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Avail the professional services for refrigeration repair
One of the most common devices that you use at home is the refrigerator. This is a device that runs throughout the clock, there are times that the machine breaks down. It may turn out to be harmful during malfunctioning, and you just need to go to the right place for refrigeration repair staten island. At the end of the day, a safe and sound refrigeration system is essential for every household. Here are some symptoms that you might see if the device is not working properly. In any of these cases, you need to call the service persons.
High temperature: The device may get heated up too often, or too high. There are times when the accumulation of heat results in accidents, and to avoid such situations, you just need to contact the service centers.
Burning smell: You may be familiar to the burning smell of electrical gadgets, in case you get such a smell from the fridge, you should never make a delay. Call up the professionals to fix the problem.
Light: The light off the device may be off for a long time, or turn off too often. In this case too, you need to contact them.
Noise: This is one of the main problems that people face with refrigerators. The compressor makes a lot of noise and disturbs the household. In order to find a quick remedy to this problem, you just need to count on the professional service men.
Door: Sometimes, the doors get jammed and you are unable to close them. In these cases, make haste to call the service men. Unless the doors are closed properly, the machine will continue to lose the cold temperature needed to preserve the food.
Tray: The tray of the refrigerator may be full of water may be full of water all the time, so in order to make sure that the icing process takes place properly, the device has to checked up thoroughly by the technicians.
Warm parts: a particular section of the refrigerator may turn out to be warm, and this is dangerous. So, you just need to get in touch with the right professionals in these cases.
There are a number of skilled professionals for refrigeration repair staten island who provide affordable repairing services. You can get any part of the machine replaced, like the door insulation strip, fan motor, thermostat, control knobs, compressor and much more. Avail the professional services for best results.
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South Carolina's Big Awesome have released a stream of a new song titled "What Grows Up Must Get Down". The track will appear on their upcoming full-length, Party On, and you can give it a listen below.
Big Awesome will release Party On this coming Spring via their new label home, Jetsam-Flotsam Records.
Add Big Awesome to My Radar

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Five Companies that Hire People to Do Phone Work from Home
This company hires people to work primarily in the evenings and on weekends making outbound calls to people about different surveys conducted their clients conduct. Work can be intermittent – once one project ends, it may be a while before another begins. Interviewers are paid weekly on Fridays, and Westat does offer benefits to its employees. To apply, go to Westat's website, click "Careers," choose "US-Homebased" for the location, and click on the posting ID for any jobs that come up. If the job sounds like it would be a good fit, click "Apply."
West at Home
This company hires people to take calls from people who are ordering different products and services. Scheduling is flexible – hours are available 24/7, and you can choose the hours you want to work on a weekly basis, and there are different projects available. Your hourly rate depends on call volume, but you won't make less than your state's minimum wage. You will have to submit a background check, which you will have to pay for yourself – the cost if $31.95. To start the application process, go here.
This company hires people to take customer service, sales support and technical support calls for its clients. They hire in 35 states – the states they don't hire in are Alaska, Washington, DC, Maryland, New Jersey, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Illinois, Nevada, Vermont, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire and Arkansas. They offer different benefits, including health plans, vision and dental insurance, life insurance, various types of leaves of absence, paid time off, healthcare and dependent care reimbursement accounts, tuition reimbursement plans, an employee assistance program, an employee discount program, and a 401(k) that Convergys will match contributions to after you've worked there for one year. To apply, go to this page to check availability. When applying, make sure you click on the listing for your specific state.
Sedgewick CMS
This company hires people to take customer service calls and also answer customer service inquiries through email. Their pay is very generous – you'll make more than $10 per hour with this company. They also offer a very generous benefits package – health insurance begins from day one, you also get paid time off, short term and long term disability, a 401(k) that Sedgewick will match contributions up to a certain percentage, life insurance, and your phone and internet charges are reimbursed. They also provide the equipment you'll need to do the job, so you'll have no out of pocket expenses for equipment. To apply with Sedgewick, go to this page and type "home" in the keyword box, while leaving everything else blank. Click on the Service Center Associate position if one comes up.
Direct Interactions
This company hires people to take calls from people who have had their vehicles immobilized because they have unpaid parking tickets. The people are calling to pay the fine and get their car mobilized again. Scheduling is flexible - there are shifts open 7 days a week from 4 am to 12 am Pacific Time. They ask that you put in at least 30 hours, with at least 6 of those being on the weekend. You need to have at least a high school diploma and some call center experience, and you also need to be able to pass a background check. This is an independent contractor position, so there are no benefits available. To apply with Direct Interactions, go to this website, choose "work at home," then fill out the application for the position you're interested in. If the company thinks you're a good fit, they'll contact you for an interview.
These are just a few of the companies that hire people to work from home on the phone - stay tuned for hubs on companies that hire people for more specific types of work from home phone jobs. And if you're interested in more information on companies that hire for different work frome home phone jobs, be sure to check out my eBook on Amazon.
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One of my favorite movies is Dead Poets Society. In fact, in High School and slightly thereafter, some friends and I had our own version (of the group, not the movie) called Demented Sparrows.
We sought to live poetically. Not that we rhymed everything or spoke in iambic pentameter. We believed in the power of ideas and words as their trojan horses. We believed that there could be beauty in the mundane and that good writing flowed most easily from the pursuit of life in all its forms. We would have adventures and get together to write, read and share poetry. We even published a few 'zines of poetry that we gave away. Maybe I'll write more about all of that some other time.
The only thing many people remember about Dead Poets Society (besides a literary Patch Adams) is the phrase "carpe diem." If not, watch this scene:
Many people know and even claim to live by the phrase "Carpe Diem" or "seize the day." What's interesting to me is that different generations often try to put their own spin on such passed-along sentiments. Culture works in part when we appropriate traditions and update them.
And now the Tumblr generation has tried to make Carpe Diem their own, re-branding it at YOLO. I confess that my finger is no longer on the popular culture pulse and I had to do some Urban Dictionary sleuthing the first time I saw "YOLO". In case you're like I was and are not familiar with the phrase, it stands for "You Only Live Once."
One might be tempted to view YOLO and Carpe Diem as synonyms. In fact, this seems to be the sentiment held by many who cry YOLO while taking unnecessary risk. After all, both reflect on the fleeting nature of life and how life should then be lived. But the proof is in the pudding and the Tumblr generation is not eating the same pudding as people who understand "Carpe Diem." Simply put, the two phrases do not mean the same thing. In fact, they seem to work against one another while both playing off of the same sentiment.
All one has to do is look at the popular usage of each phrase to see that they actually work against one another. YOLO is most widely used as an excuse to do stupid and/or dangerous things without thinking through their consequences. It is often used as an excuse to flout rules or expectations, to sneak into a bar instead of doing your homework. It is sometimes used apologetically to explain negative consequences that could have (should have) been avoided. It's a brush-off of consequences.
Carpe Diem, on the other hand, is the constant reminder that death is around the corner, so "gather ye rosebuds while ye may." This phrase is often used in association with giving extra effort to something, to setting one's self apart from the crowd, to finding meaning in a fleeting life.
Carpe Diem seeks to make the most of life while YOLO flits it away.
I'm not saying we should live timid lives. Quite the opposite. But the difference between Carpe Diem and YOLO is that YOLO flagrantly disregards the value of life for the sake of an immediate experience while Carpe Diem makes the most of the moment precisely because life is valuable. Carpe Diem forces us to wrestle with the value of every decision while YOLO devalues our decision-making process.
While all of this may sound like semantics, with eight kids, it is something I think quite a bit about. I want my kids to make the most of life. I want them to be adventurers. I want to go out of their way to make a difference.
Yes, we only live once. So we should seize the day in the pursuit of love, of beauty, of adventure. We only live once so seize the day while you still can.


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Local government not signed up to 'digital by default' agenda suggest results from latest Better connected survey of council
Key results from this year's survey are:
• Thirty-seven councils (9% of the total) have achieved the top, four star ranking in the 15th annual Better connected survey of all 433 council websites, published by Socitm Insight on March 1.
• Thirteen of these four star sites also achieved the new Better connected standard for access from mobile devices
• The number of three star sites is 140, and overall, council websites have shown a small decline in quality since 2012.
• Visitor feedback over the same period, taken from Socitm's Website takeup service, records satisfaction down on all counts.
• New entrants to Better connected's top 20 list this year are: Adur & Worthing, Kent CC, Medway, Oldham MBC, Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC and South Lanarkshire
• Of the top tasks tested in the survey, 'Object to planning application' is the weakest (32% of sites reach the Better connected standard), followed by 'Dispose of an old bed' (34%) and 'Find out about free nursery places' (34%). 'Pay a parking fine' tested best of all of 14 tasks, with 72% of sites achieving the standard.
• On general measures of usability, there has been minor improvement in the use of A to Z, no change in use of location, minor deterioration in use of search engine, but significant deterioration in resilience and accessibility
• Just under a third of councils with an answerphone message for out-of-hours calls are still failing to refer callers to the website, indicating significant lack of corporate commitment to self-service by these councils. Among these are six four star sites.
• A survey on 'digital engagement' that examined the use of online customer accounts, e-mail alerts, and promotion of social media showed patchy performance with just 17 councils rated as very good.
• A survey on implementation of cookie warnings and information found 113 councils using on average 30 cookies each, but without listing cookies for the public.
Results from the latest Better connected survey of council website performance suggest that, with notable exceptions, local government organisations are not yet signed up to the 'digital by default' agenda set by the Government.
Although there has been an increase in the number of 4 star sites, there has been a small decline since 2012 in the number of sites achieving three and four stars in the survey (177 cf 183). This compares with a rise in three and four star sites between 2011 and 2012 from 32% to 42%.
These results are supported by visitor feedback data from 2012, taken from a different survey (Socitm's Website takeup service) of council website users. This records satisfaction down on all measures, including overall satisfaction and satisfaction with specific features of the site. Visit failure rates (from the same survey) are also up, reversing trends over the previous two years.
The Better connected assessment is built around the concept of 'top tasks'. This approach to website design and navigation enables quick and simple customer journeys for website users from search engine or home page through to resolution.
Navigation for top tasks continues to be a key weakness in council websites, with only 37% passing the Better connected standard. Service landing pages that have not been adapted for 'top tasks' are a major problem.
The report suggests that deficiencies in the governance, management and resourcing of websites, raised as an issue in last year's report persist, and may have got worse.
Failure to improve websites, or even maintain existing standards, will undermine the potential to deliver savings and efficiencies associated with channel shift, and to meet customers' growing expectations of what service delivery online should be like. These are key goals of the Government's Digital Strategy published in November last year.
Writing in the foreword to Better connected 2013, Martin Reeves, Chief Executive of Coventry City Council and President of Solace says: 'This year's Better Connected report should be required reading for every senior manager and chief executive in local government. The report gives us an important insight into how it feels as a customer of our services and for some of us it's a salutary reminder that stuff that feels obvious to us can seem a mystery to the vast majority of people who don't understand our jargon and our organisational structures.'
Better connected 2013 will be available to Socitm Insight subscribers from 1 March 2013, together with supporting spreadsheets. Non-subscribers will be able to buy a printed version of the report at a cost of £495 (£450 for Socitm members in non-subscribing organisations). It can be ordered from www.socitm.net
Spreadsheets available only to Socitm Insight subscribers include:
• A summary of the results of the main survey, together with the supporting surveys (ie use of mobile device, digital engagement, phone contacts, and
use of cookies).
• 'Your council spreadsheet' that shows the answers to each question in the main survey, alongside the questions and the guidance notes that each reviewer had available during the survey.
• An index of council references contains all references to examples of good practice, entries in the lists of top sites etc, so that subscribers have a quick reference to their council (or other councils). Over 50% of councils are listed as having examples of good practice.
• A summary of the accessibility results brings together all the detailed information about the accessibility assessments and highlights those who have passed or failed the task-based assessments (using the WCAG2.0 standard).
• A summary of Sitemorse results brings together all the detailed information about the technical performance of each council
• A summary of Local Directgov results indicates the proportion of broken links that councils have supplied to Local Directgov so that visitors to GOV.UK can go straight to the local authority service that they need.
• A summary of Experian Hitwise results brings together all the detailed information about website visits for each council as a percentage of the local government market.
New features in 2013:
• First survey into evidence of digital engagement with website visitors
• First survey into use of cookies by council websites
• Preview of framework for local digital services to be launched by Socitm in April 2013
A summary of the headline results for all Socitm Insight subscribing loca authorities will be made available as open data under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA licence on www.socitm.net .


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Semi-Supervised Deep Learning for Deep-NLP: Clinical Information Extraction from Cancer Pathology Reports
Applied Machine Learning Intern, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
[June, 2017 - Aug, 2017]
- Developed semi-supervised graph based regularization deep learning model that leverages both labeled and unlabeled data points
- Extracted clinical information from cancer pathology reports for automatic cancer type and site detection
- Pre-processed the cancer pathology reports by performing sentence boundary disambiguation using Maximum Entropy and Bi-directional LSTM deep model
Attention-based Learning to Rank in Document Relevance Judgement
Graduate Research Assistant, UT Austin, Austin, Texas
[Dec, 2016 - Present]
- Developing an attention-based model to find out the important part of a document
- Utitlizing the rationale
Leveraging Active Learning for Labeling TREC Ad-hoc Data-set
Graduate Research Assistant, UT Austin, Austin, Texas
[Dec, 2016 - May, 2016]
- NIST evaluates relevance judgement only for a set of documents in a collection because human evaluation is costly. The purpose of this project is to develop an active learning approach which will find out the fine-grained balance between cost and gold-dataset collection
Answer Selection in Non-Factoid Question Answering using Deep Learning
Graduate Research Assistant, UT Austin, Austin, Texas
[Oct, 2016 - Dec, 2016]
- Applied Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) on Non-factoid Question Answering
- Leveraged word embedding for semantic representation
- Performed answer selection using similarity measure between the semantic vector of questions and answers
- Developed using Python, Keras and TensorFlow
Literature Review on Neural Information Retrieval
Graduate Research Assistant, UT Austin, Austin, Texas
[Aug, 2016 - Oct, 2016]
- In this project, we surveyed the current landscape of Neural Information Retrieval (IR) research paying special attention to the use of learned representations of queries and documents (i.e., neural embeddings). We highlighted the successes of neural IR thus far. Then we cataloged obstacles to its wider adoption and finally, suggested potentially promising directions for future research.
- Under review in Information Retrieval Journal: Special Issue on Neural Information Retrieval
Hidden Topic Sentiment Model for Unstructured Users' Reviews
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
[Jan, 2015 - Oct, 2015]
- Developed a Markov model based topic model which captures transition of users' sentiment on sentence by sentence
- Crawled customers'reviews from Amazon.com and NewEgg.com and applied our model
Sentiment Analysis on IMDB Movie Reviews
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
[Apr, 2015 – May, 2015]
- Developed a multi-class sentiment classification algorithm forlabelling the sentiment label of IMDB movie review
- Successfully participated in Kaggle Competition - Bag of Words Meets Bags of Popcorn
Topic Modelling
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
[Dec, 2014 - Jan, 2015]
- Implemented several probabilistic topic models including 2-topic mixture model, probabilistic latent semantic analysis (PLSA), hidden topic markov model (HTMM) and logistic regression in HTMM using expectation maximization (EM)
Personalized Job Matching
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
[Aug, 2014 - Nov, 2014]
- Developed multiple crawlers for crawling job-postings from Google, Facebook, Microsoft & IBM
- Indexed 1GB of crawled data using Apache Lucene
- Designed a rank model and implemented the model using the Lucence index
- Developed an interface to show the search results for a given a search query
- Developed using Apache Lucence, JSON, Java and JSP
Designing of a Novel Ensemble Classifier for Time Series Forecasting
Graduate Student, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
[Mar, 2012 - Aug, 2013]
- In an ensemble classifier approach, multiple base classifiers learn decision boundaries on the training patterns, and their decisions on a test pattern are fused to reach the final classification verdict. Ensemble classifiers are also known as committee of classifiers, mixture of experts, and multiple classifier systems. Many ensemble classifier generation methods are presented in the literature. The generation methods aim to produce the base classifiers in a way that they differ from each other in terms of the errors they make on identical patterns. This phenomenon is also known as diversity. The fusion methods, on the other hand, explore ways to merge the decisions from the base classifiers into a final verdict. Our goal was to design a novel ensemble classifier that is not only diverse but also accurate.


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Intermedia Office Apps Installation Instructions and Sign In/Out Process
This article describes Intermedia Office Apps installation and Sign In process. Read Knowledge Base article on How to Sign In to Office Apps On ActiveSync Devices? for instructions how to setup and sign in on mobile devices.
Install Office Apps for Windows
Install Office Apps for Windows
- Download Office Apps. Read Knowledge Base article on
Intermedia Office Apps End User Download Instructions And System Requirements for more details.
- Run the .EXE file, and allow it to make changes to your computer.
- Wait until Office prepare everything for installation. When done you may Sign In to Office with your Intermedia Office Apps login and password, or you may close
popup and sign in later.
Note: Office starts installation
the background. You will see a prompt window in the right-bottom corner with installation progress. on
- On Welcome screen click Next. You may Sign In to Office with your Intermedia Office Apps login and password on this step, or you may cancel and sign in later by clicking No thanks, maybe later.
- Accept Licence agreement, and follow further prompts.
- Click All done when you see You're good to go window. The installation is completed.
If you did not sign
- Open the App. It would ask you to Activate Office. If it did not ask, click on Sign
In toGet Most of out of Office in the right-top corner.
- Type in your Intermedia Office Apps login > Next.
- Type in your Intermedia Office Apps password > Sign In.
Read Microsoft Office tutorials and watch videos for more information about Apps for Windows:
Training courses for Word 2013
Training courses for Excel 2013
Training courses for PowerPoint 2013
Training courses for Outlook 2013
- Download Office Apps. Read Knowledge Base article on Intermedia Office Apps End User Download Instructions And System Requirements for more details.
- Run .DMG file installer.
- Follow the installation steps.
- Accept the License Agreement and enter your Mac password.
- Specify Install Location for Office and follow further installation steps.
Note: it is not possible to install Office Apps together with Office 2015. In order to install Office
Read Microsoft Office tutorials and watch videos for more information about Apps for Mac:
Excel for Mac 2011 Training
Outlook for Mac 2011 Training
PowerPoint for Mac 2011 Training
Word for Mac 2011 Training
We found a problem! indicates you already have some Microsoft products installed which prevent Intermedia Office Apps to be installed. Remove specified programs or download another version of Intermedia Office Apps (e.g. 32-bit instead of 64-bit).
Please free up some disk space indicates you do not have enough disk space available for installation. Free some disk space to continue.
Read Microsoft Office support article on Troubleshoot Office installation with Office 365 for business if you face any other issues.
Note: after the
Office allows you to connect few accounts to one Office package. In order to add second account click on Switch Account > Add Account > follow Sign In steps described above.
To Sign Out from Office click on Switch Account > Sign Out > Sign Out next to necessary account > confirm Sign Out action.
You will get a prompt >click on Yes to Sign out.
Read Microsoft Office article on Why can't I start my Office 2013 application? if you face any issues after the installation.


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Bite-sized Research Series: CRISPR technology in functional food and human health
Event Description
CRISPR-Cas (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) systems are bacterial native systems that provide adaptive immunity against invasive genetic elements, such as phages and plasmids. Since the discovery of CRISPR-Cas systems and its possible applications for genome editing, this technology has been proposed as the new revolution in genetic engineering. This technology is precise, cheaper and easier to achieve than other methodologies for genome editing, and offers enormous possibilities in every organism, from bacteria to human genetics.
The CRISPR laboratory at North Carolina State University (https://crispr.cals.ncsu.edu/) supervised by Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou is one of the most experienced and productive laboratory within CRISPR technology, and the unique one using this technology in functional foods to improve human health. Dr. Hidalgo's current research project is to pursue CRISPR technology to improve human health based on (1) CRISPR food microbiology applications, (2) probiotic reinforcement through genome editing technologies and (3) using self-targeting CRISPR systems as novel antimicrobials. The consecution of these objectives will lead to develop next generation probiotics to improve human health through immune modulation and vaccine delivery using beneficial bacteria, even to develop new antimicrobials based on CRISPR selective targeting of specific pathogens.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Claudio Hidalgo is originally from the northwest region of Spain, from a small region called Asturias. He earned his PhD in Microbiology and genetics (as well as BS Biology, MS Food Biotechnology), studying the health promoting effect of probiotics in general, and bifidobacteria in particular, and their interaction with human host to promote human health.
Lunch will be served!


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A work injury can be traumatic; in the midst of the incident, it is hard to focus on what you need to do next, especially if you're suffering from a more serious injury. Unfortunately, many individuals forget to think about the right steps they should take immediately after a job injury, but that's where we come in! Here are the proper steps to take in the event you are injured on the job:
- Obtain any necessary first aid or medical attention as soon as possible. Your health and well-being comes first. After you have received any immediate medical treatment, you can report the accident.
- Report the injury to a supervisor immediately. You have up to 30 days to notify them, in writing, about the injury and the nature of how it occurred. If you do not do so within 30 days, you may lose your rights to compensation benefits. Failing to report an accident can result in your employer denying you work benefits or covered medical benefits. Even if your injury does not seem serious at the time, it is important to report it anyway in the event that you feel adverse effects of the injury later.
- Complete a claim for workers' compensation. Call IFWAA at 866-430-3461, to start a claims process after you have reported your injury. Your claim should be filed within 2 years from when the injury occurred. If it is submitted any later, you may lose your entitlement to benefits.
After you have filed your claim, focus on recovering and getting better! When you're ready to go back to work, let your supervisor know. IFWAA can also help you return to work as well as identify what post-injury benefits, such as wage loss benefits, are available to you.


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Seeking exporters and potential exporters of building products in Atlantic Canada
Published by CME Staff on August 20, 2015
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) is planning a Pan Atlantic Export Roadshow for Building Products throughout Atlantic Canada in early fall. All CME divisions in Atlantic Canada will be involved in this project, which is being supported by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and all four provincial governments in Atlantic Canada.
To help us plan the location and content of the Roadshow sessions, we are seeking to identify companies in the building products sector in Atlantic Canada who are existing exporters or wish to export and would be interested in attending these sessions.
The objective of the roadshow is to identify companies from the building products sector in Atlantic Canada who are exporting outside Canada or wish to export outside Canada, to provide training and information about exporting and potential export markets, and determine the types of support exporters and potential exporters wish to receive going forward. The project will consist of a series of all-day information/consultation sessions held throughout the Atlantic Provinces tailored to the participants in each session depending on their level of experience with exporting. The report from this project will be used to develop future initiatives whether on a Pan Atlantic, provincial or regional basis to support exporters or potential exporters of building products. Ultimately the aim is to increase the number of exporters and the level of exports of building products from Atlantic Canada.
For purposes of this project, building products includes any products or components used to construct buildings whether residential or commercial, such as value-added wood products, windows, doors, cabinetry, metal wall panels, etc.
Contacting us:
If you are an existing exporter of building products or wish to export, and are interested in attending one of the Roadshow sessions please contact us by Tuesday, September 8, 2015 as follows:
- Melanie Maher at firstname.lastname@example.com or 709-237-7354.
All interested companies are requested to respond to the following questions:
- Do you currently export Building Products outside Canada?
- If yes, to which countries do you currently export and to which countries would you like to export?
- If you do not currently export, to which countries are you interested in exporting?
- What products do you produce?
- Where are you located?
For additional information, you may also contact Carol Osmond at email@example.com or (709) 730-5999.
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120 Indian Creek Lane SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
- 4 Beds
- 2 Full/ 1 Half
- 3,431 SqFt
- 0.54 Acres
Live beyond the ordinary! You'll enjoy the spacious luxuries this stunning 2 story, 4 bedroom/2.5 bath home located in a quiet cul-de-sac on SE side of town has to offer! Gorgeous hardwood floors through out the entire home provide easy maintenance living. Main floor features: Formal living room with gas fireplace, formal dining room with French doors leading to your sizeable eat-in kitchen boasting a large island with breakfast bar, granite counter tops, and stainless steel appliances. First floor laundry room, den/office, casual living room with another gas fireplace and built in shelving, half bath and finally your Master Suite! Large en-suite with double vanity, whirlpool tub, separate shower, and bidet as well as a walk-in closet. Upstairs you will find the remaing 3 over-sized bedrooms and full bath with dual vanity. Lower level has been fully insulated and awaits your personal touch! 3 car attached garage with plenty of space for all your toys. Last but certainly not least this home sits on a very rare 0.535 of an acre IN TOWN!
Request More Info or Schedule a Showing
Cathy Hill
- Mobile319-350-8521
- Office319-373-1323x235
Property Details
- Status
- Active
- 1802443
- Property Type
- Residential
- Style
- 2 Stories
- Beds
- 4
- Full Baths
- 2
- Half Baths
- 1
- Total Square Feet
- 3,431
- Gross Taxes
- $9,726.00
- Acres
- 0.54
- Year Built
- 2000
- Elementary School
- Arthur
- Middle School
- Franklin
- High School
- Washington
- Fireplace
- Yes
- Above Ground SqFt
- 3,431
- Full
- Pour
- Breakfast Bar
- Eat-In Kitchen
- Formal Dining
Appliances Included
- Central Vac
- Dishwasher
- Disposal
- Dryer
- Garage Door Opener
- Microwave
- Range
- Refrigerator
- Washer
- Water Heater – Gas
- Lot Size
- .535 Acre
- Association Fee
- $200.00
Financing Terms
- Cash
- Conventional
- 3 Cars
- Attached
- Heated Garage
Heating / Cooling
- Central Air
- Forced Air
- Gas Heat
- City Sewer
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Read this account of a NDTV reporter http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/e...n-noida-415189
I believe the car driver was not the offender here. Sure he was driving fast but according to the writers own statement they were still on the expressway when his car hit the cycle rider. Another thing i noticed was the "law abiding" self righteous attitude of the writer. He blamed the driver of driving fast when he was himself breaking the law by driving slowing (at 80 kmph when the limit is 100) in the fast lane.
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I am always amazed to see pedestrians wandering over flyovers, when it would not have been trouble to cross the road beneath, and no hills to climb. However, their stupidity does not merit a death sentence, so drivers must always avoid them.
It reminds me of one my father's driving-lesson trick questions:
"When do pedestrians have right of way?"
I trotted out the various UK-Highway-Code answers I could remember. He shook his head and said,
"Always! It is always illegal to run over them!"
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Why not ban cyclists on expressway? Whole stretch has a nice laid tarmac running parallel to it.
Here is one more. From Gurgaon. Youths. Speeding Vento. Loosing control. Tree. Car splits into two.One Dies,One critical. Parents blame dumper.
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This happened with us when we were returning from Goa last month,
We were returning from Goa left on Sat, 17th August, I was the lone driver travelling with 3 women and a kid (my wife, my daughter, my MIL, and my wife's friend)
We have an i10-LPG, as you would be aware, i10 is not an enthusiasts car especially with 4 adults with luggage.
I was cruising between 100-110 with no cars in sight (ahead or behind us) simply because all of them used to just zoom ahead.
At a point, there is this hotel called Sahara (highway dhaba) on the Belgaum side next to a Mosque, there were trucks parked on the Kolhapur side of the highway on the mud track away from the road. The highway is really broad with a truck lay-bye provided as well.
While approaching this spot, I became a bit wary, I saw that a truck was trying to move back to the highway. There was more than enough place for him to come easily, but something told me that there was something wrong, and how right was I.
The trucker entered at right angles to the highway and blocked the entire highway leaving no room at all.
I slammed on the brakes, we were at quite some distance from the truck, but then the wheels locked and the car began to skid.
I put all my strength to keep the car as straight as possible and we kept skidding without respite. By then the truck had nearly completed the turn though there was still no place for any car to pass through.
The car fishtailed towards the end though the speed had diminished to around 10-15kmph and we hit the truck on the side.
Those moments are still fresh and I thank God that all of us escaped without a single scratch or bump.
The main issue was the wheels getting locked, if I hadn't braked early enough, I would most probably not be there to write this today. But I also feel, maybe the car can do better speeds but... ...
In today's expressways 100-110 kph is not fast enough, I felt the same when the other cars were zooming ahead, but it was the exact reason, why we were able to get away without harm. Simply put, the car (i10) isn't trustworthy at those speeds, this I didn't know before, now I am sure.
By grace of God, everyone was safe and sound, the vehicle suffered damage to its entire left side but was driveable. Drove the car to a garage before Kolhapur, nice fellas there, they did a thorough check on the car, we reached Pune safely.
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The white TT should atleast have been doing more than 80kmph to not brake in time and the TT has been notorious for its brake capability.
That reading on your snaps are interesting. Is it a software or a GPS enabled mobile photo.
i10 has a stability issue and the front brakes come on before the back brakes and thereby causing a wheel lock. It helps if you shift down gears as you start hitting the brakes.
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Any car without ABS in the situation described by you would have locked up under hard braking resulting in a skid. What you could have probably done is pumped the brakes to regain control from the skid, but I guess when in that situation one does not tend to think much.
Having seen and experienced the advantages of ABS, I increased my budget to get that ABS equipped model when I recently bought my car. I trust you will do the same with your next car.
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The problem I faced was when I moved to an ABS equipped car, it took me one week to stop pumping the brakes. Even with ABS also, doing both is good\bad depending on the situation (eg, the car will stop but not the people inside, especially when kids are there)
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Agree, ABS would have definitely helped saved the day.
Pumping the brakes could have been an option - maybe I didn't/couldn't think of it, but margin of error was very low.
With ABS, the car would/should have stopped without colliding, as with skidding we hit the truck at around 10-15 maybe lesser.
Sorry, no testing for me, all the tests in the world cannot create a real life situation.
But yes, it does make way for moving to something which has ABS (at least)
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In my humble opinion I think driving a car without ABS is like riding a bike without helmet. I think govt should make ABS compulsory on all vehicles on road.
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If the faster car had the right lane clear for overtaking, this accident might not have even happened! The cyclist was on the left side of the road and the other so-called 'slow' drivers forced a fast car to drive on the slower lane because they took up the fast lane and didn't follow lane discipline. I would put equal blame on the journalist who wrote that article for indirectly causing an accident with his slow driving on wrong lane.
If the driver's father is a good lawyer, the news article has enough points to get his son off the hook.
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Major coincidence, I was in fact reading your Ford Figo ownership thread and you quoted my message
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The curry king: Kid started saving money aged 14, buys Indian takeaway four years later
AMBITIOUS teenager Safwaan Choudhury has just become Britain's youngest Indian takeaway owner.
The clever 18-year-old bought the curry house with money he'd saved up himself since he was 14.
He managed to bank £20,000 waiting on tables at Italian and Indian restaurants and was loaned another £5,000 from his family.
That gave him enough to take over the Royston Tandoori in Royston, Herts.
Safwaan, whose family are originally from Bangladesh, is following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather in entering the Indian takeaway business.
He said: "British Bangladeshis of my generation try to avoid the curry and takeaway industries – they don't like the stereotype. But I've always enjoyed it.
"I could see that there was still a demand for good Indian restaurants so I was sure it was a strong business opportunity."
"I could see that there was still a demand for good Indian restaurants so I was sure it was a strong business opportunity"Safwaan Choudhury
He got a discount on the price as the previous owners have retained a dividend but Safwaan, who employs six people, is the sole owner.
He added: "As a boss I see myself as another colleague and there have been no problems at the Royston Tandoori.
"I've made it clear that I'm new in the business and would like as much advice and support from the senior team as possible."
He said his father, Siraj Choudhury, 52, is thrilled that his "family have got back in the game".
Safwaan's father and grandfather, Nazir, co-ran the town's first Indian restaurant, British Raj, which opened in 1976.
He said: "The people I grew up with and their families learnt to love eating curry from my grandfather.
"There's always been an emotional bond between our family and the town."


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Unless you have been living under a rock for the past week and a half, you've most likely heard about Netflix's new series 13 Reasons Why by now. Based on the novel of the same name, the show follows a high schooler named Clay who receives 13 audio tapes after a classmate's death. Whoever receives the tapes is one of the 13 reasons why Hannah Baker took her own life. In no way shape or form is this a fun show to watch, but it is informative on the effects of bullying and features great overall performances from its cast.
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It is with great sorrow that the family of Allan Robert Rees announces his passing on January 5, 2018.
Allan was an old soul whose true passion was his 1950 Harley Davidson Panhead. He was the best heavy duty mechanic and accomplished his dream of building "Anger Management", his 1969 Kenworth smokeshow quarter mile race truck. Al was straight forward and told you how it is. He loved his family and his wife every much.
Allan is survived by his loving wife of 32 years, Michelle MacLean-Rees.
Allan was the son of Margret and Jack (John) Rees and was one of 5 brothers; David, Peter, Michael, Allan and Greg. He was a father to two sons; Matthew Davies and Jessie MacLean and grandfather to Isabella, Greyson and Addison.
He was predeceased by his mom, Margret in 2007, his dad Jack (John) in 2010 and his brother Michael in 1990.
There will be no service for Allan at this time, but a Celebration of Life will be held at a future date.
Special thanks are given to Allan's brother Greg Rees, friend Tony Jones for the help and support and an extra special thank you to Ashley Layden who has been by our side to the end.
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The long and winding road that is Kanye West and Taylor Swift's feud just got a little windier.
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This shirt combines half of his 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with half of Taylor's 1989 cover.
Taylor hasn't responded yet, probably because she's a little busy today (August 28) serving jury duty in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Three people have been rescued in Western Australia after the skipper of a broken down boat set off an orange smoke flare.
Geraldton Volunteer Marine Rescue Group saved the trio after their boat broke down without a working radio off the coast near Glenfield Beach one day in early March, according to its Facebook page.
Beachgoers spotted the flare and notified the authorities. Geraldton Volunteer Marine Rescue Group's Communications officer, Ian Beard, explains, "Because everybody was at the beach yesterday, lots of people saw the smoke flare and we got drowned in telephone calls."
The aluminium boat broke down about four nautical miles off the coast in relatively calm waters. The rescue vessel, Nashria, spotted the trio took them to safety and towed the stricken vessel to Drummond Cove. "Thanks to the public for lighting up our phone lines," the group says.
It is important for people to contact the Volunteer Marine Rescue Group and ensure their radios worked before setting out to sea.
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Neylan is currently playing inside his around the world, ask chewing on colored shapes, sickness and then throwing them on the floor. I sometimes really wonder what goes on in that mind of his. I can sometimes understand what he thinks because life is not just "eat my toys" any more. He knows how to play with them and is experimenting with what they can do and how they do it. It really is a wonder to watch. I love it when he gives me a smile and gets my attention as if to say, pills "Hey Ma! Look what I can do!" I love seeing him reach each milestone. I love seeing him excited about himself. I want to have that continue for him. I don't want to break my child's spirit.
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones." Proverbs 17:22
I believe that the book of Proverbs is a good read for even non-Christians. There is so much knowledge in that book. As a mother, I believe that Proverbs 17:22 is a very important verse for all parents.
I know that most parents try to do what they believe is right for their children. I also believe that children are not made using cookie cutters. They are not all the same and as such, we cannot treat them like they are. You can't even say that some children are squares, some are circles, some are triangles, some are rectangles… because each child is a special human being. I believe that each child is hand crafted and the parents have a great deal to do with how their child turns out. It is the parents job to train, to teach, and to love… Love being the foundation of it all, for without love there is nothing. But in training, parents need to be careful.
I am not at the point where I believe I have made a life altering mistake with my son (seeing as he is only 8 months old), and I hope that I never will be at that point. I know I am not perfect and that there will be something that I'll do or say that will hurt him, but if I can avoid it I will. Part of that means that I am going to need to be careful what words I use, be careful with the expressions on my face, and be willing to apologize for anything wrong that I have done. I need to not angrily yell at him. I also will need to be willing to listen to him and actually have a conversation with him.
Did you know that when a child does something, they have a reason for doing it. Before you go to correct the behavior, ask why he did it. You might be very surprised as to the reasons for their actions.
Also, did you know that a child could intentionally do nothing wrong, but believe they are misbehaving? I never thought it was possible. But as Mo normally does, she surprised us all! Mikaela decided one afternoon while Kalah was taking a nap that she was going to put all of her Pepperidge Farm Goldfish inside her trick-or-treat pumpkin basket. I walked in to check on her and she confessed to me what she had done. Of course, I did not think anything of it and when Kalah woke up I told her about it. She called Mikaela over and Mo was a bit bashful about what she had done to the point where Kalah had to ask her leading questions. It was then that I realized that Mo believed she was doing something wrong and that she had done it on purpose. I don't know how I would have handled that if Neylan did it. I can't think of anything other than telling him that what he did was not in and of itself wrong, but his motives for doing it were not pure.
If there is one thing that I learned from Kalah's dealings with Mikaela, it is that parents get a lot further with their children if they communicate with them about "disciplinary problems". If you are willing to communicate with them about that (meaning that you also listen to their sides of the story), then how much more do you believe that they will come to you when they are in need. They will trust that mom and dad will be there for them, that they might not be happy with what they have done, but good ol' mom and dad will be willing to listen to their side of the story.
Can you imagine being that type of parent? Imagine a situation happens in your child's teen years, such as getting drunk at a party, if you have that type of relationship with your child you could very well be the one that they call to get a ride. You could also be the one to talk to them about that behavior. By being that type of parent, you could even avoid that situation all together.
Being a parent isn't one-sided. Just like a Christian's relationship with God, it is 2 sided, and we should want to hear their voices like God wants His believers to pray.
I hope that you will take heed and use my novice advice to the best of your ability. I am not going to say it is easy and I don't believe that it will be for me either. But I beg of you, don't break your child's spirit. It is that spirit that will be needed to change the world.
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The Spring Queen's general; Walking bling
Seeming: Fairest
Kith: Treasured
Court: Spring
"Guess all I can do is stand here and look pretty and heavily armed."
It can be pretty obnoxious when white people appropriate black culture. When the Others do it, it's way worse.
THUGG LYFE RYDER (always all caps) needed a centerpiece for all his bling. He needed a Jesus for his platinum crucifix. So he grabbed a San Jose blood named Lamar Burris, had him plated in gold and gems, and crucified him.
For agonizing years, Lamar hung from the neck of a giant, walking minstrel show, living a new world of pain with every stutter-step and pimp walk. Then one day, THUGG LYFE RYDER got tired of religious bling and tossed Lamar aside. Body all-but-broken from the great fall, Lamar wrenched himself free of the crucifix and overturned a bottle of goblin fruit hooch onto himself, hoping it was made from healing fruits. He got lucky, and snuck out through the hedge.
Lamar blew away his fetch in front of his old crew, and in the ensuing standoff, told them the truth of where he'd been. They were a tight-knit bunch, and he knew things the Fetch hadn't. They called their newly blinged-out member Ice, and he quickly rose to become their leader.
Ice tried working for the SBM, but his own desire to go legit clashed with the Autumn King's vision for "gangstas classic." So Ice became one of Raqui's first recruits. The Spring Queen took an instant liking to the clever golden gangster, who quickly became her war-leader and a constant presence at the Progressive Airstrip.
His crew of eight deals pot, 'shrooms, and X, and works security for the Spring Court while keeping their own blocks safe. For a street gang, that's about as straight as you go, but Ice still seems to have plans for their future. After years hanging from the neck of everything wrong with his subculture, he now has his own ideas about how young black men should spend their time.
In his human guise, Lamar Burris is a lean and cut African-American male of average height, with glossy, golden-brown skin and brown-garnet eyes. He's clean-shaven and bald and dresses without flashy adornment in baggy jeans, sagged just slightly, clean black nikes, and vests. Handsome in a gaunt and predatory way, like a young Tupac, he has a smile as sly as it is blindingly bright.
The Treasured called Ice is a man of bling — his skin is really golden, and his irises pure garnets. His teeth have been replaced by an ostentatious grill and his joints and the outlines of his muscles studded with precious stones. His Tec-9 submachine gun is a Token that Changelings can see is blinged out with opals and white gold, and he carries the three diamond-headed nails that held him to his Keeper's cross always in his pocket.


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Mind your pints, the third annual Carroll County Beer Week commences Monday, Sept. 25, with five days of brew-related activities throughout Carroll, all leading up to the 12th annual Maryland Microbrewery Festival on Saturday, Sept. 30.
And as has been the case since the launch of Beer Week in 2015, a special beer has been crafted just for the occasion by Jay Lampart, brewer at Johanssons Dining House, and George Humbert, brewer at Pub Dog Brewing, both in Westminster.
"Each year we try to sort of showcase and brew a different beer with different local ingredients," Humbert said. "Last year was a rye lager; the year before that I think was a pre-Prohibition lager with local corn."
This year's offering? The Free State Session IPA, which stands for India pale ale, crafted with fresh, locally grown hops from Ruhlman Brewery in Hampstead and wheat ground at the mill at the Union Mills Homestead, which hosts the Microbrewery Festival.
"A session IPA is just a lower alcohol IPA," Humbert said. "It allows us to basically showcase the hop flavor a little bit more, because there is less malt in it. The fresh hops have a wonderful fragrant aroma, which will really shine through."
That being said, Lampart suggests the Free State IPA could be an ideal brew for those who have been a little apprehensive about stepping into the world of hoppy pale ales.
"It's a good entry-level pale," he said. "It's not over the top bitter, it's not over the top hoppy and it's prefect for this time of year: It's robust and strong enough to carry through the cooler weather, but light enough to be refreshing and not filling."
Humbert and Lampart's collaboration actually predates Carroll County Beer Week. It was at least four or five years ago, as far as either can remember, that they first got a call from the Union Mills Homestead Foundation asking them to craft a unique beer for the Microbrewery Festival.
It was the homestead that launched the concept of Beer Week as well, according to Union Mills Homestead Foundation Executive Director Jane Sewell.
"I love Beer Week, and I think it's so neat that we do the kickoff at Maggie's and then Johanssons second night," she said. "We started it a couple of years ago, and it has just gotten bigger and better."
The first round
The major event to launch the whole sudsy series will be a Carroll County Public Library organized beer and author event on Monday, at Maggie's Restaurant in Westminster.
"This is the third year, and we have always tried to have an author come who really speaks to what the week and the Microbrewery Festival are all about — local beer," said Tony Eckard, director of finance for the library.
In 2015, that was Rob Kasper, a former Baltimore Sun food and drink writer, and author of "Baltimore Beer: A Satisfying History of Charm City Brewing."
In 2016, the guest was Tony Russo, author of "Eastern Shore Beer."
This year's event will feature George Hummel, owner of the Philadelphia home brewing store, Home Sweet Home Brew and author of "The Complete Homebrew Beer Book."
"Our hope was to really appeal to the public who are into home brewing, so that we kind of expand the audience for our night," Eckard said.
It will also be the first opportunity to taste the Free State Session IPA, in a special small, cask conditioned sampling, according to Lampart.
Pre-registration for the event through the library is required and is $20, Eckard said.
"It's a great deal: You get the book; you get to hear him speak; and at the end of the night, there will be a sample of the ale," Eckard said, "for everyone who is of drinking age, of course."
Tall cold Tuesday
The official release of the Free State Session IPA will be on Tuesday, however, as Lampart puts the beer on tap in the dining room bar.
"It's a great time; everyone gathers at the bar. We will have some nice specials that night," he said. "It will be a good time."
There will also be specials at other participating restaurants and watering holes, from Sykesville's E. W. Beck's, which will offer $2 local drafts from 5 p.m. to close on Wednesday, to Ruhlman Brewery, in Hampstead, which will offer free disc golf with the purchase of a $5 pint from noon to 6 p.m. on Thursday.
Brews for yous: Maryland Microbrewery Festival
Of course, the creamy head on the pint-focused week will be the Microbrewery Festival on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Union Mills Homestead. It's an event that's still growing, with more than 3,000 people coming out to the 2016 festival, according to Sewell.
"In the past 12 years, we have more than doubled the number of brewers that come," she said.
This year, there will be 20 brewers, including the Johanssons Brewing truck pouring the Free State IPA, a cornhole tournament, food vendors and live music.
Tickets are available online and are $20 for those drinking and $5 for nondrinkers. Tickets at the gate will be $25 for drinkers and $5 for those abstaining, with proceeds going to support the Union Mills Homestead Foundation in its mission to preserve the working mill and homestead on the property, which dates back to the 18th century.
"It's our biggest fundraiser, and it's really important to us," Sewell said. "Because the house and the mill are from 1797, there is a lot of ongoing restoration. You have roofs, you have foundations — there is so much that is involved."
A special millwright is even hired to help keep the mill, which is entirely water powered, in working order, ready to grind grain for beers like Lampart and Humbert's.
Sewell said the Union Mills Homestead board did not want to reveal how much money it raises from the Microbrewery Festival.
However, according to the Union Mills Homestead Foundation's IRS Form 990 for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2014, and ending Sept. 30, 2015, the most recent year for which the form was available, the foundation netted $83,874 from "fundraising events." Without an official comment from the foundation, it's not possible to know how much of that sum came from the Microbrewery Festival, but a majority portion would go a long way toward covering the $118,473 in expenses for maintaining the homestead as reported on the form. The Form 990 is a required tax filing for 501(c)(3 nonprofits and is public information.
The growing success of Beer Week, the continuing success of the Microbrewery Festival, to Lampart and Humbert, point to the increasing local interest in craft brewing, home brewing and the agriculture necessary to support them. As more grains, malts and hops become available locally, the two predict great things for Maryland, and Carroll County beer.
"For us, the fresher, the closer to home ingredients we can get, the better our beer is going to be," Humbert said. "That's why we are always looking for local ingredients we can use and we are excited to get a broader range of ingredients to use."
If you go
Carroll County Beer Week Events:
Monday, Sept. 25: 7 p.m. author talk with George Hummel and keg tapping, Maggie's Restaurant, 310 E. Main St., Westminster. Pre-registration $20 through the Carroll County Public Library at library.carr.org/BeerWeek.
Tuesday, Sept. 26: 7 p.m. keg tapping of the Free State Session IPA, dinner and drink specials, Johanssons Dining House and Restaurant, 4 W. Main St., Westminster.
Wednesday, Sept. 27: 5 p.m. to close, $2 off local drafts, E.W. Beck's, 7565 Main St., Sykesville.
7 p.m. locally sourced five-course dinner with beer, Uncle Matty's, 142 Church St., New Windsor. Advance registration necessary, $60, call 410-635-6777.
Thursday, Sept. 28: Noon to 6 p.m. $5 pints and free disc golf with purchase, Ruhlman Brewery, 2300 Harvey Gummel Road, Hampstead.
Friday, Sept. 29: 11 a.m. to close, $2.50 local craft beers, Uncle Matty's, 142 Church St., New Windsor.
Noon to 6 p.m. $5 pints and free disc golf with purchase, Ruhlman Brewery, 2300 Harvey Gummel Road, Hampstead.
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. brewery tours, Pub Dog Brewing, 1203 New Windsor Road, Westminster. $5 includes two beer samples and beer mug.
Saturday, Sept. 30: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Maryland Microbrewery Festival, Union Mills Homestead, 3311 Littlestown Pike, Westminster. Advance tickets — $20 drinkers, $5 nondrinkers —available at www.marylandmicrobreweryfestival.com. Day of tickets $25 for drinkers, $5 nondrinkers.
For more information on Carroll County Beer Week, go to carrollbeerweek.com.


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