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Cody recently reviewed the .5mm Pentel EnerGel, a pen that is in the Top 3 favorite pens for both of us. In my recent order from JetPens I ordered the .35mm version to try something a bit different. I've never used a 0.38mm tip that I had really enjoyed before. I was a bit tentative going into this review, but I was pleasantly surprised.
The 0.35mm wasn't scratchy at all! I really couldn't believe it when I took off the cap and started writing away. The line is a bit narrower than the 0.5mm pen which is to be expected, and is a nice change of pace. For my particularly messy form of handwriting the narrower tip keeps things organized a bit better, which helps the legibility.
The body of the pen is exactly the same as the 0.5mm version. The body of the pen is a shiny metallic blue with a metal looking plastic clip. The overall design is solid, although the blue body and black ink can be a bit off putting. This is the one thing that bothers me about the EnerGel, why can't a black pen ink have a black pen body?. The cap posts on the back with a very satisfying click and stays firmly on the rear of the pen when writing. The grip is unchanged from the 0.5mm version and just as stellar.
I didn't think that a pen could be better than the 0.5mm Energel, but the 0.35mm has surpassed it. I have actually switched to using the 0.35mm as my go to pen. If you are worried about trying a sub 0.5mm pen tip this would be a great pen to start with. The tip is not scratchy and glides across the paper. It is a great introduction to micro tip pens, and a great addition to any writing arsenal.
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Zlatan on the mind for wistful World Cup Swedes
Zlatan Ibrahimovic retired from international football two years ago but Sweden's former talisman looms over their World Cup campaign like only he can.
It is only too tempting for Sweden fans to wonder what might have been had the former Paris Saint-Germain player been in the side for Saturday's match against Germany, which ended in a painful last-gasp defeat.
Or allow themselves to imagine what impact Ibrahimovic could have had this Wednesday, when Sweden face Mexico in a make-or-break final group game in Yekaterinburg.
Now 36 and in the twilight of his career at LA Galaxy, the giant forward hit 62 goals in 116 games for Sweden before quitting the international scene in 2016.
There was speculation in the build-up to the World Cup that he might make a dramatic return and the much-travelled Ibrahimovic, who also played for Manchester United and Barcelona, mischievously dropped numerous hints.
But Sweden coach Janne Andersson did not court him -- "Zlatan is very welcome to call me" -- and Ibrahimovic ended up being in Russia only for commercial reasons.
Swedish fans began trickling into Yekaterinburg, the most eastern city at the World Cup, on Monday and mention of the swaggering Ibrahimovic brought wistful smiles.
"Everyone misses Zlatan, but he does not fit into our new team," said Maria Bronk.
Companion Ditte Helwig, sporting a yellow hat, yellow shirt and blue leggings with the word SWEDEN, disagreed.
"I think he fits, but I think he's had enough of it. He's not too old, but I think he does not want to be here. It is he who said 'no'."
Helwig and Bronk are such big Ibrahimovic fans that they will travel to the United States in September to see him in action.
Helwig, playing the Pokemon Go game on her smartphone as she ambled in the sunshine, said Sweden would have at least drawn with Germany had Ibrahimovic been on the pitch.
"I think so because he's the best scorer in Sweden of all time so it would have been a better result with Zlatan."
Peter Jonsson, freshly arrived from watching the agonising loss to Germany in Sochi, said it was time to move on.
"We have a new team with a new spirit. Zlatan of course is a unique player but he was always the spearhead, which meant it was not always easy for the other players.
"We need to build now with younger players," said the 53-year-old from the city of Uppsala, outside Stockholm. "But unfortunately, there is not another Zlatan coming through."
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Philip Henriksen, with his parents and sister to see their first game at the World Cup, is adamant.
"He should be here, he is our best striker," said the 18-year-old. "The score would have been different against Germany because he did not just score goals, he was our leader as well."
There may never be another Ibrahimovic, but many Sweden fans hope that winger Emil Forsberg can be the closest to it.
The 26-year-old has been linked with an array of top Premier League sides after another stellar year in Germany with Leipzig.
But he lacks the dominant personality of Ibrahimovic and is yet to set the World Cup alight.
"I love Zlatan and I would welcome him back for the Mexico game," said Philip's mother Eleni, 50.
"He would not need to run, he could let the young players run and give him the ball, and he can just score the goals."

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Houston Press blog posted John Nova Lomax' article about Polish Community in Houston. He wrote:
As with Mexican immigration, Polish immigration to Houston has come in waves, albeit much smaller ones, over many decades. Some say that Houston's recent Polish immigrants are less blue-collar than those that have gone to places like Chicago. The ones that came here tend to be doctors, engineers and artists, and that Forum Polonia link, which comes complete with links to local Polish-American poets, classical pianists, and art gallery owners would seem to bear out that stereotype.Read whole article


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Okay, so now that all this has happened, I find myself contemplating on how and when THIS (I mean this episode of my life) all started. My gallstones were first detected when I was 23 years old, at that time I was a new officer, and I was taking my Masters. The final diagnosis was Stress-induced acute gastritis. Well, I was rushed to a hospital in Pacita Complex then, let's just say that my parents, though very worried about me, were also very worried about the cost of my possible confinement. So I don't blame them, really, I blame myself mostly, because I have in fact a health card already and I was not sure at the time how it all works. So there, my first lesson, ignorance could kill.
At first the doctors thought that the abdominal pain I was complaining was stress-induced, and was actually the reason why my stomach acts up because gas was being produced blah blah blah. As much as I don't want to question the doctors competencies especially because they are associated with this hospital, I can safely say now that everything was bullsh*t. One week after my release at that hospital I returned for the regular check-up, and that was the only time the doctor actually ordered for an ultrasound to finally check on what's causing the pain. So I scheduled an ultrasound and the doctor finally told me that I have gallstones.
No, he did not have the gallstones removed because he said that they are, at the time, quite small, and would not likely cause me any discomfort "again". So I went on with my life, eating and drinking whatever I like. Occasionally thinking I probably should not eat this, or drink that, but what the hell, life is good. There you go friends, 2nd lesson, watch what you eat!
Some of you, okay most of you know that I did not use to weigh like this. High school and all throughout college I had a very active lifestyle, always playing badminton and jogging whenever I can. I never really needed to go on a diet because even if I binge eat, I burn everything up almost instantly. Here comes grad school! Suddenly I did not have time to play badminton, and all I do is study and go to work, and it was exhausting, and I got hungry, and there's Mcdo and Jollibee, and everything is history. Truth is, I graduated 3 years ago, and I could have started to lose all the weight I gained, but I did not. I failed myself as well as my parents, especially my dad whose constant reminders went into deaf ears all these years. Lesson no. 3, maintain a healthy lifestyle.
A year after graduating from college, my friends and I rented a studio room at a condominium near DLSU. We stayed there for about 2 and half years, then we moved to another location in Pasig near my office where we stayed for 2 years, and now I'm renting a condo room just beside our office building. The point is I get to eat my mom's cooking only in the weekends. Where do I eat daily? Fast food restaurants, canteen food, occasional high end restaurants, and well, just about everywhere I could find food. Yes I am a picky eater, but still I do not know how the food in these restaurants are cooked! Neither do you, so here is lesson no. 4, always go for the home-cooked meal. Basically my gallstones are fat and oil that turned into stone-like substances and contracted in the gallbladder, so don't let this happen to you.
Drink hot water after a meal especially if there's fat and oil in there. Go green! Eat veggies as much as you can, and don't forget to sweat it baby. Took me a while (and a gallbladder) to finally realize these things, but now I know what I should do. I would need help, and a little time, but with a strong support system around me, I know I would be able to conquer this. I lost the war (okay my gallbladder) but the battle is not over. I promise to live a healthy lifestyle henceforth. Do not make the same mistakes that I made (I'm talking to you sister!), be active, be healthy. Love your body and your body will love you back. Spread the love, and make this world a better place. Peace out!


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I didn't, of course, get to everything on my list, but I had a good time trying. Thursday my mother brought me a folder with copies of a couple of wedding notices, an article about a great-grandfather's funeral and my letters home from camp at the age of ten or eleven, they provided a bit of entertainment for us and Donald's family after dinner.
Friday I scanned the photos that my mother brought to me the previous week. She'll bring me an envelope- or folder-full of things at a time lately, and I'm trying to scan them as she brings them now. I'm absolutely in love with this photo of my grandmother.
|Marjorie Elizabeth Dean, my maternal grandmother.
Saturday I got my photo files reorganized,
and reorganized digital genealogy records, too.
And while I was doing those tedious but necessary tasks, I listened to a couple of webinars over at Legacy Family Tree.
Yes, that's right, a beginning genealogy webinar. I thought beginner topics would be great for multi-tasking, something to listen to without worrying about catching every word. Peggy Lauritzen is a great speaker and I did pick up some great ideas.
Sunday I started a very big project. Relabeling all of my images with a proper metadata program, Photo Mechanic, recommended to me by JL Beeken of Life after JGEN. She was so right, not that I doubted her. The only thing standing in my way has been cost and budget.
Right now I'm using the software with a free trial for 30 days. That will take me to Christmas weekend, and then we'll see how the budget is. It may not happen at that time, but with many more photos, negatives and artifacts to be scanned and photographed, this is something I could really use, I have no doubt I'll be buying it sooner than later. Its too bad there isn't a subscription option, I don't think I'd ever unsubscribe and it would be so much more budget-friendly.
Finally, I spent some time getting to know Evidentia, but that will be for another post soon.
So, was this at all a genealogy weekend for you?


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MTV Splitsvilla is one of the most watched and popular shows of MTV channel. It is mostly the youth who watch it. We all were anxiously waiting to know the Winner of the tenth season which is going to reveal in tonight's episode.
Yes, today 10th December 2017 MTV Splitsvilla X (10) Grand Finale Episode 21 will take place and everyone who is eagerly waiting for the finale finally the time has come.
The Theme of MTV Splitsvilla X (2017) is About Girls Being Bunny and Boys being hunter lets see what girls choose among them carrot of Hunter with love.
This is the 10th season of the MTV Splitsvilla which will gonna be more fun from the last 9 seasons. In this season we will gonna see some smart and sexy contestants on the show who all are looking for their love partners.
MTV Splitsvilla 10 (X) Episode 21 Today Grand Finale Winner 10th December 2017
Yes, tonight 10th December 2017 Episode 21 of MTV Splitsvilla 10 (Splitsvilla X) is going to air. This is going to be very interesting and entertaining as this is the Grand Finale Episode.
Last Week we saw MTV Splitsvilla X (10) Episode 20 with the entry of all the old Splitsvillans like Nibedita, Aaquib, Aakash, Hritu, and more. And Rannvijay announces that the old gang will be deciding whom they want to kick out with a vote.
Finally, the vote begins and now we finally got our 4 semi-finalists of MTV Splitsvilla X. Haneet and Alisha, Priyank and Divya, Steffi and Mohit, Naina and Baseer.
The semi-finals begin. Haneet and Alisha choose to compete against Priyank and Divya. Rannvijay talks about the task which is basically a quiz. It is a tricky crossword puzzle game.
First up were Steffi and Mohit against Naina and Baseer. The two had to bear the weight of the girls and lift them up so they could see the answer through the crossword puzzle.
In the second round, it was getting extremely hard for Mohit and he could not sustain lifting up Steffi and she broke down. Meanwhile, Baseer and Naina were giving spot-on answers. They won the game there.
Next Haneet – Alisha and Priyank – Divya. The first round ended and both teams did a great job but in the second round Haneet just couldn't pull Alisha and Priyank won the Game.
In Today Episode, we will see the Grand-Finale task between Divya – Priyank, and Baseer – Naina which are going to fun and entertaining.
MTV Splitsvilla is an Indian television reality show that airs on MTV India.The series is loosely based on the American dating reality show Flavor of Love.
The reality show revolves around young boys and girls trying to secure a place in "Splitsvilla", a villa. It is a "hunt for love" show where boys and girls compete in tasks to stay in the competition and mingle with the contestants to find love.
In the end, one boy and one girl are crowned the winners of Splitsvilla, as a couple. There are a lot of fights, jealousy, hatred, friendship, backstabbing, and love when all these wild contestants get together. There are also a King and Queen who have dumping powers.
The Show will air on weekend days that is on Every Sunday on MTV India TV Channel at 7.00 PM IST.
The Host of this upcoming season MTV Splitsvilla 10 (X) of a reality show is Rannvijay Singha and Sunny Leone who already hosted previous seasons.
MTV Splitsvilla X (10) 10th December 2017 Episode 21 Grand Finale Winner Updates
Tonight It will be a New Task which introduced all the contestants and tests Strength, Intelligence, and Luck of the Contestants. It will be Lots of Love, Romance, Dump, and Tough Moments between the contestants in MTV Splitsvilla X Episode 21 of 10th December 2017.
Today MTV Splitsvilla X Episode 21 Finale Show between the old friends Divya – Priyank, and Baseer – Naina and it is going to be exciting and we will get to know the Winner.
All the 15 contestants names which started the MTV Splitsvilla 10.Today 10th December 2017 Episode 21 Promo Video of Splitsvilla X is just given below.Check out now.
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Cutting the Price
John needs to talk to his real estate agent and get her to show him two statistics that will help him sell his house.
QUESTION: John has been trying to sell his house for two years. His income went from $60,000 to $45,000 during that time. His house payment is $1,300 and he's asking $224,000. What should he do?
ANSWER: Ask your real estate agent how many properties have sold within a 5-mile area in the past year. When she tells you, also ask how many are on the market now. Those are the two statistics you need. If 20 sold and there are 50 on the market, then you have a two and a half year supply, so to speak. If that's the case, you have to severely cut the price to stand out and get it sold.


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DONALD Trump has again confounded critics and cemented his place as frontrunner in the Republican Presidential race following a win in the Nevada primaries.
To gain the endorsement of their parties candidates must win a simple majority of states, with Trump leading the field amongst the Republic candidates.
Following defeat in South Carolina last week former Florida Governor Jeb Bush - brother of former President George W. Bush - dropped out of the race.
It is expected that fellow Republican hopeful Ben Carson will also withdraw in the coming weeks.
On Tuesday March 1st several states go to the polls to choose both Republic and Democratic candidates on what is known as 'Super Tuesday' in the US.
The date is taken as a measure of overall performance, with Trump presently looking set to extend his lead.
The property speculator has taken a hardline approach to immigration, particularly against Hispanic newcomers to the US.
More than 55 million Americans are of Hispanic origin, a significant part of the potential voter base, especially in southern states where Republicans traditionally perform better.
In Nevada, Trump took home just under 46 per cent of the vote in a five-way battle, clearly beating his nearest rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.
• Scottish National Front shows support for Donald Trump's presidential bid
In the Democratic Nevada caucus Bernie Sanders very nearly shocked Hillary Clinton last week, losing to the American Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by just five per cent in a two horse race.
The Clinton campaign have been fighting to stop the momentum gained by Sanders in the past few weeks.
"The truth is that for a campaign that started out as a fringe campaign at 3 per cent in the polls we have enormous momentum", Sanders said in an interview with American news network CNN after his defeat.
Sanders sat for many years as an independent politician at both state and federal level. This week the Chicago Tribune newspaper published archive photos of Sanders being arrested for joining the city's black community in civil rights protests in the 1960s. Sanders was a student at the University of Chicago at the time.
Income inequality and racial segregation are still huge problems in American cities. In the first months of 2016, the murder rate in Chicago was twice that of the same period last year, with many of the killings taking place in minority neighbourhoods.
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is currently at the centre of an ongoing scandal over the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald by police, after it was revealed the former White House official knew of allegations of police brutality whilst campaigning for re-election.
President Obama has refused to endorse either Democratic candidate until the selection battle is over.
He has, though, attacked Trump, saying that 'Donald Trump will not be President because it is a serious job.'
Trump had previously backed the so-called 'birther' movement to prove that President Obama was not born in the US and thus unable to become President.
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Hello lovelies!
I am almost done with my first run through of edits. The problem is, I'm not sure I can actually call it editing. I got so caught up reading the words I wrote that for about 30 pages I forgot I was supposed to be editing and not reading. ha! That can only be a good thing right? I also totally got caught up in the emotion of the story. I have to say it's a really dark book with hints of light, but I love it. I hope you will love it too.
I see many more rounds of editing in my future before I hand off my book to my editor.
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An alleged ongoing feud between two female Pennsauken High School students may have fueled a violent face-slashing on a school bus Thursday afternoon. .
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I'm so proud to be associated with Gratis: Midwinter Tales. An exquisite tome of deliciously sexy stories that I'm sure will engage, stimulate and satisfy the most discerning erotica reader.
"Christmas has come early: Nine writers work together to create the must-read Free Holiday release of 2013. Every one of the twelve stories contained within Gratis : Midwinter Tales serves as a satisfying bite out of each author's repertoire, to tempt and seduce and sweep you off your feet. Our stories comfortably straddle both erotica and romance genres and cover a variety of themes. Some are innocent, others seek to force you to your knees, but all have something in common: they'll make you feel.
Gratis : Midwinter Tales comprises works by Chloe Thurlow, E.A. Chapterhouse, Elizabeth Woodham, Hedonist Six, Jason Jaxx, Kay Jaybee, KM Dylan, Livilla Sanders and M.J. Carey. We hope you'll find a new favourite author, or nine, within these pages."
Snow Falls Softly by Chloe Thurlow, In the Mood by E.A. Chapterhouse, Wicked Games by Elizabeth Woodham, Virgin by Hedonist Six, White (Lights Out) by Jason Jaxx, A Pair Well Met, Blinked, and The New Year Dancers by Kay Jaybee, The Future First Lady of France by KM Dylan, Irrecusable by Livilla Sanders, Glove, and A Penheligon Christmas by M.J. Carey.
Snow Falls Softly by Chloe Thurlow
It is the night when Jools feels as if she is gripped in the hands of destiny, a night of uncontrollable passion, a love so deep it feels as if her soul is bursting. It begins to snow as Josh takes her in his arms and kisses her eyes, her neck. He draws her top over her head and her breath catches as his long kiss caresses the hollow of her throat. In two days, Josh will marry another woman unless Jools can convince him to stay or the snow that falls and keeps falling prevents him from going.
In the Mood by E.A. Chapterhouse
In the mood: A moment in time, as if unfolding a calendar to find a secret day within, EAC and the Muse go to a celebration for a legend of the big band era. Their shared moment is captured by memories, sounds, colours and an intruding photographer.
Wicked Games by Elizabeth Woodham
I adore writing and work in a number of genres. Writing erotica is stimulating; I like to explore age-gap scenarios and feature older man, younger woman relationships in 'It's a Sin' and 'Eleanor'. 'Wicked Games', my contribution to Gratis: Midwinter Tales, is driven by a desire to share a little of Matthew Fletcher's backstory. Told from more than one point of view, my aim is to take you deep inside his character. We first meet Matthew in 'Eleanor', a novella, where he introduces Eleanor Grant to control, dominance, bindings, and wild sex, in an escalation of wicked games. Matthew and Eleanor's story continues in 'Falconworth', an erotic tale set in a medieval manor, sprinkled with a dusting of history and mystery, due for release in 2014.
Virgin by Hedonist Six
After nearly four years with Jeff, everything fell apart. I found myself single, scared, but somehow liberated as well. Rather than stumble into another ill advised relationship, my best friend Sally helped me find focus. I would spend the next few months "finding myself" sexually. That's how The Rebound List was born.
And -this- is how my journey begins: with a virgin. Number one on my naughty bucket list…
What (or whom) would you do to celebrate your freedom after your first serious relationship breaks down?
White (Lights Out) by Jason Jaxx
A late night walk through the snow finds Jack alone with thoughts of love, lust, pain and possibility.
A Pair Well Met, Blinked and The New Year Dancers by Kay Jaybee
How long would you wait in the cold on New Year's Eve in the hope of getting a glimpse of an erotic ceremony that might not even happen? In The New Year Dancers a new sexual acolyte is adopted in the mists of a midnight forest. An arranged marriage takes an unexpected twist in A Pair Well Met, a force fantasy retelling of A Taming of the Shrew, and something not entirely human is in control in Blinked…but what is it…
The Future First Lady of France by KM Dylan
Fashion supermodel Katie Wolfer's scandalous journey of sexual awakening takes a sharp turn as her charismatic fiancée, Victor de Goncourt, begins campaigning to be elected the president of France. His baleful grandmother, the Duchess, demands that Katie clean up her act, and Katie wonders, does she have what it takes to be the first lady of France?
This story picks up where the first two volumes of Katie's fictionalized erotic memoirs (the Cult of Beauty series) leave off, but it stands on its own.
Irrecusable by Livilla Sanders
'Irrecusable', my contribution to Gratis: Midwinter Tales, is told by Kate Parkinson. She encounters the alluring sexual force that is Séverine Rogers, a star character who features in 'Cassie's Call', and the focus of my forthcoming novel 'Séverine'. Kate is persuaded to attend a New Year celebration, and is targeted by the charming and charismatic Séverine, who embarks on a captivating seduction abundant with erotic possibilities, exposing a compelling world of secret desire she has only ever dreamed of.
Glove by M.J. Carey
In a moment of calm, away from the hustle of the day before Christmas eve, a woman lays a tribute to her dead lover in the cemetery. Her memories are bitter-sweet, his hold upon her still as strong as ever. She knows she needs to finish mourning and find her way back to life. A young man watches her as she reflects upon the past. She sees him.
A Penheligon Christmas by M.J. Carey
Set on Christmas day 1998, a few years before the events in the novel: House of Penheligon: Danielle's rules, this short story tells the origin of Lizzie, maidservant to the House. Alicia Penheligon has returned from London and is keen to play Santa Claus to her sister Danielle, her cousin Imogene and the rest of the household.


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Alghanim Auto and Ford Middle East hold the First Motorcraft® Trade Partner Event in Kuwait
Alghanim Auto and Ford Middle East hold the First Motorcraft® Trade Partner Event in Kuwait
with wholesalers of Motorcraft
with wholesalers of Motorcraft
KUWAIT, April 2017: In collaboration with Ford Middle East, Alghanim Auto – the only Ford-authorized importer in Kuwait – held the first annual trade event for its Motorcraft® genuine spare parts wholesale partners in appreciation of their business and continued support. The successful night hosted over 120 attendees at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel and Spa.
Opening the night, Tim Zimmerman, Vice President – Alghanim Auto, said: "Through Motorcraft® genuine spare parts, Ford is committed to providing the best quality spare parts and lubricants to better serve the large base of Ford customers in Kuwait and ensure the durability and long-life of their vehicles. We at Alghanim Auto are also committed to ensuring all Ford owners have reliable and convenient access to Motorcraft® genuine spare parts, and this can only be achieved thanks to all of you, our trusted customers and partners here in Kuwait".
The event entailed a product presentation by representatives from the Ford Middle East Customer Service Division, featuring the current Motorcraft® line up of products available at Alghanim Auto in Kuwait, as well as a sneak preview at the upcoming products in the pipeline. During the presentation, Bilal Jabak, Regional Aftersales Manager – Ford Middle East, spoke of the variety and high quality of Motorcraft® products, saying: "Together with Alghanim Auto, we are committed to making all Ford and Motorcraft® products and services available for customers in Kuwait. As you all know, Motorcraft® genuine spare parts are recognized internationally for quality and reliability, enabling our partners to provide superior genuine spare parts and lubricants to their customers.
During the presentation, Alghanim Auto also introduced the latest premium oil offering from Motorcraft®, the 20W50 premium gasoline engine oil. Formulated from superior base stock and advanced to provide excellent engine protection, the 20W50 provides a performance level of API SN and ensures exceptional engine cleanliness, engine protection under severe operating conditions, resistance to viscosity and thermal breakdown at high temperature, protection against sludge, varnish formation, starting friction, rust and corrosion. The 20W50 is suitable for naturally aspirated, turbocharged and supercharged gasoline engines.
The presentation was followed by an assisted demonstration on the Motorcraft® product stations that were set up on-site, allowing guests an opportunity to see and feel products such as lubes, chemicals, batteries, brakes, filters.
Motorcraft® originated in the USA in the 1950s as the Ford Parts Division acquired assets from the Electric Autolite Co. in 1962 before officially becoming Motorcraft® in 1972. The company has built its reputation on the three pillars of safety, durability and value. Motorcraft® offers more than 300,000 part numbers split over 24 major product categories including oils and chemicals, coolants, filters, wiper blades and batteries
Motorcraft® parts are designed for all makes and model vehicles and manufactured to strict specifications; they undergo extensive laboratory and on-the-road testing. Designed and built to maximize the vehicle's performance, Motorcraft® parts provide the customer with the confidence that repairs and maintenance will last a long time.
In Kuwait, genuine Motorcraft® spare parts are available for retail and wholesale customers at Alghanim Auto. The Alghanim Auto Service and Parts Center is located in Shuwaikh Industrial Area opposite from the Classical Car Museum and Sirbb Circuit. Working hours are from 7AM to 7PM from Saturday to Thursday. For more information, please call the customer care center at 1898900; visit www.fordalghanim.com or check the social media @FordAlghanim.


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Just like Nepal is well known for scenic natural beauty and the Himalayan grandeur, it has got abundance of natural treasures like:
One of the best preserved national parks in the world, Chitwan in plain land and beautiful Shivapuri in midle hills, scenic hill towns, rain forest, well protected natural sanctuary for rare animals like; royal Bengal tiger, one horned rhino, gharial etc. very rich in varied flora and fauna.
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04. Transfer to Chitwan National Park for jungle safari, one of the best preserved natural and wildlife sanctuary in Asia. The park Drive is along Trishuli river via Muglin and Narayanghat about 50 Km reaching for lunch at safari lodge.
Chitwan Natinal Park: lies in subtropical southern Nepal where Rapti and Naryani river flows through covering 932 km². The park is a unique ecosystem, hence, UNESCO world natural heritage site. Dominated by sal forests, the park has 50 species of grasses, 43 species of animals include the endangered one - horned rhino, Royal Bengal tiger, gharial, crocodile, gaur, wild elephant, four horned antelope, striped hyena, pangolin, Gangatic dolphin, monitor lizard, and pythons. Over 544 species of birds, 126 species of fish and 56 spieces of herpetofauna habit in the park.
King George V, Prince of Wales, Edward VIII and many other royal dignitaries came in for famous hunting of Royal Bengal tigers, rhinos etc. In a 11-day fun pack hunting in 1911 they killed 39 tigers and 18 rhinos.
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As the Montezuma-Cortez School District begins the work of crafting a strategic plan to guide it through the next three years, district leaders are seeking more participation from the public.
To begin the process, the board of education will meet on April 7 to outline questions that board members hope will elicit honest and constructive feedback for the district. Then, over the next six weeks, RE-1 will convene multiple focus groups that will include representation from a broad cross-section of the community, in order to gather the most complete information possible. RE-1 is seeking participation by such groups as local employers, retirees, Montezuma-Cortez High School graduates throughout the years, parents, teachers, active community members and Ute Mountain and Navajo tribal members.
Through what the board hopes will be visionary discussions of education and student well-being, the focus groups will create outcomes for the strategic plan.
The next phase of the effort will involve encouraging ongoing community engagement to support the strategic-plan goals. How can community members team up with RE-1 to help educate the community's children? Many such partnerships already are in place, and the district greatly appreciates the public's participation. Local educators know, though, that the community has a wealth of other ideas, as well as the energy to help put them into action as part of a coordinated plan that will move the district forward.
RE-1 faces challenges, but it also benefits from the vision and talents of the broader community, as well as the determination of people from all walks of life to help the school district provide a high-quality educational experience for all its students. Working together, we can tackle our challenges, set goals, and develop strategies for achieving those goals.
There will be focus groups targeted by community interest groups as well as several open community forums to allow the entire community the opportunity to contribute their ideas and opinions. I hope you will be willing to share your ideas with the school district.
Lori Haukeness is superintendent of Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1. Superintendent Haukeness graduated from Montezuma-Cortez High School and has been a dedicated leader in Montezuma-Cortez schools for 22 years. Re-1's's regular education column will appear in the Journal on the fourth Friday of every month.


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A dispute between the former Soviet Union's two largest potash producers shows little sign of being resolved quickly as predictions that the commodity's price will plunge roil the $20 billion market.
A pact between Belarus's Belaruskali and OAO Uralkali (URKA) in Russia helped to buttress prices for eight years in the global market for potash, a vital nutrient for corn and soybeans. That partnership fell apart at the end of July when Uralkali accused the other producer of undermining their sales accord.
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The relationship, under strain all year, finally frayed over how both companies courted foreign buyers. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko grew dissatisfied with being the junior half of the partnership and the limits placed on output at state-owned Belaruskali, according to people familiar with the situation.
Uralkali, led by Chief Executive Officer Vladislav Baumgertner, was angered by Belaruskali selling to Asia outside their joint venture, even as both sides were in talks aimed at ending the conflict, said the people, who asked not to be named because they weren't authorized to speak.
So far neither side has shown willingness to patch up their differences since the split announced July 30 sent shares of potash producers tumbling as much as 24 percent from Moscow to Tel Aviv to Toronto.
"We don't expect the two companies to be back working together very soon," said Konstantin Yuminov, an analyst at Raiffeisen Bank in Moscow. "Uralkali is ready for talks, but only on terms that will suit it."
Supply Contracts
Belaruskali sees the potash market reviving next month and won't renew cooperation with Uralkali unless the Russian producer changes its strategy or ownership, Belaruskali CEO Valery Kirienko told reporters Aug. 19 in Soligorsk, Belarus. Uralkali's move was unilateral and unexpected, Belaruskali said the same day in a statement.
Potash is a salt containing potassium that was deposited by ancient seas. The commodity, which helps crops resist drought, is typically found underground between rock strata. About 80 percent of global reserves are located in just four countries: Canada, Russia, Belarus and Germany.
Despite the importance of potash in agriculture and the size of the market -- sales were a record 57 million tons in 2011 -- the commodity isn't traded on any exchange. Until last month, two groups of companies controlled about two-thirds of the world's production capacity, negotiating sales contracts, sometimes with entire countries, at a fixed price that would then become the global benchmark for months.
Price Forecast
One of those groups was Belarusian Potash Co., or BPC, the export sales joint venture between Belaruskali and Uralkali that split amid acrimony. The other group, Canpotex Ltd., is a similar venture between the three biggest North American producers.
The coordination of exports isn't a new feature of the potash market. A cartel of German producers endured for most of the first half of the 20th Century. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based Canpotex, which started operating in 1972 to coordinate sales of potash mined in the Canadian province, is exempt under the country's antitrust laws because it doesn't sell to domestic farmers.
Like Canpotex, BPC's members adjusted output to support prices. Having quit the venture, Uralkali plans to produce at full capacity to gain a greater market share.
Production Curbs
Uralkali, which says prices may fall to less than $300 a ton from about $400 now because of the move, is the industry's lowest-cost producer and may be best-placed to survive the slump. K+S AG (SDF) of Germany is among producers with mines that may barely break even with potash at less than $300, according to Green Markets, an information provider that's a unit of Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News.
The roots of the discord within BPC can be traced back to 2011, when Uralkali completed its $7.8 billion takeover of Russian rival OAO Silvinit, said Oleg Andreev, managing director at Minsk-based consultant EnterInvest.
The deal enabled Uralkali to overtake Belaruskali in terms of sales volume, making it the world's largest potash producer. It also accounted for most of the tonnage sold by BPC.
Lukashenko became unhappy with this outcome and the way that Belaruskali had to moderate its output when prices dropped, the people familiar with the situation said.
Both companies idled capacity last year as the market weakened. Uralkali had 30 percent of its capacity offline, while Belaruskali had 23 percent, according to a presentation from the Russian producer.
U.S. Sanctions
"Lukashenko didn't like this price-over-volume strategy at all and was seeking a higher utilization rate for Belaruskali," said Elena Sakhnova, an analyst at VTB Capital in Moscow.
The Belarus leader also disliked that Uralkali regularly sold potash through its own trading unit, the people said. According to the joint-venture agreement with Belaruskali, Uralkali could ship potash outside BPC for direct sales to China by rail.
Spokesmen for the Belarus government, Belaruskali, Belneftekhim -- the state energy company that manages Belaruskali -- Lukashenko and billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, Uralkali's largest shareholder, declined to comment on relations between the potash producers.
One reason Uralkali was allowed to circumvent BPC was so that it could get loans against its exports. Uralkali was also using its trading unit because U.S. sanctions on Belarus meant BPC couldn't sell in America.
China Contract
Uralkali has shipped 69 percent of its exports via its trading unit so far this year, according to Marina Kostiuchenko, a spokeswoman for Belneftekhim. Uralkali declined to comment on the sales.
BPC received a setback on Dec. 31 when North America's Canpotex beat it to sign the first supply contract with China in nine months. Canpotex agreed to sell 1 million tons at $400 a ton, about 15 percent less than the previous price benchmark.
"Canpotex didn't like Uralkali boosting potash sales to China by rail and offered China a price cut, which BPC didn't expect," Raiffeisen's Yuminov said.
While BPC followed in January with a Chinese pact at the same price and volume, it had lost market share to Canpotex, Sakhnova said.
The breakdown of BPC gathered pace in January. That's when Belaruskali also started selling potash independently of the venture, Kostiuchenko said. Belaruskali has sold 45,000 tons outside of BPC this year, or less than 2 percent of its exports, she said.
Lukashenko Pressure
Lukashenko "didn't intend to break up the venture, he was just seeking to put some pressure on Uralkali," said Yulia Bushueva, managing director at Arbat Capital in Moscow.
Still, the consignments were sufficient to undermine the partnership between the producers, according to Uralkali.
For Lukashenko, who has governed without interruption for 19 years, potash has huge strategic importance. It's one of the most vital industries in Belarus, where the average gross domestic product for each of its 9.5 million inhabitants is about half that of Russia, according to World Bank data. Belaruskali accounts for almost 20 percent of the country's budget.
Belarus was dubbed Europe's last dictatorship by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice because of its human-rights record and Lukashenko's grip on power. The 58-year-old president is known to his countrymen by the nickname "bat'ka," meaning father.
"Where Belarus is involved, everything is a one-man show," Arbat's Bushueva said. "Lukashenko is highly ambitious and with time he became less happy" with BPC.
Russian Relations
BPC was created in 2005 after Lukashenko called for the elimination of the "crooks" he said were acting as intermediaries in the potash trade, the president's press service reported in May.
He has walked a fine line between pledging loyalty to Russia while trying to limit the economic influence of Belarus's much larger neighbor. Relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin have been strained at times, including in January 2011, when Russian crude oil imports to Belarus were briefly cut off after the countries failed to agree on price.
Despite this turbulent history, the dispute over potash wasn't driven by politics, Uralkali CEO Baumgertner said in a July 31 interview. Nor did Uralkali investor Kerimov ask Putin to intervene, the people familiar with the situation said. Dmitry Peskov, a Putin spokesman, declined to comment on Uralkali.
Belarus Talks
Kerimov, 47, has a 22 percent stake in Uralkali worth about $3 billion. He built his fortune by investing in various industries including real estate and banking. Kerimov owns soccer club Anzhi Makhachkala in his native Dagestan and 40 percent of Polyus Gold International Ltd. (PGIL), Russia's largest gold producer. In 2006, he was left in a medically induced coma and with burns covering 70 percent of his body after crashing his Swiss lawyer's black Ferrari Enzo on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on the French Riviera.
To rescue the faltering relationship with Belarus, Kerimov reached out to Lukashenko, visiting him in Belarus at least twice in 12 months, the people said. He appeared to have some success in May, when both sides agreed to a commission created by Lukashenko that would discuss the future of BPC. The president announced the appointment of his son Viktor and local KGB chief Valeriy Vakulchik to ensure the impartiality of the new body.
Tipping Point
"I am a supporter of one powerful trading channel, in which there will be a parity of interests," Lukashenko said at the time.
But even after the commission was created, Belaruskali still sold potash outside of BPC, according to the people familiar with the matter. Uralkali also was displeased by Lukashenko's state visit to China in mid-July and Belaruskali's meetings with Brazil and India to discuss potash supplies, the people said. Brazil is the second-largest potash user and India is the fourth-biggest, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The tipping point for Uralkali came July 25 when Lukashenko appointed Elena Kudriavets as director general of BPC without consulting the Russian producer or informing it of the decision, the people said.
Uralkali's board approved the split from BPC several days later. Its July 30 announcement that it would sell freely in the market and produce at full capacity sent shares of potash producers crashing globally as investors speculated the price of the commodity would collapse.
Share Sales
Belaruskali said Aug. 19 that Uralkali's "regretful decision" came as a surprise as both producers had reached a "compromise agreement" over BPC in June.
"The news was an absolute shock," Arbat's Bushueva said. "We all knew that there were some issues within the cartel, but nobody expected that the divorce would come so quickly."
Some investors in Uralkali got out before its shares plunged 19 percent on July 30. Four days previously, Uralkali said billionaire Alexander Nesis had sold his 5.1 percent stake in the Berezniki-based company. And two weeks earlier, Uralkali completed a $1.3 billion buyback of shares from Zelimkhan Mutsoev.
Russia's Financial Markets Service said Aug. 13 it asked the Moscow Exchange for information on trading in the shares. Nesis had an existing plan to sell his Uralkali stock, said Vladislav Vershinin, his spokesman. Uralkali said Mutsoev was reorganizing his finances to comply with the requirements of being a Russian member of parliament.
Uralkali advanced 2.8 percent to $24.40 in London trading today. It's down 36 percent this year.
Canpotex Future?
The BPC split also sparked speculation that Canpotex will follow suit and unravel. Competition from Uralkali will put pressure on the group, Charles Neivert, an analyst at Cowen Securities LLC in New York, said July 30.
The three big North American producers that control Canpotex -- Canada's Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. and Agrium Inc. (AGU), and Mosaic Co. of the U.S. -- have said they expect no change in how they will export.
Potash Corp. CEO Bill Doyle said Belaruskali and Uralkali may eventually resolve their differences. The dispute won't last because it's too destructive and "logic tends to prevail," he said Aug. 7, emphasizing that global potash demand will continue to grow, helping all producers.
Dvorkovich Talks
Kerimov and Baumgertner met in early August to talk about potash with Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and Sergei Roumas, chairman of Belarusian Bank of Development and Reconstruction, according to the people familiar with the situation. Roumas also leads the special potash commission that Lukashenko created. Nothing was decided at the meeting and there was no agreement on future discussions, the people said.
Spokesmen for Dvorkovich, Belaruskali and Roumas's bank declined to comment on the talks.
For now, the split looks like it could be permanent. BPC's Russian staff are moving out of the venture's office in Minsk, the Belarus capital, two people with the knowledge of the situation said. Uralkali is running out of space to accommodate them in its Moscow office, the people said.


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For example, if you have $1 million saved, you would withdraw $40,000 the first year. The second year, you'd take out $40,800 (the original amount plus 2%). The third year, you'd withdraw $41,616 (the previous year's amount, plus 2%), and so on.
This has been a longstanding retirement withdrawal strategy since the 1990s. However, of late, this approach has been criticized for not taking into account the effects of rising interest rates and market volatility. Indeed, if you retire at the onset of a steep stock market decline, you risk depleting your savings early. Still, many retirees value this strategy because it's simple to follow and gives you a predictable income amount each year.
Some retirees take out a fixed dollar amount over a specific period of time. For example, you might decide to withdraw $40,000 annually and then reassess the dollar amount at the end of a five-year period. While this has the benefit of providing predictable annual income (which can help you budget accordingly) it doesn't do much to protect against inflation. And, depending on the dollar amount you choose, you could erode your principal.
For illustrative purposes only.
When you withdraw a set percentage of your portfolio annually, the dollar amount of the distribution will vary based on the underlying value of your portfolio. While this approach creates a certain amount of uncertainty, if you choose a percentage that is below the anticipated rate of return, you could actually grow your income and account value. On the other hand, if the percentage is too high, you risk depleting your assets prematurely.
For illustrative purposes only.
Under this strategy, you only withdraw the income (e.g. dividends, interest) created by the underlying investments in your portfolio. Because your principal remains intact, this prevents you from running out of money and affords you the potential to continue to grow your investments while still providing you with retirement income. That said, the amount of income you receive in any given year will vary, since it is dependent on market performance. And there is the risk that what you are able to withdraw will not keep pace with inflation.
For illustrative purposes only.
With the "buckets" strategy, you withdraw assets from three "buckets," or separate types of accounts holding your assets.
Here's the break-down: The first bucket should hold about 20% of your savings, or three to five years of living expenses, in cash, while the second bucket holds mostly fixed income securities. The third bucket contains your remaining investments in equities. As you use the cash from the first bucket, you replenish it with earnings from the second and third buckets.
By setting aside several years' worth of living expenses, your investments ideally would have more time to grow, sustaining as much of your savings as you can for as long as possible.
Although we've outlined some of the more common retirement withdrawal strategies for you here, there's nothing that says you have to stick with a single option. You can mix and match the above approaches to arrive at the optimal income plan for your circumstances. In other words, as you think through what your major expenses are likely to be in retirement, you can combine investment strategies and fund your various income needs separately.


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LAHORE: Pakistan tops the list of largest percentage increase in research output, besides other emerging economies of the world, according to the estimates from the publishing-services company Clarivate Analytics.
The statistics have shown a significant rise of 21% as compared to 2017 in the numbers of scientific papers published in Pakistan, followed by Egypt where an increase of 15.9% has been recorded.
Global production of scientific papers hit an all-time high this year, estimates show, with emerging economies rising fastest.
China's publications rose by about 15%, and India, Brazil, Mexico and Iran all saw their output grow by more than 8% compared with 2017.
Globally, research output rose by around 5% in 2018, to an estimated 1,620,731 papers listed in a vast science-citation database Web of Science, the highest ever.
Clarivate owns Web of Science from which the data was drawn. Its analysis for Nature.com focused on 40 countries that have at least 10,000 papers in Web of Science.


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Earlier today, Tor Browser 7.0.4 was committed to OpenBSD's -current ports.
On some levels it's a non-spectacular event. We build the packages, test those packages, rebuild, retest and then Attila submits the diff to OpenBSD's ports@ list. Sometimes I retest from source or packages on i386 before it gets into ports. Other times it's tested after it gets into ports on the most recent snapshot.
It may be a boring routine to the outside world, occuring mostly on offline build servers and laptops. You can't watch it on GitHub. But it's also remarkably time-consuming. We fight with ancient hardware, the issues of multiple admins on the same server, not to mention the host of Mozilla zig-zags Attila maps and translates. The statues of Christopher Columbus and Lewis and Clark should be replaced with him. Each release can be a step into uncharted territory on many levels.
Some shiny donated hardware would help a lot, such as a couple of amd64 laptops from this century for testing and a contemporary 64-bit server for the builds. We are running off of our own stock of hardware and colocation donated by NYC*BUG and New York Internet.
Regardless, it remains TDP's most basic activity. Tor Brower on the BSDs idled as a topic of chatter for years, since matching a critical anonymity tool with arguably the most secure open-source operating system was a logical progression. TB ported to OpenBSD put TDP on the map for some and on the radar for many others.
Besides hardware, another contribution we request is some feedback. We get loads of feedback from the OpenBSD ports list, but we have little idea of the usage. OpenBSD doesn't keep statistics on package downloads or port installs. That's where you come in. Let us know what you think.
Have you tried TB on OpenBSD -current? -stable? Would a maintained -stable release (via backporting) be of use? Have you tested the pluggable transport obfs4proxy as a client in the browser? Are there differences with the Windows or Linux TB releases that you notice?
We need to know. TDP's OODA Loop is inadequate without that feedback. Notify us with a GitHub issue for the www site.
In the next few days, the TDP email address with PGP fingerprint will be posted.
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Deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek rejects trading preferences with One Nation at any level:
Plibersek notes the upcoming state elections in Western Australia in March, and in Queensland, due in 2018, and Labor's need to fight both One Nation and the Coalition.
"Malcolm Turnbull has gone weak on One Nation preferences. We never will," she says.
Yet just the other day:
One Nation WA leader Colin Tincknell said he was surprised when Labor leader Mark McGowan "came knocking" yesterday to discuss preferences and that his party was still unsure how it would play things.
While Mr McGowan said he had not had any discussions with Mr Tincknell, he did not deny that there had been conversations between the parties.
The continued speculation about One Nation preference deals came as a Newspoll released today showed support for the party surging, with Mr Tincknell claiming the party would win three to five Lower House seats.
Strange bedfellows, indeed.


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If Zimbabwe had oil or was adjacent to Israel, how long ago would invasion have happened to support 'regime change'?
Both Burma and Zimbabwe have regimes which are worse that Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Yet still they continue in power.
In this case, the weakness of the so-called 'international community' can be seen only too clearly. But also, the pathetic response of Mbeki. It is simply not good enough to excuse a murdering lunatic simply because he was on the right side of an argument that was settled some years ago.
What is the problem with Africa's governance? Why does it appear that not a single country on that continent can govern itself adequately?
Sunday, June 22, 2008
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