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Ardgowan secures £1 million to build world-class malt whisky distillery and visitor centre
A project to build a new lowland malt whisky distillery and visitor centre in Inverclyde took a major step forward today with the award of nearly £1 million from the Scottish Government.
The Ardgowan Distillery secured £982,000 from the government's Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation (FPMC) grant scheme – providing vital capital towards construction costs.
The award was announced on November 15 by Fergus Ewing MSP, the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity, at the AgriScot exhibition in Edinburgh.
The distillery now plans to commence construction next year – with ambitious plans for a world-leading lowland malt whisky distillery by 2020.
Commenting on the award, distillery Chief Executive Officer Martin McAdam said:
"The Scotch whisky industry supports over 40,000 jobs in Scotland, and is a vital component of Scotland's ambitious food and drink growth strategy.
"This £12 million project will move Inverclyde up the rankings for food and drink production in Scotland. During construction the project will support 35 jobs and contribute over £2 million to the local economy," McAdam says.
Once up and running, the distillery will create six new full-time jobs, with up to 15 additional jobs in the visitor centre and retail operations, with around 47 further jobs created in the wider economy during the first five years.
"We are extremely grateful to the Scottish Government for their generous support, and to all others who have backed the project so far, especially the local community for their enthusiasm and encouragement," McAdam concludes.
The distillery has already received full planning consent for the project, which will transform a former sawmill on estate land near Inverkip.
Earlier this year the distillery appointed industry veteran Willie Phillips – who spearheaded The Macallan malt whisky for 18 years – as chairman of the business.
Phillips was managing director of The Macallan from 1978 until the company was bought by Highland Distillers in 1996. During this period Phillips helped establish The Macallan single malt as an international brand.
Since then the distillery has appointed former Bruichladdich and Springbank director Gordon Wright as advisor on commercial development and sales, while global distilling expert Professor Michael Eagan will review the new plant's process engineering design.
The new distillery will resurrect the name of the Ardgowan Distillery, which was founded in 1896 and located in Baker Street, Greenock. After a few years of whisky production, the distillery was used to make grain spirt and industrial alcohol until it was destroyed in the May Blitz of 1941.


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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Pictorial Ode to Fall
Fall is almost on its way out...oh my, oh my! I'm always sad when fall comes to an end. For a brief time (not long enough), the weather is perfect, the leaves are colorful, and the fashion is just right. I love that sweetness and little chill in the air, which is more than bearable with a bright cardi or lightweight trench.
With it being December, it's time to say goodbye to fall weather. Winter is quickly on its way, bringing in beautiful coats, warm boots, lovely hats, knitted scarves, and leather gloves. It'll be great, really it will. I just have a special place in my heart for fall and hate to see it go so soon!
What I Wore:
* Tunic/Dress - under $20 - Forever 21
* Boyfriend Cardigan - under $15 - NY & Co.
* Jeggings - under $25 - Pac Sun
* Tall Boots - $50 - local boutique
* Scarf - FREE - gift from my sister (London street market)
* Leaf Earrings - $4.80 - Forever 21
* Vintage Purse - $5 - thrifted
P.S. Enjoy a pretty little video with fall scenery from A Fine Frenzy:
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Aw, I love the ode to fall, such a good season filled with delicious coffee drinks. I love all your fall pictures, you capture the essence perfectly :)ReplyDelete
Such cute pictures and outfit! I, too, love A Fine Frenzy. She is definitely one of my favorites.ReplyDelete
Woah! Where I live fall has been over for weeks!! It is strange to see leaves on the ground in your pictures.ReplyDelete
Beautiful outfit and I do agree - autumn is lovely. <3
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Showing at Auguste Clown gallery's 6″ x 6″ groupshow
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The Maori Party says Maori electoral boundaries are so big that many of its voters would rather be on the general roll so they can at least see their MP.
The Representation Commission has suggested no change to the seven Maori electorates, which each include about 60,000 Maori voters.
The move follows the Maori Roll option in May, which failed to earn an eighth seat.
Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell says it seems crazy that the Tai Tonga electorate, from Wellington to Stewart Island, spans 18 general electorates.
He says it does not address what he calls a major injustice in Maori representation.
Mr Flavell says it is that face-to-face reaction that draws Maori to participate in democracy - but that interaction is almost impossible when the electorates are so huge.
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Hospitality empire Merivale has announced it will be opening its newest refurbished venue, The Collaroy, this month.
Located on the beachfront of the iconic northern Sydney beach, the two-story hotel has sweeping views of the ocean and will be open all-day for locals get together for a bite to eat or a drink by the sea.
In the early morning, the beachside kiosk will be serving up coffee, juice and pastries made fresh in-house. Brunch will be on offer later on in the day, with a menu that spans health-driven bowls, like muesli with dried fruit, nuts, oats, coconut yoghurt and cold milk, to twists on favourites, such as toasted faro with avocado, boiled egg, rocket, grilled haloumi, olive oil and lemon.
The ground floor will serve small share plates in the evening, like freshly sliced prosciutto and grissini, ham croquettes with spicy aioli and anchovy toasts with pickled shallots, alongside home-style dinners that will rotate daily, including lamb and eggplant moussaka on Mondays, pork and fennel sausages with roasted pumpkin and green garlic on Tuesdays and a coastal take on the Sunday roast.
Upstairs, guests will find an open kitchen serving up fresh seafood, grilled meats, salads and burgers, together with two bars. Vinnie's authentic, fresh woodfire pizza, created by Vincenzo Biondini, will also be available day and night.
The bartenders of Merivale's other notable beachfront establishments, The Newport, Papi Chulo and Coogee Pavilion, have worked together to create a drinks list designed to enhance the seaside experience that focuses on dry white wines, fresh rosés and summer style cocktails.
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Empire of Silver by Conn Iggulden
I had no idea this one was coming, and it was a very pleasant surprise to see it in the bookshop the other week. I love the Genghis trilogy, and this one continues the story by focusing on Subedei, Genghis' general who is responsible for what is known to Europe as the Mongol Invasion in one of the most remarkable sustained campaigns of history.
All told in Iggulden's blistering style, this was yet another great read.
The Devil's Horsemen by James Chambers
James Chambers expertly tells the riveting tale of the Mongol invasions of Europe. This book is a real page turner, as the Mongol battles with the Khwarizm empire lead Ghengis to decide that no nation on his own borders should ever again be strong enough to threaten the Mongol empire. To that end, he send a couple of his generals to scout the western extent of the great steppe. And so it begins.
What in Europe was remembered as a calamity from the clear sky was merely a patrol in force, scouting the edge of the grasslands. Easily able to outfight superior numbers of troops given their greater mobility and tactical ability, the Mongols swept aside all defences, and then promptly disappeared. To the Europeans it was a deliverance from God. In fact, the Mongol general's allotted time was up, and they returned to report back on what they had found.
Chambers' book really brings the Mongol empire to life, giving them their proper place in world history, as the pre-eminent empire and military force of their time. Sending out the patrol across the steppes was one of Ghengis Khan's last acts, and he died soon after. The five thousand mile round trip taken by his general Subedei is something still studied today by military tacticians.


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How painting from photographs can get your creative juices flowing
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Not only do photographs inspire, but magazines and advertisements inspire. I have a scrapbook that I have kept over the years with a collection of all things that I found visually stimulating. My best painting mode, is when I am painting every day, even 20 minute sessions. The scrapbook has inspired me numerous times to try something different.
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I think that people don't stop to think that part of the photo taking process is being an artist. What subject am I going to take a view, what angle, lighting, and composition. There are a lot of decisions that are considered artistic at this level that many dismiss. So by the time you have a photo that you are going to use you've already made a lot of painting decisions. Besides, the photographs also takes you right back to the place, what you've seen, smelled, touched, and possibly even tasted. Hmmmm…I'm right back there. The whole process can and should be inspiration. Just enjoy!


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Experience a luxurious French provincial style cottage on a beautiful and sprawling 200 acres of picturesque countryside in Adelaide Hills. Lavender Fields Luxury, one of the 5 upscale Adelaide Hills Country Cottages, is just a 30-minute drive from Adelaide. This self-contained cottage is located on a secluded, peaceful and spectacular setting that overlooks a beautiful lake, grazing cattle, manicured and lavender-filled gardens and orchards. The exposed wood beams of the cottage's interior and elegant European details like walls of brick and stone are reminiscent of a French provincial house. Exuding character, warmth and style, it boasts of modern luxuries including delicious cooked and continental breakfast each morning, whirlpool baths, designer toiletries, fireplaces, fully-equipped French kitchen, flat-screen TVs and iPod docks. It also impresses with king and queen bedrooms both with luxury bathrooms.
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text: The Kennedy Administration put on an awesome show at Ralph O'Connor United Church in Canmore, Alberta to raise funds to go towards supporting the Ngelelo family's settlement process in Canada. Fun was had by all! The music was amazing. Inspired by the tunes being played in the church, the family got us all up dancing:) Much fun, food, drink and beautiful views of the mountains were shared by all after the concert! Thank you to the band and to the church for making such a wonderful event possible.


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As I've seen more and more companies exploring ICOs, I sigh. I think tokens are great technological innovation, but executives are using them as a money grab rather than maximizing the utility of a token. I see many existing companies that have launched tokens recently such as Kik (KIN) and Telegram (TON) where the incentives aren't aligned. When you buy equity in a company, executives and board holders are legally required to execute a fiduciary duty. Fiduciary duty requires three elements (under Delaware Law):
- Duty of Care: the responsibility one person or business has to be reasonably careful (or to use "reasonable care") when dealing with others.
- Duty of Loyalty: to act in good faith and a manner, it reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation and its stockholders and to avoid engaging in acts of self-dealing.
- Duty of Good Faith: requires control persons to exercise care and prudence in making business decisions
If you purchase a token, these governance laws aren't in effect. It's entirely legal for Kik to stop working on Kin, but to take the token investor's money. This situation is problematic because regulations don't protect investors and companies can take advantage of poorly educated investors.
How do you solve this problem? It's tough to answer because a company could launch an ICO and pivot if they aren't succeeding. Think about a company like Slack; they pivoted from a video game to a messaging application. If a token was issued for the video game, the value would currently be 0, but the equity portion would be worth billions.
PROPS, issued their ICO via a Public Benefits Corporation. I am skeptical that this model works primarily because token holders cannot bring legal action. Even if token holders, believe PROPS is violating their mission, there is no way to resolve this.
The only token model that is logical at the moment is using a model that doesn't involve any equity holders. This would require a non-profit model or a purely open-source model. The reason why this model works the best is that it ensures maximum effort is put into increasing the token's value. If you don't have an equity component, you can't have diverging incentives.
If you are a company looking to launch a token, you need to ask yourself if a token makes sense and if you can ensure the equity component of your company aligns with the token element.
You want to read more about token economy models. Check out the articles below.
- The Value Trap Dilemma
- The ICO Governance Deficit
- Aligning Teams with Token Holders
- New Models for Utility Tokens
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Ralph Northam: Virginians split on calls for governor to resign after blackface scandal, poll finds
Virginians are deadlocked over whether Governor Ralph Northam should step down after the emergence of a racist photo from the Democrat's 1984 medical school yearbook, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll. Following the release of the image last week, which shows a man in blackface next to another in a Ku Klux Klan outfit, there have been demands for Mr Northam to resign. Mr Northam counts higher support among black residents – who say he should remain in office by a margin of 58 per cent to 37 per cent – than among whites, who are more evenly divided.
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Minutes for May 11th 2017/
Irvington Community Association Meeting Minutes
May 11, 2017
Prepared by: Joseph Albert
Board Members Present: Steve Cole, Joseph Albert, Peter O'Neil, Bob Dobrich, Christine Coers-Mitchell, Howard Bales, Pam Lindholm-Levy, Aaron Stuckey, Nathan Corser, Jon Eaton, Sean Green, Jeff Jones, Jason Messer, Josh Plager,
Committee Members not on Board: Jim Heuer, Laurie Knightly
Neighbors and Guests: Bill Hansman, Brian Duval, Wendy Jo Downing
President Steve Cole calls meeting to order at 7:08pm
Minutes Approval
Motion and second to approve April 2017 minutes and May 2017 agenda, both approved unanimously.
Police Report
No police officer available for report. There was a discussion of possible increased property crime.
Land-Use Report
Jim Heuer reported on HB2007 that he described as having morphed into an onerous bill with various amendments. The bill now appears no longer to be about affordability. It is moving to the Ways and Means committee shortly which is where the process of a Senate and House bill are reconciled. Restore Oregon may ask for funds for a legal review. Dean had previously suggested $2000 for a legal review.
There was a motion for Steve and Jim Heuer to write a letter opposing HB2007 on behalf of ICA. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Irvington Farmers Market
Irvington Farmers Market would like for Irvington to sponsor one or more market activities. There was a discussion that ICA needs specific proposals of what would be paid for and the amount.
Summer Party
Planning a summer party, details to follow. Attendees agreed to participate if available and in town.
Home Tour
Will take place 5/21/2017. This is the main ICA fundraiser for ICA projects. Need volunteers.
Charitable Giving Committee
Motion to ratify committee seconded and passed.
Disaster Preparedness Committee
Report Parents for Preparedness is a coalition of parents in PPS.
May 23 6:30pm-8pm – Mercy Corps preparedness event at Irvington School.
Treasurer Report
Jeff Jones passed out a spreadsheet with a budget update and provided a brief explanation of the content.
Broadway Weidler Alliance Update
New president: Kyle Johnson. There has been some difficulty with scheduling meetings, and the group is addressing the issue.
NE 8th and Brazee Street Painting
The painting project has been canceled.
New Business
June meeting will include elections for board members and officers.
Huck Bales mentioned the consortium "Portland United Against Hate" and distributed a list of organizations that have signed on to support the effort. A motion for ICA to sign on to express its support was seconded and passed unanimously.
Meeting Closure
A motion to close the meeting was initiated, seconded, and approved unanimously. The meeting closed at 8:43pm.


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LASER LED ZEPPELIN at the Planetarium
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70 Falmouth Street
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Portland, ME 04101
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LASER LED ZEPPELIN. The hard rock sounds of Led Zeppelin set to full dome laser light!
Admission: $6.00 per person
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Matinees (1:00 p.m. M+W; 3:00 Sat and Sun)
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$5.00 - children, students and senior
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The most sought after and savage business - the music business - gets broken down by writer, producer and musician Rick Beato. He discusses pertinent topics like streaming, record budgets, cross-collateralization, record royalties, producer points, how money is paid to artists, why record labels are screwing up and more. Millions of people desire to be in the music business but have taken no time to study and comprehend it's inner workings. If you are one of those millions that hasn't taken the time, take the time now to watch Beato's video on the music business, open your eyes and increase your understanding of one of the industry's most ruthless multi-billion dollar entity.
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Partnering with our client Resi Ventures, Sladen Legal has rolled out e-Contracts for use in sales at the Accolade and Monument estates. The use of e-Contracts aligns with Resi Ventures' goals of implementing fresh ideas and best practices in creating communities and the way it deals with its customers.
The process allows purchasers and vendors to sign sale contracts electronically, whether in person in the sales office or from wherever they happen to be in the world. All they need is an internet connection and browser or smartphone to receive the contract and sign. Once signed by all parties each receives an electronic copy of the fully signed document for their records.
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If you think cam girls — those flirty naked characters that plague porn site pop-up ads — are raking in easy money, you're right.If you think cam girls are bleakly stripping online out of desperation, you're also right.
These three mega-networks advertise across the mainstream porn tube sites of masturbating ubiquity — Porn Hub, Clip Hunter, etc — but are shells and shadows themselves. The requirements are meagre: a computer and internet connection.But the company's custodian of records is one Rena Erotocritou, employed by "Ariel Secretaries Limited", a ghost of a company based out of Cyprus.The massive Live Jasmin would have you believe it's owned by "Gestao e Investimentos, Lda", a company based in an autonomous region of Portugal — and has a host of fraud complaints lodged against one of its subsidiaries.You'll need to submit some sort of identification proving your age, but with standards low, laws international, and documents scanned, forging such a thing is a cinch, making underage cam girls a real problem. Trying to find who actually owns it is dizzying: The domain belongs to Flying Crocodile Incorporated, which has a PO box in Seattle.Streamate sells its models through a variety of repackaged and re-skinned websites, like Porn Hub Live — using the site's well-known brand as an easy in with porn consumers. Job openings point to a nebulous firm called Naiad Dev, also based in Seattle (and hosted by Flying Croc).The girls were aged between two and four years old, and some of the offences happened while the man was reading them a book with other children present.
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You've seen them sitting at their keyboards, wearing barely anything, winking at you, typing to nobody in particular with thin, lethargic arms: bored and conventionally beautiful.
The ads, with flirty video that might be live or recorded years ago, shout at you with promises of "Live Sex Chat" and "Sex Shows", with both amateurs and "pornstars" alike.
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Direct Moves estate agents are pleased to offer this substantial DETACHED FIVE BEDROOM family home which is located within RODWELL, WEYMOUTH . It offers large living space comprising of lounge, diner, kitchen with walk in larder and utility, downstairs cloakroom, sun room, five bedrooms, family bathroom and a wrap around garden. Benefiting from a DOUBLE GARAGE and off road parking for two cars high demand is expected so please call DIRECT MOVES on 01305 778500 to arrange a viewing.
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Dining Room – 12'0 x 14'0 (3.66m x 4.27m) – A generous sized room with wall mounted radiator, front aspect double glazed window, power points, door through to kitchen
Kitchen – 19'0 x 10'10 max (5.79m x 3.30m max) – Two side aspect double glazed windows, door to rear hallway, a range of units, space for cooker, dish washer, fridge & fridge freezer. Door to larder, being shelved and housing the gas and electric meters, power points, wall mounted radiator.
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Bedroom 2 – 16'0 x 12'0 (4.88m x 3.66m) – Front aspect double glazed window, wall mounted radiator, built in wardrobe, power points
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Bedroom 4 – 8'0 x 8'0 (2.44m x 2.44m) – Front aspect double glazed window, central ceiling light, power points, built in wardrobe, telephone point
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Bathroom – Fully tiled surround, side aspect double glazed obscured glass window, central ceiling light, loft access via hatch, vanity wash hand basin with mixer taps, heated towel rail, built in cupboard housing boiler and hot water cylinder
Outside – Outside the wrap around garden is laid to lawn with trees and shrubs. There is a double garage which has power and lighting. There is also off road parking for two cars
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Canada's main stock index was in the red in late-morning trading as losses in the energy sector led the way lower.
The S&P/TSX composite index was down 77.67 points to 16,483.45, after 90 minutes of trading.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 17.43 points to 25,001.98. The S&P 500 index was down 5.62 points to 2,795.69 and the Nasdaq composite index was down 9.09 points to 7,816.89.
The Canadian dollar was trading at 76.10 cents U.S., up from an average value of 75.92 cents U.S. on Friday.
The August crude contract was down $2.55 cents to $68.46 (U.S.) per barrel and the August natural gas contract was up one cent to $2.77 per mmBTU.
The August gold contract was up $4.20 to $1,243.80 an ounce and the September copper contract was down one cent at $2.77 a pound.


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Great for parents & kids alike.
60 min lesson with Glyn Owen from Kids and Food
Classes are 12pm & 2pm.
The recipe for this year is tortillas (Spanish omelettes) using local and seasonal ingredients) .
Fancy the little ones being entertained for around 60 mins, having the chance to get their hands dirty whilst learning how to cook up a fabulous treat, they can take home and eat -while you can take part or stand back, watch & relax & best of all, leave us to clean up!
NB – We close the online bookings in advance of the event. There may still be some availability on the day – ask at the information point.
Glyn Owen
Head Chef at Whitehall Primary School
"I worked in the catering industry before becoming a full time Primary School Teacher. After 15 years in the classroom I wanted to take my passsion for food and improving children's diets further than just my school and I set up Kids and Food. I teach cookery classes to children and also run training sessions for school staff¬ in how to teach cookery the classroom. Since Sept 2017 I have beenHead Chef at Whitehall Primary School in Bristol, whereI have been working with the kitchen team to deliver tasty, healthy meals to up to 300 pupils a day."


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Designer Cotemporary bedroom furniture means a combination of classic elegance with sleek and modern styling furniture. This type of furniture can change the overall feeling and beautiful appearance of any room of your house; it makes the room look uncluttered, clean and bigger. It should be choose very carefully according to the bedroom requirement and perfect planning, need which is set in your mind such as your budget, bedroom interiors and your taste.
Select the bedroom furniture
Your bedroom is not only a place to sleep but it is more than just as the place of retreat, relaxation and rest, and your bed is a most important object in the bedroom with having a theme, color and the size your bedroom. If your size is small then a huge bed look s out of place, then it would be a four-post bed with sleek modern furniture which is available in many sizes like king, queen and twin. A California king is very popular in all of them which narrow and long then the traditional king which is squire in shape and before buying the mattress you have to know the dimension of your bed, for selecting the bedroom furniture which would be accommodate a moderate size lamp, it provide you a adequate light read in the night hours.
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Here's the news seen on this month's episode of D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE with guest and industry expert Mary Jo Foley. Make sure to watch the entire episode to get Mary Jo's views on the developer opportunity we as developers have upon us.
Have a great weekend!
- Windows 8 milestones announced: RTM on track for the first week of August, General availability by the end of October.
- Amazing upgrade to Windows 8 offer.
- Check out Microsoft's new tablet device - Surface.
- See what's coming with Windows Phone 8 - Windows Phone Summit
- Get up to speed with all of the latest features released in the June release of Windows Azure with sessions from the Windows Azure DevCamp recorded live in Toronto.
- Register for conferences to attend: Prairie Dev Con (October 1-3), SDEC 12 (October 15-17), and DevTeach (December 10-12)
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In honor of the 100th Day, OCCS's First Grade Class worked hard to determine 100 Blessings for the 100th Day of school. Here is the awesome list:
Miss Kistner
1. Our great God
2. That I am a child of God
3. My family
5. My Students
6. Sunshine
7. Yummy food
8. Vacations
Matthew B
9. God would give us the best 100th day of school
10. That we would get Legos
11. The best day ever is the 100th day of school
12. God is the thing on the 100th day of school
13. that we would have the best day ever
14. That God would give us joy
15. That God would give us happiness
16. That we would have a good day
Colton F
17. I am thankful for having a good God
18. I am thankful for having a good family
19. I am thankful for a good home
20. I am thankful for a good school
21. I am thankful for a good principal
22. I am thankful for a good bed
23. I am thankful for good food
24. I am thankful for a good bathtub
Alex G
25. My older brother and family
26. A warm house
27. having a friend close by
28. having a bunch of toys
29. i have a good life
30. for good food and water
31. for special holidays
32. Jesus is our savior
Haven G
33. Thankful for everything God made
34. thank you For my family
35. Thank you for my friends
36. Thank you for the school
37. Thank you for our house
38. Thank you for all of the world
39. thank you for my football
40. thank you for my drum set
Kaylee G
41. That I have a family
42. I am blessed that I have a God who takes care of me
43. I am blessed that I have a mom and a dad
44. I am blessed that I have friends
45. I am blessed that I have food
46. I am blessed that I have a house
47. I am blessed that I have my grandma's dog Ruby
48. I am glad I have a TV
Jordan J
49. I thank God for my family
50. I thank God for my food
51. I thank God for my freedom
52. I thank God for my house
53. I thank God for my dogs
54. I thank God for my country
55. I thank God for my health
56. I thank God for my salvation
Grady K
57. For my life
58. For my family
59. For Ethan
60. For God
61. All my friends
62. For a warm house
63. Good food to eat
64. for my own room
Holly K
65. I'm thankful that God made the world
66. I'm thankful for my family
67. I'm thankful for my baby sister
68. I'm thankful for my school
69. I'm thankful for Jesus
70. I'm thankful for my mommy and daddy
71. I'm thankful for my home
72. I'm thankful for my garden and my food!
Issaiah P
73. I am blessed for my family
74. I am thankful for my friends
75. I am thankful for my home
76. I am blessed for Holly
77. I am blessed for God
78. I am thankful for a family who loves me
79. I am thankful for Father Wurtz
80. I am thankful for my teacher
Jonny S
81. Gators
82. Cousins
83. Hot tubs
84. That God keeps me safe
85. Allergy free donuts
86. God's' peace
87. My Mimi and papa
88. My uncles and Aunt and mom and dad
Clayton S
89. Food
90. Pedro
91. Tammy
92. Miss Kistner
93. Mom
94. GG/Aven
95. Dad
96. A smile
Ryder W
97. That when I had warts and prayed God made them go away right away
98. That God loves us and died on the cross for our sins
99. That God gave us animals and the outside
100. That God gave me brothers to play with
101. For my cousins
102. For tacos and other food
103. For the stories that make Legos
104. For technology


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PA Dept. of Agriculture: More Milk Choices Available for Schools, Students
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Wolf Administration on Tuesday urged schools to take advantage of a federal regulation change that expands access to more fluid milk choices for students.
During an event in the Capitol Media Center, the departments of Agriculture, Health, and Education explained how schools may now offer more fluid milk options during breakfast and lunch services without needing to obtain a waiver.
"As a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring my children have access to the most nutritious food and drinks when they are at school," said Executive Deputy Secretary Michael Smith. "As schools prepare to welcome students back this year, we encourage them to remember to provide healthy dairy options that taste good and help students learn, grow, and achieve."
Joining Smith were Dr. Loren Robinson, Deputy Secretary for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and Director of Food and Nutrition for the Department of Education Vonda Ramp, who discussed the nutritional benefits of milk on student growth and learning.
"Back to school is an important time of year to make sure that kids are healthy," said Dr. Robinson. "Part of being healthy is making sure that kids are getting a healthy, balanced diet. Drinking milk is an essential part of a healthy diet for children."
In May 2017, revised federal guidance allowed schools to request a waiver to serve one percent flavored milk in schools. To receive a waiver, school food service directors needed to prove waste or complaints by students or parents. That year, 244 school districts and 64 individual schools applied for and received waivers.
Under new guidance for the 2018-2019 school year, low-fat flavored milk is now allowed without a waiver through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's interim final rule for Child Nutrition Programs.
This month, the departments of Agriculture, Education, and Health sent a joint letter to encourage schools to take advantage of this new flexibility. In recognition of the vital role schools play in both nourishing children and supporting local economies, the departments also asked schools to consider choosing Pennsylvania dairy producers and vendors when selecting the healthy products they offer students.
"The Department of Education encourages schools to expand the options and varieties of nutritional products offered to students," said Ramp. "Milk is a key piece of any good diet, and students should be able to incorporate it into their school days during both breakfast and lunch if that is their preference."
Earlier this month, the Department of Agriculture unveiled its new Dairy Development Plan, which includes a series of intermediate- and longer-term strategies, designed to complement and supplement other work and short-term accomplishments of the Wolf Administration specific to dairy. These strategies include making better use of existing funding to support research and development; placing an emphasis on identifying economic development projects; providing incentives for existing producers to upgrade their dairy equipment and facilities and invest in on-farm processing capacity; further streamlining and reforming Pennsylvania's regulatory processes; and promoting the sale, consumption, and health benefits of Pennsylvania milk.
The Wolf Administration has undertaken several initiatives to strengthen the commonwealth's dairy industry, including actively working to attract new processors to Pennsylvania and surveying county economic development organizations to create an inventory of sites suitable for a dairy processing operation. The fiscal year 2018-19 budget also includes $5 million dedicated to spurring additional investment and innovation in the dairy industry, which may be used for projects focused on research and development, organic transitioning, value-added processing, and marketing efforts.
Read the Dairy Development Plan at agriculture.pa.gov. Find brands that locally source their milk, a map of PA Preferred® and other Pennsylvania-based milk processors, and other consumer information at choosepadairy.com.
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In October, a newly formed alliance agreed to move forward on developing a multi-state alliance to serve the Southern Black Belt, a region from Virginia to Texas with counties where the African-American population is higher than average. Mississippi would be the most affected of the 14 states in the region.
Similar to the Appalachian Regional Commission, a 37-year-old organization that has helped drastically reduce poverty in its target area, and the Delta Regional Authority, a newly formed organization that includes the Mississippi Delta, the proposed Southern Black Belt Initiative seeks to improve economic conditions and address social issues in the mostly rural region, considered among the poorest in the nation. Of the 623 counties in the Black Belt, 171 counties have black populations of 40% or more.
Art Dunning, Ph.D., vice president for public service and outreach at the University of Georgia, was one of the organizers of the Southern Black Belt Forums.
"We started out looking at the Black Belt region of South Georgia and the more we reviewed issues surrounding education, economic progress, employment and health care, it became clear that this was a cross-cutting issue for the entire Southern Black Belt," he said. "Two faculty members on campus did a publication called 'The Southern Black Belt: A National Perspective' and made the case that we could work with groups external to Georgia and put something in place that could be sustained over time to develop the region, similar to the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Delta Regional Authority."
The first forum was held May 30 at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, where organizers looked at social, economic and political issues. At the second forum, held Oct. 11-12 in Tuskegee, Ala., a 15-member Black Belt steering committee was selected to draft a proposal by the time the group is scheduled to meet again in Atlanta by the end of the year. Most participants at the second forum were from Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.
Agreeing on the priorities of issues was a daunting task at the Tuskegee meeting, which included representatives from the newly organized Southeastern Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC), which includes areas in seven states, including Mississippi, not covered by the ARC or DRA. The SCRC is further along in its development and is similar in scope to the ARC with a heavy emphasis on economic development.
"Diversity was a serious issue for people in the room," said Dunning. "The issues are complex politically, economically and socially, and there were many different groups with all kinds of views trying to collaborate."
Some participants reported that the "spirited forum" included clashes between rural and urban groups, the rich versus the poor, and grass roots folks and institutional leaders.
"The views and perspectives were a little bit different than what I was led to believe," said Al Delia, associate vice chancellor for economic and community development at East Carolina University, and a representative for the proposed SCRC.
"They talked a great deal about racial relations, health and education issues, and some about economic development and how to get their arms around all those issues simultaneously," Delia said. "The Southeastern Crescent Regional Commission isn't interested in targeting individuals by race or gender or any other such criteria, but to look at communities most in need and target services to move the entire community forward, no matter who lives there."
By the end of the forum, Southern Black Belt Initiative backers voted to work independently of the SCRC.
Jason Brookins, executive director of the Hinds County Economic Development District, said if all needs weren't addressed, the best-laid plans wouldn't be successful.
"If someone is helping to build affordable housing, they may be doing a great thing, but if no one is working on bringing jobs to a community, then it doesn't do much good," he said. "Coordinating all facets of economic development is always going to be more productive."
Several years ago, the Southern Rural Development Center at Mississippi State University funded projects on the Black Belt region, which included producing a map and resource materials, said Bonnie Teater, assistant director for the center.
"The document we published was the basis for the beginning of discussions on the Black Belt," she said. "I was a bit surprised that it took so long after the publication was released for organizers to move forward."
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Founded in 1902 , Alpha Omega Alpha is the national medical honor society in the United States, dedicating to promoting the following values:
Election to Alpha Omega Alpha is an honor signifying a lasting commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism, and service. A lifelong honor, membership in the society confers recognition for a physician's dedication to the profession and art of healing.
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Criterion's new Blu-ray release of Andrei Tarkovsky's second feature, Andrei Rublev (1966), not only features a superb restoration of the director's preferred 183-minute cut, but also a (much weaker) transfer of the original 205-minute version and a comprehensive selection of new and archival supplements which cover the production and meaning of this, the greatest of all historical epics.
Film History
Andrei Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev (1966):
(Faulty) Memory and the formation of a passion for movies
Michael Powell's A Matter of Life and Death (1946): Criterion Blu-ray review
Victor Erice's El Sur (1983): Criterion Blu-ray review
The storytelling art of Sadao Yamanaka
The cinematic art of Cristian Mungiu
Two recent Criterion releases, Cristian Mungiu's Beyond the Hills (2012) and Graduation (2016), illustrate the richness of the Romanian New Wave; formally rich, morally complex, and dramatically powerful, they both look superb on Blu-ray and Criterion supplements them with substantial contextual material which reveal Mungiu to be one of the finest artists working in film today.
Nelson Pereira dos Santos' ethnographic satire:
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
John Murray Anderson's King of Jazz (1930): Criterion Blu-ray review
Claude Autant-Lara's wartime romances: Eclipse #45
Criterion have followed their fine Eclipse set of Julien Duvivier films with a collection of features by another French director pushed into obscurity by the New Wave: Claude Autant-Lara, represented here by four films made during the German Occupation, all starring a fine but not well-known actress named Odette Joyeux.


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4 Ways to Manage Stress
In a world that never seems to stop, the Canadian Chiropractic Association has outlined 4 techniques to help manage stress. In a recent publication, the CCA has shared that according to the World Health Organization, stress, particularly work-related stress, is the second-most common health problem. Chronic stress can lead to high blood pressure, increased cholesterol, diabetes, headaches, musculoskeletal pain, and clinical depression, just to name a few.
It is important to take a bit of time out of your busy schedule to unwind and relax, otherwise, your body will suffer both physically and mentally. Learning how to manage stress can take time, and everyone usually has their own unique way of relieving it. Here are a few ways to help get you started:
- Yoga: Yoga is not only used for pain management—studies have shown that practicing yoga regularly can help reduce stress and decrease the risk of injury in the workplace.
- Belly breathing: "Belly breathing" (or deep breathing) has been shown to reset the nervous system. Studies have shown a decrease in fatigue and anxiety with deep breathing exercises. In order to see the benefits of deep breathing, it should be done 3–4 times per day for at least 5 minutes.
- Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR): This technique involves engaging the muscles—actively contracting (for 10 seconds) and relaxing (for 20 seconds) muscles of the legs, arms, and abdomen with the eyes closed, focusing separately on each muscle group as you move up (or down) the body in full.1When practising PMR, it is important to mentally focus on contraction and relaxation. To maximize on its benefits, try doing the exercise 2–3 times per day (for as much as 15–20 minutes, if you can manage it). Studies have shown a decrease in stress hormones, anxiety, and blood pressure with the use of this technique.
- Meditation: Mindfulness meditation is a common technique used to combat stress, anxiety, chronic pain, depression, and headaches. Check out this blog to see some tips on how to add mindfulness to your everyday routine.
Stress, although often viewed as a negative entity, can often be managed appropriately. Keep these tips in mind to help with your stress management and self-care routine. Should you want further tips, please consult Johnston Health & Laser Center the office or book a consultation.
Source – https://www.chiropractic.ca/blog/4-techniques-to-help-you-manage-stress/


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September 30, 2017
Hi everyone,
Monday we started with a fun foot feel. Everybody took their shoes and socks off and we attempted to pick up rubber bands and pencils with our toes. Many couldn't resist using hands. We counted our toes and said This Little Piggy. We sang Open, Shut Them, and Where Is Thumbkin? We read The Soles Of Your Feet and followed the leader into the big room to feel different textures with our bare feet. We walked across the textures many times. The children said they felt soft, smooth, sticky, scratchy, hard, prickly, poppy, and like a tiger.
Monday there were seven sleepers. That's quiet. Y'all must have had a good long weekend.
Tuesday, after tracing our feet, we made a foot print mural using two colors. More practice taking off shoes and socks, and putting them back on. We are using two hands and two eyes to see where the problem is when struggling with socks, also with pants and underwear in the bathroom. Some children can see what's stuck and fix it.
We made a list of things we can do with our feet: run, walk, jump, run up a hill, pick up things with our toes, point toes, and a few people said, "not running in the house." We added the classroom as well. Everyone watercolored their feet tracings.
We played ball games. The first one we called hot potato. We sat in a circle and rolled seven balls at once. The idea was to get rid of the balls (hot potatoes) as fast as possible. It was a fast moving game that lasted surprisingly long. There was much laughter. When we went outside, we brought two balls to use with our feet. We tried only kicking them but hands are just too handy.
Next week we begin talking about our five senses.
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South African Tourism has joined Cape Town Air Access as a member of the Cape Town Air Access Steering Committee.
The Steering Committee comprises Cape Town Air Access' founding partners and meets every quarter to guide the work of the project team.
"South African Tourism joining Cape Town Air Access is another national vote of confidence in the initiative and we look forward to SAT's contribution," said Tim Harris, Wesgro CEO.
Cape Town Air Access is a partnership, based at Wesgro, between the Western Cape Government, the City of Cape Town, Airports Company of South Africa, Cape Town Tourism and now South African Tourism, and is the focal point for international air route development in the Western Cape.
"Air access is critical to the successful development of destinations, thus SAT is delighted to collaborate with the Cape Town Air Access team and will work closely to ensure South Africa's status as a preferred destination to the world," said Margie Whitehouse, South African Tourism, CMO.
Alan Winde, Minister of Economic Opportunities, said: "We are delighted to welcome South African Tourism to the Air Access team. SAT brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in reaching strategic markets, and will be a key partner in continuing to improve access to the Western Cape. As part of our Project Khulisa economic strategy, we identified improving air access as a catalyst for growth in the tourism sector".


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July 10, 2014 / 5 Reasons You Suck At Online Dating
Before you write off online dating, make sure you're not making these mistakes.
I've said it many times and I will say it again, and again, and again: online dating is the easiest way to meet women. Note I didn't say the easiest way to meet a certain type of woman, or a woman for a certain goal, I said women. Period. If you are much more successful "in real life" than you are with online dating there are usually three explanations, with the latter being by far the most likely:
(1) — You are a famous celebrity, extremely wealthy, or super attractive and successful guy who picks up a hot girl every night without fail in which case there is no "more successful" than you already are.
(2) — You are very unattractive (both physically and overall) but have convinced yourself that the fact that you are talking to girls "in real life" is success even though you aren't sleeping with them. (In that case read this article).
(3) — You are simply bad at online dating.
Yes, there could be other reasons (usually being short and unattractive in pictures but with huge social proof/outlier tremendously strong game in certain settings.) but they are rare. Actually, even (1) and (2) above are quite rare. Usually, the actual explanation is (3).
Unfortunately, me telling you that you suck at online dating isn't particularly helpful. If you want to learn more about an online dating system that works, you can read about Sway Seduction, but before you do that, fix the easy mistakes you are making. Here are 5 of them.
1. You go after the wrong women.
I have some news for you. You won't like it, but it's true: you are not god's gift to women. Neither am I, and neither is anyone. However, for some reason, when guys get online they think that they are suddenly deserving of all the perfect 10s in the world with minimal effort because of a delusion that if a girl is doing online dating, she is already low quality. Some men even reject approaches from women that they would love to date if they met in real life. Doesn't work like that. If you would never have the balls to approach her at a bar, then why do you think you are going to get her if you meet online, even if you do actually get a meeting? Learn how to avoid going after the wrong women. I wrote about that in more detail here.
2. Your profile sucks.
While looks and pictures is an important component of online dating, your profile is perhaps even MORE important! However, so many men either neglect their profile, come up with something lame in two minutes, or write a drawn out novel that would cure insomnia. A great profile not only gets more responses, it also gets women to write you! Did you read the Sway Seduction page? Read that to check out some of the e-mails I've gotten from women using my 'holy grail' profiles. Don't neglect your profile.
3. You message too much.
Messaging too much is one of the most common online dating mistakes. It is also a devastating one. As I talked about here, I usually get a number and arrange a date in only *2 messages*. That's right, just 2 messages. Sometimes it may take 3, but it almost never takes more than that. Women are online to meet, not make online pen-pals. You can ruin your chances with an interested women if you message too much and don't know the right messages to send to get her out on a date quickly.
4. You aren't online enough.
Sorting by "last time online" is very common, which means, while you don't have to browse a lot online, you want to be logged in as much as you can. This requires almost no effort, but too many men simply do not do this. This is why their name falls to the bottom of the list with women who are searching for men.
5. You don't change your pictures.
Profiles can go 'stale'. One way to prevent this is to cycle through your pictures. Your main picture is the most important, but sometimes a different picture might attract a different set of women. Make sure you change things up every once in a while to keep your profile fresh in womens' mind. Otherwise, women who already saw you will just browse by you again without giving it a second thought, even if, had they opened the link, they would have been interested!
There's much more to it.
Going from sucking to being a master at online dating isn't necessarily that easy. There's a reason I wrote 258! pages about it; there's a lot to it! However, the first step is not to make simple obvious mistakes. If you want to learn more about a comprehensive system that will not only reveal many more common mistakes men make, but show you how to fix them and more, CLICK HERE.
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Housing Industry News to Inform, Unite/
Welcome to the first issue of Housing Industry News. Presented by Housing First Minnesota, this quarterly newspaper provides accurate and useful updates about the housing industry for licensed Minnesota contractors, suppliers. With broad distribution that also includes customers, regulators, and elected representatives. Housing Industry News is a powerful publication for influencing and unifying the industry's collective voice.
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Makes: 4
Prep time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Chicken & Breading
6 x Lilydale Free Range Chicken thigh fillets, boneless, skinless
1 cup plain flour
1/3 cup cornflour
2 tsp sea salt
2 cups buttermilk
2 tsp paprika
1 egg, beaten
Sunflower oil, to deep fry
Carrot & Celery Slaw
2 carrots, peeled, julienned*
2 sticks celery, thinly sliced on angle
1 tbs white vinegar
Blue Cheese Mayonnaise
60g blue cheese, crumbled into small pieces
1 cup Hellmans mayonnaise
1/2 cup natural yoghurt
1 lemon, juiced
Salt, to taste
Buffalo Sauce
1 bottle Franks Red Hot Sauce*
3/4 cup butter
2 tsp garlic powder
Assembly & to serve
4 x seeded brioche buns, toasted
8 slices burger cheese
1/4 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
Fries, cooked as per packet instructions, to serve
Extra blue cheese mayonnaise, to serve
Extra buffalo sauce, to serve
1. Prepare the buttermilk by adding paprika and egg, mix well to combine, place chicken into large bowl and pour over butter milk. Combine the flours and salt in a large bowl. One at a time, remove chicken thighs from buttermilk and then dredge chicken through flour, coating well, using your hands, push chicken into flour mix to cover completely, flip and repeat. Place breaded chicken on a wire rack until time to cook. Repeat for all chicken thighs.
2. Heat oil in a large heavy based pot or deep fryer to 180C. In batches, cook chicken for 5-8 mins until golden and cooked through. Set on wire rack to drain any excess oil. Place two slices of cheese on top of chicken to melt. Repeat.
3. While cooking chicken, make blue cheese mayonnaise. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl beating well to bring together. Cover and place in fridge until needed.
4. Make your carrot and celery slaw by combining all ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Toss well.
5. To make the buffalo sauce, melt butter in a small saucepan over a gentle heat. Add garlic powder and hot sauce and whisk well to combine. Keep warm.
6. Assemble the burger with lashings of blue cheese mayo, followed by a layer of lettuce and slaw. Next place two pieces of fried chicken on top of one and other and drizzle generously blue cheese mayo and buffalo sauce, top with the seeded brioche bun.
Recipe Notes and Tips:
*If you want some extra spice and heat on your burger, add chili powder to the breading mix.
*Julienned is a cutting technique where you cut into matchsticks. This can be easily done with a "julienne peeler".
*Franks Red Hot sauce can be found in all major supermarkets or online.


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Payroll tax cut won't help the economy
Here's a shock – Republicans and Democrats have agreed to extend the temporary payroll tax cut until the end of the year.
And in other news, apple pie will retain its status next to motherhood.
In politics, it's all about perceptions. No one wants to be the killjoy who brings up tough questions or realities when you can instead make average people feel as thought they are getting something.
It kind of makes you wonder which Congress will have the guts to ever not extend this temporary tax cut, which, by the way, takes away money the Social Security program needs. Help workers just to hurt seniors? Not exactly. We'll find the money to pay for all this. Heck, we can always borrow it.
Here's an interesting "Fiscal facts" paper from the Tax Foundation. Titled, "Global Evidence on Taxes and Economic Growth: Payroll Taxes Have No Effect," it argues there is no relationship between payroll taxes and long-term economic growth.
To grow economically, the nation ought to be cutting its corporate income taxes, which "have a highly significant and negative effect on long-term growth. "
The United States has among the highest corporate tax rates of the 34 nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
OECD research suggests that data from the decade of 2000 to 2010 shows that "cutting the corporate rate by 10 percentage points is associated with an increase in total real GDP growth of 11.1 percentage points …"
Economic growth would lead to more jobs and higher wages. It's just that "Cut corporate taxes!" doesn't make for a great campaign slogan in these times. It's much easier to cut payroll taxes, pretend you don't need the money and blame the other side for the slow economic recovery.
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You can say anything you wish about tax cuts without being seriously challenged, just so long as you do not get specific about who gets the cuts and who doesn't.
The true fact is that tax cuts that give more money to spend to the average American consumers will help the economy.
The true fact is that tax cuts given to non-consumers who have no need to change their consumption, will do nothing to help the economy.
Politicians and businessmen are engaged in a huge competition for wealth. There are few rules and almost no fouls. People, citizens, workers and consumers are used as rewards for helping the cause of some and punished for helping the cause of others. Currently it is the republicans turn to punish the people of America for their misdeeds.


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18 November–3 December 2019
Extension to 6 December 2019
18 November–3 December 2020
Extension to 6 December 2020
This tour takes us to less-visited parts of Tanzania, where a long list of uncommon and sought-after birds occurs. We will visit the dry Maasai plains for Beesley's Lark; the Eastern Arc Mountains (Usambaras) with their many endemic, near-endemic and highly localised forest species; Mikumi National Park for some Miombo woodland species and the Udzungwa/Kilombero area for some of the more easily accessible recent discoveries.
Day 1 Overnight flight from London via Nairobi to Dar es Salaam, where we will spend the night.
Day 2 Late-morning flight from Dar es Salaam to Arusha and transfer to the Ngaresero Mountain Lodge for two nights.
Day 3 This morning we will travel a short distance north of Arusha to the dry Maasai steppe areas that stretch towards the Kenyan border. Here, amongst a wealth of typical eastern African bird species is a fine array of different and special birds to search for. Top of the list is the extremely range-restricted Beesley's Lark, a recent split from the South African Spike-heeled Lark, and found only in this one tiny area. This is possibly the rarest bird in eastern Africa, with estimates of its population rarely going above one hundred individuals. The local Maasai are aware of this bird's importance and will often have individuals located for us on arrival. Numerous other localised, dry-country, Maasai steppe species, such as Somali Short-toed and Pink-breasted Larks, are possible here. Later, we will continue through remote and wild Maasai steppe: acacia scrub and thorn bush interspersed with Euphorbia (a cactus lookalike) and Sansevieria (sisal) along with large patches of barren, bare ground. There will be further opportunities along the way to encounter some of the localised birds of this under-watched region; possibilities include Lanner and maybe Amur Falcons, Grey Wren-warbler, White-browed Sparrow-weaver, Long-billed and Plain-backed Pipits, Ashy and Tiny Cisticolas, Short-tailed and Foxy Larks, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Red-throated Tit and Red-fronted Prinia. After the excitement of the lark plains we will return to our lodge for a late lunch. After lunch we should enjoy superb views of both Mount Meru and the snow-capped dome of Kilimanjaro; at 5895m this great icon is the highest mountain on the continent of Africa. A walk in the lodge gardens could reveal the near-endemic Taveta Golden-weaver, Brown-breasted Barbet, Little Grebe, Long-tailed Cormorant, Sacred Ibis, the noisy Hadada Ibis, Common Moorhen, African Jacana, Red-eyed Dove, Red-chested Cuckoo, the superb African Emerald Cuckoo, African Palm-swift, Malachite and perhaps Giant Kingfishers, Speckled Mousebird, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, African Pied and Mountain Wagtails, possibly Common (Dark-capped) Bulbul, Rüppell's and Cape Robin-chats, Trilling Cisticola, Black-backed Puffback, Northern Fiscal, Red-winged Starling, Collared Sunbird, the stout Grosbeak Weaver and Black-headed (Layard's) and Baglafecht Weavers, as well as the attractive Sykes's Monkey.
Day 4 Our destination today will be the dry, hot bush country of the Pare Mountains. Here, the avifauna is more akin to that of Tsavo West National Park in Kenya, although, as we happily face no restrictions here on having to stay in our vehicles, looking for some species is distinctly easier. In particular we will be hoping to find the furtive Scaly Chatterer and Pringle's Puffback as well as the amazing-looking but localised White-headed Mousebird and Tsavo Sunbird. The thick acacia scrub should be alive with birds: comical-looking White-bellied Go-away-birds and Northern Red-billed, Von Der Decken's and African Grey Hornbills perch up prominently; glittering Hunter's, Variable and Eastern Violet-backed Sunbirds should be easy to find as they flit from one flowering bush to another; Sombre Greenbul, Red-backed Scrub-robin and White-rumped Shrike may also be found perched in the larger bushes and small trees, while roving Abyssinian Scimitarbills regularly inspect the branches of the larger acacias. Spotted Morning-thrushes sing joyfully and the loud calls of Slate-coloured Boubous sound from the depths of the thickets, while Red-fronted Tinkerbirds 'poop' away through the heat of the day and beautiful Blue-capped Cordonbleus and Purple Grenadiers search for food beneath the same bushes. If we are fortunate, we may also find such desirable species as the striking African Bare-eyed Thrush, Pygmy Batis, the distinctive cathemagmena form of Rosy-patched Bushshrike, the incredible Golden-breasted Starling, Southern Grosbeak-canary and Somali Bunting. If conditions are right, we may also see Straw-tailed and Steel-blue Whydahs in breeding plumage. We should also keep an eye open for Fire-fronted Bishop, an irruptive and irregularly seen species that is occasionally found here. Overnight at the Elephant Motel, Same.
Day 5 After breakfast we will drive high on to the Shengena Peak of the South Pare Mountains to find a distinctive type of Broad-ringed White-eye that some authorities split as South Pare White-eye. We should also encounter highland/high-altitude species similar to those in the West Usambaras, such as African Hill-babbler, Sharpe's, Kenrick's and Waller's Starlings, Black-fronted Bushshrike and Usambara Double-collared Sunbird. We will head down to the lower elevations for lunch and then set off towards the town of Lushoto in the West Usambara Mountains. On the way, we will make impromptu stops for the small Black-bellied Sunbird, Zanzibar Red Bishop and Winding (Coastal) Cisticola. From a distance, the West Usambara Mountains form a colourful mosaic of fine scenery, rising steeply from the surrounding plains. On the fertile slopes around the towns of Soni and Lushoto, farmers cultivate small plots of food and cash crops. Because of its pleasant climate, these mountains were favoured by German and English colonialists, as illustrated by the numerous historic buildings from the past and the variety of exotic and indigenous fruits grown in the area. Two nights at Mullers Mountain Lodge, an old residence of the German Colonial Chief.
Day 6 We will spend the whole day exploring some of the forest remnants in the area for the many rare and endemic species present. The mountains offer a variety of Tanzanian endemics and rarities including the yet-to-be-officially-named Usambara (Montane) Nightjar, Fülleborn's Boubou, Usambara Weaver, African Golden-weaver, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Bar-tailed Trogon, Moustached Tinkerbird, White-tailed Crested-flycatcher, Grey Cuckooshrike, Yellow-throated Woodland-warbler, Cinnamon Bracken-warbler, Red-collared Widowbird, Southern Red Bishop, Red-faced Crimsonwing and a seemingly endless list of greenbuls such as Terrestrial Brownbul, Eastern Mountain-greenbul, Tiny, Shelley's, Yellow-streaked, Cabanis's and Stripe-cheeked Greenbuls. African Tailorbird – a recently discovered species – will be another bird to look out for here. Much of the natural forest in the West Usambaras has been cleared for cultivation; however, there remain some good spots for birding, including the areas directly behind Mullers Lodge. More widespread woodland birds could include a good range of doves and pigeons: Delegorgue's and Rameron Pigeons, Blue-spotted Wood-dove and Tambourine and Lemon Doves. Some species here are notoriously secretive and difficult to see – Spot-throat, Usambara Akalat and White-chested Alethe are all forest-floor skulkers that we will try for but cannot guarantee.
Day 7 After breakfast we will drive out of the West Usambaras and head towards the Amani Nature Reserve in the East Usambaras. This reserve is an extraordinary place for birding, with many specialities and endemic bird species to find. The Usambaras are a little-known mountain range and one of the hidden gems of Tanzania. Lying northwest of the Indian Ocean coast, they are a relict patch of the great tropical forests that once spanned Africa from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean and have more in common with the forests of western Africa than those of eastern Africa. They have formed islands of forest on the arc of high hills and, over many years, developed their own endemic species. The biodiversity is great: a treasure trove of botanical, zoological and ornithological species. Most of the day will be spent traveling but, it will be worth it as there are many special birds here. Three nights in the simple but very adequate Amani Nature Reserve Information Centre Rest House.
Days 8–9 We have two full days to get to grips with the special birds of this area. We will be birding from good tracks and roads along the tea estates and on hikers' trails that will give us some degree of access to the otherwise impenetrable forest under-storey. We will be in the forest early, looking for elusive species such as African Cuckoo-hawk, Green Barbet, White-starred Robin, East Coast Akalat, Kretschmer's Longbill, Black-headed Batis, Usambara Hyliota, Spotted Ground-thrush, Red-tailed Ant-thrush, Usambara Eagle-owl and Black-throated Wattle-eye. Fischer's Turaco will provide a stunning interlude between the LBJs such as Sharpe's Akalat and Pale-breasted Illadopsis. Also in this fascinating region are Uluguru Violet-backed, Banded, Amani and Purple-banded Sunbirds, Half-collared and Brown-hooded Kingfishers, the uncommon Fasciated Snake-eagle, Mottled Spinetail, Crowned Hornbill, White-eared Barbet, Mombasa Woodpecker, Green Tinkerbird, Lesser Honeyguide, Eastern Nicator, Kurrichane Thrush, African and Mountain Yellow-warblers, Green-backed Camaroptera, Yellow and Livingstone's Flycatchers, Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike, Square-tailed Drongo, Green-headed Oriole, Black-bellied Starling and Green-backed and Peters's Twinspots. Some of these will show up quickly, others we may have to work hard for, or just be plain lucky – the forest doesn't give up all its treasures easily!
Day 10 This morning we will leave the East Usambara Mountains and descend in a southerly direction to the plains, heading for Mikumi National Park, the fourth largest National Park of Tanzania. This is a long drive, linking the northern and southern regions of the country. Most of the day will be spent on the road, although we will make a few bush stops and take lunch on the highway en route to Mikumi. Our birding for the restricted, southerly, dry-country species begins when we reach the dry steppe of the Mikumi area. On the highway that traverses the park, we should be able to pick up some introductory Miombo woodland species including Dickinson's Kestrel, Pale-billed Hornbill, Long-tailed Fiscal and Racket-tailed Roller. We should arrive at our overnight accommodation – a group of lovely Swiss-run cottages – in time for dinner.
Day 11 A dawn start today will enable us to embark on our quest for the most sought-after Miombo woodland specialities. Key birds we will be looking for amongst the many more common species include Eastern Chanting-goshawk, Black Coucal, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Miombo and Black-collared Barbets, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Bat-like Spinetail, Brown-necked Parrot, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Pale Batis, White-headed Black-chat, Collared Palm-thrush, Miombo Wren-warbler, Greencap Eremomela, Rufous-bellied Tit, White-winged Black-tit, Moustached Grass-warbler, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Miombo and Shelley's Sunbirds, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, Bertram's Weaver, Cabanis's Bunting, Jameson's Firefinch and Orange-winged Pytilia. At dawn we may also come across Fiery-necked Nightjar, African Scops-owl and African Barred Owlet. We will return to our cottages for a full breakfast, after which we will head back into the Miombo woods for some mid-morning birding to catch up with any species we may have missed earlier. After a leisurely lunch during the heat of the day we will drive to the eastern Udzungwa Mountains. Two nights at Udzungwa Twig Rest House.
Day 12 Today will involve a three-hour drive on rough dirt roads, but we will make frequent stops for birds (including a site for Southern Brown-throated Weaver) en route to the Kilombero Valley. We will spend much of the day exploring the floodplain of the Kilombero River, where, in 1986, ornithologists followed up on a report that there were some unusual weavers breeding in the grasslands of the floodplain. Several of the birds were netted and have now been formally described as a new species: Kilombero Weaver. The weaver proved to be only the first of such discoveries from the region, which has also yielded two different species of cisticola. These are now known to represent as-yet-undescribed species and, pending their formal description, they are informally known as "White-tailed Cisticola" and "Kilombero Cisticola." The presence of three recently-discovered endemics would be reason enough to visit the Kilombero floodplain, but it is also attractive to a number of marsh and open-country species of interest, including Squacco Heron, African Openbill, African Fish-eagle, Water Thick-knee, White-headed Lapwing, Pied Kingfisher, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Marsh (Anchieta's) Tchagra, Parasitic Weaver, Fan-tailed and White-winged Widowbirds and Red-billed Firefinch.
Day 13 The whole of this morning will be devoted to birding the forest trails and forest edge within the Udzungwa Mountains National Park. Species we should encounter here include Livingstone's Turaco, Grey Tit-flycatcher, Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Narina Trogon, Crested Guineafowl, Retz's Helmetshrike, Little Greenbul, Green Malkoha (Yellowbill) and Forest Weaver. We should also catch up with Southern Citril, Black-tailed and Zebra Waxbills and Trumpeter Hornbill. In the afternoon we will return to the Mikumi area, where we will spend two nights at Vuma Hills Tented Lodge, a small and personalised lodge perched above the trees and stretching over seemingly endless wilderness southwest of Mikumi National Park.
Day 14 We will spend the whole of today exploring Mikumi National Park in greater depth. Mikumi is home to more than 400 bird species, and we will explore a variety of habitats in order to see a good cross-section of both birds and mammals. The more open areas of the park feature grassy plains with occasional waterholes that inevitably attract birds and mammals, particularly in the dry season. Some of the possibilities here include African Darter, White-faced Whistling-duck, Marabou Stork, Black-headed Heron, Southern Ground-hornbill and the gaudy Superb Starling. The same waterholes often contain wallowing Hippos, and it is not unusual to see Impala and other mammals coming to drink. The surrounding grasslands offer a wealth of cisticolas, including Croaking and Desert, as well as Secretarybird, Red-necked Francolin, Helmeted Guineafowl, Black-bellied Bustard, Yellow-throated Longclaw and Red-headed Quelea. In areas of more-developed bush and scrub, we will look out for Coqui and Crested Francolins, Crowned and Blacksmith Lapwings, Crested Barbet, African Penduline-tit, Black-crowned Tchagra, Violet-backed Starling, Southern Cordonbleu, Yellow-fronted Canary and Golden-breasted Bunting. We will also need to keep an eye on the sky for raptors in this habitat; we may well encounter Black-breasted Snake-eagle, Dark Chanting-goshawk, Grasshopper Buzzard, Steppe, Wahlberg's and Martial Eagles and Grey Kestrel. We will mostly be confined to vehicles inside the park; however, we will also visit some good woodland outside its borders, where we will be free to bird on foot. In these more wooded habitats we could find Broad-billed Roller, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Common Scimitarbill, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Greater Honeyguide, Bearded Woodpecker, Piping Cisticola, Brubru, African Black-headed Oriole, Yellow-throated Petronia and Red-headed Weaver. Other birds we hope to see during our stay at Mikumi include Saddle-billed Stork, Knob-billed Duck, Spotted Thick-knee, Levaillant's, Black and African Cuckoos, Square-tailed Nightjar, African Pygmy-kingfisher, Eurasian (African) Hoopoe, Flappet Lark, Mosque Swallow, Arrow-marked Babbler, Southern Black-flycatcher, Pale Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Eremomela, White Helmetshrike, Red-backed Shrike, Grey-headed Bushshrike, Black Cuckooshrike, Red-billed and Yellow-billed Oxpeckers, Greater Blue-eared and Wattled Starlings, Pin-tailed Whydah and Beautiful, Amethyst, Western Violet-backed and Scarlet-chested Sunbirds. Mammals are also very much a feature of the area, and we should see Yellow Baboon, Common Zebra, Giraffe, Spotted Hyena, Common Warthog, African Elephant, Eland, African Buffalo, Bohor Reedbuck and Brindled Gnu (Blue Wildebeest). African Wild Dog does occur in the park, but we will be extremely lucky to see this rare animal during our visit. Feeding stations at Vuma Hills attract a number of smaller, mostly nocturnal mammals that are generally common but seldom seen in daylight, including Rusty-spotted Genet, African Civet, Honey Badger (Ratel), Greater Galago and the localised Bushy-tailed Mongoose.
Day 15 We will return north today, birding en route at sites which, hopefully, will produce one or two last special and localised staked-out species. By the evening we will be in Dar es Salaam where we will have the use of day rooms to wash, change and re-pack before catching our overnight flight back to London. Those opting to take the Pemba Island extension will stay overnight in the same hotel in Dar es Salaam.
Day 16 Arrival back in London at the end of the tour or, for those taking the extension, morning flight to Pemba Island.
Pemba Extension
Days 16–17 A morning flight on Day 16 will take us to the small Indian Ocean island of Pemba via Zanzibar. This gives us an opportunity to bird a very different suite of habitats including extensive clove plantations, mangroves, forests and sandy beaches. Pemba lies about 50 kilometres off the Tanzanian coast and is particularly well known for its superb diving. We will have part of Day 16 and all of Day 17 to discover the birds of this idyllic island. On arrival we will transfer to the far north of the island to our accommodation – a secluded, peaceful wilderness resort with comfortable en-suite cabins. The lodge is situated close to the Ngezi Forest – home to the endemic Pemba Scops-owl and Pemba Green-pigeon. We will make an after-dark excursion (two if necessary) to find the owl and should find the pigeon on one of our daytime visits. The other two Pemba endemics are Pemba Sunbird and Pemba White-eye, both often easily found in the lodge gardens. Other interesting birds to be found along the coast and in its forests may include Crab Plover, Sooty Gull, Saunders's Tern, African Pygmy-goose, Terek Sandpiper, Palm-nut Vulture, Brown-headed Parrot, Mangrove Kingfisher and Black-winged Bishop. We will make excursions to find the important bird species and have the opportunity to relax at the resort in the heat of the day, with options for superb swimming and snorkelling – a pleasant and relaxing way to finish a very varied African birding experience. Two nights at Manta Ray Resort.
Day 18 An afternoon flight back to Dar es Salaam will give us time to visit a large roost of the endemic Pemba Flying Fox en route to the airport. Once back in Dar es Salaam we will retire to day rooms to wash, change and re-pack for our overnight flight to London, arriving on Day 19.
General Information The climate is generally hot, although mornings can be cold at high altitude. Accommodation on the trip is mostly very good – clean, comfortable rooms with private bathrooms – and in lovely locations, often with excellent birding and wildlife on the doorstep. This tour includes some areas more "off the beaten track," so some accommodation – particularly at Amani and Udzungwa – is a bit more basic, although it still offers reasonable amenities. The tented camp comprises delightful, large, permanently set-up walk-in tents with private bathrooms. Food is of European standard. Transport is by minibus or four-wheel drive and the road conditions are reasonable. There are special health requirements and you should consult your GP in this respect. Visas are required and cost £40 in advance. Only a moderate degree of fitness is needed. Photographic opportunities are excellent.
Group Size Minimum number for tour to go ahead: 9; maximum group size: 11 with 3 leaders.


text: GO SEE the current exhibition at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City! Showcasing one of my favorite photographer's best works, including his "Big Nudes". Newton was a master of creating fine art images that translated into high fashion and shot for nearly every major fashion publication. Even his images from the 60's and 70's are still so relevant and fresh, 30+ years later.


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Occupy and Resist,
by Jon Rainford
In the midst of a walk through the steers of a typically sedated Madrid at Siesta time, I turned a corner and stumbled upon a hive of life and energy, the likes of which I hadn't encountered before. This was my first encounter with the reality of Occupy. Whilst this image was taken back in 2011, bringing it into publication could be no more timely. In her recent paper in the Current Sociology monograph that specifically examines the new wave of global mobilisation, Lauren Langman (2013) highlights the tensions between a Lockean individualism associated with affluence and the egalitarian views associated with Occupy. As she states: 'At times of crises, people withdraw commitments to the existing social order – creating spaces for alternative views, values and understandings' (p.512). This image of a hotel, a place where affluence can buy you your own piece of home within a city and its occupation demonstrates the way that this tension is playing out within the streets of cities around the world.
* Langman, L. (2013). 'Occupy: A new new social movement'", Current Sociology, 61(4) 510-524
Jon (info(at)jonrainford.co.uk) is a recent graduate of the Open University's Masters in Social Science who is currently in the process of applying to read for a PhD in Sociology.
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Aspire One 725 Laptops
Next up we review one of the latest netbooks - Acer's Aspire One 725, an 11.6" HD screen laptop offering a modest specification from within it's highly portable shell - featuring the AMD DC C70 1GHz processor, 4GB RAM, a 320GB SATAII 5400rpm hard drive, all running on Windows 8. In terms of weight this netbook is pretty light at just 1.2kg, and is considerably smaller than the average 15.6" laptop, and thus will appeal to those who wish to travel with their laptop. Read on for our Acer Aspire One 725 review.
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