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Teenagers take risks with gambling
The statewide forum on recreational gambling and its risks was coming to a close. Mary Beth Gorke-Felice stood up to address the panelists at West Hartord Town Hall.
She said she was a member of the board of directors of the statewide Alliance Against Casino Expansion. But she did not talk about casinos. She spoke of concerns that more and more young people were beginning to gamble.
Gorke-Felice said her group had been contacted by a Connecticut town that had a middle school gambling problem. She said the first selectman himself said so.
That town, she said, was Ridgefield.
The forum was on Tuesday. Over the rest of the week, The News-Times conducted about two dozen interviews in Ridgefield and other greater Danbury towns.
The conclusion: There is anecdotal evidence of a gambling problem in Ridgefield, with several people saying some teens have run up large debts. But there is also evidence that Ridgefield is not alone, that young people in many places are wagering on everything from card games to sporting events to video games.
"I don't have a lot of middle school kids coming in (with gambling problems) but when I'm treating 17-year-olds, I often hear that they started gambling in their middle school years," said Liz Jorgensen, a professional counselor who has her own practice, Insight Counseling, in Ridgefield.
"Many kids are gambling over video games, especially those hooked up on line. They bet with each other about their performance on these games, putting money in a pool with the pot going to the kids who scores the highest points.
"Or they will say, 'I'm going online at 8 p.m. tonight and I'll be playing PlayStation 2.' Then the other kids will play at the same time to see who gets the highest score. They'll bet on that."
Jorgensen has heard from "many, many kids" that teens also bet on the fate of other gamblers. She said students wager on who might win the popular cable television show "Celebrity Poker."
"Every weekend, there are usually poker nights" at students' homes, said Ridgefield High School ninth-grader Amanda Deickler. "Sometimes they bet money" and sometimes they play for fun.
A handful of Scotts Ridge Middle School students said they see people playing cards at lunch. Some bet and some don't. One high school freshman girl said last year, when she was in eighth grade, people were playing poker at lunch and one boy lost $100.
A card ban Ridgefield officials address the matter cautiously. First Selectman Rudy Marconi would not elaborate on anything he told the anti-casino group. Both Ridgefield middle school principals said they are unaware of gambling debts being run up by any middle school students. They said students do not have enough free time to gamble during school hours. School Superintendent Kenneth Freeston can see why teen gambling might be on the rise. "It wouldn't surprise me to find out that middle school children are gambling outside of school, with the popularity of TV programs displaying poker players as having celebrity status," he said. But Freeston said there no rampant gambling in Ridgefield schools. "In the middle school we do not allow card playing or poker during the school day. None of that is going on," he said. "There was an instance of ninth-graders playing poker in the cafeteria on one of the first days of school in September. "They weren't using poker chips. They were using scratch marks and it came to our attention. So card playing has been banned at the high school as well." Although it didn't come up in the interviews in Ridgefield, other experts say the Internet has also spread gambling to a wider audience. Computer users of all ages can play poker and place sports bets online. One Connecticut anti-gambling group says that about 11 percent of high school and college students have gambling problems. But the number could be higher in some parts of the state where there is greater temptation. Ted Nikolla, vice president of the Citizens Task Force on Addiction in New London, has visited schools in southeast Connecticut, which has two casinos. He said about eight out of every 10 kids say they have been to a casino. One eighth-grade girl told him she actually played a slot machine. Patricia Devendorf, a compulsive gambling and addictions counselor at the Wheeler Clinic in Plainville, said the clinic has seen an increase in kids having gambling problems. The other day a 15-year-old came in for help. She said schools should teach students about possible gambling addiction just as they warn young people about alcohol and drugs. Some Connecticut groups are looking at a program called Beat Addiction Choose the Right Path, which is used in Missouri. The groups say they need about $200,000 to put the program - which includes a video and printed materials - into Connecticut schools. Marvin Steinberg, executive director of the Connecticut Partnership for Responsible Gambling, said he is "not surprised to hear that there is gambling among middle school age kids. "With so much cable TV coverage of casino gambling, kids this age have role models that they see in these celebrity (poker) players. Kids think it's cool to gamble," Steinberg said. "The rite of passage has gone from being starting drinking to starting gambling." Steinberg said that kids are "very impulsive" in their teen years. And most people he sees who have gambling problems will say that they started gambling when they were 13, 14 or 15. "A lot of addictive gamblers will say they started as early as age 10," Steinberg said. "Just because a kid engages in a poker game at 10 there is no need to panic. But kids who get excited and worked up about it, who become preoccupied to where it drowns out other areas of their lives, have a problem." Jorgensen, the counselor, said there is a chemical in the brain called dopamine that is released when someone experiences a big gambling win. It causes a powerful, exhilarating "rush" in young people whose brains are still developing. The pursuit of this feeling can cause a lifelong gambling addiction, Jorgensen said.
A gambling culture Officials in other greater Danbury towns say they are not aware of teen gambling problems. In Brookfield, Youth Officer Gary Gramling doesn't know of any gambling issues police have had to investigate. At Bethel Middle School, principal Meg Boice said they have not had any recent problems with cards or gambling. But she does remember about four or five years ago when three or four students were betting on dice. Tina Hislop, the assistant principal at Rogers Park Middle School, said there is a ban on cards in school. About a month ago, she confiscated a deck when she saw kids playing during study hall. She didn't think they were betting. On Friday she took cards away from a kid doing a magic trick. "We can't take a chance," said Hislop, who can understand the fascination with card playing because gambling is everywhere, from poker tables at stores to gambling shows on TV. Danbury associate superintendent William Glass said he has not heard other school administrators talk about gambling being a problem. Still, he agrees there's cause for concern. Glass is part of the Connecticut Initiative for New Directions and Student Support, a group of school administrators working to reduce or remove barriers to learning. Among group members, he said, there is concern about the growing number of TV programs focused on gambling. He said these shows send the message to kids that gambling is worthy of a show, that it is important to some people, that it is fun and a grown-up thing to do. Glass said adults subtly endorse gambling in other ways. They go to casinos to have fun. They get excited about the lottery. They bet openly on the Super Bowl. "These kinds of activities give us an opportunity to re-examine the kinds of messages we as adults send to our children," said Glass. Glass said his son, who goes to a college in Boston, reports that poker games such as Texas Hold 'Em has become a problem. Many students will wager the money they earn at their jobs. The game is also popular among college students in Danbury. Jerrial Young, 23, a senior at Western Connecticut State Unviersty, said students really get into the ESPN drama "Tilt," which features poker players in Las Vegas. Young said the amount of gambling varies from dormitory to dormitory, depending on how strict the administrators are. He said he played Texas Hold 'Em once and won't do it again. "I can see it being addicting," he said. WestConn freshman Jose Santiagy, 18, said some people living in a dorm got cited last semester for gambling. While some people bet money, others wagered food. Rice Krispie treats were big, Young said.
Running up debt
In Ridgefield, a high school freshman said that at the beginning of the year, students would play cards openly. They could be heard shouting in triumph if they won.
Then came the administrative ban on cards.
But, students said, the card-playing has not gone away. Instead, it's gone underground. Students began making their own cards with paper. They still play during lunch. When they see teachers or monitors come to patrol the area they hide the pieces of paper under their lunch trays.
The freshman and a female high school senior both said it's not uncommon to go into a class on a Monday and hear students talking about having to find a couple hundred dollars so they can pay off a debt from a weekend card game. Others speak of having to use their next paycheck to pay off a debt.
The senior said she plays cards, too, but never for money. Still, she sees how the activity could lead to a gambling problem later in life. After all, some students can't seem to pull themselves away from the action.
"People bring cards to dances," she said. "There is usually a game in the corner."


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You're a little tired of the classic bars that you used to frequent, without atmosphere and flavor, you need to go to new horizons … Finally, especially to discover new bars and other unusual places to spice up a little your everyday!
That's good, we have concocted a selection of the best and unusual bars of Toulouse! You will find all sorts of concepts: cat bar, game bar, jewelry bar, geek bar … If it's too quirky for you, you can always turn to beer bars or wine bars!
The Chapristea is a "Neko Café" or "Cat Bar" in the heart of Toulouse where you can enjoy a gourmet break with the feline. The place is specially designed for your well-being and that of the nine current residents (cats)
The Mugen Café is a special tea room, as it also offers thousands of self-service mangas. Located in the district of Arnaud Bernard, between Compans Caffarelli and Jeanne d'Arc, the Mugen Café allows its customers to have access to more than 3,800 references of mangas.
Meltdown is a very special bar concept, and rather unusual. You can play there video games. The Meltdown is a 100% chain of bars, a real hangout for geeks. There, you can play OverWatch, LoL, Hearthstone, Starcraft, WoW, Hots, and many other console or PC games. Alone or with friends, you can have a drink and play online or on a console. The consoles and computers are self-service, everyone can come face to face and have a good time. For some, especially for fans of "geek culture", this bar is also the way to leave home. When you spend hours, days or nights playing, go out drinking glass (while playing of course) can not hurt!
At Meltdown, you do not have to play or even eat. It is a place that offers to meet people, to exchange with new people, and especially a good atmosphere, friendly and fun.
The bar regularly organizes events: transmission of e-sports competitions.
Les Tricheurs is a festive party bar where you can play, eat and drink delicious cocktails. It is a place that is friendly and fun, in short, a great place to spend a good evening with friends. There, there is fun: no less than 400 games are available. But that's not all, the managers of the bar also rely on the quality of their cocktails: they invented recipes and adapted others, such as "Smurf Soup", "Colonel Mustard", "Jon Snow" or "Grandma-who-laughs". The rule of the game at Les Tricheurs is that to play, you have to consume. But not bad players either, the managers offer you the opportunity to play without consuming for € 2 per person per hour.
In the heart of Toulouse, a stone's throw from Place Esquirol and the Pont Neuf, the Bapz tea room welcomes you in a British atmosphere in an English-style room with antique furniture over the years. In love, with family or friends, on a small round table or a large table d'hôte, the house offers salty pies, large salads, brunch and daily specials.
The Roof Top of the 6th floor of Galeries Lafayette, beautifully named Ma Biche on the Roof, is certainly the most emblematic place for summer.You will have the opportunity to have breakfast there, to have lunch for lunch before returning to work, to enjoy a tea while enjoying a pastry between two purchases or to take the drink after a day of work. In the evening, you can enjoy gourmet bites to share with diners over a good bottle, but also discover their signature cocktails.


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Tras di Montaña driving trail (1 hour)
This agricultural area is called Tras di Montaña, which means: behind the mountain. A driving trail and two hiking trails are marked to experience Tras di Montaña at its best. You can visit a Bonairean goat farm and a botanical garden. There is a nice picnic area along the trail. On this trail special attention is given to the native fruit trees and important Bonairean trees. The driving trail of Tras di Montaña is approximately 8 kilometers in distance. If driven nonstop with limited speed, it will take one hour.
Explore the countryside of Bonaire
Bonaire's first airport was situated here in 1936. The name airport is a fancy name for the facility, it was no more than an airstrip with a little shed, and that's all. In fact, the road between Kralendijk and Rincon had to be closed off when a plane arrived or departed and goats and donkeys had to be removed from the strip. American soldiers arrived at Bonaire in 1942, and their commander insisted that a new airport should be built. The new Flamingo Airport was put into service in 1945.
This fruit tree is a shimaruku or West Indian cherry. If you see bright red juicy cherries on this tree, feel free to eat them. The fruits have a sweet and sour taste. When eating the cherries, one should be careful not to swallow the seeds. After heavy rains the tree blooms with light purple flowers and very soon after they produce fruits. Three cherries contain as much vitamin C as one orange.
Palu di Taki
The taki tree is a beautiful tree that can grow 6 meters tall. The small fruits are pale yellow and velvety. They can be eaten, the flavor is a bit sour. The seeds can be eaten like a nut, but they have to be boiled first.
The trees grow from Bonaire to Argentina. You can see many more taki trees along this driving trail.
Chanti Wawa
If you drive 3 m. past this beautiful taki tree and look up to the left, you will see the bulge of the limestone hill. This is called Chanti Wawa by the Indians. Bonaire is the top of a volcano that erupted in the sea. While still under water, coral grew on the volcano. The movement of the continental shelf forced Bonaire to the surface. The corals were exposed to air, and it became limestone. The hiking Trail Chanti Wawa starts here.
Aletta's Goat Farm
Aletta's Goat Farm is also called Semper Kontentu, which means 'always content'. Aletta is the only goat keeper who milks her goats, and makes cheese and yoghurt. She does all of the work, like the milking, by hand.
This farm is open to the public on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. For details about the opening hours and prices, see the front of this map.
The agave was imported on Bonaire in the 19th century and was used to make rope. Because of its sharp spikey leaves, it was also used as a fence, to keep people and animals out.
Agave is one of the few plants that produces its own babies. The plant will grow a tall stalk with beautiful yellow flowers that can grow up to 23ft or 7m, far out of reach from animals. These flowers will grow into plantlets. Then the stalk gets too heavy and will fall over. The new plants will take root.
Palu di Sia
Here you can get out of the car and admire the trunk and the branches of this white saddle tree or palu di sia blanku. On the other side of this road, you will see these trees in a line. Often branches were used as fence posts. The branches developed roots and grew into trees. The soft wood of the palu di sia was used to make donkey saddles. The red saddle tree or palu di sia korá can be seen on the hillsides. Because of its red peeling trunk, this tree is also called 'tourist tree'.
Botanical Garden
Visit the Botanical Garden and enjoy the abundant nature and the birds. When you take a tour of the Botanical Garden, herbalist Mr. Manuel will show you how he made a beautiful permaculture garden in a dry climate. He has a broad knowledge of organic herbs that can cure or prevent diseases. You can also see the soil regeneration, fast composting process and alternative energy. The tour is followed by a complimentary herbal anti-stress tea.
For information about opening hours see the information on the front of this map.
Tanki Maraka Heritage Park
During World War II, this was the site of a U.S. military camp from 1942 to 1947. The soldiers were on Bonaire to protect the island from Germans who were here with their submarines. Curacao was an important producer of fuel for airplanes.
The Tanki Maraka site is an open air museum that provides a self-guided tour through the old base. Just behind the entrance is a picnic table with a BBQ you can use. Bring your own food, drink and charcoal!
The watapana you see here, is one of the thickest trees of Bonaire. It must have been 200 years old when it sadly died in 2016. There is a disease that impacts many old watapanas. Fortunately, they have spread their seeds, and now many young trees are growing in the surroundings. When you drive further, you will see them.
For a long time the pods were an important export product. Until 1954 they were harvested because they contained high quality tannin which was used for preparing leather for farmers' boots in Germany.
Brazil tree
The Brazil tree is a tropical hardwood tree, its most striking features are the fluted trunk and larger branches. In former centuries the wood was used to prepare a red dye which was used to color cloth, hence the Dutch name Verfhout (Dyewood). The wood was shipped to Holland where it was rasped in detention centers, also known as "rasphouses", to extract the dye. After the natural salt lakes, the presence of dyewood was the second reason why the Dutch conquered Bonaire.
Kunuku Maravia
On Bonaire the small-scale farms are called kunukus. This is one of the larger goat farms, with up to 400 goats. Goats are kept for the meat, which is used for goat stew, a national dish.
The farmer comes twice a day to take care of his goats. In the morning the goats leave the farm to look for food. They can walk about 8 km or 5 mi from the farm. In the afternoon the goats come back and get water and food, they sleep on the farm.
In front of this kunuku there is a beautiful watapana tree.
The Apeldam is the Bonairean apple tree. After blooming, the small, round, yellow fruits will appear, resembling miniature apples, hence the name Apeldam. They are indeed edible and have a mellow taste.
In 1885 Mr Cornelis Gorsira made a voyage to the Holy Land. On his return trip to Curacao he brought with him all kinds of native plants and seeds like this apeldam, also called Christ's thorn.
View of the hills
From here you have a great view of the central hills of Bonaire, and the top of Seru Largu with the Millennium Monument. It stretches from Kralendijk to Rincon.
More information about Bonaire's geology can be found at the museum at Washington Slagbaai National Park.
Seru Largu Viewpoint
On top of the Seru Largu, which means large hill, at a height of 123m you can overlook Tras di Montaña, Kralendijk and the east and west coasts of Bonaire. When the weather is clear, you can even see the mountains of Curacao.
In the year 2000, the Catholic Church placed a big cross here, called the Millennium Monument. It says "Kristu, Ayera, Awe, Semper" which means "Christ, Yesterday, Today, Always".
You can visit the reforestation area across from the parking lot.
The Millennium Monument is the starting point a hiking trail.


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Bright lights normally used to treat the winter blues may also be effective for depression, according to research from the University of B.C. published Wednesday.
It is the first known randomized placebo-controlled trial testing the effectiveness of fluorescent light boxes alone and in combination with the anti-depressant Prozac, says lead researcher Dr. Raymond Lam, a professor of psychiatry at UBC.
"It's really the first study to clearly show light has beneficial effects for non-seasonal depression, but it also showed that the combination is the best treatment option — both the light and the medication," he added.
Sitting near a light box for half an hour each morning is a well-accepted treatment for seasonal affective disorder — a transient feeling of low energy or moodiness during the winter. But Lam said there has been much less research on light's role in depression because it is not an appealing funding target for pharmaceutical companies.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research funded the work, which collected data between 2009 and 2014 at various times throughout the year in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Saint John, N.B.
Previous research using light boxes for depression have been considerably shorter than this eight-week study.
"We have many effective treatments for depression, but they don't work for everyone and we still don't know which works best for which person. And some people may not want to take medication because they've had side-effects.
"We need to have treatments that can be combined with medication or combined with psychotherapy. All of these things are going to be important in getting the most people better from their depression," said Lam, who also conducts research at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, a partnership between UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health.
Designing a placebo for the study was tricky because simply using a dim light would be obvious to the participants. Instead, researchers provided negative ion generators — devices that look like air purifiers and are said to have positive health effects — to the placebo group while the treatment groups were issued light boxes similar to the ones available at most drug stores. All the participants were told that half of the devices were inactive. That was true, but all negative ion generators were disabled and all the light boxes worked.
The 122 participants were divided into four groups and received either a 10,000-lux fluorescent white light box and a pill not containing medication (effectively light alone); an anti-depressant and a negative ion generator (effectively anti-depressant alone); light and a real anti-depressant pill; a negative ion generator and fake pill (placebo).
Bright light alone or in combination with Prozac was more effective in reducing the symptoms of depression than either the anti-depressant alone or the placebo, the study concluded.
But Lam warns against people with clinical depression trying light therapy without consulting a doctor. That is because it's possible that bright lights can make manic symptoms worse in people who have a bipolar disorder, which causes them to swing between highs and lows.
The research was published in JAMA Psychiatry.
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People say motherhood is a beautiful phase of a woman's life. But what people call a "PHASE", lasts a lifetime. Once a mom, always a mom! It's not to say that you should shower your mother with love only for one day, but what's better than dedicating a complete day to your mom, making her feel special, letting her know how much loved and lucky you feel to have a mom like her.
Here some ways to make this mother's day extra special for your mom:
Wake up before her and make her favourite thing for breakfast. You will definitely get full marks and a 'jaddu ki jhappi', because ultimately what you cook will not matter but your efforts will.
Apart from breakfast, try involving every one of the family to do her daily chores like cleaning the house, cooking meals etc.
You may not have got a chance to tell your mom how much you love her. This is the day to do that. Write a letter to her expressing your feelings for her. Give the letter early morning or decorate the breakfast table and keep the letter beside her plate. This would be a great start to a fun filled day.
Collect all her favourite stuff, be it a perfume, a nail paint or something to eat or a hand bag she always wanted to buy. Put them all in a basket and decorate the basket with flowers and colourful ribbons. A family photo can be a nice add on.
Moms are so busy doing things for the family that they forget to take out time for themselves. Make an appointment for your mom to be pampered at nice spa. She will love being pampered- having her hair done, getting a massage, and having a pedicure.
Call her near and dear ones, like her siblings and her close friends for a get together. Decide the menu as per her taste and celebrate the evening.
So last but not the least, spend your time with her. Your mother wants you more than anything else. Talk to her, do a movie marathon, talk to her about things you have never got time to ask.
One thing that will make any of the gifts and things even more special is to include a thank you note, letting her know how you feel about all she's done through the years.
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text: I hope I can describe this problem correctly: while driving my X2 will stream music just fine for long periods of time, sometimes an hour or more, then for no apparent reason I lose my 3G signal down to a 1X signal with resulting loss of streaming. Sometimes I automatically recover 3G in a short time but on many occasions I have to put the phone into airplane mode for a few seconds, then switch back in order to regain my 3G, often necessitating a restart of whichever music app I am using. Occasionally even this doesn't do the trick. Now here are more details that might affect this behavior, but I don't know for sure and I'm wondering if someone can speak to this. 1) Oftentimes, but not always, this loss of 3G signal happens when I drive across a state line. I understand that coverage sometimes abruptly ends at boundaries such as this, but this is not always the case. I drive the same 700 mile route many times and on some occasions I suffer no loss of signal at state lines, while on other occasions I have not even been able to regain by rebooting the phone. Sometimes I get 3G while driving south, but on the return trip north I get nothing. 2) I have used *228 option 2 in every state and often several times within a state while making the trip over a period of some 2 years. 3) Most of my troubles happen along the I-81 corridor in MD and WVA, and then again along I-77 in NC near the VA line. I know VZW service is somewhat lacking in these areas but aren't there agreements with other carriers to compensate? 4) Somewhere on a forum (could have been this one) I remember reading that the X2 has a known penchant for not regaining 3G once lost. Anyone have any knowledge or experience with this issue? 5) Yes, the phone is almost 2-1/2 years old and I sometimes tend to overwork it by doing too many things at once. Maybe its just tired? Any help is welcome, and thanks!


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Today on Sweet Talk I'm interviewing Jennifer of Not Your Momma's Cookie. Jennifer is not only a talented cookie artist but also a great baker. She shares amazing recipes on her blog as well as her beautifully decorated cookies. I've been stalking her blog for a while. She is an inspiration to me in terms […]
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Today, we are going to visit South Korea where design professionals Design A3 took a dated, dilapidated apartment with beautiful views and completely renovated it, transforming it into a much sought-after space that maximizes its potential.
As we explore the before and afters of this fabulous space, we will also see how space has been utilized along with natural light. The result is a very contemporary, trendy and edgy home that any Canadian would love to live in.
We can also learn a thing or two when it comes to little changes to our own homes, which will completely enhance it!
In this image, we can see that the home was in a sorry state before the renovation. The floors were in disrepair, the furniture was very old-fashioned and the home itself looks like it hasn't been cared for or looked after in quite some time.
Remember that your home needs constant attention, nurturing and love. If you don't fix those small problems as and when they happen, they'll become very big problems that are difficult to sort out!
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Can you believe that we are looking at the same interior?
The home has been opened up by letting natural light flow through it. The windows have been replaced and modernized to really take advantage of the sunlight. This is enhanced by the pale yellow and freshly painted walls as well as the brand new and stylish light wooden floors.
The designers have carefully selected decor pieces throughout this home that bring a subtle, natural and classic design style to the interiors without overwhelming the space. The result is very vogue!
We can see the potential in this space! Natural light floods through the large glass doors and there is a large terrace or outdoor space to work with. We can't wait to see what the designers do with it!
The living room has been completely renovated, with the natural light maximized just like we saw in the hallway.
The large glass windows and doors have been replaced with modern counterparts, bringing in a refreshing and modern look and feel, which complement the wooden floors. This element also visually expands the living area, allowing it to transition easily onto the outdoor space, which we will look at a bit closer later on.
The cushy leather sofa and plush armchair allow style and comfort to collide, while a vase of flowers and a purple cushion bring in a splash of colour.
The kitchen was non-functional before the renovation, with the horrible floors, outdated cabinets and counter tops and junk piled everywhere making for a very unattractive look and feel. It's hard to imagine cooking up a storm in this spot, let alone living near it!
The lighting in this space was also very old-fashioned, looking like something that comes out of our grandparent's home. This type of lighting also isn't very functional for a kitchen space!
The kitchen is now a charming, warm and cozy space that the family members probably never leave!
The designers have changed the design and style of the kitchen, opening it up onto the living space, while using a little breakfast bar to keep it slightly separate.
The breakfast bar is very functional, creating a more casual dining spot or gathering spot for the family. A lamp hangs over this area, allowing family members to see what they are doing, cooking or preparing without the light becoming too bright or overwhelming for the small room.
Don't you love how the designers have livened up the neutral colour palette with baby blue and yellow tones?
The bedroom with its grubby windows, shabby walls and non-existent floors needed a little love.
Yet we can also see that the designers have quite a lot of space to work with and there is a gorgeous and large glass door, opening the room up onto the exterior space. This makes for a great base to work from!
The bedroom has been modernized and utilized, resulting in a little haven where the home owner can escape from the rest of the world.
The glass door has been replaced with a much cleaner, newer and more modern version while the exterior space has been converted into a little terrace area with comfortable furniture. This immediately expands the bedroom, creating an extended area where the home owner can relax in the sunshine and fresh air.
The designers have installed some closets in the bedroom, providing an area where clothes and personal items can be stored neatly away. The mirrors on the front of the closet doors visually expand the space, making it seem that much bigger.
Don't you love the little lamp, which introduces ambiance and romance to the space?
In this image, we can see how the designers used an architectural plan to layout their ideas for the renovation. This is a great way to prepare for a construction and redesign as it allows the home owners and the designers to remain on the same page throughout the process.
Are you able to understand this architectural plan?
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The research, conducted by pest control experts Rentokil, reveals that 86 per cent of business owners surveyed stated the key concern is the damage a pest infestation could cause to their reputation, followed closely by customer relationships and loss of trading (82 per cent).
"A business' reputation is its most important asset so it's understandable that hospitality and catering businesses worry about the impact an infestation can have on them," said Savvas Othon, technical director at Rentokil.
"Pests can also cause distress to employees from gnawing at computer cables, damaging and soiling products in store-rooms or contaminating food in kitchens. At the heart of preventing an infestation is understanding and assessing the factors contributing to the risk of pest problems in your premises and dealing with them immediately."
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Eighty per cent of business owners believed cleaning and maintenance can attract pests to premises, while keeping waste in rubbish bins (73 per cent) and having a communal kitchen (57 per cent) were other contributing factors.
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Today I am posting the third part of the 10 main characteristics that shape the world of Anttelius, the setting tookit I am writing for Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells.
Knowledge is Lost
Knowledge is a privilege for the few. And even them don't know the whole truth. What happened in the previous ages of this world has been forgotten, and the records of those times are lost and forgotten in ruined cities and buried temples. Most of the population is illiterate, and the knowledge of math and other sciences is as rare as a diamond. There are, however, a few orders of scholars how collect the lost tomes of previous ages and study the history of Anttelius. They guard these as an ancient wyrm protects its treasure, since knowledge is power in a world where very few have access to it.
Signs of Lost Knowledge
The homeless making a small fire with old books they've found in the nearby ruins.
Statues of old kings that no one has records of.
Great tall towers no civilizations is capable of constructing again.
An individual with scientific knowledge being hunted and accused of witchcraft.
Mercenaries employed by an order of scholars raiding the homes of people in search for stolen tomes.
Great art pieces being torn apart to use its parts for other more practical objects.
A great bridge that has toppled down and can't be repaired as no engineer today can fix it.
A great line in the local market, made so people can have their messages to distant relatives written or read to them.
A thief being executed for having tried to steal a book from a noble's vault.
A great reward is being offered to whoever can explain the origins of old artifacts that have been found recently.
A strange looking individual trying to sell an old book he says he found in the ruins to the south.
Pillars of an older time with dozen of runes and scriptures carved into it. No one in the current age seem to be able to read it.
Sorcery is Inhuman
The laws of reality are not absolute, and the past civilizations knew how to alter it. But sorcery was not created by human beings, and wasn't meant to be used by them. Entities of much greater power and mental endurance brought this strange art to Anttelius and taught it to the first sorcerers, who ended up becoming great Sorcerer Kings. But this power came with a steep price. Sorcery corrupts the body, the mind, and the soul of its users. Users, sooner or later, become deformed, insane or have part of their essence sold to demonic entities for power.
Signs of Sorcery
Near the ruins of the tower of an old sorcerer, a great darkened area where nothing grows spreads out year by year.
The corpse of an individual completely drained of their vitality and marked with dozen of sinister looking sorcery symbols.
Inscribed on the ancient floor is a heptagram with demonic symbols around it. Old stains of dried blood mark the stone.
A babbling individual who saw a sorcerer summoning a demon. The person cannot quite express what they've seen.
An old structure which no one enters out of taboo. It's said that a great sorcerer lived there. Or still lives there.
An exiled individual who was born with a birthmark that signifies propensity for sorcery.
An old circle of stones in which everyone but a few individuals feels extremely uneasy inside.
An area where all sources of light seem to be dampened and some even are extinguished right away.
On a mound, in a hanging tree, the corpse of a sorcerer, with many strange markings and symbols. Their skin seem like the scales of a snake.
The animals living in the surroundings of an area affected by sorcery seem strangely intelligent and malignant.
The oldest trees of an old and dark groove seem to have agonizing faces in their trunks.
Travelers on the vicinity of the tomb of an old sorcerer receive messages in their dream, encouraging them to open the doors to their crypt.
The Mystery of the Unknown
There are no unified and codified lore regarding the supernatural, sorcery, monster or, even science and history. Knowledge is mysterious in Anttelius, and many theories and legends try to explain what most can never comprehend. Places of learning are nearly nonexistent, the only few remaining are exclusive to the very few with enough privileges to attend them. Thus, the many strange and weird locations and events that exist in this world, as well as the mysteries the adventurers face, will have no ready explanation. They won't know the exact powers of an artifact of yore, or the weakness of a demon. If they are lucky they may discover some rumors or legends that have some modicum of truth, but uncertain is the norm in this world.
Signs of the Unknown
On the walls of an ancient ruined structure is depicted roughly humanoid creatures similar to the ones described by the nearby villagers.
Mysterious stars seem to change places randomly across the sky. No sage has yet discovered a pattern in their movements.
A strange and never before seen animal is found dead with no apparent cause.
A tower of dark greenish hue appears in a location it wasn't before.
Strange shadowy figures are seen under the moonlight at the site of ruined old temples.
Half buried in the ground, a tablet of a strange and hot to the touch metal can be found. It contains alien symbols and images that change when nobody's looking at them.
Every hundreds of years a crimson large planet can be seen on the sky. No one knows where it comes from or what its purpose.
Some children are born with strange marks that are held to be a curse in many cultures. These marks, however, usually impart them with some sort of sinister knowledge from bygone ages.
A crazy old beggar that seems to mumble incoherently. They are in fact reciting old prophecies from past and wise civilizations.
Some people are having dreams of past lives in ancient times. They see themselves as their old ancestors and have a glimpse of upcoming dooms.
A statue made of an unknown stone depicts an old Sorcerer-King with the same exact face of someone the characters know.
Over an old burial mound, people sometimes view the image themselves with grevious and mortal wound uttering grave warnings of the future.


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Feature request. Sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset information
Is it possible to add such feature: show on map directions for sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, and directions to the current position of the sun and the moon?
I understand that Locus pro has other applications, but almost for 6 years I can`t find proper app with such functionality and offline maps support.
There a lot of applications for photographers that shows this information, for example Sun Surveyor, TPE (The Photographer`s Ephemeris), LightTrac, Photopills and etc.
But none of this applications are not able to use offline maps. And it is very strange situation, because if you hiking in Nepal - you often do not have an internet connection.
It will be very cool if the Locus pro will have such functionality.
I am sure this feature will attract a lot of new fans to your app.
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I know about it, but i need map view with offline maps to scout locaitons, not details or AR view.
If it has ability to use sqlite maps it will be great.
I sent a suggestion to the developer of SunSurveyor to consider adding the ability to connect to "sqlite" maps on the external_SD card.
Others interested might also do so. No sense in the Locus Pro team investing time and energy in essentially developing a new app as a good one already exists.
I have to agree with mrthom1. This function is not directly related to hiki, bike etc. activities, that locus is primary focused on. Mainly in case, there already exists nice working solution (without offline maps, I know).
Such task should take quite a lot of work and result won`t be better then already existing solution. So I have to say, "sorry", I do not agree with adding such feature into Locus, even it obtain in very short time, "nine likes"
I spoke about it with him few month ago.
This 6 likes from my friends, who also uses Sun Surveyor and Locus in photo trips and they have been dreaming about this feature.
I am happy with the app Sunrise/Sunset. It gives one page of related information. Menion has better things to do.
I have merged topic from brad to this, already existing and already "declined".
I'm sorry to say it for part of you, but nothing has changed here. I still think, that more deep and precise information about sunrise/sunset etc. belong to specialized app and not directly to Locus.


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After the intercontinental sweep of her dazzling second novel, The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner has fixed upon a more circumscribed milieu for her third. The Mars Room (Jonathan Cape, £16.99) takes place in Stanville, a prison based upon California's notorious Chowchilla, the biggest women's jail in the world. The novel is largely told from the perspective of Romy, a young mother locked away for killing her stalker.
Kushner grew up in Oregon and California, the daughter of unconventional parents who had her working in a feminist bookstore from the age of five. She has twice been a finalist in the National Book awards. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the writer and philosopher Jason Smith, and their son, Remy.
Tell us about going undercover in a maximum security prison when you were researching The Mars Room.
I was with a bunch of criminology students. Because they didn't know I was a writer, I was allowed amazing access. I met a police officer who was serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole in a sensitive needs yard [an isolated area for inmates at risk of attack]. He started telling me about the murders he'd committed, some of which he'd never been convicted for.
Why did you decide to write about women's prisons?
After I finished The Flamethrowers I decided that I wanted to rearrange my life so that I was in communication with a population in California who have been effectively rendered invisible by the state. When people are given a life sentence, they're taken on a bus up one of the big freeways, far from where they live, into industrial farming territory and are never heard from or seen again.
Some of the most moving passages in the book are those in which Romy imagines the life of her child. Was this one of your ways into the novel?
I know that readers like to reverse-engineer motives, so they'll say, 'Her way in was to imagine losing a child', but I don't really work that way. My way in was more the tone of the narrator. Maybe having children allows me to see into a deeper kind of moral complexity. For me, having children complements the making of art.
Do you think you could survive in prison? How did the people you meet deal with incarceration?
I've had people explain to me how they cut themselves off from the outside world and family and even their own children because it was too painful. When the inside world of prison is its own totally preoccupying circumstance, people just plunge into trying to survive the day-to-day rather than contemplating the existence of a world they can't touch.
Do prisons work? Did the people you meet exhibit remorse?
It took many years to think into this, what it's like for people who are defined by the crime that they've committed. Sometimes I think the truth for people gets foreclosed by having a victim, being given a life sentence, and therefore becoming a victim themselves. And I'm not sure they have the space truly to think about what they've done. A lot of people had harm done to them long before what they did to others.
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So many people are eager to write "think pieces" about what's happening right now. One of the advantages to being a novelist is removing oneself from the chatter of the fray and trying to get a read and a historical context on what's happening in one's own time. I see that as a responsibility both artistic and ethical.
What books are on your bedside table?
"I'm travelling because I'm on a book tour, but at the moment I'm reading two books. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishima, and Rachel Cusk's Transit. She's such a great writer.
Which writers working today do you admire the most?
Don DeLillo.
Which genres do you particularly enjoy? Are there any you avoid?
I don't read any genre. I like fine literature that stands the test of time.
Which classic novel are you most ashamed not to have read?
I do not feel any shame about my literacy, but this summer I plan to read Balzac's Lost Illusions.
What kind of reader were you as a child? Which books and authors have stayed with you since childhood?
I was a precocious reader as a child. For better or worse, I think the short novels of John Steinbeck, like Cannery Row, really stayed with me.
Who is your favourite literary hero or heroine?
Miss Lonelyhearts, and Patrick Bateman.
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BRAZORIA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge is five miles east of Freeport and eleven miles southeast of Angleton and is bordered to the north and east by Bastrop Bayou and to the south by Bastrop, Christmas, and Drum bays. In accord with federal migratory bird conservation acts, it provides winter habitat for migratory waterfowl. By the late 1980s the refuge comprised 12,000 acres of saline and nonsaline prairies and marshes in southern Brazoria County and offered habitat to more than 425 species of wildlife, including some 270 bird species. The refuge is dotted with numerous small lakes, including Nicks, Wolf, Salt, and Cox lakes, and is bisected by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the freshwater Big Slough, which hosts a small American alligator population. The upland prairies support wildlife including sandhill cranes, coyotes, and bobcats, and the shore area hosts herons, sandpipers, avocets, and stilts. More uncommon marsh and water birds, including roseate spoonbills, double-crested cormorants, and yellow rails, make seasonal appearances, and the endangered American peregrine falcon has occasionally been seen there. Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, along with other such refuges on the Texas Gulf Coast, provides essential winter habitat for birds on the Central Flyway, one of four major migratory routes over the continental United States. During the winter months duck and goose populations reach peaks as high as 30,000 and 40,000, respectively, and birders at the Audubon Society's December Freeport Christmas Bird Count often identify more than 200 different bird species, one of the highest counts in the country, in the vicinity of the refuge.
The refuge was established in 1966 with 6,398 acres, half of which was bought from rancher Jack Phillips. It gradually expanded with numerous smaller purchases from various landholders and in 1986 began managing the Slop Bowl addition, which it acquired from the Nature Conservancy. In the late 1980s refuge management included dikes and controlled burns and also allowed cattle grazing from October to April. In March 1991 an additional 28,655 acres, known as the Hoskins Mound Marsh, was added to the refuge, for a total of 40,854 acres. Fishing and waterfowl hunting were allowed in season. Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge is administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior. Its offices are based at Angleton and also serve as headquarters for the nearby San Bernard and Big Boggy National Wildlife refuges.
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Fire shrimp and goby pair in a 35L nano
Chandler1998 posted a topic in General DiscussionI have an established 35L nano with a occy Clownfish and a Fire Shrimp. I am thinking of adding a Goby to help keep the sand clean. Which would be the best Goby to add or would this be overcrowding the tank. I don't want the clown to become hostile to a small Goby. Thanks in advance
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REEFERzz24 posted a topic in General DiscussionOkay, so heres my first tank update in my fluval m60. It has been going for close to 2 months now and i have finally got it stocked up with a few up the things in want to add to my tank. The hardware i have running is my return pump and 1 wave maker. I'm not sure what ones they are but from the first time I set up this tank(what a failure ) were the correct flow rate for what i wanted to keep once I got all the things I wanted to keep(anemone and sps/maybe lps around the 1 year+ mark). Tunze 9001 skimmer and using it as a surface skimmer. Media reactor(again don't know what kind but correct size for the tank) running gfo with a media bag sitting on top of where it pushes the water out from with carbon. Then 2 filter media or whatever there called before the return pump. I have the maxspect razor r420r 130w. Oh and i have some kinda rock i got from the lfs that wasn't live rock but still held a lot of bacteria So in the display has about 25-30 pounds of live rock and 20 pounds of live sand. I first bought 5 blue legged hermit with one dying. they helped clean some algae towards the end of my cycle. Once cycled I bought a pair of flurry clownfish that love playing together. Been going great. This past weekend I bought a fire shrimp and 2 small zoanthid colonies( not sure the names ill post pictures and a video tomorrow if you guys could help when i figure out how to post them). The fire shrimp does hide a lot but when i put my hand in my tank today to shift my rocks around a tiny bit he actually came out and starting to clean my hand. After i hand fed him some pellets (only went for 2 small ones) Thought that was super cool and the zoanthids seem to be doing good, so right now I'm very happy where my tank has came in this period of time and watching it grow into a tiny piece of the ocean.Thanks for reading and ill get pictures and a video up later.
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REEFERzz24 posted a topic in General DiscussionJust a quick question about my fire shrimp I got last friday. Last night i noticed that he had molted which i understand to be common when they are introduced to a new environment. I read some forum and articles on wether to remove it or not but decided to leave to so the shrimp and rest of the clean up crew could eat at it. Well tonight when i got home from work i noticed it hasn't been touched. Should i remove it since no one is really going for it? It also a newer nano tank so my bacteria isn't completely built up yet.
Fire shrimp nipped my Duncan coral.
lonewonderer posted a topic in General DiscussionHello, Need advice here. I just target fed my duncan corals as we speak but the fire shrimp went nuts and tried to steal the mysis from the duncans mouth. after a few seconds, I saw maybe 10 pieces of small polyps/tentacles floating in the water. The fire shrimp went haywire and cut the thing just to get the food. Will the duncan be alright? any advice for him not to do that again?? thanks,
Can't find my Chromis
lonewonderer posted a topic in Beginners DiscussionHello, I noticed today that one of my chromis is missing. I checked all the caves and even took the rocks out and I could not find him. I looked at the floor, back of the cabinet and the back of the JBJ nano. its not there. I'm afraid that it dies and was consumed by my cleaners. My question is do you think 6 hermit crabs, 1 damsel, 2 clowns, 1 fire shrimp and 3 turbo snails can devour a small fish within 24 hrs?


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If you're business has a mobile workforce, you know that tracking time from the field can be tough. Paper timesheets are messy and are constantly getting lost or missing information. Online timesheets solve many of these problems and actually take less time and effort to use. You know what that means - more people will use them and you'll get better time tracking.
Online timesheets let you see everyone's time and work details from anywhere you have an internet connection. The web dashboard lets you see every clock in and clock out your crew did along with what they did and where they were. It's like a virtual mission control center for your business you can access whenever you want.
I used another app based program and had so many issues with them and my employees complained constantly. After researching other options I decided to try ClockShark. I am very pleased with them. The app is easy to use and NO MORE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS! I highly recommend ClockShark!
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The online timesheets get their data from mobile apps your employees put on their smartphones. That's right, no new equipment to buy - use what your guys already have in their pockets. The mobile apps are free and available for Android and IOS devices. The time card apps let your crew see their schedules and track time and work details right from the field. Most of the data is pulled right from the phone's built-in sensors, like GPS location and exact timestamps, so using them doesn't take much effort or time. All that data feeds right into the cloud where you can see it all from your dashboard.
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- $9.00 \times 10^{-4} \textrm{ m/s}$
- $1.48 \times 10^{-13} \textrm{ eV}$. The kinetic energy of the chloride ion is many orders of magnitude less than typical molecular binding energies.
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This is College Physics Answers with Shaun Dychko. A chlorine ion has a mass of 5.86 times 10 to the minus 26 kilograms and the uncertainty in measuring its position is 1 micrometer. And the question is, what is the minimum uncertainty therefore in measuring its velocity? Well, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in equation [29.43] says that the uncertainty in the position multiplied by uncertainty in momentum has to be greater than or equal to Planck's constant divided by 4π. And the uncertainty in momentum can be written as mass times uncertainty in velocity. I mean we are gonna assume that the mass is known perfectly in which case, all of our uncertainty in momentum then can be attributed to uncertainty in velocity. So we'll substitute this in place of Δp. So we have ΔxmΔv is greater than or equal to Planck's constant over 4π and we'll solve for Δv by dividing both sides by Δxm. So the uncertainty in velocity is Planck's constant over 4πmΔx; this is the minimum uncertainty. I mean, to be technically correct, I suppose I should have a greater than or equal to sign here but since the question is asking us to find the minimum uncertainty, well, that's what this is; this is the minimum. So the uncertainty is going to be this or more. OK. So we have Planck's constant divided by 4π times the mass of the chlorine ion multiplied by the uncertainty in its position— 1 times 10 to the minus 6 meters— which gives an uncertainty in velocity of 9 times 10 to the minus 4 meters per second. And now we are told in part (b), suppose that it actually has this velocity, what would its kinetic energy be? So that's 1 half times its mass times its velocity squared. And then we'll convert this into electron volts by multiplying by 1 electron volt for every 1.602 times 10 to the minus 19 joules because we know that this product is gonna give us units of joules since these are mks units here. This gives 1.48 times 10 to the minus 13 electron volts and that is many orders of magnitude less than the binding energy that holds molecules together; the typical molecular binding energy is 10 electron volts and this 13 is orders of magnitude less than that.


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September 2017 was an historic month for the global crude oil market. West Texas rose to $52 and Brent rose to $58 as financial markets finally accepted that Saudi Arabia has been successful in brokering high compliance rates with last year's OPEC and Russia output cut deals. In addition, Hurricanes Harvey/Irma and seasonal refinery maintenance added to demand for crude cargoes even as the US inventory glut eased. Turkey's threat to militarily intervene in Iraqi Kurdistan if Erbil votes to secede from Baghdad in its referendum added a geopolitical risk premium to the oil market. Saudi Arabia and its GCC allies have managed to offset the surge in Libyan and Nigerian output that was not subject to the OPEC output cuts. Yet oil's bull run is only sustainable if Saudi Arabia plays the role of swing producer in an OPEC that has cut output by 1.8 million barrels a day.
Saudi Arabia is still the world's lowest cost oil producer and retains most of OPEC's spare capacity, the source of its colossal power in the global energy market. Yet its oil pricing and production decisions are made in a geopolitical and national security context by the senior princes of the House of Saud. Saudi Arabian oil policy has sought to manage the long-term interest of both producers and consumers. This makes perfect sense since a recession in the Western world would only cause a freefall in the price of oil, as happened in the six months after the failure of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Saudi Arabia was horrified as Brent crude prices plummeted from $148 in July 2008 to $38 in December 2008 amid a virtual shutdown in the world's debt/capital market and a traumatic global recession. Saudi Arabia engineered a 4 million barrel a day OPEC oil output cut in 2009, the biggest in the history of OPEC. The kingdom also bore the disproportionate financial cost of the OPEC output cut but managed to end the oil prices free fall. Within three years, despite the Greek debt crisis and the Syrian civil war, Brent crude prices were trading at $100 again. Brent only collapsed in 2014-15 as the US Dollar Index surged, Chinese oil demand sagged and Saudi Arabia refused to defend oil prices at $100 a barrel, as Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi had previously promised to do so. The oil price crash continued in 2015 and early 2016, when Brent fell below $30 amid a dramatic sell off in the Chinese and global stock markets.
Saudi Arabia's December 2016 output cut was nowhere near the scale of its 2009 OPEC output cut. It was obvious that 1.2 million barrel a day OPEC output cut was not sufficient to rebalance the market if Iraq, Iran, Algeria and even Russia were unwilling to cut production, let alone the exempt states granted by OPEC to Libya and Nigeria. In fact, it was surprising that Brent crude traded at $50 – 56 a barrel in the first four months of 2016, a sign that the oil market, while nervous, was unwilling to bet against Saudi Arabia's power to nudge prices in the $50–60 range. However, this willingness evaporated in June 2017 amid compelling evidence of a surge in US shale output, a surge in US rig counts and the unmistakable evidence of a global inventory glut. Not even a major 10% fall in the US Dollar Index and increased geopolitical risks related to Russia/Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Qatar, Yemen and North Korea was sufficient to ignite a major rally in oil prices.


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Clementine by Cherie Priest
Clementine by Cherie Priest (Subterranean Press, 2010) represents the second volume in The Clockwork Century following on from Boneshaker. This is what one can only describe as a real rip-roaring adventure novel. It takes everything that was wonderful about the "Boys' Own" school of writing, filters it through what we now call steampunk, and emerges with a genuinely exciting chase across an alternate history version of America as it experiences a different version of the Civil War. This time, our heroine is Maria Isabella Boyd. She's a devastating combination of Mata Hari and Annie Oakley. Initially employed by the Confederacy as a spy, she finds herself a little too well-known and so out of work. After a short period on the stage, she's recruited by Pinkerton and immediately despatched to ensure a cargo being carried by the airship Clementine, gets where it's supposed to be going without any major mishap befalling it.
The potential mishap's name is Captain Croggon Hainey. He was the proud captain of the Free Crow — a ship he'd stolen fair and square and, after considerable modification, had run on the free enterprise market with considerable success. Unfortunately, he's become the victim of a theft. His beautiful ship has been appropriated and is now renamed Clementine. It's sailing off to the other side of the country with Hainey in hot pursuit. So there we have the plot. Our outraged and implacable Captain in pursuit of his purloined ship must be forestalled by a gun-toting ex-spy masquerading as a private detective. Except it proves not quite so simple for either party. You see, despite being let go by the South, our heroine still has some loyalties to the cause. When she discovers the Clementine is being used to transport the final part of a new secret weapon which, when completed, will enable the Yankees to literally wipe Southern cities off the map, an alliance with Captain Hainey may be the best way of preventing military disaster. Against this must be balanced the reality that, if she survives, it will undoubtedly mean she loses her new job with Pinkerton's. Forming this alliance and maintaining the relevant degree of mutual trust represents the major dynamic of the second half of the book as both individuals discuss options and convince each other of their honorable intentions.
On the way, we meet up with Edwin and Dr Archibald Smeeks from "Tanglefoot" a short story published online by Subterranean Press, and develop a clear understanding of why "Belle" Boyd has managed to build up such a reputation for competence. All this is carried off with the minimum of fuss and bother. Crossing over the finishing line in a 200-page sprint, this book demonstrates the virtue in economy. Far too many books today are bloated with excess baggage that does little more than slow down the action and tire the wrists of older readers like myself with the additional weight. This tells us only what we need to know to get the story going and then keeps things very simple in the telling. It happily transports me back in time to my youth when the standard length of a book was 192 pages (for those of you who are technically minded, that's six gathers). So, airships filled with hydrogen are the main focus of our attention. This means everyone must move very cautiously. From our own world's experience, we remember the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 when the German passenger airship caught fire and was destroyed in New Jersey. Now imagine similar designs used for military transport and commercial purposes (including piracy). These are not machines one should treat with any lack of respect. It's therefore interesting to watch the careful thought invested in the tactics of how to fly and, if necessary, fight in these death traps. Cherie Priest has done a good job with just a few brushstrokes, to create the necessary sense of dread in all who sail in these ships and who work from the ground in offering refuelling and maintenance facilities. Taken overall, Clementine is great fun and, despite the public's appreciation of Boneshaker, a less pretentious and more enjoyable read.
The jacket artwork from Jon Foster is pleasingly muted.
For reviews of other books by Cherie Priest, see:
Bloodshot (The Cheshire Red Reports 1)
Hellbent (The Cheshire Red Reports 2)
The Inexplicables
Those Who Went Remain There Still


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MSNBC: Giffords making more progress, singing 'American Pie'
'Gabby likes to reach out and hold my hand and she listens carefully and smiles easily,' rabbi who visits regularly tells Houston TV station
March 3, 2011- Gabrielle Giffords has been singing "American Pie," eating chicken soup and "is making the kind of progress that all of us would anticipate" after being shot in the head in January, according to a rabbi who has been visiting the congresswoman regularly.
Rabbi David Lyon, of Congregation Beth Israel in southwest Houston, has been visiting Giffords about three times a week as she recovers in the TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital, Houston TV station KHOU, a CBS affiliate, reported.
He told the station she had recently sung "American Pie" with her longtime friend Rabbi Stephanie Aaron.
Lyon added that Giffords had a healthy appetite.
"Well, she had a little chicken soup with matzo balls. I think that's fair to report, and as we all know it is Jewish penicillin," he told KHOU.
"Gabby is making the kind of progress that all of us would anticipate, whether it's words or emotions," he added.
He also said Giffords sometimes wore an orange wristband that he gave to her with a phrase in Hebrew, meaning "this too shall pass."
"And it means not only will all of this pass, but there are joyful moments that pass into less joyful moments, but even those less joyful moments will pass into more joyful times in the future," he told KHOU.
'Sweet, spirited person'
"Gabby likes to reach out and hold my hand and she listens carefully and smiles easily. Prayer for her is meaningful," he added.
Lyon said Gabby was "a sweet, spirited person who doesn't give up and truly wants to make a difference. Currently, it's to make a difference in her own life, but ultimately to continue making a difference in the lives of others in which she was elected to serve."
He added Giffords was kept busy by her program of rehabilitation and added that he hoped she would be able to give her own updates on her condition.


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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has rejected the hike in prices of petroleum, diesel and kerosene oil.
Talking to media in Islamabad, the PPP senior leader Syed Khursheed Shah said that hike in the prices of petroleum products will bring about a new storm of inflation.
Khursheed Shah said that decrease in the value of rupee has exposed previous government's claims of economic development.
The PPP leader said that the caretaker government shouldn't snatch the right of livelihood from poor people. He said that the caretaker government shouldn't take the revenge of previous government's bad governance from the innocent people.
It is worth mentioning here that the caretaker government has revised the prices of different petroleum products. The price of petrol has been increased by Rs 4.26 per litre, the price of high speed diesel by Rs 6.55 per litre, the price of light diesel oil by Rs 6.14 per litre, and the price of kerosene oil by Rs 4.46 per litre.


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SCM branches out to Western Canada with the opening of its Vancouver, British Columbia location. Due to the rising demands of the marketplace, SCM transitions its 30 years of Western Canadian distribution presence into a permanent location. The Vancouver office allows SCM to be closer to its customers with direct personnel, including Service and Sales staff. SCM is continually committed to being a dedicated machinery partner to the Western Canadian market.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars - S07
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a TV series starring Tom Kane, Dee Bradley Baker, and Matt Lanter. Jedi Knights lead the Grand Army of the Republic against the droid army of the Separatists.
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Tonight I was reminded of just how much a two-week intensive class changes one's routine. After class this afternoon and evening, I returned home around 9:45 to find my roommates clustered around a pair of computers, GameCasting the final few minutes of regulation (and then overtime) of the Lakers/Suns game. I dropped my bags upstairs before returning to ground level, grabbing a beer from the fridge, and exchanging banter and laughter with Chris, Oscar, Joe, and Njeri. Loads of fun, and it was great to interact with my roommates about matters unrelated to maintenance for the first time in a few weeks. I really do love these folks...
Time for bed; picking up bagels for an early morning group meeting tomorrow, so expect a class-related post around mid-day, when i've the time and consciousness.
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Title: Last True Hero
Series: Battle Scars #1
Author: Diana Gardin
Release Date: November 10, 2015
For seven years he's fought for his country. Now he'll fight for her.
Army Ranger Dare Conners has been through hell. He's left combat behind, yet the memories that refuse to fade are proving just as dangerous. Ordered to take R&R, he joins his buddy for beaches, beers, and babes—if that can't cure him, nothing will. But when he meets Berkeley, a woman who affects him like no one else, a new kind of battle begins . . .
An Admiral's daughter, Berkeley knows her life has been planned since birth. The right school, the right boyfriend—and now that she's graduated—the right marriage. But after years of being right, Berkley is ready to be a little wrong. And Dare Conners has wrong written all over him. The sexy soldier has a body built for sin and secrets he won't share. What starts as a fling quickly grows into something more. But summer can't last forever, and when the truth comes out, both Berkeley and Dare could be in for quite a fall.
Ex-Army Ranger Dare Connors has experienced more trauma and violence than one person should ever know in a lifetime. Freshly discharged from the Army, he's taking things slowly as he adjusts to his new civilian life, living with his best friend and working as an auto mechanic. But nothing could have prepared him for how Berkeley Holtz would bring him to life. He's drawn to her immediately—and is immediately shot down.
Berkeley is no shrinking violet. She's grown up in a military household, surrounded by the rigid military expectations and she has no interest in keeping military part of her life long term. So when Dare appears at her restaurant looking the look and talking the talk, she puts him immediately in his place. Only…it's not that easy. Dare is not easily dissuaded and not easily resisted. When they keep turning up in each other's paths, eventually Berkeley takes a chance on this sensitive, sexy hero and their relationship takes off.
I really liked Berkeley and Dare. They were adorable together and completely likeable people separately. I appreciate a strong heroine, and Berkeley—though she was being pulled in several different directions by the people she loved—never let herself be bullied or walked over. Dare is all alpha protective without ever being controlling or overbearing. I was impressed by how Diana Gardin pulled that off—it was one of my favorite things about him. He wanted Berkeley to be her own person, but God help anyone who looked at her sideways. That right there? That's the formula for sex on a stick.
There were some times when the pace moved a little slowly for me. I felt like Dare's Ranger experiences maybe deserved more attention, and may have added a lot more to the tension between Dare and Berkeley. I was a little doubtful about how the conflict was going to play out, but in the end it was emotional and suspenseful with a resolution that made my heart happy.
Overall, I really enjoyed the whole package here. There's a little bit of suspense, some hot and heavy scenes, and a surprising number of banter-y moments that gave me a chuckle or left me with a huge smile on my face. Last True Hero is a great foundation for this exciting new series, and I'm completely invested in finding out what comes next!
~ Review by Shelly
Diana Gardin is a wife of one and a mom of two. Writing is her second full time job to that, and she loves it! Diana writes contemporary romance in the Young Adult and New Adult categories. She's also a former Elementary school teacher. She loves steak, sugar cookies, and Coke and hates working out.


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- Tanya Konakchieva
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Sale - 1-bedroom apartment, Sofiya, Nadejda 2
Price: € 87 000
Property type: Apartment, 1-bedroom apartment
Area (sq.m): 114 sq.m;
Floor: 4
Construction type: Brick
Stage of construction: Rough construction
Features: Central heating, Elevator
Location: Nadejda area, Sofia
Description: Brain Trust offers for sale a two-bedroom apartment in a new building, located next to Lomsko Shose blvd., public transport stops, large supermarket with easy and quick access to the central part of Sofia, in close proximity to Han Kubrat subway station.
The building is at the end of construction. Act 14 permission is expected to be received and by the end of the year – a Certificate of commissioning.
Layout: the apartment is offered for sale, in the condition of putty and plaster, with armored entrance doors, interior doors, walls and ceilings with fine gypsum plaster, ready to paint, plumbing, heating installation, air conditioners.
The property is on 2 levels on the 4-th floor with a living area of 68 sq.m. and a 32 sq.m. terrace with a south-east exposure, consisting of an entrance hall, a living room with a kitchenette and a bathroom with toilet on first level. On the second level are situated a bedroom and a terrace.
Heating will be central.
In the building, on the same floor, we offer for sale another 2 apartments - an atelier with an area of 51 sq. m. with a price of 45 600 Euro and a two-bedroom apartment with an area of 87 sq.m. with a price of 77999 Euro.
- Situated in a very communicative area
- Excellent distribution of the premises
- Central heating