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The Cocktail Hour
Mark and Molly's wedding reception took place at the amazing Cotton Room in Durham last weekend. The guests arrived around 6:30 for cocktails. After about an hour, the curtains partitioning off the room were pulled back to reveal the rest of the reception space. Once again, Fresh Affairs knocked it out of the park! Look at these amazing centerpieces! Talk about the "wow factor". In addition, we had 16 of our up lights around the room set to the most popular color, amber. The room couldn't have looked better.
The Wedding Reception
The bridal party entered to "Forever" by Chris Brown and then went right into their first dance "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton. A great start to the night. The father of the bride gave a nice welcome, the blessing was said, and then the family style dinner was served. The food looked amazing! After dinner was the cake cutting, toasts, and then parent dances. Molly and her dad danced to "Too Much Heaven" by The Bee Gees and Mark and his mom danced to "Mom" by Garth Brooks. After that, it was my turn to rock, and for over 2 hours, these folks were burning up the dance floor! Around 11:30, the party ended and the guests went downstairs for a big sparkler sendoff. What a great reception! I can't wait to see the photos from Hooman at Vesic Photography!

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Black Ops
By W.E.B. Griffin
Though beginning with a slow start, this last part of the Presidential Agent series picks up its pace and thrill midway engaging in a fascinating plot till the very end.
But I could see more of low points in the story. There's too much unnecessary detailing; strong opinions of Russian history that seem somewhat unimpressive; a bit of mindless love interest / sex that doesn't lead anywhere; high action-packed-drama missing; and most importantly the interesting climax seemed to end too soon!
No doubt the book is well written and characters well etched, but it failed to satisfy me as a reader.
The only ray of hope or anticipation is what's gonna come of Castillo's future in the secret operations arena.


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Enhancing supply chain visibility to achieve compliance
Facing an increasing sea of regulations around environmental and trade practices, manufacturers are enhancing supply chain visibility as a way to achieve compliance.
Providing a more accurate, real-time picture of demand signals or supplier inventory levels is the focus of most manufacturers' supply chain visibility projects. But facing an increasingly complex regulatory climate, manufacturers are beginning to want enhanced visibility to help meet compliance directives related to trade practices, environmental mandates and upcoming serialization and track-and-trace laws.
"[Compliance] is an up-and-coming factor, and manufacturers are expecting a lot more regulations for environmental compliance, around packaging for trade compliance and things like ePedigree, for understanding where your product is coming from," said Noha Tohamy, vice president of research at AMR Research, a Gartner company. "We see a lot of manufacturers working with the government and their customers to come up with what to invest in without stifling their ability to be profitable and efficient within their supply chains."
One of the more prominent areas where enhanced supply chain visibility comes into play is environmental compliance. Regulations like REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical Substances), which makes manufacturers responsible for tracking and managing the hazardous chemical substances that are part of their products; RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances); and WEEE (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment) up the ante for manufacturers. These directives require manufacturers to keep tabs not only on the attributes of the supplier components and materials that go into their products but also on how those parts and components are disposed of and potentially recycled at end of life.
The ramifications for manufacturers that aren't on top of these mandates can be quite significant -- costly redesigns, scrapped parts, blocked shipments, potential customer dissatisfaction and, possibly, steep fines. Most manufacturers are still using spreadsheets, homegrown databases, even manual processes to retrieve and manage this data with their supply chain. Increasingly, however, a variety of enterprise systems -- from supply chain offerings to product lifecycle management (PLM) suites -- are adding functionality to help manufacturers automate these processes and more effectively track and improve the environmental performance of their products.
Forthcoming environmental regulations around carbon emissions will be the real game changer for manufacturers, stepping up the need for visibility solutions to aid in meeting compliance. "If you look at what Walmart is mandating in terms of having to reduce the carbon footprint of the products that are offered in Walmart stores, visibility is a huge part of being able to track that information because there are so many parties involved in creating one product's carbon footprint," said Amy Drevna, senior vice president of marketing for One Network. According to a study by the Business Performance Management Forum and E2open, a provider of on-demand supply chain management services, 42% of companies surveyed have yet to consider carbon footprint or greenhouse gas emissions across their extended supply chain. While 76% of respondents said their customers have not requested such information, two-thirds expect them to demand such data in the coming years.
Aside from environmental compliance, new laws related to global trade are another area where manufacturers can benefit from better visibility in their supply chains. Global trade management solutions like those from Management Dynamics, Oracle and others automate the processes that allow manufacturers to efficiently trade and collaborate across borders and ensure they pay the correct amount of duty while protecting against fines and penalties, as well as loss of trading privileges.
Directives around serialization and track-and-trace laws emerging in such industries as pharmaceuticals and retail are yet another area of compliance that can directly benefit from improved supply chain visibility. Companies such as Acsis and IBM, among others, are offering solutions, many based on barcode and RFID technology, to help track, monitor and measure the chain of custody of a product as it moves through its lifecycle.
Despite the fact that all of these compliance efforts create visibility challenges for manufacturers, compliance is rarely a springboard for building a case for a specific supply chain visibility project. John DiPalo, chief technologist for Acsis, said: "The message is you should focus on the traceability and visibility of products and get compliance as a byproduct, as opposed to compliance being the focus."


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After it was set up by a Netherlands-based technology company, Gamalto, on 1 July 2016, Uganda said that its new online visa application and approval system was up and ready now.
Located in the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control's office in the internal affairs ministry in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, the first phase of arranging the portal cost the government $1,915,238. It is said to be connected to the immigration facilities at border crossings.
With the proprietary visa management software of the company, foreign nationals wishing to travel to this East African country can henceforth apply for visas online.
The New Vision quotes the directorate as saying that more than 60,000 visa and permit applications were processed and approved online.
Successful applicants will now receive ETA (electronic travel authorization) by email. Visas are then given after applicants obtain passport verification, ETA and, their facial as well as biometric data are received by the immigration authorities at the time of their arrival in Uganda.
According to the authorities, it will now ease the burden travellers had earlier to deal with while applying for Ugandan visas.
If you want to travel to Uganda, contact Y-Axis to avail expert guidance to apply for a visa from one of its several offices located in India's major cities.


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Hydrated Lanthanoid Complexes of 5-(2'-Pyridyl)tetrazole Formed in the Presence of Dimethyl Sulfoxide
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D'Alessio, Daniel and Karagiannidis, Louise E. and Skelton, Brian W. and Massi, Massimiliano and Ogden, Mark I. 2012. Hydrated Lanthanoid Complexes of 5-(2'-Pyridyl)tetrazole Formed in the Presence of Dimethyl Sulfoxide. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 65 (7): pp. 819-822.
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Australian Journal of Chemistry
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Reaction of DMSO solvates of lanthanoid nitrates or perchlorates with 5-(2'-pyridyl)tetrazole (pytz) and triethylamine in organic solvents resulted in the unexpected crystallization of hydrates, rather than DMSO solvates. This was confirmed by the structural characterization of [Eu(pytz)3(H2O)3]. Decreasing the metal:ligand ratio in the reaction mixture resulted in the crystallization of a complex salt formulated as [Y(pytz)2(H2O)4](pytz).(Hpytz).4H2O; once again DMSO was absent from the product. Interestingly, the omission of base from one reaction resulted in the serendipitous crystallization of Hpytz in a zwitterionic form, unlike the neutral ligand structure reported previously.


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The description of functionality of
PropUtils.getPropertyEditor is pretty vague.
Please provide some tests to help future
maintainers to keep the described contract.
Change to enhancement - does not block integration.
Does not block integration, that is the reason it is p3, but is not an
enhancement, it is a bug.
PropUtils removed from API.
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"Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected." – Boyd K. Packard
Spending time with family is such a priority for my hubby and I, especially when we get to spend time together outside of the busy city life. We spent this past weekend on a lovely adventure to Williams, AZ to visit his sister (Spencer) and her fiancé (Patrick). The weekend went by WAY too quick, but we were still able to get a lot accomplished!
Saturday morning, we spent some time at Bearizona. Bearizona is best described as a Jurassic Park for bears and more. You drive through the park in your own vehicle (or hop on their big bus) and the animals walk right along the side of your car. We saw different kinds of sheep, deer, wolves, bob cats, buffalo, bears and more. Check out the video below for pictures and short video clips!
Patrick works as a young life director in the Williams area and works out of their Lost Canyon camp. We spent the afternoon touring the facilities, drinking coffee, and playing basketball. Well, they played basketball while I attempted to make baskets! The camp is absolutely beautiful and hosts christian retreats year round.
The greatest thing about Spencer's cute new home in Williams is the proximity to downtown. Williams is located on Route 66 and we were able to walk five minutes into the downtown area for shopping, dining, and more. We even stopped by one of the local bars for karaoke (to which Spencer and Patrick rapped the song Grillz and became small town rock stars)!
I found out this weekend we are all really nasty competitors and sore losers. However, I am fairly convinced that anyone who tries this new game, Catan, they introduced us to would agree. We couldn't believe the gorgeous weather. As we played board games on the porch, we got to enjoy everything from sunshine to thunderstorms.
Seriously though, these guys are the best! And, they're getting married in 2 months!!!! I am so glad to have family members we cherish so dearly and that host so graciously. Cannot wait to do it again sometime!
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Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict
Veneklasen/Werner, Berlin, 6 July – 14 September
By Martin Herbert
For their widely unloved 1969 double album Ummagumma, Pink Floyd recorded the slice of varispeeded musique concrète that gives this 13-artist group show its protracted title. A cheery festival of chirps, giggles and rumbles, the track feels – between its appellation and
its execution – at once ancient and modern. And as such, and beyond the presence of vintage Floyd stage speakers in the final room, it fits this ambitious exhibition. The track's 'voices' are electronically produced but sound organic; and Several Species..., in parallel, is concerned with the human self, and how it might be perceived even when absent.
That's addressed upfront in the opening room, where Aaron Curry's hulking Phantom (2010), a planar sculpture whose architectonics suggest a man crossed with a bull and whose white surfaces are dashed with graffiti, revisits modernist conflations of the human and animalistic (see Picasso's Guernica, 1937, for example) through a skateboarder's eyes. Nearby are a very lengthily titled Gerard Byrne photograph dated 2010–13 depicting the verso of a painting of Christ and the Samaritan woman, and Nicholas Byrne's painting Roleplay No 1 (2007–13), where flecked, Delaunay-ish chromatic tones surround a featureless head pitched between manifesting and dissolving. In each the human figure is spectral at best, almost a rumour; and the works of the Byrnes establish a mystic mood that'll restate itself, amid halfway-articulated bodies, further in.
A quartet of large graphic woodcuts by Andrea Büttner, for example, depict a priestly figure (Father, 2010), tents and, in Bread Pebble (2010), a stone that, in this context, might transubstantiate. Laid out before these, poignantly stranded in a large area of floorspace, is Esther Kläs's neo-postminimalist 0/2 (2013), a shallow, greyish concrete cast resembling a canoe or manger. Add another (again, too prolixly titled for this context) Gerard Byrne photograph from his 2008 series of artificially lit, unpopulated roadside images that visualise the staging described in Beckett's Waiting for Godot, and the not-quite-there figure is reframed again. Now it might be that of God.
The spiritual, here, is pan-denominational if not outright nebulous, however. In Pietro Roccasalva's You Raise the Blade, You Make the Change (2008), a loosely Baconesque painting of a bellboy is accompanied by a film canister containing the sequence in Tarkovsky's icon-painter epic Andrei Rublev (1966) when a hot-air balloon rises, gifting the worldly controller of a lift – and ascent and descent per se – with metaphysical airs. That the everyday can draw us outside ourselves is reaffirmed nearby via Kōji Enokura's sublime monochrome photographs of disproportionately poignant near-nothing events: creamy light on tarmac (p.w. – No 29, 1972) or, in Symptom-Floor, Water (p.w. – No 50) (1974), oddly geometric pooling liquid in what might be a hospital. The self notes such transitory sights, as we've all done in life, and brushes against something ineffable.
Yet such experience is interiorised and cannot be directly communicated, only gestured towards or framed, as in Manon de Boer's Dissonant (2010), a film in which a dancer first listens twitchily to classical violin music and then dances in silence to her memory of it. Much else here clearly harkens back to Modernism and earlier, suggesting that abstract and semiabstract modes pioneered then offered a valid space for addressing barely articulable transcendent issues; and that, since these haven't become irrelevant, the aesthetics might live on too. This subtle, carefully weighted show succeeds in asserting that. And in redeeming the self-indulgent sonic wasteland that is Ummagumma, it performs a minor miracle of its own.
This review was first published in the October 2013 issue.


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|Correlations of Y chromosome microchimerism with disease activity in patients with SLE: analysis of preliminary data.
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|PMID: 12810428 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Recently it has been suggested that microchimerism may have a significant role in the aetiopathogenesis of some autoimmune diseases. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the incidence of microchimerism in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), to quantify the phenomenon, to evaluate changes of microchimerism during follow up, and to correlate these data with clinical and laboratory variables. METHODS: Patients were selected for the study on the basis of the following criteria: (a) pregnancy with at least one male offspring; (b) no history of abortion and blood transfusion. Microchimerism was detected using a competitive nested polymerase chain reaction for a specific Y chromosome sequence and an internal competitor designed ad hoc. Disease activity and organ involvement were also evaluated. RESULTS: Sixty samples from 22 patients with SLE and 24 healthy controls were examined. Microchimerism was seen in 11 (50%) patients and 12 (50%) controls. The mean number of male equivalent cells was 2.4 cells/100 000 (range 0.1-17) in patients with SLE and 2.5 (range 0.2-1.8) in healthy controls. No differences in the incidence of microchimerism or in the number of microchimeric cells were found between patients and healthy controls. Patients with a history of lupus nephritis had a higher mean number of fetal cells than patients with no such history. Disease activity did not appear to correlate with microchimerism. CONCLUSIONS: The preliminary data suggest that microchimerism does not interfere with the disease course of SLE, although further analysis on larger groups will be necessary to confirm these observations.
|M Mosca; M Curcio; S Lapi; G Valentini; S D'Angelo; G Rizzo; S Bombardieri
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|Created Date: 2003-06-17 Completed Date: 2003-08-19 Revised Date: 2009-11-18
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Antibodies, Anticardiolipin / analysis
Antibodies, Antinuclear / analysis
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Changes to the Mortgage Tax Deduction?
Edit: the below blog post was published 7 years ago. We also recently covered the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which goes into effect in 2018.
A new Congressional proposal would eliminate one of the distinguishing features of a (US) mortgage: the mortgage interest tax deduction. Critics of the deduction have long argued that it deprives the federal government of much-need revenue, that it contributes to home-price inflation, and that it doesn't do much to spur home ownership. As a result, the consensus is that an alternative system needs to be legislated into existence, and it must be equitable, effective, and efficient.
Towards those ends, the Wyden-Gregg bill, which is currently working its way through the system, would either completely do away with, or scale back the deduction that many homeowners currently claim when filing their taxes. One proposal would impose a maximum income constraint of $250,000 on would-be filers, in order to address the concern that the deduction primarily benefits the wealthy. Another proposal would replace the annual tax deduction with a one-time homebuyer tax credit, amounting to perhaps $10K. Rest assured, however, since the bill doesn't have much support – given current economic conditions – and it seems unlikely that the deduction will be phased out any time soon.
For the time being, then, you can still deduct interest on the first $1 million of mortgage debt, as well as all of your property taxes, for up to separate residences. (That's $1 million all together, not each). In addition, you can also deduct interest costs on up to $100,000 for a home equity line of credit. For now, you can also deduct private mortgage insurance (PMI), but only if you bought your house in 2007 or later. Property taxes – but not homeowners insurance – are also deductible. As with any aspect of the tax code, the mortgage interest tax deduction is much more complicated than you think, and there are a handful of conditions that must be met before you can claim it. The most important one is that you itemize when filing your taxes. For more information, refer to the IRS website, and review the flowchart below.
If you are in the process of buying a home (and obtaining a mortgage), you can use our Real Estate Tax Benefits Calculator to estimate the savings associated with deducting your mortgage interest. Basically, the calculator will multiply your marginal tax rate by your estimated annual mortgage interest (as well as PMI and property taxes) to determine how much you will save as a result of the deduction. Given the uncertainty surrounding this perk, however, you would be wise to treat the savings as a gift, and not try to apply all of it towards a more expensive mortgage.
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Giving to The Monsignor Edward C. Dunn Foundation for Education helps to ensure that we can continue to offer the gifts of Faith, Family and Education for our children...today and tomorrow.
The Msgr. Edward C. Dunn Foundation provides assistance to help individuals, families and organizations pursue their long-term charitable giving to St. Peter's School conveniently, effectively and with maximum tax benefits.
Alumni, parents, and friends are including the Msgr. Dunn Foundation in their estate plans, providing the school with necessary funding to continue to offer every child a quality education, supported and enriched by the faith family of St. Peter's.
We invite you to join us. Please consider a confidential, no-obligation conversation.
The Legacy Society honors those who have included The Monsignor Edward C. Dunn Foundation for Education in their estate plans, and inspires those considering such a gift. It's important that you let us know if you have included the Dunn Foundation in your plans-or wish to do so-so that we can welcome you as our newest society member, and understand how you'd like your gift to be used.
Through a provision in your written and executed will, you can make a gift in the form of cash, securities, real estate, or personal property. There are many types of bequests. Choose the one that best fits your needs and intentions.Download Bequest Language
Naming The Monsignor Edward C. Dunn Foundation for Education as the beneficiary of a qualified retirement plan asset such as a 401(k), 403(b), IRA, Keogh, profit-sharing pension plan, or other donor-advised funds, will accomplish a charitable goal while realizing significant tax savings.Download Beneficiary Gift Info
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I know I told you before that I generally don't like romance anime. However, this is so good it ruined my life. It made me wonder when, if ever, will I experience so many uplifting emotions and such a great romantic relationship. It was THAT good.
Boku no Pico (Japanese for The one who made me reach heaven) is not just a movie. It's a journey. It will have you laugh, cry and gasp in fear. And it all starts when Pico, oblivious and mind-blowing cute, meets Tamotsu, the modern-life white collar looking for a way to escape from a soul-sucking boring routine.
I know it may sound like your average love story, but trust me on this one: it will give you the feels. Pico and Tamotsu have to overcome the differences between them and the series beautifully portrays how different two lives can be. But, hey, love is the supreme feeling that can defeat anything, right? You betcha.
Keep in mind that it is not an easy to watch series. If you're looking for something to spend your Sunday afternoon on, skip this one. You have to really pay attention to the story development as it has so many intricate details that prove to be so important in the end. I really don't want to spoil anything for you, as it would just kill the mood. I'll just tell you it has everything: love, sex, envy, drama, fights, making up and making out. It's all there. If you ever get tired of the boring pure anime love stories…this one's for you.
The characters are some of the most complex I've ever seen in a series. Their personality blends beautifully with the amazing art work and design and, not to mention, the voice acting. You can literally feel their emotion in every whisper, gasp or moan. It's fucking incredible.
I always complain about side characters being overall useless and boring. Not with this one. Pico and Tamotsu would never be the same without their trusted friends and enemies. Of course, I have to mention here Pico's grandfather, the guardian angel that made this amazing love story possible. This guy is incredible and I wish I had a grandpa like him.
Another thing that adds up to this magnificence is the detailed background. You can really see how much effort the artists have put in it and, oh boy, the scenery is amazing. It will literally make you feel as if you're in there, laughing and crying with them.
Boku no Pico is one of the few series that I can't say anything bad about. Really. I finished this and it left me wondering how the hell am I supposed to live my life now.
I even made my parents watch this and they loved it so much. My dad got my mom out for a date after, remembering when they were young and head over heels in love.
10/10 would watch again. It's a fucking masterpiece and I don't think I'll ever watch a love story so great and empowering.


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Dhal (also spelled dal or daal) is dried lentils or peas that are prepared into a thick stew like soup. It can be eaten by itself, with rice, roti, or as an accompaniment. I often serve dhal with curry chicken or saltfish buljol. Dhal is a great source of protein and contains no meat or animal products. Therefore, this is vegetarian and vegan friendly. When making dhal, it requires you to do something called chunkaying. This recipe is simple but for the intensity of the flavors you must not only chunkay the dhal, but also pull out your mortar and pestle for fresh ground roasted geera (cumin). Or you can buy ground roasted cumin, but trust me, it will not be the same.
For an "authentic" experience eat dhal with clean hands using your fingers. This is the one time I will suggest forgoing proper "western etiquette." Eating dhal and rice with your fingers is as real as it gets. We eat this meal at least once a month. This is truly a "Trini to di bone" recipe.
2 cups yellow split peas
7 cups water
2 teaspoons ground turmeric powder
6 cloves of garlic sliced thinly
1/4 yellow onion minced
1/2 tablespoon cumin/geera seeds
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 whole habanero/ scotch bonnet pepper
2 pinches of salt
In a large bowl place split peas. Cover with water. Remove debris using your hands. Water will be cloudy. Pour water off of peas. Repeat until water is no longer cloudy/appears clear. I usually have to rinse my peas 5 times.
Bring 7 cups of water to boil in heavy calderno or heavy pot. Add peas, turmeric, 1/2 of sliced garlic, and whole habanero pepper. Boil for 10 minutes, then reduce temperature to medium-low and cook for one hour with pot covered. After an hour remove top and cook for another 20-30 minutes or until water is reduced by half.
Meanwhile, place a sauce pan on the stove and turn eye to medium-high heat. Once pan is hot, place geera (cumin seeds) in sauce pan. Do not allow seeds to burn. As soon as they begin to "pop" or dance around the pan, remove sauce pan from heat and pour seeds directly into your mortar and pestle . Grind seeds until smooth (the aroma will be AMAZING).
Remove habanero from pot, but DO NOT discard. With an immersion stick/hand blender blend peas for 1 minute (I often simply remove one cup of peas and blend in my blender and then return them to the put with remaining peas. This creates dhal that is smooth but still has some texture).
Allow sauce pan to cool and add olive oil. Turn to high temperature. Once oil is hot add 1/4 onion, garlic, and ground geera (cumin) to oil. Allow to cook for 1 minute. Then CAREFULLY pour oil mixture directly into split peas. Be very careful when doing this for oil will be extremely hot. <——- This is called chunkaying Pronounced "chunking".
Mix oil mixture and peas very well and add salt. Taste. Add more salt if needed. Leave on low heat.
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I have an Asus N61jq-b2 running windows 7 64-bit and I believe I have a corrupted registry because although I can boot and run applications whenever I attempt to use external media such as a pen drive or CD my computer will be unable to assign it a path (E:,etc.).
I have tried about every fix for this on the internet and I have decided to restore my OS. However as external media does not work I have 100gb+ of applications and documents which I was too lazy to back up. Now I am left with the task of trying to save this data.
I have a 1tb WD external HDD and need to move files from my 2.5" laptop hard drive to my external hard drive without booting into windows. I do have other computers which I could use if necessary to help me back up my data. I would prefer not to back up online (I have slow internet) but if that is the only way to back up say so.
I would remove the drive from the laptop. With an adapter, I'd attach both drives to a host PC and copy the drive. A 'garage sale' PC should be enough to do this (anything with two working USB v2 ports).
This one works for me:
There may be a bootable CD that will do the same using the laptop. Drivers are usually the problem with the boot CD solution, among other issues.
I'll try that.
When I first got my computer I mad a disk image. If I use that to restore my computer will only the C: partition be affected.
A disk image is the entire physical device; all partitions if it is a true image. It is possible that only the logical disk was imaged.
The only way I would know for sure is to restore the image to a spare drive. It may not boot, but it can be removed from the machine and inspected.
As long as you have good backups, nothing wrong with a little experimentation.
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2019 Events . . . The History, Nature and Art of Woodlawn
Visitors are welcome to step back into history and experience Woodlawn's beautiful blend of nature and art: one hundred and sixty acres of stately trees and statuary. With our schedule of annual, seasonal and collaborative events, Woodlawn preserves its historic roots while welcoming today's generations. Click below to register online for these free events or call us at 419-472-2186.
History and Hops Tour and Tasting:
September 12th: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Join docent Tedd Long as we tour the rich brewing history at Woodlawn. Learn about these brewing pioneers, how the started, their struggles and their successes. How it weaves the story of today's micro brewers. Then join us at the Buckeye Beer Van to taste some of our local best brews. Space is Limited. Tickets $16.00
To register and purchase tickets click here.
Birds of Woodlawn: Fridays, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Join us each week as we document the Birds of Woodlawn. From migrating to nesting birds, we will explore many natural habitats. From beginners to experienced birders, all our welcome. Please bring binoculars and bird guides, if you have them. Note that inclement weather may cancel a walk.
Woodlawn Walkers: Wednesdays, May 1st – October 30th, 9:00 a.m.
Whether you're interested in a stroll or a power walk, join us each Wednesday on a two mile path around Woodlawn. Drop in for one week or all four months. Get healthy and rejuvenated as you walk among the beautiful arboretum and the historical architectural features. Each participant will get a walking log to keep track of your progress.
Tree of Woodlawn Series: Fourth Tuesday of the month: April - November
March: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.April - August: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
September: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
October and November: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Spend the evenings with Amy Stone of Ohio State University Extension on a discovery of trees series. With over 100 different species of tree in Woodlawn's Arboretum it can be tricky to tell them apart! On the tree identification walk, participants will be focusing on the subtle but easy cues that lead directly to identifying a tree. Learn techniques on diagnosing some common (and maybe not so common) tree problems. Which ones need immediate attention and which ones are just cosmetic and won't compromise the health of the tree.
Tree and Tombstone:
Spring: Sunday, May 19th : Fall: Sunday, October 13th - 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
The beauty of Woodlawn may change with the seasons, but its rich history is constant. The many family stories contained within its gates are literally etched in stone. Our Tree and Tombstone Tours are the ideal opportunity to enjoy both the season and history. The 90 minutes of leisurely walking, accompanied by our knowledgeable naturalist historians through our nationally recognized arboretum. (This event is free and open to the public.)
May Spring Bloom Photo Blitz
Date to be determined by this year's Peak Bloom time: 8 a.m. to Noon
Help us document the spring flowering trees at Woodlawn. In the spring the grounds of Woodlawn are in bloom with thousands of flowering trees and shrubs - pinks, mauves, yellows and whites. It is one of the largest collections of spring flowering trees in NW Ohio. This actual peak bloom time varies, we will post the Sunday that the Photo Blitz will happen, to make sure you don't miss it reserve your spot and we will send you a personal message. Then simply send us your best shots, and you will be part of the spring bloom digital show, posted on our web site. (With your credit) We will have experts on hand of tree identification as well as photo tips.
Red, White and Blue Day: Friday, May 24th
Each year, volunteers from all corners of the community help the Woodlawn staff prepare for its special Memorial Day celebration. Spend an hour or spend the whole day with us as we place thousands of American flags around the cemetery in honor of the veterans laid to rest at Woodlawn. It's an uplifting, kinship-building experience—don't miss it!
Monthly Summer Evening Strolls:
Second Thursdays of June, July and August: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a twilight walking tour through the grounds of the cemetery. This tour begins at 6:00 p.m. and lasts approximately 90 minutes. Our guides will lead us on the discovery of history, art and nature.
For all events park along the drive through the main gates off Central Avenue.
Click below to register online for these free events or call us at 419-472-2186.


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Givenchy Givenchy in Paris: Waight Keller embraces purity
For her third haute couture show, Clare Waight Keller went ultramodern with latex and a white shell of a catwalk
Haute couture is a real-life industry based on making fairytale dresses. Clare Waight Keller's credentials in the fairytale dress category were proved beyond doubt on 19 May last year, when the Givenchy wedding gown she designed for Meghan Markle was an instant fashion hit.
Having aced that test, Waight Keller now gets to have some fun. On Tuesday in Paris, in her third haute couture show, she collaborated with Atsuko Kudo, the London-based latex specialist who made Beyonce's tour costumes, on liquid-shine leggings which were worn under sheer lace dresses in place of the more conventional petticoats. And instead of the exquisite opera clutches that are haute couture's go-to bag shape, Waight Keller accessorised the collection with giant squishy backpacks edged with angel wings.
"I wanted to clean the house," the designer said backstage of her minimal white box show set. Paris' Museum of Modern Art is closed between exhibitions, enabling the Givenchy team to install a clean white shell of polished catwalk, low benches and symmetrical columns in which every wire was boxed out of sight. This being haute couture, even a clean slate is high maintenance: it took four months to design and five days to install, a set designed to look like an empty room.
Last July's couture outing, held in a formal garden, was an homage to the house founder, Hubert de Givenchy, who died in March 2018. "This time, I wanted the opposite," Waight Keller said backstage after the show. "After the homage last season I wanted this collection to be as modern as possible. I wanted absolute purity: tailoring, technique, clean lines and saturated colour."
First on to the catwalk was a tuxedo jacket with one exposed white lapel, a shark fin slice of pure white satin, worn with latex trousers. ("Latex is very couture, because it's the most bespoke fabric you can get, in terms of a second skin fit," said the designer after the show.) Next was a sleeveless black crepe blazer with a floor-length hot pink skirt which flicked side to side behind its wearer, like a crocodile's tail.
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Does anyone in the Chicagoland area remember the heat wave we had earlier this month? It's likely that there are more to come, which will of course impact how much electricity we use to cool our homes and subsequently how much we pay for it.
This week, summer officially begins. While the summer heat has already begun in some areas of the country, it's that time of year when we may be thinking of ways to keep ourselves cool, conserve energy within our homes, and keep our electricity bills low.
Recently, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an article about how some residents in New Jersey have been feeling overwhelmed by the many options now available for home electricity supply. With offers providing price certainty and savings, electric choice can be exciting so exploring your options shouldn't be stressful.
The holidays are fast approaching and winter is right around the corner. As you prepare to visit with family and friends, I have a few recommendations for easy ways to make your home more energy efficient.
If you live in the JCPL and PSEG utility service territories in New Jersey then you have probably heard about our offer to residential customers to save on their electricity bill. Since we began offering electricity services in New Jersey thousands of residential customers have signed up with us for price certainty and the opportunity
While my two daughters may be both grown and out of the house, there are a number of energy saving tips that parents can share with younger children. Ways to save water: Let your kids know that it's better to not let the water run when they're brushing their teeth or doing the dishes.
After a long day at school and many hours spent each night completing homework, the last thing a child probably wants to do is learn. So what better way to engage kids in learning more about green energy than to make it fun?
Just like electric choice, people living in states with a competitive or restructured natural gas market can shop for natural gas to better manage their budget. .
If you live in a state that offers competitive electricity options, you can choose a new electric supplier, just like choosing a new phone, Internet or TV service. .
If this is the first time you've seen the phrase "electric choice," I can assure you that you're not alone. .
Throughout the summer and winter months we tend to use more energy at home whether we realize it or not. .


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Matthew 6:25-34.
Realizing that this devotional is a littler longer than usual, I have decided to break it up and make it for two days. Very important thoughts on:
Philippians 4:6, "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."
Be careful for nothing. That is, be not anxious about the things in this life. The word used in the Greek: Meriamno, does not mean that we are not to care about our worldly things, such as our property, or provide for our families, (1 Timothy 5:8;) but that there is to be confidence in God or that the mind is to be free from anxiety over these things. Such a sense of dependence on God as to keep the mind and heart calm.
This form of the word is only used twice in the New Testament: here and in Luke 10:41 where Jesus said, "Martha, Martha, thou are careful (anxious) and troubled about many things."
But in every thing. Everything in reference to the supply of your needs, and the needs of your family; everything in respect to afflictions, and trials: and everything relating to your spiritual life.
There is nothing pertaining to the body, mind, homes, friends, conflicts, trials, hopes, and fears which we cannot go and lay them all out before the Lord.
By prayer and supplication. The word supplication is a stronger term than prayer. It is the type of prayer which comes from the sense of need. In the Greek (Deomai) it means to beg or beseech.
With thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is connected with prayer. We can always find something for which to be thankful. No matter what our burden or need might be. When we pray for those needs or even wants, we need to be thankful for His kindness in the past. For example when we pray for healing from sickness, we ought to be thankful for the health we have enjoyed thus far, and for God's merciful intervention in prior testing's and trials. We ought also to be thankful for His goodness in keeping us alive. When we pray for God to keep our children and friends from danger and death, we should remember how often God has kept them from harm. When we feel condemnation from the devil for past sin, we ought to be thankful that God has cleansed us from all sin and unrighteousness.
Let your request be made known unto God. Not just to give him information, but to express your needs and wants to Him. God does not need to be told of our needs, but He requires that we come and express our needs to Him in prayer.
Ezekiel 36:37: "Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them."


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The Brady Campaign in association with the New Jersey branch of the Million Mom March filed a lawsuit Monday to force the Garden State to comply with the its own smart gun laws.
According to the groups, the New Jersey State Attorney General's office, is required by the 2002 "Childproof Handgun Bill," often simply termed the "smart gun law" to submit reports on the availability of smart guns in the country every six months.
They maintain that no report has been delivered since 2003, and that 2003 report has not been located or shared by the Attorney General's Office.
"We're not seeking the court to force the mandate to kick in," John Lowy, head of the Brady Campaign's legal action project, told the Associated Press. "The suit is very straightforward: New Jersey law requires the attorney general to report on the availability of personal handgun technology, and that law hasn't been complied with for 10 years."
New Jersey's smart gun law has been controversial ever since its passage — even its original sponsors now favor repealing its mandates. The law includes a ban on selling handguns in the state that do not include smart gun technology within three years of a qualifying device being offered for sale anywhere in the United States.
A gun shop in California and another in Maryland briefly carried what is believed by some to be the first practical smart gun offered commercially, the German-made Armatix iP1, earlier this year.
However, it is not believed that any were sold at either location before those retailers ended their association with Armatix-U.S., which maintains an office in California but currently has no distributors.
Other next generation domestic smart gun technology, such as Digital Grip Recognition, is at least two years away from being commercially viable, as Guns.com reported. This fact is being cited by the firearms industry as key to discredit the Brady's lawsuit.
"The Brady Center's lawsuit is frivolous and utterly without merit," said Lawrence G. Keane, senior vice president, assistant secretary and general counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, to Guns.com Monday.
"They do not have legal standing to sue. Even if they were to prevail in court, the New Jersey Attorney General would be required to file a report that says no authorized user recognition equipped firearm is commercially available," Keane said. "Mr. Gross [President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence] cannot produce a single sales receipt and Form 4473 for the purchase of such a firearm."
Other gun rights groups are calling the lawsuit a back-door gun ban.
"Gun prohibition fanaticism has hit a new low mark with this lawsuit," said Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Chairman Alan Gottlieb in a statement Monday.
"What the Brady Campaign wants is to force consumers to purchase a product that is, at best, unreliable, placing them at serious risk if they want a gun for personal protection. In the process, the gun control lobby is trying to strip away the right of personal choice, and ban the sale and transfer of current handguns," Gottlieb said.
The lawsuit is being filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey Mercer County, Law Division and you can read the full 12-page complaint here.


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In November 2008, high street giant Woolworths announced that they had fallen intoadministrationdue to debts totalling £385 million. What followed was the mass closure of all 807 of its stores across the UK and the loss of 27,000 jobs nationwide.
At the time, it was almost inconceivable to see a staple of the UK high street simply disappear completely. 10 years on, it almost seems common place. The UK high street has changed dramatically in the last decade as more and more household names and brands disappear, with many high streets left with boarded-up shopfronts and empty retail spaces.
This year alone has seen the closure of all Toys "R" Us stores globally, as well as all Maplin Electronics outlets across the UK. Debenhams, House of Fraser, Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, and New Look have each announced store closures up and down the country, and Poundworld has fallen into administration with a currently-uncertain future.
Though high street retailers are going through a period of decline, online retail services continue to rise. Last year, Amazon.com, Inc. generated a total profit of $3.03 billion, an increase of 27.8% from their 2016 profit of $2.37 billion. What once started life as a simple online bookshop has now become the largest internet retailer in the world.
There's no denying that online shopping and technological advances have had an impact on the high street, but it isn't just the savings or the convenience however; online retailers have the benefit of lower running costs and overheads compared to a high street store based in a prime location. Increasing expenses have played a factor in many store closures across UK high streets and a key reason why online services continue to be a more favourable option. In recent years, high street travel agents have decreased in great numbers in favour of online services, such as Thomas Cook, who closed 28 of their stores across the UK last year.
Though the sight of boarded-up shops in a once-bustling high street is a bleak image, it is not all doom and gloom for the high street businesses. Travel agents and department stores may have had their day, but high streets have seen a dramatic rise in charity shops and discount stores, as well as coffee houses, such as Starbucks and Costa. There has been huge increase in coffee house culture across British high streets, with an estimated 23,000 outlets across the UK, and three new coffee shops opening every day.
As consumer habits change and trends emerge, retailers have to adapt to these.
Amazon have become the largest online retailer, but this was not achieved by simply remaining an online bookshop. Over the years, Amazon have continued to grow and add to their services and conform to consumer buying habits, increasing their stock to include far more than books, and now include grocery shopping through Amazon Pantry, as well as eBooks, music downloads and video streaming services through Amazon Prime.
Despite Amazon's success and the benefits of online shopping, many consumers find that online shopping lacks the personal touch that can only be received from a physical shopping experience.
Visiting a high street retailer gives the consumer the chance to interact with a salesperson directly, opening up the opportunity to ask for product information or advice, to inspect the product for themselves and to essentially 'try it on for size'. It also offers an immediacy that online shopping cannot provide either. As such, it would seem that there will always be a place for high street retailers.
So what can retailers do to increase their likelihood of survival as more and more businesses close their doors?
LEGO's flagship store in Trafalgar Square offers something that cannot be attained through online shopping; an in-store experience. Spanning two floors, the store was absolutely teeming with customers of all ages, on a day that was referred to as one of their "more quiet days" by one of the store's Brick Specialists. The store offers customers a hands-on experience; they can build their own personalised LEGO Minifigures, hand-pick individual LEGO bricks from the 'Pick A Brick' wall, and pose for photos and selfies with a variety of impressive LEGO models and statues, including a fully-working replica of Big Ben that stands at almost 7-metres tall.
The LEGO sets and products available in store could almost certainly be found cheaper online, yet consumers opted to visit the high street retailer to purchase their items instead; all for the experience.
More and more retailers are adhering to this strategy and offering in-store experiences, including John Lewis and Topman, so that consumer experience is greater than that of a simple transaction. Many retailers are also utilising what is known as an 'omnichannel' approach to their sales strategy, which incorporates all forms of a retailer's sales channels for a seamless shopping experience, whether they are shopping online, using amobiledevice, social media, or visiting the retailer on the high street.
Though the face of the Great British high street is changing, there will surely always be a place for it.
It just may look a little different than we remember it.


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Is this the worst day for fake news to date? It's hard to keep track. It's just that this one was taken up by so many hoping for -finally!- impeachment. Please Lord make it stop.
Two reasons why Mueller issued his statement: 1) the credibility of the Special Counsel itself (since every outlet ran with the -false- BuzzFeed story), 2) members of Congress were calling for investigations based on the story (would have been even more embarrassing than making the statement).
One Shimon Prokupecz on Twitter: "We cannot underestimate the statement disputing Buzzfeed's story from the special counsel. I'm sure it pained them to do this. I'm sure this went through many levels at the DOJ and FBI. They don't talk. This is massive."
Trump on Twitter: "Remember it was Buzzfeed that released the totally discredited "Dossier," paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the Democrats (as opposition research), on which the entire Russian probe is based! A very sad day for journalism, but a great day for our Country!"
• Mueller Shoots Down Buzzfeed's Latest Russiagate Scoop With Rare Dismissal (RT)
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has poured cold water on BuzzFeed's latest Russiagate "bombshell" with a rare public statement calling the article, which claims Trump told his ex-lawyer Cohen to lie to Congress, "not accurate." BuzzFeed reported that President Donald Trump directly instructed his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about his plans to build a Trump Tower property in Moscow, citing two anonymous "federal law enforcement officials" as sources that the president had suborned perjury – which, being an actual crime, triggered talk of impeachment "walls closing in" among the anti-Trump "Resistance."
While half of Congress took to Twitter to wave the story as the long-awaited proof of Collusion, the BuzzFeed reporters could not seem to agree on their own sourcing. Anthony Cormier admitted to CNN he hadn't seen the proof directly but had two "law enforcement" sources claiming they had seen it, while Jason Leopold told MSNBC they had in fact seen the documents themselves. The smoking gun du jour collapsed further when word came down from Mueller himself – via spokesman Peter Carr – that Buzzfeed's "description of specific statements to the Special Counsel's Office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding Michael Cohen's Congressional testimony" were "not accurate."
Mueller has been extremely tight-lipped about the numerous previous "Russiagate" scoops, and considering the time and effort involved in his own ongoing crusade to take Trump down, his dismissal of BuzzFeed's would-be bombshell knocked the legs out from under a story whose vague sourcing had already raised questions.
.@Isikoff: "There were red flags about the BuzzFeed story from the get-go." Notes it was inconsistent with Cohen's guilty plea when he said he made false statements about Trump Tower to Congress to be "consistent" with Trump, not at his direction. pic.twitter.com/tgDg6SNPpG
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) January 19, 2019
And this fits in seamlessly with the Mueller/BuzzFeed thing: The Guardian story has been thoroughly discredited, but 2 months later, US officials are still chasing it. What's new to me is that it's the first time I see a Guardian response: "The Guardian has defended the article and said it "relied on a number of sources." Lame poppycock. And the same thing Buzzfeed says.
• US Asked Ecuadorean Officials About Alleged Assange-Manafort Meeting (R.)
U.S. officials spoke with officials from Ecuador's British embassy on Friday about an alleged meeting there between President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Ecuadorean government source said. The Guardian newspaper reported the meeting in November, alleging the two met at least three times, including in 2016, just before WikiLeaks released damaging emails about Trump's rival in the 2016 presidential elections, Hillary Clinton. Manafort and Assange have both previously denied meeting each other at the embassy.
WikiLeaks, in a statement on Friday entitled the "U.S. interrogation of Ecuadorian diplomats," accused Ecuador's government of assisting the United States in prosecuting Assange, who first sought asylum in the embassy in 2012. The source said the embassy officials, at the request of the U.S. Justice Department, provided testimony in Quito at facilities provided by Ecuadorean authorities. [..] Part of Mueller's probe has involved looking into whether Trump associates may have had advance notice before WikiLeaks published emails stolen by Russian hackers from Democratic computer networks to damage Clinton. WikiLeaks called the Guardian's story "indisputably fabricated" and said it was being used as a pretext for the United States to prosecute Assange. The Guardian has defended the article and said it "relied on a number of sources."
But neither one of the two main parties do. How screwed up is that? Nobody represents the majority.
• 56% Majority Of Britons Now Want To Remain In The EU – Poll (DM)
A majority of Britons now say they want to stay in the EU after Theresa May's Brexit plan suffered a massive defeat, a new poll published today has found. A YouGov survey asked 1,070 voters how they would vote in a second Brexit referendum if it were held today – and found Remain has stretched out a 12-point lead over Leave, with 56% saying they would vote to stay in the EU versus 44% in favour of leaving. The voters were questioned the day after the PM's Brexit plan suffered a crushing defeat – leaving the machinery of government deadlocked and with the bitter divisions among MPs offering no clear way ahead.
Ministers are now at war over Brexit, openly clashing over whether Britain should be willing to crash out without a deal on March 29, or back a softer Brexit or second referendum. The Prime Minister must make a statement on Monday where she will lay out her 'next steps' on a Brexit 'plan B' before a week of debate on the various options. The following week, MPs will vote on their preferred course of action, putting huge pressure on the Prime Minister to adopt it. With Westminster gripped by chaos, the new poll suggests voters are losing faith in Brexit with growing numbers now backing Remain. The survey for The Times found that 56% of those polled would now back staying in the EU, while the same proportion back a second referendum. And voters were even more likely to want to stay in the bloc if the only other option was the PM's Brexit deal, with Remain leading by 65% to 35%.
If Article 50 were extended, which looks pretty sure, Britain will have to vote in European elections. But their seats have already been given out to others.
• Extending The Brexit Deadline Could Clash With Coming EU Elections (CNBC)
Extending the official Brexit deadline for the U.K. could bring a wave of extra logistical and political problems for the EU. The ongoing deadlock has sparked a debate on the potential extension of Article 50 — the legal means by which the U.K. leaves the EU. However, there is strong opposition from some European lawmakers over giving more time to the U.K. to sort out its domestic politics. The U.K. is set to leave the EU on March 29 — but this could change if the U.K. asks for an extension and the other 27 member nations accept the request. Extending the departure beyond the agreed date would likely clash with European parliamentary elections that are set to take place between May 23 and 26. The chamber is made of lawmakers from all 28 European member countries, including the U.K., and is responsible for approving European policies, such as the Union's total budget.
"What we will not let happen, deal or no deal, is that the mess in British politics is again imported into European politics. While we understand the U.K. could need more time, for us it is unthinkable that Article 50 is prolonged beyond the European Elections," Guy Verhofstadt, a member of the European Parliament and its representative in Brexit negotiations, said on Twitter on Wednesday. [..] Seb Dance, member of the European Parliament for the U.K. Labour party, said the prospect of having Brexit and the European elections clashing "is a logistical headache." "The impact of delaying Brexit on the EU elections is certainly troublesome logistically speaking," he said, "but politically speaking it shouldn't make a difference as it is entirely possible that elections take place in the other member states without needing to take place in Britain."
[..] According to a Brussels-based European official, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity surrounding the Brexit talks, an extension would likely mean that the U.K. would have to participate in the vote. This is because it would still technically be a member of the European Union. Zsolt Darvas, senior fellow at Bruegel, reiterated this point in an email to CNBC Friday. "If the extension goes beyond the elections, the U.K. would have to elect members of the European Parliament. Not expecting this, the European Parliament has already agreed on how to allocate the U.K. seats after Brexit. That agreement will have to be revised, or perhaps its implementation be postponed after the actual, delayed Brexit date."
"From the U.K. side, it might look awkward to elect members of the European Parliament when people expect that the U.K. will leave the EU not much after the European elections; plus the U.K. would need to act quickly to make the European Parliament election possible, which would also involve some costs."
"..the Common Fisheries Quota has for the past 34 years given 84% of the cod in the English Channel to France and just 9% to the UK.."
• EU Loves British Money More Than It Loves Democracy (Clark)
The European establishment is desperate for Britain to reconsider Brexit. Internationalist ideals about 'preserving European unity', don't come in to it, this is all about protecting income streams. Consider a few facts. If Britain does leave without a deal, then the EU as an institution would be considerably worse off. The UK has consistently been one of the top three countries that puts most into the EU budget (after Germany and France). It is one of ten countries that puts more into the EU than it gets out. In 2017, the UK's net contribution was £9bn. If Britain leaves, the EU faces a financial shortfall. In 2016, 16 countries were net receivers, including Donald Tusk's Poland. Little wonder that he regards Britain staying as "the only positive solution".
The very generous financial remuneration packages of EU officials might also be threatened by British withdrawal. In December, it was reported that the EU's top civil servants would be paid over €20,000 a month for the first time, and that Tusk and Juncker would see their packages rise to €32,700 a month. Austerity? Not in Brussels, mon ami! The EU is a fabulous gravy train once you are on board. But the gravy train relies on its richest members not leaving, otherwise who's going to foot the bill? If Britain leaves with 'No Deal', it's not just the EU budget which will take a hit. In 2017, EU countries sold around £67 billion more in goods and services to the UK, than the UK sold to them. Europe needs full and unfettered access to British markets, much more than Britain needs full and unfettered access to European markets.
[..] The country that would lose out the most with Brexit is Germany. Britain's trade deficit with Germany is higher than with any other country, even higher than China, whose products are everywhere in our shops! In 2016, the year of the EU referendum, Britain imported around £26 billion more from Germany than it exported. [..] We also have to discuss fishing. The other EU countries do extremely well out of the Common Fisheries Policy, which provides them with access to UK waters. Belgian fleets get around half their catch from British waters! As reported in the Independent, the Common Fisheries Quota has for the past 34 years given 84% of the cod in the English Channel to France and just 9% to the UK. Overall, EU vessels take out around four times as much fish out of UK waters as British vessels take out of EU waters.
Is it Brexit or just the overall state of affairs as the Tories dismantle the NHS?
• UK Patients Stockpile Drugs In Fear Of No-Deal Brexit (G.)
Ministers have been urged by top doctors to reveal the extent of national drug stocks, amid growing evidence patients are stockpiling medication in preparation for a no-deal Brexit. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP), which represents tens of thousands of doctors, urged the government to be more "transparent about national stockpiles, particularly for things that are already in short supply or need refrigeration, such as insulin". Prof Andrew Goddard, the RCP president, said: "Faith in the system will be created by openness and regular updates to trusts and clinicians; this will allow clinicians to reassure patients." The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has warned medical shortages have increased in recent months.
Generic drugs are usually bought through nationally set tariff prices. However, pharmacies can apply for price concessions under which the NHS will temporarily pay more when the drugs are in short supply. The number of concessions the PSNC applied for went up from 45 in October, to 72 in November and 87 in December. The Guardian has also found evidence some patients are stockpiling drugs, against official guidance. They said they were doing so by ordering drugs from abroad, and by asking their GPs for emergency prescriptions. One diabetic patient has been stockpiling insulin for four months, ordering twice the amount he needs for each of his drugs from the pharmacist.
Robin Hewings, the head of policy at Diabetes UK, backed calls for more transparency from the government about current stock levels to reassure patients. "There is a level of concern that has risen quite a lot [in the last few months] and people with diabetes are talking about stockpiling. The government needs to be more transparent about insulin supplies."
Only, not really: "..sales grew by 2.7% last year, compared with a growth rate of 2% in 2017."
• UK Shoppers Rein In Spending As Fears Grow Over Economy (G.)
British consumers reined in their spending in December after splashing out during November on Black Friday promotions, according to official figures that confirmed the tough festive shopping period on the high street. The Office for National Statistics said the quantity of goods bought last month fell by 0.9% compared to November, when Black Friday deals encouraged shoppers to bring forward some of their Christmas spending. All sectors except food and petrol declined on the month, the figures showed, coming after the British Retail Consortium said the key Christmas shopping period had been the worst for retailers since the financial crisis a decade ago.
James Smith, an economist at the City bank ING, said: "After another bumpy week for Brexit, today's UK retail sales data is a timely reminder that all is not particularly well in the UK economy." Figures for the three months to December, highlighting the wider trend for consumer spending, showed that the quantity of goods bought dropped by 0.2%. [..] Despite the downturn last month, the latest snapshot showed that retail sales growth for 2018 as a whole was above the level recorded a year earlier. Although significantly below the peak growth rate of 4.7% seen before the Brexit vote in 2016, sales grew by 2.7% last year, compared with a growth rate of 2% in 2017.
Or does it show that they are more confident? Always a nice puzzle. A popular industry POV: people get deeper in debt because they feel so great.
• Rising Credit-Card Use Shows US Consumers Are Strapped (DDMB)
Even though evidence is mounting that the U.S. economy may be soon heading into a recession, there are plenty of analysts who say that the surge in credit card borrowing is a sign of strong confidence among households. That's hardly the case. In fact, households' confidence in the future growth of their incomes has been cooling since late last summer, which means borrowers will only reach for what's in their wallet to compensate for what their paychecks will not cover. Many working adults have no recollection of credit card borrowing not being a mainstay among their financing options. But then, few would be able to identify a Diners Club card, which was a popular brand during the 1980s "yuppie" era when Americans first began to embrace credit card spending in earnest.
These days, consumers are not keen to lean on credit cards, partly due to a cultural and financial shift in the industry. The financial crisis arguably altered households' views on charging beyond their means. It didn't hurt that the availability of subprime credit all but disappeared for a few years or that the interest rate on credit cards remained in double-digit territory despite the Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy. That said, the idea of frugality re-entered many households' thinking in the wake of the severe hardship the foreclosure crisis brought to bear on millions of working Americans. Debit cards became the predominant form of plastic used at the checkout.
And yet, consumer credit likely rounded out 2019 at a new $4 trillion milestone as runaway higher educationand car-price inflation coupled with ridiculously looser lending standards pushed households to take on record levels of student loan and auto debt. At roughly $1 trillion, credit cards are but a co-star in a star-studded, full-length feature film. A long history of credit card borrowing suggests that we would have multiples of today's $1.04 billion in outstanding balances had the growth rate of spending on plastic maintained the headier double-digit paces clocked in the 1980s and 1990s.
Shares down 13%.
• Tesla Cuts 7% Of Workforce, Musk Sees 'Very Difficult' Road Ahead (CNBC)
Tesla is cutting its full-time staff headcount by about 7 percent, as it ramps up production of its Model 3 sedans, CEO Elon Musk said Friday. The announcement follows recent cost-cutting measures the company has made in a bid to reduce the price of its products and boost margins. Tesla shares fell 13 percent by the end of trading Friday. In an email to employees, Musk said the company faces a "very difficult" road ahead in its long-term goal to sell affordable renewable energy products, noting the company is younger than other players in the industry. "Tesla will need to make these cuts while increasing the Model 3 production rate and making many manufacturing engineering improvements in the coming months," Musk said.
"Attempting to build affordable clean energy products at scale necessarily requires extreme effort and relentless creativity, but succeeding in our mission is essential to ensure that the future is good, so we must do everything we can to advance the cause." The exact number of employees who will be laid off has not been disclosed. However in an October tweet, Musk said Tesla had a staff count of 45,000. If still true today, that would mean 3,150 layoffs. Musk said Friday that Tesla faces "an extremely difficult challenge" in making its electric vehicles and solar products a competitive alternative to traditional vehicles and energy products that rely on fossil fuels.
Plunging share prices are the last thing Tesla needs.
• Tesla Has $920 Million In Debt Coming Due, A Third Of Company's Cash (CNBC)
Tesla has a billion dollar debt coming due, and it could wipe out nearly a third of the company's cash if the stock price doesn't improve. About $920 million in convertible senior notes expires on March 1 at a conversion price of $359.87 per share. But Tesla's stock hasn't traded above $359 for weeks. If the shares are about $359.87, then Tesla's debt converts into Tesla shares. If not, Tesla will have to pay the debt in cash. Tesla reported cash and cash equivalents of $3.37 billion at the end of its September quarter. The company continues to reveal pressure to maintain profitability, and announced Friday it would cut 7 percent of its full-time workforce. Shares fell more than 10 percent Friday following the announcement to trade around $310 per share.
If only because of the sanctions.
• Russia Outshines China To Become World's 5th Biggest Holder Of Gold (RT)
The Central Bank of Russia reported purchasing 8.5 million troy ounces of gold in January-November 2018. With its 67.6 million ounces of gold Russia is now the world's fifth largest holder behind the US, Germany, France and Italy. China dropped to sixth place as it reported an increase in gold reserves just once in more than two years – to 59.6 million ounces in December 2018 from 59.2 million ounces in October 2016. Industry sources told Reuters that Western sanctions against Russia lifted the country's gold buying to record highs in 2018. One of the reasons Russia's Central Bank was betting on the yellow metal was because it could not be frozen or blacklisted, sources explained.
"It seems that there is an aim to diversify from American assets," said a source in one of Russia's gold producers, referring to the Central Bank's holdings. While purchases of the precious metal by Russia jumped last year the country continued getting rid of US Treasury securities. Earlier this month, Russia's Central Bank reported that it cut the share of the US dollar in the country's foreign reserves to a historic low, transferring nearly $100 billion into the euro, the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan. The step came as a part of a broader state policy on eliminating reliance on the greenback. According to sources, the Central Bank has been purchasing a significant portion of Russia's domestic gold production, which is also rising.
As the EU promotes Roundup, this court has the only right attitude, referring to "a precautionary principle in French law." All GMO crops should be banned because of that principle. The risks are too great, and there's likely no way back. You can't put the onus of proof on society at large, Monsanto will have to prove there is no risk or damage at all, not the other way around. Nassim Taleb is the only person I've seen who also says this as the most important thing concerning GMO.
• French Court Cites Precautionary Principle To Cancel Monsanto Permit (R.)
A French court canceled the license for one of Monsanto's glyphosate-based weedkillers on Tuesday over safety concerns, placing an immediate ban on Roundup Pro 360 in the latest legal blow to the Bayer-owned business. Germany's Bayer, which bought Monsanto for $63 billion last year, faces thousands of U.S. lawsuits by people who say its Roundup and Ranger Pro products caused their cancer. A court in Lyon in southeast France ruled that the approval granted by French environment agency ANSES in 2017 for Roundup Pro 360 had failed to take into account potential health risks. Bayer, which said it disagreed with the decision and was considering its legal options, has cited regulatory rulings as well as scientific studies that found glyphosate to be safe.
The firm is appealing a first U.S. court ruling that awarded $78 million in damages to a school groundskeeper from California. "Bayer disagrees with the decision taken by the Administrative Court of Lyon to cancel the marketing authorization for RoundUp Pro 360," it said in a statement. "This product formulation, like all crop protection products, has been subject to a strict evaluation by the French authorities (ANSES), an independent body and guarantor of the public health security." The French court said ANSES had not respected a precautionary principle in French law, notably by not conducting a specific evaluation of health risks for Roundup Pro 360.
"Despite the European Union's approval of the active substance (glyphosate), the court considered that scientific studies and animal experiments showed Roundup Pro 360 … is a potentially carcinogenic product for humans, suspected of being toxic for human reproduction and for aquatic organisms," the court said in a summary of its ruling. ANSES said it was still examining the court ruling, but that the decision was effective immediately. "As a consequence, the sale, distribution and use of RoundUp Pro 360 are banned as of today," the agency said in an email.


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Pysanky Eggs
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class: Beginning Art (Age 6.5-9)
While looking for egg decorating inspiration, I came upon Pysanky Eggs from the Ukraine… I loved the bold graphic style and the use of radial symmetry in many of the designs. Then I found these cool Pysanky stamps from 1959 and developed a project around them for the Beginning Art students…
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Canada's sales of silver coins will jump more than 50 percent this year and will continue to climb in 2011, said David Madge, the director of sales at the Royal Canadian Mint.
"Sales of silver coins for 2010 are very strong and we expect them to be at least 50 percent higher," Madge said in an e-mail, declining to give a forecast for this year's sales. The Ottawa-based mint sold 10.3 million ounces of coins in 2009, he said.
Silver futures have jumped 59 percent in New York this year as demand rose for precious metals as an alternative to currencies. Investors have bought coins "because they ...
For thousands of years Precious Metals (PM) such as Gold (Au) and Silver (Ag) have been utilized as real money for exchange, wealth store, and metric of value. While I am NOT an advocate of one single commodity backing our money (like a gold standard), I do believe that the price trend of PMs are the most important indicators of the value of fiat money, plus the crimes of corrupt banking corporations and governments that manipulate PM prices. The "Canary in the coal mine" is Gold - AuCanary.
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At the end of the day, it's all business. So if you're not a born businessperson, find someone who is.
Creative people are at a massive advantage for cutting through the noise, because there are a lot of people out there saying "buy my product" instead of using good creative ideas to add value to their community. What can artists and creative people do to make a successful business in their field? Give up part of your business to a marketer who is pushing too hard to sell shit. Let them promote your art and good content and help you sell.
I have so many friends with an over-indexing skill set for generating creative ideas and great art and a lot of them are too romantic about those creative ideas to have marketing skills or weren't born with them. There are very few people who were blessed to have both and are able to do both. I tell all of my friends you need to find a business partner, there are so many people marketing shit, go find one of those people and let them market your great creative ideas.. Offer them 10-50% of your revenue if that is what is going to take to persuade them to become your business partner, because at the end of the day if you are trying to make it a living it's a business; if you don't know how to run a business and you don't know what to do or what your doing often times it doesn't work out.
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What Would You Pick?
by Devora Rowen Elam (Israel); translated from the Hebrew by Yoheved Welber
What would you pick
If you could choose
Between God who hears
And God who sees?
The hearing God, what does he hear?
The laughter of children?
The prayer of the anguished?
The shriek of a woman in Childbirth?
Jolly songs:
Happy birthday to you
The lion's roar
The wind in the valley
The sleepy infant's guzzle
"The call of a youth
Where're he may be"
The seeing God, what does he see?
The smiles of a child
The blow a master sends his slave
A hold-up, a mugging
A mountainous dump of waste
An act of charity
Performed with modest grace
A woman raped.
A hug, a kiss
The sun's rays crimson
On the mountain
A ship foundering
Amidst the swell.
A man and a woman
Begging their bread
"And he saw their affliction."
And if He neither
Sees nor hears
But feels
And knows
Through some other organ
Not eye nor hand
Not ear not nose
But with his perfect apprehension
Man and beast
A bloom, a song.
And as for me
What shall I chose?
Exactly that.
Neither to hear
Nor to see,
But in my heart and soul
To know the meaning of the world
The secret of Love.


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Thanks to the media, for years the typical male stereotype involved a muscular he-man who is not afraid of anything and can withstand stab wounds, gunshots and blows from any obstacle in his way. Perhaps too many men believe the hype as the results of a recent online poll have shown that men are less likely to visit the dentist than their female counterparts.
The survey was conducted by the conducted by the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) and the 289 respondents were comprised of general dentists and consumers. Their responses indicated:
- 45 percent of indicated that men do not need regular dental check ups
- 30 percent believed fear or embarrassment prevented men from getting the dental care they needed
- 18 percent thought men just do not have the time for a dental visit
- 5 percent thought most men did not even have a regular dentist
If you are made up of XY chromosomes, then the choice of dental avoidance may negatively impact your bottom line. As it turns out, men who avoid the dentist now will end up paying more money in the long run. A recent study by the American Dental Hygienists' Association indicates that paying for an ounce of prevention makes far more economic sense than paying for a pound of cure as the early diagnosis and remedy of dental problems could result in a total savings of $4 billion annually. According to a recently published report "The study estimated that $8 to $50 could be saved on restorative and emergency dental care procedures for every dollar spent on preventive dental care like regular checkups and cleanings."
If you have been avoiding visiting a dentist, now is the time to man up as a dental plan can help make the task affordable. There are plenty of reasons why maintaining your smile is important. Whether you are looking for a new job or a new mate, the guys with healthy looking smiles will always have an edge over the competition.