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David Lenigas's Doriemus PLC (LON:DOR) got acceptances from existing shareholders accounting for just over 50% of its open offer share sale, though other investors have committed to taking the remainder of the new equity.
The company will receive a total of £865,200.
In the open offer it will raise £434,625 by issuing 1.24bn new Doriemus shares at a price of 0.035p each. A separate share subscription will see investors take 1.23bn new shares on the same terms, giving Doriemus a further £430,500.
"This is an excellent result for a company that is quoted on the London ISDX Growth Market and the board thanks all the shareholders who have taken up their entitlements to the company's open offer," said executive chairman David Lenigas.
"All shareholders who requested additional shares on top of their 3 for 10 entitlements have been allocated the additional shares requested as part of this open offer.
"The company is now well placed to fund its cash calls on the exciting and upcoming Brockham sidetrack well planned for the Brockham oil field before the end of the year, and the large amount of appraisal work planned for the Horse Hill oil discovery near Gatwick Airport next year."


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Acanthus montanus grow and care – rhizome herbaceous of the genus Acanthus also known as Mountain Thistle, Acanthus montanus perennial evergreen or deciduous used as ornamental drought tolerant plant, can grow in subtropics mediterranean or temperate climate and growing in hardiness zone 9b-11a.
Leaves color green in triangle shape deeply lobed with spines in the edge.
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Yes, you can get to Las Vegas, Nevada, from Grand Cayman. And you don't even have to be an avid gambler to enjoy the city, which is the adult version of DisneyWorld. Just be sure to pack lots of moisturizer and ChapStick.
I won't even begin this article with that tired cliche of 'what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas', because it shouldn't.
It's a fascinating city filled with colourful character and characters.
While I'm not a big fan of late flights, our journey began on a Sunday when we caught the 4.45pm flight from Grand Cayman to Houston, Texas, and then on to Las Vegas. The trip was a surprise from husband Glenn, who made arrangements through Pat Amante at Longitude Travel.
I strongly advise to book first class as the seats are more comfortable and there is plenty of leg room. The overall flight is less than eight hours and, in my humble opinion, well worth it.
I didn't learn until we rechecked our bags in Houston that our final destination would be Las Vegas. That's when the baggage handler looked at the baggage ticket and said "Oh, going to Las Vegas." Glenn had managed to keep it a surprise up until that point. I was surprised; but certainly not disappointed.
Bedtime came sometime after 2am and our holiday officially began on Monday when we caught up with good friend Jim Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts, which owns 10 casinos in Vegas alone. He was one of the co-conspirators of the trip and gave us excellent advice.
"You're 1,800 feet above sea level and in the desert. Drink lots of water," he said.
We did.
If you plan to go, arm yourself with lots of moisturizing lotion and be sure to keep a tube of lip balm on you at all times. I've lived on or near an ocean my entire life and the arid basin of Vegas put my skin and hair to the task. Humidity is a good thing!
Vegas is a growing retirement and family city and is the 28th most populous city in the United States with an estimated population of 583,756 as of 2010. The 2010 population estimate of the Las Vegas metropolitan area is nearly 2 million, all nestled in a valley surrounded by mountains.
On the days we ventured out onto the Strip, the sidewalks were filled to overflowing with tourists. We hailed a few cab drivers – a couple of them natives – who gave us the insight on life outside the Strip and recalled days of old when Vegas meant downtown and the likes of the Golden Nuggett.
I guess the best thing about Vegas is you don't have to be an avid gambler to have fun.
Our first show was Monday evening at the Mirage – The Beatles Love by Cirque Du Soleil. The show began promptly at 7pm, so we arrived a wee bit early with complimentary tickets from our friend.
The show was excellent. It's a mostly graceful and elegant marriage of movement and song that reinforces the greatness of the music created by the Beatles in the 1960s. The acrobats are phenomenal from the performers on the ropes to the quartet of skateboarders vaulting steep, 12-foot ramps to the song of "Help".
The show began with a capella vocals on "Because" that exploded into "Get Back." The characters were introduced on a rooftop set suggestive of the "Let It Be" concert, which collapsed into debris to the sounds of World War II bombing.
The Fab Four also provided abstract narrative, thanks to outtakes of studio chatter or lead-ins to live radio performances.
The loose story of the production traces The Beatles' biography in broad strokes through the band's founding and climb into superstardom, their psychedelic and spiritual works and their break-up in 1970. The finale is a joyous celebration of The Beatles' "reunion" that the show itself represents.
The show's landscape is inhabited by fictional characters plucked from The Beatles' lyrics. Sgt. Pepper, a central figure, encounters many familiar faces, including Lucy in the Sky, Eleanor Rigby, Lady Madonna, Father McKenzie and Mr. Kite. The "Here Comes the Sun" scene features a character resembling Krishna. Similarly, several scenes include mop-topped, dark-haired figures in black suits. The international cast totals 65 performers. Each song or medley is the name of a scene.
Created by French designer Jean Rabasse, the Love theatre at The Mirage houses 6,341 speakers and 2,013 seats set around a central stage. Each seat is fitted with three speakers, including a pair in the headrest. The sound system was designed by Jonathan Deans. The stage includes nine lifts and eight automated tracks and trolleys. A total of 28 projectors are used.
The Love theatre at The Mirage is said to have cost more than $100 million.
Even if you're not a Beatles fan, the show is not one to be missed. The soundtrack to Cirque Du Soleil's Love won two Grammy awards, so if you get a chance to go, don't pass it up.
The next day we set out on foot to take in the Strip and all of its offerings.
A hawker at one of the discount ticket booths enticed us to listen to their spiel about cheap tickets to the various shows. We could get into Jersey Boys at the Palazzo Casino for half the price of $161.50 per person, but we quickly learned that the seller couldn't guarantee seating.
Talking with Jennie Briggs in Murren's office, she told us she only uses the discount ticket outlets for cheaper shows. Something as big as Jersey Boys deserves tickets being bought at the ticket counter where seating, especially VIP, is guaranteed.
We did take in another show, the Country Superstars Tribute at the Golden Nugget in famed downtown Las Vegas. The tickets were $65 each and well worth the price. What made the show was the Reba McEntire lookalike. Of course you have to be a great lover of country music for this show, which features country music history tribute singers replicating the likes of Reba, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw and more.
The five-piece band that backs up these 'stars' is absolutely great. And while Glenn and I recognised who most of the impersonators were supposed to be, we were stumped by a couple. But all in all it is a good show; you get what you pay for.
The only drawback to this show is that it comes on the heels of the Gordie Brown show and he's notorious for showing up late and getting off the stage late, which means the country tribute show rarely starts on time. Our 9.30pm seating time was delayed about 45 minutes, making it a late night for all involved.
If you are a true country music fan, then you would probably enjoy this show. If you are on the fence with this genre and style, you would probably be disappointed.
While there are numerous shows, activities and events to do and see in Vegas, it is possible to spend all of your time at one property.
We were booked into the MGM Grand, which is at the end of the Strip. The place is cavernous with many shops, activities, a spa, television studios, a CSI experience and, of course, 5-Star restaurants and lounges.
The restaurants include Joel Robuchon, L'Atelier, Tom Colicchio's Craftsteak, Diego, Emeril's Fiamma, Nobhill Tavern, Pearl, Seablue, Shibuya, Wolfgang Puck, the Grand Wok, MGM Grand Buffet, Rainforest Café, the Cabana Grill, Stage Deli, Starbucks (several of those), Studio Café and Wichcraft. You can spend as much or as little as you like for a gourmet meal or a quick bite to eat while on the run.
Amenities include the MGM Grand Spa and Health Club, Cristophe Salon, Grand Pool Complex, Wedding Chapel, Gift Card and a floral shop.
And entertainment abounds from KA Cirque Du Soleil, Crazy Horse, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Hollywood Theater, the Lion Habitat, Wet Republic Ultra Pool and CSI, the Experience.
Of course gambling is allowed and encouraged from gaming tables to slots, poker, racing and sports to high stakes gaming.
There were at least a half dozen conventions going on while were staying the week at the Grand where planners can get an overview of the facilities, coordinate catering and banquets, get the inside on productions, take advantage of the business centre and work with a meeting planner guide.
We happened to be there the week in the run up to the Manny Pacquiao/Shane Mosely fight that was held at MGM on 7 May. By Thursday morning the people started pouring in to MGM where the infamous MGM golden lion was surrounded by a make-shift boxing ring in the lobby.
When we departed MGM at 5am on the Saturday of the fight, the joint was hopping with people from all walks of life and ages. We could tell it was going to be a stellar event.
But for us, it was time to come home to the more sedate and tranquil home of Grand Cayman and our own sweet retreat in North Side.
Off the strip
There are also many, many tours you can sign up for while in Vegas. Here are a few:
Area 51
Whether or not you believe in aliens, you may find some answers during your tour of Area 51, the popular location among many UFO aficionados. Satisfy your inquisitive mind and enjoy this tour to the world's most famous military facility, the inspiration of the "X-Files."
Your tour begins with pleasant views of the desert in an SUV ride. You will continue on your journey and see ancient Indian petroglyphs that resemble aliens. Wander around a strange, unexplained dry lake bed, the site of many UFO sightings.
You will get back on the road and travel along the "Extraterrestrial Highway" and arrive at very remote, Little A'le'Inn. This location has been the host of many documentaries and movies including "Independence Day." Here, you can find a manual with tons of top-secret Area 51 information in the Little A'le'Inn store. Capt. Chuck Clark, an ex-air force captain, wrote this chilling, yet informative booklet available for sale.
After a tasty Alien Burger at the inn, things get mysterious as you travel to the location of the renowned black mailbox that represents the entrance to Area 51. After travelling through the Joshua Tree Forest, you will arrive in the perimeter of Area 51.
See guards nicknamed the "Men in Black" watching your every move and see signs that read, "The Use of Deadly Force Authorized." As much as the United States denied the existence of Area 51, this tour proves that it does exist.
Death Valley
See spectacular Death Valley, the largest national park in the United States, as well as real ghost towns in this fascinating, all-day tour.
Your tour begins with a pickup at your hotel in a comfortable sports utility vehicle. From here, the adventure begins! On the way to Death Valley, you'll pass through the Goldwell Open Air Museum, which showcases seven enormous outdoor sculptures created from natural material.
When you arrive at Death Valley, your tour includes stops at Furnace Creek, Devil's Golf Course, Badwater, Zabriskie Point and more. From the beautiful landscape to unique desert life, you'll definitely want to take plenty of pictures.
Return to your hotel in a comfortable SUV while admiring the scenery of Las Vegas.
This tour is typically available starting the 1st Tuesday in September until the Memorial Weekend in May. This tour is not available Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam
Soar deep among the Grand Canyon's cliffs and have a tasty meal on the grounds of the canyon's rim.
Enjoy one-of-a-kind views of the Grand Canyon, one of the great Seven Wonders of the World. Your tour begins with limo transportation from your hotel to the helicopter landing pad. Start your journey with views over Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and ancient volcanoes. Your helicopter will descend 3,200 feet to the canyon floor. Upon landing, have a complimentary champagne picnic hosted by your pilot. Enjoy the splendour of Grand Canyon's breathtaking views as you eat. The picnic, together with breathtaking views, creates the perfect blend of luxury and romance. You'll also have time to explore and take pictures.
Return to Las Vegas and catch aerial views of Lake Mead, Mojave Desert and the glittering lights of the Las Vegas Strip. Relax in a limo back to your hotel.
Grand Canyon Picnic with EC-130 upgrade
For an additional fee, guests may choose to ride the EC-130 helicopter. The EC-130 helicopter provides more visibility with wraparound glass, larger cabin space and noise reduction features both inside and out.
Valley of Fire
If you're expecting a calm Sunday afternoon drive, then this Valley of Fire two-seated dune buggy tour is not for you. But if you're looking to put a little pep in your vacation and have the energy for loads of fun, adventure and thrills, then this excursion is perfect.
Your day begins with a shuttle pickup from your hotel. Then it's off to Valley of Fire's Logandale Trail System, one of the top off-road riding areas in the country. Once you put your helmet and gloves on, get ready to venture through the trails that already gained famed in several tour and travel magazines.
As you're coasting along the remarkable red sand, see the breathtaking rock formations that the original "Star Trek" shows used for background scenes. If you're lucky, you may even spot bighorn sheep.
Riding through these dunes will definitely work up an appetite. This tour includes a lunch and plenty of water so you can feel replenished.
End the day with a relaxing shuttle ride back to Las Vegas.
Whenever you decide to go, and whatever you plan to do while in Vegas, hook up with a travel agent to ensure you get the most of your Vegas holiday.


text: Langue Anglais A WORLD FIRST - ACROSS THE WORLD ILAB POP UP BOOK FAIRS: UNESCO WORLD BOOK & COPYRIGHT DAY APRIL 23, 2015 From Sydney to Tokyo to Cape Town, from Moscow, London and all the major European capitals to New York, Washington, Chicago and the Pacific Northwest of the United States ILAB Pop Up Book Fairs, organized by the world's expert antiquarian booksellers, will appear on 23 April, 2015. WHERE? In a woolshed in the Australian bush, at central stations, on boats, in museums, libraries, streets, private clubs, cocktail clubs, brew pubs, on roof terraces, at the top of skyscrapers. On UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day ILAB booksellers will bring rare books to the people in the most unexpected places! HOW? Like a Mexican wave starting the day in Australia and, as the sun goes, finishing the day in the United States, scores of rare book dealers will be organizing Pop Up Fairs - a mixture between bookish flash mob and speed dating for booklovers, lasting only a few hours at unusual, but busy locations where passers-by will discover a stunning selection of rare books, prints, manuscripts and ephemera to promote the trade of old and rare books and to support the UNESCO literacy projects in Africa. WHY? Reading is a gift, reading is a fundamental human right! "The power of books to advance individual fulfilment and to create social change is unequalled", says Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO. Year by year on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day booklovers worldwide celebrate the power of the book. For the first time in 2015, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and its affiliates will be a part of it! Each ILAB Pop Up Book Fair will feature a large poster of an "empty bookcase", symbolic book spines will be "sold" with the money from each going directly to UNESCO's South Sudan Project. A donation of 3 US $ will send one book to a child in South Sudan, 15 US $ purchase a set of 12 school books for a classroom, and 500 US $ provide 45 school book collections for a rural community in Africa. BOOKS CHANGE LIVES! Come and join us on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April 2015! Enjoy the bibliophile treasures at the ILAB Pop Up Book Fairs worldwide, get in contact with the ILAB booksellers and help us filling as many "empty bookcases" with symbolic book spines as possible to support literacy and to fulfill the human right to read all across the world! >>> POP UP Where and When? >>> ILAB on the UNESCO website >>> ILAB Pop Up Fairs on the UNESCO World Map THE ILAB POP UP BOOK FAIR CALENDAR UNESCO WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY, 23 APRIL 2015 AUSTRALIA - SYDNEY: State Library of New South Wales: Shakespeare's First Folio lends drama to the first ILAB Pop Up Book Fair on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day. AUSTRALIA - DUNKELD and HAMILTON: Of books and sheep: Australian booksellers pop up down under at The Mount Sturgeon Woolshed/The Royal Mail Hotel and Hamilton Public Library. JAPAN - TOKYO: Five minutes away from the famous Ginza: a big step into the world of rare books. Meet the Japanese antiquarian booksellers at the World Antiquarian Book Plaza. SOUTH AFRICA - CAPE TOWN: A charity auction to support literacy in South Sudan: how Clarke's Africana Rare Books & AntiquarianAuctions celebrate UNESCO World Book & Copyright Day 2015. RUSSIA - MOSCOW: Free Appraisal Day at the Moscow State University of the Printing Arts: bring your books, maps, prints and autographs and learn about their value! ITALY - MILAN and LUCCA: Starting with the 3rd Milan International Antiquarian Book Fair on 27 March and ending with ILAB Pop Up Fairs in Milan and Lucca on 23 April, Italian booksellers will be raising money for UNESCO, not only on one day, but non-stop on www.alai.it within four weeks! SWITZERLAND - ZURICH: The city of banks and books, where Thomas Mann bought his favourite cigars and the avant-garde artists met in the famous Cabaret Voltaire. An ILAB Pop Up Fair at August Laube Rare Books. AUSTRIA - ON TOP OF VIENNA: ILAB President Norbert Donhofer invites booklovers to celebrate World Book and Copyright Day on the terrace of his new office. Bring flowers and buy symbolic books to fight illiteracy! AUSTRIA - VIENNA: The new Literature Museum - the perfect location for an ILAB Pop Up Fair to admire rare books from the history of Austria, presented by Austria's leading booksellers. HUNGARY - BUDAPEST: One of the most difficult languages ever is spoken in one of the most beautiful book capitals on the globe. Support literacy, enjoy an exclusive Don Quixote exhibition and have a chat with the Hungarian booksellers at Institute Cervantes! GERMANY - MUNICH: Where business men and women have been meeting for cocktails since Goethe's death in 1832, antiquarian booksellers will welcome you at the Kaufmanns Casino with books, music, drinks and finger food. GERMANY - KÖNIGSTEIN: Only 15 minutes by car from Frankfurt: an ILAB Pop Up Soirée at Reiss & Sohn, one of Germany's most important book auction houses. NETHERLANDS - GRONINGEN: The Power of literacy! Antiquarian booksellers create a unique Pop Up Book Street in Folkingestraat on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day 2015! NETHERLANDS - AMSTERDAM: Who said rare books and water don't mix? Dutch dealers hold a floating Pop Up Fair on a barge which will be proudly flying the UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day colours. NETHERLANDS - HAARLEM: Take the train to Haarlem on 23 April, 2015 and find rare books displayed at an ILAB Pop Up Fair in Haarlem central station! BELGIUM - ANTWERP: Books across the borders. ILAB dealers don't let national boundaries stand in the way of supporting literacy: two Dutch booksellers, one trading in the Netherlands and the other in Belgium, pop up at Antwerp's Bibliotheek Permeke. DENMARK - COPENHAGEN: Antiquarian booksellers will pop up in the foyers of the Copenhagen libraries! SWEDEN - LUND: The city of bikes and books: an ILAB Pop Up Fair dedicated exclusively to pop-up books at Akarps Antikvariat! UNITED KINGDOM - LONDON: Where lawyers and politicians meet for lunch and celebrate weddings: British booksellers show their best at Middle Temple Library! UNITED STATES - NEW YORK: The city that never sleeps brings UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day back to the streets: the New York rare book dealers will pop up at busy places downtown Manhattan. UNITED STATES - NEW CASTLE: New Castle's old Opera House in Delaware, built by the Masons in 1879, is representative of an America that many don't know exists - and the perfect location for three famous American rare book dealers to pop up at Oak Knoll Books on 23 April 2015! UNITED STATES - WASHINGTON: Next stop Washington DC, where Allan Stypeck, owner of Second Story Books on Dupont Circle, hosts an ILAB Pop Up Fair that will display rare books in abundance. UNITED STATES - CHICAGO: An ILAB Pop Up overlooking Lake Michigan from the windows of the elegant skyscraper premises of the Cliff Dwellers Club, where Frank Lloyd Wright had drinks with Carl Sandburg. UNITED STATES - SEATTLE: The gateway to the Klondike gold rush, the city where Jimi Hendrix was born and Ray Charles played his first piano lines. Is there a better place to show cool books on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day? UNITED STATES - PORTLAND: Bridge City, Beer City, BOOK City: a brew pub in Portland, Oregon, hosts the final ILAB Pop Up Fair on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day 2015! >>> ILAB Pop Up Book Fair Schedule >>> Support literacy and fill the symbolic book cases LIVE ON WWW.ILAB.ORG For 24 hours, from Australia to the Pacific Northwest, these and many more worldwide events will pop up one after the other to show that there is nothing more powerful than BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS! Take an atlas, go to Google Maps and look for an ILAB Pop Up Book Fair near you! ILAB will follow up all events worldwide on 23 April in a 24-hours live-report on the ILAB website. Visit us on www.ilab.org and take part virtually in the ILAB Pop Up Book Fairs on UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day. Follow us on Twitter, join us on Facebook! We'll see you there! >>> Join us on Facebook! >>> Follow us on Twitter! MAKE A DONATION: FILL A BOOKCASE AND SUPPORT LITERACY! What could be closer to the interests of all ILAB affiliates than literacy? What is more appropriate than to enable as many children and adults as possible throughout the world to read books? Book collectors start as book readers! If we are concerned about the future of the book and younger generations of collectors, we must start at the very beginning. That's why ILAB Pop Up Book Fairs on April 23, 2015, will be more than just a fair: they will be a venue for raising money to fight illiteracy! UNESCO is the most powerful worldwide partner we could have, and the UNESCO literacy projects in South Sudan deserve all our support. There are four possibilities to donate money! 1. Visit the website of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Italy and make a donation to UNESCO via the ALAI web portal! 2. Visit the UNESCO website and make a donation online! 3. Make a donation to UNESCO by bank transfer! 4. Visit the ILAB Pop Up Book Fairs across the world and fill the empty bookcases! 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After last Season's Brutality, many Preppers and #OffGridders are turning to Wood as a renewable, reliable Off Grid Heating and Power source.We caught the following from Survivopedia about ideas for the use for the ash that builds up.Stay Safe.
9 Survival Uses of Wood Ash
If you're going to be burning wood, you're going to have a ton (maybe literally!) of ash by the end of the winter, so what on earth are you going to do with it all? Re-use it, that's what! There are a ton of uses for wood ash, and we're going to touch on a few of those today.
Wood ash is extremely alkaline and contains potassium (potash) and calcium, which makes it great for several different purposes around the farm. It also likely contains sulfur, phosphorus, sodium, zinc, manganese, iron, copper, cobalt, magnesium and molybdenum, all of which are great for your plants depending upon your type of soil. That's just the tip of the iceberg though. Let's talk ash!
1. Tanning Hides
If you've ventured into the land of tanning at all, you probably know that brains are a common method for naturally tanning the hide into water-resistant, durable leather. However, the brains take forever to get the job done if you don't break down the natural mucopolysaccharides, called ground substance, that protect the hide.
The Native Americans had this method down, and guess what does the trick! Yup, wood ash and water. Just soak it for 2-4 days and you'll only have to brain-tan it once.
2. Natural Camouflage
This is kind of a no-brainer but there may come a time when you just don't want to be seen. You may be hunting or you may be waiting for human predators to invade your space. Whatever the reason, wood ash is a quick, natural camouflage.
On a similar note, sunburn can be lethal and if you don't have any sunscreen, rub wood ash on your skin to block the sun's rays.
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Grains pause ahead of WASDE reportUS wheat futures pause today after having reached a one-month high in response to the potential for the current dry and cold weather to damage the winter crop. Soybeans, meanwhile, are up on a tariff-related discount in Brazilian beans. Up next, we have the USDA's WASDE report at 1600 GMT.Read the article2yThanks Ole for cont. supports on grain / seeds market. Do you have any thoughts on Feed Grains Yearbook tables release (Apr, 13), could it push front...


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Ctrip, which competes with eLong and Qunar among other players in the take-no-prisoners Chinese travel market, acquired a 37.6 percent stake in eLong for $400 million.
As part of the transaction, Ctrip and Expedia "agreed to cooperate with each other to allow their respective customers to benefit from certain travel product offerings for specified geographic markets."
Expedia didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on how and where this Ctrip-Expedia partnership will manifest itself.
But the agreement appears to be a Ctrip snub of the Priceline Group, which in August 2014 agreed to invest up to $500 million in Ctrip and has a deal where it can hold up to 10% equity in Ctrip.
Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston said at the time that Priceline and Ctrip were "almost second cousins," although in Priceline's first quarter of 2015 earnings call Huston said the expected hotel integration between the two companies has been taking longer than envisioned.
Priceline doesn't see the new Ctrip-Expedia relationship as a snub.
"Ctrip is a market leader in China, and has been a key partner for the Priceline Group since 2012," says Leslie Cafferty, a spokesperson for the Priceline Group. "That partnership continues as Ctrip strategically aligns itself for further success in China."
As part of Expedia selling its stake in eLong to Ctrip, eLong CEO Guangfu Cui resigned from the eLong board of directors as did six members of eLong's board who have Expedia ties.
Subject to eLong shareholder approval, they will be replaced on the board by May Wu, Shengli Wang, Maohua Sun, Nanyan Zheng and Liqun Wang.
Expedia CEO Darren Khosrowshahi couldn't have been more vehement in recent months about his company's long-term investment in and commitment to eLong despite heavy losses.
In the first quarter of 2015, eLong's net income losses increased 408 percent to $40.1 million.


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What do you see when you think of a best friend?
I see Tony's face!!
YAY Best Friend!
(and in his FAVORITE colors!!!!)
To start off, let's define what a "munchkin" is. According to dictionary.com, it is
a small person, esp. one who is dwarfish or elfin in appearance.Although, I am not dwarfish or elfin in appearance, I am a munchkin. (Ask Tony). I am only 4'11", and I have not grown since the 8th grade. Living the life of a munchkin is not easy.
A major problem that us munchkins have is finding clothes to fit. Actually, it's mainly just jeans and pants. In some pants, you can


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Hello! It's been a while but I'm back at the reading and subsequently back at the reviewing! Below is a short graphic which I made over a year ago that I found in my drafts, I thought I'd share it even though it's slightly ~cringe~. As you can tell, I didn't like this book very much!
With it currently being the Easter holidays, I do plan on getting some more reviews written up for you as well as finishing a few more books (I'm halfway through the Tales From Shadowhunter Academy novellas and then... LADY MIDNIGHT TIME!) Coursework can wait until the day before sixth form restarts, right?
Do tweet me with your thoughts on the book, any new book recommendations and any other general randomness at @GeorgiaReviews, I've just started using my account again and I'm basically obsessed all over again!
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You can buy a copy of The Geography of You and Me now on Amazon or The Book Depository.


text: Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) leaves, when grown in the wild and not contaminated by common yard chemicals, are lovely, tender, bitter herbs. They are a mild and gentle diuretic, packed with chlorophyll, vitamins A, C, D and B-complex. Bitters are very commonly known to be good for digestion. Dandelion roots are a staple for herbal liver cleansers, and generally considered safe for pregnant women. Be clear about this, that dandelions do for the earth much what they do for our bodies – they help detoxify, so it's important to eat them only when harvested from places that are free from common toxins like lawn fertilizers or pesticides – in other words, in an organic environment.*


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In an earlier blog post I talked about my visits to wild archives and some of the problems inherent in using these kinds of sources. At the time I was aware of the Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives and the work Georgina Brewis had been doing, for example her blog for NCVO Eight reasons charities should be interested in their archives.
Georgina has since put in, and won a bid for funding for a British Academy Research Project on Digitising the Mixed Economy of Welfare in Britain which aims to look at best practice and practical guidance for voluntary organisations on digitising and preserving their archives. I am delighted to have been appointed as a part-time Research Assistant on this project.
Unsurprisingly, I wholeheartedly agree about the value we should be placing on voluntary sector archives. Not only are they invaluable to researchers but they can also be a huge asset for the voluntary organisations themselves; they are an evidence base, they contain crucial insights into an organisation's history and identity and they contribute to a wider understanding of the place of that organisation in our society. Even outside of academia, understanding the full history of welfare and society is important at a time of significant change in our welfare state. Without recourse to the archives, histories and identities of voluntary groups, their role and importance may be lost in wider and public understandings of what welfare is, as well as what it has been.
I have several exciting challenges in this Research Assistant role; organising the launch event at the British Academy on the 5th June 2015, learning about digitisation and records management, drafting guidance for voluntary sector organisations, and piloting and refining this guidance with voluntary sector partners.
There will be updates on the project via the NCVO blog, voluntarysectorarchives.org.uk, the University College London Institute of Education and a range of partner organisations. I will also be posting some updates here about my role and perspective. In the meantime, I have plenty to be getting on with!


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Amazon is a super power e-commerce giant all around the World. They have broken records in all areas of business and have become one of the largest companies in the World.
In this article, we collected some of the best Amazon statistics that will literally blow your mind:
When shoppers know what gift they want: 59% will start on Amazon, 24% on a search engine, and 16% at a retailer that has that product. (source: Clicks)
In the early days of Amazon, a bell would ring in the office every time someone made a purchase, and everyone would gather around to see if they knew the customer. (source: Business Insider)
Amazon ships 35 items every second. (source: Unboxing Deals)
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Amazon holds the patent for one-click ordering (which is licenses to many large companies like Apple). (source: Unboxing Deals)
90% of consumers will check Amazon even if they've found their product elsewhere. (source: Clicks)
Amazon's Net sales in 2016 was over $136 billion dollars. (source: Statista)
It cost Amazon about $7 billion dollars a year on shopping costs. (source: Statista)
Amazon has over 27 million Facebook followers, 2.6 million Twitter Followers and 997,000 Instagram Followers.
As of 2017, 51% of paid items were sold by 3rd party sellers and not Amazon itself. (source: Statista)
There are currently about 398,040,250 products on Amazon. (source: ScrapeHero)
Electronics make up 91 million of those products on Amazon. (source: ScrapeHero)
Amazon currently owns (from acquisitions) over 80 companies in all different sectors. (source: Market Watch)
Whole Foods was Amazon's biggest acquisition to date, at $13.7 billion. (source: Market Watch)
Amazon owns 10 percent of North American E-Commerce. Office Depot, Stapes, Apple, Dell, WalMart, Sears, and Liberty all own another 10 percent of the market, the same size as Amazon. That leaves 1,000+ retailers to all fight for the remaining 80 percent. (source: Business Insider)
in 2017, Amazon has about 341,000 employees all around the World and one of the fastest growing work forces. (source: Geekwire)
Amazon.com gets about 2 billion visitors to its website, each month. (source: Statista)
50% of online shoppers in the United states are on the Amazon mobile app. (source: Expanded Ramblings)
Nearly half of web shoppers go directly to Amazon for product searches. (source: App Eagle)
80% of customers in the US purchased items on Amazon at least once a month. (source: Expanded Ramblings)
There are currently over 45,000 robots working in the Amazon warehouses. (source: Expanded Ramblings)
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There was a 300% year-over-year increase in traffic to Amazon.com from Prime users, versus 53% growth in user accounts, which suggests that Prime subscribers often go straight to Amazon's homepage to begin a product search. (source: Business Insider)
Less than 1% of Prime users visited competing retail sites while shopping on Amazon, versus 12% and 8% at Walmart and Target for non-Prime Amazon users. (source: Business Insider)
Amazon has over 2 million servers to host its websites, products and services. (source: Bloomberg)
Average Prime user spends $625 per year. (Business Insider)
20 million products are available for Amazon Prime. (Recode.net)
78% of consumers pay for Amazon Prime to get free two-day shipping. (eMarketer)
19% of Millennials use Amazon Prime. (eMarketer)
Amazon.com employees spend two days every two years working at the customer service desk, even the CEO. This practice is to help all workers understand the customer service process. (source: Business Insider)
11% of Baby Boomers use Amazon Prime (eMarketer).
Nearly twice as many millennials use Amazon Prime compared to baby boomers. (source: App Eagle)
16% of Generation X uses Amazon Prime (eMarketer).
Amazon's unique users are 5x more valuable than eBay's. Amazon's average unique user brings in about $189 while eBay's brings in just $39. (source: Business Insider)
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49% of Prime members spend $800 or more per year. (Business Insider)
41% of Prime members exceed $800 in spending during the first year. (Business Insider)
Prime uses a free shipping threshold that starts at $35 per purchase. (source: Amazon)
30% of online shoppers in the U.S. have a Prime membership. (Forbes)
Amazon loses between $1 to $2 billion on shipping Prime goods each year. (Forbes)
Last year, when Amazon's site went down for 49 minutes the company missed sales of nearly $5.7 million. (source: Business Insider)
Sources: www.clickz.com/55-of-online-product-searches-begin-on-amazon-stats/106326/ www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-amazon-history-facts-2017-4/ www.unboxingdeals.com/amazon-infographic/ www.statista.com/topics/846/amazon/ www.scrapehero.com/how-many-products-are-sold-on-amazon-com-january-2017-report/ www.marketwatch.com/story/its-not-just-amazon-and-whole-foods-heres-jeff-bezos-enormous-empire-in-one-chart-2017-06-21 www.businessinsider.com/10-mind-blowing-facts-about-amazoncom-2013-3/ www.geekwire.com/2017/amazon-soars-340k-employees-adding-110k-people-single-year/ expandedramblings.com/index.php/amazon-statistics/ blog.appeagle.com/amazon-marketplace-stats-2 www.businessinsider.com/macquarie-amazon-prime-estimates-2015-4 www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-14/5-numbers-that-illustrate-the-mind-bending-size-of-amazon-s-cloud.html www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201117690 www.emarketer.com/Article/Larger-Membership-Base-Awaits-This-Years-Amazon-Prime-Day/1014189 www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2015/07/15/on-prime-day-a-closer-look-at-the-numbers-behind-amazons-membership-program/#c4730ca36029


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Our sister church in Ortega Costa Rica was started by Pastor Guillermo in 1998. Our first contact was in 2008 when our missionary in Costa Rica was introduced on a discovery trip. We started sending Impact Teams in July 2010, when we did our first Vacation Bible School for the children in Ortega. Since then, we have provided clean drinking water through Project 320, taught youth about sexual purity, and started construction of an addition for the church in Ortega.
2016 Impact Team Ministry Plans
This year's team will be holding a Vacation Bible School for the village children in our sister church in Ortega. This trip is an opportunity for families to travel to a remote location to minister in an underprivileged community. Team members will help with teaching, leading games and creating crafts. One day will be spent traveling to one of the beautiful beaches on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
Ministry News – Costa Rica
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Capitol: San Jose
Population: 4.7 Million
Median Age: 29.6 years
Roman Catholic: 76.3%
Protestant: 13.7%
Jehovah's Witness: 1.3%
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April 8, 2017 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm$25,35
The River Club Music Hall 78 Border St., Scituate, Ma. is proud to bring to its stage Chris Smither Saturday April 8,2017 at 8 pm.
Great music sounds easy. And great musicians make it so. The bluesmen on the Delta and the Appalachian mountaineers made timeless art with just voice, guitar and a stomping foot. And that is the root of the art of Chris Smither. Over the last decade Smither has released one gem of an album after another. His music draws as deeply from the blues as it does from American folk music, modern poets and humanist philosophers. Guitar-heads are drawn to his Lightnin' Hopkins/John Hurt derived fretwork; spiritual seekers nod in recognition at the hard-won knowledge and deep, wise songs, casually tossed off in taut lyrics. And just plain music fans who have come to him on their own – or have learned of his music from the multitude of artists covering his songs – return again and again.
"Wise words pour forth from Chris Smither – observations and aphorisms, similes and internal rhymes, run-on sentences and concise quips, all in a conversational flow. The careful construction of Smither's lyrics is a thing of beauty and the bedrock of his bluesy folk music. Smither is an excellent acoustic guitarist and first-rate foot-stomper." – ASSOCIATED PRESS
"[Smither] taps his foot to keep the rhythm, much like the late blues legend John Lee Hooker. His finger-picked guitar lines are sleek, unhurried and insistent. And then there's the voice –equal parts gravel and molasses, Smither's singing sounds like a distillation of the folk and blues heroes he grew up listening to in New Orleans."- NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
"Bathed in the flickering glow of passing headlights and neon bar signs, Smither's roots are as blue as they come. There is plenty of misty Louisiana and Lightnin' Hopkins in Smither's weathered singing and unhurried picking. So fine." – ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE


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Allentown's new PPL Center has announced another event, and it's another of the sports-entertainment variety.
World Wrestling Entertainment will bring some of its biggest superstars -- including Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Intercontinental Champion The Miz, Dolph Ziggler and more – to the Lehigh Valley for the first-ever WWE event at the soon-to-open center at 5 p.m. Oct. 5.
Tickets, at $18-$98, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at www.PPLCenter.com or by phone at 610-347-TIXX.
"We are excited to host WWE Live for the first-ever live wrestling match at PPL Center as part of our inaugural season of events," said Global Spectrum's Gunnar Fox, general Mmnager of PPL Center. "This announcement reaffirms the diverse lineup of events that PPL Center will offer, providing something for everyone."
WWE has a long history with the Lehigh Valley. In the early years of WWE, when it was known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation, it staged frequent shows at Allentown Fair's Agricultural Hall that were shown on nationwide TV, with stars such as Andre the Giant, Bruno Sammartino, "Superstar" Billy Graham and Hulk Hogan. Those shows lasted into the 1980s.
"Allentown was always been a hotbed for wrestling," Hogan said in an interview in advance of his "Hulk Hogan and Friends" speaking tour stop at Ag Hall, now Agri-Plex, in 2011. "You go back to 1976, '77, we'd come to Allentown and Reading every year and we'd do a lot our filming there every week. We'd film the stuff you'd see on the big shows."
Later the WWE tour made routine stops at Lehigh University's Stabler Arena. As recently as June 2013, Orton was the headliner at a WWE show at Stabler.
WWE is the second mainstay show for Stabler that the PPL Center has attracted. In June it announced an Oct. 3 show by the Harlem Globetrotters, who for nearly three decades have drawing crowds that filled Stabler's capacity of more than 5,000 for basketball. The team most recently played there in February.
The $177 million PPL Center, being built at 7th and Hamilton streets in downtown Allentown, will seat 8,500 for hockey games and 10,000 for concerts.
The new arena will begin a season-long opening celebration with a sold-out performance by The Eagles on Sept. 12, Cher on Sept. 15, rockers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on Sept. 16, and country powerhouse Rascal Flatts on Sept. 26.
October will start with the Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series will be at the arena Oct. 10-11, Judas Priest on Oct. 15, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms home opener on Oct. 17 and Penn State vs. Drexel Men's Basketball on Dec. 20.
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JOHN J. MOSER has been around long enough to have seen the original Ramones in a small club in New Jersey, U2 from the fourth row of a theater and Bob Dylan's born-again tours. But he also has the number for All-American Rejects' Nick Wheeler on his cell phone, wrote the first story ever done on Jack's Mannequin and hung out in Wiz Khalifa's hotel room.
JODI DUCKETT: As The Morning Call's assistant features editor responsible for entertainment, she spends a lot of time surveying the music landscape and sizing up the Valley's festivals and club scene. She's no expert, but enjoys it all — especially artists who resonated in her younger years, such as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Tracy Chapman, Santana and Joni Mitchell.
KATHY LAUER-WILLIAMS enjoys all types of music, from roots rock and folk to classical and opera. Music has been a constant backdrop to her life since she first sat on the steps listening to her mother's Broadway LPs when she was 2. Since becoming a mother herself, she has become well-versed on the growing genre of kindie rock and, with her son in tow, can boast she has seen a majority of the current kid's performers from Dan Zanes to They Might Be Giants.
STEPHANIE SIGAFOOS: A Jersey native raised in Northeast PA, she was reared in a house littered with 8-tracks, 45s and cassette tapes of The Beatles, Elvis, Meatloaf and Billy Joel. She also grew up on the sounds of Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw and can be found traversing the countryside in search of the sounds of a steel guitar. A fan of today's 'new country,' she digs mainstream/country-pop crossovers like Lady Antebellum and Sugarland and other artists that illustrate the genre's diversity.


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Summing Up the Summit: Three Days Wasted
Commentary by Sanford D. Horn
February 20, 2015
Barack Obama hosted a three day summit on countering violent extremism which seemed more like a student government meeting at a local high school. The cost was in the millions of dollars, was three days the attendees will never get back and an exercise in fecklessness.
Representatives from more than 60 nations participated in this summit which, from all prior description, was to be a study of both domestic and global terrorism. Sixty nations, yet James Comey, Director of the FBI was not invited. However, Comey's Russian counterpart was in attendance. How a discussion pertaining to fighting domestic terrorism did not include the director of the FBI is nonsensical and shortsighted.
Who the summit also included was Salam Al-Malayati from the Muslim Public Affairs Council. It was Al-Malayati who said "Israel should be a suspect in the 9-11 attacks." This is another example of with whom Obama associates. After all, one is the compendium of those with whom one associates.
This was yet another failed waste of time by Obama that achieved nothing – after all, he still has yet to address the enemy in the war on terror by its proper titles – Islamic extremism, Muslim extremism, radical Islam, and radical Muslims. It's hard to fight an enemy when one cannot even identify the enemy. Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld described the administration's lack of a positive accomplishment as a "leadership vacuum."
It was not a random attack in Paris when Jews in a kosher delicatessen were murdered. Forgive the stereotype, but who did Obama think would be shopping in a kosher deli mere hours prior to Shabbat? Philippe Braham, Yohan Cohen, Yoav Hattab, and Francois-Michel Saada were Jewish, may their memories always be for a Blessing.
For nearly a week Obama did not recognize that the 21 Egyptians beheaded by ISIS were Coptic Christians, simply calling them Egyptian citizens. They were slaughtered not because they were Egyptian, but because they were Christian. May their memories always be for a Blessing. The leader who spoke in the video called their prey "The people of the cross… the followers of the hostile Egyptian Church…," and "we will conquer Rome," he continued in perfect English. The Muslim terrorist added that the slayings are "A message signed in blood to the nation of the cross."
And while Obama remains intentionally obtuse about who the enemy is – actually Obama knows who the enemy is, he simply refuses to acknowledge what they are – this when the enemy calls themselves holy warriors and declaring itself THE Islamic State.
Obama did acknowledge that "We have to address the grievances these people express." What grievances? The Muslim extremists who are carrying out the slaughter of innocent Christians, Jews, and other Muslims only seem to be hell bent on the destruction of Western Civilization and the creation of a global caliphate of loyal drones and minions. Do their grievances include not having enough money to carry out their barbaric deeds? Do their grievances include not being able to kill more people at a faster rate?
Or are we to believe words of Marie Harf, deputy spokesperson at the State Department who unfathomably said "We cannot win this war by killing them. We cannot kill our way out of this war." Harf called for, and Obama agreed, getting to the root causes of the terror; that these animals simply are from poor families with disjointed upbringings, lacking education that simply need job opportunities. In reality, most of this terror class is educated and from middle class families who simply have bombastic and extreme views of their Muslim religion – a religion for which they commit their heinous acts of barbarism – according to their own claims.
Western Civilization is at war with Muslim extremists who are not seeking a sit-down, a conference call, or a negotiation. There is no kum-by-ya moment to be had here. This is an enemy that simply needs to be eradicated – eviscerated – destroyed – killed. If the United States does not take the lead on this all important operation, the dearth of leadership that will be felt globally will be vacuous.
While Jordan has gotten involved in a small way since the unfortunate incineration of one of its pilots at the hands of ISIS, that small country can't do the heavy lifting. All countries where Islamo-terrorism has been a factor, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, not to mention virtually the entirety of the Middle East, should be participating in this war against a global caliphate.
But it is also time for the so-called moderate Muslims to step up to the plate. Recalling an emotional scene in the 1989 film Glory, featuring Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman, Freeman's character Rawlins says to Washington's Trip, "Gonna come a time when we all gonna hafta ante up. Ante up and kick in like men. LIKE MEN!"
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi understands this and delivered a brilliant speech before Al-Azhar University in Cairo on December 28, 2014.
"I am addressing the religious scholars and clerics… We must take a long, hard look at the situation we are in… I am referring not to 'religion,' but to 'ideology'… It has reached the point that this [ideology] is hostile to the entire world… You cannot see things clearly when you are locked [in this ideology]. You must emerge from it and look from outside, in order to get closer to a truly enlightened ideology. You must oppose it with resolve. Let me say it again: We need to revolutionize our religion… Honorable Imam, you bear responsibility before Allah. The world in its entirety awaits your words, because the Islamic nation is being torn apart, destroyed, and is heading to perdition. We ourselves are bringing it to perdition."
Bold, brave, necessary words spoken by President Al Sisi. Words from which Obama can, should, and must learn and act upon.
Sanford D. Horn is a writer and educator living in Westfield, IN.


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The City of Mansfield is an exciting and fast-growing community located in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, employing over 500 people and growing. Consider joining a challenging and rewarding workplace where our focus is providing exceptional service to citizens by utilizing a team-based work atmosphere.
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The City of Mansfield is an Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to hiring and retaining highly qualified persons and a diverse workforce. The City of Mansfield is mandated by federal law to provide a drug-free working environment for the safety of its employees and the public. All employment is contingent upon passing a post offer pre-employment drug test and/or physical. It is the policy of the city not to discriminate against any person in recruitment, examination, appointment, training, promotion, discipline or any other aspect of personnel administration because of religious opinions or affiliations, membership or non-membership in employee organizations, or because of race, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, gender, veteran, disability or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local laws.


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How has the desteni i process supported me to change in a massive way through everyday small moment change. Here I speak about the accumulation effect that occurs when one put there self will into something through a point of bullying and insecurity that I walked into confidence and self respect. This through walking specific tools shared in the desteni process, which supported this massive change I have walked in my life for the betterment of not only myself, but everyone around me. Enjoy.
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Summary: Music teachers instruct a person or a group of people to improve their singing voice, learn a particular instrument, discover music history and appreciate various types of music. A music teacher maybe employed by a school or university, or work freelance.
Duties: A music teacher directs school chorales, choirs, orchestras, and marching bands. They teach students about the technical aspects of music and evaluate their performances. He/she encourages students to learn and appreciate music of all kinds. Music teachers instruct students about tempo, pitch, rhythm, scales, chords, notations, and to some extent even the history of the art of music. Other tasks of a music teachers include: evaluating and grading students' performances; explaining and demonstrating artistic techniques; organizing performance groups; keeping up to date with latest developments in their specific field; advising students on future careers; and selecting and obtaining materials such as textbooks and performance pieces.
Education and Training Requirements: No formal education is required of a music teacher although general knowledge of a variety of instruments as well as mastery of a specific field should be attained. Some schools on the other hand require music teachers to have a bachelor's degree in music education as well as a state certification. Music teachers usually have spent many years performing and studying in schools and conservatories mastering their forte. Good communications is also essential in order to instruct their students in the clearest way possible.
Knowledge and Skills Requirements: No matter what kind of teaching music teachers provide, a love for music is always essential as it is the core of the job. Patience and the willingness to teach is also important as loads of instruction and practice will take place. Communication and interpersonal skills are also vital in order to teach the correct practices and procedures to the students.
Working Conditions: Music teachers may choose to work full-time or part-time. They may work in a studio, grade schools, high schools, universities, colleges or in music conservatories. They may also opt to work in their respective homes and in the homes of their students during private lessons. They have flexible schedules as lesson times may vary and they usually work weekends or evenings doing performances.
Salary: Earnings of music teachers vary depending on the type of teaching, the number of hours worked, and the music teacher's level of experience. Average annual earnings of a music teacher will be $48,000.


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Movement Skills Workshop 2
- Posted: 05.01.2016
- Author: Paul Moseley (UKA)
Download the resources for the recent Movement Skills in Running, Jumping and Throwing workshops that are taking place across England below. PLEASE NOTE - these resources are designed to compliment what was delivered during the Workshop.
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Kiosks in Financial Services: Targeting Fringe Banking Users
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Kiosks in Financial Services: Targeting Fringe Banking Users
After several failed attempts, transactional financial services kiosks are making a comeback to serve fringe banking users. Fringe banking users are unbanked and underbanked consumers, as well as banked consumers who may use alternative financial services
Boston, MA, February 8, 2006 – In a new report, Kiosks in Financial Services: Targeting Fringe Banking Users, Aite Group reviews the prospects of transactional financial services kiosks in the United States. The report aims to answer the following questions: Are kiosks a developing distribution channel for fringe banking services? What are the fastest developing applications? Who are the leading players, and what are the key competitive trends? What is the projected level of IT spending on financial services kiosks?
The report reveals that several business and technology factors are joining forces to create new opportunities for kiosk deployers to deliver fringe banking services. The term fringe banking users refers to both unbanked and underbanked consumers, as well as banked consumers who may use alternative financial services providers for convenience reasons.
"In their quest to wow fringe banking users, banks are facing a far more dynamic, technology-savvy and competitive environment than in the past," remarks Gwenn Bézard, a research director with Aite Group and author of the report. While banks have made progress in targeting fringe banking users, alternative financial services providers have also enhanced the quality and the variety of their products, therefore deflecting some of the progress made by banks. "Banks need to wake up to a hard and cold fact: the emergence of kiosks is one more sign that fringe banking services are a developing value proposition, not a declining one," adds Bézard.
The twenty-seven firms mentioned and/or profiled in the report include: ACE Cash Express, APS (CheckFree), BillMatrix (Fiserv), Blackstone, CashWorks (GE Consumer Finance), Coinstar, Cyphermint, Empasys, Euronet, Greenland, IBM, Infonox, Innoventry, InfoTouch, IPP, KIOSK Information Systems, Palm Desert Bank, Pay-Ease, PhoneCharge (CheckFree), PreCash, NCR, 7-Eleven, Source Technologies, Speedpay (First Data Corp), Tranax, VERO, and Western Union (First Data Corp).
This is a 41-page Impact Report. Clients of Aite Group's Retail Banking service can download the report.


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2106-18 Graydon Hall Dr (Don Mills/York Mills)
Price: $514,900
Status: For Sale
- Tax: $1,853 (2019)
- Maintenance:$368
- Community:Parkwoods-Donalda
- City:Toronto
- Type:Condominium
- Style:Condo Apt (Apartment)
- Beds:1
- Bath:1
- Size:500-599 Sq Ft
- Garage:Undergrnd
- InteriorLaundry Room
- ExteriorBrick
- HeatingFan Coil, Gas
- AmenitiesConcierge, Guest Suites, Gym, Media Room, Party/Meeting Room, Sauna
- Lot FeaturesHospital, Park, Public Transit, School
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Luxury Tridel Building "Argento" Stunning 1 Bedroom With Beautiful View On Don Mills Rd North Of York Mills, 9 Ft Ceiling, Laminate Flooring, Modern Kitchen W/Granit Counter Top And Backsplash, S/S Appliances. Concierge And 24 Hr Security & Great Amenities Including, High Class Party Room, Meeting Room, Theatre Room, Outdoor Terrace With Bbq Area, Gym, Yoga Room & Affordable Guest Room Suite. Close To Hwy 401/404 And Dvp, Ttc, Fairview Mall, And Restuarants.
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ECI to Obama: We Will Keep Telling It Like It Is
Statement from William Kristol, chairman of the Emergency Committee for Israel, in response to President Obama's speech today at the convention of the Union for Reform Judaism:
"I am proud to say that no U.S. administration has done more in support of Israel's security than ours. None. Don't let anybody else tell you otherwise. It is a fact."
– President Obama, Friday, Dec. 16
For more like this: www.committeeforisrael.com
"President Obama protests too much. It is not a fact that his administration has been strong in support of Israel. It is a fact that in the past month alone, Obama administration officials have blamed Israel for the failure of the peace process, blamed Israel for fraying relations with the increasingly Islamist governments in Egypt and Turkey, compared Israel to Iran, and blamed Israel for Muslim anti-Semitism in Europe. The president hasn't clarified or repudiated any of these remarks. Israel's security doesn't come from campaign-season platitudes delivered to Jewish audiences. Israel's security depends on an American president who stands with Israel all the time, in public and private, before audiences foreign and domestic — and whose administration's first instinct isn't to blame Israel first. The president's wishes to the contrary notwithstanding, the Emergency Committee for Israel will continue to tell it like it is."
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What's The Green New Deal?By Kristin Hunt
They won't officially take office until January 2019, but the newest members of Congress are already making headlines. You've likely heard a lot about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who — at 29 — has become the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. The Democratic representative from New York spent her first day of orientation protesting with climate change activists in the Cannon House Office Building, and since then, she's been talking a ton about something called the "Green New Deal."
The Green New Deal now has the support of nine other current or incoming members of Congress — Carolyn Maloney, José Serrano, Ro Khanna, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Deb Haaland, Joe Neguse, Ayanna Pressley, and John Lewis. But what exactly is it and what will it do? The proposed plan would completely remake our national grid, switching over to 100 percent renewable energy and decarbonizing multiple American industries. But there's a lot more to it than that, and a lot more still to be determined. Here are some of the basics:
The Green New Deal would drastically reduce U.S. carbon emissions
You likely remember the original New Deal from history class. That package of public programs and initiatives was designed to stabilize the economy after the Great Depression, providing new opportunities to unemployed Americans. The Green New Deal is also seeking to stabilize — in this case, the climate.
Ocasio-Cortez is calling for a 15-member committee to develop and execute a Green New Deal. Since climate scientists have given us as little as 12 years to mitigate the effects of climate change, the plan would work on a speedy deadline. As outlined on Ocasio-Cortez's website, the committee would have one year to draw up the plan, and once enacted, the Green New Deal would be expected to achieve the following goals within 10 years:
- 100 percent of national power generation from renewable sources
- Building a national, energy-efficient "smart" grid
- Upgrading every residential and industrial building for state-of-the-art energy efficiency, comfort and safety
- Decarbonizing the manufacturing, agricultural, and other industries
- Decarbonizing, repairing, and improving transportation and other infrastructure
- Funding massive investment in the drawdown and capture of greenhouse gases
- Making "green" technology, industry, expertise, products, and services a major export of the United States, with the aim of becoming the undisputed international leader in helping other countries transition to completely carbon neutral economies and bringing about a global Green New Deal
That's a highly ambitious list, but the goals don't stop there. The draft text also paints the Green New Deal as a "historic opportunity to virtually eliminate poverty in the United States" and calls for a job guarantee program, universal healthcare, and an end to racial and gender-based income inequalities. The plan must, the text says, "take into account and be responsive to the historical and present-day experiences of low-income communities, communities of color, indigenous communities, rural and urban communities and the front-line communities most affected by climate change, pollution and other environmental harm."
Missing from the outline is the how of it all — the funding, legislation, and policies required to execute the Green New Deal. That would be the committee's challenging task, to be completed by Jan. 1, 2020.
This morning 100s of young people came together to ask us as elected officials to act urgently to draft a Green New Deal that gets us to 100% renewable energy ASAP.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) November 13, 2018
They asked me to join them, and I did. We can embrace the energy of activism to move our party's goals forward. https://t.co/nsiG9hhcgf
The public supports the Green New Deal, but Congress may not
As The Huffington Post notes, voters are on board with the basic tenets of the plan. In a recent survey, 46 percent of respondents said they strongly supported levying taxes on companies that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases, and 38 percent said they strongly support giving unemployed Americans jobs building "energy-efficient infrastructure." Back in May, the Pew Research Center also reported that 59 percent of Americans say climate change affects their local community.
But some of Ocasio-Cortez's peers have cast doubt on the plan, either questioning its feasibility or suggesting Congress revive a former select committee on climate change instead. Political analysts also expect Republicans to object to the (presumably) high budget of the Green New Deal. Still, the outcome is mostly speculation until Ocasio-Cortez's first session of Congress commences next January, ushering in a new class of environmentally-minded politicians.


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There are historical facts that remain unknown to the general public. One of these was the rebellion of the U.S.troops just after the Second World War. One of the few exceptions described these events, as far as I know, was the book of F. Gaja, The Short Century, Maquis Publisher.
(1)Just finished the conflict, revolution suffocated in the Imperialist Metropolis thanks to the agreements of Yalta returned to press on the outskirts of the historical policy of the peoples of colonial and semi-colonial dominated and controlled by imperialism. Even in the absence of the subjective conditions of the joint between metropolis and periphery the rebellion of the colonial and semi-colonial peoples, it was still part of the class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat internationally. Continue reading "The revolt of U.S.troops after the Second World War"


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No bride should make this mistake! This is an absolute MUST to add in your wedding budget!
Every bride wants to have the perfect wedding, and this is a mistake no bride should make. I have been wanting to write this blog post for a long time. It's been something I have been thinking a lot about. I work with a lot of brides, and just get to meet a lot of brides in general, and the reality is that they all have budgets in some form or another. But for some reason, this is one thing that seems to frequently be on the "maybe" list of budget items instead of the "absolute must." What is it you ask…HAIR AND MAKE-UP!
I know that there are a lot of you out there who might be thinking a myriad of different things. Can't I just do my own? I don't want to look overdone. I am more of a "natural" bride and want to look like myself. It's so expensive, I would rather just let my sister do it, she's pretty good. I have a friend going to hair school, shouldn't I just ask her. There are lots of tutorials and things on YouTube, can't I just do that? How much does it really matter?
Here is my opinion, hair and make-up is one of the most important decisions that you make with your bridal photos and your wedding day. Maybe you can get away with doing your own for engagements. But trust me, if you are in that wedding dress, you need to enlist the help of a professional. Here's why…
1. You rarely wear make-up on a day-to-day basis.
If you are the all-natural girl and rarely do anything with your hair then you are the number one person who needs to hire a professional. The reality of life is this, in photos, when you don't have the right make-up applied the right way, and a professional hairstyle that is done to last you can end up looking tired and pale. Is that how you want to look on your wedding day? Absolutely not! But by hiring a professional they can give you a "natural look" that will make you look incredibly amazing and will last the whole day, so when you look back on your pictures for the rest of your life you will feel like you looked like the very best, most beautiful version of yourself.
2. Highlighting and Contouring are not something you can learn on YouTube.
One of the things that I love most when I see a bride who has gone to a professional hair and make-up artist is how they are able to highlight all of their best features. Because they have been trained they know lots of tricks that we just can't do. How to highlight great cheekbones, how to contour so you look like you have great cheekbones even if you might not. The best colors to use on your skin type. How to make your eyes pop! Just as you have hired me to capture professional photos you can't take yourself, you should hire a professional hair and make-up artist to accentuate your beauty in a way you might not be able to.
3. You want to look perfect in-camera.
Hair and make-up artists have a lot of experience working with photography, and they know what will come across in photo. They understand how much you need to photograph beautifully and what things will be the most eye-catching. I have had brides who I am sure have been told "you have to wear more for the camera" and are doing it themselves and way wear too much. Or on the flip side brides who want to look natural but don't take into account what is lost in camera and end up looking tired and washed out. But a professional knows this delicate balance and will make you look absolutely perfect.
4. This look needs to last all-day
There isn't always time in a long wedding day to do lots of touch-ups, and professional hair and make-up artists understand that. So they have been specifically trained and know how to make looks last hours and hours, which is exactly what you want. You want to look just as radiant as you wave goodbye to your guests as you did when you slipped your wedding dress on.
5. You want to be stress-free.
I have seen brides before who have attempted to do it themselves and things didn't go as planned. Stress then takes over and affects the whole experience. They end up upset, frustrated, and all sorts of other emotions when their own attempts at things don't work out and all of that shows in camera. But I have also seen a bride see herself for the first time and her confidence grows and she just radiates through her whole wedding day because she has never felt more beautiful.
…and when it all comes down to it, that is the point.
Your wedding isn't just another day. It is the most important day of your life. The day when you are supposed to feel your most happy and most beautiful.
And you don't want to risk that in order to save a few dollars. I am super blessed and lucky because so many of my brides have an amazing inner beauty that shines from them, but it almost brings tears to my eyes as I remember how they felt the first time they saw themselves as a bride. When the hair was done, the make-up was perfect, and they slipped their dress on. From head to two, the whole package was perfect because they took as much time and care into looking their most beautiful as they did in choosing the perfect gown. And that moment can't be replaced, and neither can those feelings.
Check out these blog posts and our Instagram account for more tips and advice.
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I have been reading recently about the philosophy of science, which has got me thinking about the scientific method, both as it's taught in most psychology classes and as it's commonly practiced in psychology. This thinking has led me to the following conclusion: the version of the scientific method that is usually taught in psychology classes is a farce, to the detriment of the science as a whole. Let me explain.
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What we can learn from the LaCour data fabrication incident
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Gay Dad Life
14 Gay Dad Families Show Their Love This Valentine's Day
These pics of gay dads smooching will warm the hearts of even the biggest V-Day skeptics
Feb. 14, 2019
You might quietly (or loudly) oppose the commercialism and celebration of Valentine's Day, but let's just take a moment and rejoice in these beautiful signs of affection, shared between 14 awesome two-dad families. Cynicism gone? Good.
Happy Valentine's Day, dads! We hope you have a lovely day with your kids, your significant other, and / or friends. Because who doesn't love love!?!
386 Followers, 625 Following, 118 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from James Zimbardi (@dadzsquared)