Title: Electrical Tests for Concrete Penetrability, Part 2
Author(s): Karthik H. Obla and Colin L. Lobo
Publication: Materials Journal
Appears on pages(s): 55-64
Keywords: chloride; curing; degree of saturation; leaching; penetrability; pore solution; rapid chloride permeability (RCP); resistivity; transport
The resistivity of concrete is evolving as a reliable method to measure the penetrability of water and dissolved chemicals into concrete. In Part 1 of this two-part paper, the results of the bulk and surface resistivity of specimens conditioned by different methods were compared to the results of chloride ion penetrability by ASTM C1202, and the precision of test determinations was reported. In Part 2, the results illustrate how changing the specimen conditioning method can change how concrete mixtures are characterized for chloride ion penetrability or transport properties. For the different mixtures evaluated, specimens subjected to the same curing condition had different degrees of saturation levels at the end of the conditioning period. Correcting the measured resistivity for degree of saturation, however, led to inaccurate mixture classification. The paper recommends a preferred specimen conditioning method for the resistivity test.


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In the New York Land Records mentioned in a previous post, I have found actual deeds for two pieces of property purchased by my great-grandfather, Patrick M. Eagan, in 1871 and 1872. Both pieces of property were in Rochester's 3rd Ward in the Atkinson Street area.
The first piece of property was purchased in 1871 from the estate of John D. Lyons and the property described as lots 141 and 142 of the Gurber Tract was at the northeast corner of Adams and Prospect Streets. Note in the deed that Patrick purchased the two lots for $2,700.
|Deed for lots purchased in 1871|
The other property was purchased in 1872 from Elizabeth Thomas and the property was I believe located at the northeast corner of Atkinson and Prospect Streets. This property was purchased for $4,700.
|Deed for lots purchased in 1872|
UPDATE: The description for the second piece of property is incorrect. From the deed we see that it is Lots 44 and 45 in the Babbitt Tract. From the Rochester Plat Book we find that these two lots are numbers 108 and 110 Atkinson Street, residences of the Eagans.

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Why Should We Recycle EPS Foam?
Recycling foam is crucial for our future, both socially and economically. The recycled foam is used to create new materials, and the recycling process and the production of new materials from waste creates employment opportunities. Also, recycling foam diverts waste from already occupied landfills, and the reduction of waste preserves energy and helps sustain the environment. We need to keep it green and keep recycling.
Styrofoam, also known as Styrene, Polystyrene, Expanded Polystyrene, EPS or foam#6 is versatile, durable, sterile, a great thermal insulator and noise absorbent material. Those attributes make this material so suitable to be used in food industry, such as utensils, cups, plates and trays, in the medical industry as medical coolers, as well as packaging material and building insulation agent. There is a misconception that this foam cannot be recycled, where in fact, not only it can, but recycling methods and equipment have been progressed and updated in recent years.
Styrofoam can be melted, compacted, grinded or shredded thus reducing itself by up to 98% of its original volume in this process.
Recycling foam has a positive impact on our environment and our economy.
Recycled foam has a good market where companies will pay you money to take it off your hands. These companies will reuse the recycled foam to create new materials and sell them to various industries. By recycling foam we do not just reduce its volume, but we also reuse it, making it energy efficient – The recycled material can be reprocessed and molded eventually mixed with other materials to make a new products: It can be mixed with wood, plastic or concrete to create a low-cost building material, insulation, interior moulding, it can be made into picture frames, pens, rulers and other products. By recycling foam we are reusing discarded material and significantly reducing waste at the same time, instead of having to produce new materials.
Recycling foam is good for the economy and for industries. On one hand, the need to recycle foam and the fact that we produce new materials from it creates more jobs and employment opportunities, thus boosting the economy. And on the other hand, recycling decreases the frequency and cost of waste disposal. The process nowadays is so much easier – recycling machines are now taking up less space than they used to, process time is much faster and the volume reduction is maximized. To summarize, we need to keep it green and keep recycling, for our well being and for our future.
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Emmy winner Maya Rudolph, Community star Yvette Nicole Brown, and Glee alum Jayma Mays have joined the cast of Disenchanted. As previously announced, the film will welcome the return of Amy Adams, Idina Menzel, James Marsden, and Patrick Dempsey in Disney’s sequel to the 2007 musical comedy Enchanted.
Deadline reports the new cast additions' roles are being kept under wraps, but there’s potential for each to break out in song given their credits. Rudolph starred as Mrs. Parker in A Christmas Story Live! on Fox (not to her mention countless song-and-dance moments on SNL), Brown often showed off her pipes on the cult favorite NBC sitcom, and Mays was a regular soloist on the Fox hit musical series from Ryan Murphy.
Adam Shankman directs, with a script from Brigitte Hales, Richard Lagravenese, Scott Neustadter, and Michael Weber. Adams, Barry Josephson, and Barry Sonnenfeld are set to produce. The title is expected to premiere on Disney+.
Composer Alan Menken is also back and re-teaming with lyricist Stephen Schwartz for the film's new songs. The original film introduced such Menken-Schwartz songs as “Happy Working Song,” “That's How You Know,” and “So Close,” all three of which received 2008 Academy Award nominations.
Enchanted followed Giselle (played by Adams), a young maiden living in an animated, musical world that suddenly finds herself in real-life Manhattan. The film also included cameo appearances from the voice talent behind past Disney princesses, including stage favorites Judy Kuhn, Jodi Benson, and Paige O'Hara.

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The Woodstock’s Boy
November 9 – December 21, 2019
Nino Mier Gallery is pleased to present The Woodstock’s Boy, Alessandro Pessoli’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Italian-born and Los Angeles-based, Pessoli is best-known for his surreal landscapes often inhabited by fragmented human forms. Utilizing a plethora of media, from brushwork and stencils to terracotta, Pessoli imbues his canvases and sculptures with a wealth of imagery, all connected by an emotional intensity conjured through a process of layering and erasure.
The Woodstock’s Boy consists of new paintings and a monumental terracotta sculpture connected by the narrative of a hero – an archetype for the artist, who faces the threat of symbolic death in search of a more creatively pure and wholly instinctive reality. The title also references a countercultural generation—a generation defined by the Vietnam War and the Peace and Love movement, in which music, art and drugs were used as instruments for visualizing a better world. While only six-years-old at the time of the Woodstock festival, Pessoli sees himself in a world that desperately needs to grasp for freedom and utopia amidst a largely corrupt and violent reality.
Pessoli’s new body of work is ultimately celebratory. The Woodstock boy is a character who initially is tormented by the state of a real and metaphysical world yet ultimately finds a beautiful reality. Male and female figures exist in a hallucinogenic reality. Often playful, guns and other weapons transform into unashamed sexual metaphors alongside fruit, a symbol of life, nature, nourishment—something both essential and elementary. With a nod to a child-like vision, Pessoli’s universe is doused in opulent color and iconography of popsicles, rainbows and butterflies. Incorporating this childlike imagery allows Pessoli to reconnect with a pure and instinctual mode of artmaking. The obscure is juxtaposed with an enlightened and primal positivism.
The Woodstock’s Boy portrays a heroic journey from the threats of a complex and dangerous time to a more free and beautiful alternative reality. It’s a story of fall and regrowth. Perhaps beginning with Shack Up, a nude male figure that leans forward in a pensive form, arm swooped overhead, with fruit, a single rose and multi-colored popsicles at his back – an image evoking Adam’s expulsion from Eden – and ending with Bethel Girl in which the rebellious boy grows into a giant and finds acceptance and hope in an Eve-like female hero who has reconciled and lives fearlessly with her guardian monsters. Each work in The Woodstock’s Boy is its own chapter of an epic story and an opportunity for the viewer to fantasize about the story’s structure and details.
In 2009, Pessoli moved from Italy, a country steeped in history and tradition, to Los Angeles, a city of the new. Pessoli’s work is rich in art historical and biblical references, but also allusions to contemporary culture. With this in mind, Pessoli fuses the classical with a contemporary impulse, the familiar with the strange. With a newfound freedom, virtuosity with materials and respect for the past, Pessoli masterfully combines the etherealness of Henri Matisse and the Fauves with the rich moodiness of Francisco Goya. Furthermore, Pessoli’s work captures the pictorial heroism of 1960s Georg Baselitz and the Pop sensibility of R.B. Kitaj and Andy Warhol.
Alessandro Pessoli (b. 1963, Cervia, Italy) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Pessoli has been exhibited at institutions worldwide, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, The Drawing Center, New York, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. His work was also included in the 53rd Biennale di Venezia at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice.


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The co-founders of fashion retail app Shop You are looking to ride the waves of the artificial intelligence boom to make shopping easier for women in Australia, and they’ve already teamed up with 30 brands to bring their vision to life.
The free Shop You app, which launched today, uses artificial intelligence and personal shopping data to customise and propose clothing options for customers to suit their circumstances. The customer inputs their preferred brands, their fashion style and body shape, and the app will suggest clothing. Shop You will also display sales and discounted items.
Shop You is launching with brands such as Cotton On, ASOS and Uniqlo already on board. According to the app’s website, Nike, General Pants Co. and Dotti are also expected to jump on soon.
The app was founded by Emma Sharley and Kelly Slessor, who’ve drawn on their experience in the Australian marketing industry to recognise a gap in the markets and the challenges retailers and customers are facing today. The pair have also spoken directly with shoppers to find out what they need too.
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“We’ve spoken to about 1000 24 to 45-year olds on what they wanted from their shopping experience,” co-founder Emma Sharley tells SmartCompany. The research included interviews, surveys and user testing.
Sharley, a brand and marketing consultant, and Slessor, a digital and mobile marketing strategist, had experience consulting with brands such as Westfield before eventually forming a partnership in 2016 to establish the Shop You app.
Retailers such as Cotton On jumped on the app’s trial process, which involved launching a eight-week beta app trial in November last year, after which feedback and suggestions were incorporated prior to launching. With artificial intelligence and augmented reality capability taking centre-stage among many industries, Sharley says there is ample opportunity to launch a product like Shop You.
“All of those large retail groups jumped on board quite quickly because, for us, we see it as the perfect time to launch this app,” Sharley says.
The co-founders entered an Investible pitch competition in August, 2016, and won $125,000 in first-round funding and access to an eight-week accelerator program. Sharley and Slessor say they emerged from the accelerator program with a firmer grasp on how the app should be designed and what it needed to succeed, and an additional undisclosed investment from Investible. From there, the co-founders sought additional investments from family and friends.
The business has also attracted a board of advisors including Gavin Whyte, principal at Deloitte Australia, David Burkett, corporate advisor for CMB Capital, and Rachel Kelly, chief executive of Retail Collective.
In April, Sharley and Slessor will aim to raise $1.5 million in the hopes of eventually launching the app overseas. Sharley believes Shop You is a versatile app that can be applied to any international fashion market, regardless of the labels available.
“We want to use Australia as we know the market and customer best here and we’ve good relationships with the brands,” she says.
*This article was updated on February 15, 2018 at 12.55pm

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The Reds’ legendary broadcaster Marty Brennaman will be sporting a new look a week from now. The 70-year-old Ford C. Frick Award winner pledged earlier this year that he’d shave his head for a 10-game winning streak, and the Reds came through with one Sunday by beating the Rockies 7-2.
Before today’s game, Brennaman said he’d get the cut Friday in the Reds clubhouse if the team was able to finish off the sweep. Homer Bailey has volunteered to do the honors.
The Reds are 61-40, tying them with the Nationals for the game’s best record. They’re on pace for 98 wins, which would be their highest total since the Big Red Machine won 102 games in 1976.
- Two radio stations in San Francisco are refusing to play Lorde’s “Royals” during the World Series 10
- Royals tab James Shields, Yordano Ventura to start first two games of World Series 1
- Brian Roberts is retiring 13
- So, if you’re not a fan of the Royals or Giants, who ya got? 115
- Video: Watch Travis Ishikawa’s pennant-winning homer 13
- Travis Ishikawa sends Giants to World Series on walk-off three-run homer 79
- NLCS, Game 5: Cardinals vs. Giants lineups 30
- This team. 30
- So, if you’re not a fan of the Royals or Giants, who ya got? (115)
- “The Kansas City Royals Are the Future of Baseball” — someone actually said that. (93)
- Andrew Friedman leaving the Rays to take over as Dodgers President of Baseball Operations (83)
- Quit making a big deal out of anomalies. Most of what happens is meaningless. (82)
- Travis Ishikawa sends Giants to World Series on walk-off three-run homer (79)


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The North Carolina Industrial Commission is cracking down on companies that illegally fail to maintain workers’ compensation insurance, as required by law to ensure injured employees will have coverage.
Using a new fraud alerting tool called the Non-compliant Employer Targeting System (NETS), the agency pinpoints potentially non-compliant companies, and then ranks them in terms of priority. The system went live in April, and has since discovered five employers who flouted state worker insurance law.
Workers’ compensation lawyers in Charlotte know state law mandates all businesses employing three or more people must maintain workers’ compensation insurance. Lumped into this are corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and sole proprietorships. Exceptions are made for self-insured employers, but for the most part, almost all companies have to maintain it, or else face possible government sanctions.
Of course, workers might not necessarily know if their employer has allowed this coverage to lapse or if it was never properly secured in the first place. If a worker in this situation sustains a job-related injury, there are a few options available. The first is to explore whether there is funding available at the state level. Formal complaints about coverage lapses should be filed with the state’s labor department with the help of your attorney.
Beyond that, a worker may have the option of filing a civil lawsuit against the employer. Workers’ compensation is what is typically considered an “exclusive remedy” for work-related injuries. It’s intended as a streamlined measure for injured workers to receive benefits without having to take the case to court or prove the employer negligent. However, if the employer doesn’t have workers’ compensation coverage, the employee can sue to recover losses, including medical bills, future lost earnings and pain and suffering.
Although this process is more tedious and time-consuming than a workers’ compensation claim, the upside is there is no limit on punitive damages and employees are free to seek damages for pain and suffering, where they would normally face these barriers in a straightforward workers’ compensation claim.
In the vast majority of jurisdictions, companies that fail to carry workers’ compensation coverage are not only going to be responsible to provide for the injured worker, they will also face strict penalties for violating the law. It’s going to be imperative in these situations to discuss your options with an experienced attorney.
The commission said it is committed to continuing its crackdown on businesses who seek an unfair business advantage by avoiding covering employees. These firms are ultimately gambling with the well-being of their workers, who deserve to have a means to pay their bills and care for their families if they’ve been hurt on the job, until they can return to work.
In the most recent round, each company was charged with one count of Failure to Maintain Workers’ Compensation Insurance, in direct violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-94(d). Numerous other investigations are still pending.
The agency urged anyone with information regarding employers who do not have appropriate insurance should call the NCIC Compliance and Fraud Investigation Division at (888) 891-4895.
If you have been injured at work, contact the Lee Law Offices at 800-887-1965.
North Carolina Industrial Commission’s New Fraud Alert Tool Results in Criminal Charges Against Employers for Failure to Have Insurance, Aug, 4, 2014, Staff Report, Targeted News Service, insurancenews.net
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Potter v. McCulla: Repetitive Stress Injuries and Workers’ Compensation, Aug. 20, 2014, Charlotte Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Blog


The Canadian car tuning company SR Auto Group, also known as SR Autos have released this upgrade kit for the Audi S5 called the Typhon. Not to be mistaken with the latest G-Power BMW Typhoon project, this Audi received both styling and performance improvements. At the exterior level, the S5 was hooked up with body pieces from Rieger, including a front spoiler lip and rear diffuser both finished in dry carbon fiber. The most dramatic customizations to this Audi S5 include the matte black foil wrap and new set of ADV1 5.1 lightweight alloy rims also finished in matte black. They come wrapped in high performance tires, while the tuners moved on to engine bay aiming to increase horsepower.


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Worse still, the Brookings paper reports that young people’s prospects for accumulating wealth in old age are grim. Millennials do more freelance and part-time work than other generations did, which makes it more difficult to obtain an employer-provided pension. Only 55% of this generation have access to retirement plans, compared with 77% of Generation X and 80% of baby-boomers. Moreover, those who do have employer pensions are more likely to have defined-contribution pensions than defined-benefit ones, meaning that they bear the risk if investment returns disappoint. And as America seeks to plug its long-term fiscal shortfalls, millennials will have to bear the burden of any future cuts to Social Security and Medicare. All of this helps to explain why the share of people aged 25 to 34 who are living with their parents has increased from 10% in 2000 to about 15% today. That is not quite the high life millennials imagined.
But all is not lost. Millennials are living longer and are the best-educated generation in history. Taken together, this could yet mean that the youngest millennials, who have been less scarred by the crisis, could contribute towards their retirement pots for longer. Then there is mum and dad: even if they don’t become millionaires, millennials will one day inherit from their parents, and that may help redress their relative poverty.

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Powered by a seventh-inning rally, NC State downs Michigan State on a five-hit shutout.
CONWAY, S.C. — The 2019 Brittain Resorts Baseball at the Beach tournament continued Saturday afternoon as No. 21 NC State (6-0) continued its perfect season with a shutout victory over Michigan State (1-5) at Springs Brooks Stadium, 5-0.
After sophomore left-handed pitcher Canaan Silver gave three hits and two walks in the first 3-1/3 innings with three strikeouts, sophomore right-hander Reid Johnston (1-0, 0.00 ERA) picked up the win for the Wolfpack with seven strikeouts and only two hits allowed in 4-2/3 innings. Junior righty Andrew Blake pitched a clean ninth to end the game, striking out one Spartan batter.
Playing as the visiting team, NC State was held to only three hits in the first six innings. However, once Mike Mokma, the Spartans’ starting pitcher, left the game, the Pack scored four runs in the top of the seventh to take the lead.
Freshman center fielder Tyler McDonough led off with a single up the middle. Entering the game as a pinch-hitter, redshirt freshman right fielder Thayer Thomas followed with a double down the left-field line. McDonough scored the Pack’s first run on a wild pitch.
Two batters after Thomas’ double, sophomore second baseman J.T. Jarrett, also making his first at-bat of the game as a pinch-hitter, capitalized on a 1-2 pitch with an RBI double for his first career extra-base hit. After plating Thomas on the two-bagger, Jarrett scored on an RBI single by sophomore left fielder Jonny Butler. Senior first baseman Evan Edwards drove Butler home with a double to left-center.
The Pack’s final run came in the top of the ninth inning. Butler drew a one-out walk and advanced into scoring position on a wild pitch. Junior shortstop Will Wilson then singled to bring Butler home.
The Wolfpack will next face No. 19 Coastal Carolina to conclude the weekend’s games in Conway. First pitch from Springs Brooks Stadium is set for 3 p.m.

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MATCH POINT is a story that comes from afar and tells about the adventures of two artists and the way their paths have finally crossed.
MATCH POINT are MAX D. BLAS and GIANLUCA MARCATI, two Italian artists who contributed to 'write' the history of clubbing in the Northeast of Italy of the last decade, representing two of the leading icons of the national electronic music scene.
Max is in fact the main dj (and co-founder) of ALTAVOZ, one of the most famous and appreciated electronic music events in Italy and Europe. Gianluca is instead the resident dj of IL MURETTO, the legendary club of Jesolo famous worldwide.
But their story goes much further.. It's a story that talks about thousands of dj sets, the production of dozens of records, the organization of many huge events and the management of some underground labels. But -above all- it's a story about a great friendship...
A friendship that was born a long time ago, in the typical way the strongest fellowships begin: arguing about something stupid.
Something so insignificant and trivial that the guys don't even remember... And that, in fact, slowly turned into a long and deep conversation about music, arts and all the topics you 'normally' talk about on a dirty couch in the backstage of a club late at night.
But unlike those 'late night brotherhoods' vanishing at the dawn, their friendship continued and grew up over the years fueled by the same vision of music.
Unfortunately, due to previous professional commitments, it took a long time before their fellowship could evolve into a music partnership. But at the end it came the time...
And finally Max and Gianluca could find themselves at the right place, at the right time: the MATCH POINT.


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Powerful meta-search engine Ixquick announced today that it has partnered with top video search engine blinkx. Under the agreement agreed upon by both companies, Ixquick will be displaying the blinkx search box on its website to give Ixquick users a powerful way of doing video search into blinkx more than 14 million video content.
None other than blinkx founder and CEO Suranga Chandratillake were very please with the blinkx and Ixquick’s team up.
Through blinkx’s patented speech and pattern recognition technologies, we provide Ixquick users with the best capabilities available to find, experience and share all forms of online video.
By teaming up with blinkx, we can now offer our users the best video search capabilities available on the Web today, in full privacy.
Ixquick and blinkx partnership would certainly benefit both companies. Ixquick needs would benefit from blinkx more than 14,000,000 video content while blinkx needs xquick’s powerful meta-search engine to spruce up its already successful and reliable advanced speech recognition technology to provide the best video search results for its million of users.

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The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hops.
Today the Design Team is sharing projects created with the new Spooktacular You stamp set! With several fun Halloween images and sentiment, this is the perfect set for the upcoming Halloween holiday!
I embossed the bats image onto the patterned paper, the sentiment (also on the patterned paper), and the haunted house image onto Honey Mustard Pure Luxury cardstock. I embellished with some Coffee House buttons and Honey Mustard Organza Ribbon.
Ready for some more Spooktacular You inspiration? Check out what the other DT members have created...
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- Carolina Buchting
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— Fuel leaks in 2010-2015 Ferrari 458 cars have caused the U.S. government to open an investigation into the vehicles equipped with two systems to prevent fuel leaks.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says two Ferrari 458 owners complained about leaking fuel, and safety regulators also discovered another complaint made outside of NHTSA.
"The contact stated that the vehicle was at a stand still at a gas station, the contact was unable to add fuel to the vehicle. The contact stated he attempted to refuel the vehicle at different stations but continued to experience the failure. The contact was able to add fuel using a gas container. The contact also stated the fuel was leaking from the vehicle while turning. The failure mileage was approximately 11,000." — 2015 Ferrari 458 Italia owner
"I have a 2012 ferrari 458 italia and the 'Flapper' on the fuel filler does not close. I've noticed on a couple occasions that after filling and "Spirited" driving (corning at legal speeds) I will have fuel on the side of the car. This indicates that the fuel can 'Slosh' out of the filler neck. I've got a concern that this could ignite causing a fire. I've been able to manipulate the flapper to get it to close, but it sticks open again after the next fuel up."
The Ferrari 458 has a capless fuel filler and anti-spit-back valve to prevent the loss of fuel. However, NHTSA says the three fuel leak incidents involved damage to the capless fuel fillers.
Safety regulators say failures of the capless fuel fill neck or the anti-spit-back valve to seal the fuel system may allow fuel to leak from the car during left turns.
About 5,000 model year 2010-2015 Ferrari 458 cars are included in the fuel leak investigation.
CarComplaints.com will update our website with results of the Ferrari 458 investigation.


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Florida Hospital is excited to announce there’s a new, specialized emergency department designed exclusively for children in East Orlando. Florida Hospital East
Orlando has begun caring for its youngest patients in a new emergency center staffed by pediatric
specialists who are dedicated to meeting the unique needs of children and their families.
Open 24 hours a day and seven days a week, the pediatric emergency center has 12 private rooms, and will offer access to highly specialized pediatric physicians via telemedicine.
Florida Hospital leaders opened the clinic to meet the needs of the young — and growing — communities in east Orange County, such as Waterford Lakes, Avalon Park and Stoneybrook East.
“Our hospital saw more than 15,000 pediatric patients last year,” said Mike Thompson, administrator and CEO of Florida Hospital East Orlando. “With the community continuing to grow, so does its need for a child-centric emergency center close to home.”
From ocean murals on the walls to pink fish on the floors, the colorful, aquatic theme of the unit and each of the rooms are designed to be soothing for children.
“The comforting environment at Florida Hospital East Orlando’s pediatric ED was designed from the ground up to be child-friendly, with playfully themed rooms and a team of physicians and nurses specially trained in pediatric care,” Thompson said.
But there are more than aesthetic differences in the children’s emergency center, which is a result of a collaboration with Florida Hospital for Children. The clinical team includes board-certified emergency physicians, nurses specially trained in pediatric care, and a dedicated children’s transport team. Child life specialists, a service unique to Florida Hospital for Children, help ensure each child’s emotional, developmental and psychosocial needs are being met using a variety of methods including games and arts and crafts.
“By offering a kid-friendly environment, a comprehensive and specialized team, and services catered to children and their family members, the pediatric emergency center at Florida Hospital East Orlando will decrease stress and anxiety for patients, while offering leading-edge care,” said Dr. Dennis Hernández, medical director of pediatric emergency services at Florida Hospital.
Last year, Eden Daniels was admitted to Florida Hospital for Children through FH East Orlando. She was diagnosed and treated for stage 4 neuroblastoma, and was declared cancer free in January 2015.
For media inquiries only, contact Florida Hospital Corporate Communications at 407-303-8217.

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Progressives For Greatness: Preaching The Truth Against Covid-19 In Ebonyi State.
Since December, 2019 when the index case of corona virus otherwise known as covid-19 infection was reported in Wuhan, China, the world has not been the same. Beyond the fatalities recorded across the globe and the global economic challenges of the pandemic, the great confusion which trail the pandemic has called modern civilization and the competencies of world bodies in health, science and technology to question. These have further compounding the impact of the unabating virus on a humanity gasping for breath especially in Africa and other undeveloped climes.
In Ebonyi State in the Southeast of Nigeria, corona virus was held back through the frank and proactive efforts of the Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi, who mobilized officials of his administration to strictly enforce border closure, use of face masks, handwashing, social distancing and isolation. However, it is regrettable that these patriotic efforts of the Ebonyi governor and his team to keep covid-19 off Ebonyi State did not suffice due to the activities of illegal migrants who were forced by the economic pressures of Covid-19 to beat the border restrictions of the government of Ebonyi State. The index case of Covid-19, an unlawful migrant, was recorded on 26th .April, 2020! Currently, Ebonyi State has entered the community transmission stage of the disease and has recorded not just cases of infection running into three-digit figures, but also a number of Covid-19 deaths!
Apart from non-availabity of drugs or vaccines for the virus, community spread of corona virus in Ebonyi State, nay Nigeria, has thrived on cheap lies, confusion and superstitious doubts and rumours about the reality and dangerous nature of the virus. These verified lies about corona virus peddled all over the spaces of Ebonyi State has made folks to relax the observance of the hitherto regimental Covid-19 prevention protocols as designed and enforced by the proactive administration of Chief David Umahi in Ebonyi State. Even those entrusted with enforcement of Covid-19 prevention protocols in Ebonyi State seem to be losing their steam. This trend, if not arrested with dispatch, leaves Ebonyi citizens at the mercy of the dangerous virus.
In solidarity with the avowed intention of the proactive Government of Ebonyi State under Governor David Umahi for Ebonyi people to be safe and healthy, a non-governmental organization in Ebonyi State known as Progressives for Greatness has risen up to tackle and end the spread of superstitious doubts and rumours by sensitizing Ebonyi citizenry on the reality and dangers of corona virus; and the significance of strict observance of Covid-19 prevention protocols as preached by Ebonyi State Government and the National Centre For Disease Control, NCDC, as the only wholesome panacea to the virus. Simply put, this group having discovered that lies and superstitious doubts about Covid-19 have misled people into relaxation of the prevention protocols, thus escalating the spread of the virus, began to wage a terminal war against Covid-19 using the truth about the malevolent nature and reality of the virus as the weapon. The group is preaching the truth against Covid-19 as a way of dissipating the wrong notion held by the people and reinventing Ebonyi people's cooperation with the government to eradicate the disease in Ebonyi State.
Speaking in an induction ceremony of the group which held in Abakaliki on Monday 20th June, 2020, the President of the group, Hon. Okey Mgbada, who is a member of Ebonyi State Secondary Education Board blamed the recent escalation of Covid-19 in Ebonyi State and other parts of the country on the wrong notion which people have about the reality and dangers of the virus.
“The federal, state governments among other organs have deployed several policies to ensure that the disease is curtailed in the society but the numbers keep increasing.
“This increase is because many people still do not believe that the disease is real and even argue that the fatality rate in Africa is considerably low compared to other continents.
“A pandemic that has crippled economic and social activities around the world is no illusion,” he stated.
Hon. Mgbada spoke further to highlight the Covid-19 response activities of his group which included provision palliatives to indigent members of the society and sensitization of people to the severity of the virus.
“We have used the various mass media platforms to enlighten the public that although COVID-19 symptoms are similar to common flu, they should go for testing when they feel unwell.
“We urge the public to observe all COVID-19 protocols as stipulated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which include regular hand washing, use of sanitisers, use of face masks, observance of social distancing among others,” he concluded.
The ceremony which the group used to congratulate the administration of Chief David Umahi for radically developing Ebonyi State within the space of five years attracted many dignitaries including the Special Assistant to the Governor of Ebonyi State on Internal Security and Public Utilities (Ebonyi South), Mr Chika Nwangele.


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Married Couple Repeatedly Persecuted for Their Faith, Wife Threatened with Abortion
(Minghui.org) Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution of Falun Gong, a mind-body discipline based on the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, in July 1999, countless practitioners have been arrested, imprisoned, tortured, or even killed for their organs. The persecution is still going on in China today.
Mr. Pan Baozhong of Sanhe City, Hebei Province, used to suffer from rheumatism due to working at a damp construction site for a long time. After he married Ms. Zhang Jinling, the couple tried to have a child but to no avail due to low sperm count and miscarriage. Ms. Zhang also suffered from complications after the miscarriage.
The couple regained their health after they started practicing Falun Gong in 1998, and Ms. Zhang became pregnant a year later. However, Ms. Zhang was nearly forced to have an abortion when the CCP started the persecution of Falun Gong. Though she gave birth to her son safely, the child grew up in fear as his parents were repeatedly arrested and harassed for their faith in Falun Gong.
Below is an account of the couple's persecution:
The Start of Arrest and Detention
In September 1999, Wu Xianming, the CCP secretary of Xiaowangzhuang village, went to all Falun Gong practitioners' homes to confiscate Falun Gong books. When he reached the couple's home, Ms. Zhang refused to turn in her books. Wu threatened to have the police arrest her but she was not deterred. He left in the end when she told onlookers what happened.
A month later, the authorities tried to force the couple to write guarantee statements to renounce their faith but they refused. When the authorities threatened to ransack their home, they had no choice but to close their business and live away from home to avoid the persecution. This also caused enormous economic losses to them.
The couple was visiting Ms. Zhang's parents during the Chinese New Year in 2000 when Wu and the authorities tailed them and asked if they still insisted on practicing Falun Gong. They affirmed their stances.
Wu arrested the couple the next day, which happened to be Mr. Pan's birthday. They were brought to the police station and handcuffed to the telephone pole in the yard.
Mr. Pan was worried for his wife as she was four months pregnant and asked if she was cold or tired. When an officer heard this, he cursed at Mr. Pan and handcuffed him to the coal shed. After learning that Ms. Zhang was pregnant, the officer moved her to a cold meeting room and starved the couple for a day.
The couple was transferred to a detention center the next day. Ms. Zhang returned home after three days while Mr. Pan was detained for a month.
After Ms. Zhang returned home, several officers went to her home and told her, “Because you practice Falun Gong, you will be forced to have an abortion.”
With help from her in-laws, Ms. Zhang ran away from home before the police caught her. However, the authorities still threatened her when she went to deliver clothes to her husband at the detention center.
Shortly after Mr. Pan was released, he was arrested together with Ms. Zhang again in April 2000. As Ms. Zhang was pregnant, she was released three days later after her family paid 150 yuan for her living expenses. Mr. Pan was detained for a month and forced to pay 3,000 yuan for his release.
On July 21, 2000, the police ordered Mr. Pan to the police station but Ms. Zhang went on his behalf as he was working. The next day, officers with guns broke into the couple's home to arrest Mr. Pan. Because he was not at home, the officers threatened to return daily. The couple had no choice but to leave home with their newborn to avoid being persecuted.
The police searched the couple's home and turned it upside down in the spring of 2001 when no one was at home. Many local villagers commented, “These bandits have lost their mind.”
Mother and Baby Arrested Repeatedly
Because of the baby, Ms. Zhang returned home a few months later, while Mr. Pan was still on the run.
In the summer of 2001, Ms. Zhang and her one-year-old son were arrested at home. When she refused to cooperate with the officers, they snatched the crying baby and only returned him to her after reaching the town's government building. Because Ms. Zhang was not given anything to eat, she was unable to breastfeed her son. They were released at night after Ms. Zhang's in-laws came to pick them up.
Ms. Zhang was arrested one more time with her son on July 20, 2001. When the officers tried to force Ms. Zhang to write a guarantee statement, she wrote, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. Father and Mother, if I die today, it's not because I committed suicide--it's due to the persecution.” The officers slapped and cursed at her after reading her statement. She was later handcuffed to the coal shed while her son couldn't stop crying.
Ms. Zhang's mother-in-law teared up when she went to the police station to bring shoes to her. She pleaded for her grandson to be fed. Because the officers refused to take off Ms. Zhang's handcuffs, her mother-in-law tried to assist with the feeding but to no avail. The officers then chased the mother-in-law, who was holding the baby, out of the police station.
At the police station, Ms. Zhang was deprived of food and water and left out in the hot sun for half a day. Due to the physical and mental torture, she collapsed, thrashing and foaming at the mouth. The officer then took off her handcuffs and called for the doctor. Her blood pressure was so low that it couldn’t even be detected. The police verbally abused Ms. Zhang and ordered her family to pick her up and pay 800 yuan as a deposit.
Mr. Pan was arrested in the autumn of 2001. He was interrogated, and officers shocked him with several electric batons. He was also made to kneel on the ground before being taken to the Sanhe Detention Center. He was made to pay 3,000 yuan for his release.
Repeated Harassment, Hiding, and Labor Camp Term
In July 2003, a good-hearted officer told Ms. Zhang that the police were coming to arrest them again. They had to leave home again for a few days.
A month later, officers harassed Ms. Zhang. When she didn't open the door, they made their way to her rooftop through her neighbor's bathroom. Mr. Pan managed to escape before they broke in. The officers refused to back down and searched the whole house. They left quickly after realizing Mr. Pan was not at home. However, in an attempt to arrest Mr. Pan, they continued to harass Ms. Zhang.
Mr. Pan was arrested at his home in April 2004 and taken to Langfang Brainwashing Center. He managed to escape after going on a hunger strike for four days.
After witnessing the repeated arrests, the couple's neighbors started to help them. Once, a neighbor helped the couple to escape by keeping a lookout for the officers.
Between September and October 2005, the police tried to arrest the couple again. Due to the repeated persecution, Mr. Pan's parents were traumatized. His father fell sick several times; there was a time when his heart nearly stopped and he had to be resuscitated.
In an attempt to arrest Mr. Pan, the police tried to deceive him into going to the police station in August 2007 with the excuse that his ID was issued wrongly. However, Mr. Pan refused to fall for their tricks.
On March 5, 2008, Mr. Pan was arrested by officers from the Domestic Security Bureau when driving a taxi. He was interrogated for a day and taken to the Sanhe Detention Center; his car, ID, and 900 yuan in cash were confiscated.
The officers then went to ransack his home and confiscated Falun Gong books and materials and personal items including a laptop and photo albums. The raid took place when Ms. Zhang was not at home.
Mr. Pan was taken to the Langfang Brainwashing Center on March 19 and transferred to Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp on May 9 to be held for one year and three months. His family was not informed of his labor camp term.
During his imprisonment, he was subjected to various forms of torture, including being forced to squat for a long time, sitting on a small stool, and doing unpaid labor.
Ms. Zhang Arrested While Taking Son to School
Ms. Zhang was taking her son to school on May 15, 2008, when she was arrested. She suddenly had difficulties breathing in the police car and asked for her handcuffs to be removed before she fainted. The police took her to Nanguan Hospital.
At the hospital, the police dragged her across the ground instead of carrying her inside.
The doctor told her that her blood pressure was 180 and her heart rate was 100. When Ms. Zhang told the doctor that she was arrested for practicing Falun Gong, the police dragged her back into the car and took her to another hospital for an electrocardiogram. Though the doctor said that Ms. Zhang's life was in danger, the higher-ups refused to release her.
Ms. Zhang took the opportunity to tell people in the hospital about Falun Gong. The police then took her back to the car and drove her to the detention center. They even threatened to sentence her for possessing banknotes with messages about Falun Gong printed on them. (Given the strict information censorship in China, many Falun Gong practitioners use creative ways to disseminate information, including printing messages on banknotes.)
Mrs. Zhang was interrogated on the morning of May 15 and taken to the Langfang Brainwashing Center in the afternoon.
Tortured at the Brainwashing Center
An assistant was assigned to stay and monitor Ms. Zhang after she was sent to the brainwashing center. As the heating radiator in the room that they were staying had just been painted with silver paint, the smell was unbearable. Their eyes teared up and the assistant couldn't stop vomiting. For three hours, the assistant asked for the door to be opened, but was ignored until it was time to force-feed Ms. Zhang.
Unable to handle it, the assistant asked to return home but her request was denied until she called her town's official for assistance. Before leaving, the assistant told Ms. Zhang to take care of herself. The assistant also said that once she has returned home, she would tell others not to be deceived like her into coming to the brainwashing center to monitor Falun Gong practitioners.
Due to the poisoning from the silver paint, Ms. Zhang couldn't stop vomiting; she couldn't eat or drink. Her condition did not improve after they moved her to a different room. In the end, she collapsed on the ground.
The brainwashing center didn't provide medical treatment despite Ms. Zhang's condition. Ms. Zhang asked to be released home when she was taken to the hospital, but the officers wanted her to confess who had revealed her husband's arrest on Minghui.org.
Ms. Zhang was put on IV drips for the night before being taken back to the brainwashing center. She was then unable to eat, walk, or see things well.
Ms. Zhang was sent for force-feeding on the 13th day. Her request to return home for treatment was once again denied. The police grabbed her up from the bed before throwing her down while cursing her. The force-feeding was very brutal and the police revealed that one practitioner died from it a few days ago.
When the head of the brainwashing center saw that Ms. Zhang was emaciated, he instructed the town officials to send over another assistant, who later learned that she had been deceived into going to the brainwashing center to monitor Ms. Zhang. The assistant was allowed to return home after she kept crying every day.
Three months after Ms. Zhang was detained at the brainwashing center, an officer from the Domestic Security Bureau told the brainwashing center that Ms. Zhang would be released. However, she was instead taken to Sanhe Detention Center. She was finally released on bail a month later.
The police still kept harassing Ms. Zhang after she returned home. Three months later, she was taken back to the brainwashing center.
While Mr. Pan was still serving time in the forced labor camp, their son was anxious after learning of Ms. Zhang’s another arrest.
Due to the many years of suffering, the couple's son was traumatized. He told his grandmother that he was once ordered to the front of the line at school so that two men and his principal could verify who he was. After that, he became withdrawn and was easily irritated for no reason. He did poorly in school and had low self-esteem. Sometimes, he would suddenly start to cry and his grandmother had to comfort him with food.
With the couple under arrest, the family had no source of income. Mr. Pan's mother had to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of her sick husband, sending her grandson to school, and feeding the family. She put on a brave face and only wept when she was alone, which her siblings witnessed when they visited her.
Ms. Zhang's mother became sick after hearing that her house was raided by police and her daughter was arrested; Ms. Zhang's grandmother in her 90s also became sick.
In April 2009, the town officers broke into Ms. Zhang's home and tried to force her and her husband to write a guarantee statement. She refused. Two months later, an officer from the Domestic Security Bureau went to the couple's home to harass them, then called Ms. Zhang in August to order her to the police department.
Unable to bear the tremendous stress from a decade of persecution, Mr. Pan's father passed away on September 27, 2011.

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Mt. Nebo is the spot where, traditionally, Moses stood to look across the Jordan into the promised land, where he could not go. He died there and tradition has it that he is buried somewhere Mt. Nebo. On a clear day you can see Jerusalem from Mt. Nebo, which sits at 2,680 above sea level and 3,600 feet above the Dead Sea and lower Jordan valley. Looking over the valley is a serpentine cross designed by Italian artist Giovanni Fantoni.
In the 4th century it became a pilgrimage site and there was a Byzantine church. Mosaics were added to the floors in the 6th century and it remained in use until the mid 1500s. After that it fell into disuse. In 1963 the Franciscans bought the site and started excavating the area. The floor of the original church was uncovered in the 1970s after being covered for hundreds of years. In 2000 Pope John Paul II visited the site and planted an olive tree. In 2009 Pope Benedict visited. Today the site is a Franciscan monastery and home to the Franciscan Archaeological Institute.
The last time I was at Mt. Nebo the mosaics were being uncovered and it looked like the combination of a church construction site and an archeological dig. The mosaics were shaded with sheets of translucent green corrugated plastic. Soon after I was at the site in 2007 the Church was closed. It reopened in October, 2016 with the dedication of the Moses Memorial Church and a museum which, between them, display mosaics from the area.


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This amplifier is great value at around £250. It is light and easily transportable, yet can produce a wide range of sounds. It’s 12 inch Celestion speaker handles the output well, particularly as the amp enables modelled sounds from previous amplifier ranges. Whist primarily an amp for electric guitars, the versatility of the line setting enables the amp to work well with an electro-acoustic guitar too. The amp is pre-loaded with a range of effects and has a variable output control, allowing a power output from 1 watt to 50 watts to be dialled in at will.It’s loud enough to play a gig in a small hall, or turned down to practice in a bedroom at home. Portable, well loaded with onboard effects, variable output control. A headphone socket and line in socket for playing backing tracks makes it a super-versatile amp. It’s great value and I’m delighted with it.
Using the Vox Cambridge in studio for Miles End Music great sound and very easy to use. The effects are good and the amp collection of sounds are very good. Will be using this on the next Miles End cd
Amazing sounding amplifier with many tones, a nice USB recording function and real ease of use! Vox did an amazing job on this one! Love it.
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Using our smartphones as a sat nav has become common place as the technology has improved over the past few years.
A cheaper option compared to buying a Tom-Tom, phone apps allow motorists navigate the roads and get from A to B, but what does the law say about the practice?
Stricter rules and penalties were introduced in the UK earlier this year, reports the Hull Daily Mail.
This means anyone caught using phones while driving will get six points and £200 fine – while any recent drivers who passed their test within two years will automatically lose their licence.
So if you are using your phone as a sat nav and touch it while the engine is on, you are breaking the law. It also applies to stationary traffic.
However, there are ways you can use the sat nav function without putting yourself at risk.
Pre-programme your phone
According to the AA, while it’s an offence to be seen using a hand held phone, regardless of whether driving has been affected, this is not the case for hands-free phones.
However, if you’re seen not to be in control of a vehicle while using a hands-free phone you can be prosecuted for that offence.
The penalties for “not in proper control” are a £100 fine and 3 points and up to £1,000 fine if it goes to court.
Make sure you set up your phone properly to use as hands-free before you set off and, if you need to touch your phone at any point during your journey, pull over to do so.
A spokesman for the AA said: “It should be programmed with the route before you set off.
“If it pops up with a message which requires just one press of a button, such as ‘A faster route has been found. Accept/ Decline’ you should be OK to do this, as you would with an in-built sat-nav.
“But if you need to re-programme the route then pull over and stop somewhere safe to do it.”
Get an appropriate holder
To display your mobile phone so you can hear it while driving - and so you can follow instructions without being too distracted, most drivers will place the handset into a holder which can be attached to the windscreen.
But if police deem this to be obstructing your view, it can count against you.
Under the Highway Code, drivers are required to keep windscreens clear.
You can buy holders which attach to your air vents, eliminating this problem.


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Arab Weather - The latest output of the numerical models processed by the Air Operations Department at the Arab Regional Weather Center indicates the continuation of the impact of the high temperature mass accompanying a seasonal atmospheric depression during the coming days, so that very hot weather prevails in most regions of the country, and the weather is humid in the coastal areas, which increases From the intensity of the sensation of heat.
The maximum temperatures measured during the coming days will be between the mid- to late forties Celsius in many areas, especially the interior and desert areas.
As of Thursday and during the weekend, Kuwait is affected by very humid southeasterly winds coming from the Arabian Gulf, so that the measured temperatures drop to be in the early forties, but as a result of the increase in surface humidity levels, the tangible temperatures (that the human body feels) increase dramatically. Double and the weather is very hot and suffocating in all regions.
It is expected that northwesterly to southeasterly moderate winds will blow over Kuwait, especially in the coastal areas, sometimes active. The northwest winds will be hot and dry and cause dust and dust in some areas, while the easterly winds will be humid and increase surface moisture levels.
God willing, it is expected that night temperatures will rise during the nights of the coming days, as the weather will be severe in all regions during the night hours, and humidity levels will rise significantly with the nights of the end of the middle and the end of the week in all regions so that the weather is stifling and very annoying.


of making collective suicide to "clean" the world from us Turks? You'd like that, right? And you should know that in the region what you call "Armenian territory" live kurdish inhabitants. So what would you like to have, Great-Armenia or Kurdistan? Both would not work!
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These are some photos from the LA premiere of Promised Land, co-starring and co-written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski. It’s out in limited release on December 28th and in wide release on January 4th, just in time to give us some diversion in the post-holiday season. (I can’t believe how fast this year has gone!) I really love Matt’s wife’s Lucy’s cranberry one-shoulder gown. It looks like something Michelle Obama would wear the hell out of, and on Lucy it’s just as pretty. Her bold statement jewelry is the perfect compliment to this very striking dress. I want that gorgeous gold bangle!
In terms of news about Matt Damon, he’s hustling and promoting this film, and giving some good quotes. In an appearance on The Late Show he called John Krasinski the next George Clooney, basically:
We [wrote the movie] really fast. John’s a super talented guy. When I met George Clooney years ago everybody knew him as the guy from ER and he was very famous for that, but Steven Soderbergh worked with him and instantly formed a company with him because he could just see how talented the guy was. And people’s perception of him wasn’t how the perception would be a dozen years later. And that’s how I feel about Jon. He’s great on the show The Office, but that’s just as piece of what he’s going to do.
Leave it to Damon to expertly talk up two friends at once. Clooney and Damon may soon be co-stars again. Damon is said to be in talks to join the film Monuments Men, which tells the true story of people who worked to recover priceless art stolen by the Nazis during WWII.
Also, I have to link to this Today Show segment Damon did a couple of days ago with an etiquette expert. He was hilarious. If you don’t have time, fast forward to about 5:50 to hear Matt make a joke about tossing salads. He’s awesome.
John Krasinski looking lonely. I wonder why his wife Emily Blunt wasn’t there to support him? According to IMDB she’s in All You Need is Kill with Tom Cruise and it’s filming now. Although Paxton is also in that film and he showed up at the premiere. And why is Frances McDormand not showing up to any of these premieres? She needs to step up. Is there some kind of beef with her and Damon and/or Krasinski?
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Anxiety can be debilitating. Endless worry, agitation, stress, and fear of what could happen can consume us. This makes life feel overwhelming, unmanageable, and joyless.
Sometimes depression feels obvious. Sometimes it can be quite subtle. When depressed, you may feel tired, sad, bored, unmotivated, tearful, hopeless, and angry.
Trauma can cause anxiety, depression, hopelessness, sadness, fear, and anger. No event that one defines as traumatic is too small or too big.
There doesn’t have to be a crisis to benefit from marital counseling or relationship counseling. Childhood struggles routinely play themselves out…continue reading.
There is always room to grow and gain insight when it comes to parenting. There are so many ideas of what “good” parenting is, that I find it…continue reading.
Anorexia and bulimia are just two types of eating disorders. These disorders develop for many reasons. Emotionally, people’s struggles end…continue reading.

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The much anticipated Half Life 3 release date could possibly be the same date as the release date of the first batches of Steam Machines as it has been hinted that HL3 could be bundled with the new “Valve Computers” with Steam OS’
Why is Valve not announcing the Half Life 3 release date? Simple, because they are waiting for the launch of the Steam OS with the Steam Machines before announcing any sort of Half Life 3 news!
Some fans put the blame on Valve in not giving any specifics but it seems that the fingers are being pointed elsewhere. GamingBolt revealed what Managing Director of Equity Research at Wedbush Securities’ Michael Patcher has to say about it and it seems that the lad blames the Steam Machines.
If there is a gaming title to launch with a brand new console, it is Half Life 3. Patcher believes that the Steam Machines development has been the reason for Half Life 3’s delay. After all, doing so will only boost the sales of the Machines by a greater margin.
Patcher took note of the existing Steam Machines and noticed that they are too costly to own. Valve will realize these slow sales and might exploit Half Life 3’s popularity to give the Steam Machines a boost.
On the other hand, it contradicts to Valve message where the Steam Machines won’t have exclusive games. Then again, the game developer has been very evasive on certain subjects and this may well be one of them.
Half Life 3 is definitely not a game to be treated like this; it is one of the pioneers in bringing first person shooting games to a whole new level since the Counter-Strike heydays.


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Osborne vows growth boost and hints at fuel duty cut
Chancellor George Osborne has promised economic growth and hinted at fuel duty cuts in a speech to the Tory spring conference in Cardiff.
Just three weeks before the Budget, Mr Osborne, who had also hinted at fuel duty cuts in January, said he knew how much fuel costs were hitting people.
He also announced 10 new enterprise zones in England to boost growth.
Labour said enterprise zones had failed in the 1980s and Mr Osborne "needed a plan for growth, not headlines".
His speech came as trade unionists marched through Cardiff to protest against government cuts.
Members of 50 unions are taking part in the demonstration, with Mark Sewotka of the PCS union and Len McCluskey of Unite leading the group.
The government is also facing growing protests about the price of fuel - as international development minister Alan Duncan warned in an interview with the Times that pump prices could double in response to unrest in the Middle East.
The government has already applied to the European Commission to be allowed to cut fuel duty for residents on some British islands.
In his speech, the chancellor sent a clear signal that he will act to stop a planned increase in petrol duty for all UK motorists due in April in his March 23 Budget.
He told party activists: "I know how hard the rises in world oil prices are hurting families in Britain.
"When it costs £1.30 for a litre of petrol, £80 to fill up a family car, I know people are feeling squeezed. And I say to people watching: 'I hear you'."
"We've got another of the Labour Party's pre-planned rises in petrol tax also coming this April - one penny above inflation," Mr Osborne said.
And while he said he would "not take risks with economic stability", he added: "I promise you I am doing everything I can to find a way to help."
Labour's Angela Eagle, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, accused the chancellor of having "nothing more than platitudes" for millions of families.
She called on him to help them by reversing the Tory VAT rise on petrol, which has added £1.35 to the cost of filling up a 50-litre tank, and suggested he looked again at the annual duty rise due in April.
"The last Labour government often postponed planned duty increases when world oil prices were rising, as they are now," she said.
"He should rethink his reckless plan to cut too deep and too fast which has sent the economy into reverse with unemployment now rising again and the economy shrinking. And he needs to wake up to the fact that without more jobs and strong economic growth, you can't get the deficit down," she added.
Mr Osborne is under pressure to come up with a strategy to get Britain's economy moving to replace jobs cut from the public sector - and after last month's surprise GDP figures suggested the economy could be tipping back into recession.
The enterprise zone plan - which will cost £100m over four years - is a scaled down version of one of Margaret Thatcher's most high-profile policies from the 1980s.
They will be established in areas of England that have been hit hard by the economic downturn - mainly in parts of the Midlands and the North.
Firms will be offered reduced business rates, simplified planning rules and less regulation.
He told party activists the zones would be "in parts of Britain that have missed out in the last 10 years".
"They will be centres for new businesses and new jobs where taxes will be even lower and more restrictions on growth removed," he said.
"They will be the places in our land with great potential - but which need that extra push from government and local communities working together."
Earlier enterprise zones set up by the Thatcher and Major governments have been criticised by two reports this week for creating too few jobs at too high a cost, and for providing only a short-term boost.
But ministers claim to have learned lessons from the past, and say they will work in areas with high potential for growth, while working closely with local councils to tailor specific incentives to local needs.
Meanwhile, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King, who will shortly take over bank regulation, has warned that failure to reform the banking sector could result in another financial crisis.
But Mr Osborne said the government was already changing the way the financial system was regulated to "make sure that never again is a bank too big to fail".


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A Concept of Dragons.
On Mother’s Day, my Instagram and Facebook feed was inundated with cutesy pictures of mother’s with their children with a sentimental message offering up their public declarative words as compensation for the sacrifices all mothers make for the sake of motherhood. The whole day as I scrolled, one after the other it was another picture, another statement. I would like to make a rough estimate that 85% of my feed was dedicated to this day.
Now, fast forward to Father’s Day. I spent the same amount of time online as I usually do. Casually scrolling through the mundane. But I noticed something striking. There was a significant drop in the volume of posts about a beloved father. I’d say on this particular Sunday about 10% of my somewhat narrow network posted something about their fathers.
Maybe they spent that day with their fathers and just didn’t post about it? You mean the generation that loves to share every detail of our lives in intimate detail on not-intimate platforms. I doubt it. But sure you can make that argument.
But I rather would attribute it to the declined presentation of dads in families. I hope that the bell curve is on the up and up. This drastic difference tore my broken heart a little bit more on this dreaded day for some. How those who are single sometimes dread Valentine’s day a “hallmark holiday”, sometimes that’s how it feels for the other side. The others who grew up fatherless. A hallmark holiday, one of appreciation for a certain audience- nonetheless, but a made up holiday that ones who do not fit in the mold of having the luxury of having a dad, dread.
I would love to see the day where this holiday is no longer dreaded by so many and that people would love to brag about their parents equally and loudly. I would love to see the day where even divorced parents didn’t necessarily create a hero and a villain. But even in the midst of broken covenants, severed relationships with children are a part of the equation.
“For me, a father was nothing more than a character in a fairy tale. I know fathers are not like dragons because fathers actually exist. I have seen them on television and sliding their arms around their wives in grocery stores, and I have seen them in the malls and in the coffee shops, but these were characters in other people’s stories. The sad thing is, as a kid, I wondered why I couldn’t have a dragon, but I never wondered why I didn’t have a father.”-Donald Miller, Father Fiction


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Classic Studies on the Historical Jesus (12 vols.)
by 10 authors Johannes Weiss, Theodore Parker, Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Albert Schweitzer, W. Montgomery, Charles C. Hennell, David Friedrich Strauss, Ernest Renan, William Wrede
Is the account of Jesus in the Gospels a reliable portrait of a historical figure, or an invention that needs to be demythologized? Because of the rise of higher criticism and the antisupernaturalistic presuppositions that often accompany that enterprise, modern biblical scholarship has raised the question of the historical Jesus. Some higher critical scholars saw themselves as defenders of Christianity, salvaging from the Bible what was left after modernism undercut belief in the supernatural. Others were wholly polemical toward the Bible. The methods and presuppositions of this extremely significant movement have shaped the direction of Jesus studies from the eighteenth century up to the present day. With writings from many of the major scholars that made up the so-called “first quest” for the historical Jesus—Albert Schweitzer, William Wrede, Baron d’Holbach, and others—this collection provides key primary sources for researching this subject, which has been foundational in the development of biblical and theological studies.
With the Logos edition of this collection, you can easily search for the exact data you want to find. In seconds, gather all of Schweitzer’s comments on Matthew 10. Read what all these authors have to say about the two accounts of Jesus cleansing the temple and feeding the five thousand. With Logos, all Scripture passages appear on mouseover, and any resources in your library cited in this collection are seamlessly linked together for easy reference.
- Classic works on the historical Jesus, all in one collection
- Schweitzer’s overview of the field, from Reimarus to Wrede
- The Life of Jesus Critically Examined by David Friedrich Strauss
- The Quest for the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of Its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede by Albert Schweitzer
- The Mystery of the Kingdom of God: The Secret of Jesus’ Messiahship and Passion by Albert Schweitzer
- Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth by Baron d’Holbach
- Fragments from Reimarus Consisting of Brief Critical Remarks on the Object of Jesus and His Disciples as Seen in the New Testament by G. E. Lessing
- Life of Jesus by Ernest Renan
- Title: Classic Studies on the Historical Jesus
- Volumes: 12
- Pages: 3,984

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Although rare, some serious side effects can occur when taking Armour Thyroid due to high thyroid hormone levels, explains WebMD. These side effects include increased perspiration, mental or mood changes, diarrhea, tremors and shaking. Others include shortness of breath, tiredness, headache and mood swings. Swelling of the hands, feet or ankles; seizures; and chest pain or irregular, fast or pounding heartbeat may be symptoms of a medical emergency and require immediate evaluation by a doctor.
Doctors prescribe Armour Thyroid for the treatment of hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid, notes WebMD. It is also used to treat thyroid cancer and certain types of goiters. Manufacturers typically derive the hormone from the thyroid glands of animals, including pigs. Individuals prescribed with Armour Thyroid usually take it once daily on an empty stomach in the morning at least 30 minutes prior to eating. The prescribed dose depends on the patientﾒs naturally occurring hormone levels as measured by laboratory tests, responses to previous treatment and individual treatment goals.

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Pretty Little Liars will be getting a visit from another guest star this season. Kamar de los Reyes is set to appear in an upcoming new episode of the series. He will be playing a successful swim coach who is famous for getting his swimmers to the Olympics. Could the Olympics be in Emily’s future? Honestly, this is Rosewood. Crazier things have definitely happened.
Kamar’s episode is slated to air in August.


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Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE) will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar on Friday, April 5 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The event will be held in the RCOE, located at 151 College Street, and will include a gallery tour and reception.
Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the RCOE’s permanent installation of Eric Carle prints and purchase special 50th-anniversary editions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar as well as other Eric Carle classics at the University Bookstore pop-up store in the RCOE Rotunda.
The event is free and open to the public, and it coincides with the Downtown Boone Development Association’s First Friday Art Crawl. Parking is available in the College Street parking deck after 4 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information about the RCOE’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar 50th Anniversary celebration, please contact Connie Green.
Eric Carle Discusses 50 Years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Leading up to the 50th Anniversary celebration are several associated events:
- “Cut and Create” Workshop” for K-12 teachers at the Turchin Center
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Reading Time for Lucy Brock Child Development Lab School students
- "Kids Create: The Very Hungry Caterpillar" at The Children’s Playhouse
“Cut and Create” Workshop
Professional development workshop for K-12 teachers, four-credit hours
Date: Tuesday, March 26
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Instructors: Paige Hoffman, Charlene Trestain, and Christy Blair Chenausky
A light meal will be served and participants will tour the RCOE Eric Carle installation. Materials are provided. Registration is required. Contact Christy Blair Chenausky.
"Kids Create: The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
Participants will read the book and act it out with puppets, followed by a caterpillar and butterfly craft.
Date: Friday, April 5
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: The Children’s Playhouse
Contact Kathy Parham for more information.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Reading Time
Students from the Lucy Brock Child Development Lab School will tour the art installation and participate in reading circles on Wednesday, April 3.
About the RCOE Eric Carle Installation
RCOE’s permanent installation of Eric Carle prints decorates the hallways and classrooms of the building’s third floor. It includes artwork featured in The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Carle’s five other “very” books, and illustrations from many of his other books. There is also a striking image of a rainbow being painted by an artist on a ladder who bears some resemblance to Carle.
This unique collection was installed in 2013 when the college of education building was constructed. It was a gift to the university from Eric Carle and his wife, Barbara, who made Blowing Rock their summer home for many years.
As part of the construction planning process, then RCOE Dean Charlie Duke (retired 2013) contacted Carle requesting a commission of original art for the building.
Barbara Carle (1939 - 2015), Eric’s wife and co-founder of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, instead suggested that the college consider working with the Carle Museum to place large images on the walls of halls and classrooms. This technique, where digital art is installed like wallpaper, had been used with beautiful results in the museum and at the Columbia University Children’s Hospital in New York.
The RCOE’s installation is the only one of its kind in a university.
About The Very Hungry Caterpillar
An excerpt from The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Presents: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Turns 50 press release
Eric Carle’s tale of a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly is one of the most iconic children’s books of all time.
Through bold images and gentle humor, The Very Hungry Caterpillar teaches lessons in counting, the days of the week, the process of metamorphosis, and the importance of choosing foods wisely. Carle turned the traditional picture book into an interactive object by integrating holes and shortened pages. “It’s a book you can play with, a toy you can read,” he explained. He designed it for toddlers and preschoolers, an audience under-recognized by the publishing industry at the time. A new era for picture books was born.
The caterpillar’s famous journey is now recognized across the globe. Fifty years after its original publication, a copy of the book sells somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! It has been translated into 62 languages, most recently Yiddish and Mongolian. Carle is often asked why this book, above all his others, has become such a beloved classic. He believes it’s because the story is one of hope. “Like the caterpillar,” he says, “children will grow up and spread their wings.”
About Eric Carle
An excerpt from Biographical Notes for Eric Carle
Eric Carle reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Photo submitted
Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into 65 languages and sold over 46 million copies. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have sold around the world.
Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1929, Eric Carle moved with his parents to Germany when he was six years old; he was educated there, and graduated from the prestigious art school, the Akademie der bildenden Künste, in Stuttgart. But his dream was always to return to America, the land of his happiest childhood memories. So, in 1952, with a fine portfolio in hand and forty dollars in his pocket, he arrived in New York. Soon he found a job as a graphic designer in the promotion department of The New York Times. Later, he was the art director of an advertising agency for many years.
One day, respected educator and author, Bill Martin Jr, called to ask Carle to illustrate a story he had written. Martin’s eye had been caught by a striking picture of a red lobster that Carle had created for an advertisement. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was the result of their collaboration. It is still a favorite with children everywhere. This was the beginning of Eric Carle’s true career. Soon Carle was writing his own stories, too. His first wholly original book was 1,2,3 to the Zoo, followed soon afterward by the celebrated classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.


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A piece of comic book history, this limited edition, from original art by Stuart Immonen, depicts classic Marvel characters. Stuart Immonen is a Canadian comic book artist. He is best known for his work on Nextwave, Ultimate X-Men, The New Avengers and Ultimate Spider-Man. Immonen studied at Toronto's York University, pursuing a career in art. In 1988, he self-published a series called Playground; it was his first published work. He worked at several smaller comic book companies before being hired by DC Comics and Marvel Comics in 1993. "Ultimate Spider-Man #126" is a limited edition numbered giclee on canvas by Stuart Immonen presented by Marvel Comics. This piece comes gallery wrapped. Includes Certificate of Authenticity! Measure approx. 24" x 18" (image). This item requires special handling and may have a longer than usual turnaround.
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It takes years to establish yourself, and then you have one big film and everyone calls you an overnight success. You think, 'Christ, I've been sweating and crying for seven years.'
While it is already mentioned how Fiennes' characters in Shakespeare in Love
(1998) and Elizabeth
(1998) were both married and cheating on their wives, there is more. Both the characters failed to tell their lovers that he was married, and both the lovers found out from someone else.
Frequently plays a character who writes. In most of his films, he has played characters who write either novels, plays, poetry or other literary works.

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CEC announced the voter turnout to be 8.51% as of 10:00 a.m. However, according to the reports submitted from the polling stations by the observers cooperating with EMDS the turnout was 5.6 %. The margin of error of figures declared by EMDS constitutes +-0.7%.
Infographic result of EMDS observation as of 12:00 and 15:00. The voter turnout announced by CEC as of 12:00 accounted for 18.07 % while the result of observation conducted by EMDS is 11.2%. CEC announces 26.88 % of voter turnout as of 15:00, but EMDS states that the turnout by this time is 16.6%.
The difference persisted between the final results of voter turnout as of 19:00 announced by CEC and EMDS. The margin of error of figures declared by EMDS based on the conducted observation constitutes +-1.9%


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They turned themselves in this morning some came with parents some tried to hide their faces from the camera.
Seven of them were charged with misdemeanors for paying others between 53600.
Dollars to take the SAT.
Three of them were the alleged test takers felony offense.
Josh which ethic now a twenty year old senior at Tulane graduated from Great Neck north.
-- in nineteen year old George Strait nineteen year old Adam Justin graduated from North Shore Hebrew academy.
Honest hard working students are taking a backseat to the cheaters all of this came to light in September when seven other former and current Great Neck north students were arrested.
Stimulus a -- now a sophomore Emery was the one accused then of taking the test using a fake ID.
At the time the DA alluded to more arrests of state senate hearing was later held -- SAT testing security.
None of this comes as a surprise to -- -- a day.
She remembers hearing rumors of SAT cheating at Great Neck north when she was a senior Roslyn high school for years ago I feel like people want -- Getting to a great college age and they'll spend whatever money they have -- -- it's a version of that argument the accused students lawyers use today.
They claim SAT cheating is widespread which should be handled by the school not the DNA.
And we have a lot of problems here in the -- justice system announcer Kelly we have very limited resources in which to do it.
And this is not the type of case that should be in the criminal justice system.
The College Board the organization that sponsors the SAT disputes the claims of widespread cheating.
But inside and outside group to review all of -- security procedures.
And as for rice she believes twice as many students made -- over the years but can't prosecute the cases outside the two year statute of limitations.
The vast majority -- kids play by the rules and expect the system to be fair.
And the weighted -- right now is not fair.
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