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CONCORDIA, Kansas — Saturday marked 10 days since the Cloud County Community College men's basketball team had played on its home court. That Nov. 16 evening ended in the T-Birds' lone blemish this season: an 80-74 loss to No. 6 ranked Hutchinson Community College.
Fast forward to Saturday, with the T-Birds hosted Coffeyville Community College, and the two games had striking similarities. But one major difference: Cloud County was the team on the plus side of a back-and-forth rollercoaster affair, earning an 84-75 victory over the visiting Ravens.
"I was really proud of the guys. I think this group has quite a bit of character and I thought we really made big plays down the stretch," said Cloud County head coach, Chad Eshbaugh. "It was one of those games where there was a lot of momentum swings. We'd make a run; they'd make a run right back. We're fortunate and blessed to make the last run in that game."
After trailing by six with 3:43 remaining at 73-67, Cloud County (8-1 overall, 4-1 KJCCC) grinded out a 17-2 run to close out the game, spearheaded by sophomore point guard Aamahne Santos.
Santos, who finished with a game-high 20 points, scored seven of Cloud County's next nine points, including a pair of free throws with 1:51 remaining that gave the T-Birds a 77-75 lead.
"Aamahne was huge down the stretch. I thought we got great contributions from a bunch of guys, but Aamahne is the head of the snake," Eshbaugh said. "He's the guy who makes plays for us and runs our team."
His backcourt mate, sophomore shooting guard Deon Lyle, would deliver the dagger as he nailed a 3-pointer with 1:10 remaining to up the lead to five, then calmly sank two free throws with 47 seconds left that made it a three-possession game at 82-75. Lyle finished with 11 points.
The late-game heroics didn't look like they'd be necessary early on as Cloud County jumped all over the Ravens (7-2 overall, 3-2 KJCCC). The T-Birds held their largest lead of the game just 4:25 into the contest at 16-5 following a 3-pointer from sophomore Andrew Ballock, who poured in 12 of his 15 points in the first half.
Coffeyville countered with a 16-5 run over the next five minutes to get back to within one at 22-21 and would claw all the way back to carry a 42-38 lead into the half.
The T-Birds got the crowd and themselves back into things to begin the second half as they went on a 14-2 run to grab a 52-44 lead, capped off on a basket from redshirt freshman Jordan McNelly.
McNelly, who has now scored double-figures in three straight ballgames, was huge for Cloud County in the second half as he scored 13 of his career-high 18 points over the final 20 minutes and finished with a team-high 10 rebounds, giving McNelly his second double-double in as many games this week.
"I think he is getting his feet back underneath him. He sat out last year, so he hadn't played in awhile," said Eshbaugh, referring to McNelly's redshirt season. "In the early season games, it was him learning to play our style. Academically, he is a sophomore but he is still a freshman when it comes to basketball. I think what he's doing right now is really impressive considering this is his first real college basketball experience."
Cloud County will look to keep the momentum rolling when it travels to face No. 13 ranked Neosho County Community College at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.


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Our property management department deals with commercial property management services, residential lettings and factoring.
Our dedicated property management accounts team facilitate all accounting functions using a specialist estate management software system.
Our client base ranges from blue chip companies, public sector organisations to single property investors.
Each client is allocated a local property manager and centrally based accounts assistant giving them dedicated and regular points of contact.
We currently have around 300 clients and manage over 1100 properties (many of them multi-tenanted) with a rent roll in excess of £30 million.
We deal with all aspects of property management including;
• Rent collection and debt management
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• Reviews / Assignations and Sub Leases
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Bespoke Asset Strategy
Each property has differing issues which will impact on the property/asset management regime that would be adopted. >
A key component of a good asset management strategy is the reduction of landlords' costs, e.g. non-recoverable service charge, non-domestic rates liability.
Cost control is even more critical in the current market, where rental growth, in the main is low or indeed stagnant.
Our property management team embraces the ethos of pro-actively managing the asset to strive towards increasing the value of the property.
New Park Limited – In Administration
Acting on behalf of Apex Restructuring and KPMG we manage five business centres across Scotland.
G+S initial focus was to stabilise the rental income and recover service charge monies in order to maintain services throughout portfolio.
George Street, Edinburgh
Acting on behalf of The Speratus Group Limited G+S manages this five storey multi tenanted mixed use premises situated within the heart of Edinburgh City Centre.
Full property management services are provided including service charge forecasting and tenant liaison.
Centre for Health Sciences, Inverness
Acting on behalf of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, where G+S have been retained for a third term,
we provide full property management services to this flagship property whose current tenants include NHS,
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Abbeygate & Drumchapel Shopping Centres
G+S has acted on behalf of The Co-Op Group since 2003. Due to the diverse nature of the portfolio daily interface with the client is essential to ensure proactive management of the properties.
Full asset and property management services are provided with additional services such as valuation and project management provided as and when required.

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During the first week of October, representatives from Desire2Learn will be available at three different locations within the state: the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg, Bloomsburg University, and Slippery Rock University. The sessions will cover a wide variety of topics and be of interest to faculty, CAOs, CITOs, LMS administrators, and instructional designers. Most importantly, there will be the opportunity for discussion.
- Tuesday, October 4th, 9 a.m. to noon, at Dixon University Center in Harrisburg
- Wednesday, October 5th, 9 a.m. to noon, at Bloomsburg University
- Thursday, October 6th, 9 a.m. to noon, at Slippery Rock University
Each of the sessions will also be webcast live.
Faculty and staff from any PASSHE university are welcome to attend any of the sessions at the location most convenient for them. To ensure adequate space at each location, please RSVP the location you'll be attending to Bob Hails at firstname.lastname@example.com. There is need to RSVP if you will be viewing the webcast.


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A little about the Mission Prairie
in Leawood Neighborhood
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With approximately 3,500 people calling Mission Prairie in Leawood, KS home, the population has increased 4.5% since 2010. The median estimated home value has increased 0.9% in the past year to $605,080 and the median home age is 13 years old.
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2017 Albany Surf Craft Challenge
A 13km Surf Boat and Surf Ski course from Princess Royal Harbour to Albany Surf Life Saving Club Middleton Beach or a 2km beach run.
The surf Ski Challenge is open to EVERYONE
Early bird entries are $40 and close 20 May.
Regular registration is $50 closing 2 June. Late entries will be $60.


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Our Common Birds and How to Know Them
John B. Grant
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
I've always been drawn to the books associated with my artistic pursuits. Birds and bird carving is no different and I have begun to accumulate a small and wonderful collection of old field guides. As this collection fills my collection represents various approaches to studying birds. As long as there have been field guides to birds there has been struggle between field guides for the serious birder and field guides for the casual birder.
When this book was published in 1897 the few books for birders were written for ornithologists. The illustrations, when there were illustrations, were secondary to the text. The presumption was made that the user of these books had a speciman in hand.
John Grant, in Our Common Birds and How to Know Them, utilizes the new technology of printed photography to enable amateur naturalists to identify the birds around them. The book presents an interesting balance between scientific fact and informal observation. Grant presents an explanations of bird taxonomy and naming, but includes interesting archaic common names (more on that later). Grant presents first spring appearances of migratory birds in the Hudson Valley, by date.
March 10 to 20 These become more plentiful [Robins, Bluebirds and Song Sparrows], and Purple Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds appear. Purple Finches and Flickers receive accessions, and Fox Sparros may be seen on their northward migration.
Snowy Owls retire northward.
The mounted birds depicted have that odd realistic-but-not-quite-right appearance that mounts often possess. In many cases the glass eyes are over-sized and feet are unnatural. The birds are mounted on very Victorian T-shaped perches — much like one would expect to find a trained parrot. Foot wires can be seen looped around the mounts. The author reports that the birds were mounted by J. Wallace, 16 North William Street, New York City, but never mentions the photographer or collector.
A child's name and address are written on the frontpiece. With this information she includes an Indianapolis Public School, two classrooms and two teachers. As an Indianapolis Public School Teacher I enjoy that the book has come back home.
Any reference I cna find to John B. Grant is a reference to this book. It seems he has dissolved into obscurity.
Google Books shares a copy of the book here.


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Obituary: Showroom Owner Terry Ventre, 62
Terese Virginia Ventre—known to her friends, familiar and colleagues as Terr—died on June 23 after a short battle with lung cancer. She was 62 years old.
Ventre founded the Terry Ventre Showroom in New York, which this year celebrated its 25th anniversary. Ventre's husband, Elliot Zolot, was her partner in the business, which represented apparel labels such as Equestrian Designs, A'nue Ligne, Finley, Kinross Cashmere, Moyuru International and Babette.
Originally from Massachusetts, Ventre got her start in fashion working for retailers such as Louis of Boston and Ann Taylor and operating her own retail stores, Ginna and Ragtime, on Massachusetts' Nantucket island.
For more than two decades, Ventre represented Equestrian Designs, said Rick Ledesma, who owns the Santa Barbara, Calif.–based contemporary apparel collection with his wife, Iona Marshal, who designs the collection.
"Terry Ventre was an icon in the industry, respected and held in high esteem by her peers from the Midwest to Canada and down the East Coast," Ledema said. "There is a hole in fashion, and many are feeling tremendous sorrow."
In addition to her husband, Ventre is survived by her children, Harry and Ruby.
New York's Central Park was one of Ventre's favorite places to run, walk, and meet friends and loved ones. A park bench will be donated in her name. Anyone interested in contributing can make a donation in her name to www.centralparknyc.org/ventre. Donations in Ventre's name can also be made to the American Cancer Society. Memorials will be held in the Fall in New York, Nantucket, Chicago and Miami.


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- $16.95
- [-] Other Available FormatsOur PriceNew & Used MarketplaceThe Disappearance (Hardcover)
Published: 2007-06-01
Publisher: iUniverse$26.95
The Harmon family can't believe that Helen would simply vanish, but the thought of foul play is just too horrible to contemplate. Weeks and months pass, and the family comes to slowly realize that something horrendous and tragic happened the summer of 1972.
Helen and Jerry's son, thirteen-year-old Harold, takes the loss especially hard. Since his father is an emotional wreck, and his older sister moves away, Harold takes on the heavy responsibility of helping his younger sister cope with the loss. But his mother's inexplicable disappearance haunts him. If he could only have the closure that every person who loses a loved one needs and wants, maybe he could somehow get on with his life.
Harold grows to maturity, still longing for the mystery to be solved, even though it appears to be hopeless. But when a startling discovery is made by two brothers, it ignites a community's mandate for the truth, sending Harold on a quest to uncover the long-buried reality for himself.
This item is Non-Returnable.


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When Hawaii Police Officer Mario Ochoa's wife, Ryan, went into labor, the couple thought they had some time to get to the hospital. Ryan labored for 30 hours with their first child, after all.
This baby, however, was working with a different schedule.
While en route to the North Hawaii Community Hospital on the Big Island, Ryan's contractions "were visibly more severe," Ochoa told a reporter with West Hawaii Today. "I told her, if she could hold on, we were almost there. That's when I called 911 and told them to get an ambulance rolling."
Ten miles still from the hospital, Ochoa and Ryan decided it couldn't wait any longer. Ochoa pulled over to the side of Highway 190, put on some rubber gloves, and, a few minutes later, there was baby Marcella Kahealani, born in the passenger seat of his patrol car, weighing a little under nine pounds.
"It was pretty fast," he said. "I had enough time to put my gloves on, and she said, 'I gotta push,' and there was the head."
Ochoa cleaned Marcella's face and covered Ryan and his new daughter with a blanket while they waited for the ambulance.
Ochoa -- who, we're not surprised to learn, was named officer of the month in March -- joins the ranks of other Hawaii officers who have delivered babies on the state's roadsides. Last year, traffic was so bad on Oahu's Interstate H-1, that Honolulu Police Officer Stephen Keogh delivered not one, but two highway babies in separate instances.
"In the academy, we don't get OB-GYN training," Keogh said. If traffic continues to worsen for the city, the department may have to rethink their obstetrics education policy.
According to West Hawaii Today, the Ochoas are all resting happily and healthily at their home.
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An explosion has hit crime laboratories in a Brussels suburb in what police are treating as a criminal but not terrorist incident.
Shortly before 02:30 local time (00:30 GMT), a car rammed through three fences, leading to an explosion and a large fire, RTL Belgium reported.
Belgian media said "one or more" suspects then reportedly set off a bomb near the laboratories.
But police could not confirm that a bomb had exploded. h/t tom_billesley


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Financial Accountant
- Recruiter
- CY Resourcing Ltd
- Location
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Salary
- £35,000 - £40,000
- Posted
- 14 Sep 2017
- Closes
- 14 Oct 2017
- Ref
- Sector
- Education / university
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
A Financial Accountant opportunity within a unique organisation whose operations combine excellence in the public sector with strong commercial focus. Suitable for candidates who value top performance whatever sector they have previously worked in. You will relish being part of this highly prestigious market leader.
With a turnover of £23million and over 250 staff, the organisation works across the UK and overseas, meeting consumers' needs in a wide variety of different settings. This Financial Accountant role will influence Board level decision making by providing effective reviews of diverse activities and presenting in depth monthly financial reports. You will also manage the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes.
An effective communicator, you will work with budget holders providing them with financial insight, enhancing their business area's performance. Continually striving to raise the bar, this company has a successful project management office with which you will also work on a wide range on initiatives.
If you are an ambitious finalist, or qualified accountant looking for a different new challenge in an inspiring team, contact Joanna Pennell for further details or submit your CV by clicking apply.
Easily commutable from Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Worcester, Cotswolds and South Wales.


text: 75-797 Keaolani Drive, Kailua Kona, HI – Non MLS Listing Posted on November 22, 2013 by tanyapower 0 Flares Filament.io 0 Flares × Exquisite Living on a Gentleman Farm View the Property Details, More Photos, Map & School information here at the updated Single Property Website! http://www.threesixtyimages.com/keaolani/ Located in a gated enclave of 5-acre properties only 5 minutes from Kailua Village, this expansive custom home is surrounded by spacious country living yet minutes from all the conveniences of town. This gorgeous home abounds with architectural details and was thoughtfully designed to maximize Hawaiian indoor/outdoor living. Pocket sliding glass doors open up this ranch-style home to unobstructable ocean views from most rooms. 4,640 square feet of interior living combined with the 1,368 square feet of covered lanai unite to make a tropical retreat in this 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath home. Surrounded by agricultural properties, the home is very private with vast views overlooking Kailua Bay and the Kona coastline. Features…. in the Great Room: A stunning river rock fireplace is the centerpiece of the great room. Pocket sliding doors and screens open onto spacious covered lanai. Brazilian Cherry hardwood floors Ribbon African mahogany built-in cabinetry 10 interior walls trimmed with elegant crown molding and 8" baseboards Recessed lighting with numerous spot/art lighting Dining area with ocean views, tropical garden views, and perfect for entertaining. In the Upscale kitchen that opens onto the covered lanai and features: Thermador gas range Subzero refrigerator Thermador double convection ovens Wine fridge Apron front country kitchen sink Apron front second prep sink Granite countertops Buffet bar enhances this kitchen as a natural gathering place. Office features built-in ribbon African mahogany cabinetry and 2 work stations. Lots of storage, too. Sound system throughout the home. Family room: Entertainment center with built in surround sound, opens onto the covered lanai and is the perfect place to watch some television, read a book, or surf the web. Master Suite: Wake up to cruise ships anchoring in Kailua Bay. Pocket sliding doors open the corner of the master suite to the outside serenity. Lounge on your chaise and enjoy a book or morning cup of coffee with the singing of the birds. The master bath includes luxuries like a jetted Jacuzzi tub and glass block shower . Fine building materials include large travertine floor tile and granite countertops. The master dressing room features custom exotic wood built-in drawers, shelves, and shoe organizer. Guest suite with en-suite bath and ocean view…a nice sanctuary. Lanai – 1,368 square feet of covered lanai with a large swimming pool long enough for laps, a separate hot tub and outdoor shower. Spacious lawn area with ocean views entice for sun and fun. Garage – 960 square foot 3-car garage The Estates grounds include approximately 900 coffee trees, mango, avocado and citrus trees. Imagine having your own private label coffee. A personal driving range on the north side of the property will keep your handicap in check. The property is completely usable and mow-able and is wholly surrounded by fence and rock walls. The "barn" is an additional 1,728 square feet to house all of the "toys" and/or farm equipment. There is a small living/office area, a tool room, and an unpermitted bath in the barn. Enjoy! As you relax on the lanai overlooking the pool, look past your coffee trees to the blue Pacific Ocean…you can take a deep breath and say, "I've arrived!". Enjoy the sunset Schedule a Showing Kailua Kona Homes For Sale Search All Homes For Sale Avoid Foreclosure Homes Close to Where You Work What is Your Home Worth? Call 808-960-6060 for more information on this or any other property. Visit Property Website Courtesy: Tanya T. PowerWindermere / C and H PropertiesEmail Me Now808-960-6060 75-797 Keaolani DriveKailua Kona, HI Bedrooms:5Bathrooms: 4 full, 1 halfList Price: $ 2,800,000Living Area Approx: 7690 Have questions? Ask me.


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Climate Change / Carbon / Energy
♦ The Price of Climate Change: Global Warming's Impact on Portfolios. BlackRock (2015)
♦ Banking on 2°: The Hidden Risks of Climate Change for Canadian banks. SHARE (2015)
♦ Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century. Principles for Responsible Investment (2015)
♦ The cost of inaction. The Economist (2015)
♦ Carbon Asset Risk: A Review of Progress and Opportunities. Ceres (2015)
♦ Unburnable Carbon and Stranded Assets: What Investors Need to Know. Pembina Institute (2015)
♦ Acting on Climate Change: Solutions from Canadian Scholars. Trottier Insititute for Science and Public Policy (2015)
♦ Beyond Divestment: Using Low Carbon Indexes. MSCI (2015)
♦ Investing in a Time of Climate Change. Mercer (2015)
♦ Tracking the Energy Revolution. Clean Energy Canada (2015)
♦ Fossil Fuels: Exploring the Stranded Assets Debate. Towers Watson (2014)
♦ Unburnable Carbon: Are the World's Financial Markets Carrying a Carbon Bubble?. Carbon Tracker (2011)
Corporate Governance
♦ Key Proxy Vote Survey. SHARE, Columbia Institute & Fonds de solidarité FTQ (2015)
♦ Are Canadian Corporations Spending to Influence the US Political Process?. SHARE (2014)
Food / Agriculture / Water
♦ Investor Handbook For Water Integration. Ceres (2015)
♦ Building Sustainable Food System in Canada: A Role for Investors. SHARE (2014)
Fiduciary Duty
Impact Investing
♦ All In: Examining a 100% Impact Portfolio. RIA Impact Working Group (2018)
♦ Canadian Impact Investment Trends Report. RIA(2016)
♦ State of the Nation: Impact Investing in Canada. MaRS & Purpose Capital (2014)
Institutional / ESG Integration / Stewardship
♦ A practical guide to ESG integration for equity investing. PRI (2016)
♦ Environmental, Social and Governance Issues in Investing: A Guide for Investment Professionals. CFA Institute (2015)
♦ To Integrate or to Exclude: Approaches to Sustainable Investing. UBS (2015)
♦ Focusing Capital on the Long Term: Long Term Portfolio Guide. CPPIB and McKinsey & Company (2015)
♦ Universal Ownership: Why Environmental Externalities Matter to Institutional Investors. UNEP FI & PRI (2011)
♦ ESG Toolkit for Fund Managers. CDC Group (2010)
RI and Performance / Materiality
♦ Sustainable Reality: The Performance of Sustainable Investment Strategies. Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing (2015)
♦ Canadian RI Mutual Funds Risk / Return Characteristics. Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (2015)
♦ Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality. Harvard Business School (2015)
♦ Sustainable Investing: Establishing Long Term Value and Performance. Duetsche Bank Group (2012)
RI Industry Trends
♦ Millenials, Women, and the Future of Responsible Investing. RIA (2016)
♦ 2015 Canadian Responsible Investment Trends Report. RIA (2015)
♦ 2014 Asia Sustainable Investment Review. ASrIA (2014)
♦ 2014 Global Sustainable Investment Review. GSIA (2014)
Social Issues / Gender / Diversity
♦ Transforming Canada's Boardrooms: Gender Diversity on the Move. Vancity (2015)
♦ Survey of Women on Boards. MSCI (2014)
♦ The Business Case for Women on Boards. Conference Board of Canada (2014)


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Cara Delevingne Premieres 'Paper Towns' Solo in Sydney
Cara Delevingne is an emerald green goddess while attending the premiere of her new movie Paper Towns held at Miranda Westfield on Sunday (July 5) in Sydney, Australia.
The day before, the 22-year-old model and actress was spotted touching down at the airport ahead of the big event.
"I ❤ Australia! @papertownsmovie premiere time. Thank you Dion Lee x," she tweeted.
Earlier in the week, Cara grabbed a few drinks with her girlfriend St. Vincent and some friends in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
FYI: Cara is wearing a Dion Lee dress with Saint Laurent shoes.
45+ pictures inside of Cara Delevingne in two different countries…


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I'm running an exciting Christmas competition this week!
I've picked 6 images from the past year, 4 wedding photos, and 2 engagement photos. I have posted them below. If you wonderful readers can vote for your favourite image below, and at the end of the competition the couple whose photo has the most votes will win a free 20x16 box frame print, worth £169!
What do you need to do? Just enter your details below, and vote on which photo you think should win.
Just a couple of points
- Each email address entered will only count for 1 vote!
- Competition will close at 23:59 on Friday 12th December, that's this Friday, so get voting and sharing!
- Don't worry, I know I'm asking for your name and email address, that is just in the interest of fairness, once the competition is done I will remove this information and I won't fill up your inbox with emails you don't want :)
- I will try to get the prize to the couple in time for Christmas, however this may not be posible
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Elvis Presley, "The King of Rock and Roll," was born on January 8, 1935, making him 81 years old if he were still with us today. His car, a 1973 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe sits in the National Automobile Museum located in Reno, Nevada.
The car was a gift to Presley from his father, Vernon Presley, for his 38th birthday. Quickly becoming a staple, much like his skin-tight costumes, until he gave the car away as a gift to his karate instructor.
Presley acquired the car with a full option package as well as a custom hood and radiator cap. The white exterior, white interior auto weighs 4,897 pounds and has a V-8 cylinder OHV engine with 235 horsepower.
Presley's Cadillac Eldorado Coupe is just one of the 200 antique, vintage, classic and special interest cars in the museum's impressive collection. The cars in the collection were once part of the original Harrah's Automobile Collection, owned by the late William F. Harrah.
Elvis Presley's 1973 Cadillac Eldorado Coupe can be seen at the National Automobile Museum.
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At the National Automobile Museum, we invite you to not just revel in our more than 200 glorious cars, but to relive their stories. Walk through our cobblestone street scenes, honk the antique "ooga" horn, put on a period hat and coat and create your own stories in our photo car. At the end of your journey, you'll understand why we are "One of America's Five Greatest Automobile Museums."
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LocationMocksville NC
462 Interstate Drive
Mocksville, NC 27028
Used 2018 Forest River RV Forester 3271S FORD
Forest River Forester Class C 3271S Ford highlights:
- Bunk Beds
- Private Rear Bedroom
- Sleeps up to Eight
- Large Slide Out
This model is exactly what you should be looking at when it comes to traveling with a larger amount of people. A full wall slide out, a set of bunk beds, and plenty of space to entertain a few guests are just a few of the features that you will enjoy about this Forester 3271S class C motorhome by Forest River. You will find that there are seatbelts in each of the seating options in this unit to keep your passengers safe while you are traveling. The rear bedroom gives the owners some privacy at night and there is also a convenient private entry into the bathroom as well. You kids will just love the bunks or the bunk over the cab for sleeping!
These Forest River Forester motorhome class C's are what you should be looking at when it comes to tasteful style and design. The split level design allows you to have a 7' ceiling in the living area and pass through storage underneath. The side view and back-up cameras will come in handy when parking your RV into your campsite. The inside of these motorhomes have some beautiful colors to choose from that will make you feel like you are at home. You will have all stainless steel appliances, solid countertops, and a 1.3 cu. ft. microwave. All of the Foresters are "Certified Green" by TRA Certification.
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|Fresh Water Capacity
|44 gals
|Grey Water Capacity
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It's been three weeks, but former Pacific assistant softball coach Heather Tarr still finds it hard to believe.
It's been three weeks, but former Pacific assistant softball coach Heather Tarr still finds it hard to believe.
The NCAA championship trophy shown on ESPN's broadcasts of the College World Series now sits in her office at the University of Washington.
"I still like to review the video to make sure it happened," said Tarr, who recently completed her fifth season as head coach at her alma mater. "You're supposed to feel different, but you kind of feel normal."
"Normal" is how the 34-year-old, Seattle-area native approached the CWS, especially during the best-of-three final series with Florida, which the Huskies swept with a 3-2 win on June 2 in Oklahoma City. Tarr treated the postseason like Pac-10 Conference regular-season road games. She made her players and coaching staff, which includes former Pacific center fielder Gina Carbonatto, follow the same routine they had all season.
It seemed to work, as the Huskies shook off a loss to the Gators in the second game of the CWS, won an elimination game to get to the finals, and came back from a 2-0 deficit in the clincher to give the school its sixth NCAA title overall and first in softball.
"In my position as a leader, I made sure to control the controllables and not put any more pressure on things than there already was," said Tarr, a standout third baseman on the 1996 Washington squad that lost to Arizona in the NCAA championship game. "The biggest thing for us was to keep everything in synch."
The value of keeping things as normal as possible under the most stressful conditions was something Tarr learned while coaching at Pacific from 1999-2004 under Brian Kolze, who recently completed his 18th season with the Tigers. In 2001, Pacific needed to beat Stanford to advance to the College World Series.
Tarr believes the players, who won 50 games that season, began to wilt under the magnitude of what was at stake. Pacific lost 9-1 in a winner-take-all regional final at Stanford.
The sting of that loss and Washington's 1996 championship failure stuck with Tarr, and she wasn't about to let her players experience the same disappointment.
"People got a little bit out of their routines," said Tarr, recalling those losses. "I definitely put that in my memory bank and committed myself to keep it a game. It was just a game."
Tarr has taken the lessons she learned as a player and coach and added her twist to forge what is fast becoming an enviable career.
"Her best qualities were her teaching capabilities, her work ethic, and her overall pride, not only in Pacific but in the sport of softball," Kolze said. "She was always willing to learn, always willing to take the time to help every player."
Carbonatto, another Seattle product, was recruited by Tarr to Pacific and was promoted to full-time assistant this season at Washington.
"She's a coach who always wants to teach the game," said Carbonatto, the Tigers' all-time leader in batting average at .401, and hits with 280. "The most important thing is she makes sure we get better every day."
And that's what Tarr has done in her first head coaching job.
Tarr inherited a program embroiled in a scandal that involved her former coach, Teresa Wilson, who was dismissed in December 2003 when a doctor she favored reportedly dispensed narcotics, tranquilizers and prescription drugs to players for several seasons. Though overwhelmed at times during her first three seasons, Tarr has restored pride at Washington beyond softball.
"The feedback I've received from football backers is we played exactly how they expect the Huskies to play," she said. "Whatever that means to them, that's a huge compliment."
The softball team, led by national player of the year Danielle Lawrie, who will be a senior next season, was greeted by hundreds of fans upon its return to Washington, was honored at a recent Seattle Mariners game, and will travel to Washington, D.C., and meet President Barack Obama in the near future.
If that weren't enough, Tarr and her finance, J.T. D'Amico, plan to be married, though they haven't set a date.
"I always want to leave a place, no matter where I am, better than when I got there," Tarr said. "That was my intent at Pacific and it is at Washington."
She's well on her way.
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Types Of Diabetes
In the simplest terms . . . diabetes mellitus (commonly referred to as just
"diabetes") is a blood sugar disease . . . a disease in which the body either does not produce or does not properly utilize insulin.
Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. Because diabetics have a problem with insulin, their body's can't use glucose (blood sugar) for energy, which results in elevated blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia) and the eventual urination of sugar out of their bodies. As a result . . . diabetics can literally starve themselves to death.
There are three main types of diabetes:
Type 1 ("insulin-dependent" and previously called "juvenile diabetes"). Type 1 diabetes is associated with a malfunctioning pancreas which does not produce adequate amounts of insulin. It develops most often in children and young adults. Type 1 diabetes is traditionally treated with insulin.
Type 2 ("noninsulin-dependent" or sometomes called "adult-onset diabetes"). Type 2 diabetes is associated with insulin resistant cells. It is much more common and usually develops in older adults. Type 2 diabetes is now being found at younger ages and is even being diagnosed among children and teens.
Gestational (pregnancy-related). Some women develop diabetes during pregnancy usually toward the end of pregnancy. It effects approximately 3 to 5 percent of all pregnant women. Although it goes away after pregnancy, these women have a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
Diabetes and it's complications can be treated and/or prevented safely without prescription drugs. If you have diabetes or any of the risk factors for diabetes or are just concerned about diabetes, you should start now with a natural treatment plan to reduce your risk.
There are 3 components to Reversing Diabetes Naturally:
Diet: The single most important change any diabetic or person at risk can make is to improve their diet. A proper diabetic diet should have a low glycemic index . . . which means containing low simple carbohydrates, moderate protein and high fiber.
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Nutritional Supplements: There are a number of nutritional supplements that every diabetic should be taking on a daily basis. These supplements are very effective in helping to lower blood sugar and insulin levels, reduce cholesterol levels, reduce triglyceride levels, reduce blood pressure, improve energy, and reduce the risk of heart disease.
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NIFT Counselling
NIFT 2011 Counselling
Successful candidates eligible for admission will be required to attend the counselling session on a specified date and time at their own expense at NIFT Campus, New Delhi. The schedule of the counselling for final allotment of course would be displayed on the NIFT website www.nift.ac.in. All Candidates whose names appear in the list published
on the NIFT website are compulsorily required to attend counseling on the date notified. Candidates whose name appear in the list put on the website but have not received the invitation for counselling in writing are also required to appear for counselling on the counselling date(s) notified.
A candidate must bring all the necessary certificates/ documents mentioned below (in original along with attested photocopy of each) and bank drafts of requisite drawn in favour of NIFT, New Delhi and payable at Delhi, towards the payment of fees At the time of Counseling:
- Certificate of 10th Class for confirmation of date of birth.
- Certificate/Degree and Mark-sheet of qualifying examination or any other eligibility certificate as mentioned in the prospectus.
- Caste & domicile certificates (for candidates belonging to Scheduled Cast (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), (PHP) Physical Handicap Person supported with VRC Certificate and Other Backward Class excluding creamy layer (OBC) and domicile certificate for those seeking domicile reservation, in the Centres where domicile preferential seats are available.
- Two recent passport size & four stamp size photographs.
- Basis of funding of the tuition fee/certificate of the parents income.
- An undertakings regarding refund of fee and Anti-Ragging (to be available at NIFT Website www.nift.ac.in)
The publication of the list for counseling on the NIFT website is only an offer for admission by NIFT to a student against a vacant seat. However, if a student fails to present himself/herself at the time of Counseling, the said offer shall be deemed to have been rejected by the candidate, and such a candidate shall have no claim to the seat that was offered to him/her, or any other seat which may thereafter fall vacant. Any seats remaining vacant after the counseling upto 10% of the total number of seats at all NIFT centers on an All India basis, shall not be required to be
filled except if so decided by the Director General. However, if the total number of seats that remain vacant after the first counseling is more than 10% of the total All-India seats, the same shall be filled by a second counseling in order of the merit list. No other student shall have any claim to any seats offered by NIFT.
If a candidate fails to produce the relevant certificates in original in prescribed proforma and does not deposit the fee through Bank Demand Draft, he/she shall not be selected against of the said Seat and the next candidate in the final merit will be called immediately. However, if he/she undertakes to produce the documents at a later stage during the counselling, the same may be considered for Counselling in which case, he/she shall be entitled to select the seat
and institution which are available at that point of time.
If a candidate does not report during the entire period of Counselling, i.e. even on the last day of Counselling, such a Candidate shall forfeit the right of admission.
If a candidate fails to present himself/herself on the date of Counselling because of serious illness or accident and is admitted in the hospital, then his/her guardian/parents may be permitted to appear in the Counselling on his/her behalf, provided the concerned candidate gives a prior notice in writing (which may be transmitted through post or fax) and submits an authority letter to this effect along with a medical certificate issued by the concerned Chief Medical Officer/ Civil Surgeon as a proof of illness and hospitalization. If later on it is found that the information provided by the candidate was wrong, then the admission is liable to be cancelled. In the event no intimation of illness is received in writing, such a Candidate shall have no claim against any vacant seat remaining at NIFT.
Original Documents:
During the Counselling process the documents presented by the verified with originals and original documents will be returned back to the candidates. However, candidates need to produce / submit such original documents in the admitted Centres at the time of reporting.
At the time of counselling, the candidates shall have to deposit the Demand Draft of requisite amount, as prescribed by the Competent Authority. If a candidate does not deposit the required fee, he/she shall not be permitted to participate in the counselling.
The candidate can choose any one of the following programmes:
- B.Des. (Design) – Four years
- B.FTech. (Apparel Production) – Four years
- M.Des. (Master of Design) – Two years
- M.F.M. (Master of Fashion Management) – Two years
- M.FTech. (Master of Fashion Technology) – Two years
The admission to a programme is based strictly on merit as obtained in the entrance examination and the seats in the
programmes would be offered as per the merit during the counselling.
In the counselling, first candidates of reserved categories shall be called in Order of merit.
After conducting counselling of reserved category candidates, vacant seats, if any subject to being more than 10% of total number of seats or the decision of the Director General, shall be transferred to the general category seats during the Counselling. Note: In conformity with the Supreme Court pronouncement in the case of Ashok Kumar Thakur Vs. Union of India and Others reported in (2008) (6SCC1).
The medium of instruction in NIFT is English and all aspirants applying to NIFT must possess working knowledge of English Language.
All aspirants applying to NIFT must possess basic computing knowledge and skill as applied to operating system, word processing, text editing, spread sheet, data base application, presentation as well as net surfing abilities.
More on NIFT
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- NIFT Admission Test
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Frank Brana, actor, was born February 24, 1934, in Pola de Allande, Asturias, Spain. Sometimes credited as Frank Blank, Francisco Brana, Franck Brana, Frank Brana, Frank Branya, Francisco Brana, Paco Brana. Played the role of Burt in 1983's Pod People, otherwise known as Los Nuevos Extraterrestres; Extraterrestial Visitors (Philippines, English title); Les Nouveau Terrestrials Supplémentaire (France); Les Nouveaux Extraterrestres (France, literal title); Tales of Trumpy; The New Extraterrestrials; The Return of ET; The Unearthling.
Brana was one of the most prolific actors of the spaghetti Western genre, usually in supporting roles. He played various henchmen in all three chapters of Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy (with Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood) including one of the three bounty hunters in the opening scene of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Brana died on February 13, 2012 at the age of 77.
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Published on October 4, 2007
Author: jasmo
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Transforming the stainless steel industry Malay Mukherjee - Member of the GMB 11-13 September 2007 – Investor day – Paris
Disclaimer Forward-Looking Statements This document may contain forward-looking information and statements about ArcelorMittal S.A. including Arcelor S.A. These statements include financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives and expectations with respect to future operations, products and services, and statements regarding future performance. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "target" or similar expressions. Although ArcelorMittal's management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward- looking statements are reasonable, investors and holders of ArcelorMittal's securities are cautioned that forward-looking information and statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of ArcelorMittal, that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. These risks and uncertainties include those discussed or identified in the filings with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier ("CSSF"), the Luxembourg securities regulator and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") made or to be made by ArcelorMittal or previously made by its predecessor, Mittal Steel Company N.V. ("Mittal Steel"). ArcelorMittal undertakes no obligation to publicly update its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Additional Information In connection with the proposed merger of ArcelorMittal with Arcelor, Mittal Steel, ArcelorMittal and Arcelor have filed and will file important documents with the relevant securities regulatory authorities, including the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of a registration statement that will include a proxy statement/prospectus. The proxy statement/prospectus will contain important information about the merger and related matters. ArcelorMittal and Arcelor will make public such proxy statement/prospectus and mail the proxy statement/prospectus to the ArcelorMittal U.S. shareholders. Additionally, a proxy statement/prospectus will be filed with the CSSF for European shareholders. Investors and security holders are urged to read the applicable proxy statement/prospectus, and any other relevant documents filed with the relevant securities regulatory authorities, when they become available and before making any investment decision. U.S. shareholders will be able to obtain a free copy of the U.S. proxy statement/prospectus (when available) and other related documents filed with the SEC by ArcelorMittal (and Mittal Steel as its predecessor) and Arcelor at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov and from ArcelorMittal and Arcelor at www.arcelormittal.com. European shareholders will be able to obtain the European proxy statement/prospectus (when available) and the related documents at the registered office of Arcelor and ArcelorMittal and at www.arcelormittal.com. 1
Agenda • Stainless industry new challenges • ArcelorMittal Stainless • Targeting leadership 2
Stainless industry new challenges 10/09/2007 Confidential 3
Stainless steel is still a highly attractive market by its growth potential… Stainless a competitive product Stainless worldwide market (mt) • High durability – High resistance to corrosion, extreme atmospheric conditions and changes in pH 24 – Withstand high magnitudes of temperature in both directions, high pressure and highly malleable and ductile material 22 • Diversity of application : from fashion to capital goods giving HR 20 value through its aesthetic, hygienic, corrosion and resistance properties 18 • High recycling products: in Europe 100% of stainless steel is 16 produced from scraps 14 • Stainless, a continuous positive substitution effect thanks to it properties 12 10 Annual average growth 1985-2006 in % p.a. CR 8 World Industrial 2.80% 6 Production 4 4.70% Stainless Steel 2 2.70% 0 Carbon Steel 98 04 06 00 02 97 99 01 03 05 P P E P P Aluminium 3.10% 08 10 07 09 11 19 20 20 20 20 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Attractive market with strong growth potential Source CRU Stainless Steel Flat Products Quarterly 4
…but rapid expansion of small Asian producers has deteriorated fundamentals Fragmentation of the stainless steel industry Stainless worldwide slab capacity (Million tonnes, capacity utilization in %) 80% 75.5% 40.0 100% 75% 72.5% 71.8% 90% 35.0 70% 80% 64.3% 65% 30.0 Top 10 70% % Global crude capacity producers 25.0 60% 60% 55% 20.0 50% 40% 50% 15.0 30% 45% 10.0 53.5% 20% Top 5 producers: 46.0% -ArcelorMittal 40% 45.0% 5.0 10 Acerinox 39.4% % Posco 35% 0.0 0% Outokumpo 1990 2000 2005 2010 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 ThyssenKrupp Consolidation Period Asian Production Growth Assuming no consolidation The industry needs further consolidation 5 Source: CRU, ArcelorMittal estimates
The increase and extreme volatility of nickel has benefited Ferritics products… Consolidation of the nickel industry and nickel price Impact of Nickel appreciation from 17,000 USD/t to evolution (USD/t) 40,000 USD/t over raw material costs (USD/t) Norilsk 60000 21% Other 50000 Extra 2,100 USD/ton 42% 4500 cost difference 4000 28% CVRD 40000 19% 3500 30000 3000 BHP Xstrata 10% 8% 2500 20000 2000 1500 10000 1000 500 0 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 200 Series 300 Series 400 Series Austenitics Stainless Low Ni Stainless Ferritics Stainless (high nickel) (no nickel) Nickel prices expected to remain high due to recent consolidation of the nickel industry 6 Source: LME, CRU
…and created a significant shift in stainless steel markets Austenitics x Ferritics price difference (base 100) Industry sales mix Ratio austenitics x low/no Ni grades 100% 350 90% 300 28% 80% 57% 59% 70% 64% 65% 250 68% 71% 72% 73% 60% Austenitics Stainless CR304 200 50% (high nickel) CR430 40% 150 30% 43% 41% 20% 100 36% 35% 32% 29% Ferritics Stainless 28% 27% 10% (no nickel) 50 0% 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 2002 2005 2007 (01-06) 1994 1997 1999 F F Ferritics and speciality producers appear to be the main winners in the new environment 7 Source: CRU and ArcelorMittal estimates
ArcelorMittal Stainless 8
One of the most global industrial and commercial networks in the industry ArcelorMittal stainless steel network Genk (1mt) Carinox (1mt) Imphy Alloys Uginox Sanayi Arcelor stainless processing Uginox Changzhou Arcelor Stainless Vietnam Kantzen Stainless processing (Malaysia) Timoteo (0.9mt) Melt shop Service centre Sales office Stainless Steel International An industrial leader in Europe and South America benefiting from a global distribution network 9
A high portion of Ferritics and long term contracts answering market needs End-application markets* ArcelorMittal Product mix 2006 Electrical steel Stainless CR Welded tubes (Acesita) Construction and 10% Transport Stainless 14% 14% semis 24% 4% 22% 26% 18% 64% 36% Stainless Catering and HR household Industrial products equipment Relative to the industry, ArcelorMittal has a larger Note that ArcelorMittal Stainless strong presence in the exposure with long term contract to the automotive electrical steel business which is expected to growth by and white goods industries more than 7% per year over for the next 5/10 years Ferritics products represented more than 30% of Group shipments in 2006 and long-term contracts 15% 10 *CRU
One of the most cost competitive industrial networks A focus on Flat Stainless steel Creating the most competitive hot phase in Europe Black coil operating cost* ASI Flat Mercosur Acesita Flat Europe Ugine & Alz Industeel Imphy Alloys IUP Meusienne Matthey ArcelorMittal Stainless In ArcelorMittal Ambition to maintain cost leadership by pursuing aggressive management gains targets ArcelorMittal operates the most profitable plant in the world in Brazil (Acesita) Consolidation remains the most powerful answer to the industry's new challenges and the most competitive hot phase in Europe (Carinox) 11 *ArcelorMittal estimates
Targeting leadership 10/09/2007 Confidential 12
Targets and strategy Targets Strategy Product Achieving market • Leverage global presence of ArcelorMittal group for leadership stainless activities Geography • Leverage multiregional positioning in Europe and Value Chain South-America Reinforcing product • Build on strong products: ferritics, electrical steel leadership in low Ni Products • Brownfield organic growth plan to support this product and Ferritics stainless strategy in Europe and Brazil • Build up Brazilian assets to grow electrical steel Mastering integration/ • Leverage ArcelorMittal global sourcing capability purchase of raw Value Chain • TCO materials • Leverage group Mining expertise Raw material Capturing value • Distribution and tubes consolidate clear leadership in Value Chain through Distribution core areas (Europe, South-America) leadership in core Distribution geographic markets Leveraging ArcelorMittal strength to outperform industry 13
Growth plan in Ferritics Evolution of Ferritics Mix 2007 Ferritics targets (000t) (%) 48 41 39 37 34 33 High Volume 32 High Volume Ambition >900 Ambition >700 ~600 <500 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2005 2007F 2008 2010 Share of ferritics in stainless (excl. 30% 35% >40% 50% 30% 35% >40% 50% semis) * Others: include alloys, carbon, stainless semis Industrial • Strong know-how (spec. products, BA…) Industrial development • Increase ferritics and BA capacity to sustain commercial growth development • Commercial development plan: offer products matching consumer needs (430, 409, Commercial Commercial stabilized ferritics) development development • Launch of a ferritic brand KARA Impressive growth in ferritics considering current market circumstances 14
Growth plan in distribution Distribution shipments (ex-SSC) in Europe and South-America (000t) High Volume High Volume Ambition Ambition >1000 >850 >700 ~600 2006 2008 2010 2012 Integrated Integrated • Higher value/service for customers distribution will distribution will • Better access to market and proximity with customers bring bring • Overall contribution to profitability and to growth of our stainless steel activities An ambitious growth plan 15
Growth projects under review China Leveraging North America Europe existing Leveraging partnership with Answering growth existing carbon Hunan Valin demand through facilities brownfield India Leveraging existing carbon projects and/or develop through South America partnership Leading market development Ambition of leadership 16
Conclusion 17
Transforming the stainless steel industry A low cost stainless steel producer with a global footprint A strategic position in ferritics offering strong growth opportunities An ambition to become a global leader Question 4 Do you believe ArcelorMittal has the basis to become the global reference in stainless steel? 1 – Yes 2 – No 3 – Don't know Transforming tomorrow 18
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Looking out for the Symptoms of Acid Reflux Disease
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The Symptoms of Acid Reflux Disease – Most of us have experienced it
Most оf us һаve experienced it, eѕрeсiaӏlу after thаt spicy italian sausage and pepper sub or eѵеn tһat piece оf dense chocolate torte. For me іt waѕ drinking iced tea all day tһаt caused mе tо hаѵe problems. So, fоr tһоѕe of us wіtһ food related acid reflux іt'ѕ easy tо know wһаt foods to avoid so wе don't һaѵe а problem. We cаn tаkе an over tһe counter antacid аnd obtain relief.
For sоmе оf uѕ һоwevеr acid reflux bеcomes a chronic condition tһаt oѵеr time cаn саusе damage to the esophagus. When the damage to tһе esophagus occurs tһiѕ is when acid reflux can саusе seriоuѕ medical problems. What һaрpеns wіtһ chronic acid reflux iѕ thаt tһе stomach acids tһat back flow from uр іntо tһe esophagus аctualӏу damage thе lining of tһе esophagus.
This back uр of acid сan саuse ulcers to form aӏong tһe esophagus and саn сause whаt іѕ called barrett's esophagus whіch іѕ when the normal esophageal cells аrе replaced with abnormal cells. These abnormal cells have bеen аsѕocіatеd wіtһ cancer оf tһe esophagus.
The question iѕ what tо do? Try tһe easiest path first. If уоu hаve occasional acid reflux you сan trу observing wһat foods bring оn the acid reflux. Some medical professionals do nоt ѕeе any link between acid reflux and food аt all. They bеliеvе thаt acid reflux occurs nо matter wһаt type of food yоu eat.
This hаs nоt bееn my personal experience. I hаѵе found tһаt avoiding combinations of foods does prevent my acid reflux from occurring. Keep а diary оf whаt you hаѵе eaten whеn уоur acid reflux acts up. This wаy yоu'lӏ know wһat types of food tо avoid. It iѕ suggested tһat you do nоt lie down right аfter any meal. Do nоt bend over rіgһt аftеr a meal. Don't wear tight fitting clothing. Do not smoke! Smoking сan trigger acid reflux symptoms. If уou һаve periodic acid reflux you cаn seek relief frоm оѵer the counter antacids. For mоrе severe and chronic acid reflux іt іѕ suggested thаt yоu seek advice frоm yоur medical professional. You mау nеed a prescription antacid fоr relief.


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Flinthill: the girls
Flinthill Orange Princess is one of ten puppies born here in February, 2016. Their mother is Flinthill Sunshine Suzy and their sire is Flinthill Monty Don. I am particularly proud of this litter as I bred both parents.
It was a hard choice deciding which pup to keep but in the end, I couldn't resist the way Angie cuddled in and licked my face whenever I picked her up. She still loves everyone and everything and is full of fun and frolics, usually involving muddy ditches, puddles or the water trough in the fields.
She and her mum are like two peas in a pod and spent hours chasing round the fields together. Angie loved the excitement of the show ring and won well as a puppy and junior. Now she is living with friends and sharing the front room with two beautiful greyhounds.
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Warp Drive - Is Faster Than Light Travel Possible?
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E: Daniel, how do you respond to criticism of your work?
C: I do my best to take all feedback, positive and negative, into consideration and to adapt and develop my skills and behaviour so that both myself and my employer reap the benefits. I know that working in a team involves giving regular feedback and everyone has a different perspective and approach to work. I think it's a healthy sign of respect and co-operation to give advice and to share ideas and opinions.


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Published Date : Jul 10, 2017
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said G20 countries "must walk the talk" of the need for providing technology and investments to Africa, emphasizing its multi-layered development partnership with the continent. Africa could expect to receive more aid from G20 countries other than India to enhance its IT, physical, and social infrastructure and build capacity. India's Ministry of External Affairs labeled the partnership as a policy and priority for the country. Further, India has said that it believes yoga could be an effective preventive healthcare measure, and so could its new health policy against the evolving challenge of anti-microbial resistance.
After Promoting Investments, India Looks to Lead Ease of Doing Business
Global leaders at the 2017 G20 Summit acknowledged India's efforts to encourage labor reforms, startup funding, and ease of doing business as part of its global economic support and measures taken for ensuring inclusive and sustainable growth. The country is largely promoting derivative instruments in electronic trading and exchanges platforms and offering external commercial borrowings (ECBs) by startups. Eying a top-50 position in World Bank ranking, India will also be introducing labor market reforms to augment female participation and offer security to workers.
G20 Global Organization Appreciates India's Financial, Banking Initiatives
Another Indian initiative such as the Aadhaar system has been praised by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a G20 global body, for financial reforms that promote lesser use of cash and the expansion of banking reach. The FSB has also stressed on financial technologies that help to balance innovation and management of money laundering/terror financing (ML/TF) risks. India's journey to the achievement of low-cost world-class technology could be an icing on the cake for the market as it advertises digitalization, exchange of best practices, and strong skilling partnerships.


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|Macrame wall art HERE
1. I'm slightly obsessed with macrame wall art, I would love to make one that fills an entire wall. I'm sure it would be a big project and not cheap either, but a girl can dream. I saw a huge one displayed at Urban Outfitters for decor, not to buy... and have wanted to make one ever since.
2. I now have 2 kimono shawls and I think they are the perfect summer layer. They are light and airy and oh so feminine.
3. I saw About Time a few months back and I still think about how much I loved it. If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor and go watch it.
4. I definitely hopped on the bandwagon with the whole Divergent craze. I'm currently ready Insurgent and i'm sad that it will be finished soon. I've loved the whole series. Since it's coming to an end does anyone have any good book suggestions for me?
5. FLORAL, can I get an amen for all the floral patterns happening right now. The above floral is actually the same print on my phone case.
6. Trees in bloom. I call them flower trees, they make my heart so happy and I wish they stayed like this all year round.
|Braid Photo HERE & Moon Wall HERE
7. Any and all braids! I'm actually finally learning how to french braid. I can't quite get my hair to look as good as the girls above but I hope to get there soon. It's the perfect summer hair-do.
8. This moon wall has captured my heart. I feel like it's subtle and bold all at the same time. I always love gold and this is just so creative and fun.
Here's to my first What I'm Loving Lately post. I may have to make these a monthly thing.
Have a great day and let me know what you're lovin lately!


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Eureka!, the only national children's museum, has celebrated its 25th birthday by announcing plans to launch a new visitor attraction in Merseyside.
At the museum's anniversary gala dinner, Chief Executive Leigh-Anne Stradeski revealed plans for a second museum to be built in the Wirral. Located on the site adjacent to the Seacombe Ferry Terminal, the project would cost £11 million and could be open as early as 2021. The building would be designed with older children in mind, aged seven to fourteen, and would focus on developing technical and digital skills to meet the changing demands of the future workforce.
More details will emerge about the second site in the coming months, but it is anticipated that the new site will create 28 new full-time jobs, as well as boost the local economy by £6.2 million.
"Eureka! has always had ambitions to extend beyond West Yorkshire," said Stradeski, "and we have actively been looking for sites for development throughout the UK. The Wirral site – if it goes ahead – will be funded by grants, donations and partnerships and we have planned it to concentrate on skills-based learning while continuing to use play and discovery as a means of engagement… We want to create a thriving children's community of budding scientists and engineers, actively engaging them to contribute their ideas while learning about real world problems."
Among Eureka!'s further strategy for the next few years, Leigh-Anne Stradeski also unveiled plans to redevelop the current site in Halifax, which has welcomed 7.5 million visitors since opening in 1992. Within six years, the museum could expand into the 3600 sqm site next door – currently the Great Northern Shed heritage building – to welcome an additional 150k to 200k visitors each year. Such an expansion would allow more space to bring in temporary exhibitions, like the recently successful digiPlaySpace.
The last 25 years have seen huge success for Eureka!, which has become a completely sustainable charity and brought smiles to the faces of children, parents and grandparents alike. At Kids in Museums, we are thrilled to see it looking ahead, and we look forward to seeing how it continues to make its sites accessible to children, young people and their families.
Becky MacNaughton, News Editor


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If you know someone special with a birthday coming up then InterSoccer has got the perfect thing.
InterSoccer Birthday Party involves football – it's the best way to celebrate your birthday!
InterSoccer Birthday Party hosts fun throughout the year with our fab indoor facilities – even in the winter! Parties can be organized in Geneva, Vaud, Basel, Zurich, Zug and Luzern!
So what is involved in InterSoccer's famous birthday parties?
- Great Football Party and fun Boys & Girls of ALL abilities
- A party the children won't forget
- Fun orientated coaching schedule with emphasis on children having a great time
- Great coaches with experience of children's football/multi-sports coaching
- Safe coaching environment
Every child's party kicks off with a fun warm-up session, followed by some exciting soccer games before the main event, the "InterSoccer Match" where, depending on numbers, partygoers will be split into teams & take part in a fun-oriented mini tournament refereed by our InterSoccer coaches.
*Please be advised, at this time we are not offering Multisport parties*
The Party
- All age groups considered from 3 years +
- 2 hours in duration (if wish for longer this is certainly possible & can be discussed)
- Skills/techniques, fun games and matches.
- Tailored to your needs
- Indoors or Outdoors depending on time of year
InterSoccer Provides
Costs (to birthday organizer)
- CHF 30 per child for 2 hours; CHF 35 per child for 3 hours
- Minimum fee for a party is CHF 360 (includes 12 children), NOT including facility hire. For example if less than 12 children CHF 360 will still be charged
- Coaches need to be booked a few weeks in advance normally, therefore we need to know at latest 1 week before party accurate numbers so we can increase or decrease coaches. This figure will be the minimum fee charged for (unless higher number than stated).
- If 35 or more children 10% discount will be applied
- Facility hire approximately CHF 60-90/per hour applies depending on availability
- Please note not all facilities listed allow birthday parties
- Parents can book their own venue if prefer, assuming accessible to IS coaches and pay for the facility directly. In some areas it is more difficult for InterSoccer to reserve venues and in this case the parent will need to reserve through local commune.
- Final invoice will be sent by email after the party to birthday organizer & payment is due within 7 days.
Food / Gifts
- Parents can bring own food/gifts if desired but this would be needed to be eaten in changing room or outdoors (depending on weather/facility rules-InterSoccer can clarify). A break can be taken or can finish approximately 10 minutes or more before end for the cake/snacks etc depending on demands/needs of birthday organiser.
- InterSoccer can provide additional InterSoccer medals(CHF 10) & t shirts (CHF 30) if required. InterSoccer provides 1 medal & 1 t shirt for birthday person only
More Information
– >Birthday Party Information (full details of what an InterSoccer party is!)


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Leisure Lawns Collection
Check out the curved seat and the contoured back! Customers love the sleek lines and simple design due to it's comfort. Stretch out, rest, and relax on this unique pine glider.
This Easy Glider is the perfect option for your backyard, porch, or patio. It's built by expert Amish craftsmen out of Wolmanized Outdoor Wood, which is listed on the GreenSpec list. It's premium pressure-treated kiln-dried Southern Yellow Pine. Choose to add the water sealer stain at checkout to minimize checking and cracking of your new furniture, and protect it for years to come.
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LiFEDATA at the World Food Expo 2012Thursday, December 10th, 2015
LiFEDATA Systems, Inc. , a software development company specializing in software solutions for various markets in the healthcare and lifestyle industry together with Pepsmovil , a mobile bar providing specialty drinks and beverages joined this year's World Food Expo (WOFEX) held at the SMX Convention Center last August 1 to 4, 2012. The WOFEX is the food and beverage industry's main source of supply solutions and it continues to be the biggest food show in the country today. This expo showcases hundreds of products and services for the lifestyle industry. Despite the heavy rains, different companies in the food and beverage industry and people from various industries participated and trekked to the event.
Lifedata Systems, Inc. opened its doors to the market by showcasing its pioneer application for the Lifestyle Entertainment Application Platform, its Menu Ordering System Tablet (MOST).
This event wouldn't have been a success without the help of MyPhone, Trees Workshoppe, Builders Asia Solutions and ITBS.


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links within this sitePoems and Other Necessities: works by t. s. eliot, anne sexton, louise gluck, dylan thomas, and others, with links to other thrilling literary sites on le web.
Radiohead: musings on the best band of our time. some real information, but frankly, not much.
Carlynn's toocoolforwords bands page: Too cool for words. Yeah...
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found: musings on my address book.
The Kruller Staff Page: maintained, gloriously and in HTML, by the one and only yours truly
Pictures: of the people who allow me to call them my friends
links to the homepages of my massively cool friends and to other random sites i have chosen at whim.the agnostic gospels: this is my new old webpage. as in, the new webpage on my brother's aol account. there's also the old old webpage, but in the immortal words of some dead new englander, you can't get thayuh frum heuh
the cadence of angst: this is my friend tristan's site. it's..um..angst-filled. no really, go here. tristan's the bomb. he's jane's boyfriend. who is, as previously established, *not* the jane from the JA song...
kendra's homepage: belonging, coincidentally enough, to my friend kendra, who is the bomb. also--if you believe what you see--the pope. all you need is a little love, a little luck, and a fabulous sex life.
chossie's homepage: belonging to my friend jessie, whose deepest darkest secret is that her highschool friends call her "choss". which is why i personally do my best to spread said nickname throughout the net.
The Madhouse: this belongs to my friend kayte, who is far too cool for her own good and has the best hair of anyone i know. check that fucker out.
Murder in the Cathedral
Well then. Here you are. My Homepage. Gives you a fuzzy aching feeling somewhere in the vicinity of the bowels, doesn't it? No, that's your dysentery. Go deal with it and come back later. That's why Bill Gates invented the bookmark.
So finally, I have a homepage I can work on when I don't feel like memorizing Greek vocabulary. Mmm, procrastination, my one true love.
All right, then, here's the obligatory driver's license section. Even though I don't actually have a driver's license:
Name: Carlynn
Age: 20
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 110. That's a lie, incidentally. A bitter and vicious lie. But I thought it was more polite than saying "mind your own business." And tact is, after all, my specialty. Ha.
Hair: brown
Eyes: brown
Complexion: fair, which is a polite way of saying "burns like hell."
etc etc ad nauseum. And while we're on the subject, I'd like to make it totally clear to all and sundry that the reason I don't have a driver's license is *not* because I've failed the test. It's because my mother won't let me take the test. Because if I pass, it makes the insurance go up. Oh, no, she's not worried that I'm going to end up in a fatal car accident. She just doesn't want to pay the extra insurance. And so, in six months I will be legally able to buy intoxicating beverages, but I have no ID. This is probably my mother's plan. The insurance is all just a ploy. Really she just wants to enjoy watching my humiliation as I bring my passport to buy cigarettes.
Favorite things: gossip and the English language, with music, nicotine, Athenian tragedy, and my dog tied for third place. My dog is the bomb. He's black and furry and he rules our household with an iron paw. His favorite things are bananas, apples, steak, chicken, and milk bones. Also the Christmas ham, but that's a bit of a sore subject at the moment. When we make him eat his dog food, he gets really bitter. Like, inordinately bitter. But I digress.
Special Skills: I can touch the tip of my nose with my tongue. According to some children's book I read many moons ago, it means I'm a fairy. Neener neener neener.
I had an epiphany today. I'm sick of my natural color. I dyed my hair loads of random colors all freshman year, and I've finally gotten it back to its natural color and I was just sitting around with my friend Todd and I realized that I really hate it. My hair, I mean, not sitting around with Todd. I'm considering black, but everyone I ask--with the triumphant exception of my best friend, Jane--says my complexion is too fair and I'll look like some kind of demon. Jane says, in her own inimitable fashion: "Rock on." Jane says...Yeah, I remember that song. It's not the same Jane. Just to clarify. On the off chance that you're mentally retarded. Which, just as a quick disclaimer, is not a bad thing. And the mentally retarded should not be discriminated against, or used as an object of humor, especially on personal webpages.
Well, now that that's out in the open, we can move on. I'm gonna have a links page eventually, but for now, look on the sidebar.
i have visited this page times because i have nothing better to do.