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My freezer and pantry are stuffed to the gills with some weirdness, so this week I'm beginning to try to make a dent in it. I bought a ton of produce a few days ago, so that should supplement our freezer and pantry eat-down for a little while. After that, things are gonna get strange! Or maybe not-- usually when I try to eat from the pantry and freezer, I'm the only one in my family who plays along, so I end up eating strange concoctions for lunch while the rest of my crew carries on as usual. We'll see how it goes!
Here's what's on our menu this week:
fruit served with every meal
muffins, pancakes, and sweet potato biscuits (from the freezer)
|Beautiful Bean Salad|
Beautiful Bean Salad (yeah yeah...supposed to be eating from the freezer, but it's too good to resist)
sunbutter and jelly sandwiches , grilled cheese, French toast (bread from the freezer)
Blue Ribbon Granola Bar
cereal bars and granola bars (packaged, from the pantry)
cheese and crackers
Wait! Aren't I supposed to be eating DOWN the pantry? Well...a neighbor wanted to make freezer burritos together, and I'm not going to miss the chance to let our kids play while we chat! Plus I LOVE freezer burritos.
stir fry and rice
BBQ chicken (husband's request)
snack supper (cheese, crackers, fruit, carrots and cucumbers, hummus)
Very Veggie Black Bean Burgers (from the freezer) and sweet potato fries-- our version of 4th of July cookout!
breakfast for supper-- waffles, scrambled eggs, fruit
The-It-Won't-Take-You-All-Afternoon-But-Your-Kids-Will-Still-Be-Impressed 4th of July Cake


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By Rev Bill Woods
There’s a Russian story of a little girl who, during harvest time got separated from her mother.
She was crying hysterically, shouting for her Mama.
- People felt sorry for her and tried to help.
Everyone started asking her what her mother’s name was, what she looked like, what she was wearing, plus a lot other questions as well.
- The little girl got overwhelmed by all the questions and this made her sob even harder.
Finally, she managed to blurt out, “My mother is the most beautiful woman in the whole world!”
One old farmers said, “Finally! Now we’re getting somewhere!”
- The people began bringing in the good-looking women.
- There were blondes, redheads, and brunettes.
- Some had blue eyes, others hazel, and the rest brown and green.
They were, without a doubt, the prettiest girls that anyone could find.
- Certainly one of these beauties had to be the girl’s mother!
One by one, the women were brought to the little girl.
- She looked at each one and shook her head, “NO” each time.
- Finally, they came to the last person.
- “Is this your mother?”
The little girl looked at the beauty in front of her, shook her head and burst into tears.
- _”I told you, my mother is the most beautiful woman in the whole world!!!”
Suddenly a woman showed up huffing and puffing towards them.
- “I’m that child’s mother!”
Everyone peered to get a look at that woman.
- She was a short dumpy, lumpy little woman with a round, pleasant wind-burned face and sparkling eyes.
- She had rough chapped hands and soiled tattered clothes–she wasn’t a conventional beauty.
She rushed over to the little girl, scooped her up in her arms and smothered her with kisses all the while thanking the people for taking care of her daughter and keeping her safe.
The little girl was no longer crying, but was beaming from ear to ear.
She told everyone triumphantly, “I told you my mother was the most beautiful woman in the whole world!”
- To everyone else, the woman holding the child was plain and ordinary, but to her little girl she was, without question, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD!
There’s a lesson there, we do not love people because they are beautiful.
- They are beautiful because we love them!
My Mom used to worry that when I went to college I’d come home ashamed of my humble roots and be too proud to want to associate with my family.
– She didn’t have anything to worry about — I loved my family and my home.
Again, We don’t love people because they’re beautiful – they’re beautiful because we love them.
– We don’t love people because they’re rich —our bond and fellowship is rich because we love them.
A mother was fixing supper when her little boy came in and handed her a piece of paper he’d written. Mom dried her hands on an apron — she read it:
For cutting the grass $5.00
For cleaning my room this week $1.00
For going to the store for you .50
Baby-sitting my kid brother for you while you went shopping .25
Taking out the garbage $1.00
For getting a good report card $5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard $2.00
Total Owed: $14.75
His mom looked at him standing there expectantly — you could see memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper and wrote:
For the 9 months I carried you while you grew inside me, No Charge.
For all the nights I’ve sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you, No Charge.
For all the trying times, and all the tears you’ve caused through the years, No Charge.
When you add it all up, the cost of my love is, No Charge.
For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead, No Charge.
For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose, there’s No Charge, Son.
And when you add it all up, the full cost of real love is No Charge.
When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were tears in his eyes — he looked up at her and said, “Mom, I sure do love you.” .
– He took the pen and in big letters he wrote: “PAID IN FULL.”
I’ve been blessed to be personally involved with 3 wonderful mothers in my life. .
– My wife, my Mom, my Grandmother — and now to watch my two daughters, and two granddaughters realize how important it is to be good moms!
Mother’s Day is special to me.…………………
Today, I want to talk about 2 very special Moms in the Bible.
First, Moses’ mom, Jochebed
1 About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.
2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months.
3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.
4 The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him.
5 Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.
6 When the princess opened it, she saw the baby. The little boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew children,” she said.
7 Then the baby’s sister approached the princess. “Should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” she asked.
8 “Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby’s mother.
9 “Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby’s mother. “I will pay you for your help.” So the woman took her baby home and nursed him.
10 Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses, for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.”
The Israelites had it pretty plush because of Joseph………………
Exodus 1:8 — Eventually, a new king came to power in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done.
The Jewish nation was growing so fast Pharaoh was worried he’d lose control and these Hebrews would take over Egypt.
– This king thought it necessary to weaken his Jewish subjects by oppressing them, and by degrees reducing their number.
To subdue them, he enslaved them, and used them to build numerous buildings, especially store-cities, temples, and palaces.
– The Israelites became slaves serving the Egyptians under very harsh circumstances.
Their lives were bitter from hard bondage — Exodus 1:13, 14 — So the Egyptians worked the people of Israel without mercy. 14 They made their lives bitter, forcing them to mix mortar and make bricks and do all the work in the fields. They were ruthless in all their demands.
– His oppression didn’t slow their population growth..
– Instead — Exodus 1:12 — But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites multiplied and spread, and the more alarmed the Egyptians became.
Then the king demanded the midwives kill all the Hebrew baby boys at birth.
– The king’s orders weren’t rigorously enforced; the little boys were spared by the midwives, so “the people multiplied” more than ever.
Next, the king issued a proclamation ordering people to throw all the Hebrew baby boys into the river and drown them. — Exodus 1:22 —Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”
– The people wouldn’t do it — the king was frustrated.
One of the Hebrew families — Amram and his wife Jochebed and 2 children, 15 year old Miriam, and 3 year old Aaron lived in or near Memphis, the capital city at that time.
A baby boy was born to this family in 1571 B.C.
– His mother hid him in the house for 3 months.
– Imagine the stress of trying to keep him quiet so the authorities wouldn’t find him……
It became too hard to hide him.
– Jochebed came up with on a bold plan to get her boy noticed by the king’s daughter.
– She built a little boat of papyrus reeds and laid it among the bulrushes growing on the edge of the river where the princess took her bath.
- I guess you could say, Moses started out a basket case!
Her plan succeeded! — The Princess heard the baby crying and found him.
– Miriam was watching nearby and the Princess sent her to find a nurse, Miriam brought
– The Princess said, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I’ll give you your wages.”
WOW! Look how God works! Jochebed’s baby was given back to her along with pay to raise him.
The princess named him “Moses” Exodus 2:10 — Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses, for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.”
– Must’ve been like my Dad whose birth certificate said: “The unnamed Woods Child.”
When the baby was “house broke”, he was moved to the Royal Palace and raised as the adopted son of the Princess.
– Jochebed continued to care for him and home school him.
He grew up knowing all the grandeur and excitement of the Egyptian court.
– Mom maintained a constant relationship with him, which was so important to his religious belief and his interest in his Hebrew heritage.
The Egyptians provided his secular education.
– He had all the advantages of both physical and mental training.
– He became “learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians” — Acts 7:22 — Moses was taught all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in both speech and action.
- It makes you wonder why he would try to side-step God in answering God’s call by saying, “Here I am, send Aaron, I am slow of speech.” — Exodus 4:10
Egypt had 2 universities — he probably attended Heliopolis to complete his education.
– Moses was probably 20 years old when he completed his formal Egyptian education.
– It’d be another 20 years before he took his place in Bible history.
– Josephus wrote those 20 years were probably spent in military service where he became a hero in the war waged between Egypt and Ethiopia.
– He gained prestige as a skillful general, and became “mighty in deeds”
What a successful Mom, Jochebed was! Hebrews 11:24-25
24 It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to share the oppression of God’s people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin.
- He could’ve been a prince, possibly the next Pharaoh, but because of his Mom, he chose to go God’s way! (Did you catch that Mom and Dad?)
Jochebed overcame so many obstacles to give her boy the foundation he needed to serve God.
So many parents complain they can’t raise their kids for God with the pressures of today’s society — “If you think you can or you can’t — you’re right!”
Mom (and Dad) God’s entrusted you with that life — one day you’ll account for the responsibility God’s entrusted to you.
When Tammy was born, Marty had a tremendous spiritual experience as she realized the impact of her responsibility to God and to this precious little life God had entrusted to her………. .
– She promised God she would do her best to raise both of our girls for Him.
But what if your kids are already grown and those formative years are past?
There’s still prayer and a positive witness of what God’s doing in your life. – Still grandkids!
It’ll take dedication and will, but you can do what must be done!
There was also the Nameless mother in Matthew 15:21-28:
21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.”
24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!”
26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
27 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their master’s table.”
28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.
Jesus put up barriers to test her faith and determination.
She passed His test because she wouldn’t let any barrier keep her child from being ministered to by Jesus.
– There are a lot of barriers today — don’t let them stop your child from learning to know Jesus.
Preachers, are told not to get too sentimental about motherhood because:
– for some, motherhood is an accident, and not always a welcome one;
– for some, biological motherhood isn’t possible;
– for some, mothers weren’t all that nice;
– for some, motherhood under the very best of circumstances still isn’t a bed of roses and a primrose path.
Poet Wilhelm Busch’s wrote: “To become a mother isn’t so difficult; on the other hand, being a mother is very much so!”
That goes for dads too! Just because you sired a child doesn’t make you a dad……………….
So, with all those warnings why bother with Mothers’ Day at all?
I heard about one lady who said she hated Mother’s Day because the sermons were always about the Proverbs 31 mothers…………..She felt like a failure.
Listen: God will help you succeed as a Mom or a Dad if you will let Him lead you in the way you should go!
Why bother with Mothers’ Day?
Because for all its stumbling blocks, pitfalls and broken dreams, for all the soiled diapers, soiled wallpaper and spoiled plans, we’re talking about a beautiful ideal, a natural part of God’s creative plan to bring love and caring to light. .
– Motherhood is a constant demand for the gift of love and — caring. Grandmothers can exemplify that too!
The family and home was God’s idea. We can’t let the perverts and wierdos ruin God’s Plan of a Mom and a Dad raising children together for the Lord.
PODCAST MY MOTHER IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD
The updated version of Rev Bill Woods book “There Is Still Power In The Blood” will be available soon

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FOX Business: The Power to Prosper
U.S. stock-index futures held on to mild gains despite a considerably weaker-than-expected report on the American labor market.
As of 8:40 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 14 points to 13288, S&P 500 futures climbed 2.8 points to 1434 and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 1 point to 2826.
The American economy added 96,000 jobs in August, fewer than the 125,000 Wall Street anticipated. The job gains from June and July also received downward revisions in the order of 20,000.
The unemployment rate fell to 8.1% from 8.3% in July. However, the labor force participation rate, which is a gauge of individuals that are employed or actively seeking employment, dropped to the lowest level since September 1981. That means part of the reason the unemployment rate fell was because people, employed and unemployed, actually left the labor force, according to Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG.
Digging into the data, the private sector tacked on 103,000 jobs, while the government shed 7,000. Average hourly earnings were unchanged at $23.52.
Economists broadly pointed to the report as weak overall, but said it increased the chances the Federal Reserve will take action to boost economic growth. The central bank is already in the process of lengthening the maturity of its balance sheet, but not its size, through a program dubbed "Operation Twist." However, some Fed watchers are looking for the central bank to buy assets outright in a third quantitative easing program.
"Another disappointing month of U.S. employment growth raises the prospect of further action from the Fed, meaning next Thursday's FOMC decision looks set to be a close call," Chris Williamson, chief economist at financial-data firm Markit wrote in an email.
IHS Global Insight Chief Economist Nigel Gault reckons that while the economy is on a "modest growth track," the situation has darkened some.
"Some of the drivers that were previously supporting growth ... are showing signs of flagging in the face of global economic headwinds and domestic policy uncertainty," he wrote in a research note.
Wall Street at Multi-Year Highs
The major market averages had their best day since late June on Thursday. The broad S&P 500 ended at its highest mark since May 2008, while the Dow notched its highest close since December 2007.
Market participants cheered a bond-buying plan crafted by the European Central Bank aimed at tackling the embattled eurozone's debt crisis. Borrowing costs among countries such as Spain and Italy, which were seen as particularly vulnerable to the crisis, have pulled back sharply over the past two sessions. Indeed, the yield on Spain's 10-year bonds fell below the 6% level for the first time since May. The yield fluctuated in the realm of 7.5% just a month ago.
In corporate news, chipmaker Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) slashed its third-quarter revenue guidance to a range of $12.9 billion to $13.5 billion from $13.8 billion to $14.8 billion. Pandora (NASDAQ:P) shares plunged more than 10% on a report from the Wall Street Journal that technology heavyweight Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is working on a rival custom-radio service.
Elsewhere, crude oil futures were in the green. The benchmark contract traded in New York climbed 60 cents, or 0.63%, to $96.13 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline jumped 0.95% to $3.02 a gallon.
In metals, gold dipped $7.70, or 0.45%, to $1,698.
The Euro Stoxx 50 rallied 1.4% to 2560, the English FTSE 100 edged up by 0.32% to 5796 and the German DAX jumped 0.99% to 7239.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 soared 2.2% to 8872 and the Chinese Hang Seng surged 3.1% to 19802.

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A projected stasis field, also referred to as a stasis weapon, was an experimental Klingon weapon of immense power, capable of disabling all vital systems aboard enemy vessels. It was capable of doing this to at least three ships at a time. The weapon was first field tested against the Federation in 2269, aboard the D7-class IKS Gr'oth.
During the confrontation, the Gr'oth successfully disabled the Enterprise, but upon further analysis by Science Officer Spock, it was determined that after prolonged use of the weapon, the cruiser's power cells were too quickly drained, proving to equally crippling to itself. In order to complete any prolonged assault, the cruiser was required to wait several hours for the weapon to recharge to full power.


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By Del Quentin Wilber
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, July 31, 2009
In the 13 months since the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision granting detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the right to challenge their confinements before federal judges, most prisoners still have not had their day in court.
In addition, prisoners who have successfully contested their detentions are having difficulty getting released. Nineteen of 28 detainees ordered freed remain at Guantanamo Bay, ensnared in a diplomatic and legal limbo that has frustrated federal judges, the government and attorneys for detainees.
In the days after the Supreme Court's June 12, 2008, decision, federal judges said they would push the government to swiftly resolve civil lawsuits brought in the District's federal court by about 200 detainees under habeas corpus, a centuries-old legal doctrine that allows prisoners to challenge their confinements before independent arbiters.
But the cases quickly bogged down in appeals court rulings and lengthy fights over legal theories and evidence. In some cases, after years of court battles, the government abandoned allegations on the eve of hearings. That was the case involving a young Afghan detainee who was ordered released Thursday.
In many respects, judges and attorneys for the government and detainees have spent much of their time in the past year tussling over some of the same vexing issues that have stymied two presidents and Congress and recently forced a Justice Department task force to announce that it needed six more months to complete its work.
"These cases are difficult," U.S. District Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth said in an interview about the issue last week. "We are having to develop answers to complicated legal questions. These are novel cases in our country's history."
Judges, lawyers, government officials and outside experts said there are myriad reasons for the sluggish progress, despite the declaration in Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's opinion that "the costs of delay can no longer be borne by those who are held in custody."
Although the opinion was sweeping, the high court gave little guidance in how to handle the lawsuits, forcing judges to create rules and procedures on the fly.
The government's evidence is heavily classified, resulting in cumbersome handling procedures. Judges, for example, cannot take most government documents home to review at night. Instead, most of the judges visit the courthouse on weekends to review Guantanamo Bay files. The work is so time-consuming that the judiciary has assigned federal judges from outside the District to help handle routine civil matters.
Battles over legal issues and evidence have also gobbled up time. Attorneys for detainees have aggressively sought access to medical records and documents that might undermine government allegations. Meanwhile, the government has fought the detainees' requests and has continued to defend cases that judges say are surprisingly weak.
David J. Cynamon, a lawyer representing four detainees, accused the Justice Department of enacting a "scorched-earth defense policy in fighting every issue, big and little, that comes up in the cases."
Justice Department officials counter that they are trying to protect national security and classified information. They also rejected criticism from judges and detainee attorneys about the strength of their cases, saying most of their evidence was collected on chaotic battlefields for intelligence purposes, not for a courtroom.
Judges have generally given the Justice Department wide latitude in what information it can present to justify a detention. They set the bar of proof at "preponderance of the evidence," a standard in which the government wins if the evidence slightly tilts to its side. Since November, the government has won orders -- all by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon -- allowing it to detain five Guantanamo Bay prisoners.
Even so, records and judicial opinions have revealed that many cases are flimsy or even illogical.
Last month, after months of litigation, Leon eviscerated the government's case against a Syrian detainee, saying it was weak and defied "common sense."
Leon even used exclamation points in his opinion to highlight the case's absurdity. Another federal judge, Gladys Kessler, wrote that the government "produced virtually no credible evidence" to justify a Yemeni's confinement.
A third judge has criticized government attorneys for bringing a case against an Afghan because it is "riddled with holes."
"This case is an outrage to me," U.S. District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle said two weeks ago during a hearing on the detention of Mohammed Jawad, who might have been as young as 12 when captured. The Afghan is accused of injuring two U.S. soldiers and an Afghan interpreter in a December 2002 grenade attack.
Under pressure from the judge, the government announced last week that it was no longer contesting Jawad's challenge but was mulling over potential criminal charges instead. Huvelle on Thursday ordered Jawad's release. The government has until at least until Aug. 21 to send him home or charge him.
At Thursday's hearing, the judge criticized the government for its repeated delays in the habeas case. She stopped short of telling the government how to transfer Jawad, saying she didn't have the authority to tread into such territory.
Even when ordered freed, many detainees have remained prisoners. Under a recent appeals court ruling, federal judges have been given little power to enforce the ultimate remedy in habeas challenges: release of prisoners. An appeals court ruled in February that judges cannot order the release of detainees into the United States, and federal judges do not have the power to order other countries to accept detainees.
In another ruling, an appeals court held that judges cannot even compel the government to provide 30 days' notice about an impending transfer.
The decisions have led some judges to delay habeas challenges because the effort seems futile, especially if the government has already designated a detainee for transfer. One judge griped to a colleague that they have the power only to issue "advisory opinions."
Last month, for example, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton delayed proceeding on a detainee's challenge because he did not "see any meaningful purpose in forging ahead."
The case involved Umar Abdulayev, 30, whom the government has approved for release, probably to his home country of Tajikistan. One of Abdulayev's attorneys, Matthew O'Hara, says the detainee does not want to be sent home because he is afraid he might be tortured. He asked Walton to block any such transfer and urged the judge to hold a habeas hearing on the government's evidence. O'Hara said he believes that a ruling in favor of his client might encourage another country to accept him.
Walton denied the request, saying in court that he did not have the power to block a transfer and that a habeas hearing would be pointless in light of the appellate decisions.
The complexities of cases were on display Thursday in a brief hearing before Leon, a judge who has methodically marched through most of his habeas challenges.
In November, Leon ordered the government to engage in diplomatic negotiations to release five Algerians who were picked up in Bosnia in 2001. Since the ruling, the government has transferred three men to Bosnia and one to France. The fifth, Saber Lahmar, 40, remains a prisoner because the government has been unable to find him a home.
Bosnia has apparently refused to accept him. Lahmar is in the same spot as more than a dozen Uighurs, Chinese Muslims who were ordered released but cannot go home because they fear they might be tortured. Four Uighurs were transferred recently to Bermuda, but 13 remain at Guantanamo Bay.
A Justice Department lawyer told Leon on Thursday that the State Department was working hard to find Lahmar a place to live.
The judge said he might eventually order a State Department official to testify to get another progress check. Otherwise there was little else for him to do.

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future of the world’s oceans
B.C. ocean’s worth of almost $5 billion to GDP likely an underestimate
British Columbia’s ocean contributed almost $5 billion to provincial gross domestic product in 2015, a sum that is likely an underestimate, a new UBC study has found.
Aug 9, 2022
Window into world’s future oceans unveiled by NF-UBC Nereus team
An international team from the Nippon Foundation-University of British Columbia Nereus program has unveiled the first global model of life in the world’s oceans, allowing scientists and policymakers to predict – and show through 3D visualizations – the state of life in the oceans of the future.
Feb 18, 2012

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Performance mufflers produce unique sounds that enhance the overall performance and driving experience of a vehicle. A performance muffler can transform the ordinary sound of a vehicle’s exhaust into a deep, aggressive tone that turns heads everywhere you go.
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We will explore the various sounds produced by performance mufflers and how they can enhance your driving experience.
The Allure Of Performance Muffler Sounds
The Allure of Performance Muffler Sounds
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Diy Vs. Professional Installation: What’s Right For You?
DIY vs. Professional Installation: What’s Right for You?
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- Warranty and legal considerations: Professional installation often comes with warranties that offer peace of mind. Moreover, some modifications could have legal implications, and professionals can guide you through compliance.
Ultimately, the right choice depends on your skill level, time availability, and budget. Weighing the pros and cons can help you make an informed decision that ensures the best performance muffler installation for your vehicle.
Maintenance And Care For Performance Muffler Sounds
Proper maintenance and care for your performance muffler is crucial to ensure that it continues to produce the desired sound and performance. One important aspect of maintenance is cleaning and preserving the sound system. Regularly cleaning the muffler’s internal and external components can help prevent the buildup of dirt, debris, and rust, which can affect the sound quality. Additionally, inspecting the muffler regularly for any visible damage or leaks is essential in identifying and addressing potential issues. If any issues are detected, it is recommended to address them promptly to avoid further damage. Regular inspections and tune-ups by a professional can also help optimize the sound and performance of your muffler. Lastly, to extend the lifespan of your muffler, follow the manufacturer’s guidelines for usage and avoid excessive idling or aggressive driving. Taking proper care of your performance muffler will not only preserve its sound but also ensure its longevity.
Conclusion: Unleashing The Thunder With Performance Muffler Sounds
When it’s time to upgrade your vehicle’s exhaust system, performance muffler sounds can provide an extra level of excitement. The allure of a commanding exhaust note is undeniable – it turns heads and announces your presence on the road. But it’s not just about the noise – performance mufflers also offer benefits beyond the sound. They can increase horsepower and torque, improve fuel efficiency, and enhance overall engine performance. Choosing the right system is crucial to achieving the desired sound and performance. Consider factors like material, design, and installation requirements. Whether you prefer a deep growl or a high-pitched scream, there is a performance muffler out there for you. Embrace the power and excitement that comes with a well-tuned exhaust system. Unleash the thunder and make your presence known on the streets!
Frequently Asked Questions Of Performance Muffler Sounds
What Muffler Makes A Deeper Sound?
If you want a deeper sound, consider getting a performance muffler. These mufflers are designed to enhance the sound of your vehicle’s exhaust system, resulting in a deeper tone.
What Muffler Sounds Like A Muscle Car?
A muffler that sounds like a muscle car can be achieved by using a performance muffler specifically designed for that purpose. These mufflers enhance the exhaust note to replicate the deep, aggressive sound commonly associated with muscle cars. Upgrade your muffler for that authentic muscle car sound.
What’s The Most Aggressive Sounding Flowmaster?
The Flowmaster Outlaw Series is the most aggressive-sounding Flowmaster.
Which Exhaust Sounds Best?
The best exhaust sound depends on personal preference, with options ranging from deep and rumbling to high-pitched and sporty. Explore different exhaust systems to find the sound that suits your taste.
Upgrading to a performance muffler can significantly enhance your vehicle’s sound and overall performance. The deep, throaty growl emitted by a high-quality muffler is sure to add a sense of excitement and power to your driving experience. Whether you’re a car enthusiast looking for a more aggressive sound or simply want to stand out on the road, a performance muffler is definitely worth considering.
Explore the variety of options available and choose the one that best suits your preferences and vehicle’s needs.


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I will be in my studio this Friday (First Friday) for the Art Walk at the Pendleton Art Center in MIddletown. Located downtown Middletown in the Canal Arts District at Broad & Central. Parking on the street and in the large lot behind the Art Center. 5-9PM
Studio Z Liz Zorn Arts is located on the ground floor #116 straight down the long "Artist of the Month" hallway from the front door entrance.
I will be showing some new work, Plenty and Winters Bone. also some of the small Vignette paintings as well as other works in the studio including Ink and Acrylic Monotype Prints.
I will not be mounting an Olfactory Installation this month. the next Olfactory Exhibit will be in June.
Stop in and say hello if you are in the area. Not familiar: Middletown is half way between Cincinnati and Dayton off I-75.

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Building the Empire
Yesterday, Friday the 13th, we finally took possession of 5.5Ha of vineyards in the district of Cabreroles, AOP Faugères. The whole purchase began just after harvest 2012 when we owner of the land we had been leasing had decided that he needed to sell his land. He was asking ridiculous money for the vineyards so we happily parted company.
The problem was that this left us in quite a desperate situation where we had to find vines for the 2013 harvest or we would be well and truly in a difficult situation. The reason that we were leasing land in the first place was so that we could have time to find the land that we really wanted to buy. We longingly looked at several vineyards in the area and by luck one of these came up for sale. We heard through a friend that this particular land was available as the couple who owned the land were getting divorced. The local vignerons must have been chuckling as word got out that we had signed the initial papers for the sale as they would have known how complicated and frustrating this purchase would be for us!
First we had to go to a Tribunal so that the courts could decide if the sale was fair for the divorcing parties and the bank, where the land was fully mortgaged. Then the sale had to be approved by SAFER. Then it had to be passed by MSA and then there was another parcel of land that was owned by the wife’s father-in-law that had to be signed off by another bank. Of course we had to find finance as well which took several months of negotiations. All was finally in place and we were in the office to sign when a last minute hissie fit between the divorcing couple put the whole thing in doubt. Tempers cooled and reams of paper signed and late last night it was confirmed that the land was ours. Nine months of patience, tears, frustrations and finally overwhelming joy!!
So now we are proud owners of lovely Syrah on trellis and some Mourvedre and Grenache trained as bush vines or gobelet. All of the block is on a south facing slope of beautiful blue, grey schist soils. We have started picking already and the fruit looks amazing. Happy days.

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Delivered with a subtle malice, Spawn explores the most hellish parts of humanity in a hyper-stylized, oppressively dark minimalism that contains probably more black than anything else. Absorbingly realistic sound design and voice acting sets it apart from most animation and the bleak atmosphere is punctuated with an eerie, doomy score. A midnight counterpart to Batman: TAS and completely underrated.
The only thing I didn't like was how choppy the scenes were like those motion-comics (perhaps it was one?), it made it seem poorly edited like Gangs of New York. Scene, pause, scene, pause, it is hard to let it absorb you like it was designed to when each cut draws you straight out of it.


Looking for Spinal Care Mattress By Saatva…
The very word this brand is unidentified to many individuals. I have actually also had numerous individuals ask me this concern when they go to purchase a new mattress.
Of all, let me explain why it’s not an excellent bed mattress. You may call it a type of bed; however, this is really a misnomer considering that bed mattress can not give you an excellent night’s sleep.
It’s true that the majority of bed mattress are made with excellent quality coils. What a lot of people don’t understand, however, is that coil springs inside most bed mattress are susceptible to getting bent out of shape.
You get a great mattress by buying an old sutera foam mattress or by taking benefit of great sale offers on sutera mattresses in Internet stores. Another excellent way to get a great bed mattress is by asking professional mattress builders for advice and pointers on the best type of mattress to get for your requirements.
The bed mattress is in fact composed of several layers and the innermost layer is called the “air layer”. Air supports the weight of the body and so it attends to a very comfy sleeping condition. The “waffle layer” provides extra support for the back. Lastly, there is the “memory foam” which “breathes” so that all these layers support each other, therefore offering an extremely comfy sleeping condition.
It does have some great mattresses. It is however a bit expensive. The sutera is a good alternative if your cash is not actually an issue. Nevertheless, if your primary function of getting a good bed mattress is for back assistance, then a very flat leading bed mattress would be a better choice. Spinal Care Mattress By Saatva


Uber fights Californian bill to curb gig economy
A fight over the “gig economy” is unfolding in California after state senators agreed to vote on a bill that would force companies to treat contractors as employees.
Uber, the $55bn ride-hailing giant, its rival Lyft and food delivery start-up Doordash last week jointly pledged $90m (£73m) to fight the bill, which might include sponsoring a rival law to exempt them from the rules.
The bill, which would severely limit the conditions under which companies can classify workers as contractors and deny them benefits, would explode the business models of a swath of companies that have arisen in the past decide, led by Uber.
California is not only the company’s home market, but often sets the tone for federal and state laws. Uber and its


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Heti’s Colours is a collection of luxury scarves created by renowned Colourist and Textile Designer Heti Gervis. As of S/S'17 Liberty London has been the exclusive stockist of Heti's Colours in London.
Heti's Colours famously blends florals, geometric and unusual motifs, all in opulent tones with splashes of bold colour. Printed in Italy, onto beautiful silks, wools and cashmeres, Heti's Colours has set itself apart in the world of luxury scarves.
Heti’s Colours head designer, Chloë Browne-Beck is based in Melbourne, Australia - adding a touch of the Southern hemisphere to the mix! Having started when Chloë was in London, they continue to design and work together daily through the wonders of technology.
After studying textile design at Central Saint Martins in London, Heti set up her design studio producing screen printed fabrics and painted textiles and was soon in high-demand for her interesting use of hand dyed colour palettes.
This led to many collaborations with some of the biggest names in fashion, her clients include Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren and Topshop.
Looking for a way to incorporate all aspects of textile design in one medium, Heti launched her scarf collection Heti’s Colours in S/S'14.
Heti’s Colours creates one-of-a-kind scarves for museums and heritage organisations. Designed from permanent collections, for travelling exhibitions, or the heritage site itself. Gervis works on the theory that unique and distinctive stand-alone designs will give visitors something to value for years to come.
Clients include The British Museum, Belmond; Orient Express, British Pullman and V-S-O-E Train, Boston Ballet & a recent collaboration with The Fold, London.


Trailers, Tautliners and Cars applicable to MiaSole thin-film panels
Below are trailers, tautliners and cars applicable to MiaSole thin-film panels:
Facts for consideration
Since there are two to three trailers for every tractor in most fleets, many trailers experience a significant amount of time when they are not hooked up to a tractor. As a result, any batteries installed on the trailer don’t always have a ready source of power for charging.
The trailer power requirements need to be carefully evaluated to assure proper function during operation. This includes items like liftgates, refrigeration units, telematics, lighting, pallet jack charging, etc. Although each of these devices requires trailer-mounted batteries to operate, they all have different electrical current and charging demands.
The main function of the solar panel is to maintain the trailer batteries at a higher average state of charge versus just charging with the tractor or refrigeration unit alternator.
Solar panel sizing should be determined by the duty cycle that the trailer electrical system is likely to encounter. This can be evaluated by temporarily putting a data logging system on a trailer for a period of time to determine the true loads that the batteries will see during typical days
Savings of implementing solar panels are primarily associated with increasing battery life and reducing emergency roadside calls to jump or fix dead batteries.
Determining a return on investment for a solar panel system is a simple calculation looking at the potential savings in battery replacement costs and the value of having charged batteries vs. the total system installation costs.
The average trade cycle in most fleets for trailers is typically longer than that for tractors. If the trailer only has a telematics system on it without additional equipment, then a solar panel to keep that battery charged is generally an excellent investment. On some newer systems, the telematics is not even hooked into the truck electrical system, so in these cases, a solar panel is required in order to keep the battery charged.


Car expert Sharon Peters answers reader's questions.
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I’ve been working hard on the book, and not posting. I’ve got a ton of things to share, but that will have to wait.
In the meantime, read this essay and discussion about social contagion, from The Edge. I’ve got a lengthy comment in there.
And please check out my friend and colleague Clay Shirky’s new book, Here Comes Everybody, which makes a great case for net activity – especially in the face of today’s numerous elitist arguments against the intelligence of our crowd. Clay is a good writer and, more importantly, a good person.
More soon, I promise.


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Sodium phenoxide (sodium phenolate) is an organic compound with the formula NaOC6H5. It is a white crystalline solid. Its anion, phenoxide, also known as phenolate, is the conjugate base of phenol. It is used as a precursor to many other organic compounds, such as aryl ethers.
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Most commonly, solutions of sodium phenoxide are produced by treating phenol with sodium hydroxide. Anhydrous derivatives can be prepared by combining phenol and sodium:
- Na + HOC6H5 → NaOC6H5 + 1/2 H2
Like other sodium alkoxides, crystalline sodium phenolate adopts a complex structure involving multiple Na-O bonds. Solvent-free material is polymeric, each Na center being bound to three oxygen ligands as well as the phenyl ring. Adducts of sodium phenoxide are molecular, such as the cubane-type cluster [NaOPh]4(HMPA)4.
Sodium phenoxide can be produced by the "alkaline fusion" of benzenesulfonic acid, whereby the sulfonate groups are displaced by hydroxide:
- C6H5SO3Na + 2 NaOH → C6H5ONa + Na2SO3
This route once was the principal industrial route to phenol.
Sodium phenoxide is a moderately strong base. Acidification gives phenol:
- PhOH ⇌ PhO− + H+ (K = 10−10)
Alkylation affords phenyl ethers:
- NaOC6H5 + RBr → ROC6H5 + NaBr
The conversion is an extension of the Williamson ether synthesis. With acylating agents, one obtains esters:
- NaOC6H5 + RC(O)Cl → RCO2C6H5 + NaCl
Sodium phenoxide is susceptible to certain types of electrophilic aromatic substitutions. For example, it reacts with carbon dioxide to form 2-hydroxybenzoate, the conjugate base of salicylic acid. In general however, electrophiles irreversibly attack the oxygen center in phenoxide.
- C. S. Marvel, A. L. Tanenbaum (1929). "γ-Phenoxypropyl Bromide". Org. Synth. 9: 72. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.009.0072.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Michael Kunert, Eckhard Dinjus, Maria Nauck, Joachim Sieler "Structure and Reactivity of Sodium Phenoxide - Following the Course of the Kolbe-Schmitt Reaction" Chemische Berichte 1997 Volume 130, Issue 10, pages 1461–1465. doi:10.1002/cber.19971301017
- Smith, Michael B.; March, Jerry (2007), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, ISBN 978-0-471-72091-1
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MARQUETTE — According to a local therapist depression is the second most common behavioral illness in our community, but just like with addiction there are resources to fight it. ABC Ten and CW Five’s Sarah Mac talks with a local advocate to find out what his depression was like and his methods to recovery in part two of her series.
According to Mayo Clinic depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Depression can affect anyone at anytime.
Therapist Paul Olsen says some people only go through depression once or twice in their lifetime, sometimes because of stress and anxiety or chemical imbalances, or some people may have depression consistently once or twice a year for sometimes weeks or months at a time.
Olsen says recovery often takes a combination of different treatments – like medication and counseling. For people to find out what is best for them there are different behavioral health centers in the area, like Great Lakes Recovery, where they can meet with a therapist.
“For the last several years we’ve branched out into behavioral health meaning helping people with issues of mental health or regarding to depression, anxiety, all kinds of mental health disorders. Anything from post–traumatic–stress disorder to depression and anxiety and everything in between.”
George Savolainen deals with a mental illness, and because of it also deals with depression. He says depression can be hard on an individual not only because of the symptoms but also because family and friends may not understand, or know how to help.
“When you’re dealing with depression it’s sort of hard to have other people recognize what you’re going through, and it’s really darkness that you’re into,” George added, “In some cases it’s that, ‘Oh snap out of it,’ you know, ‘You’re going to be ok,’ you know, ‘It’s just a little phase you’re going through,’ but it isn’t that way, it really isn’t that way. Depression can last a long time.”
Now George volunteers and advocates for the National Alliance on Mental Illness – or NAMI – to advocate and educate.
“I also am involved in our classes,” he added, “which involve families who have loved ones with mental illness, and I basically tell my story.”
George stays active and keeps up with his favorite hobbies as a part of his recovery.
“I do the things I enjoy again: hunting, fishing, making furniture, living out in the woods, like I do, just enjoying nature, and just enjoying life again, and trying to be helpful in the community.”
He says another part of his recovery are his pets that he adopted from a local shelter.
For more information about NAMI click here.
For more information on Great Lakes Recovery Centers click here.
For more information on Pathways click here.
For more information on UP Health Systems Behavioral Health click here.


As son of the founder. Shawn grew up on the shop floor. Since his graduation from the University of San Diego in 2001 Shawn has been in charge of business operations for Machinist Group. Shawn’s degree in business and experience has equipped him with the ability to make Machinist Group extremely competitive on Quality, Price, and Lead Time, while providing superior customer service.
Bill has over 30 years of machining experience in the metal working industry. Bill joined Machinist Group in 1988. With his passion for technology Bill has helped Machinist Group become the sophisticated and automated manufacturing partner that you can depend on.
Rey has been with Machinist Group for over 25 years and in that time he has been trained in all aspects of the machining industry from programming to set-up. Rey and Shawn work closely to make sure your parts are machined to the highest standards while meeting the lead time requirements set forth by our customers.
Lloyd has over 30 years experience in the field of machining. In 1980 Lloyd took that knowledge and an intense desire to succeed and founded Machinist Cooperative, now known as Machinist Group. He founded the company on one basic principal; his machine shop would provide the best service of any shop in the business, and since 1980 that has been our primary goal. Lloyd’s understanding of what makes a successful business has trickled down through all the employees of Machinist Group to ensure that you get the best possible parts at the best possible price.


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RSA Summer Rally Sprint Championship is heading west for round four
The fourth round of the Rallysport Association Summer Rally Sprint Championship will take place next Sunday (September 25) at the superb Pallas Motorsport Centre in Tynagh, Co. Galway.
The unique RSA event formula has become popular with competitors and spectators due to the non-stop high-speed action from a wide and diverse range of rally cars and the fastest growing development in European motorsport – the incredibly exciting internationally manufactured racing buggies.
This weekend, spectators can enjoy the sounds and smells of a grid of beautiful, prepared rally cars and mini cup cars together with around 50 motorcycle-engined European race buggies and a host of beautiful and diverse range of vehicles all gunning for class and championship honors.
Previous event highlights can now be watched on YouTube at the ‘Hold er Flat’ channel or at www.therallysportassociation.com.
Many of Ireland's leading motorsport personalities join these events, where they can entertain sponsors, colleagues and family friends for their summer of Irish motorsport.
So, another great day awaits everyone at Pallas Motorsport Centre on Sunday – and everyone is welcome to come and enjoy another unique action-packed RSA event at this fantastic venue.
Spectators are welcomed from 9 a.m. and early risers will enjoy free access to the drivers' service area and will be able to experience first-hand the pre-event preparation, car scrutineering the general build-up to the event, which commences at 10 a.m.
With adult admission only €10, junior admission €5 and seniors and under 12s enjoying free entry, what better excuse to get outside and enjoy a superb Sunday of motorsport with family and friends?


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Sir Mark Walport FRS FMedSci MAE, the UK’s Government Chief Scientific Adviser between 2013 and 2017 and the Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) from 2017 to 2020, is to be AE Cardiff’s new Steering Group Chair.
The announcement was made at AE Cardiff’s fifth annual steering group meeting which took place on 16th September. At the meeting, Professor Ole Petersen FRS, Director of the AE Cardiff Hub, informed that the AE Cardiff Hub Steering Group’s first Chair, Sir John Skehel FRS, would be stepping down due to other work commitments.
Over 240 participants attended the live session from 36 countries which was moderated by Professor Ole Petersen, Vice-President of Academia Europaea and Director of the Cardiff AE Hub, and hosted by SAPEA. The discussant was Sir Mark Walport, the incoming Chair of the Cardiff Hub Steering Group.
This review highlights the importance of appropriate management of psychiatric aspects of COVID-19. The authors consider that paying insufficient attention to such issues could have serious implications for patients’ mental wellbeing.
In the review, the authors discuss the serious clinical challenges posed by COVID-19 systemic inflammation that can affect the central nervous system and aggravate mental health disorders.
Professor Oleg Krishtal MAE, Director of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences’ Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology in Kiev, recently turned 75. Throughout a long career, Krishtal has been ‘fishing for knowledge’ with great success.
Krishtal is particularly well known for his momentous discovery in 1980 of proton-activated ion channels, which play a crucial role in pain perception. Now it is clear that acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are expressed in almost any mammalian brain neuron and participate in many important functions. He is, however, not only a very creative scientist, but also – and unusually – an author of several literary works that have won awards in Russia.
Member of Academia Europaea, Professor Richard Catlow, of Cardiff University and University College London, has been awarded the prize for his contribution to physical chemistry.
The Royal Society of Chemistry‘s Faraday Lectureship Prize is awarded for exceptional contributions to physical or theoretical chemistry. Professor Catlow, who has held a joint professorial position between Cardiff and UCL since 2015, has been awarded “for the development and application of computational methods in conjunction with experiment as powerful and predictive tools in the physical chemistry of solids.”
There is a high level of trust in scientists and a low level of trust in politicians. How is working together likely to impact on levels of trust in scientists and politicians and the relationship between scientists and politicians?

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Sunset Seminar: Cruising the Pacific Northwest
July 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Randy and Fiona Woods, former CYC members when choosing Camden Harbor as their home port, will share their past three-year experience cruising the Pacific Northwest at 7:00 pm Wednesday, July 28, at Camden Yacht Club and via Zoom.
The Woods’ presentation will be made from aboard their Grand Banks Aleutian somewhere in the Pacific Northwest and will feature lively photographic narration of lessons learned, tidal tales and wilderness escapades aboard Jupiter while navigating the Inside and Outside Passages.
The Woods spent 15 seasons exploring Down East Maine waters prior to relocating to the vast waters of Washington, British Columbia and Southeast Alaska. They whetted their nautical interests in 1991 operating a 13-foot Boston Whaler as an all-purpose tender to a rustic and remote island home on a 28-acre island in the British Virgin Islands. After learning which end of that boat to point in the direction of travel, they found utility and joy in larger and more complex vessels to service their growing family and necessities of island life.
The couple hold USCG 100 Ton Masters Certificates and are members of the USCG Auxiliary in Key Largo, Florida. They are avid mariners, taking particular interest in the tidal seas they navigate, and in the surprising coastal communities they visit.
They have four children and four grandchildren. Their interests in travel, food, photography and writing can be found in a madcap record of their experiences in the Pacific Northwest at https://jupitersway.com/.
The 2021 Sunset Seminar Series runs from July 7 to August 25 on Wednesday nights at 7:00pm. Find full descriptions of seminars HERE, or CLICK HERE for a summary this year’s line-up that can be downloaded or printed. For archives of prior years, CLICK HERE. Donations made at the door or online will be accepted for the non-profit Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program (CAYSP), a program hosted by Camden Yacht Club that is open to all area youth regardless of their ability to pay. The event will be available livestream by clicking on the Vimeo image above on the date and time of the event as well as after the event.

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I turned around to her, drew back my hand, and smacked her across the face.
17, 2016), Nick Gordon was found liable in the wrongful death case of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown.
Bobbi Kristina’s father, Bobby Brown spoke out just hours after the judge handed down the decision and made revealing he was pleased with the outcome.
Houston died at age 48 in 2012 after being found unconscious in a bathtub at a Beverly Hills hotel room.
Brown later took to Instagram to share the good news. "I'm grateful." WATCH: Celebrity Babies Due in 2016 Upon sharing the news, one of the people accompanying Brown seemed to imply that his new daughter's name may be Hendrix, however Brown does not confirm this in the video.The 47-year-old singer captioned a photo of himself, "Just had a baby girl 10 pounds." PHOTOS: Stars Share Pics of Their Cute Kids Brown and Etheredge, who began dating in 2007 and tied the knot in June 2012, welcomed their first child, son Cassius, in May 2009.It wasn’t until the final audition, though, that she was first told of one of the trickier requisites that came with the part. ’ It was the best decision I’ve ever, ever made.” While shaving her head may have been the earliest challenge of the role, Brown’s mental preparation was extensive.“So I’m standing in the room with them, and Ross Duffer comes over to me and is just like, ‘Bzzzzzzzz’ on my head, and I’m like, ‘What’s that mean? “And Ross said, ‘Well, you’ve got to shave your head! She was given homework (as was the rest of the cast) by her directors, which added to her understanding of the process even if Brown found the spirit of “Stranger Things” long before she actually got to watch it.


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Partner Advisory Hours Accepted for L300 Workshops
We are delighted to announce that the Microsoft AX 2012 Enterprise Academy is now accepting Partner Advisory Hours as payment for Level 300 workshops effective March 14th, 2013.
This is a limited time offer. Duration will last until allocated seats under this offer are fulfilled. First come-First Served basis.
Use of Partner Advisory Hours PAH to pay L300 Workshops training overview.
For a limited time, Microsoft Dynamics Partners have the option of selecting Partner Advisory Hours (PAH) as a payment method. We will apply PAH at the rate of 1 Partner Advisory Hour per 2 hours of AXEA training. That would mean that a partner needs to have 12 PAH available to complete payment for a 3-day L300 workshop, equivalent to 24 hours of training. This new payment option will apply to ALL and ONLY L300 workshops that partners wish to register and available during the months of APRIL and MAY 2013, regardless of workshop or partner location. Please visit the Microsoft Dynamics AX Enterprise Academy for more information on the L300 workshop schedule.
The following restrictions apply:
This new temporary payment option is not available retroactively. Partners that have already registered and paid may not change their payment method. No partial payments will are accepted under this payment option. If insufficient partner advisory hours or PAH are available to cover the cost of the workshop, they must select another payment option available. Also, prospective students must have filled out the workshop survey and been approved before they are able to register and pay for the workshop. REGISTER NOW! Start by completing the workshop survey – https://www.regonline.com/MSAXAcademySurvey
Please send any questions to firstname.lastname@example.org

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Our little monster. Perfect proportions and use of black + white + red in this modern monster print.
Monstrous Dogs Overgrown with Greenery Illustrated by Holly Lucero – agosnesrerose
The monsters we fight with. The monsters we fight with
Character & Monster Creation Kit - Monsters Characters-- would be perfect if you make with felt!
TokyoBunnie: Elise Gravel in Illustration

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Verte Opportunity Fund Invests in Galen Robotics
The robot looks like a stout, little filing cabinet with one long arm, a simple-looking contraption that belies the precision of the brain, ear and throat microsurgeries it is designed to improve.
The company formed to develop and market the machine, Galen Robotics, recently moved to Baltimore from Silicon Valley and might represent the future of safer, less-invasive procedures.
“I like to say it will give the surgeons the effect of power steering,” said David Saunders, a company co-founder and chief technology officer.
Galen’s move to Pigtown, just west of downtown, also kicks off the city’s quest to attract significant private investment to businesses in its many federally designated “opportunity zones,” distressed areas that come with a federal tax incentive. Baltimore officials are poised to announce that Galen secured the first such investment in a city business after it moved here and some believe the tax benefit could be a bigger boon to businesses than real estate development that has gotten most of the initial attention.
A College Park-based venture capital fund recently created to invest in opportunity zone businesses gave an undisclosed sum to Galen, part of about $7 million the company has raised so far from investments, subsidies and tax breaks for job creation.
Galen aims to raise $25 million as it ramps up development of the surgical robot, based on technology developed at Johns Hopkins University, and hire more than 100 engineers and other professionals as it seeks federal approval for its use.
Opportunity zones, established by the massive 2017 tax law pushed by President Donald Trump, allow investors to defer or avoid taxes by rolling over investment income into properties or businesses in designated distressed areas.
Ben Seigel, the opportunity zone coordinator at the Baltimore Development Corp., the city’s economic development arm, and others expect more money will flow into businesses in the zones than into real estate.
“I do think there is a feeling within the industry and the opportunity zone field over time, if opportunity zones really take off the way we hope they do,” Siegel said, “we’ll see a lot of investing in operating businesses because generally it’s where investors can get bigger returns from growth businesses.”
Seigel called Galen “a very positive example and case study.”
Galen is the second opportunity zone investment for the Verte Opportunity Fund. The other was on an Indian reservation. The fund’s online description says it will look for “high-growth, disruptive businesses with innovative products and services.”
Verte CEO Leonard Mills said the just-formed fund looked to Seigel to identify good bets and Galen fit the financial criteria. The link to Hopkins was a plus.
“We believe the upside is enormous,” Mills said of Galen.
The technology was developed at Hopkins’ Laboratory of Computational Sensing and Robotics six years ago and licensed to Galen three years ago.
The device essentially offers surgeons a steady third hand, preventing a tiny movement of the surgeon’s hand from becoming amplified through the long, skinny tools used in surgeries inside someone’s head.
“Even rock solid-seeming hands can cause a fleck at the end of the equipment,” Saunders said. “And even among the rock solid doctors, no one keeps gifted hands forever.”
With the robot, surgeons could more easily and repeatedly snip a cyst on a vocal cord, remove a brain tumor or implant hearing equipment in an ear. It also could allow more doctors to perform certain delicate procedures without jeopardizing patient safety.
Galen hopes to gain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the robot next year or in early 2021. Officials say 42 hospitals have expressed interest in the machine so far. And more tools, and procedures, could be added over time, potentially driving up demand for the robots.
Bruce Lichorowic, Galen’s president and CEO and another co-founder, said company officials were sure of the need for the technology, based on discussions with surgeons. Robotics are growing part of surgery, but most such equipment is designed for bigger spaces in the body than the head and neck.
Verte’s investment is not make or break for the company, Lichorowic said, but the package of incentives the city and state put together for companies moving to opportunity zones was key to Galen’s decision to relocate from California.
Many cities and states, including Baltimore and Maryland, have added extra public subsidies to better compete for long sought investment in disadvantaged areas now designated as opportunity zones.
While all of Verte’s investors want a return on their money, many also are interested in the social impact of opportunity zones, Mills said.
The state created an extra benefit for investing in Maryland biotech and cybersecurity companies in opportunity zones to compete with other states. Investors can get a tax break of up to $250,000 on their investment, which “substantially changes the risk profile,” Mills said.
If the investors don’t owe that much in taxes in Maryland, they can get a rebate for the remainder.
Still, there isn’t a clamor yet for opportunity funds focused on business investments rather than some real estate in opportunity zones. A big reason is that the federal regulations were slow to come out, said John Lettieri, president and CEO of the Economic Innovation Group, a think tank that helps craft the opportunity zone tax policy.
Opportunity zones aim to move investors as a herd to the neighborhoods, he explained. But it takes time to move a herd.
Lettieri believes opportunity zone businesses will end up attracting the most attention from investors, and interest will increase in the next year or two.
“That window is when we really will be able to make a clearer judgment of the scale and scope of the marketplace and what is working,” Lettieri said.
For now, Lettieri noted that such investing has been slow to catch on. In Baltimore, the only other opportunity zone investment has been in a mixed-use project called Yard 56. The insurance and investment management firm Prudential Financial said it would invest $150 million in the project across from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in East Baltimore.
Lettieri said prestigious anchors such as Hopkins likely will help attract investment in related businesses or nearby real estate.
Still, he said, the investment is not going to just show up. Cities like Baltimore will have to pursue it.
“This is an experiment,” Littieri said. “We’re trying to do something new and very hard. … The status quo is not working for these communities.”
See the full Press Release here: https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-opportunity-zone-business-20191106-n7fxg3wpuvah5fyuoulf47kes4-story.html


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