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Speakers: Lindsay Alford, BSc. OT & Cheryl Hon, B. A, M. OT
The participant will be able to identify the issues that arise when providing postural control at the level of the spine/trunk on functional performance.
The participant will be able to review trunk and spinal deformities and describe strategies on how to appropriately assess the spine during the mat assessment.
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Artist: Hibino, Katsuhiko
About the Poster: Just like it's competitor Le Bon Marché, Galeries Lafayette is a world-famous department store with a long history. Both shops began in Paris, France in the 1800s and each has its loyal customers and critics. Galeries Lafayette has grown exponentially, and now has offshoots in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
About the Artist: Hibino was born in 1958 in Gifu, Japan. He completed graduate school at Tokyo University of the Arts were he currently holds a professorship. In recent years, Hibino has received global accolades and awards, including: the 3rd Japan Graphic Exhibition grand-prize (1982); the 30th ADC Award grand-prize (1983); the 1st JACA Exhibition grand-prize; and Mainichi Design Prize grand-prize (1999). Hibino participated in the Sydney Biennale (1986, Australia) and the Venice Biennale (1995, Italy). For more infromation about one of his initiatives, see this article: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/04/23/arts/dusk-till-dawn-roppongi-art-night/)
This small hand signed and numbered poster is rare and highly collectible. In very good condition. RARE.

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2023 Chevrolet Trailblazer for Sale in Johnston, RI
Trims, Powertrain, and Fuel Economy
The four trim choices for the 2023 Chevrolet Trailblazer are the LS, LT, Activ, and RS. The base powertrain is a 137-horsepower turbocharged 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine with a continuously variable transmission (CVT); a 155 hp 1.3-liter turbo upgrade is available on the LT and standard on the Activ and RS. Both front-wheel and all-wheel drive are offered; with FWD, it gets a, but with AWD, it has a nine-speed automatic gearbox.
The official fuel economy estimates from the EPA state that the FWD LS and LT return 29 mpg around town and 31 mpg on the highway, and the FWD Activ, RS, and 1.3-liter LT achieve 29 city/33 highway. Any Trailblazer equipped with AWD gets 26 city/30 highway. Although the Trailblazer isn’t a towing vehicle per se, it can pull as much as 1,000 pounds if it’s not carrying a full load of passengers and cargo inside.
The LS is an entry-level trim with a mix of basic and more advanced equipment. It has cloth seats, automatic headlights (including auto high beams), wireless smartphone integration, a cabin air filter, LED daytime running lights, a 7-inch driver information display, and two USB data ports (one Type-A and the other Type-C), and the Chevy Safety Assist driver-assist technology bundle (more on that below). The LT steps things up with remote start, heated front seats, LED fog lights, heated exterior mirrors, roof rack side rails, cruise control, and keyless entry.
The Activ looks and feels tougher with sport tires, a skid plate, and a suspension tuned for off-pavement driving. Plus, it gets LED taillights, titanium-look bumpers, a heated and leather-wrapped steering wheel (the shift knob is also wrapped with leather), a rear-seat center armrest, and leatherette seats. The RS swaps in all-season tires and drops those specially styled bumpers, and the seats are upholstered in a nice mix of fabric and leatherette.
Advanced Safety Technologies and Multimedia
As mentioned, the Chevy Safety Assist technology suite is standard issue on the ’23 Trailblazer, adding forward collision warning with front pedestrian braking, automatic emergency braking, and lane keep assist with lane departure warning. GM’s Teen Driver system is there, too, to help beginning drivers learn safe habits behind the wheel. The Chevrolet Infotainment 3 system uses a 7-inch touchscreen to manage today’s essential connectivity/communication features: wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Bluetooth hands-free phone and audio streaming (for two active devices), SiriusXM satellite radio, and a Wi-Fi hotspot.
The Trailblazer can be enhanced with a number of optional bundles. The base LS is eligible for the Driver Confidence with Cruise Package (cruise control, lane change alert with side blind-zone alert, and rear cross-traffic alert). All trims but the base LS are eligible for the Convenience Package (automatic climate control, an 8-inch infotainment touchscreen upgrade, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, Type-A and Type-C USB charge ports, a 120V power outlet, and illuminated vanity mirrors. The Driver Confidence Package can be ordered for those same trims to add rear parking sensors (certain models will require a dealer retrofit; contact Hurd Auto Mall for more details), rear cross-traffic alert, and lane change alert with side blind-zone alert.
The Sun and Liftgate Package (offered for the LT, Activ, and RS) contains a panoramic dual-pane sunroof and a hands-free liftgate that projects an LED logo when it’s opened. The Technology Package for the Activ and RS adds an abundance of features: LED headlights, adaptive cruise control, an 8-inch infotainment touchscreen upgrade, wireless phone charging, a Bose sound system with seven speakers, a satellite radio upgrade to SiriusXM 360L, an SD card reader, and a high-definition rearview camera. The Winter/Summer Floor Mat Package (offered for all trims) contains carpeted floor mats and all-weather floor liners.
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In Conversation: Judy Blume & Kelly Fremon Craig (Transcript)
The legendary author on why it took 50 years to make 'Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret' into a movie
Sean McNulty (00:03):
Welcome to The Ankler Podcast. I'm Sean McNulty from The Wakeup newsletter here at The Ankler, and this holiday week we have a special episode featuring legendary author Judy Blume and director Kelly Fremon Craig of the movie version of, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. The pair were interviewed in front of a live audience by Ankler's CEO, Janice Min on October 14th in Santa Monica at Zibby's Bookshop as the first in The Ankler's in Conversation: Page to Screen event series. A special thank you to the event sponsor, Lionsgate, and please enjoy. And our regular podcast will return next week.
Janice Min (00:41):
Good morning, everybody. I am so excited for you all to be here. I'm Janice Min. I am the CEO and editor in chief of The Ankler. First of all, thank you to Lionsgate for making this possible today. Thank you to Zibby's Bookshop, an independent bookstore, for making this possible today too. Oh my God, Judy Blume is here in Santa Monica with us. I am dying inside a lot right now, so I will keep my cool and be a professional.
First, I'm going to introduce Kelly Fremon Craig. She is a screenwriter, producer and film director. She wrote and directed the 2016 coming-of-age dramedy The Edge of 17, starring Hailee Steinfeld, to critical acclaim. And now she's captured another story of American girls in her 2023, this year, adaptation of Judy Blume's classic, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. The film, released earlier this year, received, this is important, a 99 percent Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which yes, it's huge. Huge. I'm just going to say, not that we're making comparisons, it's way bigger than Barbie and Oppenheimer, meaning that critics really, really, really loved it, and critics are often not nice, as you may have heard. Okay, so I'm going to be ridiculous and introduce Judy Blume now.
Just in case some of you aren't familiar, Judy Blume is an icon. Yes, she has sold 82 million books, written 25 novels, including Deenie, Blubber, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Forever and Wifey. I think probably everyone in here has read every single one of those. She was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time this year and is recognized as a Library of Congress Living Legend. Congratulations. Some other things I love about Judy Blume, she has been called the “most censored writer in America.”
Judy Blume (02:43):
That's better than being [inaudible 00:02:45].
Janice Min (02:46):
And she actively works against book bans, a subject I hope we can spend a little bit of time on today. She's a producer of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, a wonderful gem of a movie. Welcome, Kelly. Welcome, Judy. Thank you so much for taking part of this today. It's the first in our Ankler In Conversation: Page to Screen series. I'm going to get to you, Judy, but I'm going to start with Kelly.
Judy Blume (03:15):
Janice Min (03:16):
I'm going to just share a list of some of the other movies released in 2023: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3, Fast X, which is the 10th installment of Fast and Furious, Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, the seventh installment of Mission: Impossible. Then even Meg 2: The Trench, about the killer giant shark. I think there was a sequel. In this climate of franchises and sequels, you decide we're going to try to make a movie of a book published in 1970, which in the stakes of Hollywood today, is a small story. What in the world were you thinking?
Kelly Fremon Craig (03:54):
That's a really good question. Well, first of all, I have to say there are just a few books that got inside me in a way that just changed me, and Judy and this book was one of them. And I know so many people who feel that way about this book and who have experienced it through all different decades, I read it in 1990, and who related so deeply. I think there's something so universal about it. That, to me, is what made it big. That's what makes this little story feel much larger than it might seem on its surface.
Janice Min (04:35):
There's this whole theme of people writing Judy letters in her life that I want to talk about later, but you decided you were going to write an email to Judy Blume. What did you do?


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While Mike O’Shea will never admit any one regular-season game is more important than another, Saturday’s Banjo Bowl should be an exception.
Yes, we know the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers doesn’t think or talk that way with his players. He keeps them focused on the game itself and not big picture things like the standings or the season series with another team.
But, man, would a win on Saturday against the Saskatchewan Roughriders ever be meaningful for the West Division-leading Bombers.
The 8-3 Bombers will host the 7-3 Roughriders, who are in second place with a game in hand, and will have a chance to either open up a four-point lead atop the standings or find themselves tied with their arch-rivals.
A win will give the Bombers a chance to win the season series on Oct. 5 when the teams meet again in Regina, but a loss will give the Riders the season series and essentially put them two points ahead in the standings.
“Yes, this week is very big now,” offensive lineman Jermarcus Hardrick said Wednesday when the Bombers returned to practice for the first time since losing 19-17 in Regina on Sunday.
“To have a chance to win the season series and be up by four, man, that would put us in a good spot going forward.”
With the CFL West bunched up near the top as usual — the Calgary Stampeders are 6-4, the Edmonton Eskimos 6-5 and they play one another this week — the Bombers need to hold on to their edge with a win on their home field, where they are 5-0 this season.
They played reasonably well in last week’s Labour Day Classic, despite being without No. 1 quarterback Matt Nichols and star running back Andrew Harris, but still lost for the 14th time in the last 15 years.
Winnipeg led the game late in the fourth-quarter but lost on a final-play field goal.
With a big Winnipeg crowd behind them Saturday, the Bombers are convinced they can turn the tables on the Riders.
“Man, we were so close, two points away, but you don’t get any points for being close,” Hardrick said. “Definitely nothing to hang your head about. We’re still 8-3 and I don’t want anybody to get down. We’re 8-3, we’ve got a shot at first place. I think we lost one game by two points (against Saskatchewan), another game by one point (against Toronto) and one by eight (against Hamilton). We’re not a bad team.”
The Bombers have a tough schedule over their last seven games of the season, perhaps the toughest of any team in the West. They play the Riders twice, the Montreal Alouettes (5-4) twice, the Stampeders twice and Hamilton (9-2) once.
The Stampeders just got star quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, the CFL’s most outstanding player last year, back in the lineup and he looked very good in a Labour Day win over the Eskimos.
If the Bombers don’t put a firm grasp on first place, someone’s going to come and rip it out of their hands.
“Every game is important from here on out, especially in the West,” quarterback Chris Streveler said. “Obviously we know Saskatchewan is a great team, we played them last week. We know what the standings look like, but we’re not worried about that. We have to take it one week at a time and let things shake out the way they may.”
Streveler almost led the Bombers to victory in Regina. After a very slow start, he wound up passing for 161 yards and a touchdown and ran for another 65 yards and a major. He had two costly interceptions but also led a 58-yard drive late in the game to give the Bombers a 17-16 lead.
The defence, despite having the Riders pinned at their own five-yard line with 3:18 left in the fourth quarter, couldn’t hold the lead, and that puts more pressure on the Bombers to execute this week in a crucial game.
“I don’t know if it’s frustrating, it’s just more disappointment because we weren’t able to finish off,” Bombers defensive co-ordinator Richie Hall said. “The whole situation, three minutes left in the game, from their five-yard line and the way we’d been playing all day, I would have put my house money on that. We didn’t make the plays, I didn’t make the calls and we came up on the short end.”
Before that last drive, the defence held the Riders to 39 yards of offence and two first downs in the second half. Those numbers were very encouraging, but not meaningful in the end.
“I just think we were waiting for other people to make the plays instead of stepping up and making the play ourselves,” Hall said. “Instead of playing the way we had been playing the majority of the game, it seemed like we were waiting on somebody else. Therefore, we were not as aggressive, we didn’t have that ‘it’ factor and we didn’t do what we needed to do to win the football game. It was very disappointing.”
You get the sense the Bombers players want this one badly. On top of the implications on the standings this season, it’s a rivalry game that is important to the fans.
Just don’t try to convince O’Shea of that.
“I won’t talk about that,” he said. “We’re fairly diligent at sticking to our method of preparation and the way we do things. The guys approach every game wanting to win and expecting to win and putting in the amount of prep that it’s going to take to win. Overemphasizing one and not emphasizing another would certainly be confusing.”
DOWN THE STRETCH
A look at the remaining games for Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, Calgary and Edmonton
BOMBERS (7) — Vs. Saskatchewan, at Montreal, vs. Hamilton, at Saskatchewan, vs. Montreal, at Calgary, vs. Calgary.
RIDERS (8) — At Winnipeg, vs. Montreal, at Toronto, vs. Winnipeg, at Calgary, at B.C., at Edmonton, vs. Edmonton
STAMPEDERS (8) — At Edmonton, vs. Hamilton, at Toronto, at Montreal, vs. Saskatchewan, vs. Winnipeg, at Winnipeg, at B.C.
EDMONTON (7) — Vs. Calgary, vs. Hamilton, at Ottawa, at Hamilton, vs. B.C., vs. Saskatchewan, at Saskatchewan.

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705 Landings Way is a single family residence located in Savannah, GA 31411. Built in 2000, this property features 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 1 acres lot, and 5,329 sq ft of living space. The estimated market value for 705 Landings Way is $812,000.
For the surrounding community of Savannah, GA 31411, the nearby schools are above average and include Bethesda Home For Boys, Bethesda Home For Boys School and Isle Of Hope Elementary School. The overall crime risk for this area is moderately high. The natural disaster risk for this area includes very low earthquake risk, medium tornado risk, and high flood risk.

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text: INTRODUCTION: The ideal endodontic treatment for the teeth with in complete root-ends and necrotic pulps may involve the use of material which forms an immediate apical barrier instead of long term calcium hydroxide therapy. Such procedure may lead us to a single appointment endodontic treatment. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate clinical and radiographic success rate in necrotic teeth with open apices treated with MTA as an apical plug. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty five patients between the ages of 8-16 with total number of 41 necrotic anterior teeth containing open apices were selected. In the first visit, root canals were debrided and filled with calcium hydroxide. After one week, calcium hydroxide was removed and MTA with the thickness of 3 to 4 mm was put in the apical region of the canals. After 24 hours, the remaining part of the canals was filled with guttapercha and sealer and the teeth were restored with composite. All the cases were evaluated clinically and radiographically after 3 and 6 months and data were analyzed by McNemar test. RESULTS: No clinical symptoms were observed in 97.6% of the teeth after 3 months and in none after 6 months. The study showed a significant difference from pretreatment status. After 3 months radiographic evaluation showed that in 17 cases (41.5%), lesions were reduced and in 14 cases (34.1 %), lesions remained the same, and in 10 cases (24.4%) lesions disappeared. After 6 months in 21 cases (51.2%), lesions were reduced, in 3 cases (7.3%) lesions remained the same and in 17 cases (41.5%) lesions disappeared. These finding were statistically different from pretreatment data. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that MTA can be used as an apical plug in the teeth with open apices following root canal debridement and disinfection with calcium hydroxide. Further investigations with longer follow-ups are recommended in order to evaluate the effect of this material.

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Hen party dance classes in lincoln
Bounce Studios use dance studios across Lincoln so you can be sure not to miss out on having a dancing hen party in Lincoln. In addition to our wide selection of hen dance parties we also offer stag do dance parties, sten/hag dance parties, wedding dance lessons, corporate events, birthday dance parties and much more in Lincoln.
A great alternative to some of the larger Northern cities, Lincoln has everything you need for a fabulous girly city break! Explore the cobbled streets of the Cathedral Quarter, and head up Steep Hill (yes, it really is steep!) for a beautiful view of the city!
Thinking of a different location for your hen party? Have a look through our other locations here.
- Fully trained and insured dance instructor(s)
- A warm-up and dance battle
- A full choreographed routine in your chosen style
- Bespoke choreography at NO EXTRA COST
- A complimentary bottle of bubbles for your VIP!
- Music, licences and insurance
- Plenty of photo and video opportunities
- City centre venue hire (unless you’ve hired your own) with top notch facilities
- 24/7 contact with #teambounce (with 5 star rated customer service!)
- Text confirmation the day before your party
- On the day emergency contact numbers for the team, your instructor and venue
- No extra hidden costs for anything
We had a bounce dance class last weekend for my sisters hen party with Kirsty. She choreographed a brilliant dance for us all and we had a brilliant morning! Thank you again! X
Kerry and the team were amazing in organising our dance hen party from start to finish! Booking was easy and communication throughout was excellent. The venue was perfect, and our teacher Stef couldn't have done any more to make sure we all had a brilliant time. The choreography was fun and suitable for all abilities, and everyone had an amazing experience. I'd highly recommend Bounce Studios!


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Herbal soaps and face wash gels cleanses your face, refreshes and revitalizes the skin and keeps it glowing.
Almond Soap, made with extracts of almond that soothens the skin. This soap is well suited for people with dry skin.
Cream & Honey Soap: This soap includes honey and milk, which moisturizes the skin well suited for dry and normal skin.
Cucumber Soap: This soap enriched with cucumber, nut grass, turmeric and coconut oil. It soothes, moistens and keeps the skin fresh. It suits best for normal and oily skin type.
Herbal Face Washes
For effective results while using herbal face wash gels, first moisten your face with warm water, then make a good lather in your hands and then wash face in giving circular motion. Rinsing with warm water is best, when done with lots of cold later it will aggravate the oil glands to pump more oil.
Various face washes at International Drug Mart are
Gentle Face Wash Cream: This herbal face wash cream contains cucumber and aloevera, which keeps the skin cool, clean and fresh. Best suited for normal and dry skin.
Gentle Face Wash Gel: It removes excess oil from face and does not leave the face dry like soaps. It is well suited for oily skin.
Neem Face Wash: Neem wash with extracts of turmeric and neem keeps the skin away from impurities due to its anti-bacterial properties. This face wash is also used to control pimples and acne.
For more information on other herbal products visit our Herbal Products Section.
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My friend Seth Beck recently introduced me to a singer/songwriter named Sven Curth and I was instantly hooked.
Here is a video of his song Jesus Loves Tractors - it was filmed in VT and upstate NY, places that I know well. When I watched this video for the first time I loved it so much that I actually clapped in front of my computer screen. I really hope that I get to see him perform live one of these days!
To help support Sven and his efforts to make his next CD, I bought this Jesus Loves Tractors t-shirt! It came in the mail today. Very cool. You can buy CDs and t-shirts at http://www.svencurth.com.


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This book was picked due to us never choosing hyped up, currently popular books. We were all a bit sceptical about this read after finding out that it was written in mind for young adults, however we were all pleasantly surprised. The book was easy to get into, a real page turner. Members who refrain from both young adult and science fiction, enjoyed this book. Although the book was very simply written and definitely aimed at young adults it was nice to see the author including distressing and relevant topics. We honestly didn't expect to enjoy this book, but all did.
The book had many similarities to Harry Potter and Twilight with respect to the writing style and certain teenage themes (love triangles to name one). Those of us who have also read or watched Sci Fi books/films before saw many parallels with novels such as The Running Man and Battle Royale. It was nice to have such a strong lead character, the book was obviously written in mind for the big screen. A few of us felt let down by the Capitols decision to allow there to be two winners from a district, it felt a bit cliché for the author to do this and a bit of a sell out on her part.
Katniss was a much liked character, very well portrayed and in tune with her emotions, showing anything from fear to compassion to determination. We believed that Suzanne Collins done a good job at making the characters appealing to her teenage audience. Peter was thought to be a bit wet and soppy for most of us to like, we don’t really feel he was too realistic for a 17 year old boy. Although we liked Katniss, the author done a really good job of somehow making us remember a lot of characters. Some of the best characters were those who featured little and often, such as Rue, Cinna, Effy, and Haymitch. Gale was not a very well developed character, although we would have liked to hear a little more about him, we have a feeling that may be left for the second and third books!
The part which stood out to most of us was the bond that developed between Katniss and Rue. How Rue reminded Katniss of her little sister and how Katniss wanted to protect her and how she dealt with Rue’s murder. It was also nice to see that her compassion for Rue was appreciated by Rue’s home district when they sent Katniss some bread as a thank you. A few other things which stood out were how Katniss took the place of her sister in the Games, how the Capitol forced the contestants out of hiding with fires and tracker jackers and Kato’s death by the mutts which had taken on the characteristics of the dead contestants.
A lot of the ending waffled on a bit, once they were back in their district and getting back on with life. The berries were a good symbol of rebellion – Their way of sticking two fingers up at the Capitol. The ending is certainly set up well for a sequel, but a few thought the trilogy should have actually just been one book.
The writing style was simple and as it was so obviously aimed at young adults most of us would not read any other books by Collins. We feel that her writing style could not accommodate an adult book, some would read a stand alone book by her but not another trilogy. Having said that 6 out of the 13 members had already read both books two and three of the trilogy and the rest of us intend to do so in the near future.
We had 13 members attend tonight scoring an average of 7.5 out of 10, highest score of 9, lowest 5.
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#ThingsTrumpThinksAreOverrated: Social media trolls Trump over Meryl Streep comments
Many people tweeted lists of things Trump thinks are overrated, from animals to consent and respect.
One tweeter took the opportunity to list some of the other public figures Trump dismissed as being overrated, including Bill Clinton, Megyn Kelly and Jon Stewart.
Others took more personal jabs at the president-elect, from third chins to his skin tone and his mental age.
Trump loyalists came to his rescue, however, hijacking the hashtag to defend the president-elect, and taking swipes at liberals.


According to TRGS 900, there is no specific occupational exposure limit for talc.
Talc falls under the scope of the general dust limit values (ASGW).
For the assessment of the occurring dust concentrations in the air of the working area, the inhalable (E-dust fraction) and the alveolar dust fraction (A-dust fraction) of the ASGW according to TRGS 402 have to be determined and evaluated as a rule. The higher substance index is to be used for the workplace assessment.
The former occupational exposure limit for talc, according TRGS 900 (from 2004), was 2 mg/m³ in the alveolar fraction (A-dust).
Sampling is carried out as described for the gravimetric determination of the alveolar dust fraction (A-dust) according to IFA 6068 or for the gravimetric determination of the inhalable dust fraction (E-dust) according to IFA 7284.
If you are interested in the pure talc content, we recommend the analysis in the FTIR spectrometer.
Analysis with FTIR spectrometer
- FTIR spectrometer Spectrum TWO and Spectrum 100 by Perkin Elmer
Preparation of sampling
The collected cellulose nitrate filter is incinerated with the aid of a cold ashing device under oxygen supply. In the cold ashing device, at 60 °C, the filter substrate as well as interfering organic components of the dust sample are oxidised away. The resulting residue is then homogenised with potassium bromide and pressed into a compact.
An absorption spectrum in the range of 4000 cm-1 bis 400 cm-1 is recorded from this compact with the aid of the FTIR spectrometer.
At 3677 cm-1 talc has an unusually narrow but characteristic band which is used for quantitative detection.
The detection limit here is 100 µg absolute.


LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Libraries in the Las Vegas Valley have secured a grant to lend smart phones to low-income residents or people experiencing homelessness.
According to a news release, as part of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District’s Cell Phone Lending Program, individuals can access a phone that comes pre-loaded with Library District apps with educational resources as well as social and community services.
The release states that the Library District purchased 380 Moto G Pure phones, with cases, from T-Mobile through a $200,000 grant provided by the Federal 2021 LSAT ARP Act through Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Nevada State Library.
According to the release, the Library District worked with the Nevada Homeless Aliance and the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, who selected individuals to participate in the 18-month Cell Phone Lending Program. The initiative launched April 21.
“Access to technology is a basic human right and public libraries play an essential role making this possible for our most vulnerable residents,” said Library District Executive Director Kelvin Watson. “Our new Cell Phone Lending Program is a pilot initiative that is putting internet connectivity into the hands of 380 local adults and teens who are low-income or experiencing homelessness. These devices are a lifeline, reconnecting them with family, social resources, educational and employment assistance, and so much more. This program is yet another example of how the library uses technology to empower and uplift people’s lives.”
Officials say that Premier Wireless pre-configured the smart phones for unlimited calls and 5G hotspots in the U.S., and programmed them with library apps for education and workforce services, contact information for employment and social service agencies, and job skills training, according to the release.
“Many people may not realize the barriers that individuals experience when they don’t have access to a phone or Wi-Fi,” said Catrina Grigsby-Thedford, executive director of the NHA. “In this post-pandemic era, services are accessed via the Internet or platforms such as Zoom. The Library District’s new Cell Phone Lending Program will fill some of those gaps. We are proud to collaborate with the Library District on this barrier-busting partnership.”
For more information, visit LVCCLD.org.
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All the transfer rumors from around the footballing world.
Race for Aaron heats up
Norwich’s 19-year old defender Max Aarons attracted a lot of attention this season.
This prompted Tottenham to near an agreement to sign him.
However, Arsenal is now involved and they want to sign the youngster, too. The Spurs are still in the pole position according to Daily Mail, but a lot could happen until the deal is done.
Arsenal keen on signing Boateng
Jerome Boateng looks like he’s the first pick for Arsenal’s board this January.
The Gunners want to sing the German defender, and it looks like Bayern are ready to make a deal, according to Sky Sports.
Lemar free to leave Atletico
Tottenham and Arsenal were rumored to be interested in signing Thomas Lemar.
The Frenchman had very underwhelming time with Atletico since moving from Monaco.
Diego Simeone now openly admitted that the midfielder could leave the club.
Real Madrid on the verge of signing Reinier
Reinier is one of the hottest talents from Brazil in recent years.
It looks like Flamengo’s forward will continue at Real Madrid or Arsenal this January. The release clause is set at €35 million. It’s a no-brainer for Los Blancos, and according to Goal, they’re closer to Reinier’s signature than Arsenal at the moment.

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WASHINGTON -- On paper at least, Roberta Achtenber should be a shoo-in for confirmation as an assistant secretary of housing and urban development.
A civil rights lawyer, San Francisco supervisor and mother of a 7-year-old boy, Ms. Achtenberg was the first elected official in California to endorse Bill Clinton's presidential candidacy. But her nomination is under attack, despite a 14-4 recommendation from a Senate committee.
The reason: She is a professed lesbian and a fierce champion of the gay cause who has attacked the Boy Scouts of America for barring openly homosexual members and Scout leaders.
With the support of conservative interest groups, Sen. Jesse Helms, a North Carolina Republican, has maneuvered to delay ** consideration of Ms. Achtenberg's nomination. But White House officials and Democratic Senate aides believe that Mr. Helms has little chance of preventing the confirmation of the first avowed homosexual ever nominated for a federal senior executive post.
But Mr. Helms, who used his senatorial prerogative to delay a routine vote on Ms. Achtenberg's nomination Wednesday, seemed intent on mounting a rear-guard action against the confirmation of a woman whom he described Friday as a "militant-activist-mean lesbian."
"She's not your garden-variety lesbian," he told the Associated Press. "She's a militant-activist-mean lesbian, working her whole career to advance the homosexual agenda.
"Now you think I'm going to sit still and let her be confirmed by the Senate? . . . If you want to call me a bigot, go ahead."
Senate aides said there was no way to tell how long the delay would last and whether it would be resolved in behind-the-scenes discussions or go to a floor debate.
The controversy over the Achtenberg nomination marks the second time in Mr. Clinton's presidency that the administration has been caught in a political fight over homosexuals. The White House is still preparing for the next bout in the fight over Mr. Clinton's promise to end the military's ban on homosexuals.
The issue comes at a time of heightened awareness of gay issues, particularly in the wake of the gay rights march on Washington last month, in which Ms. Achtenberg participated.
Most damaging to the 42-year-old lawyer's prospects in the Senate has been her opposition to the Boy Scouts' anti-gay admissions policy.
Last year, she supported a resolution requiring San Francisco to withdraw $6 million in deposits from the Bank of America because the bank contributed to the Boy Scouts.
She also supported efforts to bar the Scout movement from using school facilities to promote its "learning for life" program as long as the movement refused to admit openly gay Scouts and troop leaders.
"These sorts of cases show that she will use a position of influence to fight anyone who disagrees with her agenda," said Elizabeth Law, spokeswoman for the Family Research Council of America, which opposes Ms. Achtenberg's appointment.
Ms. Achtenberg has declined to give interviews. But friends said that if she is confirmed, her "life partner," Mary Morgan, who is a San Francisco municipal judge, and their 7-year-old son, Benjamin, will move to Washington. Benjamin is the biological child of one of the women, according to a close friend who spoke on condition of anonymity, but he would not say which woman bore the child.
As an assistant secretary in charge of fair housing and equal opportunity, Ms. Achtenberg would supervise 700 employees and earn $115,700 a year, compared with the $24,000 she has earned as a San Francisco supervisor.
A major issue in her appointment as HUD's chief enforcement official is likely to be her interpretation of the Fair Housing Act, which seeks to eradicate discrimination in housing on the basis of race, gender, national origin, disability or familial status.
Questioned at hearing
Questioned at her confirmation hearing on whether she intended to interpret the law as providing protection for gay rights, she replied that her job was to carry out the law and that any change to the law would be made by Congress, not by her.
But she left open the question of interpretation. "I commit to you that should I be confirmed," she said, "I will bring to this task every bit of ingenuity I possess, a demonstrated willingness to persevere against the odds, and a fervent commitment to work hard . . . to make this nation's fair housing dream a reality for those who have been pushed aside and forced to live separate and apart."
Aside from her activities relating to the Boy Scouts issue, as a San Francisco supervisor, Ms. Achtenberg supported a plan to give health benefits to the partners of gay city employees. She also sponsored legislation that supported the rights of families with children to have equal access to housing.
Before joining the Board of Supervisors, Ms. Achtenberg was executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. She was also dean of the law school at New College of California in San Francisco.

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Cannabigerol Hemp Seed Oil - 5% CBG Content, 10ml
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India stands on the brink of a substantial transformation in its electric vehicle (EV) industry. NITI Aayog predicts that India's EV battery recycling market will catapult from 2GWh in 2023 to an astounding 128 GWh by 2030. This remarkable growth is fuelled by a staggering 200% year-over-year increase in EV sales following the pandemic's conclusion. While this foretells a promising future, it's imperative to acknowledge that modern batteries are intricate compositions of various components. Specialised legislation and infrastructure are essential to fully realise India's recycling ambitions.
The global shift towards electric mobility is a pivotal stride towards a more sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation future. With its burgeoning population and rapid urbanisation, India is actively participating in this worldwide push for electric vehicles. As the adoption of EVs continues to surge in the country, it's paramount to address both the opportunities and challenges associated with recycling the materials used in these electric vehicles.
Opportunities In Recycling
Resource Conservation: India, a nation grappling with limited natural resources, can substantially benefit from recycling EV materials. Lithium-ion batteries, electric motors, and electronic components found in EVs contain valuable materials that can be reused, reducing the nation's dependence on imports.
Economic Growth: Recycling EV materials presents a unique economic prospect for India. Establishing recycling facilities, refurbishment centres, and investment in research and development can generate employment opportunities and bolster the domestic economy.
Reduced Environmental Impact: Recycling plays a pivotal role in minimising the environmental footprint of EVs. Reutilising materials like lithium, cobalt, and nickel diminishes mining-related environmental degradation and reduces the carbon footprint associated with raw material extraction.
Energy Efficiency: Recycling is inherently more energy-efficient than manufacturing new materials from scratch. By recycling EV components, India can save energy and decrease greenhouse gas emissions, aligning with its climate change mitigation goals.
Lack of Infrastructure: The absence of adequate recycling infrastructure specialised in EV materials poses a significant challenge. This shortfall hampers efficient recycling processes and necessitates substantial investment.
Technological Hurdles: Recycling EV materials demands advanced technology and expertise. India must commit to research and development to create indigenous recycling technologies capable of addressing the intricacies of EV material recycling.
Complex Battery Chemistry: Lithium-ion batteries, the cornerstone of EVs, feature intricate chemical compositions. Safe and precise disassembly and recycling require significant precision and rigorous safety precautions to prevent accidents and environmental contamination.
Policy Framework: A comprehensive policy framework and regulations governing the recycling of EV materials are conspicuously absent in India. Clear guidelines are essential to stimulate investment in recycling infrastructure and ensure sustainable practices.
Given that India has a 0.8% EV penetration rate (nascent level) and a sizable vehicle industry, the market is expected to increase significantly. India stands at the precipice of significant transformation. However, addressing challenges such as the absence of appropriate laws and regulations is imperative to unlock the full potential of this burgeoning industry. As India aims for a sustainable and eco-conscious future, embracing recycling practices for EV materials will undoubtedly play a pivotal role in shaping the nation's green and sustainable transportation landscape.
Rajesh Gupta is the Founder and director of RecycleKaro. Views expressed are personal.


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Rustic Milk and Cookies Party - Dimple Prints
Hey everyone, it’s Autumn from Autumn Lynn’s Chocolate Sins!! This month I am over the top excited to share with you the milk and cookies party I styled in November!! This rustic milk and cookies party was inspired by my nieces who were celebrating turning 7 and 10! As soon as they requested a milk and cookies […]
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Instant Download PDF Crochet Pattern SPP-46 SweetPotato Baby | Etsy
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Arita ware is one of the world's famous porcelain, originated in Saga, Japan. It has over 400 years of rich history.
Our Arita Cerahand is a unique piece of handrail that is designed according to Japan's mesmerizing season and culture. Each design pattern is carefully handcrafted by professional Arita craftsmen to give the handrail a vibrant, vivid, and colorful look.
2 weeks and 10 conscientious steps and 30 artists. Cerahand has traditional and authentic art as well as features to support its use.
All designs, representing Traditional Japanese patterns, designs, and seasons are drawn by renowned Arita artists.
Cerahand is made with Ceramic, Mortar, and a stainless steel crossbar to ensure its durability.
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26 March 2014
The Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) rate on ‘Non solidaires’ Health & Sickness insurance contracts increased from 9% to 14% with effect from 1 January 2014. ‘Non solidaires’ contracts arise when the insurer requires medical information from the policyholder in order to calculate the premium or sets the premium based on the health status of the person insured. We assume such contracts fall under EU Class 2 insurance business.
Unfortunately, the French tax authorities did not communicate the rate change to fiscal agents in France nor is there any reference to the rate change on the tax authority guidelines. Further to FRL’s research, Article 1001, (2) (ter) of the IPT legislation provides the legal reference for the IPT rate change.
By way of background, the IPT rate change was voted by the French Parliament at the end of 2013 as part of the Project of Law for the Financing of Social Security (PLFSS). As part of the Project, the PLFSS is looking to revise the definition of ‘solidaires’ Health & Sickness contracts, which currently constitutes 94% of Health & Sickness contracts.
The French insurance market advises that the first draft of a forthcoming Governmental Decree proposes to revise the definition and introduces new guidelines for ‘solidaires’ contracts that could reduce their number, and correspondingly increase the number of ‘non solidaires’ contracts that fall within the new 14% IPT rate.
Perhaps as a consequence of the uncertainty, the tax authorities have not updated the tax authority guidelines. Furthermore, and from an IPT technical perspective, it is unclear, for example, whether any transitional IPT rules exist for the payment of instalments.
FiscalReps is currently in dialogue with the French tax authorities to clarify any outstanding matters and ensure that we, and hence our clients, are notified of any future changes in the French IPT legislation.


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Stayner's parents fear losing another son
Published 4:00 am, Friday, October 4, 2002
The pictures tell a different story than savage killer:
Cary Stayner when he was just 8 months old, wearing a baby bonnet. Cary at 6, watching television from the couch. Cary with his little brother, Steven.
His mother, Kay, flipped through the photographs Thursday from a witness stand in Santa Clara County Superior Court. And for a brief moment, a wave of good memories appeared to wash over her face.
On trial for his life, Stayner sat just a few feet away.
"Cary was the ideal son," Kay Stayner told the jury. "Very seldom did he get into trouble. He was a good student, a good artist, and he was very loving. "
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And then Kay Stayner, who was raised to keep her emotions to herself, cried.
With the palm of his hands, Cary Stayner wiped away his own tears.
The jury in Stayner's triple murder trial is expected to soon decide whether Stayner should live out his life in prison or die for the murders of three Yosemite tourists. The panel has rejected his insanity defense and found him guilty of killing Carole Sund, 42, her daughter, Juli, 15, and their 16- year-old Argentine friend, Silvina Pelosso.
Five months after killing the trio, he decapitated Joie Armstrong, a 26- year-old Yosemite naturalist. Prosecutors say he is among the worst criminals in California and should be put to death.
But Kay Stayner wants her son to live.
"If his dying would bring these people back, I'd say do it," she said. "But executing him is not going to bring them back."
If being the mother of one of California's most notorious killers isn't tragic enough, Kay Stayner is also the mother of one of its most high-profile victims. She and her family have been the subject of more news stories and profiled in more books than some politicians and celebrities.
When Cary Stayner was just 11, his younger brother, Steven, 7, was snatched from a Merced street on his way home from school. His abductor kept and sexually abused Steven for seven years. He finally ran away and turned himself over to a nearby police department. When he returned home, he was a promiscuous teenager with an alcohol problem and later died in a motorcycle crash. His story was turned into a television miniseries.
"We got Steve back, not Stevie," said Kay Stayner, who spent a lot of time telling the jury about the toll her youngest son's disappearance took on the family and how it affected Cary.
The defendant's father, Delbert Stayner, testified that after Steven went missing, he became obsessed with finding his boy and neglected his other four children -- especially Cary.
"I didn't socialize with him," he said. "I yelled at him a lot."
It was common for the couple to load the kids in the car and take off in search of a new tip that could lead them to Steven. The trips always ended in a wild goose chase, according to testimony.
What was worse, Kay Stayner said, was that family members never talked about their feelings -- because in the Stayner home emotions were taboo. Only Kay Stayner's father voiced his opinion, she said.
"He said we should be glad that Steven was gone. Now we only had four children to clothe," she told the court.
Kay Stayner said that although her father molested her as a child, she allowed him to live in the Stayner home but kept him away from her daughters.
But according to court testimony, the girls weren't safe. State authorities said Delbert Stayner molested them.
The Stayners admit they weren't always the best parents. But they said they can't imagine losing another son.
"My son is very sick right now," Delbert Stayner told the court while sobbing. "I don't think he should be executed because he's sick."
The penalty phase is scheduled to resume today, and closing arguments are planned for Monday.


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Food and Frontlines: An Audiotour
Godless nights at the Four Aces met godly mornings at Shiloh. This juxtaposition was familiar to Michael McMillan (publishing worker) and Hugh Boatswain (poet). Secular youth culture collided with spirituality in the Centerprise building too.
‘Sunday Morning’, 1976 by Hugh Boatswain
‘Lying in Bed,
Last night’s blues still rocking in my head.
Pick up the ‘News of the world.’
Cruise to the dining room
Sister playing her transistor radio,
Groan and flop into a chair
Bacon sizzling in a frying pan
Mother singing spirituals. Outside, all is quiet.'


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SES to Launch Oil & Gas Show in Singapore
Singapore Exhibition Services (SES), a member company of the Allworld Exhibitions Group, will launch a new trade show next year – OGmTech2014, the International Exhibition on Manufacturing Technology for Oil & Gas.
OGmTech will take place from 2nd to 5th December 2014 at the Marina Bay Sands’ Sands Expo and Convention Center. The four day trade show will feature the latest technologies, equipment and solutions for the oil and gas industry. OGmTech will also run concurrently with the oil and gas business event OSEA2014.
William Lim, project director of machinery events at SES, said, “In light of major oil and gas specialist equipment companies such as Halliburton, Cameron, FMC Technologies and Schlumberger setting up their regional headquarters and critical manufacturing lines here to produce sophisticated components to meet the surge in demand for energy from both major and emerging economies, we see remarkable potential for OGmTech. This show will address the needs of the industry for advanced manufacturing technologies and capabilities in the oil & gas sector.”


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Moody's raised Russia's sovereign rating from Ba1 to Baa3. Outlook revised from "positive" to "stable". Increased short-term ratings to Not Prime (NP) to Prime-3 (P-3).
"the Rise of Russia's ratings reflects the positive impact of the policy,
carried out in recent years to strengthen the already sustainable public finances and external indicators, as well as reducing the country's vulnerability from external shocks, including new sanctions," — said the Agency.
Now, Russia has an investment rating from all three leading international rating agencies.
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It’s always nice to enjoy a makeover. When you take the time out to change your living environment and its overall appeal, this does a lot for your mental health. It stimulates the mind, keeps your creative juices flowing and makes it fun to come home. Who doesn’t want to come home to a beautiful place? So, if you’re at a loss for what to do to add new life into your home, try these four tips.
1. Pull out the stencils.
Purchase a fun stencil. You can choose a specific shape like an eye or the silhouette of your favorite animal. Because stencils can be so impactful, it’s a good idea to try it on a small wall. It can easily serve as a delightful detail in your home that makes a big impact. Before you get started, make sure that you use flooring paper to protect your floors. You don’t want to accidentally stain the floors with paint.
2. Hang large pieces of artwork.
One of the amazing facts about art is that it’s debatable. There’s no right or wrong way to judge it. Knowing this, you can become an artist. Purchase a few small cans of paint along with the Trimaco products to protect the floor. Additionally, purchase the largest frames you can find. Paint the frames an ornate, rich golden color. Buy a large roll of white paper. Cut out three large pieces of paper. Paint each one a different color. Let them dry and then frame them. Hang all three pieces next to each other and allow the art to fill one wall. It’ll easily become a stunning display and it’ll look very expensive.
3. Add a large area rug.
An area rug is perfect. Unfortunately, many people make the mistake of purchasing the wrong size. Before you purchase an area rug, take a look at the size of the room. Take the time to measure the room so you can have an accurate gauge of what to look for. An area rug can easily fill up a space and add beauty. Consider a fun texture like bamboo or a bright, colorful pattern to add some pizzazz to the room.
4. Change the lighting.
Lightning has the potential to be one of the easiest projects for a few reasons. If you want to purchase standing light fixtures, you can place them in the corner, on top of the side table or hang them from the ceiling. If you’d like an option like recessed lighting, you can easily pick up the phone and call a professional to take care of that job. If you don’t know anything about electrical wiring, it’s best to steer clear of the DIY attempt.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Broncos have made a move at the tight end position for Monday night's game against the Bills.
Undrafted rookie Nate Adkins, who has appeared in the last six games for the Broncos, is inactive for Denver's Week 10 matchup in Buffalo.
Tight end Lucas Krull was elevated from the practice squad to the game-day roster earlier on Monday.
Adkins has played 29 percent of Denver's special teams plays in the games in which he's been active, and he has caught four passes for 22 yards.
Safety JL Skinner, inside linebacker Ben Niemann, outside linebacker Thomas Incoom, center Alex Forsyth, nose tackle Keondre Coburn and defensive lineman Elijah Garcia are also inactive.
Denver did not have any players ruled out with injuries this week.


Acer Chromebook Models 17-Inch Variant , Vero Eco-Friendly Notebook Revealed
Acer Chromebook models and Acer Aspire Vero notebook have been launched and they come with Intel’s latest 11th-Gen Core processors. The Acer Chromebook lineup includes Chromebook Spin 713, Chromebook Enterprise Spin, Chromebook 514, Chromebook Enterprise 514, Acer Chromebook 314, and a new addition to the lineup — the 17.3-inch Chromebook Spin 317. Acer says this is the industry’s first 17-inch Chromebook model. Acer Chromebook Spin 317 comes with Wi-Fi 6 and up to 10-hour battery life. The Chromebook models run Chrome OS.
Acer Chromebook, Acer Aspire Vero price, availability
Acer Chromebook 317 (CB317-1H) starts at $379.99 (roughly Rs. 27,500) while Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (CP713-3W) starts at $699.99 (roughly Rs. 50,700). Both models will go on sale in North America starting June.
Acer Chromebook 514 (CB514-1W) starts at $599.99 (roughly Rs. 43,500) and will go on sale starting October in North America. Acer Chromebook 314 (CB314-2H) is the cheapest option and starts at $269.99 (roughly Rs. 19,500) with sale starting July in North America.
Acer Chromebook 514, Acer Chromebook Enterprise 514, Acer Chromebook 314 specifications, features
Acer Chromebook 514 (CB514-1W/CB514-1WT) and Acer Chromebook Enterprise 514(CB514-1W/CB514-1WT) come with 14-inch displays and are powered by up to 11th-Gen Intel Core processors. They have a claimed battery life of 10 hours. They sport dual full-function USB Type-C ports with Thunderbolt 4. The Chromebook models come with backlit keyboards and an optional fingerprint scanner. They also have MIL-STD 810H durability as well as Intel Wi-Fi 6.
The Chromebook 314 (CB314-2H/CB314-2HT) features a 14-inch full-HD (1,920×1,080 pixels) display with 7.3mm bezels. It is powered by a MediaTek MT8183 octa-core processor and can last up to 15 hours on a single charge. It has an optional touchscreen variant and fully functional USB Type-C port. Acer Chromebook 314 weighs 1.5kg.
Acer Aspire Vero specifications, features
Acer Aspire Vero is powered by the latest 11th-Gen Intel Core processor with Intel Iris Xe graphics. It can be equipped with up to 1TB of M.2 SSD storage. It comes with a lifting-hinge design that slightly elevates the notebook when opened. You get Intel Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+), HDMI 2.0 port, a USB Type-C port, and two USB 3.2 ports.
The Aspire Vero is part of the company’s ‘Earthion’ sustainability mission. The chassis and keyboard caps are made from post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic. The packaging is eco-friendly with the box made from 80-85 percent recycled paper pulp and uses paper sleeves for adapter packaging.


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Pickled Cabbage Soup Recipe
One of my most favorite comfort meals from Armenian cuisine : pickled cabbage soup, or as we call it Qrchik. This is a pretty quick and easy soup to make, and we usually cook this cabbage soup late Fall or wintertime.
This is also a great vegan dish to make during the lent. And if you didn’t know, Armenian cuisine is full of the most original and delicious vegan / vegetarian dishes, since we fast a few times during a year. Not to mention, that this is also a great soup for weight loss, if made with bulgur.
I’ll be presenting most of those dishes throughout the year , as I know that many of my instagram, Facebook and YouTube followers are vegetarians/ vegan. So stay tuned and for now be sure to try this pickled cabbage soup, By the way, I do have a YouTube tutorial on how to make pickled veggies, take a look and make your own pickled cabbage as this soup tastes much better with homemade pickled cabbage .
Good luck and happy cooking!
About 2-3 cups chopped pickled cabbage, be sure to rinse it under water to remove excess saltiness
3-4 medium potatoes, peeled, cubed
1 medium onion finely chopped
3 tbs vegetable oil, I use olive oil
4-5 tbs tomato sauce or 1 tbs paste
⅔ cup peels cracked wheat or bulgur (#1 or #2)
6-7 cups boiling water
Ground black pepper and coriander ½ tsp each
2 tbs Fresh or 1 tbs dried parsley
In a medium stockpot sauté the onions with oil
As the onions turn translucent add the cabbage and potatoes, stir and cook 4-5 minutes
Add peeled wheat, tomato sauce, boiling water, peppers
Cover the lead halfways and cook until potatoes are cooked, 20-25 minutes
Add fresh parsley and enjoy
For better taste, let the soup set 10-15 minutes before serving

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3. Below, we’ve listed the five largest online slot jackpots ever won so that you can see for yourself just how much money can be won by playing these types of games.
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There are a lot of factors that go into making a slots game one of the highest paying online. One important factor is the size of the largest online slot jackpots. A game with a large jackpot is more likely to be one of the higher paying games because it gives players the chance to win big prizes. Another factor that can affect how much a game pays out is its RTP (return to player) percentage. Games with high RTP percentages tend to be some of the highest paying games because they give players a better chance of winning back their money over time.
Best Online Slot Jackpots
There are some pretty big online slot jackpots out there. In fact, the largest online slot jackpot ever won was over $24 million! That’s a lot of zeroes. So, if you’re looking to win big, playing slots is definitely the way to go. But which games should you play? Here are our picks for the best online slots with the biggest jackpots.
1.Mega Moolah – This Microgaming-powered slot has been making waves in the industry since its release in 2006. And it’s easy to see why: Mega Moolah offers some of the largest online slot jackpots around. The game features a progressive jackpot that starts at $1 million and just keeps growing until someone hits the lucky combination and walks away a millionaire (or multi-millionaire).
2.Jackpot Giant – Jackpot Giant comes from software giant Playtech and it offers players an incredible top prize of $10 million! The game is set in Stone Age times and takes place on a volcano island filled with prehistoric animals and characters. Like Mega Moolah, Jackpot Giant also boasts a progressive jackpot that keeps climbing until one very lucky player strikes it rich.
3.$5 Million Touch – Betsoft is known for their innovative and exciting 3D slots, and $5 Million Touch is no exception. This luxurious game features amazing graphics and animations, along with a massive progressive jackpot that currently sits at an impressive $5 million! If you’re looking for an immersive slots experience with life-changing potential cash prizes, then this is definitely the game for you.$
Largest Progressive Slot Jackpots
There are a few things to consider when thinking about the largest online slot jackpots. First, what is the maximum amount that can be won? Second, how often do progressive jackpot slots pay out? And third, what is the house edge on these games?
Progressive jackpot slots have become some of the most popular games at online casinos. This is because they offer players the chance to win life-changing sums of money. The biggest progressive jackpot slots can have prizes worth millions of dollars.
However, it is important to remember that these games are very different from regular slots. Progressive jackpot slots have much higher stakes and a lower house edge. This means that they are much more volatile and there is no guarantee that you will win anything.
If you’re looking for excitement and the chance to win big, then progressive jackpot slots are definitely for you. Just remember to set your limits and know when to walk away if things aren’t going your way.
Biggest Online Slot Wins Ever
1. The largest online slot jackpots ever won have all come from progressive slots games. A progressive slot game has a jackpot that grows larger as more people play the game. The largest online slot jackpot on record was won in 2015, when a player won $21.7 million playing the Mega Moolah progressive slot game at an online casino.
2. Other large online slot jackpots have been won playing the Arabian Nights, Mega Fortune and Major Millions progressive slots games. These three games have paid out some of the biggest jackpots in history, with wins ranging from $11 million to over $17 million being recorded.
3. While there are many stories of players becoming instant millionaires by winning huge progressives jackpots, it is important to remember that the odds of winning are very slim. However, this doesn’t stop people from trying their luck every day in hope of hitting the next big win!
Major Online Slot Jackpot Winners
There are some pretty big online slot jackpots out there. In fact, the largest online slot jackpot ever won was $24.7 million. That’s a pretty penny. The next largest jackpot was worth a whopping $11.8 million! But you don’t have to win millions to cash in on these games. Many of the biggest online slots payouts come from progressive jackpots, which start at around $1 million and grow until someone wins them.
So, who are the biggest winners when it comes to playing slots? Let’s take a look at some of the most impressive recent payout stories:
In September of 2019, an anonymous player in Finland won €17.8 million playing Mega Fortune Dreams from NetEnt. Just weeks before that another player hit €16 million also playing Mega Fortune Dreams! These two mega wins make Mega Fortune Dreams one of the most popular slots available today – and for good reason!
A Swedish player known only as “Casino Daddy” became an overnight millionaire in August of 2019 when he hit a €3 million jackpot while spinning the reels on Arabian Nights from NetEnt. This particular game is known for its huge payouts; just last year another lucky player banked €5.4 million while playing Arabian Nights!
Frequently Asked Questions About OnlineSlot Jackpots
1. Are online slot jackpots really the largest in the world?
There’s no doubt that online slot jackpots are some of the biggest in the world. In fact, they’re so big that they often dwarf the jackpots available from other casino games. That said, there are a few things to keep in mind when it comes to size:
-First and foremost, land-based casinos typically have larger overall payouts than their online counterparts. This is because they have less overhead costs and can therefore offer bigger prizes.
-Second, while some progressive slots offer life-changing sums of money, these wins are generally rarer than smaller jackpot amounts. So while you might see an occasional win worth millions of dollars on an online slot game, these mega-wins aren’t necessarily representative of what you can expect to win on a regular basis.
-Finally, it’s important to remember that not all slots are created equal. Some slots will naturally have bigger jackpots than others due to their popularity or mechanics. So while one game might boast a large top prize, it could be harder (or even impossible) to actually hit this amount than it would be on another title.
2 . How do I win an online slot jackpot?
There is no guaranteed way to win an online slot jackpot, as each spin is completely random and independent from all previous spins. However, there are certain strategies you can use to improve your chances of winning:
-Start by playing slots with lower jackpots; while the payout may be smaller if you do hit thejackpot , your odds of doing so are significantly higher than going for one of those million dollar
It’s safe to say that when it comes to online slots, there are some life-changing jackpots up for grabs. Here are the 5 largest online slot jackpots ever won:
1. €17,879,645.12 on Mega Moolah – This is the largest ever jackpotwon on an online slot and was hit by a lucky player in September 2018.
2. $11,633,898 on Mega Fortune – A Swedish player landed this massive win back in January 2013 playing at Betsson Casino.
3.$10,713,459 on Arabian Nights – One very lucky winner from Finland hit this huge jackpot while playing at Paf Casino in November 2012.
4.$8,591,262 on Hall of Gods – A Norwegian player took home this mega win after spinning the reels at Betsson Casino in June 2011.

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This shoulder bag with zip closure is a large size, has a zip closure and a lined interior, as well as a back and front pocket. Its original oval shape, together with its prints, make it a super original bag that you can use in two positions: on the shoulder with its short handle, or with its long shoulder strap, adjustable to different lengths. One of the peculiarities of the bag is that its design runs along a zip, from one side to the other. If this zip is opened, the bag increases in size.
The Japanese word “Kyomu” means “a dream that comes true”. That’s why Anekke Contemporary’s Kyomu line takes dreams as a source of inspiration.
Anekke’s dreams during her travels in Japan come to life in the designs of this line, where Japanese shapes, colours and iconography are represented in its colourful prints, as if they were pieces of dreams come true.
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Heff's Burger Club
Heff’s Burger Club is the brainchild of Heather and Justin Webster, Winston Salem locals with two decades of industry experience between them.
Chef Justin Webster has spent the better part of a decade working in local restaurants and has amassed a sizable following in the process. Heather (Heff) Webster is a beloved and familiar face in town and has been a bartender at numerous local haunts.
The pair realized that Winston Salem was in need of a cool and locally owned restaurant, free from the pretense and pageantry often associated with farm-to-table food. Heff's Burger Club focuses on using locally and ethically sourced ingredients, such as grass-fed Angus beef from Joyce Farms in Clemmons, or artisanal buns from Annie's Bakery in Asheville. The pair believe that great food should be accessible to everyone regardless of social status, this sentiment is mirrored in their motto "Fine Food. No Fuss."


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History, International Relations, Latin America, Politics
Rebellion from the Grassroots to the Global
In the early hours of January 1, 1994 a guerrilla army of indigenous Mayan peasants emerged from the highlands and jungle in the far southeast of Mexico and declared '¡Ya basta!' - 'Enough!' - to 500 years of colonialism, racism, exploitation, oppression, and genocide. As elites in Canada, the United States, and Mexico celebrated the coming into force of the North American Free Trade Agreement the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) declared war against this 500 year old trajectory toward oblivion, one that they said was most recently reincarnated in the form of neoliberal capitalist globalization that NAFTA represented. While the Zapatista uprising would have a profound impact upon the socio-political fabric of Chiapas its effects would be felt far beyond the borders of Mexico. At a moment when state-sponsored socialism had all but vanished from the global political landscape and other familiar elements of the left appeared utterly demoralized and defeated in the face of neoliberal capitalism's global ascendance, the Zapatista uprising would spark an unexpected and powerful new wave of radical socio-political action transnationally. Through an exploration of the Zapatista movement's origins, history, structure, aims, political philosophy and practice, and future directions this book provides a critical, comprehensive, and accessible overview of one of the most important rebel groups in recent history.
'Rebels' is an exciting and innovative new series looking at contemporary rebel groups and their place in global politics. Written by leading experts, the books serve as definitive introductions to the individual organizations, whilst seeking to place them within a broader geographical and political framework. They examine the origins, ideology and future direction of each group, whilst posting such questions as 'When does a 'rebel' political movement become a 'terrorist' organization?' and 'What are the social-economic drivers behind political violence?'.
Provocative and original, the series is essential reading for anyone interested in how rebel groups operate today.
'Since their appearance fifteen years ago, Mexico's modern day Zapatistas have been a powerful, compelling, inspiring enigma - and a Rorschach test of sorts for scholars, activists, and policy makers alike. After millions of words - more than a few of their own - exploring and explaining the Zapatistas, Alex Khasnabish's smart and accessible book perceptively explicates their origins, deftly outlines their philosophy and practice - not least the move beyond bullets to words and actions, and astutely analyzes their national and transnational impact. Khasnabish's text provides our best lens yet on the twenty-first century's most intriguing revolutionaries.' - Eric Selbin, Professor of Political Science & University Scholar, Southwestern University
'A remarkable achievement! Alex Khasnabish has written the clearest, most comprehensive account to-date of the origins, innovations, and significance of the Zapatista movement, on local, national, and global scales. This is a must-read for students, scholars, activists, and anyone who believes another world is truly possible.' - Jeffrey S. Juris, Arizona State University
'This book is a unique testament to the political creativity of the Zapatista movement that has inspired activists and scholars since the 1990s. Khasnabish convincingly demonstrates how this creativity is reflected, above all, in the Zapatistas' ability to combine and engage various levels of political activity from the local to the transnational.' - Thomas Olesen, University of Aarhus, Denmark (author of International Zapatismo: The Construction of Solidarity in the Age of Globalization)
'In this era of the Fourth World War, Khasnabish's book focuses our attention on the crucial distinction between Zapatistas and Zapatismo. Zapatistas shows how indigenous people in rebellion in the mountains of Chiapas are creatively appropriating a long-standing history of struggle that has always been transnational as well as local. From the moment when Emiliano Zapata first read Kropotkin and saw how much his people had in common with the working classes of Europe, Zapatismo has always been mythic. Not in the sense of delusion or fantasy, but as an ever-changing ground that allows people all over the world, indigenous and settlers alike, to feel the resonances between their own similar but very different situations. This book compels us to acknowledge not only that the ongoing neoliberal destruction of human communities and the life of the planet itself affects us all, but that it is up to all of us to oppose it and create alternatives to it. In addition to delivering this absolutely crucial message, Khasnabish does so in a style that is critical and analytic, but far from merely academic. It is old-time movement-based theory at its best.' - Prof Richard Day, Queen's University
Table of Contents
1. We Are the Product of 500 Years of Resistance': The Origins of Zapatismo
2. 'Everything for Everyone, Nothing for Ourselves': Zapatismo as Political Philosophy and Political Practice
3. 'Never Again a Mexico Without Us': The National Impact of Zapatismo
4. 'A World Made of Many Worlds': The Transnational Impact of Zapatismo
Conclusion: 'To Open a Crack in History'
About the Author:
Alex Khasnabish is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His first book, Zapatismo Beyond Borders: New Imaginations of Political Possibility (2008), focuses on the reasons for and consequences of the transnational resonance of Zapatismo and the links between radical political imaginations and global anti-capitalism. Khasnabish's current research is an extension of this project, focusing upon anti-capitalist action, anarchist organizing, imagination, and alternative-building in the north of the Americas. His work has been published in ephemera, AmeriQuests, Anthropologica, Critique of Anthropology, the Globalization and Autonomy Working Paper Series, Journal for the Study of Radicalism, Politics and Culture, and Upping the Anti.
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USA–– The so-called Fire Program Analysis — a cost-effective firefighting strategy that coordinated activities and budgets of several federal agencies — died soon after it was developed in 2005. Why?
Chester Joy, a retired U.S. Government Accountability Office natural resources expert, said the initiative “got strangled in the crib.”
He said the Forest Service was unwilling to take on Sen. Ted Stevens, the Alaska Republican who served as chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
In Interior, “the Bureau of Land Management was on board. The BLM was willing to do it. The Forest Service sunk it,” Joy said. “The Forest Service responded, ‘There’s no way we’re taking this to the Hill. There’s no way.’ And that was the beginning of the end.”
Jim Hubbard, deputy chief of the Forest Service, paints a different picture.
Hubbard said complaints poured in from across the county — from both Forest Service and Interior bureaus — that the test results “just didn’t make sense.” Even units with the largest number of fires recommended a closer look at the model, he said.
“It was more a matter of the feedback we got from the planning units,” said Hubbard, a former Colorado state forester who authored the seminal firefighting strategy report that led to FPA’s creation. “The politics just didn’t come into it.”
John Phipps, a Forest Service official working on the revised model, has said agency field officers feared “they’d become victims of some scientist’s planning model.”
The agencies involved did convene a team of scientists for a technical review of the original FPA model. The group questioned its ability to deal with fire conditions that deviate from expectations, among other items.
The original FPA’s methodology, however, passed a peer review in a scientific journal last year, said Douglas Rideout, a Colorado State economist. Wally Josephson, the FPA project leader in 2005 and 2006, said when the test of the new system was run, “I think it worked. It was a good start.”
The original model was intended to get maximum results for the money, regardless of which federal agency owned the land.
The new version lets agencies look at “a number of national budget alternatives,” according to a report this year from a consultant hired by the government to review FPA. But it is more limited in scope and designed for fire suppression, not other uses of wildfire dollars, such as reducing hazardous fuels.
Two reviews of the new system this year from a government consultant and the Department of Interior mentioned these flaws:
The new version doesn’t differentiate between highly valued resources, such as houses and endangered species, and acres in remote forests. And it allows federal agencies to tinker annually with the factors that determine how wildfire dollars should be spent, potentially enabling them “to justify a predetermined outcome.”
Hubbard, the Forest Service’s deputy chief, said it has other methods of weighing those questions, and the FPA model will be able to produce comparisons that evaluate the most important places to protect.
FPA “took longer than we thought and cost more than we thought, but we think it’s now becoming a useful tool,” he said. When the Fourmile Canyon Fire erupted west of Boulder in 2010, smoke from the wildfire poured into parts of the city including a site housing scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-08-evidence-heat-trapping-effects-wildfire-particles.html#jCpWithin 24 hours, a few researchers at the David Skaggs Research Center had opened up a particle sampling port on the roof of the building and started pulling in smoky air for analysis by two custom instruments inside. They became the first scientists to directly measure and quantify some unique heat-trapping effects of wildfire smoke particles.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-08-evidence-heat-trapping-effects-wildfire-particles.html#jCpWhen the Fourmile Canyon Fire erupted west of Boulder in 2010, smoke from the wildfire poured into parts of the city including a site housing scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Within 24 hours, a few researchers at the David Skaggs Research Center had opened up a particle sampling port on the roof of the building and started pulling in smoky air for analysis by two custom instruments inside. They became the first scientists to directly measure and quantify some unique heat-trapping effects of wildfire smoke particles. “For the first time we were able to measure these warming effects minute-by-minute as the fire progressed,” said CIRES scientist Dan Lack, lead author of the study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers also were able to record a phenomenon called the “lensing effect,” in which oils from the fire coat the soot particles and create a lens that focuses more light onto the particles. This can change the “radiative balance” in an area, sometimes leading to greater warming of the air and cooling of the surface. While scientists had previously predicted such an effect and demonstrated it in laboratory experiments, the Boulder researchers were one of the first to directly measure the effect during an actual wildfire. Lack and his colleagues found that lensing increased the warming effect of soot by 50 to 70 percent. “When the fire erupted on Labor Day, so many researchers came in to work to turn on instruments and start sampling that we practically had traffic jams on the road into the lab,” Lack said. “I think we all realized that although this was an unfortunate event, it might be the best opportunity to collect some unique data. It turned out to be the best dataset, perfectly suited to the new instrument we had developed.” The instrument called a spectrophotometer can capture exquisite detail about all particles in the air, including characteristics that might affect the smoke particles’ tendency to absorb sunlight and warm their surroundings. While researchers know that overall, wildfire smoke can cause this lensing effect, the details have been difficult to quantify, in part because of sparse observations of particles from real-world fires. Once the researchers began studying the data they collected during the fire, it became obvious that the soot from the wildfire was different in several key ways from soot produced by other sourcesdiesel engines, for example. “When vegetation burns, it is not as efficient as a diesel engine, and that means some of the burning vegetation ends up as oils,” Lack said. In the smoke plume, the oils coated the soot particles and that microscopic sheen acted like a magnifying glass, focusing more light onto the soot particles and magnifying the warming of the surrounding air. The researchers also discovered that the oils coating the soot were brown, and that dark coloration allowed further absorption of light, and therefore further warming the atmosphere around the smoke plume. The additional warming effects mean greater heating of the atmosphere enveloped in dark smoke from a wildfire, and understanding that heating effect is important for understanding climate change, Lack said. The extra heating also can affect cloud formation, air turbulence, winds and even rainfall. The discovery was made possible by state-of-the-art instruments developed by CIRES, NOAA and other scientists, Lack said. The instruments can capture fine-scale details about particles sent airborne by the fire, including their composition, shape, size, color and ability to absorb and reflect sunlight of various wavelengths. “With such well-directed measurements, we can look at the warming effects of soot, the magnifying coating and the brown oils and see a much clearer, yet still smoky picture of the effect of forest fires on climate,” Lack said. CIRES is a cooperative institute of CU-Boulder and NOAA.


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The bad thing about having small children is that there are nights when after being woken up by them, one can no longer go back to sleep.
To understand what turning points are, I recommend you visit an article on How to write a book, by Abel Amutxategi. Anyway, I’m going to try to give you some brushstrokes.
The turning point is that event that takes place in a story, film or novel, which completely changes the situation of the protagonist. Scenes that take the protagonist to a new and different context, with different rules of the game than the ones he knew to date. A new context that pushes you to action and from which there is no going back.
Oren Klaff says in his book Pitch Anything that one of the two secret ingredients in the magic formula of attention is knowing how to create tension. That’s why good stories all have a turning point in the first few minutes or on the first few pages. An uncertain situation that creates the necessary tension in the audience to fully capture their attention and interest.
The Problem-Outcome Pattern
In fact, every good story follows the Problem-Outcome pattern.
After a more or less brief introduction, the turning point poses a problematic situation. The rest of the story deals with how the protagonist deals with this situation and what outcome it has.
And that’s not just limited to the big screen or books. It is also applicable to communication in general.
When considering giving a presentation, it is important to use the Problem-Outcome pattern to capture the audience’s interest and secure their attention.
The summary of a book using the problem-outcome pattern
When children are young, the chronological perspective of things usually prevails in their narrative.
When my son comes home and I ask him what he did on the trip to the paint factory, his answer is usually a review of all the activities (breakfast, bus, recess, lunch included) in strict chronological order.
The same thing happens when, after watching a movie or reading a book, I ask him to explain what it’s about. Start playing the different scenes that take place in order and in the order in which they appear in the plot.
To be fair, that’s not something unique to young children. Unfortunately, there are plenty of adult lecturers whose criteria for organizing information in their talk are not far from my son’s.
Precisely to get my son to learn to use the Problem-Solution pattern, I recently started working on it with him, taking advantage of some book summary sheets that they have to fill in.
The space to write the summary is quite small, so with the chronological approach it does not allow you to tell everything. So we have started to work on it in a different way.
The first thing I ask you is to identify the problem that appears in the book.
For example: Pitus’s birthday is coming up and neither his mother nor his father can prepare the party for him.
And then I ask for a summary of how the problem was fixed.
Following the example: Her sister Tina offers to prepare her and thanks to her magic book she throws the best party in the world.
Obviously the first few times it is difficult for him to identify the problem himself and I have to guide him through the process. But with this new approach it is much easier for him to summarize a book. Much more, for example, than with the exercise The book in a sentence that we already talked about here. And it is also customary to use the Problem-outcome pattern, which will be essential when you have to create your own presentations.

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