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WASHINGTON ― The American Civil Liberties Union hosted an event on Thursday to discuss the history of the Confederate monuments erected across the United States and why communities should come together to remove them.
The live-streamed talk, hosted by ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffery Robinson, comes after the group received widespread backlash for its decision to defend white supremacists’ First Amendment right to march in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12.
Hordes of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and armed militiamen gathered in Charlottesville purportedly to protest the city’s ongoing debate over the removal of a Confederate memorial to Gen. Robert E. Lee. But participants in the rally, dubbed “Unite the Right,” clashed violently with counter-protesters. At least 35 people were injured and three people died ― including 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed when a white supremacist drove his car through a group of anti-racist counter-protesters.
“You can take down every Confederate monument tomorrow, but it ain’t going to feed anybody. It ain’t going to get anybody out of prison. It’s not going to [pump] good water into Flint, Michigan,” Robinson said Thursday. “It’s not going to solve all the racial problems we have in America. What getting rid of the Confederate monuments will do is, in my view, begin a process of making Americans ... deal with the truth.”
The ACLU is openly re-evaluating its usual hardline stance in defense of the First Amendment after the group convinced a judge to permit the rally to be held at the controversial statue instead of moving it to another location.
The organization has always reviewed things on a case by base basis, but the events in Charlottesville have created an internal conversation about when exactly to step in, said Karthik Ganapathy, a spokesperson for the ACLU.
“The ACLU is always going to be an organization that protects First Amendment rights ― even from those whose speech we find abhorrent,” he told HuffPost. “But that has to square with making sure that we’re not protecting protesters who are likely to get violent.”
The ACLU has been knocked for supporting the free speech of the far-right before. After filing a lawsuit to protect the free speech rights of right-wing blogger Milo Yiannopoulos, activist organization BYP 100 slammed the ACLU in a Facebook post.
“This move by the ACLU Nationwide to defend Milo Yiannopoulos’ ‘free speech’ is an endorsement of an attack on the dignity and humanity of Black people. Point blank,” the activist organization said. “This is what happens when you navigate on principle devoid of transformative values and an anti-Black praxis.”
This move by the ACLU Nationwide to defend Milo Yiannopoulos’ ‘free speech’ is an endorsement of an attack on the dignity and humanity of Black people. Point blank. BYP 100
Thursday’s event, however, is focused on pushing civilians to advocate against the removal of Confederate statues and educating people on how politicians, like President Donald Trump, can use the memorials to rewrite history.
While defending his initial remarks about Charlottesville during a Tuesday rally in Phoenix, Trump omitted references he made calling out violence “on many sides.” He said that people were trying to “take away” American culture by pushing for the removal of Confederate monuments on public grounds.
“They’re trying to take away our culture. They’re trying to take away our history,” said Trump, who is not from a former Confederate state. “And our weak leaders, they do it overnight. These things have been there for 150 years, for a hundred years. You go back to a university and it’s gone. Weak, weak people.”
Robinson addressed the president’s comments Thursday.
“We can laugh when our president and people in this administration say things about our communities and our histories that we know are just not true, but people are listening,” he said. “And when we do not deal with the ugly part of the truth about our history, we have no chance of going forward.”
Robinson added that, in many conversations, race gets put “on the back burner” and the focus pivots to a state or municipality’s rights.
“You’ve got a president who’s out there lying about why these monuments were erected,” said Ganapathy. “He’s claiming that this is about heritage and American history when the reality is ... these monuments were erected to instill fear in specific communities and we want to tell the truth about that.”
ACLU People Power, the branch of the organization hosting the event, was launched in March as a way to mobilize people against Trump’s problematic policies.
“We needed to bring people out and give people something to do and get regular people involved in activism,” he said.
We’re an organization that’s always going to defend someone’s right to speak ― and it’s not because we like what the Nazis have to say. Karthik Ganapathy, a spokesperson for the ACLU
This is not the ACLU’s attempt at damage control, Ganapathy added.
“We’re an organization that’s always going to defend someone’s right to speak ― and it’s not because we like what the Nazis have to say,” he said. “We just don’t want the government to be in charge of what speech it finds acceptable. If we’re not out there saying a Nazi can protest peacefully, it puts the government in a position to decide whether or not to allow protests depending on whether or not you like what the protest is going to be about. We think that’s sort of a dangerous road.”
He emphasized this could lead to officials cracking down on groups whose views are more aligned with the ACLU.
“We have a robust legislative agenda that takes on almost all of what the Nazis stand for,” Ganapathy said, pointing to the organizations legal defense of immigrants and their racial justice programs.
“We’ve been working against what the Nazis stand for for a really long time,” he said. “This is just in keeping with a long history of building a more inclusive society.”
The ACLU’s response to Charlottesville, he added, “wasn’t at odds with that.”


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Whenever I meet someone who hasn’t heard the music of Afrobeat pioneer and political activist Fela Kuti, I feel a twinge of jealousy. Most people’s first reaction to albums such as Gentleman (1973), Expensive Shit (1975) and Zombie (1977) is one of giddy bewilderment. Elements of funk, jazz and American blues intermingle with traditional Yoruba rhythms, resulting in a danceable and deeply melodic concoction.
Kuti’s musical offerings were embraced with open arms by music lovers worldwide. David Byrne was a huge fan, bringing Afrobeat elements to his work with Talking Heads after Brian Eno introduced him to Kuti’s early records in New York. Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger was also something of a Kuti fanatic and was especially fond of the bandleader’s work with former Cream drummer Ginger Baker, who was instrumental in introducing Western audiences to Kuti’s music in the early 1970s.
Opening up about Kuti’s Live! cut ‘Let’s Start’, Jagger said: “As far as I know Ginger was one of the first to get into these rhythms and travel to Africa to actually sit there and play them.” Baker was introduced to the rhythms of West Africa by his mentor Phil Seamen, who was at that time one of the leading jazz drummers in the UK. In Beware of Mr Baker, Ginger recalled Seamen showing him “African records of Tutsi drummers.” He asked Baker to listen carefully and then asked him to locate the beat. “And I’m doing like a three-beat on it, and he said: ‘Nah nah nah, listen.’ And he played this four, the real beat, and it was like a fucking light going on.”
As Jagger later noted: “He might have been influenced by Phil Seamen, the jazz drummer who pre-dated him, but Ginger went to play with Fela Kuti, which must have been a daunting journey in more ways than one. But then he always did want to push things that much further than most drummers who came from England. Fela always had great orchestration and an amazing horn section, as he played horn himself and liked to use two baritones, which is unusual.”
Kuti’s legacy isn’t limited to music. He fought tooth and nail against Nigeria’s military dictatorship and in 1970 founded the Kalakuta Republic commune, which declared itself independent from military rule before being destroyed in a raid in 1978 after an assault by more than a thousand armed soldiers. Kuti later commemorated the sacking of Kalakuta by marrying 27 of his backing singers in a mass ceremony. Some western feminist groups attacked Kuti’s polygamy, backing down somewhat when he explained that he’d married the women after they found themselves out of work following the decimation of the studio in Kalakuta. He explained that, in Yoruba communities, it is the duty of a man to marry a destitute woman to provide support in their time of need.

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In other words, how do we empower people to live where and how they want to, within the confines of a sustainable economic reality? This is not new. The Transect embraces the idea that there is a place in the built environment for everyone. Indeed, the next step for savvy builders may be to profile a given community’s preference for each T-zone and build to meet the expected, but unmet demand.
The future of real estate is in The Long Tail, which is the concept that many small markets are often more valuable than a handful of large ones. The legacy of the information age may well be in granting people the power to organize themselves based on interest, not geography, and the real estate developer of the future will need to recognize that these interest groups offer pre-built markets begging to be served. Each one may be small, but the whole spread is significant if that spread can be funneled into what we consider to be a single product – the diverse neighborhood. This leads to a new set of questions: What if any individual could participate in the decisions that create place? Presume the city is always in a perpetual state of change. Constant planning already occurs; but how can we improve this sometimes ugly, political process? Imagine a continuous online charette for new and existing blocks and buildings, bringing a disparate group of people together to design and build a place that represents this diversity. Is this vision to find, funnel and serve the long tail at one source even possible given the complex nature of the product?
What might it look like? Who gets the final say on design? Can residents give an existing neighborhood a new identity using the power of the internet? If I can select the people I spend time with online, why can’t I select them for the physical environment; ethnic groups do it, but how about kayakers, trapeze artists, businessmen, bicyclists, or the myriad of other interest groups?
I’ve been working as a project manager on construction projects for the past six years and worked as a general laborer while completing my mechanical engineering degree. As a contractor you’re placed in the center of the design and development process and are frequently called upon to make suggestions that have wide reaching impacts on the project for all parties involved. This has given me an exceptional opportunity to observe the building industry from the implementer’s perspective. At this moment, I believe there are four “tectonic shifts” altering the building industry as a business environment. Each area promises enormous payoffs, but will not realize its full potential until they are properly unified into one complete business model. They are:
1) Information Systems
Much of the project management process could be simply and easily improved by using more intelligently conceived documentation software. This “smart” documentation software should help track contract costs, change orders, RFI’s, approvals and submittals seamlessly. Too often, these systems work as stand alone programs separate from your AutoCAD plans and shop drawings, MS Outlook email inbox and MS Excel based tracking sheets. While working for URS Corp at the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), I was blessed with the opportunity to use a state of the art program/project management system coordinated by Kristine Fallon Associates. The CTA’s system was completely integrated with all processes and every document that passed through their office was scanned and available on their servers. The centerpiece of the system was a customized version of Citadon’s ProjectNet software. I didn’t realize what a gem they had created until I joined Bovis Lend Lease in NYC and began using another uninspiring software system. One thing the URS/CTA team understood well is that this change must be led from the top. The CTA used its $5.1 billion charter to force its general contractors and subcontractors to make the necessary changes in each of their organizations.
Kristine Fallon Associates (KFA) is a Chicago based consulting company specializing in online collaboration for the technical professions. They served as a consultant to the CTA and helped to put the CTA’s information systems in place. More information on the project can be found in the whitepaper published on KFA’s website, but a few of the concluding points are telling of the problems with implementing new changes to the construction industry:
Probably the most important point here is the first one. Best practices, including new technological solutions in construction management can only come with the support of owners, because they are most incentivized to realize the gains.
Building Information Modeling is possibly the most revolutionary technology in the history of design and real estate project finance. It is still a technological toddler, but the first developers, investment groups or architects to properly use it will reap huge rewards.
The principle is simple. Instead of creating a voluminous set of drawings and construction specifications, a precise computer model is created for the building or renovation. Ideally the software will generate the construction documents, error and omission free. In reality, contractors will probably be better served by learning to build directly from the model rather than rely on paper drawings.
Because the model has every component that the physical construction will have, it should be easy for the software to count quantities and compare them to online directories of cost data. This gives owners, investors and architects the ability to price proposed changes in real time. It also has the potential to calculate schedule changes, zoning or code compliance and several other major hiccups common in the building process due to proposed changes.
AutoCAD Revit software is a popular choice, but Google Sketch-Up and the simulation software from Second Life offer less technical modeling capabilities that could be used by amateurs to interface with a base model. Some examples of successful projects using the technology can be found in the TAP BIM Archives on the AIA’s website.
Using BIM, will open developers and investors up to a much more flexible design environment. While working for Bovis Lend Lease (BLL) on several of Extell Development’s projects, I realized that one of the things Extell does very well is work hard to please its clients (the condo buyer) through customization. Extell is on the cutting edge in NYC of customizable new construction. While at BLL, I oversaw several major unit combinations, partition modifications and finish changes, and every single one of them was a construction coordination nightmare. Unfortunately, the cost of modifications to a building as it is being built is astronomical primarily because the design is static. The construction documents have to be manually adjusted with each change, and when something is inevitably missed, it costs the builder and the owner money. Until BIM, there was no way a design team could effectively find every drawing and specification that each change affects and make the required notations in the middle of the project cycle. That is all starting to change.
The potential value of predictability to investors, developers and buyers is enormous. Soon homes, apartments and offices will be as easy to customize as tennis shoes, and the developer most capable of doing it will reap serious financial rewards.
Crowdsourcing is a popular topic at the moment. I believe that it has and will continue to fundamentally alter the business environment. The goal of crowdsourcing is to leverage mass collaboration enabled by Web 2.0 technology to achieve business goals. It is commonly used to compile building
The opportunities in real estate are endless. Several ideas are to adapt the technology to improve building management services, revolutionize the design process, alter the property search/acquisitions process (already in progress at loopnet.com, zillow.com, craigslist.org, etc.), and to identify specific demand for a product type before investing in it. This real-time marketing effect could be a way for New Urbanists to prove demand and hopefully secure better financing terms than with the conventional economic market study.
In fact, the traditional financing model may be completely altered with the introduction of “crowdfunding.“ The concept is to use small deposits from a large number of potential end users and cause-motivated investors before a design is even started. The funds would be used to purchase and construct projects in a much more fine-grained, sensible manner than the large funds currently building cities with limited and unidentifiable character. As I see it, large investment funds will continue building the raw spaces and crowdfunded smaller projects will occupy them or create infill spaces with the character and diversity typical of the best old cities.
4) Sustainable Efficiency (Green Technology Old & New)
There are several new city plans including PLANYC 2030 plan and the Abu Dhabi 2030 Plan that extensively reference a city with intelligently designed transit, water, electrical, communications and other building infrastructure. They also heavily emphasize sustainability goals. I believe the concepts behind these plans will become increasingly relevant to our cities of the future as traditional energy sources become scarce. Conservation of resources is not just important environmentally, it is fiscally intelligent as well. The enthusiasm for green technology will continue to drive improvements in the real estate products that can be provided, and while conferences like GREENbuild may not reach the deeper sustainability movement, they do serve to educate the masses.
, GreenGlobes, etc.) are achieving meaningful results through the use of standards which (for better or worse) are increasingly becoming law across the globe. International real estate investors and consultants need to understand the principles and goals behind these systems as they become increasingly popular in the marketplace and in regulation.
The more fundamental solution to our environmental problems comes from a historical understanding of transportation, planning and architecture. Before the US and British industrial revolutions, all forms of energy were expensive. There are thousands of years of building tradition in cities from all types of local climates around the world. The buildings constructed using these ancient techniques perform admirably as human shelter without the use of electricity or fossil fuel. These traditions incorporate the best practices from generations of master builders and end users. Modern technological solutions designed to maintain a comfortable indoor environment make financial sense in the current economy, but may not always be so cost effective. We should be doing as much as possible to combine new passive green technology with well designed traditional methods. Our reliance on mechanical ventilation, unnatural lighting and “maintenance free” materials that can not be repaired must be curbed if we are to create places that can be used for generations.
This leads to a concept called the Original Green, which discusses the more fundamental issues I’m referring to. As architect and author Steve Mouzon states, “If a building cannot be loved, it will not last. And its carbon footprint is absolutely meaningless once its parts have been hauled off to the landfill.” In a nutshell he argues the following:
1. We must first build sustainable places before it is meaningful to even discuss sustainable buildings.
2. Sustainable places should be nourishing, accessible, serviceable, and secure.
3. Sustainable buildings should be lovable, durable, flexible, and frugal.
These tenants encompass the entire green movement and are the universal principals PLANYC and Abu Dhabi 2030 claim to be based on. The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) works to create compact, walkable and diverse places that are inherently sustainable and enjoyable to live in. The Original Green concepts derive from many of the principles discovered by the CNU.
Predicting the Future
As New Urbanists, we should be asking ourselves first “what is our mission?” Now that the principles of good urbanism have been largely rediscovered, where do we fit in as thought leaders? The CNU can no longer afford to operate at the small scale it has been working at for so many years. It’s time to take it to the masses. The only way to do this quickly will be by embracing the technological solutions I’ve discussed above. I’m describing a world where the end user becomes the designer.
Will they be educated enough to help design quality urban spaces? Is there an architect within our network who can tell an owner exactly what a building will cost before it’s built? How many architects or general contractors do we work with that can organize and share all of the data involved in constructing a building so that it produces a change-order free construction process?
Is there a developer who has already discovered and consulted his target market to pre-sell the building to a crowd of people with similar interests and taste before taking out a loan? Can that developer also put a new commercial tenant in the building with confidence that they will grow and prosper?
Does the developer even need a loan in this scenario or can he use the money of the end users? We are at the edge of a massive building industry revolution! None of these concepts are more than five to ten years away. Let’s assume the CNU’s actual mission is to “empower people to live where and how they want to?”
How are we doing?
Andrew Malone is a construction project manager based out of New York City. He currently works for Conelle Construction Corp. completing renovation projects throughout Manhattan. Follow him at twitter.com/AndyM1928, at andrewmalone.blogspot.com or email him at amalone [at] asgarddev [dot] com.
If you would like to participate in discussions on the ideas presented in this paper, please join the “Real Estate 2.0” facebook group, sponsored by Andrew.


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1 medium onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced
1 to 2 Tbsp. olive oil
12 oz. faux beef strips (try Morningstar Farms Meal Starters Steak Strips)
4 cups water
1 14-oz. can whole tomatoes, including liquid
1 tsp. vegan Worcestershire sauce (available from VeganStore.com)
2 bay leaves
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/8 tsp. ground allspice
1 vegetable bouillon cube
1/4 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. sugar
6 carrots, peeled and diced
3 potatoes, scrubbed and cut into bite-size chunks
10 oz. frozen peas
2 Tbsp. cornstarch, dissolved in a small amount of water
• In a large pot over medium heat, sauté the onion and garlic in the oil for several minutes.
• Add the faux beef strips, water, tomatoes and liquid, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, salt, pepper, allspice, bouillon cube, basil, and sugar.
• Simmer, uncovered, for one hour, stirring occasionally.
• Add the carrots, potatoes, and peas and cook for another 30 minutes. When it is simmering again, add the cornstarch and water mixture to thicken. Serve hot.
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This CD was made in Germany. It is a compilation of 50s & 60s local
bands. At least three of these bands, and maybe more, came from the
Grand Rapids, MI area: tracks 3, 9, and 22 (The Kingtones “A Love I
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Welcome to the Nature Isle of the Caribbean. Today you’ll enjoy a leisurely panoramic drive through the beautiful forests and plantations of Dominica – a landscape of majestic mountain peaks carpeted in rich rain forest.
From an elevation of 400 feet, the viewpoint on Morne Bruce offers you a panoramic view of the city of Roseau and its environs – an ideal photo opportunity. The hill was named after British Royal Engineer, James Bruce, designer of all the fortifications on the island. With its steep slopes on three sides, Morne Bruce provided a natural sentry post for the protection of Roseau at a time when the city was a British garrison for troops defending Dominica against the French.
Continue on your adventure to the 20-acre, beauty-packed gem known as the Botanic Gardens of Roseau. You will see Dominica's National Bird (the Sisserou parrot) and some of the island's tallest trees. Hurricane Maria has altered the gardens to her liking, and it's not hard to spot Hurricane David's signature -- the twisted remains of a large bus crushed beneath a massive baobab tree. Nonetheless, the gardens are steadily recovering, and your patronage is greatly appreciated by the Dominican people.
Proceed to at Zeb Zepis Bistro in Pond Case for refreshments and a restroom break before continuing your scenic tour to the Pond Casse roundabout and down the Layou Valley, named after Dominica's longest and largest river. This picturesque haven, surrounded by undulating hills and adorned with vibrant floral, is where the Layou River meanders.
Along the way, travel through some of the island’s most famous citrus and banana plantations. You’ll also experience the beauty of the scenic coastline of Dominica as you pass through the coastal fishing villages of Mahaut and Massacre. Finally, you’ll continue through the Canefield Estate on your way back to the ship in Roseau.
Please note: Wear comfortable walking shoes. The route is winding. Guests who are prone to motion sickness should consider this before booking and/or take appropriate medication.

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The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. The technology of the Iron Age is characterised by the production of tools and weaponry by ferrous metallurgy, more specifically from carbon steel. The Celtic spiral is a dynamic and popular symbol, indicative of endless movement and in use from the Neolithic period (circa 5000 BC). Bronze craftsmen continued to use the pattern during the Bronze Age, though more flamboyant and flatter spiral patterns were favoured.
To discover more about spirals in Celtic culture, please visit our relevant blog post:The Symbolism of the Spiral in Celtic Imagery.


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I am purchasing a house without a mortgage in Tolworth. I have lived for the last 20 years in Tolworth. Conveyancing searches are exorbitant. As I have knowledge of the area and road intimately should I not bother getting the solicitor to do all the conveyancing searches?
Provided that you do not need a mortgage, then almost all of the Tolworth conveyancing searches are at your discretion. Your lawyer will 'advise', no-doubt strongly, that you should have searches done, but he is duty bound to do this. Do take into account; if you are going to dispose of the house in the future, it will be of importance to your future buyer what the searches contain. There are plenty of instances where houses with no practical issues can still throw up detrimental search results. A competent conveyancing solicitor in Tolworth should provide you some helpful advice concerning this.
We are buying a end of terrace house in Tolworth. Our aim is to carry out a loft conversion at the house.Will legal investigations on the property involve enquiries to ascertain if these works are permitted?
Your conveyancer should review the registered title as conveyancing in Tolworth will on occasion reveal restrictions in the title documents which prohibit certain alterations or require the consent of a 3rd party. Many works need local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Certain areas are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which often prevent or impact extensions. You should check these things with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.
I had a mortgage agreed in principle with Barclays. Tolworth conveyancing solicitors were chosen. What is the average time that one could expect to receive a mortgage offer from Barclays?
Some lenders take longer than others. Have Barclays conducted the valuation? Have you informed Barclays as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Barclays conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.
I was told two weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Nationwide. Is it usual for Nationwide to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Tolworth is approved on their conveyancing panel? Nationwide have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their PI Insurance.
Mortgage companies tend not to not issue an offer until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Nationwide to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Nationwide conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Tolworth. I now require my file but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Tolworth of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
About to purchase a new build flat in Tolworth. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build legal work.
Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build questions that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Tolworth
The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose?
What does commercial conveyancing in Tolworth cover?
Non domestic conveyancing in Tolworth incorporates a broad range of guidance, offered by qualified solicitors, relating to business property. By way of example, this type of conveyancing can cover the sale or purchase of freehold business premises or, more usually, the assignment of existing leases or the drafting of new leasing arrangements. Commercial conveyancing solicitors can also offer advice on the sale of business assets, commercial loans and the termination of tenancies.
I need to instruct a conveyancing solicitor for residential conveyancing in Tolworth. I've stumble upon a web site which seems to have the ideal offering If there is a chance to get all formalities done via web that would be ideal. Should I be concerned? What should out be looking out for?
As usual with these online conveyancers you need to read ALL the small print - did you notice the extra charge for dealing with the mortgage?

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We began by drawing our pumpkin, talking about the shapes that can be found in a pumpkin. We then traced it with black oil pastel.
The primary colored paint was handed out and then we talked about how we could paint an orange pumpkin with only the primary colors. Mixing! We first painted our pumpkins yellow and then added red to mix the paint on our papers to get an orange pumpkin.
We then drew three leaf shapes and mixed yellow and blue together to get green.
During the second class we used white oil pastel to draw a moon and stars on black paper. We then added white highlights to our pumpkin and colored our stems. We cut out our pumpkins and leaves then glued them to the black paper.
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This is a smaller street in Ortigia. It is amazing how small some are. Only a motorcycle can drive this one and then he/she better drive carefully. There are little cafes everywhere – see the yellow awning? A cafe. We love it here. 🙂
We’re sitting in the Cafe Minerva near our home to use the Internet. It’s a nice place. Chilly tonight though so we’re inside.
Doug, Karen, Al and I had market sandwiches again today and spent a lot of time walking along the promenade.
Now we’re headed back for a game of cards with the four of us.


LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Papa John’s International Inc. said Thursday that it promoted executive Steve Ritchie to chief operating officer of the pizza chain.
He is replacing Anthony Thompson, 47, who resigned this week to take the CEO job at doughnut chain Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.
Ritchie, 39, joined Papa John’s in 1996 and was most recently senior vice-president of the company.
Papa John’s also said that John Schnatter, the company’s CEO, chairman and founder, will add the role of president to his duties.
As part of the changes, Chief Financial Officer Lance Tucker, 44, will start overseeing the company’s information systems, such as its online ordering platform.
Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Papa John’s runs over 4,400 pizza restaurants around the world.
Its shares slipped 32 cents to $40.70 in afternoon trading Thursday.


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Childhood Disability in the Family: Recognizing the Added Handicap. Monograph Number Fourteen.
The author reviews research pertaining to parent behavior in relation to child development, repercussions of disability on family life, and techniques for helping parents of disabled children. Section 1 considers theoretical bases of parenting and normal development; biological, psychological, and social factors in the genesis of handicaps; parent adaptation of disability; the role of parents toward the disabled child; and children in families with disabled parents. A second section addresses the psychological trauma experienced by parents when informed of their child's disability, repercussions of the disability on the lives of mothers and the couple, the clinical importance of grandparents in family dynamics around the disabled child, siblings of the disabled child, and repercussions to the family in view of the sociocultural context. A final section focuses on parental guidance in outpatient clinics and in the home environment, the relationship between parents and professionals (both in terms of conflict and mutual help), family therapy and parents' groups, the role of parents' organizations, and fields of future research. Noted among findings are that there is a need for a "third person" as mediator in order to fight isolation of families with handicapped children. Other findings are that social class does not influence psychological adaptation to disability but does play a role in social adaptation, and that parents' associations seem to perform a regulatory role in the system of help to disabled persons. Following a bibliography are copies of commentaries with the folliwng titles and authors: "Comment on Childhood Disability and the Family" (E. Zucman); "Between Earth and Sky--Commentary on Childhood Disability and the Family" (W. Roth); "Commentary on Childhood Disability in the Family--The 'Added Handicap'" (G. Blom, et al.); "The Summer Family Conference--An Adventure in Counseling Families with Handicapped Children" (L. Park); and "Disability in the Family--The Relation between Parents and Professionals" (B. Dyssegaard). (SW)
Publication Type: Information Analyses
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Sponsor: National Inst. of Handicapped Research (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: World Rehabilitation Fund, Inc., New York, NY.

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The W Series is gearing up for its maiden race event at Hockenheim on May 3/4 and has released five liveries for its cars.
The female-only championship was in the process of whittling down the final 28 applicants into the 18 available race slots during a four-day test at Almeria in Spain as Motor Sport closed for press in late March.
Ahead of the final selection process, the series showed off its new 270bhp Tatuus T-318 cars in a range of five different colours. Each car has been designed to leave enough space for prominent driver name placement and graphics to display their nation’s flag.
W Series racing director Dave Ryan said before the start of the final group assessment: “It’ll be much more of a race-focused programme. Lap times are important, but we’re also looking at the rate of improvement and each driver’s ability to work technically and productively with their engineers and mechanics.”
All five British entrants made the final 28, with Jamie Chadwick, Esmee Hawkey, Jessica Hawkins (above), Sarah Moore and Alice Powell all taking part in the final process.
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Among them was an extremely interesting conversation between the Techmo CEO, Bartosz Ziółko, and a world-class specialist in the field of voice and speech pathology, professor Krzysztof Izdebski from San Francisco. The professor is an award-winning member of the scientific community of many recognized medical institutions in the USA, and a co-creator of the botox treatment on vocal cords. From the article we can learn about the significant and complex correlations between voice and health as well as get to know the scientist better. Privately, both gentlemen are friends from Stanford University.
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Planning a party or an event? You’ll want yours to be the social event of the season, but coming up with a fun, unique or interesting party theme ideas can be trickier than it sounds. Here, in no particular order, are our top 20 party theme ideas:
1. Favourite film party
From Titanic to Pretty in Pink, pay homage to your favourite movie by hosting a party with it as the theme. Invite guests to dress up as your favourite characters, heroes and villains. Dress the venue with cool movie props and have a movie inspired menu. You can lean on your theme for the soundtrack too.
2. Holiday themed party
Remember your favourite holiday destination in style. Whether it’s clubbing and chilling in Ibiza or a South African Safari, holiday themes offer lots of scope for the imagination. Play with colour and lighting, blow up your holiday snaps to poster size, or have them projected on the walls.
3. Festival style parties
Love festivals? Then why not create your own? Marquees offer that festival look and feel. Hire live bands, roaming entertainers and a caterer such as Vanilla Bean Events, that can offer a variety of interesting and diverse food stalls. You could even hire Bell tents and offer your guests the chance to glamp!
4. 1950’s themed party
What an era! Guys and galls, you’re gonna love this one! The costumes are great, cool and sexy. The music is a blast and the theming opportunities are second to none. Just make sure burgers and fries are on the menu and that there’s a jukebox in the house.
5. 1960’s party theme
Throw off those shackles and just let your hair down! What an era for music! What an era for fashion. Boundaries were broken in the ‘60s – relive the decade with some psychedelic outfits, hippy hairstyles and a carefree attitude.
6. 1970’s themed party
Okay, it’s been done before – but it’s soooo much fun. The costumes are great, the hairstyles are amazing and the soundtrack is awesome. You can play with lots of theming ideas and props in your venue too. Saturday night fever style light up dancefloors are available for hire… just saying!
7. 1980’s themed party
Diverse, anarchic, androgynous and cool. From Kylie to the Sex pistols, New Romantics to Punk – an 80’s party has it all covered. Go with one overall theme or break up your venue into themed zones to give a shout out to the diverse music of the era.
8. Black and white party
It’s surprising seeing how differently your guests will interpret this simple theme! Have fun with styling – Black and white lends itself to some cool contemporary theming. Black & white dancefloors and bars are readily available and a cool lighting plan can really set things off.
9. Ratpack party
What could be more stylish than a Ratpack party? Channel your inner Dean Martin, get your Sammy Davis on, or go with classic Sinatra. The soundtrack is written and the party virtually styles itself. Introduce some rich colours, add some icon imagery from the era and hire plenty of lounge furniture and place some tall bar stools at the bar.
10. Great Gatsby party
The Great Gatsby has become one of the most popular party theme ideas in recent years. Think speakeasy, cool exclusive spaces and cocktail bars. Create a cool art deco styled venue with black and gold colour splashes. Gents, break out your Spatz, white ties and hats, and for the ladies – beaded dresses, long gloves and T-strap heels. So much fun!
11. Future party
Anything goes! What’s your vision of the future? Get really creative with the theming and let your guests interpret the theme in their own way. There’ll be plenty of robots and more than the odd space alien but the ‘Future’ is a pretty open theme that will inspire some interesting ideas and costumes.
12. Sci-Fi party theme
Keep it general or choose your favourite show or movie. The costumes will be readily available and there are hundreds of characters for your guests to choose from. You could even create your own Comicon! Remember – Geek is the new chic!
13. Disney themed parties
There are decades of ideas in this one! Leave the theme open and let your guests choose their outfits from a multitude modern to classic favourites. The party will be full of colour and what could be more fun than seeing Sleeping Beauty rocking out to a club classic at 2am?
14. Superhero party
We all love a superhero. Who doesn’t want to be Wonder Woman, batman or Superman – even if it’s just for one night? Hire backdrops and banners and movie props to decorate your venue. Project classic movies onto the venue wall. Just remember, not everyone looks great in Lycra….
15. Beach party
Relaxed summer vibes, swim suits, suntan lotion and sand – lots of sand! Make sure you have seafood on your menu, a cocktail bar is a must. What more evocative theme exists? Everyone loves their summer holiday, so why not let them relive their favourite with a beach party themed event?
16. Club Tropicana
Probably the most colourful of our party theme ideas. Neon and bright colours galore! Short shorts, sunglasses, straw hats and Hawaiian shirts. Pink flamingos, cocktail umbrellas and inflatable pineapples! Plus the music of the 1980s… it’s a bold theme, it’s not understated – choose this one if you’re ready to party hard!
17. Arabian or Moroccan theme
Cool, stylish and sophisticated. Low furniture is the order of the day, along with deep, rich colours and some beautiful, ornate decorative touches. Fire pits and Moroccan lanterns add style and don’t forget plenty of floor cushions too. One thing’s for sure – the food will be amazing.
18. Roman party
Togas and Gladiators! A Roman themed party will be full of opulence. There’ll be plenty of good food and the wine will flow. Be sure to leave plenty of bowls of grapes lying around. Low furniture and cushions work well here and there are lots of theming options – hire in plastic columns and statues to set the event space off.
19. Masquerade ball theme
A masquerade ball is full of elegance and mystery. Beautifully draped rooms and opulent touches – masquerade can lean on art deco styling too, so think blacks and golds. There are plenty of props and art deco bars for hire, just don’t forget the masks! One of our favourite party theme ideas.
20. Under the sea
Party beneath the waves! There are props galore available to hire – treasure chest, giant clam shells… Use balloons for bubbles and create wave and water effects with blue and white sheets. A water feature such as a fountain is a wonderful touch. Shimmering dresses and mermaid outfits for the ladies and for the men, think Neptune or even Captain Nemo! For pure fantasy and fun, you can’t find a better theme!
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|As the performance of tablets continues to increase, some of the most recent introductions contain Intel I7 processors and have performance levels rivaling laptop and desktop computers. Because of touch temperature limitations, these tablets can no longer depend upon natural convection for their cooling. This presentation will show the power dissipation limits imposed upon these high performance tablets and will demonstrate how the addition of a small internal air mover can greatly increase power dissipation while still keeping the external touch temperature within acceptable limits. This presentation will show the power dissipation limits under natural convection and then add power limits as a function of airflow rates due to an internal air mover.|
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This was a rout. One of the best organised workplaces in the country, Grangemouth, suffered one of the worst defeats of the trade union movement in years.
Barely a shot was fired. The union was stunned; this wasn't the dispute they thought it was.
Lured into a limited battle over the witch-hunting of a union organiser, the real stakes were quickly revealed when the boss locked workers out of the plant and threatened to close it down.
The union's retreat was humiliating. They conceded everything: pay freezes, an end to final salary pensions, the end of full-time union convenors on site, and no strikes for three years. Employers across the country will look enviously on what Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire boss of Ineos, has achieved.
Why did they lose so badly? After all, this was not the first time that Ratcliffe had gone after the final-salary pensions scheme. He was comprehensively defeated in 2008. His battle with tanker drivers in March this year met with no greater success.
However, it seems that in March Ratcliffe began planning for a new confrontation, and stockpiling oil reserves to see out any strike.
The basis for an offensive was provided by the Falkirk controversy, in which Unite officials were supposedly involved in rigging Labour's selection procedures. It was a candyfloss controversy: mouthwatering, but fuzzy and insubstantial. However, the Labour leadership used it to launch a wide-ranging attack on the union link, forcing the Unite leadership onto the back foot.
Stephen Deans, a Unite representative at the plant and a Labour constituency chair, was initially accused. It was later conceded that he was responsible for no wrongdoing, but Ineos's lawyers used the scandal to justify looking into Deans's company emails to see if he had been using his working time to fight the scandal. They finally suspended Deans, provoking a vote for industrial action.
Thus was the trap laid. The union took their time, beginning with action short of a strike and negotiations. Even when Ineos walked out of Acas negotiations on 15 October, Unite again played cautiously, calling off planned strike action. Ratcliffe responded by locking out the workers the next day and shutting down the plant, imperilling the Scottish economy. This was an employers' strike, not a workers' strike. Instead of workers withdrawing their labour, he withdrew his capital and threatened to withdraw it for good.
The Scottish government would find a buyer for the plant if necessary, but nationalisation was off the agenda. Any private sector buyer would be in a strong position to demand cuts to jobs, as well as pensions and pay. They could make a killing and still be welcomed as a knight in shining armour.
It's easy to blame union leaders for not being more militant, and usually this sort of criticism rings true. But workers at Grangemouth were not straining at the leash, and nor were any ringleaders ready to push the majority into militant action.
When Ratcliffe bypassed the union and offered workers a financial inducement to capitulate – 15 grand plus a top-up for their new pensions and relinquishing their right to strike – the union rightly urged workers to reject it, and it seems a majority did. But at least a third signed the new contracts, accepting utter defeat in exchange for a job and an immediate cash boost.
The tactic had played on workers' fear for their short-term future, encouraging them to individualise their calculations: if they lost their jobs, how would their families survive? In such an unpromising situation, who wouldn't look favourably on £15,000 upfront? It's the same desperate logic that leads us to go to payday lenders and loan sharks, knowing full well that immediate relief will be followed by a high cost.
This signalled the weakening of the union. What had been an overwhelming mandate for strike action was turning into a catastrophic retreat for a significant and growing minority of the workforce.
By the time the union had conceded the employers' demands and practically begged Ratcliffe to put the deal back on the table, most workers were simply glad to have kept their jobs.
Neoliberalism has always been, in part, about changing the calculations that people make by altering the balance of incentives and risks in their daily lives, making individual solutions to their problems easier, ruling collectivist solutions – such as nationalisation or secondary picketing – out of bounds. The wider context of stagnation, austerity and the rightward turn of politics has reinforced this. That is how Ineos won.
Not every workplace is Grangemouth. The same trick can't be pulled twice. But the terrain has just become much more favourable to employers.

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Honda, a Japanese automaker, launched the Shandaar Amaze, the very first time in India in 2013, the vehicle has become one of the most well-liked models in its class. The Honda Amaze got a significant facelift in 2018 that gave it a fresh, modern appearance.
The Honda Amaze comes in five different variants – E, S, V, VX and VX exclusive. All variants are powered by the 1.2-litre, 4-cylinder, i-VTEC petrol engine, which produces a maximum power of 90PS and a maximum torque of 110Nm. The car is also available in a diesel variant, which is powered by a 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder, i-DTEC engine that produces a maximum power of 100PS and a maximum torque of 200Nm.
The Honda Amaze is packed with a host of features, such as automatic climate control, power steering, power- windows, electrically adjustable ORVMs, keyless entry and a push-button start/stop system. The top-end VX Exclusive variants of the car also come with features such as a touchscreen infotainment system and a rearview camera. The car features 15-inch alloy wheels, front fog lights, body-coloured ORVMs (Outside Rear View Mirrors) and door handles.
The Shandaar Honda Amaze is simple to drive through city traffic. The vehicle measures 3,995 mm in length, 1,695 mm in width, and 1,501 mm in height. The car has a wheelbase of 2,470 inches, so passengers in the front and back seats have plenty of room for their legs. The Honda Amaze has a ground clearance of 170 millimetres, which is quite adequate for a vehicle of its size. The car has 420 litres of boot space, which is impressive for a car in this price range.
The Honda Amaze comes in five different variants, each of which has a different set of features.
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In the last ten years, the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), a transgender clinic run by the National Health Service (NHS), has treated more than 70 youngsters, all of whom were three or four years old. Protesters contend that the minors should never have been considered for a psychological evaluation when they were so young.
Health service administrators are now contemplating setting a new minimum age of seven for prospective patients on the basis that younger children lack the language skills to adequately express their desire to identify as the opposite sex to medical professionals.
Government officials are also working to curb the teaching of controversial gender identity ideologies in schools. Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has said that it is detrimental to educate youngsters that they might be born in the incorrect body.
It is “quite common” and “generally not symptomatic of gender incongruence” for young boys to play with girls’ toys or clothing, according to a recent NHS England consultation.
No lower age restriction was imposed on referrals to the GIDS clinic in north London, managed by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, since 1989. However, not all of these referrals were accepted or resulted in treatment.
From 136 in 2010–11 to 3,585 in 2021–22, the trust-produced statistics reveal an astounding increase in the number of young people seen there during the previous decade.
According to Stephanie Davies-Arai of the advocacy organization Transgender Trend, gender clinics are unnecessary for youngsters. Regrettably, some parents now express concern that their gender-non-conforming kid could have been “conceived in the wrong body” and might benefit from therapy. The new minimum age of seven may seem like a step in the right direction, but she cautioned that parents may have “socially transitioned” their children for years by the time they reach that age, leading them to believe they are the other sex when they visit the clinic.
“Tragically, their parents would not have known that the clinic was using treatment approaches biased towards affirmation and unsupported by rigorous evidence,” said Conservative MP Nick Fletcher, a prominent opponent of students’ rights to change their names, pronouns, and classroom uniforms.


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This beautiful celebration began with a special Veterans Day program led by our Student Council including patriotic songs, and the Veterans in the audience were acknowledged and thanked for their service. The entire school then sang songs dedicated to their grandparents & special friends including “The Grandparents Day Song”, “A Bushel and a Peck”, “Count on Me”, “You Raise Me Up”, and “We Are the World”. A special thank you to Mrs. McCafferty and the Student Council for the Veterans Day piece of the program and Ms. Lorenzetti for her musical expertise. After the musical performances, the students enjoyed showing our guests their classrooms & introducing them to their teachers. Many thanks to all who joined us - we had guests who traveled locally, nationally, and even internationally!
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It can be a balancing act when you want to jump on a new decor trend that inspires you, while still keeping your decor timeless so that it doesn’t look dated soon after you’ve updated your look.
So how can you make sure that your design choices will still look good 10 or 15 years down the road? We’ve polled three of Ottawa’s top design experts for their advice.
Classics never go out of style. While it’s tempting to want to keep up with the latest trends, ask yourself if you’d be able to live with those choices five years from now.
Most trends have a lifespan of five to 10 years and some even less. Be true to your own style and what you like and you will never go wrong.
What keeps most people out of “trendy” trouble is being more conservative on the large-ticket items – such as cabinets, flooring and countertops – and infusing some flair with cabinet hardware, mirrors, lighting and accents. The latter are all fairly inexpensive items that can easily be replaced to freshen up your look.
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Consider the age and architecture of your home and try to choose a style that suits it.
For example, your cabinet style: When a Shaker cabinet or face-frame cabinetry is used in a century-old or classic-looking home, it’s more timeless. Meanwhile, a bungalow or modern home with little ornamentation tends to suit a slab or flush cabinet style.
Shades of white for a Shaker cabinet or wood veneer for a slab cabinet tend to stand the test of time and never date. And counters with a subtle marbleized pattern or no pattern tend to look good long term.
A functionally designed space never dates, even if the cabinetry and finishes do. Avoid corner cabinets, oddly shaped islands and rounded or ornate profiles on counters.
Clean simple lines always look good whether in a traditional or modern kitchen.
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In general, I recommend avoiding trendy things that date quickly. Styles and colours come and go, but keep your home’s style in mind. Choosing classic styles and colours will always be present or timeless. Today, the classic style tends towards clean simple lines, more transitional looks with good base colours such as taupe, grey or white that can easily be updated with changes in accessories, wall decor, area rugs or wall colours.
Be careful of the backsplash. It is the one item that will show time the fastest. Backsplash styles come and go very quickly, what is here today is gone tomorrow. Simpler styles, like various subway tile installations, will lend the look to something with more longevity.
If you really want to acknowledge a trend, paint and accessories are a great way to bring trends into your space. They are easy to change with the newest craze.
A well-designed space that considers function first will stand the test of time.

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Even so, its involvement in the notion of the prey has been demonstrated in behavioural and electrophysiological investigation underneath managed situations and the existing study displays in the laboratory the involvement of chemical cues in the capacity of males to transfer towards ladies , recognizing them without any involvement of sight. Our information do not present that odonates in the wild can really differentiate intercourse utilizing olfactory cues. In this regard contemplating the complexity of normal surroundings, behavioral investigation in the discipline are required and will be executed in the foreseeable future. These research are crucial not only to get insight into the chemical ecology of Odonata, so much disregarded, and to shed mild into the issue of olfaction in Paleoptera to trace evolutionary traits in insect chemical communication, but could be useful also to make clear the controversial facets of the mating conduct of polymorphic coenagrionids.
These aspects should have more attention.Cancer stem cells had been first uncovered in acute myelogenous leukemia in 1994. Even so, the relevance of most cancers stem cells in tumorigeneity was investigated only in 2003, after the discovery of the very first sound tumor stem cells in breast most cancers stem cells . BCSCs expressing CD44+CD24/reduced floor markers isolated from human breast most cancers scientific specimens ended up located to be hugely tumorigenic. Sphere tradition is at present the most typical method for enriching a CD44+CD24/lower breast most cancers cell inhabitants by 40-98% from scientific specimens or cell lines.Most cancers stem cells, akin to other stem cells, can self-renew and differentiate. In addition, they exhibit different phenotypes inside the tumor, thus contributing to tumor heterogeneity. Even though cancer stem cells comprise only a minimal populace in the tumor, they are resistant to traditional chemotherapy and radiation remedy.
Moreover, administering chemotherapeutic brokers can enhance the inhabitants of cancer stem cells. For example, human breast most cancers cells implanted in epirubicin-dealt with mice had been discovered to be considerably enriched with CD44+/CD24/reduced cells. The chemoresistance noticed in cancer stem cells is attributed to numerous mechanisms, this kind of as their much more powerful DNA mend, decreased immunogenicity, inherent antiapoptotic qualities, and quiescence. However, It has proven that the overexpression and preferential activation of ATP-binding cassette transporters are the main triggers top to cancer stem cell chemoresistance in 2013.Multidrug-resistant transporters are associates of the ABC transporter superfamily and are prominent in cancer mobile drug resistance.

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Jim Carrey’s Robotnik returns to our world, this time with the signature ‘stach and blue-hatin’ hench machines to take on the blue speedster in the new trailer for Sonic 2. And power is just within his grasp.
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The world’s favorite blue hedgehog is back for a next-level adventure in SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2. After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands. From the filmmakers behind The Fast and the Furious and Deadpool, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 stars James Marsden, Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, and Jim Carrey returning, alongside new additions Shemar Moore, with Idris Elba as the voice of Knuckles, and Colleen O’Shaughnessey as the voice of Tails.
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Owing to the divorce in 2010, Jonathan reduce himself off socially but never let it affect his skilled life. Scott’s first wife was Kelsy Ully and their wedding ceremony was organized in July 2007. The professional life interfered of their relationship and thus the couple separated after six years of their conjugal life. Scott was unable to socialize as a end result of despair for about six months however returned again to his normal life, all of the credit goes to his supportive brother.
The actuality star then shared the photographs of them snuggling in a photo booth on Instagram. Based on information obtainable to us, Jonathan Silver Scott had at least few relationships prior to now few years. Not all particulars about Jonathan’s previous relationships, companions, and breakups are known. Availability of these particulars depend upon how private celebrities are, and because of that we may not know some information. While it’s usually straightforward to seek out out who is Jonathan Silver Scott dating, it’s tougher to keep monitor of all his hookups and exes, nonetheless that received’t at all times be the case. Some things could additionally be extra public than the others, especially when media is involved.
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He has two brothers, Drew Scott his twin brother, and an elder brother, JD. It’s clear that the once-smitten lovers still have a lot of adoration for one another, but Kuznetsov’s caption additionally implied that they have been higher off preserving their relationship platonic. “We will continue to be [a part] of every others lives as friends, and by no means helpful site cease planning what greatness we can create on this world.” Jonathan Scott discovered his “beautiful partner” in girlfriend Jacinta Kuznetsov, however the Property Brother wasn’t at all times so lucky in love. They divorced in 2013, and Jonathan has found his new love in Zooey Deschanel. That identical month, Scott attended a couple of of Deschanel’s holiday concerts that she performed as part of her band She & Him.
After the news leaked out, many of the show’s followers were devastated and perplexed. There is a chance that the host was hurt whereas doing renovations at his house, but neither his household nor his fiancée has made any claims to that impact. People began to marvel what occurred to the Property Brothers after hearing in regards to the family’s devastating loss on the web.
Which is why when we first brought the kids by the property they dubbed it the Park House. And you know what happens if you identify something, whether it’s a mangy stray canine or a beautiful house of your dreams? The subsequent thing you understand, Zooey and I owned the Park House,” he wrote. A few days later, amid rumors of Scott and Deschanel relationship, Scott advised Us Weekly he was courting somebody, but did not determine the individual. Deschanel and Scott, 44, have been together since 2019 after the couple met filming the AppleTV+ present “Carpool Karaoke” with their siblings, Emily Deschanel and Drew Scott. Their relationship deepened through the pandemic after the couple spent loads of quality time collectively during quarantine together with her two kids, who she co-parents with Pechenik.
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Jonathan Scott and Zooey Deschanel discovered each other at just the proper time of their lives — and their whirlwind relationship took fans by surprise. The HGTV star additionally recalled a candy moment when Charlie included him in a household portrait. “Our youngest got here again from college with a picture that he had drawn, and in the picture, he has Mommy and Daddy and Jonathan and his sister and our puppies,” Scott defined.
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The two met while filming an episode of Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. Corden invited the Scott brothers, along with Deschanel and her sister, Emily Deschanel, onto the present to do a siblings episode. “There was a period there where my dad and mom tried to defend me as much as attainable from the ache and the financial stress.
They went public a mere week after the ‘Elf’ star announced that she and her husband of 4 years, movie producer Jacob Pechenik, had been divorcing. Deschanel and Pechenik have two children, Elsie Otter and Charlie Wolf. The actress had been previously married to Death Cab for Cutie vocalist Ben Gibbard, with their marriage lasting from 2009 to 2012. His first wife’s name is Kelsy Ully, a WestJet crew scheduler with whom he loved his marriage ceremony life for about six years and got divorced in 2013. Their conjugal life was surrounded by misunderstanding and disputes which compelled them to separate with mutual agreement. After Kelsy, he met Jacinta Kuznetsov at a charity gate in September 2015.

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Goldman: "2013 Is Different: For The Second Time The Expectation Of A Last Minute Deal Was Incorrect"
The main reason for last week's massive market surge on nothing but hope, if no actual deal, is due to the market's now habituated response that no matter what happens in Congress, there will always be a last minute deal. After all this was the pattern with the 2011 government shutdown and debt ceiling deal, and the 2012 fiscal cliff solution: surely enough points to make a pattern. However, as Goldman's Alec Phillips points out, 2013 may be different: "First, Congress allowed sequestration to take effect on March 1, despite the expectation among many observers earlier in the year that the cuts would be pushed off in light of the predicted the negative practical and economic effects that might result. Then, two weeks ago, Congress allowed the government to shut down. For the second time this year, the expectation of a last-minute deal turned out to be incorrect."
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Since 2011, split control of Congress has led to greater policy uncertainty, but fiscal deadlines always seemed to end with a last-minute resolution. For example, in early 2011, amid a dispute over spending levels and after several short-term extensions of spending authority, Congress nearly allowed spending authority to lapse. This would have resulted in a government shutdown, but it was avoided at the last minute (agreement was reached at 11:15 pm, just short of the midnight deadline). Over the following two years, Congress avoided several possible shutdowns by passing another eight “continuing resolutions” to extend spending authority. The “fiscal cliff” was also averted following a last-minute deal, as was the 2011 debt ceiling debate.
This year has been different. First, Congress allowed sequestration to take effect on March 1, despite the expectation among many observers earlier in the year that the cuts would be pushed off in light of the predicted the negative practical and economic effects that might result. Then, two weeks ago, Congress allowed the government to shut down. For the second time this year, the expectation of a last-minute deal turned out to be incorrect.
After reaching agreement ahead of (or slightly after) so many deadlines over the last couple of years, the failure to address sequestration and the government shutdown could be interpreted to suggest that conventional wisdom that Congress always reaches a last minute agreement is now broken. This interpretation is likely behind the market reaction ahead of the debt limit deadline.
While there is an element of truth to this—some lawmakers have begun to shrug off the warnings of negative consequences from missing fiscal deadlines—we believe the shutdown occurred and the sequester took effect possibly because Republican leaders viewed it as necessary in order to ensure an increase in the debt limit. This is why we have held the view that while the shutdown was a negative development in its own right, it did not imply greater risk to the debt ceiling hike, and might have even reduced the risk.
So what does this mean for the path ahead? We interpret the events over the last year to mean that while Congress has become increasingly willing to allow more incrementally negative policy outcomes like the shutdown and the sequester, the debt limit still represents a line that Congress is not willing to cross.
Maybe. Then again, if the increasingly prevalent thought that the US can shoulder a prioritization of payments without actually defaulting by satisying interest payments if not non-critical payments that are not supported by incoming tax revenues, the debt ceiling deadline could mean the third time is the hardly the charm when it comes to crossing critical D-Day headlines. Very much to what would be the market's complete shock and horror.
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The five members of the Yorkshire Wolds Versatile Brass launch their unique programme of entertainment tomorrow.
The concert is at Hackness Village Hall and then the band plays with the Ayton Ladies Choir at Queen Street Methodist Central Hall, Scarborough, on Wednesday July 2.
The Hackness date will be the first time the ensemble performs the Wold Top March, written by Scarborough’s musician Dave Clegg and commissioned by theHunmanby-based brewery.
“Local members Tony Turner ( trombone) and Craig Gaskell (cornet) have been working with Dave and brewery directors Gill and Tom Mellor to develop a Beer and Brass collaboration that will be part of the brewery’s Moonbeams Festival on the weekend of the July 12,” said Tim Priestley, tuba player from Newbald on the Wolds.
It will also see the launch of the band’s new CD.
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