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The Climate Policy Dilemma
NBER Working Paper No. 18205
Climate policy poses a dilemma for environmental economists. The economic argument for stringent GHG abatement is far from clear. There is disagreement among both climate scientists and economists over the likelihood of alternative climate outcomes, over the nature and extent of the uncertainty over those outcomes, and over the framework that should be used to evaluate potential benefits from GHG abatement, including key policy parameters. I argue that the case for stringent abatement cannot be based on the kinds of modeling exercises that have permeated the literature, but instead must be based on the possibility of a catastrophic outcome. I discuss how an analysis that incorporates such an outcome might be conducted.
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Villa Cal Cristo (Ref:2363)
- Sleeps 6
- 3 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- 85m2
- WiFi
- Private Pool
Villa Cal Cristo is located in Pollensa on the Spanish island of Mallorca. This detached vacation rental property is air-conditioned and sleeps up to 6 people with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms along with private swimming pool.
Lounge, Kitchen, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Private Pool and Garden
Living Room
The living room has sofas, WiFi Internet, Satellite TV, DVD player, dining area and ornamental fire place.
The kitchen features: full oven, cooking hob, fridge/freezer, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, filter coffee machine, toaster and kettle. There is also a Barbecue.
Villa Cal Cristo has 3 bedrooms:
Bedroom 1 is air conditioned with a double bed.
Bedroom 2 is air conditioned with 2 single beds.
Bedroom 3 has 2 single beds.
Villa Cal Cristo can sleep up to 6 people. (FREE Travel Crib and Highchair available on request.)
Villa Cal Cristo has 2 Bathrooms:
Bathroom 1 is a family bathroom with shower. W/C.
Bathroom 2 is a family bathroom, bath with shower. W/C.
Maid service, bath towels and hand towels are included.
Swimming Pool
Private Pool Size: 8.0m x 4.0m
Depths: Shallow=1.2m; Deep End=1.8m
Aspect:Pool Access: Roman Steps
Additional Pool Features: Pool Shower, Sun Beds and Pergola
- 24/7 Guest Concierge
- Villa with Private Pool
- Detached Villa
- Private Tended Gardens
- Private Off Road Parking
- WiFi Internet
- DVD Player
- Satellite TV (Local Channels Only)
- Towels and Linen Provided
- Cot and Highchair on request
- Dishwasher
- Washing Machine
- A/C - Air-Conditioning
- Hair Dryer
- Ironing Facilities
- Pool Sun Beds
- Pergola
- Garden BBQ
- Valuables Safety Box
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Villa Cal Cristo Reviews
We (six female 30year olds) has the most amazing stay here. It was short but we didn't mind as spent a lot of time in the pool. The town on Pollenca is about a 30min walk away which we did and it's a gorgeous town, and the same with the Port (we got a taxis). Overall we would recommend this stay for anyone who wishes to be in a more cultural town away from the business of the city. A car would be recommended but taxis are not too expensive if needed. Thank you for our stay!
Charming little villa in quiet out of town location. Ideal base for exploring the mountains. 30 min walk or 10 min bike ride to Pollensa via quiet back roads.
Great villa, really enjoyed our stay. Will consider booking again
A great finca, everything is there, what you need for a relaxing holiday. Even bread and drinking water was available on the day of arrival. Just great.
We enjoyed our stay very much!
Good sevice
This is one of the best villas available. Our group rented it and it was perfect. We couldnt ask for more. Thank you for the clear directions upon arrival as everything went smoothly. We visit Mallorca often and would love to stay here again.
A wonderful villa, with great facilities, near a beautiful Mallorcan town.
Ie Villa Cal Cristo liegt traumhaft am Fusse desTramuntana Gebirges in der Nähe von Pollenca. Ruhe und Entspannung sind garantiert. Obwohl sie dieselt an der MA 10 liegt, ist nicht laut. Das Grundstück ist sehr groß mit einem sehr gepflegten Garte. Die Villa ist sehr gut ausgestattet. Eine Heizung ist vorhanden, um auch in der kälteren Jahreszeit dort zu wohnen. Wir kommen Greene wieder
Very well organised by Agni Travel - kept well informed at all times. Good location for Pollenca Town and Port Pollenca. Villa was well equipped and as advertised.
We loved it Couple in their 40's. Even did some swimming too in April. We slept very well (so quiet) and the beds are very comfortable (great duvets too)!
We loved this place with the nice pool great poolbeds and the covered terrace. We really had a great time in Villa Cal Cristo. Everytime it was a pleasure to return at this place after our trips. The location was perfect close to the nice village of Pollenca supermarket at a few kilometers and turning right on the road close to the mountains to the left 15 minutes to the Beach. Great to bike in both directions. The garden is next to the road Ma10 which is not too busy. Further it was a nice surprise that a few times during our two weeks stay the linnen was changed the beds were made and the bathrooms were cleaned. The service of the rental team was great
We had a wonderful holiday. The house is very nice and very good equipped with anything you need.
Cal Cristo villa is a hidden gem which I do not want to share!!! The interior is so unique and traditionally spanish but with all the mod cons including a dishwasher and hair dryer, loved the double height space in the living area, made it feel cosy but open at the same time with all the wood. Watching the sunset on Alucida beach was simply superb and I highly recommend visiting Pollenca old town and Sant Vincent for the afternoon.
We all had a lovely time at this villa. It was great to sit outside and look down the valley or at the mountains. The kitchen was well equipped for making meals. Cala San Vicente Beach only a short drive away.
We always rent a villa and this has been my favorite so far the villa and pool were fab and the location of the villa couldn't be better.

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Once you reach 40 you will notice that it's becoming harder to shift those pounds. As you age your metabolism tends to decelerate 4-5% every 10 years.
This is not the only contributor to increased weight, we become less active and as a result our muscle mass decreases. Basically if we don't use it we lose it. Literally our muscle melts away. To get over this metabolic speed bump, we need to increase our muscle mass. What does this mean? As part of your fitness regime it's essential to incorporate resistance training into it. By using barbells, dumbbells and kettlebells you are preventing muscle loss and boosting your metabolism. Furthermore, to aid in preserving your muscle, it's essential to increase your intake of protein and avoid dieting repeatedly. Being in calorie deficit through dieting will not only encourage weight gain as soon as you eat normally again but it will starve your muscles of much needed protein. The result is muscle loss with weight gain as a result of a slower metabolism.
Boost your Metabolism?
Regular exercise is key to keeping your metabolism ticking over. Two to three resistance classes a week is enough to maintain your muscle mass. Lets say you gain a pound of muscle. That muscle will now burn approximately 50 calories extra a day as opposed to gaining a pound of fat. It's so important to know that muscle is very metabolically active and you don't want to lose any muscle.
So train with weights that are comfortable for you, create that resistance against your body, increase your protein. Why wait for age to increase the pounds. Take control now by exercising regularly and embrace the weights to lose the weight.


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103: Outside Counsel That Cares with Lisa Howlett of Hunter Roberts
Let's Not 'Do' Lunch
In episode 103 we featured Lisa Howlett, General Counsel, SVP and Secretary of Hunter Roberts Construction Group. Lisa ensures her organization has effective advice and representation working on legal issues related to construction, contracts, corporate transactions, real estate, labor/employment law as well as strategic business consulting and intellectual property matters. Lisa Howlett on LinkedIn
Lisa learned early that the two key skills of in-house and outside counsel are listening and being responsive to the businessperson you're assisting; learning what they're trying to accomplish. Today, she hires outside counsel that cares and understands the personal and professional risk in-house attorneys are taking by bringing in outside counsel in with the hope they'll provide valuable assistance that fulfills a business need.
Establishing trust with outside counsel is important, and as matters change and organizations grow you can't rely only on people you know. Continuously evaluate other outside counsel and be open to working with new people. Look for attorney's that are prepared and knowledgeable but also willing to share ideas in their area of expertise.
Save the meal invitations and trying to establish a business relationship by creating a social one first; no thank you. Invite Lisa or someone on her team to a CLE, have coffee before; or introduce her and her team to someone who can help them. Assist the team by providing something beneficial to the business. Social relationships don't create business relationships; helping solve business problems creates business relationships.
For Lisa and the businesses, she represents cost certainty is important. RFPs are done for larger opportunities and smaller opportunities are often sent to new firms on a trial basis. She looks for lawyers and firms that will work with her; that is willing to discuss alternative fees; looking for predictability where it exists breaking down the components of a deal and getting creative with overall costs.
As willing as she is to recommend paying for the advice of a specialist partner; Lisa and her team want to manage and be fiscally responsible about components leading up to advice. Balancing alternatives to be efficient, including working with outside counsel for advice and in-house counsel and technology for document review her in-house department is stretching out in the new legal model.
In today's world, the management of information is key and in-house counsel sees value in the culling of information done by outside parties presenting information to clients in a usable format. Lisa is also a fan of co-utilizing technology recommended by the firms she's working with. Jointly using technology shows a commitment to efficiency and the long-term relationship.
Lisa's advice to new lawyers just starting out? When looking to establish a professional network that could ultimately provide business for your practice Lisa suggests looking at your peers and building for tomorrow. When given the opportunity to bid on business make sure you convey the values of your firm. In-house legal is aligning hired legal staff with members of a business team they need to know that the firm and lawyers are in alignment with the mission of the client and the firm.
Today's legal industry lacks middle-level lawyers many left 2008-2010 exactly when law school attendance dropped. The opportunity exists and there are many different avenues for junior associates today.


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Mozillian Profile
Boris Budini
Faik Konica High School, Durres, Albania. Community engagement. Technical contributions. Board Member at Open Labs Albania hackerspace, the FLOSS community in Albania, home of Mozilla Albania. Co-organizer of OSCAL 2016 (Open Source Conference Albania), the largest open source conference in the Balkans. Open Hardware fanboy. Wikipedian.
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Boris is a young hacker and web developer involved in Mozilla Albania and Firefox OS. He is highly passionate about the web at an early age and very enthusiastic to learn new things. He attended Mozilla Weekend in Tirana for the first time where he got in touch with Firefox OS and also won a Developer Device which he hacks from time to time.


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Alliance française de Singapour offers its students a new opportunity to revise, review and practise what has been taught in class!
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Fill up the online form below and make an appointment with our French tutor available in room 402 at Alliance française every Friday afternoon from 4 to 8pm. Each session is customized to your specific needs to help you achieve your French language goals. Sessions time slots are flexible and adjusted to your schedule. Don't forget to bring your own texbook and notebook !
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Elisabete Fernandes
Staff Researcher
Elisabete Fernandes is a Staff Researcher in the Nanodevices Group at the Nanoelectronics Engineering Department. Her research interests include the development of monoplex and multiplex assay formats, surfaces functionalization, the applicability of magnetoresistive platforms to the multiplex detection of medical biomarkers, and on the clinical validation protocols using biosensors.
Elisabete holds a PhD degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Minho, Portugal. She started to be involved in the Biosensing field during her PhD targeted on the detection of Salmonella using a Phage-based Biosensor. During this time, the multidisciplinary work was developed between University of Minho and the University of Auburn (USA), the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory – INL. After the PhD, she obtained an ITN Marie Curie Fellowship under the European project: PROSENSE "Cancer Diagnosis: Parallel Sensing of Prostate Cancer Biomarkers". As a post-doctoral researcher she worked at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in the development of a Microfluidic device for blood plasma separation, and at Xeptagen S.p.A in the development of a pre-commercial portable medical analysis system for early cancer detection.
Selected Publications
- P.P.Freitas, F.A.Cardoso, V.Martins, E.Fernandes, T.Sobrino, J.Castillo, A.Chicharo, M.Martins, C. Costa, R.Lopez, T.S.Dias, J.Germano, S.Cardoso, M.S.Piedade.
Spintronic biochips: from the laboratory to pre-clinical applications
Chapter 9, page 165-196 in: Nanomagnetism: Applications and Perspectives, First Edition.
Edited by Claude Fermon and Marcel Van de Voorde. Published 2017 by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.KGaA. ISBN: 978-3-527-33985
- Solène Cherré, Elisabete Fernandes, José Germano, Tomás Dias, Susana Cardoso,Moisés S. Piedade, Noemi Rozlosnik, Marta I. Oliveira and Paulo P. Freitas.
Rapid and specific detection of cell-derived microvesicles using a magnetoresistive biochip
Analyst Journal 142, 979-986 (2017). doi: 10.1039/c6an02651f
- Fernandes E., Martins V., Nóbrega C., Carvalho C., Cardoso F., Cardoso S., Dias J., Deng D., Kluskens L., Freitas P., Azeredo J.
A bacteriophage detection tool for viability assessment of Salmonella cells
Journal of Biosensors & Bioelectronics 52, 239–246 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.bios.2013.08.053
- Santos, S., Fernandes, E.; Carvalho, C.M., Sillankorva, S.; Krylov, V.N., Pleteneva, E.A.; Shaburova, O.V.; Nicolau, A.; Ferreira, E.C.; Azeredo, J.
Selection and characterization of a multivalent Salmonella phage and its production in a nonpathogenic Escherichia coli strain
Journal of Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76, 7338–7342 (2010). doi:10.1128/AEM.00922-10
- Carvalho, C., Susano, M., Fernandes, E., Santos, S., Gannon, B., Nicolau, A., Gibbs, P., Teixeira, P., Azeredo, J.
Method for bacteriophage isolation against target Campylobacter strains
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Measures meant to weed out flight school students who pose security risks have some serious flaws, the Government Accountability Office said today.
In spite of beefed-up post-9/11 screening measures, some foreign students seeking to become pilots in the US are not being properly vetted, according to the GAO. In testimony before a subcommittee of the Committee on Homeland Security, the GAO blamed the Transportation Security Administration for failing to keep proper databases of background checks and for neglecting to screen more than 25,000 foreign students prior to their training at US schools.
This means that even individuals on government no-fly lists could potentially be training in the US to become pilots, the Associated Press reported.
The individuals responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks learned to fly at schools in Florida, Arizona, and Minnesota, according to the GAO.
The report also found that some students training to be pilots are in the US illegally, CNN reported. That includes at least eight who trained in 2010 at a flight school whose owner was himself in the country illegally, according to the Boston Globe.


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This silk crepe de chine fabric gives so many topics for discussion. It features lots of tiny symbols and details, including clown faces, butterflies, rhinestones and Eiffel towers – a burst of colors against the white ground. Translucent when held to the light, it is made of 100% silk and has a soft finish. Silk crepe de chine is perfect for warmer season apparel, such as dresses and skirts. Available in two color options.
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National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
Dear Colleague,
April 10, 2017
April 10th is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD). This annual health observance was created to recognize the impact of HIV on young people and to highlight the important work being done across the country to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. NYHAAD serves as a reminder that investing in young people's health and education is a critical step to achieving an AIDS-free generation.
We are encouraged that some risk behaviors have improved over the years. For example, fewer high school students are sexually active. Despite some successes, NYHAAD is an important reminder that the prevalence of other health risk behaviors remains high and that it is critical to tailor interventions to reach the youth at highest risk.
Education and public health agencies and other youth-serving organizations can work together to help young people adopt behaviors that prevent or reduce their risk for HIV, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and other poor health outcomes. Addressing HIV in young people requires that youth are provided the tools they need to reduce their risk, make healthy decisions, and access treatment and care, if needed.
In your efforts to support NYHAAD, we invite you to access CDC's NYHAAD Resources web page. This web page contains information for planning communication activities that inform and educate partners, stakeholders, and communities about HIV in youth and the importance of recognizing the effect of the disease on young people. Included are graphics, sample social media posts, survey results, and links to additional resources.
We thank each of you, our partners, for the important work you do every day to improve the health of young people. We appreciate your efforts to support CDC's HIV and STD prevention programs by connecting schools, communities, parents, and students in the conversation and prevention activities to reduce the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on young people. Together, we can all make a difference in youth HIV prevention!
/Jonathan Mermin/
Jonathan H. Mermin, M.D., MPH
RADM and Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Kathleen Ethier, PhD
Division of Adolescent and School Health
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
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My son loves pizza. Oh, everybody's kids love pizza. Oh, we all love pizza! My son also loves breakfast. I wanted to experiment with sending Chase home with a ready-to-go pizza he could pop into the oven and eat fresh. I decided on a breakfast pizza.
First I made a cheesy tofu scramble of crumbled tofu, onions, sundried tomatoes, and a melty cheese sauce. (Cook the onions first, then add everything else in.) Do you guys eat cheesy scrambles? I can't eat scrambles because of my soy intolerance, but I had a bite of this one and man, it was great!
I used a Pillsbury can 'o pizza dough and rolled it out to fit a 9-inch glass pie pan. I layered fresh spinach over the crust, mainly to keep it from getting soggy.
Then I filled it with the scramble…
… and included some instructions.
I'm hoping Chase will bake it tomorrow, then tell me it was the best pizza ever! I know the filling is good. I just hope it makes a good pizza. I'll let you know.
A food that is NOT the best ever is green kidney beans. I picked these up awhile back.
They are kind of light green and some are all white. I cooked the whole box. The box had weird instructions in different languages and goofy columns of numbers and symbols and all I could find online was "cook until done." I hate that. I cooked the beans for 2 hours, until my water ran out.
I hate them. They taste raw green. And they're not soft. But I'll eat them, probably mixed in with a green salad. Ughhh. I never enjoyed fancy French food anyway.
THESE greens, however, were the best I've ever ever had. Ever! They are the greens from my purple kohlrabi which we will be eating later tonight. I hope I can find more because they are too delicious! Not at all bitter, and they stay firm like kale does after steaming. So yummy.


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"Our survey shows its time for action, not just talk. LeaveLoudly is about senior managers doing just that!"
Abbie Coleman, founder of MMB
Lack of support for maternity returners among UK businesses has been uncovered in a new survey of professional, mainly management-level women.
More than four fifths of pregnant women begin their maternity leave unhappy and lacking in confidence about work – and over a third feel so isolated when they return that they want to hand their notice in.
MMB, the working parents website, surveyed more than 1,000 mothers, 72% of whom were in jobs at management level or above.
In response its findings, MMB has launched a campaign, #LeaveLoudly and #ReturnLouder. Backed by the Leeds West MP Rachel Reeves, it will empower women to call for better treatment and offer a maternity returners' programme for businesses.
Key statistics are:
· Only 18% of maternity returners felt happy and confident about work – having seen the way previous maternity returners had been dealt with by their employer
· 37% felt so unsupported and isolated on their return that they wanted to leave
· Just 17% felt they received good communication and support through the maternity process
· 90% said no returner support was offered though returner programmes or one to one coaching – yet 92% said a dedicated returner programme could have been beneficial
60% were worried about their requests for flexible working being rejected and 68% had concerns about the cost of childcare when going back to work.
Abbie Coleman, founder of MMB, said: "Our survey shows it's time for action, not just talk. #LeaveLoudly is about senior managers doing just that, to help normalise flexible working and change working culture to focus on production, not presenteeism.
"Along the same principle is #ReturnLouder. We want mums returning from maternity leave, or time out raising children, to let everyone know that there is this huge talent pool of highly skilled parents who often get overlooked. We need to change the way we look and engage all returners."
The Labour MP for Leeds West, Rachel Reeves, herself a working mother, is supporting the campaign, alongside business leaders and academics.
She said: "The challenges facing parents returning to work after the birth of a child are immense. Many have to juggle caring responsibilities and running a home with fitting back into the workplace.
"It is important that employers are sympathetic to those challenges and do far more to help working parents with flexible hours, support with childcare where possible and other measures. Working parents are a huge asset to business and they should be nurtured and supported so they can play their part in growing the economy."
The MMB Returner programme, involving coaching, mentoring and access to a supportive network, was developed by Abbie Coleman and Beckie Taylor, two mothers who are passionate about changing working culture to benefit future parents – and helping companies to retain talented employees.
Abbie says: "To this end we have developed MMB Returner. It is one of the first programmes of its type. We want to change the way the business engages its working mother talent and the UK as a whole is a desirable place to live and work. We need employers to join with us in engaging the maternity leaver and returner market."
Dr Jo Ingold, Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School said: "The low numbers of women involved in a returners programme is consistent with other studies. This suggests the need to open it up to include a wider group of returners in order to facilitate businesses to address the huge loss of female talent post-maternity leave."
Dr Jana Javornik, Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, added: "Motherhood is a game changer for most women, requiring a significant reorganisation of their lives. While a returners programme may help women transition back into the workforce, this programme needs to be combined with affordable high-quality childcare, flexible working and supportive workplaces."
Helen Gration, York business owner and trustee of National Day Nurseries Association, said: "There is a huge reservoir of talent that is wasted by not engaging and supporting women on maternity leave and upon return.
"They are efficient, highly skilled, intelligent and even more motivated than before because they want the best for their family. It's nonsense that a business wouldn't adapt in order to bring back that expertise to help it progress."
The Law Society, which supports, promotes and represents solicitors, said: "While the number of women 'at the top' is improving, there is still a long way to go and law firms are recognising that they are losing a large number of women from private practice as these women start to become more senior.
"From speaking to our members, the headline issues are that men need to have a seat at the table during these types of conversations, flexible working needs to be viewed as the norm and not a lesser role to rid the issue of presenteeism, and there is a lack of women role models who can provide coaching/mentoring to support junior women as they progress. As such, we are not surprised to see these results from MMB's survey of women returning to work after maternity.
"While some law firms are better than others, there still does not seem to be much promotion of the support that may be available to women returners. Leeds Law Society celebrate organisations like MMB who can offer this kind of support and coaching, we would only ask that the employers shout louder about these initiatives and incorporate them into their own internal policies."


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Hermit (no matte)
Sleep in the shade of my "Hermit" scarecrow to rejuvenate from an exhausting day... he will look over you as you slumber and scare away any prowling interlopers.
The price has been brought down for those of you who do not want a precut matte to go with your mini.
This piece will fit perfectly within an Ikea Ribba matte & frame (which will bring your overall framing cost down to $7.99 per frame). This is the perfect framing solution if you decide to buy more than one of these prints to hang as a series.
This giclée print was created using archival pigment inks, and is printed on fine heavyweight, museum quality paper.
Each print is signed and numbered by Vincent Marcone and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
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The Specialisterne Foundation works to enable one million jobs for people with autism and similar challenges through social entrepreneurship, corporate sector engagement and a global change in mind-set. Specialisterne Foundation works with stakeholders around the world to bring about a vision of a world where people are given equal opportunities in the labor market. The foundation owns Specialisterne Denmark and the Specialisterne concept and trademark.
Our Mission is to collect and share knowledge that will help people with autism and similar challenges thrive and excel in the labor market by
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The Specialisterne Foundation drives the planning process of starting up Specialisterne in numerous new locations. Enabled by grants from private foundations and the European Commission, Specialisterne Foundation is currently also working on implementing Specialisterne operations in Poland, England, Germany, Turkey and Singapore. In North America, the focus is on Tennessee, Ohio, Utah, Michigan, Massachusetts, Atlanta and Washington state, as well as Calgary and Vancouver in Canada.
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A person, company, or other organization that owes money to another individual, company, or organization. Generally speaking, a debtor acquires debt for a specific purpose, such as to fund a college education or to purchase a house. In business and government, debt is often issued in the form of bonds, which are tradeable securities entitling the bearer to repayment at the appropriate time(s), making the issuing government or business the debtor. A debtor almost always compensates a creditor with a certain amount of interest, representing the time value of money. However, some areas of finance, especially Islamic banking, do not allow debt with interest.


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- STUNNING Demo Quality sound on both sides, and relatively quiet to boot — copies like this are TOUGH to come by
- This British pressing knocked us out with a Triple Plus (A+++) side two and a Double to Triple Plus (A++ to A+++) side one
- One of the absolute dynamos of the whole Hot Stamper world — a record that will BLOW YOU AWAY
- Allmusic 5 Stars: "Musically more interesting than ever…"
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A Work of Genius I Tell You
Let me preface my remarks by saying this is a work of GENIUS. Cat Stevens made two records which belong in the Pantheon of greatest popular recordings of all time. In the world of folky pop, Teaser and the Firecat and Tea for the Tillerman have few peers. There may be other recordings that are as good but there are no other recordings that are better.
When you hear The Wind, Changes IV, or If I Laugh on this copy, you will be convinced, as I am, that this is one of the greatest popular recordings in the history of the world. I don't know of ANY other album that has more LIFE and MUSICAL ENERGY than this one.
During the shootout for this record a while back we made a very important discovery, a seemingly obvious one but one that nevertheless had eluded us for the past twenty plus years (so how obvious could it have been?). It became clear, for the first time, what accounts for the wide disparity in ENERGY and DRIVE from one copy to the next. We can sum it up for you in one word, and that word is Conga.
The congas are what drive the high-energy songs, songs like Tuesday's Dead and Changes IV. Here is how we stumbled upon their critically important contribution.
We were listening to one of the better copies. The first track on side one, The Wind, was especially gorgeous; Cat and his acoustic guitar were right there in the room with us. The transparency, tonal neutrality, presence and all the rest were just superb. Then came time to move to the other test track on side one, which is Changes IV, one of the higher energy songs we like to play.
But the energy we expected to hear was nowhere to be found. The powerful rhythmic drive of the best copies of the album just wasn't happening. The more we listened the more it became clear that the congas were not doing what they normally do. The midbass to lower midrange area of the LP lacked energy, weight and power, and this prevented the song from coming to LIFE the way the truly Hot Stampers can and do.
Not Even the Same Recording
One of our good customers sent us these comments about the Hot Stamper copy we sold him a while back:
Wow! You definitely are right when you claim this to be one of the best pop recordings extant. When the drums in Changes IV come in I was amazed at how much they sound like a live drum kit. Cat's voice is eerily present, guitars have both pluck and body, bass drums have that sock-in-the-gut impact, and the soundstage is huge and transparent.
Like a lot of other hot stampers, it almost seems as if it is another recording altogether, so much more alive and dynamic. At the end of Morning Has Broken you can hear the pianist step off the piano foot pedal–never heard this before outside of the piano in our living room.
Demo Quality Cat Stevens Magic
So if you're looking for an amazing demo quality recording, you've come to the right place. If you want a timeless Classic Rock recording, it's here too. They just don't make them like this anymore. Those of you waiting for audiophile vinyl reissues with the kind of magic found on these originals will be in their graves long before it ever comes to pass.


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- USA's new crime drama "Unsolved" is based on the real murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) in the 1990s.
- The series stars Jimmi Simpson as Detective Russell Poole.
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- "Psycho" Mike was a real paid FBI informant who caused a stir in the murder cases.
- He accused mogul Marion "Suge" Knight and an LAPD officer of orchestrating Biggie's death.
- "Pyscho Mike" later admitted his info was "all hearsay," the LA Times reported in 2005.
- In the video, Russell Poole hears about "Pyscho" Mike for the first time.
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I don't know why anyone thought the North Carolina Republicans could be trusted.
Again and again, they have played us for fools, and we keep thinking they might do the right thing, just once.
The GOP leaders brokered a deal with Governor-elect Roy Cooper and the City of Charlotte, and yesterday, they reneged on the deal.
So, first, some background:
Earlier this year, Charlotte passed a law offering protection to transgender people, codifying their ability to use the rest room of the gender with which they identify. Immediately, the NC General Assembly was called into special session and the GOP rammed through a bill, known as HB2, that nullified Charlotte's law.
But there's more. The so-called Bathroom Bill was about a lot more than bathrooms. It robbed local governments of the ability to set a minimum wage higher than that of the state. It robbed local governments of the ability to pass any non-discrimination legislation. It robbed workers of the ability to sue employers for discrimination in state courts.
Retribution was swift. States began banning business travel to North Carolina. Sports organizations pulled their games and tournaments from the state, costing us tens of millions of dollars in revenue.
And the whole rest of the world saw us as backward and hateful.
And while the majority of North Carolinians are not backward and hateful, the state Republican Party has gerrymandered voting districts so that it takes more than two Democratic votes to do the same thing as one Republican vote. They they passed a law that would make it more difficult for African-Americans, students and the elderly to vote (because these groups tend to vote for Democrats).
The voting districts have been struck down twice by the courts, and the state will have to redistrict yet again and pay for another election in the fall of 2017 because the 2016 election was so tainted by the districts as the GOP drew them.
The federal courts also struck down most of the provisions in the voting law.
Gov. McCrory, the only governor in the country to lose re-election, was defeated because of HB2.
So, last week, McCrory called another special session to pass legislation to send much needed help to areas of the state devastated by flooding from Hurricane Matthew and by recent wildfires.
The GOP used that special session to call another special session, in which they stripped power from the incoming governor. Then they went home, and McCrory signed the bill.
News came on Monday that the General Assembly was willing to repeal HB2 — the entire thing — if Charlotte would agree to repeal its anti-discrimination law. The incoming governor urged the city to take the deal, and Charlotte repealed its ordinance.
I went to Raleigh, hoping to witness the GOP doing the right thing for once, but I came home disappointed.
Instead of the clean repeal of the bill that was promised, Republicans added an amendment that would have prevented local governments from passing any anti-discrimination ordinances for six months.
Democrats balked, and rightly so. The so-called cooling-off period was not part of the deal, and the whole idea of repeal was so that cities and counties could have the autonomy to ban discrimination.
Republicans doubled down, amending the amendment to extend the "cooling-off" period to 30 days beyond the end of the 2017 legislative session. It also would have given them the option to extend the moratorium again and again.
In other words, the GOP was never sincere about working with Democrats.
Rev. William Barber, president of the state NAACP, issued a statement after the session closed.
"Our elected officials should have worked to protect all the people of North Carolina but instead they wasted our time and tax money," the statement read in part. "Both the House and the Senate's all white Republican caucus have proven that they are not fit to govern North Carolina."
Toward the end of the special session, which cost taxpayers $42,000, Republicans in the Senate stood up and insulted everyone who disagrees with their narrow-hate-filled vision of what North Carolina should be. They called us lunatics and accused us of being "under the influence of California and other places."
They lied through their teeth about what had happened during the day, even though we who sat in the Gallery witnessed it.
After the Senate failed to pass the repeal, I spoke to Rep. Chris Sgro, who is a gay man and executive director of Equality NC, and he held out hope that something good could come of the special session.
It turned out his hope was misplaced, along with the hopes of the hundreds of North Carolinians who came out to witness the state GOP finally doing the right thing.
This state's Republican Party is incapable of doing the right thing. Its leadership is made up of lying, thieving, narrow-minded thugs who care nothing for the people of this state — they people they are supposed to serve.
I was there yesterday. All day and into the evening. I saw what happened.
Once again, we were betrayed.


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Running a Beauty Blog, or simply, a blog is a task that involves passion, hard work, and dedication. I, being a beauty blogger since June 2016, have received tons of messages asking "How to Start and Grow your Blog?".
Well, I won't lie, I feel super happy when I receive such messages as it tells that my blog is somewhere inspiring to them to start blogging.
For me, it is a combination of your passion for blogging, constant hard work in order to grow it, dedication to creating new every time for the readers, and a lot more factors. It is like growing a plant and keep watering it.


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The second annual Crankworx freeride mountain bike festival is ready to roll from Aug. 3 to 7, with all of the popular events from last year and previous summer mountain bike festivals returning to Whistler.
The main event once again is the invitational Slopestyle, in which the biggest names in mountain biking battle it out in the Boneyard at the base of Whistler, hitting built up table jumps, gap jumps, and huge stunts like bridge drops, giant teeter totters and the quarterpipe. Whistler is the first mountain to hold this kind of event, which combines the best of mountain biking and BMX.
The Slopestyle will wrap up the festival on Saturday. Invitations will go out to the top freeriders in the sport, and a qualifying event will be held on a smaller course. Last years winner, sometimes BMX rider Paul Basagoitia, won the event with a run that included a backflip onto the scaffolding and a tailwhip off onto the transition.
Other events to watch for are the fifth annual Air Downhill, which will be a little longer this year. The route will follow Freight Train from the Garbanzo Zone, which will become A-Line at Olympic Station. The total vertical is over 3,400 feet, with 200 tables, drops, berms and other features on the way down to Whistler Village.
Another event back for a fifth year is the Nissan Biker Cross, featuring some of the top World Cup four-cross racers, a Jump Jam in the new Kona Jump Farm, the Enduro Downhill, which combines downhill and cross-country riding, a kids race in the village and a WORCA race.
Off the saddle, the events include a mountain bike industry expo, and an outdoor film screen showing the top mountain bike movies during the course of the festival. Other attractions will be announced as the event draws nearer.
"This years Crankworx will be bigger, better and more exciting than ever with the additions and improvements that have been made to the events and to the courses," said freeride pioneer and biker cross and slopestyle course builder Richie Schley. "Competitors will have their minds blown once again by Whistlers ability to continually push the limits of the sport and encourage progression every day."
Crankworx got off to a shaky start this year after organizers couldnt find an agent to produce the event because of sponsorship conflicts. The Whistler Events Bureau, which includes Whistler-Blackcomb, the municipality and Tourism Whistler, will organize this years event in-house.
Eric Fremont, who organizes on-mountain events for Whistler-Blackcomb, will head up the 2005 Organizing Committee for Crankworx, using resources from WEB members.
"Its an exciting opportunity to take on this leading role in Crankworx," said Fremont. "In its short history Crankworx has gained a loyal following in the mountain bike community and has set a high benchmark in the action sports industry. As well, the crowds in attendance last year show that the sport captures the kind of spectator interest necessary to secure long-term sponsorship to ultimately ensure the success of the event."
The website is at www.crankworx.com.


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Looking at hotels for a trip that you and/or a loved one may be going on is often an arduous process. What you may not realize is that the work that goes into maintaining the conditions of the hotel rooms. Hotels are often obligated to renovate their rooms every 3-5 years in order to keep up their appearance and appeal to more customers. Over time the furniture becomes tired and dated, and thus needs to be replaced. Deep cleaning is also necessary in order to maintain sanitary conditions for guests. In order to restore hotel conditions, the services of a hotel clean out service may be necessary.
When looking at a hotel, you should note the features that they have, including the furniture. If furniture looks old in the pictures, it is because it is old. Hotels routinely change whole floors to avoid this problem. The old case-goods, bedding, and electronics are removed and replaced with the latest in hotel furnishings. Sometimes in larger hotels, they gut the rooms all the way down to stud and update the wiring within it. What happens to all the debris and items?
The items that are in good condition and removed from the room can be reused by other hotels, sold, or given to charitable organizations that can use them to resell. Mattresses would need to be disposed of in a proper and safe manner because many might not be usable anymore. The rooms that are not gutted need a thorough heavy duty cleaning to be done. This is too remove all of the grime, dust, and other particles that have accumulated in the room over the years. What does this all entail?
In order to thoroughly clean and update a hotel room, all of the items in the room, from top to bottom, need to be removed; this includes dressers, chairs, tables, and much more. Once these items have been removed from the room, a thorough deep cleaning needs to be completed in order to give the room a fresh smell and clean feel. After years of wear and tear this needs to be done in order to make the hotel readily available for new customers. What company can handle this type of work?
Address Our Mess can handle a whole host of different scenarios in the hotel industry. One of the problems of the hotel industry is the need to constantly renovate the rooms in order to keep up with the times and customer desires. Let us help remove the items and thoroughly clean the hotel rooms to restore their original splendor. Our excellent crews will provide a thorough cleaning and have your room to a blank canvas on which to plan the next change in your hotel property.


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So we went to the IWK for Lily's appointment yesterday. After 1.5 hours of waiting we got the cats OFF! YAY! our poor baby girl was all blistered and dry skinned though from having the same casts on for three weeks, but that was expected. We got to give her a bath, and she got so excited in the baby bath that she soaked 1/4 of the casting room! It was so great to have her in a bath again!!
After her bath, it was time to try on her new boots…only to find out that they didn't fit her!! It took them about an hour and a half to figure out what to do. They found a used set of the same style of boots and bar we were in before. We were to put those on until Tuesday. That was the soonest they could order hers in again.
So we put the boots and bar on my Lilybear as she screamed her head off. Got her in the carseat and calmed down, and left for home. We made it six blocks, and got a call from the hospital. The guy that ordered in the wrong boots had found a pair that should fit her in storage, and they wanted to know if we would cone back. It would save making a trip again, and we were only 6 blocks away?!? Heck yeah we'll come
Peanut was settled in the car, and DH and her staid in the car while I took Lilybear back in. She had fallen asleep so we had to wake her up, and change her to the new boots :( she screamed again the whole time. Got her back into the car, and we were off again. By this time it was past supper time, but we drove till we hit Truro and stopped for supper. Both girls had fallen asleep, so we had to wake them for supper so they wouldn't wake in the middle of nowhere wanting to eat.
After supper we headed out in the rain again. Lilybear lost it in the back seat causing us to pull over and stop on the highway multiple times trying to calm her down. I ended up squished in the back seat of our little car with the two car-seats!
The rest of the way home wasn't too bad. . . until it started to snow, and we got stuck behind a snow plow going 45 KM/hr. I am not sorry we got stuck behind him really, just that he had to drive 45 KM/hr and we just wanted to get home already! The roads on PEI were horrible when we finally made it that far. There were a few hills, after we left the high way, that had not been plowed at all yet, and we almost didn't make it up! We finally got home, unpacked the car, and the kids. We put the girls to bed in their clothes, and went straight to bed ourselves.
Lily woke about every hour or so through the night. She did this with her first set of boots too. I think cause she kicked so much in her sleep, and now both feet move when she only means to move one. She was really fussy all day, but that could really be due to teething or a mental leap, and not all just cause of the boots. I don't think it is the boots so much as she is crawling around again already, and experimenting with getting up onto her knees now that she isn't in the casts any more.
We took Peanut to swimming lessons today, and Lilybear slept in the car seat on the when there, but cried and fussed almost the whole way home. While we were at swimming lessons, Peanut did fantastic though! Lilybear loves to watch her big sis in action, and Peanut seemed to do everything her instructor asked of her. We get her report card next week :).
Lilybear was exhausted today, but only took one hour long nap, and had to sleep on me to fall asleep. She was really tired by the time bedtime rolled around, and fell asleep in my arms. I put her in bed and she woke about 5 times in under 2 hours. The last time I put her back in, I put her on her tummy. She seems to be sleeping better that way. She's been asleep with only one wake up for the last 3 hours.
I am going to bed now, as I will most likely be up many more times tonight. More about Lilybear and her new brace tomorrow!


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LuteHole Soundhole covers are made in the USA from solid wood and can be popped in and out easily with no modification to your guitar. They fight feedback beautifully and protect your guitar from pick damage. But they won't deaden your soundboard and cut off air flow like other soundhole covers. Any of our designs can be modified to completely close the soundhole if you prefer. Even if you don't have feedback problems, LuteHoles make any guitar more beautiful.
We make just about ANY size or shape soundhole cover. Ovals, triangles, flatheads, there's nothing we haven't seen before. We customize them to fit with pickups or volume controls or odd fretboards too. Send us your custom design, band logo or photo and we'll make you a one-of-a-kind soundhole cover. Please allow approximately 3 weeks for your sound hole cover to ship.
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For any of the following modifications, email firstname.lastname@example.com and we will send you a custom invoice:
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At its first public hearing kicking off the fall legislative calendar, the Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony on a litany of bills related to retiree and employee life and health insurance.
The September edition of the Voice not only captured the attention of Association members, but also that of elected officials and the state's Group Insurance Commission (GIC).
For sometime, we've spoken about high deductible plans," according to Association official Shawn Duhamel. "These are non-Medicare plans with a very high annual deductible, for example $2,000 for an individual and $4,000 for a family."
State Treasurer Deb Goldberg has announced the Mailing dates for State and Teacher pension checks for calendar year 2018. Also included are the direct deposit dates for those members who utilize that service through the Treasurer's office.
The nationwide effort to reform Social Security's Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) has taken on a renewed sense of urgency, with impacted retirees renewing their calls for Congress to act during the current session.
One of the Association's primary legislative goals is to enhance the pension benefits of our veterans in recognition of their service and sacrifice for our country. During the current (2017-2018) legislative session, we continue to push for enactment of H1435 and S1393 that increase the veterans' minimum pension from $300 to $1,000. Ed Note: While S1393 was introduced by Senator Vinny de Macedo (R-Plymouth) H1435 was introduced for us by Representative Jerald Parisella
Since 1968 the Retired State, County and Municipal Employees Association has been the leading voice for Massachusetts public retirees and their families. Join with our 52,000 members as we continue the fight.
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The aim of oil service companies is not confined to the equipment purchase.
The obtaining of equipment is an intermediate stage on the way to the main goal - effective work in development of oil and gas fields.
It is very important that the operator of this equipment should be a professional in order to maximize the effectiveness of the acquired oil equipment .
The training program of the company "TRUST-ENGINEERING" allow to achieve the required level of the operator skills and, as a result, the maximum efficiency in using of the production and intensification equipment.
Our experts carry out the whole complex of works in operator training and maintenance of the supplied equipment. Our aim is to solve the problems of our customers and we spend as much time as necessary to achieve this goal.
The program of the committee and the training includes the following stages:
- Checking the completion of the equipment
- Holding the course of theoretical training of equipment operators
- Preparation for the first start
- First start-up together with the customer's personnel
- Master-class for working on the supplied equipment
- Learning the specifics of the facilities maintenance


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Appointment Orders
The appointment order is the fundamental document that establishes the judicial adjunct's powers, limits, and responsibilities. This order is often referred to as an "order of reference."
In all jurisdictions, a court has the authority to appoint a master if the parties consent. In some jurisdictions or in some cases, the court may only appoint a master to perform specific duties if all the parties consent. The issue of whether consent is necessary may depend upon the applicable law and what specific services the master will provide.
Federal Rule 53(a)(1)(a) empowers a judge to appoint a master to perform duties consented to by the parties. Rule 53(a)(1)(b) allows for an appointment of a master to conduct appropriate trial proceedings or to recommend findings of fact if an exceptional condition exists or there is a need to perform an accounting to resolve a difficult damage computation. And Rule 53(a)(1)(c) permits a master appointment to address pretrial and post trial matters in certain circumstances. Neither of the latter two subsections requires the consent of the parties, although a court may seek their agreement to an appointment.
In state court cases, the applicable law may or may not require consent, or an appellate decision may have decided whether consent is needed. A court usually has the power by applicable rule, statute, or judicial decision to appoint a special master. If a party does object, the duties of the master can be limited to those that are appropriate under the circumstances. If all parties object, the court may reconsider the appointment.
Judges, clerks, and attorneys will find these models useful in preparing appointment orders:
- Where Special Master Will Serve as Mediator and Was Previously Serving as Mediator Through an ADR Administrator
- Where Master Will Supervise Discovery in a Criminal Case
- Where Master Will Serve as Monitor in a Class Action Pigford v. Glickman, No. 97-1978 (D.D.C. Jan. 4, 2000) (this model appointment order is also available here)
- Where Master Will Serve as a Conference Judge in a Criminal Case
- Where Master Will Serve Various Roles in Multi-District Litigation In re: Welding Rod Prods. Liab. Litig., 2004 WL 3711622 (N.D. Ohio Nov. 10, 2004)
- Form Order: Includes language to fit most situations


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Holy Trinity continue to surprise in Super Cup
Holy Trinity continues to surprise this season, turning in a scintillating performance to thrash Garvey Maceo 4-0 and secure their place in the semi-finals of the LIME Super Cup knock-out competition at the National Stadium yesterday.
Reigning Manning Cup champions Jamaica College also booked their place in the last four with a 2-1 victory over Hydel at Sabina Park. Jaheel Hyde's brace did the damage as Wolmer's came out 3-0 victors over fellow heavyweights St George's College at the National Stadium.
St Elizabeth Technical and Camperdown were locked at 1-1 in their contest at Sabina Park at press time.
In the National Stadium curtain raiser, Holy Trinity, who last week got rid of Clarendon College, were led to victory courtesy of a brace from substitute AndrÈ Leslie, who got his goals in the 66th and 81st minutes.
Joel Sterling (71st) and Tevin Rochester (32nd penalty) were the other goal scorers for the Devon Anderson-coached Holy Trinity.
Garvey Maceo ended the game with eight men with Marvin
Smith (44th), Ryan Scott (77th), and Roshane Sharpe (87th) all sent off by the referee.
Anderson was obviously delighted with his team's performance.
"We lost a game on Tuesday to Jamaica College and I was very upset, and so we went back to the drawing board and they (the players) came out and executed, and so hats off to my players," said Anderson.
Anderson added: "We watched some tapes of Garvey Maceo and I know that they are a good team and we did some work on the training ground, but I expected this victory."
Holy Trinity started the match very confidently with a barrage of long-range shots on Garvey Maceo's goal, which was well saved by their custodian Steven Wallace.
However, Krimo Dyer came close to giving Garvey Maceo the lead in the 25th minute, but his powerful shot from 10 yards went wide of the target.
Rochester ensured he would regret that missed opportunity, firing Holy Trinity into the lead from the penalty spot, this after Jevon Fuller was brought down inside the 18-yard box by Kirk Colloghen.
Leslie doubled their lead when his 25-yard free kick went right through the hands of Watson. Sterling then added to Garvey Maceo's woes as he arrived at the back post to head home from close range before Leslie wrapped up the win with a rebound.


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With a complete redesign for the 2014 model year, the Nissan Rogue challenges convention once again with bold emotive styling, a premium interior created with comfort and multi-tasking in mind, and an array of available affordable technologies.
For the first time Rogue offers optional 3-row/7-passenger seating, thanks to its improved interior packaging efficiency. Among the many interior highlights are the exceptional passenger and cargo flexibility with its innovative EZ Flex® seating System. The new Rogue also offers an innovative, class-exclusive* Divide-N-Hide® Cargo System that provides 18 adjustable variations (two-row models) between the cargo and occupant areas – including out-of-sight storage and a lower deck to handle taller items.
The new Rogue's completely redesigned exterior provides a premium, high-quality look and feel with no compromise of the functional aspects that are so important to owners in this class. Rogue offers a compact overall size and ample interior roominess, thanks to its long wheelbase and short front and rear overhangs. Versus the previous generation Rogue, the wheelbase has been increased by 0.6 inch, the overall height increased by 1.2 inches and the front overhang reduced by 1.5 inches. In addition, the rear doors have been designed with a wider opening (77 degrees) for easier entry and exit to the rear passenger space.
Exterior highlights include standard halogen headlights with signature LED daytime running lights making a powerful visual statement. Also featured are body-color outside mirrors with standard integrated turn signals and a rear spoiler.
Available in S, SV and SL trim levels, power for the Rogue is generated by the responsive QR25DR 2.5L four-cylinder engine matched with an advanced next-generation Xtronic CVT® (Continuously Variable Transmission) with standard Sport Mode switch. With a 40 percent reduction (versus previous generation) in friction loss, along with an improved belt and pulley system, reduced oil churning friction, compact oil pump, new electronic control, wider gear ratio and other enhancements, the new CVT is approximately 10 percent more efficient than the previous-generation model. All Wheel Drive is an available option.
The small Nissan crossover carries the distinctive "PURE DRIVE" badge, reflecting the automaker's commitment to developing more environmentally friendly transportation for every market.
Control hardware consists of a four-wheel independent suspension. The Rogue is the first vehicle to utilize the new jointly developed Nissan/Renault Common Module Family (CMF) platform architecture and is one of a family of new Nissan global compact crossovers.
The new Rogue also features Nissan's new suite of confidence-inspiring dynamic technologies with Active Trace Control, Active Engine Braking and Active Ride Control. The Active Trace Control system utilizes Rogue's standard Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) system to help improve cornering feel by automatically applying the brakes or smoothing engine torque characteristics while accelerating. With Active Engine Braking, the CVT helps slow the Rogue as the driver brakes, resulting in less brake effort by the driver. Active Ride Control helps smooth out the drive by automatically applying the brakes and adjusting engine torque after the vehicle hits a bump, reducing the typical "head bobble" pitch.
Inside the passenger cabin, Rogue's comfortable, inviting interior offers unexpected roominess along with a marriage of refined styling and premium comfort. Among the factors that have improved roominess are the optimized front headrest shape, lowered front seat shoulder height, forward-shifted center console location, reduced front seatback surfaces, reduced rear door speaker enclosure intrusion, lowered door trim height and the new sliding/reclining 2nd row seat design. As a result, Rogue features ample interior roominess and impressive cargo room with the rear seats folded down. The new Rogue's front bucket seats are a special "zero gravity"-inspired design. Similar to the Nissan Altima's front seats, the articulated seat shape provides continuous support from the pelvis to the chest, helping reduce fatigue over long periods behind the wheel.
With Rogue's innovative EZ Flex® Seating System, every seat except the driver's easily folds down. The front passenger seat folds rearwards, allowing transport of long items such as an 8-foot ladder when combined with the flat folding 40/20/40-split 2nd row seat. The optional stadium-style, flat-fold 3rd row 50/50-split bench seat enhances Rogue's outstanding passenger versatility.
The new Rogue interior design also offers a range of smart storage and convenience solutions, with six front storage areas (five within the driver's reach), two front cupholders and two front bottle holders.
Dimensions & specifications
Wheelbase: 106.5; overall length: 182.3; width: 72.4; height: 66.3
All vehicle measurements are in inches.
Engine: 2.5L four-cylinder – 170 hp at 6,000 rpm and 175 lbs-ft of torque at 4,400 rpm.
Transmission: CVT (continuously variable transmission) automatic
EPA Fuel Economy: 26 city/33 hwy. (FWD); 25 city/32 hwy. (AWD)
Cargo capacity: 70.0 cubic feet
Safety features
Dual front airbags, front seat side-impact airbags, dual head curtain side-impact airbags, four-wheel disc brakes with anti-lock, brake assist, electronic brake force distribution, traction control, vehicle dynamic control, vehicle security system, engine immobilizer, active engine braking, active trace control, easy fill tire alert, tire pressure monitoring system, daytime running lights, Bluetooth hands free phone system, rearview monitor, remote keyless entry, and automatic power door locks. SV adds automatic headlamps and Nissan Intelligent Key. SL adds front fog lights, NissanConnect communications system, navigation system, and Around View monitor.
Optional safety features include: Around View monitor with moving object detection, blind spot warning, lane departure warning, forward collision warning, moving object detection, and run-flat tires.
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Update 5/23/2018:
Beginning Thursday May 24th at 11:00 AM PDT access to WarpPortal and all WarpPortal services will be suspended for the European Regions. For information regarding the new Terms of Service please visit our forums located here:
Regarding the European Region Access Announcement.
Unfortunately as noted here all of Warpportal will be closing access to EU countries starting May 25th.
The RO1/RESTART Team is aware that with our game there are unique situations where the guild leader was responsible for the storing of God Items and Guild Leadership. To any of our EU based guild leaders we want to extend the chance to transfer God Items and Guild Leadership to any member of your guild which you trust.
In order to to submit this request please submit a ticket to the GM Team and PM Xealot on forums. Xealot will be on hand to expedite any of these requests that are made so they are handled before the window of contact closes.
When will this refund thing start?
- Refunds will start on May 1st. Since we are attempting to ensure we get everyone affected it may take a longer time than usual to go through all the transactions.
Is there anything more specific you can tell us on how the refunds are going to work?
- Players will be refunded back through the payment method used.
Do we have to write tickets?
- [5/4/2018 Revision] Due to the number of refunds being distributed, the rollout date for when these will begin has been moved to May 15th. We encourage any players who wish to expedite this process to send a ticket to our support team at support.warpportal.com, and request a refund so we can make sure to get all refunds distributed as quickly as possible.
Please note that if you are from Europe and have registered an account that does not state the affected region by the block you may still receive a refund, but the account will be flagged as from Europe and disabled.
Are all EU accounts going to be suspended or just blocked from accessing the server?
- All accounts registered from Europe will be disabled on May 25th. In addition any access from Europe will be restricted and we will no longer be accepting European users on to our service.
What is the list of all affected countries?
- All of Geographical Europe except for countries located in the Commonwealth of Independent States
Is Turkey affected?
- Yes
Why is this block happening?
- "As we already have announced officially, there were some changes for our European gaming operation and service plan, and unfortunately these changes made GVI to terminate the current European operation policy and strategy. Thanks for your kindly understand and attention on this"
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Mere gates cannot hold back change
Two days ago, student activists from Universiti Malaya (UM) along with supporters of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim managed to storm into the university's campus and successfully conduct the '40 years: from University of Malaya to Prison' public rally just outside Dewan Tunku Canselor.
The way student leaders from Universiti Malaya, with the moral support of other public and private universities and student bodies, withstood the threat and pressure of the university's management is revealing of the underlying changes taking place among educated youths.
Anwar, an alumnus of UM, had been refused permission to speak. This refusal by the university authorities was interpreted as a restriction and denial of academic freedom by the student bodies.
They stood their ground firmly to prove their case. Umno must have been taken aback by this firm and united stand by the students.
The student leaders involved in organising the event were threatened with expulsion, suspension and a fine. But this only emboldened them further and they were more determined to go ahead with the rally.
The UM authorities had underestimated the resolve and political awareness of university students.
They refused to be treated as kids but demanded the authorities treat them as adults who know their rights.
The university management's bluff of electrical improvement and repair work did not deter the students. Are students revolting against Umno's repressive rules and silencing of dissenting voice?
Like the UM students who resolved not to bow down to an unjust law and to unethical practices, social activist Ali Abd Jalil too made a stand. He then had to flee to Sweden to seek political asylum.
He was reported to have said that he would only return to Malaysia when Umno collapsed and the government in Malaysia changed.
Ali had also said that the police, gangsters, Perkasa and other Umno groups were all looking for him and some of them had even threatened to beat him and kill him.
The fact that a brave and courageous Malay youth who thought differently and questioned the excesses and abuse of power has been charged with sedition, imprisonment and is continually under threat is telling on the government's attempts to silence and prosecute thinking Malaysians.
This shows that educated Malays are losing hope and faith in UMNO and they want political change. Instead of clamping down on Islamic radicalism and right-wings groups like Perkasa and Isma, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and the BN government are silencing student bodies and liberal and progressive individuals.
Umno, now increasingly unpopular, has become dependent on the support of right-wing parties in threatening minorities and liberal Malays. UMNO wants Malays to be submissive and not question it. Umno hardliners use race and religion to blackmail and intimidate non-Muslims and non-Malays.
Malaysians can see the double standards being applied when enforcing the law in relation to those in the opposition and those who favour the establishment.
While Umno cronies become richer, the ordinary Malay kampong folks get poorer and are made to live on government handouts.
Putrajaya's subsidy cuts and GST may lead to a higher incidence of poverty among Malays, with the urban poor expected to be the hardest hit, disclosed a study by UM's Centre for Poverty and Development Studies (CPDS).
To control and suppress this restlessness among poor Malays and their advocates, Umno uses the Sedition Act to silence and keep them down. University students are getting to know these facts. Furthermore, the continuous inaction against wastage and leakage year after year makes Malay youths oppose Umno and call for political change.
Umno, the oldest ruling political party, is no pushover, but it is becoming weaker by the day.
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Good Afternoon,
I'm excited to ask each of you for some time to help with a new program the district is implementing this school year. The district has decided to partner with a local company called "Change Point" to run a seminar that will impact every student in 7th and 10th grade. Embarking on a seminar that trains over 1,600 students over the course of 5 days requires us to find over 230 adults to help facilitate this program.
While much of the presentation is organized by the leaders of Change Point, portions of the seminar are conducted in small groups with 1 adult to 6 students. The small group discussions are easy to facilitate as questions and discussion topics are provided by Change Point. Essentially the adult leaders are there to promote a safe environment and listen to students…but you will be an active participate!
This seminar reaches into students lives and allows them to discover their own backgrounds/identify and the backgrounds/identities of others. Our students often feel their voice is not heard and their stories go untold. This program gives our students the opportunity to tell their story or have their story validated by others.
The program is titled "Be the difference" for 10th graders and "The ID Project" for 7th graders. The following themes are covered in this program: Self-Awareness, Friendship Influences, Owning One's Uniqueness, Choices: Mature or Immature, and My House (Family of Origin).
As a teacher, coach, and administrator I've had some great moments, moments I walked away from feeling like I made a difference or helped make a difference. My previous participation in this program as an adult leader has been a major highlight of my career. If you participate, you will be impressed and you will see an immediate impact of your work.
I ask for your consideration in helping out and I ask that you spread this to any adult that would be interested in serving for the day. Please e-mail me directly if you are interested. If you are connected to youth groups, service groups, community groups, or anyone that has helped lead others, please let them know to contact me if they are interested in helping. Its a great opportunity to have our community see the work that goes on in our schools and gain the perspective of a young adult. Below are the details (You can sign up for 1 day or more):
Be the Difference (High School Program)
Where: Fairfield High School Arena
Dates: November 7, 9, and 10
Time: 8:00-2:30
How to sign up: firstname.lastname@example.com
The ID Project (Middle School Program)
Where: Boys located at Fairfield Middle School Gym, Girls at High School Arena
Dates: October 19 and 20
Time: 6:50-1:45
How to sign up: firstname.lastname@example.com
Feel free to forward this e-mail to any interested person or group. For more information about Change Point, please visit www.thechangepoint.com. There are some video links that give you more insight on the program. Contact me if you have any questions.
Jeff Madden
Director of Student Services
4641 Bach Lane
Fairfield, Ohio 45014


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"Closing the gap" was the theme of the Gateway Medical Society 2015 Physician of the Year Scholarship Gala on Oct. 3, at the Marriott City Center. Nearly 200 attended the gala where scholarships were presented, members of the Journey to Medicine program were introduced and two physicians received the Physician of the Year Award.
KDKA-TV Anchor and Reporter Lynne Hayes-Freeland served as a vibrant mistress of ceremony and GMS President Dr. William Simmons welcomed the crowd. The first Physician of the Year recipient was Dr. Christopher C. Allen.
Christopher Allen is a clinical assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and an interventional cardiac vascular physician in the Heart and Vascular Institute of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The second recipient was Dr. Rhonda Moore Johnson, MPH.
Johnson is the senior medical director of Health Equity & Quality Services for Highmark Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh. In this role, Johnson leads Highmark's efforts to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities through clinical interventions, and improvements in health literacy and health plan cultural competency. The "Champion of Gateway" Award was presented to Jerry Allen of Allen Place Community Services. Jerry Allen has been a long time partner and supporter of the GMS' community outreaches. She has allowed the GMS to join in with her Prom for Seniors (senior citizens) event and when the GMS exhausted all options for a space for its Journey to Medicine Science Camp, she opened the doors of Allen Place.
Two very special guests were introduced, the first was Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, president emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine. Sullivan served as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during President George H. W. Bush's administration and was founding dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine. Also in attendance was Dr. Edith Mitchell, National Medical Association president.
During this very delightful event, four scholarships were presented to Joe Miguel Juarez, Chibueze Nwaiwu, Darvé Robinson and Emilie Transue. One of the most gratifying parts of the evening was meeting some of the students from the Journey to Medicine program. Roman Ramsey, who is now a high school senior, spoke about his journey since the sixth grade.
Simmons said, "Our Journey to Medicine pipeline is complete with classes from sixth to twelfth grades. We are proud to say that our first graduating class from High School will occur spring of 2016. The Heinz Endowments took a chance on a six-year long dream of an academic mentorship program that started in the sixth grade and you had to wait six years before you had a graduating class. They have funded us every year since Journey to Medicine began."
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text: The next contributor to Pure Green Living is Mali, a baker from my hometown. Her green philosophy is to do what you can, when you can. She applies this to her work by baking with natural, organic ingredients. "Shopping organic is one of the best, most effective ways to be heard as a consumer. It lets the stores and companies you shop from know that you support and demand a change in manufacturing methods. Our food industry is dominated by big corporations with harmful growing and harvesting techniques - buying organic supports the sector of the industry demanding change. It also allows me to provide the highest quality and purest taste to my clients." Her good-enough-to-eat cupcakes below show just how talented she is. Thanks Mali!


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HISD to consider investment of rebuilding smaller high schools
The roof leaks. Electrical circuits spark. At times, sewage seeps into carpets at Yates High School.
In classrooms, teachers use outdated chalkboards. They struggle to be heard over noisy air-conditioners that may be spewing warm rather than cold air into the 54-year-old facility.
HISD Superintendent Terry Grier has proposed rebuilding the Third Ward campus. But the district's elected trustees must decide whether spending millions to restore schools such as Yates - where enrollment has dropped dramatically over the last two decades - is a sound investment.
When he unveiled his $1.9 billion bond plan last month, Grier said new high schools would revitalize communities, helping lure students back to their neighborhood campuses. The prospect has been met with hope tempered by skepticism.
"I think buildings are important and they can cement turnaround efforts, but I think the notion of 'if you build it, they will come' is pretty risky," said trustee Anna Eastman.
Grier's plan, which trustees must approve before it would go to voters in November, would rebuild high schools with dwindling enrollments to be smaller than their original design. However, his proposal would give those schools capacity to hold several hundred more students than their enrollments last year.
'Trying to right-size'
For example, Yates - which had about 960 students last fall - would be built to hold 1,200 to 1,800. Two decades ago, the school's enrollment topped 2,000.
"We're trying to right-size," Grier said. "That's up for debate and discussion."
Part of Yates' low enrollment is a result of students who live in the neighborhood choosing to attend other HISD schools. Two years ago, 840 students made this choice, according to the latest district data.
Overall enrollment in the Houston Independent School District has held pretty steady in recent years, with some campuses crowded and others much emptier.
Tyrone Davis, an assistant principal at Yates, said he has no doubt a new school - with proper temperature control, working computers and wireless internet, and classrooms large enough to accommodate teenagers and technology - would improve enrollment as well as academic performance.
"I could write a five-page article about the inadequacies," said Davis, who used to work at HISD's Westside High School, built in 2000. "It was like two totally different districts, as far as students having a safe, healthy, quality learning experience."
Reagan vs. Washington
In the Heights, Reagan High School Principal Connie Berger said a major renovation to the campus five years ago has improved morale among students and teachers. Enrollment was on the rise before the construction and continues to grow, to 2,040 last year.
The story is different two miles north at Booker T. Washington High School, where enrollment has dropped almost in half since the early 1990s to about 820 students last year.
"People like new things, and they like nice things," said Vincent Gray, athletic coordinator and head basketball coach at Washington. "If you're a parent and you ride to Booker T., we have a lot of good things going on. But from the outside you'd think, you can take your kid right down the road to Reagan. It's real nice. It's real pretty."
Research suggests that more modern school facilities - with natural light, good ventilation and classrooms with enough space and flexibility - are helpful in improving teaching and learning, said Cynthia L. Uline, director of the National Center for the 21st Century Schoolhouse at San Diego State University.
Population trends
But a new building will not guarantee more students. HISD, for instance, built a new Gregory-Lincoln in Midtown after the 2002 bond issue. Enrollment in the joint elementary and middle school campus - designed for 850 students - was just below 600 last year.
School board president Mike Lunceford said he wants to make sure district officials have an accurate picture of population trends in coming years.
"I have no problem, if schools are in bad shape, with rebuilding them," he said. "But it's crazy for us to overbuild if we don't have to."


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text: Articles 2014 November Florida's decisions on drug-sniffing dogs are under review Previous Post | Next Post Florida's Decisions on Drug-Sniffing Dogs Are Under Review Posted By Rothman & Associates, P.A. || 7-Nov-2014 Florida law enforcement officers have trained dogs to assist them in finding evidence against persons suspected of violating Florida drug laws. These dogs detect the scent of a specific substance with their sensitive noses, alerting their handlers. In two Florida cases that recently came before the United States Supreme Court, for two different reasons, the use of drug-sniffing dogs was called into question as a violation of suspects' constitutional rights. Fourth Amendment rights The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 12 of the Florida Constitution guarantee the right to be free from unreasonable searches by police. Searches generally require a warrant signed by a judge, though police sometimes may lawfully proceed without a warrant. To get a warrant or, with a few exceptions, search without one, police must have probable cause to suspect criminal activity. The legal definition of probable cause has been reviewed in many cases in Florida and the rest of the country. The Florida cases In one of the Florida cases, the Florida Supreme Court found that a suspect's Fourth Amendment rights had been violated because the prosecutor failed to demonstrate the police had probable cause to suspect there was criminal activity. The Court stated Prosecutors had to establish that an officer had probable cause to search a suspect's truck, when a drug-sniffing dog gave an alert signal after sniffing the vehicle's exterior. In order to satisfy this burden, the Court wrote that the prosecution had to produce evidence showing that the officer had a reasonable basis for believing the dog was reliable. In deciding the seach was unlawful, the Supreme Court decided the prosecutor failed to produce the dog's training records or other adequate evidence about the dog's reliability in the suspect's trial. Training programs for these dogs vary widely, and even if a dog is successful in detecting drugs that are present, a dog can, and sometimes does, give an alert signal when drugs are not present. In the other Florida case, the issue was not whether there was probable cause, but whether the suspect's right to be free of unreasonable from unreasonable searches was violated. In this case, an anonymous tip suggested that a suspect was growing marijuana in his home. Police took a marijuana-sniffing dog to the house and the dog alerted outside, on the front porch. Police used the dog's alert to persuade a judge to issue a search warrant, and they entered and found the marijuana plants. The Florida Supreme Court also found in favor of the suspect in this case, mainly because there are special privacy considerations that apply to a suspect's home, and the fact the police and the police dog entered onto the property of the suspect without a warrant and without consent rendered the dog sniff an unreasonable search that violated Fourth Amendment rights. The current context Unlike in most other states, the voters of Florida many years ago passed a constitutional amendment that makes United States Supreme Court cases the law in Florida in all search and seizure issues. In other words, the Florida Supreme Court holding mentioned here will only be the law of Florida if the US Supreme Court agrees with the Florida court's decisions. In the states without such a provision, the highest court of that state controls the law that protects its citizens. While the U.S. Supreme Court considers these Florida cases, the attitudes of Americans toward marijuana use are changing, as evidenced by new Colorado and Washington laws making possession of certain amounts of marijuana lawful. But federal law makes the possession of marijuana illegal. Analysts wonder what, if any, effect, the legalization of marijuana in some states will have on courts and legislatures throughout our country. Anyone in Florida who is arrested on suspicion of a drug offense should immediately contact an attorney. A Florida defense attorney can investigate possible violations of a person's constitutional rights and work vigorously to defend against criminal prosecution. Categories: Articles Share Post


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Kate is a full time painter, whose commute to work is through her vegetable and flower garden. She maintains a studio behind her home in the middle of the village of Middlebury, Vermont, where she has lived and painted since 1991. Her portraits and paintings hang in public and private collections across the United States and abroad.
In 1998, Kate created the illustrations for Amanda Hesser's Cook Book, The Cook and the Gardener. Her illustrations have appeared in Horticulture Magazine, Harrowsmith Country Life Magazine and Vermont Magazine. Noted garden designer Gordon Hayward used Kate's work in his book Art and the Gardener. Kate received a Vermont Community Foundation Grant in 2000 to develop a set of botanical illustrations of some of the endangered plant species of Vermont. She has been recognized by the Garden Writers Association of America with their Quill and Trowel Award of Excellence for her illustrations.
Along with organic gardener Judy Stevens of Golden Russet Farm and Barbara Ganley of Digital Explorations and Open View Gardens, Kate launched the garden to kitchen column Patchwork: Three Gardens, Many Kitchens in the Addison Independent, a twice weekly newspaper, in 2010.
Kate serves on the Board of Directors of the Middlebury Natural Foods Coop.


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I feel like a sham
i tell people coping skills, but I have trouble doing them myself. My therapist told me to try mindfulness. I know what it is. I recommend it. But, my mind spins so much, i can't be "mindful"
i have trouble breathing, cbt is out the window, i can't seem to act as if, if as if is that things don't suck.
my life is fine, i am fixated on the past. And, that i can't change it.
and of course, i suck, i suck, i suck!
i slipped and drank, too, which i feel bad about, but if it is drinking or suicide, i don't think it will hurt.
i am safe. I am afraid i would mess up, as usual, and make my life worse.
i can't be sick. It is not a good time. It is a very bad time.