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The Angels of Southwest Louisiana organization has donated $5,000 through the McNeese State University Foundation to sponsor the second Business Pitch competition hosted by McNeese and the Southwest Louisiana Entrepreneurial and Economic Development (SEED) Center.
The group gave $4,000 for the inaugural competition in April, bringing the total donation to $9,000. The competition - co-sponsored with the Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance and McNeese's College of Business - offers an opportunity for small businesses wanting to get started. Winners were selected in the competition and awarded $1,000 and six months free rent at the SEED Center and access to expert advice.
On hand for the donation are (from left to right): Ron McGinley, managing director for the Angles of Southwest Louisiana; 2013 Business Pitch winners Ben Nguyen, community division; Derek Champagne, college division; Matthew Lundmark and Tyson Queen, technology division; and Dr. Keith Credo, assistant professor of management and Business Pitch competition coordinator. This year's winners were all McNeese students or alumni.


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What do you get when you add a horde of zombies to a body swap during a covert op? Shenanigans, mostly. In Captain Marvel #7, “Strange Trip” and the War of the Realms continues as Carol and Doctor Strange try to navigate each other’s bodies and powers, with Black Widow by their side. The goal is to defeat the […]
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Kelly Thompson, Veronica and Andy Fish are bringing back the lighter side of ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ in a new 2019 mini-series from Archie Comics.
The series is scheduled to launch ahead of Carol’s big-screen debut.
When Brian Bendis made his exit from Marvel, the question of who would take up the reins writing Jessica Jones, a character Bendis co-created with artist Michael Gaydos, was one of the first to come up, and today we got our answer. Kelly Thompson has revealed on Twitter that she will be writing a new […]
Today, Marvel Comics announced that it had signed Kelly Thompson, the current writer of the ongoing Hawkeye series, and last year’s Star Wars: Captain Phasma limited series, to an exclusive contract. As per the press release, Thompson commented on her signing: “Marvel was truly my first love. So to be here today, not only writing for Marvel but […]
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Cycle3 IT Staffing is seeking a Sever/System Engineer for a full time permanent opportunity in Florida.
The role is that of a Server / System Engineer however the title for this role is Senior Network Engineer.
Sr. Network Engineer is responsible to the Manager, Technical Infrastructure. The Engineer works as an empowered member of a self-directed work team committed to common purpose and goals and holds self mutually accountable for team outcomes. Exhibits behaviors that meet cultural expectations of the organization. Shares, as scheduled, a 24-hour, 7-day week responsibility for all aspects of team functions, which may include on-call coverage.
The Sr. Network Engineer assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates enterprise servers, their operating systems, and related software systems and applications. The Sr. Network Engineer has technical expert knowledge of enterprise server software and hardware, including developing enterprise wide standards for the maintenance, capacity planning, availability, continuity, security, and performance tuning necessary to support organization-wide Information Systems. The Sr. Network Engineer serves as a security advisor for server/systems related security processes.
The Sr. Network Engineer implements the enterprise server/systems strategy and architecture including performance, capacity, availability, continuity, and security management. S/he implements the policies, procedures, and standards regarding server/systems performance, capacity, availability, continuity, and security. S/he is accountable for the implementation, configuration, maintenance, support, and optimization of the organization’s enterprise servers/systems and associated resources.
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Life as Creation: A Jewish Way of Thinking about the World is a collection of aphorisms centered around the biblical concept of creation. It is a collection of provocative thoughts centered on themes such as Creation and Chosenness, Ultimate Limitations in Human Creative Powers, and Creation as Making One's Own Life in Freedom. It is a meditation intended to help the reader understand the purpose of life as a creative being.
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Red mullet with spring vegetables
Serves 4 as a starter or main
The vibrant combination of the red mullet and green vegetables makes this a lovely light spring starter or main course. You can use whatever vegetables you can get hold of and you could even add a few spears of thin sprue asparagus or samphire.
4 or 8 fillets of red mullet, scaled and boned
1tbsp olive oil
50g podded weight of peas, cooked
50-60g podded weight of young broad beans
8 baby leeks or spring onions, cooked
2tbsp white wine
120g butter, cubed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 175C/gas mark 4. Place the red mullet fillets on a baking tray, skin-side up, season and then brush with olive oil.
Bake in the oven for 4-5 minutes until just cooked. Meanwhile, place the wine in a saucepan and simmer until it has almost evaporated, then remove it from the heat and whisk in the butter until it has emulsified.
Reheat the vegetables in a little water, drain and mix with the sauce.
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Kobe Bryant’s death this morning has turned the world’s focus to Los Angeles—in particular, to the Staples Center whose court he graced during his two decades with the Lakers. The building is also home to the Grammy Awards, and this year, music’s biggest night opened with a tribute.
“As most of you may know, we lost Kobe Bryant in a tragic helicopter accident today,” said interim Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason, Jr. after taking the stage. “Since we are in his house, I would ask you to join me in a moment of silence.”
The words came at the outset of of the Grammy Premiere Ceremony, which serves as the stage for most of the night’s award presentations. A smaller slate featuring major categories like Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist will be announced between the usual big performances when the Grammy Awards telecast kicks off at 8 p.m. EST on CBS.
This year’s Grammys were already unfolding under a dark cloud—namely, the scandal surrounding the dismissal of the Recording Academy’s chief—but Bryant’s passing casts a deeper shadow over the event. Always bigger than sports throughout his ups and downs, he was a favorite in the music world, his name appearing in hundreds of verses by generations of superstar acts from Jay-Z to Travis Scott.
So it’s no surprise that words of mourning have been pouring in from musicians online. “Sending ultra love to the family of the great @kobebryant. This hurts bad,” wrote superproducer Swizz Beatz (who is married to Alicia Keys, tonight’s Grammys host). Normani offered a poignant “This isn’t real.” Kobe collaborator Kanye West proclaimed: “Kobe, We love you brother . . . We’re praying for your family and appreciate the life you’ve lived and all the inspiration you gave.”
The Recording Academy is reportedly pulling together a Bryant tribute beyond the initial moment of silence as part of the main telecast later this evening. From the grim buzz currently pervading Los Angeles to the outpouring of grief shown worldwide via social media, the tragedy’s timing carries echoes of Whitney Houston’s death in 2012 on the eve of the Grammys. If that moment was any indication, don’t expect to see many dry eyes at the Staples Center tonight.


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India is expected to see increased product design and local manufacturing as it aspires to become a $ 400 billion electronic manufacturing industry by 2025, said Josh Foulger, Country Head & Managing Director, Foxconn International Holding (FIH), India.
He added that a large part of this growth would be fuelled by export and improved domestic consumption. The Foxconn India head said the National Policy of Electronics, which was announced before the pandemic, aims to support this goal significantly.
Foulger was talking at The Unfinished Agenda, an online event to celebrate the Life, Legacy and Ideas of F C Kohli. âWe will see increased design, I would say, integrated design work where people really look at productization, there will be large companies, there will be medium sized companies and there will be startups. We will be looking at multiple tiered supply chain development happening, which will be enabled by the government, and also enabled by large and medium scale,â said Foulger.
He said India has a âleg-upâ in terms of talent and cost.
“The $ 70(billion) to 400 billion growth is really going to come from export and improved domestic consumptions, and domestic manufacturing. So it’s very important that we address this in the right direction,” Foulger said.
According to him, India has seen good progress in mobile phone manufacturing with the Make in India initiative. “…And it has made a lot of progress. Now there are some spaces here which are sort of not hitting the headlines yet: computer hardware. And these are all big, big spaces where we can grow,” he said.
He also said the industry and the government need to address the skill gap together. Foulger also lauded the conducive environment for the industry in India.
“When you look at the competing geographies or countries, China, India, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, India kind of checks all of the right boxes. It really is a conducive environment,” he said.


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Adam Holmes to fill Brian Hill's vacant seat
COLUMBUS – Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) today announced Adam Holmes of Nashport was selected to represent the 97th House District, covering Guernsey County and part of Muskingum County. He will replace Senator Brian Hill, who was selected to serve in the Ohio Senate in December.
Holmes was among eight applicants considered for the district seat. He will be elected by House Majority members in House Session this afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
“Representative Holmes is a proven leader and will serve the people of Southeast Ohio well”, said Householder. “I am delighted to have Representative Holmes as part of the 133rd General Assembly. He will be an asset to our legislative policy planning in economic and community development.”
Holmes, a retired Colonel in the United States Marine Corps, is a decorated combat officer. He is the chief executive officer of Frueh Enterprises. He also served in the 132nd State Assembly of Ohio as an Opportunity Team Leader for Ohio Aviation and Aerospace Technology Committee. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the United States Naval Academy and a master's degree in global leadership from the University of San Diego.
Holmes was selected by a panel of Ohio House members, which included Representative Jena Powell (R-Arcanum), Representative Jay Edwards (R-Nelsonville), Representative Brett Hillyer (R-Uhrichsville), and Representative Don Jones (R-Freeport).

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The latest in water reporting… At the Strib, Curt Brown and Abby Simons say, “the Crow, Minnesota and Mississippi rivers will keep surging after historic rainfalls swelled smaller streams Thursday. The Mississippi in St. Paul, for example, will rise another seven feet by the middle of next week … . Flood warnings remain active until 3:30 p.m. for several Minnesota counties pelted by torrential rain on Thursday, including Le Sueur, Rice, Steele and Waseca counties, and until 6:30 p.m. in Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Nicollet, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Scott, Sibley, Washington and Yellow Medicine counties.”
Way up north, John Myers, for the Forum News Service, says, “The good news for flood-weary residents along the Minnesota-Ontario border is that the amount of water moving through local rivers dropped a bit Wednesday after having peaked on Tuesday. The bad news is that there’s a good chance of more rain from today through the weekend. … officials predict Rainy Lake could rise another foot or more in coming days, breaching sandbag dikes, flooding more roads and causing even more damage.”
Big Gummint to the rescue… MPR’s story on the state asking for federal cash comes from Liala Halal. “Gov. Mark Dayton, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Sen. Al Franken said they will be documenting the damage to farms and roads in the wake of recent flooding, and begin applying for federal disaster relief funds. … Klobuchar added that to officially assess damage, areas have to not be flooded anymore and not have standing water. ‘We have to wait until we can see the damage,’ she said, although requesting a preliminary federal assessment is still the plan.”
Indirect accomplices in the might-have-been school terror attack in Waseca? Mike Durkin at KMSP-TV says, “Three people have been charged with felony crimes in connection with the alleged school attack plot of Waseca, Minn. teenager John LaDue. While the individual charges are serious, the Waseca police investigation continues to indicate LaDue was the only person with information concerning the plot to attack students and staff at Waseca High School and the junior high. Two 17-year-old boys have been charged with aiding LaDue in the purchase and construction of explosive devices, and a 40-year-old man has been charged with selling a handgun to LaDue.”
Betty McCollum is putting the squeeze on Zygfi Wilf. Erik Brady at USA Today says, “McCollum, Democratic co-chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus, points out that the Washington team will play the Vikings in November at TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus. ‘The presence of the Washington franchise with their racist name on … campus would be in violation of the Board of Regents’ Equity, Diversity, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action Policy,’ McCollum wrote. ‘Mr. Wilf, I believe you are a man of integrity. Therefore I am calling upon you to … (add) your voice to the millions of Americans who are calling for this racist mascot to be changed.’ ”
Meanwhile… I still want an espresso machine next to every seat — for those two-runs-by-Peterson, one dump-off pass and-a-punt offensive series. But Rochelle Olson of the Strib says, “Six more escalators will be added to the entryway of the new Minnesota Multipurpose Stadium that is replacing the dearly departed Metrodome. That will bring the total to 18 escalators in the stadium’s main entry point. All told the stadium, on-schedule to open for the 2016 Minnesota Vikings season, will have 33 escalators. … Another addition: 1,180 more televisions, bringing the total to 2,000.” …to watch games other than the Vikings?
A wonk-fest story that never seems to get resolved… Baird Helgeson of the Strib reports, “Minnesota and Wisconsin are back negotiating a proposal to simplify income taxes for those who live in one state and work in the other. Minnesota revenue officials on Thursday offered to lower Wisconsin’s annual payment by $1 million if the Badger State approves of the agreement by Sept. 30.”
Getting tough at Hamline… MPR’s Alex Friedrich says, “Adjunct faculty members at Hamline University have voted overwhelmingly to unionize, the Service Employees International Union Local 284 said Friday. Mail-in ballots counted this morning from a vote that began earlier this month show more than 70 percent voted to unionize. It marks the first time that adjunct faculty at a private Twin Cities-area university have agreed to unionize, SEIU said, adding that Hamline instructors will join local 284.”
Meeting this guy could seriously mess with the northern tranquility. MPR’s Nancy Lebens says, “Police are searching for a man who they say may be armed, dangerous and traveling to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says 51-year old Todd Neil Triebold is a ‘predatory offender’ who may be suicidal.”
He is, of course, their guy. The editorial page of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, which has twice endorsed Scott Walker, can’t see any connection between his policies and that state’s lagging business indicators … . “Walker’s controversial policies to turn down $800 million in federal aid for a high-speed train or to eviscerate collective bargaining for public employees certainly had some impact. But it’s rarely a straight line from gubernatorial action to economic result. … We’ve disagreed with this governor on many issues. He has frequently been short-sighted, hard-headed and politically over-eager to the detriment of public policy. But we also believe in being fair: We see no evidence that Walker’s policies have made more than a marginal difference, for better or worse, on Wisconsin’s economy.” I’d say they’ve been more than fair, wouldn’t you?


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We didn't expect anything less than punk perfection from Sarah Jessica Parker. Needless to say, the actress killed it tonight in an ensemble composed of a black and gold printed Giles Deacon gown, tartan thigh-high boots by Christian Louboutin, and an outstanding Philip Treacy mohawk headpiece that only she could pull off. The look channeled a major punk-meets-glam vibe, which she furthered with decadent Fred Leighton jewelry. Do tell — are you loving her look?
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Organic gardeners will often go to any length to keep their plants happy and safe but without the use of harmful chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Here are some old tricks and a few new ones using common household substances that can make a gardener’s life easy and keep plants happy and healthy in a natural and non-toxic way.
Don’t be fooled by the strangeness of some of these organic garden remedies. As odd as they may seem, they are effective measures that have been put to the test over time!
To improve soil:
1. Use your pee to fertilize plants
Organic gardeners do not want to waste any of nature’s bounty, and that includes nitrogen-rich urine.
The composition of urine varies from person to person, but it generally has an NPK ratio of 11-1-2. The nitrogen found in human urine ensures lush foliage growth; hence, it is best for greens and grassy plants like corn.
The high salt content may scorch the plants if you pee directly on them, so it is better to do it a little away from the base of the plant.
Better still, collect the pee and dilute it with 10 times water before applying it to the root zone. For tender plants and seedlings, dilute it further.
2. Bury your kitchen waste in the garden
Whether you have a compost pile or not, you can utilize every bit of kitchen waste in the garden.
Make a long ditch 1 foot deep between rows of vegetables to receive the waste. Start dumping the kitchen waste of each day from one end of the ditch.
The soil from the ditch piled along its edge can be used to cover up the waste as soon as it is deposited so that there would be no bad smell or fly problem.
When the entire length of the ditch is covered up, you will have a slightly raised bed.
You can plant the vegetables on this raised bed the following year, making another ditch for the waste.
3. Weed tea as fertilizer
Brew a weed tea fertilizer to take sweet revenge on the weeds that rob your garden plants of nutrients. Cut up the weeds and dunk them in a tub of water kept in the sun.
In a few days, a nitrogen-rich green tea will be ready. Use it as soil fertilizer or foliar spray.
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) can be used the same way to make excellent fertilizer whether you grow it for medicinal purposes or not.
You can use the whole plant to make the tea.
Its deep roots bring up nutrients from the deeper layers of soil and make it available to other plants.
4. Vinegar as a weed killer
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Most organic gardeners do not like to use herbicides in their gardens, but they may have second thoughts when their gardens are run over by weeds.
Vinegar is an environment-friendly alternative to chemical weed killers.
Pour some vinegar into a spray bottle and drench the weeds with it. Do this on a hot, sunny day for the best results.
The acid will scorch the weeds and kill them in a few days.
Water the area afterward to remove excess acidity or sprinkle baking soda on the soil to neutralize it.
5. Add oyster shells and eggshells to your garden beds
Crushed shells of oysters and eggs make slow-release fertilizers that will keep your garden soil sweet and healthy.
Crush them with a rolling pin to make the pieces as small as you can.
The calcium carbonate in the shells makes the soil alkaline, so use it around plants that love alkaline soil.
6. Adjust pH with wood ash and coffee grounds
When you grow different types of plants in your garden, their pH needs may vary.
Large-scale soil amendments should be aimed at bringing the pH to as closer to neutral, but spot treatments can be used to keep individual plants happy.
Wood ash from wood-burning stoves and fireplaces can alkalinize the soil in your asparagus patch and vegetable beds growing broccoli, beans, and beet.
Coffee grounds can be used around ericaceous plants like roses, azaleas, and rhododendrons.


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SALT LAKE CITY - A Senate panel has moved forward legislation that would change Utah's current income tax deduction system to provide more money for Utah's schools.
The Senate Education Committee voted 4-2 on Monday to move forward S.B. 118, sponsored by Sen. Pat Jones, D-Holladay, which caps the amount of dependent deductions a taxpayer can use at two -- meaning those with larger families will pay more in their state income tax -- to provide more money for the public school system.
"In Utah, the way we pay for public education is backwards. The more a family takes advantage of the public education system, the less they pay," Jones said. "Those that use the public education system most should share responsibility for paying for it."
Jones' proposal would add an estimated $267 million to Utah's education system. She told the committee that her proposal would mean approximately $300,000 more for Utah's elementary schools, $400,000 for middle schools and an additional $700,000 for the state's high schools.
The money would be sent directly to the schools and appropriation of the money would be decided by the schools' local community councils. A small part of the money would be used to train the community councils on how to use the new dollars.
The bill is a modification to Jones' original plan. Her first proposal sought to eliminate all of the dependent deductions from the income tax system but she substituted her legislation to include two deductions. Her original legislation would have raised $400 million for Utah's schools.
Jones said the community councils could choose to use the money for what was deemed most critical. She explained that the money could be used to hire reading or math specialists, full-time or part-time teachers to provide professional development activities for instructors, nurses, librarians or whatever the school needed.
"One of the benefits of this bill is it would create meaningful jobs in every Utah community," Jones said.
Jones made clear to the committee, and the public, that she was simply looking to alter the dependent deduction. She stated there were still many deductions Utah taxpayers can take advantage of when they file their annual income tax forms such as the charitable donation deduction. She estimated that the hit on an average family in Utah would be about $143 per year if her proposal were to pass and be signed by the governor.
Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, voted against the legislation as he had concerns that it would have a significant impact on Utah's lower income families. He wondered if the legislation could be improved by the addition of a "circuit breaker" that would stop the tax hike from taking place on the lower income families of the state.
The Utah Taxpayers Association also spoke out against the bill. Royce Van Tassell, vice president of the association, called the proposal one of the largest tax increases in the history of the state and wondered if there was any proof that additional money in schools actually led to better results in the classroom. Van Tassell said the state should evaluate how it is currently spending its money on education and see if it could be done in a more efficient and effective manner.
The bill now moves forward to be considered by the full body of the Senate.


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If you opt to celebrate mom’s special day with a lavish dinner instead, Solaire prepared delectable set menus in Fresh, Yakumi, Finestra, Red Lantern and Strip.
You can get all of the set menus below for ₱1,900 and all come with the Solaire Mother’s Day creation, the Caramel cheesecake with red berries and white chocolate silk.
In Finestra, everyone in the family can enjoy the mini pizza creation of the day (Roasted Branzino in potato crust, Versuvio tomatoes, white wine and Gamberoni), Pasta Carbonara in rich and creamy sauce with pancetta bacon, Limon Cello lemon and Chicken Parmigiano.
Red Lantern offers a sumptuous set menu for those who prefer Chinese dishes. The family can feast on Hand rolled Beijing duck, Pumpkin soup with seafood and white fungus, Deep fried crispy shrimps with sweet mayonnaise, Wok fried prime beef black pepper sauce, Steamed sliced fish with Tofu in black bean sauce, the seasons best vegetables with oyster sauce, and Braised noodles with spring onions and ginger sesame oil.
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CHEERS: To the nursing students of Winona State University, who are in the front lines of getting residents vaccinated in Winona County and Olmsted County. By the time vaccine rollouts are at its peak, more than 160 WSU students in Winona and Rochester will be supporting the effort. “It will make a huge difference,” Winona County Emergency Management Coordinator Ben Klinger said. “When we get into doing large scale vaccinations, we’re going to need all the help we can get.” Abigail Ziebell, a student who helped with a recent clinic, said it’s an honor to help with vaccine efforts. “I’m proud to go into this field because I know I can make a difference,” she said.
CHEERS: To Shannon Helgeson, named a candidate for the Minnesota Teacher of the Year. She is one of the three Winona Education Association Teachers of the Year in the Winona Area Public Schools district for the current year. “When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a teacher because I thought correcting papers and writing on the board were going to be awesome. Turns out that was only half true. I do like writing on the board,” Helgeson said in November when honored by the local education association. She taught social studies in the district for 16 years before becoming a high school and Area Learning Center instructional coach.
JEERS: To U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, who went from picking a fight with GOP Sen. Mitt Romney during the impeachment trial last Saturday to saying on Monday that the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me.” It’s time for Johnson to do something other than tout conspiracy theories. It’s time to start talking about and supporting policies that would help Wisconsin residents. In other words, work for the taxpayers who sent him to Washington.


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You might find it a bit of a task to locate Deansgate Mews if you aren’t au fait with the area, but located on the upper level of the Great Northern Warehouse between the Odeon cinema and Beetham Tower lies a small street making big waves.
Deansgate Mews is home to a small cluster of Manchester’s best independent businesses, vying to steal the thunder from the Northern Quarter. All are popular in their own right, but 3 Hands Deli is a cut above the rest.
From a tiny unit shared with the folks at Holy Grain Bakery (who supply some of the city’s favourite restaurants with their sourdough bakes) 3 Hands Deli offers speciality cheeses, unique charcuterie like rosemary lamb carpaccio and ever-changing but spectacular bakes by in-house pastry chef Siân Wilson.
The dine-in menu at the deli is small and seasonal, but a mainstay are the artisan toasties that fly out the door with hungry punters regularly lining the length of Deansgate Mews for their fix. A favourite is the Ham + Blue which stars juniper cured ham, pickled beets from Cinderwood Market Garden, burnt peach and smoked tomato chutney, tropea onion and Garstang Blue cheese.
Vegetarians could enjoy Cows Curd + Nightshades with zuni pickles, grilled courgette, nasturtium salsa verde and almond romesco.
The toasties are big, so if you only fancy a nibble you could try seasonal snacks which could include everyone’s favourite burrata, grilled courgettes or whipped smoked cod’s roe with some Holy Grain toast to spread it on.
Chef Julian Pizer (formerly of Cottonoplis and The Edinburgh Castle) has perfected the menu after a number of months and regularly uses foraged ingredients to create chutneys and ferments to use day to day in the deli.
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Trope: Ice Queen (and its sub-trope, the Defrosting Ice Queen)
Description: The Ice Queen is aloof and, well, frigid. She may not want to get emotionally close to anyone, or it may just be men she disdains. There are a few different ways her icy qualities can manifest themselves, ranging from slinging nasty remarks at anyone who crosses her to simply coming across as emotionless and "cold". In romance, the hero strives to "defrost" her and win her over so they can embark on a relationship.
(While not required, Ice Queens often have blonde hair and blue eyes.)
Examples: Katherine from The Taming of the Shrew, Hot Lips from M*A*S*H, many female characters in James Bond and Alfred Hitchcock movies
Pros: The Ice Queen is no wet blanket, and she usually just doesn't sit back and take any bullshit. She won't swoon over the hero as soon as he walks in the door - he's going to have to WORK for her affection. Comedic value is bumped up a notch if she's the type to make snappy comebacks and sends the hero away with his tail between his legs. Even if we think she's a bit snotty, we frequently can't help but root for her and want her to find true love.
Cons: If not handled with care, this trope can veer sharply into "she needed a MAN to put her in her place" territory, or imply that she was a lesser human being until that man came along to defrost her. (Or tame her, in Shakespeare's case.) Another possibility is that there's some deep, dark, secretive reason for why the Ice Queen is so icy; it can be valid, or overly melodramatic (or both, I suppose). Also, if she comes across as too cold-hearted, it can be difficult for the audience to like and relate to her.
Would/Did I Use It?: Eh. I have mixed feelings about this one, for the reasons listed in the "cons" list. For me, it's definitely one of those tropes where I can enjoy it if it's used well, but it's VERY easy to slip up and create either an unlikable character or a storyline where the more feminist-minded readers are rolling their eyes. I have written a few Ice Queens here and there, but I don't think any of them had a particularly cruel, vicious streak when it came to the feelings of the people around them.

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Kalavagunta, A., Weller, R.A.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
The four-point probe is a tool for measuring the resistivity of a material by contact with its surface. The tool is widely used in the semiconductor industry and has applications both in research and manufacturing. The method though is quite sensitive to various paramaters like the substrate material, probe separation, probe depth etc. In this paper we show that COMSOL multiphysics can be used ...
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Micromechanical resonators are used in a wide variety of applications, including inertial sensing, chemical and biological sensing, acoustic sensing, and microwave transceivers. Despite the distinct design requirements for each of these applications, a ubiquitous resonator performance parameter emerges. This is the resonator’s Quality factor (Q), which describes the mechanical energy damping. ...
Gaillard, N., Pinzelli, L., Gros-Jean, M., Bsiesy, A.
In recent years, a large variety of high dielectric constant materials has been studied as an alternative to silicon dioxide in order to improve the electrical properties in many integrated devices. The authors pointed out MIM electrical properties modifications such as current-voltage shift and the decrease in the voltage gap between the different conduction mechanisms voltage threshold while ...
Finite-element Analysis of Properties in Real and Idealized Photonic Crystal Fibres, Application to Supercontinuum Generation
Gérôme, F., Viale, P., Tombelaine, V., Leproux, P., Auguste, J.L., Février, S., Blondy, J.M., Couderc, V.
IRCOM, CNRS UMR 6615, Limoges, France
Using a full-vector finite-element method, we calculate modal properties in index-guiding photonic crystal fibres. The influence of the deformation of the geometry in actual fibre structures is evaluated and compared to the idealized-model. These results are applied to the supercontinuum generation. Moreover, development of MATLAB softwares for FEMLAB 3.1 are presented.
Nestlé Waters Italy
Shelf life estimation is a very important issue in the beverage industry. Depending on the packaging application, estimation of the carbon dioxide loss through the plastic bottle walls has always been desirable and challenging at the same time. In this work an FEM approach is presented, which is shown to be able to replace time consuming, expensive lab tests. Gas permeability through the ...
Bentz, D.N., Zhang, J., Bloomfield, M., Lu, J-Q., Gutmann, R.J., Cale, T.S.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
One of the key issues in developing higher density microelectronics devices is the impact of the stresses induced by thermal expansion mismatches of the materials used. We have examined, using FEMLAB, the stresses due to interwafer copper interconnects embedded in multilayer structures created by bonding two wafers using an organic low-k dielectric glue, benzocylcobutene (BCB). This work ...
Karpov, S., Krichtafovitch, I.
Kronos Air Technologies, Redmond, Washington
Electrohydrodynamic flow is a flow of electrically neutral gas caused by corona-generated charged particles (ions) drifting through it. The operation principles of electrostatic fluid accelerators that use corona discharge phenomenon can be described as following. High voltage applied between high curvature corona electrode and low curvature collecting electrode provides condition for ionization ...
Åberg, J., Vynnycky, M., Fredriksson, H.
KTH/Metallernas Gjutning, Stockholm, Sweden
This paper reports on progress in the implementation of COMSOL Multiphysics 3.2 to model thermal stresses in a three-dimensional solidifying shell, as occurs typically in the industrial continuous casting of copper, copper alloys and steel. Computer memory requirements prohibit a direct 3D numerical simulation of the temperature and the stresses. Instead, we use the fact that casting ...
Zampolli, M., Tesei, A., Jensen, F.B.
NATO Undersea Research Centre, 19138 La Spezia, Italy
Acoustic waves are used in SONAR systems for the detection and classification of objects which may be swimming in the water column, proud on the seafloor, or buried below the sediment. In some applications, such as low frequency detection and classification of structurally complex objects immersed in a fluid, signal processing techniques must be aided by a-priori model based knowledge of the ...
Mahecha-Botero, A., Elnashaie, S.S.E.H., Grace, J.R., Lim, C.J.
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, East Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada
COMSOL (formerly FEMLAB) is being utilized to solve partial differential equations simulating fluidized bed reactors as part of the development of a novel generalized fluidized-bed catalytic reactor model. Simulations are carried out to account for complex dynamic transport and hydrodynamic phenomena such as: heat and mass axial and radial anisotropic dispersion, temperature and pressure ...


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Introduction to Online Roulette Gambling – Hello, friends, online gambling lovers, the discussion in this article is slightly different from what we usually present. Playing roulette gambling, of course, you have to know how to play properly and correctly, because this involves the funds or real money that you will spend as a tool for placing bets. If you play this online gambling game carelessly or carelessly, then your real funds or money are in danger of being forfeited and losing. So this statement is the reason for my friend to be able to play agen poker99 online gambling properly and correctly.
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- Even or Odd
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But if the bet is 100 thousand, you lose again, it means that your total loss is already (150 thousand).
And if you still lose at 200 thousand bets, then your loss becomes 350 thousand, right? Here, you need to remember that you have to stay calm and believe in victory, don’t be afraid in that situation. Because in the Roulette game the ratio is 50:50, so usually in the 4th or 5th round the pair will still come out for sure.
Now in the next bet, place a bet, buddy, 400 thousand and if you win the initial defeat, you will get plus 50 thousand profit, which you will get, but don’t change your partner’s bet if the first is black, of course, you need to keep it black or black.
Now the calculation above only requires 1 million capital or 1.5 million safe points, my friend to play at 50 thousand bets, you can calculate by yourself the 50 thousand win that you get if you have used this method 10 times the profit you get is 500 thousand. Pretty easy isn’t it?
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Reviews key points from the webinars within the Enhancing Multidisciplinary Responses to Polyvictimization: Complex Trauma Speaker Series and answers participants' questions.
Provides an overview of trauma- and substance abuse-focused evidence-based treatments for minority ethnic groups.
Highlights key findings and offers effective and promising engagement strategies that support families' healing. This webinar discusses strength building in the aftermath of trauma exposure.
Defines CSEC and the scope of the problem of the commercial sexual exploitation of both girls and young women in the US.
Discusses the impact, as well as historical and societal context, of polyvictimization in urban communities of color.
Discusses strategies to engage Latino clients in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) treatment.
Examines the effects of polyvictimization on the K-12 school environment, particularly examining risk for truancy, drop-out, and need for special education services.
Provides a foundation for understanding children in disasters. This webinar discusses evaluation and treatment services for traumatized children, school support services, PFA in unusual situations, resilience, and vicarious trauma.
Addresses attachment and its implications for young traumatized children in the child welfare system and discusses the nature of typically developing attachment relationships, as well as the impact of trauma and maltreatment on such relationships.
Discusses the complex trauma adaptations employed by LGBTQ youth and adults who have experienced victimization and polyvictimization.

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What is the largest salt lake in Australia?
Which is saltier Great Salt Lake or Dead Sea?
The most saline lake outside of Antarctica is Lake Assal, in Djibouti, which has a salinity of 34.8% (i.e. 10 times saltier than ocean water). Probably the best-known hypersaline lakes are the Dead Sea (34.2% salinity in 2010) and the Great Salt Lake in the state of Utah, USA (5–27% variable salinity).
What are the top 10 biggest freshwater lakes in the world?
Top 10 Largest Freshwater Lakes In The World
- 10) Lake Erie. Lake Erie is one of the largest lakes in the world, at approximately 25,720 square kilometres in area.
- 9) Great Slave Lake.
- Lake Malawi.
- 7) Great Bear Lake.
- 6) Lake Baikal.
- 4) Lake Michigan.
- 3) Lake Huron.
- 2) Lake Victoria.
Which is the largest salt lake in India?
What is the largest manmade lake in Australia?
Where is the largest lake in Australia?
The largest lake in Australia is Lake Eyre, which is found in the state of South Australia. Other large lakes include Lake Mackay, Lake Amadeus, and Lake Torrens.
Australia’s Largest Lakes
- Lake Eyre – 9,500 sq km.
- Lake Torrens – 5,745 sq km.
- Lake Carnegie – 5,714 sq km.
- Lake Mackay – 3,494 sq km.
- Lake Frome – 2,596 sq km.
Why is Great Salt Lake not a sea?
Great Salt Lake is salty because it does not have an outlet. Tributary rivers are constantly bringing in small amounts of salt dissolved in their fresh water flow. Great Salt Lake is the remnant of Lake Bonneville; a great ice age lake that rose dramatically from a small saline lake 30,000 years ago.
Is the Great Salt Lake polluted?
Humans also impact the lake through pollution. Great Salt Lake is unique among saline lakes in that it is next to a major metropolitan area, said Butler, and the Salt Lake City area is expected to double to 4 million people over the next 30 years. Bacteria in Great Salt Lake turn it into toxic mercury.
Is the Great Salt Lake like the Dead Sea?
Great Salt Lake Is No ‘Dead Sea’ Parts of Utah’s Great Salt Lake are 10 times saltier than the ocean. But the lake is host to plenty of life, including salt-loving microbes that can turn the lake’s water bubblegum pink.
Is the Caspian Sea larger than Lake Superior?
Caspian Sea – 371,000 Square Kilometers. Despite the term “sea” being used in its name, the Caspian Sea is technically the largest lake in the world. The Caspian Sea has Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia and Azerbaijan among its basin countries.
Is Lake Victoria bigger than Lake Superior?
It has a total surface area of 45,410 square miles (117,611 square kilometers), which is significantly larger than Lake Superior. Great Lakes map: Map of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan-Huron – World’s largest freshwater lakes (by surface area).
Which is bigger Lake Superior or Lake Michigan?
Lake Michigan – 22,404 square miles. Lake Michigan is the third largest lake of the Great lakes by area and second by volume. It is the only lake that is entirely in the US; the other four are cross-border lakes. It occupies the western portion of Lake Michigan–Huron.
Which state has largest number of salt lake in India?
6 Saline Water and Salt Lakes of India
- Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan. Sambhar Salt Lake of Rajasthan is largest inland salt lake of India and an extensive saline wetland.
- Lonar Crater Lake, Maharashtra. Lonar Crater Lake in Buldhana district of Maharashtra is a National Geo heritage Monument of India.
- Chilika Lake, Odisha.
- Pulicat Lake.
- Pangong Tso, Ladakh.
Which is the deepest lake of India?
Which is the largest manmade lake in India?
Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar located in Sonebhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, is the biggest man-made lake of India. The lake is created by the reservoir of Rihand Dam. Similarly, Dhebar Lake, which is also called as Jaisamand Lake and is located in Udaipur district of Rajasthan, is the second biggest man-made lake.
What are the biggest dams in Australia?
Largest constructed reservoirs by State/Territory
|New South Wales||Eucumbene||Lake Eucumbene|
|Northern Territory||Darwin River||–|
|Queensland||Burdekin Falls||Lake Dalrymple|
|South Australia||Mount Bold||Mount Bold|
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What is the largest country in Australia?
Australia’s land mass. Australia comprises a land area of about 7.692 million square kilometres. Although this is just five per cent of the world’s land mass (149.45 million square kilometres), Australia is the planet’s sixth largest country after Russia, Canada, China, the United States of America and Brazil.
What is the biggest lake in NSW?
Largest Lakes and Dams in New South Wales
|Ranking||Region||Area (km2 or hectares)|
|1||Lake Eucumbene New South Wales||40,286 hectares|
|2||Garnpung Lake New South Wales||37,349 hectares|
|3||Lake Victoria New South Wales||17,770 hectares|
|4||Lake Tandou New South Wales||17,429 hectares|
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Does Australia have lakes?
Types. their are six main types of lake in Australia: coastal lakes and lagoons including perched lakes; natural freshwater inland lakes.
What is Australia’s largest constructed lake?
Lake Argyle was formed by the damming of the Ord River in 1972. Covering over 1000 square km’s, it’s the largest constructed lake in Australia and classed as an inland sea.
How was Lake Argyle?
In 1967, the Commonwealth Government provided a grant for the construction of the Ord River Dam to provide a major storage reservoir, called Lake Argyle. Lake Argyle is now one of the worlds largest man made water bodies and was formed by an earth and rock filled dam in the Carr Boyd Ranges.
Is the Great Salt Lake safe to swim in?
A blogger friend from California asked me a few years ago if it is a good idea to swim in the Great Salt Lake. Many Salt Lake City locals have waded into the Great Salt Lake at least once in their lives. However, most don’t try it more than once because the lake can be smelly and loaded with brine shrimp and flies.
Can you drown in the Great Salt Lake?
YES, you can drown in the briny, buoyant waters of the Great Salt Lake. Although the GSL’s waters are 3 to 5 times saltier than the ocean and you can’t sink — but “float like the cork” there, you can drown in the water.
Are there sharks in the Great Salt Lake?
This species occurs in Utah today, though apparently no longer on the islands of the Great Salt Lake. Because of the Great Salt Lake’s high salinity, it has few fish, but they do occur in Bear River Bay and Farmington Bay when spring runoff brings fresh water into the lake.
Are there whales in the Great Salt Lake?
In 1875, with the intention of creating a money-making tourist attraction, James Wickham decided to bring whales to Great Salt Lake. Though there have been several alleged whale sightings, scientists believe that they could not have survived the lake’s high salt content.
Are there fish in the Great Salt Lake?
Fishing at Great Salt Lake, Utah. Because of the Great Salt Lake’s high salinity, it has few fish, but they do occur in Bear River Bay and Farmington Bay when spring runoff brings fresh water into the lake. A few aquatic animals live in the lake’s main basin, including centimeter-long brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana)
What food is Utah known for?
Most people associate foods like green jello, funeral potatoes, or even fry sauce with Utah; but, hidden throughout this state’s restaurants, bakeries, and pizzerias are some truly unique and delicious food dishes that the world doesn’t know about.
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- Qatar Airways’ code to be applied to Iberia flights from Madrid to key destinations across Latin America
- Enhanced codeshare partnership to provide even more connectivity for both business and leisure travellers to popular destinations throughout the Middle East, Asia and Latin America
DOHA, Qatar, 2018-Mar-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways and Iberia are pleased to announce the expansion of their codeshare partnership, offering Iberia customers increased connectivity to destinations across the Middle East and Asia, as well as providing enhanced accessibility for Qatar Airways passengers to key destinations across Latin America, including Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay and Panama.
Further strengthening the airline’s codeshare partnership and enhancing both carriers’ oneworld relationship, the new codeshare destinations can already be booked. The Qatar Airways’ code (QR) will be applied to routes operated by Iberia from Madrid to Panama City, Panama; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bogotá Medellín (MDE), Colombia; Montevideo, Uruguay; and Santo Domingo; Dominican Republic. Qatar Airways currently offers double daily flights from Doha direct to Madrid. From July, this will increase to 17 times weekly.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: “Expanding the codeshare partnership with Iberia was a natural progression based on our customers’ mutual desire for additional destinations across both networks, as well as our membership in the oneworld alliance. Latin America is a key area of growth for us, and we are delighted to be able to provide access to these new, fast-growing cities for our valued passengers from Qatar, the wider Middle East, South Asia and beyond with seamless connectivity.”
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iberia, Mr. Luis Gallego, said: “We are very happy to announce this expanded codeshare agreement with our oneworld partner, Qatar Airways. With these additional routes, we will be able to provide our customers with greater access to the Middle East and Asia, offering even more choice to both business and leisure travellers.”
The enhanced partnership will also benefit members of both airlines’ frequent flyer programmes – Qatar Airways Privilege Club and Iberia Plus – as well as provide passengers with increased accessibility to Qatar Airways’ award-winning hub, Hamad International Airport (HIA), and Iberia’s hub at Madrid Airport Terminal 4.
The national carrier of the State of Qatar is one of the world’s fastest-growing airlines, with a modern fleet of more than 200 aircraft flying to business and leisure destinations across six continents. The airline is set to launch a host of new destinations in 2018-19, including London Gatwick and Cardiff, United Kingdom; Lisbon, Portugal; Tallinn, Estonia; Valletta, Malta; Cebu and Davao, Philippines; Langkawi, Malaysia; Da Nang, Vietnam; Bodrum, Antalya and Hatay, Turkey; Mykonos and Thessaloniki, Greece and Málaga, Spain.
The award-winning airline has received a number of accolades recently, including ‘Airline of the Year’ by the prestigious 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards, held at the Paris Air Show. This was the fourth time that Qatar Airways has been given this global recognition as the world’s best airline. In addition to being voted ‘World’s Best Airline’ by travellers from around the world, Qatar’s national carrier also won a raft of other major awards at the ceremony, including ‘Best Airline in the Middle East,’ ‘World’s Best Business Class’ and ‘World’s Best First Class Airline Lounge’.
Iberia is the leading carrier on routes between Europe and Latin America. Together with its subsidiary Iberia Express and its franchise partner Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum, it operates 600 daily flights to 131 destinations in 48 countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Middle East and Asia with a fleet of some 135 aircraft. In 2016 and 2017, Iberia was world’s most punctual carrier according to FlightGlobal Incorporating FlightStats, while it was awarded its 4th Skytrax star in 2017.
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About Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways, the national carrier of the State of Qatar, is celebrating more than 20 years of Going Places Together with travellers across its more than 150 business and leisure destinations. The world’s fastest-growing airline will add a number of exciting new destinations to its growing network in 2018, including Thessaloniki, Greece; Cardiff, UK and many more, flying passengers on board its modern fleet of more than 200 aircraft.
A multiple award-winning airline, Qatar Airways was named ‘Airline of the Year’ by the 2017 World Airline Awards, managed by international air transport rating organisation Skytrax. It was also named ‘World’s Best Business Class,’ ‘Best Airline in the Middle East,’ and ‘World’s Best First Class Airline Lounge.’
Qatar Airways is a member of the oneworld global alliance. The award-winning alliance was named the World’s Best Airline Alliance 2015 by Skytrax for the third year running. Qatar Airways was the first Gulf carrier to join global airline alliance, oneworld, enabling its passengers to benefit from more than 1,000 airports in more than 150 countries, with 14,250 daily departures.
Oryx One, Qatar Airways’ in-flight entertainment system offers passengers up to 4,000 entertainment options from the latest blockbuster movies, TV box sets, music, games and much more. Passengers flying on Qatar Airways flights served by its B787, A350, A380, A319 and select A320 and A330 aircraft can also stay in touch with their friends and family around the world by using the award-winning airline’s on-board Wi-Fi and GSM service.
Qatar Airways proudly supports a range of exciting international and local initiatives dedicated to enriching the global community that it serves. Qatar Airways, the official FIFA partner, is the official sponsor of many top-level sporting events, including the FIFA 2018 and 2022 World Cups, reflecting the values of sports as a means of bringing people together, something at the core of the airline’s own brand message – Going Places Together.
Qatar Airways Cargo, the world’s third largest international cargo carrier, serves more than 60 exclusive freighter destinations worldwide via its world-class Doha hub and also delivers freight to more than 150 key business and leisure destinations globally with more than 200 aircraft. The Qatar Airways Cargo fleet includes eight Airbus A330 freighters, 13 Boeing 777 freighters and two Boeing 747-8 freighters.
For further information, please contact:
Qatar Airways Group, Corporate Communications Department
Tel: +974 4022 2200
+974 4022 5350
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Welcome to the last round of 2013. I plan to finish the year strong. How about you?
If you don’t know about A Round of Words in 80 Days, check it out.
Some of us hang out on Facebook. Pop by and say hello.
So, what are my goals for the next 80 days?
This is the first time I’ve added this category. The book I co-authored, Living Beyond My Circumstances, former Paralympian Deb Willows’ memoir, is due out in November. This is absolutely surreal. (I’m sure anyone who has walked this path can relate.)
I must take advantage of my Internet and physical connections to get the word out.
– participate in OctPoWriMo
– continue to blog and guest blog regularly (If you’re interested in guest blogging here, just let me know. I’d love to entertain guests two to four times per month.)
– finish at least one of the papers for my certification course
– possibly work on my picture books, my middle grade chapbook, and/or my women’s fiction
– meet with my writers’ group in October and November (Then we break for the winter because of road conditions.)
– work with my current and new clients
I’m happy to be busy right now.
– complete a novel and a non-fiction book each month (This is probably a little on the ambitious side, but we’ll see what happens.)
– meet with the other member of our Book Club for Two group as she finishes each book we’ve chosen (We’ve discussed the first book. It was fun.)
– read more blog posts, especially those on the craft of writing
– read my critique partner’s manuscripts
– check in at least once per week (probably twice most weeks)
– as a sponsor, visit “my peeps”
– pop by our Facebook pages every now and then
– spend time with family regularly
– prep more meals from scratch
– exercise 3-5 times per week
– fulfill my volunteer responsibilities


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The staff of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) was pleased to welcome James H. Jones, Ph.D., to the office on November 21, 2014 for a discussion of his book Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, A Tragedy of Race and Medicine. First published in 1981 (Revised edition, 1993), Bad Blood is a historical account of a non-therapeutic scientific experiment conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) from 1932 to 1972 in rural Alabama. Bad Blood received the American Public Health Association’s Arthur Viseltear Award for the best book on the history of public health and was selected by the editors of The New York Times “Book Review” as one of the 12 “Best Books” published in 1981.
During his visit, Jones discussed how his research on Alfred C. Kinsey and the social hygiene movement in 1970 led him to discover records of the Tuskegee Study stored at the National Archives. The stated goal of the experiment was to document the effects of untreated syphilis in African American males living in and around Macon County, Alabama. Researchers identified several hundred men who had syphilis, failed to inform them that they had the disease, lied to them, and then provided them with iron tonic and aspirin instead of available syphilis treatment. Jones walked the staff through the timeline of the experiment, explaining not only how the study was conducted and by whom, but also why he believes it was able to go on for 40 years. Jones argued that several factors played a role in the study’s duration, including a series of internal promotions that allowed the same personnel to work on the project for so long.
The views, opinions and positions expressed by these authors and blogs are theirs and do not necessarily represent that of the Bioethics Research Library and Kennedy Institute of Ethics or Georgetown University.

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The chandelier is suspended by a thin, high strength cable, the length of which must be specified when ordering. The suspension system for this chandelier is dressed with a fabric covering, available at most lighting stores. Due to the many different styles and types available, a ceiling canopy is not provided but can easily be obtained through your electrician.
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Steps to Use Other People’s Money to Buy Real Estate
If you're looking to using other people's money (OPM) to buy real estate, make sure that you read this article.
There is no denying that entering the real estate investment market is a good long-term decision. It is a way to help build wealth and can be a great way to make the most of your retirement. But in order to enter the real estate investment game, you first need to own real estate. And this is where the issues can start. Unless you have excess money waiting to be spent, you are going to struggle getting started.
And you know what is better than spending your own money on real estate? Spending someone else’s money. And if I told you that you can spend someone else’s money for your own investments, you would want to know how, wouldn’t you? So, keep reading for the steps on how to use other people’s money to buy real estate.
What are the benefits of owning real estate?
Before we start talking about how to purchase real estate, we should mention the main benefits of having it in the first place. Fortune Builders highlights the main benefits.
- Not all real estate investing will require you to be a landlord. But if this is the path you decide to go down, rental income will be a major incentive. Your tenant, whether they be commercial or residential, will pay you for the privilege of living in your property. And you can use this income to pay for your mortgage and even earn a living.
- Every dollar less that you pay the tax man, is an extra dollar in your pocket. Taxes are one of the biggest expenses for the average person, and this is especially true for investors. Rental houses, apartments, vacant land, commercial buildings, industrial, shopping centers, and warehouses all offer their own variation of tax incentives.
- There are some ways of investing in real estate that can bring about fast and high profits. Such as the fix and flip. Purchase a cheap property that needs work. Spend a bit to get it fixed up and sell for a huge profit. Not all real estate investments will end up in immediate profit. But the potential is there is you play your cards right.
The benefits of owning real estate are clear. But as mentioned previously, the biggest hurdle is finding the startup capital. Using other people’s money is one of the best ways.
What do you mean by other people’s money?
When we talk about purchasing property with other people’s money, we do not mean finding strangers in the street and asking them for cash. Mashvisor explains that Other People’s Money (OTM) is a term that refers to using leverage to buy real estate. In other words, getting people to fund your real estate projects and agreeing how to share the profits. This way it is win-win for everyone. You get to own real estate without making yourself broke, and the other investors get to share in the profit.
Benefits of using other people’s money to buy real estate
The main benefit of using other people to help fund your real estate venture, is that sometimes you will not be able to go down the traditional route of securing a loan. Owning real estate by yourself is great as it means you do not share your profits with anyone, but sometimes this is not realistic. So, using other peoples as secondary investors means that investments that would have otherwise been out of your reach are suddenly available. It opens a whole new world of potential.
Bigger Pockets goes on to mention that many new investors will have limited cash. So, using other people’s money (or private funding sources) is a great way to build your portfolio and get you set up. Then in the future you can no longer worry about relying on other people for your investments. Everyone needs to start somewhere. It makes sense that new investors will need to use the assistance of others.
How to use other people’s money for real estate purchases
Knowing that you want to use other people’s money to purchase real estate is great but knowing how is also important. Green Residential highlights some of the best ways to go about using other people to help fund your real estate investments. The best method for you will depend on your experience, risk tolerance, connections, and skills.
Seller financing is one of the most common forms of using other people’s money to fund real estate. It is a way of transferring ownership of a property without having to take out a whole new loan. The current owner will transfer ownership and the title to the buyer along with a private mortgage. There will be special terms and conditions that will be legally binding, but it skips the need for a bank and a large down payment. The buyer now owes the seller the principal of the property.
This is what many people think of when you mention using other people’s money. It requires finding a group of investors and pooling everyone’s money together to go in as joint investors. One downside however is that many lenders will often require higher than average interest rates for any loans involving higher money.
Hard money loans are a special loan that are only available for certain types of investments – usually fix and flip. Lenders will loan money on a short-term basis, and the idea is that they get paid back (with high interest) quickly. The idea is that the money is to be spend raising the value of real estate, and then when it is sold (once renovated), the profit gained is used to pay back the loan. It is different to a traditional mortgage as it often does not require a down payment.
As can be seen there are a few ways that other people’s money can be used to purchase and invest in real estate. There are often strings attached of course, and these need to be understood before entering in any agreements. You should not let a lack of funds stop you from entering the real estate investment market. Especially when there are so many options out there for securing finance.

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London-based quartet ISLES – Goldsmith students Amber, Luke, Miles and Oliver – unveil their first track of their AA–side single ‘Bury Me / The First Act’
‘Bury Me’ is an instantaneously charming indie-pop effort, touched by with a clever dash of “art school sensitivities”.
2nd Feb – The Finsbury, Finsbury Park
3rd Feb – The Old Blue Last
4th Feb – Stag’s Head, Hoxton
6th Feb – Hoodoo’s, Mathew’s Yard (Croydon)
13th Feb – The Hope (Brighton)


As the first day of the NFL’s legal tampering period moves on, the Patriots continue to add to their defense. Their latest signing is former Eagles defensive back Jalen Mills.
The contract, as first reported by Adam Schefter, is worth $24 million over four years with $9 million guaranteed. The incentive-laden contract reflects the up-and-down nature of Mills’ five-year NFL career to this point.
Mills was drafted in the seventh-round as a cornerback out of LSU in 2016, and instantly earned playing time on the Eagles’ defense, playing 65 percent of their snaps his rookie year. After moving into a starting role with Philly’s 2017 championship team, injuries and inconsistent play limited him to just 17 games total over the next two years.
Heading into last season, Mills signed a one-year ‘prove it’ deal to stay in Philadelphia. He also started playing more safety. That move ended up working out, as he was one of the few bright spots on the roster. He played 1,013 snaps in 2020, more than any other defensive player on the team. In 15 games he recorded 74 tackles, four for a loss, 1.5 sacks, three pass breakups, and an interception.
Versatility is key in New England – especially on defense – and Mills brings plenty of it. His position change last season seemed to unlock his potential, as he was moved all over the field. In total, he played significant snaps lined up at box safety (329 plays, per PFF), free safety (236 plays), outside corner (227), slot corner (182), and even on the defensive line (39). According to Mike Reiss, he was the only player in the NFL last season to line up at all seven pre-snap defensive back locations last year.
How will Mills’ versatility be used in New England? Deep safety may be the key. The Patriots never truly replaced Duron Harmon after trading him last year, and are still missing that second deep ball defender to play next to Devin McCourty. Mills could either slide into that role, or play more in the box and free up Kyle Dugger to play more deep safety, a spot he played most of the time in college. He could also give them insurance at the cornerback position, with Jason McCourty a pending free agent and Stephon Gilmore’s future uncertain.
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strawberry ice cream (from allrecipes)
(makes 4 1/2 cups)
1 quart fresh strawberries, hulled
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
3/4 cup white sugar
3 egg yolks
3 tbsp light corn syrup
place the berries into the container of a blender of food processor, and purée until smooth. pour into a large bowl, and set aside.
heat 1 1/4 cups of the cream in a saucepan over medium heat until it begins to bubble at the edge of the pan. in a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, egg yolks, remaining 1/4 cup cream, and corn syrup. gradually pour the hot cream into the yolk mixture, whisking constantly. return the mixture to the saucepan, and heat until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon, about 5 minutes. do not allow the mixture to boil. strain custard into the berry purée through a sieve, mix, and refrigerate until chilled.
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NEW Director Guru Parulkar Will Address His First Public Speech on “Standard” and “Open Source”
ONF & ON.Lab has confirmed its participation in this CNTC conference. With one conference keynote, three summits, one workshop and in-field booth, ONF will display a brand new regime as well as its CORD program through a close interaction with guests and audience present at the conference.
On the morning of December 7th, Guru Parulkar, Executive Director of ONF will deliver a keynote themed on “the global trend of network development” on the conference. In his presentation, Guru Parulkar will fully interpret the integrated promotion in technological innovation of “standard” and “open source” and its development trend in practical use in the future. This will be the first debut of ONF & ON.Lab after their merge and will display us a brand new future of ONF in all dimensions.
For the summits of GNTC, ONF & ON.Lab has also prepared many brilliant ideas to share. In the afternoon of December 7th, representatives from ONF will release ONOS’s latest research achievement----first SDN controller suitable for operator. On the morning of December 8th, the responsible of CORD program will deliver a speech on CORD and some issues relevant to path and at the afternoon, the 5G summit will also see their enthusiastic participation.
During the conference, the Workshops featured by high-level professionality and intractability should never be missed. In the afternoon of December 8th, cooperating with China Unicom, ONF & ON.Lab will hold a CORD workshop to share the overall architecture of CORD program and details about its three main sections----R-CORD, M-CORD, and E-CORD. The workshop will end with a brainstorm of developpers.
Besides, ONF&ON.Lab will deploy their own exclusive display zone and booth to present its latest operation and research achievements.

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By Sophia Whitfield
Luptonís debut novel Sister was one of the bestselling novels in 2010. Her third novel, The Quality of Silence, is a tale of beauty and suspense. Set to the backdrop of the dark but striking Alaska, Lupton weaves a tale of intrigue.
Yasmin is meeting her documentary filmmaker husband Matt in Alaska in a bid to save her deteriorating marriage. With Ruby, her deaf 10- year-old daughter, by her side Yasmin arrives to be greeted by a police officer with the worst news. There has been a fire at Anaktue, the village Matt was staying at, and all 23 occupants have been found dead plus one Caucasian who the police say is Matt.
Yasmin is handed his wedding ring that she puts on her finger next to her own wedding ring. She manages to keep the worst from her daughter but is convinced that Matt is still alive. A phone call and emails give her hope. The police have none of it as they attempt to convince Yasmin that her hope is misguided. Ruby too is sure her father is out in the darkness alone.
Together they set out for Deadhorse in the hope of making it to Anaktue to discover the truth behind the fire. Rumours of oil and fracking spark Yasminís suspicion.
Soon Yasmin and Ruby find themselves in a truck alone with an outside temperature of minus 55. Yasmin attempts to drive along the Dalton Highway in freezing temperatures with zero visibility and a storm threatening. Lupton astutely observes the relationship between Yasmin and Ruby as they spend time together with on one but each other to communicate with.
Despite the desperate circumstances, Luptonís description of Alaska will make you want to go to see the beauty for yourself.
A gripping read that takes you into the darkness of Alaska.
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