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While owning a small business is a dream for millions of people across the country, starting and growing a business can be challenging. In order to grow their business, many businesses will need to obtain financing from a bank.
While obtaining a small business loan from a bank can be challenging, there are several things that a business could do to help ensure that they are approved for the loan that they need.
The first tip for obtaining a small business loan is to understand exactly what you need. Many small business owners know that they need extra capital, but don't know exactly what they need it for. In order for a bank to provide you with a loan, they will want to know exactly what you will be using the money for.
A business owner should put together a thorough business plan for the bank to review, including how the money will be used, what will be purchased, and how the financing will impact the business's cash flow going forward.
Another tip for obtaining a small business loan is to ensure that all of your financial statements are organized an in order. When a bank provides a business with a small business loan, they will perform a detailed analysis of the business's income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.
Because of this, all businesses need to ensure that their statements are organized and accurate. In many cases, it would be a good idea to have a third-party accountant perform a compilation, review, or audit of the business's financial statements on an annual basis.
When a small business is looking for a loan, a business will greatly increase their chances of acceptance if the business owner is willing to put forth a personal guarantee. A personal guarantee from the business owner will mean that the business owner will have to repay the loan even if the business goes into bankruptcy.
While some business owners are hesitant to do this, this provides extra security to the bank and could greatly increase the business's chances of being approved.

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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Footstar raced ahead 26 percent in late-day trading Wednesday after the shoe retailer said it inked a bigger distribution deal for Thom McAn shoes with Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer.
The news was a welcome reprieve for Footstar FTS, +0.66%, whose shares have been pressured all year by the bankruptcy of another major client, Kmart KMRTQ, as well as an accounting restatement.
The new deal substantially increases the number of outlets where it sells its Thom McAn brand. The company said it will sell women's shoes in 1,500 stores, men's in 1,000 stores and kids shoes in 400 stores. In July, Footstar launched a test in 400 Wal-Mart stores.
In November, Footstar was forced to restate nearly two years of results after discovering it had low-balled payments to suppliers by about $35 million. Its stock crashed to an all-time low of $3.30.
On Thursday, Footstar did not disclose anticipated sales from the Wal-Mart WMT, +0.27% deal, or how long the contract would run.
At the close, Footstar shares were higher by 24.4 percent, or $1.96, to $10. More than 1.68 million shares changed hands -- a huge leap from the three-month average daily volume of 320,000 shares.
Wal-Mart shares slipped 41 cents to $46.74.
In other news, Circuit City CC, +6.12% plummeted to a nine-year trough after revealing "customer-service initiatives" aimed at driving sales. However, the plans would cost 2,000 jobs and $16 million in charges first.
Chief Executive Alan McCullough is making changes to the Richmond, Va.-based consumer electronics chain's operating model and plans for remodeling, relocating and constructing new stores. See full story. Shares of Circuit City finished the session at $5.86, an 11.1 percent decrease, or 73 cents.
Rival Best Buy BBY, +2.42% rose 45 cents, or 31.7 percent, to $27.44, while RadioShack RSH, +0.60% added 45 cents, or 2.3 percent, to $20.44.
Elsewhere, Target TGT, +2.00% added 9 cents to close at $27.87. The company said it will shutter two Marshall Field's stores in Columbus, Ohio, and sell the properties -- store fixtures and all -- to competitor May Department Stores MAY, +12.50%, parent of the Lord & Taylor, Filene's, Kaufmann's and Foley's chains.
May said it would close the stores for about two months to refurbish them and retrain the sales staff for Kaufmann's stores. May also plans to open nine other stores this year. May's shares were higher throughout most of the day, but fell back 14 cents to close at $19.97.
Before the bell, Linens 'n Things LIN, +1.15% reported a robust fourth-quarter profit but said first-quarter results will fall short of Wall Street's consensus forecast by about 3 cents related to Tuesday's resignation of Steven Silverstein as president.
Shares of the home-accessories retailer also lost earlier gains to end lower by 16 cents to $23.36.
For the quarter, the company posted earnings $40.2 million, or 90 cents a share -- 3 cents higher than Wall Street's expectations and well ahead of the $8.2 million, or 20 cents, earned in the same period a year ago. Last year's profit included a $23.7 million after-tax restructuring charge.
Total sales rose 23 percent to $723.3 million, with same-store sales higher by 4 percent.
The first quarter is expected to ring up earnings in a range of 10 cents to 12 cents per share. According to Thomson First Call, the average estimate stands at 15 cents a share.
Sales are expected to swell by 10 percent to 13 percent as same-store sales grow at a rate in the low-single digits, Linens 'n Things said.
On Tuesday, Silverstein resigned "to pursue other interests." Bank of America analyst Aram Rubinson thinks he left because the company's "executive ranks became a little crowded," he said in a note to clients.
In the past year, Linens 'n Things has put six new senior managers in the executive suite and promoted two others.
Rubinson added that although Silverstein "is a talented manager, his departure should not be viewed as negative. Rather, the company will continue to reap the benefits of his work even as it prepares to chart a whole new course -- one that is guided by analytics and measurement, not just instinct."
In after-the-bell activity, a number of teen wear retailers reported January sales results. The bulk of the industry's reports will come out Thursday.
January same-store sales at Hot Topic HOTT vaulted 13.7 percent, far outpacing the 6.3 percent average increase reached by analysts reporting to Thomson First Call. The results prompted the teen wear retailer to lift fourth-quarter profit projections a penny a share higher to 49 cents. Total sales for the month surged 43 percent to $26 million from $18.1 million a year ago thanks in part to new store openings. For the quarter, same-store sales rose 9.7 percent with total sales higher by 36 percent to $148.3 million from $109.1 million.
Shares of Hot Topic ended the session higher by 13 cents to $23.53.
American Eagle Outfitters AEOS reported that same-stores sales at its namesake retail stores rose 3.2 percent in January. Total sales for the four-week period that ended Feb. 1 jumped 14.8 percent to $78.7 million against $68.5 million in the year-ago period. The company backed the fourth-quarter earnings estimate of 53 cents a share, reached by analysts reporting to Thomson First Call.
Shares were off 6 cents to $16.90 ahead of the news.
Aeropostale AEOS said that January comparable-store sales rose 4.6 percent over a strong 9.3 percent increase a year ago. The results fell short of the 5.3 percent increase analysts reporting to Thomson First Call expected. Total sales for the teen wear retailer for the four-week period jumped 36.4 percent to $24 million. The results, however, were enough for the company to raise the fourth-quarter earnings outlook to a range of 44 cents to 46 cents a share, up from a previous forecast of 38 cents to 40 cents a share.
Aeropostale shares ended the session higher by 7 cents to $12.26.
Also after trading ended, Nordstrom JWN, -0.12% said January same-store sales rose 0.8 percent, missing expectations of a 1.4 percent gain, according to Thomson First Call. The department store retailer said sales for the four-week period ending Feb. 1 rose 6.7 percent to $316.5 million against $296.6 million a year ago.
Nordstrom shares closed at $17.55, off 20 cents, or 1.1 percent.
The sector's main measure, the S&P Retail Index $RLX held fairly steady against this as well as market reaction to Secretary of State Colin Powell's remark about Iraq and weapons inspections to the United Nations. At the end of the day, the gauge stood at 250.25.


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Cansu Korkmaz was born in Turkey in 1989. After attending Vocational School on Radio, Television and Journalism in 2006, she graduated from Photography and Video Department at Bahcesehir University in 2013.
Since 2012, her works are concentrated on abstract and conceptual photography and art.
In 2013 she created a Tumblr page, named 'Garip Bir enerjin var'. While she was creating this series, she was inspired by George Perec's idea of 'infra-ordinary', which means beauty of the ordinary things with that idea she created a daily small photo series. When the project reached to 200th piece of photo series, she decided to design and print a book. Not to involve publishers in the process and distribute the book back to its right full owners (the streets where the photos were taken), she decided to print the book independently and without a supporter.
With the project, she was a part of several group exhibitions; CULLT Russia- Light is there when we are not, BAU Gallery-Oblivion, ALAN Istanbul-New Photography, UFAT- Signals and systems, YTU-Photography Days.
In 2015 She is the one of the selected artist to work with Arja Hyytiainen, Personal Storytelling workshop in SALT-GALATA. In this workshop she created a project name is "Roses everywhere" and the project was also exhibit in a group exhibition in International Photography Festival-THE LIVES OF OTHERS. While the exhibition still continues, she selected as an artist in a formation name BOOKLAB to make her second book in three days with this lead she creates her second book 'SILENCE'.
In 2016 she opened her first solo exhibition 'MINI ÇARŞI - MINI MARKET' at the Poligon - the shooting gallery in Istanbul.
After her solo exhibition she decided to move to Buenos Aires and lived there for a year. While her stay she worked with a Norwegian documentarist, who was shooting documentary named OSA. Cansu worked as a director of photography in the documentary.
In the media;
As a multiple discipliner artist, her matter of art is just only to reach and touch the peoples mind and heart as much as she can do.
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Ok, I'm a bit slow updating. Sorry! As we know this is a crazy, wonderful and very busy time of year. Then add study!
To kick off the Christmas movies I've compiled a little list of some lovely little romantic Christmas movies. Some titles you may be familiar with others are new discoveries.
I mean…Christmas and romance…what's not to love!
Over the past couple of years I seem to have developed a love for cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies. Now don't write them off straight away! The ones below are very good stand alone movies that just happen to have Hallmark branding (and a little cheese).
So if you are feeling the Christmas spirit and like a bit of love with your magic then have a look at my little list.
1. Love Actually (2003)
No Christmas is complete without at least one viewing of this popular British comedic gem. It has everything you could possibly want from a Christmas movie (including the all star cast) wrapped up in a pretty satin bow.
Recommendation: Watch this one with your family, some friends or yourself and a glass of bubbles.
2. Bridget Jones Diary (2001)
Our next Christmas love story is the wonderful and crazy Pride & Prejudice modernisation that is the kookie Bridget Jones. Never mind the fact that you get to see the BBC's own Mr Darcy as Mark Darcy in a Christmas jumper! But the movie is the ultimate Christmas pick me up when you need to deal with some stressful family situations.
Recommendation: Watch it by yourself with some chocolate ice-cream, mince tarts and wine the night before you head to the dreaded family gathering.
3. The Family Stone (2005)
Epic cast. Crazy family Christmas antics. Though really do you need a bigger pull than Diane Keaton? This family comedy/drama where two different families come together around a mismatched engagement is a sometimes over looked Christmas joy. Also, is there anything really quite as fantastic as an American house dressed up in all it's glory for Christmas with a romantic downfall of snow?
Recommendations: This one is more for the adults in the family. A good film to watch with your partner as the romance is there but it's not laid on too thick.
4. A Christmas Kiss (2011)
Ok, so now we start my guilty pleasures. This little film is great. Yes, it is a made for TV movie and has a lot of the predictable Hallmark channel elements. What separates it from the others is it's unique story, great script, well rounded and believable characters and balanced direction. Plus, there's no escaping the feeling of magic with this one.
Recommendations: Watch this little one with some home made Christmas cookies. This is for those without a significant other during Christmas who want to believe in Christmas miracles. This is also a nice film for the teenage audience as well.
So, I hope this little list gets you started with your Christmas films. The big day is fast approaching! I will try to get my other Christmas films up this week.
Let me know your favourite Christmas films in the comments.
I hope you have been finding time to enjoy this most magical time of the year no matter your background or religion there is something for everyone this time of year.


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"Karate aims to build character, improve behavior and cultivate modesty"
-By Yasuhiro Konishi
The students of Meenakshi World School, Sector 10 A appeared for the Karate - Do Exam conducted by Shito Ryu Kai Karate Do India on Friday 23rd February 2018. Karate is a fun way for boys and girls to achieve fitness, focus and self discipline. It can help children learn self defense and enhance socialization skills. In addition, Kids also learn respect either by way of bowing or standing still or by waiting for the next command.


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|The watercolour, employed since Renaissance, constitutes a particular case. It is a very light softening, applied to paper, and in which one employs much the superpositions of layers of various colors and various densities. The watercolour especially makes it possible to the artists to compose their painting by using the reserve which consisted in leaving virgin certain paper surfaces. For this reason, the questions concerning the watercolour are very close to those of the drawing.The gouache is one moderated thicker, pastier. It is the traditional technique of the old manuscripts, to which one adds a substance preventing fermentation.The pastel, which had a great success at the 18th century, associates materials of the drawing (the charcoal, the blood one, the chalk, etc) which, after being reduced out of powder, are diluted with additional water and sometimes pigments.


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Bodybuilding is all about achieving the body of your dreams, but is it actually a healthy sport ? Well if you're doing it naturally there's no doubt that there are many short and long term health benefits, but first it would be beneficial to know what natural bodybuilding actually means since some go as far as to say that someone who takes whey protein shakes isn't "natural".
What Does "Natural" Bodybuilding Mean ?
Natural bodybuilding is a sport where bodybuilders optimise their diet, training and rest regimes to maximise natural anabolic hormone production, resulting in accelerated recovery, increased strength and hypertrophy. Certain legal supplements such as creatine monohydrate and BCAAs may be used to aid in recovery/promote muscle growth, but performance enhancing drugs must not be used. More specifically this excludes the use of substances like insulin, diuretics, HGH and anabolic steroids.
The Benefits Of Natural Bodybuilding
Through consistent strength/resistance training your body will become leaner and stronger. Gaining this much muscle mass is not only beneficial for your short term health, but it will also help as you grow older. The reason for this is because as you age you naturally begin to lose muscle mass and strength (also known as sarcopenia). This muscular decline begins at age 50 with a loss of 1-1.5% of muscle mass per year. After age 70 this loss increase to 3% a year. So bodybuilding will help slow down this normal muscle decline keeping you stronger and leaner for longer, therefore it allows you to live independently and maintain a better quality of life as you age.
Another benefit of natural bodybuilding is how it increases your bone mineral density. When you train the resistance puts strain on your bones which forces them to adapt and become more dense/stronger, lessening your risk of osteoporosis (as you age your bones lose strength and become brittle increasing your risk of fractures). Bodybuilding can reduce the amount of bone loss with aging and sometimes even reverse it, so the longer you do it for the better.
The Drawbacks Of Natural Bodybuilding
As unfortunate as it is there are drawbacks to bodybuilding, most notably to your cardiac health because of the intensity of the sport. Intense lifting where you lift more than half of your overall body weight can put you at risk of tearing your aorta, which often results in death. The best way to prevent this from happening is to go and get medical clearance from your doctor before you start to body build. Additionally, adding some cardio to your routine can help strengthen your heart and protect it against this problem.
Injuries come with every sport and bodybuilding is no different. As you know bodybuilding puts a large amount of strain on your joints, so to reduce the likelihood of an injury follow healthy/safe training procedures by leaving your ego at the door and always performing each exercise with proper form.
To sum up natural bodybuilding is definitely healthy and as long as you don't take it to the extreme (by taking performance enhancing drugs or by ego lifting) there really are no drawbacks.
If you have anymore questions about natural bodybuilding then please feel free to leave a comment down below.


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This short video and article is by Alexandra Meadors. The title is: "A Groundbreaking Message To The World And Beyond". Here are some excerpts:
- "1) Final preparations are ongoing and being made for Humanity to Return Home… You have once and for all been freed from all separation, a lack of anything which was a "creation of the mind and fear." Clearly all of you have exhausted this experience to the outermost degree…"
- "2) All will be sent into crystalline healing chambers on the ships. The length of time you spend inside the healing chambers directly depends on the amount of density felt and carried within your physical structure. For example, those who are unawakened will spend the most time within the healing chambers. For most, the minimum time spent will be at least 6 months to one year. The most enlightened souls will spend a minimum of 1 month to up to 6 months. While you may think this is a long time, it is not, for time does not exist! Think of one month's time as 1/32nd of a second outside the contained space you are in right now. Thus, the time spent in the healing chambers is fast!"
- "3) Once each of you have completed the first phase of the process, each of you will be evaluated to see if you are ready for final deprogramming of the mind. If not, you will continue healing until you are. Once you are ready, you will be taken to a classroom to hear the full truth of what you experienced, why that is, and how you participated in these experiences… Do not forget that All will be where they need to be! This includes all animals and anything with a consciousness. You must know that absolutely no one, no being with a consciousness is or will be left behind. All is taken care of."
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One band booked to perform at this year's festival have a song called "Kill Tory Scum".
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During a brisk October evening this past fall in downtown Newark, NJ, guests came out to attend a fundraising benefit for The Newark Public Library entitled "Booked For The Evening" and to celebrate The Library's 125th Anniversary as one of the city's premiere educational and cultural public institutions.
The Newark Public Library has served as an historical landmark anchored in the heart of the community for over 100 years, providing patrons and citizens with free resources and information to serve their needs, ideas, dreams and hopes.
Over many decades, the Library has welcomed residents from across the country and the world, serving as a global catalyst to help residents cultivate successful personal and professional lives. Currently, the City of Newark is embarking upon a new millennium resurgence of renewal and growth. With a newly elected mayor in office, The Honorable Ras J. Baraka, the city is undergoing rapid and innovative development. The Library is responding in kind to these progressive advancements. "In this environment, we are conscious of the changing needs of our patrons and we continually strive to grow and evolve to meet those needs…" says Wilma Grey, Director, Newark Public Library.
At the Booked for the Evening gala, the Library honored Newark native, Mikki Taylor, for her outstanding professional achievements. Ms. Taylor currently serves as the Editor-At-Large for Essence Magazine and is also an accomplished businesswoman, author and television personality. She is a highly sought after speaker who offers a message of empowerment that encourages women to own their lives, walk in their God-given gifts and honor their purpose. Born and raised in Newark, Ms. Taylor "is proud of this great city where her dreams were nurtured and her purpose began. She is proud to be celebrated by the Newark Public Library where she spent many of her childhood years preparing for her future."
The evening's special guest keynote speaker was Arianna Huffington, who is known internationally as the chair, president and editor-in-chief of the online news magazine, The Huffington Post, as well as for her extraordinary success in the field of politics and media. In addition to honoring Ms. Taylor, Arianna discussed her book Thrive, the third metric of redefined success and the need to live a well-balanced life which includes meditating and getting enough rest to prevent burnout so you can live and perform at an optimal level. Guests were gifted with signed copies of the book.
In closing out the evening, Newark Public Library Board of Trustees member Timothy J. Crist noted that the generous supporters of the event "give new energy and hope for the work that lies ahead…in continuing the Library's mission of expanding horizons and changing lives."
Photo courtesy of Flickr: Left to right: Wilma Grey, Arianna Huffington, Timothy Crist, Mikki Taylor
Quotes and citations courtesy of The Newark Public Library Booked For The Evening Gala Program.
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text: Golden State Guiding's Kelvin Nguyen, along with 6 other team members successfully made the summit of Mt. Rainier this week via the Liberty Ridge route. Conditions were as good as they get, reported Kelvin once back to basecamp. Rangers reported this was the first successful ascent of the route all season, great job everyone! Big congratulations to Kelvin sending a long time dream, couldn't be more happy for him. Keep crushing Kelvin!


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Identify the type of materials in the area
Class A:
SOLIDS such as paper, wood, plastic etc
Class B:
FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS such as paraffin, petrol, oil etc
Class C:
FLAMMABLE GASES such as propane, butane, methane etc
Class D:
METALS such as aluminium, magnesium, titanium etc
Class E:
Fires involving ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
Class F:
Cooking OIL & FAT etc
The cheapest and most widely used fire extinuisher, Used for Class A fires. Not suitable for Class B (Liquid) fires, or where electricity is involved.
These fire extinguishers are avail in 6Ltr and 9Ltr, all units are asupplied with fixing brackets.


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Improve productivity by opening same excel sheet in 2 windows – quick tip
Often we work with large data sheets and it becomes tedious if you want to compare data / formulas etc. You can try split (menu > window > split or alt+w+s) to break the sheet in to two. But there is another cool thing you can do, open a new window for the spreadsheet. Just press Alt + w + n (menu > window > new window) to open the same spreadsheet in 2 windows. Any changes you make in one window are immediately visible in another window(s).
Bonus tip: you can do the same thing with WORD and POWER POINT as well, cool eh?
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I was in LA last week. And, I admit it, I went on one of those Hollywood tour buses that takes you around to see the homes of the stars. One of the points of interest for us was the spot where Lindsay Lohan crashed her car and got arrested for drunk driving. That evening we learned that she did it again—the day after she was released from rehab.
Oh, poor Lindsay.
But, what we forget is that change is hard even when you are sent to a bajillion dollar rehabilitation facility. How is it that managers, and executive in particular, expect employees to change with little or no support? We move entire departments to the south or to China and we expect everyone to just accept that and go on. Or, we implement new software that changes the way we do work. Again, we expect everyone to just move on.
I'm all for moving on. I just think it is harder than we realize. Just look at poor Lindsay. As HR, we need to keep the change discussion running within our companies. We need to make sure that we give people the opportunity to make positive change, understand when change is optional and when it isn't and what the consequences for not changing are.


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Laminate countertops have been around for many years and have become
somewhat of a kitchen standard due to their affordability. However, when debating between this material
and other options for the kitchen, one of the topics that invariably comes to mind is how durable plastic
laminate countertops are. Can they hold up against the wear and tear of everyday use, or do they rapidly
become damaged, making a more long-lasting material a better investment? The following are some of the
most frequently asked questions regarding the durability of plastic laminate countertops. Let them help
you to decide whether this material will suit your own home improvement needs, or whether the installation of
another option will be more appropriate.
Plastic laminate countertops are made out of a material that is ready to face many of the
bumps and scrapes that are typical of the regular use of a kitchen surface. That said, very sharp objects,
such as knives, should not be used directly on their surface. As with virtually every other kind of kitchen
counter, it is recommended that you use a butcher block or cutting board between sharp objects and the surface of
plastic laminate countertops. The main risk these counters face while they are being properly used and
maintained is from chipping around the edges as they are bashed and bumped against over time.
Plastic laminate countertops are actually quite strong. Ruling out chipping from being struck on the
edges, the surfaces themselves can last a lifetime when they have been properly maintained.
Plastic laminate countertops score a moisture resistance rating of about 6/10. The main issue is not from
a small amount of moisture on the surface – such as after it has been wiped down with a damp cloth, or from a spill
that has been promptly cleaned – but is instead in the pooling of water that can occur near the edges of the
surface which can dissolve the binders of the materials, such as the resins and glues. By wiping up spills
and absorbing any pooled moisture, you can ensure that your plastic laminate countertops will last a great deal
Plastic laminate countertops have a moderate resistance to heat, but it is recommended that trivets, potholders,
or another kind of protecting pad be used between the surface of the counters and any hot pots or pans.
Plastic laminate countertops can typically withstand temperatures up to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. Anything
above that could cause considerable surface damage.
The maintenance of plastic laminate countertops is exceptionally simple. They never need to be treated or
sealed and most stains can usually be removed with mild soap and water on a sponge or rag. Harsh abrasive
cleanser products, scrub pads, and steel wool will cause discoloration to the surface of the counter and should be
avoided. For difficult stains, simply use baking soda and water.
As you can see, plastic laminate countertops have a good durability level, especially considering their
relatively inexpensive cost. As long as certain very simple precautions are taken, they can last a long as
any of the other parts of a home improvement renovation in your kitchen.
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Is 2012 the year that ends the world? Nope you fool. The ramshackle world of Peter Marshall and The Lomos will be expanding. Or we'll be taking over the world of media. Or something. This analogy is a bit lame, but it's not like us to redraft anything…so…moving on.
Basically we're trying to say we've got our fingers in a bunch of pies right now.
Innnnnnnn ONE! [Bullseye voice]
We've written a theme tune to a new webseries called Nights At The Round Table by Red Shirt Films. (The chaps who make I Am Tim that we cameoed in last year.)?? The pilot is out now so give it a watch here.
The full series is out in the Autumn and the full length tune will be on our second album.?? Speaking of which…..
Innnnnnnn TWO!
We're still writing, recording and mixing Feel Good Factory which be out in the spring hopefully.?? Don't forget you can still download our debut album on iTunes, Spotify et al.
Innnnn THREE!
Whilst writing tunes for the album we've also written a jingle for John's Comedy Hour on Preston 103.2.?? Next week we'll be putting some jingles together for Steve Shooter's Fixated On show on Leeds Indie Radio which we guested on before Xmas.
Innnnn FOUR!
Our tune Palomo, and one of Spencer's solo tunes, Soldiers of Hell (both available on itunes) will be featured on the soundtrack to the next feature film by Milestone Film called Amber.?? Exciting!
Innnnn FIVE!
And speaking of film, this is not strictly PMATL news but the members of the band are both involved in the production of a new indie short by Andrew Davies (Lomo 11) called Fighter Pilot.?? We're at pre-production stage at the mo and trying to raise funds.?? If you fancy having a look what it's about then follow this link (and if you fancy helping us out you can even donate to the fundraising!)
So…like we said….media meltdown.?? Brace yourselves…The Lomos are coming.??


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The largest Premier Event for Fashion with Participations by
International designers of haute couture
Saudi Arabia's fashion sector is a multi-billion-dollar industry growing at 14% per annum. The Kingdom is the largest market for luxury goods and haute couture in the Middle East and Africa with sales of $28.2 billion in 2015; women's apparel representing 13.6 percent of total sales, or $3.83 billion.
Riyadh International Fashion Week 2018
The Riyadh International Fashion Week 2018 is expected to be the premier and most prestigious event in Saudi Arabia and across the region. Alongside the fashion show, the event will also have exhibit space for luxury brands in cosmetics, women's accessories, handbags and shoes, presenting the latest and most trendy in the industry to a very select and targeted audience of buyers.
Our company, XS Conferences and Exhibitions will spare no efforts in providing designers, brand name owners, and exhibitors a very prestigious venue and a platform to highlight their designs and brands, to connect with an influential clientele group, and to assist in fostering B2B and B2C relations within the Saudi fashion community.
Exhibitors' Profile
- Fashion Designers
- Haute Couture & Bridal
- Jewelry
- Accessories
- Time pieces
- Leather products
- Beauty & Health Clinics
- Fitness & Health Products
- Beauty Salons
- Hair & Skincare Products
- Perfumes & Cosmetics
- Gift Items
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GOP fears Trump slump for North Texas women ahead of 2018 races
Texas Republicans badly need the grassroots efforts of North Texas women to win local and congressional races next year.
But getting their support — and enthusiasm — could be a challenge.
Long the backbone of local Republican groups, these women handle get out the vote efforts, phone banks, polling sites and candidate interviews. They play an integral role in keeping North Texas counties some of the most reliably red urban counties in the nation.
These women have traditionally supported mainstream Republicans, including female leaders such as Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, and former Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
But women were not overly enthusiastic about Donald Trump in 2016, who won Texas by 9 percentage points, the smallest margin of any GOP presidential nominee in decades. Women made up 53 percent of the electorate in Texas in 2016, but Trump trailed Hillary Clinton 49-47 percent among women voters, according to network exit polls.
Last month, a University of Texas/Texas Tribune state survey found Trump's approval among women at 39 percent, compared to 52 percent among men.
Republican leaders in Fort Worth said the lagging support from women could be a problem for GOP candidates next year.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, faces a challenge from El Paso Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke, who remains an underdog but has kept pace in fundraising.
Democrats have already put field staff in three GOP-held congressional districts that the party's presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, won in 2016. They're targeting Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions, San Antonio Rep. Will Hurd and Houston area Rep. John Culberson.
Down ballot, a coalition of Democratic strategists with national ties have made it their mission to recapture a Tarrant County state Senate seat currently held by Cruz ally Konni Burton.
"It's well known around here that you need to work with the Republican women's clubs to be a successful candidate," Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price said in an interview with the Star-Telegram last week.
"[Candidates] show up and speak at the Republican women's meetings, they attend the coffees and the club meetings, and they get them to work their fundraisers," she added. "If they're less active in 2018, you'd see a big hole in the grassroots efforts."
Price is a Republican, but the mayor's office is officially nonpartisan. While she still disagrees with plenty of aspects of Trump's presidency, she predicted many of his critics wouldn't hold that against other GOP candidates next year.
"I just think that people weren't as passionate about this particular candidate," Price said of Trump. "I think they'll separate those two things, and you'll see more involvement in 2018."
Other Republicans said despite Trump's 2016 performance, he's quickly winning over former skeptics in Texas.
Granger told Republicans at a Wise County GOP event in August that she was particularly encouraged by the stability added by Trump's new chief of staff, John Kelly.
She reiterated that view this month, saying that despite the "noise coming out of Washington, there is more that binds Republicans together than divides us" in the GOP agenda, such as the party's strategies for job creation.
And, Granger added, "I'm confident that conservatives in Fort Worth and North Texas will unite behind the GOP next fall."
Trump finished behind Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in Tarrant County's presidential primary last year. He went on to take 52 percent in the county in November, the worst performance of any GOP nominee since Bob Dole in 1996.
"I have talked to people who voted for every other office except for president… they just didn't like the man personally," said Mona Bailey, vice chair of fundraising for the Tarrant County Republican Party.
Bailey was also a Trump skeptic before meeting him a campaign event at the City Club of Fort Worth the August before the election. Of the GOP women she works with, she said many had come around since Trump took office.
"We are happy with Trump. We think we're headed in the right direction, if only Congress would work with him," said Bailey.
Many of Fort Worth's powerful female leaders were Trump skeptics in 2016.
Granger never endorsed Trump after he became the nominee, and called on him to drop out of the race after a 2005 video surfaced of Trump making lewd comments about women. Price avoided public appearances with him in the city, despite pledging to vote for him after he became the nominee.
As Republicans prepare for 2018 races across North Texas, GOP leaders are eagerly looking to re-engage Republican women.
"If Republican women don't work, then 2018 Republican candidates will not win. And honestly I'm concerned about our state," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, warned an audience of GOP women at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center last month.
In a keynote address to more than 600 attendees at the Texas Federation of Republican Women convention, Cornyn said Democrats had done well in Houston's reliably-red Harris County in 2016, and other counties could be next. Clinton finished well ahead of Trump in Harris County, and Democrats picked up a state House seat and a handful of countywide offices.
"It's not impossible [Democrats] could form a beachhead in other places in our state," said Cornyn, who is not up for reelection until 2020. "They could win a statewide race, perhaps, and build from that. Or they could win perhaps a couple of congressional seats. And then there's down ballot."
Democrats say the pivot from past Texas GOP candidates such as Hutchison and former Governor and President George W. Bush, to candidates such as Trump, Cruz and Burton has opened a space for them to court moderate Republicans — in particular, women.
"They've brought in a whole new type of Republican that we hadn't seen in Texas," said Texas Democratic strategist Matt Angle. "It's created a challenge and an opportunity for Democrats to create room for some of those people in our party."
Andrea Drusch: 202-383-6056, @AndreaDrusch


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It's been roughly a year since Kendrick Lamar's platinum-selling, debut studio album good kid m.A.A.d. city was released so this week we throw back to K. Dot's earlier days and his Training Day mixtape. Dreams sees Kendrick rhyming over a J Dilla beat.
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Two Ways to Identify Where You Need to Grow
Renovation of the Heart
Galatians 5:19 – 23
Renew Youth Ministry — December 18, 2016
Identify where you need to grow:
- Where do I see the acts of the flesh still at work in my life?
- Which fruits of the Spirit am I stronger in? Which fruit am I weaker in?
Acts of the Flesh (1)
Fleshly Sexuality
- Sexual Immorality - Sexual intercourse between unmarried people
- Impurity - Unnatural and impure sexual conduct
- Sensuality - Uncontrolled sexuality, without regard for the rights or feelings of others
Fleshly Religion
- Idolatry - Worshipping (chasing after, longing for, desiring to have) created things instead of God.
- Sorcery - Faking the work of the Spirit Fleshly Attitudes That Destroy Relationships
Fleshly Attitudes That Destroy Relationships
- Selfish Ambition - Competitiveness that seeks to get glory for yourself
- Envy - Desiring what other people have
- Jealousy - Self-centered zeal that resents other people when they get good things and you don't
- Hatred - Being hostile and mean towards others
Results of Fleshly Attitudes in Relationships
- Rivalries - Being argumentative or seeking to pick fights
- Fits of Anger – Outbursts of anger
- Dissensions - Divisions between people
- Divisions - You have enemies or groups of people you are divided from
Fleshly Substance Abuse
- Drunkenness - Drinking alcohol to the point of becoming drunk
- Orgies (Drinking Orgies) - Addiction to substances you smoke, eat, drink, inject, etc. to give yourself pleasure
The Fruit of the Spirit
- Definition: To serve a person for their good and intrinsic value, not for what the person brings you.
- Opposite: Fear: self-protection and abusing people
- Counterfeit (a fake version): Selfish affection, where you are attracted to someone and treat them well because of how they make you feel about yourself.
- Definition: A delight in God for the sheer beauty and worth of who He is.
- Opposite: Hopelessness or despair
- Counterfeit (a fake version): Excitement that is based on receiving blessings, not God (the Blesser)
- Definition: A confidence and rest in the wisdom and control of God, rather than in your own.
- Opposite: Anxiety and worry
- Counterfeit (a fake version): Indifference, apathy, not caring about something
- Definition: An ability to face trouble without blowing up or lashing out.
- Opposite: Resentment toward God and others
- Counterfeit (a fake version): Cynicism or lack of care (this is too small to care about)
- Definition: An ability to serve others practically in a way which makes me vulnerable, which comes from having a deep inner security.
- Opposite: Envy, being unable to rejoice in a another person's joy.
- Counterfeit (a fake version): Manipulative good deeds, doing good for others so I can congratulate myself and feel I am "good enough" for others or for God.
- Definition: Being the same person in every situation
- Opposite: Being a phony or a hypocrite.
- Counterfeit (a fake version): Getting things off your chest just to make you look or feel better about yourself.
- Definition: Loyalty, courage to be utterly reliable and true to your word.
- Opposite: Opportunistic, a friend only in good times
- Counterfeit (a fake version): Loving but not truthful, so that you are never willing to confront or challenge.
- Definition: A humble attitude that avoids arguments and fights.
- Opposite: Self-absorbed and aggressive
- Definition: The ability to control your passions and desires. To pursue the important over the urgent.
- Opposite: Impulsive and uncontrolled.
- Counterfeit (a fake version): Willpower which is 'based on pride, the need to feel in control.'
Things to keep in mind regarding the fruit of the Spirit:
Change is gradual – you never see fruit growing, you can only measure it over time
Growth is inevitable – If you have the Spirit, you will grow
Roots are internal – Not miracles or amazing preaching or leadership skills but a heart that has changed
Growth is symmetrical - A tree doesn't have one full apple and some tiny apples and some blossoms, they all grow together. This does not mean that you will be equal in all areas, but that you're growing equally in all areas
Growth happens as we stay connected to the vine – We grow not by focusing on being more loving, or self controlled, but by focusing on Jesus and being more like Him.
1 All definitions are adapted from Keller, Timothy. Galatians For You. The Good Book Company: ebook, 2013. Pg. 117 – 127.


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Cary News
Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre lights up for first Chinese Lantern Festival
Cary LED Lantern Festival
Dozens of lighted windmills burst with color onto the paths of Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre while a 196-foot-long dragon floats in the venue's Symphony Lake, reflecting its bright, fiery colors on the calm waters below.
Hundreds of lanterns hang from the amphitheater's crescent, which overlooks a three-story tall Chinese lotus pagoda and a Christmas tree.
On Monday, Mayor Harold Weinbrecht flipped the switch to light the displays for the first time in Cary at the preview event, signaling the swift approach of the town's first Chinese Lantern Festival.
Cary's celebration, which will begin Saturday and will run through Jan. 3, will feature more than 20 sets of displays, each comprised of hundreds of parts and thousands of LED lights. Tianyu Arts and Culture, a Zigong, Sichuan-based company, is presenting the festival.
The Chinese festival, a celebration of good fortune, is normally celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, usually in February or March. Although the Chinese Lantern Festival will visit Cary a little early this year, it will coincide with Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day, offering some diversity during the holiday season.
"It's a great merging and melding of the two cultures," Weinbrecht said.
Throughout November, 24 Chinese artisans were in charge of assembling the displays. Because many of the pieces were too big to be shipped from China – even in pieces – the artisans had to craft them on site, including the dragon.
The three largest displays are the dragon, Chinese lotus pagoda and Christmas tree, but other displays include zoo animals, flowers and a giant fan. Some displays, including the dragon, are on the lake next to the amphitheater.
"The colors are so vibrant," said Lyman Collins, Cary's cultural arts manager. "It's going to be amazing to just wander through this lighted wonderland."
Throughout the displays, there will be traditional Chinese music and food. Food trucks with authentic Chinese food will be at the event on weekends.
It will take about an hour for visitors to stroll through the festival site.
Throughout the month-long festival, town staff are encouraging visitors to take photos and post them on social media with the tag #ncchineselanternfestival.
Kathryn Trogdon: 919-460-2608; @KTrogdon
Want to go?
When: Saturday through Jan. 3. Operating hours are 6:30-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 6:30-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Where: Koka Booth Amphitheatre, 8003 Regency Parkway, Cary
Cost: $20 for 18 and older; $12 for 3 to 17; and free for children 2 and younger. Four tickets are $50.
Parking: Free in venue-owned lots.
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Music will blast, models will strut and junior Monet Flowers' clothing line, Umami, will make its debut on the streets of GW. Or at least, that's what Flowers said she is planning.
Flowers' fashion line is called Umami: The Fifth Sense, deriving its meaning from a Japanese concept that suggests that your taste buds actually have a fifth sense, one that invokes a perfect quality of taste.
Flowers will unveil the fall 2007 collection of her clothing line at any moment. Although the logistics of the show are still under wraps, Flowers promises it will be an event that will be hard to miss.
"I'm not giving away any details, but believe me, it's going to be loud and it's going to be fierce," she said.
Umami is comprised of simple unisex pieces such as jeans, shirts and hooded sweatshirts. Flowers' signature designs are her silk-screen patterns and embellishments.
Right now Umami is available through the brand's MySpace page and can also be ordered by contacting Flowers though her Facebook group. T-shirts range in price from $16 to $28, depending on the intricacy of the design and custom orders can be filled on request.
"We're designing these clothes for you, for college students. We want you to like our clothes and we want you to be able to buy them," Flowers said.
Three years after starting Umami with high school friend Kenyante Speaks, Flowers is now in talks with clothing retailers such Urban Outfitters – where she is currently a sales associate – and Up Against the Wall about selling her brand through their stores.
Until then, Flowers plans to build the brand's portfolio with photos that will be taken in three upcoming fashion shows. Umami was also featured last week in the Philadelphia fashion show "DTE Unfinished Business" at the Cluf Club.
"Last week we just showed up. No one knew we'd be there. Everyone was like, 'who are they?' and now they know," Flowers said.
Bored with the popular trends and determined not to blend in with the crowd, Flowers and Speaks established Umami in their senior year of high school. They began to sew some of their own clothes, frequently adding details and designs to T-shirts, jackets and pants they already had. When classmates started to inquire about the clothes the duo realized they could transform their hobby into a profitable business, Flowers said.
Although designing and marketing for Umami is incredibly time-consuming, Flowers said she manages to juggle this with her job at Urban Outfitters and her schoolwork.
"Yeah, it's difficult," she said, "but that's the point of college, to find out how to balance your time. And without school, I wouldn't get the inspiration I get day to day and without work, I wouldn't be able to pay for all this."
While Umami will soon have its own Web site in addition to possible retail contracts with popular stores, Flowers is wary of moving too fast.
"I'm still in school and I want to enjoy it. The past two years at GW have been the best years of my life," she said.
Flowers said she is determined to graduate, and recognizes the importance of a degree in being able to pursue her other dreams, such as becoming a speech pathologist.
She said, "I promised myself that if this clothing line took off, I'd dedicate more time to it, but I'm not in it for the money. I do it because it makes me happy and it makes other people happy."
This article appeared in the October 1, 2007 issue of the Hatchet.


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More than 50,000 people died in 2015 from drug overdoses. It's fueled by a powerful heroin mixture that's been on the streets. Now a new one is showing up on the Gulf Coast and in Louisiana, and that has drug law enforcement officials extremely concerned.
"We are in an epidemic in this country. Ninety-one people a day are OD'ing and dying as a result of heroin and opioids. That's alarming. That's scary," said Stephen Azzam, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA, New Orleans Field Division.
He says the drug epidemic and death rate is being fueled by heroin that is mixed with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin. It's so powerful, that officers, both human and canine who just accidentally touch, or inhale fentanyl on a raid, are being rushed to hospitals. If the more than 50,000 people who are dying each year in this epidemic is not scary enough, now comes a new opioid cocktail called Gray Death.
"(It) has made appearances, in, I think Bossier City, Baton Rouge, and I think Jefferson Parish has had an overdose related to that," said Donald Petty, the Deputy Director of Intelligence for the Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA).
Gray Death looks like concrete and is heroin, fentanyl, and a 1970s research chemical U-47700, street name 'Pink.' They are made in China, then shipped to Mexico where Mexican national organizations combine them and get them over the southern border, or with the click of a mouse.
"You get it online from sources and it's shipped in from Fed Ex and delivered right to your house, right to your front door. We've intercepted a number of these packages," said Petty.
"That cocktail right there could set the tone for where we go with this heroin epidemic in this country. That is an extremely toxic mixture. It's nothing more than playing Russian roulette every time you ingest any of that Gray Death," said Azzam.
When law enforcement makes a bust, they know they are saving lives by taking drugs off the street. But they say they can't do it alone.
"Mothers, fathers, friends, relatives, when you see your friends and you see that this person is having problems, you got to get involved. You have to get involved. It's not just going to be done through an enforcement standpoint," said Azzam.
Carfentanil, which is 10,000 times more toxic than morphine, is also being seen in the U.S. It has not been seen in Louisiana yet.
Agents say if this report creates conversations at home among families, then they are doing their jobs.
From the DEA:
Statistics on Opioid Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse and Overdoses
The Opioid Crisis:
* Last year (2015), we lost more than 52,000 Americans to drug overdose – more than 33,000 of those from opioids.1
* In 2014 there were 47,055 drug poisoning deaths in the United States - and in one year it increased 11.3 percent to 52,404 deaths. 63% (33,014) of those deaths are related to opioids. On average – 90 people a day die from opioid overdoses.2
* Overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids rose 73% (9,580 souls). This is mainly attributed to fentanyl-related overdoses.3
* In the last 10 years deaths have increased 75 percent- in 2005, 29,813 Americans died from drug overdoses.4
* All but one Major League baseball stadium (Dodger Stadium) filled to capacity would not equal the more than the 52,000+ dying by drug poisoning. America is losing the equivalent of a baseball stadium full of people every year to drug overdose.
* Nearly a decade ago, U.S. gun deaths outnumbered opioid-related deaths by more than 5 to 1. Today, more people die from opioid-related causes than from gun homicides.
* In 2015, more Americans died from opioid overdoses than from all drugs: meth, cocaine, and all CPD's and opioids combined 10 years earlier.5
* Nationally, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, employers are losing $10 billion a year from absenteeism and lost productivity due to opioid abuse.6
* The opioid crisis is growing and the impact of their parents' addiction on children has been devastating. Every 25 minutes a baby is born in the U.S. suffering from opiate withdrawal. That is 1 out of 200 babies – a number which has increased 500% in 12 years.7 This situation is so bad in West Virginia it necessitated a local hospital to create a special infant detox ward for all of the babies born addicted to opiates. The Centers for Disease Control reports the number of babies born in the United States with a drug withdrawal symptom has quadrupled over the past 15 years.
* The drug addiction epidemic is driving a crisis in the nation's foster care system. According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) nearly three quarters (71 percent) of states have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of children entering foster care, and parental substance use was cited as the primary reason for this increase. In 2015, 266,509 children were placed in out-of-home care. Sadly, many of these children (18 percent) are infants less than one year old. Across the country, states have reported that infants are twice as likely to be removed from their homes and enter foster care as children of other ages due to parental substance abuse.
* Overdose deaths can even involve the smallest victims. The media has published disturbing images of overdosed parents and grandparents in vehicles with children left in their car seats. Additionally, these two incidents were recently reported in the media:
o In Pennsylvania, a couple overdosed and died together inside their house. Their baby, having no one around to care for it, died several days later from starvation and dehydration.8
o Recently in Massachusetts, a 10 month old baby was exposed to fentanyl inside her residence and had to be resuscitated twice after she stopped breathing. The baby had to be flown to a Boston hospital where she is in stable condition.9
Prescription Drugs:
* While Americans make up only 5 percent of the world's population, we use 25 percent of the world's drugs and the majority of the world's supply of opioid drugs.10 Making sure we are using them wisely and carefully is vital to preventing misuse and to stopping addiction before it starts.
* Prescription Drug Break Down (All data from IMS health)
2015 total opioid prescriptions: 184.2 million- total dosage units: 12.131 billion - number of households nationwide in 2015 (U.S. Census): 124.59 million.
In 2015, pharmacies and clinics nationwide purchased more than:
63,000 kg of oxycodone in order to dispense approximately 61.9 million prescriptions (or 4.4 billion dosage units)
52,000 kg of hydrocodone in order to dispense approximately 101.8 million prescriptions (or 6.7 billion dosage units)
25,000 kg of morphine in order to dispense approximately 10.3 million prescriptions (or 668 million dosage units)
1,765 kg of hydromorphone in order to dispense approximately 3.7 million prescriptions (289.6 million dosage units)
520 kg of fentanyl in order to dispense approximately 6.5 million prescriptions (74 million dosage units)
* In 2015, doctors nationwide issued over 184 million prescription for opioid analgesics; enough to put approximately 100 pills into each household's medicine cabinet.
* Medical professionals who prescribe and dispense controlled prescription drugs are the first and most important point of contact for patients who rely on them, as we do, to ensure they are receiving the right information on use, and who are in the best position to identify signs of abuse.11
* There is a complex balance between patient access to needed medication and preventing abuse. DEA does not and should not be involved in the practice of medicine or in the obstruction of legitimate commerce regarding drug manufacturing and supply. DEA will continue to do our part to regulate drug distribution networks to ensure product availability for the treatments that preserve or enhance quality of life while working with all partners to limit and prevent abuse.
* When evidence of abuse is identified, DEA is committed to use all of the means available to pursue criminal and/or civil cases with United States Attorneys' Offices across the country. DEA continues to seek opportunities to increase the civil and criminal prosecution of registrants operating outside the law - and has a robust oversight program that deploys a full spectrum of administrative, civil and criminal tools against those whose continued registration is no longer consistent with the public interest.12
Heroin and Fentanyls:
* Heroin and fentanyl-related deaths are increasing across the U.S. - particularly in the Northeast and Midwest. According to the National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS), fentanyl and/or fentanyl related compounds have been seized in every state.13
* Heroin and fentanyl-related compounds are drugs manufactured specifically to meet the demand of opioid addicts who likely started with prescription drugs. Years of over-prescription of analgesic painkillers left many Americans with an opioid addiction, and
drug trafficking networks capitalized by opportunistically flooding communities with cheaper and more potent heroin, fentanyl and fentanyl-related compounds.
* Fentanyl is 50-100 times more powerful than morphine.14
* Fentanyl continues to be mixed with other drugs to increase potency and profit. In 2016, DEA made seizures of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine mixed with fentanyl or fentanyl-related compounds.
* The recent and deadly trend of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids being used in combination with cocaine or meth is a familiar one -- using a sedative/depressant followed by a stimulant is what reportedly killed movie stars John Belushi, Chris Farley, and River Phoenix.15 According to DEA intelligence, these combos are even more dangerous now with super-potent fentanyls in the mix and have been nicknamed "Super Speedballs" by users.
* DEA investigations have uncovered rogue manufacturing labs in China who directly supply U.S. distribution networks with synthetic opioids and the chemicals used to make them. In addition, traditional Mexico-based drug trafficking networks with established infrastructure and smuggling routes continue to supply the U.S. with heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl-based compounds.
* DEA has issued alerts to the public regarding a recent trend where fentanyl is pressed into pill form and marketed as a prescription painkiller. A DEA investigation in Utah recently led to a record-breaking fentanyl seizure that included pill presses which were producing hundreds of thousands counterfeit pills which contained fentanyl. These counterfeit pills are "crazy dangerous" because the user is likely unaware of how lethal they are. According to a medical examiner's report, this is what likely killed the musician Prince -- and thousands of other Americans last year.
* There has been a dramatic increase in poppies being grown and heroin being produced in Mexico in recent years: in 2013 there was an estimated 11,000 hectares of poppies grown, with a potential production of 30 tons. In 2015 there were 28,000 hectares grown, with potential production of 70 metric tons. These Mexico-based trafficking cartels are operating distribution networks that control the heroin from "the farm to the arm" of Americans addicted to opioids.16
Drug Demand and Addiction:
* According to a study to estimate the cost of drug use to our nation (last done nearly a decade ago) - in 2007, the National Drug Intelligence Center (now part of DEA)
estimated the economic cost to America of drug use was $193 billion -- it is surely higher today.17
* 1 in 7 people are expected to develop a substance use disorder at some point in their lives. It is not clear why some people become addicted and some do not. 18
* In the past year, 20.2 million adults had a substance use disorder.19
* 70% of those who try an illicit drug before the age of 13 develop a substance use disorder within the next 7 years.20
* Almost 2 million adolescents in the U.S. use marijuana. More teens are using marijuana than tobacco, and consider marijuana less harmful.21
* If we can prevent young people from using drugs then it is likely that, as they become adults, they will never use drugs. Statistics back this up: those who don't try drugs before the age of 25 almost never become addicted to drugs in their lifetimes.
* Of the 4.9 million criminal incidents in the United States in 2015, 687,852 were for drug offenses - about 14 percent.22 Most of these were not federal charges, but arrests made by state and local law enforcement.
* Illegal drug activity has both an economic and human cost to individuals and society. Reducing drug usage is key to making Americans healthier and decreasing the cost of healthcare; enhancing American productivity and competitiveness; reducing crime and violence; securing our communities from violent gangs and the drug trafficking organizations they work with; encouraging responsibility in adults and keeping healthy families together. None of these can effectively be accomplished by a country that is increasingly high and harmed by drug use.
* It is becoming increasingly difficult in the United States to find applicants who will pass pre-employment drug tests. The country has a growing drug problem and it is spilling over into the workplace. A leading drug testing company (Quest Diagnostics), which does millions of drug tests for employers, is reporting increases in the detection rate of amphetamines, heroin, and marijuana for the fifth straight year. It is now at a 10 year high.23


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Hey everyone!
Today I have pampered my skin! I am going to show you what I did.
- I had a shower to refresh myself for the next day or two.
Products used-
Pantene Perfect Hydration Shampoo and Conditioner
Soap and Glory Scrub Em' and Leave Em' Scrub
Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Body Wash
2.I washed my face thoroughly to remove my makeup and any dirt.
Products used-
Soap and Glory Peaches and Clean Face Wash
Soap and Glory Vitamin C Clarity Face Wash
3. I then applied a face mask for 10 minutes.
Products used-
Estée Lauder Perfectly Clean Multi Action Foam Cleanser/Purifying Mask
4. I did my Skincare Routine.
Products used-
Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion
Benefit It's Potent
Clarins Lip Oil- Honey
5. I moisturised my body to make sure my skin is feeling soft.
Products used-
Soap and Glory Righteous Butter
So there is my Sunday Skincare Routine! I hope you enjoyed!!
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Are Merchants Finally Ready to Accept Bitcoin at the Register?
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Payments network Square (SQ) has been allowing its users to buy and sell bitcoin through its Cash app. But they can't use all that bitcoin at merchants that use Square to process payments.
One analyst thinks that merchants are now ready to receive payment in bitcoin, despite the digital currency's volatile price swings.
In a survey of nearly 100 merchants who use Square, Instinet analyst Dan Dolev found that about 60% were willing to accept bitcoin as payment in lieu of cash. "This is particularly interesting given the volatility in bitcoin in recent months," Dolev wrote.
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Small but vivid work by San Francisco Bay artisan Robert McKeown (1931-1989). A graduate of the California College of Arts and Crafts, McKeown was a color theorist and woodworker who won acclaim for his innovative resin inlays on a range of utilitarian objects. The present box, with a groove for coil stamps, is constructed of walnut and Macassar ebony. The top features graduated multicolored lines composed of resin and wood inlays, a process that took days to complete, as each band of resin had to dry before the next was applied. In fine original condition, with full markings and date (1983) on bottom.
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IT TOOK Brett Deledio nearly all of last season to get his calf right. Nothing seemed to work for a long time. The Giants consulted clubs in the English Premier League and the NFL, as well as Olympic programs all over the world, before the star finally returned in Round 20.
It was hardly the way he wanted to begin his time at Greater Western Sydney, especially when you add Richmond's success to a tumultuous first season.
But now, five games into 2018, the dual All-Australian is humming again.
The calf issues that derailed his 2017 have been resolved and he has rediscovered the poise and precision that made him so damaging across 12 years at Punt Rd.
The 31-year-old's past two weeks have been vintage Deledio.
He collected 28 disposals, 12 contested possessions against Fremantle a fortnight ago, before producing an even better performance against St Kilda on Saturday, finishing with 29 touches and two goals.
"I'm loving being able to play footy again because when it is nearly taken away from you, you forget how much you love the game," Deledio said on SEN on Tuesday afternoon.
"It has been a while and the old confidence takes a fair old beating when you can't do the things you initially could do when you were a lot younger.
"I'm just enjoying playing my footy at the moment, loving being out there with the boys and getting back to basics. Enjoying tackling and chasing and getting a hold of the footy."
During a time where he battled one of the longest calf problems in the history of the game — only Harley Bennell's has hung around longer — Deledio felt like he wasn't living up to his end of the bargain.
"The biggest thing I battled with was my body wasn't allowing me to do the things I wanted to do. I felt like I was letting (the club) down," he said.
"Wayne [Campbell] had got me up here and I knew Leon [Cameron] prior to coming up.
"I wasn't able to show the boys that I was here for the right reasons. I was spending more time cross training than I was helping them out on the field. It was an adjustment."
Deledio credited the influence of English performance physiotherapist Mike Lancaster, who arrived at Spotless Stadium from English rugby side Worcester Warriors last year, for resurrecting his career.
"I've found what works in terms of keeping my calves in check and that's got a lot to do with our guru physio here, who has come across from the UK, Mike Lancaster," he said.
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"I can see the world as it's meant to be..."/
In the Brutal Bear song called "The Story," the chorus is
"I can see the world as it's meant to be. I can see the world on my own street."
I experienced this chorus last week when I accompanied a neighbor to the emergency room.
I went over to Louise's house at about 8:45 pm because she had fallen and called to say she needed help. I was afraid to lift her in any way because she was in so much pain. She suggested that her neighbor, Drew, had helped her on a different occasion, so maybe he could help her up. I ran to Drew's house and asked him if he could stop laying tile and come help Louise. He came immediately -mortar-coated fingers and all! Unfortunately, even with his help and the offer of his sister's SUV to transport Louise ot the hospital; the pain, shock and anxiety were too much and we ended up calling 911.
The living room filled with neighbors and first responders. I picked up Louise's little dog so that she would not get trampled. Drew had stayed to write down his family's phone numbers in case Louise would need a ride home from the hospital during the night. In the midst of the paramedics carefully examining Louise as if she were their own grandmother, an elderly neighbor arrived to see if he could be of any assistance and offered to fix Louise's back door which had partially caused her fall.
Matt and I followed the ambulance to the hospital and waited for Louise to be assigned to a room. After a few minutes, one of the paramedics came out and led us through the ER maze to Louise's room. The paramedic exclaimed,"Your street sounds amazing. Louise told us all about how great your neighbors are. I want to move to your street!" We sat with Louise for a few hours as she received care. Each nurse or doctor who came in assumed I must be Louise's daughter. "No, I'm her neighbor." Then Louise explained how great our street is. She told the doctor how everyone takes care of each other and how "it is just the best street! You couldn't ask for better neighbors!" I smiled and thought to myself, "yes, this is how the world is meant to be."
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The day i met We the Kings...2:27:00 PM
So this next post is when i met we the kings. it was June 2012 and it was at Melbourne airport. We went there to meet them as they got off the plane.
Here are some photos of me and the band.
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That is amazing that you got to meet them :) I met them at warped tour a few years ago.ReplyDelete


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In artificial intelligence, an expert system is a computer system that emulates the decision-making ability of a human expert.[1] Expert systems are designed to solve complex problems by reasoning about knowledge, represented primarily as if–then rules rather than through conventional procedural code.[2] The first expert systems were created in the 1970s and then proliferated in the 1980s.[3] Expert systems were among the first truly successful forms of AI software.[4][5][6][7][8]
An expert system is divided into two sub-systems: the inference engine and the knowledge base. The knowledge base represents facts and rules. The inference engine applies the rules to the known facts to deduce new facts. Inference engines can also include explanation and debugging capabilities.[9]