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Estonia's railway operator has new controller
Financial Times: Jan 16, 2007
By Robert Wright in London
Estonia's government has completed the renationalisation of a two-thirds stake in the national railway company, ending a long-running dispute that has illustrated the sometimes hidden risks of investing in transport infrastructure.
The sale follows almost constant pressure on Baltic Rail Services, the private consortium that owned 66 per cent of Eesti Raudtee, the national railway, since the election in 2003 of a left-wing government opposed to the privatisation.
The new government changed the rules about how much of its track capacity Eesti Raudtee had to make available for other – mostly Russian – train operators. It also reduced what it could charge to below economic levels.
Both sides had announced in November that BRS intended to sell back the stake, but the transaction was completed only on Sunday, when the government paid BRS $200m for its 66 per cent stake, originally purchased for $58m.
Henry Posner, chairman of Railway Development Corporation, a Pittsburgh-based company that invests in emerging economies' railways and was a shareholder in BRS, said the outcome was a victory for the Estonian politicians involved.
"It was a draw for the investors and a loss for the Estonian people," he added.
Edgar Savisaar, Estonia's minister of economic affairs and communications, in November blamed the problems on differences of interpretation between the two sides. "We absolutely could not agree to BRS's interpretation of the privatisation agreement, their understanding of tariffs, investment principles and many other issues," he said.
Ed Burkhardt, an American rail entrepreneur whose Railworld vehicle owned just under 28 per cent of BRS, said that, while BRS had received more than it paid for its stake, the payment still undervalued it.
BRS's equity in the company had been valued at €340m ($440m) two years ago, when the investors were contemplating a stock market flotation, he claimed.
Eesti Raudtee announced net profits of EKr347m ($28.6m) on EKr1.74bn in revenue in 2003, the last year for which its accounts were approved before the dispute broke out.
The issue at the heart of BRS's problems – the price it could charge for use of the infrastructure – is a crucial one for the growing number of infrastructure investors. Governments often have a say over charges for the use of nearly every kind of asset popular with investors, including toll roads, airports and ports.
Robert Bain, a credit analyst for Standard & Poor's, the rating agency, said investors often ignored or downplayed the political or regulatory risk of infrastructure investments.
It could be hard to predict what might happen in difficult circumstances.
"What happens in stress scenarios has often not been tested in these countries," he said. "You can look at the contract and what the contract says . . . but what the government says it will do and what it does are not always correlated."
Mr Posner of RDC said it was impossible to protect fully against politically-motivated revisions of a contract.
However, BRS had not been naive when it signed the privatisation contract, he insisted. It had included the option to take any dispute to arbitration before the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce's arbitration institute, an option the company eventually took and had helped force a settlement with the government, said BRS.
Such legal action has often rescued infrastructure investors. In Canada, a state government which wanted to revise the privatisation terms for the ETR 470 toll road found itself prevented from doing so by legal action.
Mr Burkhardt said the government had initially thought BRS could be made to leave with payment of only its initial $58m investment. "We called them out on that when we took them to arbitration," he said.


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A presenter of a well-known automotive television programme has built a accident with a Lamborghini Diablo. No one was hurt, but the damage to the car hurts nonetheless.raging bull as a Logo? This is a Lamborghini. With such a supercar, no one wants to cause an accident. But, of all things, a British TV presenter of a popular car magazine that happens.
presenters of TV shows that deal with cars, know usually good with the vehicles. Also on tax, you know what you are doing and know the features of the car and the road.
Also, Paddy McGuinness, one of the presenters of the British car magazine " Top Gear ", we can attribute these properties usually. But recently, he has underestimated both the vehicle and the weather conditions and an accident with a Lamborghini Diablo caused. This was, fortunately, benign.
"Top Gear"presenter drives Lamborghini Diablo scrap
McGuinness tested the super sports car with the built in 1990 in the context of shooting for a "Top Gear"Episode in the rural area of North Yorkshire in England. According to the BBC, the car went into a Skid, went off the road and distribution <> crashed into a wooden fence (via The Sun). Fortunately for McGuinness, the Lamborghini then stopped immediately. The police, who had monitored the shooting, it was straight to the point. More vehicles were not involved. After the accident, the film crew led by the Moderator immediately medical Checks and noted his physical integrity.
interesting : number of fuel stops: this time they refuel at the cheapest.
On the vehicle, however, are some of the damage created . Especially the rear has suffered under the impact. On his Instagram channel, McGuinness showed the extent of, and was again all-clear regarding his health condition. In some media it was said that he had barely escaped with his life. "To be honest, it wasn't as bad as it was yesterday displayed," says McGuinness.
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Back in the saddle! Get the kettle on. #topgear #Lamborghini #skoda #buttyvan #wednesday
also read : classic-car Test: a nearly 100-year-old Roadster to drive.
"Top Gear"presenter McGuinness draws a lesson from the accident
A spokesman for the BBC said that the safety in the "Top Gear" have always been a top priority. In addition, it was assured that McGuinness with the Lamborghini Diablo was within the allowed 60 mp/h on-the-go. The Moderator asserted that he drove faster than 35 mp/h. On the one hand, he has assessed the driving behavior of the super sports car is wrong, on the other hand, an Oil leak would have caused the loss of control. It shows that only a little Oil on a wet road fatal . McGuinness is now back on the Set of "Top Gear".
On YouTube showed a short, but very fuzzy Video that the Lamborghini shortly before and after the accident shows.
interesting : The crash test men is a thing - with life-threatening consequences.


In a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, Senators are teaming up to protect Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump. I would insert a Celebrity Apprentice joke here, but honestly, this is far too serious, so let's jump into it. First, of all who is Robert Mueller, and why is the most contentious Senate we've ever seen rallying behind him? Mueller is a former FBI director who held the position longer than anyone besides J. Edgar Hoover. He was so well-liked by both parties that the Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2001, and then in 2011, they passed unanimous legislation allowing him to stay on an extra two years. A very good dude, it would seem.
After Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Department of Justice's Russia investigation, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller, whom CNN described as a "nonpolitical, dogged investigator," as special counsel to see the investigation through. Everybody was cool with that. Then Mueller started doing his job. Trump was not cool with that. He's alleged a conflict of interest, since Mueller's former firm, WilmerHale, represents his daughter and son-in-law (the DOJ disagrees), and claimed Mueller's team is comprised of Clinton supporters, according to Politico. Four out of 13 have donated to Clinton in the past, but federal regulations prohibit Mueller and the DOJ from even considering the political contributions when choosing appointees, so honestly, what is he even on about?
For months, Trump and his surrogates have mused on whether the president might fire the man investigating him, something that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insists Trump "has the right" to do, although he "has no intention to do so." In fact, he does not. Only Rosenstein could actually fire Mueller — but Trump could order Rosenstein to do it. However, it seems unlikely that Rosenstein would comply with such a request. Enter Plan B: Trump could criticize Sessions publicly until he resigns, and then replace him with someone who's willing to fire Mueller. But not if the Senate has anything to say about it. Last week, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican, said the Senate Judiciary Committee would not confirm a new attorney general, and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said he'd introduce legislation to protect Mueller.
Graham was just beaten to the punch by North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis and Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, a Republican and Democrat, respectively, who plan to introduce such a measure on Thursday. Tillis told CNN that "The President would maintain the power to remove the special counsel," but "we just want to make sure, through judicial review, that it was warranted." The bill would also mandate that only an attorney general confirmed by the Senate could fire the special counsel, and it would apply retroactively to the day Mueller was assigned. This would prevent Trump from working his way through the chain of succession until he found a willing lacky.
And finally, amid the most unprecedented presidency of all time, we find some historical precedence! It's the Saturday Night Massacre. When President Nixon was under investigation for the Watergate break-in in 1973, he ordered his Attorney General, Elliot Richardson, to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson refused, and resigned. Nixon then appealed to Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus, who followed suit. Solicitor General Robert Bork then became acting attorney general, he fired Cox at Nixon's behest. That's what finally led Congress toward impeachment, but it took nine months. If Tillis and Coons' bill passes, we won't have to relive that mess. And if its passage seems unlikely, consider that just last week, Congress passed a nearly-unanimous bill to prevent Trump from lifting sanctions on Russia. Finally, there's one thing both parties agree on.


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Editorial: Thom Tillis defies Trump, tells colleagues to ‘grow a spine’ on Ukraine
Last week we wrote about Sen. Thom Tillis and his disappointing decision to withhold support for the bipartisan border security deal that would have been the biggest change to immigration law in decades.
We asked: “If Tillis is willing to abandon his principles whenever his Republican colleagues leave him standing in the middle of the aisle alone, then what good are they?”
So we were glad to see him take a principled stance this week on a $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Israel and Ukraine that has received a lukewarm response at best from much of the Republican party.
Tillis wasn’t quite standing alone, but he was one of just 22 Republican senators who joined Democrats in supporting the legislation, openly defying Donald Trump and other GOP hardliners. Trump spent the weekend voicing his opposition to the aid package and demanded that any foreign aid only be given as a loan, calling unconditional aid “stupid.” Tillis said in remarks from the Senate floor,that the cost of not supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Vladimir Putin — as Trump has suggested the U.S. do — is simply too high.
Tillis even went so far as to criticize his Republican colleagues for using the “base” as an excuse for opposing Ukraine aid, saying that any U.S. senator should know what’s at stake if Putin wins.
“Some people around here, if they are really being driven just by the perceptions of their base, they should grow a spine and explain if they think it’s a tough vote. It’s not a tough vote for me,” Tillis said, according to Punchbowl News.
We’ve criticized Tillis in the past for kowtowing to Trump, so good on him for refusing to do so this time around. While we still wish this version of Thom Tillis would’ve shown up last week, we’re glad to see him make an appearance now. It’s exactly the kind of lawmaker we have long wanted Tillis and his fellow Republicans to be: the kind who thinks and acts independently and doesn’t sacrifice principles for political gain.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for North Carolina’s other senator, Ted Budd, who voted against the bill. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Budd said, “I opposed the national security spending package that didn’t include border security. We must secure our own border before we help other countries protect theirs.” (Budd also voted against last week’s bill that did include border security.)
House Republicans seem to be more aligned with Budd than Tillis, however. Tillis told reporters that the bill’s only hope may be for a bipartisan coalition of Democrats and Republicans to bypass leadership and sign a discharge petition to pass it. Rep. Dan Bishop, who is running for state attorney general, said in a social media post that House Republicans are “ready” to continue the fight to defeat the bill, and Speaker Mike Johnson has said it will not even receive a vote in the House since it does not include border security measures.
If Republicans are so insistent on pairing Ukraine aid with border security, then why did they torpedo legislation last week that would have done exactly that? The answer seems clear: because Trump said so. That’s a shame. Lawmakers should follow Tillis’ lead and use their position to do what’s right rather than blindly follow their leader.
Greensboro News and Record. February 9, 2024.
Editorial: ACC’s bittersweet call
The Atlantic Coast Conference’s storied men’s basketball tournament will return to Greensboro in 2027 and again in 2029.
The Greensboro Coliseum also will host the ACC women’s tournament in 2025.
“We will certainly continue to populate Greensboro with our championship,” ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said ahead of Thursday’s official announcement of the dates and sites.
What’s more, following this year’s men’s tournament in Washington, D.C., the event will be held in North Carolina for five straight years.
In addition to the two years in Greensboro, the tournament will be played in Charlotte’s Spectrum Center in 2025, 2026 and 2028.
The women’s tournament will return to the Greensboro Coliseum next year and then moves to the Spectrum Center in 2027. The site for 2026 has not yet been determined.
There’s more. The city also will host:
The ACC gymnastics championship in 2024, 2025 and 2026.
The conference swimming and diving championships in 2025 and from 2027-29.
The ACC women’s golf championship in 2025, 2027 and 2029.
Yet, as good as all this may sound at first blush, it still feels in the end like getting a third-place trophy.
By all rights, Greensboro ought to be hosting the lion’s share of ACC tournaments. We’ve earned the privilege. We do it better and appreciate it more than anyone else. But it’s not clear that the ACC agrees.
The two newly announced dates for Greensboro simply fulfill obligations the ACC already had to the city as part of a state Department of Commerce incentives deal. Beyond that, who knows?
To be honest, who knows anything anymore about what’s to come in big-time college athletics, where chasing the biggest payday has become the major revenue sport?
And where history is, well, yesterday’s news.
Thursday’s news conference announcing the future sites of the tournament and other championships was held in Charlotte for a reason. After spending a lifetime in Greensboro, where the ACC was born, the league’s offices moved last year to the Queen City for no compelling reason.
Greensboro leaders answered every question and concern in their bid to the keep the ACC here, but when all was said and done, it didn’t matter.
Loyalty didn’t matter. Tradition didn’t matter. Even the existence of the ACC itself is no sure thing anymore in today’s perpetually shifting landscape in college sports, where heaven and earth are moved routinely in search of the best TV contracts and biggest payouts.
Schools come and go. Conferences expand, contract and sometimes disappear. Show them the money and they’ll shuffle the chess pieces faster than many fans can keep up.
So, the sting of disappointment may not be as acute as it first was in Greensboro when the ACC decided to relocate its offices to Charlotte, but it’s still there.
And remember, although the ACC’s choice of tournament sites may include an element of goodwill, much of it obviously also is a business obligation. Adding insult to the indignity of the move to Charlotte was a $15 million incentives deal with state lawmakers that required the conference to keep its headquarters in North Carolina for 15 years and to hold a certain number of championships in the state over the next few years. The pact included two men’s tournaments in Greensboro.
So, we’re happy that the ACC will “populate” Greensboro with events at first-class facilities such as the Greensboro Coliseum, the Greensboro Aquatic Center and Sedgefield Country Club, where the league was founded in 1953, but then what?
Finally, there’s the air of uncertainty surrounding the future of the women’s tournament in Greensboro, where it has been played every year but one since 2000. Why keep the site open for 2026 before moving it to Charlotte in 2027, rather than allowing Greensboro to host it for another year?
That’s why Thursday’s announcement tastes so bittersweet.
There’s no such thing as a tie in basketball, but this sure felt like one.

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Nature is an inseparable piece of our reality, and purposely or accidentally we are reliant upon it. What could be more enchanting than a delightful nursery and butterflies drifting around? Gardens don’t simply love our home; they mirror our character also.
For a very long time, delightful scenes have tremendously affected our physical just as mental wellbeing; it has an enormous remedial impact on our whole self. Wonderful blossoms and trees in the nursery in a split second interface you to Mother Earth. At the point when you plant saplings or seeds in the dirt, you’re really planting the seeds of trust. Unfortunately, life is Garden Clearance amazingly quick nowadays and we don’t have adequate time available to do our ideal things. As we begin ignoring our nursery, it begins collecting various kinds of waste in it. For tasteful reasons just as medical problems, squanders and trash from the yard should be arranged off. Albeit a many individuals are naturally cognizant nowadays, they come up short on appropriate preparation to execute gifted practices. Notwithstanding where you dwell in the world, the developing pattern of reusing has overwhelmed the world. Inspite of the Hurricane and record precipitation of 2012, ecological mindfulness has developed.
As per the Carbon Trust, arranging your genuine Christmas tree at the neighborhood landfill area is more dangerous than replanting or setting it ablaze. With respect to trash, they don’t normally deteriorate when reserved in plastic transporters and tossed in unloading grounds. The green garbage won’t separate without oxygen and hence give out destructive components like methane. Clearly, eco-accommodating guidelines are being executed all around the planet to wipe out refuse proficiently.
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On the off chance that you have an enormous measure of nursery squander that you’re viewing as hard to arrange at home, take help of a productive nursery leeway organization. An accomplished and expert association will have the appropriate information and assets to compost your green waste in an eco-accommodating way. A great deal of organizations with tree a medical procedure administrations offer nursery freedom administrations too. Hence, delegating experts to arrange off garden garbage is a magnificent method for saving the climate.


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1. [10 a.m.] Brick Fest Live: Lego Fan Experience in Pasadena (August 25-26) is coming to the Pasadena Convention Center for two days of insane builds, hands-on activities, and sets to buy.
3. [noon] There’s a Vegan Block Party happening at Dry River Brewing this Sunday featuring vegan and cruelty free vendors like Jades Vegan Sushi, Veggie y Qué, Mini Drops Ice Cream and much more. Free to enter and food is for sale.
4. [noon] Los Angeles’ first Matcha LA Fest celebrates all things matcha on August 25-26 with over 20 vendors, matcha in many different forms, a photo booth, giveaways, matcha merch, and more.
5. [noon] The DTLA Proud Festival returns to Pershing Square for a weekend of community and diversity celebration starting with a free all ages celebration this Friday featuring live music, food vendors, artists and more representing the culture, history, and diversity of the Los Angeles LGBTQ+ community.
6. [1 p.m.] Metro Art Presents “Changes: Works at Union Station,” an afternoon of 20 site-specific performances and interactive works in unique spaces inside the station. FREE
7. [3 p.m.] Cal Jam 18 will host a pop-up at the Hollywood Palladium with free performances by Chevy Metal and The Holy Shits, plus food, merchandise and more. FREE
8. [5 p.m.] Escape the summer heat during Jazz on the Lawn, a series of free summer concerts at Santa Monica’s Gandara Park every Sunday in August. In addition to live music there will be free dance lessons, food trucks and picnic games. FREE
9. [5:30 p.m.] There’s a free community tribute to the late Jonathan Gold on the steps of City Hall in DTLA this Sunday.
10. [various] The 8th annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival is a five-day epicurean event showcasing the finest in Los Angeles food and drink culture. Happening in Downtown L.A., Santa Monica and Beverly Hills between from August 22-26. Check for discounted tickets before making your purchase. DISCOUNTED (via Goldstar)
DEAL OF THE DAY: $6.50 tix to the L.A. County Fair (via Goldstar)
Want more ideas for upcoming things to do in L.A.? Check out our Los Angeles events calendar.

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The Gift of Nature: Inspiring Hope and Resilience
by Catherine DeVrye Author
This book of affirmations is inspired by the natural world, and accompanied by calming photos of butterflies, flowers, beaches, and the like. Some of the affirmations are quotations from a smorgasbord of famous sources, from Lao Tzu to the Bible to Dolly Parton. Others are phrases and poems the author has found helpful in maintaining resilience and hope in the face of natural disasters, climate anxiety, and day to day troubles.
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|1||Travel To Romantis
Music By, Lyrics By – Jonas "Joker" BerggrenProducer, Arranged By – Johnny Jam & Delgado*, Joker*
|2||Cruel Summer (Cutfather & Joe)
Backing Vocals [Additional] – Susanne CarstensenElectric Piano [Rhodes] – Too Raw*Keyboards, Programmed By – Joe BelmaatiLead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Jenny*, Linn*Mixed By – Cutfather & Joe, Mad Nilsson*Music By, Lyrics By – KJ Woodward*, Se Dallin*, SN Jolley*, AJ Swain*Producer, Arranged By – Cutfather & JoeRemix – Cutfather & Joe
Music By, Lyrics By – Jonas "Joker" BerggrenProducer – Denniz Pop, Douglas Carr, Joker*
Lyrics By – John Ballard, Jonas "Joker" BerggrenMusic By – Jonas "Joker" BerggrenProducer – Denniz Pop, Joker*, Max Martin
|5||Whenever You're Near Me
Lyrics By – Mike ChapmanMusic By – Jonas "Joker" BerggrenProducer, Arranged By – Ole Evenrude
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- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor GmbH
- Copyright (c) – Mega Records
- Licensed From – Mega Records
- Licensed To – Polydor GmbH
- Marketed By – Barclay
- Marketed By – London Records
- Published By – Megasong Publishing
- Published By – Mike Chapman Publishing Enterprises
- Published By – Music & Media International, Inc.
- Recorded At – The Barn Studio, Göteborg
- Recorded At – Skylab Studio
- Recorded At – C&J Studios
- Mixed At – Medley Studio
- Recorded At – Cheiron Studios
Track 2: Recorded at C & J Studios.
Mixed at Medley Studios.
Produced & arranged for XL Talent.
Track 3, 4: Recorded at Cheiron Studios.
Track 5: Produced and arranged for Hitsville Productions Inc. AB.
All tracks published by Megasong Publishing, except track 5 published by Megasong Publishing / Mike Chapman Publishing Enterprises adm. by Music and Media International Inc.
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© 1998 Mega Records, Denmark
The copyright in this recording is owned by Mega Records, Denmark under license to Polydor GmbH, Hamburg.
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The binding for the book was done by hand, and was to be different from a traditional conference booklet binding. The cover was lazer cut to help emphasize the negative space theme i have through out the book.
Using negative space "cut outs" to demonstrate space in a new form. Every section was lazer cut, to help the handler of the book know what section they were on the entire time.
Postcard Design for the conference, backside.
Lanyard design. This piece consists of the name tag, short schedule, and map of the conference.
AIGA Gain Conference 2012
Concept a Book, Postcard, and Lanyard Name tag for the 2012 AIGA Gain Conference in New York.
The Concept: What if we can create new means of navigating through a space? When we think of "space", we don't likely consider the negative space. For the 2012 AIGA Conference GAIN, I had wanted to show the power of new navigation techniques through negative space.

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Perfect date night. Incredible fresh pasta and local organic ingredients. Wine list was also impressive. Well thought out from tue service to the decor.

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Had a long talk with my ENT/surgeon this afternoon. He called to see how I was doing.
I described what I can hear…he said that is great news, getting the high’s already
Told me to not worry about hearing speech right now at all. He put a huge glob of packing behind my eardrum. It’s to hold the eardrum and absorb some of the blood and liquid. That’s what is making the clicking noises and why I can’t hear so good right now. I’m not supposed to hear anything until it dissolves, which takes about 3-5 weeks usually.
…and that big glob of packing is also why I feel like I have a very slight ear ache
He’s funny and I like him, he was excited that I can hear dishes and car doors!
…We’re going to schedule the left ear as soon as I can…probably in a couple of months

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Demand for Automation in Back Office Work Boosts Market
Some of the key functions of robotic process automation (RPA) are process automation, IT support and management, and automated assistance. Process automation, for instance, can easily simulate the steps of a rules-based, non-subjective process without compromising the existing IT architecture. Those are able to conduct assigned functions continuously and can scale up or down easily when required. As a result the robotic process automation (RPA) market is seeing high demand from back office work in finance, accounting, procurement, supply chain management, human resources, data entry, and customer service.
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As global behemoths of the likes of Walmart, AT&T, Deutsche Bank, Ernst and Young, and others adopt RPAs, one question looms large: Will the robotic automation process (RPA) market, which is currently in a nascent stage, come at the cost of jobs and livelihoods of people? This presents a crucial challenge to CIOs of both small and large companies. While enterprises embracing RPA are attempting to transition many workers to new jobs, speculations are rife that it may not be enough as more sophisticated systems continue to hit the market.
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In today’s digital age, making payments has never been easier. Apple Pay, the innovative mobile payment service by Apple, allows you to complete transactions swiftly and securely using your Apple devices. Whether you’re shopping in-store or online, this step-by-step guide will walk you through the simple process of using Apple Pay for effortless and contactless payments.
What is Apple Pay?
Apple Pay is a digital wallet and mobile payment service that lets you store your credit and debit card information securely on your Apple devices. With a simple touch or glance, you can pay for purchases in a matter of seconds, making it a convenient alternative to traditional payment methods.
Apple Pay is compatible with the following Apple devices:
iPhone 6 or later models, including the iPhone SE and iPhone SE (2nd generation).
2. Apple Watch:
All models of Apple Watch support Apple Pay for in-store purchases.
iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation or later), iPad Air 2, and iPad mini 3 or later support Apple Pay within apps and websites.
Mac models with Touch ID or Apple Pay support enable you to complete transactions on supported websites using Apple Pay.
Adding Your Cards to Apple Pay
To use Apple Pay, you need to add your credit or debit cards to the Wallet app on your Apple device:
Step 1: Open the Wallet App
Locate and open the “Wallet” app on your iPhone or iPad. On your Apple Watch, it is called the “Wallet & Apple Pay” app.
Step 2: Add a Card
Tap the “+” sign in the upper-right corner to add a new card. You can either use your device’s camera to scan the card or enter the card details manually.
Step 3: Verify Your Card
If necessary, your bank may require additional verification. Follow the prompts to complete the verification process.
Step 4: Set a Default Card (Optional)
You can set a default card for Apple Pay transactions. The default card will be used when making payments unless you choose another card during the transaction.
Making In-Store Purchases
Using Apple Pay for in-store purchases is quick and straightforward:
Step 1: Wake Your Device
Wake your iPhone or Apple Watch by pressing the side or home button (on iPhones with Face ID, simply glance at your phone). For Apple Watch, double-click the side button.
Step 2: Authenticate
Authenticate the transaction using your device’s biometric feature (Touch ID or Face ID) or your passcode.
Step 3: Hold Near the Contactless Reader
Hold your iPhone or Apple Watch near the contactless payment terminal, which will activate Apple Pay.
Step 4: Payment Complete
Once your device is recognized, you’ll receive a confirmation on the screen, and the payment will be processed instantly.
Making Online Purchases
Using Apple Pay for online purchases within apps and websites is equally easy:
Step 1: Select Apple Pay
When you’re ready to check out on a supported app or website, choose the “Apple Pay” option at checkout.
Step 2: Authenticate
Authenticate the payment using your device’s biometric feature (Touch ID or Face ID) or your passcode.
Step 3: Payment Complete
Once authenticated, the payment will be processed instantly, and your purchase will be confirmed.
Apple Pay has streamlined the way we make payments, offering a seamless and secure solution for both in-store and online transactions. By adding your cards to the Wallet app and following a few simple steps, you can enjoy the convenience of Apple Pay on your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, or Mac. Embrace this innovative payment method and experience the ease of contactless transactions with a simple touch or glance.

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Picked up by the Protagonist of a Tormented! MC Novel
Volume 5 Chapter 14
Disclaimer: Honestly, I don’t know if it’s necessary to put this, but I will anyways. This chapter is decidedly darker in tone. There are only two chapters left in the main story afterwards, so it certainly won’t drag out. I personally liked how the author handled everything. I’m sure that some disagree, and that is just fine.
As soon as Zeno finished speaking he averted his gaze, not daring to look at Xi Wei face to face. In fact, his heart was fiercely pounding, and he could not bring himself to meet Xi Wei’s hostile eyes. He couldn't bear even a brief glance at the hatred that came from someone he cared about.
Still, Xi Wei deprived him of his wish, “First rape, then kill?”
Zeno nodded with the same difficulty as if he was facing being cut by the other's knife-like gaze.
Xi Wei’s wrath was punctured by such a careless answer, and his desire to kill became less intense.
He leaned close to Zeno’s ear and spoke in a gentle and soft tone that made his hair stand on end, “Since you asked for this, I can't help but agree.”
Zeno opened his mouth in an attempt to say a few words, but he felt only pain in his neck, and then he had lost consciousness.
Xi Wei lifted him into a princess carry and walked over the debris on the floor towards the door. By lucky coincidence, Suji had located the cuckoo feathers and returned. When she saw Xi Wei, she was stunned, then pleasantly surprised, rejoicing, “Master, you're back!”
Xi Wei’s eyes appeared serene but deep, and he glanced at Suji. Suddenly, he recalled that she was actually his servant, so he casually spoke, “You, follow me.”
Suji had absolutely no objections, happily packed up her things, and followed Xi Wei to the Mercenary Guild.
All the way, Suji excitedly reported the things Zeno had done in the past few years. Her feelings of worship were clearly exhibited in her speech.
Xi Wei seemed to grow more unhappy the more he listened. The more capable Zeno was, the more stupid he was revealed to be. He actually raised a wolf when he thought he was bringing up a rabbit, so it served him right to be bitten in the end. He almost lost his life.
Even so, he didn’t interrupt Suji, in order to reveal just how blind he used to be.
As Suji explained, she mentioned events four years prior, and Xi Wei suddenly asked, “You said Zeno was seriously injured four years ago and was in a coma for half a year?”
Suji nodded. Recalling the situation at that time, she still had lingering fears, “At that time, I thought the little master would never wake up again.”
Xi Wei frowned slightly. Could it be that those three people had turned hostile and fought after he fell? No wonder Zeno’s body was incomprehensibly weak. It was basically inferior to even ordinary people. The magic elements in his body were scarce to the extreme. A magic apprentice would be able to perform stronger elemental magic than he would. If that was the case, he thought it was deserved, but Xi Wei still felt an unstoppable desire to kill the most suspicious one, Belle.
Xi Wei was disgusted by that part of himself. Even though Zeno had ruthlessly betrayed him, he was still unable to immediately take Zeno’s life. Even more, the one he wanted to hack to pieces was actually Belle, who had hurt Zeno.
Suji was insensitive, so she was unable to perceive Xi Wei’s emotional instability. She continued chattering away on her own. The Mercenary Guild was not too far away, allowing for a speedy arrival.
Xi Wei carried the person in his arms to his new chambers, but no one was even aware of it. After obtaining the Stone of Destiny, his control over space and breath had reached perfection. As long as he didn’t want them to, no one could sense him.
Xi Wei had been back for three days. Thunder gave him the other half of the token that was previously returned by Zeno, and he was formally recognized as the president's successor. With his current abilities, there wasn't a single person who would speak against him. After acquiring the Stone of Destiny, Xi Wei's power truly allowed him to be considered the peak of the continent.
Stemming from Xi Wei's request, Thunder temporarily concealed that information.
As a result, Zeno was completely ignorant about it, and he could only reap what he'd sown. Everyone else thought he was Xi Wei’s best friend, never considering that things between them were so complicated.
As the future president, it was only natural that Xi Wei received preferential treatment from the Mercenary Guild. He was granted one of the independent magic spaces on the fourth floor.
Xi Wei concealed Zeno there, and no one knew.
Zeno had been knocked unconscious. He did not wake up for several hours due to his weak constitution.
When he came to, he found the surrounding environment utterly unfamiliar. It was pitch-black, without so much as a magic stone lamp. Zeno blinked, and it took a while for him to adapt to the darkness. Then he remembered that Xi Wei was back, and immediately felt both happy and yet sad.
Since he was lying down for a long time, Zeno's limbs were a little stiff. He tried to move, but found that he was strongly restrained.
His wrists and ankles were bound with thin chains. They even wrapped around his waist. His body was secured to a bed, just like the character 大. It was no wonder he was so uncomfortable and his whole body was stiff.
Zeno didn't even need to think to know whose masterpiece it was.
He sighed silently, hoping that he wouldn’t have to die too wretchedly. He psychologically prepared for four years, so he could remain unperturbed no matter what happened.
It was an unfamiliar environment, but Zeno judged the conditions as pretty good. The bed was soft and cozy. Even though the chain suppressed magic, his treatment as a traitor to Xi Wei could be considered top-notch.
Zeno found joy in his sorrow.
Xi Wei was not there, and the small space was silent. Zeno found the way he was tied up was difficult to bear, and the position made him feel like he was facing execution by being pulled apart by horses1.
He didn’t know how much time had passed when there was suddenly a light shining on his face. Zeno's eyes couldn’t adjust immediately and he squinted them against the light. There was a person standing, backlit, in the doorway. Zeno couldn’t see his features clearly, but he intuitively knew it was Xi Wei.
Xi Wei pulled the door closed behind him and walked to the bedside. Zeno couldn’t see anything and grew a little panicky within his heart. He involuntarily swallowed, then cautiously opened, “Xi Wei?”
Xi Wei didn’t answer him. He touched Zeno’s face with one hand, tracing over his eyebrows and continuing down to his lips. The strength used was a little heavy, rubbing his skin until it was painful. It had likely already left red marks.
Zeno was afraid of provoking him, so he could only endure the pain.
Xi Wei appeared to bend over, buried his face in Zeno’s neck, and rubbed against it a few times. Suddenly, he opened his mouth and took a piece of flesh between his teeth, then bit down fiercely. On the one hand, Zeno felt pain. On the other, he shivered as he felt the beads of blood welling up be immediately licked clean by Xi Wei.
That silent and strange atmosphere lasted for a moment, then Xi Wei released the tender flesh on Zeno's neck, and opened his mouth to speak coldly, “First rape2 then kill? Eh?”
Zeno shuddered silently. Although it was difficult, he still continued according to the original script and said, “Don’t tell me you don't dare?”
Xi Wei paused, probably stunned by that fearless answer that gave the impression he wasn't afraid of death. Zeno had never provoked him like that. Furthermore, under his current circumstances, was he genuinely not afraid to die?
When Zeno saw that he didn’t react, he once again poured oil on the fire, “It's not like I have many days left to live anyway. You don't dare, not even towards a person who's been put into checkmate?”
His tone was arrogant, not in the least bit repentant. The anger and the pain of betrayal by the one person he trusted once again ransacked Xi Wei's heart. At last, Xi Wei could no longer endure. With a flick of his wrist, he tore off Zeno’s shirt.
It turned out that the obedience and lovableness from before were all faked. These were his true colours—vicious, arrogant, and wantonly brash.
Although Zeno couldn’t see, that didn’t mean that Xi Wei couldn't. Even though there was no light, he could see the entire scene before him. Xi Wei had no option but to concede that he was still tempted.
A man who was about to die could do whatever he pleased without worrying about anything. Zeno owed him this. Zeno was in his hands, and there was no way to escape. He had complete control over this person. If he wanted him to live, then he would live. If he wanted him to die, then he would die. That sort of unprecedented sense of security somewhat captivated Xi Wei.
He ran his slightly calloused hands heavily over every inch of Zeno, leaving behind savage marks starting from the neck. Zeno stretched out his neck, but his hands and feet were fettered, preventing any further movement. It was unclear whether he was in pain, or if it was something else.
There was no foreplay, no kissing. There was no happiness whatsoever at the moment of invasion. It was purely punishment, but Zeno had a sense of accomplishment. At that moment, he truly felt that it was worth dying.
Gradually, voices began sounding out.
A wet and sticky sound filled the room, and Xi Wei simply pressed forward into the deepest parts of his body. Being forced to bear it, being forced open, over and over. At the outset, there was only pain. Later, it changed to a pleasure that penetrated his bones, and Zeno's voice also changed from being laced with pain to muffled moans.
Xi Wei paused his frantic movements all of a sudden, then immediately resumed with greater intensity.
Zeno lost all concept of time. At first it was painful, then it was pleasurable, and finally he became numb. His present constitution was quite poor, but it was offset by the ring automatically replenishing his energy. He couldn't delicately faint even if he wanted to, so it was all very effective as a punishment.
That type of penalty also had an incidental effect. The hibernating power of the demon catalyst within Zeno's body was transformed by the ring and all wrapped up nicely and sent over to Xi Wei during their intercourse.
After an unknown period of time, Xi Wei finally let him go. The bed was in complete disorder, Zeno felt as if his whole person had been dismantled and reorganized. He was panting roughly and his eyes were unfocused.
He would never have expected that after so many years, his virginity would be lost under such circumstances. Looking back over a decade ago, Zeno absolutely never would have foreseen there'd come a day when he'd nearly die from excessive ejaculation. Don't bring it up, he would only be able to cry. He shouldn’t have challenged the ability of a protagonist. Even if he had been with a chick, he still wouldn't have been able to hold out, not to mention that he was bottoming. It was very sad.
Although it was a little unreasonable, he did offer himself up as a sacrifice-like thing. Perhaps the demon catalyst was born to be an offering, regardless of whether it was voluntary or forced.
However, the current state of affairs didn't allow him much time to think. Their agreement was first rape, then kill, and it was only halfway done. The latter half was the key: win or lose, it all ended there. If Xi Wei killed him directly like that, there was nothing more to say. It would be his loss.
As expected, Xi Wei didn’t leave after doing the deed. Rather, he slowly wrapped his hand around Zeno’s fragile neck. The place where he'd bitten until he'd drawn blood was faintly discernible between his fingers. Zeno felt that his breathing was inhibited even before he'd regained his breath. His cough was stuck in the throat. Having lost his magic power, he was not much better off than an ordinary person.
Xi Wei slowly tightened his grip, his face expressionless, watching as the person before him gradually turned blue in the face. Zeno cut a sorry figure. If he died under such circumstances, it would really be an embarrassing death. No matter how great the grudge, it should have been resolved. Yet, for some indiscernible reason, Xi Wei asked, “Why?”
Xi Wei never asked why. Whatever reason the betrayer had would never make their actions a bit more pardonable. But he once again made an exception for Zeno.
Perhaps he didn’t care about other people’s reasons. Zeno was the only one he felt unwilling towards. He'd practically given him everything. He had raised him since he was a little dumpling who couldn't speak. Whatever Zeno ate was fed to him personally by Xi Wei. The clothes he wore were personally dressed by Xi Wei, and every word he spoke had personally been taught by Xi Wei.
Zeno had genuinely spent morning and night in contact with him. Although strictly speaking it was only a brief five years, it was practically the most secure five years of Xi Wei's life. He had poured out all his meager trust and emotion, but nevertheless Zeno chose to betray him. Together with those two women, he had pushed him down into the bottomless abyss, just for a ring that he didn’t even care about. Sure enough, the world was so filthy and hypocritical, ugly and abominable. It made a person really want to…really want to destroy everything. Such an ugly place, what reason was there for it to exist?
The angrier Xi Wei felt, the colder his expression became. “Was it all to get that useless ring? The power of that ring that you wracked your brains to snatch, has all been recaptured by me. It’s nothing but an ordinary storage ring now. Don’t you have anything to say?”
Zeno knew what Xi Wei wanted to hear. No matter how frigid he appeared, he still held a glimmer of hope within his heart. He hoped that Zeno had no alternative due to some secret trouble.
Zeno leaned back his head and tried to escape from the iron-like hold, but it was simply futile.
Physiological tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and those teary eyes stared at Xi Wei with a trace of begging. Zeno choked out two broken words, “Ba … Ba.”
Xi Wei jolted, and his hands unconsciously loosened a little.
Fresh air poured into his lungs, and Zeno began to choke and cough.
Boundless wrath struck Xi Wei's heart. The situation had reached such a state, yet he was not willing to utter a single lie, even a lie to save his life?
Xi Wei smashed the headboard with a backhand punch, and the two men fell in between the shattered planks together.
Ultimately, Xi Wei did not kill him, but once again disappeared for a while.
About a day later, only when Zeno felt like he would starve to death, Xi Wei appeared again.
At that moment, Zeno only had a pile of broken planks below his body, his hands and feet were still bound, and he had not eaten anything for quite a while. His body was full of bruises and scattered patches of dried up, white liquid. He appeared both miserable and lascivious.
Xi Wei, who had emerged once again, seemed to be more emotionally stable. He no longer questioned Zeno, nor did he expose any desire to kill him. On the contrary, he brought along hot water, and carrying him over, used it to carefully wash Zeno. In addition, he replaced the ruined bed and even brought food.
For him to be so abnormal, it must be some sort of enchantment. Even if Zeno was any more naive, he still would not think that Xi Wei had decided to call his revenge scheme quits here. He couldn't quite figure out just what Xi Wei wanted to do.
The mood was strange while Xi Wei washed him. When he was washing that place in the back, Xi Wei even reached in with a finger to clean it up. Zeno's face flushed red, but he didn't make a sound because he was afraid of provoking him.
When he rubbed his finger, he pushed against a certain point. That caused Zeno's whole body to instantly go stiff, letting out a suggestive cry. Did Xi Wei intend to directly kill him by bedding him or something? The way things were going, not even his soul would be able to endure it.
Fortunately, Xi Wei was not so perverted. He had merely pressed there by accident.
After being washed, he was carried back to the bed. After staying silent for a while, Zeno posed a question into the darkness with fear and trepidation, “You … what do you plan to do?”
He thought that Xi Wei truly knew how to deeply torment someone. When confined to darkness for an extended period of time, a person's psychological state would always become vulnerable.
Xi Wei shot a glance at him, then leaned in and spoke in a cold and threatening voice, “What? Just yesterday you were arrogantly provoking me, but now you know to be afraid? Rest assured that I won’t kill you for the time being. I have a better idea, don't you want to hear?”
When he mentioned a better idea, his tone was a little odd and quite chilling. Zeno couldn’t help trembling. To put it simply, he felt an ominous hunch sinking down in his stomach.
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It wouldn't pass the audit so I could only change it up here and there~
Zeno is such a cutie. So strong. My heart does hurt for Xi Wei though.
Also. ALSO. I have a recommendation for you all. OMG do I ever. I am in love. This novel just came out and the translator released a ton of chapters. It’s so so good. SO FUNNY!!! If you have read (also super worth a read!!) and liked Chen Liguo, you will love this main character. It’s so well written/translated, so funny. Just. Read it. Now! Or like, when you have time. and MC is just a freakin deadly Queen/Sugar Daddy. He is super rich, and he’s so excited and just flaunts it everywhere and gahhhhh go read it.
- A method of quartering. There were various ways to do it, but a common one was to have a horse tied to each limb of the individual and then they would all run outwards, eventually tearing the person apart. It was not terribly effective, but certainly cruel. ↩
- It was originally 'X' in the raws, but I took the liberty of guessing. I kinda wanted to say 'fucked' but felt it was better to stick with Zeno's wording ↩

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This study was undertaken to investigate the relation between abdominal fat and serum biochemical indices in chicken. In the study, 120 chickens at 12 weeks of age from Anka and Rugao breeds were used. They were reared under the same environment and management. Blood samples were taken, the serum was harvested by centrifugation, and then the total cholesterol (TCH), triglycerides (TG), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) were assayed using an enzymatic kit. Very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) were determined using the Friedwald equation. Chickens were slaughtered and the carcasses were dissected manually to estimate the abdominal fat weight. The breeds significantly (P < 0.01) differed in TCH and HDL levels. Compared to females, males had significantly (P < 0.01) higher levels of TCH and LDL in both breeds. TCH was positively correlated with HDL and LDL. Similarly TG was positively correlated with HDL and VLDL. Abdominal fat weight was positively correlated with all serum biochemical indices in Rugao, and in Anka it was positively correlated with TCH and LDL. In conclusion, breed and sex affected serum biochemical indices. In addition, abdominal fat was affected by the levels of serum biochemical indices.
Correlation, fat, cholesterol, triglycerides, lipoprotein, chicken
MUSA, HASSAN HUSSEIN; CHEN, GUO H.; CHENG, JIN H.; and YOUSIF, GALAL M. (2007) "Relation between Abdominal Fat and Serum Cholesterol, Triglycerides, and Lipoprotein Concentrations in Chicken Breeds," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 31: No. 6, Article 2. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol31/iss6/2


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Twenty-three children have been rescued by authorities in Mexico after they were abducted and forced to sell crafts.
The authorities rescued the children from a house in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, in the state of Chiapas on Monday, the state’s attorney’s office announced in a statement. The children were mainly between the ages of two to 15 years old, but some were as young as three months, according to the authorities.
They were taken from their families and forced to sell the crafts and trinkets to tourists, while threatened with “physical and psychological violence,” according to CNN.
The area in Southern Mexico is known for tourism, with markets selling trinkets and handmade crafts commonplace throughout the city.Three women were arrested as part of the rescue and are facing possible charges of human trafficking and forced labour.
In a statement released on Monday, Jorge Llaven, a Chiapas state prosecutor, said the children had to bring a certain amount of money back to the house each day to be allowed to eat at night.
“According to the children, many of them were forced to go out on the streets to sell things, and moreover they were forced to return with a certain minimum amount of money for the right to get food and a place to sleep at the house,” he said.
Additionally, many of the children were forced to sleep on cardboard and blankets on a cement floor, according to the Associated Press. The house was discovered after the authorities began a search for two-year-old Dylan Esaú Gómez Pérez, who went missing from his family while at a market in the city on 30 June.
Video surveillance footage showed the child being led away from his parents by a girl who appeared to be 13 years old, which has led authorities to believe that some of the children were being used to abduct kids, according to the AP.
However, despite the authorities rescuing the twenty-three children, the toddler has still not been found, according to his mother, Juana Pérez. Ms Pérez, who has asked Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador to help her locate her son, told reporters: “None of the children (rescued) is my son”


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When Citi Field Turned Into The Roosevelt Avenue Retirement Home
The Flushing Morgue isn’t a real place, I don’t think, but for a time Citi by the Bay resembled something more like a potter’s field where major leaguers went to die. Instead of serving as a spring board towards success, falling a curve ball short of making the 2006 World Series was more like an organizational cyanide pill. Starting in 2005, then plowing forward to keep the so called “dream” alive, the club rounded up the remaining nomads of both leagues and put them through a juicer in an attempt to squeeze every last drop of life out of their careers.
Guys like Carlos Beltran and Angel Pagan almost died premature deaths before deciding they wanted to live. They managed to Escape From New York, and are now both flourishing and bursting with life while opposing each other in the National League Championship Series. Carlos Beltran in particular witnessed a long list of geriatrics come to Queens only to hang up their uniforms and take up drinking prune juice.
June 9, 2012; Bronx, NY, USA; New York Mets left fielder Jason Bay (44) during batting practice before the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE
The careers of Paul LoDuca, Oliver Perez (not old, just bad), Tom Glavine, Billy Wagner, and Pedro Martinez all effectively ended in Flushing. After their respective departures, the five went on to participate in a portion of one more season elsewhere. But nothing more.
Otherwise, the last era in Queens witnessed many a player’s last hurrah. A bevy of plots dot the Flushing Fields of tranquility. Moises Alou, Shawn Greene, Jose Valentin, Luis Castillo, and Carlos Delgado were some of the position players who never played again after their last major league game with the Mets.
Pitchers Orlando Hernandez, and John Maine likewise threw their last pitch in Flushing.
For this particular epoch, that’s twelve players, or half a roster, of old, or broken toys. Without actually going back and checking the rosters, I’m sure I’m missing a cadaver or two.
Then there are the sickly. When Francisco Rodriguez tried disturbing the Flushing Fields of tranquility, he was removed from the premises in cuffs. Playing for a new team this season, he was recently arrested again for domestic violence. He may have escaped Flushing, but he will now be enjoying life behind bars for the immediate future. Luckily, he is no longer our problem.
But Jason Bay is. He too will probably end his career as a Met. Concussion symptoms or a lack of production, or both, will most likely end his career prematurely. Lately, and frightfully, Johan Santana is succumbing to the sickness as well. On the positive side, Johan’s future is murky.
Jose Reyes, like Beltran and Pagan, just managed to get out while the getting was still good. And Reyes, more so that Carlos Beltran, has seen all these players come and go.
Among the still truly live and kicking members of the prior regime, is the as yet whithered face of the franchise. Nearly all the names mentioned above have left him behind. David Wright was there. He seen them all too. While he hasn’t been immune to the Willets Point Plague, he is still fairly young. Therefore his immune system is still fighting his battles for him.
Signed during that era, R.A. Dickey is like that one plant thriving all by itself in the middle of a nuclear blast zone. So he is either a freak of nature, or an alien life form.
I hope you read this post in the spirit is was written; for fun. But somewhere hidden down beneath the layers lies an indictment regarding previous policy. If we don’t remind ourselves of the past, we are doomed to repeat it.

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Most of us have a new sudden, every consuming experience of love and lust — and often pondered just what the partnership stages are. The stages of a relationship are usually described by the person’s emotional, physical, and internal changes that take place https://elite-brides.com/costa-rican-brides within a couple during the course of their relationship. This really is a very complicated concept to grasp because we all go through some of those stages is obviously. For lovers, however , these stages could be magnified when the couple undergoes them in concert. The stage of “I want you” is one of the most crucial ones for virtually every relationship, as it represents quick the connection.
The relationship stages of I want one to begin with getting friends. Good friends don’t just build a marriage – they will strengthen that. It is better to bring a person into a relationship than to generate a relationship get back person. So , it is essential that you work as friends just before introducing allure into the photo.
There are several levels of human relationships: friendship, dating, passion, and commitment/settlement. When a few is first beginning, there are hardly any expectations by either partner. As the partnership progresses, persons become more aware of what they want in relationships. Subsequently, the “vangelisti” stage is usually reached. This kind of stage is usually typified simply by intense and passionate having sex between the lovers.
The fourth level of virtually any long-term relationship is infatuation. At this stage, people have fallen totally in love with each other. Intimacy begins to emerge as an actual desire for intimacy. People begin to look forward to “orgasmic” occasions with their spouse. They also realize that true closeness happens outside of the bed room, in a warm, safe, and secure environment.
At this stage, persons in long term relationships go through a process of deepening their mental connection with each other. The intimacy that evolves is more real and important. However , individuals have put in so much period together, thoughts of unfaithfulness may come up from earlier mistakes. The stage can result in intense quarrels if the few does not reach an agreement about how to continue on with their relationship.
The last stage, commitment, is often considered to be the most effective stage in a relationship. It truly is when a couple has come to know all of their greatest desires for one another. Persons at this stage to commit to one another and create an psychological bond that lasts a lifetime. During this level, couples may feel that they are on the right path to intimacy and may even begin to have a baby. However , couples who do not proceed in a prospering direction may find themselves headed for divorce.

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German Chocolate Killer
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Cupcake baker, Melissa Beckett always seems to find herself wrapped up in sticky situations. What starts out as an innocent political rally soon turns to chaos when a lovely young woman is found murdered.
Everyone is a suspect, but the lack of evidence has Chas, Spencer and the gang stumped, until an unexpected sleuth rises to the occasion and finds a clue that will rock Calgon to its foundations. Will they collar the killer in time? Or will the senseless murder be the first of many?
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Thomas V. Miller Jr. (born December 3, 1942), known as Mike Miller, is the president of the Maryland Senate. He has been a state senator representing the 27th District since 1975 and has served as president since January 1987, longer than any other senate president in Maryland history, and as of January 2019 is the longest-serving state Senate president in the United States
In 1971, he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates from the third legislative district of Maryland in Prince George’s County and served in that position until his election to the state senate in 1975.
The Senate office building in Annapolis is named after him due to his being the longest-serving Senate president in the history of the state legislature.
Miller was featured in the Netflix documentary The Keepers for his opposition to a bill seeking to increase the statute of limitations for sexual abuse victims.
On Oct. 24, 2019, he announced he would step down from his leadership post, citing fatigue caused by his cancer treatment. He said he intends to serve out the remainder of his term in the state Senate.

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Matsmart adds more capital investment and another strategic backer: IKEA
Matsmart, a Stockholm, Sweden-based company providing discount retailing for non-fresh food, announced securing SEK 100M ($12.4M) in a new investment round that includes the SEK 75M ($8.9M) round announced at the end of 2017.
According to the company, IKEA's investment in Matsmart is aligned to its objective to reduce its own food waste, with 90% of all food waste to be recycled or converted into a resource like biogas.
Matsmart, founded in 2014 and led by CEO Karl Andersson, is a food online retailer which aggregates and sells all different types of surplus goods at an up to 90% discount, with delivery throughout Sweden from a central warehouse in Katrineholm.
In 2017, Matsmart estimates a turnover of over SEK 200M ($25M).


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Port Washington, N.Y.— The votes have all been counted and it’s official — DJ Times magazine and Pioneer DJ are proud to announce that Markus Schulz has been voted America’s Best DJ for 2012.
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Denver—After a weekend that couldn’t have seen more different audiences, the America’s Best DJ Summer Tour Presented by Pioneer DJ settles into one spot this time around. And lucky for the fans and the DJs, it’s in one of America’s most spectacular settings—Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
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By Truthquake.com Staff Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith recently visited the “The Woody Show” in Bangkok, Thailand to promote their latest movie After Earth and he shocked the audience when he kissed the 14-year-old with his tongue. During the interview “The Woody Show” host Woody Milintachinda asked Will to show him something he has never done on television, so he French kissed Jaden. The host posted the photo on Twitter later. The incestuous and pedophile-like … Read entire article »
By Truthquake.com Staff Beyonce Knowles did not perform at the 2013 Grammys, but she added some controversy by making alleged representations of the 666 Satanic Mark of the Beast sign with her hands. She made the gesture associated with the Antichrist’s mark that has been used by many celebrities over the past century, including The Beatles in the 1960s, Michael Jackson as a child performer and the Rolling Stones. More recently it has been used often … Read entire article »
By Truthquake.com Staff Trey Songz seemed to make a gay Freudian slip while being interviewed. In the older but still newsworthy interview for Montreality in 2010, his question seems to speak volumes on where his mind focuses. “Whose your favorite model in the game right now – the modeling game?” the interviewer asked. “Ah, female?” Trey Songz asked. “Yeah,” said the interviewer. “Ah, my favorite model in the game right now?” the R&B singer asked. See … Read entire article »
By Truthquake.com Staff Paris Hilton is now trying to pretend be a professional DJ. The drug felon reality personality attempted to make people believe she was a real DJ at the 2012 Pop Music Festival on Saturday, June 23 in San Paulo, Brazil, and the funny attempt was caught on YouTube video. Most of Hilton’s music set was spent with her arms flailing around while she danced at the DJ booth in front of a big … Read entire article »
By Truthquak.com Staff Will Smith slapped a male television reporter who he said tried to kiss him on the lips as he walked down the press line for the premiere of Men in Black III in Moscow, Russia. The reporter from the Ukrainian television channel 1+1, Vitalii Sediuk, made headlines at the Venice Film Festival in September with another stunt when he called Madonna “my princess” and gave her a bouquet of hydrangeas, which is a type … Read entire article »
By Truthquake.com Staff EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Queen Latifah is scheduled to perform at the Long Beach Pride festival May 19, and she is going to announce publicly that she is lesbian, according to our sources. The Pride festival in Long Beach, CA is a yearly event to celebrate gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Long Beach Pride’s website states that her concert at the event will be her first time performing at any LGBT pride event. “Queen Latifah … Read entire article »
By Truthquake.com Staff Jay-Z said in an interview yesterday that he supports President’s Obama’s recent backing for gay marriage. The alleged Illuminati New World Order Satanist seems to be either evolving in his views or is giving lip-service because he now says he supports gay marriage, but for years, his music has been laced with homophobic, anti-gay lyrics, such as in “Run This Town,” “Brooklyn (Go Hard),” etc. “I’ve always thought it as something that was still, … Read entire article »
By Truthquake.com Staff Drake is being sued by his ex-girlfriend over rights to the song “Marvin’s Room.” Ericka Lee, who claims to be the rapper’s ex-girlfriend, has filed a lawsuit against him seeking damages and a co-writer credit for his 2011 song “Marvin’s Room.” Lee filed the lawsuit on Thursday in California federal court, and she claims the pair had a romantic and business partnership between early 2010 and mid-2011, in which time she said … Read entire article »
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Does the sun have the power to transform humankind?
In Solar (R)evolution, world-renowned German biophysicist Dieter Broers makes a compelling case, pointing to a wealth of scientific evidence that shows a remarkable correlation between increases in solar activity and advances in our creative, mental, and spiritual abilities.
We are in the midst of a dramatic rise in solar disturbances, which have the capability of disrupting the Earth’s geomagnetic field and, as a result, our global ecology. Broers, however, sees this not as an impending apocalypse but as the dawn of a new era.
Drawing on research from a variety of disciplines, he shows how erupting solar activity carries the potential to boost our brain capacity and expand our minds in ways we never imagined possible. Abilities now seen as extraordinary or supernatural—telepathy, extrasensory perception, and off-the-charts intelligence quotients—may soon become ordinary and natural and could very well help us solve the mounting global crises we are facing.
Humankind is going through an evolutionary leap, says Broers, and the process has already begun.
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Short Courses and Study Days
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Why are Communication Skills Important?
Being able to communicate effectively is a core clinical skill for all professionals who have regular patient contact and, as part of that role, are required to gather or give information, break bad news or support patients to make and understand decisions related to their care and treatment.
The link between effective communication skills and the delivery of high-quality care as well as staff resilience has been highlighted in both the research literature and a number of successive national reports.
This two-day evidence-based course has been developed by a group of leading communication researchers and trainers and is aimed at doctors, nurses and senior healthcare professionals (band 6 & above) wishing to enhance their clinical communication skills with patients, carers, or colleagues.
Participants set the agenda for both days by identifying challenging communication situations they experience at work. These challenges are recreated with actors playing different roles such as a patient, family member or colleague for participants to practice key skills and principles, receive constructive feedback and test out alternative strategies.
In previous courses key areas of challenge have included:
This course covers the following areas based on the document ‘National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training for Registered healthcare Practitioners’ (Public Health England 2018) the Covid 19 Vaccination Programme Slide Set (UK Health Security Agency, last updated December 2021) and the RCN Travel Competency document ‘Travel health nursing: career and competence development’ (RCN 2012).
This course covers the following areas based on the document ‘National Minimum standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training of Healthcare Support Workers’ (Public Health England 2015) and the Covid 19 Vaccination Programme Slide Set (UK Health Security Agency, last updated December 2021) This is an assessed course with a written and oral assessment to ensure a satisfactory level of knowledge, at the end of the second day.
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Attorneys for people dealing with expenses for his or her alleged involvement within the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion say their shoppers are being saved in solitary confinement and subjected to third-world circumstances whereas detained forward of trial.
Legal professionals John Pierce and Steven Metcalf II say that a minimum of one of many individuals arrested on expenses associated to the occasions of that day is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day and has insufficient entry to wash water and authorized counsel.
The attorneys instructed the EpochTV program “The Nation Speaks” that these circumstances are “blatantly unconstitutional” and “violate each single primary human proper.”
Of the almost 500 individuals who have been arrested on expenses regarding the Capitol incursion, Pierce stated there “are about 50, plus or minus, which can be being detained, which were in jail for months and can doubtless stay in jail for a lot of extra months till their day in courtroom.”
He defined that these accused people are being held underneath the pretense of the 1984 Bail Reform Act, which authorizes the pretrial detention of these deemed a flight danger or menace to the general public.
One Ned Lang stated his son Jake is being held in an space of a Washington, D.C., jail nicknamed “the outlet,” whereas Metcalf stated the youthful Lang doesn’t even have entry to wash consuming water.
“I’m being instructed the water is black. He has to filter the water by means of a sock with a purpose to even drink water,” Metcalf stated, including that Jake Lang is usually unable to bathe or shave for “days and days on finish.”
He stated any objection to those circumstances is met with additional punishment for the prisoners.
“The circumstances within the D.C. jail particularly are getting to a degree of not solely being unconstitutional and violating each single primary human proper, however they’re getting to a degree the place individuals have to talk out, they usually should learn about what’s occurring,” Metcalf stated, including that prisoners are being instilled with a “stage of concern.”
Is the federal authorities unfairly concentrating on accused Jan. 6 rioters?
Sure: 99% (371 Votes)
No: 1% (4 Votes)
“They’re being retaliated in opposition to for varied completely different causes. … Something that they do, or if anyone speaks up on their behalf, impulsively they get focused even additional after which get put right into a harmful, unsanitary situation,” Metcalf stated.
Richard Barnett, one other accused participant within the Jan. 6 incursion who was photographed sitting at Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk, says he additionally was detained unconstitutionally, The Epoch Times reported.
Whereas Barnett, who surrendered to federal authorities on Jan. 8, might have moderately anticipated to be restricted to his residence whereas awaiting trial, he was as an alternative saved for 4 months in a Washington, D.C., jail after U.S. attorneys petitioned to have him detained underneath the Bail Reform Act.
“The regulation is obvious: Solely in a really restricted set of circumstances is pretrial detention acceptable,” Barnett’s legal professional, Joseph McBride, stated.
“The courts, due to this fact, should act swiftly and decisively to overturn pretrial detention orders granted in circumstances, reminiscent of right here, the place the federal government has objectively failed to beat the Bail Reform Act’s presumption in opposition to pretrial detention as a matter of regulation.”
McBride contrasted Barnett’s therapy with that of Elizabeth Duke, who was charged with a number of counts associated to home terrorism for her involvement within the 1983 Capitol Hill bombing — and was launched on bail.
Duke, because it occurs, stays a fugitive to this present day (though The Epoch Instances famous that, curiously sufficient, former Secretary of State Eric Holder requested a federal Justice of the Peace to kill her excellent arrest warrant in 2009).
It goes with out saying that whereas these accused of collaborating within the Jan. 6 incursion have been doggedly pursued by regulation enforcement and reportedly subjected to inhumane circumstances in jail, these concerned within the 2020 riots have been dealt with with child gloves and even glorified by the left.
The overwhelming majority of People denounced the actions of the rioters who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6. However the George Floyd “protests” of final summer time have been broadly supported and the violence and destruction defended by left-wing politicians — to the extent that now-Vice President Kamala Harris promoted a fund to bail “protesters” out of jail.
A Republican would little doubt be crucified have been he to advertise any authorized efforts to free Jake Lang or shield his constitutional rights.
The hypocrisy is sickening. It appears we are able to now not anticipate the equal authorized therapy of individuals on both finish of the political spectrum.