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Well, though I said its not worth to visit, it is indeed a great place with a great view. However do not visit for just to see the place. There are other activities you can do and they have facilities to provide accommodation overnight. Such...More
Man made lake. In the middle of a tea estate. Ideal for visit with friends and camping overnight. You may feel the mist and cold in hill country of Sri Lanka.
You can experience boat and ski rides as well.
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It is a man made lake surrounded by tea plantation. The location is at its best when the visitors are less. They charge 200LKR per head to enter the premises and seems they improve / maintain the standard accordingly. They are offering overnight reservation of...More


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Washington Little Capitals Peewee Major Team 2016-17
Congratulations to all the players that have been selected to the 16-17 team. More Details will follow.
Little Caps 14U and 15U teams headed to USA Hockey Nationals
The Washington Little Capitals are headed to the 2017 USA Hockey Tier I National Championships, after both 14U and 15U teams captured their Southeast District titles this weekend and earned their tickets to Scottsdale, Arizona.
It is the first time in five seasons that the Little Caps have made it to the national championships, and the first time in memory that the organization sent not one, but two teams.
They nearly sent four. The Little Caps put in dominant performances at the Southeast District playoffs in Huntsville, Alabama, with all four teams (14U, 15U, 16U and 18U) making it to the championship game, a first for the organization. The Little Caps teams combined for an 11-5 record over the course of the tournament and outscoring their opponents 54-35.
“To get to Sunday and have all your teams play, that was a good day for us,” said Little Caps Hockey Director Dan Jablonic. “It’s a great moment for our program. You can look back and say, all the hard work and the kids doing the right thing paid off.”
The 14U championship game was a nail-biting thriller, as the Caps faced a rematch with a Thunder Hockey team that beat them 3-1 in the round robin. Thunder dominated a good portion of the game, but goalie Lincoln Crosby put on an incredible performance to keep the Little Caps in it.
Down 2-1 with just 20 seconds left in the game, Brad Freyberger got the puck to Tyler Mercier who scored the equalizer – putting the game into sudden death.
Then, just 18 second into overtime, Brandon Davis scored to win the championship 3-2.
“They never gave up,” said Dan Jablonic, Little Caps Hockey director. “They showed what it means to be a Little Cap. Each player’s compete level, mental toughness and character propelled them to victory.”
The 15U team was undefeated in Rocket City, beating Team Maryland (3-2), Thunder Hockey (3-0) and the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes (6-3) in the round robin. In the championship game against the Hurricanes, the Little Caps out-chanced Carolina 18-9 and outshot them 34 to 25. Owen Morgan scored two goals while Michael Kramer and Reid Leibold added one apiece, for a 4-2 win.
“We are extremely proud of the entire Little Capitals organization,” AYHL commissioner Gene Palecco said. “We congratulate them on their accomplishment and we know that the Little Capitals will be great ambassadors for the AYHL at their national championship events.”
The U16 team battled hard in their championship game against the Tampa Scorpions, to whom they had lost 5-4 in a shootout in the round robin. The Caps were leading 2-1 with 13 minutes left, but could not hold off the Tampa onslaught in the final period, losing 5-2.
The U18 team was down 4-2 to the Tampa Scorpions in the third period, but fought back to tie it up 4-4 and force the game into overtime. It took two extra fames to decide the championship. Tampa finally broke the stalemate and scored in the second OT to seal the heartbreaking 5-4 defeat. “It could have gone either way,” Jablonic said. “Our goalie Jeremy Skaife played incredible game. The shots were 2-1 in their favor. He was fantastic.”
He said that best part of the weekend was seeing the camaraderie between the four Little Caps teams. “It was great to see all the kids from different teams pulling for each other,” he said. “We’re building a community here.”
“This will be a lifetime memory,” Jablonic says. “How many kids can say they went to nationals? Very few. They can count themselves among the best of the best.”
“This is also a great chance to showcase our program, and let people know what the Little Caps are all about,” he added. “Our philosophy of building a competitive program by focusing on long-term player development is working. We are growing in the right way, with teams that are more and more competitive every year at every level.”
Great day for WLC Teams as they all advance to the finals.
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Former Little Cap Ryan Leibold has announced his commitment to play Division-I college hockey for the United States Military Academy at West Point. Ryan is currently playing for the Springfield Jr. Blues in the North American Hockey League, where he has tallied 11 goals and 15 assists in his first year in the league.
Last season Ryan played for the Little Caps 18U National Team in the NAHL’s youth affiliate the North American Prospects Hockey League, where he signed to play with Springfield.
Ryan’s commitment to development both on and off the ice led to his acceptance into this prestigious college, and demonstrates what it takes to accomplish something great. His remarkable achievement stands as an example for other Little Cap players to follow. For Ryan, the hard work has just begun. But he has shown he is up to the task.
Congratulations to Ryan and the entire Leibold family!

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Sun-Sentinel columnist Michael Mayo was ejected from a rally and threatened with incarceration for Donald Trump after he filmed attendees leaving the event early.
A Trump campaign official named Justin said something about needing to go to the media pen and Mayo declined. Justin, the campaign official said Mayo couldn’t film, who then chuckled, saying of course I could, seeing as how hundreds if not thousands of other attendees were doing the same thing. The Trump campaign official said Mayo would have to leave, and that they’d need to see law enforcement.
“Tell him we’re trespassing him,” the Trump campaign official told a deputy. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”
The campaign official told Mayo to walk with him to talk to a law enforcement officer. Sgt. John Sluth for an explanation on why he had to leave.
“This is not a public park,” Sgt. Sluth said. “Tonight [this amphitheater] is rented by the Donald Trump campaign and they are the ones who say who can come or go … It’s just like if you go to the BB&T Center and a representative from the Florida Panthers comes up and tells you that you have to leave, you have to leave.”
According to Mayo when he appeared on All In With Chris Hayes:
There was no rules or attachment, any guidelines attached to that ticket saying you can’t do this, or they didn’t ask me about if I was a newspaper person. I just showed up, went through the metal detectors like everybody else and was roaming around the crowd. And actually, the crowd everybody in the general admission crowd was using their phones to take photos and videos and was actually encouraged to post to social media by the campaign people and the warm up rallies, they even gave a special hashtag for the event. So they’re encouraging everybody to use their phones, to use social media tweet, Facebook and I did the same.
(h/t Sun Sentinel)
Mayo was able to get inside but was treated differently, singled out and targeted for ejection. It could have been because, as a reporter at a Trump event, he was not standing in a specially-barricaded “media pen” that credentialed media for the event were restricted to. As with the case with other attendees at the Boca Raton event, it could very well have been the color of his skin.
I did not try to get a media credential for the event. In my mind, there was no need to. I wasn’t writing on deadline, I didn’t have my computer, and I didn’t require any special access. I hadn’t agreed to any special ground rules or conditions, and I was simply doing the same thing that hundreds, if not thousands, of other attendees were doing.
I just wanted to be an Average Joe, free to mingle with my fellow South Floridians and experience this event like 6,000 others. As a columnist I often do things that way. It’s the exact same way I covered a Marco Rubio campaign rally on Super Tuesday (March 1) at Tropical Park in Miami.
I had no hassles or issues there.
But with Trump, as many people are finding out, things are different
It is important to note that, since Donald Trump is not the United States government, the First Amendment protection for peaceful assembly does not apply. Even though it was on public property, when the government leases public property for an event space, the private lessee may legally exclude individuals. Individuals can be ordered off the property and be arrested for trespassing if they do not comply. The Trump campaign was well within their legal rights to exclude whoever they wish.

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If you're looking for growing ASX 200 stocks to buy, then look no further. That's because Morgans has recently named a couple that it rates very highly.
Here's why it is very bullish on them:
Lovisa Holdings Limited (ASX: LOV)
The first ASX 200 stock that could be a buy is Lovisa. It is a fast-fashion jewellery retailer with a rapidly growing global store network.
Morgans is very positive on the company due to the aforementioned store rollout. It also feels that its affordable offering leaves it well-placed in the tough economic environment. It explains:
LOV continues to impress us with the rate at which it opens new stores and expands into new markets. As we have said before, LOV may just prove to be one of the biggest success stories in Australian retail. LOV is showing every sign of becoming a global brand. Investment will be needed to expand LOV's network in the US and Europe and to take it into new markets, but the company has the balance sheet capacity to fund this and the returns could be stellar.
Morgans has an add rating and a $26 price target on its shares.
Another ASX 200 stock that Morgans rates as a buy is Webjet. It is a leading online travel agent with B2B and B2C offerings.
Morgans believes that Webjet exited the pandemic as a significantly stronger company and is well-placed for the future thanks to potential market share gains. It said:
WEB has clearly come out of COVID with a materially lower cost base, consolidated systems and a large business in the US. With plenty of market share still to win, we maintain an Add rating on this high quality growth stock.
Morgans has an add rating and price target of $8.97 on Webjet's shares.

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Applications are gaining momentum as the year nears an end
The latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) revealed a modest 2.8% rise in mortgage applications from the week before as mortgage rates showed subtle yet significant signs of improvement.
Mortgage loan application volume increased 2.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis. Without seasonal adjustments, the applications saw an uptick of 0.4%.
Both purchase and refinance applications jumped to the highest weekly level in five weeks, according to MBA deputy chief economist Joel Kan. The refi index climbed 2% week over week, while the purchase index was up 3%.
Kan attributed the increase in applications to the recent downward trend in mortgage rates. However, he noted that the current rates are still challenging for many prospective homebuyers and existing homeowners looking to refinance.
"Although Treasury rates dipped midweek, mortgage rates were little changed on average through the week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate remained 7.61%, about 30 basis points lower than three weeks ago," Kan said in MBA's weekly report.
Additionally, the survey highlighted shifts in various mortgage activities. The refinance share of total mortgage activity edged up to 31.9% from 31.4% the previous week, while the share of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) in total applications fell to 8.8%.
There were also shifts in government loan applications: The FHA share of total applications decreased slightly to 14.4% from 14.7% the previous week. In contrast, the VA share of applications increased to 11.2% from 10.5%, and the USDA share remained constant at 0.5%.
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Market: Within walking distance of Norwalk Hospital (stable, profiting hospital). Norwalk real estate market has been growing in the past few years. Average rent for 2 br: $2,000.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic highly disrupted the school season here in Bossier Parish, especially for our graduating seniors. Then came the national uproar with protests, riots, and highly contentious debate caused in our nation, our state and right here in our home parish.
But through all this turmoil, I am here to tell you that our folks right here in Bossier Parish showed me and the rest of the nation that our residents are people of respect and patriotism. I already knew that…but with all the negative news we are subjected to right now, I thought this positive news was worth highlighting.
From June 9 – 13, 2020, all six of our Bossier Parish High Schools held their commencement ceremonies under unique circumstances by conducting their graduations at their respective football stadiums. And in each ceremony, it made me extremely proud to be Sheriff of Bossier Parish and to be a resident of this outstanding parish. From the first ceremony at Bossier High School, followed by Haughton, Parkway, Benton, Plain Dealing and Airline, every ceremony was conducted with the utmost respect.
Each graduation ceremony was like attending a high school football playoff game with a packed house, as some 1,300 seniors who received their diplomas were joined by parents, grandparents, family, and friends for this special occasion. The Bossier Sheriff’s Office had up to 18 deputies in attendance at each ceremony, along with Haughton Police, Bossier City Police Reserves, and Plain Dealing Police, to help with traffic control, security, staff assistance, and helping with safety guidelines.
At every one of these ceremonies with many thousands of guests, our deputies received numerous comments of gratitude and thanks for their law enforcement service. We have 45 School Resource Officers serving at our Bossier Parish Schools, with 12 of those SROs serving directly at our six high schools. People would routinely tell them, “Thank you for protecting our kids.”
Our deputies did not receive one complaint during the graduation ceremonies. There were no negative vibes. Their ceremonies were absolutely fantastic. The attendees were the epitome of respect.
And people were also patriotic. When Old Glory was hurled and the National Anthem was sung, they stood in support of freedom. Freedom that we enjoy here in Bossier Parish and our nation because of men and women serving on The Thin Blue Line and in our armed forces. Simply proud to be an American.
This year’s outdoor graduation ceremonies at the football stadiums were unlike those in the past where the ceremonies were typically held indoors at CenturyLink Center. These are certainly unprecedented times. But while the ceremonies were a bit unique, the respect and patriotism that our folks here in Bossier Parish displayed was just how our folks are. It’s nothing new. Whether a pandemic or protest, we are proud to be Americans.
Julian Whittington is Bossier Parish SHeriff.


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THE SCREENING ROOM: Marin Mazzie Sings National Anthem at Yankee Stadium (Video)
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Marin Mazzie, who will soon star in the Broadway premiere of Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway, performed the National Anthem during the NHL Stadium Series Game Jan. 26 at Yankee Stadium.
Here's a look at Mazzie's performance:
Mazzie will star as temperamental stage diva Helen Sinclair in Bullets Over Broadway, which begins performances March 11 at the St. James Theatre.
Five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (The Scottsboro Boys, The Producers, Contact) directs and choreographs the musical that has been adapted by Allen from his 1994 film, which he co-wrote with Douglas McGrath. The musical incorporates pre-existing songs from the 1920's and 1930's for its score.
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Topeka – Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed two pieces of legislation aimed at growing the state’s economy and getting unemployed Kansans back to work into law today during a signing ceremony at NetStandard, Inc. in Kansas City, Kansas.
Lt. Governor Jeff Colyer, M.D., Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan, several state legislators as well as a number of business owners joined the Governor at the bill signing. Among other modifications, Senate Bill 193 will expand the Promoting Employment Across Kansas (PEAK) program and make several changes in High Performance Incentive Program (HPIP) tax credits, including extending the carry-forward period from 10 to 16 years.
Senate Bill 196 will establish a new state income tax deduction known as “expensing” for certain qualified investments; repeal or phase out a number of existing state income tax credit and sales tax exemptions; repeal the Kansas Economic Opportunity Initiative Fund (KEOIF); and create a new fund, the Job Creation Program Fund (JCPF).
Governor Brownback praised both measures as pro-growth and pointed out SB 196 is unique to Kansas.
“Our number one priority is to grow the Kansas economy and get the more than 100,000 unemployed Kansans back to work. We face difficult economic times and high levels of unemployment,” Governor Brownback said. “This environment underscores the need to make Kansas more competitive in attracting jobs and businesses to the state. SB 196 makes Kansas the only state to offer an economic development incentive of this nature.”
SB 196 allows a business who makes a qualified capital investment to take a 100% deduction against income tax for the depreciation of the investment in the first year – instead of requiring a prescribed schedule of smaller deductions over multiple years.
“Governor Brownback and I campaigned on the promise to create private sector jobs. These important bills will spark investment and produce jobs,” Lt. Governor Colyer said. “Expensing, properly implemented, is a tax policy that treats all businesses equally.”
Kansas Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan also expressed his support for SB 196.
“This bill will encourage broad based economic growth by creating a uniform tax treatment for Kansas businesses of all sizes when they invest in equipment or software,” Secretary Jordan said. “When businesses – from small mom and pop stores on Main Street to large multinational corporations – get to keep more of their hard-earned money, we help them grow the economy and create more jobs.”
Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George called the bill a major step toward expanding the Kansas economy and creating jobs.
“The Brownback Administration wants to enact tax policies that maximize economic growth, and the guiding principle has always been that every business, every innovation and every entrepreneur matters,” Secretary George said. “Expensing will result in uniform income tax treatment for capital investment in qualifying machinery and equipment by businesses of all types and sizes, which will encourage broad-based growth.”
NetStandard CEO Jeff Melcher said growing companies like his will benefit from the pro-growth legislation.
“The Job Creation and Business Investment Bill is particularly interesting to me because it includes small and mid-sized businesses such as NetStandard,” Melcher said. “Legislative changes like this continue to improve the business environment in Kansas allowing us to grow and create jobs.”
The recent federal tax package included one year of full expensing. The Kansas expensing proposal goes into effect after the expiration of the federal program. The law allows businesses to reinvest up to $50 million a year.


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Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Today’s topic is Top Ten Most Unique Books I’ve Read. The way I decided to approach this is to focus on books that, when I read them, were truly unique to anything I had read before or had even heard of before. I realize some of these books do get compared to some others, but while I was reading them, they felt unique to me. This week’s list is in no particular order.
The book is narrated by Death, and the prose is incredibly unique as well. I feel this truly is a unique book.
This book is extremely layered, and in the second part of it, I found myself continuously surprised by how everything was intertwined and tied in together.
3. For Darkness Shows the Stars
A Persuasion retelling set in the future and featuring genetic engineering? Unique, and awesome.
What if Cinderella was a cyborg? And lived in a future New Beijing? Definitely a unique twist on a classic story.
The Hunger Games was my foray into dystopia and reintroduced me into the young adult fold as an adult. A lot has been compared to it, though it has been compared to one or two books as well, but to me, it was completely new and eye-opening.
The first and only book I’ve read about a main character with schizophrenia.
A book set in a place that doesn’t exist and feels mostly real, with the exception of the deadly water horses.
A book set in the future that focuses largely on playing a complex simulation game and is littered with references of the 1980’s, sci-fi favorites, anime, etc. (Review coming soon!)
An alternate history book that focuses on a world where everyone is born with two souls, but only one is meant to remain.
What I find unique about this contemporary is the element of using cassette tapes to tell the story of a girl who has killed herself. The snippets of audio that our main character is listening to are woven into his story of discovering why Hannah killed herself and as he tries to wrestle with his guilt.
What are the most unique books you’ve read?
So many excellent books on your list! I definitely agree with The Book Thief, Cinder, & Ready Player One. Oh, and The Scorpio Races. I loved the island setting of that book and how the island almost took on a life of it’s own. I totally forgot the cassette tape part of Thirteen Reasons Why–it’s been on my shelf for months now but I haven’t read it yet. Having it listed as an unique books really makes me want to pick it up, though!
If you read a lot of contemporaries 13 Reasons Why’s story probably isn’t too unique, but the format of storytelling was interesting to me.
We have a couple of books in common on our lists. On another note, you managed to list some of my favorite books as well: The Scorpio Races, For Darkness Shows the Stars, and you are the first blogger I’ve come across that’s read Finding Alice too. Great list.
I love Finding Alice; it’s one of my favorites!
I just read The Scorpio Races and really liked it! Maggie Stiefvater just seems to have such a unique style.
She does seem to! I really liked some of the prose in that book.
Your list is so good. The Scorpio Races was fantastic. I wasn’t a big fan of her first series, but thought this book was a gem. Ready Player One was so clever and fun. I want to reread it, but I have so many books that rereading doesn’t really happen.
I know, I always wish I could reread but with my TBR pile always growing, it makes it so hard!
Besides the HG, I haven’t read any of these yet. Almost all of them our on my TBR list, though and I even own 3 of them. lol. I’ll have to get on it. There’s always just so much to read!
I completely understand that! Hope you enjoy them when you get around to them!
I haven’t read all of these, but many are on my ever increasing TBR list. I totally agree with “The Book Thief.” Death being the narrator is so unique and offers such a new perspective.
It truly was a new perspective!
I can’t believe I forgot What’s Left of Me! That’s probably one of the most unique books I’ve read!
It really is very unique!
So many good ones on your list and a few that I need to read soon!
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I would definitely recommend all of them!
Great list 🙂 I have read The Book Thief, Thirteen Reasons Why and The Hunger Games and definitely think all three are unique reads. Quite a few of the others are on my TBR list and I hope to get to them soon. My TTT.
Yes, these are all really good books so I do hope you have the chance to read some more of them soon!
What’s Left of Me has officially be added to my GR TBR. Seriously need to read this one.
It’s a really interesting concept! I also met Kat Zhang and she was really nice.
The Hunger Games by no means had a unique premise. However, its treatment of war, its consequences, and PTSD do set it apart. As someone who studied combat trauma in ancient epics/fiction/Greek theatre and has spent way too much time thinking about this stuff, I was very impressed (and subsequently had lengthy discussions of the matter with a friend before raving about it on my blog).
It was unique to me personally at the time I read it, both the premise and its treatment. It’s a good launching point for people who haven’t read much about certain points in history or in the dystopia genre.


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The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has assured the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, of his “full cooperation” during the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mr Ganduje made the promise during a visit of Mr Lawan to canvas votes from the state’s delegates in the forthcoming presidential primary of the party.
Mr Lawan is one of the party’s presidential aspirants.
Mr Ganduje described Kano State as a swing state in the party primaries and even during presidential elections.
Mr Lawan’s campaign team was received at the Aminu Kano International Airport by his host Mr Ganduje amidst a mammoth crowd of party supporters who thronged the airport to welcome Mr Lawan.
In his welcome remarks, Mr Ganduje said the people of Kano were aware of Mr Lawan’s sterling qualities and his contributions to the stability of politics and governance in the country.
Mr Ganduje said if Mr Lawan becomes the president of Nigeria, there will be peace in the country.
“Your Excellency, I want to inform you that we are fully aware of your capacity. We are fully aware, the way you handle the National Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Senate, of which you are the chairman.
“If we can recall with nostalgia what happened between 2015 and 2019, we are all living witnesses that we had a lot of instability, poor relationship between the Legislature and the Executive.
“In fact, we had a situation where, in one day, 15 Senators from APC defected to PDP from the Senate Chamber. Your Excellency, I’m saying all these things in order to show your political dexterity in managing the National Assembly, in managing the relationship between the Executive and the Legislature.
“Today there is peace, cordial relationship between the Executive and the Legislature and we believe if you become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, we can expect peace and stability between the Legislature and the Executive, with the Institutions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, with the sub-national government in the states, with the Local Governments,” he said
“So Your Excellency we assure you of our full cooperation. Kano state is a swing state in the Presidential primaries, even in the Presidential election and Kano state will swing when it is time to swing,” the governor added.
In his remarks, Mr Lawan said his mission was to interact with the party delegates and seek their support during the primary.
“I’m here to see and interact with all the 500 delegates from Kano state and I cannot agree more with my leader when he said this is the largest sub-national democracy in Nigeria. I imagine that it could also be the largest sub-national democracy in Africa.
“When His Excellency, our Governor was rounding up his speech, he said Kano is a swing state and it can determine not only the Primaries, with 500 delegates, but also the general elections. Your Excellency, it will swing to my side by the Grace of God.
“I want all the 500 delegates. In fact I need all the 500 delegates Your Excellency. If I can’t have the 500, please let me have at least 400.
“My brothers and sisters, distinguished delegates, I promise you that, when eventually we discuss and find common ground with His Excellency and vote for me, you will forever be pleased with the way and manner I will lead this country because it is not possible for anyone to lead the country like Nigeria without the presence and contributions of people like Governor Abdullahi Ganduje,” Mr Lawan said.
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Popsicolor is one of those must have photo apps that does something no other app in the App Store accomplishes. It is unique in a lot of ways, morphing your photos into gorgeous illustrations with high quality watercolor and ink effects.
It may not be a new app, having been released in June of 2012, but Popsicolor is a photo app that I’ve been using faithfully since it first came out, and I wanted to share it with those of you who may not have seen it before. Popsicolor also received a recent update, adding a whole slew of new colors, enhancements, and focus options, making it better than ever.
You can use Popsicolor to take photographs, or alter photos that you have already taken. One of my favorite ways to use it is to import my DSLR photos because it creates effects that I can’t easily emulate with more robust computer programs like Photoshop.
As with most photo editing apps, it takes just a few moments to turn your photos from ordinary to extraordinary. Simply import a photo and you can begin applying fun effects. Popsicolor works best with portraits and close up photos, though it can do wonders for landscapes as well.
Popsicolor will automatically morph your photos into watercolors, and from there, you can alter the final result by changing the color scheme. There are two color pickers at the top and the bottom of the screen, which you can combine in hundreds of different combinations to get a unique gradient effect on your photos. For example, check out a few different color combinations that I used on this photo of a butterfly:
In addition to adding an array of colors, you can also change the focus of the watercolor. Each option in this section will change what areas of the photo are highlighted, altering the end result of the effect. Some focus filters create a more pronounced image, while others are for muted, subtle watercolor images. Add in some ink with the ink option to highlight specific areas, for a more pronounced look.
You can also change the location of the gradient with an included tool, moving it from the classic horizontal style to more bold styles like radial, rake, and novelty. A lot of these gradient options are new to the app, and they can create some impressive results. The shuffle tool is great for discovering some of the random choices, and the duotone effect is my absolute favorite.
Your finished photos can be shared on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or turned into a postcard. They can also be sent via email, and you can use the settings image to determine the size of the finished product. Choose small for email, or go with the full resolution if you want to print a large photo.
As you can see, Popsicolor is a simple photo editing app focused solely on creating watercolor style images, but it is excellent at what it does. There’s no better watercolor app in the App Store, making Popsicolor a must have (and affordable!) part of your photo arsenal.
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Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with taxpayer or public funds.
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has a livable income.
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health insurance.
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
More restrictive gun control is needed to protect public safety.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Any teaching to children on sex education in public schools must include all contraceptive methods, and should not show preference to abstinence.
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
Islamic law (Sharia) should take precedence over national and state laws where there are Islamic majority communities in the U. S.
The state constitution should limit the growth of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.
Congress should pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
People should be allowed to use public restrooms, showers, and changing rooms based on "gender identity."
I support sanctuary cities.
I support the death penalty.
Tuition-free public education should be guaranteed through college.
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Parents should be the primary authority in decisions affecting their minor children.
Mandatory minimum sentencing should be required and enforced for violent crimes.
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2010 General Election, 2010 Republican Primary, 2012 General Election, 2012 Republican Primary, 2014 General Election, 2014 Republican Primary, 2016 General Election, 2016 Republican Primary
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
Their keen understanding of human nature. The sinful nature of man to gradually seek to control one another through force of government.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
1 Timothy 2:5
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
I've never held office and therefore don't have a public record. However, you can go to my website. Talk with anyone who knows me or call me yourself.
What is the best way to bring down unemployment?
Leave people and businesses alone.
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
Let the private sector operate. Let insurance be sold competitively in any state. Get rid of Obamacare.
What role should government play in boosting the economy?
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Connecticut isn\u2019t quite ready to be a pot-friendly state. Municipalities seem hazy about what this cultural shift actually means when marijuana becomes legal July 1. The legalization of recreational marijuana grabbed the most headlines during Connecticut\u2019s recent legislative session, but the second-biggest story \u2014 on who controls zoning \u2014 offered cautionary lessons. Everyone who fought for zoning decisions to remain local will see how that plays out as towns and cities determine how to regulate pot consumption. Newtown is holding a public hearing Thursday, the first day marijuana is legal, to let residents weigh in on whether to ban cannabis establishments. Leaders in nearby Danbury and Ridgefield, meanwhile, are pumping the brakes on marijuana businesses opening in their borders. The resistance was led by tiny Prospect, where the Planning and Zoning Commission already banned pot establishments in town effective June 17. These communities appear to be outliers. Other municipalities are struggling with what they are supposed to be doing about this new law. Stamford\u2019s chief zoning official, Ralph Blessing, admitted \u201cwe are waiting for guidance from the state.\u201d If elected officials are confused, imagine the average Connecticut resident who is as weary of marijuana news as he or she is of vaccination data. No, our towns and cities don\u2019t seem quite ready for this launch. It\u2019s the pot equivalent of \u201cReady, fire, aim.\u201d Sort of \u201cReady, inhale, fire-\u2019em-up.\u201d This may not apply to the people who have the most interest in lighting up in their town. As columnist Colin McEnroe aptly reminded us, \u201cPeople will not start using marijuana. They\u2019re already using marijuana.\u201d They\u2019ll have to continue driving to Massachusetts to shop for pot. It may now be legal in Connecticut, but don\u2019t expect sales to begin here until 2022. And remember, you can\u2019t grow it at home for personal consumption for another 24 months. The race to sell the product promises to be competitive enough to inspire a reality TV show. Only one dispensary and one micro-cultivator will be allowed for every 25,000 residents. And sales locations will be limited to commercial and industrial districts, so they can\u2019t be on wheels like ice cream or taco trucks (in other words, no rolling joints). Zoning boards also have the authority to regulate whether people can light up in public spaces. So yes, in theory you might be able to smoke in, say, Norwalk, but not across the border in Darien. Any municipality with more than 50,000 residents that chooses to regulate pot consumption must also designate spots where people can publicly smoke. That includes Greenwich, a \u201ctown\u201d of 63,000. Those spots can\u2019t be public parks, beaches or state waters \u2014 so smokers can\u2019t be banished to Long Island Sound. Our fragmented little state prefers to do things town-by-town, but this is the right time to share best practices. The law has arrived. Now someone needs to light a match under Connecticut.


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Yesterday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., President Barack
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The purpose of the SAHR is to provide an annual and longer-term review of the development and implementation of South African health policies. It acts as a barometer for assessing the transformation processes and their impact on provision of equitable health care to all South Africans. the underlying theme of this year's edition, the 8th, is the restructuring of the health care system - progress to date. the reviewed issues are covered in 21 chapters, which are grouped into 4 sub-themes. Framework for Transformation Chapters 1 to 6 deal with the framework and systems central to ..
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I teach an introductory fiction course, and like many such courses the focus is on short fiction. Recently, at the start of this summer semester, after my usual enthusiastic welcome, one of my students asked me a question after class that part of me has always secretly hoped to be asked: “What’s your favourite short story?”
On the one hand, it’s a bit of an unusual question, naïve and ingenuous, not something any discerning reader would ever ask. After all, of the innumerable short stories out there, how can one possibly pick out just one favourite? And yet, you do hear of people who speak of their favourite novels (it’s often used as a choice of prompt in case you forget your password on certain websites), even favourite movies, in spite of their own similarly countless options.
But when the question actually came I was a bit flummoxed in my answer. A couple titles immediately popped into my head, and when I walked away I began to ponder the question a bit more: What are those stories that have made the greatest and most lasting impression on me, both as a reader and a writer of short fiction? What are the stories I turn to again and again for both instruction and inspiration?
In response to my student’s question, the story that immediately rose up from my subconscious was Mavis Gallant’s “Across the Bridge.” Gallant is one of my favourite writers and has had a huge influence on my own writing. I love the sheer confidence of her prose and the exactitude of each word. Some people describe her fiction as a bit cold, but that’s exactly what I love about her. I love, too, how the political and historical are also seamlessly woven into her work. In this story, set in Paris in the 1950s, a young woman is supposed to get married to one man but at the last minute decides she’s actually in love with another. I first read this story twenty years ago, and the last few words of the story—“And, yes, it made me happy”—left me breathless when I first read them. Without giving anything away, it’s a very ironic ending, and yet what better words could there be to end any story? Other Gallant stories that vie for top spot include “Potter,” “The Remission,” “Voices Lost in Snow,” and “The Chosen Husband,” just to name a few. Here's an excerpt from the opening:
We were walking over the bridge from the Place de la Concorde, my mother and I--arm in arm, like two sisters who never quarrel. She had the invitations to my wedding in a leather shopping bag: I was supposed to be getting married to Arnaud Pons. My father's first cousin, Caston Castelli, deputy for a district in the south, had agreed to frank the envelopes. He was expecting us at the Palais Bourbon, at the other end of the bridge. His small office looked out on nothing of interest--just a wall and some windows. A typist who did not seem to work for anyone in particular sat outside his door. He believed she was there to spy on him, and for that reason had told my mother to keep the invitations out of sight.
The other story that also immediately came to mind was Yukio Mishima’s “Death in Midsummer.” Like Gallant’s “Across the Bridge,” I also first read this story about twenty years ago and it left a big mark on me. Set in Japan in the 1960s, it’s about a woman who loses two of her three children, as well as her sister-in-law, while vacationing at a seaside resort. Told from the mother’s perspective, the story that unfolds is a deeply internal one and closely examines the numerous subtle conflicts that arise out of this tragedy: the strain that’s now placed on her marriage, her in-laws’ subsequent perception of her, her own relationship with the surviving boy. It’s one of those stories in which very little happens, and yet everything happens—something I tend to do in my own fiction. Here's the opening paragraph:
A. Beach, near the southern tip of Izu Peninsula, is still unspoiled for sea bathing. The sea bottom is pitted and uneven, it is true, and the surf is a little rough; but the water is clean, the slope out to sea is gentle, and conditions are on the whole good for swimming. Largely because it is so out of the way. A. Beach has none of the noise and dirt of resorts nearer Tokyo. It is a two-hour drive from Ito.
Along a similar vein is Raymond Carver’s “So Much Water So Close to Home.” Back in the ’90s I was a big fan of Carver. He made a big impact on me, and I think this story is one of his finest. When Claire’s husband returns from a fishing trip, she learns that he and his friends had discovered the murdered body of a young woman washed up onto the shore of a river. The men decide that instead of turning right around to find a phone booth to contact police, they tie the floating naked body to a tree and continue to spend the rest of their weekend camping, fishing, and drinking. Like Mishima’s story, the rest of the piece looks at the fallout from this event. Claire can’t help but see her husband differently now, as a man indifferent to violence inflicted upon women, as a man possibly capable of violence himself. She withdraws from her husband and starts to identify with the victim. Told in the first-person present tense, it’s a very compelling and internal story, haunting without a ghost ever materializing. And of course, there is Carver’s voice, which is not only very beguiling but has also influenced my own writing style. Take a look:
My husband eats with good appetite but he seems tired, edgy. He chew slowly, arms on the table, and stares at something across the room. He looks at me and looks away again. He wipes his mouth on the napkin. He shrugs and goes on eating. Something has come between us though he would like me to believe otherwise.
"What are you staring at me for?" he asks. "What is it?" he says and puts his fork down.
"Was I staring?" I say and shake my head stupidly, stupidly.
The telephone rings. "Don't answer it," he says.
"It might be your mother," I say. "Dean--it might be something about Dean."
"Watch and see," he says.
I pick up the receiver and listen for a minute. He stops eating. I bite my lip and hang up.
Like a lot of people, I’m a big fan of Lorrie Moore, and her story “Agnes of Iowa” is one of my favourites. One of the things that draw me to Moore’s fiction is her ability to be both funny and sad at the same time, and in this story a South African poet is invited to give a reading at the university where Agnes is a professor. Agnes, whose marriage is starting to wane, is initially alarmed that the English department has invited an apartheid-era white Afrikaner to give a reading; yet when he arrives she finds him both attractive and sympathetic. Stylistically, there’s a lot going on in this story that I really like: the occasional and humorous intrusions of the protagonist’s thoughts into the narrative, almost like non sequiturs and which are represented by the use of the italics; her humorous yet percipient choice of similes and metaphors; and her ability to gently poke fun at her protagonist, making her all the more human, recognizable, and real. I have found myself mimicking her voice in some of my own fiction on more than one occasion. Other Lorrie Moore favourites include: “Dance in America” and “Places to Look for Your Mind.” Here's the beginning of "Agnes of Iowa":
Her mother had given her the name Agnes, believing that a good-looking woman was even more striking when her name was a homely one. Her mother was named Cyrena, and was beautiful to match, but had always imagined her life would have been more interesting, that she herself would have had a more dramatic, arresting affect on the world and not ended up in Cassell, Iowa, if she had been named Enid or Hagar or Maude. And so she named her first daughter Agnes, and when Agnes turned out not to be attractive at all, but puffy and prone to a rash between her eyebrows, her hair a flat and bilious hue, her mother backpedaled and named her second daughter Linea Elise (who turned out to be a lovely, sleepy child with excellent bones, a sweet, full mouth, and a rubbery mole above her lip that later in life could be removed without difficulty, everyone was sure).
Vladimir Nabokov’s “Signs and Symbols” is another favourite of mine, and what makes this piece particularly powerful is Nabokov’s ability to tell a story that is at once both highly affecting and yet completely self-conscious of itself as artifice without being heavy-handed about it—and that too is something I sometimes like to play with in my own work.
For the fourth time in as many years they were confronted with the problem of what birthday present to bring a young man who was incurably deranged in his mind. He had no desires. Man-made objects were to him either hives of evil, vibrant with a malignant activity that he alone could perceive, or gross comforts for which no use could be found in his abstract world. After eliminating a number of articles that might offend him or frighten him (anything in the gadget line for instance was taboo), his parents chose a dainty and innocent trifle: a basket with ten different fruit jellies in ten little jars.
John Cheever’s “Reunion” is the first story I teach every semester and, I’ve started to realize, it’s also become a favourite of mine. It’s a very short and simple story (I’ve got it practically memorized!), and it’s also a very perfect story, too. I begin with that story because it’s got all those typical “elements of fiction” that I teach—exposition, rising action, climax, resolution, irony, foreshadowing, etc. And of course it’s beautifully written:
The last time I saw my father was in Grand Central Station. I was going from my grandmother's in the Adirondacks to a cottage on the Cape that my mother had rented, and I wrote my father that I would be in New York between trains for an hour and a half, and asked if we could have lunch together. His secretary wrote to say that he would meet me at the information booth at noon, and at twelve o'clock sharp I saw him coming through the crowd. He was a stranger to me--my mother divorced him three years ago and I hadn't been with him since--but as soon as I saw him I felt that he was my father, my flesh and blood, my future and my doom. I knew that when I was grown I would be something like him; I would have to plan my campaigns within his limitations. He was a big, good-looking man, and I was terribly happy to see him again. He struck me on the back and shook my hand. "Hi, Charlie," he said. "Hi, boy. I'd like to take you up to my club, but it's in the Sixties, and if you have to catch an early train I guess we'd better get something to eat around here." He put h is arm around me, and I smelled my father the way my mother sniffs a rose. It was a rich compound of whiskey, after-shave lotion, shoe polish, woolens, and the rankness of a mature male. I hope that someone would see us together. I wished that we could be photographed. I wanted some record of our having been together.
Alice Munro is of course another favourite, and one of the things that I most admire about her is her ability to jump around back and forth in time, which naturally lends her stories a sophisticated structure and a broad scope with which she views the world. There are many Alice Munro favourites, and here are just a few that come to mind: "Turkey Season," "How I Met My Husband," "The Progress of Love," "Miles City, Montana," "Fits," "Queenie," "The Albanian Virgin," "The Jack Randa Hotel," "Open Secrets," and "Material." But if I had to pick one, and it's only because I recently reread it, my choice would be "Jesse and Meribeth." It's a story about friendship and betrayal, about sexuality, about the stories and lies we tell others to make ourselves more interesting. That's on one level. But on another level, this story is really about story-telling itself and about using other's people lives as fodder for fiction and the possible consequences that might arise. Like Nabokov's "Signs and Symbols," this is a very subtle and clever and ironic story, self-conscious of itself as a piece of fiction. It begins like this:
In high school, I had a tender, loyal, boring friendship with a girl named MaryBeth Crocker. I gave myself up to it, as I did to the warm, shallow, rather murky waters of the Maitland River in summer, when I lay on my back, and just fluttered my hands and feet, and was carried downstream.
Of course, this list only just scratches the surface when it comes to favourites and influences, but I'd love to hear what are your own favourites. What are the short stories that you remember most and have had a big impact on you?

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Stocks mixed after U.S. unemployment rate drops
By The Associated Press
Published: Friday, October 5, 2012, 5:14 p.m.
Updated: Saturday, October 6, 2012
A big drop in the unemployment rate wasn't enough for investors on Friday. Stocks posted gains early in the day but faded to a mixed close.
The Labor Department said the unemployment rate had declined to 7.8 percent, its first dip below 8 percent in nearly four years. The decline from 8.1 percent the month before was bigger than economists had expected.
Stocks rose on that news, but the gains didn't last. The Dow Jones industrial average edged up 34.79 points to close at 13,610.15, after rising 86 points earlier in the day. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 0.47 points to 1,460.93, and the Nasdaq dropped 13.27 points to 3,136.19.
Employers added 114,000 jobs last month. That was in line with what economists were expecting, but the government revised its estimates higher for job growth in July and August.
The drop to 7.8 percent in the unemployment rate “really is not a big game-changer,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. “Yes, more people were hired, but job creation did come in in line with expectations.”
“The jobs report today was just a validation that things are improving and that people are feeling good,” said Marty Leclerc, chief investment officer of Barrack Yard Advisors. “So as investors, of course, that's when we're most apprehensive.”
Consumer discretionary stocks rose, led by Home Depot and Lowe's, both up more than 2 percent. Industrial stocks also rose. Technology and energy stocks had broad declines.
Despite the mixed day, the Dow managed to reach a milestone: its highest close since December 2007. The S&P is close, but not quite back to, its December 2007 high. The Dow and S&P had their first positive weeks after two weeks of losses. The Dow rose 1.3 percent for the week, the S&P 1.4 percent.
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What's the best way to design software that your customers will actually enjoy using?
Ask your users.
It sounds obvious enough, but you would be surprised by how infrequently this perspective is taken into consideration when designing clinical trial software.
When most people think of software "design," they may focus on solely the visual aspects, such as the colors, graphics and font. User experience (UX) design encompasses much more than that. UX design is the process of designing an optimal experience for your users as far as usability, accessibility and overall enjoyment in using the product. When you focus on UX design, you're thinking about the user's entire experience interacting with the software, not just how it looks.
At Bioclinica, we feel that since software is evolving so fast, the user needs to come first because it's essential that they have an enjoyable experience using a platform. The goal of UX design is to put the user first and foremost, allowing users to drive the direction of where the software is going. While user-driven design has been the norm in technology for the past few years, many clinical trial technology companies are behind the curve. Although our team may have opinions internally on how the software should be designed, it's important to focus on what the customer actually says they need instead of just what we think they'll need.
These insights come from talking to our customers. Through their feedback on our products, we can recognize their pain points and use our expertise to develop meaningful solutions. Gathering customer feedback to drive our UX design has been a big focus for us at Bioclinica as we work to enhance our products, particularly our IRT, Trident.
We ask customers questions: What works well with this software, and what doesn't? Do you get hung up on any particular tasks? Do you have any trouble finding what you need? If you could have one functionality in the software that you don't currently have, what would it be? Once we hear those insights from our customers directly, we can apply our own design knowledge to determine solutions they need—but maybe didn't realize were possible.
To create a truly user-centered design, it's important to ask questions in order to understand your customer's environment and how they work. How, where and when are they using the software on a day-to-day basis? Often even the simplest details will uncover the most valuable insights.
For example, we recently talked to one of our customers, a site user who is using Trident for her studies. We talked through her work environment—Does she spend most of her time sitting at a desk, or is she walking around all day? Does she often bring her laptop with her to meetings? When subjects come in, do they sit in a meeting room akin to a normal doctor's office? Does she greet and see subjects there, or does she administer the drug and walk back to her computer to enter in information? If the site user is walking around most of the day and may need to enter information into Trident on the spot, having a tablet-based platform may better meet her needs.
We firmly believe that in the modern-day era of applications, user-centered design wins out. In the increasingly complex world of clinical trials, we at Bioclinica will continue to put the users first. If you're interested in learning more about UX design or if you're a current Bioclinica customer who wants to share their feedback on any of our products, please reach out to Jay at email@example.com; we'd love to hear from you.


A windowless air conditioner is a stand-alone unit that does not need to sit on the window sill
Although many experts claim that windowless air conditioners are less efficient than air conditioners. other units,
These include the fact that this type of unit is easier to install, can eliminate smoke odors, and is very good in cold rooms that work hot and are not cooled correctly by another cooling system.
Here is an overview of the pros and cons of buying a windowless air conditioner.
This type of unit is certainly easier to install and is not a horror. Because only a single tube needs to be powered from the window, this type of unit is really unobtrusive. In fact, it is very difficult to see a unit from outside your home.
A windowless air conditioner can also be a good idea if you are looking to provide extra cooling in your home perhaps already in place the central air.
For example, it may be wise to use a windowless air conditioner in a room that does not get a good cooling of your central air system. Often, a room on the second floor or in a particularly sunny area will find it difficult to cool down only by pressing the central air.
You can solve this problem by placing a windowless unit in this overheated room. This will help remove the warm air from the room. It will also mean that cooler air will circulate in the rest of the house.
Windowless units work just as well to control odors in your home. Since they always draw air from the outside, a single hose is particularly effective at removing odors, such as cigar or car/">cigarette smoke.
In addition, this type of air conditioner can also prevent odors from entering other parts of the home. This happens because the air pressure in the room with the unit is lower than the air pressure in the other parts of the house. As a result, the smells will be contained.
A windowless air conditioner is actually a better system to use than central air if the goal is to contain car/">cigarette smoke. A CPU can actually move car/">cigarette smoke around the entire house, while a windowless unit contains the smell of smoke.
Another potential benefit of this type of unit is that often these models are more profitable than other units.
Now, the disadvantages …
Experts agree that windowless air conditioners tend to take time to cool your room. Some studies indicate that these units take twice as long to cool a room compared to windows.
Another problem with the windowless air conditioner is that they are not particularly effective in really hot climates. Because these units are constantly drawing air from the outside to replace the air in the room, they do not work as well when the outside temperatures are extremely high.
For example, if you live in a part of the country has long stretches of time at 90 °, a windowless unit will really have a hard time keeping your house cool. On the other hand, if you already have a central system in place, then this type of system can offer additional cooling in some parts of your home.
The other big problem with windowless air conditioners is that they are often more expensive to run than a window model. Because the unit continually draws warm air from the outside, it does not work particularly efficiently. This means that the unit will have to work longer and harder to cool your room. This, of course, will result in high electricity bills.
The final potential disadvantage of a windowless air conditioner is that it is only effective in one room. Because of its design, this type of unit simply does not have enough power to push fresh air into your multiple rooms.
For this reason, Consumer Reports researchers point out that the BTU rating of these units is often inaccurate. While some people expect the BTUs of the window air conditioner to be comparable to those of a portable unit, this is not true. On the contrary, windowless air conditioners cool much smaller spaces for the same BTU.
If you are still interested in buying a windowless air conditioner, consider your expectations
This is not the type of unit that can keep your house whole cool during a strong heat wave. This type of unit can also cost you a portion of it in electricity bills. On the other hand, if you are looking to keep a moderately cool room or if you are trying to contain the smell of car/">cigarette smoke, then a windowless unit might be the best choice.


Rome: A $54.8 million dollar investment will help over 342,000 impoverished people living on coastal sand islands (chars) in southeast Bangladesh, who are often the worst hit by climate change, the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development said on Thursday.
Inhabitants of Bangladesh's coastal chars often live in badly built housing and on low-lying land that is vulnerable to extreme weather and vulnerable to sea-level rise, the IFAD statement said.
The aim of the investment project is to increase farm incomes and food production, reduce poverty and hunger and develop rural livelihoods, it underlined.
"By stabilising chars, constructing climate-resilient infrastructure, providing legal land titles to poor women and men, and investing in productive livelihoods, this transformative project will substantially reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth at scale," said Omer Zafar, IFAD's Country Director for Bangladesh.
The three-year investment will directly benefit more than 57,000 poor small and marginal farmer households living on the chars of the Meghna estuary in the Bhola, Chattogram and Noakhali Districts, the IFAD statement added.
Over 90 per cent of the households that will be helped by the investment are particularly poor and disadvantaged, including landless and socially marginalised farmers and women, the statement said.
With two thirds of its territory less than five metres above sea level, Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate change. More than 24 per cent of the population - some 40 million people - still lives below the poverty line, said the statement.
The new investment agreement was signed on Thursday by IFAD President Gilbert F. Houngbo and Nahid Rashid, Additional Secretary and Wing Chief of the Economic Relations Division of Bangladesh's Finance Ministry.
The project will be financed by IFAD (with a concessional loan of $20.6 million), the Netherlands (via grant worth approximately $5.7 million), Bangladesh's government ($24.7 million), NGO contributions ($3.7 million) and the contributions of beneficiaries themselves ($0.1 million), according to the statement.
IFAD has supported 34 programmes and projects in Bangladesh for a total amount of $3.2 billion, of which $811 million has been financed by IFAD and the remainder by domestic and international sources. These projects have directly benefitted more than 11.3 million rural households.
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The anti LGBTQIA+ bill has been the most discussed topic since last week about how the bill should be pass while others to are against it. The majority of Ghanaians are solely been against LGBTQ+ since inception.
And unfortunately, if a citizen declares his or her support that person gets dragged and criticized. LGBTQ+ is not part of our culture normal and morals and with the looks of things, it will never be part.
However, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Politician known as Dr. Wireku Brobbey recently threw his support to the LGBTQ+ community and talked about equality.
The Media General controversial Journalist, Blessed Godsbrain Smart descended heavily on him and warned him that if he thinks being gay is good, then he should visit him and they should have sex.
“I won’t spare your “trumuu” if I get hold of you” He argued