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Welcome to paradise
The Canarian Tennis Federation welcomes you to one of the tennis paradises in Europe. The Canary Islands climate is considered the best climate in the world, thanks to the year-round pleasant, mild temperatures. This is added to the facts that it rarely rains in the archipelago and that it is the region with the most hours of sunlight per day in Europe. All of these factors combine to make the archipelago a really fabulous place with an ‘eternal springtime’, where you’ll be warm enough in just a t-shirt at any time of year. The good climate lets us enjoy all kinds of outdoor activities: sports, leisure, culture… And there is such a variety of beaches and natural spaces that we have lots to choose from: beaches or mountain trails, not to mention seaside walks and beautiful historic quarters in the towns and cities.
Great weather is guaranteed all year round in the Canary Islands. Their fabulous location near the tropics, the Azores High, the effect of the sea and the trade winds that blow in from the north east and, of course, the average annual temperature of around 22 °C all help make your stay simply perfect. Holidays with no extremes of heat or cold. In spite of being in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf Stream means that the average water temperature ranges between 18 °C in February and 25 °C in August. Just right for a quick dip any day of the year.
The Canary Islands are a veritable paradise of professional sports tourism, the perfect destination for enhancing performance in an incomparable setting. Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife y La Palma offer a wide range of Clubs combining tennis & leisure ranging from beginners to professional players as well as for families. Play tennis in the mountains, close to the beach, next to a golf course, competitions, summer camps, full year tennis academies, stages,… In Canary Islands you can find all this and even more in an astonishing landscape.
In the Canary Islands Tennis is yours, choose your optimal option combining one of our tennis clubs, nearby hotels, car rentals, flights and best seasons.
If you have children choose one of our Summer Camps and combine holidays with tennis and other activities. It will surely be an unforgettable experience for your children.
If you want to compete take a look to our International Competitions and make your entry.
If you are interested in sports tourism, the Canary Islands are the destination for you. The year-round good climate, the diversity of the nature of the Canaries and the quality of their installations and high-performance centres are some of the reasons why many of the world’s foremost elite athletes choose the archipelago for their pre-season sports training.
The Canary Islands offer you the opportunity to train outdoors with pleasant temperatures all year long: an average of 23 ºC in summer and 19 ºC in winter, with 4,800 hours of light a year and scant rainfall. Because of this, they are the perfect destination to prepare in at any time of year and above all during winter, because training in controlled temperature and humidity conditions, with a constant average of hours of sunlight, has a positive impact on sporting performance.
The archipelago has a wide range of installations, with highly-qualified professionals and ideal services for physical preparation. At present the Canary Islands have over thirty high-performance sports centres (CARs) and technical centres specialising in professional training and sports medicine, offering specific diets and a highly-qualified medical service for complete health monitoring. Because of the characteristics and the high quality of the installations, the islands can accommodate up to 3,000 high-level sports people in the same time period. Numerous European teams chose the Islands to train for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016 due to the mild climate prevailing in the Canary Islands, ideal for training for competitions.
The Canary Islands are perfect for sports tourism: here you can train accompanied by the sea breeze and the warm sun and just an hour later, be training at high altitudes and low temperatures. There is a huge diversity of scenery, types of terrain and microclimates so you can choose the best training conditions at any given time: trails, avenues, roads, paths in the midst of nature… This combination enables one to expose the body to extremely varied conditions, taking performance to the limit and enabling maximum adjustment of training plan.
The Canary Islands are the Spanish region with the highest number of National Parks: no fewer than four parks, full of trails and scenery to accompany you as you practise your sport.
We welcome also other international clubs and tennis associations to strength relationships with the Canarian Tennis Federation in order to improve our comunications and eventually the level of our players.
For more information, such as training camps, children summer camps and special offers, please contact us , we will be pleased to help you.
We look forward to seeing you play and hope you enjoy our islands as much as we do.

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The new colonial movement: Due to Wuhan panic, it is now possible that India’s space agency ISRO will launch no rockets in 2020, delaying all until 2021.
ISRO’s launch calendar has been heavily impacted by the pandemic, and there has been no launch from its spaceport, Sriharikota, this year. In fact, the only ISRO launch this year was G-SAT 30, but it was carried by a French rocket, Ariane, which took off from French Guiana on January 17. Although officials confirm that there may be around three to four launches before the year is over, they admit that the deadlines of several launches planned for the latter half of this year may slip into the next calendar year. This could have a cascading effect on the next year’s plans, too.
The article outlines in detail the status of many of India’s space projects, all of which seem stymied by the lock down restrictions that have been imposed. It also notes how other countries, such as China and the U.S., have not allowed the epidemic to shut them down as drastically.
India had hoped to complete a record twelve launches in 2020.
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Convenience stores —including Kwik Trip — commit to offering healthier options with help from Partnership for a Healthier America.
By Erin Del Conte, Executive Editor
The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA): Building a Healthier Future Summit kicked off Monday April 1, in Chicago, drawing c-store retailers, corporations, nonprofits and those creating solutions to combat childhood obesity.
Convenience Store Decisions is a media partner for the PHA Summit that takes place at the Swissôtel Chicago April 1-2.
During the Summit, attendees will attend workshops and gain “actionable solutions” to assist them in making “the healthy choice the easy choice” for Americans.
More convenience store chains, including Kwik Trip — which was awarded Convenience Store Decisions’ 2018 Convenience Store Chain of the Year award — are partnering with PHA to assist them in bringing healthier food to customers.
KT Commits to Healthy
La Crosse, Wis.-based Kwik Trip first began partnering with PHA in 2014, and recently signed on for its third commitment with the organization.
“We wanted to make some changes toward offering healthier items within our stores,” said Erica Flint, food research and development for Kwik Trip, which operates more than 600 c-stores throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. One challenge to adding healthy options is many alternate ideas of what constitutes “healthy” exist today. The company wanted the changes it made to be meaningful for customers.
“We partnered with PHA because we knew they could guide the direction we wanted to go, and give us some important feedback and recommendations, so that when we were putting the time and effort into it, we were actually doing something worthwhile,” Flint said.
PHA offered KT expertise and guidance on how to make a difference.
“They have certain criteria for foods that meet their definition of healthy based on dietary guidelines. So we’re offering clean, whole foods like fresh produce and fresh meat,” she said.
PHA is creating partnerships with multiple different players in the field of health and nutrition — beyond food, Flint noted. “They’re really looking at this as a bigger picture and at a higher level than we’re able to look at it, so that is beneficial to us in terms of making changes more globally. We can work with our piece of the puzzle, but they’re really pulling together all of those other pieces that are overall impacting the larger picture of health,” she said.
Fruit, Veggies & Water
Through KT’s original partnership with PHA in 2014, the chain committed to providing fruits and vegetables at the c-stores. While KT already offered produce at the time, this partnership meant committing to offer a specific number of fruits and vegetables and including a certain number of linear feet devoted to that section.
It also began installing bike racks outside its stores. “I think that’s really important because again it ties back to the larger picture, and that’s not something we would have necessarily thought of on our own because we were focused on food. We do have a lot of people who bike or walk to our stores, and to be able to make that easier for them by putting in a bike rack so they can lock up their bike and come in and do their shopping, that was a great suggestion,” Flint said.
KT has also worked with PHA’s Drink Up campaign to help promote the consumption of water.
To remind customers to drink more water, KT includes door clings, window clings and runs promotions over the summer. “We usually have some kind of visual campaign like that that runs, and it’s usually up for about six weeks. We also run some different graphics on our social media that encourages guests to make the choice to drink water as well,” Flint said.
The chain’s latest PHA commitment loops in PHA’s F&V campaign, which stands for fruits and veggies. The F&V campaign targets youth and looks to counteract junk food advertising with healthier messages.
“They’re taking produce and marketing it in that same vein, so they have celebrity buy-in, and they have different people promoting these fruits and vegetables, and all of the artwork is really fun, exciting and bright. In our stores in Wisconsin — we’re only doing Wisconsin stores for now — we will have some ads up in our stores for that campaign,” Flint said.
The fruits and vegetables are available in Kwik Trip’s fresh case area including pre-cut options that are ready to eat.
“We have a lot of dinner-time solutions in our stores with our fresh meat cases and so on, so we do try to have vegetables that are not just fresh cut, but large-scale items too — so we might sell tubs of lettuce in there, mushrooms, things like that that would complement a meal,” Flint said.
KT also sells potatoes, onions, tomatoes and avocados.
About a year ago, KT began using its loyalty program to help encourage healthy eating among its customer base.
When guests use KT’s loyalty app on their mobile phone, after 15 visits to a KT store, they get to select a free item from a list.
“We were able to tie in some healthy options into that list.” While the ‘free’ offerings change, KT has included options such as a fruit cup, a piece of fresh fruit or bottled water.
Each year, KT also runs an annual donation campaign to benefit KT that includes collecting coin donations from customers at the registers.
As more c-stores commit to providing healthier options, it’s helping to change the perception of the convenience store industry as a whole. While many c-stores are including healthier items today, the perception of “food at a gas station” continues to linger for those not accustomed to seeing such options in their local area.
“I think it’s only helpful to all convenience stores really as this perception continues to change and evolve and people recognize that … the c-store industry … is responding to customer wants and needs … for healthier options … and changing that market,” Flint said.
KT operates c-stores in many rural communities and food deserts where offering healthier options becomes especially valuable in making a difference for the people who live there.
“I think that the payoff of participating in a program like this is really good,” Flint said. “Partnership for a Healthier America provides a lot of support, and it’s really been fun and challenging to push the limits and work with our different vendors in trying to get healthier foods available. It’s been really rewarding.”

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United States District Court, D. Kansas
CHRIS JANCICH, On behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiff,
STONEGATE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ERIC F. MELGREN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Chris Jancich, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, filed this case against Defendant Stonegate Mortgage Corporation for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. The Court granted conditional certification of the class on February 6, 2012. As of this date, there are twelve former loan officers who have opted into the collective class. Discovery has closed, and the matter is before the Court on Defendant's Motion to Decertify (Doc. 98). Because the Court finds that Plaintiffs are similarly situated, the Court denies Defendant's motion.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
Plaintiff Chris Jancich filed this collective action on November 3, 2011, seeking unpaid minimum wages and overtime wages on behalf of himself and other similarly situated loan officers employed by Defendant Stonegate Mortgage Corporation ("Stonegate"). Stonegate is an Indiana corporation, with its headquarters in Indianapolis, and was founded in 2005. It acquires loans and retains the mortgage servicing rights on a retail, wholesale, and correspondent basis through a network of retail branches and approved third-party originators. Stonegate has retail branches in several states, and its offices in Indiana, Kansas, and Ohio are at issue in this class action.
Generally, a Stonegate loan officer's job duties included identifying prospective loan applicants, assessing whether those applicants would qualify for a loan product, pulling the necessary information for loan applications, compiling the essential loan forms, and submitting the loan application for processing and underwriting. Most of the Plaintiffs worked out of one of Defendant's offices, but several Plaintiffs worked out of a satellite office, or out of their home as a business office. Plaintiffs performed some marketing activities, and the amount of hours each Plaintiff performed varied.
Until February 15, 2009, loan officers were paid commissions based on 50% to 65% of the gross revenue of a funded loan, plus $425 per funded loan, less a $300 branch fee per funded loan ("the Revenue Percentage Commission Plan"). From February 15, 2009, through October 1, 2010, loan officers were paid commissions based on a basis points system ("the Basis Points Commission Plan"). From October 1, 2010, through the present, loan officers are paid a twice-monthly draw of $650 to $750, as well as commissions based on basis points earned per funded loan ("the Draw/Commission Plan"). Several of the opt-in Plaintiffs negotiated variations on these plans for the first few months of their employment.
Prior to October 1, 2010, Stonegate treated its loan officers as exempt, relying on the United States Department of Labor ("DOL") Administrator's Opinion Letters FLSA2006-11 and FLSA2006-31. Thus, Stonegate did not require loan officers to record their hours worked. As of October 1, 2010, Stonegate began treating its loan officers as non-exempt because of the DOL's Administrator's Interpretation No. 2010-1. Stonegate directed its employees to record time worked in time-tracking software, Timeforce. Several opt-in Plaintiffs testified that they recorded their overtime hours and were paid for those overtime hours.
Of the thirteen Plaintiffs, Defendant has deposed eight of them. All deposed Plaintiffs testified that Defendant's management representatives expressly instructed them to record only forty hours of work per week, despite the actual number of hours worked. All deposed Plaintiffs testified that they worked in excess of forty hours per week.
On February 6, 2012, this Court certified a collective class, with the time period running from February 9, 2009, forward. Discovery has closed. Now, Defendant seeks decertification of the collective class asserting that Plaintiffs are not similarly situated.
II. Legal Standard
When considering a motion to decertify a collective class, the "overriding question" is whether the plaintiff and the opt-in plaintiffs are similarly-situated for purposes of § 216(b). The standard at this second stage is stricter than the standard utilized at the certification, or notice, stage. At the decertification stage, the court reviews several factors, including (1) different factual and employment settings of the individual plaintiffs, (2) individualized defenses available to the defendant with regard to each plaintiff, and (3) fairness and procedural considerations. The Court will consider each factor.
1. Factual Disparities
Defendant contends that there are disparate factual settings because (1) different pay plans applied to each Plaintiff, (2) not all Plaintiffs tracked their hours worked, (3) Plaintiffs' job duties varied, and (4) Plaintiffs worked in different offices under different supervisors. Plaintiffs argue that there are substantial common facts with only small distinctions between each Plaintiff. In ...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company mPrest was featured in The Times of Israel, an English-language news website covering Israel, the region & the Jewish world. mPrest is a global provider of mission-critical monitoring and control solutions for the defense, security, utility and Internet of Things (IoT) sectors.
Crowdfunding, until now the scraggy little brother of “real” venture capital investing, is all grown up and ready to take its place at the investment table, as is clear from the company it has begun keeping. No less a company than mPrest, the creator of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense technology, has opted to raise money in a new round with Israeli crowdfunding pioneers OurCrowd.
“They have a huge network of potential investors and customers that we feel can help us more than a typical venture capital fund,” said CEO Natan Barak Monday. “For a company like ours it is not a typical move, but one that we feel is good for us.”
Read more on The Times of Israel here.


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A court in Riga, capital of Latvia, has started hearings in connection with the case of 3 Russian nationals accused of terrorism. They call themselves “national Bolsheviks.” On November 17th last year, they illegally entered Latvia and occupied the inspection gallery of the Saint Peter’s Cathedral in Riga. They hanged out a red flag and shouted out anti-NATO slogans, threatening to blow themselves up. After a 2-hour demonstration they surrender to the police. Yesterday, 16 representatives of the National Bolshevik Party picketed the Latvian Embassy in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv chanting “Our MiGs (meaning fighter aircrafts) will land in Riga.” They burnt the Latvian president’s dummy and tried to fill the embassy’s wall with graffiti. Several activists were detained by police, but soon released. As for the young radicals arrested in Riga, they will hardly manage to get away with it. The Latvian anti-terrorism law envisages 15-20 years in prison or even life imprisonment for such offences. It looks like the Latvian authorities, noted for their anti-Russian leanings, will not hesitate to “reward” the offenders in full. Under different circumstances, the youngsters’ escapade might as well be qualified as just hooliganism.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine may face new problems over the upgraded Russian unmanned aerial vehicle Lancet. Kyiv will now need to use airfields far from the line of combat contact and look for new ways to protect its aircraft

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Ranji trophy: Delhi concede slender 1st innings lead against Maharashtra
- Not RSSâs job to chant âNamo, Namoâ, canât cross limits: Bhagwat
- Malaysia Airlines flight case: âFakeâ passports mystery deepens
- Mocking Nitishâs âPM hopesâ, Modi woos Muslims, Yadavs
- Dalit teen canât pay to cheat in exam, immolates himself
- DMK has room for Raja, Baalu, not for Alagiri
Left-arm seamer Samad Fallah took five wickets as Maharashtra got a slender first innings lead of three runs against Delhi on an exciting second day of the Ranji Trophy Group A League encounter at the Roshanara Club ground here today.
In reply to Maharashtra's first innings total of 196, Delhi were all out for 193 on a day when two hours were lost due to wet outfield and 54 overs were bowled.
Although Maharashtra got the first innings lead, it is of little consequence as two days are still left and there is every possibility of an outright result.
The visitors, however, owe their success to Fallah who made good use of the conditions to take five for 67. He got good support from fellow pacer Nikit Dhumal who grabbed three for 34.
Young left-hander Vaibhav Rawal fought hard for his 65 before he was the ninth batsman out, trying to play a pull shot of right-arm medium pacer Dhumal but was caught at the deep square leg boundary by Anupam Sanklecha.
He hit eight fours during his 281-minute knock in which he faced 157 balls. It was 182 for nine when Rawal was dismissed and the last few minutes of the Delhi innings was an exciting contest.
Delhi's No 11 Pawan Suyal then hit Fallah for a six and four to bring his team within three runs of the opponent's total.
However, Suyal played another aerial shot but was taken in the mid-wicket region by Kedar Jadhav which gave the visitors first-innings lead and more importantly a psychological edge going into the third day.
This was Fallah's 10th five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. The best partnership for Delhi was 59 for the fourth wicket between Mithun Manhas (28) and Rawal.
However, Manhas was trapped plumb in-front by Fallah with an incoming delivery while seasoned Rajat Bhatia got a rising delivery that hit his glove and was taken by wicketkeeper Rohit Motwani.
- BJP Dalit leader mounts pressure on Kejriwal over AAP’s stand on reservation
- PGI gets 10 new glaucoma cases of kids every month
- Balongi: 4 more water samples fail; 3 kids among 4 new patients
- Kejriwal gave ‘misleading information’ about assets, complainant tells court
- Was told not to talk of Jaspal Bhatti… He was my husband, my motivation: Savita
- Delhi EC moots longer polling hours
- AAP workers stage protest outside Kejriwal’s residence over ticket distribution
- BJP boycotts NDTV over news gaffe | The Indian Express
- Out of the promised 50,000 homes for the poor, not even 50 constructed in Gujarat by BJP: Kejriwal
- BJP complains to EC against Rahul over RSS remarks, seeks derecognition of Congress


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Links to eleven potential 2013 news stories that might be off of your radar (but shouldn't be)!
The Political Commentator ^
| December 28, 2012
| Michael Haltman
Posted on 12/28/2012 11:35:50 AM PST by thepoliticalcom
Because in 2013 there's more facing the United States and the rest of the world than just the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling!
Although you wouldn't know it by watching and listening to the priorities of the Obama administration, or by the performance of our MIA Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is apparently on the 21-day disabled list, there are some serious political, social and economic crises brewing both at home and around the globe for 2013.
These are links to articles concerning some of these potential flash points from a variety of different sources.
Global news you need to know about!
- Potential escalation of the Japan-China conflict over the Senkaku Islands! "Chinese Aerial Patrols Over Senkaku Islands"
- Concerns over the fiscal health of Japan evidenced by the declining value of the Yen! "Here's What's Behind The Collapse Of The Japanese Yen The Biggest Economic Story In The World"
- The relationship between the United States and Russia is strained despite the concessions the Obama administration has made during its 1st-term. This is currently being seen in the pending ban for the adoption of Russian children by U.S. families! "Russian Ban on U.S. Adoptions Reflects Strained Relations"
- The chance that the United States spills over the "Dairy Cliff" with milk prices doubling on January 1, 2013! "Get Ready for the Dairy Cliff"
- Could the U.S. head over the "Container Cliff" on December 30, 2012 with a strike at the nations ports by the ILA? "The Looming Container Cliff: Longshoreman threaten to shut down the nations ports on Sunday!" Update: It is being reported that as of approximately 11:40 AM on December 28, 2012 an agreement for a 30-day extension has been reached that will avert a strike for now that could have closed U.S. ports!
- What will happen next in Syria? Will Assad step-down or will the killing in the civil war continue and who exactly are these rebels that could take over the country? "Russian FM meets Syrian envoy in improbable attempt to revive peace plan"
- Is there going to be an escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict over the Iranian nuclear weapons program? "'We will respond to any threat'"
- What is the impact of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt going to mean for Israel and the entirety of the Middle East? "The New Egypt: Sharia And The Muslim Brotherhood Triumphant"
- Will the EU financial crisis be ending or just beginning to come to a head in 2013? "Looking ahead, Europe faces a difficult 2013"
- An overview of other pending issues including Al-Qaeda and Iraq! "Predicting 2013 - Opportunities and Threats"
- North Korea nukes, North Korea nukes, North Korea nukes! "AP Exclusive: Photos show NKorea nuclear readiness"
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Religion
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012review; globalhotspots; middleeast; nationalsecurity; world
I’m not going to your blog to see what the rest of this story is.
posted on 12/28/2012 11:49:08 AM PST
All Good Points.
I make note that the American Russian relationship is strained because of the weakness and “ Flexibility” of our current resident.Putin is taking advantage of Obama’s weakness.
Ging over the Dairy Cliff willbe hard on young families, but most will just not buy milk.
Going over the container Cliff is really stupid. President Reagan knew how to handle that. Put the army in there until the unions destroyed themselves or got smart.
Whta eill happen in Syria? God only knows but Obama started it , the same as he started Al Quaeda and Sharia law in Egypt.
Israel -Iran? Only the destruction of one or the other will stop that. My money is on Israel if the conflict does not catch fire in the Whole Middle East.
N. Korea another tough one especially since China is probably behind the whole thing.
posted on 12/28/2012 12:20:49 PM PST
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Blogs make you see red, huh?
Even when a thread from a blog is posted following all the rules, some FreeperBeaters-—such as yourself-—just can’t help complaining.
BUMPIN’ good information.
posted on 12/28/2012 9:04:47 PM PST
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Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the support Syncro.
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My kids LOVE pop-up books, so making their own pop-up frog was a complete hit! You can do this activity by only using two sheets of white paper, but we used colored construction paper.
Side note on conserving paper for larger groups of kids: Print the frog out once and use it as a template. That way you can cut several tongues out of one sheet of red, and a bunch of eyes and flies out of one white sheet of paper.
This whole project was inspired by one of my favorite books as a kid, How To Make Pop-Ups by Joan Irvine! I loved this book, actually still do.
It’s extremely easy to follow along, the hand drawings are very descriptive. My only complaint as a kid, I wish it would’ve had printables!
So, I decided to make one for my own kids. I hope yours have as much fun as mine did 🙂
- Download and print the pop-up frog
Step By Step Pop-Up Frog
1. Cut out all the pieces.
2. Fold the frog in half, along the dotted lines.
3. Cut the frog’s mouth.
4. Fold the frog’s mouth along the dotted lines. Flip the frog over and reverse that same fold.
5. Open the frog up and reverse the body fold. The mouth should pop open, making a diamond shape.
6. Completely fold the frog with the mouth open inside. Then run your finger along all the folds.
7. Fold a separate full sheet of paper in half. We used yellow construction paper.
8. Next open the frog, and flip him over. Lightly apply glue, but leave one side of his body without glue. This will allow his tongue to slide.
9. Line up the center fold on the frog with the center fold on the full sheet, then press it down.
10. Next glue and apply his eyes.
11. Next slide his tongue through the unglued part of his body.
12. Then fold the end of his tongue over his mouth.
13. Last add the flies where ever you want. We put one in his mouth! Also, you can add flying dotted lines behind them.
That’s it! By opening and closing the card, your frog will look like he’s opening and closing his mouth. To close the card completely you may need to help tuck his tongue away.
Download and Print
Click the image below to download, then right click to save.

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Specsavers will be opening a mobile unit in the city centre today following the devastating fire at the city store.
The opticians in the Lower Precinct was gutted by the blaze – caused by a faulty LED – last Tuesday, and remains closed while repairs are carried out.
But the company will have a new hearing service in place in the Upper Precinct, just yards from the store, between Costa Coffee and HMV.
The unit will be open from 9am-5.30pm Monday to Friday, and at the same times on alternate Saturdays starting on January 17.
The hearing service operated by Specsavers at the Holbrooks Health Team premises, in Wheelwright Lane, is also extending its opening hours to 9am-5.30pm Monday to Friday.
Specsavers Coventry director Hitesh Solanki said: “I’m very pleased to be able to offer a hearing service to our customers so soon after the fire.
“We are still assessing the damage to the store and how long it will take to repair the premises and reopen. In the meantime, we are finalising alternative premises to set up a temporary opticians for eyecare appointments.”
Any customers wanting to contact Specsavers can call 0115 933 0877.


The Meritorious Fire Department of the Republic of Panama (BCBRP) clarified through a statement that it is not true that occupancy permits are granted to buildings that do not meet safety standards.
Colonel Abdiel Solís, general director of the BCBRP, referred to the explosion in a building on Calle 54 Obarrio and stressed that the building is new and had an occupation permit; However, he clarified that there are pieces that can be damaged, which does not imply that the occupation permit had been granted and did not have adequate security. When an occupation permit is granted, it is because it complies with all the standards required by the NFPA standard,” said Solís.
Once the emergency call was received, firefighting teams, long ladder and rescue trucks, and an ambulance arrived at the building where the explosion occurred at 7:30 AM.
Solís indicated that the building of the incident cannot be occupied until the investigations are completed and debris and glass cleaning work is being carried out.
Approximately 600 evacuated people from the Urbana building (where the explosion occurred) and from other nearby buildings, including commercial premises, who received proper medical attention. So far, 20 injuries have been reported, of which one is in critical condition at the Santo Tomás Hospital.
Likewise, minors have been treated to provide them with food, equipment and medicines.
Carla García, Governor of Panama, reported that on the instructions of the President of the Republic Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, she coordinated with several institutions to provide support with belongings, lodging and food to the affected people who require it.
Garcia explained that there are 6 people with disabilities who will be served by the National Secretariat for Disability (Senadis). Approximately 300 people must be transferred to multi-family homes and others will go to relatives’ homes.
An inter-institutional team from the security forces, made up of the BCBRP, the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc), the National Police and the Red Cross evaluated the effects of the shock wave caused by the explosion. For security reasons, 6 buildings were evacuated on the same street 54 Obarrio, another located on a corner that was not affected and the Urbana building.
A team from the Meritorious Fire Department of the Republic of Panama, and Criminalistics personnel from the Public Ministry are carrying out the investigations and Sinaproc are carrying out the investigations.
Major Ángel Delgado, director of Related Calamities of the BCBRP, clarified that a few weeks ago there was a situation in a building located in front of the damaged property. “It was confirmed that it was a piece that was repaired by the administration of that building, so it is important to note that the damaged building did not have any problems in previous days,” said Delgado.
Adjacent buildings have been checked and found to have no problem with gas distribution systems. The BCBRP did not receive any calls yesterday or in the early hours of this Tuesday, reporting any alert for an alleged gas leak or related to the explosion.
For the safety of the officials conducting the investigations, it has not been possible to access all the points of the building where the explosion occurred, to determine the origin of the explosion.
Delgado indicated that the building is new and has its occupation permit, so “it is important to see if any work was being carried out or if there was any situation that was not announced by the neighbors.” No hypothesis is ruled out and investigations will determine the causes of the explosion.
According to Delgado, a 25-pound cylinder of gas must be exposed to high temperatures for it to cause an explosion, so it is unlikely that a gas tank would have exploded.
Participating in the press conference were Carla García, Governor of Panama; Colonel Abdiel Solís, director general of the Meritorious Fire Department of the Republic of Panama; and Carlos Rumbo, general director of the National Civil Protection System.


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MINNESOTA POLITICS: Strange tax bedfellows ... Pawlenty first ... Kline vs. Obama. moreThe most significant federal tax bill in years passed Congress, and produced strange political bedfellows.
By: Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau/Associated Press
Tax bill makes strange alliances
ST. PAUL — The most significant federal tax bill in years passed Congress, and produced strange political bedfellows.
Who would have imagined that conservative tea party star U.S. Rep. Michele Bachman would side with liberals Keith Ellison and Betty McCollum against a tax measure? It may have been just a little less of a surprise that conservative John Kline and liberal Jim Oberstar sided.
Minnesota’s senators, both Democrats, voted for the bill keeping the Bush-era tax cuts in place, although they held their noses while doing so. The House delegation split, and definitely not along party lines.
Voting for the compromise between Republicans and President Barack Obama were Republicans Kline and Erik Paulsen as well as Democrats Tim Walz, Collin Peterson and Oberstar.
The House approved the bill 277-148 after senators voted 81-19 in favor of it.
One of the problems Bachmann saw in the bill was reinstatement of the estate tax, which many call a “death tax” because survivors must pay.
Bachmann tweeted: “I voted against restoring the death tax, increasing deficit and blowing a bigger hole in the Social Security trust fund.”
“A lot of people are unhappy that the president punted on first down, and I’m one of them,” Sen. Al Franken wrote to supporters, adding that the vote was the hardest he has taken.
“Extending the Bush tax breaks for the super-wealthy will explode our deficit over the next two years without doing anything to help our economy.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty appears to be nearing an announcement that he will run for president, but he badly trails other better-known potential GOP candidates in the polls.
But he is first in something.
Craig Robinson, founder and editor-in-chief of TheIowaRepublican.com, reports his first Christmas card from a potential 2012 presidential candidate came from Pawlenty.
The governor plans Iowa stops on his book tour next month. Iowa, of course, holds the first presidential caucuses.
Pawlenty’s book, “Courage to Stand: An American Story,” goes on sale Jan. 11. He plans a book tour and by spring is due to announce his presidential decision.
The hardcover of his book is on pre-sale at Amazon.com for $17.18, with an audiobook for $19,79.
Kline vs. Obama
Bloomberg News reports that incoming U.S. House Education Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., “is considering measures to block an Obama administration plan to tighten for-profit colleges’ access to student aid.”
Kline, who serves the southern Twin Cities and areas to the south, will be Minnesota’s highest-ranking congressman when the House convenes next month.
Bloomberg said the U.S. Education Department proposes limiting profit-making colleges’ federal student aid more than that received by public colleges. Kline said that he would rather see colleges disclose graduation rates and other information.
“At the very least, you need to push this thing back,” Kline said of the proposal.
At issue is whether for-profit schools are improperly recruiting students and misusing government funds. Kline said that gaining information would be better than punishment.
Longtime Minnesota Senate attorney Peter Wattson will be Mark Dayton’s general counsel when he becomes governor Jan. 3.
Wattson is nationally known as a redistricting expert, something that will come in handy next year as legislators and Dayton redraw legislative and congressional district lines.
“His experience will serve our state well, as we address its significant fiscal challenges,” Dayton said. “Mr. Wattson has worked for the Senate Finance Committee since 1975 and has extensive experience drafting appropriations and bonding bills.”
Wattson began his Senate work in 1971.
The Washington-based news operation Politico reports that Minneapolis and Cleveland are “all but out of the running” for the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
The choice apparently has been narrowed to St. Louis and Charlotte, N.C.
“The party seems to be leaning against Minneapolis largely because Republicans held their 2008 convention in St. Paul,” reporter Molly Ball writes.
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said he still does not know how much the governor’s race recount cost.
Because Mark Dayton and Tom Emmer finished within half a percent of each other, the state will pick up the tab for local and state expenses.
While machine counts on Election Night are pretty accurate, Ritchie said, a hand count is even better because a machine cannot look at each ballot and determine voters’ intentions.
“This is a 152-year-old process,” Ritchie said. “It makes you proud to be a Minnesotan.”
Republicans beg to differ. Their leaders accuse Ritchie of botching the election, and they promise further investigations.
In the meantime, even Ritchie said election laws can be tweaked. For instance, he is in favor of lowering the automatic recount threshold to a quarter of a percent.
Davis reports for Forum Communications Co., which owns the Herald.
Two University of Minnesota professors recommend several steps with their future political polling to avoid a repeat of a poll in Minnesota governor’s race that came under criticism.
The final pre-election poll by Minnesota Public Radio and the university’s Humphrey Institute gave Democrat Mark Dayton a 12-point lead over Republican Tom Emmer. But Dayton ended up winning with less than half of 1 percentage point.
Professors Lawrence Jacobs and Joanne Miller said in an internal review that the last pre-election poll should be taken closer to the election, include the results of other polls, ask participants questions that build a rapport before asking about candidate preference, weight better by geographic region and include cell phone users.
The review stresses that all political polls are a “snapshot in time” and not intended to predict the results of an election.
Gov.-elect Mark Dayton is officially certified as the winner of the Minnesota governor’s race, more than six weeks after the election.
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie signed Dayton’s election certificate this past week near the Capitol.
The certificate comes after no election lawsuits were filed during a weeklong waiting period after the state canvassing board certified election results showing the Democrat winning the governor’s race by 8,770 votes.
Republican Tom Emmer conceded Dec. 8 after a recount raised Dayton’s margin to 9,080 votes.
Dayton will be inaugurated Jan. 3.
Cravaack on mining
Republican Rep.-elect Chip Cravaack said this past week he will push to open two new precious metals mines in northeastern Minnesota as he prepares to take office after unseating 18-term Democratic Rep. Jim Oberstar.
Speaking to Republican donors in Minneapolis, Cravaack outlined his strategy for staying in office past 2012: frequent appearances in the 8th District and support for the proposed mines near Hoyt Lakes and Ely. The incoming member of Congress said his first meeting after the election was with Polymet Mining Corp. CEO Joe Scipioni.
Polymet aims to mine deposits of copper, nickel and other precious metals using the former LTV Steel Mining Co. plant near Hoyt Lakes. Another precious metals mine is in the works near Ely under a joint venture between Chilean mining company Antofagasta and Duluth Metals Ltd. Both still need to clear environmental hurdles.
“This is an unbelievable asset that we have, but government has been in the way for us to tap those resources, and that is my No. 1 goal in the 8th District,” Cravaack said.
As the first Republican sent to Congress from northeastern Minnesota in more than 60 years, Cravaack said he expects to be a top Democratic target in 2012
The former pilot and military veteran also said he is unhappy Oberstar’s staff has shredded unresolved constituent cases that could have been passed on to him with the constituents’ consent. Oberstar’s spokesman has said the shredding is for privacy reasons.
DFL Party leader
A Democratic strategist who ran Gov.-elect Mark Dayton’s recount operation said he wants to lead the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
Ken Martin announced his candidacy for party chairman this past week, saying he wants to steer the DFL as Republicans take over the state Legislature and the U.S. House.
Another potential chairman candidate, attorney Mike Rothman, threw his support to Martin.
Martin headed two political funds that raised and spent millions to help put a Democrat in the governor’s office for the first time in 20 years. He also led a campaign that helped pass a constitutional amendment dedicating sales tax proceeds to the outdoors and the arts.
Current DFL chairman Brian Melendez is stepping down.
The party’s central committee meets Feb. 5 to pick a new leader.
-- Associated Press
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Hair: Brown/usually short
Weight: 206 lbs
Facial Hair: scruffy
Usual appearance: blue jeans and any Father's day T-shirt
Hobbies: Drama/Theater, opera, drawing comics, reading/writing fantasy literature, playing video games, painting miniature lead sculptures, cutting and editing machinima
Likes: morning coffee, painting miniature lead sculptures, lava lamps, writing adventurous fantasy fiction, peace and quiet of my garage/office
Favorite Music: Grunge, Opera, Rap, Techno, Classical
Fav song: Ride of the Valkyrie(Wagner), Flower Duet(Leo Delibes), Blow the Wind - pie jesu(Jocelyn Pook), Miserere mei(Gregorio Allegri)
Fav movies: The Hobbit, Lord of The Rings, Schindler's List
Favorite voice actor: Kevin Michael Richardson([url]http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724656/[/url])
Favorite comic book artist: Todd McFarlane
Favorite painter: Rembrandt(Old Man Praying)
Favorite sculptor: unknown(Venus de Milo)
Favorite Architecture: Renaissance and Baroque
Favorite Games: Zork Nemesis, Baldur's Gate I & II, Diablo I & II, Warcraft3 Frozen Throne, Guild Wars
Favorite Sport: Fencing, American Football, tossing a baseball
Favorite Philosopher: Mahatma(Mohandas K.) Gandhi
Favorite Author: John Steinbeck
Favorite Book: The Hobbit
Favorite Poet: Geoffrey Chaucer
Favorite Poem: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare:
(Act 5, Scene 1 - Puck's Farewell)
If we shadows have offended
Think but this and all is mended
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear
And this weak and idle theme
No more yielding but a dream
Gentles do not reprehend
If you pardon we will mend
And as I am an honest Puck
If we have unearned luck
Now to scape the serpent's tongue
We will make amends ere long
Else the Puck a liar call
So good night unto you all
Give me your hands if we be friends
And Robin shall restore amends
I suppose I'm simply trying to make ends meet here at my home in Oregon. I am father to, and care for, three children while my wife works. It's hard work for both of us and we're still in love with each other. Life is monotonous and difficult and I don't have anyone else to talk to during the day so I come to Heroes Community. I enjoy the atmosphere and all the talk of HOMM related subjects. I'm not exactly the biggest fan of HOMM. I am actually a die-hard fan of Baldur's Gate, WarcraftIII TFT, and Guild Wars but their chat forums pale in comparison to this one. I have to say the main reason for my membership and attendance is for the people that come here. They aren't so much of a 'blogger'(that which I tire of) like most internet Americans are. I like how genuine the people are here. I also feel this is a great place to learn more about/from people outside the United States. I also really enjoy the rules here. Not only are the rules acceptable to me but the forum moderators actually do a great job of enforcing them! I'm afraid I can't say the same for any other message board I've ever visited.
The best Heroes Community story I've ever read was made by poster named, Xarfax111. Here is his story for everyone to enjoy it the way I did:
These little stories make me remember an old clan fight I had with a Russian player on SD3.
Man this player was fast and tough. He took both Utopias and the garrisons. I built 2 Fortress as a clan buddy told me that there would be enough resources around...blah...dammed was I slow! And the player kept on telling me how 'weak' I am; and what a 'crappy player' I am all the time during my turns; and during all the weeks.
He broke through my garrison, heading to my town, and now I could see why he was so fast. He sacrificed all his troups in the fights except his 7 Black Dragons. His stats were unbelievable: 3 times higher then mine!
..Geez...so I took all my troops to my main and attacked him in MY OWN TOWN. Of course he had expert artillery and of course he destroyed MY CATAPULT, my Chaos Hydras, a tent, and all gnolls with a single Chain Lightning spell. He laughed about me; and kept on telling me what a 'slow idiot' I am; and I should 'be a Footman instead of a Baron'.
Well I waited, let him tell his story, went to the refrigerator to get a nice cool beer, and opened it slowly while my comp kept on *plinking* because of all the messages he made. So I sat down......
Expert Water.......Expert Teleport on my Mighty Gorgons gathered from two towns......They jumped over the wall like little light Dragonflies. The messages stopped immediately......A little cow-attack and 6 of 7 Blackies were gone.
1 Blackie left......just enough to make a little rest.....to give him the chance to make a little comment about how bad I play.....it took some seconds.....and...drop......
......Well that beer tasted so cool.....
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Motion is usually created by air, electricity or liquid. The types of motion created by actuators are linear, rotary or oscillatory.
The most common types of actuator are as follows:
Pneumatic actuators convert energy formed by a vacuum or compressed air at high pressure into either linear or rotary motion. The advantage of this type of actuator is that has a quick response time as the power source doesn’t need to be stored in reserve. Large forces can be produced from relatively small pressure changes.
Hydraulic actuators consist of a cylinder or fluid motor that uses hydraulic power to drive mechanical operation. The motion output can be linear, rotary or oscillatory. The cylinder consists of a hollow tube along which a piston can slide. Despite having limited acceleration, a hydraulic actuator can exert considerable force as liquids are virtually impossible to compress.
An electric actuator is powered by electrical energy converted by a motor. Electrical energy is used to actuate equipment such as multi-turn valves. Its advantage is that it is one of the cleanest forms of actuator as no oil is required.
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A mechanical actuator functions by converting rotary motion into linear motion to execute movement. It involves gears, rails, pulleys, chains and other devices to operate. An example is a rack and pinion mechanism.
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For all your online business building info! , 2021-10-25 10:17:08
Turning a Hobby into a Profitable Business
Most people have an activity that they love so much, that they do it even if they aren’t paid for it. But what if you can turn your hobby into a business? Isn’t this even better, getting payed for something you love? But how do you do it and what are some pitfalls?
The first critical step is to determine the commercial viability of your hobby. Yes sure, your family or friends love whatever you are doing with your hobby, but are they willing to get out the check-book to pay you to do more?
For instance: you make pie’s for your hobby. Everybody loves them. But are they willing to pay for it? Maybe you can make a batch of pie’s and try to sell them on a farmers market. This way you can determine, if people are willing to pay for them and how much a pie is worth. (Give it a go for a couple of weeks.)
After you know that a hobby is commercially viable, you can make your business plan and turning your hobby into a business.
Act Like a Business
One of the largest pitfalls of turning a hobby into a business is failing to make the complete transition from amateur to professional. Don’t play a business, but act like a business owner! You need to take care of the following tasks:
- Open a separate bank account for the business. You need an account that is strictly for business income and expenses. This way you can determine quickly how well you are doing. Also it will make you look more professional to suppliers and other businesses.
- Try to get a credit card for your business. Put it in your business name. If the card is in the business name, it will help you to establish business credit.
- Maintain complete and accurate records. Start a record-keeping system right away and have the discipline to keep them up to date. Use bookkeeping software like quicken, it will help you tremendous.
- Ask a tax advisor for specifics on how you can deduct business expenses. Sometimes it is also possible to deduct purchases that are made before you turned your hobby into a business. Just ask a tax advisor, they can help you with this.
- If you don’t have a lot of money in the beginning of business start-up then you have to be resourceful. Try to make deals with other business, maybe they have something you want and you maybe have something that they need.
- Listen to your customers. With a hobby, you only needed to satisfy yourself. But with a business you need to satisfy the customers. If ask them, customers will tell you what they need and want. Just ask, asking is free.
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In the last month, the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus has become an increasing concern for the international community. The number of people infected by the virus now exceeds that of the SARS outbreak in 2002-2003 and has forced many countries, such as the United States, to place travel restrictions on passengers arriving from China. Given the scale of this crisis, it is somewhat surprising that the World Health Organisation is still urging governments not to put in place travel restrictions. This is despite the fact that the organisation recently declared that the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak represents a global health emergency and not just an emergency in China. To make matters worse, reports from China are subject to strong censorship that is limiting the flow of information about this new virus. Whilst the Chinese government is certainly being more transparent than during the SARS outbreak, there is good reason for foreign governments to be sceptical about the information coming from the Chinese Communist Party about the current scale of this outbreak. As a result, it is understandable that countries are imposing some travel restrictions against the advice of the World Health Organisation.
Of course, the World Health Organisation is not without its reasons. Since the start of this outbreak, it has consistently argued that imposing travel restrictions does more harm than good by. It not only disrupts the flow of crucial medical supplies but also undermines efforts to share information. Even as the number of cases inside China is rapidly growing to over 12000, the World Health Organisation has stuck by this advice and this has meant that many countries (and autonomous territories) have kept their borders with China open. However, other countries are being much more cautious and have pre-emptively imposed travel restrictions on anyone who has recently been to China. For example, the United States is banning most arrivals from China and has issued a level 4 ‘do not travel’ warning for the whole country. This policy, which seems extreme, is for a good reason. The number of currently infected individuals is expected to be far higher than Chinese officials suggest with researchers from the University of Hong Kong arguing that the virus has actually infected at least 75,000 people just in Wuhan. They also suggest that this figure could double every 6 days which highlights how quickly this situation could escalate.
Given this worrying trend, the World Health Organisation is wrong to argue against imposing travel restrictions. If the Wuhan coronavirus reaches other countries where the healthcare system is not robust enough to deal with infectious diseases, the long-term impact of this outbreak could be catastrophic. You only need to look at the 2014-2016 West African Ebola crisis, which killed over 11,000 people, to find evidence of the possible severity of this problem. Given how infectious this new virus appears to be, the danger to countries where healthcare infrastructure is weak cannot be overstated. Furthermore, the World Health Organisation is also advising that countries screen arrivals for signs of the virus as an alternative to travel restrictions. But, this too is problematic as even though much about the Wuhan coronavirus remains unknown, researchers are increasingly certain that it can spread even when it has not resulted in symptoms. This makes measures to screen travellers at airports and other entry points considerably less effective because many arriving passengers with the disease will show no symptoms at all. As such, travel restrictions have become a more effective measure for preventing the spread of the virus to other countries.
In addition, there are also important political reasons that might make travel restrictions necessary. This is because governments around the globe should be rightly concerned about the level of control the Chinese Communist Party is exerting over information about the virus. Indeed, several whistle-blowers were arrested for trying to warn about the potential impact of the virus after it first started spreading and the Chinese government is actively removing any online criticism of its response. Whilst it is not covering up the outbreak as it did with SARS, the Chinese Communist Party is extremely keen to promote an image that they have the virus under control regardless of whether this reflects the situation on the ground. This demonstrates that the Chinese government is primarily concerned with its global image rather than global healthcare security and should not be completely trusted. Given that this is also the government that has denied Taiwan membership of the World Health Organisation because of political disputes, foreign governments are right to be sceptical about where China’s priorities really lie. When dealing with such a government, it is pragmatic to be especially cautious and thus the use of travel restrictions is both practical and justifiable.

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VIRGIN, STAGECOACH and French operator SNCF have formed a joint venture to bid for the new West Coast Partnership franchise.
The franchise, due to start in April 2019, will include the operation of services on the West Coast main line and of the first three to five years of HS2 from 2026. The winning bidder will also play a key role in the preparation for HS2, including planning of services and the interior design of the trains.
The shareholding for the joint venture will be 50% Stagecoach, 30% SNCF and 20% Virgin. The current Virgin Trains operation on the West Coast main line is a 51:49 partnership between Virgin and Stagecoach, while Stagecoach holds the majority 90% stake in Virgin Trains East Coast. The venture has submitted an expression of interest for WCP, and says it will now prepare for the release of the Invitation to Tender, planned for later this year.
The Department for Transport has specified that all bidders for WCP will need to have relevant experience of high-speed rail. FirstGroup has formed a partnership with Trenitalia to bid for both WCP and the new East Midlands franchise.
SNCF already has a stake in several UK rail operations through Keolis, in which it is a major shareholder. Keolis in turn holds a 65% stake in Govia, the joint venture with Go-Ahead Group that currently operates London Midland, Govia Thameslink Railway and Southeastern.

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text: You think there would be plenty of time to think on a long flight. Enough to process months of traveling through places and possibilities, to dream of people who came into my life and stuck like a grimy street underfoot. The harsh reality is that 23 hours on a plane leads to a desperate desire for sleep. When I’ve recovered, I have some stories to share. I’m still in culture shock.


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Alliance Gallery is accepting submissions for “Art in Sixes,” a small works show that will be held from November 17 to December 22, 2012. This is a juried exhibition. Artwork may be delivered to Alliance Gallery, Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information about the exhibit, call 845-252-7576 or visit www.ArtsAllianceSite.org.
Eight towns in Sullivan County have been working with attorneys and engineers for nearly four years to come up with agreements to protect local roads should a high-impact activity, such as gas drilling, come to the region. At the Tusten Town Board meeting on October 3, there was a public hearing for Tusten’s version of the proposed law, and it sparked some objection. Read more
Saturday, 12pm, at the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street, 2nd floor. To register, call 845/252-7576 no later than the day before the seminar.
Saturday, 8pm at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St, tickets are at $30. For reservations call the box office at 845/252-7272.
At the Alliance Gallery is located at the Delaware Arts Center at 37 Main Street, Tuesday through Saturday from 10am- 4pm. For more information about the exhibit call 845/252-7576 or visit www.ArtsAllianceSite.org.
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Demi Earrings -various colours
An in house fave, this design is a little shorter in length but absolutely steals the show. Featuring a speckled polymer clay bead, small faceted Howlite bead and perfectly partnered brass pendants, Demi is your go-to style.
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I love the feel-goodness that Rice brings to things – from their sorbet-coloured Melamine tableware to their storage solutions, kitchenalia and quirky decor details. Of course their kids gear is fabulous too.
These images are from their Spring/Summer 2014 catalogue – loving the optimism they portray. The colour palette is exactly where i want to go with the baby’s room – plenty of muted pastels with pops of colour.
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by L. B. E. Cowman and Jim Reimann
I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place. (Isaiah 18: 4)
In this passage, Assyria is marching against Ethiopia, whose people are described as “tall and smooth-skinned” (v. 2). As the army advances, God makes no effort to stop them, and it appears as though they will be allowed to do as they wish. The Lord is watching from His “dwelling place” while the sun continues to shine on them, yet “before the harvest” (v. 5) the entire proud army is defeated as easily as new growth is pruned from a vine.
Isn’t this a beautiful picture of God— remaining quiet and watching? Yet His silence is not to be confused with passive agreement or consent. He is simply biding His time and will arise at the most opportune moment, just when the plans of the wicked are on the verge of success, in order to overwhelm the enemy with disaster. And as we see the evil of this world, as we watch the apparent success of wrongdoers, and as we suffer the oppression of those who hate us, let us remember those miraculous words of God—“ I will remain quiet and will look on.”
Yes, God does have another point of view, and there is wisdom behind His words. Why did Jesus watch His disciples straining at the oars through the stormy night? Why did He, though unseen by others, watch the sequence of anguishing events unfold in Bethany as Lazarus slowly passed through the stages of his terminal illness, succumbed to death, and was finally buried in a rocky tomb? Jesus was simply waiting for the perfect moment when He could intercede most effectively.
Is the Lord being quiet with you? Nevertheless, He is attentive and still sees everything. He has His finger on your pulse and is extremely sensitive to even the slightest change. And He will come to save you when the perfect moment has arrived.
~from Daily Devotional Commentary
Whatever the Lord may ask of us or however slow He may seem to work, we can be absolutely sure He is never a confused or fearful Savior.
O troubled soul, beneath the rod,
Your Father speaks, be still, be still;
Learn to be silent unto God,
And let Him mold you to His will.
O praying soul, be still, be still,
He cannot break His promised Word;
Sink down into His blessed will,
And wait in patience on the Lord.
O waiting soul, be still, be strong,
And though He tarry, trust and wait;
Doubt not, He will not wait too long,
Fear not, He will not come too late.
Cowman, L. B. E.; Reimann, Jim. Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings (pp. 276-277). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.Categories: spiritual

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Since their last album, Lion Heart, the members of KPop's most successful girl group, Girls' Generation, must have some time on their hands. As outlined by our piece on the Soshi Diaspora, there've been solo and collaborative efforts by Tiffany, Yoona, Hyoyeon, and Seohyun, but the most prolific of the octet by far is their "baby leader" and lead vocalist Taeyeon, who has already released two EPs since Lion Heart, and now her first full length LP My Voice.
Sometimes it's easy to think of KPop stars as cultivated celebrities, meticulously crafted, dressed, trained and polished by their companies, given what to wear, how to stand, dance, sing, even what to say. And in most cases, for better or worse, that would be true, and despite the growing numbers of disgruntled, blacklisted, or shunned KPop stars, most don't complain much, given their bee-line to fame, and hopefully a little pocket change if not outright fortune.
Occasionally, a true original talent emerges where least expected and breaks the standard pretty mold for what a KPop star should sound like. For example, Amber Liu of f(x), former 2PM member Jay Park, G-Dragon of Bigbang, and former Afterschool leader Kahi are examples of stars whose personalities and creative talent have had a larger impact than that of a mere windup song-and-dance team member.
A "sexy concept" girl group that's always been considered second-tier despite such sonic powerhouse tracks like "Joker" and our favorite, "Someone Like U", Dal*Shabet is not what you might consider the incubator of one of the strongest independant voices in South Korea today, but since the spring of 2016, their lanky maknae Park Subin (or just Subin) has been writing and producing stunning material in obscurity.
Subin began writing for the girl group in the winter of 2014, co-writing one of the songs on their seventh E.P. B.B.B., and then produced and co-wrote all of the lyrics and music on their successful Joker Is Alive, including their aforementioned single "Joker." (Incedently, "Joker" became controversial in South Korean as the English word joker sounds extremely like a Korean slang word for penis.) Her next composing credits would come on two of the tracks from Naturalness, including the solo track "From Head to Toe." Up until 2014, she'd done what most idols do, dance in sexy outfits, appear on variety and reality shows, and make the boys swoon with her lovely doe eyes and long legs.
In 2016, her and Dal*Shabet's company Happyface Entertainment finally unleashed her producing and composing talent, allowing her to produce some remarkable singles, starting with the stunning mid-tempo, acoustic, piano-driven "Flower" and its torch song b-side "Hate." Both songs display a musical intelligence and mature sound, free from the formulaic constraints of the typical new jack swing of K-Pop. "Flower" and "Hate" were followed by her E.P. "Our Love," another stride in the same direction, atmospheric, emotional, and moving, particularly the title track. Meanwhile, all of Subin's solo work has completely fallen through the cracks, as Happyface seems to have completely forgotten to promote the songs, and as of even now, very few people have even heard it. There are no videos to be found for any of her tracks on YouTube. But at least they are publishing it, and it's up to bloggers like us to spread the love, apparently.
This past February, Subin released another single and b-side, this time with well-produced MV's for both, though unpromoted. "Circle's Dream" is a clever, mid-tempo, minimalist march, featuring thrummingly restrained acoustic guitar, various forms of single percussion, and bubbly synths. The rambling verses held in place by a cutely repetitive mix of "dum da da da ditty da da" and "ooh wa", featuring Subin's warm expressive voice, slowly building to a pop. It's a cute little charmer of a single and very ecclectic.
The partner song to "Circle's Dream" is our song of the week, "Strawberry," a rambling, undulating ballad, driven by a solo grand piano and occasionally frosted with a very minimal light synth wash and cymbals over the top of the choruses. What makes "Strawberry" so effective is the rolling music bed and Subin's passionate vocals. Subin's voice is rangy, warm, breathy, dynamic and she uses it effectively, conveying the emotions of her usually clever lyrics, which feature subtle wordplay, mixing English and Korean.
The video is simple and stunning. Enjoy:
It's so unfortunate that Happyface has really left Subin's work out in ether, though it is quite different than the faire they are more familiar with promoting, Dal*Shabet's slick R&B dance numbers and their stellar new septet Dreamcatcher's hard-edged, JPop-flavored rock/pop. Though it's only a matter of time before more and more people find their way to Park Subin's beautiful work. It's too memorable to leave behind.

domain: entertainment


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Of all the nutty notions floating around Albany, the idea of letting some parents — but not the general public — see teacher-evaluation ratings surely ranks among the most inane.
Gov. Cuomo, who calls himself the “students’ lobbyist,” can earn that label — by burying this wacky idea, post-haste.
Yet Post State Editor Fredric U. Dicker reported yesterday that Cuomo and state lawmakers are near a deal to push the zany plan through. All that’s left, it seems, is for the pols to resolve a few “unanswered and difficult questions,” as one source put it.
Only one problem: Those questions can’t be answered in any logical way.
Even if they could, the idea would be self-defeating: Hiding teacher rankings from much of the public defeats the whole point of the grades in the first place.
Start with those “difficult” questions.
“No one wants to see parents arrested for disclosing the information they receive on a teacher,” the source said. “We don’t have an answer on that.”
Wow! If only military secrets were treated as seriously.
But, yes, under the plan, moms and dads would see ratings for their kids’ teachers — and then be forced to keep the info confidential. No wonder lawmakers have no answer for how to make that work — because it’s unworkable.
There’s more: Parents might be blocked from seeing the ratings of teachers their kids could have next year or thereafter.
That’s precisely the kind of information they’d need to help determine if those teachers are right for their kids.
But evaluations serve more than parents.
As Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday, moms and dads “have to make a decision . . . based on the quality of teachers,” but “rankings provide pressure to constantly upgrade” education more generally.
Besides parents, taxpayers (who fund teachers’ wages) also need to know what’s going on in classes — which teachers are winners, which are losers and what consequences the latter face.
Alas, Cuomo doesn’t see it that way.
“Teachers,” he’s said, “have a right to privacy to some extent.” Yes, “the parent’s right to know outweighs” the teacher’s right, but “after that, it is less clear to me.”
Meanwhile, he and his Albany pals face enormous heat from the teachers union, which is desperate to shield incompetent teachers from scrutiny.
Of course, Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, union lapdogs both, can be relied on to throw kids under the school bus.
But that would be tragic: New Yorkers were grateful after The Post won its hard-fought battle in court and published thousands of teachers’ grades. No one except bad teachers — and their union leaders — want to take a step backward.
If Cuomo acquiesces, he’ll be forfeiting his pro-kid claim.
And selling out the rest of the state, too.
Now’s the time, Gov, to do right by kids.


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domain: sports


At first glance, the credentials of Al Leiter and Tom Glavine seem fairly similar; veteran lefties with long resumes, reputations as big-game performers and a well of post-season experience. That’s about where the similarities end.
When each steps to the Shea Stadium mound tomorrow night for Game 3 of the NLCS, you’d be hard-pressed to find two more different pitchers, or two more dissimilar people.
Glavine, with his Braves up 2-0 after yesterday’s 4-3 win over the Mets, is the Braves’ stoic starter, frequently accused of being robotic on the mound and emotionless in the clubhouse. Leiter is quirky and emotional, wearing his heart proudly on his sleeve. Glavine lives off his change-up and works the outside corner. Leiter uses his heat and cutter and slider to pound righties inside. About the only thing they have in common is they both get the job done.
“I don’t goof around a whole lot. I guess I’m pretty serious about what I do,” Glavine said. “I get criticized a lot because people tell me ‘you never smile when you’re pitching,’ or ‘you don’t look like you’re having any fun.’ I can’t operate that way. It doesn’t work for me. There’s a certain way we all do things to be successful, and it’s important to know how you need to do things, and for me, I just can’t goof around a lot.”
It apparently works for Leiter, who has arguably the Mets’ three biggest wins of the year and a reputation as their best big-game pitcher. He broke their eight-game losing streak by outdueling Roger Clemens June 6 at Yankee Stadium, snapped a seven-game skid by beating Atlanta on Sept. 29 and tossed a two-hit shutout in their wild-card playoff win at Cincinnati.
“I remember answering the question about Reggie Jackson; why does he respond so well? I always thought it was because he had better talent and he used all of his talent in big games [and] Al Leiter has very good talent,” said Bobby Valentine. “I think in these games that’s important, he doesn’t leave anything in the locker room; he leaves it all on the field. Sometimes talent prevails.”
Leiter has had his share of post-season success, winning World Series titles as a Toronto reliever 1992 and ’93, and pitching Florida to a Game 7 win over Cleveland in the ’97 World Series. And he insists his happy-go-lucky attitude has actually helped him in those big games.
“Yeah, no doubt about it,” Leiter said. “I think by putting pressure on yourself, to think that you have to make a pitch, or ‘I have to get the big hit,’ or ‘we’ve got to win,’ and all of these expression – that’s obvious. I know I want to go out and pitch a great game, but how do you get to that without adding pressure or verbally putting words into your mind to think it’s the end of the world? To me, it works against you.
“Loosen up a bit, have fun with it, laugh, joke. You could still have an inner aggressive feeling inside to want to beat the guy you’re facing, but it’s still fun. You’re still playing a baseball game.”
He hasn’t had much fun or laughs in the first inning of games this year. Batters hit .262 against him this season; but they hit .275 against him in the first inning and .306 in his first 15 pitches of the game. Those are trends he’ll have to stop if he has any hope of outdueling the consistent Glavine tomorrow.
“I’ve changed a little, made sure I get done with my warmups earlier,” Leiter said. “I always felt rushed, like I was warmup up two minutes before the game. And it’s a mindset, realizing the first batter could make the difference between a win or a loss and have the same aggressiveness you do in the fifth inning with second and third and two out.”
Tomorrow, he’ll need that aggressiveness from his first pitch to his last.


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Archaeological evidence for the first Mesolithic occupation of the Western Isles of Scotland
Gregory, R. A., Murphy, E. M., Church, M. J., Edwards, K. J., Guttmann, E. B. and Simpson, D. D. A. (2005) Archaeological evidence for the first Mesolithic occupation of the Western Isles of Scotland. Holocene, 15 (7). pp. 944-950. ISSN 0959-6836
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The examination of eroding coastal dunes at the prehistoric site of Northton, Harris, has produced the first archaeological evidence of Mesolithic activity in the Western Isles in the form of two midden-related deposits. The first phase of Mesolithic activity is dated to 7060-6650 cal. Bc based on AMS dating of charred hazelnut shells. This discovery appears to validate the frequent pollen-based inferences of Mesolithic impact for the area and, as predicted, allows the Atlantic fringe of Scotland to become part of the European Mesolithic mainstream. A detailed pedological analysis also suggests that these early midden layers may have been amended during the Neolithic period as part of a possible phase of cultivation.

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TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some people in the Town of Tonawanda want to put the brakes on part of a plan to improve traffic flow.
The town engineer wants to put a roundabout at one intersection. He said it’s a better option than a four-way stop or a traffic light.
This is just one part of the Park Blvd. Complete Street initiative.
The plan includes a roundabout being placed at the corner of Parker and Decatur Rd. The speed limit would be 15 miles per hour, and traffic could only go in one direction.
That is next to Lincoln Park and a public pool.
That has many in the town concerned about safety. They raised those concerns at a public hearing Tuesday night.
“We haven’t had any education about these,” Town of Tonawanda resident Marlene Merzacco said. “It’s not our country’s culture. It’s being brought in, so we don’t even know how to drive in them.”
Tonawanda Town Engineer Jim Jones said “Nationwide roundabouts are much safer and more efficient than traffic signals and that’s the general movement is to use more roundabouts.”
As of Wednesday morning, the plan is still being worked out. It also includes bicycle lanes, sidewalk repairs and other upgrades.
The Town Board will have to approve the project.

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This summer I had the good fortune to preview a significant portion of Michael Phillips’ monumental new biography of George MacDonald—by far the longest and most extensive study of the Scotsman ever written.
It’s a stunning book.
For those who don’t already know him, best-selling novelist Michael Phillips has been a driving force over the past three decades in reviving interest in the once-forgotten Victorian who, through his writings, was a literary and spiritual mentor to C.S. Lewis. Phillips’ eight-five editions of MacDonald’s books have produced a huge new renaissance of enthusiasm for MacDonald and his groundbreaking work.
George MacDonald: A Writer's Life is comprised of Phillips’s chronological introductions to MacDonald’s thirty-seven fictional works published between 1858 and 1898. Taken together they trace the years of MacDonald’s “writing life” by detailing the progressive events that led to the writing of each of the novels and fantasies.
Phillips explores different aspects and themes of the volumes, illuminating how each title can best be read to understand its unique place within the MacDonald corpus. Based on his lifetime’s study of MacDonald, his knowledge of MacDonald’s heart and the thematic currents found in his work, as well as two years of exhaustive new research, Phillips also examines the significance, distinctive editions, and publishing histories of each title.
The book’s extensive appendices are an amazing resource in themselves, providing the most complete bibliography of MacDonald’s full corpus of 19th century writings and their varying editions. A Writer’s Life reads as the engaging story of a remarkable literary legacy, and at the same time is sure to become an indispensable research tool and reference work for future MacDonald studies.
As impressive as this book is, it’s only one part of a far greater whole: The Cullen Collection, in honor of the village in Scotland where MacDonald wrote and set his classic, Malcolm, consists of newly updated editions of ALL MacDonald’s novels—including expanded and lengthier new editions of those Phillips edited back in the 1980s.
The first books in the new series are now available (see sidebar on the right), and the rest will be released over the course of the next several months.


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Taping and children, that fits! Children play and romp – in the kindergarten, in the schoolyard, at home or on the playground or football field. Injuries, bruises, and other minor or major injuries will always occur. Taping, which is very popular with children, offers a way to treat a wide variety of painful conditions.
Taping with kinesiology tapes is a drug-free treatment method that is well established in therapy and in the world of sport. Apart from the medical aspect, the psychologic effect of taping is enormous. Children have fun with the tapes, are proud of their taping, and deal with their injury in a cheerful and relaxed way. Taping can also be used sensibly and effectively in the orthopedic field, be it to correct postural weakness in children and adolescents or to address deviations of the leg axis in conditions such as knock knees or bow legs.
In this book, with its numerous illustrations and helpful hints, the author describes typical symptoms and the corresponding taping systems step by step. The practical handling is presented in an easily comprehensible way with a series of illustrations to enable implementation quickly and without problems. In addition, for each tape system the possible causes of the complaints are discussed, and a self-exercise is presented with which the child can become active in a preventive way.
The tape exercises presented in this book offer parents, therapists, and all professionals who work with children an effective approach to supporting the healing process for many typical everyday ailments in children.
Roland Kreutzer was born in Gummersbach in 1966 and has been a physiotherapist since 1991. He is an instructor for Brügger therapy (Zurich concept), a manual therapist, and an active course leader for Sensotape® courses. He has been working at the Philipps University of Marburg since 1992 as a physiotherapist, and since 2005 as a lecturer in the Master’s and Bachelor’s degree programs in physiotherapy. In addition, the author works as a physiotherapist in his own practice in Marburg and is a freelancer for KVM-Verlag, Berlin. This collaboration has resulted in him co-authoring several specialist books in the fields of medicine and physiotherapy. In his free time, he is an enthusiastic cyclist, runner, and swimmer, and thus a regular and active user of "self-tapping"!


Cellforce Group, a joint venture between Porsche and Customcells, has partnered with BASF for the development of the cell for its new advanced lithium-ion battery. Production is set to begin in 2024 with an estimated 100MWh initial capacity.
BASF will provide its HED NCM cathode active materials for the production of Cellforce’s high-performance batteries through this partnership. Cellforce is likely to manufacture the Li-On batteries from its Tübingen, Germany facility and output may be enough to power1,000 motorsport and high-performance vehicles per year.
Production waste from the plant will then be recycled at BASF’s plant in Schwarzheide, Germany through a hydrometallurgical process and re-introduced into BASF’s cathode active materials production.
BASF Catalysts group is an expert in the development of sustainable technologies for the production of a wide variety of chemicals, plastics, and other products, including advanced battery materials. BASF aims to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050.