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We at Shadyside orthodontics assures every patient to provide innovative and meticulous care in Philadelphia. Technological advancements, novel treatment such as the composition of wires, outlining the braces, bonding ingredients make any orthodontic treatment comfortable and long lasting than ever before.
We put our 100% in understanding the needs of the patients and then look forward to helping them get the smile they have always wanted. Philadelphia Orthodontist go out of their way to make the treatment affordable.
Moreover, we have digital charting, 3D radiography, digital imaging, and list many treatment options such as customized treatment, early and adult treatment, Invisalign, retention, and other appliances to meet the specific problems.
Philadelphia Orthodontists are no longer famous for just carving perfect smiles instead, they are now better known for using advanced treatments to create a balance between teeth and facial structures. Shadyside Orthodontics not only helps you win the smile and confidence you deserve but also promises to scan into current status and to work relentlessly, to achieve the caring goal.
Our practice is to provide a friendly environment while targeting on the customer satisfaction and profitable services. When it comes to orthodontic treatment, we believe in being completely honest about the services and building great relationships. For us AGE is mere a number, we provide in-depth treatment to patients of all ages. We are the best Philadelphia Orthodontist fully equipped with clinical techniques and professionally trained staff.
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Im setting up an Ovirt HA KVM environment with two stacked x440 Summit switches.
My cluster has only two nodes, and I'm currently testing the live migration with a virtualized firewall (pfsense).
The firewall has many virtual interfaces (wan0-wan3) which act as dhcp client on different VLANs. After migrating the firewall to another cluster node, the interfaces lose the ip and the data connection, while the link stays up. After moving the VM back everything works again.
The switch has no special configuration. What is needed to get the VMs running with IPs from an external DHCP on the wan interfaces?
Do I need VM-Tracking, to allow the movement of the MAC address from one physical port to another?
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A Gallery of Yorkshire Images from ‘Landscape Photographer of the Year’
The highly anticipated photography book, Landscape Photographer of the Year Collection 12 this year includes nine shortlisted entries taken in Yorkshire.
2018 marks the twelfth edition of the popular coffee-table book that contains spectacular full-colour prints of the winning and commended entries from the 2018 ‘Take A View Landscape Photographer of the Year’ competition. Both book and competition showcase the United Kingdom’s most beautiful and dramatic scenery through the sharp eyes of the nation’s best amateur and professional photographers.
From saltmarshes, chalk cliffs and misty lochs to tumbledown villages, geometric farmland and jagged cityscapes, Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 12 captures the splendour of Britain’s rural and urban landscapes, from the Outer Hebrides to the Sussex coastline. The book is the perfect companion for all photography enthusiasts and armchair travellers, with every image accompanied by a first-hand account of the story behind the picture.
‘The Landscape Photographer of the Year’ competition, now in its twelfth year, is one of the UK’s most prestigious photography competitions. It was founded by the country’s leading landscape photographer Charlie Waite, in order to provide an “on-going platform for capturing images that best symbolise our land and our times, and that will stand as a record of our country”.
LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COLLECTION 12 is published by AA Publishing, Hardback, £25

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Positive impact of lockdown is proving to be short-term, what with pollution due to human and industrial activities on the climb once again. Despite the all-depressing news of Coronavirus from around the world, there came heartening reports of how the nature breathed easy when the humans were indoors.
Wonderful images and videos of fantastic betterment in state of enviroment-land and water-air went viral. And that was during the lockdown. Alas, as human activity resumes in fits and starts, once again pollution is beginning to sweep across the globe.
Coming to the city, air quality levels in the city, which had improved in the last two months due to lockdown, is steadily increasing with traffic returning on the roads after government easing the restrictions. “Pollution levels are increasing for a number of reasons, the average Air Quality Index (AQI) of Hyderabad is 112, it goes to a maximum of 165 and fluctuates as the pollution varies hourly and daily.
In summer, radiation from the sun is stronger due to which nitrogen oxide reacts with hydrocarbons and other chemicals and also the tropical winds and dust storms pollute the air quality,” said Dr D Prasad, Environmental Scientist (Air) TSPCB.
“The relaxation of lockdown allowed vehicles back on roads, fossil-fuel based power plants, industrial plants and factories have begun their operations, which are releasing thick plumes of black smoke harming and polluting the air quality. Moreover, construction activities and natural contamination are also contributing their bit to the deterioration of air quality in Hyderabad,” he added.
According to the Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB), the Ambient Air Quality (AAQ) in several parts of the city including Hyderabad Central University (HCU), Bollaram Industrial Area, Sanathnagar, Zoo Park and IDA Pashamylaram was getting back to poor quality of air. After recording a sharp fall in the AQI at 60 in Bollaram in April during lockdown, on Sunday the AQI levels recorded 115.
The Hyderabad Central university (HCU) which recorded AQI at 91 on Sunday, a month earlier, on April 23, the AQI was at 58. There has been an increase in the fine particle matter (PM) 2.5 levels. On April 21 the PM 2.5 stood at 12.28. while in the last 24 hours the average was 28.12. It was at 31.14 during the same period in 2019.
On May 24, the air quality monitoring unit at ICRISAT recorded an AQI of 127, which is considered ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ as per the universal standards.
Similarly, the levels of Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) and Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) are also slowly picking up at Sanathnagar area and the AQI stood at 82 on Sunday. In April, during lockdown the AQI levels had fallen to 62 in the same area. The records show that, in the first three months this year, levels of nitrogen dioxide were far lower than the previous year in the same period. Mostly, nitrogen dioxide is caused by vehicles and industrial gas emissions.
Other than greenhouse gases, the nitrogen dioxide alone contributes to the deaths of three million people a year across the world. In the lockdown, a 55% downfall in nitrogen levels was observed in the city from March 25 to April 25 and it is again increasing gradually from May 7, a 20% increase has been observed till May 24. #KhabarLive #hydnews

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In 2016, the New Yorker ran a piece about my county called “‘I Feel Forgotten’: A Decade of Struggle in Rural Ohio.” The photo essay appeared a few weeks before the election, boosted by a building fascination with poor, rural, and white America—a fascination that has only increased since then. Reporters rushed to small towns like my own, looking to Appalachia—and select Appalachians—for answers, and looking to falsely blame the poor for the presidential race’s outcome.
Appalachia is having a moment in the media. Unfortunately, despite the increased attention to an otherwise largely neglected region, much of the media coverage about Appalachia perpetuates stereotypes, overwhelmingly depicting a demographically varied region as though it were uniformly white, rural, and desperate. Even recent reporting that doesn’t focus specifically on Appalachian poverty continues to fuel the notion that the region’s residents are isolated and ignorant. These persistent myths about Appalachia feed a panic that blocks breaking down barriers to change, and ignore the real work being done here.
In a New York Times article about a town a few miles away from my home, a national reporter described
a “needle-strewn bike path.” The description was so alarmist that, when I shared it with my neighbors, several of them asked, “Are they pine needles?” Because as rampant as the opioid epidemic is—and it is rampant in Ohio—we all don’t have hypodermic needles scattered on bike paths. There’s the tired narrative of towns that only have one Wal-Mart, but most rural places around here don’t have any. And is there any town, anywhere, that isn’t “proud” (a favorite way to describe Appalachian communities)?
Hyperbole doesn’t solve problems, and it doesn’t create an accurate picture of life in contemporary Appalachia, which is more than broken windows, rotting trailers, and tricycles parked in the weeds. Images like this are compelling, and narratives of misery are romantic, but they have built up a mystique without context, creating a fascination with Appalachia that’s simplistic, misleading, and rooted in the past.
In response to these harmful, recycled narratives, Rewire.News last year launched a reporting project devoted to reporting on the region. For this project, we focus on Central Appalachia, including Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Central Appalachia is an area that includes cities and rural areas, great poverty and great culture, economic struggle and economic growth.
Traditionally known for the Appalachian coalfields, Central Appalachia is working to redefine itself on its own terms. Appalachia has its own writers, its own reporters and publications, its own photographers and documentarians. We’re harnessing their talent and have published stories on everything from the recent West Virginia teachers’ strike and health concerns after a massive chemical fire in the same state to articles on how Kentucky is addressing teen pregnancy, queer parenting in the region, and how low-income Tennesseans are fighting to keep Medicare coverage.
Many stories published about Appalachia still have to do with coal, an industry that has not supported Appalachia for decades, or opioids, an addiction crisis that is capturing mainstream attention in part due to its impact on white people.
But Appalachia isn’t just white people. To see a vast and diverse region as being an easy explanation for President Trump’s win is to oversimplify and exclude. To see Appalachia as any one thing is wrong.
Appalachia is wide-ranging, encompassing more than a dozen states. It includes mountains, coal mines, farms, and fracking wells—but also cities, universities, art organizations, coalitions, and companies. Appalachia is home to environmentalists, immigrants, organizers, people of color, people who are queer, people who voted for Trump, people who voted for Hillary Clinton, people who voted for other candidates, people who didn’t vote.
But Appalachia captures the imagination like few other places in recent memory, in part because people are looking for answers to explain the rise of Trump, and in part because of the area’s uniqueness. The landscape is stunning—foothills, cliffs, caves, fields, and forests—and the kindness, humor, and generosity of my neighbors makes Appalachia the most beautiful place I have ever lived and the only place I have felt at home.
It’s also an extremely complicated, contradictory place. The poorest county in Ohio is also home to a university, organic farms, art and music scenes, green energy companies, and many successful small businesses. My child’s public school is top-rated, but more than one in four children in the county struggle with food insecurity, significantly higher than the national average.
But that’s my Appalachia—the Appalachia of rural Southeastern Ohio—which is different than the Appalachia of Charleston, West Virginia, or Madison County, North Carolina, or Harlan County, Kentucky. That’s what Appalachia is for one person. What Appalachia actually is: a multilayered, many-voiced region with distinct experiences (not all of them white) and distinct landscapes (not all of them rural).
You should be fascinated by Appalachia, but not because of a dominant narrative of desperation and ignorance, dramatized by reporters who are often strangers to the region. You should be fascinated by Appalachia because it has many narratives. It has elite systems of power as well as generational poverty, systematic barriers to health care alongside medical innovations.
You should be fascinated by Appalachia’s diversity and resilience. More than 200,000 square miles and home to more 25 million Americans, it has such a venerable history of organizing, community action, and struggles for justice. With a long tradition of environmental stewardship, Appalachia is and has been on the front lines for environmental justice, a movement led by women, especially older women and women of color. Appalachia is full of towns rising up against outsider interests, working together to build clinics, save lives, and improve their own communities.
So many stories focus on Appalachia’s past: coal, the War on Poverty. But history is not destiny, as a North Carolinian recently said to me.
What about Appalachia’s future?
What are local coalitions doing to improve their own communities? How are local health-care providers and patients dealing with changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act? How do federal and state policies affect people locally? How are communities responding to opioids and other crises among their most vulnerable members?
So many stories are told by strangers to Appalachia, reporters parachuting in and getting only brief, filtered glimpses of what day-to-day life is like in a city or town. But what about the people who live here and live daily with the consequences of policy at work in their own communities? Who are the people whose stories aren’t told?
Public historian and Rewire.News contributor Elizabeth Catte (whose book, What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, was published last month) wrote on her blog: “One form of resistance is elevating voices and perspectives from our regions as opposed to about our regions.” We at Rewire.News highlight not only stories of the region, but voices on the ground. We seek to challenge the usual media narratives of Appalachia with humanizing coverage that is intersectional, empathetic, and nuanced; to emphasize solutions; and to focus on people having agency in their own lives.
You should be fascinated by Appalachia, but not because it was forgotten. It has been working this whole time. There is no one story of Appalachia—and there is no single song, but many. And they’re not elegies. They’re marches.

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When my mind settles down I like to read. Looking for suggestions. I quite like good old Harry Potter what do you like to read?
I love the ‘Clan of the Cavebear’ books. I’ve read the first three at least 5 times, in 3 different languages to make sure I caught all the nuances.
I can get lost in those books for hours and just not notice anything around me when I read them.
‘Hitchikers guide to the galaxy’ is also quite good, but I can’t really keep focus when I read it because of all the weirdness and footnotes
Wow I just checked it out on the net and it looks really good! Thanks for your suggestion. Amazing that you can read in different languages that’s so cool.
I think weirdness and footnotes would not have me focusing aswell
And thanks. Tbh two of the languages are really similar (one is more or less based on the other), but the book uses some complicated words that I only understand in one of the languages at at time, so I felt like in order to make sure I had the right idea, I should read them in all three
I absolutely love reading. I would like to be an author so I like to read a variety of authors and genres age groups to see how they write etc
I find it hard to understand adult fiction but if it’s got a good storyline then I try my hardest
I find reading is a great way to relax and unwind from the world.
And the way those books are written, it’s like you can smell the plants and feel the wind of the tundra. I love that.
Another book that had that effect on me was ‘Neverending story’
I didnt even know that was a book. I’m definitely going to check that one out. I know its children fiction but warriors by Erin hunter is a good series. It’s about how cats live. The series is massive. I havent read all of them yet. I do feel the same it helps me escape from my troubles getting engaged in a book
There’s a small passage in the book where it mentions that the boy reading the book in the story has to take a break because he needs to pee, and that’s when I realised I’d been reading for 2-3 hours and really needed a bathroom break
Haha classic! I can read that long nonstop and need to pee but have to finish the chapter which seems at the time exceptionally long but wait anyway
I love Harry Potter also, as well as Lord of the Rings. However, as i’ve gotten older, i find myself reading less and less fiction, and focusing on stuff that is science based. So i’ve read a few books on the brain, evolution, economics, etc. Stuff i think most people would probably find boring.
I enjoy cozy mystery novels.
Any specific ones? I dont think I’ve ever read mystery but I do like that sort of thing
One of the last books I ever read and now have in audio book is “Icy Sparks” by Gwyn Rubio
Witches of Midwest, and psychic mystery and other witch mystery with humor and romance
“The dark is rising” series… One of my favorites, “brave new world”. “the Giver”, " The Host" (the last one could be triggering)
Lord of the rings is a must read if u like fantasy.
I like reading books on nutrition.
When I can.
I’m trying to read wheat belly.


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Phila mayor shows disapproval over state's intent to accredit municipal health departments
NEW PHILADELPHIA Mayor Joel Day expressed his displeasure to City Council on Monday about the Ohio Department of Health's intent to mandate an accreditation process for health departments in Ohio, which he said would cost the New Philadelphia Health Department one third of its budget.
During his report to council, Day said State Rep. Al Landis, R-Dover, met with New Philadelphia Health Commissioner Vickie Ionno and her staff last week about their concerns.
"The Ohio Revised Code states that (State) Director (Richard) Hodges 'may' require all health departments to be accredited," Day expresses to council. "But at a recent meeting of health commissioners from across the state, he indicated that he will."
What's the cost for New Philadelphia Health Department? Over $100,000, or one-third of the department's operating budget, according to Ionno.
Day said the city health department already follows rules and regulations set forth by the state health department, so there's no need for a costly accredidation process.
"Accredidation would just put a plaque on a health department wall at a six-figure cost," Day said.
If the states moves forward with its intent to accredit municipal health departments, any department that fails accredidation could be closed. The option to remain open would mean a closed health department would have to merge with another, Day explained.
Day also expressed his disproval of a Virigina-based comapny performing the possible accredidation.
"Our tax dollars would be going to Virginia to pay for accredidation, not Ohio," Day said following Monday's meeting.
During her report, Councilwoman Aimee May, who sits on the health board, mentioned how the number of Hepatitis C diagnoses in the area has gone up, largely related to drug use. That prompted disucssion on how valuable New Philadelphia's Health Department is on fighting drug addiction.
One of the ways the health department is combatting drug use is by teaming with the New Philadelphia Municiapl Court.
In May of last year, Municipal Court Judge Nanette DeGarmo VonAllman launched a special docket: the New Philadelphia Municipal Recovery Court program. In this program, opiate and prescription-drug addicts can receive injections of Vivitrol, which blocks opiate receptors in the brain, reducing cravings or even thoughts of using opiates. Defendants who are accepted into the Court's recovery program are given an injection while incarcerated and then later on a scheduled basis at the health department.
"We think (the health department) does a good job for the citizens of New Philadelphia. We are the key health department in fighting the drug problem," said Day, who is also chairmain of the health board. "We're identifying the people who are addicted and trying to get them off their addictions and improve their health and their lot in life.

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Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Each year, in October, GIA holds its Annual Conference, with more than 200 top local and national funders, in one of America’s great cities.
For 2018, we’re excited to bring the meeting to Memphis, Tennessee — the birthplace of rock and roll and home to the world’s best barbecue. Our venue is The Peabody Hotel, Memphis, whose iconic rooftop provides spectacular views of the Mississippi River and a great Southern city which has worked hard in America's ongoing struggle to ensure that the rights of all citizens are met. Memphis is also the site of some innovative programs designed to benefit older adults.
For example, the Plough Foundation has spearheaded an Aging Initiative for nearly four years, engaging in research, collaboration, and idea-sharing to identify and address the most pressing issues facing older citizens living in the city and surrounding Shelby County. Along with the work of local government and scores of community partners, the result is the slow but steady transformation of a great city into an even better one — a city that offers anyone, regardless of age, the highest quality of life.
We couldn’t think of a more fitting backdrop for GIA’s 2018 Annual Conference and look forward to convening with our members and our extended network of thought-leaders and changemakers. We hope you’ll join us, both in the convention halls and at the landmarks, such as Graceland and Beale Street, that make Memphis so unique.
John Feather, CEO, Grantmakers In Aging
Ann Monroe, Board Chair, Grantmakers In Aging
Diane Rudner, Chairman of the Board, Plough Foundation and Honorary Chair of 2018 Annual Conference
Any organization eligible for GIA membership is eligible to attend the annual conference. This includes donors, trustees, staff, and consultants of foundations, and corporate giving programs.. If you have any questions on eligibility to attend, please contact Maria Gonzales Jackson at email@example.com.
Non-Solicitation Policy: All conference participants are expected to follow a strict policy of non-solicitation at the conference. GIA prohibits any form of solicitation of its members or other grantmakers during or after the conference. This includes in-person, phone or electronically(e-mail, social media, etc.).
To receive the membership rate, you must be a current member of GIA. Please check on Member Roster.
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Another 111 people treated for back pain at a St. Thomas Hospital outpatient clinic are being notified of possible exposure to fungal meningitis.
The Tennessee Department of Health has found even more vials of steroid shipped in early June from a now-closed compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts.
“As yet, we can’t assure that product was not one of the three recalled lots,” said Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner. “So out of an abundance of caution, we are contacting the group of patients that might be impacted by this information.”
State health officials said Friday they are now keeping tabs on some 1,200 people who had injections. A total of 2,520 vials were sent to Tennessee, and more than 2,000 of those were used, primarily for back injections, says Dr. Marion Kainer, who directs the state’s infections and antimicrobial resistance program.
St. Thomas remains at the center of the outbreak. It has seen a total of 33 infected patients. Two died. Two remain in critical condition. Only one has gone home, and that patient is still on intravenous drugs.
Many more people – 330 – have appeared at the St. Thomas ER wanting a spinal tap test to determine if they have contracted meningitis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending only those with symptoms be tested. Dr. Robert Latham says a total of 275 have been given the lumbar puncture for spinal fluid testing.
“This has to be some kind of entry to the Guinness Book of World Records, an entry I wish we could have avoided,” he said.
Nationally, the outbreak showed up in Texas on Friday, with a total of 184 sickened in a dozen states. In Tennessee, health officials say roughly five percent of those believed to have gotten tainted injections have been infected.
Tennessee Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner continues to call the outbreak “uncharted territory,” adding, “it will take months for this whole story to be told.”


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The Black Swan: Mila Kunis is the essence of elegance in strapless dress at the Faberge cocktail party in London
On Tuesday Mila Kunis wowed in white while attending another event celebrating the Gemfields Mozambican rubies in London.
The Black Swan star kept it simple and elegant as she glided to the Faberge Cocktail Reception where she served as Gemfields brand ambassador.
Mila, 31, who has been keeping a low profile in Los Angeles with husband Ashton Kutcher and their eight-month-old daughter Wyatt, pulled out all the stops to look her best in a strapless little black dress at the event held at Masterpiece London at Royal Hospital Chelsea.
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Simply elegant: Mila Kunis was the essence of sophistication in a strapless black Roland Mouret dress as she attended the Faberge Cocktail Reception in London on Wednesday
The Roland Mouret creation fit her svelte figure like a second skin and was made even more dramatic by Faberge jewelry with Gemfields MOzambican rubies of course.
The dress' hemline allowed a glimpse of her legs from the shin down, and Mila wore pointy black pumps for added height.
Her satiny dark hair was Boho-style, parted in the center and flowing sleek and straight over her bare shoulders.
She's a jewel: The 31-year-old actress - who serves as Gemfields brand ambassador - made her appearance more dramatic with Faberge jewelry featuring Gemfields Mozambican rubies
Bohemian chic: Mila styled her hair in the Boho way, long and straight with a center part
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When in doubt, pull out a classic little black dress like Mila Kunis. She proved her fashion credentials once again at the Faberge cocktail party when she kept everything super simple so that she could show off those special rubies she was wearing.
We love the structured bias-cut and midi length to this strapless number, also featuring the back zip that has become synonymous with Roland Mouret. He's the king of on point tailored elegant looks. He's even been a mentor to fashion designer Victoria Beckham with her own line.
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Amazing grace: Mila was the star attraction at this elegant sit-down affair
Artistic: The table was long and narrow and the decor minimal yet dramatic
Her large brown eyes seemed even larger thanks to smoky dark shadow and liner, while her cheeks and lips hinted of muted rose.
Gemfields is among the first to mine for coloured gemstones in a way that is both ethical and environmentally responsible.
Mila participated in a campaign for the company last year with German photographer and filmmker Peter Lindbergh.
Wowing in white: The Black Swan star was spotless in a white tailored dress while attending Tuesday's launch event for Gemfield's Mozambican rubies at the Corinthia Hotel in London
Mingling: Mila smiled as she mingled among the crowd at Tuesday's glittering event
'While in Africa, I learned that the entire journey that each Gemfields stone takes is carefully considered and that the environment and the local communities where its mines are located are held in the highest regard,' Mila said at the time to explain her part in the organisation.
'I truly believe in Gemfields' mission of ethical mining, and I absolutely have fallen in love with the rarity, beauty and history of emeralds. It's really a luxury to own jewellery and gemstones.
'If you're in a position to do so, you're fortunate. Given that, I think it's important to pay attention to what you're wearing and where it came from.'
Brand ambassador: The actress participated in a glamorous campaign for Gemfields last year with German photographer and filmmaker Peter Lindbergh
Mila's trip to London this week comes after some time off work for the actress, who gave birth to baby Wyatt in October of last year.
The actress continues to keep her film career on a back burner aside from voicing a role in the 2015 animation comedy Hell & Back.
She's enjoying being a first-time parent with Ashton, whom she started dating in 2012; the couple announced their engagement in February 2014.
Low key: Mila has been keeping a low profile in LA with Ashton Kutcher and their eight-month-old daughter Wyatt; the pair stepped out to an event in Austin, TX where they posed with Guy Oseary on March 14
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AKWESASNE — The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA) appears set to try once again to reform its community election law, as newly re-elected Kawehno:ke (Cornwall Island) District Chief Denis Chaussi has been pushing internally to have the issue revisited.
The chief wants to change the rules that were used to have him briefly removed from the council in September, until he reclaimed his seat in the resulting December by-election.
He argued the rules in the election law that allow a petition with the same number of signatures as a chief got in the last election, are poorly designed and said he feels strongly enough about the issue he is prepared to resign from the Mohawk council if further reform is pushed onto the back burner and forgotten.
“Everyone knows that the Akwesasne Election Law is flawed, and the process that goes along with it is flawed as well. If someone doesn’t like you on day 13 or day 195, they can put together a petition to get you out of office,” he told the Standard-Freeholder.
“I may have to reevaluate my oath of office to uphold the laws of the MCA, because one of those laws in the election law, and I can’t sit here and tell you that I would still want to be a chief and uphold laws I believe are flawed.”
Whether or not one considers it to be a flaw, Akwesasne’s election law sets a low bar for what’s required to have a sitting chief kicked off council, especially given the First Nation’s often meagre voter turnout.
A district chief, like Chaussi, can only be elected by people who live in his district, but the election law allows eligible voters from any Akwesasne district to sign a petition to have him kicked off council. No doubt, this would have made it much easier for the people behind the petition against Chaussi to find the 133 signatures they needed, but it’s unclear how many people who did sign the petition may have lived in other districts.
Chaussi says he doesn’t want the ability for people to recall chiefs they are unhappy with to be gone completely, but the law should be changed to limit that ability to just those who actually voted in a chief’s district in the last election.
Dennis Chaussi voted back on council in Akwesasne
Akwesasne district chief opens up on petition to remove him from office
The recall ability has been a part of the election since at least 2004 and has been used to remove chiefs before, including in the aftermath of the shutdown of the bridge and 2009 conflict that led to the CBSA checkpoint being removed from Cornwall Island.
“No one has taken it upon themselves to really try to fix the flaws in the election law (in all that time),” he fumed.
That is not entirely the case, as attempts have been made but have not always been successful. The MCA’s justice department worked for several months on a set of amendments for the election law that were finally presented to the community members for approval last year, but they were ultimately voted down.
Grand Chief Abram Benedict said he agrees the election law is in need of modernization, and noted Chaussi himself has the ability to simply bring forward a motion at council to activate an amendment process contained in the law itself if he chooses.
“There’s also a body that has been formed to do legislative reviews and reforms and things like that. They have identified this law as a priority over the next year or so to be amended. They haven’t begun that process, but it is a priority for them,” he said.
The amendments the legislative committee would be considering would likely go beyond just changing the recall petition rule, and would still need to be put to community members for a vote.
Chaussi says he feels the traditional process of getting the law amended is doomed because of the suspicion many community members feel towards changes of this kind. The chief argued Akwesasne needs to take a radically different approach, where the council and the MCA administration is kept at arms-length.
“What has happened in the past is that council has made recommendations for changes to the Akwesasne Election Law, and when people hear that they say, ‘well, council is just changing it to suit their own needs.’ So they vote it down … and it doesn’t matter if those changes are actually good or not,” he said. “What needs to happen is the other way around; the public has to come out and say these are the changes we want to make to the election law — with the assistance of (a consultant) that can give them guidance on what those changes could be.”
On a related note, Chaussi is continuing to push back against his conviction in Akwesasne’s community court for violating council’s code of ethics. The man who brought the complaint against him in that case is also the one who started the petition to have him removed from council.
The chief says he is demanding various documents from MCA administration regarding the ethics law, and other subjects, although he would not into specifics. Hesaid if he is denied them he may take the MCA to civil court and resign anyway.

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How to Hang Stuff in your Garage ON THE CHEAP!
Tools 1 Measure the Place for the Pegboard. Determine the size and shape of your pegboard by checking the available wall space 2 Cut and Prepare the . Sep 16, · How to Hang Stuff in your Garage ON THE CHEAP! 1. Figure out the length you want to hang and grab a 1” x 4” board that wide. I used a 12’ board and an 8’ board. and 2. Mark where your studs are with a stud finder. 3. Using your 2” wood screws attach your 1” x 4” to the wall drilling into the.
Whether you are looking out for ideas to create a garage space in your home or are just bored of the old arrangements in the garage or even looking to make some more space in your garage, you know it is not that an easy job. It takes a lot of work and brains to create an attractive, spacious and clean garage space with as less space as possible, making the optimum use of whatever space available. Piles of tools with other stuff what do you say for passover the skateboards, tennis rackets, basketballs, dog food, and the old refrigerator — never to forget your bicycle and its equipment, the gaps in between filled in by the rat droppings, which may also pose a health risk — phew!
View Garage Storage. The garage indeed drives you away from it. But how to use satellite signal finder no more, after reading these 7 Ways to Hang Your Tools in the Garageyou will get some idea to start on organizing your precious little space. You may want to install peg-boards on the walls of your garage before going ahead with these ideas. The main idea here is that we are giving each and every item its own slot near or on the walls, thus leaving nothing on the floor.
Pegboards are an excellent way to hang the garage tools and other stuff around and making the maximum use of the wall space. In addition to this, they give a clean look to your garage with nothing scattered on the floor. Hooks, along with the pegboards make the best organization of the tools in your garage. You can use the hooks to hang many things like your backpack tool bags when you are not using themthe sports equipment like the badminton rackets, bags, and almost any random thing.
In addition to the pegboards and mounted hooks, you may also use magnetic wall strips and even sections of PVC pipes to add to the organizing. Here are a few ideas. Image by creative marys home. So, no more stumbling upon those bikes every now and then. Also, your kiddos can boost around about how to convert euro to naira separate parking space for their vehicles.
Now that the parking lot is ready, how about a separate space to keep the helmets? Yes, you can always mount a steel basket to the pegged boards using the hooks and store the helmets in it, just like the image. You can even store motorcycle accessories to the basket.
This idea has two advantages — first, there are higher chances that the kiddo drivers go riding with their helmets on and second, no more helmets on the floor. What else can be more exciting? A holder for Camping or Sports Chairs Image by creative marys home. Use the mounted hooks in order to create a separate space for them, so that they are easily accessible when they are needed the most.
Ball Holder Image by creative marys home. The ball holder should have apt designs that ensure that you can remove the bottom-most ball how to use panty liners many hassles and removing the upper balls. Again, the mounted hooks and the ball holder make a brilliant hanging ball holder just like the one in the image. Just make sure that you have the right volume of the holders, just in case.
Storing hoses and sprinklers Image by family handyman. If you just hang a hose without any support, it might lose its shape and lose its utility. In addition to this, the excessive heat and cold cause changes in the amount of water or whatever they transport. Over time, if not shielded from excessive heat or cold, it may cause wear and tear of the pipes after some years.
So, fix a large bucket with plywood in the bottom into the wall of the garage. This plywood ensures that nothing other than the buckets gets holes in it so that the shape and the capacity of the pipes remain there. You just coil the pipes over the bucket.
This solves the problem. Tool Storage Image by family handyman. You can make use of typical brackets to store long tools and stack them one on the top of another. This actually is an efficient use of wall space without the need for much investment. The design shown in the picture allows you to reach the tool which you exactly how to get a weeworld account. Now you can conveniently hang the rakes and shovels individually without using up a lot of space.
Hanging other important tools Image by creative marys home. If you have a vacuum cleaner, ladders, brooms, mops, etc, you can use the remaining wall space in your garage and hang them using mounted hooks, just like in the image. Again, this will help to keep such how to hang tools on garage wall off the floor and helps to use the floor for other purposes.
Organizing Garage Space Before concluding, here are a few general tips on organizing your garage space which may help you while redesigning your garage. These were a few tips to hang your tools in your garage so that you can get more of the floor space at your disposal. Just remember that there is no one-fit-for-all solution or method to organize your garage.
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With an entire new house to decorate and organize I want my housing budget dollars to be spent elsewhere. Namely shovels, rakes, brooms, scooters and more. Since I have 9. And my highest goal is to have a functional garage and workshop area all while parking our cars in the garage — something we could never do at our old house.
That is called some good cheap organization right there! Screw in Utility Hangar. Mark and plan out out where each hook will go.
Pre-drill a hole and then screw your hooks in. I ended up leaving the bikes on the ground. My kids are too young to hang their bikes and I wanted them to have easy access to get them in and out of the garage.
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As the days grow longer (and hopefully warmer), it’s time to get out of the house and explore Amsterdam. There are tons of amazing things to do this April in Amsterdam. In fact, it might just be our favourite time of year. The tulips are in bloom, the parks are filled with cherry blossom and the sun is shining (sometimes).
On April 16, the gorgeous Felix Meritis will be illuminated by hundreds of candles as the talented Lucerna string quartet play by the flickering light. Fans of Coldplay and Imagine Dragons will be treated to a Candlelight Concert dedicated to these two amazing bands.
Expect to hear songs like ‘Fix You’ and ‘Clocks’ by Coldplay alongside ‘Bad Liar’ and ‘Believer’ by Imagine Dragons at this unmissable experience. Don’t worry if you miss the April date because there will be another concert on May 14!
Amsterdam is in bloom, and we’re not just talking about the tulips! There are plenty of stunning spots to see the cherry blossom this spring, so make sure not to miss it!
Amsterdamse Bos is perhaps the most famous place to see cherry blossom, with over 400 cherry blossom trees. However, you’ll also find trees in bloom at Westerpark, Museumplein and lots of other places included in our handy cherry blossom guide.
The beautiful Rode Hoed will also be hosting a stunning Candlelight Concert on April 22, this time dedicated to the breathtaking compositions of Hans Zimmer. As the candles flicker around them, the incredible Hydra String Quartet will play his most famous tunes.
The audience will hear familiar movie soundtracks from The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Interstellar and much more. It would make for the most romantic date night for movie buffs and if you miss it, there’s another on May 20.
Keukenhof was recently named one of the most beautiful places in Europe and it’s easy to see why. People travel from far and wide to see the fields of tulips here.
The park is open until May 14, so there is still plenty of time to visit but the tulips are looking fantastic right now. However, different tulips bloom at different times so there will still be gorgeous blooms around up until the closing date. Entrance to the garden costs €19 per person.
5. Celebrate King’s Day
On April 27, Amsterdam turns into a sea of orange-clad revellers, out to celebrate the King’s birthday. It’s a day of national pride in the Netherlands and spirits are always high, with parties everywhere and a packed city centre.
The canals will be filled with boats, which you can hire and it’s a great way to see the celebrations. Be warned though, you will be stuck behind a huge queue of people on boats doing exactly the same thing. Alternatively, you can hop in and out of bars or hang out in the street with other people celebrating.
We can’t get enough of the incredible Candlelight Concerts in Amsterdam and another is coming to Rode Hoed, this time dedicated to the timeless band Queen. You can catch it on April 29 and it’s going to be phenomenal.
The talented Hydra string quartet will play songs like ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘The Show Must Go On’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by candlelight and Queen fans are going to love it! As with all Candlelight Concerts, the candles and music make for an unbeatable ambiance in a stunning setting.
7. Songkran celebration
From April 13-15 people celebrate Thai New Year: Songkran. It is traditional to have a huge waterfight, splashing one another to clear away any bad luck for the new year.
This year, you can join in at George Gershwinplein on April 15 at 3 pm, where a massive waterfight will be taking place. Bring buckets, waterguns and expect to get absolutely soaked.
You can fill your tummy beforehand at Happyhappyjoyjoy, too. They’re preparing a large Thai buffet made by talented Thai chefs. It’s €36.50 per person with a welcome drink included and you can book a table on the website.
8. Latin party at Manhattan Lounge Bar
Amsterdam has a sizeable Latin American population and when you’re living on a different continent, it’s such a great feeling to hear music from home. Plus, at The Manhattan Lounge Bar on April 14 you can dance to it too.
DJ Latin Master will be playing Salsa and Bachata music from 6.30 pm until late, with delicious cocktails on offer and (we’re sure) plenty of people willing to teach you some dance moves. It’s gunna be a hoot and you can book your table on the website.


Report comes just days ahead of visit of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
Exports from the United States to China grew faster than U.S. export growth to the rest of the world, according to a report from the U.S.-China Business Council released on Monday.
The U.S. exported nearly $128 billion of goods to China in 2017, more than ever before and making China the third-largest U.S. goods export market, trailing Canada and Mexico, according to the USCBC's 2018 annual report on state exports. U.S. goods exports to China declined slightly in 2015 and 2016.
For U.S. services exports, China has become a major market and is virtually tied with Canada as the second-largest market, at close to $53 billion.
"Despite trade barriers that frustrate full market access, U.S. exports to China continue to contribute to U.S. economic growth," said John Frisbie, president of the USCBC, which represents more than 200 U.S. companies doing business in China.
"Exports to China support 1 million American jobs annually across a wide range of industries," Frisbie said.
Forty-nine U.S. states have expanded their goods exports to China over the past decade, with 17 states experiencing triple-digit growth. Every U.S. state has had triple-digit services export growth to China over the past decade, with 31 states experiencing services export growth of more than 300 percent, according to the report.
The report shows that U.S. goods exports to China grew by 86 percent over the last decade, compared with only 21 percent to the rest of the world.
Between 2007 and 2016, U.S. services exports to China grew 12 percent, compared with a decline of 0.6 percent to the rest of the world.
China is among the top five goods and services export markets for most U.S. states. China was the top goods export market for five states in 2017, and among the top five markets for 46 states. In services exports, China was the top market for 18 states in 2016, and a top five market for all 50 states, according to the report.
In 2017, 30 U.S. states exported more than $1 billion in goods to China, and 15 states exported more than $1 billion in services to China in 2016. In 2008, only 21 states exported more than $1 billion of goods to China and in 2007 only three states exported more than $1 billion in services to China.
The report comes just days before U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will lead a delegation to China for trade talks to ease the escalating tensions triggered by U.S. unilateral tariff measures. The U.S. has announced and threatened tariffs on $150 billion worth of imports from China following a Section 301 investigation into China's intellectual property policies and practices. China has proposed retaliatory tariffs and vowed to fight to the end.
Many in China, the U.S. and other parts of the world are worried about the devastating consequences of a possible trade war or major tit-for-tat retaliations between the world's two largest economies.


What you don’t know about your air conditioner might be costing you. Especially when it comes to choosing between your thermostat’s AUTO and ON settings. Making an informed decision about these settings will impact your comfort and electric bill.
AUTO and ON Defined
Let’s start with the basics. All single stage air conditioning systems come with two main thermostat operation modes – AUTO and ON. (“Single stage” means that the air conditioner is only capable of running at one speed. Either it’s cooling your home at full blast, or it’s off.)
Every air conditioner is equipped with a blower, or fan, which is a motorized part that circulates the heated or cooled air throughout your space. When your air conditioner is set to AUTO, both the compressor (the part that cools / heats the air) and the fan (the part that moves the conditioned air) cycle on and off simultaneously when the temperature reaches the thermostat’s set point. When your air conditioner is set to ON, the fan runs continuously, even when the cooling / heating cycle is off.
Now that we’ve covered the nuts and bolts, let’s move on to the pros and cons of AUTO and ON. First, let’s look at energy efficiency.
AUTO vs. ON
AUTO is More Energy Efficient than ON
The ON setting, because the fan is constantly running, uses more electricity than AUTO. One FPL (Florida Power & Light) Expert estimates that using the ON setting would cause the fan to run 200 hours longer per month in a home where the air conditioner would normally cycle off 30% of the time. This would cost the homeowner $8 more per month.
AUTO Offers Better Humidity Control than ON
To understand how your air conditioner removes humidity from the air, think about how beads of condensation form on a glass of ice water on a warm day. In similar fashion, during your air conditioner’s cooling cycle, air moves across the cold surface of the evaporator (indoor) coil, causing moisture to collect and forms droplets.
In AUTO mode, when the system cycles off and the coil begins to warm up, these moisture droplets drip into the drain pan and flow out of your home. However, in ON mode, when the cooling cycle is off, the fan is still running. This means that as the coil warms up, the air flowing over it causes some of the moisture to evaporate and return into your home.
Thus, AUTO mode is better than ON mode in supporting proper dehumidification. But it is important to note that the thermostat setting is not the only influencing factor in how well your AC removes humidity. Other factors also weigh in, such as the size of your air conditioner in proportion to your home’s square footage.
ON Improves Air Filtration & Circulation vs. AUTO
When it comes to air filtration, ON has the upper hand. In ON mode, the blower perpetually circulates air through your AC filter. This allows the filter to extract more particulate matter like dust, pollen, dander and other allergens. Constant air circulation also boosts the effectiveness of some whole-house air filtration systems.
Of course, increased filtration means you’ll have to change or clean your filters more often. But this is only a small downside if you are concerned about indoor air quality for health reasons.
ON Can Help Even Out the Temperature in Your Home
Additionally, the increased air movement in ON mode can eliminate hot or cold spots in your rooms. You might also stay more comfortable between your air conditioner’s heating or cooling cycles thanks to the air movement. Of course, you can achieve a similar effect with ceiling fans or portable fans.
Variable Speed Systems Combine the Best of Both AUTO and ON
To enjoy the benefits of both the AUTO and ON settings, consider upgrading your single stage air conditioner to a variable speed system. Variable speed systems dynamically adjust the airflow and cooling to maintain a consistent temperature, eliminating temperature swings between cooling cycles. This means that the system runs almost constantly, but it is also extremely energy efficient because it is able to run at a lower capacity and does not cycle on and off nearly as often. Thus, variable speed air conditioners are able to provide continual filtration, proper humidity control, and even temperatures, all while achieving a high level of energy efficiency.
- We recommend setting your thermostat to AUTO for the best balance of energy efficiency and comfort.
- If you are concerned about indoor air quality or suffer from allergies, the ON setting’s increased air filtration could be beneficial.
- Consider upgrading to a variable speed air conditioner for optimal energy efficiency, filtration, temperature balance and humidity control.
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3 Tricks Financial Advisors Can Learn From Google AMP
What is Google AMP?
Early last year Google released a new online publishing format called AMP as a competitor to Facebook’s Instant Articles. It has brought about a huge change in site load times, especially on mobile devices, which has proven to have a major effect on user engagement.
So why are we telling you about AMP? We understand that you are a busy financial advisor and we don’t expect you to start coding in AMP or even use it directly in your advertising. But AMP has been extremely successful. There are several things that AMP does to increase that engagement ratio that you can reflect in your own online efforts.
1. Keep it simple
Google AMP lays out information in a straightforward and clean structure. Picture, title, short description; all in a simplistic box with enough space that it doesn’t run into the next entry. Your eye takes in the whole thing at the same time. When designing a homepage for your website, try to emulate this simplicity. The days of overcrowded home pages with long blocks of text and distracting optics are gone. Marketing superstar guru, Neal Patel, said that a homepage does not need any more than 400 words of quality keyword oriented text. 400 words may even be too much in some cases.
2. Keep mobile in mind
Google AMP is an effort to take advantage of the huge shift to mobile happening right now. According to Search Engine Land, 60% of searches come from a mobile device. If your content does not display correctly on a smartphone and tablet, you’re not marketing to over half of your prospective clients. Make sure that you are using software optimized for mobile.
3. Go after voice searches
Google AMP is not just optimized for mobile, but it is also optimized for the new ways that people are using it. Not only are people searching on their mobile devices more than desktops, but they are also using the voice search feature more than ever before. With the new rise of in-house assistants like Google Home and Amazon’s Alexa, voice searches will soon become the norm. Ask your clients what questions they might ask a search engine to find your services. Write the question down verbatim and write a blog post answering the question.
Google AMP is a fascinating new piece of technology which is not only changing the way we interact with the Internet, but also has valuable lessons to teach us about how to present our best selves online. Learn more about Google AMP in this Marketing Tips video.
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One of my friends has a very cute house that she is always fixing up. But with the pandemic, it was hard to justify doing some projects while it was ok to try other projects. Since Home Depot was always open throughout considered an essential business she thought it would be a good time to do something about the old wallpaper behind her counters. Going this way and that over what she should do? Paint, buy boring backsplash, or hang new wallpaper. Well since she is my friend I assumed she saw my backsplash and just discounted making her own. But I suggested she should make one since she is very crafty and she could make it super custom to her house decor. She loved the idea So here goes the story and the how-to of making your own backsplash.
Here is how we did it.
A holiday weekend with family usually means family art days. Either making art or going to museums, galleries, lobbies, sculpture gardens, and private collections. It also means going to movies, seeing photo slide shows, talking about the latest video, podcast, comedian, TV show, and then discussing the periodicals, blogs, and of course it is always better to be reading a good book worth talking about.
This past Thanksgiving weekend lasted until Monday, and it’s Tuesday, and no wonder my little family is tired. It was a lot of fun.
Making art was on the agenda. The best thing was getting my mother off the hook to do collage at her house, to instead, as a stroke of genius, help her by coming up with one of about fifty projects I have /had ready for the willing nieces, kids, sister, brother-in-law, and mother to work on.
We tiled. I had the luan boards already precut to the correct size for new backsplashes in my kitchen and some extras pieces for people to take home, or if willing, make for my bathrooms?
My mother had some old dishes, and I just ended up using those funky “state” plates sitting in an unused cupboard. Breaking the dishes proved a perfect job for my helpful brother-in-law.
We were all novices, but no slouches to creativity. Everyone went to work like it was a race and everyone finished theirs and helped the others until they were all done. Any crazy suggestions like gluing a serving dish to one were welcomed with the agreement it would work.
It went over well for me because I trust the artistic license of my family, ever tasteful and ingenious. We had a great time. But the pressure is on to do the next step of the grout. Christmas can’t come soon enough!
So you would think maybe people would help then with grout, but no way. I am expected to be so all over the tile project, have it hanging, and beautiful. Because a decorated home is the only reason to entertain or is it entertaining is the only reason to clean? And decorate?
It took a few months but we finally got the tile done and installed in the kitchen! In case you haven’t read about the family tile project, I put my family to work making back-splashes for our kitchen and/or bathroom. Since there were a lot of us, and I didn’t want anything permanent in my house, we built them on luan specially cut to order at Home Depot. We all thought, maybe, there might be an extra one to give away, but some of the glue we used was not the right kind. I recommend only using tile glue AcrylPro 1 Qt. Ceramic Tile Adhesive, which is really easy to use and a quart will go a long way. You can spread it on first, then add the pieces or glue each one separately. So I single-handed re-glued the biggest piece for over the stove and the other two were fine. Another two pieces just fell apart though.
We cut a 5’ long piece above the sink.
Mixing the Grout.
Wipe off with a big sponge.
Since this was my very first time tiling I wasn’t sure how to apply the grout. I ended up using a bag I bought from the Restore for around a dollar. It comes in many forms and colors. Really you just have to experiment. I love how the white grainy one I chose turned out!
Something came over me while I was getting ready to install the tile. I decided to make an easy island in the kitchen, paint one kitchen wall with blackboard paint and paint the counters with counter-top paint.

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The Cayenne might be a bit of a misfit in the Porsche portfolio, but Porsche India have moved more Cayennes than anything else till now, and the same stands globally as well. With the 2015 Cayenne face-lift making its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show in October this year, the German luxury car manufacturer has just launched the same in India at an asking price of INR 1.02 crores (ex-showroom, Maharashtra). On the cards are a couple of new variants- a plug-in hybrid (not available in India) and a new S model with a turbo-charged V6 engine.
The revised styling is subtle and borrows heavily from the Macan SUV, especially the front fascia. The grille has grown and is flanked by Macan-inspired DRLs and similar elements. The Turbo gets more aggressive with the front, with a bigger grille, Active air flaps (a first in SUV history- to better aerodynamics and fuel efficiency) and nicely detailed headlamps with a hint of the 918 Spyder in them. The rear sees a new set of tail-lamps with blacked-out patches- again, much like the ones on the Macan, and fresh bumper work. Most of the roundness in the Cayenne’s design is gone and Porsche claims that the new styling is sharper.
Fresh on the inside will be a new, 918 Sypder inspired, standard multifunction sport steering wheel with shift paddles, along with a new rear seating system that includes optional ventilation. Amongst other things, all 2015 Cayennes get an improved “auto stop-start function plus” system and optimized thermal management.
The S E-Hybrid is one of the new variants that the face-lifted lineup will sprawl. Porsche calls it “the first plug-in hybrid in the premium SUV segment”. The powertrain is carried over from the Panamera E-Hybrid- pairing a 94hp (95PS) electric motor to a 3.0 liter supercharged V6 gasoline engine generating a combined 410hp (416PS) at 5,500 rpm and 435 lb.-ft. of peak torque from 1,250 to 4,000 rpm. The Cayenne S E-Hybrid will scant to 100km/h (62mph) in impressive 5.4 seconds and on to a top whack of 243km/h (151mph). Additionally, an all-electric top speed of 126km/h (78 mph) has also been quoted.
The downsizing syndrome continues to plague manufacturers and the erstwhile, naturally-aspirated V8 powered Cayenne S might be the latest victim here. For 2015, the burly V8 is shown the door and in comes a twin-turbocharged, 414hp (420PS), 3.6 liter V6 engine with 406 lb.-ft of torque. This allows the 2015 Cayenne S to sprint from zero to 100km/h in 5.2 seconds (5.1 seconds with the optional Sport Chrono package), 0.4 seconds faster than the V8 equipped Cayenne S.


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Hello, everyone. Today’s sample is from my award-winning short fiction collection, Through the Opera Glass. Enjoy!
From Persia to Paris
Written June 25, 2012
Clever Fiction writing prompt: Winner/Leaving/Alone
Somewhere in the Persian Desert
Erik reined his horse around to look, for one last time, in the direction of the Rosy Hours of Mazandaran. What an odd thing to call a palace of murder, torture – and yet the Shah and his Khanoum named it as such. Erik was glad to be leaving.
“Build me a torture chamber,” the Shah had demanded. Erik had done just that; he created a mirrored room that constantly reflected a tree with a noose hanging from it. This was not torture in and of itself; the room had no apparent exit, though, and could be heated to an unbearable temperature. Eventually, the Shah’s victims would see the noose as their only escape … which allowed the Shah to declare himself the winner in many a battle.
Soon enough, the Shah turned a suspicious eye on Erik. Perhaps he had been too trusting of the disfigured man, assuming his face would keep the women away from him. He’d treated Erik as though he were a eunuch; that was the real error, Erik thought wryly. Soon enough, the women of the seraglio had discovered Erik’s voice. Soon enough, some of them were far more entranced with him than they were with their over-fed husband.
And so, Erik must go. But where? Russia and Italy held no more appeal; only painful memories lived in those places.
Rouen? What would he say to his stonecutter father? Or to the mother who turned him out? No, going to the place of his birth was madness itself.
Paris. A man could hide in Paris. He could live alone there and no one would know, so long as he kept to the shadows. Paris it would be.
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Brimming with historical detail, the stories in this collection range in place and time from 19th Century Persia to post-World War II San Francisco.
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The percentage of unemployed youth has been growing exponentially in the past decade with an explosion in this Corona period. James Irungu, propelled by joblessness, ventured into farming by sheer luck. A close friend offered him an income opportunity through greenhouse farming and he has no regrets on choosing this path.
In June 2019, he set up his first greenhouse, a simple wooden structure. Using the savings that he had and some funding from his parents, he planted tomatoes. The venture was immediately profitable due to the impressive harvest and reliable client base. This allowed him to set up a second greenhouse. The only difference with the second structure was that it was metallic.
In this second greenhouse he planted tomatoes too, with additional spinach and sukuma wiki in the surrounding shamba. This was a blessing in disguise. The month of November came with heavy rainfall. The heavy rains flattened his wooden structure in one single downpour. The tomatoes he was to harvest were destroyed. The tomatoes in the metallic greenhouse were yet to mature, so the green vegetables that he planted were able to supplement his income for a short period.
Despite this set back, James was able to set up an additional three greenhouses with a loan that he acquired from a friend. In addition to growing tomatoes and spinach, he has added on strawberries and capsicum. His profit margins have increased steadily over the months. From an average profit of KES 80,000 every 4 months, he projects that he will make KES 60-70,000 per month with the next harvest.
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His business has had an immediate impact on his community. He is able to provide casual jobs to labourers who assist in land preparation, planting, weeding and harvesting. On most days he has 4 workers on his farm. In addition, he is providing a steady supply of food for his community, which with the help of “mama mbogas” (vegetable vendors) he is able to access the local markets.
The number of youth farmers in his community have increased through his motivational activities. He organizes farm visits where local youth can have first hand experiences with farming. He also offers smaller training sessions on various farm practices. James hopes to add an additional four greenhouses to fully utilize the acre of land he is farming on. He also wants to venture into hydroponic farming. With time he hopes to acquire additional land and venture into animal production, specifically with dairy and beef cattle and pig farming too.
James says, “I came across the Agribiz program on twitter. I was on my socials one day and there it was. I quickly put together my application and submitted it.” He is glad that he was selected to join the program. The Agribiz program is a European Union-funded initiative run by the Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC).
He states that the market at times experiences an influx of food which consequently affects the prices. To avoid making huge losses, he hopes to receive linkages to larger markets, specifically institutions of learning and hotels that require a constant supply. He also expects to receive a lot of information on environmental and farming industry insights that he says is very beneficial to his growth. He has so far received assistance with his business processes and he is very happy with the current working relationship he has with KCIC. “The team is very responsive and has given me motivation to venture on with my farming ,” he adds. Finally, he hopes to get access to funds as he continues growing in the AgriBiz program.
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SHUTDOWN DAY 18: President Trump Addresses The American People
President Donald Trump is likely to declare a national emergency in his Oval Office address Tuesday night, which would allow him to use Department of Defense funds to build the southern border Wall to keep out criminal gangs and suspected terrorists. (READ: House Report Finds Suspected Terrorists in Migrant Caravans).
The mainstream networks will cover the address — after already antagonizing America by leaking their reluctance to air it, so lose-lose for them — and America will get to watch President Trump at this profoundly interesting moment in his presidency. He has been on an activist-minded America First rampage for only a few weeks, but it seems like much longer than that in Mulvaney years. Trump is a master when he figures out how to hack the system. Now he’s had two years. It’s time to shine.
America will get to see what Trump has become, how much he has grown, how much wiser and more spiritual and more confident he is now in his own ability to save the Republic from the sinister globalist takeover waiting malevolently in the wings. What will America make of him? What can we make, so far, of this presidency?
Trump is not like the other presidents. He wants so desperately, so genuinely, so purely to end the Endless Wars, even if John Bolton and Lindsey Graham are (let’s just be honest here) probably absolutely never going to let that happen.
Trump is not like the professional conservatives you find at CPAC, the ones who hate Trump and all of Trump’s supporters and are waiting angrily for Trump’s tenure to end so they can go back to fully implementing the Koch-approved system by which American jobs get outsourced, America’s borders get erased, and we all have to compete for gigs at Wal-Mart changing money on Chinese-assembled sneakers. Trump wants to get our money and our pride back. But, let’s just be honest here, he needs to win in 2020.
We find Trump to be, at this moment, a more dynamic version of the man I knew he could be when I first saw him speak: Moral, pragmatic, brave, determined, dismissive of the frauds and grifters who became so powerful in this country for so long because the American people were being denied the right to Wake Up.
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For those who have never cruised, one might think of cruise ship dining as über traditional with assigned seating, formal dress, and dated food. Luckily, in the 21st century, cruisers have the luxury of cruising in ways like never before that include better food in a far more relaxed atmosphere. After all, it was Norwegian Cruise Line that introduced Freestyle Dining “with no fixed dining times or pre-assigned seating, you’ll have more freedom throughout your entire cruise vacation. With so many different places to eat on board, you can experience all kinds of dining options – perhaps a different one every day.”
In this post I’m covering the two main dining rooms (MDR) that I visited during my 4-night Bahamas cruise on the Norwegian Sky. Three of the four nights I dined in Crossings Restaurant located on deck 5 aft. To get to the restaurant, you have to go to deck 6 aft and then either walk down a flight of stairs (as seen in the first picture) or ride down one flight in the elevator. Apparently guests find this restaurant harder to locate according to the hostess, but it really isn’t difficult to get to once you decipher the layout of the ship. With seating for 574 guests and wonderful views of the sea and sky throughout, guests can enjoy breakfast, lunch, or dinner in Crossings.
For my first night onboard, the menu selections in Crossings Restaurant were varied and I have to say, quite delicious. My dining companion is let’s say, something of a carnivore, so throughout this post you’ll see meat and non-meat options.
Click on each of the pics for a bigger picture and description of each item. The soups were all tasty, but the Onion Soup shouldn’t be confused with French Onion Soup as the bread and cheese are placed at the bottom of the bowl and the soup ladled over top. The Cream of Mushroom Soup was indeed mushroomy and creamy and the Cream of Broccoli soup was bright green and full of flavor, but more of a broccoli soup than a broccoli and cheddar soup.
The Roasted Garlic Polenta Cake was quite tasty and beautifully presented and I enjoyed the Moroccan Sweet Potato Rice Cake far more on the Norwegian Sky than I did more than two years earlier on the Norwegian Epic, which you can read about here. The cake was crispy and there was a substantial amount of the chickpea salad, which made it an overall hearty vegetarian entree. The steaks throughout the dinner service were cooked to order, but for one night when it was definitely too rare when ordered medium. In addition, the baked potato is always served with about a tablespoon of sour cream so if you like more, you probably should ask at the time you place your order.
Dessert options always include a sugar free selection, fruit, cheese, and ice cream. Alongside dessert, you can order coffee, which I was told was the Norwegian brand of coffee that is somewhat clear and not full bodied. This could be intentional as they do try to upsell you to the Lavazza brand and specialty coffees like a cappuccino or espresso. On this night both a fruit plate and the Key Lime Pie were ordered and both were devoured.
On night two in Crossings, our meals began with soup again, this time the Cream of Broccoli, which was definitely much greener on this night than the first night. The Black Bean soup was also well received although I wished they would have prepared it without ham for non-meat eaters. I also ordered the Roasted Pumpkin, Fennel and Arugula Salad with orange vinaigrette and I have to say it was my favorite selection on the entire cruise. Somehow it all worked together and it was so incredibly tasty although I would have liked more of the fennel and pumpkin on the plate.
The vegetarian entreé on night two was a Zesty Vegetable and Bean Burrito and although I appreciated that there was a non-meat option, I couldn’t bring myself to have a burrito for dinner. Instead I opted for the Penne Pasta with creamy cheese alfredo, which was not a healthy choice by any means. It did have the strangest and almost sweet taste to it, which was probably for the best as I tried it and then pushed it away. My dining companion opted for two steaks for dinner and declared the Latin Style Grilled Sirloin Steak with chimichurri sauce the best steak of the entire cruise. For dessert, the sugar free Red Velvet Cake was well, sugar free and a little light on taste.
For night three, dinner was at the pretty in pink Palace Restaurant located mid ship on deck 5. Although offering the same menu as Crossings, the atmosphere was definitely different and much more subdued than in the other main dining room. Not sure if it was during that particular dinner service that the waitstaff was extraordinarily quiet or if it is always like that. With seating for 532 guests, it is slightly smaller than Crossings, but you really wouldn’t be able to tell that it’s smaller. Palace Restaurant is open only for dinner nightly from 5:30 pm – 10 pm.
Starters on this night included a Roasted Corn and Cheddar Cheese Soup, which had a strange hue to it, but tasted good and a simple, but delicious Greek Salad. My dining companion ordered the Sundried Tomato and Sweet Onion Quiche with Mixed Greens and Lime Dressing, which didn’t work on any level. Unfortunately, the quiche was overcooked and appeared as two parts on the plate and the dressing was as bland as bland can be.
Again I opted for something with far too much dairy and shouldn’t have, which was the Wild Mushroom Ravioli with Three Cheese Sauce (Mozzarella, Cheddar, and Fontina Cheeses). Unfortunately, the cheese sauce had formed a skin and congealed when presented at the table, which was a strong indicator that the plate had been sitting for a while before served. Additionally, while the three cheeses mentioned in the menu description are mild in flavor, you could clearly tell that a strong flavored cheese like a blue or roquefort cheese had been added, which was overpowering to the otherwise delicate ravioli. Let’s just say I left dinner hungry that evening. The other entrees that evening included a Louisiana Blackened Snapper over a Seafood and Andouille Gumbo, which might have been salvaged had it been served over a bed of rice and had more seafood and sausage as advertised. In fact, there was no discernible seafood to be found in the “gumbo” which was an otherwise brown sauce served with the fish. The Rib Eye Steak looked a little anemic as if it had been steamed instead of grilled and tasted as such. Overall, the meal in Palace left us hungrier than when we first arrived.
The only saving grace in Palace Restaurant was the Kahlua Tiramisu Cake, which was light and airy, but don’t confuse it with real tiramisu. Still it was a delicious ending to an otherwise less than satisfying meal.
For the last night of the cruise, I returned to Crossing Restaurant where our server was Pluto, a friendly and chatty young man from India. I started my meal with the Potato and Leek soup, which was creamy and delicious. The Caesar Salad, on the other hand, was a plate full of greens and far too much Parmesan, but some people probably like that. The typical starter plate with empanadas comes with one empanada, but Pluto took care of my guest by providing four empanadas.
My entreé on this evening was the Potato Gnocchi and Portabello Mushrooms with sage and pumpkin sauce, which was light on mushrooms and the sauce was . My dining guest had two entreés consisting of the Roasted Pork Loin, which was dry and fatty and the NY Strip Steak, which was the steak that appeared at the table far too rare to consume. Pluto took it back and brought a correctly prepared medium rare steak.
For anyone thinking that you can’t have a great meal onboard a Norwegian Cruise ship unless you dine in a specialty restaurant and pay a surcharge, I would have to disagree. There are plenty of options for the average cruiser in the main dining room and with an open mind, you can certainly have a pretty good meal while at sea. While I wouldn’t say that the food on the Norwegian Sky is fine dining, I do think that most guests will enjoy not having to cook dinner and will enjoy the massive steaks, salads, soups, and desserts. While healthier selections are indicated on the menu, I do wish that Norwegian Cruise Line as well as other cruise lines would focus on offering more non-meat options with substantial protein such as tofu, tempeh, Gardein, etc. instead of fillers and carbs. I would definitely prefer quality over quantity any day of the week.
More posts still to come on the Norwegian Sky including other dining options as well as bars and lounges.

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July 8, 2018
Kochi: Former Meghalaya Governor M M Jacob, 90, passed away in a private hospital in Kottayam.
He was admitted to the hospital in the morning following uneasiness.
The funeral will be held at St Augustine Forane church, Ramapuram, tomorrow.
Jacob became Union Minister twice under former PM Rajiv Gandhi and once under Narasimha Rao.
Born on August 9, 1928, Jacob studied in different places including Loyala College, Chennai.
He started taking part in active politics since 1952 and simultaneously started to practice as a lawyer.
Later, he quit legal profession and took a plunge into politics. He was Meghalaya governor from 1995 to 2007.