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I have been a huge fan of the Red Lobster chain for some time now. I have always been a fan of their restaurants because I love the variety of food, and I am always happy to try new dishes. I also love that they have a variety of drink options, as well.
Red Lobster is a chain that I find myself wanting to try more often, because I always think I need to see if I can find myself a new favorite. That is why I got to sit down with the executive chef of the Red Lobster restaurant in Newport Beach, Rhode Island for a few days.
The executive chef of Red Lobster is not the chef you see on TV; he is one of the many chefs that the restaurant employs. His name is Brian Vena and he’s always been involved in local events, such as the Chili Cook Off, and even founded “Red Lobster’s Cupcake Club.
Red Lobster has been around since the early 1900’s and has a long history of serving great lobster dishes. I was surprised by how much the chef was able to talk to me about his experiences and current projects. In particular, we talked about the new Red Lobster restaurant in Newport Beach, Rhode Island, which he hopes to expand soon. This is a new venture for the restaurant. As he tells me, the restaurant is opening soon after it opens the first Red Lobster in Manhattan.
In an interview with the Huffington Post, the chef and the restaurateur said that the new Red Lobster in Newport Beach will be a hybrid of the old and new Red Lobster concept. That is, it will use the former Red Lobster’s seafood and Italian fare as well as a lobster bar menu.
It sounds like a fun place to be. A restaurant that uses the concept of seafood to do something different. A restaurant that looks like it’s trying to be something new, but is still a regular lobster place.
In a restaurant, you can use seafood, but the food is usually made with the same ingredients. The seafood here is made with lobster and, if you’re lucky, crabmeat as well. The crab here is made with the same ingredients as the lobster.
They serve lobster and crabmeat in a lobster and crab restaurant, and both are served in cocktails made with these crab-flavored ingredients. The restaurant also offers a lobster and seafood cocktail menu. Although the crabmeat is made with fresh lobster, the crab in the cocktail is made with fresh crab. The lobster is made with fresh lobster, but is probably a mix of the two types.
As you can see, the Crab and Lobster is one of those things that is made with two different types of seafood. And you can get lots of lobster in the city, but they do not make it here.
Actually, it’s a mix of the two types because you can get some fresh lobster if you go to one of the many “lobster shops” that have opened up over the years. But it is definitely a lobster and crab cocktail.


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Lupus Research Alliance and National Minority Quality Forum Launch Lupus Multi-Cultural Engagement Partnership
The Lupus Multi-Cultural Engagement Partnership (Lupus MCEP) was recently launched at an inaugural meeting in New York City to address the need to increase the number of participants in upcoming lupus clinical trials and to guarantee that ethnic and racial representation is considered.
The Lupus MCEP meeting was hosted by the Lupus Research Alliance and the National Minority Quality Forum and attended by 30 national specialists and key opinion leaders to discuss ways of enrolling the 35,000 participants needed to initiate the more than 120 clinical studies underway to test potential new treatments for lupus.
The number is required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide enough data to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of these investigational treatments. However, based on current projections, enrollment might not make it to the required numbers, particularly among African-American, Hispanic/Latina, and Asian populations.
The challenge is worrying because these are thought to be populations that are at greatest risk for developing lupus, or for whom outcomes are predicted to be more damaging.
According to a press release, the difficulty in finding lupus trial participants is not a new phenomenon. It has been noted as one of the main reasons that only one treatment has been successfully tested and approved by the FDA in 50 years. It also has sparked questions about proportional racial representation, as studies have shown disparities in diagnoses and outcomes between different demographic groups.
Lupus MCEP meeting attendees identified key obstacles to recruiting patients for trials, including physicians’ reluctance to present clinical research as a treatment option, logistical limitations, lack of perceived benefit, and fear that symptoms might worsen.
Coming out of the meeting, a full report is expected to inform the development of new strategies that can help increase enrollment of traditionally under-represented populations in lupus clinical trials.
The National Minority Quality Forum was established in 1998 to address the critical need for strengthening national and local efforts to use evidence-based and data-driven initiatives to guide programs seeking to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness for racial and ethnic minorities and other minority populations.
The non-profit, non-partisan organization is dedicated to ensuring that high-risk racial and ethnic populations and communities receive optimal healthcare in the United States by partnering with healthcare providers, professionals, administrators, researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders.
Besides these two organizations, the inaugural meeting welcomed representatives from other key organizations, including the American College of Rheumatology, Association of Black Cardiologists, Black Women’s Health Imperative, Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN), Lupus Research Alliance’s Multi-Cultural Outreach Task Force, and the Kelly Fund for Lupus, among others.

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There has been a campaign to raise funds for a new digital sign in front of the Washington County Fairgrounds. This would be a much needed asset to the fairgrounds, as it would make it much more noticeable. A “Go Fund” account has been set up that makes it easy to make a donation towards the sign.
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The Copan Community Action Team will sponsor a July 4th bingo fundraiser on May 16 at the Washington County Fairgrounds. There will be a drawing for a 48-star American flag. Tickets are $1 or 6 for $5. The drawing will be done the night of the bingo game. Contact Larry Cain at 918-907-1221 for tickets or info.
The Ramona Caney Valley Alumni Association is preparing for this year’s annual banquet and reunion to be held on June 13. A planning meeting will be held at the Senior Citizen’s Center at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Ramona. Residents who have ideas on how to make the occasion enjoyable for all attendees or would like to help out with the reunion should plan on attending the meeting.
A new nationwide survey released shows that the phenomenon of “promposals” — elaborate invitations to the high school prom can mirror a marriage proposal — are costing the average American household with teens a staggering $324 in 2015. Promposals have become significantly more extravagant in recent years and now represent in excess of one-third of the $919 total that the average prom-going teen will spend on the dance in 2015. Costs include attire, limousine rental, tickets, flowers, pictures, food, accommodations, after party, etc.
About 40 percent of the United States food supply (1,500 calories/person/day) goes uneaten. Discarded food in homes and food service accounts for 60 percent of this total food loss and is mostly avoidable. The remaining portion is lost or wasted during food production.
Student of the month for Caney Valley Elementary will be held at 9 a.m. Monday. The safe school committee will meet Monday after school in the principal’s office. Enrollment for pre-kindergarten students will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. in the library. This will also be an early dismissal day at 12:30 p.m.
Will your family be anticipating a tax refund this year? While you are busy dreaming up all the ways to spend it, think of putting at least a few of those dollars to work creating a brighter financial future for the family. Many times, getting a lump sum of money leads an individual to feel some sense of freedom for spending. It’s okay to use part of a refund on something fun, but don’t forget to look at ways that money can make life a little easier down the road.
The overall heart health of U.S. children falls short with cholesterol levels and weight results troubling, a new analysis suggests. Northwestern University researchers found that while most of the nearly 9,000 children they studied had healthy blood pressure levels, 40 percent did not have good cholesterol levels, almost none ate a healthy diet regularly and 30 percent were overweight or obese. These findings may mean more children will face a future that will include heart disease if nothing changes, said Dr. Sarah Samaan, a cardiologist at Legacy Heart Center in Plano, Texas.
With spring break here, and summer vacations right around the corner, it’s time to start planning much-needed getaways. Wherever the destination, having a beloved pet by one’s side can make it even more enjoyable. However, there are some important things to consider before letting a furry family member tag along.
Washington County Cattlewomen meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Tumbleweeds. Guests are welcome. Speakers are James Dixon and Brandon Reaves, speaking on Soil Science for pasture and range improvements.


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We have added San Angelo Country Club as a site it is listed as SACC
Here are the directions. It is located at 1609 Country Club Road
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Singer Fleur East has said she wanted to host Strictly: It Takes Two so that she didn't have to miss out on ballroom fever this year
The former 'Strictly' contestant said Fleur East is getting an unfair ride from the judges this year.
The 20th series of Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One later this year with the launch show scheduled to be recorded on 7 September.
East has competed twice on 'The X Factor' and spent three years with Simon Cowell's record label, Syco.
Fleur East admits she is nervous for 'normal life without her dad' after losing dad Malcolm during the pandemic.
The former X Factor contestant, who married fashion designer Marcel Badiane-Robin last year, lost her father in March.
He took aim at Simon Cowell's nasty barb at I'm A Celebrity contestant Fleur East during the X Factor final during the show last night.
Classically, the X Factor pre-final is a unstoppable gush-fest, where judges laud praise on anything that opens its mouth on stage in the name of good sportsmanship.
Who knows what else he’s been occupying himself with since he stepped back from football management last year, but at least Harry Redknapp is now up to date on his street slang. Viewers of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here delighted in a tutorial given by X Factor star Fleur East and Hollyoaks actor Malique Thompson-Dwyer. In a fireside chat with the pair, 71-year-old Redknapp acquainted himself with the concept of ‘grinding’, which he said he’d introduce to his wife once he’s back at home.

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“There’s no place like home”, a famous saying which people hold dearly in their hearts. To make your home more comfortable, you need to pay attention to details. The right interior will make your home more enjoyable and cozy. Floor is one of the most important aspects of your home. The right flooring will enhance the ambience of your house, while the poor flooring will disgust even the owner of the house. Perhaps you are already tired of looking at your own flooring, but have no idea as to how you can improve it. Well, you can consult your problem with Home Beautiful Flooring America in Belmont, NH. Visit the official website and start planning on how to improve your flooring with the help of professionals. Home Beautiful Flooring America always has the answer to your flooring problems.
The Home Beautiful Flooring America has a great selection of brands and materials for your house. Ceramic tiles, Vinyl, Hardwood, and Carpet are among the stocks for decorating your house. Not only a wide variety of materials, The Home Beautiful Flooring America also hired sales experts who are thoroughly trained to help you pick the best material for your house. Whether for kitchen, basement, living room, bedroom, or bathroom the sales experts will give you advices based on the answers of a certain questions which they will ask to you. Furthermore, The Home Beautiful Flooring America give you warranty and reliable installation for their services. The highly trained staff will come to your house and get the job done beautifully. They will also ensure that the flooring will last as long as possible. The Home Beautiful Flooring America have proudly served the communities of Belmont, Laconia, and most of Central Hampshire. Interested? Go directly to their website or contact their showroom at 603-556-7651.
There are many benefits you could directly generate when choosing over the best and local Flooring in Greer SC. First thing first, your local flooring vendor in Greer has all the best collections of flooring materials you may need. If you are ready to continue the next step of your renovation or redecoration project, installing flooring levels in both interiority and exteriority around your house, you certainly want to consider various different options to beautify your own flooring levels. And for this purpose, your local flooring store in Greer could easily help you with their best selections of flooring materials.
Choose over the collections of flooring tiles if you want to have, literally, colorful flooring levels. This type of flooring material can be said to have the largest selections of designs, dimensions, patterns and or colors. So, with the help of your local store in Greer, certainly you will be able to find the perfect match of your flooring tile materials with the general concept or theme of your renovation project. If tiles somewhat discourage your option (since they are quite general as a choice indeed), ask your best local flooring store in Greer to show you their best collections of carpets and or rugs. This type of materials definitely is the best option available if you really want to create warm and cozy atmosphere in and or around your interiority. Needless to say, though, the wooden or laminate flooring materials can make serious competitor if you aim for building classical or elegant atmosphere in your house.
The other best advantage to contact your local flooring vendor in Greer is that of piece of mind! Meaning, when you buy your flooring materials, you may not want to carry those cubicles all by yourself. You need special delivery to take the materials to the site of construction, your own house. If you go into remoter stores or vendors, this really means you have to provide more money to pay for further distance to cover your delivery charge. Now, you just have to think straighter in this case: why do you want to pay more for delivery charges just to get the same highest quality of flooring materials your local store in Greer could easily provide? Not to mention you have to think more about losses, indeed. Farther roads simply increase the potential risk you may have more broken or damage materials! See, going local doesn’t sound that bad, right?
How clean your office is can be the image of your whole business. Thus, many businesses will not hesitate to use professional office cleaning services to help them keeping their office to look clean and professional. To keep your office looking clean, we can do some simple tips. For example, we should not eat at the desk. Even though eating lunch at the desk can be more efficient but it will make your desk look messy. What is more, if that your client come in and see wrappers laying around your office. Your business image will be ruined after all. Here are more tips to make your office always look clean.
The first tip is we must have recycling bins and garbage. So, we know the right place to throw garbage. In addition, waste disposal or recycling process will go smoothly. The second tip is to always clean the common areas. Common areas can be dirty fast. We have to make sure that our employees are responsible to get involved participating in office cleaning. In one case, we can make a schedule for all employees to clean particular common areas. The third tip is to reorganize work stations. Broadly speaking, we need to create more space. That way, we can make the cleaning process easier. Both work stations and furniture must be not only efficient but also appealing. By having a convenient layout, all employees can work well and the room can be kept clean.
The last tip is getting commercial cleaning regularly. We can contact, as an example, commercial cleaning franchises to obtain janitorial service, office cleaning, or even carpet cleaning. By getting professional help, we can receive a better clean. What is more, we can save more time and energy to clean our office. As the result, we can more concentrate achieving our business goals.

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Financial Focus Preparation Can Lead To Happy Retirement
Here’s some information that may interest you: The happiest retirees are those that feel financially prepared for retirement.
This finding, from a study by Harris Interactive, a major polling firm, may not be shocking. After all, you would probably expect that retirees who feel financially prepared would be more content than those who are worried about outliving their income. But you might be surprised by another finding gleaned from the study: Retirement happiness is directly linked to the number of years you’ve been saving for retirement, rather than your net worth - although the two factors are certainly related.
Just how long do you need to save before you can feel you’re financially prepared for retirement? In reality, there’s probably no one “right” answer, because everyone has different goals for retirement.
Nonetheless, the Harris survey does point to some interesting numbers:
* 61 percent of those who saved for 25 years or more said they were extremely satisfied with retirement.
* 51 percent of those who saved for 15 to 24 years said they were extremely satisfied.
* 46 percent of those who saved for less than 15 years said they were extremely satisfied.
The lesson seems clear: Start saving for retirement as early as you can. By putting time on your side, you greatly increase your chances of enjoying your retirement years.
The Harris survey didn’t just ask respondents about how long they had been saving and investing. Another question was designed to relate retirees’ happiness with the type of investments they had accumulated.
The findings? The happiest retirees’ investment portfolios were well diversified. Stocks made up the bulk of these retirees’ holdings, with smaller allocations in fixed-income securities and real estate. Apparently, maintaining a diversified array of investments helped contribute to the respondents’ feelings of being well prepared for retirement.
The survey’s results support many other studies that, over the years, have shown the value of diversification. But you can diversify your portfolio in many different ways. To determine which mix of investments is appropriate for you, consider the following:
* Your goals - What do you plan to do during retirement? If you envision traveling around the world and maintaining a couple of houses, your investment income needs will be far different than those of your neighbor who plans to stick close to home and do some consulting.
* Your risk tolerance - If you’re an aggressive investor, you’re willing to accept a greater degree of risk in exchange for potentially higher returns. If you’re a conservative investor, you’re more inclined to protect your principal at all costs, even if it means sacrificing growth. And if you’re a moderate investor, you’re somewhere in between. Your individual asset allocation - your mix of investments - will be shaped, in part, by your investment personality and risk tolerance.
* Time horizon - Your proximity to retirement will also help shape your investment mix. If you’re many years away from retiring, you may want to invest more aggressively, because you have time to bounce back from short-term volatility. But if you’re only a few years away from retirement, you might want to shift some - but certainly not all - your investment dollars into more stable, conservative vehicles.
There you have it: To be happy during retirement, you need to invest for many years beforehand, and you need to be properly diversified. Take action soon - the future will be here before you know it.
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Driving instructors are warning that a new roundabout project in Hampshire has resulted in a ‘confusing race track’ that will cause chaos on the roads.
The £20 million project has seen the construction of a new junction at the Brighton Hill roundabout in Basingstoke.
But dozens of instructors have called it ‘dangerous’ because the road signs and markings ‘make no sense’ meaning drivers are unsure which lane to be in.
It’s left people across Hampshire complaining about it ‘every single day’.
The project, which took two years and was completed last winter, was formed with the intention of ‘making travel easier’ but it seems to have done the opposite.
And one instructor has gone so far as to call it a ‘comedy of errors’ caused by ‘shoddy workmanship’.
Photos show how one road sign has been partly obscured by traffic lights, a bus stop and another sign.
So just months after the roundabout was completed Hampshire County Council is relocating two traffic signs to a ‘more suitable location’ and to ‘improve visibility to the traffic signals’ after an influx of complaints from drivers.
It was built initially to improve access to the town and reduce congestion by installing a traffic lights system with overpasses.
But a total of 24 driving instructors have now shared their concerns and criticisms about the project.
Instructor Stephen Sillitoe said: ‘The roundabout markings and signage make no sense and some turns are not doable.’
The 54-year-old said instructors are finding it hard to get to the district of South Ham in particular as the markings and signs on the roundabout are wrong.
He went on to explain how it’s nearly impossible to move lanes in heavy traffic, adding: ‘If qualified drivers don’t know how to navigate it how am I meant to teach a learner to?’
Because of this only three directions on the roundabout are currently being used by instructors.
And Mr Sillitoe is appealing to the council to ‘explain’ or ‘highlight’ the roundabout errors, adding: ‘They must have known or had an idea how the roundabout would work when they designed it and we need to know.
‘We hope that if they explain this it will help highlight if the signage or road markings are wrong.
‘If you just ignore the signs it works but if you follow the signs it doesn’t and I can’t teach learners to ignore the signs.’
Another instructor, who wanted to remain anonymous, explained how, especially if you’re not familiar with the area, people will get really confused by the roundabout.
And local drivers have also taken to social media to share their complaints.
In response to a Facebook post from Hampshire County Council about the roundabout, David Floyd commented: ‘I can’t get my head around how it cost [£20 million] and 2 years to build a roundabout that was already there.’
John Chappel replied to Basingstoke MP Maria Miller’s Facebook post announcing the completion of the project, saying: ‘Went across it twice today, has turned a normal roundabout into a confusing race track with people [having] no idea what lane they are or should be in.
‘The safe pedestrian underpass have gone leaving people to run the gauntlet of crossing busy roads at numerous traffic lights.
‘The person responsible for this waste of public money needs sacking and that is putting it mildly.’
Another angry resident, Zac Brindle, posted: ‘Some pretty shoddy workmanship on dome of the lanes with patchwork asphalt. How much did it cost again?’
Carol Peters, added: ‘I thought it was fine as it was, now it’s confusing as no one knows what is the correct lane.’
The council has announced that ‘planned works’ will take place next Monday to move two traffic signs in the hope of improving visibility of them.
A post on the councils’ website outlined the need for a road closure next week, adding: ‘The new directional sign on the approach to the roundabout will be moved to a more suitable location in advance of the roundabout to improve visibility to the offside traffic signal head.’
A Hampshire County Council spokesperson said: ‘Brighton Hill Roundabout has been designed to meet current design standards, and this includes signage and road markings.
‘We recognise that once a new road scheme is in operation, particularly at a complex junction such as this one, there may be adjustments that we need to make to help drivers familiarise themselves with the changed layout.
‘As part of our ongoing monitoring of the Brighton Hill site and following engagement with local road users – including driving test examiners – some road markings and signage are to be revised to further assist drivers.’
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Lady Gaga Mourns ‘Perfect’ Grandpa Giuseppe
Lady Gaga is mourning the death of her beloved grandfather, Joseph Germanotta, who reportedly passed away in New Jersey Friday at age 88.
Gaga, 24, paid tribute to her grandpa, who knew her as Stephanie Germanotta, via Twitter on Sunday, saying: “Having a Perfect Manhattan, for my perfect guy. Love you Giuseppe.”
Gaga revealed her close relationship with her paternal grandfather when she dedicated the song “Speechless” to him at a concert in Nottingham, England in May. She told fans she was “really close” with him and at the time was “really sad” about his illness.
See Gaga open up about her grandpa here (about 2:30 in:)
Gaga was spotted visiting her grandpa’s nursing home on Wednesday September 22nd with her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, and rumored boyfriend Luc Carl.
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Payin' it forward: UAB continued Southeast's largest kidney transplant chain in midst of winter storm
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- An unexpected winter storm paralyzed nearly all of Birmingham and much of central Alabama last week, but it didn't stop doctors at UAB Hospital from continuing the Southeast's largest kidney transplant chain.
The chain, which has been coined by the hospital as the "Pair Share Program," continued the week of Jan. 27 as doctors performed 16 operations, including eight donor nephrectomies and eight kidney transplants, according to a release. A total of 13 patients received transplants.
"Many of the recipients and donors braved icy, hazardous roads and below-freezing conditions to reach UAB," the release said. "Surgeons, nephrologists, nurses and support staff spent three days and nights in the hospital to ensure the success of the chain and give the gift of life."
As the state continued to thaw out from the winter gridlock on Friday, 15-year-old Ryane Burnes, of Mississippi, became the 13th patient to receive a kidney transplant, one that was a collaborative effort between doctors at both UAB and Children's of Alabama. The procedure signified Children's of Alabama as the only program in the Southeast to offer "kidney paired donation" to patients under the age of 18.
"This kidney chain is a groundbreaking achievement for our institution and a life-changing event for many families throughout the southeastern United States, especially these 13 families involved," said Devin Eckhoff, M.D., director of UAB's Division of Transplantation. "Our collaboration with Children's of Alabama in this endeavor ensures that the people of Alabama and beyond have a team of physicians, nurses, researchers and staff who are dedicated to working together to provide the most advanced care in the world, right here in our own backyard, to those in need."
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It has been officially confirmed that Xiaomi has joined with Oculus, and the companies will introduce two standalone VR headsets, the Oculus Go and the Xiaomi Mi VR Standalone. They are looking forward to bringing the high-quality VR within reach of a larger mass.
The Mi VR Standalone headset will be released only in China. Oculus Go, on the other hand, will be made available all over the world. Oculus Go was announced back in October 2017 at Oculus Connect. With these devices, both Mi & Oculus promise to bring more freedom and accessibility to VR. These standalone VR headsets are literally ‘standalone’ since they won’t require any cable, external sensors, or dropped-in mobile phones.
Both the companies will be working with Qualcomm Technologies, and the powerful ‘Snapdragon Mobile VR Platform’ will be used in both devices. They are expected to be more than enough to fulfill the VR processing demands in these standalone devices. The innovation and experience in consumer electronics of Xiaomi, accompanied by the industry-leading VR engineering and expertise of Oculus, is expected to create some magic. Cutting-edge technologies and a high level of craftsmanship are being expected by users all around the world.
Tang Mu, VP of Mi Ecosystem and head of Mi Lab, was quoted earlier, “We are excited to work with Oculus on these standalone devices that exceed expectations in terms of performance at a very attractive price. Xiaomi has always relentlessly pursued the best user experience and price-to-performance ratio. For the best experience, we consider every minute detail. Through our collaboration with Oculus, we have integrated world-class technologies and craftsmanship to produce a VR standalone that lets people immerse themselves in another world without being connected to smartphones or computers.”
The standalone VR form factor represents the next significant phase of VR hardware development at Oculus. Through our partnership with Xiaomi, both Oculus Go and Mi VR Standalone represent our first step in delivering that sweet spot between mobile and PC VR. These devices will be, hands down, the easiest way to get into VR. – Hugo Barra, VP of VR at Facebook
The core hardware, including a 2K high-resolution fast-switch LCD screen, next-generation lenses, and integrated spatial audio technology, is indifferent to the two devices. Apart from these jaw-dropping configurations, the devices come with a vast content library of movies, 360° videos and interactive games. These can be accessed from the Mi VR Store.
Mi VR Standalone comes with an integrated spatial audio technology that has been developed by Oculus. The audio drivers are built directly into the headset. This arrangement makes it much easier & faster to get in and out of VR much. So, the headsets can easily be shared with others. For private listening purposes there is a 3.5mm headphone jack as well.
The Mi VR Standalone boasts of a really powerful video player and a localized social experience, courtesy of the Oculus technology. It supports both the Oculus Mobile SDK and the Mi VR SDK. Xiaomi is also working with the developers to make some of the popular games, videos and apps from the Oculus Store available to the Mi VR Store in China.
Are you excited about these standalone VR devices? Do let us know in the comments section below.


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The CSF is pleased to announce the election of three candidates to its Board of Directors. Voting closed yesterday at 4:30 p.m.
Candidate elected in the group savings category
Sylvain De Champlain, C.L.U., F.Pl.
Candidate elected in the life and health insurance category
Gino-Sébastian Savard, B.A., C.L.U.
Candidate elected by acclamation in the group insurance of persons category
Guy Barbeau, MBA, CCP
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directors elected by members (including 1 at the AGM)
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The three projects have been selected by the European Commission following the first “Mobility for Growth” call of the Horizon 2020 Programme. These projects endeavour to launch key research activities that will feed into the Innovation Programmes of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking. Roll2Rail and IT2Rail will be coordinated by UNIFE, the European Rail Industry Association, while Network Rail, the UK Infrastructure Manager, will coordinate In2Rail.
The kick-off meeting brought together 200 participants from the rail industry sector (representing railway undertakings, infrastructure managers, industry, SMEs, research institutions and academia from Western, Central, and Eastern EU Member states) involved in the projects and high level representatives from the European Commission (Keir Fitch – Head of Unit, Research & Innovative Transport Systems, DG Move), the European Railway Agency (Josef Doppelbauer –Executive Director) and the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (Christos Economou – Interim Executive Director).
Roll2Rail aims to develop key technologies and to remove identified blocking points for innovation in the field of railway vehicles as part of a longer term strategy to revolutionise the rolling stock of the future. At the end of the project all the results will be further developed, leading to demonstration in real vehicles or relevant environments feeding into Innovation Programme 1.
IT2Rail aims to create a seamless travel experience through a complete multimodal travel offering, connecting the first and last mile to long distance journeys combining air, rail, coach and other services whilst offering a seamless access to all travel services, enhancing the travel experience through the integration of a wealth of travel services supported by innovative digital technologies. IT2RAIL will feed into the proposed work of Innovation Programme 4.
In2Rail aims to set the foundation for a resilient, consistent, cost-efficient, high capacity, and digitalised European rail network. A holistic approach covering Smart Infrastructures, Intelligent Mobility Management (I2M) and Rail Power Supply and Energy Management will be applied. In2Rail will feed into Innovation Programmes 2 and 3.
Philippe Citroën, Director General of UNIFE, the European Rail Industry Association, commented: “UNIFE is pleased to be part of these three projects which will carry out the preliminary work of the future core research activities of Shift2Rail—this is a major milestone for our industry which is currently facing immense competition from outside of Europe.”
Alison Smith, Head of Technology & Innovation for Network Rail, added: “The In2Rail project is a key step on the journey to deliver the railway of the future, and for Network Rail, the project presents a significant and hugely exciting opportunity to improve the railway – an opportunity not to be missed by us or the other project partners.”
Keir Fitch, Head of Unit, Research & Innovative Transport Systems at the European Commission’s DG-Move, commented: “DG-Move looks forward to a fruitful cooperation on these Shift2Rail lighthouse projects which represent the real start-up of the research and innovation work of Shift2Rail.”


Dallas-based Energy Transfer Technologies (ETT), a leader in energy management, has completed its largest installation to date of Dual Drive compression systems. In March, ETT completed installation of 17 Dual Drive CA Series natural gas compressors totaling 59,000 hp of natural gas compression at Energy Transfer Partners’ natural gas processing plant in Jackson County, Texas. The company’s Jackson County Processing Plant is an integral part of its Eagle Ford Shale operations.
ETT’s Dual Drive compression system is unique to the industry. Its two drivers, a Caterpillar natural gas-driven engine and electric-driven motor can each independently power the Ariel compressor. An overrunning clutch seamlessly switches the power source between the two drivers in less than 30 seconds providing the flexibility to operate on the lowest-cost fuel source, reduce emissions, run during power outages, reduce demand charges by avoiding peak electric rates, and the ability to perform routine maintenance without bringing the system down. In fact, ETT’s Dual Drive system has an industry-leading 99 percent run time.
“By selecting our Dual Drive technology for its compression needs, Energy Transfer was able to bring its Jackson County processing plant online anywhere from six months to a year ahead of schedule,” said David Coker, president of ETT. “They were able to run the Dual Drives on the natural gas-driven engines while the electric power infrastructure was being constructed. If they had gone with just electric compression, they would still be waiting to bring that plant online.
“There is no other natural gas compressor that will pay for itself over time like the Dual Drive CA Series,” Coker continued. “If gas prices are high you can balance your operations by using the electric-driven motor, and if there’s too much power being pulled from the electrical grid, you can get off the grid by switching to the natural gas-driven engine. In fact, we have a customer in South Texas that installed a 5,000 hp Dual Drive CA Series and they have reduced their electric charges by $50,000 per month, which is significant for any business.”
Energy Transfer’s Jackson County processing plant has four separate processing trains, which combined have nine 5,000 hp Dual Drives and eight 1,750 hp Dual Drives.
The installation of Dual Drive compression systems at Energy Transfer’s Jackson County plant is just part of ETT’s rapid growth that began earlier this year. ETT ended 2012 with 48,000 hp of Dual Drive compression in the field, and as of the first quarter of 2013, the company had confirmed orders for an additional 90,000 hp, tripling the size of the company.
ETT’s Dual Drive compression systems feature custom compression options ranging from 95 to 5,000 hp to accommodate the needs of a full range of customers, from smaller independent companies to those with larger transmission pipeline systems
“Dual Drive technology goes beyond just natural gas compression,” Coker said. “We have successfully adapted it into a pump that will soon be installed along a crude oil line. We are very excited to continue the evolution of this technology for our industry.”


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PositiveThe New York Review of BooksTo reread Paley is to reexperience the activism and excitement of the 1960s, their energy and perhaps naive optimism; her essays quiver with indignation and faith. Many, even most, of the principled stands she takes may seem self-evident in hindsight but were disputed at the time she wrote about them, like her opposition to the Vietnam War, and even the bomb … For all the linguistic fireworks of their voices, some of Paley’s characters have a certain generic quality. One exception to this is her memorable alter ego, Faith Darwin, who appeared in each of her three collections and is usually taken to be autobiographical. A writer’s personal qualities always shine through her literary surrogates, and it’s Paley herself we love above all, the more so in that she doesn’t disguise herself very much, and we so admire the tough, funny, resigned, and philosophical woman we feel her to be.
PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewOne point Elkin makes in her absorbing new book is that although men had always enjoyed the practice of loafing through city streets with no particular object, just enjoying the scene, women had long been prevented, culturally and practically, from going out alone ... In a sense, Elkin’s book is itself a flânerie, a stroll where the reader may come across an unexpected person or get some ideas about May 1968 or the Situationists. Or marvel over an intriguing bit of research ... If Elkin’s capsule biographies can occasionally seem a bit potted, they are never uninteresting. Elkin has an eye for the unexpected detail, as befits a flâneuse ... It will be up to booksellers to figure out how to categorize her pastiche of travel writing, memoir, history and literary nonfiction. A reader, flaneusing along the bookshelves, will find in it some of the pleasures of each.
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2 former Alabama standouts fined by NFL
Two former Alabama Crimson Tide players, Ryan Anderson and DeAndrew White, were fined by the National Football League for helmet-to-helmet hits on Saturday.
Ironically, the hits occurred in the same game – December 1’s Week 13 tilt between Anderson’s Washington Redskins and White’s Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
Anderson’s hit on Panthers tight end Greg Olsen resulted in a concussion for the one-time Miami Hurricane and Anderson was ejected from the remainder of the game.
White’s hit came on former SMU Mustang Trey Quinn while fielding a punt in the second quarter of the contest and did not draw a penalty flag at the time.
Both players were fined $28,075, the league’s standard amount for first-time offenders of this infraction.
AL.com Sports shared further information on Twitter:
NFL fines Ryan Anderson, DeAndrew White https://t.co/b3vIYHrnGg
— AL.com sports (@aldotcomSports) December 8, 2019
A native of Daphne, Alabama, Anderson was a four-star linebacker in the 2012 class, per the 247Sports Composite. After redshirting during the Crimson Tide’s national championship campaign during his first year on-campus, he racked up 128 tackles (39.5 TFL), 19 sacks and an interception over the 2013-16 seasons.
He was selected by the Redskins in the second round (No. 49 overall) of the 2017 Draft.
A product of North Shore High School in Houston, Texas, the explosive White was a four-star wideout in the 2010 cycle. Totaling 94 receptions for 1,294 yards and 12 touchdowns, he was also a threat in the return game, averaging 16.2 yards per kick return.
Undrafted in 2015, White has been active for games with the San Francisco 49ers (2015), Houston Texans (2017) and Panthers (2018-present).


Report on Reforestation of Borjomi Forest Published
In 2012 a joint initiative between the Governments of Georgia, Finland and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aimed to bring back life to Borjomi forest, which was heavily damaged by a wild fire in August 2008.
On 29th September 2015 the Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia, Gigla Agulashvili, Manager of the UNDP Regional Hub Europe and the CIS, Rastislav Vrbenski, and Deputy Head of the UNDP on Georgia Shobi Sharp, visited the village of Daba in order to see the result of restoration work to the forest.
During the project, 80 hectares of the burnt forest have been restored with over 120’000 oak, pine and fir tree seedlings being planted, supported by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia, National Forest Agency, Government of Finland and the UNDP.
A further 20 hectares were supported with help from the Government of Austria.
The replanted segments of forest will be maintained by the National Forest Agency with reforestation works being led by the Government of Georgia.
The final results of the restoration should be as follows: 80 hectares of forest have been revived, organic farming has been introduced to the villages in the area and tourist infrastructure has been put in place.


Yep. Had the same problem on my 86. Changed the fan,sensor and relay.If you jumper the outer terminals on the relay connection you can tell if the fan works. If it does fine but the signal to 'throw' the relay from the ecm isn't working.Check with a test light for this signal.If ok replace relay.
prob have a bad ignition switch
First guess would be a bad switch.
Once again, seeing that I don't know a whole lot on the C4 Corvette I would ask this question in the C4 technical section on Smokinvette.com and get a dead on answer! Good luck!
contact a local Chevrolet dealr they will be able to confirm that
A friend had the same problem with his 87 Corvette . His was the chip in the ignition key . Had to replace ignition switch and key , about 40 dollars for the parts .
check the fuse for ingnition
Bad bulbs?Bad Hi-low switch?
Since there was no 1927 Corvette the answer would be NO.
it depends on what style of 81 corvette, But a doubt it would work.
Depending on the year it is 5 or 6 qts. LS1 style engines would be 6 qts.
It really depends on what corvette, if you ask about a corvette zr1 vs a viper, i think the corvette zr1 beats it by a mile,but if you ask about the corvette zo6 than i guess the viper would tie the corvette or beat it by a second.
BAD BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AT TOP OF BRAKE PEDAL
Try changing the headlight switch.
The only nickel I can think of in a Corvette, would be in the engine bearing inserts.
bad headlight switch
check solenoid switch, starter cable will be hooked to it near battery
Try changing or checking the oil pressure switch next to distributor if it goes bad the engine will not fire or start. Motor (ECM) has to see at least 3 psi of oil pressure to start. And will also shut down if less than 3 psi.
I would search on ebay or craiglist for a used corvette at an affordable price.
have you tried turning the ouside dial on headlight switch that dims the gages bright or dull had a similar problem with 98 corvette no dash lights or hvac or running lights turned out to be multi function switch (headlights turnsignals)
you cant does it click when you switch on ignition if not change it.
Make sure the switch is plugged up correctly, and not up or down just A little,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, If correct, you got the wrong switch.
You simply click it, and it should say something about changing it... so you click whatever comes up and it should lead you to a page with lots of different pictures. Just click the one you would like!
Try to operate the horn and listen for a click from the horn relay probably located under the hood. If you don't hear a click I would check out the horn switch contacts in the steering wheel. If you hear a click I would check for power at the horn using a test light. If you have power at the horn connection when horn switch is activated it is probably the horn itself that is bad. If you have no power at the horn connection when the horn switch is activated replace the horn relay.


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Newspaper headlines paint a terrifying picture of politics crushing public health (and national security).
‘Don’t Be Afraid of Covid,’ Trump Says, Undermining Public Health Messages
““Don’t be afraid of Covid,” he wrote. “Don’t let it dominate your life.” When he arrived at the White House a few hours later, Mr. Trump removed his mask before joining several masked people inside. The president was probably still contagious, as many patients can pass on the virus for up to 10 days after symptoms begin.
Scientists, ethicists and doctors were outraged by the president’s comments about a disease that has killed more than 210,000 people in the United States.” (A)
Instead of Reassurance, Trump’s Doctor Delivers Confusion, Experts Say
“When Dr. Sean P. Conley confessed that he had misled the public on Saturday about President Trump’s treatment for Covid-19 to reflect the “upbeat attitude” of the White House, he lost credibility with many colleagues in the medical world.
“Yesterday’s briefing was a spin doctor, not a medical doctor,” Dr. Carlos del Rio, an infectious disease expert at Emory University in Atlanta, said in an interview Sunday.” (B)
White House Is Not Tracing Contacts for ‘Super-Spreader’ Rose Garden Event,
“Despite almost daily disclosures of new coronavirus infections among President Trump’s close associates, the White House is making little effort to investigate the scope and source of its outbreak.
The White House has decided not to trace the contacts of guests and staff members at the Rose Garden celebration 10 days ago for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, where at least eight people, including the president, may have become infected, according to a White House official familiar with the plans.” (C)
White House Blocks New Coronavirus Vaccine Guidelines
“Top White House officials are blocking strict new federal guidelines for the emergency release of a coronavirus vaccine, objecting to a provision that would almost certainly guarantee that no vaccine could be authorized before the election on Nov. 3, according to people familiar with the approval process.
Facing a White House blockade, the Food and Drug Administration is seeking other avenues to ensure that vaccines meet the guidelines. That includes sharing the standards — perhaps as soon as this week — with an outside advisory committee of experts that is supposed to meet publicly before any vaccine is authorized for emergency use. The hope is that the committee will enforce the guidelines, regardless of the White House’s reaction.” (D)
For the Secret Service, a New Question: Who Will Protect Them From Trump?,
“For more than a century, Secret Service agents have lived by a straightforward ethos: They will take the president where he wants to go, even if it means putting their bodies in front of a bullet…
The problem came into focus on Sunday, when a masked Mr. Trump climbed into a hermetically sealed, armored Chevy Suburban with at least two Secret Service agents — covered head to toe in the same personal protective equipment used by doctors — so the president could wave to a group of supporters outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
Medical experts said the move recklessly put agents at risk. Secret Service personnel have privately questioned whether additional precautions will be put in place to protect the detail from the man they have pledged to protect.” (E)
The Coronavirus May Be Adrift in Indoor Air, C.D.C. Acknowledges
“Two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took down a statement about airborne transmission of the coronavirus, the agency on Monday replaced it with language citing new evidence that the virus can spread beyond six feet indoors.” (F)
Trump makes misleading comparison between coronavirus and the flu
President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to downplay the coronavirus and suggested the United States should learn to live with the pandemic, posting to Twitter hours after returning to the White House from being hospitalized with Covid-19.
In his morning tweet, the president likened the highly contagious disease to the seasonal flu, reprising a misleading comparison he repeatedly invoked in the early stages of the U.S. outbreak.
“Flu season is coming up! Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu,” Trump wrote. “Are we going to close down our Country? No, we have learned to live with it, just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!!!” (G)
Senior Pentagon leadership quarantining after exposure to coronavirus
“The top US general, Gen. Mark Milley, and several members of the senior Pentagon leadership are quarantining after a top Coast Guard official tested positive for coronavirus, several US defense officials tell CNN.
The Vice Commandant of the US Coast Guard, Adm. Charles Ray, tested positive on Monday.
“On Monday, the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Charles Ray, tested positive for COVID-19. He was tested the same day, after feeling mild symptoms over the weekend,” the Coast Guard said in a statement Tuesday…
Ray recently attended several meetings at the Pentagon in secure areas with members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Multiple defense officials tell CNN that senior Pentagon leadership who had been in proximity to Ray have been tested and are awaiting results.” (H)
The White House Bet on Abbott’s Rapid Tests. It Didn’t Work Out
“The fault for the outbreak lies in no small part with an ill-conceived disease-prevention strategy at the White House, health experts said: From the early days of the pandemic, federal officials have relied too heavily on one company’s rapid tests, with little or no mechanism to identify and contain cases that fell through the diagnostic cracks….
Other health experts noted that the tests deployed by the White House, manufactured by Abbott Laboratories, were given emergency clearance by the Food and Drug Administration only for people “within the first seven days of the onset of symptoms.” But they were used incorrectly, to screen people who were not showing any signs of illness. Such off-label use, experts said, further compromised a strategy that presumably was designed to keep leading officials safe from a pandemic that so far has killed more than 210,000 Americans.” (I)
Donald Trump’s campaign claims the president’s COVID diagnosis will HELP him beat Biden because ‘he has firsthand experience the Democrat doesn’t’
“As President Trump prepared to check out of the hospital, his campaign announced its new Operation MAGA and argued Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis gave him something Democratic rival Joe Biden didn’t have – experience with the virus.
‘He has experience as commander-in-chief, he has experience as a business man, he has experience – now – of fighting the coronavirus as an individual,’ Trump campaign press communications director Erin Perrine told Fox News on Monday afternoon.
‘Those firsthand experiences, Joe Biden, he doesn’t have those,’ she said.” (J)
- A.‘Don’t Be Afraid of Covid,’ Trump Says, Undermining Public Health Messages, By Gina Kolata and Roni Caryn Rabin, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/health/trump-covid-public-health.html?referringSource=articleShare
- B.Instead of Reassurance, Trump’s Doctor Delivers Confusion, Experts Say, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/politics/trump-doctor-conley.html?referringSource=articleShare
- C.White House Is Not Tracing Contacts for ‘Super-Spreader’ Rose Garden Event, By Apoorva Mandavilli and Tracey Tully, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/health/contact-tracing-white-house.html
- D.White House Blocks New Coronavirus Vaccine Guidelines, By Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/us/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-guidelines.html?referringSource=articleShare
- E.For the Secret Service, a New Question: Who Will Protect Them From Trump?, By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Michael S. Schmidt, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/us/politics/secret-service-trump-virus.html
- F.The Coronavirus May Be Adrift in Indoor Air, C.D.C. Acknowledges, By Apoorva Mandavilli, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/health/cdc-coronavirus-airborne-indoor-air.html?referringSource=articleShare
- G. Trump makes misleading comparison between coronavirus and the flu,, By QUINT FORGEY, https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/06/trump-coronavirus-flu-comparison-426712
- H.Senior Pentagon leadership quarantining after exposure to coronavirus, By Barbara Starr and Zachary Cohen, https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/pentagon-leadership-self-isolating-coronavirus/index.html
- I.The White House Bet on Abbott’s Rapid Tests. It Didn’t Work Out., by Katherine J. Wu, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/health/covid-white-house-testing.html?referringSource=articleShare
- J..Donald Trump’s campaign claims the president’s COVID diagnosis will HELP him beat Biden because ‘he has firsthand experience the Democrat doesn’t’, By Emily Goodin, https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/06/trump-coronavirus-flu-comparison-426712


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Town council President Patrick O'Connor said upgrades for Legion Field, which has been unused since 2004, are long overdue.
“I think this is something that has been needed for a long time,” O'Connor said. “For a long time with the (slow) economy the past several years work at Legion has been done piecemeal.”
Town council President Patrick O’Connor said upgrades for Legion Field, which has been unused since 2004, are long overdue.
“I think this is something that has been needed for a long time,” O’Connor said. “For a long time with the (slow) economy the past several years work at Legion has been done piecemeal.”
On June 2, councilors approved a request by Mayor Susan Kay to obtain a $6 million bond to cover the costs of upgrading Legion Field for passive and organized recreation in addition to replacing the artificial turf at Weymouth High School.
The upgrades for Legion recommended by consultant Stantec Sports Group call for passive recreation, a strolling path and an artificial-turf field to host soccer games. Visitors would also have access to Legion from Garey Street and have an overlook on the corner of Middle and Commercial streets to view the site. The upgrades for Legion also call for having five tennis courts, restroom facilities, a rolling meadow near Garey Street and a parking lot for 83 cars.
Weymouth Chief Financial Officer William McKinney said the total cost of the upgrades at Legion and the high school would be $7.5 million.
“We are borrowing $6 million and there is $1.5 million in interest and it is a 15-year bond,” he said June 3.
McKinney said payments on the bond would be covered in part with funds obtained under the meals tax, which is expected to yield $500,000 annually for the upgrades of fields and parks in Weymouth.
“Having the $500,000 in meals tax money helps,” he said.
Councilor-at-large Jane Hackett said Kay is receptive to using alternative funds to partially pay off the bond in fiscal 2016 and to not rely on the meals tax, which is meant to cover maintenance expenses of all the town’s fields.
“It has been approximately 10 years since Legion was taken out of use,” Hackett said. “It has been an eyesore.”
District 6 Councilor Michael Smart said he would like school officials to come up with a plan to allow youth sports groups to use the high school field when there are no Wildcats games being held.
“There have been too many weekends when that field has not been used,” he said. “It is about time to put something on Legion Field. I commend the mayor for her work and I look forward to the groundbreaking.”
O’Connor said the upgrades to Legion were enthusiastically supported by District 3 Councilors Ken DiFazio and Councilors-at-large Michael Molisse and Brian McDonald, who did not attend the session because of prior commitments.
“Finally we are here to put this gem of Weymouth back into function,” O’Connor said.
More details in this report are available in the June 4 edition of the Weymouth News.
Follow Ed Baker on Twitter at twitter.com/edbakerweymouth.

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Kurt Lentner graduated from Western Michigan University and the Lee Honors College in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering.
Years with the honors college: Two years at the honors college.
Katie Rockett is the Programming and Advising Graduate Assistant for the Lee Honors College.
Hiya! My name is Jennifer Townsend, and I’ve been with the honors college for 10 ½ years – longer than anyone else in the college, in fact!
- Name: Jennifer Kay Clements
- Years with the honors college: 5.5 years at the LHC and 24 years with WMU!
- Title and role/responsibilities at the honors college: As Business Mana
We cordially invite you to join us on Saturday morning of Homecoming Weekend (Oct. 15) for light refreshments, tours of the building, and an update from Lee Honors College Dean, Dr. Irma López.
I am very happy to welcome you all to the start of our new academic year.
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The Joint Session of the Parliament kicked off on Tuesday against the backdrop of violent PAT and PTI protestors gathered in Islamabad for the last two weeks. In many ways, it was a historical occasion. Javed Hashmi, after reiterating his support for democracy and openly refusing to become part of any conspiracy against it, announced his resignation from the National Assembly. He arrived and left amidst applause from Parliamentarians across party lines. Aitzaz Ahsan lectured Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on democratic values. And the Prime Minister sat in his chair and listened; a sight to cherish. Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman did not shy away from adding their two cents to the mix either. But, this was bigger than personalities, bigger than anyone seated inside or outside the Parliament. We witnessed a Parliament united in defiance against forces hellbent on derailing the system under the pretext of change and revolution. We witnessed politicians rise above partisanship answering to the call of their democratic duty; that of preserving the sanctity of the constitution and the institution meant to reflect the collective will of the people of Pakistan. We saw a heavy mandated government seeking validation from the opposition, which rose to the occasion by offering principled support coupled with necessary rebuke. Our past is tarnished with events defined by shortsighted political opportunism, and on Tuesday, the people’s representatives took a leap forward in an attempt to break away from poor traditions, inciting hope by example for a new era of political responsibility and sensibility. It would not be wrong to claim that all in all, it was a good day for democracy.
However, democracy needs more than a single good day. It is a never-ending process, never ceasing to improve and correct, and relies on the collective behavior of both people and their representatives to deliver what is expected from it. The government would do well not to emerge as an arrogant victor. We’d rather see a humbled survivor; an entity which has learnt its lessons well enough not to be forgotten once imminent threat has been averted. The threat of poor performance and undemocratic behaviors is consistent, and it comes from within this country’s Parliamentarians. The conspiracy of complacency, carelessness and dishonesty is hatched in the hearts and minds of our Parliamentarians, not in some dark room crowded with people with dark intentions. Aitzaz Ahsan was right in reminding the PM that the opposition would revert to its original role as soon as this troublesome phase was over. We expect it to. From the government, we expect growth and maturity, humility and engagement, and of course, fulfillment of its many promises.

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(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN – SNO) — Independent Senator Dr Varma Deyalsingh suggested chemical castration of paedophiles to be considered as a Special Select Committee (SSC) convened to discuss the Sexual Offences Act (Amendment) Bill on Tuesday.
During the discussions, Deyalsingh said chemical castrations were a viable medical option when treating with sex offenders such as paedophiles.
He cited several states in the US employ such a practice such as California and Florida.
He said it is something to be considered as the nation’s prisons are currently overcrowded and the method can reduce the recidivism rate down from 60 per cent to five per cent.
His comments came as the committee was discussing ways of keeping track of sex offenders such as stamping their passports or even their driver’s license.
The sitting was held to discuss concerns by stakeholders on the Sexual Offences Act (Amendment) Bill. The committee comprised several senators across the spectrum and was chaired by Senator Clarence Rambharat.
Yesterday’s stakeholders consisted of representatives of the Ministry of National Security, Counter Trafficking Unit, and Immigration Division.
About the procedure
It does not require the removal of any genitalia nor is it considered sterilization as generally, discontinuing treatment can reduce the effects. However, it has been known to change the body’s normal chemical functions.
Many countries use this form of castration of punishment for rapists and paedophiles in exchange for reduced sentences.
While it is primarily focused on men, women can also be chemically castrated.

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Pharmaceutical products are relatively finished products.Different from the storage of agricultural and sideline products, intelligent management methods can be applied relatively more. Due to the advantages of automatic three-dimensional warehouse, it is especially suitable for the storage of drugs and raw materials in the pharmaceutical industry.Therefore, in the past 10 years, more and more pharmaceutical companies tend to use automated three-dimensional warehouses to solve the problem of drug inventory.
This project is an intelligent logistics warehousing system built for a listed pharmaceutical enterprise, which is a "turnkey" project. The project integrates automated three-dimensional warehouses, stackers, RGVs (rail shuttle vehicles), manipulators, shuttle boards, as well as the warehouse management system (WMS) and warehouse control system (WCS) independently developed by EFORK Intelligent. Three functional areas are designed based on the characteristics and the connection between them—robot palletizing area, warehouse front area, and automatic warehouse area. It realizes automatic warehousing, automatic storage, automatic delivery, automatic sorting before the site and automatic transportation inside the site, changing the traditional static warehouse into a modern dynamic warehouse.
Realizing refined layout and management, adopting a variety of automated equipment and information systems to improve logistics operations, simplifying the process and standardizing the operation mode;
Using the barcode management system, the traditional manual experience judgment is changed to relying on accurate data for analysis and management, from the traditional result-oriented to process-oriented, and the process is accurately controllable and the results are accurate;
The "goods-to-person" mode of the integrated logistics system has greatly accelerated the operation speed and improved the operation efficiency. The distribution volume that can be completed in 24 hours ow only takes 8 hours. Double shift operation can be adopted in peak periods to cope with the increase of workload.
Under the same storage capacity, the automated three-dimensional warehouse can save nearly 70% of the floor space compared with the flat warehouse, greatly improving the space utilization rate and reducing the storage space.
With the disappearance of the demographic dividend, the labor force will continue to be tense, especially the supply of physical labor at the grassroots level. Automation, digitization, and intelligence are one of the long-term strategies for all walks of life to improve their manufacturing capabilities. In the future, EFORK Intelligent will continue to deepen the digital and intelligent upgrade of various sub-sectors, connect the implemented projects into lines, and integrate them from line to surface to create better intelligent logistics system solutions, better serve customer enterprises, enable global intelligent logistics reform and create greater value for the society.
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The Iowa trustee's deed is a form of conveyance used to move real property out of a trust.
Generally, the trustee's deed is named for the person executing the document, rather than for the warranties of title contained within. In Iowa, however, trustee's deeds carry certain covenants that, when paired with an affidavit of trustee under Iowa Code 614.14, secure the purchaser against adverse claims. Because of this, Iowa's trustee's deeds are often labelled "Trustee's Warranty Deed."
The trustee is the person designated in the trust instrument as the trust's administrator. The trust instrument is executed by the settlor, who, in addition to setting out the provisions of the trust, funds the trust with assets, which may include real estate. The trust instrument also identifies the trust's beneficiaries, who will receive income from the trust and/or trust property after the settlor's death.
In a trustee's deed, the trustee fulfills the role of the grantor. The deed provides the name and date of the trust under which the trustee is acting, and references the prior deed under which the trustee was granted title to the property. As with other instruments affecting real property, the trustee's deed recites the legal description of the real estate being transferred.
Pursuant to Iowa Code 614.14(4), unless a contrary provision is clearly stated, a trustee transferring an interest in real estate warrants that the trust on behalf of which the trustee is acting is duly executed and in existence; that, to the knowledge of the trustee, the settlor was under no disability or infirmity at the time the trust was created; that the transfer by the trustee to the purchaser is effective and rightful; and the trustee has no knowledge of facts or legal claims which might impair the validity of the trust or the validity of the transfer. These recitations are made in the text of the deed.
All acting trustees must sign the deed in the presence of a notary public for a valid transfer. The deed is then recorded in the county in which the real property is located. Additional documentation, such as a certification of trust or affidavits of trustee and purchaser may be required for the transaction.
Consult a lawyer with questions about trustee's deeds, as each situation is unique.
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MGM Mirage, seeking to modify terms of its un secured loans and avoid default as gambling reve nue withers, is in talks with banks to pledge casi nos as collateral, a source said. The company, con trolled Kirk Kerkorian, said it is also open to sell ing more assets.
Billionaire Carl Icahn is among a group of inves tors who have bid on Tro picana Entertainment LLC’s affiliated Atlantic City casino. Under the proposal, the casino would file for bankruptcy and then be sold at an auction.
Lazard Chairman and CEO Bruce Wasserstein had his 2008 pay cut by more than half to $20.5 million. The package in cludes $1.22 million in sal ary and $19.3 million in a special retention award, Lazard said in its annual SEC proxy filing. He asked his board of direc tors not to give him an ad ditional bonus for 2008.
UBS may cut as many as 5,000 management po sitions, the SonntagsZei tung newspaper said, cit ing insiders and its own calculations.
National Sports Attrac tion LLC, which operated the Sports Museum of America in New York City, has filed for Chap ter 7 bankruptcy.
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Patrick Bauer feels the recent run of clean sheets is testament to the group as a whole, not just the defensive unit.
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Patrick Bauer’s love of the club and his team-mates in the dressing room played a big part in him choosing to extend his stay at Preston North End.
Patrick Bauer Puts Pen To Paper On New Deal17 January 2022
Preston North End are delighted to confirm Patrick Bauer has signed a new contract at the club until at least 2024.
Bauer Shares Injury Experiences To Support Post-16 Learners25 November 2021
Patrick Bauer visited Preston College last week to provide Preston Centre of Sporting Excellence learners with a real-life insight into rehabilitation from injury, which they are currently studying as...
Pat Exorcises Bournemouth Demons3 November 2021
Twelve months ago, Patrick Bauer scored what proved to be the winning goal at the Vitality Stadium, but then suffered a ruptured Achilles that ruled him out for the remainder of the season.
Pat Looking To Turn Draws Into Wins27 September 2021
Patrick Bauer is hoping PNE can extend their unbeaten run against Stoke City, but with a win rather than a fifth successive draw.
Bauer Happy With ‘Amazing’ Return21 August 2021
Patrick Bauer said he was really happy after scoring the game’s only goal against Peterborough United, giving PNE their first three points of the season on his first league start in eight months.
Pat Feeling Good On Return To Training1 July 2021
Patrick Bauer said “it felt really good” to be back training with his team-mates on the first day of pre-season following a long spell out of action with injury.
Pat’s On The Road Back12 April 2021
Patrick Bauer admitted it was bliss just to run on the grass again as he pencils in a PNE return for the first game of next season.
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Preston North End’s German centre half Patrick Bauer is hoping to be able to join in pre-season with his team-mates.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Friends of my in Seattle finagled a deal for Jackie and me to house-sit a condo belonging to a friend of theirs. A beautiful city, cool friends and great lodgings for a week. Well, you really can't beat that. So, we stayed in Seattle for a week. Big Sur would have to wait.
It's taken me this long to cull through 1,300+ photos. This is the first set called Scenes From Gasworks Park. [more after the break]
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As protesters clashed with police on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York during another march of the Occupy Wall Street movement, an old-style sit-in was occurring at the Torch of Friendship, in Downtown Miami on October 1, 2011. Passion, intensity, anger and a desire to seize the moment were present. It remains to be seen how successful this movement can be.
The participants aired a variety of grievances from excessive student loans, to Wall Street greed, to the Fair Districts Amendment, voter suppression, LGBT discrimination, and a litany of others.
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MAS and the Association of Banks in Singapore announced establishment of the Culture and Conduct Steering Group (CCSG) to promote sound culture and raise conduct standards among banks in Singapore. CCSG, which is chaired by Shee Tse Koon, the Singapore Country Head of DBS Bank, comprises members from 12 other banks in Singapore that have responsibilities in business, risk management, compliance and human resource.
A G30 report on banking conduct and culture had highlighted that industry-wide dialog and sharing of best practices are key to a stronger and healthier banking industry. The CCSG will provide a platform for such exchanges within the banking industry in Singapore. MAS, which is also a member of the CCSG, is intensifying its work with banks to strengthen ethical business practices, prudent risk-taking behavior, and risk management. The CCSG will serve as a platform for industry participants to:
- Identify best practices in the area of culture and conduct and share them with the wider industry to facilitate adoption
- Monitor trends and identify emerging conduct and culture issues in the industry
- Collaborate with MAS on initiatives to promote strong culture and conduct in the industry, including conducting industry self-assessments or updating industry codes of conduct, where necessary
Keywords: Asia Pacific, Singapore, Banking, Culture and Conduct Steering Group, Governance, Conduct Risk, Operational Risk, MAS
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In a recent Market Notice, the Bank of England (BoE) confirmed that green gilts will have equivalent eligibility to existing gilts in its market operations.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the policy statement PS21/9 on implementation of the Investment Firms Prudential Regime.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) proposed regulatory technical standards that set out criteria for identifying shadow banking entities for the purpose of reporting large exposures.
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) proposed a set of recommendations on the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings and data providers.
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The European Central Bank (ECB) published a paper as well as an article in the July Macroprudential Bulletin, both of which offer insights on the assessment of the impact of Basel III finalization package on the euro area.
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Patsy Lawry has been teaching early childhood music and movement programs since 1997. In addition to teaching Music Together, she has had extensive experience in providing children’s music programs for daycares, pre-schools, and libraries. She founded Music Together of New Haven County in Connecticut in 1998 and was the director for eight years. In 2006 she moved to San Antonio where she taught for Fiesta Music Together before becoming the director in 2008. She has been teaching Music Together for Children’s Chorus of San Antonio since 2010. Lawry holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut. She is a certified Orff teacher, a certified Music Together teacher, and a certified Music for People facilitator.
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Japan + Singapore 8 Days
Travel to two of Asia’s fabulous cities – Tokyo and Singapore, experiencing their diverse cultures on this 8-day tour. Witness the cultural blending of these two cosmopolitan cities, while discovering the similarities and differences of each city’s way of life.
Price: $2,599.00 (Based on Double Occupancy, per person)
Single Supplement: Additional $800.00
Board your flight to Tokyo.
ARRIVE IN TOKYO
Arrive in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, to be transferred to your hotel by airport limousine bus.
Set in the heart of Tokyo’s Shinjuku shopping and entertainment district, Hyatt Regency Tokyo is an upscale, high-rise hotel within minutes from Shinjuku station. Hotel offers 746 beautifully appointed guestrooms and contemporary dining ranging from Chinese and Western to Japanese cuisine, including French Restaurant which has been awarded two stars in the “Michelin Guide Tokyo″ for ten consecutive years.
TOKYO CITY TOUR (B)
This morning, see the best of Tokyo with a half-day tour of the city’s most glamorous neighborhoods and iconic landmarks. Enjoy the afternoon at leisure.
MT. FUJI & HAKONE TOUR (B/L)
Travel by coach to Mt. Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain at 12,388 feet. Stop at Mt. Fuji’s fifth station at 7,607 feet (weather permitting) , you will be inspired by the beauty of the landscape. After lunch, enjoy a boat ride across picturesque Lake Ashi. Afterward, take a scenic cable car ride up Mt. Komagatake to the Owakudani volcanic valley, famed for its scenic views and kuro-tamago hot springs. Afterwards, return to Tokyo by motorcoach.
*Pick-up service may not be available from your hotel.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Singapore, a global financial center with a tropical climate and multicultural population. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel.
Perched on Fort Canning Hill in a restored colonial building on the ground of Fort Canning Park, The Hotel Fort Canning is within a short stroll to MTR stations and some of the city’s major attractions.
SINGAPORE CITY TOUR (B)
Our city tour of Singapore begins with a drive around the Civic District, passing by the Padang, the Cricket Club, the historic Parliament House, the Supreme Court and City Hall. Enjoy the impressive views of Marina Bay at the Merlion Park. Do not miss out on this great photo opportunity with the Merlion, a mythological creature that is part lion and part fish. Visit Thian Hock Keng Temple, one of the oldest Buddhist-Taoist temples on Singapore island before driving past Chinatown. Next stop is the National Orchid Garden, within the Singapore Botanic Gardens, which boasts a colorful display of 60,000 orchid plants. Our final stop at Little India will entice you with the scent of joss sticks, jasmine and spices. Early this afternoon we return to our hotel and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.
NIGHT OUT AT MARINA BAY (B)
Enjoy a day at leisure. In the evening, join us for a tour to the Gardens by the Bay, discover exotic plants in the FlowerDome from the 5 continents which are displayed in 9 different gardens. Walk in the Cloud Forest and marvel at the 114 feet tall indoor waterfall, a mysterious world veiled in mist with and be amazed at the unique and fragile plants. Watch the SuperTree Grove come alive with an exhilarating display of light and sound at night! Be amazed with a birds-eye view of the city and Marina Bay from the top of Marina Bay Sand’s Skypark – it is a roof like no other, perched 656 feet in the air with observation deck in the clouds (weather permitting).
*This tour operates on Wednesday, Friday & Sunday.
SINGAPORE DEPARTURE (B)
Hotel check out time at 12:00 noon. Depart the hotel and head to the airport to catch your return flight home.
Round-trip economy class airfare on Singapore Airlines
3 nights in a in a Guest Room at the Hyatt Regency in Tokyo
3 nights in a Deluxe Room at Hotel Fort Canning Singapore
Daily breakfast, 1 lunch and Satay Sampling in Singapore
Round-trip airport/hotel transfers
Half-day Tokyo City Tour
Full-day Mt. Fuji & Hakone tour
Half-day Singapore City tour
Night Out at Marina Bay Tour in Singapore
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Used for Kyoritsu's grass cutter. I removed the bolt and injected grease, but I greased up with grease gun. Grease up is painful as well! There are models that do not match with other manufacturers, so be careful.
I was troubled with a tap of a size not available in nearby mass merchandisers, but I could find it with monotaro and I did not have to purchase a machine shop high. However, because the tap was too long and the grease did not go in, we put two washers of stain and solved it. (It was a mistake when the spring and the ball jumped out when I tried to scrape the tap part at the beginning with the grinder and make a mistake.) Now it is perfect.
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