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Gordon Brothers Group Acquires AccuVal-LiquiTec to Form Largest Appraisal Practice, Gordon Brothers-AccuVal
Gordon Brothers Group and AccuVal-LiquiTec announced today that Gordon Brothers Group's Valuation & Advisory Services Division has acquired AccuVal-LiquiTec to form Gordon Brothers-AccuVal. The newly formed group will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Gordon Brothers Group, already one the world's leading disposition and appraisal firms. The transaction marks the union of two of the longest-standing valuation firms in the industry, boasting a nearly 140 year combined heritage. The new company is the premier asset appraisal firm in the world, conducting over $60 billion of appraisals annually, serving 18 countries from 25 offices globally.
"We are thrilled to come together with Gordon Brothers," said Rick Schmitt, co-founder of AccuVal-LiquiTec and now serving as President of the Gordon Brothers-AccuVal subsidiary. "Our combined capabilities are unmatched in terms of scale and expertise. With Gordon Brothers' $10 billion of annual dispositions backing us up, there is no equal," he added.
"This acquisition unlocks the most in-depth industry knowledge available today. We now have more ASA accredited appraisers than our competitors combined. And that team now has access to the largest asset database in the world" jointly stated Ann Merrill and Frank Grimaldi, formerly of Gordon Brothers Group's Valuation & Advisory Services Division and now serving as Chief Operating Officer and National Sales Manager, respectively, of Gordon Brothers-AccuVal. "Gordon Brothers-AccuVal has completed more appraisals and has more disposition experience in key sectors like energy, technology, food processing, textiles, and retail than anyone else" they continued.
"AccuVal's appraisal expertise in the commercial & industrial sector is the perfect complement to Gordon Brothers' long-standing dominance in the retail and consumer industries. Joining forces provides our clients with deep, asset-specific valuation advice backed by our market-leading disposition guarantees and tranche B lending through Gordon Brothers Finance Company. We are very excited for what the future holds for Gordon Brothers-AccuVal," said Ken Frieze, Chief Executive Officer of Gordon Brothers Group.
The acquisition will broaden the range of available services offered by the new firm, providing access to related disposition services through the broader Gordon Brothers Group organization, as well as debt financing through Gordon Brothers Finance Company.
The firm will be headquartered out of Gordon Brothers Group's Boston office.
About Gordon Brothers-AccuVal
Gordon Brothers-AccuVal is the largest retail, commercial and industrial appraiser in the world serving the commercial finance industry. It operates in 18 countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia and rapidly deploys local resources from 25 offices worldwide. Appraising over $60 billion of assets annually, Gordon Brothers-AccuVal combines the deepest industry sector expertise, real time monitoring of nearly every major disposition and over a century of real world disposition experience to accurately determine asset values. Gordon Brothers-AccuVal helps lenders, private equity investors, corporate executives and advisors have the utmost confidence in their appraisals. Gordon Brothers-AccuVal is part of Gordon Brothers Group (www.gordonbrothers.com), a global advisory, restructuring and investment firm specializing in the retail, consumer products, industrial and real estate sectors. Gordon Brothers Group conducts over $70 billion worth of transactions and appraisals annually.
About AccuVal-LiquiTec
AccuVal-LiquiTec is an industry leader in corporate valuation, advisory and disposition services. It appraises and liquidates all corporate assets including business enterprises, equity and stock, bonds, intellectual property, machinery and equipment, inventory, real estate and accounts receivable in virtually every industry segment.


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The distressing crime situation calls for a new brand of politics, not the one witnessed this week when the Government's proposed anti-gang legislation was defeated due to the Opposition's strange position that it would not support it.
The failure of both sides to come to an agreement on this matter is a dismal development within our local political scene because it comes amid an upsurge in violent criminal activity. Such activity demands a unified front from our legislators, not partisan politics.
The Opposition is entitled to make informed decisions when it comes to the exercise of its vote. However, in this instance, its position that the legislation has not worked in the past and therefore will not work in the future is not credible.
It should be remembered that it was under the People's Partnership and Kamla Persad-Bissessar that anti-gang legislation was introduced to our local jurisprudence in the first place. If that legislation failed, then the responsible thing to do is to identify the reasons why and suggest changes to suit.
None of the objections raised by the Opposition passed the litmus test: most if not all could have been addressed by way of simple amendments or, even if left unaddressed would have been subject to the normal checks and balances that apply. The Government had given an undertaking that any such matters would be taken up when the bill arrives in the Senate.
At the same time, it is deeply regrettable that the vote on this matter was taken in the early hours of Thursday morning. Important parliamentary matters are being dealt with in the dead of night, away from the scrutiny of members of the public who have a direct interest in the matters being debated, as well as in the quality of representation being afforded them in the legislature.
Worse, the row that has broken out between the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader is the last thing we need. With citizens dying daily, we need our politicians to come together and devise solutions. We do not need games during the committee stage of legislation, with amendments being supported by the Opposition and then the legislation being blanked overall. This could easily deepen public perception that this was all about politics and not the wider public interest.
Politics is about service. It is also about compromise. On all sides. The Opposition cannot expect to get each and every proposed amendment. And the Government cannot save deliberations on crucial amendments to the last hour, although the Government contends that it is not only this week it was communicating with the Opposition on the proposed legislation.
On a matter as crucial as crime, both must work together or else, as the frustrated Prime Minister put it, many more will die.

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May is National Burger Month and The Happ Inn, located in Northfield, is celebrating by offering a different specialty burger each week. Chef Freddy Sanchez's burger month specials include "Carlito's Way," a burger that pays tribute to The Happ Inn's proprietor and renowned North Shore restaurateur Carlos Nieto (May 1-9); BBQ Burger (May 10-16); Lamb Burger (May 17-23); and Chorizo Turkey Burger (May 24-31).
In addition to the weekly burger specials, The Happ Inn overs a bevy of burgers on the regular lunch and dinner menus (Happ Prime Burger; Sunrise Burger; Mushroom & Swiss; Bacon & Blue; Bill Kurtis Grassfed Burger; Mexican Turkey Burger; Falafel & Black Bean Burger).
The Happ Inn Bar and Grill is open Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Burger Month Menu
served on a pretzel roll with choice of fries or house-made chips
May 1-9: Carlito's Way
prime beef patty topped with wood oven roasted pineapple, pico de gallo, fried jalapenos, pepper jack cheese and chipotle mayo $14
prime beef patty topped with house smoked BBQ pork, crispy onion strings and coleslaw $14
May 17-23: Lamb Burger
cucumber, feta, kalamata olive, red onion, spicy tzaziki $15
May 24-31: Chorizo Turkey Burger
chihuahua cheese, serrano aioli, poblano rajas $14
Regular Burger Menu
half-pound, USDA prime beef, sesame brioche bun and choice of side
Happ Prime Burger - lettuce, tomato, onion and choice of cheese $13
Sunrise Burger - cheddar, crispy bacon, sunny side up egg, french fries and tabasco $14
Mushroom & Swiss Burger - Swiss cheese, sauteed mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, onion and horseradish sauce $14
Bacon & Blue Burger - blackened burger, Danish blue cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion and blue cheese dressing $15
Bill Kurtis Tall Grass Burger - lettuce, tomato, onion and choice of cheese $16
Mexican Turkey Burger - stuffed with cilantro and onions, served with lettuce and guacamole $13
Falafel & Black Bean Burger - lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion and tzatziki sauce $13


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Ass. Prof. Dane Pflueger, PhD of HEC Paris will give a research presentation on 11th June 2019 10:00-12:00 in room 1503 with the title "Assembling Homo Qualitus: Medical professionalism in the age of quality".
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The WSU Office of Emergency Management will test the WSUAlert system at 12:05 p.m. Thursday.
All people currently signed up to receive emergency alerts will receive test alerts, according to a news release. This includes text messages, phone calls and emails depending on what the person selected to receive when they signed up. Computer pop-ups and the outdoor warning siren will also be used during the test.
"It's something that we do every semester," said Sarah Blatner, Emergency Management program coordinator.
Over 20,000 people on or associated with the Pullman campus are signed up for the alerts, and Blatner said that the message reaches all of those people within five minutes of being issued.
"We have a pretty robust system," Blatner said, "that has been updated in the last, probably, five years or so. Unless there are people that haven't updated their contact information or moved away or that sort of thing, it reaches all of the numbers that are in the system."
Faculty, staff and students are prompted to sign up for the alerts with a pop-up the first time they sign-in to their MyWSU account. Blatner said that they also send emails and heavily advertise the alert system.
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Cluster Hires Winter 2008
Cluster Hires Winter 2008
Description of Cluster Hire Initiative
Physical Climate
The publication of the IPCC Report in 2007 and the subsequent infiltration of this report through the nation and world will fundamentally change the role of scientific investigation of the climate. Climate information will be in greater demand by many elements of society. It will be imperative for scientists to adapt to this new reality - a reality that is evolving. There will be a more definitive split in scientific research. This split will be into research to investigate the basic understanding of climate change and scientific investigations to serve questions raised by other communities.
The department in partnership with other departments needs to complement the existing capabilities to represent the physical climate system. Within AOSS the atmospheric capability is strong, and ocean is represented only by the interests of J. Boyd. Atmospheric chemistry and biogeochemisty is strong. There are oceanographic interests in other departments, but we are not well integrated to address, collectively, coupled problems of climate change. The cryosphere is not represented, and there will be much activity in cryospheric science in the next 5 years. (In 2006 we interviewed a land-ice researcher. He was highly rated, but we decided that we would be placing him in isolation if we were to hire him.) Land-use and atmospheric-land interactions is not adequately represented.
Two strategic elements
- Strengthen the relationship with Geology, and hire researchers in cryospheric and oceanographic sciences.
- Recognizing that weather is the interface of climate with day-to-day world, hire researchers in regional weather-climate and atmosphere-land surface interactions.
The specifics of the position are to be determined after consideration of the issues below.
Response and Adaptation to Climate Change
The definitive nature and acceptance of the IPCC report will fundamentally change the scientific investigation of climate. There will be demands for climate information for adaptation. There will be a need to carry out experiments to investigate strategies for global geo-engineering. There will be diverse demands on weather and climate data from fields such a public health, agriculture, energy. Direct relationships of weather and climate information to policy is less direct, but important. We need to position ourselves with the ability to perform research in weather and climate, and the ability to integrate their research with other fields as both collaborators and leads on applied research topics.
The culture of climate science will shift away from physical science to the use of knowledge from physical science-based investigation by other fields. It will be necessary for the physical scientist to think of providing the best climate knowledge, climate information at any particular time, for a particular application. We have the opportunity to be leaders here.
The following specific topics are proposed as of potential interest:
- Regional climate and regional climate change (esp. Great Lakes?)
- Water resources
- Energy
- Agriculture
- Fisheries
- Ecosystems
- Human consumption
- Environmental Impact
- Water engineering projects
- Alternative energy
- Hydroelectric
- Wind farms
- Ethanol (biofuels) and land-use
- Coal-fired electicity
- Air quality and public health
- Cost of coal emissions
- Water resources
- Weather and climate
- Extreme weather and drought and floods
- Changes in dynamics and predictability in warm-wet atmosphere
- Adaptation to climate change
- Water for energy
- Impact of changing snow cover
- Water management (drought-flood) cycles
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A rally driver driven by passion to break stereotypes, and fearlessly go where her dreams take her
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While many may not follow their passion: either held back by fear, gender or age-related stereotypes, societal conditioning or sheer lethargy, there are a few amongst us who choose to let their passion in life blaze a trail and forge ahead in life.
And one of them is Garima Avtar.
The face of the new campaign by Courtyard by Marriott, Garima is counted among India's top rally drivers, a circuit which is traditionally male-dominated. In addition, she is also a vice-president with a corporate firm, and a TEDx speaker.
In recent years, the perception of success has changed and is no longer limited to finally getting that coveted corner office with the breath-taking view. What truly defines a successful person is how they take follow their dreams, embrace challenges and push boundaries. With a number of its guests embodying this new paradigm of success, Garima's story as a trailblazer found resonance with the global hospitality major.
The short and stylish film called Driven juxtaposes Garima's day on the track, along with vignettes from her stay at the hotel, in a reflection of how the Courtyard brand helps support her with its host of intuitive services.
For Garima, kicking up dust on the rally circuit was not out of the ordinary, considering she's been rejecting gender stereotypes from a young age. By her own account, when her peers were playing with dolls, she was more fascinated by toy cars. In today's changing society, where the Indian woman is trying to move past the roles traditionally assigned to her over the years and carve her own distinct identity, Garima's is an inspirational story of how "Passion Moves Us Forward" in life.
She started actively participating in national-level rallies around 7-8 years ago, and has since participated in a number of motorsport events in the country such as the Indian Rally Championship, the Raid De Himalaya, Desert Storm, the Mughal Rally and the Autocross and Speed Sprints, many of which have seen her navigate extremely rigorous terrains. She's also led an expedition of female drivers to Spiti, in Himachal Pradesh.
Trailblazers like Garima who, pursue their dreams and break stereotypes in the process, truly personify how success can be achieved when fueled by their passion.
Watch the video here.
Taking inspiration from this film, and as a motivating start to this new year, why don't you also step out of your comfort zone, take a chance on your dreams and pursue your passion?
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This is a rerelease, without revisions, of a book first published in 1991. It focuses on bipartisanship in all aspects specifically pertaining to US government foreign policy. Collier is not taking a political position on this subject; she examines in detail what bipartisanship consists of, when and why it has been appropriate and yielded positive results, and when and why it has had a negative, or mixed, impact. Notably, governmental decisions following World War II were in some cases strikingly and genuinely bipartisan, a primary example being the North Atlantic Treaty. The author explains that true bipartisanship occurs when the President, who is charged with making foreign policy, has nearly full support of both House and Senate. There is a clear indication that between the Truman, post-war administration and the 1990s, bipartisanship gradually eroded.
The author wrote this material while working as a specialist in U.S. Foreign Policy for the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service. Her treatise is an in-depth exploration of the subject, using numerous examples including quotations from public speeches and behind-the-scenes views of policy in the making. She organizes her book into three parts: Part I is a historical review of bipartisanship; Part II offers documents related to the issue; Part III presents ideas for improving the consultation vital to bipartisanship.
Collier does an admirable job of remaining unbiased. In her role as a researcher, the author is careful not to deviate from strictly presenting the facts and leaving it to the reader to draw conclusions (although guided by well-considered suggestions offered in Part III). Though the scope of Collier's book ends in the early 1990s, there is no doubt that this rerelease is relevant to today's political forum and may garner special attention for that reason.
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Nine letters for a fairer world: Fairtrade products change lives for the better
For 30 years, Fairtrade has been improving living and working conditions for small farmers and workers in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The ALDI SOUTH Group shares the same core values and offers a wide variety of Fairtrade products in our stores. These four national stories emphasise the importance of our commitment to responsible sourcing.
Our customers are increasingly interested in purchasing products certified by Fairtrade and we enable them to purchase them at an affordable price. In 2018 the ALDI SOUTH Group sold over 330 different Fairtrade certified products (including Fairtrade-sourced ingredients).
UK: Fairtrade project to empower women in Ethiopia
More than 75% of ALDI UK's Fairtrade flowers are sourced from Ethiopia, where more than three-quarters of people working in the flower-growing industry are women. ALDI UK announced its support for a new Fairtrade project that both empowers and protects women as well as gives them the tools and support they need in order to take on leadership roles on farms in their communities.
Germany: Fairly traded - the ONE WORLD Orange Juice
ALDI SOUTH Germany offers Fairtrade products under the own brand ONE WORLD, which is based on the criteria of the Fairtrade label. Since 2018, ALDI have become the first retailer in Germany to start selling segregated Fairtrade orange juice. ALDI ensures that it contains only Fairtrade certified fruit and the juice can be traced back seamlessly from the store to each individual cooperative.
Austria: Fairtrade Roses Challenge
In March 2019, HOFER Austria and its customers took part in the Fairtrade Austria's Rose Challenge. This initiative emphasised that everyone who bought Fairtrade bouquets helped to achieve the goal of more fairness in the countries of origin. Additionally, HOFER is supporting a climate protection project in Kenya in order to become the first food retailer in Austria that is offering CO2-neutral Fairtrade roses.
Australia: Fairtrade Fortnight in August
ALDI Australia proudly supported the Australian initiative of 'Fairtrade fortnight' that reminds shoppers that purchasing Fairtrade certified products benefits and protects the rights of farmers and workers in developing countries. Did you know that ALDI is the largest retailer of own brand Fairtrade coffee and chocolate in Australia? And the best of it all: shoppers don't have to spend a small fortune to improve the lives of workers around the world.


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I'm doing some military training near Baltimore and my family came down for the long weekend since we're only about three hours away. My wife and daughter had come down to DC (which is only about a half-hour drive from Baltimore, if you aren't familiar with the area) for my daughter's birthday a few weeks ago, but they didn't have time to do everything they wanted so had some unfinished business. We spent an afternoon at the International Spy Museum. It was interesting and they had some pretty cool stuff in it, including the US seal in which the Soviets had hidden a bugging device. It hung in the ambassador's study for six years before it was discovered. Actually, if you knew anything about the spy business of the '60s through the '80s or '90s, you already knew about many of the artifacts, or could read between some of the lines to understand what they weren't saying. They also had a special display on James Bond, which was pretty cool, showing artifacts from a number of the Bond films, such as Jaws' teeth, Bond's Aston Martin and a lot of other things. One neat thing was a film of former CIA agents telling their best "Bond Moments".
While there were some cool things at the Spy museum, it was the next day that really made the weekend for Lynn and I, if not for the kids. Unfortunately, because we had not really planned to do two of the three things we ended up doing, I didn't have my camera with me, and neither did my wife. Only my daughter had thought to bring hers and her memory card was almost full because of some video she had taken at the school field trip last spring. In fact, Lynn didn't even get the idea to snap a couple of pics with her phone until we were pretty much done with the personal tour that follows. She got a couple of random pics, and both she and Julia got some nice photos at Arlington.
My family and I found ourselves in Annapolis with some extra time on our hands. It had been a long-time goal of mine to pay my respects at the tomb of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones in the crypt of the chapel at the United States Naval Academy, and being so close I couldn't pass up the opportunity. We pulled up to the museum and it being my nature to never pass up a museum (especially a free one) without a browse inside (regardless of how quick), we went in.
My daughter pre-decided that she would be exceptionally bored here (as she is by EVERY museum that daddy drags her into!) and having no interest in listening to dad explain any of the absolutely awesome things we were looking at in the display cases, she zipped on ahead and breezed through with just a glance at the items in the cases. A couple of times, she came back to me and said, "Daddy, I found something neat! Look at this!" I think she actually did find the items more interesting when she let me explain a little about them to her - like happened when I told her the story of the USS Maine - but she wasn't going to admit that to me. At one point, we were sitting on the floor in front of a case talking about what we were looking at, and a museum employee came by and commented on our discussion. We chatted for a bit and I thought he'd move on, but he stuck with us as we looked at a couple more cases and talked about what was in them. I mentioned to him that Julia was determined to be bored and after a minute he asked if my family and I would like to visit The Attic, where they store all of the items that are not on display. I don't know whether he recognized my knowledge of and love for naval history, or just thought he'd be doing Julia a favor in making the experience more interesting, but I was stunned, to say the least, and of course I said yes. Julia was still dubious about it, not understanding the rare opportunity and treat she was in for.
We followed him out of the elevator into a large room that looked like it was under construction. He stopped at a large crate, opened the top, and pulled a flag out of it, which he unfolded and held up for us. It was a 13-star flag from the Civil War, which had flown from one of the ships at the Battle of Mobile Bay. And we were *that* close to it, even able to touch it. It had protective stitching to preserve it all over it, but it was still quite beautiful. EDIT: While reading my blog post, my wife reminded me that he mentioned this particular flag was made by the same woman who made the Star Spangled Banner. END EDIT. We then went through a set of doors where he stopped to flip on a whole bank of lights. A quick glance around didn't reveal anything too amazing, but as we began walking and he started pointing things out or holding them up for us, the amazing was revealed.
Even as I write this the next day, I can't remember all of the cool things we got to see and hold. Model ships from all over the world and all periods of history were everywhere, trays of medals (foreign and domestic), cabinets of uniforms (including a full-length, fur-lined, leather jacket worn by a naval officer on Arctic duty during WWII), drawers of recruiting and propaganda posters through history - there is so much to recall, I can't think of all of it. There were some items from Perry's visit to Japan. A wall full of paintings by N.C. Wyeth depicting various events in the American Revolution. One of the most unique items was a smoking set presented to the Academy by the Royal Thai Navy made out of a tiger skull. He showed us several stand-up cabinets full of 1/700 model ships - they have the entire US and Japanese fleets of WWII in that scale - and another couple of cabinets of 1/1200 and 1/2400 models. He seemed interested when I mentioned to Adam that 1/700 was a great scale for gaming, and was impressed that I have several hundred ships in 1/6000 and another hundred or so in 1/1250 for coastals.
One of the things that my daughter really, really loved were the knick-knacks made for Admiral Hyman Rickover out of used nuclear reactor control rods, including a desk-top pen and pencil holder. (If you don't get the connection between Rickover and nuclear energy, you need to do some reading!) She loved the color and random crystallization of the metal. They were very pretty in an industrial sort of way.
One of the highlights for my wife and I was when he opened a cabinet of documents and pulled out a random document. Opening it and laying it on the table, it was an order from the Continental Congress releasing the captain of the ship Ranger from duty (basically for being a jerk) and replacing him with a fellow by the name of John Paul Jones. It was signed by some guy named John Hancock, who was President of the Continental Congress. EDIT: Again, my better half reminded me that the important part of the document was that it described what the new flag (i.e., the national flag) was to look like. You can see where my brain is, forgetting that part of the document. END EDIT. When he pulled this out of the cabinet, he did not know that I had done a lot of research during my Master's work on various Revolutionary War naval issues, or that had I continued with my Ph.D., my research would have focused on John Hancock. To touch a document bearing his signature and dealing with naval matters was almost more than my heart could bear. And I didn't need my spectacles to read his signature.
He pulled out a couple of other random documents, one an order from an admiral to a couple of gun-boats during the Civil War, but none held a candle to the Hancock signature.
Another of the highlights for me was when he opened the weapons vault. He began pulling weapons off the racks and handing them to me or the kids. We were able to hold and inspect Chief Red Stick's carbine, presented to him by the Prince of Wales and captured from him by a Marine (if I remember correctly - could have been naval) officer serving under Andrew Jackson, Sharp's and Spencer's carbines, flintlock muskets, a German 1898 Mauser (no, not the K.98 of World War fame, a full-length 1898), and a whole range of WWII weapons including an M1, a Thompson, an MP 40, an Austen, a PPSh, and I don't remember what all else. He pulled the Holy Grail of WWII machineguns - an MG 34 - out of a rack and "handed" it to my 7-year-old boy. As he slowly released the weight, Adam's arms sunk lower and lower until he couldn't hold it. He then handed it to me. It was a beast - weighing in at nearly 27 pounds - but what a beauty at the same time.
We held weapons from the 1600s through Vietnam (he gave my son an RPG launcher to hold, and a home-made Vietnamese zip gun), including a shipboard wall gun, a Japanese Tanegashima, and others. We were *that* close to and could touch a Japanese heavy machinegun from World War II, a WWI British Vickers off a US Jenny, a German Parabellum with the water cooling shroud installed, and the twin MG from the rear gunner of a Japanese light bomber. He opened drawers and handed us pistols ranging from a Navy Colt, a Spanish pin gun, various pepperboxes and boot guns to a Webley, a broomhandle Mauser, a Walther PPK, and a whole slew of others. It was awesome to say the least. Probably close to half of our time in the museum was spent in the vault.
On the way back out, he stopped and opened a cabinet drawer and began pulling out prints from the 1600s depicting contemporary naval battles that were so pristine they looked like they could have been printed yesterday.
My 45-minute foray into the USNA museum turned into a 2-hour-plus marathon. My daughter decided that it was pretty cool after all, though both of the kids were ready to go after that. John Paul Jones' tomb was almost a denoument after all that, but it was still an incredible sight for me, having taken so long to get there. (Being in the Army National Guard, you might not get my love for the Navy. My father had been a Marine in WWII and was in the Navy during the Korean War. I had considered applying for the Naval Academy when I was in high school and had twice taken various exams to go into the Navy as a Nuke. I chose not to for stupid reasons and often still wish I had gone active duty in the Navy when I was young.)
Following that, we went to see the Lincoln Memorial in DC, another bit of leftover business from Julia's visit the previous month. We were all hot and tired and cranky at that point, but again, we were so close, I couldn't resist crossing the bridge to Arlington. I knew the kids just wanted to get back to the hotel, but Lynn and I kept cryptically talking about a visit to Arlington, and it was driving Julia nuts because she didn't know what was there. I told her I wouldn't explain it to her until we were in the car on the way over. She said that was fine as long as it didn't have anything to do with the Civil War, World War I or World War II. Little did she know...
When I explained what Arlington was to her, she actually thought it sounded pretty interesting and was excited to go see it. When we got there, I didn't realize we were going to have to walk so far to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as everyone was already hot and tired, but everyone soldiered on, so to speak. As we walked, though, I was talking with my daughter, and since she had pointed out John F. Kennedy in the USNA museum, I mentioned that he was buried at Arlington and gave her the choice of going to see his grave as well or just going to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. She decided to go see his grave as well, which I was proud of her for. After that, we just happened to get to the Tomb of the Unknowns a few minutes before the Changing of the Guard so we got to watch that too. Lynn and Julia were both enthralled by it. It turned out to be an extra bonus and something that Julia will remember for a long time. I don't think Adam really understood the impact of row after row of tombstones, mostly of people who had served their country - many who had died while serving it - but Julia and I talked about it and I think she had at least an inkling of what it means. One of the things I hope to develop in them is a strong respect for those who have served or are serving our country, and for those who gave their lives serving us.
The kids are still at an age where they don't really realize what an amazing day they had yesterday. The things they got to see up close - and handle if they wanted to - at the museum are things people don't even ordinarily get to see. I mean, to hold a one-of-a-kind artifact like Red Stick's carbine or to be *that* close to a document signed by John Hancock without a sheet of fracture-proof plexiglass between you and it is just out of this world. I think Julia is starting to get it at 10, but Adam is still a world away at 7. He thought it was cool, but in a different way than Julia. He got to hold real guns - couldn't care less the history behind them, he just got to hold them.


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Name: Samuel Brooks
Age: 29
Location: London UK
Status: Project Engineer + Self taught hardware and software developer.
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'As a kid I used to strip apart my toys to see how they worked'. No toy would be left untouched and I even managed to get my hands on the brand new television remote! (The rest of that story pretty much speaks for itself)
I don't currently work in the electronics or software industry but It's certainly somewhere I'd like to be in near future. R&D preferably.


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Warner Bros. has released a new 12 Strong trailer. The upcoming war drama tells the story of the "horse soldiers", a special forces team who, in the days following 9/11, set off to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
It's weird watching this trailer, and maybe I just don't have an appetite for this kind of film despite the strong cast. We're about to start sending soldiers to Afghanistan who weren't even born when 9/11 happened. That means there's no victory, no solution, and no way out. So to have a film commemorating "victory" in the early days of the conflict seems shallow and I'm not sure what purpose it's supposed to serve. I guess you could argue that it's just a good story that deserves to be told, and perhaps it is, but films don't happen in a vacuum, and it's just strange seeing this movie at this point in time. That's not to diminish the actual battle or its necessity (obviously, after 9/11 America needed to strike back), but I guess I'm just confused over the existence of a feel-good war movie at this point in time.
Check out the 12 Strong trailer below. The film opens January 19, 2018 and stars Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, Austin Stowell, Ben O'Toole, Austin Hebert, Kenneth Miller, Kenny Sheard, Jack Kesy, Laith Nakli, Fahim Fazli, Yousuf Azami, Said Taghmaoui, Elsa Pataky, William Fichtner, and Rob Riggle.
Here's the official synopsis for 12 Strong:
"12 Strong" is set in the harrowing days following 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Hemsworth), is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince Northern Alliance General Dostum (Navid Negahban) to join forces with them to fight their common adversary: the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. In addition to overcoming mutual distrust and a vast cultural divide, the Americans—accustomed to state-of-the-art warfare—must adopt the rudimentary tactics of the Afghan horse soldiers. But despite their uneasy bond, the new allies face overwhelming odds: outnumbered and outgunned by a ruthless enemy that does not take prisoners.


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No need to fear, cheese delivery is here. It's 2018 and now you don't even need to leave the comfort of your own home to get your hands on some of the best cheese the world has to offer #thankcheesus.
Now your weekend BBQ, after work drinks or even your wedding (we got you) will be just that much more Instagrammable with these super tasty wheels o' cheese, delivered right to you and your already half empty glass of wine.
We present to you Sydney's best cheese delivery services.
Cornelius Cheesemongers
Whether you're a fan of Swiss, brie, blue or all of the above, Cornelius Cheesemongers are here and ready to fulfil your cheesy dreams. The Victorian based team, offering Australia wide delivery, are passionate about selling cheese in tip-top condition. They store all their delicious cheeses in their Cheese Cave (which is coincidently also the name of our fridge) and cut them fresh to order, and we wouldn't have it any other way.
Formaggi Ocello
The legends at Formaggi Ocello are also making our dreams come true with their cheese delivery service, complete with quince paste and prosciutto on offer as well. They have quite the selection of the oozy good stuff, all the way from France and Italy, not to mention the Aussie gems they have waiting for you to try. Head online, or visit their Surry Hills store and begin tasting (vino is an essential).
Cheese Riot
Thanks to these guys you do not even need to leave your Netflix binge to get your hands on some seriously good Aussie cheese. They're completely in the know with the who's-who of the formaggi world and buy directly from producers, which is just another tick for us. You might even be lucky enough to get your water crackers around some cheese that isn't even available in-store. 'Nuff said.
Farmgate Cheese
We have two words for you. Cheese. Towers. That's right, the legends at Farmgate Cheese have transformed the ever-so popular Pinterest naked cake, into one made of their incredibly delicious cheeses. Whether it's for you big day, or maybe you've just had a tough Tuesday, get yourself onto their website and order yourself some cheese ASAP.
Cheese Therapy
Instead of the overdone magazine subscription gift, it's time for you to step it up with Cheese Therapy. The cheese hamper delivery subscription service is your sure-fire way to make sure your fridge is always stocked up with the best cheese going around. Pick from hard, soft, blue and stinky (or grab all of them), and let the Cheese Therapy do the rest. They'll curate what's in the box based on seasonal trends, including info cards and tasting notes and don't stress, the bickies are included. BTW, it's totally fine to order one for yourself, we're the perf example.
Love cheese as much as us? Check out Sydney's Best Cheese Menus, you won't regret a thing.
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Scone [skohn; Br. Skon]
This Scottish QUICK BREAD is said to have taken its name from the Stone of Destiny (or Scone), the place where Scottish kings were once crowned. The original triangular-shaped scone was made with oats and griddle-baked. Today's versions are more often flour-based and baked in the oven. They come in various shapes including triangles, rounds, squares and diamonds. Scones can be savory or sweet and are usually eaten for breakfast or tea.
The original scone was round and flat, usually as large as a medium-sized plate. It was made with unleavened oats and baked on a griddle (or girdle, in Scots), then cut into triangular sections for serving. Today, many would call the large round cake a bannock, and call the triangles scones. In Scotland, the words are often used interchangeably.
When baking powder became available to the masses, scones began to be the oven-baked, well-leavened items we know today. Modern scones are widely available in British bakeries, grocery stores, and supermarkets.
Scones sold commercially are usually round, although some brands are hexagonal as this shape may be tessellated for space efficiency. When prepared at home, they may take various shapes including triangles, rounds and squares. Baking scones at home is often closely tied to heritage baking. They tend to be made using family recipes rather than recipe books, since it is often a family member who holds the "best" and most-treasured recipe.
British scones are often lightly sweetened, but may also be savoury. They frequently include raisins, currants, cheese or dates. In Scotland and Ulster, savoury varieties of scone include soda scones, also known as soda farls, and potato scones, normally known as tattie scones, which resemble small, thin savoury pancakes made with potato flour. Potato scones are most commonly served fried in a full Scottish breakfast or an Ulster fry.
Other common varieties include the dropped scone, or drop scone, like a pancake, after the method of dropping the batter onto the griddle or frying pan to cook it, and the lemonade scone, which is made with lemonade and cream instead of butter and milk. There is also the fruit scone or fruited scone, which contains currants, sultanas, peel and glacé cherries, which is just like a plain round scone with the fruit mixed into the dough.
In some countries one may also encounter savoury varieties of scone which may contain or be topped with combinations of cheese, onion, bacon, etc.
RECIPE (English SCONE)
- 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cane sugar
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 8 tbsp softened butter cut into 1/2 inch cubes (either soften at room temperature or microwave for about 20 seconds)
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 eggs
- Preheat oven to 500F and place rack on the upper-middle position (this will help give the scone tops a golden color).
- In a food processor, add the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt and pulse until combined. Add butter to dry ingredients and mix until butter is incorporated and no large chunks remain. The mixture should resemble sand. Add the flour and butter mixture to a large bowl.
- In small bowl, whisk milk and eggs. Reserve 2 tbsp of egg milk mixture to brush on tops of scones later. Pour remaining milk egg mixture into the dry ingredients bowl, mixing with a wooden spoon until just incorporated. The dough will be very sticky.
- Heavily flour your pastry board (about 1/2 cup flour). Knead dough 25-30 times, until the dough forms a smooth ball. Add more flour if needed (I needed more for mine). Roll dough out with a floured rolling pin until 1 inch thick. Using a round pastry cutter 2 1/2 inches in diameter or the rim of a round glass that is of the same size, to cut out scones. Re-roll dough scraps and repeat. Place scones on baking sheet, brushing tops with milk mixture.
- Reduce oven temperature to 425 F and bake scones for about 12-15 minutes, until tops are golden brown.
Serve with whipped cream and jam
- 8 oz (120g) Self-Raising Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 2 oz (55g) Margarine
- 1 oz (25g) Superfine Caster Sugar
- 1/4 Pint (150ml) Milk
- Set oven to 425 F – 220C
- Mix the flour and baking powder in a bowl, rub in margarine using your fingers – or cut it into the dry ingredients using two knives/pastry blender.
- Stir in the sugar, then add milk a little at a time while mixing to a stiff dough with a fork. Be careful not to overmix as that can make the scones 'tough' (not soft and crumbly as they should be).
- Turn dough onto a floured surface and roll out to about 1/2 inch thick. Cut into rounds (the traditional Scottish scone shape) using a cookie cutter or into triangles if you prefer.
- Place on baking tray/cookie sheet and bake for about 10 minutes, or until scones are risen and golden.
Scones are at their very best when served warm with butter and jam/preserves (jelly).


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Duterte not 'bullying' Sereno: Palace
MANILA Malacanang on Friday refuted the claim of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno that she is being bullied by President Rodrigo Duterte, saying the Chief Executive has nothing to do with the move to impeach her.
There is no need for President to bully her, she has done a magnificent job at alienating her own colleagues, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Facebook interview.
Recently, Sereno was asked by 13 Supreme Court (SC) justices to go on an indefinite leave with some of them even calling for her resignation to save the judiciary from further humiliation.
It was her colleagues themselves, not the President, who have said that she is not worthy. The President has been spared from doing that by her own colleagues, he said.
Roque said Duterte was just merely allowing the impeachment process to go on in accordance with the Constitution.
What I don't like is what she has been saying lately that the President was the reason she is being removed from office, Roque said.
Last Thursday, the House committee on justice overwhelmingly voted, 38-2, in finding probable cause to impeach Sereno.
For his part, Presidential Legal Counsel Chief Salvador Panelo described Sereno's bully claim as totally baseless.
The law commands that if a member of the judiciary is disqualified to hold the same then such Justice must be ousted therefrom. The plaint of CJ Sereno that she is being bullied by PRRD or by the Duterte administration is totally baseless, Panelo said in a press statement.
Panelo, meanwhile, said the claim that the petition for quo warranto filed against the top magistrate will trigger constitutional crisis should SC rules that Sereno's appointment is void is from the beginning, infinitely fallacious.
So is the case that acquiring jurisdiction over the case is tantamount to stealing from Congress the power to remove an impeachable official expressly granted to it by the Constitution, he added.
Panelo said the SC has to resolve whether Sereno's non-filing of her statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) for 10 consecutive years is proof that Sereno has no integrity.
Another issue that the SC may resolve is on the matter of competence of SJ Sereno given that she failed in her psychological tests, Panelo said.
The constitutional requirement of competence is not limited to the nominee's academic qualification and the fifteen years law practice but it may include psychological fitness, he added.
Source: Philippine News Agency


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Westech Engine video
These guys have some great vids on youtoob.
It's a test on a 360 Ch*vy but they have some great dyno proof of the subleties of inlets.
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So does it have a 2 brl on there at the mo? If so what sort of driving use are we talking about? If as you say just want a bit more umpf, whilst keeping the standard cam n heads n stuff maybe headers, I'd go for a Performer inlet. Any thing more would be to much in my opinion and would be a wast of effort. I'd go with Avs if auto box if I had the choise, Afb with manual. Afb's work lovly with auto's though so dont rule it out, just that the Avs would be even better. For a 383 Mopar, stock engine and performer inlet, 600cfm would be the best size, and with the performer would give you nice crisp acceleration.
If you plan on heads and cam and so on go with the Performer rpm, but add a slightly higher stall converter, bigger carb and some stout rear gears to do it properly.
When you plop the Carter/Edelbrock/Webber 4 bbl on there, get the rod and jet tune up kit, a do the job properly. Although the carb will work great out of the box, it cant possably be bang on for your aplication, as they come with a generic ( perposly on the rich side, to stop folk overheating and or melting parts ) setup from the factory. Doing the jet and rod job will make it pretty much spot bollock, better performance and better mpg, what more could you ask for?
If you already got a 4 bbl manifold on there, I'd think long and hard before changing it for a Perfromer inlet. I just dont think in normal use you'd see much advantage for the cost and time to swap it. But I would still go for a Afb or Avs as above, with a stock 4 bbl inlet manifold.
Wich ever your situation is I would strongly advise fiting a good pair of tube headers and decent silencers (Flow master 40 given a choise, sound unbelivably good and powerfull, maybe to much for some, But a mopar with flowmasters sounds great and you can listen on the you tube for examples ) Remember the 4 bbl will get the stuf in but good exhaust needed to get it out.
Standard performer vs performer rpm inlet...which one and whats the difference?
Ok been askin a few folk about the difference between these two Inlet Manifold for my mopar '383' just lookin to upgrade to 4brl carb and inlet- nothing fancy! just a bit more umph should i need it, general concensous is go for the standard one over the RPM one, some are sayin i should use one over the other, will be usin probably an AVS or AFB carb - oh yeah anyone got one for sale??
Standard performer vs performer rpm inlet...which one and whats the difference?
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A carport is a great investment for a whole lot of reasons, not solely because it protects your car and adds value to your home. In this month's post we look at a number of other ways you can utilise your carport, whether it's making the most of the extra space next to the car, or during those times when your car is elsewhere.
1. A Workshop
'Hang on', you might say. 'How can I put a workshop in my carport, when it's exposed to the street?' Well, there are a lot of options for creating a workshop in your carport that keep your tools and equipment safe. Firstly, though, your carport will need to share a wall with your house or have a wall of its own (which probably excludes a freestanding carport, unless you're using it as a temporary workspace). Use this wall as the space for your worktable, creating a place to work on the family's bikes, do some carpentry, pot plants or whatever takes your fancy. You might even want to install a fold down table, as this is a great way to conserve space, and you'll also need a lockable cupboard for your tools and equipment. Best of all, once you've kitted out your workshop, you're going to be making the most of the unused space in your carport in a productive way.
2. An Outdoor Room
Perhaps you've got guests staying over, teenage kids home for the holidays, or you're simply not using the carport for a car. So why not turn your carport into an outdoor room, adding extra space for entertaining, relaxing or for fun family activities. Spend a little time planning what kind of outdoor room you want – it doesn't have to be complicated, or expensive! There are plenty of places where you can source good quality secondhand furniture and accessories – have a look at our post on the subject to get you started. Or you might already have everything you need lying around – a couple of beanbags that the kids aren't using, or some vintage cane chairs that have been in storage, waiting for the perfect moment to reappear. Whatever you have in mind for your outdoor room, keep it simple, comfortable and functional, and you'll have a great new space for hanging out with friends and family.
3. Extra Storage Space
Are your cupboards bursting and your shelves overflowing? An unused carport can provide the perfect solution to your excess 'stuff' issues, making your indoor space more comfortable and streamlined. If you have decided to add storage to your carport, the best idea is to invest in some built-in lockable cupboards for the purposes of stability and security. Maybe you're a keen DIY-er and plan to build and install the cupboards yourself, saving money and time. If not, do a bit of research online for the kinds of 'off-the-shelf' storage solutions that are available, ensuring they are lockable. Or, if you're looking for something custom-made to suit your particular needs, contact a local cabinetmaker for a quote. Finally, once your storage is in place, try to keep it organised so you don't, yet again, become overwhelmed with stuff and you can find the things you need when you need them.
4. Kids' Play Area
If you've got a carport that's not being used, you might like to consider turning part of it into a creative play space for your kids. This is as easy as picking up a square of synthetic turf to protect soft little knees and elbows from the concrete (cheap off-cuts are readily available from suppliers) and introducing some sensory activities. You might include buckets for water play, a sand pit, finger-painting or even a miniature table and chairs for afternoon tea, for both the human children and their soft toys! If you're a stay-at-home Mum looking for ways to keep the littlies occupied, utilising your vacant carport as a play space can provide you with some much needed time out.
5. A Party Room
Have you've got a big birthday coming up? Or you're next on the list for hosting Christmas Day lunch? Maybe you just feel like having a party. Well, how about using your carport as a party room, with all the advantages of doing so; more room to move, less mess and less potential for damage. Plus, cleaning up concrete after a party is way easier than getting stains out of your carpet!
Spend some time thinking about decorations and how you're going to turn your carport into something special. Things like solar fairy lights, candles, and coloured cushions and throws can transform a fairly plain space without too much effort or expense.
Make sure all your power cords, for lights and stereo equipment, are well-secured against the walls, to avoid people tripping on them. And carefully plan where you're going to serve the food, place the furniture and incorporate the dance floor, ensuring your party will run as smoothly as possible and be lots of fun for you and your guests.
Are you thinking about adding a carport to your home, increasing its value and providing protection for your car? At Lifestyle Patios, we build quality carports in a variety of styles to suit every home. Give us a call on 1300 417 950 or send us a request for a free quote via the website.


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LAGOS (AFP) – Nigeria needs to improve the way it does business if it is to fulfil its potential to become one of the world's top economies, a leading economist said on Tuesday.
Jim O'Neill, who has predicted that Nigeria could become one of the next global economic powerhouses, said the government needed to lead from the top to make doing business more efficient.
"What is clear is that it needs to be better,†the former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management told a news conference at an Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) summit in Nigeria's financial hub, Lagos, on infrastructure challenges.
"I think it's incumbent on all of Nigeria's 168 million people that the leadership of this country in terms of policy makers start to set themselves higher standards for the maintenance of their weekly business lives.
"Start penalising yourselves if you don't turn up for meetings on time. Don't blame it on Lagos traffic or Abuja traffic. Africa and Nigeria are not the only places in the world with infrastructure challenges.â€
O'Neill's prediction about the rise of the so-called "MINT†nations (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) came after a similar forecast for the "BRICS†(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).
He based his findings in part on demographics, with each having a large population and labour force that if handled correctly, could see productivity surge and attract increased foreign investment.
The effect of stamping out lax practices would trickle down, he said.
"It's a pretty simple thing to do. It would be potentially transformative in signalling a message to the standards that everybody in the country is expected to live by,†he added.
– Joining G20 is possible –
Nigeria is currently Africa's second-biggest economy behind South Africa but is widely expected to become the biggest after the results of a re-basing of its gross domestic product are announced.
Despite being the continent's leading oil producer, decades of under-investment in and mismanagement of utilities such as the power sector have left yawning gaps in infrastructure that are mirrored across Africa.
The AFC, which works to develop and finance infrastructure projects, estimates that improvements to infrastructure could potentially add an average of 2.0 percent a year to Africa's growth rate over the next decade.
In Nigeria, which last year part-privatised its ailing power sector to help boost supply and cut daily outages, decent power could boost growth from about 7.0 percent currently to 10-12 percent, according to O'Neill.
"There is no reason why Nigeria should not become one of the G20,†he added in a separate statement.
But he said in a speech to delegates that leadership and good governance were essential.
"Look at Manchester United. They are struggling since (manager) Alex Ferguson (retired). It doesn't matter whether it's football, a country, a company, a school, good focused leadership is ultimately an enabling thing,†he said.
"In order to have a chance to reach this prosperous future, Nigeria and Africa needs to have better leadership…
"Unless you have credible governance, it's going to be very difficult to attract that finance."


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Come one, come all...catch the Wienermobile
The iconic Wienermobile is in Dothan.
It arrived from Orlando on Thursday morning.
When the Wienermobile pulled up, it drew a few curious folks.
Since 1936, the iconic vehicle has been hauling buns and fun across the hot dog highway.
For Dorothy Spratlin, driving this Wienermobile is a dream come true.
"The Wienermobile came by at my family Christmas party when I was six. I absolutely fell in love with it and said right then that I was going to drive the Wienermobile when I graduated college," said Spratlin.
Before rolling into town this morning, the vehicle dropped by the National Peanut Festival to tour the nut mobile. While in Dothan, the Oscar Meyer team will be giving away free hot dogs along with other prizes.
"It takes you back to your childhood and the things you used to do when you were little," said Wienermobile fan Dawn Willis. "Like I said, it takes me back to the Maryland state fair because they used to be there every year. It's been a blast, and to get this nice little whistle again…"
"We've got props to take pictures with. We've got coupons, stickers, postcards. So come on out and get your fun stuff and your photo," said Spratlin.
So relish the time spent in or out of the Wienermobile this week.
Spratlin and her teammate arrived in Dothan Thursday as part of a four-day visit to the Wiregrass area. Thursday's stop occurred at the South Oates Street Food Depot location. It'll visit the chain's Cherokee Avenue location Friday, the Ashford store Saturday and the East Main Street facility on Sunday.


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I am a down to earth Spiritual Life Coach and Reiki Master and my no nonsense approach enables my clients to 'shift' their energy into alignment so that they begin living the life they want, full of energy, vitality and free of the blocks that have kept them stuck in a repetitive cycle of monotony.
By enabling women to look within to discover their true spiritual and intuitive self through support and guidance, that allows them to shine like they have never shone before and taking that light to cascade into all areas of their life. Creating confidence, connection, harmony and happiness in all things.
I have been where you are now, wondering how I can ever connect to my Intuition and Higher Self. I have been on my Journey of Discovery since 2004 and I am still learning as we can never know all there is to know.
Teaching is my passion and where I shine the brightest and I have been lucky enough to teach some amazing people and set them forward onto their own Spiritual and Manifesting Road.
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I would say that by you being open about who you are, you breed trust in your abilities. You have a gift/skill to hit the nail on the head and make suggestions which were what I was thinking inside, but that I wasn't expressing or listening to. You showed that trusting what messages/ideas/inspiration/instinct you have inside isn't silly. They should be listened to. We should have the strength to believe in them and express who we are without fear of what others think. I'd actually written 'raspberry copywriting' on my pad when I was trying to come up with a business name, so you reinforcing that to me was backing up what I wasn't allowing myself to listen to. Im so glad I didn't go with Communicate Copywriting as that's really not me!
Before I began my life coaching sessions with Jackie Frith, I was in a very dark, negative place. Jackie used her excellent coaching skills to listen, ask questions and clarify exactly what problems I was experiencing. She then offered lots of suggestions and ideas on how to overcome the problems and move my life forward. Jackie supported me to question, search, formulate and identify solutions that enabled me to move my life forward and get back on track. Jackie was without a doubt, absolutely amazing she helped me find the way forward and out of the rut I was stuck in. She empowered me and helped me believe in myself and gave me back my self respect. She also went the extra mile, emailing me resources, ebooks and relevant information. In just 4 short weeks Jackie provided me with the tools necessary to transform my life and achieve a quality and sense of well being that was previously absent from my life.
Jackie you gave me back my self respect and helped me emerge wiser and stronger than ever before. From the bottom of my heart thank you!
Jackie is an incredible and inspirational lady who is passionate about what she does. Whist she is very spiritual and wise, she is also very grounded and down to earth. She is a great teacher and seems to understand the universal laws and well as she does how humans, however spiritual, need to operate in the real world. In the Law of Attraction work I have done with Jackie, I found this to be transformational. As a one to one, she really would take you places! She is super positive and fun, but will also give you a directional push of motivation.
The Juicy Bit
Below is a selection of the tools used during the 3 month programme, even if you haven't used these techniques before you will be able to dive straight into them and I will be there to support you every step of the way.
I will record a bespoke channeled meditation that you can listen too to build your connection with your Higher Self and Source Energy.
We will create magical visualisations to help remove self sabotaging blocks that are holding you back from creating the life you deserve. By focusing on what you want instead of what you don't want will bring about radical changes in your outlook on your life and self worth.
We dive into the coolest and easiest ways too Manifest what your heart desires. We will use proven techniques and exercises to get your creative mind flowing and attracting Abundance and Prosperity.
I connect with your Spirit Guides and Angels and work with you intuitively to give you clarity, direction and focus.
How Opening up your Intuition will enhance everything that you do as you will be in touch with your Soul and Inner Guidance
The rest will just flow naturally as our work progresses and unfolds as I believe that this life changing programme cannot be sectioned into compartments but more flowing with the ease and grace of magic.
I get that investing in this may be a scary thought for you as you may have never done anything like this before but I can assure you that if you are looking at this page then you have been guided here and you have got this far down it then you are definitely on the right track.
Do I have to pay upfront?
You have the option of either paying in advance or you can split payment over 3 months
How will the 121 calls take place?
The calls are done via a video link that is super easy to use and you don't have to download anything – you just click on the link that I send to you.
How can you pick up on my energy via video?
Energy is energy and we are all made up of energy. Just like distant reiki healing it works in the same way. When we are on the call I will be tuning into your energy field and working on releasing blocks at the same time.
Why can't I just do a 1 off call?
You can do a 1 off call – Empowering Positivity Call however we are limited to how much can be achieved in just one call and the real Magic happens when we work together over 3 Months.
Can I just do part of the programme?
This is designed as a 12 week programme for you to follow and be committed too
Let's do this – How do I pay?
You can pay by debit or credit card, Paypal or via bank transfer either in full or over two payments
Who it is for ⏬
✔You are committed to the work needed to bring about real change and growth in all areas of your life
✔You are ready to get ultra clear on your vision for the future
✔You can give 100% to the programme and yourself
✔You are super excited to receive all the abundance and prosperity that will be coming your way in bucket loads
✔You are prepared to dive deep like you never have before in order to come through the other side shining brightly
✔You want to live your life with passion, positivity and a sprinkle of magic
✔You are prepared to get your ass kicked if you become slack 😀
Who it is not For
❌You are looking for a quick and easy way to make money
❌You are not invested in your future
❌You are not prepared to look at your life and see what may need changing
❌You are a Negative about everything
❌You moan a lot
❌You expect me to do the work for you – it's not a magic wand
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What Happens Next?
Once you have made the decision to commit to this 12 week programme – Woo Hoo!! and you have paid then you will receive an email from me confirming your booking and a start date is planned along with all the calls being blocked out of both our diaries.
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How to give a good peer review
Benefits of giving feedback
Being able to give helpful and critical feedback will help your colleagues to improve their drafts considerably. In return, your colleagues will reciprocate by also giving you useful and critical feedback. Furthermore, research shows that the process of giving feedback will benefit your own writing process. This is because it will improve your ability to analyse your own drafts.
Research suggests that effective feedback comments often:
1. Answer the author's request for help in his/her cover letter (i.e. read the author's cover letter carefully).
2. Give concrete and specific advice (e.g. give suggestions and/or solutions for improvement).
3. Focus on improving higher-order concerns (e.g. ideas and structure) rather than lower-order concerns (e.g. spelling and grammar)
4. Identify passages within the draft that you find difficult to read and/or understand. In these cases, it will benefit the author greatly if you give a short summary of how you understand the meaning of the 'potentially confusing' passage.
5. Give an appropriate amount of genuine positive feedback (not too much and not too little) on aspects of the text the author has written well.
6. Justify or give reasons for your feedback comments (including praise; e.g. "Your introduction is great because of (a), (b) and (c)) where appropriate.
7. Be polite and respectful to the author.
8. Give feedback on specific content only if you are competent to do so (note: this is the supervisor's job!).
9. Comment on 'content' that you feel may be 'inappropriate' even if you are not an expert. In these cases, use appropriate words and/or expressions to signal your genuine uncertainty (e.g. "It may be that, "It seems to me that …", "From a reader's perspective, perhaps …").
Take the author's perspective
Whilst writing your feedback comments, you may find it useful to consider the prompts below:
(i) Does the feedback you are giving (have given) include most of the points on the list above?
(ii) If you were the author of the text, would you find this feedback useful and critical?
After the round of feedback
You may find it helpful to compare the feedback comments you wrote with the feedback comments you received by using the prompts below:
(i) Which feedback comments did you find useful? Not so useful?
(ii) Which of the points above were often contained in your 'useful' feedback comments?
(iii) Do you think the authors found your feedback comments useful? Not so useful?


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Category: State-Owned-Enterprises Strategy
State-Owned-Enterprises (SOEs) are for-profit businesses which compete in the market but have a controlling interest held by the government. There are many names for these businesses: crown corporations, state-owned-enterprises (SOE), parastatals and government corporations. For consistency, the acronym SOE will be used. In most of the world, SOEs play critical roles in helping a government offer a service the public needs yet the private sector cannot or will not offer. In other cases, like China's One Belt One Road initiative, SOEs move into international markets to implement a broader national industrial policy and/or a realignment of existing commercial systems.
SOEs, therefore, play pivotal roles in the way a country competes. Many emerging market governments rely on their SOEs as the primary, and sometimes, the only partner to fill voids related to the provision of basic services like electricity or housing. Simultaneously, SOEs are mandated to establish the infrastructure to entice foreign direct investment: financial services systems, roads, power plants, airports, ports, hospitals, schools, and transportation systems. In other cases, SOEs lead challenging strategic imperatives like securing oil reserves or helping diversify a national economy. In pursuing these goals, SOEs must balance both their social obligations to citizens and the need to remain competitive. Failure to successfully achieve this balance could depress economic growth or lead to widespread unrest. Therefore, the success of emerging markets is in many ways contingent on the successful implementation of their SOEs.
There is no such thing as an SOE strategy. An SOE, like any company, may require a corporate strategy, business unit strategy etc. However, most SOEs struggle with productivity, cost containment, and government-mandated diversification leading to excessive liabilities.
Despite the significant successes of some SOEs, western media traditionally depicts the private sector as always out-maneuvering SOEs. SOEs are described as too slow, too bulky and lacking a culture of innovation to compete in today's rapidly evolving markets. They assume that SOEs have little to teach about strategy, leadership, and innovation.


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With PX disposition, you can attribute your performance on a lead basis as well as upload custom values for additional tracking. This gives insights into your leads sales funnel, source-specific and overall campaign performance. Uploading disposition data is an easy process as PX remembers your file format and mapped fields.
To upload a disposition file, go to Disposition management and navigate to Upload file block.
Uploading procedure can consist of three steps:
Formatting your file correctly is important, so make sure it meets all the requirements.
Format your disposition file
Before you begin, make sure the Target CPA and Status are set in campaign settings.
A disposition file must include at least 2 columns: the lead identifier (lead GUID or email) and its current disposition status (contacted, interested, etc.).
With lead GUID as an identifier, the file should look something like this:
|Lead GUID
You can upload files with the same leads as many times as you need, the status of the lead will be updated accordingly.
There are the following requirements for the disposition file:
- The file must be in CSV format and contain 1 worksheet;
- The file size range is between 96 bytes and 10 MB;
- The file must contain at least email/lead GUID and status columns;
- Include column headers to make the mapping procedure in Step 2 more convenient.
- See the example disposition file at the end of the article.
You can also use services to check your CSV files, for example, CSV Lint.
Step 1. Upload file
To upload the disposition file, select the campaign and drag and drop the file or click to select it.
As soon as campaign and file are selected, click Next to proceed.
If there is something wrong with the file, an error message will be displayed.
Please upload disposition files separately for each campaign. Make sure your file contains leads bought by only one campaign selected above, otherwise, lead statuses won't be updated correctly.
Step 2. Map file headers
On the next step, map Email and/or Lead GUID, Status and Custom value 1, 2, 3 columns between the uploaded file and PX settings.
Next time when you upload the file with the same structure, fields will be mapped automatically.
- If your uploaded file contains headers, click Yes and map each of the required fields to headers of the corresponding columns by selecting them in corresponding lists. Enter the necessary number in a Search field if there is no item you need on the list.
- If the uploaded file does not contain headers, click No. Сount columns manually in your file and map each of the required fields to appropriate column numbers.
If there is no corresponding column in the uploaded file, select My file doesn't have this column option.
At least one of Email and Lead GUID columns must be mapped, so avoid selecting this checkbox for both of them. Otherwise, the file won't be processed correctly.
Map custom values for your leads if you need. As soon as the disposition file is processed, custom values will be displayed in Disposition history of the lead.
- Only numbers are accepted as custom values. Letters, special characters and empty fields aren't taken into account and don't affect previous disposition changes.
- Set 0 as a custom value for a lead to remove previously uploaded results.
Click Process as soon as you're done.
Step 3. Map statuses
On this step, map each status specified in the uploaded file to one of standard PX statuses, which are closest in meaning:
- Use Reset status to discard previously mapped disposition status to the lead.
- Follow How to map disposition statuses article for more information.
If you uploaded files before, click Review previously mapped fields to view the fields that were mapped automatically according to previous uploads and change them if necessary:
Click Back to return to the previous step (all your configurations on the current step will be saved).
Click Process to finish the file upload. If everything is mapped correctly, the information about the uploaded file appears in Dispositions table below.
Track disposition data uploaded on Source management page.


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One of our favourite beauty trends for summer 2018 is blue makeup, which we're translating into blue nail polishes. With a countless array of vibrant and bright hues to offset your favourite vacation destination; we can't wait to try these out.
5 of the best blue nail polishes for summer
The natural one
Nailberry is a great brand if you suffer from nail sensitivity, are pregnant or just want to clean up your nailcare routine thanks to its natural formulation. Free from the common nasties like DBP, toluene, formaldehyde, alcohol, parabens, and gluten, the L'Oxygéné Nail Lacquer has an oxygenated formula which allows the nails to breathe even when wearing the polish.


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The Star Wars Pop-Up Book
There has been a resurgence in pop-up books over the last year or so: They're not just for kids anymore. Witness the new-ish Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy. Yes, there's a primary pop-up in the middle of each page. But there's one in every corner of each page, too. The design is intricate with pull tabs to make the components (a light saber perhaps) move. Because the book garnered a stellar review in the New York Times Book Review, it was difficult to find a copy during the holidays. More lately, it's been easier and sometimes even on sale. Matt Reinhart, the creator, is a paper engineer who's done similar projects for The Wizard of Oz and Maurice Sendak. The book's a welcome addition to the varied Star Wars canon of books. May the pop-up be with you.Read More


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Thirty years ago, in January 1989, the Soviet Union's last census found that 1,565,662 people lived in Estonia, more than ever before and since. The Sunday magazine of ERR's Aktuaalne kaamera newscast had a closer look.
There were roughly 100,000 more women than men. Of all the country's residents, 61.5% were Estonian and 30.3% Russian, followed by Ukrainians, Belarusians and Finns. Fewer than 10,000 belonged to various other groups, the smallest being the Czechs and the Vepsians with 37 each.
Aktuaalne kaamera paid a visit to the National Archive's depository in Rakvere, where the documents of the 1989 census fill shelf upon shelf. The 1989 census was the Soviet Union's last, carried out under orders from Moscow.
Great interest to find out about share of Estonians in population
According to Allan Puur, professor of demography at Tallinn University, counting Estonia's residents was easier back then: "The borders were closed, the movement of people was easier to direct and control. Today there's more undocumented movement," Mr Puur explained.
Though the order to count Estonia's residents had come from Moscow, Estonia's leaders were greatly interested in the outcome of the census: the country was at the peak of the Singing Revolution, there was a lot of debate of the effects of the war, the occupation and Soviet power on Estonia's population.
Some 5% of Estonia's territory was taken away from the Estonian SSR and added to that of the Russian SFSR, including the residents of those areas, and Estonia's population losses due to the war were among the greatest in Europe. Many were wondering how many Estonians there still were.
"And what had happened in the population over the last 10 years, as the last census had been done in 1979. And those numbers, the proportion of Estonians, those issues were extremely important to society at the time," Mr Puur said.
Special rules applied for Soviet military
Soviet troops were stationed in Estonia. Special census rules were applied in their case: officers accommodated in city flats were counted as part of the general population, while those put up on military bases were counted differently.
This means that the census doesn't say much about the total number of troops in Estonia at the time, as Mr Puur points out. "There is an issue of trustworthiness and accuracy here, and we can't tell from the 1989 census results how many troops there were on garrison territory."
Estonia also received the electronic records of the census after the collapse of the Soviet Union. "Estonia is one of the few states that received this data in the 1990s on the initiative of statisticians and scientists," Mr Puur explained. "We have it, but plenty of former Soviet republics don't."
Population at all-time peak, birth rate down already a decade later
The census recorded the greatest number of residents in Estonian history ever to live within the country's borders. The next one, 11 years later, already found that the population had shrunk by several hundred thousand—a lot of Soviet-era immigrants had left.
But this wasn't the only reason. A decline in births was registered already then, with deaths trumping them by as many as 7,000 in some years.
Though Estonia is far away from a population of 1.5 million, the trend has changed in recent years. "We've had more arrivals than people leaving over the last three to four years," Mr Puur pointed out, a result of migration rather than births.
On 1 January 2019, Estonia's population is 1,323,820 according to the population register, which is 4,690 more than a year ago.
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Twitter Adds Translated Tweets to iOS Apps
With World Cup coverage underway, people from all over the world are tweeting about the same topic in many different languages. Twitter wants to make it easier for everyone by bringing mobile translations to its iOS app and is looking to Bing to lead the way.
The two companies are joining forces to bring translated tweets to iOS apps, according to a CNET report. After downloading the Twitter iOS update, users can click a translate button within each tweet to have it displayed in their native language.
See also: Six Apps to Fuel Your World Cup Fever
The concept isn't entirely new. In 2012, Twitter tested a Bing Translator feature that automatically translates tweets into other languages.
Most recently, Bing brought its translation tool to Android.
Twitter and Microsoft have not yet responded to a request for comment.


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In a major coup, Tom signed Ryan Lochte to an exclusive Public Relations package.
One of Tom's biggest challenges is Lochte hasn't risen to the level of Tom's previous clients who include: Kobe Bryant, A-Rod, Ray Rice and O.J. Simpson.
In fact, Tom has learned from reliable sources that some gas station restrooms are not a model of cleanliness and sanitation and may deserved to be vandalized. Consequently, the first order of business for Tom is to make Lochte's offense worse than it is or people will forget him.
"If anybody is up to this challenge it is Tom", chirped Chuck Manson


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04 January 2017
Every crater in this picture was made by a nuke. It's in Nevada.
Picture is a screen shot of a Google Maps satellite image.
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I would LOVE to see a radiation survey of that place.ReplyDelete
The number of people I know (including lefty relatives) who believe that any radioactive element with a very long half-life will kill you instantly is ... saddening. Unhappily, they also believe that an element with a very short half-life is dangerous for ever.
A radiation survey of "the most nuked place on earth" would make excellent educational material.
- Anonymous05 January, 2017 14:19
One thing this brings to mind is how utterly moronic the anti-nuclear power people are when they say we have no place to store low level radioactive waste. Umm... Hellloooo... Not like you are going to make that area any worse if you build a storage facility there. If there were groundwater it'd already be compromised. The only real concern would be to make sure the site is secure and to avoid any accidental criticalities (ask the Russians about that when it comes to disposing of low level waste).ReplyDelete
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