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“Medication-Assisted” Treatment Facilities Come to Business Campuses
By Cory Hoffman, Partner, Advisory Services, Edge
The absolute last thing anyone wants is another pandemic. But clinical psychologists, therapists and other health professionals are warning about the emerging mental health pandemic transcending across the country, based on the enduring feelings of fear, isolation, hopelessness and uncertainty that are taking its collective toll on people of all ages. The constant news stream (marked by sensational reporting) that evades our lives, financial difficulties, concerns about health and well being and job losses are all contributing to the rise in anxiety, anger and depression.
Among the many negative repercussions of COVID-19 has been the rise of alcohol and substance abuse, as the general public searches for coping mechanisms to deal with the current environment. This cause and effect have spurred the rise of substance abuse and treatment facilities, both independently-owned and connected with major medical institutions, to combat the growing mental health crisis. These uses are looking to expand but are finding it challenging to locate space, specifically in the DC area. Often times landlords have had concerns that these types of uses will cause issues with other tenants in the building so have turned them away.
As demand increases for these treatment facilities, and most experts agree the country is only at the beginning stages of a protracted battle to combat mental health issues, expect this sector to become an “essential business.” The acceptance of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), which combines prescribed medications in conjunction with personal counseling and behavioral therapies, has rapidly become acceptable in all social strata, and has also contributed to the momentum. These treatment facilities have caught the eye of private equity firms, like Clearview Capital, who acquired Pyramid Healthcare in 2011 and continues to expand its footprint, which are increasingly acquiring operating centers in various sectors including inpatient, outpatient and psychotherapy.
Preferred real estate locations for this use offer some privacy and generous free parking, attributes that are typically found in traditional business campuses found in the suburbs, as well as medical office buildings and retail centers. Previously built-out conversions, that were used for skilled nursing and assisted living concepts, are especially ideal. Because it can be challenging to retain talent for this use, the accessibility of nearby amenities including food options and necessity retail can help recruit and maintain valuable employees.
The Biden Administration is widely expected to pay close attention to the country’s mental health crisis and pass measures to increase spending for behavioral and mental health. These actions may have been foreshadowed in his inaugural address, which stated, “few people in
our history have been more challenged or found a time more challenging than now.” Action items include loosening restrictions on providing Medication-Assisted Treatment to individuals, particularly those living in inner city and lower demographic areas, and establishing a national plan that mirrors efforts to combat COVID-19.
According to a survey released last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 20% of all adults reported symptoms of anxiety or depression pre-COVID, a number that has risen to more than 30% several months later. In addition, more than 11% of all adults had seriously considered suicide.
Expect behavioral and mental health brands such as Pinnacle Treatment Centers to increase in frequency as investor groups and medical institutions recognize the opportunity and the need to accelerate locations. No age group is immune from the malaise and many experts fear that young people may be more seriously impacted by the removal of social activities, increased isolation and the overall feeling of fear and anxiety. This is expected to increase mental health awareness in schools and daycare centers.
The DC market and its barriers to entry, its lack of suitable space and high costs, make it a difficult market for industry users to expand into. Many of the big-box retail stores going dark could make interesting conversions into a multi-tenanted property containing inpatient, detox, outpatient, testing and other related services.


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Just loved it. The rooms are comfortable and there was a deck overlooking the bay. The breakfast was very good. In the afternoon at the Library there was a cold drink and cookies to help yourself. The fire pit was amazing, we met amazing people...More
We were really happy we chose this hotel. The location couldn’t be better, both to know Hyannis and the entire cape, and to go to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket since the ferry is just steps away.
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The Anchor In is a great stay near downtown Hyannis. Convenient to Main St, bus/train terminal, ferry to Nantucket, & more. The overall property is cute, with a well decorated library with tea/coffee/hot chocolate all day, and continental breakfast in the morning. The staff was...More
For just a little bit more money you get so much more at the Anchor In than any of the other hotels in the area. I highly recommend it. It is impeccably clean. People are friendly. Fabulous amenities like the outdoor fire pit. And the...More
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As other posters have said there is no bar but there are plenty of them on Main St which is a short drive or a nice walk. There is also a nice casual restaurant/bar called Tugboats on the water a short walk away.

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Little Differences: A Masculine Rebuttal
The Montrose Teen View Falls Into the Hands of a Lunatic
by Nicholas Hagan
Well, to those of you who read the Montrose Teen View (thank you Allison), I am here to say that we have come to the end of a legacy. Amber Whaley, cofounder and former editor-in-chief of the Montrose Teen View has decided that it is time to pass on the torch. Only now can I, Nicholas Hagan, begin to appreciate what Amber has done in this past year. Amber has worked tirelessly to keep this paper up and running. She has done everything from writing grants to promoting and distributing the paper to writing letters to holding writer's meetings in her own home. Every month she has written articles, formatted the paper, updated the web site (that she created), taken the paper to print, picked it up and distributed it. Not to mention putting up with the View Crew's crap and excuses (actually mostly my crap and excuses). And I am sure she has done a lot more work that I am unaware of. What I am trying to say is that Amber has invested a lot of time and effort into creating and maintaining a newspaper that, while not very well known or with a large circulation, is one of the best examples of someone, youth or otherwise, who decided that they were going to do something. And Amber, you have. Thank you for your dedication and determination.
And with that, here I am. Hopefully I will be able to keep this paper rolling merrily along. But the only way I can do that is if YOU help (Why do I feel like a PBS funds solicitor?). The Montrose Teen View is (or is trying to be) just that; The Montrose Teen View. If you have something to say, which I know you do, then we have space to print it (under most circumstances; you can't hold me to most of what I say). The Montrose Teen View was created by teens for teens. Help us live up to our name.
by Brian Brim and Aaron DelmanIn reading the article "Those Little Differences," by Eleanor Rigby, in the May issue of the View, we (Brian Brim and Aaron Delman) found many generalizations of the male sex. These generalizations are offensive because they were not thoroughly studied and are untrue in many cases. There are many differences between boys and girls, not that we are experts on either side, but we do know when we find a flaw. The Bathroom, however dreadful at 6:30 in the morning, we still must use. And yes, us guys do use it. The seven bathroom "essentials" that are mentioned in the last article seem to imply that guys are not very concerned with their hygiene. This is not necessarily true. Many guys in fact do use other "essentials," such as shampoo. Some guys even comb their hair.
Editor's Note: The story "Those Little Differences" was first published in the May 2000 issue of the Montrose Teen View and was written by "Eleanor Rigby." The following article is a response written by two teenage males.
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I will have to thank my mum for this Keto Cracker recipe!
My mum lives interstate , so I only see her a couple of times a year and this year she and my dad came for Christmas. Before she came up to visit she told me all about this “Keto Cracker” (she called them seed crackers) recipe that she wanted to make for me.
Mum is a part of a CWA (Country Women’s Association) and they have a reputation of being the best cooks in Australia. The CWA is an institution and they have printed many cookbooks. One of the ladies in my mum’s group made this keto recipe bought this along to their morning tea. Mum loved the crackers and got the recipe off the lady and she bought it with her to share with me.
I had seen something similar in the health food aisle of the shops and I balked at the price they wanted for these “Seed Crackers”
When I saw how easy these were to make and that I had all the ingredients except the pumpkin and sunflower seeds on hand…I knew that I could make these on a regular basis and they are actually good for you and even better….They taste amazing and are so good to eat with dips and cheese.
It was also a chance for me to use my new cups and spoons…Don’t they look great!
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Turn off the oven and let the dry in the oven.
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Tucker Tharp, Colby Wright and Michael Suiter had two hits apiece and Robert Kahana held Kansas State to three hits over six innings as Kansas evened a Big 12 Series in the second game of the Sunflower Showdown by holding on for a 6-3 victory before a sellout crowd of 3,847 Saturday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. K-State won Game 1 of the series 10-0 on Friday night.
KU strung together four hits in the top of the first inning, two of them on bunts to jump out to a 2-0 lead against K-State starting pitcher Jared Moore (5-2). The Wildcats struck back in the bottom of the second with a run on Carter Yagi’s Fielder’s Choice that scored Tanner DeVinny. K-State’s inning would have been bigger as the Wildcats had the bases loaded with one out but the rally ended when Ross Kivett grounded into a double play.
KU stretched the lead to 6-1 with single runs in the fourth and seventh innings and a pair of tallies in the sixth, but the Bat Cats would not go quietly as they fought back with two runs in the bottom of the eighth on a Mitch Meyer double that plated DeVinny and Blair DeBord’s run-scoring single that brought home Meyer. K-State would eventually load the bases and have the go-ahead run at the plate but the rally stalled when Kivett who ended the day 0 for 5 grounded into a Fielder’s Choice.
K-State would have one more chance in the ninth inning when Austin Fisher reached on an infield single. Fisher was erased when R.J. Santigate grounded into a Fielder’s Choice. KU put the game away when DeVinny flew out to left allowing the Jayhawks to snap a five-game losing streak in the series.
The two teams combined for 20 hits and five errors including two lost balls in the sun by K-State outfielders.
Kansas State (18-12, 2-3) will wrap up their series with their in-state rivals on Sunday at Tointon Family Stadium when Nate Griep takes the hill for the Wildcats. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
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|The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, and "one of the great engineering milestones of mankind". It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) from 1998 to 2008, with the aim of allowing physicists to test the predictions of different theories of particle physics and high-energy physics, and particularly prove or disprove the existence of the theorized Higgs boson and of the large family of new particles predicted by supersymmetric theories. The LHC is expected to address some of the still unsolved questions of physics, advancing human understanding of Physical laws. It contains six detectors each designed for specific kinds of exploration.
The LHC was built in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and engineers from over 100 countries, as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories. It lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres (17 mi) in circumference, as deep as 175 metres (574 ft) beneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland.
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MOBILE, Ala. - This week we’re hanging out with another baseball team, this time across the bay at Bayside Academy. We’re hanging out with the Admirals to honor Will Gates. The senior pitcher threw a no-hitter last week against Satsuma.
“I was just so excited, ecstatic, I was just overjoyed,” said Will.
All the emotions you should have after you throw a no-hitter, even if your shortstop had to help you realize what you just accomplished.
“Actually I had no idea that I had a no hitter honestly,” said Will. “My shortstop was trying to tell me that I had a no-hitter when a runner got on second base because I walked him. It didn’t register in my mind until after the game.”
“It was a 3-0 game, I just wanted to win the game. Really I wasn’t thinking too much about it because I was calling the pitches so I had to get in the zone as well,” said Bayside coach Tommy Walker. “I’ve seen a lot of baseball and I’ve coached a lot of games, but I was excited for him. It was really his first time to show his skills this year.”
This is Will’s second year with Bayside’s baseball team, but it’s his first significant playing time.
You could say he’s making the most of his opportunity.
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ACE FREHLEY Talks BRUCE KULICK Guesting On New Album - "When He Found Out I Was Doing Origins Vol. 2 He Wanted To Be A Part Of It"
September 12, 2020, 10 months ago
Founding KISS guitarist and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame member, Ace Frehley, will release his highly-anticipated second collection of eleven rock 'n' roll covers, Origins Vol. 2, on September 18 via Entertainment One (eOne). Metal Express Radio's Mick Burgess caught up with Ace to talk about the new album, and those artists and musicians that first inspired him to form a band back in the ’60s. Following is an excerpt from the interview.
MER: Have you recorded the songs on Vol. 2 recently or are some of the recordings from the Vol. 1 sessions?
Ace: "We actually recorded 'Space Truckin'' and 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place' a couple of years ago for Origins Vol. 1 but they didn’t make. I just rearranged them and redid the guitar solos and spruced up the vocals a little and they ended up sounding better so we decided to put them on this one and now the record company is talking about an Origins Vol. 3, it’s like a never-ending saga. These albums are a lot of fun for me as I grew up listening to the songs and performed them in my covers band, and the fans seem to love them as well. I’m introducing the songs that influenced me to young fans, encouraging them to go back and discover music from the ’60’s, which is great."
MER: Bruce Kulick plays guitar on a couple of songs. Bruce, of course, is a fellow ex-KISS member. Do you recall your first meeting?
Ace: "Bruce is a good friend. I met him years ago. I played a guitar solo on an album he did with my old guitar player, Karl Cochran, in a band called ESP and Eric Singer was the drummer. When I did the KISS Kruise a couple of years ago Bruce was on that as well. When he found out I was doing Origins Vol. 2 he wanted to be a part of it so I let him pick the song and he thought 'Manic Depression' would be a good one. I think he made a great choice."
MER: Bruce’s brother Bob, who recently passed away, played on a few KISS songs while you were still in the band. Did you know Bob very well?
Ace: "I didn’t know Bob that well, but I was friends with him and jammed with him a couple of times. Believe it or not, but when I auditioned for KISS, Bob was also auditioning for KISS and he was actually playing when I walked into the room. I was intimidated by how great of a guitar player he was. Paul and Gene decided that I fit the band better because I had the right image. Of course, I could play and I pulled everything out of my hat. When they played 'Deuce', I just ripped every riff that I knew and did a 5-minute guitar solo. Paul told me that they knew immediately that I was the one but they didn’t let me know for two weeks. They kept me hanging on."
MER: You’ve also covered one of KISS' songs, "She" When the song was originally written it was a Wicked Lester song with flutes and strings. Did you hear that version before you recorded it with KISS?
Ace: "I wasn’t even aware that there was a different version of that when we recorded it originally with KISS on Dressed To Kill. When I was touring with my band years later the record company wanted a bonus track and I thought it’d be a great song to do. I thought it’d be a great chance to showcase my touring band’s vocals."
Read the complete interview here.
Origins Vol. 2 continues Frehley’s reflections on a lifetime in music and inspiration. No stranger to cover versions throughout his musical history - having recorded, rebranded, and repossessed such notable nuggets as "New York Groove", "Do Ya" and "I Wanna Go Back" throughout his eight previous studio efforts - this new collection presents a thoughtful and exciting selection of songs that inspired and helped shape the legendary guitarist. That spirit of fun is carried through with exquisite execution, and guitar aficionados will enjoy Frehley's fresh interpretations of these classic songs.
Origins Vol. 2 features some extraordinary guests, including Robin Zander of Cheap Trick on Humble Pie's "30 Days In The Hole," and former KISS comrade Bruce Kulick on Jimi Hendrix's "Manic Depression." Origins Vol. 1 alumnus John5 also returns, playing on Cream's "Politician," and The Beatles' "I'm Down." Finally, the exquisite Lita Ford returns on vocals, this time on The Rolling Stones' 1968 hit "Jumpin' Jack Flash".
Origins Vol. 2 will be the followup to 2016’s Origins Vol. 1, which hit #23 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and was his second highest-charting solo album and his 4th Top 40 album.
Pre-orders are available here - which includes an exclusive 180g Opaque Gold Double LP variant (limited to 1000 copies + download card).
Origins Vol. 2 tracklisting:
"Good Times Bad Times" (Led Zeppelin)
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"I'm Down" (The Beatles)
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" (The Rolling Stones)
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"Manic Depression" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
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The International Energy Agency said it is changing the way it calculates China's oil demand but acknowledged even this new method won't be accurate because of shortcomings in official Chinese data.
"Few oil-market issues are more critical yet more elusive than getting Chinese demand right," the industrial countries' energy watchdog said in its latest monthly report, published Wednesday. But it said assessing current and past Chinese oil use remains more art than science.
China, the world's second-largest consumer of oil behind the U.S., has accounted for roughly 10% of the world's oil consumption and 40% of global growth in oil use in recent years, it said. In 2013, the country's estimated oil product demand will be 9.98 million barrels a day, up from 9.96 million barrels a day in 2012.
In the past, the IEA, like many others, calculated Chinese "apparent demand"—a proxy for consumption—as the sum of Chinese refinery output and net product imports, it said.
However, it is unclear whether data from China's National Bureau of Statistics on Chinese refinery output include only state-owned refineries or also captured some independent refineries commonly referred to as "teapots," which are estimated to account for as much as a third of Chinese nominal refinery capacity.
Additionally, the absence of reliable data on Chinese refined-oil stocks is an obvious shortcoming, the IEA said. While China has produced some data on oil stocks since 2006, the numbers in recent years have been limited to percentage changes, and haven't included volumes, it said.
It also is unclear whether the published inventory data include oil products held by the smaller two of China's four main refining companies or stocks held by independent refiners, it said.
To better reflect Chinese demand, its new methodology will capture reported stock changes, it said.
Even so, percentage stock changes reported by the official Xinhua news agency only include inventories of gasoline, gasoil and jet-kerosene. They don't account for any changes in liquefied petroleum gas, naphtha or fuel oil stocks.
Despite the shortcomings in official data from China, other mainstream energy organizations include Chinese forecasts in their reports.
Wednesday, for example, the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicted China's oil demand would grow 4.4% this year. The IEA has forecast a growth rate of 4.0%.
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ewz operates a variety of battery storage systems. In various pilot and demonstration projects, such as ‘WarmUp’, we evaluate the impact of storage on self-consumption, on the stability of our distribution grid, and on the system stability of the swissgrid electricity grid.
Smart meters are special electricity meters with enhanced features. They enable electronic remote reading and can display the current electricity consumption in your home. Smart metering allows you to reduce your energy consumption, and with it your energy costs. By 2027, ewz will complete a comprehensive conversion to smart meters in Swiss households in compliance with a legal requirement set out by the federal government.
For building cooperatives, property managers and municipal buildings, ewz has already implemented smart metering solutions that analyse devices and processes, and enable services such as the billing solution for self-consumption with ewz.solarsplit.
Renewable energies and changing customer needs call for increasingly flexible electricity distribution grids. The new Gridbox measuring instrument could play a central role in helping us meet this challenge. Using measurements that are precise down to the second, the device is designed to intelligently balance dramatic fluctuations in production volumes of renewable energy. ewz is currently testing Gridbox in a pilot project in Zurich-Altstetten – with support from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.
In the city of Zurich, mobility is also changing to meet the targets of the 2,000-watt society. The vision is city-friendly mobility as outlined in the ‘Urban Transport 2025’ report (in German).
Already, one in four passenger cars in ewz’s own vehicle fleet has an alternative drive system. We also demonstrate our commitment to environmentally friendly mobility by installing and operating public fast-charging stations, and we offer companies smart charging infrastructures for underground garages. That’s because with green power in the tank, electric cars are carbon-neutral, quiet, and much more efficient than cars that run on petrol or diesel.
The smart power grid supports self-consumption and energy storage solutions. Instead of feeding electricity from private solar power systems into the grid and receiving remuneration for it, customers can also use that electricity themselves. We make sure the entire process runs smoothly. And we offer support when it comes to creating a connection for self-consumption or fairly distributing solar power to residents based on their consumption.
ewz offers high security of supply. Power failures for individual customers are rare and never last long. For companies, who require even greater security of supply, we offer a wide range of grid services for a secure, reliable power supply.
Innovations raise the bar and enable more efficient, more environmentally friendly solutions. During construction of the Oerlikon substation, ewz and ABB replaced the insulating gas sulphur hexafluoride with a more climate-friendly gas – a world first in switchgear technology and an important step on the path to a sustainable energy supply. The substation is also Minergie-ECO-certified, and the formerly outdoor structure was moved underground, both of which make it even more innovative and sustainable. If you’d like to learn more, we offer a tour of the substation.
A modern fibre-optic infrastructure is vitally important for the city of Zurich. it strengthens the economy and increases quality of life. That’s why we provide our city with the comprehensive ewz.zürinet fibre-optic network.
We have also offered individual fibre-optic solutions for companies and public institutions for more than 10 years. We connect data centres with company locations and make data highly available.


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1/4 Cup minced parsley
1/4 Cup minced basil
(Note: If you can’t get fresh herbs, add 1 Tablespoon dried Italian seasonings to the salad dressing.)
2 Celery stalks
1 Large cucumber
1/2 Red onion
6 Campari tomatoes or 2 medium tomatoes
1 Jalapeno (optional for those who like it hot)
3 Garlic cloves
1 Teaspoon sugar
3 Teaspoons white wine vinegar
4 Teaspoons vegetable or Canola oil
1/2 Teaspoon black pepper
1 Teaspoon salt
Prepare the dressing: In a bowl, combine sugar, salt, black pepper, white wine vinegar, and vegetable oil. Quarter lime and squeeze into mix. Crush garlic into mix and stir. (If you’re not using fresh parsley and fresh basil, add 1 Tablespoon dried Italian seasonings to mix.)
Prepare the vegetables and place in large bowl. Wash and dry vegetables and herbs. Chop the celery and onion into small pieces. Mince the optional jalapeno. Peel the cucumber and quarter lengthwise. Remove the seed cores. Cut tomato into narrow slices. Leave the seeds and pulp in for flavor. Remove the leaves from parsley stems and mince. Also mince the basil.
Gently stir the dressing into the vegetable mix.
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Partnership for Safe Water
PWC is proud to be a charter member of the Partnership for Safe Water, which was developed jointly by the Environmental Protection Agency, American Water Works Association, utilities, and other water
What is the Partnership for Safe Drinking Water? The Partnership for Safe Drinking Water is a voluntary initiative for enhancing water treatment to provide higher quality drinking water. The program is a four-phased, self-assessment, and peer-review process to help water suppliers examine their water operations, maintenance, and management practices to determine where improvements can be made.
How does the water consumer benefit from the partnership? Water quality will be improved. Through this Partnership, water experts will provide utilities with guidance, advice, and technical assistance for fine-tuning water treatment. Partnership members are committed to taking preventive treatment actions to ensure drinking water is always safe, no matter what environmental influences may impact raw water quality.
Why is this program important? As water providers identify and battle microbial contaminants such as “Cryptosporidium,” achieving optimum water treatment has become more important. Partnership members are taking aggressive steps to perfect their everyday water operations and maintenance to combat water contaminants. Their overall goal is to improve drinking water quality and treatment. The Partnership also strengthens the relationship of the government, utilities, and water organizations so they can continue to work together to ensure the quality of public drinking water.
What are the Partners required to do? In addition to committing to ongoing water treatment enhancement, Partnership members must meet current USEPA water quality standards, be in compliance with the Surface Water Treatment Rule for the past six months, have a third party assess their water operations, implement system improvements identified by the assessment, and communicate their efforts to their customers.
Director’s Award In 2000, PWC became the first utility in North Carolina to be recognized with the Director’s Award from the Partnership. The award recognizes PWC’s efforts and proven ability to treat water in a manner which meets or exceeds current regulatory practices. Since earning the award in 2000, PWC continues to maintain this distinction through its exemplary practices. PWC has maintained the Directors Award for 20 years, an honor achieved by less than 200 water utilities across the country.
20-Year Director’s Award In 2021, PWC received the 20-Year Director’s Award from the Partnership for maintaining the Directors Award for 20 Years. The Director’s Award is presented to water systems who have completed a successful review in the Partnership’s Self-Assessment and Peer Review phase, a phase in which utilities examine the capabilities of their treatment plant operation and administration and then create a plan for implementing improvements.
In April of 2011, PWC became a Charter Member of the Partnership for Safe Water Distribution
System Optimization Program. This new Partnership program focuses on the operation and
maintenance of our water treatment facilities, mains, and water storage tanks. As a Charter Member, PWC will test program materials and provide input to improve this program for others that follow.


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I would like to dedicate this special post to the memory of a visionary, and in celebration, not of his death, but his life."In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
This Monday we all enjoy the holiday of Martin Luther King's birthday. Of course, his birthday actually fell on January 15th, but in order to allow as many holidays as possible to land on a Monday, we instead, celebrate his birthday on the third Monday of January.
We should all be thankful for this holiday as it traveled a rocky road coming into being. Campaigning for this holiday began shortly after King's assassination, but many resisted it. Some believed that King's contributions did not warrant a holiday. Others were dead-set against it because of King's personal opinions on the Vietnam war.
The state of Arizona nearly lost its hosting of the Superbowl when it cancelled Columbus day to be replaced by MLK day. Virginia attempted to combine MLK day with the holiday celebrating the birthdays of General Jackson, and General Lee. They finally realized, years later, that combining holidays for two confederate generals with a black civil rights activist would not be ... prudent?
Even Ronald Reagan, the President signing the bill into law in 1983, was not convinced of the need for the holiday. He begrudgingly signed the bill after it was passed by overwhelming majority in congress. The first official MLK holiday was observed in 1986, although all of the United States did not honor the holiday until 2000.
I believe the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. is deserving of a national holiday.
King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his efforts to bring about civil change in a non-violent manner. Think he did nothing to bring about non-violent change. I'll just say this: If it weren't for King, we'd be witnessing change through the likes of Malcolm X and other (not so non-violent) activists.
I would also say that he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace back when it meant something - for things he accomplished. Not like nowadays when the award is given to people such as Barack Hussein Obama for, I quote:
"His extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."Seriously? Yes. He was given this award in 2009, after having served in the Presidency for less that six months. The award was given not for something he'd accomplished, rather as a measure of confidence to what he could do. Yeah, how's that working out for you.
Okay enough rant. The bottom line here is that, we should all take the time on Monday, even if it is only a few minutes out of the day, to honor Martin Luther King Jr. for what he was able to accomplish for this country. We should thank him for always striving to bring about tough social change and equality through peaceful protest.
I believe that he did more to educate people on social issues than anyone since. Sure, we can't say we live in anything close to a perfect society yet, and we probably never will, but we're a lot further along then we would be if it weren't for Martin Luther King Jr.
We should all strive to see others by some measure beyond skin color.
We should learn to rejoice in the diversity, and struggles of all people in our society, rather than squabble over such petty things as the pigment of one's skin.
Okay, sir. You can have your soap box back now.

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The natural sweetness of sweet potatoes blends beautifully with the Asian Fusion Sweet/Spicy Rub in these sweet potato fritters.
These cheesy risotto cakes are an easy and tasty way to use up leftover risotto! They're breaded in a crispy, cheesy coating, and served with a simple homemade tomato sauce.
A blog about Indian and International cuisine, with simple steps and catchy pictures.
Italian-style Stuffed Zucchini over brown rice Still more zucchini .
Combining tuna with broccoli and Asian seasonings, these 'jeon' or Korean tuna and broccoli pancakes make a wonderful appetizer or lunch.
These crispy appetizers consist of risotto wrapped around a mozzarella cheese cube, then breaded and fried.
Recipe fried chicken with coco sauce instant pot - This is going to be fried chicken in an Asian style.
Recipe Eggplant with meat and parmesan cheese sauce instant pot - This is another version of mixing eggplants with meat if you are a fan of them.
An easy and straightforward Marinara sauce is also known as Tomato Sauce.
These Italian baked eggs in tomato sauce are a simple, low carb home run.
A simple Italian-style meat and tomato sauce made to compliment just about any pasta.
These salmon and potato cakes hit all of my crave buttons—they’re hot and crispy, cool and creamy, and they’re laced with scallions, garlic and ginger.


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Location. A bit far from shops Inside. Its like a charehouse
Great location, friendly staff and excellent communication.
It was perfect! Wonderful bed, great shower, washer/dryer, everything you want when staying for 10 days. And in a convenient area that was quiet. Will definitely stay here again on our future trips over west.
I enjoyed my stay at Leisure Inn and in tend to return on my next visit.
Managed to get a room over the long weekend and found it above my expectations. Easy check in, great staff and spotless room. Would stay again.
We enjoy our stay, premises very clean, comfortable, tranquil with very good service.
Paul and Sue were fantastic hosts and made us feel at home. The B&B was a short walk from many shops and cafes. Great location for anyone wanting to experience Rockingham. Would highly recommend!
Get the most of your visit to Penguin Island by staying in a hotel nearby.
Local landmarks allow you to take in the local culture on your next holiday. There is perhaps no better way to enjoy Penguin Island than by booking a nearby Penguin Island hotel! Whether you are traveling alone, as a couple, or with your entire family, your visit to Penguin Island will be a highlight of your holiday – and your hotel should be too!
Finding your dream hotel near Penguin Island is easy when you search here on Expedia.com.au. Narrow down hotels based on your budget, hotel class rating, or specific hotel themes. You can always find the best Penguin Island hotel for your needs when you book with us on Expedia.com.au.


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Sen. Marshall Announces Support for Legislation Expanding Access to Precision Agriculture Equipment
(Washington, D.C., July 11, 2022) – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. announced his support for the Precision Agriculture Loan Act today, legislation that would offer low-cost and long-term loans to agriculture producers who want to adopt precision agriculture technologies but can’t afford to through traditional financing.
“The world is bracing for food shortages brought about by rising input costs and expensive energy regulations,” said Senator Marshall. “This legislation helps the American ag industry innovate to stay ahead of the curve, stabilize the food supply, and meet global demand moving into the future.”
The PAL Act would establish the Precision Agriculture Loan program within USDA’s Farm Service Agency. It would be the first federal loan program dedicated entirely to precision agriculture, which is a wide range of new technologies in farming and ranching that can allow producers to reduce their environmental footprint, lower costs, and improve productivity. Instead of paying upwards of 5 percent in interest, producers would be eligible for interest rates lower than 2 percent through the new program with loan terms from 3 to 12 years in length. These loans would cover any precision agriculture technology that improves efficiency or reduces inputs.
The PAL Act was introduced by Senators Deb Fischer (NE) and Amy Klobucher (MN) on September 15, 2021.
Read a one-pager summarizing the PAL Act here.
Read the full text of the PAL Act here.

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The west portal of the tunnel is open, and if it wasn’t for the rough track, I would think by looking at it that a train could be coasting up behind me any moment. Mamiya 6/Portra 160
Not a part of the Foundry, but the Enclosed Body Building. The rebar welded over the windows and the rust patterns with the lighting makes this geometric photos one of my favorites from the year.
A staircase leads behind three of the dock chutes, seemingly to nowhere. The lower on the left held one end of a string of lights above the dock.
A look at the Longmont Sugar Mill in May 2014.
This building was 99 years old when it was demolished for the coal mine.
Looking out of a door to nowhere at the fiery sky above.
A little ice and snow made work at Taconite Harbor much more dangerous.
At the extreme eastern end of the plant is a bank of modern concrete silos. Kodak Portra 160/Mamiya 6.
The portal facing Taconite Harbor (at a healthy distance) is mostly closed. Some kids put bullet holes in it. Shooting down a long tunnel is extremely dangerous, and you should not do it, obviously. Mamiya 6/Portra 160

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By Will Grandbois
Sopris Sun Staff
While interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers declines nationwide, local schools and organizations are finding ways to take potentially stuffy topics and make them engaging and hands on.
Case in point, Family Science Night from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 10 at Basalt Middle School. It’s a five year tradition made fresh by a new partnership with the Aspen Science Center. For $10 — register in advance at eventbrite.com — fourth through eighth graders and their families will have a chance to answer questions like “How do thing behave at very low pressures?,” “What are some of the relationships between electricity and magnetism?,” and “What makes good slime?.”
“We have brought in a lot more labs, a lot more hands on activities that are really engaging the kids,” said BMS teacher Allison Johnson. “It’s a low risk opportunity for them to create and design. There’s no tests or grades, it’s really about exploration. They get to try and play with it and see what works and what doesn’t, which is a huge part of science.”
Johnson provides a similar experience on a daily basis through the school’s makerspace. Inspired by Johnson’s experience with her own kid at the Denver Maker Fair, backed by grants and recently expanded as part of the remodel, it’s a place where students can come at lunch or after school to tinker with electronics or find a way to create something in what Johnson calls “the shop class of the 21st Century.”
“It’s packed with an incredible diversity of kids constantly trolling through the shelves looking for new materials,” she said. “I’m learning right alongside them, so they get to see that curiosity modeled for them.”
Teachers also take advantage of the resource for in-class projects from Rube-Goldberg machines to 3D printed history (check it out at tinyurl.com/basaltmiddleyoutube). Other area schools, including Carbondale Middle, have since implemented similar spaces, and the Carbondale Branch Library has a makerspace program on Wednesday afternoons.
Meanwhile, the Aspen Science Center has been working hard to “demystify science without diluting it,” according to Operations Manager Keith Berglund.
Despite the name, the center doesn’t have a space of it’s own, so staff “sort of guest star at summer camps and enrichment programs.” A preschool program is in the works to stoke interest in science before they have a chance to write it off as dull.
“[Little kids] are true scientists. They’re testing everything,” Berglund said. “[Older kids] perceive it as difficult, so they steer away from it.Once we remove that grade element and due date, the child will be able to follow their interest all the way to the end.”
The ACS is also in the process of organizing a “Quantum Ball” — a fundraising “nonevent” you can find out more about at aspensciencecenter.org/quantumball.
You can also help the cause by donating supplies to the makerspace (needs list at bms.rfsd.k12.co.us/students/
the-makerspace.html) or volunteering at Family Science Night (call 309-5485 or email email@example.com).


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FUNDING for vital crime prevention work in Merseyside – including CCTV cameras, street lighting and tackling gangs – has been slashed by 60% in just two years.
Labour said the deep cuts to the 'community safety fund' (CSF) showed ministers had "turned their backs on the fight against crime".
And they warned that new elected police chiefs – who will take over responsibility for the fund next year – had been undermined even before they started work.
Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary, said: "Theresa May [the Home Secretary] is setting police and crime commissioners up because she wants them to take the flack for her mess."
The row blew up after Labour uncovered figures revealing the CSF – run by partnerships of local councils and police forces – had shrunk by 60% between 2010-11 and this financial year.
Merseyside received £2.1m two years ago, but only £848,684 in 2012-13 – a cut of £1.25m – while Cheshire's budget was slashed by £706,865, from £1.19m to just £478,286.
Meanwhile, no budget has been announced for crime prevention spending from next April, prompting Labour to claim that further cuts are looming.
Ms Cooper added: "Street lighting, action on gangs, CCTV plans, youth services and community safety projects are all being hit – making it much harder for the police and communities to prevent crime.
"And the government won't even admit, until after the Police and Crime Commissioner elections, what funding will be for crime prevention in future.
"Theresa May and David Cameron need to come clean about the next wave of cuts before the November elections."
The Home Office was asked to comment on the cuts, and the uncertainty about budgets from next April, but declined.
But in a letter to chief constables – which acknowledged the 60% cut – it said PCCs would also control other funding streams, including drug interventions programme grants."
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Calin Rovinescu, president and chief executive officer of Air Canada, was named ‘Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year’ for 2016. He was selected for the award based on his record in transforming Air Canada into a profitable, globally competitive, and highly regarded organization. The award presenter noted the carrier’s success, growing operating revenues for six consecutive years, and its record EBITDAR, operating income, and adjusted net income in 2015. It also cited the company’s strong growth, notably a 50 per cent increase in international capacity since 2009, the achievement of long-term labour stability, and the reversal of the company’s $4 billion pension plan solvency deficit into a $1.3 billion surplus as of January 1, 2016.
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The member state delegates of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) have formally adopted an amendment to ban the carriage of high sulfur HFO for on-board combustion, except aboard vessels equipped with a scrubber. The move was widely expected, and the regulation will enter into effect on March 1, 2020.
The IMO says that the amendment is intended to support implementation, compliance and port state enforcement of the new IMO fuel sulfur limit, which will cap sulfur content at 0.5 percent beginning in January 2020.
Earlier this week, Bangladesh led an attempt to delay the carriage ban amendment, citing the high cost of low sulfur fuels and concerns about their availability. The proposal was rebuffed by the majority of member states.
Separately, a group of industry associations for the liquid and dry bulk sectors, supported by the largest flag states, asked MEPC to consider a soft rollout for the sulfur cap in order to avoid “unduly penalizing individual ships” for noncompliance. MEPC turned down this proposal on Wednesday.
IMO Secretary General Kitack Lim has repeatedly said that shipping cannot reverse course on the implementation of the limit on fuel sulfur content. High-sulfur fuels form hazardous levels of sulfur oxides (SOx) after combustion. “There is no turning back! The lower global sulphur limit will have a significant beneficial impact on the environment and on human health, particularly that of people living in port cities and coastal communities,” Lim said in February.
The rule is also expected to drive significant price changes in the markets for middle distillates and heavy fuel oil, with implications for the broader transport sector and for consumers.


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Ride along with me as I vlog about the Billions In Change project while riding on my 2002 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 through the scenic hills of Tucson, Arizona.
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Mary Phillips, MD, MD (Cantab)
Pittsburgh Foundation-Emmerling Endowed Chair in Psychotic Disorders, Distinguished Professor in Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, Director of the Center for Translational and Developmental Affective Neuroscience, and
Director of the Mood and Brain Laboratory
Dr. Mary Phillips trained in medicine at the University of Cambridge in the UK and in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry in London. She received a research training fellowship from the Medical Research Council in the UK to examine visual scan paths in schizophrenia. She subsequently developed an interest in the application of fMRI techniques to examine the neural basis of emotion processing in healthy and psychiatric populations. Her research focuses on the identification of neural correlates that underlie the symptoms of specific abnormalities in emotion processing in people with mood disorders.

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Jessica Biel said she’s “ready” to get hitched to Justin Timberlake and doesn’t think “our marriage will change anything.”
Biel and Timberlake have not said when they plan to wed, though gossip sites speculate the nuptials could come this summer.
U.S. & World
In earlier interviews, Biel has talked about one day wanting to have kids. She told Gala that she’s “someone who lets things happen naturally."
"For me, getting married doesn't mean we should limit ourselves to some pre-defined idea,” she said. “Rather, it's an opportunity to explore new things in life."
Biel and Timberlake have been engaged since early January. The on-and-off couple had split in March of 2011 before reconnecting again the following September.
At the time of the couple’s engagement, Timberlake told People that Biel was “the single-handedly most significant person in my life.”
Biel told Gala that she admired Timberlake’s “ability to communicate well” and express his feelings, as well as his loyalty and honesty.
On Saturday, the couple attended an engagement cocktail party hosted by Biel’s stylist, Estee Stanley, a source told People.
Among the 100 guests who reportedly attended the party were Ellen DeGeneres, Timbaland and Amy Adams, as well as Biel’s parents, Kimberly and Jonathan.
Former N*Sync members Lance Bass and JC Chasez were also there to support Timberlake, a former member of the late 90s boy band.


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The importer plans to invest around 50 million euros in the construction of between nine and 12 new branches.
Olivier Veyrier, Peugeot Germany managing director, says the current 16 branches with 62 locations represented 28.5 percent of last year's sales volume. In 2005 this should increase to 30 percent.
The German sales network currently consists of 763 locations.
Authorized dealers invested around 49 million euros in 2004.
Peugeot is still looking for partners for 32 locations, including Ingolstadt, Upper Swabia and the area south of Berlin.
Unit sales decreased slightly to 121,914 vehicles in 2004. Sales, on the other hand, increased by 6.6 percent to approximately 1.9 billion euros.

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We look at the ministry wise budget allocation in this year's budget.
Ministry Wise Budget Allocation 2022-23
Updated: 01 Feb 2022, 08:45 PM IST
TL;DR.Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2022-23 on Tuesday, 1 February. The Budget brings into the play the amount allocated to individual ministries, which would be eventually utilised in working towards their respective aims and ambitions. However, before delving which ministry received the most funds, it may be noted that the total expenditure in 2022-23 is estimated at ₹39.45 lakh crore.
First Published: 01 Feb 2022, 08:45 PM IST
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Gently off a cliff, Throw the women overboard, Republicans want a tiff.
The Trump Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which for half a century put an end to most low-quality abortions in the United States. The Handmaid’s Tale gets ever closer to looking like a documentary, instead of a horror novel/movie about the decline of the American empire into a theocratic, dystopia. I feel bad for American women; most don’t deserve the terrible consequences Republicans/Christofascists want for them.
Maybe Democrat supporters will realize their party is too wimpy to do anything useful. It’s too corporate-owned to matter.
What the dickens is wrong with Saskatchewan’s prominent political Moe family? It was less than 3 months ago that his truck was impounded in British Columbia where his son drove it so badly. Decades before then, Scott Moe killed Joanne Balog with his truck by not stopping it at a stop sign. Moe says he regrets one day, that day. I guess he doesn’t regret the other 2 days he was driving drunk, even though he might consider them among his “lot of mistakes”.
“Moe calls situation around impounded truck a ‘personal matter'” leaderpost com/news/saskatchewan/moe-again-calls-situation-around-impounded-truck-a-personal-matter
“Premier Scott Moe said this was a time he was called to support family and friends”
How does he support his family:
He pardons them from minor traffic violations that mimic his own violation that cost a life.
The Republican Party didn’t become disgusting when Trump came to power, it’s been terrible for over 20 years. How can you tell? W Bush just confessed to knowing the Iraq War was wrong, during one of his infamous public speaking gaffes. Obama’s Democrats letting him skate away from responsibility for the deaths of over a million people has inspired Biden’s Democrats to do the same for Trump who has also caused the deaths of over a million Americans by mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic so badly. And the GOP is supported by Fox News which is using the xenophobic expression “illegal babies”.
They may be less excited to learn that Justin Trudeau should face similar prosecution for breaking the same law in the same manner. Another who should be charged gave this excuse for their breaking of the public safety measure: “He also noted that the press conference was not a public setting.” Imagine that a ‘private’ press conference.
One of the law profs behind the prosecution of Ford has made waved on Twitter previously.
I think it would be easy to find other Premiers like Moe who’ve broken the quarantine law too. Wasn’t Moe just gallivanting around Europe and the Middle East?
A man who helped define the Canadian justice system as deeply flawed, has died at age 69. David was sent to jail for a murder that he didn’t commit. The real killer later went to jail for other killings, and was proven the killer with the advancement of DNA evidence decades after the killing. David got out, and reportedly spent his time as a free man assisting others who’d been wrongly convicted of crimes.

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logging in or signing up pen pc tech Bommareddy Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Let's Connect Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Copy embed code: Embed: Flash iPad Dynamic Copy Does not support media & animations Automatically changes to Flash or non-Flash embed WordPress Embed Customize Embed URL: Copy Thumbnail: Copy The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 524 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 26, 2012 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 1 Presentation Description report on 5 pen pc technology Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript PowerPoint Presentation: SEMINAR ON PEN PC TECHNOLOGY KL UNIVERSITY P resented By V.Madhuri M.SoujanyaPowerPoint Presentation: CONTENTS Introduction History Components of pen pc Block diagram of pen technology CPU pen Communciation Pen Virtual Keyboard Digital Camera LED Projector Battery ConclusionPowerPoint Presentation: Are they pens with cameras?PowerPoint Presentation: INTRODUCTION P-ISM (“Pen-style Personal Networking Gadget Package”), which is under developing, stage by NEC Corporation. . P-ISM is a gadget package including five functions: a pen-style cellular phone with a handwriting data input function, virtual keyboard, a very small projector, camera scanner, and personal ID key with cashless pass function .PowerPoint Presentation: History The conceptual prototype of the "pen" computer was built in 2003. "Pen-style Personal Networking Gadget" created in 2003 by Japanese technology company NEC. The designer of the 5 Pen Technology ,Toru Ichihash , said that” In developing this concept he asked himself – “What is the future of IT when it is small?” The pen was a logical choice. He also wanted a product that you could touch and feel. Further, the intent is to allow for an office anywhere.”PowerPoint Presentation: Components of pen pcPowerPoint Presentation: Block diagram of pen technologyPowerPoint Presentation: CPU pen: The functionality of the CPU is done by one of the pen. It is also known as computing engine.PowerPoint Presentation: COMMUNCIATION PEN:- P-ISMs are connected with one another through short-range wireless technology. They are connected through Tri-wireless modes (Blue tooth, 802.11B/G, and Cellular) which are made small and kept in a small pen like device.PowerPoint Presentation: Virtual Keyboard The Virtual Laser Keyboard (VKB) is the ULTIMATE new gadget for PC users. The VKB emits laser on to the desk where it looks like a keyboard. It uses a laser beam to generate a full-size perfectly operating KeyboardPowerPoint Presentation: Digital Camera We had digital camera in the shape of pen .It is useful in video recording, video conferencing, simply it is called as web cam. It is also connected with other devices through Blue tooth. It is a 360-Degree Visual Communication Device.PowerPoint Presentation: LED Projector: The role of monitor is taken by LED Projector which projects on the screen. The size of the projector is of A4 size. It has the approximate resolution capacity of 1024 X 768. Thus it is gives more clarity and good picture.PowerPoint Presentation: Battery: The most important part in the portable type of computer is its battery. Usually batteries must be small in size and work for longer time. It comes with a battery life of 6+. For normal use it can be used for 2 weeks. The base stand is act as charging device and also storage area.PowerPoint Presentation: Good and Bad Good is the unit can be positioned or held the way it is defined it works well. The bad aspect is that all like units are just that – alike And can easily misplaced. Compromises A surface is needed to make it functionalPowerPoint Presentation: Conclusion: The communication devices are becoming smaller and compact. This is only an example for the start of this new technology. We can expect more such developments in the future.PowerPoint Presentation: THAN ‘Q’ You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.


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Capacity up to30 people
Area up to67 m²
CompanyBIO-SYSTEM GMBH&npsb;(1.6km / 0.99mi)
MuseumsARCHAEOLOG. MUSEUM&npsb;(0.1km / 0.06mi)
Historic monumentMUENSTER&npsb;(0.9km / 0.56mi)
AquariumSEA LIFE&npsb;(2.1km / 1.3mi)
CasinoCASINO KONSTANZ&npsb;(1.3km / 0.81mi)
Tourist attractionINSEL MAINAU&npsb;(7.3km / 4.54mi)
StadiumBODENSEE-STADION&npsb;(3.2km / 1.99mi)
Beach areaSEERHEINSTRAND&npsb;(0.03km / 0.02mi)
LakeBODENSEE&npsb;(0.2km / 0.12mi)
Special tourist areaINSEL REICHENAU&npsb;(9.8km / 6.09mi)
Had a brief stopover in Konstanz for an evening, and my stay was completely in order. The room and bathroom bigger than expected, all together comfortable and quiet. Did not have breakfast or need any amenities since I had to leave on the early side. Would definitely stay again.
The lady at the counter when paying the bill was giving many smart answers to our questions. It could have been dealt with more courtesy and respect. Service at the bar was very slow. There was no sense of hospitality.
A good budget hotel, great value for money as we booked early. A very friendly time in a beautiful location. Cannot speak highly enough of the staff. A family visit to attend a wedding. A fantastic weekend for everyone. Thanks for the experience.
Nice and new hotel well located just 15 minutes walking from the old city center. Very useful the park located at floor -1; this is not the park of the hotel but the lift brings you in the hotel. It is very convenient and you pay max 10 euro per day. Staff friendly and amazing breakfast - you can prepare your waffles.
Very nice room, the bar area was comfortable and breakfast was good. The location of the hotel was perfect, only a short walk to the old part of the city and the harbour on the lake. I would definately stay their again.
Ibis Konstanz is a very well located few hundred meters from the Bodensee and right in the heart of the town of Konstanz. The walk to the harbor and the old town is pleasant and picturesque. Eating options are abundant. The city itself is quiet and quite pleasant to explore. Taking the catamaran to Friedrichshafen is a must. Very pleasant, clean. Breakfast available and reasonably priced. You get to enjoy the Alpine views while being on the boat.
Great location with a river view. Everything apparently new, fresh and clean. Breakfast well-presented with a good choice on offer. It was relaxed, as the hotel was not full. The dining area was roomy and light.
I stayed at the Ibis for 10 days on business, It was a great value. The rooms are clean and efficient. The free internet was faster than in many more expensive hotels. The desk and breakfast staff were kind & cheerful. Danke shoen guys, I would definitely recommend you.
The Ibis in Konstanz really was a lovely stay. It was exactly what you expect from a budget hotel, very basic, but the rooms were very tidy, the customer service was great and the breakfast was fantastic! The rooms were also surprisingly spacious. The location of the hotel is perfect for everything you need to do, a 10 minute walk to the main bus stop, train station and shopping centre. Or there was even a bus that would take you straight there from right outside the hotel. It was a lovely stay and I will be recommending the hotel to any one else I know looking for a great break in Konstanz!
The hotel is 15 minutes walking from the old town (Alstadt) with parking garage at reasonable price (6,20 euros for 24 hours. It ιs a typical 2 stars Ibis in quality, but is the most expensive Ibis I stayed. I did nοt like that there where no towels in the room and when I called the reception, they asked me to come down to give me a set. Mainly I did not like that there was no heating in the room. The temperature was 18-19 Celsius degrees, not high enough for a comfortable stay.
Ideal location with good town parking adjacent. Easy to find. Good breakfast menu and free wifi throughout Very handy for walking to the old town and to the lake boats. Reception staff were very helpful and welcoming. Would certainly use again
Good hotel in a very good location, close to the city center. Parking area is very easy at the hotel site. Quite expensive Euro 20,00 per day. Good service and hospitality. Room is confortable but small. Very clean. Hotel facilty is new.
Easy to find with parking on-site. Large room with usual standards. English speaking staff. Quiet and peaceful despite being only a 10 miinute easy stroll to the old town. Good value for money. Clean and tidy.
Well presented hotel with friendly and helpful staff.Well presented hotel with friendly and helpful staff. Well presented hotel with friendly and helpful staff. Well presented hotel with friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed here a few times and standards are definitely slipping. Even for a "budget hotel" - 109 euros a night - plenty of room for improvement. Room is small and basic but well laid out. Towels are threadbare ( like a tea towel), no separate hand towels, no glasses for water, no safe in room, WiFi was off for a night - service provider issues apparently, one night came back at 7 to find room had not been cleaned at all. We did not encounter these issues in any of the other "budget" hotels we stayed in on this trip. Not one of the better Ibis hotels. But on plus side close to town and parking reasonable.
Very convenient location. Short notice trip to Konstanz and one of the few rooms I found available. Very we'll run hotel but the room is extremely small for a $150 room: no refrigerator, no safe, no coffee maker, no free breakfast, all in one soap dispenser for face, shampoo, hair conditioner. Also, the smallest TV I have seen in any of my travels and I spend maybe 70+ hotel nights a year world wide. Excellent housekeeping and front office service.
Hard to believe this is an Ibis hotel! There is a general feeling of spaciousness in the reception and breakfast areas, and a room and bathroom big enough to swing two cats in. Breakfast was well conducted with a big choice of dishes and two or three staff keeping on top of setting out and tidying up. The hotel is easy to reach by car, has cheap car parking below, and is a 10-15 minutes walk or bus ride from the centre of this very attractive town. Highly recommended.
Perfectly placed just across the river from the centre.Ten minutes walk and you are there. Has an underground car park which is critical in Konstanz as parking is a nightmare!Prices vary (sometimes daily) so it is worth checking. Pleasant staff and efficiently run it is a typical Ibis. Good value without frills. Only one negative point-the room could have been cleaned better (bathzroom).
the situation of the IBIS hotel is perfect, easy to find and has a parkhouse right underneath the hotel, which costs ca.6 eur. per night. walking distance to the trainstaion/old town is over the bridge ca.10 min.walk. ca.10 min walk to a big supermarket EDEKA on the same side as the hotel which are open til 10pm evenings. right next to the hotel is a great steakhouse BONANZA which we had dinner at. very comfortable beds, nice and quiet area. lift from the parkhouse straight up to the reception / rooms. breakfast is great, all kinds of goodies, staff is very friendly. i would stay here again, for my next trip to konstanz
Good room condition and good location, shortage supplies in the room even without a mug for a cup of tea. It will be nice if they can offer a hot pot and several tea bags. The overall experience is good.
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text: Meet Dust Bunny our Sulphur Springs Animal Shelter Pet of the Week. Dust Bunny is a 2 ½ month old domestic short hair. She has had her first round of shots and is microchipped. Dust Bunny has a spunky personality and loves other animals, especially dogs. If you would like to meet her call Barbi 903-348-1868 or Annie 903-348-3122.

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Abner Mares, who was scheduled to face WBA featherweight champion Jesus Cuellar, next Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, was forced out of the fight due to an undisclosed medical issue.
“Abner’s condition is no way life-threatening, nor was it revealed in a blood or urine test; there was no use of any drugs, including PEDs or other banned substances” portion of a statement from DiBella Entertainment, the fight’s promoter, read.
The fight was scheduled to be aired on CBS.
This is the second consecutive fight cancellation for Mares. He was originally scheduled to fight Mar. 12 against Fernandon Montiel, but that fight was scrapped when the Keith Thurman was injured, forcing a delay in the main event fight against Shawn Porter.


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Micaela W. Janan
Professor of Classical Studies
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- Latin Literature: Latin poetry
- Gender: gender and identity in antiquity
- Theory: new approaches to classics; psychoanalytic theory; feminist theory
Education & Training:
Ph.D., Princeton University 1988
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz 1979
Janan, MW. "Review of Torture and Truth, by Page Dubois." Ancient Philosophy 14 (1994): 217-222.
Janan, M. "Review of 100 Years of Homosexuality, by David Halperin." Women’s Classical Caucus Newsletter 17 (1991): 40-43.
Janan, MW. "`Stop Making Sense': Drawing the Line(s) in Catullus 68." 1989.
Janan, MW. "The Pen and the Phallus, or, `Eros by Any Other Name..'." 1983.
Janan, MW. "The Father's Tragedy: Assessing Paternity in Silvae 2.1." APA (now SCS) Annual Meeting. January 11, 2015. New Orleans, LA.
Janan, MW. "Narcissus on the Text: Psychoanalysis, Exegesis, Ethics." American Philological Association. 2005. Boston, MA.
Janan, MW. "Rome's Mirror Stage: Ovid, the Classics and Reflective Identity." Psychoanalysis Across the Disciplines Conference. 2001. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Janan, MW. "Refashioning Hercules: Propertius 4.9." American Philological Association. 1997. Chicago, IL.
Janan, MW. "Beyond Good and Evil: Tarpeia & Philosophy in the Feminine." American Philological Association. 1994. Atlanta, GA.
The Subject of Speculation: The Mystery of Identity in Propertius’ Gallus-poems. Constructions of the Self: The Poetics of Subjectivity, 1st Annual University of South Carolina Comparative Literature Conference. University of South Carolina. April 9...
How Does She Know?: Epistemology and the Feminine in the Ancient World. French Feminism Across the Disciplines, 30th Annual Texas Comparative Literature Symposium. Texas Tech University. January 30, 1997

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greenpoint duo free spirit, recently outed by dazed and confused magazine as our pals mcgregor of chocolatebobka and jonah maurer of wet dream/family portrait, are brewing up some seriously celestial ambient sounds, which mcgregor breaks down as 90% improv and 10% layered tracks set by jonah. the following is one of the latter, and one of the prettiest, most mollifying passages we’ve encountered in recent memory:
the neighbors have been quietly uploading tracks, videos, mixtapes since last fall, with mcg has also been creating solo work as meadowlands. his minimalist grosskopf redux was apparently given the nod by rvng, and is currently at work on a meditational ambiance/instructional series, including music for sleeping, for mass transporation, for office environments, for asian fusion restaurants, etc.
high-concept, yes. and don’t expect to catch them live unless you live in europe or japan [update: now willing to play south america, too], as those are the only two places they’re willing to play. in the meantime, zone out:

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The Viking Group Of Companies was founded in 1990. Since then the group has grown as a result of mergers and company acquisitions and now represent a number of international agencies.
Our head office is situated in Longmeadow Business Estate, 10 kilometres West of OR Tambo International Airport boasting facilities like warehousing, shipping and technical services. The distribution hub is situated in Johannesburg with branches in Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London and Bloemfontein
All the agricultural and construction equipment of Viking Agri is fully imported from Italy. Focus on quality and durability makes the brands represented by Viking Agri well sought after.


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We assessed quality of life of cancer patients in palliative care in four domains (Physical health, psychological health, social relationship and environmental health). We also assessed individual’s overall perception to quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction with their health. Our participants were predominately female 102 (64.6%) and cervical cancer was the commonest cancer followed by Kaposi’s sarcoma. This is consistent with reports that indicate that women are more affected by cancer in Malawi compared to males, with cervical cancer being the most cancer and Kaposi’s sarcoma is still prevalent despite availability of free Anti-reoviral Therapy (ART)(23–25). Intensification of cervical cancer prevention (through HPV vaccination), screening and prompt management will reduce the burden of cervical cancer and those who will need palliative care services. The commonest form of Kaposi’s sarcoma in our setting is associated with HIV infection therefore, controlling HIV disease through prompt initiation of ART and good compliance will mitigate burden and aggressiveness of the disease.
We also found that only 54 (34.2%) of cancers had confirmed laboratory diagnosis which implies that majority of patients were clinically diagnosed. Much as some cancers such as Kaposi’s sarcoma may be diagnosed clinically in our set up, low numbers of confirmed cases are not surprising like other low-income countries, Malawi has limited pathological and hematological services (10). Limited diagnostic capacity delays diagnosis and prompt treatment reducing chances of curative intent hence patients end up in palliative care. Therefore, there is need to address inadequacies with regards to diagnostic capacity for early treatment.
The study identified several factors influencing patients' quality of life, including education, treatment types such as chemotherapy and morphine, and the duration of cancer diagnosis.
The positive correlation between education levels and the environmental domain emphasizes the potential role of education in fostering a more supportive and conducive living environment for patients hence good quality of life. Other studies have demonstrated that low educational level was associated with decreased disease awareness, late screening, and late-stage diagnosis which leads to poor prognosis and low score of QoL (12). Similar studies have reported that better overall quality of life was associated with higher level of education (16, 19).
The study also found that those who received palliative chemotherapy had high score on quality of life. Palliative chemotherapy likely alleviated their symptoms hence better quality of life. A systematic review conducted by Qan’ir et al, on quality of life among cancer patients revealed that patients who received chemotherapy and radiotherapy had better quality of life (19). Therefore, it is important to integrate palliative and oncology services so that some patient may benefit from palliative chemotherapy. We had only one patient who underwent radiotherapy which is not surprising since radiotherapy is currently not offered in Malawi.
Pain is a major complaint of most of the patients in palliative care (26). Pain management is an integral concept in the practice of palliative care, so as to improve physical health. Our study found that those who were on opioids (morphine) had better quality of life. Therefore, issues of reluctance to give opioids, regulatory restrictions to prescribe and supply chain need to be addressed to optimise physical health.
Some studies have demonstrated that female gender is associated with better QoL (19). However, in our study gender was not related to QoL which is similar to other studies (16).
In this study age, occupation, marital status, duration in palliative were not associated with overall QoL and satisfaction. This is contrary to findings of other studies including one conducted in Kenya among 120 cancer patients in palliative care which demonstrated that QoL scores were significantly higher among older age-groups, formally employed and married participants (12, 16). This discrepancy may be attributed to potential variations in factor interactions across age, occupation, marital status and duration in palliative care which may require data set large enough to derive definitive conclusions. Our study also found there was no significant association between religion and QoL which is similar to A study which was conducted in Kenya (16). But other studies have reported that religious affiliation is associated with religious wellbeing which is significantly related to QoL among palliative care patients (27). This implies that spiritual activities such as prayer, meditation, reading spiritual scriptures are beneficial to individuals’ quality of life. Our study population was predominately Christians 155 (98,1%), likewise majority of participants in Kenya were Christian which may have contributed to inconsistency of findings with other studies (16).
Limitation of study
While the study contributes to the understanding of the quality of life of cancer patients in palliative care in the context of Northern Malawi, the findings should be interpreted within the limitations of the study's scope, including the cross-sectional design. These limitations warrant caution when generalizing the findings to broader populations and emphasize the need for further research, including longitudinal studies, to elucidate the long-term effects of various interventions on patients' quality of life.

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text: A certain amount of pressure is placed on an author’s second novel, especially when the first novel gains the level of attention and acclaim of R. F. Kuang’s The Poppy War. A second novel, whether it be the second ever or the second in a series, is expected to be better written than its predecessor. A second novel is expected to have a better understanding of plot, of its characters, and of its readers’ expectations. A second novel is expected to improve upon the first in every conceivable way. This is easier said than done for most authors, and is easier to accomplish in the beginning of a career, where there is still learning to be done. The longer an author writes, the more series, they craft, the greater the risk of sequelitis setting in. Sometimes, the second story is worse than the first. The Dragon Republic, R. F. Kuang’s second novel, is a sequel done absolutely right.


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Our goal is to open a Large No-Kill Animal Sanctuary (with the help of your donations and purchases of our Art) so that we could have our doors open to any animals in need.
Here is our story...
My name is Luba, I have an Art company called #ArtToSaveLives Contemporary. We specialize in providing Contemporary Art to fine art galleries, private collectors and art dealers. After college, I wanted to build a company that didn't only focus on profit, but on helping others, so since 2006, we have simultaneously been a "self-sustained" animal rehab/foster home/shelter, which is entirely funded through the sales of our primary artist JuanCarlos rLora's art.
In 2015 my husband and I decided to move from NY to South Florida, after following on social media all the things happening to animals here and the lack of No-Kill Animal Sanctuaries... It was a risky move, we knew we would have to start from zero, but "it's for the animals, it's the best cause," we thought. Well, not surprisingly, shortly upon arrival, our animal count tripled! And, I also learned that I had to begin my contemporary art company all over again...
Now, fortunately, things are starting to look up in the Art world here, but with Art, you have to plan any move years in advance and thank God many projects are coming up in the future, but the animals eat every day, so that is why I kindly urge you to please donate whatever you can today, buy Art from us and share our story and name with all of your animal loving and/or art-loving friends, so that they may do the same!
With the funds raised, we are hoping to acquire farmland where we can begin building our ArtToSaveLives Animal Sanctuary to keep our doors open to all kinds of animals, not only dogs and cats but horses, cows, even iguanas, any living beings that are in need.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your kindness and for being a part of our ArtToSaveLives Family!
About the Art:
I work with an artist, JuanCarlos rLora, with whom we created our Animal Rescue Project. I know he will be one of the best artists in HISTORY, not only because of his unique art styles but also because of his imagination, his creativity and his incredible work ethic! So if you are looking to acquire amazing Art, look no further, as it will also be an incredible investment for you in the future!
Here are some of our links for more information:
Meet some of our permanent residents!
Luna & Zoey ❤❤
Xammy, the mascot, top left corner.
Zoey, top middle. Coco, top right.
Reef, bottom left. Bruno, bottom middle.
Quiggy the squirrel, bottom right and Paco the raccoon in the center.
Luna & Coco (believe it or not they are not blood-related!) ❤❤
Reef & Tutu
Paco the Raccoon
Bibi & Titi (Muscovy's orphan ducklings, from 2 separate broods) ❤❤
Xammy babysitting the guineas! ❤❤
BunBun and Nova ❤
At ArtToSaveLives we all coexist :)
Maple, Simba and Spike ❤❤
Mr. Cashew Sunshine aka Mister Mister
Miss Peaches and her beautiful four babies ❤
The original trio - Luna, Zoey & Nova ❤
So here's a little bit about how it all started...First came Zoey the kitten and shortly after Luna joined her. Then we found Nova in a doggy park, late in the evening, tied to the fence with no owner in sight...we had no plans for getting or rather finding any more animals, but fate had other plans for us. At the time, my husband worked at a Veterinary hospital, where someone dropped off a litter of puppies! 8 beautiful puppies, still blind, carelessly placed in a pizza box and left behind in the parking lot where any car could have unknowingly driven over it at any point. Of course we took them in, raised them, and almost lost them to pneumonia, but all survived! We were able to adopt 4 out. The other 4 remained with us and have been a part of our "pack" ever since. The pictures of all of the babies you see above are all a part of our permanent family. We are currently a little over 20 sentient beings
So aside from our "pack" we've just kept our doors open to all types of animals and they just continue to come, with our goal of having a no-kill animal sanctuary!
We've re-homed dozens of animals over the years and with your help, we are hoping to keep our doors always open to any animal in need.