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TSLPRB 55 Police SI (Sub Inspectors) , Stipendiary Cadet Trainee (SCT) Information Technology & Communications, ASI / Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, Finger Print Bureau Recruitment 2018 Apply online at tslprb.inTelangana State Police Recruitment 2018 Notification released on 31-05-2018 by TSLPRB (Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board) to fill up vacancies of Stipendiary Cadet Trainee (SCT) Sub Inspector of Police Sub Inspector of Police, Information Technology & Communications (Men & Women), ASI / Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, Finger Print Bureau (Men & Women) . This notification given to the police asprants as a telangana formation day gift....many candidates who are intended to get police job are awaiting for this notification...they can can use this opportunity to achieve the goal as a telangana police job. Here we are providing the data on Telangna State Police Recruitment 2018 Notification, TS Police Sub Inspectors Posts 2018 Vacancies details, Online Application, Eligibility Criteria, How to Apply online, exam dates details and etc...
TELANGANA STATE LEVEL POLICE RECRUITMENT BOARD DGP OFFICE COMPLEX, LAKDI-KA-PUL, HYDERABAD Rc No. 91 / Rect. / Admn.1 / 2018 ; Date: 31-05-2018
Sl. No. Post Code Name of the Post No. of Vacancies
The Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board (TSLPRB) invites Applications through ONLINE mode only in the prescribed proforma which will be made available on Website (www.tslprb.in) from 09-06-2018 to 30-06-2018 for recruitment to the following Posts.
Sl. No. Post Code Name of the Post No. of Vacancies
- Post Code 31- Stipendiary Cadet Trainee (SCT) Sub Inspector of Police, Information Technology & Communications (Men & Women) in Police Department : 29 Posts
- Post Code 33 - Stipendiary Cadet Trainee (SCT) Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, Finger Print Bureau (Men & Women) in Police Department: 26 Posts
Total: 55 Posts
Eligibility Conditions:
A. Age Limit: (General) Must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 25 years as on 1st July, 2018 i.e., must have been born not earlier than 2nd July, 1993 and not later than 1st July, 1997
The upper age limit will be relaxable as described in the Notification.
B. Minimum Educational Qualification:
i. For Post Code No. 31: Must possess the Degree of B.E. / B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering OR Electrical and Electronics Engineering OR Computer Engineering OR Information Technology OR a qualification approved by the State Government as equivalent to any of the above as on 1st July, 2018.
ii. For Post Code No. 33: Must possess a Degree with Computer Science OR Computer Applications OR Information Technology as one of the subjects awarded by any University in India established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, Provisional Act of State OR of any institution recognised by the University Grants Commission as on 1st July,
Note:- Candidates who possess higher qualification than the prescribed one will also be considered on par with the Candidates who possess the prescribed qualification
Fee: Candidates with local status of Telangana belonging to OCs and BCs applying for the Posts of SCT SI (IT &C) / SCT ASI (FPB) have to pay a fee of Rs.1,000/- for each post towards Registration of the Application, Processing of Application, Conduct of Tests and Examinations, Maintenance of Portal etc., Local Candidates of Telangana belonging to SCs and STs have to however, pay only Rs.500/- for each post towards the same. All other Candidates will have to pay Rs.1,000/- for each post. Fee may be paid at TS Online / AP Online / MeeSeva (e-Seva) Centres / through Payment Gateway (Credit Card / Debit Card / Internet Banking)
Apply Procedure: Desirous and eligible Candidates may apply ON-LINE only by satisfying themselves with the terms and conditions of this recruitment. Detailed information regarding Syllabi, Procedure for Online Application, distribution of vacancies, selection procedure, instructions to the candidate etc., is given in the Detailed Notification made available in the
website www.tslprb.in
Note:- Candidates have to fulfil the eligibility criteria laid down in the relevant GOs issued by the Government from time to time
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1. Issue of Notification Date : 31-05-2018
2. Online application Start date: 09-06-2018
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According to a Campaign Monitor Report when it comes to receiving information from a brand, email is the way to go. Furthermore, at least 76% of consumers agree that they are receiving relevant email from brands – therefore make sure you launch S.M.A.R.T. email campaigns!
Surprisingly, millennials were most likely to take action based on an email in comparison with other age groups.
What does it all mean for marketers? Actually quite a lot. Especially in tough economic times.
- Don't turn your back on your email program. Email remains the communication channel preferred by a significant majority of your customer segments. This is the time to ramp up and refocus your efforts.
- Innovative social network marketing, mobile marketing, and blog marketing programs remain just that – innovative & largely experimental. They work best as an adjunct to (not instead of) a solid, well-rounded digital marketing program based on strong core web presence, effective email communications, and a solid search strategy.
- Online communities remain most effective at reaching a younger demographic where participation and penetration are high enough to approach critical mass (more than 71% of millennials use social media everyday). For other groups, these tactics are most likely to be effective when you're targeting a tech-savvy, early adopter psychographic or when your community is built around a shared passion that bridges age difference and encourages active participation.
*This article originally posted December 11, 2008 has been updated on May 8, 2018 to reflect current statistics and practices.

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Reader's! It is that time of year again. Time to start working on the Hamer Family Christmas card. For the past two years we have recreated famous album covers. Staying with that theme, we started working on this years card last week and yesterday I spent hours taking photographs and messing with it. My Man is so excited about it this year and I think it will be better than last years. We have a few more things to do/add to it before we have to find somewhere to print it. Do you know how hard it is to find a place to print a blank card? One with just your picture and no extra fluff on it? It is hard.
Today I am going to get in the car and drive! I know, it has not been two weeks but this girl has to go to the bank. This is going to be a test run. I need to deposit a check so I am going to drive to the bank, deposit the check and come home. I would love to make a quick stop at Trader Joe's but we will see how I am feeling. Yesterday I only took one pain pill. I have not been feeling great and I think it is because of the pain medication. My head hurts and I am all fuzzy. I went to bed last night at 7:45pm. So far today I haven't taken anything thing and I have been having hot flashes. My right side is still sore and there is some pain off and on but it is getting better.
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So, they were the last to go and the first to start growing back. My eyebrows! Yep, they are starting to grow back. Very happy about this. The eyebrows really frames a person's face and without them, I looked weird. I am starting to see some fuzz growing on my head too. Even My Man noticed.
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Gender practices inhibit men from being better dads
A study published in the
current issue of Family Process provides an in-depth look at fathering in families
with young children and finds that the most involved fathers live outside traditional
gendered roles. Responsive fathers shucked the old model of fatherhood in which
the man is the breadwinner and more valued than his child-rearing wife.
The least interactive fathers frequently held strong traditional beliefs. These fathers often held the perception that their wives had a better deal, whether or not she worked outside of the home. "Mothers' contributions (i.e. financial, childcare, or housework) were expected, and not viewed as worthy of notice," the authors state.
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053: [On Air Strategy Session] Strategies For Keeping The Momentum In Your Growing Practice
What do you do when you have a problem in your practice that you're not certain how to fix?
Do you...
A. post in a Facebook group about it
B. try not to think about it and scroll Instagram instead
C. ask your husband (who's never owned his own business)
Chances are... you've done all of the above, right!?
Ok, next question: how are all of those strategies above working for you in making real progress on the problem?
In this episode of the Aligned Women Podcast, we're bringing you a behind-the-scenes look at a Strategy Session.
Strategy Sessions are designed for practice owners who have a solid business sense but are stuck on a certain problem in their practice and not sure what to do.
Episode 053 is a full-length real Strategy Session that Dr. Shawna recently had with Aligned Women Team Member Dr. Kate Antoniotti.
Dr. Kate practices with her husband Steve and their associate doctor Luke at Antoniotti Chiropractic in Kalamazoo, MI. Kate is also a BIRTHFIT Professional and the creator of MamaCore.
In this episode, you'll get to hear:
- how Dr. Kate has grown her prenatal practice to a waitlist using the principles and concepts taught in Aligned Women
- how Kate has utilized a Facebook group to create more of a sense of community with her patients and clients, which has in turn increased referrals and new opportunities for teaching
- how Dr. Kate can manage her energy levels to continue to support the abundant growth of her business as well as her new baby
.... and sooooo much more!
If you've ever wondered what coaching was like or wanted more insight into how to plan for a successful maternity leave from practice, be sure to tune in today!
After you've listened, head over to this thread in Mama Chiropractors and let us know your most important take-away from this conversation. See you there!
Not already a member of Mama Chiropractors? No problem! Just click here to request to join our amazing (and free) group of women in chiropractic balancing motherhood and practice together.
Last but not least, if you'd like to schedule your own Strategy Session with Dr. Shawna Dingman today, then head over to the Strategy Session page for more information on how to get started.
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2009-07-24 00:00:00Short Sale Statistics
Why does it seem like every home we're asked about these days is a Pre-Foreclosure aka Short Sale? Here's my theory:
First of all let's look at the numbers.
IN UTAH, 14.9% of all homes listed are Short SalesIN UTAH, 10.2% of all homes sold in the last six months have been Short Sales
IN SL COUNTY: 18% of all homes listed are Short SalesIN SL COUNTY: 11.4% of all homes sold in the last six months have been Short Sales
So if only 15% of all homes are Short Sales, why do we get soooooooo many calls on them.
The answer is pricing. Short Sale homes are normally listed at a very low prices to spur interest in order to get an offer to send to the bank. Once the bank receives an offer they start the process of determining a) if they will sell the home as a short sale and b) if they decide to sell the home as a short sale, what is the minimum they will accept
So as you can see, there are going to be many listings out there with bargain pricing which attact attention from buyers. They look like a great deal when compared with normal listings or even Bank Owned Homes.
The problem is, not all of them will sell as Short Sales, and if they do, they might not sell for the listed price. This makes the market very difficult for homes that are actually listed at market value. They have to compete with Short Sale homes which are listed at a guessed at price.
RickSmithHomes.com makes it easy to see which homes are Short Sales. You'll see a RED Pre-Foreclosure message on these properties. I'm not saying you shouldn't pursue these homes, I am saying you need to be prepared to wait a while to see if a) the bank will sell it short and b) what the actual price will be.


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Saturday, April 30, 2005 Story last updated at 12:32 AM on Apr. 30, 2005 Teachers Look To Computers To Critique Student Writing By: By MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press Writer Is at http://www.yankton.net/stories/043005/news_20050430022.shtml Reports on Ed Brent's SAGrader. Brent is in the Sociology Department at University of Missouri-Columbia. Here's a relevant excerpt:
Final papers are still handled by Brent and his two teaching assistants, but students are encouraged to use the professor's SAGrader program to give them a better shot of earning an A. "I don't think we want to replace humans," Brent said. "But we want to do the fun stuff, the challenging stuff. And the computer can do the tedious but necessary stuff." Brent's software -- developed with National Science Foundation funding -- is part of a global movement to digitize a facet of academia long reserved for a teacher and a red pen. SAGrader is just the latest offering entering a market responding to burgeoning classroom use, from routine assignments in high school English classes to an essay on the GMAT, the standardized test for business school admission. SAGrader is not yet being used outside Brent's classroom, but he hopes to change that. If it finds a commercial base, it would join a field of others. Educational Testing Service offers Criterion, a program that includes "e-Rater," the essay-scoring software used for the GMAT. Vantage Learning has IntelliMetric, which uses artificial intelligence to score open-ended questions. Maplesoft sells Maple T.A., while numerous other programmers, educators and researchers have created programs used on a smaller scale.Here's a representative administrative view from the article:
Stan Jones, Indiana's commissioner of higher education, said the technology pales in comparison to a teacher, but cuts turnaround time, trims costs and allows overworked teachers to give written assignments without fearing the workload. "This requires them to require more essays, more writing, and have it graded very painlessly," Jones said.The article does include recognition of such software's limits, including quotes and reports from people who have tricked it. The article comes down to the view that the software isn't perfect, but it will make it possible for more teachers to assign writing and will free them up to do more interesting work with students on their writing as the machine takes on some of the drudge-related elements of teaching writing (article's point of view, not mine).


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The Himachal State Museum & Library, also known as the Shimla State Museum is located around 3 km away from the Scandal Point. This museum was founded in the year 1974, and it has beautiful exhibits of Pahari miniature and Mughal, Rajasthani and contemporary paintings. Various bronze artefacts, photographs and philatelic and anthropological items are also conserved in the museum.
Tourists can also see the Gupta sculptures, the stone images of Masrur and the masks of Kullu here. The library hosts of a collection of various historical books and manuscripts for the visitors. The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday and remains closed on Mondays and gazetted holidays. The visiting hours start from 10.00 a.m. and continue till 5.00 p.m.


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I wish all of my dreams were linear narratives, but the truth is that most of them are fragments and vignettes, unrelated imagery and seemingly nonsensical conversations. Needless to say, I don't subscribe to the belief that each dream has a meaning, or even an explanation. I prefer to think of them as random fabrications of my imagination taking a stroll in my subconscious.
With that in mind, sometimes I don't wake up remembering enough to justify a blog post. Sometimes my dream fragments end up in a haiku.
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Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said demonetisation has struck a blow to anti-India forces and empowered the poorest of poor through an increase in financial inclusion and formalisation of the economy. A year after the Centre's decision to ban Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, the chief minister of Goa commented on the move on Twitter.
"Through increase in financial inclusion & formalisation of our economy, #Demonetisation empowered the poorest of poor," Parrikar said in a tweet. "Terrorism & naxalism thrives on unaccounted cash & black money. #Demonetisation has struck a blow to anti-India forces," he said in another tweet.
In another tweet, the senior BJP leader said, "#Demonetisation was a reformist measure to weed out black money, strengthen our economy, & establish good governance." Parrikar was the defence minister between November 2014 and March this year. He resigned in March to take over as the chief minister of Goa.
On November 8 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the scrapping of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes as a measure to fight blackmoney, corruption, fake currency and terror funding. The BJP earlier announced that it will mark the first anniversary of demonetisation as 'anti-blackmoney day', setting up a political tug of war with opposition parties which have planned to observe it as a "black day".


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I don't know, Morpheus. What if I told you that cylinders, driveshafts, tires, doors, headlights, and bumpers have nothing to do with automobiles? You'd probably say I didn't understand the topic at all, or that I was barking mad. And if I made a statement as breathtakingly inane as the one in this meme, you'd be quite right to think so.
This is a common Creationist tactic called "moving the goalposts". First, Creationists said that evolution never happened. Biologists showed that evolution happens everywhere, all the time. When the evidence became irrefutable, Creationists said fine, organisms can adapt within a created kind, but one species cannot evolve into another one. A fish cannot become an amphibian, for example. Paleontologists showed that organisms have been evolving from one species to the next for billions of years, and continue to do so. Scientists defined terms like natural selection, genetic drift, and speciation to describe exactly how species change over time. This Creationist memer seems to imply that these phenomena exist, but they don't contribute to the process called evolution. What? If you argue that the very components of evolution have nothing to do with evolution, then you're simply re-defining evolution in such vague and unattainable terms that nothing would ever qualify as evolution. You've moved the goalposts clear into the parking lot.
You don't get to redefine scientific terms in order to discredit them. If you want to prove that evolution – a scientific concept – isn't real, then you have to stay within scientific boundaries to do so.
Since we're going to be talking about evolution a lot over the course of the coming week, I thought it would be helpful to define each of the terms in this meme. I should warn you up front: there's a lot to talk about. Go ahead and grab another cup of coffee. I'll wait.
What is evolution?. In simplest terms, evolution is a change in allele frequency within a population over time. Alleles are different flavors of a gene; they give rise to the various traits that make us diverse and wonderful. The word frequency refers to how often these alleles are found within the genes of a population. For scientific purposes, a population is a group of organisms belonging to the same species and living in the same region.
Anything that happens to change how often these genetic traits are found within a population is evolution. On short time scales, evolution causes minor changes within populations, but eventually little changes add up to big changes.
Now wait just a minute, you might be asking. When do we get mutant powers and the ability to breathe underwater? Well, that leads us to the next question…
What isn't evolution? It's really important to understand this, because Creationists rely on a (sometimes deliberate) misunderstanding of evolution to form their arguments. Here's a partial list of things that aren't evolution:
- A chimpanzee giving birth to a human.
- A chimpanzee turning into a human.
- A chimpanzee learning some human language skills.
- A human sprouting wings.
- Anything you see on X-Men.
- A half-duck half-crocodile.
All of these events (with the exception of the third item) would qualify as miracles, not evolution. A miracle does not have to obey the laws of nature; evolution does.
What is natural selection? Natural selection is the process that drives evolution. There are a few simple principles to remember:
- Resources are limited in any environment, so there will always be competition among members of a population.
- Genetic variation (arising from mutations) causes inheritable differences.
- Some organisms will have advantages over other organisms because of their interited traits. They will be more effective competitors for food, shelter, mates, etc.
- Due to the increased health and vigor afforded them by their inheritance, these organisms will reproduce more often and leave behind more viable offspring. Their advantageous genes will proliferate in future generations, while the offspring of the less well-adapted members of society become marginalized.
And that, my friends, is evolution.
What is a mutation? A mutation is a change in the genes of an organism. Genes code for proteins, which are important for supporting your cells and helping them carry out biological tasks. This code relies on a very precise sequence of bits called bases, organized into the double helix of DNA. When DNA is copied during cell division, the sequence of bases has to be perfectly preserved so that each daughter cell can carry out its functions correctly.
The copying process isn't always precise. Mistakes can be made, and despite your cells' best efforts for identify and correct these mistakes before they become permanent, some slip through. They get copied into the next generation of cells, and so on, and so on.
So what happens when a cell's genes become mutated?
In some cases, nothing. Each human cell contains a lot of DNA that doesn't seem to code for anything in particular. This DNA may be an evolutionary relic, or it may have some function that is not yet understood. In any case, a mutation occuring in this "junk DNA" doesn't affect the cell very much at all. Some mutations are harmful to the cell, especially if they prevent the production of a protein that the cell needs to produce energy. Occasionally, though, a chance mutation occurs that is actually beneficial to the organism. These mutations give rise to the traits that make an organism's offspring better suited to survive and reproduce.
"Good" mutations are very rare, which is why evolution can be such a slow process. But if you have enough organisms in one area competing for survival, this increases selective pressure for beneficial mutations. Remember: mutations are random, but the processes that single them out for proliferation are not.
What is genetic drift? Genetic drift is related to the random nature in which alleles are distributed during reproduction. Remember when I said that we all have two copies of each gene? When your body makes sperm or eggs, each future you gets only one copy of each gene. Half of your gametes (sperm or egg cells) will carry one copy of each gene you have, and half will carry the other copy. The actual traits that show up in your children depend on the combination of half of your genes with half of your mate's genes. It's sort of like a genetic lottery.
Imagine that there are only four people on Earth: two men and two women. They are all healthy and of reproductive age. They pair off to mate, and each couple gives birth to two children in due course.
Now each parent carries two copies of the gene that determines earlobe shape, and that gene comes in two varieties: dangly or attached. For the sake of argument, let's assume that each one of the parents is heterozygous (meaning they carry one attached and one dangly allele). Because of the way that alleles interact, the parents will all have dangly earlobes, but they have the potential to give birth to children with attached earlobes.
When their children are conceived, each child can receive either two dangly alleles, one dangly and one attached allele, or two attached alleles. It's completely random. In a huge population, you'd expect twenty-five percent of the offspring to get two dangly alleles, fifty percent to get one of each, and twenty-five percent to get two attached alleles. But in very small populations, the laws of probability don't necessarily apply like you think they should. It's entirely possible that every single child could receive only dangly alleles, and the attached allele would completely disappear from the population after the parents croak.
Genetic drift becomes less important in large populations, but it can play a huge role in the future evolution of a species if that species is ever reduced to a dangerously low population. Just one more reason to be concerned about the conservation of threatened species. But I digress.
What is gene flow? Gene flow happens when separate populations of an organism are able to exchange genes. If the populations were completely isolated, genetic differences would accumulate over time until they became separate species, no longer able to interbreed even if they were re-introduced to each other. But if genes can move from one place to the other, the separate populations might be prevented from evolving into distinct species.
Imagine bird populations living on opposite sides of a mountain range. Their environments are remarkably different; one lives in a lush, semi-tropical jungle that is constantly nourished by rain; the other lives in an arid rainshadow desert. Faced with very different challenges, they may start to evolve apart – to form distinct species. But if there are mountain passes low enough to allow the birds to mingle, their interbreeding might keep the genomes from diverging enough to form different species. In a way, gene flow can hinder the formation of new species (although it still serves as an agent of evolution because it allows allele frequencies in a population to change constantly. Remember: evolution is not just about one species changing into another, although…)
What is speciation? Speciation is simply the formation of new species. The traditional definition of a species is a group of organisms that is incapable of breeding with another species to produce viable, fertile offspring. Of course there are a lot of gray area surrounding that definition where ligers and camas lurk. Nature so seldom conforms to our need for rigid definitions.
In any case, new species can form whenever populations of the old species are separated and prevented from sharing genes. Over time their genes diverge and their traits change. Over millions or billions of years, little differences become big differences. Entirely new groups of organisms arise to fill in every nook and cranny of habitable space on Earth. Four billion years later, you have an incredible diversity of life brought about by the fact that genes can change and survival is a constant struggle.
So yeah…all of these things are related to evolution. I can't imagine why anybody would suggest otherwise, unless they were backed into a corner by mountains of evidence but still could not bring themselves to admit that evolution is real.


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These sunny San Francisco Family Portraits have me pining for warm rays of sun on my skin. And Emily is the cutest little gal I've had the pleasure to chase around during a family session. After Emily gave up on me, Jessica+Brendan snuggled up for some fun photos in their beloved old school Buick. Thank you for having me, Sullivan Family!
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Prior to the transition to four stroke engines in 2002, the 500cc 2-stroke class was the top of the food chain in the Grand Prix Motorcycle World Championships. MV Agusta had won 17 consecutive 500cc World Championships, from 1958 to 1974. All but 3 of those championships came from riders John Surtees, Mike Hailwood, and the prolific Giacomo Agostini.
By 1975, the 2-strokes were becoming the technology of choice. The Japanese were advancing the technology rapidly. Agostini fled to Yamaha, and brought them a Championship that year, but Suzuki was advancing quickly. Years earlier they had hired Ernst Degner from the East German motorcycle company MZ, who built quite powerful two-stroke engines. Suzuki broke through and went on to win the 1976 and 1977 World Championships.
Very late in the 1977 season, Yamaha decided to try something different. They equipped their Venezuelan team rider Johnny Cecotto's YZR500 with an experimental version of their Yamaha Power Valve System (YPVS). The YPVS system was initially developed for single-cylinder Yamaha motocrossers, but Cecotto's YZR500 OW35K was the first 4-cylinder machine to utilize the technology, according to a Yamaha staffer at the time, Taichi Ito.
The YPVS was actually derived from technology meant for emissions improvements. Compared to a normal 4-stroke, a 2-stroke emits about 10% the amount of NOx (nitrorogen oxide). Conversely, however, a 2-stroke emits much larger amounts of hydrocarbons than a 4-stroke. Reducing these hydrocarbon emissions was an important development theme for 2-strokes as emissions were becoming a topical issue. Additionally, the 2-stroke blow-by trait that caused these increased emissions also caused a torque dip that was a serious issue for racing-grade performance. The YPVS device solved this problem by employing a valve that enabled variable exhaust timing, and was linked to engine speed in order to optimize exhaust timing at any spot in the rpm range.
In certain RPM zones, the exhaust pattern of a 2-stroke engine is such that the pressure in the exhaust pipes is likely to either cancel out or augment the pulse due to the overlapping of the successive exhausts. Yamaha's engineers realized that negative pressure resulting from the mutual canceling of pulses in the area of the exhaust pipe at the moment of exhaust could also increase exhaust efficiency and be tuned to increase engine power output.
"Improving this unique 2-stroke characteristic, called the Kadenacy effect, was something that had the capability to vastly improve the performance potential. You might call it a critical step in the history to 2-stroke engine development. And, in the long history of Yamaha's development of the YZR500, no single improvement has led to a bigger improvement in its lap times at the Yamaha Test Course than the adoption of YPVS," says Masakazu Shiohara, one of Yamaha's most prolific innovators.
Enter Kenny Roberts. For the 1978 season, Yamaha felt they could not develop a dirt track motorcycle capable of competing with the dominant Harley-Davidson dirt track team. Roberts had been dominating for years aboard Yamaha motorcycless in the AMA Grand National Series. In 1973, he transitioned from the dirt tracks to road race courses. While he did quite well right away, he initially didn't like how unsettled bikes felt on pavement. Roberts observed Finnish rider Jarno Saarinen win the 1973 Daytona 200 using a riding style where he shifted his body weight towards the inside of a turn. He adapted that style, but took it even further, extending his knee out until it hit the track surface. The 'knee-dragging' technique is a staple in motorcycle road racing to this day.
Yamaha USA offered to send Roberts to Europe in 1978 to compete in the World Championship Grand Prix road racing series. The team planned to compete in the 250 cc world championship and the Formula 750 series, but mostly as a way to have more practice time to learn the tracks. Their primary mission was to win the 500 cc class championship.
The season started off with a mechanical failure of the Yamaha at the opener in Venezuela. But Roberts found his groove quicky, finishing second in the next race, followed by three consecutive victories in Austria, France, and Italy. With a late-season controversial win at Silverstone, Roberts became the first American to win the Grand Prix Motorcycle World Championship. Roberts, aboard slightly different evolutions of the YZR500, dominated for three straight years. The Yamaha / Roberts combination ultimately claimed the 1978, 1979 and 1980 world championships.
The Roberts / Yamaha partnership is, to this day, one of the strongest, most recognizable alliances between rider and manufacturer.


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Never Mind the Thorns
When Eddie is thirteen years old, he asks his parents if he could please start a garden in their backyard. His mother is dubious. They are not a gardening family, which any person could tell just by looking at the fallow flowerbeds bordering their house. These barren plots of land dot the family's property and seem to share more in common with old scabs—texture, color, a certain shell-like hardness—than with life-sustaining earth. More to the point, Eddie's mother knows his ways, knows how quickly he gets over his "projects." While her son's question hangs in the air between them, her mind goes to the closet at the end of the hall, the one that can't safely be opened anymore. It's full with the half-finished remains of Eddie's various art pieces, which are layered like strata of earth and tell a story of changing tastes: a planet mobile with only the sun and the three innermost planets attached; watercolor canvases with no more than one or two brushstrokes apiece; clay sculptures of dragons, unicorns, and gnomes, each with one or two limbs or appendages broken off, as though after a great battle.
Eddie's father, for his part, thinks a garden is a great idea—just the sort of project to bring him and his son closer, as Eddie has long preferred the solitude of his bed and his books and his thoughts to the company of either parent. A garden is something the whole family can enjoy, and, while it isn't traditionally a young man's pursuit, it cannot rightly be classified as belonging to women either. After all, gardening is a half-sibling to farming, and with an entire branch of their family tree occupied with just such an industry, Eddie isn't likely to receive flak for trying to cultivate a green thumb himself. Still, Eddie's father makes a mental note to steer his son in the direction of vegetables and fruit shrubs and away from flowering plants, hopefully veering the matter safely away from talk of masculinity altogether.
That weekend, Eddie's father takes him to The Home Depot. Eddie has typed and printed out a document he has entitled "Gardening Project 2003!!! Whoo!!!!" The single sheet of computer paper includes a list of everything he needs and a selection of plants and flowers some thirty items long that he hopes to purchase. Eddie's list now sports several handwritten changes made by his parents. His mother's marks, written in the same red pen she uses to grade her students' homework, are mostly suggestions of plants she think will look nice together. ("How about lots of RED to match the house?") Less helpful are the numerous frowny faces she's drawn in next to a few selections; Eddie hasn't yet figured out what they mean. His father's amendments, on the other hand, are more about practicality than they are about attractiveness. He has crossed a few plants off that aren't suitable for the climate, or that are only available through mail-order magazines and specialty greenhouses. At the bottom of the paper, he has also added in several things that Eddie has overlooked: topsoil, to enrich the fallow dirt; black plastic, to keep the flowerbeds from freezing during the winter; and a hoe, which Eddie's father says he will help with, as hoeing is hard work.
Eddie reads everything over in the car, his parents' remarks forming a palimpsest so dense that you can barely read the original material. Still, he is excited to get the project started and to have his parents' support. They make quick work of the store and stop to pick up hamburgers on the way home. The roadside whips by in a blur of dull grays and browns. Eddie's body is buzzing from all the adrenaline coursing through it, which comes from thinking about coaxing things to life in a time when so much of the world is dying or going to sleep. Back home, he grabs as many plastic bags as he can carry and runs around the corner of the house to the squat rectangle of land his father has delineated for him with baling twine and old paint sticks. After discussing the use of a hoe, they had decided to borrow a rototiller from Eddie's uncle, since the area to be cultivated is quite large, and since the ground this time of year would require three times as much effort to turn over than it would during the warmer months. Eddie had been disappointed to discover that, from the house, his little Eden-in-the-making is hidden from view by a pair of shaggy pine trees, which seem almost to lean in toward each other, as if to obscure Eddie's garden even further. Unbeknownst to Eddie, this had been his mother's idea, in case the garden went the same way as his other projects and ended up amounting to little more than a weedy patch in their yard. This would save her from the anxiety of having to look at it every morning, and Eddie, the embarrassment. It had been a sticking point during her initial negotiations with Eddie's father.
In his garden, Eddie retrieves all the packages of bulbs he can find and lays them out on the loose soil. Gladiolas, irises—which, he has learned today, are actually grown from rhizomes, not bulbs—and tulips. Eddie has also been allowed to purchase one rose plant, though his father advised against it at the store. In a particularly proud display of logic, Eddie was able to convince his father to purchase the rose plant by showing him a diagram that lists the hardiness zones of North America. Their city is smack dab on the line between Zone 4, a bit colder, and Zone 5, a bit more temperate. His father argues that it is better to be safe and consider their house as being part of Zone 4. Eddie says that they should instead be hopeful and call it Zone 5. His father relents after mutteringly calling it a "glass half full" situation. The rose plant will not survive the winter.
Eddie selects one of the packages of tulips—a hybrid called Purple Rain—and rips open the plastic, taking up one of the bulbs. It is moist from the sealed interior of its packaging and from the moist packing material they use to protect the bulbs in transit. Experimentally, he shovels aside a layer of soil with his fingers, which are already numb from the cold, and pushes the tulip bulb down into the divot he has made. His father comes out with the rest of their purchases and, upon seeing the tulip bulb in the dirt—the top still poking out above the soil—tells Eddie he'll need to plant the bulbs deeper than that to survive the frost, no matter whether it's Zone 4 or Zone 5. Eddie says he knows, he's just experimenting. His father lets out a huff, perhaps at the thought of their $150 worth of purchases being thought of as "an experiment." He and Eddie's mother had long argued about the cost of the project.
That weekend, Eddie and his father spend all of Saturday and Sunday working the soil in the garden, burying each brown bulb deep beneath the dirt. Eddie prints out color photographs of each in bloom and sticks them to posts at the end of every row. His mother even lets him use her classroom laminator after school one day, to protect the markers against precipitation and pests. His parents will not say it, but Eddie knows they are proud he has gotten this far with his garden. Late Sunday night, after they have gone to bed, Eddie goes outside in his bare feet and stands just on the edge of his territory. The cultivated earth looks unfathomable under the night sky. Not empty, just—dormant.
Taking a seat right there in the grass, Eddie looks out over his garden and waits, silently, for something to grow.
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Mundakopanishad : ( Attainment of heaven by performing 'Agnihotram' rirual properly ). Mantram-5 & 6.
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Mantram-5 & 6. ( Attainment of heaven by performing 'Agnihotram' rirual properly )
Discussion-10. "Scientific fact that sound .........."
Similarly, we know the scietific fact that sound can be made only in a medium of 'space'.
If there were no space, we could not make sound, and if sound were not, we would have no object to be illuminated by the ear and so, the organ of sound can function only when it is presided over and blessed by the 'element' ( bhutam ) 'Space'
( Akasam ).
Thus, each 'indriyam' (sense) has its own 'devata,' meaning, that it has its own necessary condition to function.
These presiding deities are called "as Devatas or Devas," in Sanskrit terminology.
This term 'Deva' has in the scriptural language something like seven different connotations; all of them identical; and yet, they have, among them, some subtle distingtions.
Next : Discussion-11.. "Thus Deva means ........."
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When I was young, Sunday school teachers described the Bible in many ways to make it practical for us. It was like a map for life. When a person applied its principles it would lead to a good life. I was like a toolbox, ready to be used for whatever was needed in life. It also was a treasure, precious and to be revered. One that was most intriguing, especially to middle school boys, was the Bible was a weapon. For whatever reason, fighting bad guys was part of our makeup. We were warriors fighting invisible foes for the sake of God and country. So then, we were ready to use the Bible to fight the devil's fiery darts and, as in Pilgrim's Progress, to fight the dragons that try to tempt, intimidate and destroy us.
Unfortunately, some of us have grown up to primarily use it as a weapon in debate. From arguing about the origins of the earth to political justification of opinions, the Bible has been wielded against opposition. Judgmental attitudes ensue. I have known people who argued for a literal seven days of creation to call people who disagree a heretic and walk away in anger. I have seen husbands use scripture against their wives for not living up to their expectations, but then not listening to the biblical injunction to love their wives.
How can we have respectful conversations with people about the Bible? "What exactly is Scripture? What is Scripture's purpose? What gives Scripture its authority?" We evangelicals hold to a high value of scripture. To critique it in any manner surfaces strong reactions. But those reactions have not often been kind, honest or open to those who differ from us. We need to listen first. We all bring our own background to the Bible. This can be hard for us to see. Some would call this our worldview. I have heard many times in my circles that Christians need to have a "Biblical worldview". On the surface I would agree. Scripture is the basis of our faith and shapes how we see the world. This usually means a reduction of the Bible to Biblical principles by which to live out one's life. What needs further understanding is that those very principles are shaped by the context with which we bring to the Bible.
Our worldview of the Bible effects how we read it. One young lady said, "I don't care what the Bible says on this topic I won't change my mind." While it may be she is dismissive of scripture, what it seems more likely is that she is rejecting the popular version of its interpretation. Our lens we look through matters. In relationship with people who see the Bible differently, I have had to read it anew. I have had to realign my reading of the Bible as I met the poor, interacted with other races and listened to those of the opposite sex.
What I propose is that the Bible is not merely to be read as proof texts to arguments. But it exposes our distance to God and our distance to each other. Paul encouraged Timothy by saying, "All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be fully equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17) Scripture believed and appropriated is energized by God, so that, people personally will be ready to do good works. It not only changes our mind, it changes how we live and interact together. I heard one pastor say that when we quit letting our lives be cleansed and healed by God, we attempt to attack others. The Bible is not a weapon to use on others, but a weapon to destroy what separates us. This I think helps us understand the Bible not as something to use on others, but lets the Bible be like a surgical scalpel that can aid in healing of our sin. Then conversations can help us be the presence of Jesus to which the world just may listen


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Óbidos in a flash can even recall the ominous word 'death', but actually means "walled city", and the general joy the Portuguese city lives up to its meaning. This fortress offers history, culture, beauty and peace and a good portion of tranquility for anyone planning to spend a different day away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
Founded by the Romans, the village of Óbidos gives its first impression in a long, narrow street called Straight Street .
The street is lined with shops of handicrafts, where you can also taste the cherry brandy, a wild fruit that gives the flavor to the city's famous liqueur.
Right at the end of the street sits the Castelo de Óbidos, were mounted inside spaces that give us an idea of how daily life was the village and within the walls of the castle.
The visitor is surprised to encounter a hostel set up inside the castle. To spend the night you need to spend 250 euros and if you want VIP treatment can opt for one quarter of kings and queens, where charges to the tune of 350 euros. Too bad I have no picture of this room to heal our curiosity. It will be so pompous and is meant to be? I heard that the kings bed is huge!
Well, back to the historical facts of Óbidos ... Walking through town is well understood because it is an asset, just crossing Porta da Vila all decorated in traditional blue and white tiles.
Following the historic tour, the heart of Óbidos is the square of Santa Maria, a symbol of urban restructuring has gone through the city in the sixteenth century by King Catherine of Austria, wife of John III. The Church of Santa Maria , built in 1148 during the reign of Afonso Henriques in order of S. Teotonio was also restructured in sixteenth and worth a visit!
Take a few minutes of the Solar Aboins, which for centuries was the staging point of the royal entourage at the Shed of the village built in the medieval period and the symbol of municipal powers - Pelourinho, built in 1513. If you have plenty of time to spend in the Museum Abilio de Matos and Silva (Old Town Hall Council), built during the reign of King Manuel in the sixteenth century, then visit the Manor of St. Mary's Square (the former residence of the painter Eduardo Malta in the twentieth century) and save breath for one more stop: how about tossing a coin and make a request in the beautiful Fountain of the village? It is not any one fountain was built in 1535 at the behest of Queen Catarina.
The most important of all, go with your eyes open and look beyond the tourism atraction. Take for example the tenderness of flowery balconies, the houses painted white and blue, and the whim of manicured gardens in private homes. Forgive me if I appear in almost all the photos below, the local architecture is so inspiring that had took from my personal folder just to share with you.
This is an invitation to visit the Obidos town.
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Often clients ask me to make their spaces do more--help small rooms appear bigger, improve the "flow" of a room, maximize closet space--but in this case, the client had a full bathroom where she only wanted a powder room.
We began by figuring out the proper size and style for the vanity. Standard height is about 34-36 inches for counters right now. (It always seems to be changing and I hope soon it won't be taller than me!) We placed the toilet with plenty of room around it, and then looked at the space left over. We came in from the opposite wall about 12-14 inches to give the space a sense of airiness. We wanted a traditional vanity and polished nickel fixtures because it fits perfectly with the rest of her house.
Then we found the Bianco Antico countertop at Decorative Materials at the Denver Design District. If you live somewhere with a design center, it's absolutely worth your time to walk through the showrooms before you get too far into your project. Most showrooms will sell only to the trade (meaning designers, architects, and builders), but you can get great ideas. Plus, designer centers can often pair homeowners with designers who will help make the purchases and shape up the design!
We pulled a color from the slab to select the paint- Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal for the vanity. We wanted wallpaper from the start and finally settled on The Ringwold Papers from Farrow and Ball. (Their stuff is so delicious, I could just eat it!) And the sconces--jewelry for any bathroom--are from the client's previous home. Voila!
BEFORE: Down to the studs
AFTER: A good-looking, traditional powder room with just the right amount of sparkle.


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Google Sheets addon for Amazon FBA sellers
Free up you and your team from inefficiency, mistakes and wrong decisions due to bad, old or incomplete Amazon data.
How most Amazon businesses are run today
You've got so many things on your plate as an Amazon FBA seller.
From managing listings, researching keywords, analyzing your ad spend, creating better images and trying to stay on top of your inventory planning so your best sellers don't go out of stock.
Whether you are the operator, partner or manager, you know you should be focusing on tasks that generate a large ROI on your time. But you are bogged down with endless non-value adding tasks.
You could delegate this type of work to an assistant, but you still have to go through the trouble of hiring, training and reviewing the data to make sure it is correct.
Worst of all, you think to yourself: "I might as well do it myself ."
Inefficiency, errors and waste all resulting in:
Your business needs to run efficiently to maximize margins because Amazon takes so much.
If you could save 5 hours of tedious work each week, what is that worth to you and your team?
How much easier would your job be if your team had the latest data with a single click? They could focus on their job and make decisions on their own.
You won't be worried, distracted or waste time on the little things.
You could focus your time and energy on things like:
Once you start automating and streamlining your workflow to automatically load the latest data into your spreadsheets, it becomes one of those "why didn't I do this sooner?" moment.
By integrating Amazon Seller Central with Google Sheets, you can automatically import your seller data into Google Sheets and automate multiple aspects of your workflow for you and your team.
"Finally. I can automatically import my seller data from Amazon into Google Sheets without knowing code…"
"If you are spending more time managing your business than actually getting work done, check out Gorilla ROI."
Gorilla ROI is a Google Sheets addon. Once enabled, it works just like any Google Sheet or Excel formula.
We have a large list of functions and variables that you can use to get pinpoint data straight from your seller account to your spreadsheet.
No bloat. 100% flexibility.
If you know how to use spreadsheet functions, you already know 90% of how to use the Gorilla ROI Google Sheets Add-on.
A look at one of the Gorilla ROI Functions
Return a list of active and inactive ASIN's from your marketplace(s).
GORILLA_ASINLIST([marketplace], [filter_sku])
If no attributes are entered, it will list all your current active and inactive ASIN's from all marketplaces.
Lists all ASIN's from US marketplace only where the ASIN starts with "B43".
3. Understand your sales and growth patterns
Get this data with =GORILLA_SALESTOTAL() and =GORILLA_SALESCOUNT()
Who is Gorilla ROI for?
Good Fit Users
Bad Fit Users
Are you an agency, consultant or company that manages 3 or more seller accounts?
You qualify for Gorilla Agency.
Pre-made Google Sheets are included for free when you sign up.
Get a clear, accurate and easy to understand dashboard of what to send and how many to send based on sales velocity.
Pull in your finances related to all sales, charges and fees associated with your account or a single SKU.
Combine with our list of over 50 preset periods to quickly compare performance.
See top sellers, BSR rank, how much sales has been generated per product and how many units have been sold over various time periods with ease.
Keep an eye on product stats like title, rank, review count, review rating and more.
Quickly identify if something was changed without your permission.
A simple step by step tutorial to the basics of using Gorilla Sheets. Custom function examples and more.
Reduce your learning curve if you are learning spreadsheets.
30 day money back guarantee with hassle free refunds
30 days no questions asked
If Gorilla does not return an ROI, cancel anytime.
What have you got to lose?
"I am able to pull data from all my clients and use a template to generate documents weekly."
Wes Beckwith – Amazon Agency
"I have finally found a flexible inventory management system for my FBA business"
J T – FBA Seller
"The tool I developed inexpensively stopped working after 5 months so I was pulling reports manually, which takes longer and doesn't always have all the complete data I need. Now I can pull product price, shipping price, ratings, and review count data from Amazon, for each of the 3600 ASINs I have."
Tyler Harris – Amazon, Ebay, Etsy Seller
"I have looked at many inventory apps, but they are costly and heavy to learn. I decided to build my own at zoho creator but I didn't want to learn their scripting language. Then I found you and I can pull FBA gorilla data into my appsheets business app directly from google sheets.
Pecanshop.com – Amazon, Wholesale, Shopify Seller
"We found Gorilla ROI because we were looking for a way to automate our Amazon sales into a spreadsheet. We want to track our sales to see trends and also better track our profit."
Chase Crawford – FBA Seller
"Now I get my sales data for top sellers nice and concise inside a single spreadsheet."
Dylan Young – FBA Seller
Gorilla ROI addon is a Google Sheets Add-on that allows you to connect and import data directly from your Amazon Seller Central account into Google Sheets.
Let's say you sign up for the monthly STARTER plan which includes up to 3,000 FBA orders a month.
You grow to 3,500 orders this month. Your overage is 500 orders.
Your monthly bill is an extra 500x$0.01=$5.00
Please refer to the refund policy.
The Gorilla ROI addon and Gorilla Agency are valid for a 30 day money back guarantee.
PRO Spreadsheets are non-refundable.
All plans receive access to the full feature set of the Google Sheets Addon as well as Free Spreadsheet templates.
PRO Spreadsheets are sold separately.
A trial is not offered because you can test the add-on for free.
You may use the addon for free for up to 3 SKU's.
All Gorilla ROI premium plans come with a 30 day money back guarantee.
Your seller data is very safe.
Please read how we keep your seller and product data safe and private.
Yes, you can connect multiple marketplaces with a single account.
If you are not on an unlimited or agency plan, the total number of orders across your account is used to calculate any overage charges.
Unlimited plans come with 2 unlimited seller accounts.
Yes, you can connect multiple marketplace ID's with a single account.
If you are not on an unlimited or agency plan, the total number of orders across your seller accounts are used to calculate any overage charges.
Unlimited plans come with 2 unlimited seller accounts.
All major credit cards are accepted. We do not accept bitcoin or foreign currency. Prices in USD.
You must sign up and be signed in to your account at app.gorillaroi.com
From your account, go to the basic spreadsheets and the click the button to copy them to your Google drive.
After sign up, give it at least 24 hours for the data to populate.
Data is never provided instantly by Amazon and it takes some time to backfill – especially if you are a big seller.
Data like reviews and BSR are not provided by Amazon. We use our own algorithms to import the information which takes time once you have connected.
It is not instantaneous.
There are many variables involved.
Amazon operates in different marketplaces, timezones and currencies. Our service is based on USA Pacfic time. Therefore there can be a slight difference due to different cut off times.
Amazon's API is not an accounting API. If you need accounting accuracy to the nearest cent, manually reconciling is the only way possible.
A formula in USA uses comma such as =GORILLA_SKUASIN("SKU12345", "sku2asin").
If you are in EU a comma may not be used on your system. You may have to use semicolon =GORILLA_SKUASIN("SKU12345"; "sku2asin").
Use the correct format that matches your local language settings.
Unlimited SKU's for all accounts. The account pricing tier is only based on the number of monthly orders.
No. Fulfilled By Merchant (FBM) is not supported. Only FBA.
Unlimited for all accounts. We only charge based on total orders per month.
Security and user permission features are only offered with Gorilla Agency.


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Raleigh awaits water rates
Maybe the fourth time will be the charm.
For the third straight meeting, the City Council has delayed voting on a proposed 17 percent increase in the water rate that City Manager Russell Allen says is needed to offset water sales made sluggish by conservation and rainy weather.
The delay Tuesday means the council will take up the issue, again, on Monday during a special meeting to discuss the Public Utilities Department's long-term capital improvement plan. The delays are exacerbating the water system's revenue problems, which eventually could endanger the system's credit rating and ability to meet expenses.
City Council members, mindful of angry residents who feel they're being punished for conserving water, have been seeking ways to avoid the full 17 percent increase. The increase would apply to water customers in Raleigh and Garner, but not the other Wake towns who are still paying off the cost of merging with Raleigh's system.
But it has now been more than a month since Allen told the council that the city needed an immediate 17 percent rate increase, which amounts to about $5 a month for the average household.
Raleigh's water system is projected to take in 10 percent less revenue than budgeted during the fiscal year that ends June 30. The water system is considered an "enterprise" department, meaning its operations are solely funded by the revenue generated from water and sewer service.
During the first three months of this year, Raleigh water customers consumed about 8 percent less water than they did over the same period in 2008.
The council's delay has caused the Public Utilities Department to increase the amount in receives annually from a reserve account used to reimburse public and private groups that install water and sewer mains.
At Tuesday's meeting, Allen presented the City Council will three different water increase proposals. Two included sizable increases in the fees the city charges developers to tie into the water system.
One option would increase those fees by $2,500 over a two-year period, while the other would increase the fees by $1,500 over the same period. Raleigh now charges developers $1,666 to add a new connection to the water system.
The additional connection fees would offer water customers some relief, but not much. The city is spending about $100million a year on capital improvements to its public utilities system, and the debt service on that money is driving the need for annual rate increases.
The recession has also slowed Raleigh's growth and greatly reduced the number of new connections. The city had been averaging about 5,000 new connections a year, but this year it is on pace for less than half that number.
Half now, half later?
Mayor Charles Meeker proposed a fourth option Tuesday -- that the city adopt half the 17percent rate increase now, and the other half Dec. 1 when the city is expected to switch to tiered water rates.
Under tiered rates, the rates will rise according to consumption, and Meeker said that would allow customers to save more money through conservation.
Allen warned the council that such a plan would put off raising revenue that is needed now. He said figuring out what a 8.5percent increase would be under tiered rates would be difficult, because the city doesn't know how its customers will respond to the new pricing system.
"That introduces significant risk," he said.


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Tax Evasion
Being charged with tax fraud potentially brings with it a risk of a very considerable sentence of several years and/or hefty fines. Tax fraud covers all criminal conduct which involves individuals or businesses paying too little tax or wrongly claiming tax repayments by acting dishonestly. It is investigated rigorously by HMRC or by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
If you are charged with tax fraud, it could be in relation to a number of offences: fraudulent evasion of income tax; fraudulent evasion of VAT; cheating the public revenue; providing false documents or information to HMRC; and fraudulent evasion of excise duty on imported goods or smuggled goods. If you are facing any of these charges, or a combination of them, you will need expert and forensic criminal law expertise and representation.
Defending such cases calls for a legal team with the ability to sift through vast amounts of financial information to put together the most compelling and effective defence to challenge and defeat the charges being made against you. This is MTM's specialism, and the firm works with the very best forensic accountants and other forensic experts across the UK to this end.
Taking early action is the best way to approach a case and get the best possible outcome. Whatever your position - whether you have been charged or are about to charged with an offence - call us on 0800 328 0944 for an initial free and confidential consultation.m


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Financial Planning for Your Big Picture
Many financial planning firms talk about putting together a financial plan that's tailored to your needs and goals. The catch is that the financial services they offer are only tailored within the set of products and services their company offers. That isn't very 'tailored' at all.
At Northwest Financial Solutions, your needs, goals and dreams - not a set of limited products and services - drive the recommendations and solutions we offer. Because we're an independent financial planning firm you can rest assured that the elements of your financial strategy will be comprised of a set of 'best of breed' products and services, selected to specifically address your unique situation.
Whether you need a comprehensive financial plan that includes 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts, educational funds, estate planning, money management services and insurance products; or would like to secure peace of mind about just one aspect of your financial life, NWFS is the only call you need to make.
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Porcelain Mixing/Serving Bowl
Porcelain Mixing/Serving Bowl
Simplicity at its best. These bowls are understated, yet beautiful in form and eminently practical – use for mixing or serving.
Unglazed on the outside to show off the unique texture of the porcelain clay with a beautiful cobalt blue rim
Handmade by John Julian
Dishwasher and microwave safe
20cm Diameter
photos @johnjulian


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Welcome To Strawberry Kids
We're a Pre-school spreading love for the last 15 years in the Princely city of Patiala - our environments are designed to promote exploration, adventure and productive play. Our Preschool serves children aged 1-5 years with an engaging curriculum backed by qualified, experienced and passionate teachers. Our Advantages are:
- Educational field trips and school presentations
- Focus on Social Interaction by learning to play together
- Individual attention in a small-class setting


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White Houses by Amy Bloom & Undiscovered Country by Kelly O'Connor McNees
Sometimes, entirely by coincidence, there are two novels about the same topic published at the same time. This spring we have two fascinating novels about Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok. The two women met in 1928, and remained friends for the rest of their lives. The most intimate of those years were just before and during the two presidential terms of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from 1933 -1945, and are those documented in White Houses by Amy Bloom and Undiscovered Country by Kelly O'Connor McNees.
During this time Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok wrote to each other frequently. After both women died in the 1960s the most explicit letters were destroyed, but the rest of their private correspondence was opened in 1998. This extensive archive of letters indicates that the friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok was most certainly a passionately intimate one for many years.
Both Amy Bloom and Kelly O'Connor McNees re-imagine the relationship, writing about both the personal relationship, and the years in which it was at it's most intense.
White Houses by Amy Bloom was released a few weeks earlier than Undiscovered Country so I read it first. The novel begins on a Friday afternoon, April 27, 1945 and ends on Monday morning, April 30, 1945, with a brief glimpse of Sunday, November 11, 1962, a few days after the death of Eleanor Roosevelt.
We begin just days before the end of the Second World War, but then quickly move to a time some years earlier. We meet Lorena Hickok, a journalist reporting on Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential campaign in 1932. Lorena soon accepts a position with the Roosevelts, moving into the White House, and quickly becomes fast friends with Eleanor Roosevelt. They travel together, Lorena working as an investigative reporter with the Federal Emergency Relief, and Eleanor Roosevelt getting a look of the lives of Americans most affected by the Great Depression. They appear to be simply "middle-aged women who liked each other: sisters, cousins, best friends".
Reading Undiscovered Country by Kelly O'Connor McNees a few weeks later, I found it a much more engaging and intimate portrait of the two women and their relationship. I immediately liked them both better than I had in the earlier novel. They are more fun when they are having fun, and more desperate when they are not. Franklin Roosevelt is also made more human, with his good looks and charisma evident. I had not been aware that Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt had what is now known as an "open marriage", both having intimate relationships with many other partners who often lived with them in the White House.
Kelly O'Connor McNees has managed to breath life into her characters, in a way that I felt Amy Bloom was not. The story is the same, but better somehow. There is more passion, there is more adventure, and there are additional fictional characters who give the reader a sense of the true desperation of the Great Depression. The small towns with empty storefronts were as sad then as they are today in the many towns affected by closed mines and factories.
These two women came from completely different backgrounds, but felt an immediate attraction, enjoying each other's intelligence and determination. Eleanor grew up in wealth, with a private school education, while Lorena fought to pull herself out of poverty. Their friendship, unequal as it was in many ways, provided them both with much happiness. They appear to have loved each other for the rest of their lives, though they often spent many years apart, often with other partners.
Both books tell the story of a same sex love affair between two women at a time when this was considered scandalous. Of course, they were not the only women – and men – who were having relationships outside of marriage, and not the only ones with same sex partners. But, if discovered the relationship would have destroyed careers and reputations.
White Houses by Amy Bloom and Undiscovered Country by Kelly O'Connor McNees give readers two different versions of the same story, making for an interesting exploration of the lives of two women and the time in which they lived. Historical fiction at its best.


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Love really does not have boundaries.
For me I tend to fall in love easy. Ask me and I am all ready there.
I am Polyamorous so I won't break up with anyone.
If it don't work I believe you should agree it's not working and note
there is no need to hate. We are adults so we should talk like adults.
In love it's worth the effort it's worth living. What would life be not living?!


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Editorial note: the above video does contain some swearing, so many not be appropriate for work or viewing around children.
It's a well-known fact that electric cars accelerate in a very different way to an internal combustion engined vehicle, thanks to the instant torque produced by electric motors at or near stall. Indeed, as Tesla Motors [NASDAQ:TLSA] has proven time and time again, it's possible for even a modest, entry-level Tesla Model S 70 to out-accelerate a muscle car with far more brake horsepower under the hood. Why? Instant torque and no gear change.
When people experience first hand what it feels like to accelerate hard off the line in an electric car, the acceleration pushing them into their seat, it generally elicits a reaction that electric car advocates call the 'EV Grin.' It's the same kind of exhilarating, ear-to-ear smile that we get as kids when experiencing a roller coaster for the first time; it's addictive, and it's sold more electric cars than any TV commercial could.
Usually, people experience their first EV Grin thanks to a coworker, friend or family member who has just purchased a new electric car. Sometimes, they'll experience it at a public electric car advocacy event such as the annual Plug In America Drive Electric Week. Others experience it during an official electric car test drive at their local car dealership or Tesla Store. But it seems even those whose first time behind the wheel isn't listed above can still get the EV Grin.
Like someone engaged in the act of grand theft auto for example. And no, we're not talking about the highly popular — and controversial — video console game.
We're talking about a video which surfaced online last week purporting to be dashcam footage from a BMW i3 which had been stolen from its owners' home somewhere in the vicinity of the North Middlesex Hospital, just north of Tottenham in the London borough of Haringey.
While details concerning the video are sparse (we've tried and so far failed to find the original owner of the car in order to prove the video's authenticity) we understand that the BMW i3 was stolen from its owner's home earlier this year. If the date and time stamp on the video are to be believed, it occurred on the morning of Sunday February 7th at around 5am in the morning. Given the lack of traffic on the usually busy roads we see the car being driven along (as a student, the author used to live just down the road in Tottenham's adjoining town Seven Sisters) we've no reason to doubt the authenticity of the video.
We join the video as the car is being driven along a North London street. The thief hasn't realized yet that this particular car has a dashcam fitted that is recording his every move, and can be heard making a cellphone call to an associate, attempting to find a buyer for the hot car. Given his thick accent (a little bit of a blend of Cockney, Estuary English and 'Saaff London') you'll note quotes aren't written in the Queen's English, but we think you'll be able to understand the context just fine.
"I got it! I got it, bruv!" the thief tells his friend. "Yeah, I'm driving it naah. I jumped in it and took it bruv! I'm gonna park it by my flat or down by Luke's."
There's a brief pause in the video during which the person on the other end of the phone says something to the hapless criminal.
"Nah, nah, nah, nah. That's too close…to where the car…where the car comes from," he says in response, a little excitement creeping into his voice. "But listen! Oi D! I 'ave never been in a car like this. This car will leave ANYTHING for dust. It is OFF. This car can MOVE!"
Clearly impressed by the all-electric drivetrain and 130 kilowatt electric motor driving the rear wheels, the proud geezer, obviously still impervious to the camera recording his every move, starts to understand just how important his latest acquisition is.
"It's a i3 BMW… Yeah… I got it so make yer calls bruv an get it. cause I'm drivin' it in mai flats. Not mah mum's. MAI flats," he says, giving his contact instructions on how to get to the estate where he lives — and of course, giving the local police all the evidence they need to tie this particular crook in with the crime.
After a short discussion where he offers to show his contact his home, complete with "curved TV", "bass boxes," and other additions that makes it "bangin'" and "CRAZE," the conversation turns back to the car itself.
"I took it awt their drive," he said. "I'm trying to get it to drive an it won't drive an then it sez take the handbrake off an I pushed it an took the handbrake off," he continued, marvelling at the car's technology.
"This is OFF," he concludes, urging his contact to call his buyer and come to view the car.
With a 0-60 mph time of around 7 seconds, the BMW i3 is undeniably quick, but it's also no Tesla Model S or Tesla Model X. Given that fact, we can't help but wonder if this particular criminal was experiencing an electric car for the first time.
As the video notes, the local police were able to recover the car — and the video — although as we've noted already, we've yet to confirm the authenticity of this YouTube video.
Either way though, the message is clear: even criminals can get the EV Grin.
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