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Last week, the New South Wales Government, through its newly created body Infrastructure New South Wales, released its submission to Infrastructure Australia for funding for infrastructure associated with Port Botany.
In a report of the submission, The Australian Financial Review seemed to suggest that the reason behind the submission for federal funds was an endeavour to increase the amount of money the State Government could expect when it sells the lease of Port Botany. The State request is, initially, modest -- $28 million for planning the roads and freight hubs. This is in addition to the $70 million allocated in the last Federal Budget for planning on the establishment of the Moorebank Intermodal, which is to serve increased contained traffic throughPort Botany.
That's a lot of money for planning studies. It's a pity nothing has been done beyond thinking and asking for planning funds.
The Chairman of Infrastructure New South Wales, former Liberal Premier Nick Greiner, was at least open when he said: "Clearly people wanting to buy the lease of Port Botany will want to know the intentions of the governments, both federal and state governments."
So too, Mr Greiner, would the people of our City.
But our residents are not all that interested in the State Government maximising its sale price for the Port Botany lease. No, our residents are more interested in their quality of life.
I am not opposed to a more efficient operating port. Far from it. What I am concerned about, though, is planning that does lead to more efficient transport logistics in moving the containers.
If that is what Mr Greiner is seeking while he maximises a lease sale price then, for totally different reasons, I would support him.
But, in the absence of an effective container transport policy or strategy I would take a totally different view.
A week or so before the article inspired by Mr Greiner there was another story and headline in The Australian Financial Review, which trumpeted "Port Botany to drive growth". The story below the headline was how Port Botany would be the significant driver of growth in NSW. So says Paul Broad, the new chief executive of Infrastructure New South Wales. While acknowledging that the Port Botany precinct was, and I quote, "a much-neglected part of the economy", Mr Broad said there was a need to unclog the links – the M5 and the M4. The M5 is "a clogged artery".
Figures Mr Broad presented show that between 4:00am and 6:00pm each day between 2500 and 3500 cars and trucks travel eastbound on the M5 every hour. Foreshore Road in the same time periods handles between 300 and 400 trucks every hour.
Unclogging the artery and the links will boost growth, says Mr Broad.
He's right. But if nothing happens and truck movement of containers doubles then7000 trucks and cars on the M5 every hour and up to 800 trucks an hour downForeshore Road and the situation is horrendous.
If nothing is done, this generation of planners and bureaucrats, and governments, will strangle Sydney and we will all live under a cloud of car and truck emissions.
But to unclog the links, as Mr Broad seeks, (and he is right) you need to plan and actually build things.
What we're promised now is a series of discussion papers to be released early next year and a 20 year infrastructure plan.
We have been in touch with Infrastructure New South Wales and will ensure that our views are known to this organisation as it formulates its plans.
Unfortunately, we've seen a few of those plans in the past – and now we're to see more although this is the first time an infrastructure-focussed state organisation has been established.
However, even before Mr Broad, a highly capable public servant, made his comments there were some others made to a Legislative Council committee hearing, which have bearing on this City and the port operations.
Before I go into those comments, let me set the scene.
There is a saying in the bush – "you shoot your own dog …" which means you face up to your own responsibilities and to reality.
If there is something to do that's not very pleasant then you have a responsibility to do it yourself and not flick it off to someone else.
The NSW Government has done that in relation to Port Botany and the movement of containers – and it is not good news for our residents.
When Terminal Three at Port Botany was approved there were two realities within the Conditions of Consent.
One was that the number of containers (or to use the industry term – twenty foot equivalents or TEU's) was capped at 3.2 million.
That was a condition of consent and, like all conditions of consent, this Council and its residents would expect it to behonoured.
The second one was the stated aim that 40% of the containers would be moved to and from the port by rail.
This mythical figure was stated, and restated, by successive ministers for transport and ministers for ports … and even, if I recall correctly, by premiers. Indeed, I can go back to a report in July 2005, nearly seven years ago, from the Freight Infrastructure Advisory Board under the authorship of L. J. Brereton, someone not unknown to residents of this City.
Recommendation number one from this report was, and I quote: "The 40 percent rail share target must be met and if possible exceeded …".
The Freight Infrastructure Advisory Board went the way of so many advisory bodies – into oblivion. So too, now, is the recommendation which was adopted by all parts of government as almost holy writ.
But what has not been consigned to oblivion is the fact that the 40 per cent figure was one this Council and the people it represents would expect to be honoured.
The 40 per cent rail movement would mean that about 1.2 million containers would be moved via rail and around two million by road.
When the 40 per cent figure became holy writ, the percentage of containers moved by rail was around 25 per cent.
Last year, the rail percentage was around 17 per cent – a significant drop and one which, at the time, caused me great concern.
A couple of weeks ago, in the estimates hearings held by the NSW Legislative Council, the new Minister for Transport, the Hon Gladys Berejiklian, appeared before the committee, along with her senior bureaucrats.
This was a hearing that, understandably, focused on public transport – trains, buses and ferries.
But buried in the midst of the estimates hearings was where Ms Berejiklian shot the Government's Port Botany dog.
She actually shot it twice with the same effectiveness on container numbers and rail percentages.
She revealed the truth, unique itself in a politician, and that truth, although we have long suspected it, does not auger well for our residents and indeed for the entire Sydney metropolitan area. It's worth quoting a bit of what she said.
In answer to a question on the operation of the Port Botany rail service she said:
"The Government is keenly aware of the nationally significant role that Port Botany and its infrastructure play insupporting an efficient freight network. Container trade through Port Botany currently stands at around two million twenty-foot equivalent units per annum. It is forecast to be 3.2 million by the mid 2020s but it is likely to be achieved sooner than that. The Government is working to increase the proportion of containers in and out of the port by rail to manage the growth in freight trucks on our roads. Currently around 14 per cent of containers are moved by rail. Our target is to double that proportion. The Government is keenly aware of the challenges it is facing."
Within that paragraph, the Port Botany dog was shot twice.
Let's look at the ritual execution.
First. The Minister said: "It (container numbers) is forecast to be 3.2 million by the mid 2020s but it is likely to be achievedsooner than that."
I'd like to remind the Minister that the 3.2 million TEU figure is not, I repeat not, a forecast. It is a legally binding condition of consent laid down by the Department of Planning when the NSW Government gave approval for Terminal 3.
Forecasts, to use the Minister's word, can change. This, to me, is an indication that this government, like its predecessors and the State Owned Corporation, Sydney Ports Corporation, considers the 3.2 million legally imposed cap is nothing but a hindrance.
We well remember the NSW Department of Transport submission to Infrastructure Australia, which publicly acknowledged that Sydney Ports Corporation and the NSW Government were working towards an annual container throughput at Port Botany of around seven million TEUs.
Indeed, the Greiner-inspired article in last week's The Australian Financial Review said that the intended number of containers by 2030-31 was 7.5 million.
Only two months ago, I discussed how any sale of Sydney Ports Corporation, which was previewed in the State Budget, must include strict adherence to the conditions of consent that were given for all operations including Terminal 3.
As a State Owned Corporation, Sydney Ports Corporation must adhere to State laws. And that's what any potential private owner must also do.
My concern has been heightened by a flow of comments and suggestions I have been getting recently that Sydney Ports Corporation may seek a variation to the conditions of consent to increase the 3.2 million TEU cap.
If it does, and given the absence of any effective transport planning, which has been sadly lacking for many years and from many ministers of the Crown, this Council should take every legal step it can tostop a move that could strangle our City and make the life of many of our residents a living hell.
Now, the Minister's second bullet fired into the dog. She said: "Currently around 14 per cent of containers are moved by rail. Our target is to double that proportion."
She has told two truths. First, the percentage moved by rail. What began as 25 per cent dropped to 17 per cent and is now at 14 per cent. Second, her pledge, or aim – "Our target is to double that proportion."
Doubling means 28 per cent. If we all remember – and we surely do – successive ministers for transport, for ports, even premiers kept up the mantra that 40 per cent was the rail target.
I always knew 40 per cent was farcical. It was an honourable aim, a target. But that's all.
As almost a coupe de grace, the Minister added: "… I am also pleased to report that the doubling of the proportion target is due by 2020 and it is part of our New South Wales 2021 Plan."
I went to the New South Wales Plan 2021 – the latest edition of one of the more meaningless government documents – and it is there, on page 39 under the target for "Enhance Rail Freight Movement". There you find: "Double the proportion of container freight movement by rail through NSW ports by 2020."
Rail out of Port Kembla or the Port of Newcastle focus on bulk coal not containers and thus this honourable target from the honourable minister must relate to Port Botany.
Channelling Marc Antony on the steps of the Roman Senate, the Minister has come not to praise the mythical 40 per cent – but to bury it.
At least she had the honesty to do that. And, for that I give her credit.
Let's do some maths. At the "forecast" of 3.2 million containers, 14 per cent means 480,000 containers by rail – and 2,720,000 by road. Doubling it, and I'll give them a bit of leeway, means 960,000 by rail – and 2,240,000 by road.
That's a lot of truck movements down Foreshore Road to either the M5East or Southern Cross Drive.
I have discussed many times the resultant road congestion, the pollution, the noise, the road danger and many other things that will flow from such road numbers. Suffice it to say – it would be disastrous for us and the rest of Sydney.
But let's extrapolate – and use the Minister's forecasts and projections – in the case of a real possibility of an increase in the overall cap.
Seven million containers through Port Botany. If the Minister's illusory State Plan numbers come into reality – 2,100,000 containers by rail and 4,900,000 by road.
Given State Government infrastructure planning – both what we've seen and what we've been promised – these sorts of container numbers would strangle Sydney and create a permanent pollution cloud.
But who is to say the Government will meet its State Plan targets – they haven't been met in the past.
Say they get to 20 per cent. That means 1,400,000 containers by rail and 5,600,000 by road.
And where do the boxes go? The Enfield intermodal is underway but it can't meet the sort of demand that is projected.
Moorebank.The Federal Department of Finance is still studying the Moorebank intermodal – as did the Howard Government, the Carr Government, the Iemma Government and those that followed.
Has one sod been turned at Moorebank? The answer, after years of studies, plans, strategies, reviews and the like, is a resounding "NO!"
Is it any wonder there is frustration in this Council and among our residents.
Everyone talks and plans – but no one actually does anything.
At least, this current Minister for Transport has, as I've acknowledged, told us the truth.
And, in doing so, she definitely shot her own dog.


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The Gallery at the Kent Art Association, in Kent, CT, is seeking entries for the 2011 Member Show II scheduled June 12 through July 17 at the Kent Art Association Gallery. The receiving date is Saturday, June 11 from 11 am - 2 pm at the KAA Gallery, Route 7, 21 South Main Street (just south of the traffic light), Kent, Connecticut. The judges will be Phyllis Behar, Pamela Reese, and Alfred Haywood. Oils, watercolors, pastels, graphics, acrylics, small sculpture, artistic collage, mixed media, and nonobjective (abstract) are acceptable in the Member Show. Please bring a recent copy of your bio for visitor reference. An entry fee of $20 will be charged and artists may become members at receiving. All works must be original, for sale and not previously shown at the KAA Gallery.
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Her keen interest in ADA compliance was formed from being in a wheel chair and having to decide how her own residence would be transformed to accommodate her needs. Through rehabilitation, she once again became able-bodied but continued to study the laws, architecture and engineering needed to render buildings suitable for those with limited mobility. She formed Access Housing, Inc. in 1993 as a consultant service for those who required assistance in determining what structures could be made ADA compliant and then providing construction management for the resulting construction and remodeling.
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Monica Berlin (English) has published four new poems. "[When we turn the calendar's page, my little boy looking]," "[This afternoon the sky's making the kind of promises it can]," "[If there's a joke more complicated than "knock-knock," more nuanced]" and "[There is no city in my city, let's be]" appear in the latest issue of Houseguest (November 2014).
As well, Berlin and Beth Marzoni '04 recently read poems from their ongoing collaboration in St. Paul, Minnesota, in November, for Water~Stone Review.


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I got selected to the World University Games 2009, the Universiade 2009. This time its Belgrade, Serbia. Apart from the workload I had during the past months, I managed to do some training for the trials. Lucky me!. I'm in the team.
How ever there are several concerns in my mind. The ticket isn't affordable for all, so that the selectors have reduced the number of participation. My university provides with the registration fee and the tickets. But not all universities here in Sri Lanka got such policy.
There were 6 participants in two disciplines for the Bangkok Universiade including myself from the University of Moratuwa, my university. But this time only two to my knowledge, myself and my batch mate swimmer.
But unfortunate me! My GF didn't get her place in the team as expected. She'd recovered now.
Well, hope for a better Universiade this time. I dont need less GPA this time. Hard work to be done, preparation needed. This is a milestone semester of my Uni life and I need courage and commitment from within.
Seems tired to even think about it. Only 1+ month for my CIMA exams. Need a sigh of relief soon after the huge bulk.
Currently I'm working on the training report. Its a cracking mess now with only 10 pages out of the 40+ required. Yes I'm doing the BSc. in IT, I've got to commit.!!!
Until then, await me Belgrade!!!


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Rodeway Inn & Suites Fort Lauderdale - FAQ and the Answers
Do you provide a shuttle service to Port of Miami?
Yes we have a direct shuttle to the port please book a package or call the hotel.
We operate a free shuttle (both ways) for our customers. The shuttle is a van that is schedule in the morning in the lobby. The driver of the shuttle will load your luggage on-to the shuttle. You will ride with your bags to the cruise terminal on the shuttle and drop off where the ships porters will take your luggage.
Our regular rate, without a advance special package is $10.00 per day.
Yes, it helps us serve you better if you print the "confirmation" emailed to you when you book.
If you have a page that says you have a confirmation or that you're parking is booked, that means you have a reservation.
If you have a page that says you have a confirmation or that you're parking is booked, that means you have a reservation.
We accept U.S. cash and coin, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover with appropriate picture ID. We do not take personal checks, traveler's checks, company checks, IOUs, or foreign currency.
Yes. Our shuttle will meet you in the same area that the "rental car" company shuttles pick-up at your terminal. The driver of our shuttle will help you load your luggage from the pick-up point onto the shuttle. Usually our pick-up points are very close to the terminal door, but it does vary by each terminal.
Our drivers will help you load your belongings from your vehicle and on-to the shuttle bus, including mobility devices. If the item is extremely heavy and awkward, please be patient so that they can get additional help from other staff. Our shuttle buses do not have a traditional "lift", but they are easy to step on and off of for people with mobility issues (only three small steps up/down).
Usually there are signs at the various cruise terminals that designate where the "rental car" shuttles stop; if you are unfamiliar, please ask a member of the shore staff from the cruise line to point you in the right direction. You can also ask our driver to point out the pick-up area to you on the way over to the ship, but after a few days on vacation you'll probably forget!
If your car will fit in a regular spot, we charge the same rate. We do not have a "compact" rate or a "Hummer H1" rate. We do charge more for RVs, or vehicles pulling trailers, or charter buses.
Kind of, but not really..... We do have a limited amount of handicapped parking spaces that you are more than welcome to use. However, our entire service is based around serving your directly from your car. We do still charge the same rate for parking if you have a disabled permit, an additional discount is not applicable.
No, but you can get a great rate right here on our website!
Our offers change from time to time, just like airlines and most other businesses. If your friend is paying less, or more, it is because they booked at a different time under a different promotion.
We can usually accommodate them, but it is not at our special internet only pricing. Because of the complexity of accommodating these vehicles, we do not discount our prices for these items. Please call us with the total length of your vehicle and the dates of travel and we will tell you if it is possible for us to help.
When you walk outside, please proceed to the pick-up area and call the hotel (954)792-8181 please be patient as multiple ship are disembarking at the same time.
Yes, we are available from 5:30 am till 12 am to pick you up whenever you need to be picked up. If you elect "self serve" debarkation from your cruise ship, you will most likely walk outside and not see a shuttle waiting yet. Please don't call until you clear customs.
After you have cleared customs and are outside with your luggage.
Of course! We are happy to help jump start your car. Please ask us before calling for assistance from your motor club.
We offer different level of service than the port-authority operated lot. You get door to door service. Plus we charge allot less than the port and other parking lots. Also ship sometime comes back to different port than they went out on.
No please leave your vehicle lock and do not leave any personal belongings exposed. If you have read this, and still have questions, call 1-954-792-8181 and ask away. If it is a good one, we'll add it here!
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Guests of this Fort Lauderdale, FL hotel will enjoy amenities such as free wireless high-speed Internet access, free breakfast featuring made-to-order waffles and homemade doughnuts, free local calls and free parking. The hotel is pet friendly (fees apply) and offers treats at check-in. We support green lodging practices. After a long day, be sure to relax or swim in the new crystal-clear outdoor heated pool, featuring a spacious brick paver patio and lush, tropical landscaping. Or you can peruse the offerings at our gift shop, which is conveniently located in the lobby.
Business travelers will appreciate access to lobby computers, a printer, and copy and fax services. Banquet and catering services are available in our conference and meeting rooms with more than 3,800 square feet and a dance floor. Audio/visual equipment is available upon request. We even provide day-stay transportation and a luggage storage room. Be sure to ask about the Stay-and-Fly and Park-and-Cruise packages available at the hotel.
What You Can Expect From The Rodeway Inn Hotel Fort Lauderdale? All of our luxury rooms include amenities like coffee makers, hair dryers, irons, ironing boards, 70-channel digital television, Serta Perfect Sleeper pillow top mattresses and bathrooms with separate granite countertop vanities. Non-smoking rooms can be requested. Coin-operated laundry facilities are located on the property. The hotel also has limo and car rental services on the property for added guest convenience. Bus and large tractor trailer truck parking is also located on the premises. Clean rooms, exceptional value, convenient location and great service are what you can expect from the Rodeway Inn & Suites airport/cruise port hotel. Many guests stay with us pre- and post-cruise vacation trips. This is the ideal hotel for vacationing in the Ft. Lauderdale area.
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Culinary lures for CWG visitors2 min read . Updated: 09 Aug 2010, 10:51 AM IST
Culinary lures for CWG visitors
Culinary lures for CWG visitors
New Delhi: While catering projects for the upcoming Commonwealth Games still remain a puzzle, restaurants in the national capital are gearing up to attract visitors with a variety of culinary delicacies.
Abuzz with the commercial prospects that the Games are expected to bring, various eateries here are preparing to put forward their best menus that offer tourists and sportspersons a glimpse of the country's food.
In Paranthewaali Gali, the hub of capital's mouth-watering paranthas, is the face of the quintessential traditional Indian food-parantha,subzi, chutney and pickle - all churned in one splash of a parantha meal. The parantha shop owners here are expecting to receive hordes of customers during the Games.
"Usually, once a foreigner comes to our shop, he returns again with a bunch of his friends. Though we are not making any special preparations for the event, we will concentrate on quality and hygiene," says Anil Kumar, who owns a shop here.
Foreign visitors usually prefer simple parathas so Sharma says he serves the traditional Indian food item without any addition of spices.
"Foreigners do not like spicy food. Considering this we serve them only simple paranthas with salt and the vegetables that they eat are also boiled so that the fat levels are low."
The Babu Ram Dev Dayal Paranthewaale shop in the locality which has been in operation for the past 130-years is also gungho about the Commonwealth Games' tourists. The heir of the shop, Neeraj Sharma, however, stresses on serving them with Indian delicacies only.
"When it's happening in India, Indian food should be showcased as a speciality. We are going on with our preparations to serve the tourists. Our menu will remain the same. We will serve our speciality- and that is our centuries old paranthas," he says.
Not the ones to be left behind, the big-wigs of the food industry are also upbeat about the the games.
Saurabh Swaroop, head of marketing and product development, Barista Lavazza says, "We will be dealing with foreign visitors. International travellers will thus be able to relate to us."
An international food retail brand like Barista Lavazza which does not deal specifically with Indian delicacies also plans to serve dishes like Upma, Poha and Biryani.
"We have customised our menus in such a way that an Indian touch is added. At the same time, the Barista twist and our cafe format is also maintained," he adds.
Domino's Pizza may not be catering to athletes officially but they have already opened an outlet at a metro station and at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
"We are keen to participate in the Commonwealth Games by setting up mini stores for players and for people who would come during the games," CEO, Domino's Pizza India Ltd Ajay Kaul told PTI.
All geared up for the games, Sharma invites tourists to give him one chance of serving them.
"I would just like to tell them (tourists), come here at least once. There is a reason for our paranthas being famous. You must try them," insists Sharma.
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Like many sensitive boys thrust into that snake pit known as middle school, San Francisco corps de ballet member Myles Thatcher, who just won a life-altering mentorship under Bolshoi Ballet Director Alexei Ratmansky through the Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative, yearned to participate in something athletic that didn't involve pigskins or touchdowns. "As a kid, it was hard for me to find something that was athletic and artistic but noncompetitive," says Thatcher, 24, an Atlanta native who discovered ballet at age 8 and started choreographing at 12. A few moves around the country later, Thatcher joined the SF Ballet at the age of 20. In addition to performing featured roles in Giselle, Don Quixote, and Onegin, the dance prodigy has already choreographed two ballets and has four new works in the pipeline. Before you see his latest conception, Program 3, in February 2015, witness his leaps and bounds in The Nutcracker.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Can you say diehlicious!!!???
I belong to a service called Pictage which is essentially an online proofing and photography print house. Now if I just left my blog with that sentence, it would really be lame and funny but only in a really dry way make no sense and would give cause to wonder what the heck is wrong with Brian? After all, if you were reading a wall posting I put on my cousin's fadebook you'd start thinking this...- (my new nickname for f-book). (I could make side comments and put them in parentheses like crazy... like I just realized how much I love nicknames, yep even mine when I'm teeing off, but only when I'm teeing off, hence its secretive nature). But I digress because that's not at all a part of my blog post today and really it's not to promote Pictage, but perhaps, promote the culture within Pictage's User Groups.
Photographers are wierd folks. We tend to have egos bigger than our waist size multiplied by our shoe size and well, honestly, mine can be big but going to the Pictage meeting we call PUGs is really really good for me because it just keeps me grounded.
Now I'm far from self-important and frankly judging by what my peers do, I am always a bit humbled and,- I emphasize AND, grateful for a community of photographers where we can leave our egos at the door and share our business, our stories and lives and learn and teach from one another. In this business, it is infrequent that you can work in the same city and essentially compete for the same prospects and not be lame and have jealousy/bitterness towards each other.
So last night, I had the opportunity to share and shoot with a handful of great photographers, share our photos and get to know each other better. Thanks to Kevin and Gino and our models that came. We had a great time, learned some and just had some good fellowship and frankly, I'm grateful for that as much as anything.
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Awesome pic's Brian and I love the post - sounds like a cool meeting - almost a CR for Photographers in a way. Glad you have that network.
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Who's this Brian guy?
- Brian Diehl
- I'm one of the few people from Wyoming in the midwest. Born and bred, by default I'm a cowboy, through life though I guess I've kept the wanderlust and taken it urban. Having lived in 11 states now, I feel safe to say that I've found home in Indy. I'd never have dreamed I'd live here but 5 years later, I have no complaints! I've been a "lifestyle" photographer for quite a while. Cutting my teeth in landscape photography and photojournalism out West I've developed a style that focuses on simplicity, beauty and life lived well.


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The North Remembers (Season 2, Episode 1, Game of Thrones)
Directed by Alan Taylor
Written by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss
"When Eddard Stark learned the truth, he told only me. I'll not make the same mistake." Stannis Baratheon
Game of Thrones Season 2 begins in a post Ned Stark and King Robert Baratheon world. There are multiple players jockeying for the throne on the basis of either birthright or fitness to rule. Power and truth hang in the balance, and with winter coming, the stakes are high and the margins for error are very thin for all of the characters in the seven kingdoms.
But what is the truth? It's a question that multiple characters wrestle with in 'The North Remembers'.
Everyone is aware that the political climate is uncertain with war looming, but nature's climate change is also looming, "winter is coming" and as we hear at the Small Council meeting, there is only enough grain to feed the population through five years. If winter lasts any longer, there will be famine. Nature has manifested another surprise in a red comet blazing across the sky – whether it is harbinger of good fortunes or bad, no one really knows.
Always loathe-able, always quotable, King Joffrey Baratheon
'The North Remembers' opens, appropriately, with more violent excess from King Joffrey. It is his name day and he is celebrating in his signature bloody and sadistic style by having men fight to their death. He has Sansa at his side watching, and, amazingly, young Myrcella and Tommen.
When Ser Dontos Hollard appears for his combat a bit drunk, Joffrey orders Meryn to pour a barrel of wine down Hollard's throat. Sansa reacts with, "You can't!" and quickly has to repair her statement to 'you can't because it's unlucky to kill someone on your name day' than to have it stand as a question of Joffrey's authority. When Joffrey sneers that it's superstition, the Hound backs Sansa up (no doubt saving her from physical abuse).
But it's not until his second scene in the episode where Joffrey gives us such quotable pearls as "They put too much value on women" regarding the Starks and, commenting on his own paternal and maternal grandfather, Lord Tywin Lannister, "My grandfather's stupidity in the field of battle is the reason Robb Stark has Uncle Jaime in the first place." Oh, what I would give to see Joffrey share this opinion within earshot of Tywin!
Last season, Lord Varys asked Ned Stark, "What madness led you to tell the Queen you'd learned the truth about Joffrey's birth?" The truth is a razor sharp sword. Stannis Baratheon has penned and distributed multiple copies of a document (the scene where he dictates the letter is pretty funny), which announces that since Joffrey (and Myrcella and Tommen) are the children of Cersei and Jaime Lannister (not Robert Baratheon) Joffrey is not the rightful heir to the throne. With Robert having no legitimate heir, Stannis is next in line.
The message has reached Joffrey, and he let's Cersei know that he knows.
When Ned Stark and Jon Arryn were investigating, the proof that Joffrey was not Robert's son was that every one of Robert's bastards had black hair ("the seed is strong"). Now someone else is picking up the trail, visiting all of Robert's illegitimate children with horrific results.
"Loyal service means telling hard truths." Maester Cressen
We are introduced to characters at Dragonstone, meeting Stannis Baratheon for the first time, as well as the short-lived Maester Cressen, Davos Seaworth, and Melisandre, the Red Priestess, whose mantra is the ominous "the night is dark and full of terrors."
Maester Cressen is disturbed by the influence Melisandre has on Stannis, including convincing him to burn the statues of the Westerosi Seven Gods to signify his devotion to the Lord of Light.
Maester Cressen shares his concerns with Davos, and hopes that by sharing the 'hard truths" with Stannis he may reject Melisandre. Davos has a more realistic view of how open Stannis would be to such advice and replies, "What's the truth?"
Melisandre's influence is more powerful than Maester Cressen's and her magic is stronger. Willing to die in order to share a poisoned cup of wine with her, Melisandre drinks deeply of the cup without the deadly result Maester Cressen endures.
Truth is part of the discussion between Tyrion and Shae as well. He warns her to be careful, that no one must know that she is in King's Landing. Tyrion comments that everyone here is a liar: many good liars, and a handful that are exceptionally good liars. When Shae teases him, Tyrion responds that he is "a slave to the truth." Shae responds, "Truth? You're the biggest little liar I've ever met."
Even Cersei and Lord Petyr Baelish (Littlefinger) discuss the truth. Cersei wants Baelish to find Arya Stark. When Cersei jabs at him about his humble beginnings and his self-made-man success in accomplishing everything he desired except winning Catelyn Tully Stark's heart, Baelish snaps back saying that growing up in the same house "awkward situations arise. Even brothers and sisters develop certain affections" and the simple truth that knowledge is power.
Three victories are better than three defeats
Tyrion has laid out the truth of the Lannister's position to Cersei, "Do you understand we're losing?" It's the reason Tywin has sent Tyrion to serve as the Hand. Cersei asks Tyrion how he tricked Tywin into making such a move. Tyrion is amused by the idea noting "If I were capable of tricking father I'd be emperor of the world by now."
Tyrion lays out the beginnings of a strategy, noting that "our enemies hate each other almost as much as they hate us" and it gives some light as to how Tyrion will approach the political situation they find themselves in while Tywin leads the battle effort.
On the other side of the battle, Robb Stark makes some moves to strengthen his position, sending the captured Alton Lannister back to King's Landing offering peace if the Lannister's meet his terms of releasing Sansa and Arya; return Ned's remains along with the remains of everyone of the Stark household that went to King's Landing, and renounce their claim to dominion of the North. Well aware that they will reject his offer, he's buying time so that he can dispatch Catelyn to Renly's camp to propose joining forces.
Further reading:
AV Club: http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-north-remembers-for-experts,71347/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_North_Remembers
Watch along with me: Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season


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Broadband Troubleshooting: Are You Getting What You Pay For?
- Tips on How to Troubleshoot Your Broadband Internet Connection
- Check the Cables
- Connect the Computer to Your Modem
- Power-cycle Your Router and Modem
Most broadband companies charge you for "advertised speeds" and few of them deliver the speed you're paying for. Find out what companies keep their word and how you can get the best value. This new infographic from Prodec Networks explores key stats for 3G and Broadband across urban and rural businesses in the UK. It looks at coverage, speed and satisfaction rates, highlighting some differences as well as similarities for businesses by location. Read through the infographic to find out some interesting facts
Tips on How to Troubleshoot Your Broadband Internet ConnectionInternet has become part of our daily lives. You can search almost anything on the web and connect with your distant relatives and loved ones from all over the world. You want your connection to be fast, so you can smoothly surf the web without any hassle to worry about. However, not all providers offer excellent and reliable connection. If you are sick and tired of your intermittent connection, learning how to troubleshoot your broadband connection is a smart way that you can do to fix your connection problem.
Here are some helpful broadband troubleshooting tips that you may want to consider when you face a trouble with your broadband.
Check the CablesIf you don't have any connection on your router, the first thing that you should do is to check the cables. Make sure that all cables are properly plugged in to their corresponding ports. If you have a computer that is directly wired to your router, try transferring the cable to other ports and check if you can get a connection. If it doesn't work, try using your spare cable, if you have one. Also, check the lights of your router. Power, LAN and the port where your computer is connected should light up.
Connect the Computer to Your ModemWhen you're done with the first few broadband troubleshooting steps and still not getting a connection, now is the time to connect your computer straight to your modem. Unplug the cable that connects your computer to your router and connect the cable of your modem directly to your computer. Check if you're getting a connection by opening your browser and visiting your favourite website.
Power-cycle Your Router and ModemIf you're still unable to get internet connection after doing those steps above, the next thing that you should do is to power-cycle your router and modem. Turn off you router and modem and unplug them from the electrical outlet. Wait for 10 seconds and plug them back to the outlet. Check again if you are getting a connection from your modem. If there is no connection, you may want to contact your provider and ask for technical assistance.
These tips are just some of the basic broadband troubleshooting steps that you can apply whenever you're having connection problem. Factors that usually affect your connection include damaged cable, unsecured cables, and router ports not functioning, and many more.
By applying these tips, you'll be able to fix your connection much easier and faster, unless there's a problem on your Internet service provider's end. Learning how to troubleshoot your broadband will save you more time than calling your provider and waiting for them to connect you to their tech support guys.


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A. O. Smith's first quarter: double-digit earnings growth, record sales
Water treatment company A. O. Smith gave investors cause for celebration at the end of April, reporting adjusted net earnings of $103.8 million for the first quarter of the year, or 60¢ per share. That's a year-on-year increase of 18%, and it all comes down to the company's record sales, which were up by 6.5% from the previous year.
A. O. Smith's share price has risen by 16% over the past 12 months
SOURCE: Yahoo Finance
Earlier in April, the company was named "primary supplier of water treatment products" to all of Lowe's home improvement stores in the U.S. The company is moving into Lowe's "beginning in August" and expects to see sales of $15 million. The start-up and transition costs it expects to incur in the move are described as a "small loss".
The company's chairman and CEO, Ajita Rajendra, said: "The key fundamentals of our business: organic growth, stable replacement demand, innovation and new products with features and benefits that consumers want and can afford continued to remain in place. We are pleased to deliver solid performance in the face of higher costs, particularly higher steel prices. We established a noteworthy start to 2018."
"The new business at Lowe's underscores our strong relationship with this important customer and represents our ability to accelerate growth of our North American water treatment product line."
Dominion holds A. O. Smith in its Global Trends Managed Fund.
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You may recognize this month's influencer, Amara Howe, as she previously reviewed our Eczema sleeve (you can read her prior blog post here!). This time around, we asked her to review our GeLuscious® Moisturizing Gloves to get her thoughts on if the product helped with her dry skin, affected by Eczema. Read on to see her full Q&A and use discount code 'DRYSKIN' for 20% off a pair of gloves (here!) now through Sunday, February, 2nd 2020!
1.) Name
Amara Howe
2.) Where do you live?
London, England
3.) Who are your biggest influences? Who do you admire most?
Having suffered with eczema for the past year I admire myself the most for braving the toughest of times.
4.) Discuss prior skin issues- how has this impacted your life? What is your biggest concern related to your skin, specifically on your hands?
I suffer with eczema everywhere but because my hands are so accessible for scratching, my hands are one of my worst places. They're constantly dry and cracked which is crazy because I also suffer from hyperhidrosis, so my palms are lovely and smooth while the backs of my hands are another story. It's not nice looking down at hands that should be lovely and lady-like.
5.) What are your first impressions of the Silipos product we sent you? How did it add value to you? What did you like about it? How has using this product made your life easier/better?
The GeLuscious® Moisturizing gloves look a lot like thick winter gloves so I like the fact that they don't stand out at all. I've been wearing them in my relaxing time – when I'm sitting in bed, watching TV and going for walks.
With all the stress of work and city life, being able to pop on these gloves and go out and about without anyone noticing what they are actually for is fantastic. My hands feel a lot smoother and having them on means I am less likely to take them off to itch my skin. I know they are on my hands for a reason!
6.) Would you recommend this product to other people? Why?
Absolutely, some people are very self-conscious of their hands when they have eczema so being able to hide them in some gloves that are actually helping to keep your hands nice and soft is fantastic.
7.) What is something that your followers do not know about you, that you find to be very important to your personal lifestyle?
My followers know everything about me. I am a very open person and spread all of my thoughts, opinions, emotions and more on my social media.
8.) What keeps you motivated when you are faced with challenges?
Knowing that eczema comes and goes, and that there's always going to be a light at the end of the tunnel.
9.) What is one piece of advice you would give to someone suffering from winter skin issues or eczema?
Winter can be incredibly detrimental to the skin and it's important to look after your skin in such harsh weather. Moisturizing – of course – is the most important thing and wrapping up warm.
Winter weather can cause your skin to crack so make sure you are wearing appropriate clothing. Bring your creams with you everywhere you do and do what's best for you always. MOISTURIZE, MOISTURIZE, MOISTURIZE!
10.) How do you structure your days? What do you like to do for fun?
I work as a mental health recruiter Monday to Friday and speak on the phone all day, which I love as I am a very chatty person. In my spare time I love to swim, I'm always reading a book and I have a cinema membership so am always at the cinema!
11.) How do you care for your body and health?
I've just joined the gym and am incredibly proud to have done so. I have been going for the past two weeks and have found sweat has really helped my eczema. I also love to get out in nature, living in a busy city can be tiring so I always go for walks.
You can continue to follow Amara's story by following her on Instagram: @amarahowe !
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Summer break! Well, almost…
Hallo!How are you been? I always tend to procastinate everything during the summer season but when is that time of the year,I'm always busier than ever as my son is at home from school, heehee!! (-:
I'm quite satisfied about how my commission list has moved since now! Anyway I will have to stop the progression during the next 2 weeks to give more time to many projects….
I still need to start working on Blythecon UK stuff and I have some projects going on of "not only Granny Hats" items, both for Blythe and Middie…there will be a Charity auction for a friend in need and an ebay auction for 1 or 2 "Elettroshock Hat", do you remember them?They were made of a super long and funny mixed mohair and nylon yarn, which was a deadstock I've not been able to find again. Recently in my moving to my actual flat I've realized I have 1 ball of yarn left, so I think I'm using them soon and I've thought of ebay as they will be probably the last ones ever, to give everyone the opportunity to purchase them.
I hope you've enjoyed the last "Jungle" shop update, as I'm workingwith some "Zebra print" felt flowers right now…
As you understand, is only a partial summer break!
Have wonderful holidays!!!


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Bob Greene Diet
Losing weight is an important but a difficult event. Especially nowadays, it has become much more difficult with all the fast food and fatty foods that are bombarding us every day. However, if you want to lose weight for the right reasons then there are hundreds of weight loss programs that you can choose from. Of course, there are some basic components that need to be present in a good weight loss program or a good diet. Unless these components are present, a weight loss program can't be considered as successful. That's why so many diets today are really just losers because they don't give you the over an approach that you need for steady weight loss that there is to stay. Probably that's why in many diets you end up gaining more weight as soon as you leave the program. A good diet or a weight loss program must make sure that you are eating controllably with a daily limited calorie intake, also you must be eating nutritiously, you must not eat before bedtime, and most importantly you must incorporate exercise and workout in to your life. So actually, a good diet or a weight loss program must be a life style that you must incorporate and execute. Any diet that doesn't help you do this will make you lose in the end. There are many weight loss programs out there for 7 days or 15 days but as soon as the diet is over, you end up gaining more weight than ever before. But a diet with a life style will be with you during your whole life so that you can always keep your weight under control. Unfortunately many celebrity diets are not life style diets and they are usually just fads that do not work. However, the Bob Greene diet is a real diet a real weight loss program that incorporates all the good specialties in a reasonable diet. It has helped many thousands of people like Oprah to lose their weight and keep it under control.
Unfortunately, the main component of the Bob Greene diet is discipline. This is usually very hard for some people, but if you have some self discipline, then Bob Green diet does allow you to reach your desired weight and keep it there. The diet allows you to incorporate healthy eating habits along with plenty of exercise to help you lose weight and also to help you become healthier. The first phase of the Bob Greene Diet is the easiest but at the same time the most important phase. In the first phase, you must incorporate healthier eating habits into your life. Even by doing this, the plan assures you that you will be able to stop gaining new calories and you will be eating healthier.
In the first phase of the Bob Green diet, you are instructed to drink at least 8 glasses of water or more every day. Water is a very important component of life and it has many properties to help you live healthier. The first thing about water is that it helps flush the toxins from your body to detox yourself. This is very important for your health and for your weight loss goal. The accumulation of toxins will always reduce your chances to lose weight for various reasons. In addition, drinking water increases your body metabolism and thus higher metabolism rate means higher burning of calories. So even by drinking water alone you can lose some weight or at the least keep new weight off.
In the first phase the other things that you have to watch out for in incorporating healthy eating habits is 1) Eating at least three times a day or more. 2) While eating you must chew your food slowly and without a hurry. 3) You must not eat before bedtime. 4) When you eat snacks, you should try to eat healthier snacks like a fruit or a granola bar or a slim shake. As you can see from these rules, they are all promoted to good eating habits that can keep the calories off your body. Also eating at least three times a day is very important. This way if you eat regularly and frequently, you won't have the chance to get hungry and splurge due to lowered blood sugar levels. Of course, another important point to consider is the fact that your body will reduce its metabolism to counteract the effects of being hungry. This is a primeval response that is embedded in our genetic codes. So when your metabolism rate drops down, you burn fewer calories and your body will try to store more fat cells. Thus by eating frequently 3 or more times a day, you won't give your body a chance to spike down its metabolic rate. This will automatically cause your body to burn more calories whatever you eat.
In the Bob Greene diet, it is also important to keep the food triggers off the table. This is perhaps an important psychological component of the diet. For example, if you crave food when you see a Snickers Bar; then you must make sure that there is no Snickers Bar near your table or workspace so that you won't crave food. Also as the last important point in the first phase is the fact that you must take multivitamins every day in the Bob Greene diet. This helps to keep your nutritional level in balance.
The Bob Green Diet recommends around 1700 calories per day. This is a good value that allows you to lose weight and keep healthy at the same time. The program finds target values like 1000 calories per day unrealistic and unhealthy. In the second phase of the program, you are allowed to eat more restrictedly. All types of soda drinks, fatty foods, sugary foods and white bread and white pasta are forbidden.
Of course, another main part of the Bob Greene diet is exercise. Yu are encouraged to do 30 to 40 minutes of exercise every day, for three times a week. In fact, a very rigorous exercise program is suggested; but it must not be forgotten that belly fat only goes away with exercise. Over all, it's a sound program that can work for you a life time.
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|I give the diet a 5,I clicked a one in error.If followed per the diet, it is very filling and no hunger pains and increases your energy level. I'm doing with a high intensity work out, 4days week.


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St Pat's Old Boys are keen to build on a successful 2018-19
IT was a milestone moment this summer when St Pat's Old Boys Cricket Club snared its maiden Bathurst first grade premiership, but now the Saints are hungry to find more success.
The Saints begin their preparation for season 2019-20 on Tuesday night at their Annual General Meeting.
While the highlight of the Saints' memorable season in 2018-19 was securing the first grade crown in its seventh season of Bathurst District Cricket, the performances of the club's juniors was also a highlight.
That is something president Matt Fearnley is eager to continue.
"When St Pat's and All Saints Old Boys agreed to merge in 2011, the direction of the club was to place a heavy focus on nurturing our juniors while providing a pathway through senior cricket, a box we've more than ticked since the merger," Fearnley said.
"Lately our more dominant performers have been the younger guys in the club and to see them progress over the years is absolutely wonderful.
"It's now about maintaining our junior development, including the family friendly culture we've worked so hard for, and to keep the good times going."
The AGM will not only be the stepping stone for assembling a new Saints' committee, but to establish the building blocks for the direction the club looks to head in.
Anyone wishing to join the Saints or return to the club this upcoming summer is welcome to attend the AGM.
It will be held at Paddys Hotel on Tuesday, starting at 6.30pm.


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The abortion fight in Texas is heating up once again. Tweet the news: Tweet
It all started when Senate Bill (SB) 97, which would place greater restrictions on the distribution and prescription of abortion-inducing medications, was introduced into the Texas Senate by Senator Dan Patrick in November.
Last month, the bill was read and assigned to the State Senate Health and Human Services Committee. A hearing took place on February 26.
During the committee hearing, Senator Patrick argued that the bill would simply adopt the FDA guidelines as the standard for regulation, thereby making women safer.
"I don't know if they are violating law, but they are violating the best practices recommended for the safety of women," said Senator Patrick when asked by Senator Bob Deuell, the vice chair of the committee, whether any laws were actually being broken.
The legislation was written by Dan Patrick with the assistance of pro-life activist, Abby Johnson.
The bill created a path for additional anti-abortion bills to be introduced in the Senate:
- SB 25, which relates to abortion at or after 20 weeks post fertilization.
- SB 537, which creates minimum standards for abortion facilities.
- SB 1198, which creates requirements for physicians who perform abortions.
Those involved include members of the Health and Human Services Committee, including senators Bob Deuell, Larry Taylor, Charles Schwertner. These men have all either authored or co-authored the bills.
Others involved include Senator Donna Campbell, the author of SB 25 and SB 537.
Opposition towards the bill claims it intrudes on the doctor-patient relationship and that FDA regulations are thirteen years old.
On its website, NARAL Pro-Choice Texas claims:
The bill would require doctors to enter into several contractual relationships with other doctors and be subjected to reporting requirements before prescribing a drug that is safely used to terminate a woman's pregnancy at the earliest stages. The bill would require unnecessarily high dosages of drugs and force a woman to travel back and forth to a clinic unnecessarily.
Senator Dan Patrick's bill has since been left pending in committee. At this time, it is uncertain when the bill will be up for a vote.


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20 Things You Need To Know About Rolex Watches
Rolex SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker founded by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in Longdon, England in 19015 and later (the year 1919) moved its base of operations to Geneva, Switzerland. For over a century, Rolex watches have accompanied explorers and achievers around the world.
Rolex is at the origin of landmark innovations in watchmaking and here's a list of things you need to know about Rolex watches before buying one for yourself.
- How did the word "Rolex" originate? According to Hans Wilsdorf, he wanted his watches to bear a name that was short, easy to say and easy to remember in any language but also will look good on watch movements and dials. He then tried combining the letters of the alphabet, but with no luck and nothing felt right, until one morning while riding on an upper-deck of a horse-drawn omnibus, a genie whispered to his ear 'Rolex'.
- A Rolex watch was the first wristwatch in the world to receive the Swiss Certificate of Chronometric Precision, granted by the Official Watch Rating Centre in Bienne, in 1910.
- Rolex marked a major step forward when it created their first waterproof and dustproof wristwatch called "The Oyster" with hermetically sealed case that provides optimal protection for the movement in 1926.
- In 1931, Rolex invented and patented the world's first self-winding mechanism with a Perpetual rotor. This ingenious system, a true work of art, is today at the heart of every modern automatic watch.
- 1945 was the birth of the first self-winding wrist chronometer that indicates the date in a window on the dial – the "Datejust". It was a watch with great distinction equipped with Jubilee bracelet and a fluted bezel.
- Rolex developed professional watches in 1950 known today as the watches of achievers. These watches served as tools equipped with functions far beyond simply telling the time and intended for professional activities like deep-sea diving, mountain climbing, aviation, and scientific exploration.
- Rolex launched the first divers' watch waterproof to a depth of 100 meters called The Submariner. It has a rotatable bezel that allows divers to read their immersion time.
- Rolex developed the GMT-Master, especially made to meet specific needs of airline pilots. Its most distinguishing visual feature was the two-tone bezel which marked daytime from nighttime hours.
- The first wristwatch to display the date and day of the week spelled out in a full window on the dial made its debut, it is called The Oyster Perpetual Day-Date. With president bracelet, originally created especially for it, the Day-Date continues to be the watch par excellence of influential people.
- Rolex introduced The Milgauss in 1956. It was designed to meet the demands of the scientific community and is capable of withstanding magnetic fields of up to 1,000 gauss.
- Rolex launched The Cosmograph Daytona in 1963. It was designed for endurance racing drivers. It was robust, waterproof, and featured with tachymetric scale on the bezel which calculates average speed.
- Rolex presented the Oyster Perpetual Explorer II, dedicated to polar explorers in 1971. The watch featured a distinctive 24-hour hand, an invaluable aid around the poles and beneath ground when you can't tell night from day.
- Rolex uses 904L steel which is more rust and corrosion resistant and much harder than other steels. It is also more expensive and much more complicated to machine and when worked properly, it is able to take and hold polishes incredibly well, that is why steel on Rolex watches looks very different than other watches because Rolex learned how to properly worked on 904L steel.
- Rolex has different types of extremely well-equipped science labs at their various facilities with highly trained scientists. The purpose of these labs is not just to research new watches but also to research more effective and efficient manufacturing techniques among other things.
- Rolex watches are all hand assembled and tested, meaning machines do not build their watches. Rolex watches are given all the hands-on human attention that you would expect from a fine Swiss made timepieces. Of course, the company has the most sophisticated and advanced watchmaking machinery that does all automated tasks that humans aren't good at like sorting, filing, cataloging, and other delicate procedures that only robots can handle such as applying the right pressure when attaching pins, aligning parts, and pressing down hands.
- Rolex makes its own gold. All the gold and platinum is made in-house. 24k gold comes into Rolex and turned into 18k yellow, white, or their non-fading version of 18k rose gold (Rolex's Everose gold). Though they have different suppliers of steel, the company still works the steel in-house to make all the parts.
- To celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Oyster, the company launched the Rolex Awards for Enterprise to honor extraordinary individuals who possess the courage and conviction to take on major challenges. Each Rolex Award for Enterprise is given for a new ongoing project anywhere in the world – one that deserves support for its capacity to improve lives, protect the world's natural and cultural heritage. These projects have touched all aspects of humanity by expanding knowledge or improving life on the planet.
- The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative were founded in 2002 to encourage talented individuals through a unique program of one‑to‑one mentoring with a major figure in their artistic discipline.
- Rolex developed and patented the Cerachrom bezel for specific Professional models to ensure lasting beauty and functionality even after exposure to the most extreme conditions in 2005.
- Rolex sets the record for the deepest diving watch in the world in 2012 when it conducted The Oyster Perpetual Rolex Deepsea Challenge.
We simply cannot deny that Rolex's reputation for high quality and expert craftsmanship has been proven and tested throughout the years and it is really hard not love and appreciate timepieces such as Rolex watches.


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UAF Math Services
UAF Math Services
The schedule changes every semester; different hours are posted for semester breaks & finals weeks.
Summer and Fall 2020
- The Math and Stat Lab will be closed the remainder of this semester.
- Online Tutoring through Zoom, only for students enrolled in UAF core MATH and STAT
courses. To make an appointment go to Online Tutoring. Students will need to log in using their UA credentials. There is no wait time
to make an appointment and appointments can be made for 30, 45,or 60 minutes.
- One-on-One Tutoring will not be offered the remainder of this semester.
- Small Group Tutoring will not be offered this Spring.
- Math Bridge, UAF's intensive remediation program, is not being offered this Semester.(Questions
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