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Interest in the RegTech sector has shot up over the past couple of years. Since 2014, there has been a total of $18.2bn invested into the RegTech sector, of which, $13bn was deployed across just 2018 and 2019. This increase in capital is not just down to companies raising later and larger-stage deals. In 2018, there were a total of 164 transactions globally amounting to $4.5bn, whilst figures for 2019 are $8.5bn spread across 317 deals.
RegTechs are clearly cementing their presence in the market and financial institutions are seeing their worth in updating manual legacy compliance systems. The question is, are these technology solutions able to meet compliance they claim to?
muinmos founder and CEO Remonda Kirketerp-Møller said, “I do not think it is right that regulators are on the side lines when it comes to technology providers and I believe that in the next few years we will see more supervision and possibly a regulatory framework where RegTech firms like muinmos can get licensed by the financial regulator to provide its products and services.”
More regulations are hitting the market and enforcers are getting stricter with their fining, making it integral a financial institution has a robust system in place. If they cannot trust the solution they are using, it’s leaving room for potential error. Kirketerp-Møller added, “If we don’t have stricter governance, how can financial institutions be confident that they can rely on the RegTech sector?”
There has been a push to greater accountability in recent years. The UK recently saw the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) implemented, which is aiming to encourage a culture of staff taking personal responsibility for actions and companies being able to locate responsibilities of operations. The Treasury Committee also recently called for regulators to take tougher action against banks who have system failures, such as consumers unable to access their online banking features.
If we are moving into a world where everything is being held to account, surely, RegTech solutions should follow suit. A bank relies on these solutions and if they do not achieve what they claim, the financial institution could be hit with some serious fines.
Kirketerp-Møller said, “muinmos has been in the sector for many years and we firmly believe there should be a standard protocol. Currently, we have to comply with corporate law, GDPR and similar of course, but there is no other regulation which we need to adhere to for the financial services industry as a RegTech firm. There are standards such as ISO, but technology firms are not obligated to apply for these accreditations.”
By putting a seal of approval on RegTech solutions, it could ease worries of financial institutions as they can be certain they meet necessary standards. The Treasury Committee’s comments on IT failures in banks also brought up concerns of too many companies relying on the same third-party providers for their back-end processes. This could lead to potential concentration risk and one failure could impact multiple financial service providers.
Digital operations are intertwined so closely with many people’s lives that if a system fails a consumer could be left in a precarious situation. CSS director of cyber IT services Ej Yerzak said, “If AWS suffers an outage, as it did several years ago, these outages can be felt by large companies relying upon that provider. Contractual provisions in Service Level Agreements for guaranteed uptime are where this should be addressed. It is important for companies using a service provider to understand how that provider defines availability and uptime.”
Large technology providers are likely to be selected by a financial service organization due to the appearance they will offer more security or are simply better than anything else. This potentially makes it harder for smaller companies to be adopted by financial services and leads to instances where companies are all relying on the same vendor.
Kirketerp-Møller said, “If the financial regulator creates a set of standards for the RegTech firms whether large or small, enabling them to be licensed to offer their RegTech products and services, this will open the doors to many solid smaller RegTechs. It would offer a “rubber stamp” of approval that these RegTechs have passed certain relevant requirements, thresholds and standards, no different from a licensed financial institution, then there will be a more competitive environment and it’s less likely that large numbers of financial institutions will rely on the same third-party provider”
Setting up a regulatory framework would help to build a level playing ground for all sizes of RegTech companies. Kirketerp-Møller explained that his company has encountered times where a financial institution has seen its technology and service offering is equal or even better than other, larger providers. However, the organizations are hesitant in using the service as it does not have the same balance sheet as bigger competitors. If a framework was created though, regulators would need to ensure there is not the chance of a competitive advantage for large companies which can pass more checks, she stated.


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13) In a 19th century French experiment by M. M. Biot and Arago a powerful lamp with good reflectors was placed on the summit of Desierto las Palmas in Spain and able to be seen all the way from Camprey on the Island of Iviza. Since the elevation of the two points were identical and the distance between covered nearly 100 miles, if Earth were a ball 25,000 miles in circumference, the light should have been more than 6600 feet, a mile and a quarter, below the line of sight!
60) Anyone can prove the sea-horizon perfectly straight and the entire Earth perfectly flat using nothing more than a level, tripods and a wooden plank. At any altitude above sea-level, simply fix a 6-12 foot long, smooth, leveled board edgewise upon tripods and observe the skyline from eye-level behind it. The distant horizon will always align perfectly parallel with the upper edge of the board. Furthermore, if you move in a half-circle from one end of the board to the other whilst observing the skyline over the upper edge, you will be able to trace a clear, flat 10-20 miles depending on your altitude. This would be impossible if the Earth were a globe 25,000 miles in circumference; the horizon would align over the center of the board but then gradually, noticeably decline towards the extremities. Just ten miles on each side would necessitate an easily visible curvature of 66.6 feet from each end to the center.
The first verse in Genesis chapter 1 are about the water on the earth before God spoke land or life into existence. Genesis 1:1 Verse 1 says, “darkness was on the face of the deep.” First of all the word “face” means a flat surface, like the face of a clock or the face of a building. Interesting that a clock has a circular, flat face under a dome of glass. The flat earth works in perfect precision like a clock.
164) Analysis of many interior videos from the “International Space Station,” have shown the use of camera-tricks such as green-screens, harnesses and even wildly permed hair to achieve a zero-gravity type effect. Footage of astronauts seemingly floating in the zero-gravity of their “space station” is indistinguishable from “vomit comet” Zero-G airplane footage. By flying parabolic maneuvers this Zero-G floating effect can be achieved over and over again then edited together. For longer uncut shots, NASA has been caught using simple wires and green screen technology.
This flat Eart thing is just showing how easy it is to malipulate people. I think, that the whole point of this is so that people would not believe blindly in everything so called authorities are trying to sell as "universal truths" and start to think on their own. Many people will believe in anything, as long as it's advocated by someone they see as authority in some field. I see it this way.
19) Tycho Brahe famously argued against the heliocentric theory in his time, positing that if the Earth revolved around the Sun, the change in relative position of the stars after 6 months orbital motion could not fail to be seen. He argued that the stars should seem to separate as we approach and come together as we recede. In actual fact, however, after 190,000,000 miles of supposed orbit around the Sun, not a single inch of parallax can be detected in the stars, proving we have not moved at all.
Some say the flood was a myth. But there is plenty of evidence of Noah’s flood to prove that it really happened. If you believe in the story of the flood in the Bible, then you must also believe in the “waters above” that God used to destroy that wicked generation. The only Earth model that fits the Biblical description of a glass firmament, holding the waters above, is the Flat Earth. Again the globe falls flat!
"There is no inconsistency in supposing that the earth does move round the sun," says the Astronomer Royal of England. Certainly not, when theoretical astronomy is all supposition together! The inconsistency is in teaching the world that the thing supposed is a fact. Since, then, the "motion" of the Earth is supposition only - since, indeed, it is necessary to suppose it at all - it is plain that it is a fiction and not a fact; and, since "mobility" and "sphericity" stand or fall together, we have before us a proof that Earth is not a globe.
19.) Every man in his senses goes the most reasonable way to work to do a thing. Now, astronomers (one after another – following a leader), while they are telling us that Earth is a globe, are cutting off the upper half of this suppositious globe in their books, and, in this way, forming the level surface on which they describe man as living and moving! Now, if the Earth were really a globe, this would be just the most unreasonable and suicidal mode of endeavoring to show it. So that, unless theoretical astronomers are all out of their senses together, it is, clearly, a, proof that the Earth is not a globe.
5.) The lights which are exhibited in lighthouses are seen by navigators at distances at which, according to the scale of the supposed "curvature" given by astronomers, they ought to be many hundreds of feet, in some cases, down below the line of sight! For instance: the light at Cape Hatteras is seen at such a distance (40 miles) that, according. to theory, it ought to be nine-hundred feet higher above the level of the sea than it absolutely is, in order to be visible! This is a conclusive proof that there is no "curvature," on the surface of the sea – "the level of the sea,"- ridiculous though it is to be under the necessity of proving it at all: but it is, nevertheless, a conclusive proof that the Earth is not a globe.
If we take a trip down the Chesapeake Bay, in the day-time, we may see for ourselves the utter fallacy of the idea that when a vessel appears "hull down," as it is called, it is because the hull is "behind the water:" for, vessels, have been seen, and may often be seen - again, presenting the appearance spoken of, and away - far away - beyond those vessels, and, at the same moment, the level shore line, with its accompanying complement of tall trees towering up, in perspective, over the heads of the "hull-down" ships! Since, then, the idea will not stand its ground when the facts rise up against it, and it is a piece of the popular theory, the theory is a contemptible piece of business, and we may easily wring from it a proof that Earth is not a globe.
The circumstances which attend bodies which are caused merely to fall from a great height prove nothing as to the motion or stability of the Earth, since the object, if it be on a thing that is in motion, will participate in that motion; but, if an object be thrown, upwards from a body at rest, and, again, from a body in motion, the circumstances attending its descent will be very different. In the former case, it will fall, if thrown vertically upwards, at the place from whence it was projected; in the latter case, it will fall behind the moving body from which it is thrown will leave it in the rear. Now, fix a gun, muzzle upwards, accurately, in the ground; fire off a projectile; and it will fall by the gun. If the Earth traveled eleven hundred miles a minute, the projectile would fall behind the gun, in the opposite direction to that of the supposed motion. Since, then, this is NOT the case, in fact, the Earth's fancied motion is negatived and we have a proof that the Earth is not a, globe.
40) From near Cape Horn, Chile to Port Philip in Melbourne, Australia the distance is 10,500 miles, or 143 degrees of longitude away. Factoring in the remaining degrees to 360 makes for a total distance of 26,430 miles around this particular latitude, which is over 1500 miles wider than Earth is supposed to be at the equator, and many more thousands of miles wider than it is supposed to be at such Southern latitudes.
It has been shown that the meridians are, necessarily, straight lines; and that it is impossible to travel round the Earth in a north or south direction: from which it follows that, in the general acceptation of the word "degree" - the 360th - part of a circle - meridians have no degrees: for no one knows anything of a meridian circle or semicircle, to be thus divided. But astronomers speak of degrees of latitude in the same sense as those of longitude. This, then, is done by assuming that to be true which is not true. Zetetic philosophy does not involve this necessity. This proves that the basis of this philosophy is a sound one, and, in short, is a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
While fans would love a reunion of the Davies-Hodgson Supertramp that they came to know, the possibility of it is unlikely. The most prominent indicator happened in 2010 when Davies said no to any chance of a reunion. Both Hodgson and Davies moved on from there, pursuing separate careers and tours. The evolution of Supertramp could neither keep the band together nor support a reunion. Regardless, Supertramp continues to influence multiple generations with its music.
If the Earth were a globe, rolling and dashing through "space" at the rate of "a hundred miles in five seconds of time," the waters of seas and oceans could not, by any known law, be kept on its surface - the assertion that they could be retained under these circumstances being an outrage upon human understanding and credulity! But as the Earth - that is, the habitable world of dry land - is found to be "standing out of the wafer and in the water" of the "mighty deep," whose circumferential boundary is ice, we may throw the statement back into the teeth of those who make it and flaunt before their faces the flag of reason and common sense, inscribed with a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
53.) Every year the Sun is as long south of the equator as he is north; and if the Earth were not "stretched out" as it is, in fact, but turned under, as the Newtonian theory suggests it would certainly get as intensive a share of the Sun's rays south as north; but the Southern region being, in consequence of the fact stated, – far more extensive than the region North, the Sun, having to complete his journey round every twenty-four hours, travels quicker as he goes further south, from September to December, and his influence has less time in which to accumulate at any given point. Since, then the facts could not be as they are if the Earth were a globe, it is a proof that the Earth is not a globe.
Many weather patterns are actually created by the land itself. For example - rain shadow. Rain shadow is where somewhere on the eastern side of a mountain range (because weather/clouds travel from the west generally) is deprived of rain not just once, but nearly all the time. This is because the clouds are forced upwards by the mountains blocking their path and become cooler and condense, meaning water droplets form and it rains on/before the mountains thereby not raining on the leeward side.
17) “Olber’s Paradox” states that if there were billions of stars which are suns the night sky would be filled completely with light. As Edgar Allen Poe said, “Were the succession of stars endless, then the background of the sky would present us a uniform luminosity, since there could exist absolutely no point, in all that background, at which would not exist a star.” In fact Olber’s “Paradox” is no more a paradox than George Airy’s experiment was a “failure.” Both are actually excellent refutations of the heliocentric spinning ball model.
136) Many people think that modern astronomy’s ability to accurately predict lunar and solar eclipses is a result and proof positive of the heliocentric theory of the universe. The fact of the matter however is that eclipses have been accurately predicted by cultures worldwide for thousands of years before the “heliocentric ball-Earth” was even a glimmer in Copernicus’ imagination. Ptolemy in the 1st century A.D. accurately predicted eclipses for six hundred years on the basis of a flat, stationary Earth with equal precision as anyone living today. All the way back in 600 B.C. Thales accurately predicted an eclipse which ended the war between the Medes and Lydians. Eclipses happen regularly with precision in 18 year cycles, so regardless of geocentric or heliocentric, flat or globe Earth cosmologies, eclipses can be accurately calculated independent of such factors.
6) If Earth were a ball 25,000 miles in circumference as NASA and modern astronomy claim, spherical trigonometry dictates the surface of all standing water must curve downward an easily measurable 8 inches per mile multiplied by the square of the distance. This means along a 6 mile channel of standing water, the Earth would dip 6 feet on either end from the central peak. Every time such experiments have been conducted, however, standing water has proven to be perfectly level.
121) When you observe the Sun and Moon you see two equally-sized equidistant circles tracing similar paths at similar speeds around a flat, stationary Earth. The “experts” at NASA, however, claim your common sense every day experience is false on all counts! To begin with, they say the Earth is not flat but a big ball; not stationary but spinning around 19 miles per second; they say the Sun does not revolve around the Earth as it appears, but Earth revolves around the Sun; the Moon, on the other hand, does revolve around the Earth, though not East to West as it appears, rather West to East; and the Sun is actually 400 times larger than the Moon and 400 times farther away! You can clearly see they are the same size and distance, you can see the Earth is flat, you can feel the Earth is stationary, but according to the gospel of modern astronomy, you are wrong and a simpleton worthy of endless ridicule if you dare to trust your own eyes and experience.

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There are two basic approaches, which a business can utilize, if it needs to integrate a terminal application into its payments ecosystem. Either it can use a standalone terminal solution, or an integrated terminal solution.
In a standalone terminal solution the POS application does not interact with the terminal application in any way when the payments are made, i.e. the terminal functions independently and interacts directly with the payment gateway.
If a company needs to have more control of the terminal when the sales are made, it needs to choose some way of integration with the terminal. Integrated solutions can be divided into semi-integrated and fully integrated ones. In fully integrated solutions all communication between the terminal and the payment gateway is conducted through the POS system, while the terminal just reads the information from the card. In semi-integrated solutions the terminal also formats the payment information into a message and sends it to the payment gateway or processor.
Integration itself can be done either through an SDK, or through a REST API. Sometimes, a so-called non-integrated approach is used. Under this approach the terminal application independently interacts with the payment gateway software, but the payment gateway informs the POS system about payments made right after their authorization.
More information on different terminal application integration methods can be found in the respective article on Paylosophy.


wmc - Ole George has got into some trouble over the lack of any visible weapons of mass destruction, but what the president and his advisors failed to notice were the weapons of mass construction proliferating right under their noses. These extreme machines are already everywhere, hell, they even have their own version of volleyball!! What next? Gymnastics!!!


Sure, the calendar says summer begins on or around June 21 with the summer solstice, but longtime residents around here know that is rarely the case.
Sunday was proof positive that the Fourth of July seems to fall outside of summer. Yes, we have had a string of fairly sunny and warm Fourths in the 2000s but the fact remains that July 4 is statistically the wettest day of the month, and 2010 just added another year to the pile.
No, I'd always said summer begins on July 5 -- a bit of a tongue in cheek that the weather always gets better right after the Fourth. Most other local meteorologists, including the National Weather Service folks and even Prof. Cliff Mass at the University of Washington tend to peg July 12th.
This chart seems to agree with mid July. It's a graph of the probability of a rainy day in Seattle -- note how it nosedives in mid July:
More specifically, this chart indicates summer (or, at least the really dry season) starts along the lines of July 17. (Note the big dip right around late July/early August? That's why the marquee SeaFair events are scheduled for that weekend -- they've done their homework!)
Anyway, this year? It's July 7 (Hah! My start date was closer :) ). As you've probably heard, it's going to be not only sunny, but hot as highs are expect to climb to near 90.
For those who like to chase records, here is what you are aiming for:
|Seattle||88 (1953)||87 (1985)||91 (1985)|
|Olympia||95 (1953)||94 (1952)||95 (1985)|
|Bellingham||88 (1953)||85 (1952)||85 (1979)|
|Forks||80 (1996)||82 (1968)||85 (2007)|
|Hoquiam||81 (1996)||87 (1956)||83 (2002)|
Enjoy summer, now that it's here!


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How do I choose grape cultivars for high tunnel production in the southeast?
Answer: Selecting appropriate cultivars is critical for success with high tunnel grape production. Attributes to consider when selecting cultivars include vigor (speed of vine growth), hardiness (cold tolerance), disease resistance, harvest date (early, mid, or late season), yield potential, grape cluster attributes and flavor, and adaptation to your specific environment. The ATTRA publication High Tunnel Grapes: Establishment offers a useful table listing University of Arkansas table grape cultivars with descriptions. These grape cultivars have been selected for the warm, humid environment of the Southeast, with varying degrees of disease resistance.
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ASAPS formed an ad hoc committee to further investigate the pros and cons of mesotherapy, he says. "We don't know whether it works or not because it is used by a lot of people who inject all kinds of chemicals into the skin," Fodor explains. "Our committee looked at the literature and we found no uniformity to what is being used, how much is being injected, and where it is being injected, so we could not draw any conclusions," he says. That's why ASAPS is conducting a clinical trial at five centers to definitively answer questions about mesotherapy. "We will do some studies with an exact and rigid protocol so we can compare apples to apples, not apples to oranges," he says.
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Anne Marie Sumner
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About the speaker
After 11 years on the road racing as a professional triathlete, Coach Terra decided to return to where it all started: Detroit. Here, she founded the Be Bold Crew, a fun and friendly group of bold endurance athletes who would pop-up and train anywhere and everywhere throughout the city.
Over a year of growing, training and racing later, Terra recognized the need to offer fitness opportunities beyond endurance sports, and eagerly jumped at the opportunity to launch the Detroit Body Garage in Detroit’s West Village. Already home to many great home-grown businesses–such as The Red Hook, Parker Street Market and Sister Pie–Terra is excited to bring her commitment to helping others become vehicles of change through movement and community to this great neighborhood and city. The focus is rebuilding one part at a time.
Terra’s story is one of being BOLD despite the storms. What started as a broken heart due to divorce when she moved back to Detroit, blossomed into learning to love again. This is thanks to a city that is also being BOLD + rebuilding.
Social Media: @beboldcrew @detroitbodygarage instagram website: www.beboldcrew.com www.detroitbodygarage.com
A Community-based Gym in Detroit. Detroit Body Garage is proud to call Detroit’s West Village home. Located down the street from our friends at Sister Pie, Parker Street Market, and The Red Hook, we’re excited to be a part of this vibrant and diverse community.
After graduating with BFA degrees (Andy in Graphic Design from Leeds, UK and mine in Photography from CCS in Detroit) we both moved to New York City to work in our fields. We met at Trunk Archive, both working as photo retouchers. We moved to Red Hook, Brooklyn, just a few blocks away from Stumptown Coffee Roasters new roastry location. In 2010, we decided to move back to Detroit and start The Red Hook. We proudly serve Stumptown Coffee.
Amy Sacka is a street photographer whose work explores the evolving cityscape and culture of Detroit. She is interested in how economic, racial and demographic shifts in the city are affecting identity, memory and the preservation of heritage and community in Detroit. Amy’s work has been featured in National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Detroit News, The Guardian, Huffington Post Detroit, and PBS World News Hour.
While you’re waiting to grab your ticket for this month’s event, hop on over to their website to learn more about their awesome mission and how you can help.
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Senior/Staff Software Engineer – Optimization Framework and Algorithms
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Zoox is looking for software engineers – optimization framework and algorithms to help improve autonomous driving quality using large-scale, distributed optimization and data analysis. In this role, you will leverage real-world driving data and metrics to design optimization problems and solution techniques. You will work cross-functionally with engineers in AI platforms, simulation, and data science. Your work will make a direct and measurable impact on vehicle driving behaviors.
- Design large-scale optimization problems and analyze results using driving data
- Lead complex, cross-functional projects
- Develop methods to reduce overfitting
- Design and implement features to improve optimization capabilities
- Improve training data quality
- Communicate your work to other teams at Zoox
- MS or PhD in optimization, statistics, motion planning or machine learning
- Solid computer science fundamentals
- Fluency in Python
- Experience with numerical optimization
- Experience with distributed systems
- Fluency in C++
- Experience with black-box optimization and its application to hyperparameter tuning
- Experience with multi-objective optimization
- Experience with autonomous vehicles
- Experience building large-scale software services on the cloud
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. The salary will range from $221,000 - $319,000. A sign-on bonus may be part of a compensation package. Compensation will vary based on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement), unpaid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
Employees working in this position will be required to have received a single dose of the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine OR have completed the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna vaccine series. In addition, employees will be required to receive a COVID-19 booster vaccine within two months of becoming eligible for the booster vaccine.
Employees will be required to show proof of vaccination status upon receipt of a conditional offer of employment. That offer of employment will be conditioned upon, among other things, an Applicant’s ability to show proof of vaccination status. Please note the Company provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable state, federal, and local laws.
Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design, Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. We’re looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.
A Final Note:
You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Zoox, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.


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Tenryu light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Tenryu (天龍) was the first ship constructed for the Tenryu-class. This class was a light cruiser kind of vessels that was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The name of Tenryu refers to the Tenryū River in Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures.
She was initially designed and planned to operate as flagships for destroyer flotillas. Her size and features represented an intermediate class between the light cruiser and the destroyer. This kind of hybrid design did not exist in other navies at that time, with the exception of the concept to the Royal Navy Arethusa class and C-class cruisers. Probably because the close relationship between the Royal Navy as mentor and advisor in ship construction of Japanese Navy influenced decisively the Tenryu design.
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If you're like me, you probably have tons of scrap fabrics left over from past projects that you just can't seem to throw away. I usually make doll clothes out of them, but when I saw this pattern I thought this would a fun and different way to use up those scraps.
Then a few weeks ago, when the weather turned a little colder, I finally felt ready to sew these together. But, of course, I couldn't find the pattern or the instructions. After searching and cleaning a bit, I decided that I must have thrown them away. "Oh well," I thought, "it really doesn't matter because I usually change things when I'm sewing anyway." So, below is the outcome of pattern-less snowmen.
This snowmen's coat and hat were from a fleece scarf one of my children made in a sewing class.
This snowmen is wearing a nice warm refashioned wool sweater that a daughter left at home. I had to work around a few pin holes that the sweater had but don't you think that this little snowman looks toasty warm in his winter looking attire?
The scarf above was refashioned from a belt that I took off a jacket.
In several of the snowmen's hands, I found some small ornaments that I attached with a few quick stitches. I think these scraps of fabric made some pretty adorable snowmen. Yes, snowmen from your scraps take on lots of personalities and are a fun way to use up your leftovers.
Now that these snowmen are completed, if my children don't claim all of them, I'll be donating a few to my favorite winter charity, Festival of Trees. Happy scrapping!


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Heading North...Loveland and Greeley
Grumpy's Vodka is now available in quite a few more stores north of Longmont, and one to the south.
Berthoud - Berthoud Wine and Spirits
Broomfield - Casablanca Wine & Spirits
Greeley - Westlake Wine & Spirits
Loveland - House of Spirits, Liquor Max Warehouse and Thompson Valley Liquor
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Sweet buttery biscuit base, chocolate ‘cheesecake’ with grated chocolate, caramel & berry topping. Irrelevant that it’s vegan, it’s simply delicious.
Mmm cheesecake. My love of cheesecake goes way back, and it’s been one of those things I really accepted I would never eat again. Let alone a chocolate cheesecake – the king of all the cheesecakes. However, this has revolutionised my dessert repertoire.
I would just say – if you’re screamish about vegan ingredients – don’t read the ingredients (or any more of this blurb!) and do a blind taste test. That’s what my brother and his girlfriend did to me, and I have to say… I’m not sure I would have tasted with an open mind if they told me it was made with tofu!! It really is silly though to be put off by an ingredient that really is very healthy and the perfect vehicle to a dairy free cheesecake. It doesn’t taste funky, I promise!
I have done a vegan cheesecake before, which relied on being frozen. There are also a lot of other vegan cheesecake recipes out there that ask you to soak nuts and then blend them, or cook them. This recipe is far, far, far more simple! And that was a big part of its appeal. Just tip the tofu out of the packet, add melted chocolate, orange zest and syrup and away you go. With just an hour or so in the fridge, it sets and slices well. Just like a cheesecake should.
Serves 8-10. Takes 30 minutes, plus baking and chilling time.
- Biscuit base:
- 200g dairy free digestives biscuits (After a lot of searching, I finally found that Waitrose own brand digestives are dairy free and egg free, and vegan friendly!)
- 110g dairy free butter, plus extra for greasing
- Salted Caramel:
- A note about the caramel. I’ve tried it two different ways; as a layer on the bottom and drizzled generously on top. Although I loved it as a layer, it did start to seep out and made the base a little soggy on the second day. If you plan on polishing it off in one sitting, then make it a layer. If not, then drizzle generously on top and add more when you serve. Or – you can opt to leave the caramel out entirely. I mean… I don’t know why you would – but the option is there!
- 200g white caster sugar
- 60g dairy free butter
- 70ml soya milk
- 1/2 – 1 tsp salt (according to taste)
- Cheesecake topping:
- 100g dark chocolate
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 x 349 pack silken firm tofu
- Zest of 1/2 orange
- 20g chocolate, grated
- Fresh raspberries, to serve
- Preheat the oven to 180 c and grease either a fluted tart tin or 8 inch loose bottom cake tin with dairy free butter.
- Melt the dairy free butter for the base. Meanwhile, in a food bag, bash the digestive biscuits with a rolling pin until they resemble bread crumbs.
- Mix the biscuit crumbs with the melted butter, and then firmly press a thin layer into the base tin – and edges of the tin is using the fluted tart tin.
- Prick the base all over with a fork and then bake for 10 minutes until golden. Leave to completely cool.
- OPTIONAL: Make the caramel – as soon as the sugar starts to melt, wear oven gloves when stirring the caramel – sugar burns. In a thick bottomed sauce pan add the sugar and gently heat, stirring occasionally. When the sugar has all melted, turn the heat up slightly and wait until the sugar turns a medium amber colour. It should only just start to smoke, before adding the dairy free butter.
- Beat the butter in to the caramel and once melted, add the soya milk and salt to taste. Take off the heat and leave to cool.
- Make the cheesecake filling; melt the chocolate with the golden syrup. Leave to cool for a few moments, then put into a food processor along with the tofu and orange zest. Blend, stopping and wiping down the sides, until completely smooth and no lumps of tofu remain.
- Assemble the cheesecake; in the cooled base, pour in a thin layer of caramel (if using), and then spread the chocolate cheesecake mixture on top. Top with grated chocolate and drizzles of caramel sauce.
- Cool in the fridge for at least 1 hour before serving. Keeps well for 2 – 3 days covered in the fridge.

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Fermented from carbohydrates, ammonium lactates like PURASAL NH/COS are often known as nature’s AHA (Alpha Hydroxy Acid) – and are especially suited to formulations for very dry skin.
In fact, the therapeutic benefits of AHAs for dermatological dry skin conditions have been well known for some 40 years, and were first reported by Van Scott and Yu in 1974.
Lotions containing ammonium lactate showed remarkable benefits for both dermatological dry skin conditions - as well as normal dry skin and cracked heels.
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We offer moisturization products which are a part of the skin’s own moisturization mechanism. These high quality products providing a safe and economic alternative to many high-end, expensive ingredients, without sacrificing efficacy.
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I am proud and excited to say that I have crossed off my first of twelve desire to-do’s before 2012 and boy does it feel good. Yesterday I completed the Universal Studios Backlot‘s WeSPARK 3rd Annual 5k Run! With little training and a ridiculously early start for this non-morning person, I finished strong.
Over the hills and through the sets we ran — past The Great Outdoors, The Jaws lake, Indian Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Austin Powers, Home Alone 2, Back to the Future, Creatures from the Black Lagoon, Wisteria Lane, Leave it to Beaver, the Psycho House, Doctor Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat and War of the World.
As my legs are growing tired I came up on the War of the World’s set, which looks like a town in total disaster. A 747 is cut in half and cars, playgrounds, debris are everywhere. I am no longer thinking about the 2.8 miles I have come or the distance I still have left to conquer, but rather the fact that I am running through this bizarre place!
Finally after traveling from set to set — mostly reliving my favorite childhood movies the 5k was over just like that. I had knocked one 12 before 2012 off the list!

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MONONGAHELA – Redemption can come in different forms, but it always emanates from the same place.
George Rogers is learning that lesson, and it took a suspension from an ugly incident during last year’s wrestling season to show him the right path.
Rogers, a senior at Washington, was thrown out of last year’s Section 2-AA tournament for his actions in a 138-pound consolation bout against Jason Stay of Beth-Center. Trailing Stay by a point late in the bout, Rogers lost control of his temper after going out of bounds. He kicked the stands and complained to referee Greg Severyn.
On the restart, Rogers aggressively went into Stay, drawing a penalty point. Rogers then bumped Severyn and was thrown out of the tournament.
The WPIAL suspended Rogers for the remainder of the year, including December matches of this season.
“Last year was a bunch of nonsense,” said Rogers. “I have the drive to come back and get after it again.”
In the first two rounds of the Tri-County Athletic Directors Association Wrestling Tournament Friday at Ringgold, Rogers began the journey back. He won two bouts, including a 3-1 decision over second-seeded Jake Gerard of Ringgold in the quarterfinals.
Rogers enters the semifinals at 10:30 a.m. today and, if successful there, would wrestle in the 2:30 p.m. finals.
Rogers’ upset wasn’t the only one during the first day. Austin McDermitt of Burgettstown, the top seed at 120, was knocked off by Canon-McMillan freshman Matt Oblock, 4-3, in ultimate tiebreaker.
Canon-McMillan leads the team scoring with 108 points and 10 wrestlers in the finals and is followed by Ringgold (72, 6), Jefferson-Morgan (65, 5), McGuffey (59.5, 5) and Avella (56.5, 5).
The two wins raised Rogers’ record to 3-1 and put his career mark at 68-32.
“It was hard, but it feels great to be back,” said Rogers. “If people think I’m a hothead, then that’s what they are going to think. My teammates know who I am. Every wrestler gets mad. I just thought after it happened that it’s time for me to grow up.”
Rogers’ return did not come without some conditions, but what Wash High head coach John Paiani tried to drive home was that Rogers needed to mature.
“I told him that this year is going to be different,” Paiani said. “He had to prove to me that he could be a leader on and off the mat. He said he would try to be different this year.”
Rogers returned to the lineup for a 33-30 loss to West Greene Jan. 2. Rogers pinned Doug Berdine in 3:46. In a dual meet loss to Beth-Center Wednesday, Rogers suffered his first defeat of the season, 9-5, to Anthony Welsh, who is the top seed in the Tri-CADA event at 145.
Paiani was watching for Rogers’ reaction to the loss.
“It was a close match, and he kept his head,” said Paiani. “They just shook hands and walked off. The referee even complimented him.”
Rogers realizes he will be closely watched this season, but believes he is prepared.
“It’s up to me to be a senior leader,” he said. “I want to show the younger guys how to act professionally, the way a wrestler should be. I want to go out in style.”
Oblock’s victory came with a lot of dramatics. He got a takedown in the closing seconds of regulation to tie the bout 3-3 and send it into overtime. No one scored through the first three overtime periods and Oblock chose down for the final overtime.
The C-M freshman nearly broke free but McDermitt trapped his head. As the clock ticked off the final seconds, Oblock popped his head out for the winning point.
“It’s my biggest win,” he said. “I practice with him all the time in the offseason but never wrestled him. “I didn’t know if I got the takedown until it happened. After that, I set my mind to not let it get away from me. It was nice to get my first big win.”
Nick Gavazzi, who would have been the top seed at 145, pulled out of the tournament. Gavazzi, a senior who won a WPIAL title and finished fifth in the state at 138 last season, has been battling a shoulder problem. He also missed the Chartiers-Houston tournament. He last wrestled Jan. 2 against Southmoreland. Gavazzi is a two-time champion here. … A.C. Headlee of Waynesburg is the top seed at 126 and is looking for his third straight tournament title.


Ottawa – Independent producer Sari Friedland is celebrated as the recipient of the 2016 Douglas James Dales Industry Builder Award. Named for the late Doug Dales, founder of PS Production Services, the annual award is presented to a producer whose sustained, voluntary, selfless service, contribution and commitment has benefited the Canadian film and television production industry. The award was presented last night at the PS Dinner on the Hill, held in conjunction with the Canadian Media Production Association’s Prime Time Conference in Ottawa.
Sari has produced scores of motion pictures and television series over the course of a career spanning three decades. She most recently served as supervising producer on the Afghanistan War drama Hyena Road, currently nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards. Sari is also a long-standing member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) and a past recipient of the Kodak/CFTPA Lifetime Achievement Award.
(l to r) Eleanor O’Connor, Alex Raffé, Sari Friedland, Rob Sim
“Sari is both a gifted producer and a tireless advocate for the Canadian production industry,” said SIM Group CEO Rob Sim. “Her many years of work on behalf of the CMPA have resulted in a stronger production industry and a better working environment for all. We are very pleased to recognize her achievements with this years’ Douglas James Dales Industry Builder Award.”
“It’s a great honour to receive an award named for Doug Dales, who meant so much to me and to this industry, and to be recognized for the labor relations volunteer work I do with the CMPA,” Friedland said. “I’ve been fortunate to work on a lot of great productions which have won acclaim and awards not only in Canada, but also worldwide. I am very proud of that and feel lucky not only to have been able to work in my hometown, but also internationally.”
Highlights among Friedland’s other credits include Degrassi, Liberty Street and Riverdale for Playing with Time Inc. and Epitome Pictures, and the series Slings & Arrows and Sensitive Skin for Rhombus Media. She co-produced Director Pedro Morelli’s film Zoom and Director Fernando Meirelles’ film Blindness, both of which were a Canada/Brazil co-production for Rhombus Media. In addition, she co-produced Director Denis Villeneuve’s film Enemy, which was a Canada/Spain co-production, also for Rhombus Media. Sari is currently scouting locations in Ottawa, for the return of the Rhombus Media/CBC TV series Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Producer Alex Raffé, last years’ recipient, presented the award to Sari. “Dinner on the Hill has become a wonderful tradition that brings together old friends and colleagues to celebrate all the things that make production in Canada great,” Raffé said.
“Each year, we take great pride in hosting the Douglas James Dales Industry Builder Award honouree along with other distinguished members of the Canadian production community,” said PS Production Services President Eleanor O’Connor. “It’s always a wonderful event that embodies the spirit of filmmaking in Canada.”
About the Award
The award was established in 2006 and was initially called the PS Industry Builder Award. Following Doug Dales’ passing in 2010, the award was renamed in his honour in 2011. It is presented annually by PS in recognition of a producer’s sustained contributions and commitment to strengthening the Canadian film and television industry. Each year’s honouree is selected by a jury composed of the previous recipients including, Alex Raffé, Sandra Cunningham, Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn, Wayne Grigsby, David MacLeod, Doug MacLeod, Ira Levy, Stephen Ellis, Phyllis Laing, Robin Cass and Paul Pope.
About SIM Group:
Backed by Toronto-based investment firm Granite Partners, the SIM Group is a leading supplier of production equipment, workflow and post-production solutions, with offices across the US, Canada and China. Our diverse services can be utilized on any production at any stage. In Canada, our offices in Toronto and Vancouver service grip and lighting from PS Production Services and can be complemented with SIM Digital cinematography and playback equipment for any production’s needs. Bling, Chainsaw, Pixel Underground, Tattersall Sound and Picture and Post Factory NY provide an array of services from dailies, to online and offline editing, to final color/DI and visual effects, to sound editorial and mixing. Bling’s services, which include a comprehensive workflow solution, are offered at all offices across the US and Canada, as well as off-site service through POD (Post on Demand). Chainsaw’s full-service facility in Hollywood provides creative editorial and extensive finishing services with some of the top colorists in the industry. Rounding out the family of companies are Pixel Underground, a Toronto-based post-production company, and its associated service, StationEX, which provides physical and file-based media fulfillment and encoding/distribution services, Tattersall Sound and Picture, a provider of sound editorial and mixing for motion pictures and television and Post Factory NY, one of the East Coast’s top independent post-production facilities. For more information, visit simgroup.com
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Seven tracks across four states will play host to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship chase in 2014.
The schedule features eight events in Connecticut next year at the state’s three NASCAR Whelen All-American Series sanctioned tracks.
The schedule also features two non-points events for the division. The first non-points event is a return to Daytona International Speedway for the exhibition Battle at the Beach on Feb. 18. The second non-points event is the addition of a new 25-lap shootout at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The event, on July 11, will feature a limited field and is only open to past Whelen Modified Tour and Whelen Southern Modified Tour champions and race winners, along with 2013 Sunoco Rookies of the Year from both divisions.
“The passionate Modified fans take their racing very seriously,” George Silbermann, NASCAR vice president, regional and touring series said in a release. “This year’s calendar will give those fans ample opportunity to enjoy the thunder of the Whelen Modified Tour cars along with its many stars at tremendous racing facilities.”
Stafford Motor Speedway will host the division four times, Thompson Speedway three times and the Waterford Speedbowl once.
The series open its season on April 6 at Thompson Speedway and also closes its season at Thompson Oct. 19. The division also visits Thompson Aug. 13. The series makes stops at Stafford Motor Speedway on April 27, May 23, Aug. 8 and Sept. 28. The lone visit to Waterford for the series will take place on June 21.
Beyond the Connecticut events the division will have its regular two points races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. (July 12, Sept. 20), two events at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway (June 28, Sept. 13), one event at Bristol Motor Speedway (Aug. 20) and one at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, N.H. (July 19).


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If you are concerned about your sex life and more specifically the safety of anal sex while pregnant, this article is for you. Learn everything there is to know about anal sex during pregnancywhether it is safe and what precautions to take. ES View Profile View Forum Posts. ES is offline member. Join Date: May 2011; Posts: 886. I found it more enjoyable during pregnancy, and did it a lot more than before pregnancy, as long as hygienic as other pp s have said you ll. Q: Is anal sex safe when we try to conceive (TTC) and during pregnancy? A: Anal intercourse is defined as insertion of the penis into the rectum through the anus. If he only ejaculates inside the rectum, there is no chance that you will get pregnant. There is no evidence to suggest that anal intercourse is unsafe in pregnancy. Ask your provider if it s OK to have anal sex. Anal sex is sex that involves the penis and the anus. Anal sex may be unsafe during pregnancy because the anus is full of bacteria. If you have vaginal sex after anal sex, you may be more likely to get an infection with bacteria in your vagina. Bacteria are tiny organisms that live. For the most part, having anal sex during pregnancy is safe - as long as you follow a few precautions. This eMedTV page lists some things to keep in mind (such as checking with your doctor first) if you re going to have this type of sex during pregnancy. My hubby and I want to try anal sex during pregnancy - I m in my 21st week and hoping it s safe. I was told by the dr that it was ok asking as he didn t go from anal to vagina, (wich would always be a bad thing) lol but make sure he is clean as a whistle before you do is anal sex ok during pregnancy any oral or vaginal afterwards.
I m Pregnant Is Sex OK? Talk to your health care provider first, though, since some women should not have sex during pregnancy, especially if is anal sex ok during pregnancy they are high risk. The intimacy is anal sex ok during pregnancy at the core of every healthy. Also, talk to your doctor if you want to engage in anal sex, since it can cause infection. Oral and anal sex during pregnancy: Find out if it s safe to engage in oral and anal lovemaking when you re pregnant. Is oral sex OK? While oral sex is fine, make sure your partner doesn t blow air into your vagina. In very is anal sex ok during pregnancy rare cases, a burst of air can block a blood vessel (air embolism and that could be a life-threatening condition for you and the baby. Is anal sex OK? Anal sex is safe. If you are constipated or have hemorrhoids.
Oral and anal sex yes anal sex are also safe during pregnancy, as long as you take the appropriate precautions to prevent the spread of STDs. Use a dental dam during oral sex to prevent passing any infections and don t forget to use a condom during anal sex. During oral sex, be sure your partner doesn t blow any air into your vagina. Also, you should not have sex with a partner whose sexual history you don t know or who may have a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that could be passed to your baby, with potentially dangerous consequences. Many doctors advise pregnant women to avoid anal sex, so check with your doctor first. And if you receive. Ok, im a little embarrassed by this, but my husband is really big into anal sex, I could live without it, but he makes that. Can I Have Anal or Oral Sex During Pregnancy? Oral sex is safe when you are pregnant, but you must make sure that your partner will not blow air into your vagina. Although it is rare, when air is blown into your vagina, it might cause air embolism, the blockage of blood vessels by air bubbles. This could pose harm to both. To start off, I have never Done that before, and I am really embarrased to even ask this. But it s my DH s only request that I let him. Although the idea does nothing for me only. Lol ok anyway will it hurt that baby IF I let him try? He has always been gentle, he was the one that took my virginity, and That took 5. Jump to Anal sex during pregnancy.

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Cruisin’ The Decades is a one-of-a-kind weekly 60-minute radio program broadcasting over 100 years of recorded music, playing one song per decade from the 1920’s to the 2020’s. Cruisin’ The Decades shines a spotlight on several genres of music, while focusing on the history, technology of recording, and evolution of popular music from yesterday to today. The show is about collecting records, listening to the radio, the power of music, geography, and bringing listeners together across vast distances through the enjoyment of music. It’s an audio time machine; a journey through recorded, popular music history!
Cruisin’ The Decades is created and curated by Brad Savage and produced at The Summit (WAPS-FM) in Akron, Ohio, USA. Savage uses his deep knowledge of music, along with his vast experience and massive music library, to put together a show that is as informative and engaging as it is entertaining. The program is heard worldwide on over 35 of the greatest independent/community radio stations anywhere, including AM, FM, Shortwave, and Internet radio stations in the USA, Canada, Germany, and New Zealand.


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Hi, I am Chef Jenny Levasseur, it’s nice to meet you.
I always knew i wanted to be a chef, I spent hours playing with my kitchen set making all kinds of food. When I was little, before the Food Network was around, I would watch a show called Great Chefs, Great Cities, and marvel at the amazing food these chefs created. What amazed me more was how they could memorize and cook all the orders that came in, and how fun the noise and heat of the kitchen could be.
I attended University of Houston and graduated with a Bachelors in Marketing, and also Management and decided to pursue my passion of cooking. Excitedly I chose Houston Community and began my pastry program led by the extremely talented Chef Eddy Van Damme, who actually wrote the pastry book we used, and my goto “On Baking”. Once I felt secure in the kitchen I pursued an education on intimidating and loud culinary side with some extremely gifted teachers.
When worked in kitchens during culinary school trying to absorb as much as I could about everything food related. This led me to cook in the most original, challenging, and exciting kitchens I could find. From fresh farm to table, to contemporary asian influenced, pure Rocky mountain cuisine to a restaurant that did a play on every cuisine imaginable. Cooking is exciting and creative and meant to be shared to the fullest!
After working in all these great restaurants I decided it’s time to venture out and become a personal chef to create a personal experience for every one of you. Living in Breckenridge since 2011 has been spectacular and I want to share my passion of food with locals and visitors alike. I have been a personal chef now since 2016 and am loving every minute of it : )
I’m excited for the opportunity to cook and create with you.


Subaru launches all-new XV Crossover
Taipei—More people are shifting their interest to Crossover vehicles due to their practicality and ease of use. In the domestic market, the Subaru XV has carved a profitable niche due to its looks, dependability and affordability. Recently, Motor Image, the exclusive distributors of the Subaru brand in the country, invited a select group of motoring journalists to put the new Subaru XV through its paces.
“The All-New Subaru XV is a unique crossover vehicle that combines practicality with aesthetics and performance. It is a bold car suited for drivers to Unpark their lives and go on activities that they love,” said Glenn Tan, Executive Director, Tan Chong International Ltd. We are thrilled to launch this new vehicle built on the new Subaru Global Platform, with improved interior and exterior styling. With this, we are confident that the All-New Subaru XV will exceed expectations and deliver a driving experience that is second to none.”
Held in busy Taipei, event organizers transformed a spacious parking lot into a challenging test drive venue where participants drove the XV in simulated road conditions. The first track allowed us to test the XV’s Symmetrical All-Wheel drive system that comes with an X-Mode feature. With the aid of a co-driver, media participants experienced an exemplary driving performance as we drove through a customized steel platform which tested the Hill Descent Control setting, which gave drivers greater confidence by maintaining low speeds on downhill slopes without the driver stepping on the brakes. One can feel the XV braking itself and descending at a safe and controlled speed thanks to a genius integrated control of the engine that controls the all-wheel drive system, brakes and other functions as well. According to Gerry Hernandez, President of Motor Image Pilipinas, “The Subaru Global Platform dramatically increased the All-New Subaru XV’s rigidity throughout the body and chassis by over 70 per cent compared to previous models. The All-New Subaru XV features a distinctive rugged and sporty design that incorporates the company’s new DYNAMIC x SOLID design philosophy,” he explains.
The next phase of the drive event was testing the XV’s new global platform and the 2.0 liter naturally aspirated engine on a twisty and muddy portion of the venue. This allowed this writer to appreciate the all new dashboard and cabin design. The spacious design flow in the All-New Subaru XV gives a sporty, yet refined interior that surpasses its class. In addition, functionalities such as all-round visibility, cabin space and cargo room have been improved.
With a Mazda CX3 as the baseline performance counterpart, participants gunned the accelerator and took the sweeping corners and roundabout with gusto as we drifted and slid all over the muddy track. The 2.0 liter boxer engine hummed with authority as I pushed the accelerator for more speed down a short straight before the roundabout. The new platform reduced the vibrations and body roll, which results in a quiet, smooth ride. A quicker steering gear ratio and lower centre of gravity has also been achieved which empowers drivers with highly responsive steering and straight line stability.
Getting off the XV, I stepped back a bit to see the beauty of this Crossover. The exterior features Subaru’s iconic hexagonal grille with C-shaped headlights, matte-black cladding on the front bumper and a new aluminium wheel design. The new vehicle sits in a wide and low stance, underlining the rugged character of the All-New Subaru XV, while combining advanced styling with superior aerodynamics while retaining the high ground clearance of 220mm.
The all-new Subaru XV 2.0i and 2.0i-S are scheduled to be launched in the domestic market in September and will be available in Subaru’s 12 dealers nationwide.


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Every year, I go back and play Thatgamecompany’s Flower. It’s a short game, which is probably part of the draw, but it’s also a beautiful. Another part of Flower’s appeal is that I can feel myself getting lost in it, weaving through petals and the wind as I direct it. It’s soothing and transcendent, where the player can either throw on a podcast or music in the background or remain wholly focused, and have essentially just as satisfying of an experience. While Flower isn’t in virtual reality, and in all likelihood never will be, there is an upcoming game that hits similar notes.
In comes Lantern, from developers Storm in a Tea Cup, a game that looks like it takes more than a few cues from Flower. In Lantern, the player controls (surprise) a lantern. The lantern begins its journey worlds away from a “sad princess,” who’s unfortunate gloominess has drained multiple environments of their color. As the player directs the red paper lantern, as they would a petal in Flower, the world around it is greeted with color once more. And if the developers manage to land the magical, airy feel of floating through the air just right, Lantern just might be a treat.
Lantern will be released on November 15th on Steam for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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by Chris Carlsson
Pier 80 along Islais Creek in 1997: site of the city's unused container facilities.
photo: Chris Carlsson
Herb Mills, former Secretary-Treasure of Local 10, ILWU, speaks about the container
Interview by Chris Carlsson and Steve Stallone, 1995
San Francisco was primarily a maritime port during its first century as a city. The famous Barbary Coast of the 1800s and its associated saloons, boarding houses, and gambling parlors was the home to a shifting population of stevedores, sailors, merchant marines, etc. In 1921 a five-year push by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to break union power was finally consolidated when a longshore strike was violently suppressed and a company union (known as "The Blue Book") came to dominate the waterfront workers. The famous General Strike of 1934 led to a new wave of working class militancy. Three years later, west coast longshoremen left the International Longshore Association, based on the east coast, and created the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), cementing a foundation for a new era of worker strength in San Francisco.
While the government brought case after case against union president Harry Bridges from the 1930s to the 1950s, trying to nail him as a communist, to deport him, and so on, the workers in the ILWU firmly controlled the labor process along the waterfront and managed to establish some comfortable practices. The men had struck again and again to prevent slingloads from exceeding 2,100 lbs., and by the late '30s were under much less pressure to increase productivity. Eight-men crews were the norm, even though most situations didn't need more than two or four men at a time, so the work crews developed the 4-on, 4-off system, wherein at any given moment during the workday, four men would be sitting around drinking coffee and playing cards while the other four actually worked.
By the early 1950s the union itself had agreed to discourage such feather-bedding, but larger pressures were beginning to make themselves felt. Shippers were demanding lower costs from the shipowners and the unions. Shippers without sufficiently large loads were beginning to use intermediate freight stations, which soon established the methods of large-scale containerization, a technological change which drastically altered the relationship of living human labor to the quantity of goods being shipped.
Bridges and the other ILWU leaders began to openly discuss an about-face on mechanization, a process that had been resisted consistently until then. A union investigation into the situation in 1957 concluded "Presently it seems possible for the union to negotiate a contract embracing the full use of labor-saving machinery with maximum protection for the welfare of the workers." They sought a contract which would ensure no speed-up when a new machine was introduced; that machines would not create safety hazards; that dock-workers wouldn't be thrown out of the industry; that the workday would be cut while take-home pay stayed the same; that pensions and other benefits would be improved; and that if mechanization reduced the amount of available work, dockworkers would be guaranteed their weekly take-home pay nevertheless.
From 1958 to its conclusion in 1960, the ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association negotiated intensively over the terms of what came to be known as the M&M Agreement (Mechanization & Modernization). Bridges and his colleagues had realized that they could only resist technological changes through guerrilla warfare for so long, and that ultimately it would lead to a showdown. Isolated from a larger labor movement, ignored or harassed by the government, and pressured by the rank-and-file to acquire health benefits, pensions, etc., the ILWU leaders concluded an historic agreement that saved shippers and the industry approximately $200 million during the 1960-66 contract period, and guaranteed longshoremen of that time wage increases, job security, increased benefits and pensions, and a large retirement bonus, equalling approximately $29 million in additional wealth for the workers.
In fact, under the M&M, longshoremen increased their wages, men over 62 were given early retirement bonuses of $7,920, and all medical, dental and pension benefits increased. But younger workers were sharply critical, with over a third voting against the deal. The writer Eric Hoffer, who was then a longshoreman, said "This generation has no right to give away, or sell for money, conditions that were handed on to us by a previous generation." A common complaint graffitied in piers and waterfront warehouses was that the speed-up was back with the M&M as slingloads increased dramatically -- Bridges Loads they were called.
One San Francisco longshoreman even got up in a 1963 union meeting and said:
"Brother Bridges has been saying for years that when the newspapers begin saying good things about him, it's time to get the recall machinery in motion. Brothers! That time has come!"
The speaker was censured by the local's executive board at the next meeting, and when that was in turn reported to the rank-and-file, they hooted down the board's move derisively.
With the port doing a booming business throughout the early 60s, in large part due to the Vietnam War, the longshoremen found an accumulation of $13 million in their M&M fund by the 1966 end of the contract. After a few proposals were kicked around, the union voted to pay out $1,200 bonuses to all 10,000 full-time longshoremen on the Pacific Coast. A new agreement dumped the 35-hour week guarantee, but increased lump sum retirement bonuses to $13,000, increased wages and benefits. Meanwhile the Port of Oakland across the bay invested heavily in the new container cranes. Oakland also had the space to accommodate large storage areas and was conveniently served by direct rail and road lines from the Central Valley and all points north, south and east. By the mid-1970s, the San Francisco waterfront had been largely abandoned as too little, too slow, and too inefficient. A brief flurry of old-style longshoring accompanied the earliest days of consumer goods from China, but that, too, was soon supplanted by containerized shipping to Oakland to Long Beach and Los Angeles in southern California, and Seattle in the north.
In hindsight we can see that the M&M deal struck by the ILWU was the essence of an arrangement between capital and labor in the 20th century U.S. The union bargained away control over technological change in exchange for payment to the existing workforce and its retirees. Ultimately it agreed to become a much smaller labor aristocracy, although one could argue that the union had no choice under capitalist modernization.
This agreement was the turning point in San Francisco's economic history. After a hundred years of maritime, trading, and manufacturing in the city, San Francisco began its turn in becoming a headquarters city, a popular tourist destination, and a service sector capital. Regional planning, begun in earnest during WWII, led to new transportation grids and decentralization of blue collar industries. The ILWU's formal agreement to cooperate with a great technological leap in their work killed the San Francisco port and its jobs, and led to thousands fewer jobs in the large ports of today. It also signaled a willingness to submit by San Francisco's last bastion of serious labor resistance, the strikers of 1934. When the ILWU supported Joe Alioto for mayor in 1967, and went on to have leaders appointed to the Redevelopment Agency by Mayor Alioto, they completed their transition from acquiescing to enforcing the plans of the local and national elite.
ILWU representative Wilbur Hamilton was appointed to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency in 1968 and soon after got the job of project manager for the Western Addition A-2 project, the SFRA's largest neighborhood clearance plan. Hamilton gave a black , pro-labor face to the essentially white racist "slum clearance" plan devised in the boardrooms of downtown San Francisco.
Hamilton became the Executive Director of the SFRA in 1977. An ILWU organizer, Rick Sorro, was appointed to Mayor George Moscone's Select Committee on Yerba Buena Center in March, 1976. The ILWU, while less ardent than the SF Building Trades Council, the SF Central Labor Council, and the Teamsters Joint Council, had been supporting the South of Market redevelopment project called Yerba Buena Center, which was to include a new Convention Center. Ironically, this redevelopment plan came largely at the expense of retired longshoremen and other port workers who inhabited the old neighborhoods which were designated "blighted" in order to facilitate eminent domain clearance by the Redevelopment Agency. (See Western Addition Blues)

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A new biopic about the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, will use “paranoia and oppression” similar to a horror film, according to the film’s composer.
Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood says Spencer is “not as easy a viewing experience” as Netflix’s The Crown.
Chilean director Pablo Larrain’s film is set over a weekend in the early 1990s when Diana, played by Kristen Stewart, joined the royal family at the Queen’s estate in Sandringham for Christmas.
It imagines what could have happened in those few days when her marriage to the Prince of Wales failed but she is still obliged to attend the family celebrations.
Greenwood, 49, has previously provided the soundtracks for films such as Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here.
He said he used an orchestra of jazz and baroque musicians to create “a measure of chaos” in Spencer’s score.
Speaking to the PA news agency, he said he was drawn to the project because it was “darker and stranger than most films about the royals seem”.
He added, “I think Pablo is careful to call it a fable based on a real princess.
“What will people think? It’s not The Crown. There is a lot of claustrophobic handheld camera action that follows it and one immediately feels that this is not as easy a viewing experience as something like The Crown. It just does something different. “
Greenwood said he first looked at the music Diana liked but decided it was a “dead end” when she took him to see artists like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Dire Straits.
He said: “But then you realize that the music didn’t have to be a part of her, she just had to describe this situation and describe the oppression she felt in that palace in Sandringham during those three days.
“It’s a bit like a horror movie in a way. There are all these sinister servants lounging under stairs and there is this feeling of paranoia and oppression. The music should reinforce that.”
To record the score, Greenwood used a jazz band and a baroque orchestra at the same time.
“It was just about bringing some degree of chaos into the music to accompany the fairly staid and traditional framework of baroque music, which hopefully would reflect what royal life was like for them,” he said.
“I don’t think there was much freedom in her life.”
Oxford-born Greenwood also praised Stewart for her performance as Diana.
“She does it amazingly well,” he said.
“I think it’s doubly difficult because when you see Diana’s footage, an element feels like a performance.
“She’s pretty mannered in the way she spoke, but she’s absolutely convincing. She won me over.”
Other cast members in the film, written by Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders, include Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins and Sean Harris.
The Spencer soundtrack will be released on the Mercury KX record label.
The film premieres on September 3rd at the Venice Film Festival and is slated to hit theaters on November 5th.
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HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the Regulatory Issues Forum at the 2017 REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON (May 16, 2017) — Potential homebuyers have a lot to contend with from tight credit and low inventory to rising prices. But for buyers who are able to muscle past these hurdles, Realtors® know that tough-to-make deals can still fall apart when needlessly high regulatory burdens get in the way.
DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS | MONDAY, JANUARY 09, 2017 - Mortgage insurance premiums on FHA-backed loans will be lower by 25 basis points on loans endorsed starting January 27, the federal government announced today.
“After four straight years of growth and with sufficient reserves on hand to meet future claims, it’s time for FHA to pass along some modest savings to working families,” Julian Castro, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, announced today.
Interest rates are inching up and credit can still be hard to get but there is one bright spot for households hoping to buy a home soon: they can get a larger loan now, thanks to recent loan-limit increases for both conforming loans and loans backed by FHA.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) increased the conforming loan limit a few weeks ago, for the first time in 10 years, and it’s now at $424,100 in most markets, up from $417,000.

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Are Little Cavities a Big Deal? Oral Health for Babies and Toddlers Explained
Published: January 29, 2024
By: Malia Jacobson & Paige Townley
Every time you test the temperature of your baby’s bottle with your mouth, or share food, a straw, or a utensil with your toddler, you’re also sharing bacteria that cause tooth decay. That’s right, cavity-causing dental decay is an infectious, transmissible disease that parents can unknowingly pass to their children, according to the National Institutes of Health.
After decades of decline, the rates of cavities in children under 5 are on the rise; experts blame a diet higher in sugary foods and drinks.
“Cavities in baby teeth are very important to manage,” ” explains Baker Chambliss, D.M.D., of Pediatric Dental & Orthodontic Associates. “Left untreated, cavities can lead to pain and tooth loss, which can affect the development and spacing of permanent teeth. High sugar intake, poor oral hygiene, low fluoride exposure, and genetic/environmental factors all play a role in caries development.”
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the NIH, reports that one-third to one-half of children under age 5 develop cavities in baby teeth. But, like many infectious diseases, dental decay is preventable. Here’s how to protect your child’s oral health, even if pearly whites are still months away.
WHEN TO VISIT A DENTIST
In the National Poll on Children’s Health, researchers from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital found that most parents weren’t sure when their child should first visit the dentist. Out of this majority, over 16 percent believed kids didn’t need to visit a dentist until after age 4, reflecting a common belief that cleaning baby teeth isn’t all that important—they’ll just fall out anyway, right?
Wrong—decay in baby teeth can harm oral health both now and for years to come. The bacteria that cause tooth decay in baby teeth can break down the enamel of permanent teeth as they begin to come in, making these teeth more vulnerable to cavities. And because baby teeth serve as placeholders that help guide permanent teeth into position, losing baby teeth too early as a result of tooth decay can create a crooked, crowded smile later on, experts say.
“Baby teeth are extremely important!” notes Olga M. Sanchez- Hernandez D.M.D., M.S., M.S. of McCalla Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry. “They help us eat, talk, and smile! We need teeth to chew our food so that we can swallow it easier. We also need our teeth to pronounce words properly. Baby teeth also save the space for the permanent teeth that are underneath. If they are lost early due to decay spacing problems can arise.”
Scheduling a dental visit by age 1, or six months after the first tooth pops up, helps safeguard oral health in a few important ways, per experts at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. First, establishing a relationship with a dentist early on helps pave the way for smoother, less stressful visits in the future, when your child begins “real” dental cleanings or needs a filling. Visiting the dentist by 12 months of age also helps the dentist spot any early signs of trouble and advise you on the best way to care for your child’s oral health.
“This might seem early, however, starting early is the key to a lifetime of good dental health,” adds Sanchez-Hernandez. “This dental visit should be thought of as a well-baby checkup with the child’s physician.”
HOW BABY CAVITIES BEGIN
What’s the dentist looking for at these early visits? Before tooth decay causes a cavity, it may cause white spots on tooth enamel, which signal that the enamel is breaking down. From there, a cavity may look like a small, light-brown spot on your child’s tooth. If the cavity isn’t treated, the spot becomes larger and may turn darker brown or black, the doctors say.
More advanced tooth decay may cause a toothache, sensitivity to hot or cold, bad breath, and swelling. Per the American Dental Association, tooth decay in baby teeth can affect a child’s overall well-being—kids with painful teeth are less likely to eat enough, and won’t get the nutrition they need to thrive.
“Any dark or white spots on baby teeth should be examined by a dentist,” says Sanchez-Hernandez. “Stains on teeth could be developmental, caused by pigments of things we eat, could be decalcifications or caries. Your dentist will be able to determine the difference and treat accordingly.”
WHAT HAPPENS IF MY BABY HAS A CAVITY?
After a complete dental exam, your child’s dentist may suggest X-rays to help diagnose tooth decay. In many cases, small cavities can be filled in a single dentist visit; the dentist removes the decayed enamel and uses tooth-colored material to fill the hole. Though the process may not delight your child, they’ll usually be able to eat or drink soon afterward and shouldn’t experience pain.
Dead or seriously decayed teeth may need to be completely removed, the dentists say. This process may take two or more visits, and children may be sedated. If removing decayed baby teeth will affect the placement of permanent teeth, your child’s dentist may recommend a composite bridge (like a partial denture) that replaces the missing teeth and holds the remaining teeth in place until permanent teeth come in.
CARING FOR GUMS AND BABY TEETH
Before your baby’s teeth appear, use a (clean) soft cloth or small piece of gauze to gently wipe the gums after feedings. This helps prevent sugary milk or food residue from remaining on your baby’s gums, providing an environment where the bacteria that cause tooth decay can grow. As Chambliss stresses, minimize your child’s sugar intake through bottles, never allowing the child to go to bed with a bottle of milk or any sugar-containing liquid.
Start brushing your child’s teeth as soon as the first one appears, advises Stanford Children’s Health. Young toddlers need just a dab of toothpaste—about the size of a grain of rice—while preschoolers can use a pea-sized amount. After age two, add daily flossing to your child’s routine. “Beginning the routine of daily oral care early gets your child used to the process of daily oral hygiene,” Chambliss adds.
Does your toddler need an electric toothbrush? Most dentists say no—any child-sized, extra-soft toothbrush will work. But electric toothbrushes can help coax reluctant brushers and help establish healthy habits, especially when kids choose the toothbrush (or at least the color) themselves. Pair the chosen toothbrush with a kid-friendly brushing app (see sidebar) to create a fun routine that makes brushing tiny teeth a bit less burdensome. We’ll say “Ahhhh” to that!
Paige Townley is a staff writer and area freelance writer.