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You dashed in my thought that you are living your life less complicated than mine. Closest to how one expects a touch to be, you have no fear to let go – to let go of the unnecessary.
Darling, you could be a little classy with simplicity.
I don't mean you to be purely empty for nothingness' sake, but for you to leave behind spare cases because you can be MORE with LESS. It's never because you have more but because you are more.
The elegance of your dress is way too much, you cannot be touched. But with the compassion of your heart, you are immensely loved.
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Being amazingly marvelous does not want you to grab too much but to live with what's enough, saying no to the excess but seeing contentment as a success.
Throw your thoughts of collecting things; toss your hearts of clearing matters that do not really matter so you'll have time with what does. Give your heart a space of serenity with what's meaningful, living a life of tangible liberty.
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By a dint of embracing simplicity, it does never mean to stop succeeding but to start living. Simplicity is by thrilling becomes a dignity. Living the moment and being content, letting time to be regained, not being wasted, slowing down and discovering your passions, your zeal, your love for every Tom, Ana, Harry and not Prada.
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In 1 Timothy 6:6-8 it says, "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that."


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LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Vice President Maryam Nawaz said on Saturday that Pakistan is not Egypt neither his party will let former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif become next Morsi.
"We are not asking for relief from fake government neither they have the capacity to give it," said the PML-N leader in a press conference. "We will fight Nawaz Sharif's case till last breath."
Maryam said that though Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif has called for 'Charter of Economy', but she believes that there shouldn't be any charter with a person who is responsible for the economic crisis.
The PML-N leader said that for the sake of country and nation all political forces should join hand under one platform, adding that Shehbaz will represent the PML-N in all parties' conference.
Maryam said that her father Nawaz Sharif has heart issues from last 20 years and has suffered as many as three heart attacks. "Nawaz had third heart attack in Adiala Jail. We were not informed about it immediately. Nawaz need one more bypass surgery. Her large heart vain is 95% closed and kidney has stage three issue."
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In a little-noticed development, then President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 5 named former Whitman-Walker Clinic associate director Katy French Talento as his White House health policy adviser.
Talento's LinkedIn page and other biographical information on her shows that she served from December 1998 to November 2000 as a Whitman-Walker Program Evaluator and later as its Associate Director for Contracts and Grants.
The biographical information shows that Talento began work at Whitman-Walker, which is widely known as an LGBT community healthcare facility, shortly after she received a master's in science degree in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the Harvard University School of Public Health.
"She was excellent at what she did," said Patricia Hawkins, a lesbian who served as Whitman-Walker's Associate Executive Director at the time Talento worked there. "She was very talented."
In the 17 years since leaving Whitman-Walker Talento has worked in public policy and health-related positions for five U.S. senators as well as two Senate Committees. During her tenure with the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions she advised Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) on public health and HIV/AIDS issues.
In 2010 she left the Senate to enter the realm of politics when she worked as director of speech writing for the Republican National Committee during the 2010 election cycle. She returned to Capitol Hill in 2011 to work as deputy staff director to the Republican office of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Two years later, she became Vice President for Corporate Affairs for Mosquito Zone International, a company that provides protection against malaria for workers of energy companies in Africa and Asia.
Talento returned once again to the Senate in 2013 to become legislative director for Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) before being named by Trump this month to the White House health policy adviser position, which makes her a member of the White House Domestic Policy Council.
"It's a very important job," said Carl Schmid, associate director of the AIDS Institute, a national AIDS advocacy organization. Schmid said Talento also served on Trump's presidential transition team.
"She has always been a very strong supporter of HIV issues, both globally and domestically," Schmid said.
Talento is also known as a political and fiscal conservative who is pro-life and who has taken controversial positions on oral contraceptives for women. In a 2015 article in The Federalist blog she cites studies showing that prolonged use of birth control pills among women can lead to infertility and other serious health problems.
But Schmid said Talento appeared to break ranks with some conservative groups by speaking out in favor of needle exchange programs as a means of preventing the spread of HIV among injection drug abusers.
"I don't think she made a secret of that and she made it well known that she worked at Whitman-Walker and was supportive of those programs," Schmid said.
Hawkins said Talento worked well with the mostly progressive Democratic leaning staff at Whitman-Walker.
"She was coming from a different place," said Hawkins. "She was very religious, a devout Christian, and conservative and a Republican. But she was not homophobic at all."
Talento's appointment by Trump comes at a time when LGBT rights leaders have expressed alarm that many of his other high-level appointments, including cabinet nominees, have records of strong opposition to LGBT rights and have supported anti-LGBT laws in state legislatures.
We are indeed fortunate to have in this crucial position someone with a broad understanding of HIV issues, long experience dealing with HIVers and gays, and deep commitment to better healthcare for all. The Trump Administration will strive toward optimal utilization of healthcare resources, minimization of waste, fraud and abuse in all programs including those such as Ryan White, 340B, and HOPWA. Katy French Talento's long experience as a staffer working with fiscal conservatives such as Sen. Tom Coburn will equip her to sort the wheat from the chaff to redirect resources toward patient benefit. These skills can also apply to FDA and NIH where re-evaluation toward the end of accelerating innovation is much needed and strongly supported by President Trump. Indeed, HIV angel Bill Gates has praised Trump as a potential "innovation President like John Kennedy." Katy is well prepared to help our new President meet his goals. I worked with her when she was in the Senate, and like everyone else who knew her I was impressed by her intelligence and commitment. Her committment flows from strong character and religious values directed toward helping others.


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to a -1.46% intraday low late in the day. Some buying the dip (or short covering) trimmed the closing loss to 1.26%, the worst daily close since the -1.32% decline on November 7th.
Here is a 5-minute look at today with a bit of Friday for context.
The yield on the 10-year note dropped 4 bps to 284%, which is 20 bps below the interim high at the end of 2014.
Volume on today's selling was 17% above the 50-day moving average. The index is about 18 points above its 50-day price moving average.
The S&P 500 is now down 1.58% since its all-time high at the end of 2014.
Here is a longer perspective, starting with the all-time high prior to the Great Recession.
For a better sense of how these declines figure into a larger historical context, here's a long-term view of secular bull and bear markets in the S&P Composite since 1871.
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LdB_ECMgoogle the term "include guard" there are thousands of clear explanations and examples out there.
LdB_ECMI don't get he was putting code in the .h files ... reading original post (even again) I am getting he was duplicating the function locally to both units to prevent circular reference. If you are right then fine but just saying that isn't how I read it.
MJordanI would also like to call "foo" from another file called: "myOtherFile.h".
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The modest garage rock revival act from Akron, Ohio hit the marquee stage last night with bluesy "Howlin' For You," setting up for a formidable arena rock performance that had the sold-out crowd howlin' for more.
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Even though There is plenty of power , the port is a mess that is clumsy and inconsistent. There are standard buttons, radio buttons, links, icons and sidebars, they don't always work as you'd expect, and although we figured out how to navigate around the system, it never felt comfortable or natural.
Still, The client did a good job for us, blocking DNS and WebRTC escapes, and together with the kill button successfully murdering our net access when the VPN connection dropped. If you will use some of their client's many added features, it might appeal.
We took a Look at PureVPN's Android program, and it was the exact same story as the Windows version. After choosing a'Mode' (not certain why), we were able to pick cities, states, or pick a Purpose (optimized for China, unblock this or that streaming service, and so on). It is more awkward to use than the VPN program, but you will figure it out.
What is Interesting is the Android program doesn't drop the majority of choices and the desktop settings, which is what we see. It's a very similar feature set, including a selection of protocol (OpenVPN TCP/UDP or IKEv2), a kill switch, split tunneling, port forwarding, Gravity URL filtering, and more. Again, if you'll utilize some or all that functionality, it is worth a go. Purevpn Github
Privacy and logging
In a Inspection , we pointed out that PureVPN created a big deal of its'zero log' policy, describing that this meant the firm did not record exactly what you did online. Nevertheless, the small print said there was some session logging, which seemed to add time you connect to a host, your incoming IP address as well as the entire bandwidth utilized.
This Isn't a minor detail. Back in October 2017 reports emerged of a guy being arrested on suspicion of running"a comprehensive cyberstalking campaign", in part according to PureVPN records showing that its services were accessed from appearing IPs such as the accused man's home and workplace. The'zero log' VPN kept some sort of logs, after all, and those were able to help connect internet activities to a specific account.
PureVPN sort of reacted to this Post, where the company pointed out that it didn't maintain full logs, like your browsing history, and it had not done anything to violate its privacy policy, in which the session logging was cited.
This Doesn't tackle the issue of why the firm described itself as keeping'zero logs' at the primary portion of the site, however, when this turned out to not be completely true. That is also not a point. Logging policies are predicated almost entirely on trust, along with a VPN is not inclined to be trusted if it is seen to mislead users or bury the reality of a scenario from the small print.
PureVPN has at least updated its privacy Coverage, which now includes probably the most explicit no-logging sentence we've ever seen:'We DO NOT keep any record of your surfing activities, connection logs, documents of this VPN IPs assigned to you, your initial IPs, your connection time, the background of your browsing, the sites you visited, your outgoing traffic, the content or information you obtained, or the DNS queries generated by you personally.'
The Policy also explains the minimal connection information it does record –'We know the day you connected to a specific VPN location and from which Internet Service Provider' — also covers plenty of other important issues in a clear and readable way.
The Fantastic news, then, is that PureVPN's present Privacy policy says the right things and looks great. It's far better than the majority of the contest. However, the catch is that the narrative will lead some people to question whether they could trust what the provider says. We can't let you know what to think, but it's worth checking out both PureVPN's unique site defense and also its current privacy policy before you make up your mind.
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PureVPN Makes more of an attempt to support website unblocking than almost all of the competition. The company does not only make airy claims on the website and then forget about them later, it includes special support for streaming inside its programs, in theory letting you get Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer along with a plethora of other services from where you are in the world. Purevpn Github
We Double-clicked the BBC option, and watched as the client joined, our default browser opened, and displayed a'err-network-changed' message. What? This seemed like a serious problem, but the browser had only discovered the change in our community settings as the customer connected, and after this was complete, the BBC iPlayer site opened and streamed content as usual.
It had been Much the same story with Netflix. The customer launched our browser before the link was complete, thus we saw the exact same error message, but that disappeared automatically, and we had been free to navigate and flow whatever Netflix articles we liked.
You're Not restricted to the professional services built to PureVPN's apps. Connecting to a US server got us , although youTube was not contained on the listing, for example.
Our Performance tests involve running custom applications which connects to numerous servers, checking more , ping time, location and rates. Unfortunately, we could not get this working with PureVPN, or figure out why (whether that's our fault or theirs, we can not be sure).
But When we did, an warning in the small print explains that consumers are not allowed to have over 200 sessions a day. That will not concern most people, but it will become a problem when you are running intensive VPN benchmarks. Purevpn Github
We fell Back on our old manual method of linking via clients and checking the results from various speed checking sites, such as SpeedTest.net, Fast.com and TestMy.net. This doesn't provide us to work with, but there's still enough to get a feel for exactly what the service can provide.
Our neighborhood UK servers varied but nevertheless gave us very acceptable download rates of 50-65Mbps on our test connection that was 75Mbps.
Close Speeds were mildly under average. Netherlands connections can deliver the same rates for us but here they were typically 35-45Mbps.
US Performance ranged from approximately 30Mbps on the shore, to 50Mbps about the east. That is far from the fastest we've seen, but unless you're likely 24 hours of intensive torrenting, it's most likely not likely to cause you any difficulties.
As usual, Speeds tailed off to the less common or more distant locations. For instance, New Zealand averaged 12Mbps, Vietnam had been 10Mbps, Taiwan reached 1Mbps, and China ranged from 3Mbps down to a slow pace the net benchmarking sites often stalled mid-test. That puts the magnitude of PureVPN's network into perspective (having heaps of servers does not matter if many are unusably slow), but if you are only planning to use the major locations, it will not matter very much.
On a few Events, our PureVPN Windows customer wasn't able to connect to our test server. That's not uncommon, but the problem here is that the link didn't time out for many minutes, and the Cancel button didn't work.
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The Test of Speed — Just How Quick is PureVPN?
Let's start off by making one thing clear, i.e. whatever VPN support you use, the internet rate is going to take a hit. That hit is a result. The majority of VPN providers make every effort to ensure that the strike is as gentle as it could be. Thus, unlike what many folks are going to have you think like using dial-up it's not going to be.
PureVPN, when compared to other comparable VPN services, happens to be much faster. So it will live up to the promise of being the quickest in the business. Purevpn Github
The way we tested the performance was by using Ookala's nifty speed testing site and app. We then ran the speed test on both the national and international servers. We compared the outcomes and that is how we found PureVPN to be quicker.
PureVPN has a domestic latency of a mere 6.7% percent. During our evaluations, as a matter of fact, PureVPN improved speeds considerably which by our calculations is an percent. We discovered that competing VPN services were slower. Some we suspect were throttling download speeds because they did not want to stress out their servers.
Once it comes to uploads, PureVPN didn't really boost it did with downloads, but it required a mere 4.5percent percent hit. If anything this is still one of the best upload scores we've seen from a VPN supplier.
Throughout our international speed tests, the latency increased by 200%. Though download rates have been still a whopping 403.8percent better than some of the competing products I tested it against. The uploads were 22.7% percentage slower that is second best compared to perhaps Hotspot Shield which enhanced the upload speed by 1.4percent percent.
A Mind-Blowing Number of Servers
The map on the left allows you skip the software's default recommendation and choose a server on your own. Remember that by default PureVPN chooses the server which is frequently the nearest one. When in China I discovered it kept picking up servers in Hong Kong by default which is not the fact but also nearby that the cyberspace of Hong Kong is much less rigorously censored as mainland China.
PureVPN has over 2000 servers which are dispersed across 140 countries and 180 areas around the globe. Servers are located in North America, Central America, South America, Asia, Europe, Asia, and Africa. You may think that PureVPN only has servers in countries which perhaps don't censor or block websites, but you would be wrong. Servers in Russia, Turkey, and China are there in case you wanted them.
It Doesn't Slow Down Your Online
Over the years VPN services, in general, have received bad press for notoriously slowing down net speeds that users have never been pleased with clearly. There are still many VPN providers that slow down what might be slow internet. Luckily, with PureVPN that's not true even in the event that you use it to flow Netflix, YouTube, etc..
Along with not slowing down your internet, PureVPN offers quite a few different attributes like robust servers that are located around the globe and which scored tremendously throughout our rate tests. Then there is also the simple fact that they use military-grade encryption, with apps for iOS and Android devices. Though there are more reasons to consider PureVPN as we'll analyze in detail below. Purevpn Github
Excellent Set of Features and straightforward
I have used dozens of VPN programs through time, and PureVPN is like a breath of fresh air. It is simple to use and compared to the last time I used the program its geared towards people that are new to using VPNs. The moment PureVPN loads you're prompted to pick from five options, i.e. Security, Internet Freedom, Stream, Remote/Dedi IP (this feature offers you a dedicated IP) and File Sharing. An experience that is predicated on the option selected is then delivered by the app.
Another thing I like about PureVPN is that every one of the attributes are to the point. For instance, their Internet Freedom feature lets you choose what region you need to access Netflix out of, like from the united kingdom, Australia, etc.. In which it's otherwise blocked Netflix can be also accessed by you from China.
In comparison with the last time I used PureVPN now around it sensed zippier. The interface has been bright, with colorful pictures some of which may be difficult to read on a screen that is . Once you are connected to a server that is personal, you are going to see the IP address, link status, and the duration of your session.
The visitors graph gives you a good feel for just how much bandwidth has been absorbed, which is beneficial for anyone on a metered internet connection. But it is important to mention here for all those worrying about information caps that PureVPN does not have any. Thus, you're just limited to what the ISP has in store for you!
Like many other competing VPN services, you choose the server and the nation it's based in. You can search for servers and click on them to link. Some servers based on where you're located are likely to be quicker than others because of reduced latency.
You can also select which protocols to use. Choose between OpenVPN, IKEv2, SSTP, PPTP, and L2TP. Then there is PureVPN's own stealth protocol which according to the company ensures the ideal anonymity. Since people like me have PureVPN makes it simple by providing a rate and security rating for each. The important point to note here is that as the security boosts the speed slows down. You'll need to strike a compromise between the two depending on what is needed. By default, the software chooses a protocol. Most people who do not work for the CIA (pun intended) will be OK using the default option. Purevpn Github
Hands-on and First Impressions
We've admittedly used PureVPN before, but following a hiatus or two decades we pretty much forgot how things worked. Once you've decided to subscribe and download their software, you'll need to enter your email and choose a password. Interestingly and perhaps confusingly, this isn't what you'll use into the program to log-in, but it is used for charging purposes.
After contributors have paid, they receive an email with the username and password in plain text. We've used other VPNs that use the exact same method to separate payment identities out of consumer identities which ensures anonymity. Yet we believe that it could be confusing to first-time users however. Additionally, in our experience the email will land in your spam folder for some reason, so make sure to check that before calling support.
PureVPN includes a support Website with a massive number of tutorials and troubleshooting manuals. The opening page points you Setup Guide For Users in China and the best way to see Netflix US, for instance, and nearly all of these segments include more information than you would anticipate.
The Installation Guide includes subsections for Other Devices, Routers and Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Smart TV, for instance, and even a number of those individual sections have more information than the entire support website of VPNs.
We are, although it's an impressive Quantity of work Unsure how successful and reliable it might be. We checked the OpenVPN setup manual, for example, and discovered it failed. OpenVPN wasn't installed there weren't any PureVPN configuration files, and there was no troubleshooting information in the guide to help us figure this out.
If the Website can not help, you increase a support ticket from within the client or can send an email. We chose the service and the ticket path done with the support team sending us a helpful and friendly response to our evaluation question in just more than one hour.
Alternatively, You can use chat . We discovered it might take a moment or two to get a reply, and even then, the agent did not provide us the same level of aid since we'd received to our email query. PureVPN couldn't get close to the level of support we'd obtained from opponents like ExpressVPN, afterward, but we are still glad the choice is available. With email support to hand, any chat issues you might have aren't too important. Purevpn Github
Final verdict
PureVPN Comes bundled with a pile. These do not always work as you may anticipate, though, and there are tons of usability issues with the apps — but demanding users who'll use this degree of VPN power must give PureVPN a look.
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Simple Ideas for a Successful 'Small Business Saturday'
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The terms of house arrest in Florida vary depending on the situation. You must either remain in your home 24 hours a day, or you may be allowed to report to school, work and church. In most cases, you meet weekly with your probation officer to discuss a weekly schedule. It is important that you stick to the schedule. Any deviation can result in a violation of the sentence terms.
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If your probation officer has reason to believe you violated the terms of your community control or house arrest, you may be arrested. You may be arrested when you report to your probation officer, or a warrant will be issued.
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The harsh financial landscape facing media companies crashed down on the New York Daily News on Monday as their corporate overlords slashed the editorial staff in half. Employees – many in tears – learned whether they would lose their jobs when they were summoned to The News' downtown Manhattan newsroom for a 9 a.m. meeting.
The Daily News, once the country's largest-circulation newspaper, has been among the most aggressive New York City publications in its coverage of President Donald Trump, with the newspaper's cover often needling Trump about recent scandals or missteps.
The paper has received 11 Pulitzer Prizes including one in 2017 in conjunction with nonprofit investigative organization ProPublica for coverage of evictions based on obscure laws that pushed business owners and residents from their property.
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The vanishing press is a problem for society. It's also a massive business challenge for the entire media industry, which includes advertising and PR.
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Revivalism and Separatism in New England, 1740-1800: Strict Congregationalists and Separate Baptists in the Great Awakening
Revivalism and Separatism in New England, 1740-1800: Strict Congregationalists and Separate Baptists in the Great Awakening
The Great Awakening in New England brought not peace but a sword. Although genuine revival came to many churches throughout a wide region, there were numerous places where revivalism became an uncontrollable ferment, dismaying even its friends by the resultant "errors in doctrine" and "disorders in practice."
Efforts on the part of the standing order to subdue the new religious enthusiasm soon provoked a revolt. Out of the complex of issues that led to open rupture came almost one hundred separatist churches, marking a permanent shattering of the Congregational establishment in New England. A large proportion of these revivalistic separatists passed over into the Baptist fellowship, powerfully augmenting and revivifying this denomination, which had remained aloof from the Awakening, and eventually producing significant changes in it.
There are two ways in which an investigation of separatist phenomena might be conducted. One would be a thorough depth study of a small number of separatist churches presupposed to be typical, with generalizations based on the findings. The other would be to extend the scope of the study in an effort to determine insofar as possible the location, circumstances, and characteristics of every discoverable separatist congregation. In spite of the loss of depth in the latter method, I have chosen it: so little has been done in this area that a panoramic view of revivalistic separatism seems desirable.
This choice meant that it was not possible in every case to go to sources. There was indeed opportunity to consult various manuscript church records, as well as letters and journals of important participants in the separatist movement, and good use was made of them in the text. Some materials of this nature are printed, in whole or in part, in various historical collections. In many instances, however, there was no choice but to rely on records and manuscripts quoted liberally in the local church, town, and county histories which are so conveniently abundant for New England. Their availability broadened the scope of the investigation and made it possible to demonstrate that separatism was much more widespread than has been suspected previously. A major help also was the fact that many of the men who participated . . .


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The purpose of the Energy Conservation and Photovoltaic and Water Heating Ordinances is to reduce greenhouse emissions to meet the State of California goals.
• New commercial construction will be required to install solar water heaters, heat pumps or other forms of electric water heating systems.
• New commercial and industrial developments and major renovations to existing developments will be required to include additional energy efficiency measures (to meet the energy standards of the California Energy Code, Voluntary Tier 1) and install photovoltaic systems that will reduce commercial and industrial usage.
Electric Vehicle Ordinance
Nearly 40 percent of the city's greenhouse gas emissions come from cars and trucks, and the goal of the Electric Vehicle Ordinance will be to increase the amount of zero-emission vehicle miles driven. The ordinance's major points are:
• New commercial and industrial buildings will be required to set aside 10 percent of parking spaces, or at least one, for electric vehicles.
• Half of those spaces, and at least one, of the electric vehicle spaces must be equipped with charging stations.
Transportation Demand Management Ordinance
The objective of the Transportation Demand Ordinance is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by cutting the number of Carlsbad employees who drive to work alone. The key components of the ordinance are:
• New businesses whose employees generate a minimum of 110 trips per day on average will be required to submit a Transportation Demand Management Plan to the city.
• The plan will outline facility improvements, programs, incentives, education, and marketing and outreach efforts designed to reduce solo vehicle trips.
• The city has prepared a handbook that includes tips and tools to help businesses develop their Transportation Demand Management plans.
These measures represent a challenge for businesses, and the city, state and federal governments have introduced incentives to ease the pain through tax credits, rebates and low financing.
• The federal government offers a 30 percent tax credit for solar electricity, solar water heating and other active solar systems.
• The federal government offers tax credits ranging from $2,500 to $7,500 for electric vehicles.
• The California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project offers rebates up to $5,000 for qualifying electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, which can be combined with the federal tax credit for substantial savings.
• SDG&E offers rebates to business customers for energy-saving products ranging from LED lighting to kitchen equipment. You can find details at www.sdge.com.
• SDG&E can help qualifying commercial and government-funded customers pay for energy-efficient improvements through their SDG&E bill with zero-percent financing.
The new measures in the Climate Action Plan can seem overwhelming to navigate, but the goal is to reduce our reliance on greenhouse gas-emitting vehicles and equipment , which provide long-term energy cost savings to businesses while enhancing city residents' quality of life.


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Shalsheles first introduced itself to the Jewish music scene in 1999. Shalsheles is a vocal musical group singing its own original compositions. The group consists of the composer Yitzchok Rosenthal, Baruch Aryeh, Chaim Block, and Simcha Sussman.
Shalsheles' goal is to produce an updated musical sound, while remaining connected to the soul of Jewish Music and its past via a "chain," hence the name Shalsheles - meaning a chain or link within a Dynasty, the Dynasty being Jewish Music.
To date, Shalsheles has produced five albums, a single entitled Dreaming, and was heavily involved in a third album entitled Rozoh D'Shabbos (the songs were composed by Yitzchok Rosenthal). They have performed in select concerts throughout the world.
The members of the group look upon Shalsheles as a hobby, one in which they hope to positively influence Jewish Music. Shalsheles would like to thank all of its fans and supporters for all the positive feedback and encouragement that they received throughout the years . It is because of this that they hope, G-d willing, to continue in their efforts on behalf of Jewish Music.
In each of the first three Shalsheles albums , there was always one song which featured a child soloist. These songs and the child vocalist were always extremely welcomed by the listeners . It was then that the idea came about to create a children's group (not choir) in the mold of Shalsheles and hence Shalsheles Junior was born.
Shalsheles Junior exploded onto the Jewish music scene with its first album in 2006 and quickly became a crowd favorite at concerts. Additional they recorded a two song Cd in honor of the 40th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. While it has been some time since the first album, and while the original members have since grown to adult status, a new crop of Shalsheles Junior members are now in the midst of recording the next Shalsheles Junior album. Look for this album in the winter/spring of 2011.
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It has been about a month since the last earnings report for Stratasys, Ltd.SSYS . Shares have added about 5.5% in that time frame.
Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is SSYS due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at the most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important drivers.
Stratasys Q1 Earnings and Revenues Lag Estimates
Stratasys reported disappointing results for first-quarter 2018, wherein both the top and bottom-line figures fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
In the quarter under review, the company's non-GAAP earnings per share came in at 5 cents, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 8 cents per share. The figure however, was in-line with the year-ago quarter's earnings.
Quarter Details
Stratasys' revenues of $153.8 million missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $167 million. Also, on a year-over-year basis, the figure declined 5.7%.
The decline in revenues was primarily due to disappointing decline in sales of high end products in North America. Sluggish demand from government and other key vertical customers like aerospace and automotive resulted in the lower-than-expected sales.
Segment wise, Product revenues were down 9.7% from the year-ago quarter to $103.9 million. Within product revenues, system revenues dropped 20.7% due to lower sales of high-end products in North America.
Revenues from Services increased 3.8% year over year to $49.9 million. The increase in Services revenues was primarily attributed to 7.3% year-over-year increase in support revenues that include revenues generated mainly through maintenance contracts. The growth in installed base of systems and improvement in service contract attach rate led to improved revenues.
Stratasys' non-GAAP gross margin expanded 160 basis points (bps) to 52.8%.
Non-GAAP operating income totaled $4.9 million, compared with $4 million in the year-ago quarter. Operating margin was 3.2% compared with 2.5% in the prior-year quarter.
The company exited the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $346.5 million compared with $328.8 million at the end of the previous quarter. Inventories came in at approximately $120.1 million compared with $115.7 million last quarter. As of Mar 31, 2017, long-term debt came in at $25.9 million.
Stratasys reiterated guidance for full-year 2018. The company envisions revenues in the range of $670-$700 million. Non-GAAP earnings per share are projected between 30 cents and 50 cents.
Furthermore, the company anticipates non-GAAP operating margin to be in the 4.5 band. Capital expenditures are estimated to lie within the $40-$50 million range.
How Have Estimates Been Moving Since Then?
In the past month, investors have witnessed a downward trend in fresh estimates. There have been six revisions lower for the current quarter.
Stratasys, Ltd. Price and Consensus
Stratasys, Ltd. Price and Consensus | Stratasys, Ltd. Quote
VGM Scores
At this time, SSYS has an average Growth Score of C and a grade with the same score on the momentum front. The stock was also allocated a grade of C on the value side, putting it in the middle 20% for this investment strategy.
Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of C. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in.
Based on our scores, the stock is equally suitable for value, growth, and momentum investors.
Estimates have been broadly trending downward for the stock and the magnitude of these revisions indicates a downward shift. Notably, SSYS has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months.
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Meanwhile (re-)learning the Pikes Peak Hillclimb (and other indicated routes to give everyone an equal chance - the former is by far the hardest though). It are always the same 4-5 corners that catch me out, as wel as 3-4 places where I brake too much.
Shout out to @MGR_99, because I've been using one the cars he posted in his thread to come to grips with the course, and it's been a blast so far.


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Four Factors That Can Increase Website Traffic
In today's digital age, the Internet is the main resource we turn to when accessing information. At the simple tap of a finger or the click of a mouse, we have what we need. But if you are a web developer, you need to think about how you can make sure that the site you've been working on for a long time gets noticed.
Here are four things to consider when developing a site to increase traffic for your client:Site Design
The first thing that people will take notice of when they visit a site is the design. How a website is designed plays a huge role in how often people will want to visit it and browse its contents. Aesthetics, or how your website looks in terms of the color palette, font choice, as well as the images used can help engage visitors to look around your site, and contribute to the increase in your site's traffic by sharing your page to their social circles.
Another thing that helps increase site traffic is how the site is designed. The page layout, the coding language used, and how user-friendly the site interface is can either attract or detract visitors to your site. If users find it hard to navigate your website, or are having difficulty finding the right links due to how the buttons were placed, they might just give up and look for similar content, products, or services elsewhere.
Mobile accessibility also helps drive site traffic. Most people are on their mobile phones nowadays, and so developing your site with cellular compatibility in mind can also help increase the number of people that access your site. Try talking to your dev team to create a mobile view for your site.Domain Name
Ever wonder what the most popular sites like Google, Facebook, and Twitter have in common? You may not know it, but their domain names also have a lot to do with becoming household names. The best domain names are those that are memorable and can be said or spelled out easily.
When branding your site or creating a website domain, make sure to choose a name that's easy to remember, is short (one to three syllables is best), and is easy to type out. A domain name is not a username. Avoid using special characters (yes, even numbers) since this can make it harder to remember.Site Content
If site design is what hooks visitors, engaging content is what keeps them coming back for more. Aesthetics can only do so much in attracting an audience to view your content, or take advantage of your products and services. Sites have to be not just visually appealing, but also have 'meat'.
Do a little research; think about who your target audience is, what their lifestyle is like, what they expect to get out of your website, and ensure that you gear your content to be congruent to their expectations.Search Engine Visibility
Searchability is of utmost importance. In order for your website to gain more traffic, it has to land on the first few pages of the various search engines populating the Internet. Search engine optimization, or SEO, works because it helps increase your visibility online through a number of approaches: search indexing, crawling inclusion or exclusion, and even citations. SEO citations by the famed Loganix are one of the best examples of how SEO citations help drive traffic to websites.
Building and maintaining a site that can continuously attract and maintain visitor traffic can be achieved with a mix of these four factors. Keep these in mind when planning and creating a website for your business.


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Two legendary teams take their rivalry to the kitchen
On this episode of "Eat Like a Fan" the Boston Celtics matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers in basketball's greatest rivalry. The court has been substituted for the kitchen, and the chefs go head to head in cooking a fan favorite dish. Watch as we pit the Celtics' Cheesy Shepherd's Pie against the the Lakers' Animal Style Tacos. See who wins!
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(October 2, 2015) The 34th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend will take place October 3-4 with President Barack Obama scheduled to speak at the service.
Every October, the Foundation sponsors the official national tribute to all firefighters who died in the line of duty during the previous year. Thousands attend the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend.
The service on Sunday has been moved to Mount St. Mary's University due to a severe weather forecast. The memorial service begins at 10 a.m. Sunday and will be open to the public. Doors open at 7:45 a.m. The service will be held at Knott Athletic Recreation Convocation Complex.
Eighty-four firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2014 and three firefighters who died in previous years will be honored. A candlelight service will also be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday to remember those firefighters. The service will be held at the basilica at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and will not be open to the public due to space limitations.
Find more information about the National Fallen Firefighter Memorial Weekend.