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Crysis 2 returns to Steam
It would seem that EA and Valve have managed pass one hurdle; after being removed by Valve due to disagreement over a DLC dispute, Crysis 2 has reappeared on Steam.
It now goes by Crysis 2: Maximum Edition and comes complete with additional multiplayer content: nine maps, new weapons, skins etc. At $39.99/£24.99/€34.99, it's perhaps a bit on the pricey side though.
According to a statement provided to Gamespot, "changes made by Crytek to Crysis 2: Maximum Edition have brought the game in compliance with Steam's terms of service."
Battlefield 3, Dragon Age II and Mass Effect 3 remain absent from the service though. On that end, EA has "nothing to announce at this time."


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A woman (or man) can never have enough hand cream, right? I like to keep a tube stashed in all the places I spend a lot of time (i.e. my office, on my nightstand, in the kitchen and, of course, in my handbag). It's safe to say I've tried more than my fair share, and while some don't meet my high standards (too greasy, not greasy enough, bad scent, etc.), one brand ALWAYS does, and it's L'Occitane.
Available in big tubes, small tubes and a nearly endless array of scents, these hand creams offer just the right amount of skin-smoothing moisture without leaving hands so greasy that it's impossible to get anything done. I recently received a gift set of three small tubes, and believe it or not they're all just about gone (even the one I gave to the hubs). There's still time to get your hands on one of L'Occitane's gift sets, and whether you're Secret Santa-ing or stocking stuffing, I'm willing to bet you'll get a soft, smooth high five for this gift.

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National Bank of Kenya
Position Title: DealerHe/ she will be required to ensure efficient and effective service delivery of the full range of related treasury products and contribute to forex income for the Bank.
Position Title: Dealer
Job Ref No. HR/018/18
Available Positions: Two (2)
Division: Corporate Banking Division
Reporting to: Head Treasury
Position Scope: The job holder will be responsible for supporting the Retail and Amanah Banking Divisions.
The objective for the role is to increase the share of Forex income to the Bank by motivating new business and yielding value out of existing client relationships for sustainability.
Key responsibilities:
· Support the Retail and Amanah Divisions in implementing of the treasury strategy by covering all treasury products and specified customer segments.
· Identify, target and market to new and existing customers with the aim of growing the Bank's portfolio and meeting customers' need.
· Actively support product development aimed at meeting the growing demands of the Retail and Amanah Divisions' forex clients.
· Market the various treasury products and provide innovative solutions to existing and potential customers with a view to increase the wallet share(e.g. spot, forwards, swaps)
· Carry out research and market intelligence on new trends and competitor activities on behalf of the business units supported and treasury department for insightful advisory.
· Actively manage individual call sheets, consistently updating/ reviewing the same regularly with a view to maximise returns and conversion of customers to long term relationships.
· Efficiently and effectively serve clients by prompt pricing, quality input on market trends and regular and proactive contact.
· Prepare and share business performance reports for existing relationships with a view to advice on achievement of objectives and monitor completeness of revenue collection.
· Prepare and share Informative and objective Market Briefs to customers.
Marketing Support
· Support consumer promotions for Treasury related products for Businesses units supported.
· Participate and provide support on the competitive analysis on tariffs for the Bank's forex products for the Business units supported.
· Follow up on client visits to monitor and close leads generate from marketing events.
Skills & Experience:
· A University degree in Economics or business related field
· A master's degree in a business or related field will be an added advantage
· CI Dealing Certification
· Treasury related professional qualification
· Experience in foreign exchange trading
· Experience in risk managing of portfolios
· Experience of both trading FX and money markets
· Business Acumen, Consultative and Decisive
· Research Knowledge
· Financial and Business Analysis Skills
· Relationship Management
· Excellent verbal and written communication and negotiation skills
· Strong numerical skills and an ability to solve problem
Position Title: Relationship Manager, Corporate & Private Sector
Job Ref No. HR/019/2018
Available Positions: One (1)
Division: Corporate Banking Division
Reporting to: Head, Corporate & Private Sector
Position Scope: The Job holder will be required to onboard new Corporate Banking clients , manage his/her corporate portfolio to ensure revenue returns while managing costs and ensuring the customer's needs are satisfied through various financial solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
· Grow the Bank's revenues from both new and existing clients by enhancing transactional, trade and foreign exchange volumes., while managing costs to enhance profitability
· Identify potential new business opportunities and consistently generate innovative ideas for implementing new business opportunities to open corporate accounts and grow the liability book.
· Develop an intimate understanding of the clients' industry and business by analysing their management practices, judgement of various influential decision makers, market conditions affecting the long term viability of the business and industry sector, and effectively use this knowledge to continually cross sell the bank's products to ensure maximization of the customer wallet share.
· Carry out and document regular client visits
· Work closely with the Head of Corporate Credit, Credit Managers and Analysts to initiate business deal proposals for new facilities or facility modifications that require assessment of credit, and provide insightful information regarding business strength and vulnerabilities.
· Proactively identify potential problem accounts and formulate appropriate mitigating strategies.
· Act as single point of accountability for corporate clients and consistently deliver high quality service to all internal & external customers, while maintaining confidentially of customer information at all times.
· Coach the associate relationship manager/credit analyst in all aspects of the role and ensure open team communication
· Ensure 100% compliance to KYC and AML policies and account opening procedures.
· Stay updated on the security controls in place to protect the branch against criminal and fraudulent activities and unnecessary risk and exposure.
Skills & Experience:
· Bachelor's degree in a business related field
· 3 -5 years experience in relationship management or related relevant experience
· Banking experience, preferably within Corporate or Commercial Banking.
· Experience in a sales /customer service environment will be an added advantage
· Strong negotiation, persuasion & presentation skills
· Good interpersonal & communication skills (oral & written)
· Customer oriented & team player
· Demonstrate high integrity and ethical standards
Position Title: Manager, Trade Operations
Job Ref No.HR/010/18
Available Positions: One (1)
Division: Operations
Reporting to: Head- Cash and Corporate Operations
Position Scope:The Job holder will be responsible for providing leadership, management and governance for the Trade Operations department.
He/ she will offer support to Corporate and Institutional Banking and Retail Banking Divisions of the Bank with regard to Trade Operations.
Key Responsibilities:
· Manage the Trade operations department and provide leadership support for the day to day activities for the team. He / she will ensure accurate and timely execution of all transactions throughout their transaction's life cycle.
· Manage the settlement process and related risks, transaction processing over appropriate systems, related accounting entries processing, reporting and communication to third parties.
· Manage reconciliation activities for all products and services offered under Trade Finance Operations in the Bank considering their SLAs.
· Lead and develop the trade operations team to ensure efficient operations in strict compliance with the various local and international laws, market set standards and Bank's risk standards while ensuring continuous improvements on resource management.
· Effective risk management to protect the Clients' and Bank's interests during the day to day operations.
· Provide guidance for periodic self-assessment checks on key controls in the department to assess the proper functioning and adequacy of controls.
· Provide management of Business Continuity Plans / Disaster Recovery Plans' process and documentations recommended by the CBK Prudential guidelines, Bank's policies and best practice.
· Monitor stability of system- issues within the department and coordinate for closure of issues raised.
· Ensure SLA adherence, monitoring & breaches reporting are being upheld in line with the set controls.
· Oversee Claims investigations and management and any incurred bills processing to vendors for Trade related transactions.
· Comply with all Bank's set policies, procedures & guidelines as well as other regulations and standards and report all suspicious activities.
· Liaise with the Manager – Operational Risk in developing and updating of procedures, controls and monitoring plans for Operational Risk management
· Management of complaints and communication of action plans to relevant stakeholders
Skills & Experience:
· A degree in a Business/technical related field from a recognised university
· Professional qualifications in CPA, ACCA and or Trade Finance
· Experience in Trade Operations
· Banking & Finance certification will be an added advantage
· Eight (8) years working experience in Bank operations, three of which must be at supervisory level within a busy Trade Finance Operations environment.
· Knowledge of International Business practices and understanding of the rules that govern International Trade ( ICC rules)
· Understanding of Operational Risk Management
· Leadership and Management skills
· Independent and Self-motivated individual
· Excellent presentation skills
· Operational Excellence
· Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
· Knowledge of the bank's products, services and policies
· Excellent Customer Experience skills
· Analytical thinking, Decisive and keen to details
Position Title: Regional Branch Business Manager – Eastern Region
Job Ref No. HR/015/18
Division: Retail Banking
Reporting to: Director Retail Banking
Position Scope: The successful candidate will be responsible for championing the transformation of branches and providing powerful strategic regional branch leadership, deliver exceptional business growth through optimization of existing branch business channels and development of new business opportunities for all bank products to include; Personal Banking, SEBs, Business Banking, Institutional banking, Commercial Banking and Corporate, Islamic banking, Premium Banking, Diaspora segments and Banca Assurance.
Key responsibilities
· Formulate and drive business strategies for the region.
· Assume ownership on branch strategic initiatives and plans that will be aligned to NBK Bank products and that will focus on increasing effectiveness in the controls and customer service.
· Contribute to and take a practical role in the strategic direction of Regional Branch Business ensuring that the Bank's objectives as relates to the Region in particular and Retail Banking in general are met.
· Develop initiatives aimed at cost minimization within the branches and that are geared towards increasing customer convenience and service standards.
· Ensure new revenue generation through opening up the markets for business opportunities for all NBK products and services.
· Channel performance reviews and branch business performance analysis reports to the respective business heads.
· Take leadership in driving new product introductions and commercialization in the region.
· Responsible for identification, effective set up and commercialization of new branch channels
· Forecast, plan, implement and monitor all regional sales, cost and expenditure activities within set budget and proactively and promptly device remedial actions to minimize the variances between the budget and actual performance.
· Co-ordinate all regional activities, CSR and other bank wide programs.
· Ensure that all processes for product and transactions management, incident management, problem management, change management, customer service management and operational risk management are drawn up ,updated in a timely manner and adhered to
· Monitor branch TAT observance and customer service standards to achieve operational efficiencies
· Ensure credit risk management for different branch portfolios is maintained and NPA book is maintained at acceptable levels
· Coach & mentor the team while adopting best practices in people and performance management in line with laid down HR policies and procedures, with the aim of developing a high performing team.
· Establish a management and communications structure with respective branches in the area / region to manage transformation, operational actions and execute all branch business deliverables
· Ensure superior customer offering in the region
· Ensure optimum utilisation of Bank's resources in the region.
· Effective management of risks in the region as per the laid down guidelines and procedures
Skills & Experience:
· Bachelor's degree in a business related field
· Master degree in a business related field will be preferred
· Ten (10) Years experience in Banking of which five (5) years should be at Branch Management level or a senior Corporate relationship management level
· Demonstrated experience at management level on product development
· Sound knowledge of Banking laws & regulations
· Proficient in computer applications
· Strategic thinker with good commercial acumen and ability to identify economic opportunities in changing environment and capitalize on them.
· Conversant with current trends in consumer banking with a strong commercial orientation
· Excellent leadership, interpersonal & team management skills.
· Project Management skills
· Excellent analytical & report writing skills
· Customer focused – striking a solid balance between external and internal customer orientation
· Business Acumen
· Ability to drive the Brand image in the region
· Oversee customer service within the region
How to Apply:
If you believe you meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV addressed to the Director Human Resources, stating your current position, current gross salary, e-mail address and telephone contacts quoting the job title/reference in the subject field to: firstname.lastname@example.com by 28th February 2018.
Applications received after the set deadline will not be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage/s of the process.
National Bank of Kenya is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.


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Do you have marble flooring in your house? Do you wish to know how to keep them clean and polished at all times? Then you have come to the right place because we are going to help you learn how to polish marble flooring in your house. It is true that there are several cleaning products available in the market but it is always safe to use home remedies when it comes to polish your marble tiles.
Buying consideration
Here is the list of things that you need to keep in your mind while buying marble tiles for your house:
- You should check the model tiles for any sort of damage like stains or crack.
- The next thing that you need to check is whether they are of the same size and dimension or not.
- If you do not want to clean your marble tiles every day then it is better that you go for a darker shade or pattern marble tiles.
Common mistakes
Some of the common mistakes that are usually committed by people when it comes to clean or polish your marble flooring include the following:
- Most people tend to make the mistake of using acidic cleaners or abrasive materials while cleaning or polishing their marble flooring. What they fail to realize is that these are all harsh chemicals that can actually cause harm to their marble tiles and this is why it should be avoided at all costs.
Tips to polish your marble floor
Here is what you have to do:
- If you want to get rid of tough stains then you should probably use a marble cleaning solution to do the trick.
- All you have to do is make a little bit of marble cleaning solution into a bucket of water and then wipe the floor using a fiber cloth.
- This method should be used instead of using a mild soap solution when the stains are tough to get rid of. You can get a plenty of marble cleaning solution from the market but the point is to get the best one so that you can keep your marble polished and protected.
Thus, you can see it is quite easy to keep your marble polished only if you know the right techniques and the methods to do it. Also, you need to clean or polish your marble tiles regularly so that it doesn't get stained.


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Babybjorn Baby Carrier OneProduct Description and Price
A multi-functional carrier that will work for you and your child from birth right up to 3 years, with 4-way back and front carrying options you can choose to suit you. £119.95Read more
I would give this product 4 out of 5 - the only slight negative being that as it is all loose material that you attach to pram or pushchair I don't believe (could just have been me!) that there is an option to have the shade anything other than fully down BUT there is an opening and I believe other SnoozeShade products might offer this. We just went for the basic one! Where to buy: www.snoozeshade.com


text: Japan on Friday (Oct 12) unveiled a plan to attract more foreign blue-collar workers, as the world's number-three economy battles a crippling labour shortage caused by an ageing and shrinking population. Office workers in Tokyo. (Photo: AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno) The plan reportedly aims to fill gaping shortages in sectors such as agriculture, nursing, construction, hotels and shipbuilding. Under the draft legislation, foreign nationals with skills in fields identified as facing shortages would be awarded a visa allowing them to work for up to five years. Foreign workers in those fields who hold stronger qualifications and pass a Japanese language test will also be allowed to bring family members and can obtain permanent residency status. Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Friday that the bill would be submitted to parliament "at the earliest possible time," with a possible launch in April. Japan has traditionally been cautious about accepting unskilled workers from abroad and currently limits residential status to highly skilled professionals. The only exception to this rule is for South Americans of Japanese descent. And Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has stressed the reforms are not intended as a wholesale overhaul of Japanese immigration policy, and mass immigration is not expected. Japan will not rely heavily on foreign immigrants and the policy "remains unchanged," Suga said, asked if this represented a drastic shift in immigration policy towards accepting a large number of foreigners. Businesses have long lobbied for looser immigration rules, saying they struggle to find workers in a country where… [Read full story]


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The news that you have all been waiting for! Well some anyway.
There is now a free version of Cisco Packet Tracer that everyone (not Just Cisco Networking Academy students and instructors) can download and use.
Go to https://www.netacad.com/about-networkin ... et-tracer/
Read all the information; I know that you won't, so here's a summary:
(1) Packet Tracer for Windows or Linux - click the first Sign Up button, complete the Packet Tracer 101 self-paced online course, and then download it.
(And before you ask, no there is not a Mac version, Mac users need to run it using Wine, see the info files here https://www.facebook.com/groups/packettracermac/ )
(2) Packet Tracer for Android or iOS - click the second Sign Up button, create a free Cisco Networking academy account, complete the Packet Tracer 101 self-paced online course, and then download it.
And before you complain about the software and any (perceived) limitations remember how much you paid for it, so enjoy!


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Get Free Shipping for this item! Daily Dot: "Time to crack open your vintage game collection (that is, if you don't have a shrine to it in your living room already)." Blunty: "This one also handles PAL cartridges - not just the NTSC that the original did. That's pretty exciting!" NTSC - PAL region switch 4.3 inch screen Rechargeable Li-Ion battery with 10 hours of battery life TV out via AV cable Dual original SNES controller support Adjustable brightness button Stereo sound with 3.5 mm headphone jack Micro USB charge port The handheld Hyperkin SupaBoy S is compatible with Super NES® (NTSC AND PAL) and Super Famicom cartridges and plays them on a built-in 4.3 inch LCD screen. It includes a D-pad and face buttons, as well as right and left shoulder buttons. The SupaBoy S also includes two front-loading ports that are compatible with full-size compatible controllers and an AV out. It allows up to two players to play the SupaBoy S on a regular TV screen.


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|South Korean Maj. Gen. Kim Do-gyun, left, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart An Ik-san at the Peace House, a South Korea-controlled building at the village inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Tuesday. / Joint Press Corps
The two Koreas held general-grade military talks Tuesday at the border truce village of Panmunjom to discuss measures to enforce the military part of their April summit agreement.
The meeting, the first one since June 14, took place at the Peace House, a South Korea-controlled building at the village inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.
"We will make our best efforts to ensure that we can craft practical measures to reduce military tensions and build trust between the two Koreas through this meeting," Major Gen. Kim Do-gyun, the chief of the five-member South Korean delegation, told reporters before departing for Panmunjom.
Kim's delegation joined the North Korean delegation led by Lt. Gen. An Ik-san for the talks aimed at fleshing out the summit agreement to make joint efforts to alleviate tensions and "practically eliminate the danger of war."
Observers said that the two sides could exchange views on disarming the Joint Security Area (JSA) in Panmunjom as part of efforts to transform the DMZ into a "peace zone," an issue that they discussed at last month's talks.
|South Korean Maj. Gen. Kim Do-gyun, center, speaks to the media before leaving for the border village of Panmunjom to attend a joint meeting between North and South Korea to discuss how to ease military confrontations, at the Office of the South Korea-North Korea Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday. / AP
Attention is also being drawn to whether they will discuss Seoul's idea of withdrawing forces and their equipment from border guard posts in stages on a "trial basis." The South is known to run some 60 guard posts in the DMZ, while the North has around 160.
Observers also said that the agenda could include the issue of fostering peace around the Northern Limit Line, a de facto maritime border, and a joint project to excavate remains of troops who were killed during the 1950-53 Korean War and left in the DMZ.
During last month's talks, the first in more than a decade, the two sides agreed to completely restore their military communication lines. (Yonhap)


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Defective GM Vehicles | Experienced Class Action Attorneys
From the 2003 Saturn Ion to the 2011 Chevrolet HHR, General Motors made millions of vehicles with potentially defective ignition switches. These switches could easily be moved from the "run" position to the "accessory" position, even while the car was operating. If that occurred, the car would lose power to its electronic steering and air bag deployment systems. The defect has led to 2.6 million GM vehicles being recalled in 2014 alone.
The situation has drawn the attention of safety regulators and the media for several reasons. Many people question how long GM knew of the problem before it took action to protect consumers. How could the defective switches have ended up in so many vehicles over so long a period? The company's actions have led to civil and criminal investigations.
Handling Complex Litigation
At Gori Julian & Associates, P.C., our skilled trial lawyers have the resources to handle complex litigation, including class action complaints. General Motors and other large corporations have the power to endanger millions of people with the inclusion of one substandard part. Such companies may come to believe that it is better, financially, to endanger consumers than to address a safety issue. The only way to hold GM and other businesses accountable is to make sure they pay for the damage they do.
Class Action Litigation
A class action allows groups of people to sue based on one or more shared issues. If many people suffer an injury because of one, potentially negligent act, a class action may avoid the need for many cases to prove the same thing. Not all members of a class suffer the same damage, of course. Accidents caused by defective GM ignition switches ranged from fender benders with no injuries to fatal crashes involving multiple vehicles. To understand how your case should be handled, you need to speak to an attorney right away.
If you believe that a defective GM vehicle caused you harm, contact us online or call us at 618-307-4085 to schedule a free case evaluation. With offices in Madison County, Illinois, and St. Peters, Missouri, we assist clients in GM cases nationwide.
We reserve the right to refer these cases out to co-counsel or may bring additional attorneys onto the case when we deem necessary.


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Get Grants Introduction to Bid Writing Workshop is a FREE two-and-a-half-hour long workshop aimed at Community Groups and Charities who are interested in growing their grant fundraising confidence and increasing their income through grant funding.
Whether you are new to applying for grants or have a wealth of experience, our Introduction to Bid Writing Workshop supports attendees to:
- Learn how to find and identify grant opportunities;
- Gain advice on writing successful applications;
- Explore the common mistakes made by applicants.
Our Introduction to Bid Writing Workshop aims to build your confidence grant fundraising and give you the insights and top tips you need to starting increasing your fundraising success.
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18th June 2019, 1.00pm – 3.30pmFULLY BOOKED Venue: Moseley Exchange, 149-153 Alcester Rd, Birmingham B13 8JP
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Sir Nicholas Soames, the son to the last Governor of the then Southern Rhodesia, Lord Soames has met President Robert Mugabe at State House in Harare today.
Speaking after meeting President Mugabe, Sir Nicholas expressed hope that his visit will open a new chapter of relations between Zimbabwe and the UK.
He also said he has vivid memories of Zimbabwe and its leadership.
The meeting took place just after the arrival of President Robert Mugabe from Pretoria, where he attended the Bi-National Commission (BNC) Meeting between Zimbabwe and South Africa yesterday.
On arrival at the Harare International Airport, he was met by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and several government officials.
While in South Africa, Cde Mugabe and his delegation, which comprised of Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and Defence Minister Dr Sydney Sekeramayi, among others, presided over the signing of cooperation agreements between the two countries in the areas of information communication technology (ICT), energy, environment, conservation, sport and recreation.
President Robert Mugabe said this meeting has come at a time both nations are faced with various challenges due to the advancement in ICTs.
Cde Mugabe and his South African counterpart, President Jacob Zuma agreed to establish a one border post at Beitbridge by next year.
The two leaders also exchanged notes on various issues that are both bi-lateral and multi-lateral and spoke on the need for their ministers to expedite the implementation of the signed bi-lateral agreements.


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Update 3:04 – Blake Preston's NLI has been received!
Update 12:02 – Darius McGhee has signed!
Update 10:26 – Josh Price is the first to get his NLI in this morning!
The early signing period for men's basketball begins today and runs through November 15, 2017. Coach McKay and the Flames have 3 early verbals in the class of 2018, Darius McGhee, Josh Price, and Blake Preston.
Darius McGhee committed to Liberty in March. The 5'9″ guard is originally from Roxboro, North Carolina where he averaged 36.4 points per game while shooting 53% from during the 2015-16 season. For his junior and senior season, he has transferred to Blue Ridge School in St. Georgie, Virginia. McGhee averaged 14 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 2.2 steals per game while shooting 41% from 3 last year at Blue Ridge. He also helped Blue Ridge win the 2017 state championship. McGhee also had offers from High Point, Campbell, George Mason, and Longwood.
McKay on McGhee: "Darius may be small in stature but he has a huge heart and a great ability to impact the outcome of a game in a variety of ways. Not only can he score the ball but he is a terrific defender and another one that is a beautiful person."
Josh Price, the son of Mark Price, committed to Liberty just last week. Josh is a senior at Carmel Christian School in Charlotte, North Carolina. He transferred there for his senior season after playing at Charlotte Christian High School where he was a teammate of Blake Preston. Price's older brother, Hudson, is a 6'7″ guard at Charlotte where he plays for his dad.
McKay on Price: "For us to find a player of Josh's availability at such a late date is truly an incredible blessing. He has great blood lines and fits the mold of what we love about players and people. We are elated to bring Josh into our family and the future I think that he will have."
The 6'9″, 220 pound Blake Preston committed to Liberty in May. He also had offers from UNC Greensboro, Charlotte, Elon, Lipscomb, Mercer, Wofford, and Campbell. This past season he averaged 9.2 points and 8.3 rebounds per game while shooting 52% from the field.
McKay on Preston: "Blake could be a high major recruit with the upside that we project him to have. He has good size with exceptional hands and a good touch. As he continues to develop his strength, he has a very high ceiling."


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Pies and Cobblers for Autumn Desserts
Autumn is the perfect time of year for baking. After a hot summer of avoiding your oven at all costs, cooler temperatures offer you and your oven the opportunity to be friends again. Suddenly, you feel the urge to bake everything. Delicious casseroles, roasts, and baked pasta dishes come to mind, and for dessert, a nice warm pie or cobbler!
This collection of Pies and Cobblers for Autumn Desserts is a great place to start if you're looking for something extra delicious to surprise your family with. There are some great alternatives to traditional favorites, like apple and pumpkin pies. And there is a recipe for Amish Oatmeal pie that sounds downright intriguing.
I should warn you, reading through this list of recipes could set you on a quest to try them all. But if your family is anything like mine, those sweet treats will not go to waste. Although if you eat too much of them, they might go to your WAIST. (See what I did there?)
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1. No Bake Peanut Butter Pie – Crazy For Crust
If you love peanut butter, you'll go crazy over this recipe for No Bake Peanut Butter Pie. Autumn is the perfect time of year for pies and you can't go wrong with peanuts (or any kind of nut). Sweet and creamy, the pictures alone will have you thinking about whipping one up to surprise your family with after dinner!
2. Peach Cobbler Cheesecake With Pretzel Crisp Pie Crust – 1 Fine Cookie
Although this Peach Cobbler Cheesecake with Pretzel Crisp Pie Crust isn't technically a pie or a cobbler, it sounds so good that I couldn't resist adding it to this list. Cheesecake is so delicious. Combine that with the flavors of peach cobbler, pretzel, and pie crust and it sounds like an Autumn dessert perfect for dinner guests and family gatherings!
3. Apple Butter Pie – Tastes of Lizzy T
Apple Butter Pie sounds like an Autumn dream come true. If you love creamy pies, but are also a fan of a good old-fashioned apple pie, you might find this recipe too intriguing to resist. This pie is the perfect way to finish off a meal rich with harvest flavors, and the fact that it is easy to make is the icing on the cake . . . er . . . pie!
4. Pumpkin Cobbler – Fav Family Recipes
If you love making pumpkin desserts in Autumn but get a little tired of pie, this Pumpkin Cobbler is just the thing you need. All those delicious flavors of pumpkin and cinnamon, paired with a buttery cake-like layer of goodness, topped with a scoop of ice cream and a bit of caramel, there is just no way to go wrong when you serve this up to your family!
5. Nutella Swirled Pumpkin Pie – Sally's Baking Addiction
Mention "pies for Autumn" and pumpkin pie is usually one of the first things people think of. But if you're looking to take a step up from traditional pumpkin pie, you've gotta check out this Nutella Swirled Pumpkin Pie. Not only does it combine all that pumpkin goodness with the hazelnut and chocolate flavors of Nutella, the crust tastes like a gingersnap! How can you resist?
6. Crock Pot Peach Cobbler – Julie's Eats and Treats
Although peaches are definitely more of a dessert for summer than Autumn, there is something rather Autumnal feeling about cobbler. And when you're talking about a recipe like Crock Pot Peach Cobbler, there is no bad time of year to enjoy it. Warm, sweet, and covered in a delicious oat topping, you know a big bowl of this cobbler would be the perfect way to warm your tummy on a cool Autumn day!
7. Chocolate Pecan Pie – The Girl Who Ate Everything
As if pecan pie wasn't already an amazing wonderland of flavors, someone decided to make it even better. This Chocolate Pecan Pie sounds so decadent and delicious, it is downright scary. It starts off as a traditional pecan pie, but then you throw in some chocolate chips and toffee pieces to take it several levels up. You know you can't wait to share this one at your next bit Autumn meal, right?
8. Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Cobbler – Our Best Bites
If you enjoy pumpkin pie but are looking for something a little different, this Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Cobbler sounds amazing. Described as being a bit like a delicious pie topped with a buttery cookie, this recipe sounds downright intriguing . . . and too tempting to resist!
9. Amish Oatmeal Pie – Tastes of Lizzy T
If you've never heard of Amish Oatmeal Pie, you need to check this out. It's similar to Pecan pie, except without the pecans. Made with oatmeal and full of cinnamon, brown sugar, and more, everything about this pie makes it perfect for Autumn. If you love oatmeal cookies, you're sure to be a fan of this delicious pie!
10. Warm Chocolate Cobbler – Five Heart Home
True chocolate lovers know that there is never a wrong time of year for chocolate. This Warm Chocolate Cobbler recipe will have you ready to run to the store for ingredients as soon as you can. This decadent dessert isn't just about the chocolate. There is also coffee and caramel involved, creating a scrumptious combination that will fill your Autumn with all the sweetness you ever dreamed of!
11. Chocolate Macaroon Pie – Crazy For Crust
Do you like macaroons? Those little toasted coconut cookies are so delicious, they are often a favorite even with people who usually don't like coconut. This Chocolate Macaroon Pie is like a chocolate cream pie set in a crust made of macaroons, so you get all that delicious toasted coconut along with creamy chocolate. If that isn't a temptation for the tastebuds, I don't know what is!
12. Paleo Peach Cobbler – Almost Supermom
If you find yourself missing out on all those great Autumn desserts because you have started eating healthier, you need to check out this incredible recipe for Paleo Peach Cobbler. It is sweetened with a delicious combination of raw honey and coconut sugar, and almond flour gives you a good crust without eating any wheat or gluten. Who says you have to miss out on the good stuff?
13. Salted Chocolate Caramel Tart – Brown Eyed Baker
If you are looking for a delicious pie recipe for Autumn, and are tired of all the pumpkin and apple recipes you see, this Salted Chocolate Caramel Tart might be just the thing you need in your life. Just looking at this pie makes my taste buds do a happy dance as I imagine the scrumptious combination of flavors. This tart sounds like the perfect dessert for chocolate lovers.
14. Caramel Apple Cobbler – Julie's Eats and Treats
Apple cobbler is one of the most popular Autumn desserts around. And when you throw in some good rich and creamy caramel, it just gets even better. This recipe for Caramel Apple Cobbler sounds super easy, in addition to being delicious. Perfectly Autumnal, your family will be loving every bite when you surprise them with this dessert some cool evening.
15. Brown Sugar Sweet Potato Pie – Sally's Baking Addiction
There is something so down home and special about a good sweet potato pie, and this recipe for Brown Sugar Sweet Potato Pie sounds just about perfect. With a sweet and creamy filling full of the best spices of Autumn, and a crust that tastes of butter, my mouth starts watering just thinking about it!
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Rice pudding with coconut milk
You know the feeling when the breakfast you want something tasty, unusual, perhaps, sweet (as dessert :), but the mind says that breakfast cake or cake - this is the height of recklessness, because to start the day is with the 'right' carbohydrates! Then you come to the aid on rice pudding coconut milk.
In Thailand, where we are to spend their holidays, this is the first treat! There rice pudding with coconut milk and served to you in the morning instead of porridge, decorating it with fresh fruit and lunch (Dada, after the main meals as a dessert, supplementing it with chocolate frosting or watering), and even for dinner!
Cooking rice pudding just (the main thing - in advance to have time to cool down and "grab") ingredients - at least, but it differs from the usual porridge! Especially in the coconut "performance" - it's just a heavenly pleasure.
And another of his undoubted merit in the fact that this product is right for you, if you keep the post (which is now especially important). Taste, however, by a creamy coconut milk obtained expressive. I think children should treat this very much.
And rice pudding - a great way to "build out" the excess rice that you cooked for a side dish for lunch.
And another time (before I go directly to the recipe): Of course, you can use any rice, but perfect for a pudding with a creamy consistency - rice varieties Arborio (Generally it is used to prepare risotto) Or other round Fig. Also, rice pudding with coconut milk can be prepared from unpolished varieties - Brown, black, then your dessert will be as dietary and taste qualities at the same time I assure you, will not be affected!
Rice pudding with coconut milk: recipe
- Arborio rice varieties (or another of your choice) - ¾ cup;
- Coconut milk (untrimmed!) - 200-250 ml;
- coconut - 3-5 tablespoons or to taste;
- salt - ½ tsp .;
- sugar, honey or syrup - to taste.
Rice rinse. Pour about two cups of cold water and boil 10-15 minutes to almost fully cooked (water in this case should be almost completely evaporated). Yes, if you use brown rice, you have to cook for a little longer (min.20), just blow the water if necessary.
When the rice is almost done (do not worry, if fully ready), add whole coconut milk. Season with salt and cook for another minute 10 over low heat until creamy consistency. If the rice has absorbed all the liquid, then before you remove from heat, add a little more - cooling off, rice will absorb the excess.
The amount of coconut milk in its sole discretion, adjust: you can add more, then the rice pudding will be more liquid. Keep in mind that even after you remove the rice from the heat, he will continue to absorb a liquid, and in a few hours will be noticeably thicker.
Add coconut, vanilla - on request. Sugar / honey - to taste, but even without them the taste of rice pudding is sweet!
Allow to cool slightly, then spread out on formochkam (bowls, ice-cream bowls, glasses). Wait until cool (ideally - overnight) and then apply only can cool or room temperature.
Garnish with rice pudding can be fresh fruit or berries (here fit and strawberries, and blueberries, mango, so whatever your heart desires), jam, chocolate chip.
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Ziggy Stardust Live/
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is one of the best albums ever made. Fact. It says "Play Loud" on the album sleeve. Good advice.
Tonight we saw it played live by Holy Holy, a band containing the original drummer, "Woody" Woodmansey and long time Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti. Singing duties were taken up by Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17 fame.
It. Was. Awesome.
The band were "really tight" (to coin a phrase), with Woody's rock steady drumming underpinning some brilliant musicianship. Glenn Gregory is not David Bowie, and didn't try to pretend to be, but sounded great as himself. There was no messing with the material, no added flourishes or frills, and the rendition was all the better for that.
They played the whole album, in order, and then moved on to other classics, including a fantastic version of "Life on Mars".
There's a strong Hull connection to this work, several of the original Spiders from Mars, including Woody, were from the city. Not surprisingly the venue was packed, the music was well loud and we left with our ears ringing.
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April Meet the Maker Featuring MRockStar Designs
This month we get to introduce you to Michigan maker Lacy Mrock from MRockStar Designs! Lacy is mitten-born-and-raised and still lives in our great state to this day. She and her husband are both craft beer drinkers and her business is built around BEER - how awesome is that?! Lacy upcycles bottle caps to make a variety of products including earrings, keychains, magnetic bottle openers, and even board games!
After being laid off from work several years ago, she started making jewelry as a hobby. She made a pair of earrings on Christmas that got her lots of compliments anywhere she went. The craft beer industry was beginning to explode around this time too and from there she took initiative to expand her offering to everything we mentioned before. The rest, as they say a lot in the handmade world, is history! She knew she could make a business based around repurposing these bottle caps. Lacy and a friend came up with the name for her business as a play-on-words using her last name and she was up and running in no time.
When we asked Lacy what her favorite part of the process was she said, "drinking the beer of course!" Probably a silly question on our part! Lacy sells her goods online, in stores, and at many shows throughout the spring and summer so as you can imagine this business keeps her pretty busy. You can get your own MRockStar Designs pieces by visiting either of our locations, or clicking the link below!


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Jackson fans offer to clean vandalised tomb
Members of a MICHAEL JACKSON fan club have reached out to officials at the star's resting place in California, offering to clean up the King of Pop's vandalised tomb.
Bosses at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California, where the singer was interred following his death last year (09), were left fuming recently after discovering Jackson's memorial has been defaced with permanent ink tributes.
They stepped up security onsite in a bid to deter fans from penning messages on the tomb - but a number of Jackson's followers are keen to help out.
Several members of the Official Michael Jackson Fans of Southern California group, who visit the site monthly, have offered their cleanup services at the cemetery, according to TMZ.com.
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Television news makes me want to hurl our Sanyo to the curb, so to keep our Netflix connection, and Cara's Tuesday nights with the cast of Glee intact, I don't listen to the chirping "At 11:00!" crowd. Instead, I look forward to seeing Time Magazine in the mailbox. But it's the end of the semester crunch for this aging student; I didn't open last week's issue until this afternoon.
I usually start at the back, reading humorist Joel Stein first: Time's version of David Sedaris. (He always puts me in an upbeat frame of mind.) Then I flip the pages before settling into something else. Today, a set of haunting images held my interest. Syrian refugees, their physical beauty obvious, their anguish captured by photographer Peter Hapak, will stay with me for a long time.
"There is a woman, my neighbor, who forgot one of her sons. He is still in Syria. We left in such a hurry. Can you imagine? She forgot one of her children." –Salwa, as told to Rania Abouzeid
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Tax Returns are Beneficial to Each and Every Individual
There is no doubt that in this time and age everything that we buy, everything that we own and everything that is available in the market has taxes that are implemented by our government and laws. A tax is anything that is in the form of monetary worth or other levy which is mostly charged and imposed by the state or the government where they are situated to a business or legal entity and individual who are also called as taxpayer in the purpose of funding the different kinds of public and governmental expenditures. Taxes are imposed to a taxpayer in an intention to raise the revenue that is used to fund a certain government and other kinds of functions that includes expenditures and income on military, scientific research, public works and highways, culture and arts, distribution, dissemination and data collection, public insurance, the government and lastly is the economic infrastructure such as health care systems, legal systems, roads, public transportations, sanitation, public safety and education. A government uses various types of taxes and usually varies the tax rates with regards to the financial status of a person or families and businesses. The process of creating and producing a system of taxes is assigned to the government of a certain country and together with the whole nation they make choices in regards to the tax burden that is distributed to each and every citizens for who is going to pay, how much they need to pay and how the taxes that is collected from the taxpayers will be spent.
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Dear GENI Friend,
Earth Day was founded three decades ago to raise environmental awareness. Many of us began to recycle paper and aluminum cans, read labels on food and eat lower on the food chain. These are good personal changes in lifestyle, but they are not sufficient to the scale of the problem.
What can you do that will make a big difference in your hometown? Today, deregulation has created new opportunities in buying power that didn't exist last year. Just as the telephone industry has provided many options you now have the option to actually buy renewable electricity for your needs (electricity produced from solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and hydro). Your willingness to pay a few extra dollars per month will help push the market towards building even more renewable energy generation.
Several city governments are making the commitment to shift to green energy providers. Santa Monica, CA was the first. The Mayor of Waco, TX has pledged to meet 25% of their needs from renewables, as four large wind turbines go on-line this month. The City of San Diego is considering a proposal to go 100% green power and get a cost reduction as well! Call and ask your city council to look into this option.
People often ask what they can do to support The GENI Initiative. This is an easy call that all of us can make. In doing so, you will help clean the air, reduce groundwater pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. That's a major contribution to the planet. Please consider doing this as soon as "green electricity" is available in your area.
In partnership for the planet,
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p.s. Attached is the Earth Day Clean Energy Agenda. There's always more that you can do in your home, school, workplace and community.
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The Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs)
Covered by Profmed medical aid scheme are a feature of the Medical Schemes Act, in terms of which medical schemes have to cover the costs related to the diagnosis, treatment and care of:
- any emergency medical condition;
- a list of 270 PMB medical conditions (defined in the Diagnosis Treatment Pairs – DTPs); and
- 26 chronic conditions defined in the Chronic Disease List (CDL).
Chronic Disease List (CDL)
From 1 January 2004 medical aid schemes were obliged to fund the cost of the diagnosis, medical management (consultations and procedures) and medication of a specified list of 26 chronic conditions.
This list is referred to as the prescribed minimum benefits "Chronic Disease List" (CDL).
These conditions are covered in full in terms of the Scheme rules if services are rendered according to the Scheme's benefits, treatment plans and protocols, CDL medication lists, and claimed with the correct diagnostic (ICD-10) codes.
These conditions are covered on all Profmed's options, but benefits will be more or less restrictive depending on the option the member has chosen.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark returns to the big screen on September 7th. The catch is that we mean BIG screen – it will playing in Imax theaters for one week only. I am old enough to have seen it on the big screen but it would be nice to see it again. Details on participating theaters can be found here.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (or Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark if you must) has been digitally remastered for Imax.
"When I saw the stunning quality of the picture and heard the enhanced sound in an IMAX theatre, I was quite literally blown away and hope that audiences will enjoy the experience as much as I did," said Spielberg.
What could be better than seeing the original Indiana Jones movie on the big screen?
How about seeing all four Indiana Jones movies? AMC has an Indiana Jones marathon at select theaters on Saturday September 15th. Movies start at 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $25 and each ticket gets you a lanyard and collectible poster. AMC Stubs members get $5 in Bonus Bucks. Participating theaters are listed here. Sadly the closest one to me is in Charlotte – about two hours away.
This brings us to the reason for all the hoopla: The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones is being released on Blu-Ray on September 18th. Currently Amazon has it for $68.99 which seems quite pricey.
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (1992-3) – Rated TV-14
"Excavate the childhood of everybody's favorite archaeologist with this Emmy-winning, TV series spinoff of the hit movie franchise, alternately starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the juvenile Indiana Jones. As young Indy travels the globe in search of adventure and artifacts, he crosses paths with some of the early 20th century's most notable (and notorious) personalities, including Thomas Edison, Al Capone and Lawrence of Arabia"
While you can't stream any of Spielberg's Indiana Jones blockbusters, you can watch The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones on instant Netflix to whet your appetite.


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Named Philadelphia Business Journal's 2016 "Project of the Year," the King of Prussia Town Center is a mixed-use destination of more than 350,000 SF, set on 30 acres. Bohler Engineering was the consulting engineer, providing site civil design, surveying, permitting services for the downtown development. The project boasts 192,000 SF of retail space, 113,000 SF of restaurant/entertainment space, 2,500 residential units; and 1.5 million SF of office space.


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Two terrorists killed in foiled attack on police checkpoint in Egypt's South Sinai
CAIRO, Egypt's Interior Ministry announced on Friday that it had killed two terrorists while foiling an attack targeting a police checkpoint in Egypt's South Sinai, a statement read.
The statement said that police forces confronted "armed terrorist elements who attempted to attack the Oyoun Moussa security checkpoint in the early hours of Friday."
The exchange of fire resulted in the death of two of the terrorists.
Forces from the interior ministry found an explosive belt among the terrorists' possessions.
According to the statement, a bomb expert was immediately deployed to the scene to defuse it.
Tight security were also deployed around the site of the attack and the surrounding area.
Source: Emirates News Agency


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Shifting Loyalties
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
For more than a month, the grand coalitions of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama battled to a draw: women, rural Democrats and the white working class pairing almost evenly with African Americans, young voters and affluent, educated whites.
Then came Virginia and Maryland.
Obama's thrashing of Clinton in the two states yesterday raised the possibility that her coalition is beginning to crack, three weeks before she reaches what will probably be more friendly territory in Ohio and Texas.
Obama won among men, among women and among union voters. He won big among the affluent, educated voters in the District's suburbs, but he also won convincingly among rural voters and small-town Democrats.
Celinda Lake, an independent Democratic pollster, noted that the class divide that once demarcated the Obama-Clinton battle lines was obliterated in Virginia and Maryland. In Virginia, Obama carried the vote of those earning less than $50,000 by 26 percentage points. In Maryland, the gap was 24 percentage points.
Clinton still pulled more votes from white women, but that advantage was neutralized by Obama's popularity among white men. Even Latinos, who helped deliver Nevada and California to the senator from New York, split about evenly between Obama and Clinton -- although the number of Hispanic voters was much smaller.
"Certainly he broadened his coalition," Lake said. "The question is whether that's a one-state phenomenon or a broader phenomenon, because it definitely changes the landscape."
The Clinton campaign has been banking on working-class Ohio and Texas, which has many Hispanics, on March 4 to stop Obama's momentum.
But Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Tex.) cautioned yesterday that Texans never thought their primary would make much of a difference, so they are only now starting to tune in. And Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said neither Clinton nor Obama has had to really contest a struggling industrial state in which voters are focused almost wholly on the economy.
"Voters in my state will not care about who won Iowa, New Hampshire, or this Washington Post-created Potomac Primary that is supposed to be a microcosm of America," he said. "Political momentum doesn't much matter to a middle-class family that's struggling."
But Obama supporters saw the Virginia results in particular as a turning point in the standoff between their candidate and Clinton. "It looks to me like the more Senator Obama wins, the broader the ranks of people who are supporting him are," said Rep. Rick Boucher, a conservative Democrat from western, rural Virginia. "He has been crossing the categories ever since Iowa, and he's doing so more and more."
"Barack Obama's challenge is to relate to average, blue-collar citizens that his message will make a difference in their lives," said Edwards, whose GOP-leaning central Texas district includes President Bush's Crawford ranch. "If that message was heard in rural Virginia, it could be a precursor to Texas."
To be sure, Obama's victory in Virginia was not a clean sweep. Clinton did capture the most rural region of the state, in the mountain hollers of Western Virginia and valleys of Southwest Virginia.
But he did not have to lean on any one region, any one race or any one demographic to take the state decisively, said Rep. Robert C. Scott (D-Va.), an Obama supporter whose district stretches from Newport News to Richmond. Obama packed 18,000 cheering spectators into the Virginia Beach convention center and countless others were turned away. But this time, unlike in New Hampshire and California, those crowds seemed to portend something real.
By 5:30 p.m., the same number of people had voted in Scott's home precinct in Newport News that had voted in the November 2006 James Webb-George Allen senatorial campaign -- a number that far surpassed the turnout for the 2005 gubernatorial election.
Scott was most heartened by one statistic -- Obama's 56 percent win among white males, according to exit poll data.
"If you can split the white male vote, you can win this state in November," he said. "We believe now we can carry Virginia for the Democratic presidential candidate for the first time since 1964."
It is far too early to discount another Clinton comeback. Tad Devine, a Democratic campaign consultant, said Clinton can still break through if she can turn to the issues of the economy, health care and an end to the Iraq war, and prove to voters she has the expertise to bring the change Obama promises.
"She needs a big debate on big issues, not a small debate on politics and tactics," he said.
Brown said the candidate who finds one big idea to change the direction of the economy -- a message that resonates with the middle class, which feels left behind after nearly eight years of GOP rule -- will take Ohio. Neither candidate has found it yet, he added.
Obama has scheduled a speech on the economy today at a General Motors Corp. plant in Janesville, Wis. Clinton stressed the economy in a series of interviews with local news outlets.
Among some conservative Democratic politicians last night, there was an almost palpable sense of relief that Obama showed he could win over their constituents -- the blue-collar, rural whites who, they feared could bleed over to the GOP in the fall.
"It's not Senator Clinton's fault, but the baggage she carries is the divisiveness of the 1990s," Edwards said. "People are wanting to turn the chapter to the future rather than going back to the last chapter. It's not fair but that is the reality."


text: Can anyone recommend/explain to me how to use Flickr or imgur or another site to upload photos here? I tried both and I can't work out how to just upload the photo and not the link, @Bob explained it but I can't see the bbcode thing? Also I use the app... So if anyone else uses an app rather than a computer Thanks


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When England fly out to New Zealand for the World Cup in three months' time it seems unlikely their squad will contain more then three or four of the players who wore the red rose on Sunday. This starting XV had an average age of 23 and, in that context, defeat by a vastly more seasoned Barbarians side was as significant a World Cup pointer as the pool stages of the Middlesex Sevens.
England have a Churchill Cup title to defend next month and they will have to do so without Harlequins' Ugo Monye and Joe Marler, who suffered a strained knee and concussion respectively in the second half. Matt Banahan suffered a bang on the shin but he lasted the full 80 minutes and should have made a full recovery by the time England's 44-strong World Cup training squad gathers on 19 June.
Aside from Banahan, who made a decent fist of it at inside‑centre before Monye's injury forced a reshuffle, the other players to catch the eye were the captain, Luke Narraway, his Gloucester colleague James Simpson‑Daniel and the Exeter flanker Tom Johnson. London Irish's young back-row Jamie Gibson did his prospects no harm after appearing as a replacement but it was not enough to prevent the Barbarians securing a second victory in this fixture since 2005.
Given England led 24-7 after 26 minutes, the crowd were at least treated to something approaching a genuine contest. Johnson, who played at scrum-half until the age of 18, came close to winning the game when he scored England's fourth try eight minutes from the end, but the Barbarians winger Tim Visser had other ideas. There was no better move in the match than the 79th-minute break-out instigated by the Samoan Joe Tekori, from which Joe van Niekerk sent Visser racing clear for his second try. The flying Dutchman is in the process of qualifying for Scotland.
It was just reward for the Barbarians' forwards, who gave their callow opponents a hard time after a sluggish start. Italy's Salvatore Perugini and his Georgian propping colleague, Davit Kubriashvili, taught Paul Doran-Jones and Marler a few lessons and Van Niekerk's enthusiasm shone through. Benoît Baby's clever early try was nicely taken and in Frédéric Michalak the Baa-Baas had a mercurial conductor. Michalak is being let go by Toulouse but his instincts are still sharp – he intercepted a pass from Paul Hodgson and made the line despite a gallant chase from Charlie Hodgson.
Further tries from Visser, Smith and Van Niekerk followed, cancelling out England's early gains. Narraway's good approach work put a club-mate, Henry Trinder, over in the right corner, Monye stole a try under the nose of a casual Nicolas Jeanjean and Simpson‑Daniel revived memories of days past as he swerved past Baby. The Baa-Baas, though, possessed too experienced a pack to be splintered and Carl Fearns' yellow card for killing the ball helped their cause.
From 24-14 down at the interval, the Barbarians scored 17 points and it was to England's credit that they did not crumple entirely. "In the end their experience and quality told," said Stuart Lancaster, the Saxons coach, who will name a 26-man Churchill Cup squad on Monday. "I was very proud of the performance, given the age and experience of our side compared to theirs."
England: Brown (Harlequins; Myler, Northampton, 66); Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), Trinder (Gloucester), Banahan (Bath), Monye (Harlequins; Turner-Hall, Harlequins, 45); C Hodgson (Sale), P Hodgson (London Irish; Young, Newcastle, 58); Marler (Harlequins; Doran-Jones, Gloucester, 62), Paice (London Irish), Doran-Jones (Gloucester; Brookes, Newcastle, 58), Kitchener (Worcester; Gibson, London Irish, 58), Attwood (Gloucester), Johnson (Exeter Chiefs), Fearns (Sale; Gaskell, Sale, 52), Narraway (Gloucester, capt).
Tries Trinder, Monye, Simpson-Daniel, Johnson Cons C Hodgson 3 Pen C Hodgson 2.
Sin-bin Fearns 34.
Barbarians: Jeanjean (France); Sackey (England; Mason, Toulon, 65), Baby (France; Rabeni, Fiji, 49), Bastareaud (France), Visser (Edinburgh); Michalak (France; Tillous-Borde, France, 62), Pienaar (South Africa); Perugini (Italy), Ghiraldini (Italy; Bruno, France, 49), Kubriashvili (Georgia; Hayman, New Zealand, 49), Lund (Norway), Geldenhuys (Italy; Tekori, Samoa, 56), Van Niekerk (South Africa), Smith (Australia; Williams, Wales, 65), Parisse (Italy, capt).
Tries Baby, Michalak, Visser 2, Smith, Van Niekerk Cons Michalak 3, Pienaar.
Referee C Berdos (France). Attendance 38,680.


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School Trusts
Filed by Stephen Kameti
The period under review reflects achievements over the last three months i.e January to March. Still, it contains planned activities for the next three months; April- June.
However the write-up will depict prevailing key challenges affecting implementation of the project and possible admired intervention to meet the challenges.
Activities implementation report per trust
Usueni girls (U.S.S.T)
Solar installation (200ms, Admin, class rooms)
Installation complete- end March
The project was launched with world vision funded project by V.P on 9thApril 2010
Kalumu Primary School Trust (KPST)
Exams and remedial teaching
Exams already purchased and done by pupils remedial teaching going on
The remedial teaching is being done during Holiday only for senior classes 6-8. This makes it remedial / holiday tuition.
Remedial teaching
This is on. Partly sponsored by parents waiting TAS funds
The teachers have extra teaching time in the morning and after classes
Mivukoni Secondary (MSST)
- Completion of Banda construction
- Tree planting at the Banda area
- Fencing of the Banda area
- 2 Banda remaining un -thatched others complete
- Trees being planted by student: not complete
- poles installed awaiting barbed wire fixing
The management of the area has been taken by scouts' body of the school especially planting of trees and other ornamental plants.
Madogo Secondary School (MSST)
-Purchase of ISSB machine
-Construction of the science lab
-Machine bought and in use
-On going project (slab complete and walling started)
The process is alittle bit slow due to production of bricks therefore the project might take longer time than it was planned.
Asako Primary School (APST)
No new project during the quarters
-Ongoing normal teaching
On TAS teaching staffs one TAS lady teacher was replaced by a young man due to her health problem. The young man is doing a commendable job. He is a P1 teacher
Boka Primary Schol
Setting up of trust team
-In process.
- local team composition complete still working for external trustee who will be the secretary
The trust will be inaugurated on the month of May 2010. The school already has one external trustee; Falim Bayusuf (Businessman) can't operate emails.
Stephen Kameti
16 April 2010


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Now I feel stupid,
Enabling the internal pullups on pins 2 and 3 (set to input) just gave them a permanently HIGH input reading, even when the switches are not closed.
Edit2: Touching the 1k resistor while it is connected to ground seems to fix it. I'll try with a 10k.


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West Ham United are expected to sign Andriy Yarmolenko from Borussia Dortmund in the near future.
Andriy Yarmolenko's agent has posted a picture in Switzerland, with West Ham United's team hotel in the background.
Shablii Vadim, who has Yarmolenko on his books, updated his Instagram story yesterday and West Ham fans were quick to spot the picture, which seemingly suggests that the Ukranian winger is in Switzerland with the rest of the Hammers' squad.
Andriy Yarmolenko's agent currently in Switzerland. Image shows the hotel which the West Ham squad are staying at. pic.twitter.com/MevFqLjA5M— West Ham News (@whufc_news) July 9, 2018
West Ham have been in negotiations with Yarmlenko, with the winger now expected to sign in the near future.
The Hammers have moved decisively to bring in the forward from Borussia Dortmund, who could be an attractive addition to Manuel Pellegrini's side.
West Ham seem to be prepared to invest this summer, with Jack Wilshere also arriving recently, and Issa Diop being brought to the London Stadium earlier this summer.
Pellegrini's side have ambitions to challenge at the top end of the Premier League table, and Yarmolenko's expected arrival will help them achieve this aim.
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Just a reminder that this Saturday the Club is going to be participating in the Japan festival. This will mean that there will not be any Jujutsu training this weekend.
Our commitment is for much of the day. We will be meeting at the MEAC at 7.30 am to load up and will be finishing around 3.30 pm. We have been asked to do Kendo, Jodo, Iaido, and Jujutsu demonstrations, and will have a booth where we will be displaying our activities including Go. The demos will be on stage, and mostly held in the afternoon.
Please let Michael know ASAP is you are able to assist!


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US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping entered their countries into the Paris climate agreement on Saturday, pushing forward global efforts to curb climate change.
Obama and Xi handed over notification that their countries had joined the agreement to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the sidelines of Group of 20 (G20) summit in Hangzhou, China, and urged all other parties to follow suit.
China's parliament ratified the Paris climate agreement earlier Saturday, but no such action was necessary on the part of the US Congress.
"The Presidents further express their continued commitment to work together and with others to promote the full implementation of the Paris Agreement," the White House said in a statement.
The agreement, which was passed by nearly 200 countries in Paris last December, is the first universal action plan intended to mitigate the impacts of climate change and hold the rise in global average temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.
The ratification of the agreement is the third step in implementing the deal agreed in Paris last year and signed by the US, China and hundreds of other nations earlier this year. The agreement will enter into force 30 days after 55 countries accounting for at least 55 per cent of global greenhouse emissions ratify it.
The move by the two top carbon dioxide emitters to ratify the treaty simultaneously is a major step forward in reaching that goal and continues cooperation between Washington and Beijing on climate that set the stage for the Paris agreement.
"I would like today to thank China and the United States for ratifying this landmark agreement — an agreement on which rests the opportunity for a sustainable future for every nation and every person," said Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
"The earlier that Paris is ratified and implemented in full, the more secure that future will become," she added.
Prior to the US and Chinese move, 24 nations accounting for just over 1 per cent of global emissions had ratified the agreement.
White House climate advisor Brian Deese said that because the US and China together represent 40 per cent of global emissions, this will put the world on a path to full implementation of the agreement.
"The signal of the two largest emitters taking this step together and taking it early should give confidence to the global community and other countries that they too can move quickly," Deese said.
The US and China also agreed Saturday to work to reach a global agreement this year to phase out the global use of polluting hydrofluorocarbons and to support an international agreement to lower aviation emissions.
Obama had made climate protection a key part of what is expected to be his final trip to Asia to attend the G20 summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
Before departing for China, Obama visited a marine conservation area in the Pacific Ocean and met with the leaders of Pacific island nations most severely affected by climate change at a meeting in Hawaii.
He told the New York Times during the visit to the Pacific marine sanctuary that he believes he has demonstrated the US can tackle climate change without damaging economic growth.
In November 2014, Obama and Xi had announced new climate change targets following bilateral talks in Beijing.
Under the agreement, China's CO2 emissions would peak before 2030 and the US would cut its net greenhouse gas emissions to 26-28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2025.
However, environmentalists say both sides have yet to reach a game-changing climate relationship.
China's commitments have so far been "very ambiguous," the Mercator Institute for China Studies said in a 2015 report.
Beijing has also said it aims to reduce carbon intensity by 60 to 65 per cent from 2005 levels by 2020, but has not set a quantitative emissions cap. (dpa/NAN)


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Dakota Fanning Party Bused to Atlantic City for Her Golden Birthday
Dakota Fanning got her start as a child actress, scoring a SAG Award nomination at age seven for her performance in the 2001 film I Am Sam. She went on to star in The Cat in the Hat, Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, Charlotte's Web, The Twilight Saga and The Runaways. She next stars on the TNT miniseries The Alienist.