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What's Coming and Going on Netflix, HBO Now, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in July
From "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" to "Born on the Fourth of July," this month is filled with fireworks
America turns 241 in July—what better way to celebrate its birthday than by plopping down on your couch to binge-watch your favorite films and TV series? The most popular digital streamers have already unleashed their lineups for the coming months and needless to say there are plenty of fireworks to go around.
Films coming to Netflix include the massive blockbuster "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," the recent Best Picture-nominee "Lion," and a smattering of classics like "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and "Titanic." The streamer is also debuting a handful of new TV shows in July, including "Friends From College," "Castlevania," and "The Standups"—a series featuring some of the freshest comedians in the biz.
HBO Now is flush with American fare this month with the arrival of Oliver Stone and Tom Cruise's critically acclaimed war-drama "Born on the Fourth of July," an extended version of "Pearl Harbor," and the steamy Richard Gere classic "American Gigolo." The premium streamer is debuting several originals starring a litany of Stern Show guests, too, including Andy Samberg's cycling spoof "Tour De Pharmacy" and the highly anticipated music docu-series "The Defiant Ones," which Jimmy Iovine discussed recently during his Stern Show debut.
Amazon Prime and Hulu, meanwhile, will add many of the same films to their lineups in July, including the Alec Baldwin-thriller "The Hunt for Red October," nine different "Star Trek" movies, and two comedies starring Stern Show veteran Bill Murray—"Scrooged" and "Kingpin" (which co-stars another longtime Stern Show guest in Woody Harrelson). Hulu is also adding a new season of prostate karaoke king Eric Andre's cult-favorite series, "The Eric Andre Show," as well as the classic John Candy-Steve Martin comedy "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles."
Check out the full list of everything coming to your favorite streamers (below).
July 1
"Albion: The Enchanted Stallion"
"Are We There Yet?"
"Are We Done Yet?"
"Best in Show"
"Boat Trip"
"Capo 'El amo del tunel': Season 1"
"Code Name: The Cleaner"
"Deep Water: Season 1"
"Disney's The Mighty Ducks"
"El Barco: Season 1"
"E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial"
"Free Willy"
"Hostages (Israel): Season 2"
"Here Alone"
"Jackass: Number Two"
"Last Night"
"Liar's Dice"
"Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"
"Matchstick Men"
"Mixed Signals"
"Offspring: Season 6"
"Out of Thin Air"
"Police Academy"
"Proof of Life"
"Punch-Drunk Love"
"Spawn: The Movie"
"Spice Up: Season 1"
"The Truth Is in the Stars"
"Yours Fatefully: Season 1"
"The Ultimatum: Season 1"
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"
"The Longest Yard"
"The Land Before Time"
"The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure"
"The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving"
"The Astronaut Farmer"
"Taking Lives"
"The Invisible Guest (Contratiempo)"
"The Originals: Season 4"
"Unriddle II"
"Witnesses: Season 2"
"World at Your Feet: Season 1"
"Yes We Can!: Season 1"
"Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang"
July 2
"El Chema: Season 1"
July 3
"Diamond Cartel"
"Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story"
July 4
"The Standups: Season 1"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
July 5
"iZombie: Season 3"
July 6
"Speech & Debate"
"The Void"
July 7
"1 Mile to You (Life At These Speeds)"
"Castlevania: Season 1"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"Dawn of the Croods: Season 4"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"Degrassi: Next Class: Season 4"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"Luna Petunia: Season 2"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
July 8
"Bad Santa 2"
"Horse Dancer"
July 9
July 11
"Gabriel Iglesias Presents The Gentleman Jerry Rocha"
July 14
"Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"Chasing Coral"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"Friends From College: Season 1"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"To the Bone"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
July 15
"Rake: Season 4"
"West Coast Customs: Season 4"
July 17
"A Cowgirl's Story"
"Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness"
"Uncertain Glory"
July 18
"Aditi Mittal: Things They Wouldn't Let Me Say"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"Ari Shaffir: Double Negative: Collection"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce: Season 3"
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"
July 20
"Pretty Little Liars (New Episodes)"
July 21
"Last Chance U: Season 2"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"Ozark: Season 1"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"The Worst Witch: Season 1"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
July 22
"Railroad Tigers"
July 24
July 25
"Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"Munroe Island"
July 28
"Daughters of Destiny: Season 1"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"The Incredible Jessica James"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
"The Adventures of Puss in Boots: Season 5"–NETFLIX ORIGINAL
July 31
"After The Reality"
"Dark Night"
"Taking Earth"
July 1
"48 Hours" (1982)
"The Blob" (1988)
"Braveheart" (1995)
"Clear and Present Danger" (1994)
"Dazed and Confused" (1993)
"Divine Sisters of the Ya-Ya-Sisterhood" (2002)
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004)
"The First Wives' Club" (1996)
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1967)
"The Hunt for Red October" (1990)
"The Hurricane" (1999)
"John Grisham's The Rainmaker" (1997)
"Kitt Kittredge: An American Girl" (2008)"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998)"Manhattan" (1979)
"The Mask" (1994)
"My Dog Skip" (2000)
"Pootie Tang" (2001)
"Riding in Cars with Boys" (2001)
"Rosemary's Baby" (1968)
"Scrooged" (1988)
"Sense and Sensibility" (1995)
"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979), "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982), "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (1984), "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (1986), "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" (1989), "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (1991), "Star Trek VII: Generations" (1994), "Star Trek VIII: First Contact" (1996), "Star Trek IX: Insurrection" (1998)
"Syriana" (2005)
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie" (1990)
"The Pursuit of Happyness" (2006)
"The Water Horse" (2007)
"Up in the Air" (2009)
July 2
"Snowden" (2016)
July 5
"The Eric Andre Show," Season 4
July 7
"Pure," Season 1
July 12
"Melancholia" (2012)
"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" (2006)
July 31
"Addams Family Values" (1993)
"The Addams Family" (1991)
"Clue" (1985)
"Coming to America" (1988)
"Fatal Instinct" (1993)
"No Way Out" (1987)
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987)
"Sleepy Hollow" (1999)
"Winter's Bone" (2010)
July 1
"48 Hours" (1982)
"Agent Cody Banks" (2003)
"Braveheart" (1995)
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961)
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
"Clear and Present Danger"
"Cold Mountain" (2003)
"The First Wives' Club" (1996)
"The General" (1998)
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1967)
"The Hunt for Red October" (1990)
"John Grisham's The Rainmaker" (1997)
"Manhattan" (1979)
"Married to the Mob" (1988)
"The Matrix Reloaded" (2003)
"The Matrix Revolutions" (2003)
"Payback" (1999)
"Pi" (1998)
"Pootie Tang" (2001)
"Rescue Dawn" (2007)
"Rosemary's Baby" (1968)
"Scrooged" (1988)
"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979), "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982), "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (1984), "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (1986), "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" (1989), "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (1991), "Star Trek VII: Generations" (1994), "Star Trek VIII: First Contact" (1996), "Star Trek IX: Insurrection" (1998)
"Up in the Air" (2009)
"Under the Gun" (2016)
"Wild Wild West" (1999)
July 4
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008)
July 6
"The Salesman" (2017)
July 9
"Sliding Doors" (1998)
July 19
"Miss Sloane" (2016)
July 28
"Chef" (2014)
July 13
"Mr. Robot," Season 2
July 21
"Nico and the Sword of Life: Season 1"
July 28
"The Last Tycoon: Season 1"
July 1
"Loving" (2016)
"About a Boy" (2002)
"American Gigolo" (1980)
"Bean" (1997)
"The Blair Witch Project" (1999)
"Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" (2000)
"The Dark Knight" (2008)
"Erin Brockovich" (2000)
"Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001)
"Leatherheads" (2008)
"The Man Without a Face" (1993)
"Minority Report" (2002)
"Mission: Impossible II" (2000)
"Mr. Deeds" (2002)
"Panic Room" (2002)
"Pearl Harbor" (2001)
"Platoon" (1986)
"Richie Rich" (1994)
"Selena" (1997)
"Thirteen" (2003)
"The X-Files: I Want to Believe" (2008)
July 9
"The Defiant Ones"
July 15
"Keeping Up with the Joneses" (2016)
July 16
"Game of Thrones," Season 7
July 22
"Hacksaw Ridge" (2016)
"Almost Christmas" (2016)
July 23
"Ballers," Season 3″
Insecure," Season 2
July 28
"Room 104," Season 1

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Paper, our customer magazine, pays tribute to printed communication by inspiring new ideas, providing knowledge and widening the perception of paper as a product.
We love printed books, for obvious reasons, but there is more to it. In a changing world, the written word can be a true game changer.Read the full story
When launching or redesigning a magazine, one of the aspects that you need to consider is the choice of paper.How Dailé did it
How do magazine publishers keep their magazines relevant and maintain the interest of their target groups?Here's how
The customer magazine Paper was created to build a stronger relationship with customers.How we did it
Many companies are trying to be more sustainable. We spoke to three companies whose sustainability work rocks!What they had to say
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Madonna's pregnancy and Sandy Becker's death made news the week of April 26, 1996
Samuel Callea, 33, of Buffalo, was charged with criminal possession of a shotgun and criminal trespassing April 16. Callea allegedly chased Howard Stern's limo into a parking garage outside Stern's broadcast studio in Manhattan and screamed death threats. Guards grabbed Callea and called police, who found the shotgun and ammo in Callea's car, parked nearby. Stern's show went on as scheduled.
Has the Pope sent congrats? Catholic rebel Madonna, 37, is pregnant with her first child; the father is Carlos Leon, a personal trainer and her companion of 18 months … Irish crooner and noted Pope basher Sinéad O'Connor, 29, gave birth to her second child, a girl, in late March. No details were available. "She wants to keep this private," says a spokeswoman.
To Christian Slater, 26, who escaped a fire April 14 in the Hollywood Hills, then rescued two dogs. According to his spokeswoman, the actor was visiting an unidentified female friend's home when an electrical blaze started on the deck and spread to the house. After emerging with his companion, Slater climbed up to a second-story window and collected the dogs.
Children's-television host Sandy Becker, 74, of a heart attack, April 9, in Remsenburg, N.Y. Becker's six-hour Wonderama Sunday variety show combined contests and wacky characters to mesmerize a generation of TV lovers in the '50s and '60s and pave the way for Nickelodeon and such fare as Sesame Street … Richard Condon, 81, April 9, in Dallas. The 1962 movie version of his novel The Manchurian Candidate was withdrawn from theaters after John F. Kennedy's assassination because it too closely resembled real-life events. Other Condon books adapted for film include Prizzi's Honor and Winter Kills … Larry LaPrise, 83, April 4, in Boise, Idaho. In 1949 LaPrise recorded "The Hokey Pokey," which he wrote to entertain skiers at Idaho's Sun Valley. It became a preschool standard covered by artists as diverse as the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Annette Funicello. But since LaPrise's death, several World War II veterans have come forth crying "Hokey Pokey" hanky-panky: The former servicemen claim to have danced to the ditty in England years before LaPrise copyrighted the song in 1950. "It's too bad they waited until he died and couldn't fight back," says LaPrise's daughter, Linda Ruby. "It's a crying shame."


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Italian Basketball team wins gold in Portugal
12 Dec 2017
Luca Lotti
Today, we received a team of blue samples: the Italian National Basketball Syndrome, which was awarded gold to Europeans last October. It was the opportunity to deliver to these extraordinary
athletes a recognition from the ministry for sport, to let them know how proud they made us to be represented by them in the international field.
With us there was Carlton Myers, a true legend of our basketball, who didn't want to miss this special date.
Success story of Irem with Down's syndrome
25 Nov 2017
Special athlete with Down syndrome İrem Öztekin, the result of his work took the championship. The 100m butterfly is now working for the world championship after the European Open Swimming Championship, where youngsters broke the world record and won five medals.
Andre produces Rivett-ing performance in Portugal
9 Nov 2017
Portugal hosted the Sports Union for Athletes with Down Syndrome (SU-DS) World Championships in Athletics from 14th – 16th October 2017.
For the first time Australia took part in the event sending Brisbane Athlete Andre Rivett, who competed in the Javelin, Shot Put and Discus. Andre is a familiar face in the Athletics scene in Queensland, regularly competing in local, national and international competitions, such as the 2016 Melanesian Championships in Fiji.
Bickley Billy wins eleven gold medals at DSISO European Championships
4 Dec 2017
BICKLEY resident, Billy Birchmore, has won eleven gold medals at the Downs Syndrome International Swimming Organisation's (DSISO) European Championships.
During an amazing week last month, London South East Colleges student and swimming sensation, Billy won eight individual gold medals at the DSISO European Championships in Paris, France.


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A 58.6 kilometer stretch of Hungary's M6 motorway, connecting the capital with Dunaújváros in the south, was opened on Sunday, more than three months before the deadline.
The stretch cost €500 million to build. The builders of the stretch, a consortium of Bilfinger Berger, Porr and Swietelsky, were awarded a contract to build the stretch and operate it under a 22-year concession in October 2004.
In March 2006, the government and the consortium signed an agreement on refinancing some €412 million in loans raised to build the section with a €200 million loan of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the proceeds from a €212 million bond issue, organized by Dexia Bank and to be listed on the Luxembourg stock exchange. The Economy and Transport Ministry said the refinancing would save €20 million.


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Steal the spotlight in one of the season's ultra-glam, vintage-inspired gowns.
Wedding Dresses
Our team went to New York Bridal Fashion Week this October. Find your dream dress on this year's runways!
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Navigate dreamy waves of delicate lace, luscious fabrics and stylish accessories as you embark on your special day.
Refine weddings by style:
To get Mandy Moore's wedding look, designer Azazie features a similar dress at half the price.
Harsh winter winds can leave brides feeling clueless about what to wear down the aisle, but we've found six gorgeous dresses to keep the flurries at bay!
Amid the stunning architecture of the Milwaukee Art Museum, these sleek and structured gowns offer a new take on sophistication.
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25% Off Has your pet ever had an injury? How about surgery? Do they suffer from joint pain or even something as simple as ear infections? These and a long list of other pet problems can be treated by our K Laser Therapy. This is a painless therapy that increases circulation in the treated areas, […]Read More
Can you ever be TOO proud? I'm not sure. It is really a pleasure to know each of the staff members here, and I truly treasure knowing each one of them. As with anything, some I know more than others, but, each one really means something special to me. Right now, we would like to […]Read More
Fear Free. What does that even mean? Why should I care? You've seen that recently if you've looked at our website. What it is all about is that over the past year (and a little more), we have been working as individuals and as a clinic to become Fear Free Certified. Fear Free Certification is […]Read More
Pop! Shoooosh! Bang! Fireworks are always exciting and usually beautiful…to us. Not so much to many of our pets. We celebrate many things with these displays, birthdays, ball games, holidays, and our country's celebration of Independence on July 4th. All happy events that we want everyone and everything around us to share our joy. Many […]Read More
Adding to the 5 vets already on staff at the Animal Hospital of Waynesville, a new veterinarian will start on Monday, June 10. AHOW is always striving to bring the best care in a Fear Free environment to make the visit of your pet the most comfortable. Dr. Mallory Smith, graduate of the University of […]Read More
Lyme Disease…we've all heard about it. Recently on a trip to another state I even heard it being discussed on a national radio program. What are some of the problems with it and why do we need to be concerned? Lyme Disease is spread most typically by ticks. Ticks are a problem in our area. […]Read More
Guest Blogger – Did you know that April 27th is World Veterinary Day? That's right, a whole day to celebrate people who take care of family members and animals the world over. For me, that isn't much, and honestly, for the veterinarians I know, it isn't enough. For the months and years I've gotten to […]Read More
Outside of a science class or something similar, how many of us have seen an internal parasite? I would guess that it would be a small number. The thing that is a little amazing is that no matter how well we take care of our yards, no matter how well we clean our houses, no […]Read More
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It's Winter! Some may grumble wanting the warm temperatures back, some may dislike the snow. There are some of us who really enjoy the season though, including some of our pets. There are many personalities that our pets have and some of them greatly enjoy the colder weather just like their humans might. Just like […]Read More


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Past entrants (some winners in previous years) were among the crowd at the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Coffs Harbour on 27 July to launch the 2019 Spring Garden Competition.
|Margaret Franks and Local Member Gurmesh Singh
Qualified Garden Clubs of Australia Judge, Margaret Franks has judged the Schools' categories in this competition for a few years now. She is always delighted to see the developmental changes each year in the competition.
|CHGC Members David Hunt and Mary Booth with Larry Langman, Landcare
Larry Langman from Landcare was in attendance to spread the word about native alternatives for common garden escapees.
|Patron and Life Member Pat Roser with Tom Ely - Barbara Fitzgerald on right
CHGC Treasurer Tom Ely was the MC for the afternoon and kept everything on the move.
|MC Tom Ely introducing Maria Bell
CHGC Secretary Maria Bell gave a very brief history of the Coffs Harbour Spring Garden Competition.
|Patricia Roser OAM receiving the GCA Ann Williams Clark Medallion
from George Hoad, President Garden Clubs of Australia
Patron & Life Member Patricia Roser was honoured to receive The Ann Williams Clark Medallion - this is a prestigious Garden Clubs of Australia Medallion awarded to a club member who has illustrated over a long period solid contribution and support to a garden club.
Pat has been a Zone Coordinator for Garden Clubs of Australia (GCA), instrumental in the establishment of Woolgoolga Garden Club, President and Secretary of Coffs Garden Club, a committee member on various committees including - Garden Competition, Speakers, Outings and a principle on the Steering Committee for the GCA Conference held in Coffs Harbour 2003. Pat has always shown a willingness to participate in any undertaking of the garden club, this award could not be given to a more worthy recipient - Congratulations Pat.
|CHGC Member Penny Halford demonstrating her talent
at floral art
|Tom introducing Julie Worland
|CHGC President Margaret Crawley
Club President Margaret Crawley gave a brief history of the club, the main highlights over the years and the many community based undertakings that the club has performed.
|George Hoad, President Garden Clubs of Australia
presenting a certificate to President Margaret
marking the 40th birthday of Coffs Harbour Garden Club
The club were delighted to have the President of Garden Clubs of Australia present at this function. It was a thrill for Margaret Crawley to accept this certificate from George Hoad.
The event wouldn't be complete without some celebratory food - all provided by members of Coffs Harbour Garden Club, no wonder the club has the reputation for providing a 'good old fashioned supper'. It was a wonderful high tea to finish off a stunning afternoon.
Thanks to all who participated in any way. I guess what is left is for there to many, many entries in the 2019 Spring Garden Competition!
|David Hunt, winner of the decorated hat competition
|North Coast Regional Botanic Garden, Coffs Harbour


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CMS College, Kottayam
CMS College founded way back in 1817 by the Christian Missionary Society of England and it enjoys a stellar reputation for its high-quality education portfolio across the disciplines of arts, commerce and science. The CMS College is the first institu... more
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BNM Institute of Technology
Sited on a five-acre campus in south Bangalore, B.N.M. Institute of Technology (BNMIT, est. 2001) has established an enviable academic reputation with its students consistently bagging top ranks in university examinations. Affiliated with the Visvesv... more
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Azim Premji University
AzimPremjiUniversity was established with a clear social purpose to make significant contributions towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. The university aspires to do this through the development of talent and the creation of know... more
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Academy of Maritime Education and Training
AMET University - Academy of Maritime Education, Chennai is an autonomous engineering and technology is India's first maritime university that which offers a number of undergraduate and postgraduate study progammes. Founded in 1992, over ... more
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a premier medical college and research public university based in New Delhi. The Institute operates autonomously under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India). In the annual ranking o... more
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Christ University
Christ University is a private university located in Bangalore. It was founded in 1969 and is managed by the priests of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), the first indigenous Syrian Catholic religious congregation in India. Formerly Christ College... more
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Site move soon, expect downtime
[Just like the last time](http://www.lonsteins.com/archives/2004/05/25/server-move/), I'm imposing on Bill and moving this vanity site to his colo'ed box until I work out the upcoming move. I expect I'll inflict downtime on myself and will not reply to email quickly. With a bit of care (and luck) the move will go smoothly.


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NPES Pushes for Trans-Pacifi c Partnership (TPP): Free Trade Agreements Essential to Expanding US Exports "With 95% of the world's consumers living outside of the U.S., exporting can bring substantial benefi ts to American manufacturers and their workers," says NPES (Booth 700) President Thayer Long. One of the ways the Association is working hard to make more international markets available to its members is by supporting the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership (TPP) and urging Congress to approve it this year. "If the U.S. doesn't participate through TPP in setting the rules of trade in this huge and vibrant region of the world, NPES members, other U.S. manufacturers and consumers in general will be disadvantaged," Long adds. "Many good-paying American jobs depend on exports." TPP is a multi-lateral free trade agreement (FTA) among eleven Pacifi c-rim nations and the U.S. Six of the 11 already have FTAs with the U.S. (Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Singapore,) fi ve do not (Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Vietnam.) With a combined population of more than 490 million and an overall economy of more than $10 trillion (almost 14% of the global economy) the 11 TPP countries represent a combined market for U.S. goods and services close to the size of the European Union (EU), which (pre-Brexit) is home to nearly 510 million people and has a $16.2 trillion economy. When the U.S. is added to the 11 TPP nations the total FTA would constitute about 36% of the world economy. NPES and its allies in The U.S. Coalition for TPP, comprised of more than 400 business organizations of all sizes from diverse industries, are urging President Obama and Congress to redouble their efforts to approve TPP this year. According to NPES Government Affairs Director Mark Nuzzaco, "TPP is critical to promoting U.S. economic leadership in the Asia-Pacifi c region, as well as globally. The agreement shouldn't be jeopardized by the current Congress failing to approve it." Ratifi cation this year is especially important given that TPP is opposed by both major party presidential candidates, one of whom will be in the White House beginning in 2017. "This opposition to TPP is especially unfortunate," says Nuzzaco, "given that exports spurred by FTAs like it have, according to the U.S. International Trade Administration, proven to support higher-paying U.S. jobs." Notwithstanding campaign rhetoric to the contrary, U.S. Government data also show that FTAs have supported export increases that sustain and expand U.S. manufacturing employment. TPP will add to this by opening more markets and expanding opportunities for U.S. manufacturers. It sets strong, enforceable rules for U.S. trade with the TPP countries and will help create a fairer international trading system. Additionally, TPP contains fi rst-ever provisions to improve American competitiveness, including prohibitions on digital protectionism, new rules on fair competition with state-owned enterprises, tools to promote small business exports, stronger intellectual property rights, and good governance rules to fi ght corruption. "Exports are a very important part of our business," says NPES Government Affairs Chairman Greg Salzman, President, Aleyant Systems, a provider of software services to the graphic communications industry, "and TPP will help facilitate signifi cant new commercial opportunities for our products in a region of the world with growing economies. U.S. companies simply can't afford not to be competitive players in these markets." Finally, not only will TPP help U.S. manufacturers gain greater access to export markets, but it will also have a salutary impact on U.S. manufacturers' costs in obtaining from TPP countries raw materials not readily available in the United States, which can then be used in manufacturing U.S. made products for both domestic consumption and export. NPES invites its members to share their stories of commercial successes and challenges in exporting. And, it urges them to contact their elected members of Congress in support of FTAs in general and TPP in particular. A grassroots tool to help facilitate such messages is found at: npes.freeenterpriseaction.com/BzDrtEa For more information, contact NPES Government Affairs Director Mark J. Nuzzaco by phone: 703/264-7235 or e-mail: email@example.com. 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When looking to expand their business and enter the high-volume, continuous feed digital inkjet color printing sector in 2014, Access Direct made the decision to acquire the Océ ColorStream 3900 digital printing system to deliver on their customers' expectations of fast turnaround time without sacrifi cing the high quality of their prints. In the twelve month period following their acquisition of the Océ ColorStream, Access Direct experienced a "whirlwind year" where they expanded both their customer base and portfolio, leading them to invest in three more of the devices, replacing its entire toner printer fl eet. "We saw that inkjet was going to be a big player in the market, so we made the decision early on to move in that direction," says John DiNozzi, Executive VP. "We wanted to be looked at as industry leaders, not industry followers." In 2016, Access Direct acquired the Océ VarioPrint i300 color digital press featuring Océ iQuarius Techology to expand the growth seen as a result of their use of the ColorStream devices. The VarioPrint i300 provided Access Direct with a versatile sheet-fed, inkjet, white-paper-in-full-color-out workfl ows and the ability to utilize multiple media sources, automatic duplexing and in-line connectivity to fi nishing equipment. With the VarioPrint, Access Direct has been able to expand their customer offerings and provide them with increased opportunities for creativity. The VarioPrint has allowed Access Direct to bridge the gap between the application fl exibility of toner based sheet-fed printers and the productivity of web-fed inkjet presses. Most recently, Access Direct has been upgraded with the iQuarius ColorGrip, an inline conditioning step which immobilizes ink instantly. 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This Christmas marked the one-year anniversary of pop music legend George Michael's death at age 53. To acknowledge 12 months without him, Michael's family shared a touching message to fans on the late singer's website.
The message was accompanied by a childhood photo of Michael playing in the snow, dated "circa 1967." The note includes the family's thoughts on their first holiday without him, and what it was like to hear his iconic Christmas music after his death.
"This year has been a series of new and tough challenges for those of us close and loyal to Yog [Michael's nickname], not least of which was steeling ourselves this month, to hear 'Last Christmas' and 'December Song' streaming out of shops, cars, and radios, as it has done for decades, knowing he's no longer here with us, missing him," the message reads.
The note continues to say that Michael loved Christmas himself, "and always hoped it would snow." The family reminds fans that the late singer "would want each of you that admired and loved him, (yes—he knows you did!!) to take a moment, raise a glass, enjoy his music and think of him fondly, making sure to enjoy your time with, and appreciate your family and friends."
"Yog shared his music with all of us, and many of you connected deeply with his words, yet in life, many hold their own important words and feelings inside, as so often they are the hardest to say out loud," the message goes on, as the family encourages fans, "if you can, in his memory this year,"to say "I love you" to friends and family.
"We all think there is time, don't we? – but, just maybe, it's later than you think," the note reads.
Following Michael's death last year, a number of artists have paid tribute to his music, from Chris Martin to Sam Smith. Fans have also remembered him for his charitable spirit, with many tweeting about his anonymous generosity, from donating money to causes he cared about to volunteering at a homeless shelter.
In September of this year, fans received an exciting surprise when Michael's first posthumous single was released — a remake of the old B-side "Fantasy."
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The development of the free online dating sites features helped the singles from all over the world to find a partner on their own. Every normal person needs a excellent partner for themselves with whom they can spend some good as well as share intimate moments. Nevertheless, a very common question that comes to people's mind is the fact how can technology help in locating a life partner or make a relationship. There is basically no website link between technology and romance; as a result it is just impossible. But, the advancement of technology has made it possible for us.
The free dating sites will be become popular among the single males and females pretty fast; they have get a very important place where people can find a partner of their choice. Dating through the internet is among the most easiest way to get hold of a partner nowadays; most single personals from several parts of the world have started using these free dating sites in order to find somebody for themselves. The free seeing websites also offer different advantages of the users, like the dating chat provided by some of the websites ensure that the users a lot to interact with other folks.
If you search the internet, you could find several dating sites; some of which have time and for registration in some sites you have to pay money. However, finding the right date for yourself does not mean you must spend money and sign up with the paid sites. Even the free of charge dating sites offer huge opportunity for this. Some of the free internet dating sites that you find over the internet own gained huge popularity everywhere world; thousands of people from different parts of the world use these dating sites. The free dating sites have proved to be much better and popular compared to the paid ones. First of all, people do not have to pay anything even though signing up, secondly the paid out sites are nothing better; they will just provide few extra features.
People use these internet dating sites for different purposes; some make use of these sites in order to find the perfect partner of their life, some use them to find a partner to fulfill their physical desire, whereas several use these sites just for period pass. Technology has helped human beings in each and every stage; and these dating services own proved to be one of the most important today. People can relax and spend a nice time talking to their loved ones on the internet.
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Mud Buddy hosts a full component production facility of motors, blinds and boating accessories. Mud Buddy is well known around the world, and our products can be seen at more than 200 marine outlets across North America.
Mud Buddy is best known for developing the modern mud motor, short tail motors, the extended life mud motor patented bearing drive, patented mud motor seal system, a swivel assembly that allows longtails to rotate into the boat, computer designed frames, and a new generation of lightweight full feature hunting blinds. We were the first to experiment with surface drive propellers in the mid 90s, long before the first short tails entered the market. These innovations and spearheading were so well received by a public waiting for something better, others quickly followed Mud Buddy's lead and many strive to offer these fine features as well.


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The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, first published in 1949, is a widely acclaimed book on value investing, an investment approach Graham began teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928 and subsequently refined with David Dodd. Famous investor Warren Buffett described it as "by far the best book on investing ever written". The Intelligent Investor also marks a significant deviation to stock selection from Graham's earlier works such as Security Analysis.
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) Paperback by Benjamin Graham. Also see: Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Phil Fisher (Complete Audiobook)


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Own Positions
Updated version: Renewing LEADER/CLLD for 2021-2027 programming period (2019)
Renewing LEADER/CLLD for
2021-2027 programming period (2017)
The Tartu Declaration (2016) (Available also in Croatian, Estonian, German, French, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Spanish)
Supported Positions
Positions from ELARD's Member Networks
|Position paper "Europe needs LEADER" (2018)
In this paper the German national LEADER association BAG LAG summarizes its main messages regarding LEADER for the next programming period.
|European Committee of the Regions
|The CoR's contribution to the renewed Territorial Agenda, with special emphasis on community-led local development (2019)
In this document the CoR outlines policy recommendations for regional development with the aim to increase the influence of regions and local authorities in Europe.
The opinion is also available in the following languages: [BG] [CS] [DA] [DE] [EL] [ES] [ET] [FI] [FR] [HR] [HU] [IT] [LT] [LV] [MT] [NL] [PL] [PT] [RO] [SK] [SL] [SV]
|European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
Advantages of the CLLD
approach (2017)
(different languages available)
European Commission
The Future of Food and Farming
Cork 2.0 Declaration (2016) and Cork 2.0 Action Plan (2017)
This is the final document of a Seminar organised by DG AGRI and the ENRD in Båstad, Sweden. More material about the seminar can be found here.
European Rural Parliament
Our message to the European Institutions, Governments and Rural Citizens of Europe (2019)
This is the update of the message from 2017 (see below).
European Rural Manifesto
The Venhorst Declaration
Our message
to the European Institutions, Governments and Rural Citizens of Europe (2017) - long version
European Countryside Movement
A significant step closer towards a European Rural Agenda (2018)


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An opening reception was held recently in Pontassieve (near Florence) for an exhibition entitled I Sangallo: Una famiglia di scultori — Arte, assistenza e devozione tra Firenze e Pontassieve.
The exhibition featured a crucifix restored over a three-year period by SACI students under the supervision of SACI Conservation Area Head Dr. Roberta Lapucci. Roberta, who wrote an article for the exhibition catalogue, and SACI Conservation Teaching Assistant Philippa Norton (SACI Alumna, 2009-2010) represented SACI at the reception, during which the school was officially thanked and the project cited as an example of how collaboration between Italians and those from other countries aids Italy in the preservation of its unique cultural heritage.
Shortly after this event, there was an unveiling at the Santa Maria a Campi Church in Campi Bisenzio of La Visitazione, a large altar painting also restored by SACI students over a three-year period.
Read information about the Sangallo family of sculptors, active in Florence during the Renassiance.
The special exhibition can be viewed through March 16, 2014 at the Sala delle Colonne in the Town Hall of Pontassieve. Entrance is free.
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Describe a memory that
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I have one particular memory from when I was in seventh grade. I was sitting with my two best friends under an ash tree in the fall, and I remember sitting there with them in a quiet moment watching yellow leaves spiral down out of the sky. I remember thinking, "This is just one moment in my life, and when I'm older I'll look back at this moment and remember how wonderful my childhood was." That was the first time I thought about myself as an older person looking back at my life. Since then, I've had many more happy moments when I stop and think, "This is a moment I should remember."


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Fitch: Plunging oil prices could slow down U.S. LNG projects
The recent nearly 50% drop in oil prices may slow the momentum behind the development of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, according to Fitch Ratings' report issued last week. Oil price declines have weakened global LNG prices and could increase Henry Hub gas pricing, weakening current U.S. LNG project economics.
Traditional LNG sponsors have been supermajors and national oil companies with a diverse portfolio of assets and strong credit quality affording them the opportunity to make through the cycle investment decisions that consider their long-term production and reserve profile. U.S. LNG sponsors have tended to be nontraditional including smaller, less diversified international oil companies and utilities, with more limited financial resources. This generally requires them to secure tolling arrangements with fixed-price availability payments ahead of financing.
The recent drop in oil prices has tempered longer term market oil price expectations, which could challenge off-take contract negotiations creating delays and/or changing the terms of tolling arrangements. The oil and gas price outlook is a key component for a sponsor to make a final investment decision and/or off-taker to sign a long-term (e.g. 20-year) agreement. LNG project economics rely on a generous spread between oil-linked LNG and natural gas feedstock prices. Spread volatility, as illustrated by recent price movements, may challenge favorable long-term assumptions driving development of additional U.S. liquefaction capacity.
Low Henry Hub prices in a robust oil-linked LNG pricing environment help support the U.S. LNG value proposition. However, expectations that increasing global oil supply will exceed tepid global demand growth in the short-term have led to sharp oil price declines and weakened global LNG prices. A prolonged, material reduction in U.S. shale oil-directed drilling could result in lower associated gas volumes potentially leading to higher Henry Hub prices.
Fitch expects natural gas prices to remain subdued over the next several years, excluding short-term volatility from weather-related demand, and oil prices to improve. This should keep the U.S. LNG value proposition intact — Fitch long-term oil/gas price ratio of 17.0x — for projects currently under development. Nevertheless, the oil price drop could slow the momentum behind new U.S. LNG facilities in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval queue. The recent oil price decline as well as idled LNG regasification facilities in the U.S. should act as a reminder of the financial risks associated with these costly, long-dated directional bets, Fitch said.
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05 October 2018 Harry Eddis - Simon Treacy Regulatory framework
UK e-money sector passes AML test
Anti-money laundering is a hot topic for the fintech industry. And many fintech firms are e-money institutions. The FCA has recently probed how the e-money sector meets AML rules. Its report is broadly positive but suggests where there might be room for improvement.
What has the FCA found?
The FCA has completed its thematic review into AML risks in the e-money sector. The report concludes that most e-money institutions have effective AML systems and controls.
For example, the FCA found that AML policies were up to date, customer due diligence processes were adequate, and firms were monitoring transactions effectively.
The report sets out examples of good and poor practice that the FCA saw in its review. These relate to AML policies and procedures, risk assessments, due diligence, transaction monitoring, management information and communications. The FCA also considered the impact of firms outsourcing the distribution of e-money to third parties.
Areas for improvement identified by the FCA include:
- Tools used for individual customer risk assessments which were not always effective for flagging higher risk customers
- Assessments of business-wide risks which were not tailored to the firm's specific business
- Failing to assess the purpose and intended nature of the business relationship, making it harder to identify suspicious transactions.
What is e-money?
E-money is an electronic store of monetary value that can be used for payment transactions. For example, prepaid payment cards might be e-money.
UK issuers of e-money need to be either registered with, or authorised by, the Financial Conduct Authority. Those e-money institutions must then comply with money laundering regulations.
Why did the FCA review the e-money sector?
The FCA's concern – which was also flagged in a Treasury report last year – is that e-money may be attractive to criminals or terrorist financiers. For example, rather than being restricted to certain retailers, "open loop" prepaid cards can be used anywhere the card network is accepted. Like cash, they are anonymous and are easily transportable. AML controls imposed by the e-money issuer can mitigate some of these vulnerabilities.
What happens next?
The FCA encourages all e-money institutions to review the report and consider whether their systems and controls could be improved.
The report comes at a time when AML is a hot topic in the fintech industry. For example, a recent parliamentary report called for increased regulation of crypto-assets partly because of the risk that they could be for laundering money.


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Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
With MassHealth requiring an expanding portion of the state budget each year – approximately 40 percent in fiscal 2018 – there is general agreement on Beacon Hill that health care costs need to be addressed in a substantive way.
Gov. Charlie Baker proposed some health care cost containment measures in his fiscal 2018 budget proposal, but the Legislature chose to remove those sections from the budget to allow for a more thorough discussion and legislative process on the issue.
Over the past few months, the Senate has hosted multiple roundtable discussions to assess steps that other states have taken to address the issue. While a bill is still being drafted, with language expected in early October, MMA staff have been meeting with Senate legislative staff to ensure that municipal concerns are addressed.
Municipalities struggle each year to balance budgets while facing large percentage increases in health costs, with few tools available to rein in those costs. The MMA has been advocating that cities and towns should have access to whatever tools the Senate includes in its health bill for the state to control its costs. If the bill merely shifts costs from the state to municipalities, it won't effectively achieve the intended goal of containing growth in health care costs.
Two issues that have been part of Senate health care discussions are ambulance fees and mobile integrated health. Neither is a major factor affecting health care cost growth, but both serve as good examples of small expected changes to current practices and a new way of providing care.
Legislation concerning ambulance fees has been filed repeatedly for the past few sessions. The goals of these bills have been to eliminate "pay the patient" practices by insurers, and to establish that the appropriate rate to be reimbursed for emergency medical transport is the rate set by the municipality in which the trip originates. This issue is expected to be addressed in the Senate bill or by amendment as the bill moves through the legislative process.
Mobile integrated health care is the practice of using community-based services, including EMS, to offer a broader array of health care services, including, but not limited to, pre- and post-hospital check ups, preventative care screenings, and routine check-ins for individuals with long-term health issues. The goal is to avoid unnecessary hospital transports and emergency room visits, both of which contribute to increased health care spending.
Other elements that will be included in the health bill should be revealed in the coming weeks.


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Strengthening the non-profit and charity sector
The Public Policy Forum is focused on the social and economic determinants of growth, and our work in this area includes our annual Canada Growth Summit and the recently released report on trade with China Diversification not Dependence: A Made-in-Canada China Strategy. Building on these projects, we are currently working with two former policy advisers to Liberal and Conservative governments to identify what will make the Canadian economy competitive in new realities. They will co-author a report on prospects for Canadian competitiveness.
This discussion will feature some of the classic Canadian economic challenges in areas such as taxation, inflation, trade policy and infrastructure, as well as a secondary set of unprecedented challenges such as intellectual property, data management, the internet of things, and labour-market participation. The dialogue the subsequent report will frame a holistic competitiveness lens, which can be applied long-term across government. It will draw on four categories defined by the World Economic Competitiveness Index: (1) Enabling Environment, (2) Human Capital, (3) Markets, and (4) Innovation Ecosystems, to articulate how Canada can best define and leverage its comparative advantage. The report, set for publication in April 2019, will provide recommendations on these four key areas.
Contact: Daniel Pujdak, Policy Lead


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The Pierre Dad Hat is a super comfy soft fit hat perfect for the gym, beach or lifestyle looks. Names after WESTCA Member and friend Pierre . Pierre brings his cool sense of style and swag to WESTCA gym on the regular , let's nor forget is is a major motivator in the gym as well.


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Early on, CERA developed a Community Engagement Strategy and a Community Engagement Framework to guide its work. These documents committed CERA to working transparently and inclusively. The goal was to enable communities and individuals to participate in decision making on rebuilding and revitalising greater Christchurch.
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Michelle E. Shriro brings a practical, results-oriented approach to her bankruptcy and business reorganization practice. Michelle concentrates her practice on representing both creditors and debtors in reorganization as well as litigation matters in Bankruptcy Court. Michelle also advises potential purchasers of assets owned by companies in bankruptcy.
Michelle has a particular expertise in representing landlords when tenants file for bankruptcy protection. Michelle has represented landlords in numerous national retail cases including Borders, Sharper Image, Linens-N-Things, Harry and David, Bombay Stores, Eddie Bauer, Samsonite Outlet Store and Z Gallerie.
Prior to joining Singer & Levick, Michelle served as a judicial law clerk of the Honorable Robert C. McGuire, former Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. Michelle received her J.D. from Southern Methodist University in 1988 and her B.B.A. from the University of Texas in 1985. Michelle is admitted to the Texas and Delaware bars as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. She is a member of the John C. Ford American Inn of Court and has an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
In 2010, Michelle was one of only 135 women attorneys in Dallas to be recognized as one of the Best Women Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine.


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What Makes a van a home?
Meet Ubu
Rundown of Ubu's components
The nitty-gritty guts and glory of most every system in Ubu.
- 2015 Mercedes Sprinter Cargo 2500 170" WB . 2.1 lt 4 Cyl. Twin Turbo Diesel engine. (21-24 MPG)
- Suspension upgrade — Sumo Springs (SSF-106-47) + (SSR-326-47-1)
- BFG KO2 All-Terrain Wheels (LT245 / 75R16)
- Fiamma F65S Awning (13'2")
- Auxiliary Alternator (Nations 270XP Alternator Kit) + Balmar MC 614H Regulator
- Kenwood DNX GPS Head Unit with Apple CarPlay
- Backup Camera (Boyo VTS40)
Living Space
- Second Skin Audio Sound Damplifier
- 3M Thinsulate insulation
- ESP Low E (radiant barrier)
- Minicell Closed cell foam
- MaxxAir Maxxfan Deluxe
- 2 CR Laurence T-Vent Windows, one per side
- Raised Bed Platform
- Espar D2 Heater
- Bamboo Flooring with ½" Polyiso Underneath
- ARB 63-Quart Fridge
- True Induction 2 Burner Induction Cooktop
- Swivel Seats (SwivelsRUs style with red knob)
- Nature's Head Composting Toilet
- Ikea Slide Out Garbage/Recycling Holder
- Window Blackout Shades (3-layer sandwich — batting, reflectix and outside cover material — made by awesome seamstress)
- First Alert CO710 10-Year Carbon Monoxide
- First Alert P1010 10-Year Photoelectric Smoke and Fire Alarm
- WiFi hotspot — ATT Mobley + Adapter
- RV Dual Canister Complete Water Filtration System – 1st canister filters sediment and 2nd is carbon block filter for other nasties
- 25-Gallon Fresh Water Tank
- Isotemp Slim Electric Stainless Steel H2O heater
- Shurflo Revolution 4008 3.0 Water Pump with Pipe Strainer
- Shurflo Pump Silencing Kit
- Shurflo Accumulator Tank
- Kraus Modern Oletto Single Lever Pull Down Kitchen Faucet, Stainless Steel
- Ikea Norrsjon 14 5/8″ x 17 3/8″ sink
- Alkaway Ultrastream Water Ionizer and Filter
- 5-Gallon Grey Water Tank
- Pipes – ½" diameter Nylobrade® PVC Tubing
- Oxygenics RV showerhead (super duper water conserving without sacrificing pressure)
- Ambassador Marine Aidack Plastic Recessed Mixer (for water temp control in shower)
- 5 100W Sunpower Flexible Panels
- Victron Bluesolar Charge Controller MPPT 150/70
- Victron Energy Color Control Panel GX
- MidNite Solar Photovoltaic DC Circuit Breaker – 150V/20A
- Blue Sea 6006 M-Series Battery Switch Single Circuit On/Off Red
- Blue Sea Systems Outdoor marine 7182 40 Amp Circuit Breaker Surface Mount 285 Series x2
- Link Solar Weatherproof ABS Solar Double Cable Entry Gland
- Victron Energy Battery Monitor BMV-702
- Victron VE Direct Bluetooth Dongle
- 2000W Victron 12/2000 80/30 MultiPlus Inverter Charger
- Lithionics LiFePo4 400 Ah Battery
- Blue Sea Systems AC Main Panel with 6 Positions
- Blue Sea Systems 12 Circuit Blade Fuse Block With Negative Bus
- LED Lights with Dimmer Switch (LED Warm White Undermount Light Strips & 4 Overhead Puck Lights)
- JR Products 12225 Black Single SPST On-Off Switch
- Blue Sea Systems Class T 225 to 400A Fuse Block x2
- Coin-Grip Flooring
- LCD Lighting
- 17" Slideout Bike Tray with Fork Mounts for 2 Bikes
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Fountain pens are a welcome change from the disposable world of ballpoint pens. They have a smoother writing action and their refillable nature lets you go wild with different ink choices.
Fountain pens are good enough for the Queen and they're good enough for me.
It's easy to become entranced with the idea of using a fountain pen. There's something romantic about doing things the old fashioned way. Although when you write as much as I do, the reasons for using fountain pens are far more practical. The smoother writing action reduces hand strain and gives a consistent feel while writing.
Fountain pens function differently than ballpoint pens. The ink is stored in a reservoir that is fed into the nib. From there, the ink flows from the nib onto the page with minimal pressure.
Different pens with different nibs filled with different inks will give you a wealth of writing options. Fine nibs are great for everyday note taking while broad nibs are almost paint brush like for calligraphy and there are options for everything in between.
It's the difference between walking around in a comfortable pair of boots or chucking on some thongs. Sure, you won't always need the option but damn does it feel better when you do.
There's no frustration about having a pen run out of ink either, having to dig through draws to find another working pen. When my pens run out, I simply grab a nearby ink bottle and refill them. A quick and painless process.
Bored of writing in black? Refill with a claret coloured ink or green. Whatever colour takes your fancy, you can find an ink to fill your fountain pen with and that versatility is something to be appreciated.
Budget Fountain Pen Showdown: Lamy Safari Vs Pilot Metropolitan
There's nothing like writing with a fountain pen, and while they can be expensive, you don't have to spend a ton of money to own one. For less than $50, you can have a refillable pen perfect for art, journaling, or taking notes in style. Let's look at two of the best, most accessible budget options you can buy.
You can look at fountain pens and be put off by the prices. It's easy to spend hundreds of dollars on a pen. It's just as easy to spend under $30 to buy an entry-level pen that will last years.
I've been using several Pilot Metropolitans as my day-to-day pens for a while now and have reached the point where it would've cost me more to use standard ballpoint pens over the same period. Being a writer does skew my pen usage towards the high end of the spectrum but plenty of professions require regular note taking.
Admittedly, my wife and I also own several more expensive pens including a gorgeous gold and white Pelikan pen that we signed our wedding certificate with. Sometimes you want a special pen and that's a niche that fountain pens fill superbly.
The biggest price problem with fountain pens is not the cost of an individual pen. It's the cost of building up a collection of pens and ink that fill your study with stationery. Having more options available means you have to exercise self control. Or don't and just acknowledge that having enough ink to fill a bathtub is going to cost quite a few dollars.
Switching to fountain pens can lead you down a deep hobbyist rabbit hole from which you may not return. You may not want to return and that's okay. Sometimes it's about finding something simple in life that you appreciate.
Why You Should Try Dot Grid Paper
When you need a notebook to jot things down in it's easy to just grab a lined notebook or one with blank pages. There's a third option to consider that has the benefits of both styles. dot grid.
Entering into the world of fountain pens also opens you up to other premium stationery. You won't want to write on random legal pads with your fancy pen. No, it might bleed through the paper or smudge. It's tempting to go all in and buy some notebooks from Rhodia or Clairefontaine. It's also completely unnecessary to go that far, a quick trip to Officeworks can find you plenty of cheap options that are entirely suitable for fountain pens.
It's not all sunshine and roses. When I first started to use a fountain pen, I managed to get ink everywhere and smudges were a constant concern. I adapted, I kept paper towels nearby to make sure no problem got too out of hand. Then things changed as I got used to the quirks of using a fountain pen and now I don't think I can go back.


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By Whitney South, Best of London. 07.20.18
It's been 45 years since Home County Music & Art Festival first made its way into the heart of the London music scene — and while times may have changed, the Forest City's love of acoustic music has continued to gain momentum year after year.
Just ask banjo aficionado Paul Hurdle, who's seen the event's evolution first-hand, ever since he first hit the Victoria Park stage with The Country Rebels back in 1973.
"There used to be at least a half a dozen bluegrass bands in London alone, at least as many as any other city in Canada. So, it was a big deal," he recalled. "Now, the very fact that there's a different take on the music, especially by the younger people who've been getting involved, just shows how much it's growing."
These days Hurdle picks with Bluegrass masters New Cumberland, a band that while staying true to their roots, likes to get a bit experimental — performing traditional pieces as well as music by artists from the Grateful Dead to Neil Young, The Beatles to The Rolling Stones.
"They're really a good group of well-seasoned musicians that play acoustic music, but also take some of the old music we used to play and mix it up with original material and some covers," he explained. "What's fun is breaking out those unusual songs that you wouldn't expect a bluegrass group to do. That really gets people smiling."
When it comes to the re-emergence of the genre, the musician can't hide his excitement at what newer generation has to offer.
"The thing is, while Bluegrass kind of petered off through the years, it's really coming back again . . . and the quality of music that's coming out of those young musicians is astoundingly good, compared to what we were doing," he said, barely stifling a smile. "They've really taken it and polished it . . . they'll mix up what's current and put it in an acoustic setting, but still bring attention to the classics."
Hurdle has maintained a strong presence in the Canadian bluegrass community over the years, and since moving to Ontario from P.E.I., eventually called London home after attending both Fanshawe College and Western University. Musically, he got his start with Bert Baumbach in a group called the Bluegrass Alliance, and later on was the recipient of the Canadian Pioneer Award for his work with the early bluegrass group The Country Rebels.
An amazing career to be sure, but one that certainly wasn't that common to come by in such a niche style of music, one he describes as kind of like high-energy country on steroids.
"When I was young, Bluegrass wasn't really known well up here. It was something that came from down in the States, like Virginia and North Carolina . . . so finding someone to teach you the banjo in a bluegrass style was very hard to do," said Hurdle, adding while it may have been an unusual choice at the time, he had always liked the sound. "Music then was all more folk . . . and it grew from there, moving into the cities like Washington D.C. and New York and Chicago, and they put their interest into it. Those bands drew it to another level with a more modern approach."
It was the traditional combo of banjo, mandolin, guitar, fiddle and stand-up bass that drew Hurdle to perform at his first music festival in Virginia in '69.
"Everyone back then came from about a 20-mile radius, so if you said you were from Canada, they figured you had just left your igloo," he said with a laugh. "When you went there everyone knew you were from out of town. That said, they welcomed you as a musician, even if they looked at you a little funny."
Now, with Home County celebrating such an amazing milestone, Hurdle is once again looking forward to re-connecting with old friends and fans, as well as welcoming the new crop of talent embracing the Bluegrass scene.
"There's really a mix of every age, which is amazing to see. I'm absolutely looking forward to it," he said. "Home County still promotes quality acoustic music, and that's the core of it all. All you really need to do is come down, give it a listen, and you'll be hooked too."
Home County Music & Art Festival takes place in Victoria Park July 20-22, featuring dozens of performances across seven stages, including New Cumberland and The Jim Cuddy Band.
For more information, and a complete listing of artists and set times, visit www.homecounty.ca.
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June 3, 2016, 9:30 a.m. - The black unemployment rate today declined for the second straight month, according to a just released jobs report by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The rate fell from 8.8 to 8.2 percent, according to the report. The rate had been as high as 9 percent in the previous months.
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The Similar Targets and Similar Diseases visualisations on the Target and Disease profile pages displays a list of the top 20 targets that share similar target-to-disease connections based on a systematic computation of all target-disease associations and overall association scores.
To compute the similarity between targets, we:
Assess the overall connectivity of a target and apply a weight based on its significance and specificity
Calculate the overlap of two targets against the total number of disease associations for each target and correct the calculation by the computed weight
The current similarity computation pipeline places an emphasis on associations with high scores (for instance, curated rare disease associations) and targets that are linked to few diseases (specific), rather than targets linked to many diseases. We also only consider target-disease pairs with at least three pieces of evidence that support the connection.
After clicking on a bubble with a similar target (or disease) computed by Open Targets Platform pipeline, the visualisation will display a list of up to 15 diseases used to compute the similarity score. You will also get the underlying association scores between each target and disease.
For more information on our approach to calculating related targets, please read Open Targets Platform: new developments and updates two years on.
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Unlike in the advanced nations of the world, consumers in Nigeria suffer untold hardship in the hands of some unscrupulous manufacturers and service providers without any effective channel for seeking redress. The Consumer Protection Council, which is statutorily empowered to protect consumers' rights is hampered by lack of powers of prosecution. OLUFEMI ADEOSUN examines the latest efforts by the Council to expand its frontier to protect consumers' rights
Perhaps there is nowhere in the world where consumer rights been so much violated than in Nigeria. From the sale of expired items to substandard products, adulterated goods to under dispensing of petroleum products, the Nigerian consumers have been made to accept whatever is thrown at them. It has continued to be so either because they are not aware of their basic rights as enunciated in the United Nations declaration of 1985 to which Nigeria subscribes or they are not aware of any channel of redress in the case of abuse of their rights.
However, the Consumer Protection Council, the Federal Government agency saddled with the responsibility of protecting consumer's right is beset with many problems ranging from lack of funds, non-definition of consumers rights and inadequate provisions for enforcement, lack of specific institutional framework for the defence of consumers' rights and the apparent undefined relationship with sector regulators leading to overlapping of functions among other constraints.
It is, therefore, in a bid to address some of the shortfalls that the Council is seeking for the review of its enabling Act with a view to making it more functional in the protection of the consumers' rights.
Apart from the power to prosecute any erring manufacturer or service provider that violates the rights of consumers, also imbued in the Amendment Bill currently before the House of Representatives, is the expansion in the areas covered by the Council in view of emerging forms of trading tagged, "e-Commerce.
The public hearing for the bill was held in July and the bill seeks to amend the CPC Act No. 66 of 1992 to, among others, ensure clarity of its provisions and modify the Council's composition and widen its functions and powers in order to provide for a broader and more effective Council.
Making a case for a speedy passage of the bill at a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Aminu Tambuwal, in Abuja recently the CPC Director General, Mrs. Dupe Atoki, stated that it would provide a broader and more effective Council to deal with the various market abuses.
She noted, "The purpose of this Bill is to re-enact the Consumer Protection Council Act to provide for a broader and more effective Council, clearly define consumer rights, ensure the removal of fake and substandard products from the market, ensure the protection of consumers and their access to easy and speedy redress through the establishment of an elaborate consumer redress system, establishment of institutions for the protection of consumer rights and among other things, complement laws governing unfair competition and deceptive and fraudulent practices."
Apart from that, she also noted that emerging technological changes, new trading methods, patterns and agreements had brought about new challenges to consumers of goods and services in Nigeria, stressing that there was a compelling reason to develop and employ further innovative ways to protect their interests. In order to enable the Council deal decisively with all issues pertaining to market infractions, she also advocated for increased budgetary funding.
According to her, appropriate funding would enable the agency set up offices in all the 36 states with a view to attending to plight of the over 160million consumers scattered across the nation. Reacting, Aminu Tambuwal agreed that there was an urgent need to speed up the passage of the bill, adding that the House had worked on it and that it would possibly be passed before the end of the year.
According to the Speaker, the speedy passage of the bill becomes necessary since the protection of consumers falls within the purview of the legislative agenda of the House. Tambuwal, who commended the Council for bringing consumer issues into the people's consciousness, assured that House would continue to provide legislative support to the agency.
He said, "I want to assure you that we as an institution will continue to do all that we need to do to improve quality of service and service delivery to the Nigerian people.
At the public hearing, so much submission were made on the need to have a law that would stand the test of time because consumer protection issues are issues that have the potentiality of generating even cases that are in between jurisdictions.
"We are available and would continue to give you all the support about the issues you have raised. I assure you that here you don't have any problem and very soon possibly before the year runs out, the House of Representatives would be done with the bill," Also speaking, an Abuja based consumer rights advocate, Mr. Tunji Daralola, noted that there could not be a better time to review the Act than now, explaining that there was no provision in the Act that takes care of new methods of trading thrown up by technology.
According to him, more than ever before millions of Nigerians, who deal in online trading are being daily short-changed with impunity. Asked if they could not be prosecuted, Daralola who spoke with our correspondent argued that the laws under which the CPC operates did not cover online trading.
"There is no gainsaying that the Act under which the CPC derives it powers is obsolete and not reflective of the prevailing circumstances in the world markets. For instance, the Nigerian consumers have caught the bug of online buying, but sadly they are being cheated each day without any channel for redress. In the advanced countries where online trading is the norm, there are laws that guide their operations even if there is no physical contact," he said.
Apart from that, he disagreed that the inherent loopholes in the Act was responsible for the various consumer abuses in the country, insisting that the first thing the Council needed to do is to embark of massive awareness campaign to sensitize the people to their rights in the market place. According to him, 80 per cent of the Nigerian consumers are not aware that they can seek redress whenever their rights are trampled upon either by manufacture or service provider.
The consumer right advocate fingered the various telecommunications outfits in the rave of consumers' abuses going on in the country. He cited the unsolicited calls, text messages and e-mail as examples of the abuses in which the Council had failed to address. He urged the Council to demonstrate what it was capable of doing with the little powers at its disposal to justify its existence.
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Starch and poly(vinyl alcohol) based barrier coatings for flexible packaging papers were studied. Both octenyl succinate modified and hydroxypropylated corn and potato starches were blended with regular and ethylene modified poly(vinyl alcohol) to increase the water vapor barrier properties and enhance the flexibility of the starch coatings, in order to accomplish superior barrier performance. Phase separation between starch and poly (vinyl alcohol) was studied in detail, both in the solution and in dry draw-down coatings on paper. The barrier performance of the coated paper was evaluated with respect to water vapor transmission rate. Conditions for the creation of a thin surface layer consisting of only one of the pure polymers were identified and discussed in terms of phase separation in solution migration of poly(vinyl alcohol) to the uppermost surface layer. The phase separation promoted low water vapor transmission rates also with a rather high fraction of starch in the coatings
In this study, the extraction and CE-ESI-TOF-MS analysis of tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) drugs imipramine, desipramine, clomipramine and norclomipramine in human plasma has been optimized. The CE capillaries were modified with omega-iodo-alkyl ammonium salt (M7C4I coating) to reduce analyte adsorption to the silica wall. The use of a strong cation exchange (SCX) solid-phase extraction (SPE) column specifically designed for the extraction of basic drug species from biofluids gave very clean extracts with high and reproducible recoveries. The extraction recoveries were ranging between 87 and 91% with % RSD values of 0.5-1.7% (n = 3). The obtained strong cation exchange-SPE extracts of the TCA in human plasma only contained the analytes of interest. The optimized CE separation conditions were obtained by adding ACN and acetic acid to the sample while using an aqueous BGE. The CE-ESI-TOF-MS analysis was performed within 6 min for all TCA analytes under the optimized condition with peak efficiencies up to 1.4 x 10(5) plates/m and an average % RSD of the migration times of the analytes of 0.3% (n = 5). The presented method can readily be used for the extraction and quantification of basic drug species in human biological fluids and in pharmaceutical formulations.
Det här arbetet har utförts som ett 30 hp examensarbete för kemiingenjörsutbildning på Karlstads universitet åt Stora Enso, Forshaga. Syftet var att undersöka koronabehandlingens effekt på plastbelagda kartongytor. Frågor som hur effekten minskar under lagringstid, om effekten påverkas av materialets bredd, tjocklek, pigment i plasten samt kylvalsarnas påverkan skulle undersökas.
Största delen i arbetet var att undersöka hur ytenergin på behandlad plastbelagd kartong minskar med tiden och om detta varierar beroende på behandlingsgraden. Resultaten visade som väntat att ytenergin sjunker med tiden och ju högre ytenergin var direkt efter behandlingen desto fortare sjunker den. Direkt efter behandlingen varierade värdena ganska mycket men efter ca en vecka så verkade ytan ha "lugnat sig" (antagligen hade antalet laddningar som fanns på ytan direkt efter behandlingen då minskat). Ytenergin sjunker snabbast under den första månaden och sedan börjar kurvan plana ut. Efter ca två månader är nivån ganska stabil. Vid jämförelse av olika bredder gick det att se små skillnader som visade att breda rullar kräver mindre effekt för att nå ett visst dyntal än vad en smalare rulle gör. Samtidigt gick det att se att rullarna tycks ha något lägre ytenergi i kanten av rullarna än vad de har i mitten, men inte heller här handlar det om några stora skillnader.
Arbetet innefattade även ett test för jämförelse av olika ytvikter på kartongen och det visade sig att ett tjockt material kräver mer energi vid behandlingen än ett tunnare, men skillnaden är liten. Det gick även att se skillnader vid jämförelsen av rullar som belagts med pigmenterad plast och de som belagts med transparent. Polyetylen med pigment i kräver lite högre effekt vid behandlingen för att kunna nå upp till lika hög ytenergi som samma material belagd med transparent plast.
Det sista testet som skulle visa om det finns skillnader mellan matt och blank kylvals visade att olika kylvalsar gav olika ytråhet, men skillnaden mellan valsarna blir större på en ytrå yta än på en slät yta. Det var stora skillnader mellan valsarna om de jämfördes på dekorsidan, men på mer ytråa insidan verkade inte kylvalsen ha lika stor inverkan.
In this study we demonstrate the importance of proper data processing in adsorption isotherm estimations. This was done by investigating and reprocessing data from five cases on two closely related platforms: liquid chromatography (LC) and biosensors. The previously acquired adsorption data were reevaluated and reprocessed using a three-step numerical procedure: (i) preprocessing of adsorption data, (ii) adsorption data analysis and (iii) final rival model fit. For each case, we will discuss what we really measure and what additional information can be obtained by numerical processing of the data. These cases clearly demonstrate that numerical processing of LC and biosensor data can be used to gain deeper understanding of molecular interactions with adsorption media. This is important because adsorption data, especially from biosensors, is often processed using old and simplified methods. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
A polymer vs solvent diagram of film structures, formed in polystyrene (PS) blends (1:1 w:w PS/PT) with poly(3-alkylthiophenes) PT [regioregular R-P3DDT, R-P3HT and regiorandom P3BT, P3DDT] spincoated onto oxidized silicon surfaces from various common solvents [p-xylene, toluene, chloroform, chlorobenzene, cyclohexanone] is presented. The structures were determined with microscopic techniques (atomic, AFM and lateral, LFM, force microscopy, fluorescent microscopy FM) and dynamic secondary ion mass spectrometry (dSIMS). The diagram, arranged according to the solubility parameter of the PTs and the solvents, exhibits three main structural classes: dewetting, lamellar, and lateral (quasi-2-dim) morphology. Decrease in PT solubility parameter δPT inhibits dewetting of polymer films. It induces also a transition from lamellar to lateral film structure. Increase in solvent solubility parameter δS has similar effects. Such behavior is related to the stability of transient homogeneous films and multilayers in the course of spin-casting. The role of δPT and δS is elucidated based on the stability analysis performed in terms of spreading coefficient (dependent on δPT) and effective interfacial tension of solvent-rich polymer phase (dependent on δS).
The atomistic molecular-dynamics simulations of the initial stage of myoglobin adsorption on amorphous polystyrene surfaces with varying hydrophobicity are presented. The polystyrene surfaces as non-oxidized (hydrophobic) and oxidized (hydrophilic) films, both in united-atoms and dummy-hydrogen atoms representations are modeled. The protein is placed initially at different distances and orientations from the polymer. We monitor the interactions between the protein and the polystyrene surface for the same polystyrene surface in contact with the protein in different initial orientations and for one initial orientation of the protein in contact with different polystyrene surfaces. By comparing the stability and the number of myoglobin-polystyrene atomic contacts and the interaction energies, it is found that the initial contact of the protein with the hydrophobic polystyrene surfaces is stronger than with the hydrophilic ones. The orientations of the myoglobin in which the more rigid protein parts face the polymer exhibit stronger initial contact with the polymeric surface. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC)/cholesterol/distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DSPE)-polyethylene glycol 5000 [PEG(5000)] lipid disks, mimicking biological membranes, were used as pseudostationary phase in partial filling electrokinetic capillary chromatography (EKC) to study interactions between pharmaceuticals and lipid disks. Capillaries were coated either noncovalently with a poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone)-based copolymer or covalently with polyacrylamide to mask the negative charges of the fused-silica capillary wall and to minimize interactions between positively charged pharmaceuticals and capillary wall. Although the noncovalent copolymer coating method was faster, better stability of the covalent polyacrylamide coating at physiological pH 7.4 made it more reliable in partial filling EKC studies. Migration times of pharmaceuticals were proportional to the amount of lipids in the pseudostationary phase, and partition coefficients were successfully determined. Because the capillary coatings almost totally suppressed the electroosmotic flow, it was not practical to use the EKC-based method for partition studies involving large molecules with low mobilities. Hence, the applicability of the biomembrane mimicking lipid disks for interactions studies with large molecules was verified by the quartz crystal microbalance technique. Biotinylated lipid disks were then immobilized on streptavidincoated sensor chip surface, and interactions with a high-molecular-mass molecule, lysozyme, were studied. Cryo-transmission electron microscopy and asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation were used to clarify the sizes of lipid disks used. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


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Hiroki Hashimoto
27 July 2017
Today's headlines centred around the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC's) decision and the subsequent market reaction in currency markets. Despite the outcome being broadly in-line with most economists' expectations, the US dollar has weakened towards a 14-month low (chart 1). Against this backdrop, the Swiss franc is defying the trend and not strengthening against the dollar and sending its value against the euro to its weakest level since the Swiss National Bank's (SNB's) 1.20 cap was abandoned in January 2015 (chart 2).
The SNB President Jordan reiterated earlier this week that the Swiss franc remains significantly overvalued, a statement with which we agree. Thus, despite the recent coordinated hawkish speeches from other central banks, we do not expect the SNB to change its loose policy any time soon.
The Bank of Japan is another firm 'non-hiker'. The recent downgrade in their inflation outlook confirms our view that the underlying inflationary pressures remain low and their economy requires a continuation of loose policy. The multi asset funds we manage have been underweight the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen, whilst favouring the Australian and Canadian dollar and the euro. We expect yen weakness to boost Japanese equities, helping their exporters, where we remain overweight.
Chart 1: US Dollar Index continues its descent following the FOMC announcement
Chart 2: Swiss Franc weakens against the euro
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