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WTF Is the Pegan Diet? (and Would You Try It?)
What do you get when you combine two of the most popular — and controversial — diets out there? The Pegan diet. Vegan plus Paleo equals Pegan, get it?
But if you’re thinking the Pegan diet is just a vegan form of the Paleo diet, think again: The diet, created by Dr. Mark Hyman, who has a slew of diet books like The 10-Day Detox Diet and The UltraSimple Diet under his belt, actually takes, what he considers to be, the best of both worlds and combines the two diets into something that is no longer vegan (there’s meat involved) or strictly Paleo.
Yahoo Health talked with Hyman to get the lowdown on the diet, which they call the “better-for-you child of Paleo and Vegan,” and here’s the basic gist: Pegans can eat unlimited fruits and veggies, small amounts of gluten-free grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, and small amounts of meat (Hyman suggests thinking of meat more as a condiment to give dishes more flavor) and eggs. Like the traditional Paleo diet, dairy, gluten and added sugar are all no-nos. And like the vegan diet, veggies take up the most room on your plate.
So if you’re just using meat in small portions, why include it at all? Hyman explains his reasoning in a January 2015 blog post titled “Why I am a Pegan — or Paleo-Vegan — and Why You Should Be Too!”:
“Eating sustainably raised, clean meat, poultry and lamb and other esoteric meats such as ostrich, bison or venison as part a healthy diet is not likely harmful and is very helpful in reducing triglycerides, raising HDL (or good cholesterol), lowering blood sugar, reducing belly fat, reducing appetite, raising testosterone and increasing muscle mass. On the other hand, eating a lot of meat puts pressure on the planet – more water use, more climate change, and more energy inputs. Eat meat as a side dish or condiment, and only consume grass fed and sustainably-raised.”
Now, obviously this diet doesn’t work for folks who adhere to a vegan or vegetarian diet for ethical reasons and, according to our poll, that covers nearly 70 percent of vegans. But Paleo devotees might be swayed by the Pegan diet’s seemingly more laid-back guidelines. What do you think, Paleo fans: Would you go Pegan?
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Late Term Abortion Clinic - WELCOME
LateTermAbortion.net was established following careful thought and consideration to the numerous limitations and difficulties women continually encounter in attempt to locate skilled physicians who can perform late second and third trimester pregnancy terminations (late term abortion) for maternal medical or fetal indication.
We now live in a climate where physicians are legitimately intimidated and fearful of terminating even medically indicated abortions in late term because of the anti-abortion political positions maintained by the hospitals they may work in, along with the anti-abortion opinions now permeating hospital and medical boards, the legislature and our legal systems.
I am a highly trained Board Certified Ob/Gyn and completed a two year fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. I have been performing pregnancy terminations / late term abortion for 25 years and I have helped thousands of women in late second trimester and late term pregnancies in need of an abortion. I have been subjected to numerous false criticisms, allegations and convictions. I have encountered enormous obstacles, have spent and continue to spend endless amounts of time and incalculable funds on legal defense. I have endured threats against my life and face daunting obstructions of one form or another on a daily basis. I do this because I believe so strongly in a women's right to choose, and particularly for those who must face fetal abnormalities in the late second or third trimester of pregnancy. When I state that I can understand why physicians do not want to take the risk of helping those patients, I can say that I understand why.
Yet, I stand strong, committed, and even more dedicated to providing safe, compassionate, therapeutic termination of pregnancy procedures in a considerate and respectful manner. LateTermAbortion.net strives to provide professional and courteous services to women, their partners, and their families who are considering the decision to end their pregnancies for fetal or maternal reasons.
Our late term abortion clinic is able to provide the expertise from a physician with over 25 years of experience performing late term abortions, and the first in the United States to induce labor using RU486 and Cytotec in second trimester and late term abortions. LateTermAbortion.net is prohibited from performing this specialized procedure in our Florida offices because at this time, Florida laws prevent termination of pregnancy beyond 24 weeks. It is my hope to one day challenge the unconstitutionality of a law that requires procedures after 24 weeks to be performed in a hospital when there are no hospitals in Florida that allow a termination procedure to be performed as long as a fetus still has a heartbeat. LateTermAbortion.net specializes in caring for those patients who are diagnosed with health problems that can affect the mother's life or health, or there is a severe fetal abnormality not compatible with life. We provide the support, care, and help those patients need to begin the healing process. We specialize, and limit our practice to helping patients in need of therapeutic (maternal and fetal) indications for abortions. Our private environment provides our patients with the supportive professional care they deserve. Our serene and quiet setting allows each patient and their family the privacy, individualized attention and care they need by our physicians and staff who are committed to providing superior abortion services.
We perform the intracardiac injection of medication into the fetal heart in our private facility in the Washington, D.C. area. Once the fetal heart beat has stopped, the patient can elect to return back to her private physician to complete the induction of labor with delivery of the fetus, or they may elect to go to another facility to have the termination process completed. It is unfortunate that patients have to go through this process, but it is legal, safe, practical and sound. The location in Washington D.C. where the procedure is performed is not publicly disclosed to prevent harassment, intimidation, harm, and even possible physical injury to patients, staff, and the physicians who dedicate themselves to performing this much needed service. The staff is protected from any potential day to day harassment of themselves or their families.
LateTermAbortion.net performs intracardiac injections to stop the fetal heart beat on late second and third trimester therapeutic termination of pregnancy procedures when fetal anomalies and/or genetic defects are found or to protect the health of the woman. Therapeutic abortion procedures end pregnancies that were originally wanted, but cannot be continued due to problems with the fetus or to protect the health of the woman.
Women in need of a therapeutic abortion have few choices of where to have the procedure performed. As in the State of Florida, the majority of hospitals, medical centers, clinics, and physician offices across the country do not perform the intracardiac injection procedure at all due to a lack of training, moral values or fear, or for choosing not to perform this procedure.
We are able to offer the patients their privacy, anonymity and the support they need. Alternatively, a woman may choose to have her procedure performed at one of the very few abortion clinics that offer therapeutic termination of pregnancy as an ancillary service, in addition to their regular abortion services. LateTermAbortion.net offers our patients a new choice. We are America's only physician group that limits its private medical practice solely to providing compassionate, safe therapeutic abortions.
The decision to end any pregnancy is difficult; the decision to end a wanted pregnancy because of serious fetal or maternal problems can be even more heart-wrenching. Our late term abortion clinic is dedicated to providing professional, compassionate care to the women, their partners and families who are confronted with this difficult decision.

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IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
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Pages read in 2018 : 553.
This isn’t a competition or anything, but who is winning? Me or you? One of those books was poetry, so even I, the self-proclaimed reading champ, knows it shouldn’t count as full pages. Let’s not get hung up on the details. I just finished a book this morning at 5:30 AM, yes, I’ve been staying up that
late early and it was so weird and wonderful and confusing that I really need to talk it out with someone. Thankfully, a friend loaned me the book so I can call him, but what about the next book? Who will be there to discuss? I’m trying to head this proposed catastrophe off by asking you to read with me.
A year in Readview, get it? Of course you do. I’m so clever and it’s absolutely because of the books I read this year. I’m always asking other peeps what they’re reading and so I figured I should share my booklist from this past year as well. Below are most of the books I read in 2017 and a few I listened to. Unfortunately, I usually give away my books after i finish them and I am quite forgetful so there are bound to be a few books I’ve left off the list. Oops.
While traveling, I’m always reading one, or more likely five, books at a time. I read the following three books one after another while traveling throughout southeast Asia and while I admittedly felt extremely bummed out afterwards, I’m pleased I did. These three works are all largely based on true stories making them all the more powerful. Each novel features younger characters that reveal harsh realities of those living in developing countries. If you haven’t had the chance to travel, read these novels and venture far and wide from your couch. You won’t be sorry you did although you’ll probably be more sympathetic to those across the ocean.
When the Elephants Dance is equal parts misery and magic, written by Urize Holthe, a Filipina-American writer from San Francisco, the novel is inspired by actual experiences of her father who was a young boy in the Philippines during World War II. When the Elephants Dance begins during the final week of the Japanese-American battle for possession of the Philippines. Told by three distinct narrators, the novel recounts supernatural tales based on indigenous Filipino mythology and Spanish-influenced legends as told by an extended family hiding in a cellar during the last week of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Alternating between the gruesome realities of rape, starvation, and torture brought on by the war, When the Elephants Dance is a multi-layered view of the history and culture of a war-torn nation.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo won a national book award for nonfiction. This novel is based on three years of reporting in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. No matter how different you may seem from the characters in this novel, you’ll be rooting for them from page one. This is a story of personal tragedy set within a city’s larger global recession that results in suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power and economic envy. As the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed and one realizes the fragility of human life.
In the Sea There Are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda is the story of a ten year old boy who is left to travel from Afghanistan to Italy on his own. This story seems especially pertinent at a time when masses are scrambling across borders to safer havens. Travel with ten-year-old Enaiatollah over the course of five years as he treks across mountains, rides in suffocatingly small spaces, and faces violent seas in an inflatable raft. While Enaiat eventually reaches safety, the same is not true for his traveling companions. If you’ve ever needed to harbor compassion for illegal immigrants read this novel.
While this certainly isn’t the most uplifting post, it’s way up there as one of the most important. Sometimes it’s easy to feel removed from our planet’s social tragedies, but these three novels close the gap between privilege and misfortune. Whenever I’m having a bad day, I like to remind myself of all my first-world problems, it helps me to feel ridiculous and grateful at the same time.
The image of me reading was taken by the truly talented Saleem Ahmed.

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Hayley Westenra with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra at the NCH, Friday 28th March.
Having not graced our shores for two years, Kiwi soprano Hayley Westenra was greeted by a packed NCH for this the latest instalment of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s Signature Series. Considering the huge success she has had since her first international release in 2003, it’s refreshing to witness her humble presence on the Dublin stage. The crowd seem pleased too when she announces her love of the city and its Concert Orchestra.
Those familiar with her must will be aware of her career spanning well over ten years, a large feat for the twenty-six year old. Tonight Westenra is sporting a new look, with her shorter, darker hair and as her newly placed wedding band catches the stage lights the reality that her fans have literally watched her grow up hits home. Her latest release, Hushabye, sees her take on a selection of popular lullabies but tonight’s programme is filled with snippets from all stages of Westenra’s rich career.
Initially her vocals are weak and perhaps this is because this is her first performance for 2014. However, during the chorus of My Heart Belongs to You it’s almost like a switch turns on and her true ability resonates through the NCH. Throughout performances of Scarborough Fair and Let Me Lie, it is clear why Westenra was an obvious choice to join the Celtic Woman line-up for a short stint in 2006. Blessed with a voice that can be crafted to any genre and a youthful, delicate timbre she not only performs the songs but embodies the characteristics of these airy tunes.
A post-interval selection of tunes from her favourite female singers sees Westenra cover more, much loved songs. The highlight of the evening comes with her rendition of the Les Misérables classic, I dreamed a dream. Here her interpretation breathes new life into the well-known lyrics and it’s almost as if you are hearing the song for the first time. The same can be said for her take on You Raise Me Up, one even she admits has been sang by everyone.
Although she may have started out off form, Hayley Westenra redeemed herself early into tonight’s performance. Those who may have struggled with the reason for her huge success must have come to a realisation as she proved her ability this evening. Her unique charm, clever choice of programme and clear talent was a real treat for her fans. Her humble approach was flattered by the ease with which the Concert Orchestra accompanied. Considering what seems to be a warm relationship between the two, it’s easy to see why she is so taken by them.

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A banking taskforce has launched the Better Business Finance campaign which includes a £2.5bn growth fund and the provision of mentors to help companies navigate lending approval decisions.
The Business Finance Taskforce has launched a campaign uniting all UK high street banks that is designed to provide faster approvals for bank lending to businesses. It includes a £2.5bn Business Growth Fund for bank loans to qualifying businesses, aimed especially at SMEs.
The Better Business Finance campaign, originally announced last summer, was launched by the Treasury Secretary Lord Sassoon and Angela Knight (pictured), chief executive of the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), and a panel of bankers at the Global Manufacturing Festival in Sheffield on Tuesday.
The Taskforce comprises the six high street banks – Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Standard Chartered – and the BBA.
The purpose of the campaign is partly to show that the banking industry is committed to investing in enterprise and industry, and partly to answer more clearly the disconnect between two camps – lenders who say they have money to lend at historically low rates and business borrowers who say they cannot get finance at competitive rates, if at all.
Better Business Finance covers 17 initiatives that include improving customer relationships, an effective appeals process for failed applications, providing simply better access to finance and better information for customers.
Part of the campaign is a £2.5bn Business Growth Fund that was announced in February, which comes on stream in May. Backed by the UK’s six big banks it is designed to help small manufacturing and service sector companies in its first year.
A website, www.betterbusinessfinance.co.uk, provides companies with a route to financing options and explains how approval decisions are made, drawing on factors like the applicant’s turnover, cash position and debt. Described as the “fast portal that businesses have been looking for”, it is designed as a navigation tool not an application process.
The site describes alternative, non-bank sources of finance like equity financing, and techniques like discount invoicing and factoring, explaining their suitability for a company’s needs. It also provides fact sheets to assist with writing a business plan to access government’s Export Finance Guarantee scheme.
Better Business Finance (BBF) has several other components, including a nationwide mentoring service whose job it is to guide smaller businesses through finance application processes to achieve better results.
The campaign is linked to the New Business Growth Fund, which provides £200m in equity funding for companies for whom a loan is not suitable and the Taskforce pledged to help make funding suitability clearer to companies.
It also claims to provide clearer access to the Government’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee fund, to help, mainly larger, companies who qualify to access syndicated debt options from more than one bank, and, in time, to provide better support for access to trade finance. The new rules of the Basle banking code which mandates bank capital ratios does not recognise trade finance as a form of debt. This can increase the cost of trade finance and the BBA claims it is an oversight of the Basle system that it is working to include in its capital ratio method.
The Taskforce also promised to provide better quality information to customers as part of the campaign, pledging to provide information in bank branches and to provide comprehensive lists of non-bank lenders like equity finance companies and business angels.
It also pledged to execute a business finance survey of 1,000 companies across the UK and all sectors, which it said would shape the Taskforce’s future objectives and would be a benchmarking survey for industry and government.
Launching the campaign the BBA’s Angela Knight said: “Business and enterprise are at the heart of the economy and banks are ready to play their full part in supporting our customers. Money is there for viable businesses and we want to work with business organisations and firms to ensure they are able to access the funds they need.”
A nationwide roadshow of BBT events that explain how the Better Business Finance programme works will take place throughout 2011, see below for details.
Business Finance Taskforce – www.bba.org.uk/taskforce
Details of the Better Business Finance Outreach roadshow – www.betterbusinessfinance.co.uk/events
Global Manufacturing Festival: Sheffield
Look out in the Finance and Blog section for manufacturers’ questions and answers to the Taskforce panel at the Better Business Finance launch at Cutler’s Hall, Sheffield, on March 15.

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E. Main and Ingraham Intersection Gets Colorful Makeover
City Closing Intersections at E. Main Street and Ingraham Avenue for Painting
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - E. Main Colorized Intersection Pilot Project May 21st
LAKELAND, FL (May 16, 2017) – The City of Lakeland CRA is partnering with Harrison School for the Arts, Rochelle School of the Arts and Boring Business Solutions to give the intersection at E. Main Street and Ingraham Avenue a makeover on Sunday, May 21, 2017.
The CRA is diligently working to transform and support the identity of the East Main District. Last year, a design competition was held to inspire interest in this important connection to Lakeland’s downtown. The influx of artistic interest helped define the task at hand – to create more art in public spaces.
These street murals are a way to help neighborhoods create a sense of identity and community pride. The colorized intersection project is an opportunity to reimagine and recreate the environment and work together on unique projects that benefit the City and the surrounding community. The project brings together local business and property owners, artists, city officials and staff in a unique and fun way. The centerpiece that is created becomes a sense of community pride that cannot be bought, and builds relationships that otherwise may not exist.
Partnership with Harrison School for the Arts and Rochelle School of the Arts
Inspired by the East Main Design District project, Art/iFact’s Elizabeth Hults was enlisted to create the masterpiece that will be the center of E. Main Street and Ingraham Ave. With Hults’ design, visual arts students from the Harrison School for the Arts and Rochelle School of the Arts will add their artistic flare to the intersection.
Road Closure and Detour Information
The City will temporarily close the intersection at E. Main Street and Ingraham Avenue beginning at 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning, May 21st, and will reopen the intersection at approximately 6 p.m. the same day. For more information about the road closure, please contact Angelo Rao, Traffic Operations and Parking Services Manager at Angelo.email@example.com or (863) 834-3492.
Kevin Cook, Communications | 863/834-6264 | Kevin.Cook@Lakelandgov.net


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Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, issued a statement Wednesday, offering support for Barrett Brown, whose sentencing was delayed until January.
Assange, who is holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, expressed solidarity with Brown and sympathy over his plight.
Brown, a Dallas journalist who has claimed to be the unofficial spokesman of the underground hacking group Anonymous, is facing up to eight years in federal prison for helping hackers who breached corporate computers.
Assange said in a written statement posted on WikiLeaks that “the situation involves me personally and the work of WikiLeaks.”
“Barrett’s Hunter S. Thompson style, his public lampooning of the U.S. security state and his defense of WikiLeaks and Anonymous did not win him friends in the U.S. administration,” Assange wrote.
Assange also weighed in on some other issues, including Google and Hilary Clinton, during an interview he gave.
Assange has been living in exile inside the embassy since 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden to face questioning related to two alleged sexual assaults.
Brown has been in federal custody since his arrest more than two years ago.
He pleaded guilty in April to accessory after the fact in the unauthorized access to a protected computer.
In that case, evidence showed Brown assisted a hacker in 2011 who stole information, including credit card numbers, from the computers of the private intelligence firm Stratfor.
Brown offered to communicate with Stratfor’s chief executive on behalf of the hacker to see if the executive had any “reasonable requests” to redact any of the information that was hacked, court records show.
He also admitted to transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, for threatening the FBI agents who were investigating him. And Brown admitted to interfering with a search warrant and to hiding his laptop computers from the FBI when they searched his mother’s home in 2012.
Brown has received more than 100 letters of support from around the world, including Germany, Switzerland, India and Turkey.

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The Lucy Wilson Mysteries: Christmas Crackers
Ogmore-by-Sea seems to have gone back to its old sleepy way. But adventure never stops for Lucy Wilson and her best friend Hobo, not even during the holiday season...
In the run up to the Christmas holidays, Lucy and Hobo help out at the school Christmas Fayre. But what’s inside the Christmas crackers? Why are people going missing? How does everyone seem to be so unlucky? And who is the mysterious Crone?
A collection of five stories set between Christmas, the New Year and beyond... This book is Christmas Crackers!
Featuring stories by Cherry Cobb, Tim Gambrell, Terry Cooper, Keren Williams & Chris Lynch.
Lost in Christmas by Michael Sloan
When the Karoller family visit Macy’s on Christmas Eve, they are magically transported from the real world onto a series of Christmas cards. As they jump from one card to another, they find themselves in Victorian England, meeting Elvis Presley, running away from dinosaurs, and making friends with a very clever smowman. But how will they get home? In Lost in Christmas, the Karoller family learn life lessons about love, trust, family, and the spirit of Christmas.
About the Author
Written by Michael Sloan (the man who created the TV series and Hollywood blockbuster The Equalizer featuring Denzel Washington). Other credits include: Battlestar Galactica, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, The Six Million Dollar Man, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew Mysteries and Columbo.
The League of Red Nosed Gentlemen by Mark Carton
In the sleepy town of Oonabligen, deep in the heart of Greenland, something strange is going on…
The mysterious League of Red Nosed Gentlemen is paying people to sit around doing nothing. Why? It’s not even Christmas!
Well, it’s always kind of Christmas in Oonabligen. When its inhabitants aren’t shovelling snow, they’re scoffing mince pies.
But for Nicolas Miseltow, detective extraordinaire, it’s not the holidays yet. He will need everything he’s learned from TV mysteries to crack this case…
Featuring zany illustrations by Sash Waite, The League of Red Nosed Gentlemen is sure to spread festive cheer to all ages, all year round.


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A “food forest” proposed for an East Vancouver park can help the neighbourhood secure a local food supply, especially during a pandemic.
A food forest is different from a community garden, as there are no individual plots and it is designed for native plants, shrubs and trees, with input from Indigenous community members, according to Marie-Pierre Bilodeau of Refarmers, one of three non-profits that pitched the idea to the city’s park board late last year.
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The community would share in the harvest of the Vancouver Urban Food Forest Collective Garden and gain knowledge from it about growing their own food on their balconies, which are both designed to increase food security for the marginalized, she said.
It is to be built in the Burrard View Park in the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood. Proponents and park board staff are finalizing the location in the park.
The area around the park includes 40 per cent single-family homes, 60 per cent low-rise apartments, three low-income B.C. Housing complexes, the Aboriginal Mother’s Centre, and the Kiwassa Neighbourhood House, all of which service “underserved populations,” according to the parks staff report.
The park is ideal because “it is closest to the greatest number of people who don’t have space to grow their own food,” said Bilodeau.
“I hope we can demonstrate how amazingly cool they are, how revolutionary this is,” she said of food forests, which are becoming popular in the U.S. “There should be free food for everyone. It creates a different vibe.”
There are smaller food forests, including a small one at Riley Park, City Farmer in Kitsilano, another in Renfrew-Collingwood, and the Copley orchard near Trout Lake, said Bilodeau.
The Vancouver park board was to have voted on a staff recommendation to approve the proposal at the board’s regular meeting this week.
Cate Jones, who addressed the board as a representative of the Burrardview Community Association, said the group supported the proposal but requested it be moved from the park’s only flat grassy area that was well-used by children for casual sports and by picnickers.
The board has sent the proposal back to staff for more talks with proponents and others in the community “to identify a suitable location,” said spokeswoman Daria Wojnarski in an email.
The food forest, proposed by three non-profits, Refarmers, Kiwassa Neighbourhood House and Lettuce Harvest, was supported by 70 per cent of respondents to a parks survey. About one-third wanted a different location.

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Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: محمود درويش) (13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for his literary output and was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. In his work, Palestine became a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile. He has been described as incarnating and reflecting "the tradition of the political poet in Islam, the man of action whose action is poetry".
Mahmoud Darwish was born in the village of al-Birwa in the Western Galilee. He was the second child of Salim and Houreyyah Darwish. His family were landowners. His mother was illiterate, ... more »
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Mahmoud Darwish Poems
I Come From There
I come from there and I have memories Born as mortals are, I have a mother And a house with many windows, I have brothers, friends, And a prison cell with a cold window.
Here on the slopes of hills, facing the dusk and the cannon of time Close to the gardens of broken shadows, We do what prisoners do, And what the jobless do:
O rose beyond the reach of time and of the senses O kiss enveloped in the scarves of all the winds surprise me with one dream that my madness will recoil from you
They did not recognize me in the shadows That suck away my color in this Passport And to them my wound was an exhibit For a tourist Who loves to collect photographs
On the day when my words were earth... I was a friend to stalks of wheat. On the day when my words were wrath
A Lover from Palestine
Your eyes are a thorn in my heart Inflicting pain, yet I cherish that thorn And shield it from the wind. I sheathe it in my flesh, I sheathe it, protecting it from night and agony,
Write down ! I am an Arab And my identity card number is fifty thousand I have eight children And the ninth will come after a summer Will you be angry?
Silence For Gaza
With dynamite she raps her waist… She explodes…
This land gives us all that makes life worth living: April's blushing advances, the aroma of bread at dawn, a woman's haranguing of men, the poetry of Aeschylus,
To my mother
I long for my mother's bread My mother's coffee Her touch Childhood memories grow up in me Day after day
The Prison Cell
It is possible… It is possible at least sometimes… It is possible especially now To ride a horse Inside a prison cell And run away…
Don't apologize for what you've done
Don't apologize for what you've done - I'm saying this in secret. I say to my personal other: Here all of your memories are visible: Midday ennui in a cat's somnolence,
The Dice Player
Who am I to say to you what I say to you? I was not a stone polished by water and became a face nor was I a cane punctured by the wind and became a flute... I am a dice player,
This road takes me; a horse guiding a horseman A traveler like me cannot look back I have walked far enough to know where autumn begins: there, behind the river,
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I Come From There
I come from there and I have memories
Born as mortals are, I have a mother
And a house with many windows,
I have brothers, friends,
And a prison cell with a cold window.
Mine is the wave, snatched by sea-gulls,
I have my own view,
And an extra blade of grass.
Mine is the moon at the far edge of the words,
And the bounty of birds,
And the immortal olive tree.
I walked this land before the swords
Turned its living body into a laden table.
I come from there. I render the sky unto her mother
When the sky weeps for her mother.
And I weep ...

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Having your teeth aligned is an essential decision to make, misaligned teeth can cause less confidence, discomfort, and even complications to your oral health. Another thing to consider is what type of orthodontic treatment should you take.
Metal braces are considered to be the basis for today’s orthodontic treatments that fix misaligned teeth. But due to the appearance of metal braces many patients opt for a more concealed type of orthodontics which is Clear Aligners. Falls Lake Dental in Raleigh, NC offers two types of clear aligners; ClearCorrect and Invisalign.
What are Clear Aligners?
Clear aligners are orthodontic appliances that are transparent plastic tray form of dental braces used to fix the alignment of the teeth. It works by gradually moving your teeth to its desired position the moment the treatment starts. Clear aligners are custom built that are specially made for your needs; you can replace it yourself every two weeks since it does not require tightening. A visit to the dentist every 4 to 6 weeks is needed only for checking if the clear aligners are doing their job properly.
Advantages of Clear Aligners
- It can straighten your teeth without wires.
- Boosts your confidence.
- Provides comfort – Clear aligners can be removed if necessary
- Easy to clean – unlike traditional braces Clear Aligners does not involve any wires that can get in the way.
- Safe to wear – It does not have any metal that can wound the inside of your mouth.
- Clear aligners can straighten teeth faster
- It can correct a variety of teeth imperfections
- Since they are transparent, they are subtle to wearing.
Using 3D Technology Clear aligners can provide the same results as a metal braces without the hassle of brackets and wires. With clear aligners, proper dental hygiene can still be achieved for the maintenance and prevention of any dental complications.
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The new fiscal year has started with some uncertainty amid the second wave of corona and rising commodity prices after the bull run of FY 2021. But analysts are very optimistic about economic growth and corporate earnings. Market analysts are finding many stocks quite attractive at the moment.
There has been a spectacular rally in the market in 2020-21. During this period, there has been an increase of nearly 70 per cent in the key indices, which has been the best performance of this decade. The market recovered strongly from the low of March 2020 and went above the record level of January 2020.
The large relief packages brought in to tackle taxonomy in the world’s largest countries, strong foreign institutional investment, signs of economic recovery, better-than-expected quarterly results and low interest rates were the reasons that led to the market in FY 2020-21 Got to see great speed. However, in recent weeks, the second wave of Corona has seen considerable fluctuations due to rising commodity prices, rising bond yields and a strengthening dollar index.
Vineet Sharma of Narnolia Financial Talking to Moneycontrol said that in FY 2021 most of the companies faced heavy upheaval. At the same time, technology-related companies were seen touching new heights. Despite all the challenges this year, the balance seat of most companies has strengthened.
Significantly, the Indian equity market saw an investment of Rs 2.7 crore from foreign funds this year. Market watchers say that the second wave of Covid-19 could disturb the market in the short run. But from a long-term perspective, there are good prospects for growth in the market. So far, good returns can be earned by investing in the short term.
Here we are going to tell the select stocks of veterans which can earn good in FY 2022.
Narnolia Financial Advisor’s choice of Vinita Sharma
HDFC Bank – The stock has a buy recommendation for a target of Rs.1785. Further, the bank’s credit growth is expected to remain strong. Personal loans, credit cards and whole sale are expected to do better business in all segments.
Infosys – This stock has a buy recommendation for a target of Rs 1550. The company’s business, market share is expected to increase further due to the increasing emphasis on digital transformation. The company bagged a $ 7.1 billion deal in the third quarter. Which is one and a half times higher than the entire FY 2020.
Nestle India: Has a buy recommendation for a target of Rs 19,150. The company continues to remain focused on its expansion plans. There is a plan to invest Rs 2,600 crore in the next 3 years. This will give a boost to the company’s business.
Religare Broking’s Ajit Mishra’s investment advice
Bharti Airtel – The stock has a buy recommendation for a target of Rs 709. The company will also benefit from the increased use of digital technology in the Covid era. The company’s customer base is also seeing steady growth. Further increase in tariff can also be seen.
Britannia Industries – The stock has a buy recommendation with a target of Rs 4,265. Further, there is a huge potential for growth in the company’s business. The company is focusing on new launches and new products. Apart from this, there is a lot of work to be done on the expansion of brand building and network. Which will be further benefited.
Mahindra & Mahindra – The stock has a buy recommendation on target of Rs 1,087. The company has a strong footprint in the agricultural equipment and automotive business. The company has a good reputation in rural areas. The company will further benefit from the growing demand for tractors in the country.
Ashika Stock Broking Ashutosh Mishra’s Picks
State Bank of India I recommend buying for a target of 500 rupees. In the coming quarters, the bank’s asset quality and loan growth may see a good growth, which will give the bank an edge on the path of profit in FY 2022.
Tata Steel Has a purchase recommendation for a target of Rs 1,000. Further reduction will be seen in the company’s debt level. The company has a strong presence across the steel value chain, making it one of the strongest players in its sector.
Tech Mahindra The purchase recommendation is for a target of Rs 1,400. The company is expected to benefit significantly in the 5G rollout in the absence of Chinese companies because of the company’s leadership position in the telecom sector.
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Musical tale “Boniface’s Adventure” premiered in Penza
Penza, 14 April 2015. PenzaNews. A musical tale “Boniface’s Adventure” has premiered on the second stage of the Penza regional Lunacharsky Drama Theater on Tuesday, April 14.
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The premier play was attended by young pupils of school No. 7.
The play director Vladimir Karpov has written the script for the play himself, and based it on the tale “Boniface and his cousins” by the Czech author and screenwriter Milos Macourek – the story well known to Russian audience because of the 1965 cult cartoon “Boniface’s Holiday” directed by Fyodor Khitruk.
Vladimir Karpov decided to avoid closely following the original fairy tale or the cartoon, and created his own history, with new characters and plot twists. However, the main idea remained: if you are used to make other people happy, you will never get away from your destiny, and your best holidays will be when you continue making others happy – which is exactly what happened to the protagonist, a famous circus lion Boniface, played by Nikolai Shapovalov.
One of the main protagonists of the play is circus atmosphere that never leaves the stage. Acrobatic tricks, magic performances, funny jokes and unusual lightning effects keep the audience entertained all through, and everyone is involved – from Boniface himself, to the circus director played by Igor Serebryaniy, to little children of Africa, the Boy played by Artem Samokhin and the Girl (played by Olga Panina, who also performs as Boniface’s Grandmother). The viewers are also kept at the edge of their seats by the evil savages, Umba played by Albert Ibraev, and Yumba played by Alexander Steshin.
The music for the play was written by Valery Kulikov and performed by well-known Penza musicians. Olga Roba helped the actors sing, and the dances were instructed by Natalya Kinge.


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They had made this pilgrimage once before, grandmother and 11-year-old granddaughter, heading off together to a political rally to get a glimpse at living history, at Geraldine A. Ferraro, the first woman to be nominated by a major party for the Vice Presidency.
That was in 1984. Since then, Wendy Fresn has grown old enough to vote. Her grandmother, Florence R. Corron, broke down political barriers herself, becoming, as she puts it, the "first and only" woman to be elected a Town Supervisor in Clinton County. She's still serving strong at age 70.
And last week, the two were lined up again in Plattsburgh, N.Y., to see Ms. Ferraro, now a candidate for the United States Senate, undeterred by Ms. Corron's credentials as a Republican officeholder. "I was so upset when she lost," said Ms. Fresn, fumbling for words to describe her girlhood grief at the rout of the Democratic ticket of 1984. "Now that I'm old enough, I'm able to control what happens because I'm voting."
More than eight years have passed since Ms. Ferraro, a three-term Congresswoman from Queens, walked onto a convention stage in San Francisco to a roar of raw emotion, as the delegates below cheered, danced and cried. Stars and Suffragettes
Now, a grayer, more battle-hardened Ms. Ferraro is in a four-way Democratic primary race for a Senate seat from New York that has moved into high intensity in its final weeks. But as Ms. Ferraro crisscrosses the state, it often feels as if the race of 1984 has come out of suspended animation.
Her opponents complain that she has become the front-runner in the Senate race based on a skin-deep "star quality" gained in the Vice-Presidential race. The women who flock to Ms. Ferraro's campaign events say there is more than just her notoriety: They talk passionately about how much it meant to them to see a woman run for Vice President and how much they want her to have a second chance.
In the introductions along the campaign trail, Ms. Ferraro's name is once again paired with the suffragette Susan B. Anthony. The screams and cheers that greet her have a slightly soprano pitch, a woman's tone. And in a campaign year when Marilyn Quayle, the wife of the Vice President, is using phrases like "essential natures" to imply that a woman's place is back in the home, Ms. Ferraro knows how to hit the countertones that she perfected eight years ago.
"Equality," she mused at a recent breakfast fund-raiser in Manhattan. "I guess that means with men," she said, her voice dropping low, husky and sarcastic. "Isn't that sweet?"
The darker more troubling side of the Vice-Presidential campaign has returned as well. The news organizations and Ms. Ferraro's opponents have raised questions once more about her husband's business dealings and about whether the candidate and her family have had uncomfortably close associations with organized-crime figures.
Eight years ago the drumbeat of charges derailed her campaign. This time Ms. Ferraro is fighting back by attempting to turn the campaign attacks into a feminist issue that will rally female voters to her side on Sept. 15. She has portrayed herself as a Joan of Arc, an Anita F. Hill, a woman martyred for daring to take on the male establishment. It makes no matter that the candidate most aggressively leveling the charges against her is also a woman, the New York City Comptroller, Elizabeth Holtzman. The State Attorney General, Robert Abrams, and the Rev. Al Sharpton are the other candidates for the right to oppose Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato on Nov. 3.

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The short film, Sister Josephine, from writer/director Stef Harris, and produced by WIFT member Amanda Jenkins needs your support to complete the film with music composition, sound design, and film finishing costs, for an international festival cinema release.
Sister Josephine is a true childhood story as a reflection over time and told through the lens of nostalgia. This is Maaka’s story, a forty-year-old memory “You were my teacher, my protector, you presented me with this magnificent gift. I remember you, Sister Josephine”.
Starring Alison Bruce and newcomer Jaxon Barbarich-Campbell.
The film has been shot and the editing is underway - whilst they are grateful for funding from Kōpere Hou - Fresh Shorts, they need additional funds to complete this beautiful story.


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This collection of ornaments, which run for under $10 each, includes a 3.5 inch tall brown and white Basset Hound ornament (found here). It also includes a 3.5 inch tall black and brown Dachshund ornament (here) wearing and orange and pink scarf and a four inch tall Dalmatian ornament wearing a red scarf (found here).
One purchaser of a plush animal ornament wrote:
We ordered the Hedgehog Ornament and are quite pleased with it. It is super cute and I’m sure my young daughters will love it. It is about 2.5″ long x 2″ tall.

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Recovering from your football training
Recovering after your football training or match is important. Football Gadgets not only offers materials to improve your skills but also to recover optimally. Innovative football training materials that contribute to your performance.

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AbstractIn this Phase I project, Nuvotronics proposes to extend and apply our PolyStrataTM metal micromachining technology to provide solutions for multifunction and conformal antenna designs in the sub-millimeter wave region of the spectrum. In multifunction antennas, high amounts of isolation are generally required between each function of the antenna. The high isolation that is intrinsic to the PolyStrata fabrication process is well suited to allow multiple antenna functions to exist with minimal interference in the same aperture. In conformal antenna design, the feed network is a challenge to design and fabricate based on the small footprint that is often necessary and the cost of phase matching, connectorizing, and routing cables in a confined space. The ability to batch fabricate flexible miniature recta-coax transmission lines on single six-inch wafer presents many possible ways of addressing this challenge. The basis of this work will be to modify the base PolyStrata technology to create high-performance and high functionality cabling and interconnections for micro air vehicle conformal antennas. BENEFIT: The products resulting from this development will find applications in DOD and commercial radar and communication systems.
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Unsurprisingly, the acceptance and implementation of country-bycountry(CbC) reporting (CbCR) within the region has been relatively swift, with many MNEs headquartered in ASPAC countriesal ready having completed their first round of CbCR for the 2016 financial year. In addition, some countries have also imposed severe penalty regimes where multinational enterprises (MNEs) fail to lodge CbCreports to ‘encourage’ taxpayers to behave in a manner which is first and foremost about transparency. The country updates in this year’s survey address the key developments regarding CbCR in their jurisdiction.
However, a more challenging consideration for MNEs who have already lodged their CbC reports will be how to best prepare for any potential tax authority compliance activity following the review and assessment ofthe information collected under CbCR. In our experience, MNEs’efforts can be guided by performing a value chain analysis to identify whether there are any mismatches between where economic value-addedactivities are being performed and where the profits are being returned. Ensuring these risk areas have robust transfer pricing (TP) analyses will be paramount, as tax administrations would undoubtedly flag these types of misalignments for further review.
The reality of Decree 20
This past year predominantly focused on the implementation of Vietnam’s Government Decree 20/2017/ND-CP of February 242017 (Decree 20) and Circular 41/2017/TT-BTC (Circular 41) dated April 28 2017, which were both applicable from May 1 2017. There gulatory changes have led more and more tax payers to be aware of the transfer pricing (TP) rules, and enhanced compliance requirements for tax payers in terms of documentation. Nevertheless, since this is the first year of implementing the new rules, there have been inconsistencies in the interpretation of the legislation. Hence, substantial efforts went intoclarifying any ambiguous areas, including in relation to the deductibility of interest expenses, the safe harbour, and the new Form 01.
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- BAR-MAIN on BARTER ISLAND, Alaska, is situated in 4500 acres of low lying, tundra covered terrain at an altitude of 50 feet above sea level. This Main Radar Station is the eastern most site in Alaska and is the headquarters for BAR Sector. During the thaw period the land surrounding BAR-M is swampy. The airstrip runs in an easterly direction along a narrow spit that is constantly being eroded by the sea. The highest elevation on Barter Island does not exceed 100 feet.
- Annual precipitation including snowfall is approximately 11 inches. Snowfall is greatest in January and October and averages about 24 inches a year. Mean daily temperatures run between a minimum of plus 3.8 to a maximum of plus 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
- A two mile round trip potable water haul is maintained summer and winter.
Trip Report: “A (1957/58) Visit to the BAR Sector” by Lynden (Bucky) Farris.
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On the big Emirates pitch Fulham may find it tough to stay compact if Arsenal get in to their passing grove. Robin Van Persie will have benefitted from the run-out against Wigan and he showed enough to suggest that he could start against Fulham, as did Theo Walcott. Their pace will cause problems and open space and with the less wasteful Chamakh back in the side, this has the potential to be a big scoreline for Arsene Wenger’s side.
The Cottagers have yet to win away from home this season and though they’ve lost just four games home and away from fifteen played, all of those losses have come in their last eight games. A run which has seen them pick up just six points from a possible twenty-four.
This should be an open invitation for Arsenal to go all out in attack. Having started the season with sixteen goals in their first three home games in all competitions, things have been a little tighter since, especially in the league but if the manager sets them on the offensive from the start they could rack up a few against a struggling Fulham.
The pace of Walcott could be very effective down the wings and if he does start, he’s well priced at 6/1 to score first. The England international has started just three games and has scored the opening goal in two of them. Samir Nasri is enjoying his best spell since joining the club and has been one of the stand-out performers this season. He has scored the first goal twice this season and has already equalled his best league total in an Arsenal shirt with six goals in eleven starts. At 5/1 to break the deadlock and 13/10 to score anytime, the French midfielder could continue to be a money-maker.
The form guides say this will be tight, if you agree then Arsenal 1-0 at 6/1 and 2-1 at 7/1 are the bets for you. However, something seemed to click in the second half against Aston Villa and if the home side go for the jugular we could be looking at 4-0 at 12/1 or maybe even 5-0 at 25/1.


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Mini Fanny Pack
A mini fanny pack is a perfect accessory for a night out or a day at the beach. They are small, stylish, and practical. Perfect for holding your ID, credit card, and some cash. Our mini fanny packs come in a variety of colors and styles. We have solid colors, prints, and even sequined options. Whether you are looking for something understated or flashy, we have the perfect mini fanny pack. So why not pick up a few different colors and styles to match your outfits?
Best Womens Fanny Pack
There are a lot of great fanny packs on the market, but it can be tough to find one that specifically meets the needs of women. We’ve put together a list of the best fanny packs for women based on our experience and customer feedback.
Regarding fanny packs, size matters; you don't want something too big or too small – you want something just right. That's why the Elmagari Fanny Pack. It's the perfect size for carrying all your essentials without being too bulky or cumbersome.
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There are plenty of reasons to love fanny packs these days, and stylish fanny pack women's designs are at the top of that list. Fanny packs are the perfect way to keep your belongings close at hand while still looking chic and put-together. And with so many different styles, you're sure to find the ideal fanny pack to suit your needs.
Whether you're looking for a functional fanny pack to take on your next hike or a stylish design to take out on the town, there's sure to be a fanny pack women's option that's perfect for you. And with so many different colors and patterns to choose from, you can easily find a fanny pack that matches your style. So why not ditch your old handbag in favor of a trendy fanny pack? You won't regret it!


Formal, methodical, risk Evaluation enables companies to purpose with regards to the magnitude of organization risk provided the worth of your technique or information at risk, a list of threats, plus a set of security controls like authentication, firewalls, and monitoring.
By taking ways to formalize an evaluation, develop a evaluation composition, obtain security expertise throughout the process’s expertise foundation and put into practice self-Assessment features, the risk assessment can boost productivity.
If your organization requires fast and simple risk assessment, you could go together with qualitative assessment (which is what 99% of the businesses do).
Interaction—By acquiring information from many elements of an organization, an company security risk assessment boosts interaction and expedites final decision making.
Every Corporation is different, so the choice concerning what kind of risk assessment really should be carried out depends mainly on the particular organization. If it is set that all the Group requirements presently is basic prioritization, a simplified method of an business security risk assessment is usually taken and, whether or not it already has become determined that a far more in-depth assessment should be done, the simplified strategy can be quite a beneficial initial step in producing an summary to manual conclusion producing in pursuit of that extra in-depth assessment.
Although restrictions usually do not instruct organizations on how to control or safe click here their techniques, they are doing require that Individuals units be secure in some way and that the Business establish to independent auditors that their security and Handle infrastructure is in position and functioning efficiently.
The following phase is to grasp the equally the scale and magnitude on the business enterprise impact towards the Business, assuming the asset was compromised.
It's important to include staff who are not only professional during the complexities of devices and procedures, but even have the opportunity to probe for regions of risk.
With regards to the dimension and complexity of a company’s IT surroundings, it may turn into obvious that what is required will not be so much a thorough and itemized assessment of specific values and risks, but a more standard prioritization.
It had been developed as a summary of very best practices from a technology and practices standpoint that corporations can carry out to deal with the most crucial security vulnerabilities. It had been developed like a response to other security risk assessments that were hundreds-of-pages long.
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The dropped-waist lines and straight “male” looks of the 1920s were replaced with ultra-femininity and attention to a sexy, female shape and form. Knee-length skirt suits, shoulder pads, fur and ornate hats were worn at an angle were all the rage. Clingy, long, evening gowns, were popular. 1932 saw the pantsuit for women, which was considered by many to be outrageous.
For men, the waistcoat fell out of fashion and they wore three-piece suits for formal occasions. Slipovers, cardigans, jumpers, and soft collared, open-neck shirts were popular for casual wear. The future uncrowned King Edward 8th, Prince of Wales, made jumpers and cardigans fashionable. Wide trousers with turn-ups were popular.

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Cherry Pie is part of a family of clone-only West Coast strains that include Cherry Kush and Girl Scout Cookies. Prices for the clones and buds of these strains are insane.
As with many popular clone-only strains, and legendary strains like Chemdawg and OG Kush, marijuana growers argue about who has “true cuts” and what their real genetic origins are.
For Cherry Pie, people say it’s either two powerhouse Indicas (Granddaddy Purps crossed with OG Kush) or Granddaddy Purps crossed with OG Kush crossed with Durban Poison.
Durban Poison is a legendary Sativa you can grow from seed. It’s tall, hard to feed right, and can take as long as 14 weeks in bloom. But the soaring Sativa high is well worth it.
I generally don’t go for pure Indica or Kush-Indica, which is what Cherry Pie without the Durban Poison would be.
If the dispensary where I bought the Cherry Pie clones from hadn’t assured me that Durban Poison was in the mix, I would have gotten only the Chernobyl clones.
After the clones were fully rooted and transplanted into their first container upgrade, I saw a problem that all hydroponics marijuana growers have to watch out for: growing strains together that have different growing profiles, nutrient needs, and finishing times.
Chernobyl is a 60-40 Sativa-dominant strain with an 8-10 week flowering time. It can go tall. Breeder Subcool says top it early and often, and train it to keep the profile wide and the height low.
I was prejudiced against the Cherry Pie marijuana clones early on because they had all-Indica, Kush, and purps characteristics, and I favor Sativa marijuana.
But I was kind of seduced into loving the Cherry Pie a little more, when I saw it developing leaves huge and wide, and their color tone was dark even in veg phase…almost a magenta color.
The Cherry Pie grew fast with short internodes and dense branching. And its smell was enchanting and powerful—it really did smell like cherries.
Growing in soil that didn’t have much of an on-board nutrients load, I was alternating my Cherry Pie feedings with one feeding of Sensi Grow Automatic-pH Perfect at full strength, one feeding of Iguana Juice Grow at full strength, and one feeding of pure reverse osmosis water in a rotating cycle.
Every other watering I followed manufacturer’s instructions to add beneficial bacteria and fungi to the root zone using Voodoo Juice, Tarantula, and Piranha.
I also added a half teaspoon of unsulphured molasses per gallon at every third watering, to feed the root zone beneficials.
The Cherry Pie handled that hydroponics marijuana menu well. But one problem you create when growing multiple strains is maybe having to make two different meal plans.
My Chernobyl clones didn’t want as much nutrients, so I backed off the strengths and frequency so it was about 65-75% of what I was giving the Cherry Pie.
I doubled my hydroponics marijuana growing workload by having to mix two completely different batches of hydroponics nutrients, and stagger my watering because the Cherry and the Chernobyl didn’t suck down water and nutrients at the same rate.
I added about six hours per week to my marijuana growing workload that I would not have had if I was growing all the same strain, or very similar strains.
Come back for episode 3 of our Cherry Pie and Chernobyl marijuana growing odyssey.

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Wood is a new book by one of our favorite publishers - Phaidon. The beautifully illustrated book takes you on a visual tour of timber architecture, showcasing the world’s best wooden architecture. It features 170 inspiring and intriguing structures, including an onion-domed Russian church that sits next to a fortified Japanese castle, and a luxurious Canadian sauna. Even the work of Le Corbusier, an architect best known for his work in concrete, is shown. Each project is highlighted with outstanding photography and an extended caption for commentary about each structure.
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Nurses Make a Difference: Anytime, Anywhere–Always
Every year, from May 6 to May 12 (Florence Nightingale’s birthday), we honor nurses everywhere for the irreplaceable role they play in our health and the health of our communities. SEIU Local 1000-represented Registered Nurses in Unit 17 work tirelessly across California to provide essential services to some of the most vulnerable populations in our state, in some of the most taxing and hectic workplaces.
“These are high-risk, front-line jobs,” said Vanessa Seastrong, chair of the Unit 17 Bargaining Unit Negotiating Committee (BUNC). “We had people from state hospitals share their horror stories of unsafe working conditions.”
National Nurses Week encourages organizations across the country to celebrate the dedication, commitment, and outstanding contributions nurses make to health care every day. Whether they provide care on the frontlines of battle or in an operating room, clinic, or nursing home, they have been professionally trained to provide excellent care.
Nurses have seen and endured a lot, especially so over the last three years. From the inherent risks of COVID in the workplace to changing policies and uncertain safety regulations to long hours and irregular schedules, they bore the brunt of a crisis that consumed public life.
As we sit down to bargain a new contract, our nurses have made their voices—and their frustrations—heard as they fight for a contract that will respect, protect, and pay them for the work they have done for their fellow Californians.
“We will be with our members at the table the whole way, and we’re expecting our members to stand up for nurses and other staff to ensure we all get what we need,” said Mary Naidoo, Vice Chair for the Unit 17 BUNC.
The best way to support nurses and honor their sacrifices is to support their efforts to receive the pay and dignity they deserve. Our union is strong because we fight for each other. If you’re not already a member, we encourage you to join us today. And be sure to Purple Up in your workplace every Wednesday to show your support for your union brothers and sisters.


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Collingwood By Design
Communities should not happen by accident although they often seem to. The environment that we live in, our built environment of roads and buildings and houses and poles all impact the natural environment around us.
A couple of years ago, Collingwood embarked on a special project to develop urban design standards. The idea is that we need to take responsibility for how we develop our community if it is to be liveable and sustainable.
The Town was very fortunate to have been able to hire urban planner, Robert Voight who completed his project last year at which time the council adopted the new standards into policy. Robert has helped us to see our built environment in entirely new ways and I know that after hearing one of his presentations, you will never see things the same way again either.
In the fourth presentation of the local, “No Place Like Home” Speaker Series, Robert gives a fascinating look inside Collingwood and how we need to plan our community.


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Sheet Music: Performance Parts
Popular sonatina : for flute and guitar / J. Fitzgerald.
by Jon Fitzgerald (1986)
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Difficulty: Medium — Flute grade 6, guitar grade 7.
Duration: 11 min.
Allegro -- Lento-moderato -- Vivace.
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A peaker power plant proposed for the southern end of North Chicago's main commercial district along Sheridan Road would be an asset to downtown revitalization efforts or a second-rate use for what could be a first-rate piece of land.
Both opinions were voiced at a presentation before the City Council on Thursday night of plans by Unicom Holdings Inc. to build a 60-megawatt electric generating plant near Foss Park Avenue and the Metra/Union Pacific North Line commuter tracks.
The plant would be fired up during periods of peak electrical demand. It would stabilize the power grid in North Chicago, providing an added attraction to industrial companies who depend on consistent power, Unicom officials said.
But critics of the natural gas-fired plant expressed fears of noise. They also pointed out that it would occupy 10 acres near the lake and produce only two or three jobs--and summer jobs, at that.
"I'd sure like to see something on that land that could provide more than two or three jobs," Ald. Larry Hightower said.
The plan discussed Thursday was a scaled-back version of one unveiled in August. That plan called for a 250- to 300-megawatt plant.
Unicom scaled down its proposal to reduce the potential noise--a steady hum--produced by the plant's turbines, said Greg Martinsen, vice president and general manager of Unicom.
"This is the kind of system that the large companies are looking for," Martinsen said. "They want reliability and consistency in their power. If you want to attract those kinds of business, this is just the kind of asset you should consider."
"North Chicago's No. 1 priority is to revitalize economic development of this blighted community," City Administrator Robert Kolodziej said before the meeting. "Will this or will it not help us?"
Unicom Holdings, a unit of Unicom Corp., would build and operate the plant in a joint venture with Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.
"They are on a fast-track system," Kolodziej said of the partners. "They expect to be operational by summertime next year."
Kolodziej said Unicom appeared Thursday as a courtesy to council members. Its proposed site is zoned for industrial use.
Unicom also has applied to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for an operating permit. If the state grants the permit, Unicom would be entitled to operate in North Chicago, Kolodziej said.
As a result, the City Council is reviewing its zoning code with an eye to defining peaker power stations as a special use "so the council can have final say" on future proposals, he said.
The Illinois EPA has scheduled a separate hearing on the proposed plant for Dec. 20 at North Chicago High School. The plant would be part of a proposed tax-increment financing district aimed at bankrolling a $19.7 million downtown revitalization.
"We need to know the revenue impact on the TIF district (of the power plant) and how that will encourage future economic development in the community and to what extent," Kolodziej said.


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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey. It’s a great opportunity for bloggers to post what books they plan to read for the week. Here are some of the books that made it to my TBR list this week.
A Wicked Pursuit by Isabella Bradford – I got an eARC copy of this. It’s slated for release on February 2014 but the book summary has gotten me hooked and I can’t wait to start reading this one.
Feel the Heat by Kate Meader – I am on the hunt for a copy of this one. I enjoyed the second book in the series (I got an eARC of it) and I so want to read the first book of the series already.
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Whoever said blood was thicker than water never stood in a pool of it.
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Holden Payne has it all . . . or so he thinks. As heir to the founder of the Community—an organization that finds, protects, and manages psychics—he’s rich, powerful, and treated like royalty. But after a series of disappearances and murders rock the Community, he’s branded the fall guy for the scandal and saddled with a babysitter.
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Nick Melnikov doesn’t know where he belongs. He was just a kid when his Russian-Jewish family immigrated to Michigan. Now he’s in London for university, overwhelmed by unexpected memories. Socially anxious, intensely private, and closeted, Nick doesn’t expect to fall in so quickly with a tight-knit group of students from his college, and it’s both exhilarating and scary. Hanging out with them is a roller coaster of serious awkward and incredible longing, especially when the most intimidating of the group, Dex, looks his way.
Welcome to Dim Sum Asylum: a San Francisco where it’s a ho-hum kind of case when a cop has to chase down an enchanted two-foot-tall shrine god statue with an impressive Fu Manchu mustache that’s running around Chinatown, trolling sex magic and chaos in its wake.
Except, apparently, when it comes to Beau Starr. His channel is the polar opposite of mine, and so is he. Wholesome, inspirational, and clean-cut. Everything about him should turn me off, but when we hook up following a confrontation at a convention, my world flips upside down. Not only does Beau Starr turn me on, he uses the exact combination of dirty talk and roughness needed to turn me out.
But we still hate each other. I think.
Rules are made to be broken . . .
Introverted college student Lane Moredock is in a bad place. His mother has been arrested for securities fraud, his father is on the run, and everyone, including the SEC, suspects Lane knows where the missing millions are. Lane, with no money and nowhere to live, makes a desperate deal that lands him in trouble and leaves him unwilling to trust a so-called Dom again.
In a world ravaged by fire and descending into madness, Cavalo has been given an ultimatum by the dark man known as Patrick: return Lucas to him and the cannibalistic Dead Rabbits, or the town of Cottonwood and its inhabitants will be destroyed.
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Carnivale is a time for decadence, for revelry, and for mischief. A time when we shed the figurative masks we wear in everyday life in favor of new ones… ones that allow us to be a little bolder, a little more adventurous, and perhaps a little truer to ourselves. Follow Me Into Darkness is a compilation of original tales of queer romance by five of the premier authors of contemporary romance.
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Ed Masiello has been on testosterone for a year, is working his dream job as a reporter, and is finally passing as a man (so long as you don’t ask his abuela). But the investigation of a murder case is starting to take over his life. Afraid he’s becoming obsessed, he goes to the local club to relax, and meets the flighty, whimsical Alisha.
Jon’s future in New York seems bright. He’s on the corporate fast track as an executive problem solver, but somehow he can’t help feeling hollow. Yearning for a life spent outdoors makes no sense if he wants to flourish in this city, nor does losing his cool with clients when they make bad decisions. Only leaving the East Coast behind for three months can save his business reputation.
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Many dealers have complained about the difficulty in recruiting and retaining talent.
Some lay blame on a pervasive stereotype of a shady car salesman in a plaid suit conniving customers out of money.
Heck, I recently blogged about a friend who opted for dog dooty over selling cars because of the negative stigma she attached to selling cars.
But a new survey offers hope that the industry image is on an upswing.
Automotive News posed a query on DealerRater that ran from Oct. 26 to Nov. 3. The question asked consumers: How likely would you be to recommend to a friend or relative that they consider working at a car dealership?
Surprisingly, a whopping 75 percent of respondents said they were likely or extremely likely to do so.
Of the 16,425 total respondents, 10,702 said they would be “extremely likely” to make the recommendation. Another 1,643 said they would be “likely.” On the opposite end, 2,733 respondents said they would be “unlikely” or “extremely unlikely.” In the middle, 1,347 stayed “neutral.”
Luxury brands got the most “extremely likely” responses. Some of the brands that ranked highest in customers recommending friends get jobs there included Land Rover, Infiniti, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus. Inversely, some of the brands that received the response of “extremely unlikely” were Fiat, Jaguar, Acura and Chrysler.
The respondents were people who had recently visited a dealership either for service or sales.
It makes sense that the luxury brands would fare well. After all, many luxury-brand dealers are known for providing top-notch customer service such as free loaner cars, fancy cafes in the customer lounge area and modern facilities.
So what’s the lesson?
Stellar customer service and other perks might do more than just boost a dealership’s customer satisfaction score with an automaker.
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821 F.Supp. 1521 (CIT. 1993), 90-04-00210, Marubeni America Corp. v. United States
|Docket Nº:||Court No. 90-04-00210.|
|Citation:||821 F.Supp. 1521|
|Party Name:||MARUBENI AMERICA CORP., Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant.|
|Case Date:||May 14, 1993|
|Court:||Court of International Trade|
Sharretts, Paley, Carter & Blauvelt, P.C. Gail T. Cumins, Ned H. Marshak, Peter Jay Baskin and Michele R. Markowitz, New York City, for plaintiff.
Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph I. Liebman, Atty. in Charge, Intern. Trade Field Office, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Div. U.S. Dept. of Justice, Saul Davis, Carla Garcia-Benitez and Edith Sanchez Shea, Karen P. Binder, Office of the Asst. Chief Counsel, Intern. Trade Litigation, U.S. Customs Service, Washington, DC., of counsel, for defendant.
This matter is before the court for decision following a trial de novo. The issue before the court is whether Model Year 1989 and 1990 two-wheel and four-wheel drive Nissan Pathfinders are properly classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTS"), heading 8704, "Motor vehicles for the transport of goods," or under heading 8703, "Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702 [public transport passenger vehicles] ), including station wagons and racing cars." There is no dispute as to the placement of the merchandise under the appropriate subheadings. If defendant prevails, classification will remain under item 8704.31.00, HTS, based on weight. If plaintiff prevails, classification will be under item 8703.23.00, HTS, based on engine size.
The merchandise at issue is a two door multipurpose passenger vehicle ("MPV"), also known as a sports utility vehicle. The vehicle uses the same frame side rails as Nissan's "Hardbody" compact pick-up truck, and its front end is largely identical to the Hardbody's cab portion. The Pathfinder, however, does not have a cargo box, which is the hallmark of any pick-up truck. Instead, its body consists of one unit and the inside is configured like an ordinary station wagon, with a rear seat or seats that fold down for extra cargo space. The Pathfinder would be a station wagon, except that it is designed for off-road use, whereas station wagons are designed for on-road use.
At this point, it may be appropriate to mention the Explanatory Notes to the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, published by the Customs Co-Operation Council. The Pathfinder literally fits the Explanatory Note definition of a station wagon, which is a very broad definition. 1 The definition, however, likely would
encompass some vans which are to be classified under heading 8704. 2 Most likely the station wagon definition was not meant to cover vans that do not have tailgates. A tailgate is one of the hallmarks of a "voiture du type "break"," which is the French term for "station wagon" as used in the Explanatory Note. Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, Heading No. 87.03 (1st ed. 1987). On the other hand, as indicated, traditional station wagons are not off-road vehicles. Thus, the Explanatory Note defining station wagons should not be read too literally. In any case, the note is not binding, although such notes are "generally indicative of proper interpretation of the various provisions of the [Harmonized Tariff System]." Lynteq, Inc. v. United States, 976 F.2d 693, 699 (Fed.Cir.1992) (quoting H.R. Conf.Rep. No. 576, 100th Cong., 2d Sess. 549 (1988), reprinted in 1988 U.S.C.C.A.N. 1547, 1582). Also instructive, but nonbinding, is the decision of the Customs Co-Operation Council to classify the Pathfinder under heading 87.03. Report to the Customs Co-Operation Council on the Fifth Session of the Harmonized System Committee, Annex G/4 to Doc. 35.960E (HSC/5/Apr. 90) (G/4/2/Rev.) (Apr. 12, 1990); Report to the Customs Co-Operation Council on the Sixth Session of the Harmonized System Committee, Annex L/9 to Doc. 36.300E (HSC/6/Nov. 90) (Nov. 6, 1990). Excessive reliance on such a decision, however, may be in conflict with the court's duty to make de novo factual findings. The court deems it more useful to set aside these matters and to proceed to a factual assessment of the merchandise.
In exercising its factfinding function, the court does not rely on the classification of two Pathfinder models not before the court. One is the E-Model, a little sold, bare-bones vehicle with no back seat, which was classified under heading 8704, HTS, and the four door model which is classified under heading 8703, HTS. The classification of either of these vehicles may be in error and is subject to de novo challenge. See Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. v. United States, 7 CIT 178, 194-95, 585 F.Supp. 649, 662-63 (1984) (disparate treatment of similar merchandise is not controlling), aff'd, 3 Fed.Cir. (T) 93, 753 F.2d 1061 (1985). Accordingly, the court, for most purposes, excluded evidence on either vehicle. The court limited evidence to the vehicle models in the entries currently being considered, except for evidence providing a comparison with vehicles readily accepted as "trucks" or "passenger cars."
The trial in this matter occupied three weeks, including test drives, videotape viewing, document review and opening and closing arguments. Thus, it is impossible to discuss anything other than a few highlights of the evidence.
The issue in this case is whether the Pathfinder is principally designed for the transport of persons. Although defendant's classification of the Pathfinder as a vehicle for the transport of goods carries a presumption of correctness and plaintiff has the burden of proof, defendant's task was difficult from the outset. That is, one of the first steps was a viewing of a sample of the subject merchandise, which was available to the court throughout the trial. The sample virtually shouts to the consumer, "I am a car, not a truck." 3 Defendant's counsel, however, put on a good deal of evidence to show that certain segments of the automotive manufacturing industry, including persons within Nissan, view the subject merchandise as a "truck," at least for some purposes. See, e.g., Defendant's Exhibit 131, at 48-49 (Deposition of J.P. Felix). Therefore, defendant's approach to the case, and probably the only sensible approach from its point of view, was to try to establish that the Pathfinder fits the
common industry meaning of the term "truck." As trucks are by definition vehicles designed for the "transport of goods," classification under heading 8704, HTS, would follow.
Defendant went about its task in several ways. First, it emphasized all the similarities to the Hardbody compact pick-up truck and the dissimilarities to the Nissan Maxima, Nissan's top of the line sedan, which has the same size engine as the standard Pathfinder. The selection of the Nissan Maxima as the comparison vehicle was ostensibly made on an objective basis, after survey of the automotive market. Defendant's witness admitted, however, that he used numerous subjective and, to the court's mind, suspect criteria to select the Maxima. 4 Defendant's counsel's remark that the witness had to select a Nissan product to make a parts comparison is probably closer to the mark. In any case, it is clear that few Maxima parts are used in the Pathfinder, although there are numerous functional analogues. Apparently, there was no Nissan station wagon to use for comparison. The court doubts any other sedan would be more comparable, so from that standpoint the...
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