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Welcome to Las Vegas: an escapist's fantasy and the home of show-stopping glamour. From zip lining through the famous shopping malls to breathtaking live shows and Michelin star restaurants, there's no place quite like it.
There's so much to see and do in Las Vegas and our favourites include the free Bellagio Fountains show; synchronised to music and the gondola rides along the Venetian's Grand Canal. A trip to the Strip wouldn't be complete without a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon, sure to leave you speechless with its stunning views. We'd also recommend paying a visit to the Mob Museum in downtown Vegas to learn more about the city's history.
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اثر توسعه مالی و درآمد بر مصرف انرژی
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : International Review of Economics & Finance, Volume 35, January 2015, Pages 28–44
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Extending Sadorsky (2010), this paper focuses on nonlinear effects of financial development and income on energy consumption. Utilizing five alternative measures of financial development, it employs a panel threshold regression approach to reexamine the effect of financial development and income on energy consumption. The analysis relies on a sample of 53 countries for the period 1999–2008, showing a single-threshold effect on energy consumption when private credit, domestic credit, value of traded stocks, and stock market turnover are used as financial development indicators. It implies that the sample can be split into two regimes: high income, and non-high income. Energy consumption increases with income in emerging market and developing economies, while in advanced economies energy consumption increases with income beyond a point at which the economy achieves a threshold level of income. In addition, in the non–high income regime, energy consumption increases with financial development when both private and domestic credit are used as financial development indicators. However, when the value of traded stocks and stock market turnover are used as financial development indicators, it slightly declines with financial development in advanced economies, especially in high-income countries, but increases in the higher income countries of emerging market and developing economies.


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LaRee was born in Oklahoma.
Her family moved to Texas when she was very young and Texas has been home ever
since. An avid reader from the time she could hold a book, as a child she
penned many stories – some with new characters and tales, some innocently based
on favorite books and the beloved characters therein. In the early '80s she
finally took the plunge, joined some writing groups and began an earnest pursuit
of her long-held dream of becoming a published writer.
At an early conference LaRee met a New York editor and piqued the lady's
interest in the Texas-based historical novel she was working on. She had only
one-third of the 654 page book finished and no agent at a time when full
manuscripts and agent-representation were expected for submission. Much to
LaRee's surprise and joy, the partial manuscript did the trick and the book was
purchased. A three-book contract followed, and then another.
LaRee soon created a number of continuing education classes
which included everything from "The Business Side of Writing" to a full array
of lessons on the creative elements of fiction writing. In her spare time she
raised two children, established and headed an administrative services business
for not-for-profit organizations, and taught Country and Western dance lessons
to multi-hundreds of people in the North Texas
area. She wrote and self-published an instruction book for the lessons that
sold like hotcakes, created a dance lesson program for the local cable TV
station which ran for a number of years, and scripted a set of LP-recorded
lessons for a record producer that wound up being their biggest seller ever.
LaRee's love of all things connected to the written word has
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Probably none of you count how many times per day you click that left button on your computer mouse. To break the magic, there are people who actually track this. In the world of online marketing, "clicks" have become a measure of the popularity. In other words, an extra "click" will make you fit in, whether you like the whole philosophy or not. What has been happening in the virtual world has a major effect on the real world around us.
Wisely recognized by marketers, online platforms have actually become a mainstream in the 21st century marketing business. From a larger perspective, the internet is being used as a utility in the modern marketing to introduce the products and reach wide masses of consumers at zero cost.
Let us make this story more interesting. You have that friend that always sends you requests for online games you DO NOT want to play. The colleague keeps on talking how he needs to harvest some cabbage tonight. Of course, mom is still insisting on you signing up for that "awesome" online game and send her some coins over, so she will jump to the next level. What if those were happening in reality?
Kraš, leading Croatian confectionery company, in 2012 presented a new concept of their famous "Animal Kingdom"product line. More precisely, it should connect the most popular Kraš chocolate with newly made Krašograd, eco- park Kraš in Bratina (http://www.ekopark-kras.hr/en/home). The connection was made through, believe it or not- online game.
The game could be launched via http://www.igraoni.ca/ web page. What is the actual procedure? Players build virtual quarters by using codes from "Animal Kingdom" chocolates, supported by additional educational questions. Depends on the type of the object the player chooses, Kraš will built the same one in the real world, within the mini zoo garden at the Kraš eco-park in Bratina. This has been the first project of this kind, realized within the food industry.
For more information about the campaign itself, take a tour at: http://www.kras.hr/hr/novosti/novost-9-cokoladicama-zivotinjsko-carstvo-izgradite-zooloski-vrt
Next time when you play some game online, double check if you are not building something in your neighbour's courtyard… Don't hate the player, hate the game!
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When residents near West Atlantic Avenue and Hagen Ranch Road talk about the blinking lights, they may not be referring just to the intersection`s signals flashing on and off.
``This is a suicide corner made worse by the blinking lights,`` complained Hyman Schaffer of Villa Delray. ``There have been at least three accidents recently. This corner is a death trap.``
Abe Perlman of the same area said ``traffic is playing a chess game, second guessing other drivers` moves.`` And what is worse, he said, is that units from the nearby fire-rescue station often are held up because of traffic moving through the intersection.
Traffic counts have been made to determine if there is enough volume to warrant converting the signal to full operation, said Chris Mora of Palm Beach County`s Traffic Division, but the decision is up to Florida Department of Transportation engineers.
-- Like many people who use the Palmetto Park Road interchange with Interstate 95, R.C. Ginieczki of Boca Raton has experienced the tight squeeze at the start of the southbound entrance ramp as drivers trying to get onto I-95 and those trying to go straight often come close to tangling with each other. ``Surely this is a situation that begs for help before someone is seriously hurt,`` he said.
And that`s the truth, say county engineering officials, who are on the verge of approving the widening of Palmetto Park under I-95 and the improvement of the ramps. Construction is expected to get under way this spring.
It is one of the last steps in the extension and widening of Palmetto Park, which started several years ago when the road was carried west across Florida`s Turnpike to U.S. 441.
The bridge itself was widened to accommodate new lanes on Palmetto Park as part of the I-95 expansion completed through most of Boca Raton last year.


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The Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (EDAN) is a programme of the World Council of Churches in the broad Programme area on Unity, Mission and Ecumenical Relations. It is situated within the work on Mission with particular focus on the marginalised alongside with work on indigenous people and migration. EDAN is a WCC sustainable structure to ensure that disability concern remains in the Agenda of the work with churches. Its main purpose is to improve the well being of persons with disabilities both in the church and society and in this endeavour, it carries forward WCC vision of a just and inclusive society with a specific focus on work with persons with disabilities. It exists to provide a model of being church through advocacy for participation, inclusion and active involvement of persons with disabilities in all aspects of spiritual, social and development life of the Church and society.
The existence of EDAN is a reflection of the fact that the World Council of Churches (WCC) identifies the disability concerns as an important agenda for the Christian Church. EDAN is considered an appropriate vehicle through which the churches and society should continue to be called to account for their actions and helped to see people with disabilities as indispensable stakeholders in their work and life. Established in 1998 by the 8th Assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe as a WCC structure, EDAN draws its mandate from the WCC Assemblies and has since its inception sought to pursue the place of persons with disabilities in a just society which the World Council of Churches seeks in its World wide vision. The 9th WCC General Assembly in 2006 in Porto Alegre in Brazil recommended that WCC work with representatives of EDAN to articulate in an even more bold and creative way, consistent with Christian theology, ways to make the churches fully inclusive communities and the Ecumenical movement a more open space for persons with disabilities. This call was reiterated by the 10th WCC General Assembly in Busan, Korea in 2013 which affirmed the continuation of EDAN work as part of WCC programmes. It is this affirmation of work and specific recommendations that have given EDAN a resilience to continue.
EDAN At the international level is a program of the World Council of Churches which is the broadest and most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement. It is situated within the broad programme area of Unity, Mission and Ecumenical Relations at the World Council of Churches in Geneva but it is managed as a decentralized operation with a Governance board and a Secretariat hosted by the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The work is carried out at both regional and international levels. At the International level, EDAN is officially the Disability Desk of WCC and reports to the Associate General Secretary Responsible for the Broad Programme area on Unity, Mission and Ecumenical Relations. At the regional level, EDAN Coordinators work closely with the Regional Ecumenical Organisations in all the eight regions of WCC. In the Africa region in particular, the work is implemented jointly with and on behalf of the All Africa Conference of Churches who consider this as their work. EDAN is led by a Program Executive, Dr. Samuel Kabue, who is assisted by a small Reference Group which helps to envision and continuously evaluate the work. The work is backed up by eight volunteer regional representatives drawn from each of the eight WCC regions, namely: Europe, North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. The eight regional coordinators initiate and coordinate networks responsible for detailed operations regionally, nationally and locally. Their work responds to concerns specific to the particular situations in their regions. The programme maintains an active network of persons with disabilities through the volunteer Regional Coordinators who continually liaise with the various structures in the society in pursuit of networking to achieve the objectives of EDAN. The aim of the Programme as a network is to improve the situation of persons with Disabilities through providing the space for their contributions and gifts to the ecumenical movement, the churches and the society.
The work of EDAN builds on the aspirations of WCC in seeking to encourage member churches and the societies in which they exist to become more just and inclusive communities. This aim is expressed in efforts to express visible unity, develop shared understandings of mission and evangelism and document 'best practices' of the churches and partners in terms of building healing and reconciling communities on the basis of justice and inclusivity. The programme therefore seeks the full inclusion of persons with disabilities all over the world in the Society and churches life, work and decision-making.
1. Enhancing disability discourse in the World Council of Churches and its member churches.
EDAN's ecumenical approach to disability discourses is an important approach in promoting inclusion of persons with disabilities in church life. The need for this approach is based on the interim theological statement 'A church of all and for all' which provides a basis for discourse, reflection and action on disability. Working with WCC and the Churches, EDAN has managed to have persons with disabilities included and taking part in various Commissions and Working groups like the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, Faith and Order Plenary, Commission on Church and International Affairs, Education and Ecumenical Formation Commission, Working Group on Economic Justice and Working group on Just and inclusive Communities. They have participated in many international events organized by WCC Worldwide. The Churches which we have been able to reach with our discourse and the use of the document "A church of All and for all" have began to respond positively to the need for equal participation in their Spiritual and social life. For instance, for the first time, ten persons with disabilities were named as official delegates of their churches to the 10th General Assembly in Busan, South Korea in November 2013. This means that they were eligible to participate in the official business of the Assembly and were eligible to be elected to governing organs of WCC during the Assembly. Three of them were elected to the Central Committee and one to the most powerful and influencial Executive Committee. A good number have since been named in various working Commisions and groups as was the case in between the two Assemblies. We believe that this reflects acceptance of the gifts that they can bring to make the church complete.
2. Including disability discourse in theological institutions.
EDAN appreciates the significant role theological institutions plays in ministerial formation. EDAN therefore has been working closely with association of theological institutions at the regional and national levels to influence curriculum development to include disability concerns. Working with Associations of theological institutions, EDAN has during its existence been able to influence introduction of disability studies in theological institutions in various parts of the world. We have worked with South Pacific Association of theological seminaries, Association of theological Institutions in South East Asia, West Africa Associations of theological Institutions, Association of theological institutions in East Africa, Associations of Theological Institutions in Southern and Central Africa, Association of theological Institutions in Francophone West and Central Africa. WE have also done a lot of work in Latin America with specific institutions and have some work also going on in Middle East through our regional Coordinator for that region. EDAN has also worked with theological associations at National Level in a number of countries like India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Myanmar, South Korea and this work has at times been very rewarding. For instance, in India alone, EDAN disability studies curriculum has been introduced in fifty-two theological institutions. This project is aimed at influencing inclusion of persons with disabilities in these institutions both as students as well as faculty members but even more importantly, to prepare theological students for ministry with and among persons with disabilities as a way to improve the attitudes held by the churches and society on persons with disabilities. Intensive work has been carried out with some individual institutions like St Paul's University in Kenya where the disability study course has been going on for many years and with the Protestant University of Congo where working with the entire University, a master's degree course entitled Masters in Transformation has been introduced. The course brings together such disciplines as theology, law, economics and medicine from a disability perspective.
From this work, EDAN has been able to print and disseminate the following theological materials:
i. Embracing the Inclusive Community: A Disability Perspective, 2010
ii. Doing Theology from Disability Perspective, 2011
iii. First Latin American Consultation on Theology and Disability, 2011
iv. Disability, Society and Theology: Voices from Africa, 2011
v. Disability Discourse for Theological Institutions in Indonesia, 2011
vi. A Theological Resource Book on Disability: Is God Disabled? Teaching Theology from Disability Perspective, 2012
3. Human rights work.
EDAN has worked with the WCC UN office, various regional and national ecumenical bodies, other disability organizations as well as other interested stakeholders to campaign, advocate and lobby for the ratification and domestication of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities as well as enactment of national enabling laws by state parties. This work has also included awareness raising on other human rights instruments which protect human rights and how they relate to persons with disabilities. Working with the WCC UN office and the Kenya Government, EDAN was part of the official state delegates and participated in the UN Ad Hoc Committee deliberations that worked on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities over a period of four years of intensive lobbying and negotiation leading to its adoption by the UN General Assembly on 13th December 2006. Since then EDAN has joined up with other disability organizations and other interested stakeholders to lobby and advocate for its ratification and domestication by individual states. Recently, EDAN implmented a three years project on Human Rights with a specific focus on ratification and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the East Africa sub-region. The project entailed among other things working with National Federations of persons with disabilities in the focus countries in advocacy for ratification, implementation and monitoring of the CRPD. Emphasis was made on cooperation with the government and preparation of parallel reports to the Convention Committee of Experts. We carried out a survey of the existing situation at the beginning of the project and published a book titled "A Review of Legislative, Policy and Programmatic Change in East Africa: Four Years after the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities(CRPD)". Other activities undertaken by this project included training workshops as well as advocacy and exposure exchange visits in the focus countries. The project was implemented through a partnership with the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM). There is need to continue building on the work already accomplished in this Respect and to replicate the same elswhere. Alongside with the work on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities , EDAN has also been working to influence inclusive legislations and policies at various levels of Governance.
4. Inclusive development working with churches, national and regional ecumenical organizations and development agents in the field of social concerns.
EDAN principally exists to advocate and influence inclusion, participation and active involvement of persons with disabilities in all aspects of the church and society's life. It has therefore sought to work with these bodies towards the inclusion of persons with disabilities in development including addressing disability concerns in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) and more recently the Post 2015 Development Framework process. EDAN has been involved in bringing up the concern to have persons with disabilities involved in both the discussion and practical involvement in work on economic globalization and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) since 2003. In that year EDAN organized a regional consultation on the effect of economic globalization on the lives of persons with disabilities In Johannesburg, South Africa and the recommendations of that consultation were forwarded to the relevant WCC department for follow up. In 2008, EDAN alongside other regional disability organizations brought together over one hundred representatives of the disability sector in a Regional conference in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the place of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the MDG's and the recommendations of that conference were forwarded to the UN summit organized in September that year. These recommendations featured in the UN discussions on how to make the MDG's implementation more inclusive and responsive to disability.
Recently, EDAN and other partners among them the United Nation Millennium Campaign For Africa have taken the lead in mobilizing the disability sector to make contribution to the ongoing discussions on the Post 2015 Development Framework. It is the conviction of EDAN that to avoid being left out in the implementation of the new development framework, the voices of persons with disabilities need to be heard in the framework formulation process. We in this respect organized two National workshops in Kenya in 20013 to bring the voices of persons with disabilities together and the consequent recommendations were forwarded to the UN High Level Panel through the United Nation Development Programme. EDAN also participated in a Regional Conference on the Post 2015 Development Framework organized by the International Disability Alliance (IDA) in Conjunction with the International Disability and Development Consortium In Nairobi in 2014 and is following up on the recommendations of that conference. In Addition, EDAN is participating in two other initiatives on the Post 2015 Framework discussion. One of this is the Kenya National Civil Society Organization which has carried out two (2013 and 2014) National conferences in Conjunction with the relevant Kenya Government department and the steering UN Agents in Nairobi. The other initiative is the Africa Regional Faith Based initiative which brings the efforts of various main religions together in a common purpose.
5. Work with Women with Disabilities
Working with the women in EDAN leadership, the programme has carried out a series of workshops specific to issues of women with disabilities in Latin America, Caribbean and Africa regions. Central to this has been the subject of violence on women with disabilities, women with disabilities and HIV/AIDS as well as capacity building for self advocacy. The recommendations of the activities around these concerns will continue to shape the work of EDAN in regard to empowerment of women with disabilities in Church and Society.
6. Networking
Networking is both a strategy to achieve EDAN's objectives as well as a programmatic approach to accomplishments. EDAN networks internally within WCC and externally with other agents involved in similar work. EDAN has in its existence managed to build and strengthen networks in each of the eight regions of WCC and these networks have been working to build awareness on disabilities in churches, theological institutions and other ecumenical organizations in their respective regions. These networks have been able to organize their own activities in their respective regions without the assistance of the Central coordinating office which is a good sign of sustainability. They have also continued to build the capacity of persons with disabilities for self advocacy and active involvement in the church life. At institutional level, EDAN takes part in all major events organized by WCC and other Ecumenical bodies in the regions and its Reference Group and Regional Coordinating team have met regularly to help envision the work, conduct self evaluation and forward planning.
Persons with disabilities through EDAN have been able to participate and take part in Regional and National Ecumenical Organisations' Assemblies and meetings. They have also taken part in their denominational assemblies and meetings.
7. Communication
The programme continues to produce a regular newsletter which is an information sharing, awareness raising, and advocacy tool and a fellowship publication. It has a website: www.edan-wcc.org and a face book which is another means of Communication. The website provides a platform for sharing news, EDAN activities, various resource materials and reports as well as a link on information and activities for each of the eight regions where EDAN works. It also has a blog link where members can share ideas on various issues affecting persons with disabilities.
Thus, EDAN's achievements in working with the WCC, the Churches and the wider disability sector since inception have been centered on sensitizing the society on inclusion and to help in providing ecumenical space and facilitating the churches, regional and national ecumenical bodies to become more responsive as beacons of hope, dignity and inspiration for persons with disabilities.
In the period between the 10th and the next Assembly, the Busan Assembly mandated WCC to remain committed to fulfilling its purpose by embarking on a pilgrimage of justice and peace in which as a fellowship of churches it will strenthen its journey together, promoting justice and peace in the world as an expression of its faith in the Triune God. In order to accomplish this, it came up with five strategic objectives as follows:
1. Strengthening the fellowship
2. Engaging in Advocacy
3. Encouraging spirituality, reflection and formation
4. Representing churches in building trust and understanding
5. Communicating innovatively and successfully
In line with these objectives, EDAN plans to intensify efforts to provide ecumenical space for advocacy within the church, regional and national institutions for the inclusion of persons with disability in all spheres of development and to network with like minded organisations whether allied to the faith based organisations or civil society. EDAN will continue to work as a network in all the eight regions namely Asia, Pacific, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Caribbean, Europe, North America as far much as possible using existing WCC structures where they are present and active. The regional networks will remain a vehicle linking different partners allied to them within the regions on issues of persons with disabilities. Keen to be more effective and deeper on its addressed concerns, EDAN has affirmed it vision and mission and has narrowed down its broad strategic objectives to three into which all its operations are based as follows:
Vision and Mission
Vision: 'A church of all and for all, an epitome of truly inclusive community'
Mission: To advocate for the inclusion, participation and active involvement of persons with disabilities in all spiritual, social, economic and structural life of the church and society.
Broad Strategic Objectives
i. Deepening Disability discourse in churches and theological institutions
ii. Promoting and protecting disability rights
iii. Fellowship and networking for social inclusion
These objectives are guided by current trends both in the work of the church and its affiliated institutions as well as contemporary issues in Disability advocacy. EDAN as a programme of the World Council of Churches has to be guided by the trend in the direction that the World Council of churches takes after each of the Assembly as these are the basis of envisioning the work. Delegates and participants in the ecumenical conversations on current trends in ecumenism during the Busan Assembly noted the current development in "World Christianity" with churches praying to the God of Life in the Context of religious plurality. This is characterized by new contextual expressions of the church and hence will require; the development of diversity inclusive churches and congregations; the search for new forms of genuine discipleship, preaching the gospel and preaching peace and justice in multi religious and secular contexts; and the need for leadership development in churches (from spiritual, theological, ecumenical and managerial perspective. EDAN's role in providing an ecumenical space in its approach towards the disability inclusion in the church life and theological institutions is critical. It wil continue to draw its foundation from its vision "A church of all and for all" which provides the basis for discourse, reflection and action on disability as well as other theological resources to be developed. The appreciation of the significant role theological institutions play in ministerial formation enhances the need for EDAN to work closely with them at regional and national level in disability study development to enrich theologyical education.
The phase of the work is also developed within the context of the International discussions on the post 2015 development framework expected to take over from where the MDG's will have left by 2015 which was the targeted date for their achievement. These discussions have clearly pointed out that despite the commitment of the United Nations to eradicate poverty through the MDG's as a development platform, people with disabilities missed out specific mention in the MDGs, as well as in the 21 targets and 60 monitoring indicators that operationalized the MDGs. The whole idea of the MDG's and the post 2015 Development Framework is improvement of the society's life in which eradication of poverty is a major concern. A broad understanding of poverty today as seen from the perspectives of persons with disabilities is the lack of basic capabilities to live in dignity as seen in situations such as hunger, poor education, discrimination, vulnerability and social exclusion. The answer to the poverty of both material as well as relationship lies in inclusion in social and development life of the church and society. It is for this reason that EDAN perceives its purpose for existence as to influence the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all projects that are of benefit to the general society. Thus, it seeks to have the interests of persons with disabilities in programmes that address such concerns as poverty, education, health, disaster response etc.
The phase also comes at a time when EDAN has been in the process of influencing the ratification and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The convention marks a departure from ethos of Charity to rights based approach to disability work. The Post-MDG development framework needs to adopt this human-rights based approach, to contribute effectively to the implementation of the internationally agreed human rights treaties in international cooperation, including the CRPD.
As established by article 32 of the CRPD, all projects and programmes, whether mainstream or disability specific, need to be compliant with the CRPD, and promote the rights and full and effective participation for persons with disabilities, including by supporting the work of representative organizations of persons with disabilities. At National level, the broad perspective is that countries that join in the Convention (in full) engage themselves to develop and carry out policies, laws and administrative measures for securing the rights recognized in the Convention and abolish laws, regulations, customs and practices that constitute discrimination.
In ensuring pursuit of its objectives, EDAN will network both internally with other World Council of churches departments, All WCC allied institutions and organisations including the churches, National and regional ecumenical organisations, International and National none Governmental organisations engaged in disability work, Disabled people's organisations at International and National levels as well as UN agencies that are in disability work.


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cesspool this group has become. There aren't even any interesting
theists left to debate, just obnoxious jerks who argue for the sake of
arguing, like Art Tandy (Joe Bruno), complete idiots like Andrew,
obnoxious jerks who are also complete idiots, like Jahnu (Jesper), and
at least one obvious psychopath who probably has bodies buried in his
basement in Robert Duncan/"Bob". I wish all my fellow atheists here
all the best in real life; but it's long past time for me to move on
from here, and I will not be returning for the foreseeable future, if
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The different leadership styles of Kyle "VerBS" Guy and Noa James reinforce my belief that tradition is as much repetition as it is customization. Noa, the old soul, leads by storytelling with an emotional and all-encompassing hand. And Kyle–with an open mind and hyper-positive energy–creates an all-inclusive environment for his artists and patrons. Last night was a LOUD, beautiful, heterogeneous haven, and it's because these men–these leaders–have chosen to start something and stick around long enough to make it a significant part of their communities. But enough of my jawing…here's some pictures! 🙂
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Sebaceous cysts are skin cysts produced from blocked oil glands of the skin. The most common site of these cysts is the face, trunk, back, chest, scalp and ears.
In some cases, they can be seen in other parts of the body, excluding palms and soles of the hands and feet respectively.
Blocking of sebaceous glands, swelling of hair follicles, and production of excessive testosterone are the sources of sebaceous cysts. There is a case in which Dermatobia hominis is the cause of these cysts.
Sebaceous cysts are the collection of keratin material (firm white cheesy material) in the cyst wall. If the sebaceous cyst is infected, it will become red with pain and swelling.
Unless the cyst continues to grow, infected, painful, and unsightly, it does not require any treatment. The treatment for this condition is the removal of the cyst, that means removing complete cyst wall or else there are high chances of the cyst to recur again.
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11 Ways to Wear a Skirt During Winter
Just because it's winter doesn't mean you have to give up wearing your favorite hemline. Thanks to the help of cozy sweaters, classic coats, and some amazing footwear, there are so many ways to wear a skirt in the winter without totally freezing. The street style images ahead prove it: Skirts are a seasonless staple—both the mini and maxi varieties. That is, if you know what to wear with them.
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I can't believe it is November already. Last winter I expected snow and ice in Vancouver. People fly out to the "Great White North" from all over the world to go skiing, I thought. Now I know better. While there is snow on the mountains, the city gets rain and grey skies, but snow – hell no! I don't mind as long as there is enough snow for wintersports in the mountains and fun events happening in the city. And there are plenty: The Vancouver Christmas Market is a favourite (starting on November 22nd), christmas shopping at Circle Craft awaits (opening on November 11th) and the VanDusen Festival of Lights is coming up (starting on 10th of December). And my trip to Germany, Austria and Hungary in December is getting close too!
In the meantime, here are some snaps to remember a beautiful October:
Stanley Park at it's best. The sunny days in October brought back memories of the amazing summer we had.
Seattle is just a short train ride away from Vancouver. I love this city for many reasons – the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibition and the retro-cool Space Needle are two of them.
Vancouver's Public Art was fun in the sunshine. Now the Biennale installations bring colour to grey days. The "Love your beans" Installation at Charleson Park is one of my favourites. Watching people climbing the beans has become a favourite spectator sport on the seawall.
So much fun having friends visiting from Germany. I love showing off our beautiful #vancouver! Happy Birthday K! #loveyourbeans #vancouvermoment #seawall #charlesonpark #latergram #vancouverisawesome #publicart #art #birthday #biennale #jellybeans #vancity #touristathome #explorevancouver #travelgram
You know it is fall when the historic Sylvia Hotel is turning red.
My second trip to Seattle was complete with a visit to the amazing Seattle Art Museum. The current exhibitions are worth a visit. I love spending all day in the museum…
November started with a sunny morning, perfect to get some fresh air after a long Halloween night and enjoy the last fall colours at Queen Elizabeth Park.


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We saw a more casual Kate for today's engagements in Cornwall (visit this post for full engagement details) and the Kate community was both excited (Her pants were $25!) and exhausted (the lines in that shirt, did they line up with this one? That one?). I personally loved the look on the Duchess. It's very much in line with her casual clothing personal style – skinny pants and a blazer are her thing – but the ikat print added a level of fun and casual to the look. I also love when she includes pieces in her look that are so accessible for people to also acquire for their wardrobes.
Let's take a peek at what the Duchess wore for today's events, shall we?
Gap Bi-Stretch Skinny Ankle Pants in Blue Ikat
Kate wore a pair of pants today from a store that I'm sure most of us are very familiar with – the GAP! Wearing GAP's Bi-Stretch Skinny Ankle pants in Blue Ikat, Kate reminded us all why she's such an expert at pairing high & low. The blue ikat print pants were originally available for $55, but were marked down recently to $24.97 – and several Kate fans were undoubtedly able to snatch up a pair quickly before they were sold out in their sizes. At time of writing, the pants are still available online in extremely limited sizes, especially if you are outside of the US. Perhaps a trip to your local shop's clearance section is in order for this weekend? 😉
Ribbed Cream Top
There is much debate still raging about the top – and it is so difficult to pin down the specifics on items like these! We will continue to search, but for now we know that the top is a cream coloured ribbed top that looks fantastic with the slim pants on Kate's frame.
Smythe One-Button Blazer
A classic we have seen in Kate's wardrobe time and time again. The Smythe blazer first appeared on the Royal Tour of Canada in 2011 – Smythe is a Canadian design team – and if I had to bet, we would see this again for the next Royal Tour as well. It's a classic one button blazer that the Duchess loves to pair with everything from dresses to jeans. Smythe actually renamed the blazer Duchess in Kate's honour.
Monsoon Fleur Espadrille Wedges
We saw these wedges yesterday, so not a surprise to see them again today. We have all the details about the shoes and RepliKates here.
LK Bennett Natalie Clutch
Again, saw this clutch yesterday and it's not surprising to see it make a reappearance today. We have all the details about the shoes and RepliKates here.
Sebago Boat Shoes
After the morning events in Cornwall, Kate changed into her Sebago Boat shoes to… Ride a boat! For the events on the Isles of Sicily, she wore her trusty Sebago boat shoes. The classic tan and white shoes are often repeated in her wardrobe for casual events.
Ray-Ban Sunglasses
Definitely her favourite pair – this pair of sunglasses have been everywhere that the Duchess herself has gone over the last few years. A classic staple in her wardrobe, for sure! We have all the details about the sunglasses and RepliKates here.
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COWETA, Okla. - A so-called Grinch tried to steal Christmas from one Oklahoma family, but police stepped in to save the day.
Just two days before Christmas, an unwanted guest broke into Crystal Sparks' home in Coweta, taking everything from underneath the family's Christmas tree.
One of the officers who responded to the scene was so upset by the crime, he went to Walmart and purchased new presents for Sparks' two young sons, leaving them under the tree for the boys.
"The kids, they lit up when they were opening these gifts and it made our hearts feel really good. We hurt with them but then we were happy all at the same time," said Sgt. Scott Fraley, with the Coweta Police Department.
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Image of the Year Competition
I am very please and excited with the news today that I have received two nominations for Image of the year competition from the guild of photographers for my work. Below is the press release with full write.
The press release from the local papers.
A SWINDON photographer has reached the final of the fiercely contested Guild of Photographers Image of the Year Competition in two different categories.
Clive Hall, who usually specialises in portraiture, is amongst the final ten contenders for the categories "Floral and Insects" and "Rural and Landscapes".
For him, capturing images outside of his specialism is a way of retaining his interest in photography by trying something different.
Clive said: "I absolutely love portraiture and taking pictures of people. Recently, I've really enjoyed sports portraiture, because you can really capture peoples' passion. But with these two images, it's something different, and helps me to re-spark my interest.
"I want to keep everything fresh and have new ideas. When I'm out, I'm looking for new ideas and things to shoot all the time.
"It's really nice for me to be nominated, because although I usually specialise in portraiture, these are two subjects I really enjoy taking photographs of, so it's great to be recognised."
Despite winning two gold awards for the same photographs last year, Clive was surprised to learn that he had been nominated for the Image of the Year.
Clive regularly enters photography competitions and uses them as learning tools to gauge the standard of his photography.
He said: "I entered the photos to make sure I keep up my level of competence. Entering competitions lets me know if I'm working hard enough, and makes sure I'm where I should be. I use it as a learning tool."
He came across the opportunity for his rural and landscape image during a stormy day in Boa Vista.
"My entry for the rural and landscapes category is a photo of a five metre wave in Boa Vista. We were banned from the beaches because of storms. But like any photographer, when you see an opportunity, you have to take a picture," said Clive.
The winner of the awards will be announced at a lavish awards night in Cheshire on the 6th February, and will be selected by a panel of some of the top photographers in the country.
They will critique the photographs based on criteria including lighting control, colour balance, composition and depth of field.
Clive said: "It's something very special to reach the final of two categories." "I'm chuffed to pieces to be nominated, and I have no doubt that on the awards night, I will be nervous. I'm very excited. I don't know what any of the other photos are. I have no idea what the competition looks like.
"I'm delighted to know that my work is being recognised. To actually be awarded and to be told I have the top image in one of these categories would be a massive accolade."
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These Boots are Made for Severed Limbs
It's fall, and I've been experiencing a problem that plagues all women this time of year. Ladies, it's time to come out of the closet and talk about it.
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Aside: This has absolutely nothing to do with the story. I would just like to take this time to gush that the "likes" on my Facebook page hit 100 this week!!! (Let's pretend one of those isn't me, and one of those isn't my dummy account to see what my posts look like). It's not that I had a goal or anything and I normally wouldn't brag about such things–I'd be happy with five "likes" (and two of them would really be me, remember. The other three? My pimp, my dealer, and my big booty ho). Continue reading
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Press Releases
State seeks public input on Atlantic Coast Pipeline stormwater permit
Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality are seeking public feedback on the draft stormwater permit for a contractor's work yard to be built in Cumberland County as part of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project.
State environmental program honoring earth science educators
The state Department of Environmental Quality is honoring two educators for their innovative approaches at teaching earth science.
State hosting third information session Dec. 14 on private well sampling near Chemours
The state departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services will host a third community information session on Thursday, Dec. 14, to answer questions about drinking water well results from the well sampling conducted near Chemours' Fayetteville Works facility in Bladen County.
Members named to state Science Advisory Board to advise on emerging chemicals
The heads of the state environmental and public health agencies today announced the new members of the newly expanded Secretaries' Science Advisory Board, which will examine new and emerging chemicals and their potential impacts to human health and the environment.
State issues emergency declaration for Woodlake Dam
Officials with the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and state Attorney General's Office announced Friday that the state has issued an emergency declaration and will move forward with plans to breach Woodlake Dam in Moore County to ensure the safety of downstream communities.
State initiates formal public comment period on environmental permit for Duke Energy's Sutton plant
Officials with the state Department of Environmental Quality are initiating the public comment period for a draft proposed water quality permit for Duke Energy's Sutton Steam Plant.
State hosting public meetings on Duke Energy's coal ash plans
The public is invited to a series of public meetings next week to provide feedback on Duke Energy's draft plans to close coal ash impoundments at four high-priority facilities: Asheville Steam Electric Plant, Dan River Steam Station, Riverbend Steam Station and the Sutton Steam Plant.
EPA, NC DEQ, and Multistate Trust to Hold Public Meeting about Kerr-McGee Superfund Site in Navassa, North Carolina, Dec. 7, 2016
Federal and state officials and Multistate Trust representatives will host a public information session on Dec.
New chairman, leadership team of estuary partnership board announced
The policy board for the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, or APNEP, has named its new leadership team for the next two years.
State seeks public input on draft closure plans for high priority Duke Energy facilities
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is asking the public to weigh in on proposed draft closure plans for coal ash impoundments at four Duke Energy facilities deemed high priority by the state's coal ash law.


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ATHENS, AL (January 23, 2012) Edgewater Fullscope, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edgewater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGW, http://www.edgewater.com), today announced that its customer, KapStone Paper and Packaging, has been named a Microsoft 2012 Customer Excellence Award finalist for Technology Innovation. The final awards will be announced closer to Microsoft Convergence 2012, scheduled for March 18-21 in Houston, Texas.
Headquartered in Northbrook, IL, KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation is a leading North American producer of unbleached kraft paper products, linerboard and packaging products and solutions. The Company is the parent company of KapStone Kraft Paper Corporation, which includes paper mills in Roanoke Rapids, NC; North Charleston, SC; Cowpens, SC; and a lumber mill in Summerville, SC. KapStone Container Corporation which was formed in November 2011 by KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation's acquisition of fourteen of U.S. Corrugated, Inc.'s manufacturing facilities. The business employs approximately 2,700 people.
Edgewater Fullscope is an award-winning Microsoft Gold Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) partner and one of the largest resellers of Microsoft Dynamics AX in the United States and Canada. The Company provides ERP software and implementation services to help discrete, process and mixed-mode manufacturers improve operational efficiencies, increase operational agility and provide real-time insight into production processes.
Product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.


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Katy Perry has reached out to pop rival Taylor Swift and invited the Bad Blood singer to her pre-Grammys party.
After over a year of sniping, Perry seems keen to end her feud with the Love Story star, having extended an invite to Swift for her upcoming Valentine's weekend bash.
While speaking about the theme for the party, Perry told the New York Times on Thursday (11Feb16) she couldn't leave her archnemesis off the guest list.
"You have to be a creator," Katy said. "It's artists, producers and songwriters, and it's a mixture of new and familiar artists, a combination of the past two years' Grammy nominees and also (acts) from the Spotify Discover playlist. It's Kacey Musgraves, Karen O, Miguel, Tove Lo, Shirley Manson, Max Martin. Then up-and-coming songwriters like Blood Pop and Bonnie McKee all under the same roof as Diane Warren. In some ways, I'm trying to start the Met Ball of music."
Revealing she had also invited Taylor and Adele, who have withheld their music from Spotify, she added, "It's just up to their schedules."
The bash will be held at Cicada in Los Angeles on Saturday (13Feb16).
And the hostess is going out of her way to make sure the stars who come have a good time, by banning publicists, journalists and managers.
"They are not creators," she explains. "They're important to the creation, but it's only artists, producers and songwriters.
"There's a press opportunity in the front, like a red carpet, but if you want to be more low-key you can arrive via the garage. I'm trying to keep it as pure as possible because, in the eight years that I've been going to these things, I am just always so exhausted."
Perry and Swift famously fell out in September, 2014, after the Mine singer revealed her song Bad Blood was inspired by her rivalry with another female artist.
"For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not," she told Rolling Stone magazine at the time. "She would come up to me at awards shows and say something and walk away, and I would think, 'Are we friends, or did she just give me the harshest insult of my life?"
It quickly emerged she was talking about Katy Perry.


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DELRAY BEACH, FL – Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus division has a problem.
While it's successful, having been the top-selling luxury marque in the U.S. for 10 years, its owner base is aging.
The solution?
Lexus thought last year's HS 250h would win over the young'uns, but apparently it just diverted folks from the stodgy ES model, aka Lexus' Camry.
Now, the brand is trying again, with the CT 200h compact hybrid-electric hatchback.
It's sporty, but green. Will America's 30-somethings like it? Maybe.
The car is one of the most intriguing Lexus offerings in years, deviating from the standard 4-door 3-box design in favor of a 5-door hatchback body style.
It features a highly rigid body with Lexus-first performance dampers.
And, oh yeah, the CT nets 42 mpg (5.6 L/100 km) on average.
But it also makes a piddly 134 hp between its 1.8L 4-cyl. gas engine and 60 kW electric motor. It's the same HEV system that drives the Toyota Prius.
And, in a recent test drive here, the CT has an exceedingly heavy accelerator pedal, regardless of the driving mode: normal, eco or sport.
In that respect, the CT doesn't compare favorably with the competition Lexus cites: the BMW 1-Series, Audi A3 and Volvo C30, which make from 140 hp (A3's 2.0L turbodiesel) up to 300 hp in the 1-Series' turbocharged 3.0L I-6. All three also have much better torque numbers.
The CT 200h is about 15 ins. (38 cm) shorter than its platform-mate, the HS 250h 4-door. The CT is just a bit longer than an A3 but the same width.
Lexus officials say the use of high-strength steel makes for the type of rigid body necessary for sporty driving. Steering mounts and suspension members have been reinforced as well.
The car rides on a MacPherson strut front suspension and a double-wishbone rear, the same setup as the HS. But the CT has Lexus-first lateral front and rear performance dampers to absorb some of the shocks that come from a stiff body. The front members connect the left and right strut towers.
While changing lanes on the freeway, the CT is tossable and tight, lacking body roll, likely helped by its light weight, wide stance and dampers. The CT is billed as "the lightest Lexus today," with a 3,130-lb. (1,420-kg) curb weight.
Road irregularities are felt but without being annoying.
|Vehicle type
|Front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-door HEV
|1.8L DOHC Atkinson-cycle 4-cyl. with aluminum block, head
|Electric Motor
|60 kW permanent magnet motor
|Power (SAE net)
|98 hp @ 5,200 rpm (134 hp system total)
|105 lb.-ft (142 Nm) @ 4,000 rpm
|Continuously variable
|102.4 ins. (260 cm)
|Overall length
|170.1 ins. (432 cm)
|Overall width
|69.5 ins. (177 cm)
|Overall height
|56.7 ins. (144 cm)
|Curb weight
|3,130 lbs./1,420 kg
|Base price
|$29,995 with destination/handling
|Fuel economy
|43/40 mpg (5.5-5.9 L/100 km)
|BMW 1-Series, Audi A3, Volvo C30
|Not a sedan or SUV
|1-Series coupe best seller
|Great mpg
|Most lux buyers don't care
|Driving modes
|No difference in pedal feel
Fuel economy is the big story with the CT. Our low-speed driving through tony neighborhoods and downtown areas yielded big numbers.
Ward's first jaunt over 30 mostly highway miles (48 km), generally in normal mode, averaged 44.6 mpg (5.3 L/100 km).
But in a second, surface-road-centric route, with eco mode switched on, we observed a Prius-like high of 57.6 mpg (4.1 L/100 km).
At the end of the route, after traveling at higher speeds in sport mode, we averaged 46.7 mpg (5.0 L/100 km).
The main frustration with the CT is its tightly calibrated accelerator pedal, which feels as if the parking brake is on. (Both throttle and shift mapping varies depending on each mode. A fourth mode, EV, proves elusive as our battery state-of-charge often was insufficient.)
With a 0-60-mph (100 km/h) time of 9.8 seconds, the CT won't win many sprints, especially with the aforementioned competition.
Inside, Lexus specified high-end materials where it counts, with cheaper hard plastics reserved for doors and portions of the instrument panel.
But the CT has soft-touch material on its dash, plus attractive stitching on its center console and steering wheel. A handsome circular-knit fabric covers both the headliner and visors.
Firm, thigh-gripping front seats are a plus.
The CT's rear-seat comfort is above average, with surprisingly good headroom in the middle-seat position.
The car has a deep cargo area but a high load floor. With seats up, cargo room is less than in the A3.
Fit and finish is above average in our pre-production tester, but a piece of trim came off a door panel, and a large gap where hard-plastic vents meet the soft-touch dash is noted.
Lexus deserves kudos for the CT's eco-friendly materials, with plant-based plastics and NuLuxe metal-dye-free faux leather, emitting no volatile organic compounds. The car is 80% recyclable, Lexus claims.
The auto maker expects to sell 1,000 CT 200hs per month and is putting significant marketing dollars behind that goal.
It will be a struggle, as the high-performance 1-Series coupe is far and away the segment leader, but with just 11,903 sales through November, Ward's data shows.
Yes, high fuel economy and hatchbacks don't seem to appeal to many luxury buyers.
Still, the CT should get Lexus on the map with a subset of younger eco-minded shoppers.
But a non-hybrid performance variant would be the easiest way for the CT to turn heads.


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Coming to Work in the UK from Abroad
Pet Doctors welcomes applications from qualified veterinary surgeons of all nationalities providing you:
- have been fully qualified for two or more years
- have worked in a small animal practice in the UK for at least two years
- are able to communicate fluently in English
Before applying, you also need to consider the following:
Does your degree get you immediate RCVS registration?
This is an essential requirement.
Applicants must allow adequate time for their applications to be processed before intending to start work. In a straightforward case this may take approximately six to eight weeks.
The entitlement to be registered as a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is determined by the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.
The Act provides that only those named on the RCVS Register may practise veterinary surgery in the United Kingdom and that they must have the requisite knowledge and skill to do so. This knowledge and skill must also meet or exceed the minimum EU training requirements.
Eligibility for registration is based either on having a recognised qualification or passing the RCVS Statutory Examination for Membership.
Qualifications currently recognised are listed below:
- Degrees awarded by the six veterinary schools in the United Kingdom
- European Union qualifications listed in the Directive 2005/36/EC: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
- Accession Countries: Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria
- Foreign and Commonwealth qualifications recognised by RCVS Council which are also shown to meet the minimum EU training requirements for practice only within the United Kingdom, which currently are: Australia, New Zealand , South Africa , USA and Canada
Nationality is not a factor in determining eligibility to be registered, except in relation to those with EU qualifications, who must be nationals of an EU member state or community rights entitled persons.
Inelligible applicants
Graduates of veterinary schools and colleges from a country that is not listed above, and non-EU nationals or those without a community rights entitlement with EU degrees, are normally required to sit and pass the RCVS Statutory Examination for Membership
In exceptional circumstances, veterinary surgeons who are ineligible for registration in the UK, may be granted Temporary Registration (refer to RCVS website) in order that they can carry out specific veterinary-related activities in a restricted capacity.
Do you need a work permit?
If you are from outside the *European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland we may be able to assist you with your Tier 2 application to enter, stay and work in the UK under the new points-based system introduced by the Home Office at the end of November 2010. Please refer to the Tier 2 (General) page on the UK Border Agency website.
You will need to show that you meet all the requirements of the immigration rules and in particular that you have enough points to qualify. Points can be scored in different ways and will be awarded to reflect your ability, experience, age and the level of need within the veterinary sector that you will be working.
On accepting a position with us, following a successful interview, and, subject to satisfactory references being obtained, you will be given every support with your Work Permit application. We have recruited many Veterinary Surgeons from overseas in the past and will continue to do so, as we recognise that there are not enough homegrown graduates to satisfy UK demand.
To find out what vacancies we currently have available, within Pet Doctors, please click here.
* European Economic Area (EEA)
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Irish Republic, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. Iceland, Liechenstein and Norway are not members of the European Union (EU) but citizens of these countries have the same rights to enter, live and work in the United Kingdom as EU citizens.


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Happy Memorial Day and Summer Staples/
Happy Memorial Day everyone! I absolutely love this holiday…it's so humbling. When you think of the character and bravery of the men and women who gave the ultimate cost to protect our American freedoms and values, it's almost overwhelming. If any of you reading this serve, served or are family members of those who protect the USA, THANK YOU!!!
I was watching the Yankees earlier today and the announcers were talking about all the former MLB players who didn't just serve in the military but actually fought in wars – stars like Yogi Berra, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Ernie Banks and Jackie Robinson! Can you imagine? No offense to our sports heroes these days, but I don't see the likes of Tom Brady or Lebron James suiting up for armed services anytime soon. Grant it, it's a much different time, but it's astonishing to me really.
So did you do anything fun to celebrate today? I turned down a couple of cookouts in favor of catching up on some overdue cleaning, laundry and email. Doesn't sound that exciting, but I'll sleep better tonight being just a little bit more caught up:) Today's outfit isn't necessarily, "special," but these summer staples are very much me. And I have to say, these retro Nike's are some of my absolute favorites. I've had them for at least 6 six years but because I wear them sparingly, they look like new. So cute, right?!? I love the brown and hot pink combo!
Get the Look:
Tank, Target │ Shorts (old Cutoffs), Similar Here │ Shoes, Old, Similar Here or Here│ Hat, Fanatics│ Aviators, Old, Similar Here │ Wood Watch, c/o Jord (also see this style post featuring the Sully Watch as well) │ Bag, Jumeau │ Nails, SinfulColors in 24/7 with Gilded overlay
So it just dawned on me that the Jumeau handbag in this post was the very first blogger gift I ever received nearly a lifetime ago (probably 2007 or 2008). I cannot believe how much my blog has evolved since then. Take some time to go show Jumeau Bags some love…the designs are unique and will last forever!
Hope you all enjoyed the day♥


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Updated: 04 October 2010
The 2nd great-grandfather of Jack, James Otto Lewis of Detroit was an artist (The Aboriginal Portfolio). The US Indian Department (possibly BIA?) commissioned Lewis to attend government sponsored Indian councils and treaty ceremonies between 1825-1828. Lewis executed portraits and interviewed Indian chiefs who attended these meetings. Lewis ventured to such locales as Prairie du Chien, Fond du Lac, Butte des Morts, and Fort Wayne. There is a website featuring his artwork and some are in the Smithsonian. See: Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects by Hannah Heidi Levy, James Otto Lewis The American Indian Portfolio: An Eyewitness History, 1823-1828. McKenna & Hall History of the Indian Tribes of North America, Janet Campbell & Kenna A. Franks The Wilderness Legacy of James Otto Lewis. Donald A. Heald has some of his artwork for sale.
Thursday, October 26, 1944
In France
Following is a letter from a former Marcellus boy, to Mrs. Clyde Smith.
Hello Folks: How is everything in the old home town these days? Hope all the family are well. As for me I'm getting along fine. I haven't been in France very long but so far every thing is satisfactory. Have been wondering if Ralph is here or in England. Would appreciate his address. I lost track after he left the States. The Wilcoxes might be interested to know that I saw Ray's name in the registry book at the Red Cross in Cherbourg. I might not have noticed it if he hadn't written Marcellus after it. Saw quite a few from Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Paw Paw. The date on Ray's entry was Sept. 6, '44. I suppose all the boys from ther are gone by now. I tried to get over for a long time, and I'm glad I'm here, I don't want to go back till it's all over -- maybe I'll go to the Pacific from here. My best to all the family.
Sincerely, Jack K. Adams
(Jack sailed from New York September 2, 1944)
John Keith Adams Obituary
John K. Adams, known by most as Jack, died May 6, 2007 after a short illness. Jack was born October 5, 1921, the son of Hazel Adams and Claude Lewis. He spent most of his childhood in Detroit moving to Ypsilanti in 1954. Jack married his beloved wife, Louise, July 29, 1944, who survives him. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in March of 1943 and spent time in England, France, Holland, and Germany as a member of the 250th Engineer Combat Battalion before returning home in 1943. He worked for US Trucking Company for 35 years before retiring. He enjoyed his retirement perusing his interest in genealogy, refining his computer skills, traveling with Louise in their camper, doing woodworking projects, reading, or doing crossword puzzles. He also was very active with the Adams-McKain Reunion. He transferred reunion secretary-treasurer notes written between 1919-1963 to a bound spiral notebook and put the sheets in plastic covers. The repaired books were presented to the family in August 1964 and are still in use today. He also contributed to the 1989 "Wildcat: Centennial Edition" of the Marcellus School yearbook. Jack also contributed to the family history section of the newsletters numerous times which included letters written by G.W. Alford during the Civil War and a charcoal drawing of Effie May Adams which was restored and presented to the family in August 2002. He generously has shared genealogical information, anecdotal notes, cemetery data, and pictures. Thank you, Jack. Jack is survived by his son, John Adams of Glendale, Arizona, his grandson, James, daughter Marilyn of Brooklyn, Michigan, sister Jean (William) Blanchard of Kalamazoo, Michigan and last but not least, Nicky, their dog. Any donations to his memory should be made to the Lenawee Medical Care Facility, (Castlewood Neighborhood) 200 Sand Creek Hwy, Adrian, Michigan 49230, where Louise resides.
Chester & Jack at the Centennial Farm
Jack and his dog


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Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter believes putting a sales tax on insurance premiums will drive companies out of Florida.
Florida Bar President Joe Reiter believes taxing legal fees imposes ``an additional financial burden on the common citizen`s misfortunes.``
Senior citizens don`t want sales taxes on medical services, and everyone objects to paying sales taxes for haircuts.
In fact, it seems that almost no one except a few state legislators thinks putting a sales tax on services is a good idea.
And yet, the state has billions of dollars worth of backlogged road and bridge projects. It has a crying need to upgrade water treatment facilities throughout Florida -- especially in South Florida. There is a pressing need to launch expensive environmental reclamation projects.
And if we don`t tax the fastest growing segment of the state`s economy, its service industry, where else will we get the money to pay for the projects that desperately need doing?
That`s a complicated and volatile question. Unfortunately, it has no easy answer.
Gunter, for example, makes a strong argument against taxing insurance premiums.
``Insurance is the third largest expense a family has after food and housing,`` he told a special state commission investigating the sales tax issue. Taxing premiums would raise the average Florida family`s annual insurance bill at least $304 and drive the cost of the average new home up $2,100. It would also, he said, add $1,800 onto a doctor`s malpractice insurance costs.
Likewise, Reiter makes a strong argument against taxing legal fees.
``A tax on legal fees goes to the fundamental rights of our citizens,`` said Reiter, a West Palm Beach attorney.
``The public should not be taxed for exercising those rights, and the state of Florida should not make a financial profit from the exercise of those rights,`` he added. If all sales tax exemptions are allowed to lapse this year, he said, ``the State of Florida will make a 5 percent profit on the increasing divorce rate as well as profit from an individual who has to seek legal counsel to recover child support or alimony which is past due.``


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Random happenings as I wait for the weekend to come :)
We went to Bonefish last night because we were both craving Bang Bang Shrimp and it was Bang Wednesday, kinda like Christmas for your mouth.
Bonefish has always been my restaurant of choice but I haven't always been a fan of the lackluster main course options, but the Potatoes au Gratin are out of this world so I stayed mum. Right when we sat down I noticed a new menu with TONS of new dinner options and almost squealed when I saw Shrimp Pad Thai. My favorite food at my favorite restaurant - what could be more magically than that?
Ryan wasn't thrilled with the taste but I thought it was good. It's definitely a more Americanized version of Pad Thai but that's what I would expect from a restaurant like Bonefish. It was definitely a nice break from my normal pasta and breadsticks meals as of late.
We're leaving work early today for a team building event. Remind me again how I get so lucky to have worked for two awesome companies that know the importance of team building.
I got to plan the event for my team and was thrilled when others agreed to The Great Escape Room. A real-life escape game where we're locked in a room with no way out and we must search for hidden compartments, secret passageways, and clues to plot our Great Escape. It is a hybrid of a scavenger hunt and a puzzle game. The trial is timed and teamwork is essential.
The room looks harmless enough yet only 23% of people successfully make the great escape! How embarrassing it would be to be apart of the 77% that do not get out. There are 20 of us split into 2 teams and we'll be facing off to see which team is wiser. Really hoping I'm part of the winning team!
Over and out.