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1. Q: I applied to vend on multiple days. If selected, will I be approved for each day I applied for?
A: No. The CRA will set a vending schedule based on food types, pricing and days / hours offered by each vendor.
2. Q: Should I apply for my City of Cambridge vending licenses and permits prior to be selected?
A: Before beginning operation on 3rd & Binney, a vendor will need all Massachusetts and City of Cambridge licenses and permits, it is strictly the decision of the vendor to apply for their licenses and permits prior to being selected by the CRA. The CRA will not be responsible to refund license and permits fees if a vendor is not selected.
3. Q: What is the daily fee per vendor?
A: Approved vendors in the CRA 3rd & Binney Food Truck Program are responsible for a $50 per day non-refundable fee payment, for the approved vending days.
4. Q: Does the CRA advertise the Food Trucks?
A: Yes. The CRA utilizes all forms of social media for advertising the program.
5. Q: Can vendors change scheduled days with other vendors in the program?
A: The goal of the program is to bring a consistent public amenity to the visitors and residents of Kendall Square. Although the CRA discourages modifications to the set schedule of the selected vendors, the CRA will consider a change to the schedule. All written request will need to be delivered to the CRA, seven (7) days prior to the change. If a schedule change is approved by the CRA, it will be the responsibility of the vendor to contact the License Commission and request a change to their vending license.
6. Q: Will vendors of the 2016 program who apply this season automatically be selected?
A: No. All applicants will be judged equally for this vending season.
7. Q: Is music playing capabilities a requirement for the trucks?
A: No. Music at a reasonable volume will be allowed to be played, but is not a selection criteria.
8. Q: Can a vendor decide to leave the program at any time?
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The Break Room | At the Historic Machine Shop in NE Minneapolis
Cocktails and petite plates Monday night Industry night
The Break Room is a Monday night cocktail lounge open to the public located within Machine Shop. A rotating menu of specialty craft cocktails, created by Stefan van Voorst, are available along side imaginative and delicious small plates from Chef Nettie Colón. Open from 5pm-10pm, never a cover and space is limited.

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Must be a slow news day. Everybody is talking about a US government shutdown. I wasn't aware they were up and running. The Barn Birds present the Affordable Music Act, starting Thursday in Massachusetts. We believe every American should have access to great music at a reasonable price. If you don't come to a show, you pay the penalty of being bummed out while your friends talk about how great it was.
Thursday, October 3, 7:30pm The Hezekiah Stone Coffeehouse Christ Episcopal Church 1089 Stafford Street, Leicester, MA firstname.lastname@example.com www.hezstone.com
Friday, October 4, 8pm Folkus Project May Memorial UU Society 3800 East Genesee Street Syracuse, NY firstname.lastname@example.com www.folkus.org
Saturday, October 5, 8pm House Concert Hamilton, NY firstname.lastname@example.com
Sunday, October 6, 6pm House Concert Rochester, NY 585-342-3995 email@example.com
Tuesday, October 8, 7pm House Concert Assonet, MA 508-644-2331 firstname.lastname@example.com
Wednesday, October 9, 7pm The Burren 247 Elm Street Somerville, MA 02144 email@example.com www.burren.com
Thursday, October 10, 8pm B Side Ballroom 1 Clinton Plaza Drive Oneonta, NY www.bsideballroom.com
Friday, October 11, 8pm Steel City Coffeehouse 203 Bridge Street Phoenixville, PA 19460 610-933-4043 firstname.lastname@example.com www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com
Saturday, October 12, 8pm Moore Music (In the House) Derwood, MD 301-309-0983 firstname.lastname@example.com www.mooremusic.org
Sunday, October 13, 3pm Village Concerts Palmyra, VA 434-960-8895 firstname.lastname@example.com
Friday, October 18, 8pm Columbus Performing Arts Center (Shedd Theater) 549 Franklin Ave Columbus, OH 866-890-5451 email@example.com www.sixstring.org
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I Got Planner Issues
Friends, I got planner issues, like majorly bad. I have always used a planner even as a child. I guess I was a natural born planner with a slightly obsessive issue when it comes to plans and schedules. I blame my Mom but in a totally good way of course. A fun fact about myself is in a given year, I can easily change my planner 3-4 times. I know, it's crazy but it's the truth. I like to plan ahead and know exactly what is coming up but don't get me wrong friends, I like spur of the moments events too and I promise I am fun! Just take my word for it, ok? Well, school has officially started and I am in the mist of needing a new planner change. I am currently using my Erin Condren planner in which I love and have used in previous years but I am not sure if this is the planner I want to use for the upcoming year. I have seen so many great planners floating around in the social media world so I decided to do a round up of my top "6" planner choices.
1. The Simplified Planner by Emily Ley
2. Ban.Do 17 - Month Agenda
3. Kate Spade Planner
4. Erin Condren Life Planner
5. May Designs Agenda
6. Day Designer by Whitney English
Are you a planner crazy lady just like me? Which one do you love? I would love to hear your input!


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Louis Garneau Enerblock Women's Bike Jacket 2 (Gray/Black)
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Exploring Lviv
Global cultural heritage - the elegant neo-Gothic church of Saints Olha and Elizabeth
Issue 50, October 2012.
The elegant neo-Gothic Church of St. Elizabeth that pierces the sky with its sharp spires is the first to welcome guests of the city who arrive at the train station. It is one of Lviv's most admirable and fascinating monuments and is truly considered one of the city's most spectacular landmarks for over a century.
Global Cultural heritage -The Museum of Johann George Pinzel
Issue 49, September 2012.
This small museum won't take more than half an hour of your time, unless you end up being carried away by the captivating exhibitions. It is definitely worth visiting when you're in Lviv due to several reasons! Firstly, the museum's unique location –it is located within an architectural monument - the former Church of Poor Clares, designed by Paolo the Roman, which was built in 1605-1607. The frescoes of the cathedral were created in 1670.
Summer Fun: Rides at the Children's Railway
Issue 48, July 2012.
Very many people, having heard the words "Children's Railway", immediately imagine a toy-railway with tiny locos and wagons, which they used to play with together with the daddy or elder brother. The railway which had been assembled on the floor in the room and on which the train had endlessly been travelling in a circle till the strict mum sent you to bed. Pleasant memories…
Issue 43, February 2012.
Okay men: March 8th, International Women's Day is steadfastly approaching and it is a great occasion to let all of your beloved women know that you celebrate and acknowledge their importance in your lives.
Lviv – A City of Irresistible Charm
Issue 42, January 2012.
Leopolitans love their city, and are very proud and knowledgeable about its history and its place in modern Ukraine. However, many times I am asked the same question: "Why would you want to come and live in Lviv?".
Lviv Lion Awards 2011
Issue 41, December 2011.
As another action-packed year in Ukraine's cultural capital draws to a close, we present you with our annual awards for the people, places and events which have helped make the past twelve months in Lviv memorable. Wishing all Leopolitans a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Lviv – the Coffee Mecca of Ukraine
Issue 38, September 2011.
Coffee is massive in Lviv. Right now there are nearly 700 coffee houses. In Lviv , they are known as 'kavyarnya' or "knajpa' (their name from Austro-Hungarian times) 'kawa', a direct translation or even the tender 'kawusya'. Talk of instant coffee is prohibited.
Trumpets Sound Out
Issue 37, July 2011.
In May, Lviv marked its 755th Anniversary by reviving the ancient trumpets of Rynok Square. The renowned composer, Yuri Lanuk has created a series of versions of the Lviv 'City Melody', the unofficial anthem of the Lion's City, to cater for many different civic occasions. A jazz version was particularly well received by the audience at Alfa Jazz Festival!
Coat of arms of Lviv
Issue 36, June 2011.
The Coat of arms of the city of Lviv fea¬tures a golden lion beneath a city gate in a blue field. The current version of the symbol was adopted by the city council in 1990. According to principles of the blazoning it features a lion passant Or, beneath a castle gate Or, in azure field.
Olympic Ambition
Issue 31, January 2011.
Flush with the relative success of their Euro 2012 preparations and no doubt goaded by the bragging of neighbouring Russia with its 2018 World Cup and 2014 Winter Olympics, Ukraine's officials have recently begun talking up the chances of an Olympic Games of their own. The good news for Leopolitans is that Lviv is the designated venue for this ambitious Ukrainian bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Such lofty ambitions may seem a touch farfetched to many readers familiar with everyday life in the West Ukrainian capital, but a Leopolitan Olympics is not actually as much of a stretch as it might appear at first glance. After all, the massive infrastructure works currently underway ahead of Euro 2012 will bring the city's transport connections more or less up to scratch, providing Lviv's bid with everything it needs in terms of communications to host a Winter Olympic Games.


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A three-dimensional ribbon architecture
The design for MahaNakhon dismantles the typical tower and podium typology to render not a tower in isolation but instead a skyscraper that melds with the city by gradually 'dissolving' the mass as it moves vertically between ground and sky. This effect begins with a series of generous cascading indoor/outdoor terraces at The Hill - the area at the tower's base housing luxury retail and dining.
For Residents of MahaNakhon, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Bangkok comprise a mix of two-to-five bedroom homes with expansive panoramic views and interiors by David Collins Studio, while The Bangkok Edition Hotel, a collaboration between Ian Schrager and Marriott International, will offer a range of outstanding amenities.


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Canon PIXMA MP495 Wireless Photo All-In-One Drivers Download
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 28, 2017 -- Ascent Capital Group, Inc. ("Ascent" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:ASCMA) has reported results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2016. Ascent is a holding company that owns MONI, one of the nation's largest home security alarm monitoring companies.
Headquartered in the Dallas Fort-Worth area, MONI provides security alarm monitoring services to more than one million residential and commercial customers as of December 31, 2016. MONI's long-term monitoring contracts provide high margin recurring revenue that results in predictable and stable cash flow.
Ascent Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bill Fitzgerald stated, "2016 capped off a very productive year for the business and I am pleased with the hard work Jeff and his team have done executing on our operational objectives. I remain confident that the strong underlying fundamentals of the business are sound and that Jeff and his team are taking the right steps to drive the performance of MONI and improve long term shareholder value. The business is well positioned for a solid 2017."
Jeffery Gardner, President and Chief Executive Officer of MONI said, "I am pleased with our efforts in the fourth quarter and full year. We made significant progress delivering against our key operational initiatives, including reductions in creation costs, improved customer retention metrics and strengthened account growth. Our success is the result of continued improvements in dealer economics; a razor sharp focus on customer service and branding; and ongoing sales, marketing and lead generation support across our entire dealer network. Our pricing strategies are also continuing to bear fruit with RMR attrition declining 120 basis points year over year. Further, our LiveWatch business remains on a solid trajectory with strong revenue growth and average monthly RMR per new customer increasing to $40.
"Finally, in our ongoing effort to identify new ways to keep our customers safe and offer peace of mind, we recently launched our new interactive messaging hub, ASAPer, that allows alarm users and their emergency contacts to quickly communicate and determine the validity of an alarm. Launched to our entire customer base in the fourth quarter, we expect this service to serve as a real differentiator, helping to reduce false alarms, mitigate the risk of unnecessary emergency dispatches and ultimately keep our customers safer."
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Built in 1797 as stabling for cabby's sick horses, The Horse Hospital is now a unique Grade II listed arts venue situated in an unspoilt mews in the heart of Bloomsbury.
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International law firm Simmons & Simmons has advised four fund managers simultaneously on the development and listing of the first leveraged and inverse products tracking Hong Kong equity indices. Each fund manager will launch a suite of four products, two leveraged products and two inverse products. All sixteen products will be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 14 March.
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- For detailed rate information, see Course Descriptions
- Full payment due at time of registration.
- Students are expected to pay for all materials and/or textbooks provided by the school
- Tuition or written proof of sponsorship by the sending agency is due upon registration into the program. If receiving company reimbursement, tuition is still payable upon registration.
Refund Policy
Checks returned for "insufficient funds" will be assessed a $20 additional service charge.
Refunds will be issued as follows for students who withdraw in writing from the program: Withdrawal before the first class, 100% refund; before the second class, 75%; after the second class, no refund. Registration fee is non-refundable.
School Policies
- Smoking is NOT allowed in any building or on the school property.
- Parking - Automobiles must be parked in the South Parking lot only. No parking on side of access roads or in front of the school at main gate.
- Full Service Cafeteria is available in the evening from 4:30 pm until 7:30 pm.
- Food and drinks must be consumed in the cafeteria and may not be carried to the shops or classrooms.
- Students are expected to comply with all safety standards and rules for the shop area.
- Dress codes are not imposed; however students are expected to wear safe, practical clothing that is appropriate for a school setting.
- Fire alarm procedures are posted in all shop and classroom areas. Should there be a need to sound the alarm, all students and staff are to evacuate the building immediately and remain outside until clearance is given to return to the building. Please do not block roadways or doorways. Remain a safe distance away from the building unless otherwise directed.
- If day school is cancelled for inclement weather, there will be no Adult Ed evening classes. Announcements are made on all local TV stations or you can call 978-373-4101 ext. 215 or Ext 211. Classes will be made up at a future date.
- The use of Cell Phones is prohibited in classrooms and trade area. Please step away from class when using phones.
Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy on this web page. All policies, procedures, tuition fees and curriculum, however, are subject to change at any time by the appropriate action of the administration of Whittier.
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It is the policy of Whittier Regional Technical School not to discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, color, national origin, disabilities, or sexual orientation in its educational policies as required by Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments and Chapter 622 of the Acts of 1971, and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Inquiries regarding compliance with these policies may be directed to Mr. Chris Laganas, Principal, or to Whittier Regional Technical School, 115 Amesbury Line Road, Haverhill, MA 01830.


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924 Ridgewood Ave, Edgewater, FL
Edgewater, Commercial Real Estate For Sale
List Status: active
924 Ridgewood Ave
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DescriptionMLS #1006762 Source: New Smyrna Beach Board of REALTORS
2.3 acres, Ideal location on US-1 between Park Ave. and SR-442. Located south of the cemetary and north of Dustins BBQ. 1.29 acres zoned B-3 commercial with 115' road frontage on S. Ridegewood Ave. 1948 House has 2 bedroom, 1 bath with fireplace, has been used as an office. Garage has shed attached. The back part of the property is zoned R-4 Multifamily. You may also access the property from Louisa Drive. Includes parcels: 7433-09-0070, 7433-09-00-0090. Lots of possibilites. Survey in office. SOLD AS IS.
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Statewatch complaints against the Council on access to documents goes before the European Parliament
The Special Report from the European Ombudsman concerning two major complaints brought by Statewatch against the Council of the European Union (the 15 governments) is being considered by the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament on Thursday 20 June when, Tony Bunyan Statewatch, editor will appear before the Committee.
This is only the sixth Special Report that the European Ombudsman has made to the European Parliament and is the strongest power available to him - it usually follows the failure of one of the institutions to respond positively to his Recommendations to change their practices. In this instance the European Ombudsman made two Recommendations to the Council and asked them to implement them on 1 March 2001. In the first the Council failed to provide copies of the documents requested and in the second the Ombudsman recorded "doubts" as to whether the Council would include references to all documents on its public register.
1. Statement to be made by Statewatch to be European Parliament on 20 June 2002
2. Background documentation
This is the eighth successful complaint that Statewatch has lodged against the Council on access to EU documents.
Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, commented:
"The European Ombudsman has again backed the cause of openness and access to documents in the EU. He has also laid down a marker that the Council public register has to contain details on all the documents considered at all levels of the decision-making and implementation process.
We now look to the European Parliament to back the Ombudsman and ensure that another major step for an open and democratic Europe is ensured"
Background documentation
Full-text of Statewatch's statement to the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament on 20 June 2002: Statement
Full-text of the European Ombudsman's press release: Text (html) Text (Word 97)
Full-text of the European Ombudsman's Special Report to the European Parliament: Report (pdf) Report (Word 97) Report (html)
Statewatch Observatories
1. Secret Europe
2. FOI in the EU
filed: 19.8.6.02.
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Nebel, Jean-Christophe, Herzyk, Pawel and Gilbert, David R. (2007) Automatic generation of 3D motifs for classification of protein binding sites. BMC Bioinformatics, 8, ISSN (online) 1471-2105Full text available as:
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BACKGROUND: Since many of the new protein structures delivered by high-throughput processes do not have any known function, there is a need for structure-based prediction of protein function. Protein 3D structures can be clustered according to their fold or secondary structures to produce classes of some functional significance. A recent alternative has been to detect specific 3D motifs which are often associated to active sites. Unfortunately, there are very few known 3D motifs, which are usually the result of a manual process, compared to the number of sequential motifs already known. In this paper, we report a method to automatically generate 3D motifs of protein structure binding sites based on consensus atom positions and evaluate it on a set of adenine based ligands. RESULTS: Our new approach was validated by generating automatically 3D patterns for the main adenine based ligands, i.e. AMP, ADP and ATP. Out of the 18 detected patterns, only one, the ADP4 pattern, is not associated with well defined structural patterns. Moreover, most of the patterns could be classified as binding site 3D motifs. Literature research revealed that the ADP4 pattern actually corresponds to structural features which show complex evolutionary links between ligases and transferases. Therefore, all of the generated patterns prove to be meaningful. Each pattern was used to query all PDB proteins which bind either purine based or guanine based ligands, in order to evaluate the classification and annotation properties of the pattern. Overall, our 3D patterns matched 31% of proteins with adenine based ligands and 95.5% of them were classified correctly. CONCLUSION: A new metric has been introduced allowing the classification of proteins according to the similarity of atomic environment of binding sites, and a methodology has been developed to automatically produce 3D patterns from that classification. A study of proteins binding adenine based ligands showed that these 3D patterns are not only biochemically meaningful, but can be used for protein classification and annotation.
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Hi Everyone, I hope your Wednesday is going well ? I have had a fairly busy week but not too bad which is good, I wore this outfit last night to an event at Durbanville Hills Wine Estate.
You guys would LOVE this place, its has amazing views, food and wine, I wanted to take some nice pics for you guys and do a outfit/lifestyle post but I left my camera at home, so all I have is some OOTN pics I took before haha.
BUT I have decided to do a little series/reviews of lifestyle posts showcasing all the wine farms around my area, I am really lucky, I have many and Durbanville Hills will be on the list so I can give you guys a proper review. with the location,food and wine like these 😉
Now on to my outfit, as you guys know I attend soooo many events, and unfortunately you cant just wear anything, you have to look smart casual, wear colours that stand out in camera because everyone always takes tons of pics and have a NEW outfit each time…
I like to rotate my outfits so a off the shoulder tight top like this one from Shopbop goes with everything, jeans, shorts even prom dresses lol and a high waisted skirt like this one is versatile to wear with anything too 🙂
Off the shoulder top, Blue skirt, Snake print diamante heels, choker, bag, sunnies, hair and make up
For everyone who has been asking for an update on my family member, he is still doing chemo, we are still staying positive and praying the tumour will shrink completely 🙂
Last but not least I am quite excited next week Tuesday is my 1 year anniversary with the love of my life that you guys have gotten to know quite well on the blog lol. So many of you who have asked… we dont live together yet, but we will soon and there is no marriage on the cards yet, but definitely in the near future, speaking of marriage, I have been asked to be a bridesmaid at one of my friends weddings!
I am quite excited I have never been one I have just attended tons of weddings, so aside from wedding dresses we are looking at bridesmaid dresses too, so lets see what happens hehe 🙂
Anyway this has been quite a looong life lately, but thank you so much for all your lovely comments, I read and reply to all of them, have a awesome Wednesday my lovelies 🙂


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WE are called to be obedient and that is our main focus. We are His servants, and we are listening. We feel that our current mandate is to set up whatever Event God lays on our hearts, so that He can work in the lives of everyone involved whether through the organization preparing stages, or at the actual Event itself. As long as we are obedient, we expect and thank God for showing up in profound ways that we never dreamed of nor imagined!
Our Beliefs
WE believe in God as three persons; the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit. We believe that our battles are not with flesh and blood, but with the powers of darkness and that's it's important to understand this, and to put on our Armour of God at all times. We believe that Jesus was resurrected and that there is absolute power in that. We believe that Jesus defeated the enemy 2000 years ago on the cross and that we can claim that power.
Our Mandate
WE feel that God is asking us to create Events that are relatable to the "unsaved" so that volunteers and attendees are not freaked out by signs and wonders. we believe in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, but to use them with discernment and only with instruction from the Holy Spirit.
Vision of Beyond Borders Ministries
Our vision is to grow this Ministry beyond the borders of our own minds. Our goal is to have an Event at the Barrie Molson Centre by 2018, and then wherever God takes us; eventually reaching people around the globe.


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A resource library with a variety of printed and multimedia materials is available to retreatants. A prayer labyrinth
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If you would like to learn how to speak English fluently, it's significant to know exactly what you mean by "speaking English fluently". It's fundamentally unimaginable to sound exactly like a native speaker, but that's not needed anyway. Speaking fluently essentially intends to be able to speak about any subject without much faltering. Fastness and speech rhythm are more crucial that grammar and vocabulary. I personally consider that being able to read native talkers speaking at their own natural fastness is also part of fluent English. It's much lighter for them to intercommunicate with you if you can read their common manners of speaking
There are numerous different 'how to speak English fluently' courses of study that are available online, some of which are even free as well. Through these studies you ca come across the several reasons why most English students do not learn to speak English fluently. You can learn some efficient tips on how to speak English fluently. To gain English fluency you need to catch the secrets of speaking fluent English. We all know it is very essential to speak English fluently for communication in any part of the world today.
One of the best way to learn how to speak English fluently is through formal coursework combined with informal conversation opportunities which are often available as free PDF download lessons. Here is a website that provide such PDF lessons on how to speak English fluently.


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Registration is now open for Echo Summit Dance Camp on September 13-15, 2019. Come to Camp Sacramento, high in the Sierra, for a weekend of great contra dancing and music with your friends old and new!
"I dance to twirl my skirt!"
Big Day of Giving, May 2
- Talent: Alisa Dodson calling to the music of Quite Carried Away
- Date: Sunday, April 7, 2019
- Time: 2:00-5:00 pm, with newcomer's workshop at 1:30 pm
- Location: Polish American Hall, 327 Main St, Roseville
- Cost: $10 for adults; $8 for college students with ID; $5 for dancers under 18; $25 maximum for families (cash or check)
Alisa Dodson has been English country dancing since 1980 and calling since 1990. She was involved in BACDS dance in the Bay Area for many years before moving away, and she now lives in the old gold mining town of Murphys. Quite Carried Away, our house band, is Dick Holdstock on octave mandolin and banjo, Susan Jones and Sandra Westfall on concertinas, Arlene Jamar on piano, Jane Kostka on whistle, Martin Lodahl on viola da gamba, and David Wright on fiddle and mandolin. Ask about their CD!
As usual, beginners are welcome and no partners are necessary. If you are bringing, or know of any, first-timers, please urge them to come at 1:30 for the introductory workshop that precedes the dance. All dancers are welcome at the workshop, but first-time attendees receive a coupon for half-off admission at their next dance!
For more information, and lost and found, call Laura Leonelli, 916-549-7093, or email email@example.com.
Upcoming events:
April 13: contra dance – NEW TIME 7 to 10 pm
April 21: English country dance, Camp Pollock
April 27: potluck & anniversary contra dance
May 5: Winters contra dance


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I would like to begin this post by thanking those that have recently subscribed to this blog via RSS. I always have a hard time deciding whether a blog should consume valuable space within my Google RSS reader so greatly appreciate the thought.
Having recently been through numerous corporate security reviews with potential clients, I thought it would be interesting to share some of the common queries that I get asked, along with an explanation and indication as to what constitutes an "acceptable" answer in terms of security. I imagine a lot of MOSS system administrators that host secure, Internet facing Web applications have been through the numerous security related hoops described below (including, in most cases a "PenTest" - I will detail preparation for that in another post). I thought it would be useful to document some of the most common queries.
Please note that the views expressed herein are my personal views and are not intended to reflect the views of my employer at the time of writing.
Without further ado:
- Q: How many different access levels are there for your application?
- A: 2 levels of access control is normally sufficient.
- Q: Are users configured with individual usernames and passwords?
- A: A must have for secure sites with auditing.
- Q: Is a password policy enforced, including forced password changes?
- A: Enforce a strong password policy; forced password changes are recommended.
- Q: Does the application support account lockouts?
- A: Enforce account lockouts with a realistic threshold
- Q: Is there a documented process for revocation of a users access?
- A: Provide a clear, documented process that minimises chance of human error
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Georgia-Pacific To Reduce Gypsum Wallboard Production, To Take $75 Million Charge
Thursday, June 14, 2001
Press release from the issuing companyATLANTA, June 13 -- Georgia-Pacific Corp. today announced plant closures and indefinite curtailments equaling approximately 45 percent of the company's gypsum wallboard production capacity in the United States and Canada. "Current market conditions for wallboard are forcing us to take action now to close these facilities and reduce our overall production,'' said A.D. "Pete'' Correll, chairman and chief executive of Georgia-Pacific. "These steps are critical for the long-term viability of our wallboard business. Current capacity and pricing levels in the wallboard business are unsustainable and operating our plants at full production is unprofitable for Georgia-Pacific.'' Based on analysis of its gypsum wallboard production capacity, Georgia- Pacific will close wallboard plants at Savannah, Ga.; Long Beach, Calif.; and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The company also will indefinitely idle commodity wallboard production lines at Acme, Texas; Sigurd, Utah; and Blue Rapids, Kan.; and reduce operations at its remaining 13 wallboard production facilities to a maximum five-day work schedule for as long as current market conditions exist. In addition, Georgia-Pacific will offer for sale its recycled paperboard plant at Delair, N.J., due to the decreased need for face paper used on the company's wallboard. "These types of decisions are difficult to make, particularly in light of the more than 500 employees who will be impacted, but we cannot continue at the current level of production given the weak market conditions, surplus capacity and increased energy costs, especially in California,'' said David Fleiner, president of G-P Gypsum, the corporation's gypsum products subsidiary. "This capacity reduction allows G-P Gypsum to meet commitments for our new ToughRock(TM) wallboard product line, as well as our Dens-Glass® portfolio of products and our industrial plaster and door components businesses, while maintaining our market presence across North America. Given the current economic forecasts, we do not foresee altering the limited production schedule in the near future.'' The company expects to take a charge against earnings in second quarter 2001 of approximately $75 million to cover all costs associated with these actions, including severance and other related costs.
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What's it like to be an Accounts Assistant at Prestige Recruitment Group?
We caught up with Joshua Toye, who is our apprentice accounts assistant based in our head office in Birmingham! Here's what his role involves:
'My experience so far of being an apprentice accounts assistant is that its quite a big role, as the job I do gets followed with college lessons for my course. As well as this, I am also trained by experienced managers and members of staff within the office to further my knowledge of the jobs that I do. I work four days in the Birmingham office, and one day a week at college, which means I am constantly learning! It's very exciting.
'The jobs that I do are spread out during the week, which means my days are quite balanced. Some of the jobs I do in the office include printing off timesheets that need to go in the weekly bible, entering every temp's hours and pay onto payroll and consistently checking that everything is correct and up to date. Other elements within my role include paying all the temps, sending payslips and preparing invoices to be sent while making sure that all information is correct.
'In between jobs, I help colleagues with anything they need, whether it's replying to emails or scanning and sending important information to them.
I've only worked at Prestige Recruitment Group since January, but it's a great experience to see the working world, and it's a company I really enjoy being a part of. I can't wait to continue learning over the next year.'
A Fact About Josh: At only 17, Josh is the youngest member of the Prestige Family.
If you're interested in joining the Prestige family, get in touch! If you want to know more about Josh, check his Meet the Team page here.
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Thom Mayne is one of the world's leading architects. A professor at UCLA since 1992, his distinguished honors include the AIA Gold Medal (2013), Pritzker Prize (2005), the Centennial Medal from the American Academy in Rome (2009), the McDowell Medal (2008), the National Design Award from the Cooper Hewitt (2006), the Rome Prize (1987), and the Alumni of the Year award from USC. He was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2010, appointed to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 2009, and honored with the American Institute of Architects /Los Angeles Gold Medal in 2000.
Thom Mayne founded Morphosis as a collective architectural practice engaged in cross-disciplinary research and design. As Design Director and thought leader of Morphosis, Mayne provides overall vision and project leadership to the firm. With permanent offices in Los Angeles and New York City, the firm currently employs over 50 architects and designers.
Morphosis is a dynamic and evolving practice that responds to the shifting social, cultural, political, and technological conditions of modern life. With projects worldwide, the firm's work ranges in scale from residential, institutional, and civic buildings to large urban planning projects. With Morphosis, Thom Mayne has been the recipient of 25 Progressive Architecture Awards, over 100 American Institute of Architecture Awards and numerous other design recognitions. Under Mayne's direction, the firm has been the subject of various group and solo exhibitions throughout the world, including a large solo exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2006), the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati, the Walker Arts Institute in Minneapolis, and a major retrospective at the Netherlands Architectural Institute in 1999. Morphosis buildings and projects have been published extensively; the firm has been the subject of 23 monographs, including five by Rizzoli, two by Korean Architect, two by El Croquis (Spain), one by G.A. Japan, one by Phaidon, and one by Equal Books (Korea).
Throughout his career, Mayne has remained active in the academic world. In 1972, he helped to found the Southern California Institute of Architecture. Since then, he has held teaching positions at Columbia, Yale (the Eliel Saarinen Chair in 1991), the Harvard Graduate School of Design (Eliot Noyes Chair in 1998), the Berlage Institute in the Netherlands, the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, and many other institutions around the world. His commitment to the education of young designers has not wavered. Mayne's significant contributions to architectural education include the highly regarded L.A. Now and Madrid Now initiatives. Under Mayne's direction, UCLA students won the 2005 PA Award for L.A. Now: Volume 3,4. There has always been a symbiotic relationship between Mayne's teaching and practice, evidenced in his concurrent position as Executive Director of the Now Institute at UCLA, a research and design initiative focusing on applying strategic urban thinking to real world issues. He is a tenured Professor at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design since 1993.
M.Arch., Harvard-Graduate School of Design
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2009-2016 President Obama's Committee for Arts and Humanities
2015 RIBA International Fellow
2013 AIA Gold Medal
2011 Richard J. Neutra Award for Professional Excellence
2011 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
2009 Centennial Medal, American Academy in Rome
2008 Edward MacDowell Medal
2008 Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2008 California College of the Art, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Art
2008 New Jersey Institute of Technology , Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
2007 AIA Los Angeles Presidential Award
2007 AIA California Council, The Maybeck Award
2006 National Design Award, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
2006 Alumni Merit Award, University of Southern California
2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize
2004 Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA)
2001 Chrysler Design Award of Excellence
2000 Gold Medal, Los Angeles American Institute of Architects
1995 Alumni of the Year, USC
1992 Brunner Prize/ Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters
1992 Member Elect, American Academy of Design
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Jim Cramer often rubs shoulders with movers and shakers. And they all seem to be telling him the same thing.
After chatting with a number of CEOs and business titans in and around the Super Bowl this past week-end, Cramer said, "Their overall sense of things is, 'phew,' Washington didn't screw it up so badly that business is hurt. In fact, with Washington off the front pages we can thrive again."
And Cramer thinks that's enough to make it more likely than not the next 1,000 points in the Dow Jones Industrial Average will be higher, not lower.


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What's the difference between a geek and a nerd?Ha! I don't even know to be honest. I'm probably both tho.
Favorite road trip movie?Return of the Jedi
What is the most beneficial skill that a writer can learn? How to listen.
Make up a name for a band that only plays Prince covers.Raspberry ShmoShmay
Name a place you've visited (city, state, country, etc) that totally rose above your expectations and vice versa?Los Angeles and London.
Have you ever had a supernatural or paranormal experience? Everyday!
You go to a used bookstore and buy a book. Inside the book, you discover a long-lost breakup letter. What does it say? "My time went so quickly, I went lickety-splickly out to my old '55Pulled away slowly, feeling so holy, God knows, I was feeling alive."
How does a writer achieve immortality?Telling difficult truths.
How do you procrastinate on the internet?Twitter!
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Raising vibrations to help humanity
I find it strange that UVC is becoming a concern. First of all, it is a man made light source. It is use as a sanitizer and insect killer in the food industry. It is also used in water treatment plant to kill harmful bacteria, viruses and other water organism.
What needs to be specify here is the body burden cause by endocrine disrupters and other chemicals present in our environment. They make us more sensitive to sunlight and cause sunburn at shorter time exposure.
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We present to you our final community event for the 2017 Shanasheel program! Dare 2 Choose examines the extreme parental pressures to become doctors, lawyers and engineers.
Tag your family and friends and stay tuned for our special guest speaker announcement!
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Saturday 19 August, 2017 1 to 4 PM
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With the annual meeting behind us and our new board seated, we wanted to take the opportunity before our first 2017 board meeting to share our strategic priorities for the neighborhood for 2017 and beyond. First, we'd like to thank all those residents who've e-mailed us or spoken at the meetings this past year. We've heard loud and clear that aesthetic issues within the neighborhood are important to you. Concerns about street parking and lawn maintenance and landscaping upkeep are ongoing so we are going to devote time to focus on those in addition to a few other important areas.
We know other HOAs in Austin with public right-of-way are enforcing street parking restrictions so we've decided to revisit this issue and seek independent legal advice to help us develop a legally compliant and defensible policy on street parking. Before any changes to the current policy are made, rest assured, the Board will provide plenty of advance notice so that residents have a chance to come into compliance before any fines are assessed. Street parking is more than just an aesthetic issue. Excessive cars on our interior streets can dangerously obstruct visibility, impede the passage of emergency and delivery vehicles and prevent collection of trash and recycling containers. For these reasons, we think this is an important initiative and we hope to be able to share more information in the very near future. In the meantime, we ask that Members and their guests please continue to comply with the published restrictions and refrain from street parking.
Next, as part of a concerted effort to improve the overall aesthetic appearance of our lawn and landscape resources, we'll be taking a two-pronged approach. First, we're working with our landscape contractor to make improvements along Boulder Lane. Unsightly areas of bare dirt and tree roots can be seen due to erosion and excessive shade that prevents sod from growing. We allocated $10,000 in the 2017 budget to address this need through new beddings and mulch and plan to see how far we can stretch that. Second, we know that compliance with our lawn and landscape rules has become lax in recent years and this is something we plan to work on as well. We're going to be considering updates to strengthen the association's Fine Policy for non-compliance and also communicate appearance and maintenance expectations for lawn and landscape elements. As with the current policy, residents will be given multiple opportunities with appropriate cure periods to comply before incurring fines.
Our Fine Policy is not intended nor expected to be a revenue source for the Association. Rather, its purpose is as a tool to help ensure compliance and it's only after multiple requests to correct an infraction that fines are incurred. Our goal, in fact, is to have NO revenue from fines and if we do a good job communicating what is expected then we think this is achievable.
Additionally, the board continues to develop plans and timelines for improving and upgrading our infrastructure and amenities. We're continuing our program of annual inspection and replacement of the panel fencing along Boulder Lane and will also address a handful of deferred maintenance tasks around the pool to improve safety and appearance. Many newer residents with young families have also asked about the possibility of installing a splash-pad area within the pool complex for our littlest residents and that is something that our amenity directors have been looking into and are excited about. Naturally, our highest priority is seeing the bathhouse/clubhouse project through to successful completion on time and on budget. You can read more about that project and the special assessment here and we'll be posting regular updates once things get going here.
And finally, we continue to look for ways to reduce our operating costs. In 2016, we switched landscape and irrigation contractors and consolidated to a single service provider resulting in a $15,000 annual savings to the Association. Costs for property and casualty insurance have also risen (in round numbers) from $8,500 to $14,500 in recent years and options for reducing that expense are being looked at currently.
In closing, let us say that we're very excited about the year ahead. We've put a lot on our plate and there's a lot we want to accomplish so the Directors will be meeting about every other month going forward and giving residents multiple opportunities to see and comment on our work before we adopt any new policies, make changes to existing ones or embark on any major projects. All HOA members are welcome to attend the board meetings and sign up to speak. Of course, you may also reach the directors at anytime by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Look for us to publish the schedule of board meetings in the coming days.


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FLORENCE, Italy — The prosecutor seeking to reinstate Amanda's Knox's guilty verdict in her roommate's 2007 murder urged an appeals court on Monday not to repeat mistakes purportedly made by the court that freed her.
Prosecutor Alessandro Crini said Italy's highest court had "razed to the ground" the Perugia appellate court's 2011 decision to throw out the guilty verdicts by casting doubt on the logic that freed Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito. The high court ordered a fresh appeals trial, this time in Florence, saying the earlier appeals decision was full of contradictions.
Crini said the earlier appellate court had `'pulverized the elements," separating pieces of evidence that needed to be seen together to get a full picture of the crime.
Crini also argued that a break-in at the apartment had been staged to divert attention from Knox and Sollecito.
Both Knox and Sollecito denied any involvement, saying they weren't in the apartment at the time. A third defendant, Ivory Coast-born Rudy Guede, was convicted in a separate trial of sexually assaulting and stabbing Meredith Kercher. His 16-year sentence, reduced in appeal from an initial 30 year sentence, was upheld by Italy's highest court in 2010.
Knox and Sollecito were convicted in 2009 of killing Kercher, Knox's 21-year-old British roommate, who was found with her throat slit in a pool of blood in her bedroom. They were sentenced to 26 years and 25 years in jail, respectively. The two were freed on appeal in 2011. Knox, who spent four years in jail, did not return to Italy for the third trial.
Sollecito was in court for a second time Monday, listening intently as Crini claimed that his alibi that he was working at his computer at the time of the murder was false, citing an expert opinion.
Sollecito, speaking outside the court during a break, called the prosecutor's case "uncertain."
"After all of this time," Sollecito said, "I just continue to confront a situation of repeated accusations that have no foundation in reality or likelihood."


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India: DRAFT E-COMMERCE GUIDELINES FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS {Sep 2019}
By Shruti Kinra, Rohan Sharda
A mechanism to converge this process with the National Consumer Helpline must also be provided.
By Iqbal Khan - Partner, Amrita Rana
As such, the impact of such conditionalities on the sector may need to be further evaluated.
India: NTPC v. Voith Hydro Joint Venture: Force Majeure Clause v. Impossibility Under Section 56? {Aug 2019}
By Binsy Susan, Amogh Srivastava
Recently in NTPC v. Voith Hydro Joint Venture, 2019 SCC Online Del 9014, the High Court of Delhi made certain important observations with respect to the scope and application of Section 56 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 .
By Ajit Warrier, Aditya Nayyar, Devansh Agarwal
Section 188 of the 2013 Act expressly bars any RPTs on the matters contained therein, except with the approval of the Board of Directors and in certain cases with the approval of the company by a resolution.
India: Toll Operate & Transfer Model {Aug 2019}
By Pankaj Agarwal, Kunal Sharma
The Global Infrastructure Outlook reflects that rising income levels and economic prosperity is likely to further drive demand for infrastructure investment in India over the next 25 years.
By Yogesh Chande, Kanwardeep Singh Kapany
Not even 280 characters, but less than 15 characters tweeted by Elon Musk, the erstwhile chairman and present day chief executive officer of Tesla, Inc. on the popular social media platform Twitter, attracted a flurry of repercussions ...
India: Quashing Of Criminal Complaints Having A Civil Nature: What The Supreme Court Held {Jun 2019}
By Anuj Berry, Malak Bhatt, PSS Bhargava
Recently, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice MR Shah in Sau. Kamal Shivaji Pokarnekar v. The State of Maharashtra, held that criminal complaints cannot be quashed ...
By Ashni Roy, Davis Kanjamala
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 ("POSH Act") was enacted as a comprehensive legislation to provide a safe, secure and enabling environment, free from sexual harassment to every woman.
By Shailaja Lall, Ashish Teni
The Regulations were keenly awaited by the Indian insurance sector and aim to keep at pace with the changing market dynamics.
By Anuj Bhasme, Gaurav Dugar, Rutvi Shrimankar
This paper provides an overview of the legal framework governing the gambling and gaming industry in India - its evolution through the ages, its magnitude as an industry and its impact on society.
By Monal Mukherjee, Nikhil Naredi
The first section of this paper introduces the concept of upside-sharing arrangements and presents an empirical review of corporate disclosures made by certain listed and to-be-listed companies in India, ...
By Mukul Baveja
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet".
India: 'Defence Sector In India – Regulatory Landscape, Recent Developments And Their Impact' {Nov 2018}
By Anuj Prasad
Regulation of the Defence sector in India has seen immense movement in the last few years.
India: Environment – Getting It Right {Nov 2018}
By Manu Nair
The present article deals with the issues and concerns arising out of grant or non - grant of environmental clearances for projects in and around eco sensitive areas of the country.
India: Supreme Court holds that stamp duty is not necessary for enforcement of foreign awards in India* {Sep 2018}
By Surjendu Sankar Das, Trishala Kulkarni
The arbitral award ("Award") was delivered in London under the ICC Rules on 12 February 2015 in the arbitration between Shriram EPC Limited ("Petitioner") and Rio Glass Solar SA ("Respondent").
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Business Planning for the Future: New Business Models
Apr 25, 2016
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Digitalization, virtualization, the Internet of Things, and real-time data analytics are shaping a new economy often referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Presently, business is facing challenges on a global scale from changing consumer preferences but also from climate change, water stress, food security and resource scarcity, and creative disruption is underway. How exactly does this new economy emerge and how can opportunities be leveraged to maximize wealth creation?
This Roundtable, hosted by Marks & Spencer, examined three inter-related topics: 1) Identifying emerging business models and their implications for sustainable business strategy. 2) Building market-scale collaboration strategies. 3) Reviewing the management of system-level risks through new approaches to governance and transparency.
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Podium Place For Tom Coronel With Super B In WTCC Spa-Francorchamps
Spa-Francorchamps, 22 June, 2014 – For Tom Coronel, the seven kilometres long Spa Francorchamps circuit is his home track as Zandvoort is no longer on the WTCC calendar.
Traditionally, many fans are making the journey to the Belgian Ardennes region to see their hero race. Tom Coronel didn't disappoint them. In qualifying, the driver ended up eighth with his ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze, resulting into a third position on the grid for the second race with a reversed grid. After a good start into the first race, the 42-year old Dutchman initially made up one place and then won another three positions. At the finish line, the driver of the white-and-blue Cruze just managed to overtake Honda's Tiago Monteiro.
In the second race at the undulating track, Coronel had a strong getaway and moved up into the lead almost immediately. He managed to maintain this position until almost halfway through the race, but had to give in to the dominance of the works Citroëns. Eventually, López and Muller finished ahead of the Dutchman, who still managed to keep Monteiro's Honda and the third Citroën with Loeb at bay. Thus, Coronel's second podium finish of the season, which he celebrated together with his son Rocco, became reality. He is now sixth in the drivers' standings with 99 points.
After the races, Tom Coronel said: "Eventually, it turned out to be a beautiful weekend, but at first, it didn't look like it. In free practice on Friday, things didn't go well at all. I didn't use any fresh tyres, but I could find the right rhythm with the car. I think I was 13th. Together with my engineer, we decided in the evening to change the entire set-up of the car. In free practice, I used two new front tyres, but things still didn't go really well. I started qualifying with four new tyres and that turned out to be the right choice. The balance of the car was much better and I was able to keep up with the front-runners, which made me much happier. After qualifying, I still had six new tyres left. Two of them, I used in the first race and I saved the other four for the second race. In the first race, my start was quite okay and there was a long battle with the Hondas. We were three abreast until after Eau Rouge and towards Les Combes, I was in the sandwich and had two wheels on the grass. I had a huge battle with Morbidelli and Monteiro, but I saved my tyres to mount a final attack on the final lap. That worked out just before the finish, so that I came fifth with a very tiny margin, behind Morbidelli, but ahead of Monteiro. I had no damage to the car, so I was ready for the second race. I started with four fresh tyres and I knew that I had to make maximum use of them for the first three to four laps. That worked out. I had a good start and I was in the lead quite soon.
After that, I was only pushing to build up a margin that was as big as possible. I was leading by over two seconds and things were going well until the first Citroën approached quickly. Up to that point, I had made no mistake and I wanted to keep it that way. On the other hand, I didn't want to hand over the lead just like that either. In hindsight, I probably lost a little bit too much time there, allowing Muller to close up quickly as well. The Citroën drivers have so much excess speed, there is no way to fight with them, so I let Muller past easily and focussed on third place. That worked out and thus, it still became a great race with a great result, plenty of world championship points and nothing but happy faces. This really was the maximum that could be achieved and I am glad that I was able to show it to the many fans here. I drove well, I didn't make any mistakes and now, the car is in great condition to be loaded into the container on Tuesday for the next race in Argentina."
Result race 1: 1. Yvan Muller 9 laps in 22:09.364; 2. José Maria Lopez +3.689; 3. Sébastien Loeb +4.318 (all Citroën Racing C-Elysee); 4. Gianni Morbidelli (Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1) +21.125; 5. Tom Coronel (ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze) +21.998 and 6. Tiago Monteiro +22.071 (Honda Civic WTCC).
Result race 2: 1. José Maria Lopez 9 laps 22:16.645; 2. Yvan Muller +3.097 (both Citroën Racing C-Elysee); 3.Tom Coronel (ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze) +8.409; 4. Tiago Monteiro (Honda Civic WTCC) +8.912; 5. Sébastien Loeb +9.060 (Citroen Racing C-Elysee) and 6. Gianni Morbidelli (Chevrolet RML Cruze) +16.851.
Standings after 14 rounds: 1. José Maria Lopez 255 points; 2. Yvan Muller 216; 3. Sébastien Loeb 190; 4. Tiago Monteiro 125; 5. Gabriele Tarquini 105 and 6. Tom Coronel 99.
2014 FIA WTCC calendar*
Russia June 7-8
Belgium June 21-22
Argentina August 2-3
United States September 13-14
China October 11-12
Japan October 25-26
Macau November 14-16
(*subject to change)
Photo credits: Erik van der Schaaff & George Decoster.
Tom Coronel is supported in the FIA WTCC season 2014 by:
ROAL Motorsport, McGregor, TW Steel -big in oversized watches-, Valvoline, DHL, Equinix, Amando Face & Body Care, AkzoNobel Lesonal, De Wild Multi Print Solutions, AllSecur, ATP Event Experts, Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma, Super B, Intrax, Playseat, CM, Sparco en Uw Mooiste Foto.nl.


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Origin : Nicaragua
Format : Robusto
Size : 5.0″ x 50
Wrapper : Habano Nicaragua
Filler : Nicaraguan – Pueblo Nuevo, Esteli, Jalapa and Condega
Binder : Habano Nicaragua
Price : $7 each
More info about purchasing Carlos Toraño Noventa cigars...
The Toraño Noventa was created in 2006 to celebrate 90 years of cigar heritage in the Toraño family. In 1916 the patriarch of the family, Don Santiago Toraño made the move from Spain to Cuba to begin his career in the cigar industry. Eventually his three sons joined him in the family business as the Toraños became of of the largest tobacco growers in Cuba. Like a lot of cigar and tobacco families in Cuba, they had to leave after the revolution when Castro nationalized the tobacco industry. The family moved their business to the Dominican Republic and eventually Carlos Jr. moved it again to Nicaragua where it now thrives.
The Noventa is made with 5 year old tobacco from the family farms. The cigars are then aged some more before being sent to market, but I could not find any information on how long that additional aging may be. The Santiago is a beautiful cigar wrapped in an oily light brown Habano leaf that looks like it was cut from a piece of expensive leather. It is well filled with not a hint of any rib veins in the filler. On the surface everything about this cigar says "top-shelf", including the price tag. Besides carrying the Anniversary moniker, it also carries the anniversary MSRP around $11 a stick, but can be found significantly cheaper online.
The Santiago is refined and smooth right from the start. Medium bodied, but mild in strength, it delivers strong notes of nuts and leather with occasional flashes vanilla. The blueish smoke is a little thin but is still delivers plenty of flavor. It has a wonderful aroma that is surprisingly very sweet. It is unique because there is no sweetness to speak of in the flavors but it is very prominent in the aroma. About halfway through this cigar starts to behave like you'd expect a Nicaraguan Puro to behave. It starts to pick up delivering a bit of spice that replaces cream and nuts I tasted at the start. The spice mixes nicely with a woody core and it starts to develop a bit of strength that was missing in the beginning. The last third was more spice with strong notes of cedar and wood. This cigar ended up packing a decent little punch after starting off a bit mild.
This was a very good cigar worthy of being an Anniversary edition smoke. Construction was excellent with a perfect draw and a razor sharp burn. It had decent complexity with refined, identifiable flavors. It starts off a bit mild but picks up nicely turning into a solid medium bodied smoke with a good buzz factor without being overly powerful robust. This cigar is a must try for any fan of Nicaraguan tobacco.
2 Comments on "Carlos Toraño Noventa Santiago"
I smoked one of these recently and found a lasting taste of tea and honey. It tasted similar to what I hear highly aged cigars taste like.
My Review of the Carlos Torano Noventa Santiago
The draw is slightly firm and as I smoked this I began to get some tar build up halfway down. No big deal, as I punched this so I just clipped it and there were no more problems. The cigar burned relatively straight, but i did need to touch it up towards the end.
This is a full-bodied cigar with less straightforward spice and more of a pepper that takes a back seat to a lot of cedar. Because of the strong wood flavors, it was hard to tell if there was anything else. i would actually liked to have aged this more i think to see what else developed as the woodiness may have mellowed more.
Rating: 86 (B)


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My heart experienced a deep peace and immediately I thought of the mystery of Christmas we are preparing to celebrate. Each of us, in fact the whole world was and is too weak and broken to "go to Jesus," and so in His tremendous love and mercy for us he comes. He comes into our poverty and weakness. He comes into our sin. He comes into our sickness. He comes into the darkness of our lives, our world. "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us!" Jesus comes and is coming again this Christmas, all we need to do is open our hearts and receive Him!
+ Br. Malachy Joseph Napier, CFR
Harlem, NY
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When I am working my shoulders, there are some exercises that I love pushing myself to lift heavier and others that I love lifting a bit lighter, but more reps. Shoulder day is definitely one of my favourites and to be honest, I love feeling the burn. I tend to really lean out and be more defined in my upper body than I am in my lower body so any time I mix up the weights or move up a few kgs, I can really see the difference. If that isn't motivation, I don't know what is.
Monday WOD
10mins on cross trainer to warm up
Seated Barbell Shoulder Press
1 warm up set at light weight - 10kg
3 regular sets with a slightly more challenging weight - 15kg
1 harder set to failure - 17.5kg
Upright Barbell Row
3 sets of 12 reps with a weight that feels difficult towards the 10th rep - 17.5kg
Standing Arnold Press
3 sets of 12-15 reps with a medium weight - 7kg
Front and Side dumbbell raises
3 sets of 12-15 reps with a lighter weight - 5kg
Single Dumbbell Row
3 sets of 10-15 reps with a heavy weight - 12kg
Rear Delt Fly
3 sets of 10-15 reps with a lighter weight - 5kg
If you would like to see where I got my inspiration for this workout, check out the video below. Nicole lifts like a boss and I would love to have defined shoulders like her one day.


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21 'Against The Tide' 10x10" Original Contemporary Watercolour Painting
21 'Against The Tide' 10x10" Original Contemporary Watercolour Painting
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This is an original painting on a high quality 300 gsm Cold Pressed watercolour paper.
The size is without the border included. With border, the size is 29.7 x 29.7 cm
It does NOT come framed but will be matted. (It will be very well packed to avoid bending or damage)
There are may be signs of paper peeled by the masking tape. However, it does not effect the beauty of the painting in anyway.
I gladly accept returns for original paintings.
I really hope that you like my product as much as I do. However, if for any reason that you are not happy with it then I am happy to have it returned in its original condition within 14 days. The buyer is responsible for return cost and for any damage caused to the product.
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From: Joyce Mandato
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 12:11 PM
To: Denise Milligan
Subject: Review of the Bristal
My husband has been a resident at Reflections for a few months now. Already his mobility has improved thanks to PT and OT sessions; he is stimulated by all the activities, is more engaged and no longer sleeps all day. His quality of life has improved.
The Bristal @ Sayville is not only beautiful and immaculate, but it provides a caring, professional atmosphere. The directors, medical team, front desk, care aides, recreation staff as well as the kitchen, laundry and housekeeping departments work well together to create this excellent facility. They are always available to answer questions and provide support to the family when needed.
The staff is well trained in the care of the dementia patient, and that care is done with compassion, hugs and kisses. It feels like a big "family".
I am happy for the dignity that is shown my husband and secure that he is in a very good place.


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Le Système de Santé
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Health systems are defined as comprising all the organizations, institutions and resources that are devoted to producing health actions. A health action is defined as any effort, whether in personal health care, public health services or through intersectoral initiatives, whose primary purpose is to improve health. But while improving health is clearly the main objective of a health system, it is not the only one. The objective of good health itself is really twofold: the best attainable average level – goodness – and the smallest feasible differences among individuals and groups – fairness. Goodness means a health system responding well to what people expect of it; fairness means it responds equally well to everyone, without discrimination
National health systems have three overall goals:
1. good health,
2. responsiveness to the expectations of the population, and
3. fairness of financial contribution.
WHO describes health systems as having six building blocks: service delivery; health workforce; information; medical products, vaccines and technologies; financing; and leadership and governance (stewardship). The 2008 Ouagadougou Declaration on Primary Health Care and Health Systems in Africa focuses on nine major priority areas, namely Leadership and Governance for Health; Health Services Delivery; Human Resources for Health; Health Financing; Health Information Systems; Health Technologies; Community Ownership and Participation; Partnerships for Health Development; and Research for Health.
This section of the analytical profile is structured along the lines of the WHO Framework and the priorities described by the 2008 Ouagadougou Declaration.
As most of SSA countries after their health system's reform, Zambia based its health system on decentralization. This decentralization led to three levels of public health facilities that are hospitals, health centers, and health posts; moreover, the hospitals are divided into primary (district), secondary (provincial), and tertiary (central) facilities. Incidentally, boards are in place at different level to oversee health activities of their respective levels; this situation relieved the MoH of health service delivery coordination/supervision and focused their role on policymaking and regulation of the health sector[1]
- ↑ Bossert, T. et al., "Decentralization of the Health System in Zambia,"Partnerships for Health Reform, Abt Associates Inc.: Bethesda, MD, 2000.


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By Andrew C. – Writer, TDG Online
Welcome back to the battlefield, Droid Guy readers. Today I am going to be comparing the most popular app launchers for your favorite mobile OS, Android. If you are anything like me, when I first heard of a Launcher you were like, "what is that?". Coming from the land of Blackberries, I can say that it's similar to a theme for Blackberry. The desktop is the main view for the phone when Android first loads, and the launcher will allow the user to change the view or behavior of the Android desktop. That being said, when I first started to read about app launchers for Android there were a lot of terms being thrown around that made no sense at all to me. I really had no idea if it mattered what an app drawer looked like because I had no idea what that was. So, for those of you who are not familiar with you Android phones, and the anatomy of the Android desktop, allow me to break it all down for you in the next section. I plan to give you some basic information about the parts of the Android desktop. Immediately following that, I will tell you about a great app that allows you to easily try different launchers, and set defaults. Finally, for those of you who are too cool for tutorials and lessons in such noobishness, feel free to skip on down to the reviews section.
The Android Desktop
The picture above is a visual learning tool to help me describe the android desktop, and it allows me to show off my advanced Photoshop skills (just kidding). The following terms describe the anatomy of the android desktop or home:
- Background or Wallpaper – The pretty picture in the background behind all of the application icons on your desktop. In this case the screen capture on the left shows the Android mascot, Andy, eating an apple. That is the wallpaper or background on this desktop.
- Pagination Dots – These little dots (highlighted in blue) help to show you what page in your entire desktop (which can consist of several pages) you are on.
- Dockbar – the group of icons at the bottom of the page that are usually set to launch frequently-used applications like the dialer, or the call log.
- The App Drawer – the page or group of pages that allows users to quickly look through all of their installed applications is the app drawer. Usually viewed by clicking on a button that looks like a grid on the dockbar.
- Status Bar – the bar that is usually at the top of the page that shows the time, battery life remaining, and notification icons.
- Notifications – the gray page that gives you more detailed information about notifications (not shown).
- Highlighting – color that highlights selected icons (not shown).
- Widgets – special icons that serve a specific purpose. Example, icons that look like a large clock, or icons that scroll the latest news (not shown).
Home Switcher
Now that we know a bit about the parts of the Android desktop, let me introduce you to the best way to try out newAndroid launchers, Home Switcher. Normally, when you download a new android desktop, you are required to select a launcher to open when you press the home button on your device. On the same screen you are able to select to make your choice be the default from now on. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, the kicker is, if you decide to change your launcher back to your default, or another already installed launcher, you have to navigate to the current default launcher application under you settings and choose to clear the default. This can be a pain, and I'd imagine that if you don't change your launcher quite often, it may be difficult to figure out which launcher you are using. That's where Home Switcher comes in, when you start home switcher all of you launchers that are installed will display, and each will have buttons that you can click to either launch it, or make it the default. This makes trying out new launchers fast and easy.
TouchWiz 3
I thought it would be wise to begin reviewing app launchers by starting with my device's default launcher. As a Samsung Vibrant owner, my device came out of the box with TouchWiz 3 installed. TouchWiz 3 is a rather simple, fast launcher, with relatively few customization options, but several custom widgets. There are a few widgets for timekeeping, a couple for contacts and social media updates, and a news reader. As far as behavior and appearance modifications go, you are allowed to change your wallpaper, and you can change the number of screens (up to 7) on your desktop, and the order, but that's really it. The stock launcher and it's widgets will vary by manufacturer and device, so if you are a Galaxy S owner, this is what you get with no changes whatsoever.
The second launcher that is out to claim dibs on your home screens is Helix. Helix's response time when you press a command is very fast. It is easily one of the fastest launchers, if not the fastest that I've seen. Helix is probably not going to win over anyone with its widgets, because there aren't any, but it does offer some customization options that you stock browser is most likely missing. Helix dock can contain up to 5 icons, and users can pick which applications that they want to have on the dock. It also supports screen rotation so that the desktop screens can be viewed either horizontally or vertically once the option is activated in the configuration menu.
Of all the launchers that I have tried out for this review, I would have to say that Home++ has to be the most unique. This launcher is not heavy in the widgets department, but it does offer up its own flip-style clock and calendar widgets. Home++, like Helix supports screen orientation and up to seven screens. It gives users the option of scrolling, or locking the wallpaper screen. It supports a feature called workspace looping, that allows you to keep scrolling in one direction and you will continue to go through the screens from one to the next, and back to the beginning. All of these options are nice, and expected for a custom launcher, but the features that really make Home++ stand out are contained in the what it calls the power strip.
The power strip is a group of 6 buttons that replace the doc bar, and when scrolled to the right, users will find that there is a mini status bar that replaces the dockbar. The buttons in the power strip perform the following actions, open voice search, launch browser, show the app drawer, show notifications, show bookmarks, and launch the task manager. The built-in task manager that allows users to end all running apps, with the option of ignoring any apps that the users chooses to ignore. The mini status bar gives users a quick way to change their phone's ring type, change their data connection settings, and view the battery usage statistics, which are not usually easy to find when searching for them in the settings menu.
On important item of not is that the Home++ launcher can seem a bit slow to respond when viewing the app drawer, but users should be aware that there is a settings in the app itself that can be changed to increase the performance of the app drawer display for this launcher.
If you have ever fooled around with CyanogenMod you may be familiar with our next entry in the battle for your desktop. ADW.Launcher (ADW) is a 100% open source application that is featured as the stock launcher in CyanogenMod, an open-source, community built distribution of Android. ADW.Launcher is a very robust launcher app when it comes to customization. ADW allows users to have up to seven screens. On those screens, ADW allows users to customize its dockbar's three buttons. It also allows users to show and hide the status bar with as little as a simple swipe, allows users to customize icon labels, pagination dots, swipe actions, and set default home screens. It supports either horizontal or vertical app drawer scrolling, and it lets users choose how many apps to display in the app drawer, or the desktop on a single screen. ADW offers a preview feature that allows users to view a small single-screen rendering of the entire desktop for quick navigation and organization.
The ADW desktop is quite fancy, and customizing it, can be quite a daunting task, but for users who do not wish to make every decision for himself there is quite a selection of ADW themes readily available for download from the Android Market. The most recent version of ADW has an extensive theme database featuring lots of free and premium themes developed by the Android community. Finally, once you get ADW set up like you like it, be sure to take advantage of it's nice backup feature, and hope you never need to try out the restore feature.
I would like to add that during the testing of ADW on my device I experienced no lag whatsoever, which may have been due to an upgrade since the last time I gave this launcher a whirl.
LauncherPro is a launcher that is both super-fast and chocked full of customization goodness. You can pretty much customize everything with it. It boasts all of the wonderful customization options that are listed above under ADW with the exception of the ADW themes. LauncherPro adds to the list of options, a customizable 5 button dockbar that is actually scrollable up to 3 docks, so for all of you math majors out there that is 15 total dock buttons available for customization! LauncherPro also offers Unread count icons for certain notification apps, it allows the memory conscious users to keep tabs on memory usage, and it even has a feature that lets users choose apps to "hide".
LauncherPro is highly customizable, and has lots of advanced features that can appeal to even the most demanding Android enthusiast to tinker with while still giving the everyday Android users a solid launcher to just use. As a matter of fact, for those of you out there with a highly capable HD display like the one found on the Galaxy S devices, I suggest you give LauncherPro's 3-D app drawer a try, and show it off to all of your friends, it's simply beautiful.
LauncherPro is the only Launcher app reviewed that has a premium version. Launcher Pro Plus gives the users access to four widgets that handle contacts, bookmarks, calendaring, and messaging.
After spending some time with each of these launchers, I was able to see that each one had a something to offer over the others. Some were simplistic, and offered the user basic functionality without the fuss of having to change any settings, or worry about the settings. Some found useful ways to handle common tasks like viewing battery usage statistics. In the end, I feel like any of these launchers would serve you well as you default desktop launcher, but one stands out above the rest. Overall, I have to recommend LauncherPro. Simply put, LauncherPro does it all. From displaying all the widgets and desktop components to displaying nearly none of them at all, and hiding stuff you don't want to be easily viewable, LauncherPro aims to please. You really just have to give this app a try.
Thanks for checking out the App Battle for this week. As always, be sure to let us know what you think about Android desktop launchers below in our comments section. Let me know what I missed, tell us what kind of apps you would like to see compared, or just tell us what you've got installed, and why. We look forward to hearing from you.