your students can benefit from a two-pronged approach. Since the weekly DLI skill and the spelling skill correlate with one another, instruction in both areas becomes more effective.
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For the second straight time India failed to make to make it to the semi-finals of the World T20 competition and, worse, was unable to win any of the super eights matches.
And the knives have since been out for India's Captain Cool, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
His predecessors have been quick to pounce on him, questioning his tactics, choice of players, everything. One even went as far to call the 2007 T20 World Cup win under Dhoni a 'fluke'.
Given that cricket is more than religion to Indians, there's been a tremendous outpouring of anger and anguish at the reverses in West Indies.
Quick to be seen as doing something lest the crowds stay away from the game, there's been talk of the cricketing administration replacing Dhoni as the captain in at least the shortest version of the game.
Rediff.com believes that while all is not well in Indian cricket, sacrificing Dhoni will be a blunder of Himalayan proportions. Dhoni has shown in his short career as captain that he has it in him to emerge as one of the finest in the game. The Board of Control for Cricket in India needs to back the captain against the mud-slinging going on.
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Gender education at Chalmers: How, when and where?
Research Project, 2020
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The aim of this project is to further the elaboration and implementation of the emerging plan for integration of gender and diversity in all undergraduate programmes across Chalmers. It will also connect this endeavour with internationally excellent research in the field, since it is vital that the effort is supported by dedicated staff and research-based knowledge. Building on the work already being done at Chalmers the focus will be on the long-term sustainability of integrated gender and diversity teaching; clarifying which new structures need to be put in place to ensure the long-term survival of these topics in the programmes. The one year full-time post-doctoral position is placed at the division of Science, Technology and Society in TME and the post holder will: 1) Support and asses the implementation of gender teaching in engineering programmes at Chalmers, providing support both to teachers and to GRULG. 2) Undertake an inventory of successes and failures with long-term integration of gender and diversity aspects in undergraduate engineering programmes in Sweden and internationally. 3) Carry out a review of current research with relevance for the work going on at Chalmers.
Catharina Landström (contact)
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Science, Technology and Society
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Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Science, Technology and Society
GENIE, Chalmers Gender Initiative for Excellence
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So one more neat feature about the new Alarm Help in DeltaV V11 - you can change the header for the 3 text field boxes on the popup.
So looking at the Alarm Help popup:
If you don't like the headings Recommended action, Probable cause, and Design information, you can change them by modifying a new supplied Named Set - dv_alm_help_text:
These are global changes, but they do give you some flexibility when setting up your system. And each text field has its own security setting for even more flexibility.


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This pair of deck-chairs is one of the newest additions to the shop of the Museum Schloss Bruck in Lienz (Austria).
The painting "Ruhende Hirten" by Albin Egger-Lienz is one of the most iconic pieces in the museums collection and depicts two resting herdsmen dozing off in the alpine sun. Each one of the chairs shows one half of the painting thereby making the resters pose as one of the herdsmen.
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Snoop Dogg. Snoop Lion. The Boss Dogg. D.O.Double G. However you refer to him, he's made his way onto iOS with his first game: Way of the Dogg, a Kung-Fu adventure set to the beat of his most popular tunes. "This is going to be the best thing to happen to anything, ever." I know, that was my first thought too. Unfortunately, we were both wrong.
Contrary to what players may expect, Snoop isn't the star in this one. Instead, he's the wise, red-eyed sensei who must guide our punchy protagonist on his quest for revenge. That doesn't mean he doesn't get down though, no sir. The story is clearly a homage to the Kung-Fu movies of old; from lost loves, new apprentices, training montages and men in track suits, it's all here and it's excellent. Unfortunately, the gameplay itself can't match up to Snoop's narration or the slick cel-shaded visuals.
The fights are composed of tapping and swiping the on-screen targets in time with one of Snoop's songs. Unfortunately, there are only 9 tracks available, and they're spread over 20 levels. It's a bit sparse, especially when taking his back-catalogue and the price into consideration. The fights themselves are pretty sub-standard too, for the most part comprising of a succession of clunky attacks that are occasionally broken up by the odd crushing blow. Not that it matters, since players will be so busy tapping and swiping in time with the music that they won't be able to pay attention to the beatdown occurring anyway. It's a dull and repetitive process that only serves to lead into the next cutscene, which is where the real action is.
Only the most hardcore of fans would be able to stick with this mediocre game for much longer than a few rounds, and they might need a fair amount of Gin n' Juice to make it that far. They'd be better off playing Street Fighter while listening to Snoop's greatest hits, to be honest.


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New Delhi, Nov 25
[dropcap color="#008040″ boxed="yes" boxed_radius="8px" class="" id=""]W[/dropcap]hen 49-year-old Veena Gandhi came to Dr Tarun Mittal, a laparoscopic and obesity surgeon at Sir Gangaram Hospital in the capital, she had difficulty walking with shortness of breath and acute pain in her joints. The culprit: obesity.
Suffering from an array of health issues like hypothyroidism, hypertension and an uncontrolled Type-II diabetes that put her on insulin therapy, she also had difficulties sleeping at night.
"We performed laparoscopic gastric bypass on her in which we created a food channel from stomach to small intestine by-passing around 200 cm of small intestine," Dr Mittal told IANS.
[dropcap color="#008040″ boxed="yes" boxed_radius="8px" class="" id=""]P[/dropcap]ost-surgery, she lost 25 kg systematically in a span of 10 months and is set to lose extra 10-15 kgs in the near future. Today, Gandhi is off insulin with good glycaemic control. "Without the operation, she would have been a high-risk candidate for ischemic heart disease, obstructive sleep apnea with subsequent respiratory failure, uncontrolled diabetes and associated complications", Dr Mittal said.
The bare fact is that there are millions of obese Indian in all age groups who just cannot shed the fat despite trying a range of options – from diet control to running or gym and even yoga.
"Simple obesity (body mass index of over 30) can be controlled by diet and exercise but it requires 7,500 calories to burn a kg of body fat. It means brisk walking on a treadmill at nine km per hour for 20 straight hours!," quips Dr Atul Peters, director and head, Institute of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, at Fortis Hospital.
[dropcap color="#008040″ boxed="yes" boxed_radius="8px" class="" id=""]F[/dropcap]or those who prefer the weight-loss pill route, "there are over-the-counter drugs for weight loss which can result in a temporary weight loss of four-five kgs but the same will come back in no time once those pills are stopped," he said.
Research has shown that in many cases, a significant underlying cause of morbid obesity is genetic.
Studies have demonstrated that once the obesity is established, efforts such as dieting and exercise programmes have a limited ability to provide effective long-term relief.
"More than 90 percent of participants in weight-loss programme regain fat within a year and it is even more difficult for morbidly-obese patients," explains Dr Naresh Singhi, consultant, laparoscopic bariatric surgeon at Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital in Mumbai.
[dropcap color="#008040″ boxed="yes" boxed_radius="8px" class="" id=""]A[/dropcap]ccording to a study published in the prestigious journal Lancet, at over 30 million obese people, India is just behind the US and China in the "Global Hazard List" of top 10 countries with highest number of obese people.
According to the 2015 World Health Organisation data, prevalence of 'overweight in adults' increased to 22 percent (2014) from 19.7 percent (2010) and obesity increased to 4.9 percent (2014) from four percent in last four years. A body mass index between 25 and 30 is deemed to be overweight.
Nearly 14 percent of women (age group 18 to 49) in India were overweight or obese in 2008 (compared to 10.5 percent in 1998)
Experts say that the obesity epidemic is attributable to dietary and behavioural trends. Added to that is a person's genetic makeup and susceptibility to obesity-related disease.
[dropcap color="#008040″ boxed="yes" boxed_radius="8px" class="" id=""]E[/dropcap]ach individual's genetic background remains an important determinant of susceptibility to obesity.
"It is clear that obesity often runs in families. Having obese relatives increases one's risk for obesity even if the members of the family do not live together or share the same patterns of exercise and food intake," Dr Mittal notes.
But in some cases, especially young, simple weight-loss programmes can work wonders.
[dropcap color="#008040″ boxed="yes" boxed_radius="8px" class="" id=""]T[/dropcap]ake 28-year-old Kiran with a BMI of 28 who recently visited Dr Peters. She was looking for a quick-fix solution before her wedding to control weight. "Upon investigations, we found that she was also suffering from Poly Cystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD) and undiagnosed severe hypothyroidism. I dissuaded her against surgery and she was put on a medical weight-loss programme," Dr Peters adds.
Kiran lost desired weight happily. Her PCOD and thyroid problem came to normal. "Cases like Kiran's are very common. Therefore, when you go for a serious diet and exercise programme, get a thorough medical checkup done," he advises.
However, for obese and morbid-obese, bariatric surgery remains a good option for sustained weight loss. "It also cures Type-II diabetes, hypertension and other metabolic diseases," says Dr Singhi.
So if you are obese or overweight, do not lose hope. Get your body composition analysis done which calculates the BMI.
[dropcap color="#008040″ boxed="yes" boxed_radius="8px" class="" id=""]T[/dropcap]he simple formula is: If your BMI is between 25 to 32.5 then lifestyle changes like diet and exercise can work and help you lose weight. "However, if your BMI comes above 37.5 with obesity-related illnesses, endoscopic surgery or bariatric surgery should be considered as a treatment option for long term and sustainable weight loss," Dr Chowbey advises.
It was almost 15 years back when the famous Indian wellness brand VLCC, founded by Vandana Luthra, started observing November 26 as an anti-Obesity Day as part of an annual campaign to promote good lifestyle habits to stay healthy and fit.
Today, it is observed in various parts of the world on November 26 every year
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Showroom Radzymińska is a brand created by BR Wykładziny. We have noticed that there was a need on the market for a place offering all kinds of finishing products, but focusing foremost on floors and walls. We take great care to ensure that our Customers can find the greatest possible variety of interesting products in our showroom.
We have been active on the market since 1991.
We have grown out of a 20-year-long handicraft tradition, which makes us uniquely qualified to make sure that all products we offer to our Customers – from carpeting, through made-to-order rugs, to textile and aluminium doormats – are of the highest quality.
We sell both finished products and tailored-made products prepared for special orders. As a family company, we place great emphasis on maintaining good relationships with our Customers. Our long history allowed us to create a brand which is widely associated with such qualities as reliability, dependability, and high-quality.
We actively support the development of the Polish Association of Floor Layers (PSP).
We have built our business on the following foundations:
- We maintain good relations with Customers whom we offer high-quality products at best prices,
- We always adapt to our Customers' needs,
- We cooperate with the best, most renowned brands,
- We guarantee fast processing of orders.


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Over 2 Years Later, BTS's "Map Of The Soul: 7" Album Just Broke Another Huge Record
On February 21, 2020, BTS released what was to become their best-selling album in their career to this day, Map of the Soul: 7.
A deeply personal album that included appearances from other big stars such as Halsey, Troye Sivan, and Ed Sheeran, it went on to win numerous awards at various music shows and ranked high on many different music charts.
Its two lead singles, "Black Swan" and "ON", were also highly praised and loved by ARMY.
According to Gaon music charts, which tend to over-estimate album sales due to the fact that it tracks shipments and not actual individual sales, the most recent number of sales that Map of the Soul: 7 has made overall is around 4.81 million, which was already a record in itself.
But now, thanks to the Korean music chart Hanteo, this album has reached yet another record that no other K-Pop artist has achieved!
Unlike Gaon, Hanteo tends to under-estimate their sales numbers since they do track individual album sales, but only at approved stores and websites. Because of both of these data collection techniques, the actual true number of sales for any album is likely somewhere in between both numbers.
That's why it's especially impressive that Map of the Soul: 7 has now surpassed 4 million sales according to Hanteo's data, making it the first K-Pop album to do so!
This basically confirms that BTS have definitely sold at least 4 million copies of the album, which is beyond impressive. And it happened right before the release of their long-awaited comeback album, PROOF, which is set to come out on June 10.
Congratulations to BTS on yet another incredible achievement!
Netizens Praise South African Actress Nomzamo Mbatha For Her Actions Toward BTS's Jungkook At The "2023 Global Citizen Festival"
Popular American Singer Surprises Fans By Confessing Her Love For BTS
BTS's Jin Unexpectedly Shares How Much He Texts With J-Hope During Jungkook's Livestream
New Photo Of BTS's J-Hope In The Military Released, Showing His Assistant Instructor Status


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From Andrea: "I rescued a dog while in college who was half Newf, and all of the things we fell in love with were from the Newf breed. The devotion to people, the kindness and generosity of spirit, and such a joyful creature to live with as well.
No matter how much time you have with a loved one, it is never enough. Tina Quatroni from Petcha Photography offers Honor Life Sessions, because "Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, photos leave a memory no one can steal." Major, the Landseer Newfoundland, may be gone, but he lives on in these photos and in Andrea's heart.
From Tina: "Some time ago, I had the pleasure of visiting a friend and her beautiful Landseer Newfoundland named Major. He was an almost ten-year-old bunch of fluffy handsomeness. Andrea and I have been friends for a short time, but I have met her horses as well as her Landseer a couple of those times. She sent me a message on Facebook to look into photos of her boy once she learned he had aggressive cancer that would progress quickly in a short amount of time. She knew she had to make this choice for him because we all know they will not make it for us. Our fur families always put us first in their lives, and Andy knew it was time to put Major first this time.
We had a beautiful late afternoon sun to shoot on her farm with herself, her pups, and her beautiful horses. The light was perfect, as though God knew this moment was meant to be memorable for her and him. Anatole France said it perfectly 'Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.' After our shoot, I sat down and wrote a mini interview for her, because I wanted to hear in her own words her thoughts and feelings about her boy. Nothing can express these emotions better than the heartfelt words of a mother."
I have met so many people because of my boy. Major attracted attention from young and old, male and female. His passing has left a severe hole in my heart; he was my best friend. He was my constant companion. From dog shows to water rescue work, to rally and horse shows. My vacations were spent with him, as I usually go horse camping so that he would go as well. I enjoyed and treasured every moment with him, even his last.
Major was an opinionated fellow. He always knew right from wrong. And you could never tell him he was a 'bad boy,' or he would grumble, seemingly disciplining himself. Major loved to play, always had a ball. Whether a tennis ball or his jolly ball, he was always up for a rousing game of fetch.
If I had to describe in a few words, I think my quote would be 'What a joy he was.'"
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About Petcha Photography: Pet photographer, Tina Quatroni, is based in West Haven, Connecticut. She covers the Hudson Valley as well as Connecticut.
What a great tribute. Our pets are part of our family so their passing is hard to deal with. What a great idea to have a photo shoot to remember them by.
Thank you for commenting and looking at our story!
Pictures are worth more than 1000 words. I need to get some photos of Lexy, Lola and me because I miss not having photos of my previous cats.
Oh yes they are! Thank you for looking at our story! ♥
Such a beautiful tribute. Major was a handsome boy and he reminds me of my first landseer.
What a moving tribute and such beautiful pictures. I sat here thinking Gosh he's such a bit dog but such gentleness in his looks and bearing.


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Newsletter – July 2008
New KTS Website Goes LIVE!
Kazmarek Technology Solutions is proud to announce the launch of our completely redesigned website! We've compiled the latest information about our solutions, product offerings, and customer references to provide you with a site that offers a quick look at our company as well as a great way to stay abreast of the latest technology news. This website is the culmination of eight months of work and we really feel like it represents our company well. Please be sure to check out the following highlights of our new site:
- Integrated Technology Blog – The Kazmarek Technology Blog has been around for almost a year. Our blog offers expert tips, solutions, and tricks direct from the KTS engineers in the field. The blog is a great place to find answers to your technical problems and with almost 200 hits per day, is becoming one of the web's fastest growing blogs of its kind.
- Detailed KTS Credentials – Kazmarek Technology Solutions is very proud of its achievements throughout the years including our Microsoft Gold Partner status, membership in the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners, and the various certifications of our field engineers.
- Customer-Focused Case Studies –Here you can read about some of our solutions and how they helped actual customers in your area. Be sure to take a quick look at the "Solution Snapshot" for each case-study to see just what products were used. If we've provided a solution for your business and you're interested in providing us with a case study, please let us know!
- Improved News Section – We've improved the news section of our website to provide you with technical news that matters for your business. In addition, you can find archived copies of previous newsletters in case you missed one.
- Integrated Remote Assistance – If you need assistance immediately and can't wait for a technician to arrive, we can help! With our remote assistance tool (Powered by LogMeIn Rescue) we can take remote control of your PC and perform troubleshooting as if we were sitting right there with you. Call us today if you need assistance and would like to try this new feature.
We think the results speak for themselves. As always, any feedback you may have is welcomed and appreciated.
Product Spotlight – Symantec System Recovery 8
You've spent thousands of dollars on backup hardware and software. You've configured your backup software to diligently save your most valuable files to a backup tape nightly. You even take the backup tapes off-site to a secure location. You believe your data is protected and so is your business. But is it? There is a major consideration that many businesses fail to prepare for: the time required to recover from a disaster, should one occur.
In the case of a disaster where server hardware fails, rebuilding the system to its pre-failure state is a time-consuming and tedious process. Typically, manual recovery of a server includes reinstalling the Windows Server operating system, reconfiguring the system, reinstalling backup software and finally (hoping for no unforeseen errors or corruption) recovering the data from tape media. Even after all of the above steps are completed, your server will still require additional work to bring it back to its pre-failure state.
Thanks to Symantec System Recovery 8, there is a simpler, quicker and more reliable way to recover a system that has suffered a catastrophic hardware failure. Symantec System Recovery 8 gives you the ability to restore a failed system in minutes, not days or hours. You can even restore a lost system to dissimilar hardware, a virtual machine environment or to a remote location. The entire system is protected by System Recovery 8, including the Windows OS, applications, databases, files, drivers, user profiles and the registry.
By using System Recovery 8 in combination with a standard data backup plan, you can be confident that your systems are fully protected from disaster. If a disaster strikes, be assured in the knowledge that downtime for your customers and employees will be at an absolute minimum.
Contact KTS today for more details and learn how you can minimize costly downtime.
What's KTS Up To?
Kazmarek Technology Solutions is constantly maintaining its commitment to its customers by always staying current with the latest technologies. This year has brought us more new technologies than ever before. Some of these new technologies include Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, Microsoft Office 2007, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The following two paragraphs quickly detail some of our latest experiences with these new technologies.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 – Providing huge advancements in performance, security, SPAM protection, and expandability. KTS recently performed several Exchange 2007 migrations for some of its larger clients. These migrations moved all user mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 to benefit from the improvements in the new version mentioned above. In most cases, the migrations were completed in just over a day with only minimal downtime for users. One of these clients now enjoys the flexibility and expandability of multiple information stores and no upper size limit for mailbox databases. This has allowed their company to continue its rapid growth while no longer worrying that their email system may not be able to keep up.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 – Providing best-of-breed customer relationship management with a familiar Microsoft Office interface. The Microsoft Dynamics CRM product gives you advanced features for maintaining relationships with your customers, all from right inside Outlook. KTS recently performed several CRM 4.0 upgrades to take advantage of the product version's latest features such as an Internet-facing architecture, better performance, on-the-fly reporting, and new customization options. One upgraded client is now able to better track their unique project-based sales process through advanced customizations made to the CRM interface. The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 solution has improved their sales efficiency beyond expectations resulting in better tracking and increased revenue.
Contact KTS today to find out how the latest technology solutions can benefit your business.


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Isle of Wight Academy's curriculum is college preparatory. To graduate, students must earn a minimum of 22 or 24 credits to receive their General Studies or Advanced Studies Diploma. Extracurricular activities include multiple selections in the visual and performing arts; JJV, JV and Varsity sports; special interest clubs; and opportunities for developing leadership skills through organizations such as student government, community service, and school publications.
Grading Scale
F: 69 and below
All A's – Headmaster's List
All A's & B's – Honor Roll
Typically, 40% of students earn Honor Roll or higher each quarter
Class Rank
Isle of Wight Academy computes class rank using the weighted and unweighted courses a student takes from his or her ninth grade year to his or her senior year. A student must be a full-time IWA student for two full semesters before he or she is given a class rank. Transfer grades are not calculated in a student's GPA.
Advanced Placement Courses
Isle of Wight Academy currently offers 2 Advanced Placement courses:
- AP Government and Politics (12th grade) and AP English Literature (12th grade).
- These courses are weighted in figuring a student's GPA, on the following scale: A – 5.0 , B – 4.0, C – 3.0, D – 2.0, F – 0.0.
- If a student desires to take an AP test that is not offered as a class, it may be scheduled at the beginning of the year with the Guidance Counselor.
Dual Credit Courses
Isle of Wight Academy is pleased and proud to partner with Paul D. Camp Community College and Richard Bland College in order to provide dual credit courses to its students. These classes allow students to earn both their high school and college credits at one time.
Taught by certified community college instructors as an introductory college course, IWA offers the following dual credit courses at present:
- US History (6 credits)
- French IV ( 8 credits)
- Spanish IV (8 credits)
- Economics (6 credits)
- English (6 credits)
- Statistics/Linear Algebra (6 credits)
College Placement
Isle of Wight Academy students are traditionally accepted into the college of their choice, with many attending some of the finest institutions across the country.
Some of the recent institutions attended by IWA graduates include the College of William and Mary, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, James Madison University, Old Dominion University, the University of Mary Washington, Longwood University, University of Delaware, North Carolina State University, Christopher Newport University, Bridgewater College, Belmont University, and many, many others. Each year, IWA students are awarded scholarships, with many students attending the institution of his or her choice on a full scholarship.


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The winds are now changing and the sun is beginning to turn in for bed earlier and earlier each evening. Despite the fact that it's still so warm out, the signs of autumn are becoming more prominent with every passing day. It seems like everyone's already bundling up, pulling their jackets out of storage and dusting off those warmer shirts and sweaters.
Just the other day, in fact, a friend of mine was preparing to run off on an errand, when he saw just how uninviting the overcast day was looking. Better safe than sorry, he through on his good trousers and a sturdy hat for good measure before facing the fierce winds.
A fan of autumn like myself, he took it in stride and saw it as a heartening sign of the changing seasons. I can't wait to pull my own warmer garb, although it could still be a while. Most people would want to be naturally warm, but it sadens me that it take so much for me to actually feel cold enough to put on a coat! I love layers and heavy clothes, but unless it's close to snowing, I'm often feel hot enough to bake bread beneath those garments!
Getting back to my small friend, he did express some worry about not actually owning any shirts… It was fine in the summer, but now feels a bit awkward, setting out in the nippy mornings, sporting a pair of trousers but no top. I promised we could work out a deal, because I doubt that a shirt for his size would take much longer than an hour.
It's a good thing he has me around this time of year – Imagine standing at the bus stop completely topless by the time winter rolls around!


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Gilmore talks to Nneamaka Nwosisi – the Creative Director of a Nigerian fashion brand that specialises in handmade handbags, shoes and accessories, using leather and incorporating African fabrics. Together they go through her journey, lessons learnt and also explore possible partnership with Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. He plays out with ADDICTED by Kolly Dee.
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Remodeled, added wings, and refurbished more than 50 residences in Caracas, Venezuela.
Designed and built two upscale residences, and remodeled many upscale apartments.
Designed and supervised the construction of Res. Maruma, a nine story ultra-luxury apartment building in the Caracas Country Club.
Designed and supervised the construction of a Res. Puma, an 11 story residential building.
Participated in the design of a project for public housing for 300 units in Los Teques.
Participated in the design of La Yaguara, a project for public housing 600units.
Participated in the design of Las Minas, a project for public housing 300 units.
Participated in the design of Don Bosco, a project for public housing 300 units
Architect of choice for ten years for many educational projects: new buildings, new wings, and remodeling for two international schools as well as a large private school in Caracas.
Projects included master plans and gymnasiums for two of the schools, new early childhood buildings, as well as new science building for the private school.
ML Associates supervised the installation of gas-powered A/C system for Escuela Campo Alegre - Caracas
Participated in the design and built the first five Arturo's restaurants in Caracas, a wildly successful chicken restaurant chain now with more than seventy outlets in the country, and many more in Latin America
Developed the image for Rostik's chicken outlets in Russia, at the time owned by Rosinter International . Designed the first five units for in Moscow, Russia, and Minsk, Belarus. Among them, units in Leninsky St., Tverskaya, and Izvestia headquarters. Sophia, the unit in Tverskaya , with approximately 650 seats was the largest fast-food unit in the country at the time. The concept has grown to eighty units in Russia and the CIS
Designed and built two new offices, one for La Mundial insurance company and another for an investor in real estate and commercial buildings.
Participated in the design of gas stations for Lagoven, a gasoline distributor in Venezuela.
Participated in the design of the new building for oil flow control in Amuay, a large refinery in western Venezuela.
Participated in the design and supervision of the offices for Dupont de Venezuela
Designed.... and made it happen!
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Join us for Culture Night this Friday
3:30pm – 5pm
Workshop on Shakespeare Monologues
Druid Ensemble member Marty Rea will facilitate a workshop upstairs in the Mick Lally Theatre. The focus will be on approaches and performance techniques for a range of Shakespeare monologues. Marty Rea has won numerous awards, notably an Irish Times Irish Theatre award for his role as Hamlet. He has also been widely critically acclaimed for his performance as Richard II in DruidShakespeare.
Note: Applications for this workshop have now closed. Details were announced online last week.
7pm – 8pm
Cathy Belton in Conversation with Marie Mullen
Join Cathy Belton with Druid co-founder and ensemble member Marie Mullen as they recount tales and discuss memories from on and off the stage.
8:45pm – 10pm
What's in it for the Audience?: Open Discussion on New Irish Writing for the Stage
Druid New Writing Associate, Marty Rea, will be joined by Luke Morgan (The Theatre Room), Tracy Geraghty (Galway 2020) and Craig Flaherty (Druid Production Associate) to share thoughts about new writing on the Irish stage. The discussion will be opened up to the floor and focus will be very much on audience input, so don't be backward in coming forward!
Druid40 & You
In the foyer of the Mick Lally Theatre we invite visitors to contribute to our wall: Do you have a particular Druid memory from the last 40 years? What would you like to see Druid do in the next 40? Grab a pen and let us know.
Bar Open
Stop by and say hello – our bar is open all evening on Culture Night. Have a cup of tea, a glass of wine, a craft beer or even a cocktail. Take a sneak peek around the building and say hello to Aoife, Craig, Sarah, Garry, Róisín, Marty or any other Druids that may be about. You never know who you might meet.
All of our events have an open door policy for Culture Night so feel free to come and go as you please.
We're looking forward to seeing you!