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New York (N.Y.). City CouncilVariant names
Stanley M. Isaacs served as a Council member for Manhattan from around 1954 to 1958.
From the description of Records pertaining to automobile accident compensation plans, 1957-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122484686
The New York City Council has the power to adopt local laws and reviews the service goals, performance and management of City agencies. In addition to its legislative role and oversight powers over City agencies, the Council approves the City's budget and has decision-making powers over land use issues.
The first city charter granted by the Dutch West India Company to the people of New Amsterdam on February 2, 1653 provided for a schout, two burgomasters and five schepens to represent the people. These officials sat as a court of inferior jurisdicaiton as well as a legislative body. In 1686, the Dongan Charter provided for a body consisting of the Mayor, recorder, six aldermen and six assistants known as the City Council. In 1730, the Montgomerie Charter increased the number of aldermen and assistants by one. In 1830, the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Assistants together formed the Common Council. Each ward of the City was entitled to elect one alderman and one assistant. Laws or ordinances could originate in either board but had to be approved, rejected or amended by the other. Ordinances passed by the two boards were sent to the Mayor for acceptance or rejection. If vetoed by the Mayor and repassed by a majority of both boards, the ordinance becomes a law. The Board of Assistant Aldermen had sole power of impeachment of all city officers not otherwise provided for.
The Board of Assistant Aldermen was abolished in 1853 and replaced by a Board of Councilmen only to reappear as the Board of Assistant Aldermen in 1868. In 1873, the Board of Aldermen consisted of 15 members elected from the city at large and the Board of Assistant Aldermen consisted of one member from each assembly district. Together as the Council, the Boards had no power to impose taxes or assessments, borrow money, contract debts, lease real estate or grant franchises except under restricted conditions.
In 1874, all powers and duties of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of New York were conferred on the Board of Aldermen. Beginning in 1875, the Board of Assistant Aldermen was abolished and the Board of Aldermen constituted the Common Council. The Council now regulated street traffic, sidewalks, noises, street beggars, firearms and fireworks, licensing of cartmen, weights and numerous other functions. The annual election of the President of the Board of Aldermen was provided for in Chapter 74 of the laws of 1884. Prior to this time the president had been elected by the Board from its own members. In 1901, the city was divided into 73 aldermanic districts and one alderman was elected from each district. The City Council President was elected from the city at large. In 1905, the power to grant franchises was transferred to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
Home rule was established in New York City in 1924. Legislative power was vested in a two-chambered body known as the Municipal Assembly, of which the Board of Estimate and Apportionment formed the upper house and the Board of Aldermen formed the lower house. The Board of Aldermen had the right to pass local laws concerning property and affairs of government. Local laws could originate in either house but had to pass both houses by a majority and then recieve the approval of the Mayor.
The 1938 Charter vested full legislative authority in the City Council with control over certian functions still subject to approval by the Board of Estimate. All local laws amending the charter, modifying the duties of city officers, or reducing taxes required the approval of the Board. Control over pedestrian and vehicular traffic was transferred to the Police Department. Power over the budget was strictly limited to review and subject to the Mayor's veto. The City Council also reviewed the capital outlay budget.
Starting in 1949, one City Councilman was elected from each state senate district, abolishing the practice of proportional representation that began in 1938. The 1963 Charter provided for one councilman from each state senate district within the city and for two councilmen-at-large from each borough. This raised the number of councilmen to 35. The 10 councilmen-at-large were first elected at the November 1963 election. Redistricting under Local Law 55 of 1965 increased the number of councilmen to 37.
The President of the Council is elected by the city at large for a term of 4 years. The President does not cast a vote on ordinances except in case of a tie. The President may be removed by the Governor only on charges after a hearing. In case of a vacancy, the Speaker and Majority Leader of the Council acts as president for the remainder of the term, but when acting as president, the Majority Leader retains his/her right to vote.
The Charter provides that the President of the Council shall be acting mayor whenever the mayor is sick or absent from the city and shall act as mayor, in case of a vacancy in that office, for the remainder of the term.
Presently, in 1990, as a result of the new City Charter, current Council members serve two-year terms. In 1991, following the redrawing of district lines based on the 1990 Census count, a special election will be held to increase the Council to 51 members, each of whom will represent about 139,000 people. In 1993, a review of the new districts will be performed and a third election held. Those members elected to the Council in 1993 will then serve the regular 4-year term. A Council member must be a U.S. citizen and a resident of the Councilmanic District from which he/she is elected.
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TWENTY individuals participated in the inaugural Independence Day 2-mile run organized by Latte Built on Sunday with Marshall Hoskins and Tiana Cabrera topping their respective divisions.
The race started from the Garapan Fishing Base to the turning point at National Office Supply and back to the fishing base.
Marshall Hoskins was the first to cross the finish line, clocking 11:50:37. Kasuke Sato was second with a finish time of 12:01:31 while Ken Song completed the top three list with a time of 12:25:61.
In the women's division, Tiana Cabrera was the first to finish with a time of 15:11:57. She was well ahead of the competition as the next runner, Mira Valle, came in two minutes later at 17:44:86 while Anika Snyder took third place with a finish time of 17:59:25.
“Edward Dela Cruz is a long-time Latte Built member and friend,” Latte Built owner Derek Cutting said.
“Since [Edward] started Run Saipan he had asked me if the gym would like to start an annual run. We decided on the 4th of July since Latte Built is veteran-owned and we chose 2 miles since that is the distance of the Army Combat Fitness Test,” Cutting added.
He expressed appreciation to Dela Cruz, his assistants and Northern Marianas Athletics for their help.
“We didn't give too much heads up to the community this year, but we'll announce the details much sooner in advance next year,” Cutting added.
For his part, Dela Cruz thanked Derek Cutting and Latte Built “for taking ownership and sponsoring a great run for the 4th of July. Thank you also to the Marianas Visitors Authority for providing our race clock for all our run events. Thank you James Sablan and Marianas Variety as well as volunteer photographers John Ibajan and Lao Zhang. Thank you Dr. Ron Snyder and Saipan International School for providing the Start/Finish Archway for our runners. Most of all thank you to our volunteer staff and runners that came out today to celebrate our independence.”

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With the particular current climate involving the shooting sector, ammunition is now scarce. It is receiving tougher and more challenging to find inexpensive ammunition for the day at the number. With the need being so high and the present being so minimal, it can get easily ascertained that the price regarding what little ammo is left would certainly be extremely substantial. With that consideration, I came to the conclusion that will self-reliance and self-sufficiency is the path that I need in order to take.
So what does it take to make my own ammunition? After a small research, I seemed to be surprised to look for that it doesn’t get much at all. Let’s look from an average 9mm pistol round. It consists of a new bullet, a brass casing, powder and even primer. That’s it! What! You imagine I am kidding, but I am not. Any created bullet involves just four components, some sort of bullet, an instance, primer and powder, irregardless of whether or even not it truly is gun or rifle. Consequently why aren’t most of us reloading? Ah!
Several misconceptions that Seems told over plus over again not to purchase reloaded ammo because it provides a probability of explode inside my face or perhaps that the high quality is not simply because good as manufacturer ammunition. Both involving these assumptions are not correct in its entirety.
Purchasing reloaded ammunition from the unlicensed reloader will certainly pose more of a risk than one from the Federal Firearms Licensed (FFL) ammunition manufacturer. An avowed ammunition maker are required to follow strict rules in their manufacturing process, testing, as properly as carrying insurance plan. Do 10mm ammo require an FFL to make my very own ammo? No. Because an individual, a person do not need an FFL to manufacture your own personal ammo, so long since you do not plan to sell this.
Making your own ammunition is usually occasions more accurate compared to ammunition bought at the rear of the counter. By simply manufacturing your very own, you could fine-tune your ammunition to your current firearm for precision. Another benefit intended for manufacturing your own ammunition is cost. You could tailor the particular cost of your components to the budget. Often periods, reloaded ammo is usually half the price of ammunition bought at any local store.
So today that you’ve decided to reload your own ammunition, what does that take to recharge? You would need a reloading hit, reloading dies specific to the good quality that you are usually loading, and a good reloading book. A new good reloading book will walk an individual throughout the process regarding reloading, along with the extremum and minimums throughout the amount of powder to use and seating detail.


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Flips, dodges, and a whole lot of metal clanking around, The Surge’s combat looks frantic and fast.
The Surge from Focus Home and developer Deck 13 continues to look impressive. Yes, it’s a mech/exo-suit game, but it’s one with a pretty unique flair. I can’t think of too many of those. And by that, I mean sci-fi romps that eschew bullets and lasers for up close and personal fisticuffs.
That’s the meat of The Surge though, and it isn’t just wild flailing either. You’re suit can target particular parts of enemies, making battles go some very specific ways. As we covered in the last trailer, you can either opt for a quick confrontation, or one that may wear you out, but give you some much-needed goodies. It’s your call according to Deck 13, and it’s one of the things that makes this action/RPG look so neat.
Positioning and speed are vital, so make use of your exo-enhanced dodges, blocks, and jumps to avoid attacks while managing stamina―ensuring you’re always in the right place to strike the limb you want or to avoid a potentially damning blow. The rules of combat apply to both you and your enemy: get hit in an unarmored area, and you’ll go down faster. Take advantage of the enemy’s weaknesses while balancing your own and you’ll walk away with its strengths.
Throughout the game too, you’ll have an assist from a drone. The little guy can offer a bunch of combat options, including shielding you from baddies, or helping you carve them up. Pretty neat, and yet another way that The Surge looks to separate itself from the pack.
Does it all work to create a memorable experience? That you’ll be able to find out, when The Surge lands on PS4, Xbox One, and the PC on May 16th.

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Star Fluted Christmas Mug - Set of 2
Royal Copenhagen Star Fluted Christmas Mug - Set of 2
Designer: Royal Copenhagen
Manufactured by: Royal Copenhagen
Dimensions (in): 11 oz
The spirit of Christmas past. And present.
The joys of the holiday season are all here. Royal Copenhagen's Star Fluted Christmas service sees garlands of spruce wind their way around all plates, decorated with bows of satin, hearts, drums, angels - the staples of a traditional, utterly cosy Danish Christmas. No two bows are ever tied the same. On the tree, the presents - or on any of these unique pieces.
Danish Design Store is an Authorized Dealer for the Royal Copenhagen Collection. All products are licensed and designed in Denmark. For questions or if you'd like to order by phone, call a Royal Copenhagen Product Specialist at 800.688.0974.
Danish Design Store is an authorized USA dealer for all Royal Copenhagen products.

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Today, the only way for the general public to hold central bank money is to hold it in paper form. If someone decided to digitize this holding, they would be forced to convert central bank liabilities into commercial bank liabilities by depositing cash in a bank. However, in an era where the entire global financial system has been digitized, bank bills seem like an anachronism.
In response to this compelling realization, many central banks have begun to roll out central bank digital currency (CBDC) prototypes and other proofs of concept. Economically, this concept has the potential to usher in a new era of efficiency and accelerated growth for the economies that adopt it. This currency, free of credit and liquidity risk, would improve cross-border payments, financial inclusion and, most importantly, empower a country to implement more effective monetary policies. In the right hands, this would translate into more stability, growth and controlled inflation.
However, as the contours of a CBDC implementation become clearer, the debate surrounding them intensifies. First, from a security perspective, the stakes are far too high to leave room for the possibility of hacking, which is not an easy task given the potential resources deployed by enemies to destabilize them. Then, from a more philosophical point of view, there is the potential for abuse of power induced by this technology, as well as the increasing influence that central banks would obtain from it. Indeed, we have already seen the consequences of central banks' ideological and monetary experiments following the Covid pandemic, which, combined with a period of recession, affect the stability of the current financial system, and this with a magnitude that would certainly be even greater if these policies had been implemented with CBDCs. Finally, the privacy offered by paper money would disappear completely, and only the health of a society and its political system would serve as a bulwark against abuse. But considering how Western societies have been inspired by the Chinese model to manage the last pandemic, one can reasonably fear that the temptation to do so when using CBDCs would be too great. At the same time, China has made no secret of its ambitions to incorporate CBDCs into its total surveillance system.
In response, since 2017 several academics and members of the cryptosphere have proposed a Central Bank CryptoCurrency (CBCC), with the goal of centralizing control of the currency's supply while maintaining the decentralized transactional aspect.
If this currency followed the privacy principles of Monero or Zcash, or simply the anonymity of bitcoin, it would immediately solve the privacy problem, as even currencies like Monero and Zcash can be verified by a certain type of key that, when shared with the authorities, allows them to decrypt a user's history. Moreover, before it became the norm of the libertarian culture and movement, decentralization was a principle of security. Strength in numbers, securing the transactional aspect of the currency while increasing trust in it. And as the crypto-currency model already exists, building on what has already been developed in this area would allow institutions with limited resources or time to not fall behind and enter this new era along with others. Finally, this concept could be the final step towards widespread adoption of crypto-currencies, which are currently unable to support a modern, competitive economy, with the financial tools provided by a central bank offering a decisive advantage over them. Especially since no experiments with algorithmic central banks or DAO central bank currencies have been tested yet.
In conclusion, the CBDC race is accelerating, and there will likely be a wide range of models developed. A model based on today's crypto-currencies could be one of those solutions, and exist as a compromise between the economic and regulatory incentives of central banks and the security and privacy concerns of citizens.

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text: Ozgur Akgun is third year Intermedia student. Hailing from Turkey, Ozgur joins the Intermedia program with a strong background in various artistic platforms, including a PhD in film studies. His body of work contains pieces from a broad range of styles and influences. Some work, like his short documentary on the cultural transition from Turkey to the United States, is based in more traditional filmmaking. Other pieces, however, explore a more experimental approach.

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I ran across this on my recent Denver trip. This is a pretty cool idea for keeping golfer’s shoes clean, and preventing transfer of different grasses, seeds and debri to the putting green.
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Undergraduate Course: Persica: Ancient Greek Historians and the Persian Empire (ANHI10053)
|School||School of History, Classics and Archaeology
||College||College of Humanities and Social Science
|Credit level (Normal year taken)||SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)
||Availability||Available to all students
|Summary||'Persica' is the name given to a particular field of Greek history writing which developed throughout the fifth and fourth centuries BCE: 'Persica' are monographs written about the Persians and their empire at the time when the Achaemenid dynasty was ruling the biggest land empire the world had ever seen. The Persians exerted a remarkable hold over the Greek imagination, and Greek literature overflows with references to all kinds of diverse Persian exotica: Persian-sounding (but fake) names, references to tribute, to proskynesis (obeisance), law, impalement, the office of the King=s Eye, good roads, eunuchs, gardens, drinking, and gold, to cite but a few.
'Persica' served an important function in the Greek world, for they fulfilled the Greeks= need to understand the alien culture which they simultaneously most feared, derided, and desired. From the late Archaic period to the age of Alexander the Great, each successive generation of Greeks had its own 'Persica' which served to reconfirm, as needed, national identity against the ever-changing yet ever-present external Persian threat. It is no coincidence that the desire to understand their powerful neighbours was expressed by mainly the Greeks of Asia Minor, and the authors of all known 'Persica', Herodotus and Ctesias amongst them, were born (and often resided) in cities under the intermittent domination of the Achaemenids.
This course will study key moments in the development of the genre of 'Persica' and offer the student close readings of key texts, attempting to understand both their context and content by placing them within the cultural and literary phenomena which characterise the historical development of Greek cultural contacts with the Persian Empire. Moreover, the legacy of 'Persica' will be discussed too, as the genre had an impact on (and was inspired by) other literary sources, most notably tragedy, comedy, and the novel.
Information for Visiting Students
|Pre-requisites||Visiting students should usually have at least 3 courses in Classics related subject matter(at least 2 of which should be in Ancient History) at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses.
|High Demand Course?
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| By the end of the course students should be able, through written work and class participation, to:
! demonstrate an understanding of the characteristic aspects of 'Persica' and place the 'Persica' in their cultural and historical contexts;
! demonstrate a clear knowledge of the construction of the genre of 'Persica' and the influence of the genre on other works of literature;
! demonstrate a clear awareness of the main historical and cultural phenomena of Greek interactions with the Persian Empire;
! discuss allusions to literary and cultural predecessors and successors in the works of writers of 'Persica'.
In addition they should be able to:
! develop skills in interpreting primary texts in translation;
! assess, analyse and criticise the various forms of ancient materials;
! compare and evaluate different approaches to and explanations of the ancient material in the secondary sources and make critical choices between them;
! express their ideas and arguments clearly (in both oral and written form);
! compare data from different sources and draw conclusions from them;
! enhance bibliographical research skills;
! organise their own learning, manage their workload and work to a timetable.
|Graduate Attributes and Skills
||In order for a student from outwith Classics to be enrolled, contact must be made with a Classics Secretary on 50 3580 for approval to be obtained.
|Course organiser||Dr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Tel: (0131 6)50 3585
|Course secretary||Ms Elaine Hutchison
Tel: (0131 6)50 3582

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This is by far my favorite birthday cake recipe I’ve ever used!
You probably know by now that I LOVE a good party! Anything with events I am all about! If you read my post on Parker Jame’s 1st birthday party, you already know a bit about how I do my cakes.
Let me start out by saying, I am NOT a baker or really even a cook. I TOTALLY fake it!
It may be better to call this a birthday cake recipe hack rather than a real deal recipe.
HOW IT STARTED
Back when I was planning Jaden’s Paw Patrol Birthday Party, I started looking for birthday cake recipe ideas. I could tell I didn’t want to just use a box cake or regular, store bought sheet cake.
After doing some birthday cake recipe “Pinterest research” I found that there are a few different things you can do to enhance a cake box mix!
For the Paw Patrol party, I decided to only make a vanilla (or white) cake. I added a few things here and there to the birthday cake recipe and for my first try, it turned out pretty well!
Over the years, I’ve learned a lot more about cake baking and decorating as well as had a bit more practice.
Everyone knows a bakery birthday cake recipe or one baked from scratch tastes loads better than a store bought cake or boxed cake mix.
Over time, I’ve learned that it really makes a difference what kind of fats (oils) and liquids you use in your birthday cake recipe. Also, the number of eggs matters too as well as what part of the egg.
On the back of the cake mix box, it usually calls for a handful of eggs, some cooking oil, and maybe some water. DON’T follow the box!
Bakery cakes are always so rich, dense and smooth. That’s largely because of what they use as their oil and their liquid!
So here it is, folks! Instead of using the called for ingredients on the back of the box, we’re going to enhance it a bit!
If the box calls for 3 eggs, I like to add at least 1-2 more than required. This makes the cake so much richer than a normal cake mix.
Lastly, the box mix will call for some water or possibly milk. If you’d like, go with milk. Whatever you do, don’t use water! I actually prefer to use whipping cream!
The whipping cream makes the cake beyond smooth. No bubbles almost at all! I love how dense and rich the cream makes the cake!
MY CAKE DESIGN
We have a funny family story about my dad and birthday cake. My Nana is probably the best cook I know. She makes these incredibly lavish meals entirely from scratch. She is amazing!
Growing up, she would, of course, make my dad and his siblings their birthday cake every year. When my dad was about 7 or 8 years old, he went to a birthday party and asked the mom hosting the party where the cake was.
The mom pointed out the vanilla cake he was clearly holding in his hands and eating. He looked at her so confused and said, “That’s just bread. Birthday cake is chocolate.” He had never seen white cake before! Too funny!
To this day, Dad has to have chocolate cake for his birthday. Because of this, I always want to give people options at my parties.
When I ran into this problem in the past, I realized I didn’t really want to bake a million cakes just to please my guests. So I decided to make a two-tiered cake with vanilla as the top layer and chocolate on the bottom.
For the bottom layer I use 8 inch round cake pans and 6 inch cake pans for the top. I bake two layers of each flavor. (If you want to get really fancy, you could do 3!)
This has worked out so nicely for each of my parties! Along with my birthday cake recipe, I use the same vanilla buttercream recipe for all my cakes as well. (I’ll include it at the bottom too!)
When using the vanilla buttercream, I’m able to give it whatever color I’d like for easy decorating. More on decorating in a bit!
Along the way, I’ve learned some helpful things when you get to the baking step in this birthday cake recipe.
- Be sure to mix the ingredients well.
Usually, I am a bit impatient and end up mixing it only partially. Because I had the stand mixer this time, it mixed the batter so evenly! There was not one lump or bubble!
(Side Note: When using whipping cream, over mixing it actually helps to make the batter almost fluffy! So thick and creamy!)
2. Be sure to grease and/or dust the pan thoroughly!
Sadly, I’ve made this mistake too! I’ve tried it all folks. The paper in the bottom of the pan, butter, oil, cocoa powder etc.
What I’ve found to work best is using a lot of coconut oil! It spreads well and doesn’t “fry” the edges as much as butter or other oils. The cakes slide right out the pan!
3. Only fill up the pan about 2/3rds of the way.
It’s important to have flat edges and tops of the cake. Cutting the top of the cake to make it flat is much easier than having to trim the edges evenly too.
You will have a lot of extra batter (especially on the smaller top layer) since the whipping cream thickens it up so much.
4. Let the cake cool (upside down) fully before storing in the freezer.
Yes you will probably still have to cut the top off the cake a bit. But laying it face down on a paper towel to cool helps to flatten the top with the weight of the cake.
Make sure the cake is pretty cooled off before wrapping it up to store. I just wrap it in several layers of paper towels with some tape then stick it in a large plastic bag.
Store your cake in the freezer for at least a few hours before decorating. I always like to bake my cakes a few days before the event because I know I’ll be so busy with everything else the day before/of.
Decorating frozen cakes is so much easier than warm or even room temperature cake layers!
(Be sure to subscribe to see the post about the Peter Pan party I threw for Jaden’s 5th birthday last year! Post coming soon!)
When it comes to decorating, I always go the “most achievable” route! I don’t try to do crazy, allabrate designs that I know I simply can’t do. In the cake decorating department, less is usually more.
For Parker James’ birthday cake, I decide to ice both layers with powder blue icing and white puffs trimming the edges.
Honestly, I don’t have a ton of decorating equipment. I do have a turntable (that is actually a veggie/appetizer tray) but it spins the cake well for me!
An icing piping bag is somewhat necessary but I’ve also just used a plastic zip lock bag as well. The piping tip, however, is more important. Especially when making icing trim.
Besides those things, I have just one icing spreader that I use to spread, scrape and smooth the icing.
Kids’ birthday cake recipes can be hard to achieve the right look especially for a themed party.
Put a thick layer of frosting in between the layers of each cake. Next, spread a light crumb coat of white frosting on the cake. Let the crumb coat set in the fridge for about a half hour before you finish decorating.
(Be sure to subscribe to see the post about the Toy Story party I threw for Jaden’s 4th birthday last year! Post coming soon!)
VANILLA BIRTHDAY CAKE RECIPE
1 Box White Cake Mix
6 Egg Whites (No Yolks!)
1 Cup Melted Butter
1 ¼ Cup Whipping Cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
- Set oven to 350*. Grease two, 6 inch pans with coconut oil. Set aside.
2. Mix the cake mix, butter, egg whites, vanilla and cream. Mix for at least 5 minutes on medium speed.
3. Fill up the greased pans 2/3rds of the way and bake for 30-35 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.
4. Once baked, remove from over and let cool for 10-15 minutes. Remove cakes from pan and finish cooling face down on a paper towel.
5. Store in the freezer in a plastic bag wrapped in a paper towel until you’re ready to decorate!
CHOCOLATE BIRTHDAY CAKE RECIPE
1 Box Devil’s Food or Chocolate Cake Mix
1 Cup Melted Butter
1 ¼ Cup Whipping Cream
- Set oven to 350*. Grease two, 8 inch pans with coconut oil. Set aside.
- 2. Mix the cake mix, butter, egg and cream. Mix for at least 5 minutes on medium speed.
- 3. Fill up the greased pans 2/3rds of the way and bake for about 35 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.
- 4. Once baked, remove from over and let cool for 10-15 minutes. Remove cakes from pan and finish cooling face down on a paper towel.
- 5. Store in the freezer in a plastic bag wrapped in a paper towel until you’re ready to decorate!
VANILLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING RECIPE
1 Cup Softened Butter
5 Cups Powdered Sugar
5 tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp Salt
- Cream the butter.
- 2. Slowly add the powdered sugar in as you’re mixing. If the mixture gets too dry as you’re beating, add in the cream.
- 3. Add in the vanilla, salt, and rest of the cream.
- 4. If the frosting is still too dry, feel free to add more cream. If it needs to be used later, store airtight in the fridge. When you’re ready to use it, let it thaw for a few hours, and use an egg beater and some cream to soften up the frosting.
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East Haven man pleads guilty to food stamp fraud at his New Haven store
NEW HAVEN -- The former owner of a Ferry Street market pleaded guilty today to food stamp fraud, federal authorities said in statement.
Talib Jawad Kadhim, 55, of Forbes Place, East Haven, faces up to 20 years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced on one count of food stamp fraud on March 11, the statement said.
Kadhim fraudulently redeemed food stamp benefits for cash and other ineligible items at a market he owned, Mari Mart, LLC, located at 519 Ferry St., from Jan. 2008 to March 2009, the statement said. "He also caused or directed his employees at Mari Mart to exchange food stamp benefits for non-eligible items," the statement said.
The federal Food Stamp Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service and uses federal money to subsidize low-income households, the statement said.
Mari Mart has been under new ownership since mid-2009, the statement said.


Whatever the case, if the Galaxy Watch looks as good as the Gear S3 it will no doubt be a great seller.
Samsung again has taken an idea from Apple which it usually does. As the Galaxy Note 9 is just an incremental update to the Galaxy Note 8, it is expected that Samsung will keep the price of the Galaxy Note 9 similar to the launch price of the Note 8.
KEEN BEAN Samsung has accidentally listed the unannounced Galaxy Watch on its U.S. website.
Unfortunately there are no details on specs or price.
Instead, the Galaxy S10 will come completed with an S-Pen on-board which then explains why Samsung has chose to hand the popular feature a massive upgrade for the upcoming Note 9.
The 5.6-inch Galaxy J6 is powered by the company's own octa-core Exynos 7870 chipset with options to choose from 3GB and 4GB RAM variants and up to 64GB of onboard storage.
Previously, Samsung Mobile chief DJ Koh was also spotted using the upcoming smartphone Galaxy Note 9 in public. So either the watches could be sold by the carriers or Samsung will sell them as unlocked devices. Apparently, we can expect it to deliver unprecedented graphic performance, which could enhance elements such as display resolution, graphic and 3D rendering and VR power consumption. On the front, it is reported to sport an 8-megapixel selfie camera. It's like Samsung said "alright, we need to smear Apple. go!" without any direction on actually displaying their product in a glowing light - you know, with comparisons or something. The report further notes that the 256GB variant will not be launched in the European market. The phone is expected to launch in total five colors.


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|Stolen Generation: The Ungrateful, a painting by Julie Dowling featured in a touring art exhibition from Australia.
HCM CITY (VNS)— An Australian touring art exhibition called Message Stick: Indigenous Identity in Urban Australia opened yesterday at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.
It showcases 21 paintings and photographs produced by 11 indigenous urban artists over the last 25 years. All the artworks are from Australian Government's Artbank collection.
In his foreword to the exhibition's catalogue, Australia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bob Carr says: "The exhibition underlines the vitality, energy and innovation of Indigenous communities and artists. It takes audiences beyond the popular contemporary Indigenous art movement of the Western Desert to the personal experiences of life in urbanised Australia."
Most works on display are influenced by the Stolen Generations – the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and their communities through the actions of past governments, for which a formal apology was issued by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in 2008.
They include The Ungrateful, a synthetic polymer paint, oil and gold on canvas painting by Julie Dowling, portraying a family with a white mother and four dark skinned children who are feeling uncomfortable, and Please Welfare, Don't take My Kids, an acrylic on canvas painting by Robert Campbell Jnr, with images of white people taking dark-skinned children from their parents.
Anna Burke, speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, who attended the exhibition's opening ceremony, said: "I hope this exhibition gives Vietnamese people an opportunity to learn about indigenous Australia and what it means to be an indigenous person living in urban Australia today."
The exhibition is presented by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in partnership with Artbank. It has toured New Caledonia and African countries like South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya over the last two years, and is currently on an Asian tour.
The exhibition is also one of many events celebrating the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Australia.
Message Stick will remain open until June 13 at the museum, 97A Pho Duc Chinh Street in District 1. — VNS

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What are the types of diabetes?
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Type 1 Diabetes: This type of diabetes causes the pancreas to lose its ability to produce insulin in whole or in part. Therefore, insulin is not enough to reduce the blood sugar level to normal after eating. It is also called diabetes because it affects children most often. In this case, symptoms disappear and women recover after childbirth. As for children, they will accompany them throughout their lives. They will rely on injections containing the insulin hormone produced daily at each meal to simulate the work of the pancreas.
Type 2 diabetes: In this type, the insulin produced is not effective enough for the cells to respond to glucose input and amino acids to store it or to obtain energy from it. Thus, blood sugar remains as if insulin does not exist. It usually affects the elderly. , Forcing them to take pills to stimulate the cells to respond to insulin, but some advanced cases, and with the neglect of proper nutrition is forced to use the injection of insulin.
Type 1 diabetes symptoms
- The appetite is constantly open to eating foods, and this symptom is clear when the first category of children.
- Weight loss.
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Type 2 diabetes symptoms
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4. Fungal infections: Frequent fungal infections may be the first sign of type 2 diabetes, especially yeast infection. Candida yeast infection is more common in women, and this fungal infection is caused by the weakness of the body in the diabetic.
5. Blurred vision: The presence of flashes of light of the most important symptoms of diabetes type II, which can not be ignored, and is the result of high blood sugar, causing confusion of vision only when high blood sugar, and disappear at a low rate of sugar, but Repeating this often can lead to retinal detachment and blindness in some cases.
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November 5, 2021
As Clarksdale residents reach for their jackets and coats to stay warm, they are turning on the heat to keep their homes warm, too. Using more heat equates to higher utility bills, but there are steps our customers can take to make their homes more energy efficient, not only in the winter but year-round.
One of the advantages of our Simple Steps initiative is that most tips are do-it-yourself and do not involve spending money or investing in upgrades. By adjusting everyday habits, such as setting thermostats at 68°F and opening windows to benefit from solar heat, customers can lower utility costs while staying comfortable and saving money.
Safety is also a concern during winter months as customers start using space heaters and fireplaces. Risks include house fires and carbon monoxide exposure, so make sure you follow instructions for safely operating heaters, fireplaces, furnaces, portable generators and other appliances.
Raising awareness about energy efficiency is part of our Bright Future initiative to engage more with customers and add value to the services we provide. Please read our news release for more tips on how to stay comfortable and safe while lowering heating bills this winter.
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“A World of Our Own” comes to a conclusion as Liseth Vok tries her best to convince her fellow Ungarans that they are better off turning their backs on the universe at large and it’s up to Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz to stop her. Writer Tim Seeley is joined by artists Ronan Cliquet in this latest installment of the Green Lanterns series with its thirty-ninth issue.
The best part of this story for me has been the characterization of Podmaster Vob, the Molite leader who has found himself questioning his own sense of nobility in the face of the hostilities projected on his people by the Red Tide. Last issue saw Vob make a humbling admission to Simon Baz and now as he once again finds his people in grave jeopardy we see a changed being facing what appears to be the end with grace and dignity. That the Ungarans show their true colors sets up a dawning of a new day in the relationship between both peoples that was nice to see. Once can almost see Vob rising to an important role on Ungara given time.
Otherwise I really found the conclusion to this story very flat and uninspired. At the end of the day Liseth is portrayed as a very one-dimensional villain whose job is do little more than serve as a narrative catalyst. There’s no insight into her perspective that gives the reader anything in terms of a reason to care about what happens to her. Seeley in recent interviews says that he wants this series to be the “progressive” Green Lantern title whatever that means but I’m not seeing anything particular forward thinking here. A thinly veiled point of view is given without the intellectual debate that would make the reader pause and think about themselves or those who think differently than them. Good science fiction challenges us by posing interesting moral and ethical situations which inspire and motivate us to think about ourselves, the human condition and how we fit in the universe. The various Star Trek television series often spoke of the real world through allegories which left viewers thinking, however Seeley has opted to hit the reader over the head with a singular point of view that does pose a question so much as ram the prescribed answer down their throat. The “win hearts and change minds” line just makes me cringe.
We also have Simon Baz once again displaying a new ability that leaves me weary about how special we’re supposed to expect him to be. First it was healing Nazir, then it was Emerald Sight and now apparently Simon’s healing ability leaves green energy inside the recipient which Simon can withdraw when convenient. Green Lanterns have a given power set and while we’ve seen cases where Lanterns have exceeded the limits of their rings this growing set of specially special powers has become ridiculous. Lost along the way are traits which have once defined our protagonists which come and go whenever the writer finds it advantageous to capitalize it. The issue opens with both Simon and Jessica trapped inside capsules with corpses, yet neither of them has any adverse reactions to that despite Simon’s problems with tight spaces back in issue twenty and Jessica’s issues with just about everything. Continuity seems to be a dirty word these days but I stand by the notion that characters need to be writing with some sort of consistent set of traits regardless of how fast and loose we want to play with the lore.
I was glad to see Ronan Cliquet’s name in the credits for this issue as I’ve grown to really like his visual style. Cliquet’s depiction of Liseth as she morphs is both disturbing and exciting to look at. It does seem a little rushed in some places and there is a lot of unused page space but the artwork is solid nonetheless.
Green Lanterns #39 is a lackluster ending to a story that has a rather shallow plot. Tim Seeley’s attempt to make a social statement comes off heavy-handed, turning what could have been an interesting study of a complex issue into something rather pedestrian. Four out of ten lanterns.


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Sometimes taking time to just focus on one thing – one hour, one artist, one album – provides an unexpected window onto a talent that, otherwise, could have been lost in the cacophony of contemporary hype. Roo Panes is a young British songwriter with a guitar to his chest and a heart swelling with hopes and dreams. A common on paper pitch, perhaps, and one sold a thousand times before, but Dorset-born Panes has something special to offer those willing to wait a while for their favorite songs to settle into place.
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Premiere: Alexander von Mehren – “Aérosuite (Sean O’Hagan Remix - The House That Jack Built)”
Aéropop Revisited is Due Out Oct 28 on The Control Group
Norwegian pianist Alexander von Mehren plays with textures and tones that split the difference between 1960s pop and space-age soundtracks. Sean O'Hagan’s (The High Llamas/Stereolab) remix of Aéropop track Aérosuite pushes the playful factor of Mehren’s work even further, adding hypnotic lyrics about “Jack the Builder.” Listen to Sean O'Hagan’s rework below. You can grab the track on Sept 23 (if you live in Norway or the U.S.), Sept 22 (if you live in the UK).
For more von Mehren, stay tuned, Aéropop Revisited, an EP full of remixes, is due out Oct 28 on The Control Group.
- Black Lips Announce New Album Produced by Sean Lennon, Share “Can’t Hold On” (News) — Black Lips
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The Niagara County Department of Health Nursing Division is offering a Diabetes Prevention Program starting Friday, March 24 at the John Duke Senior Center, 1201 Hyde Park Blvd, Niagara Falls, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Classes are scheduled in 16 consecutive weekly sessions, then once a month for 6-8 months. Program participants will learn skills they need to make changes in health behaviors such as losing weight, being more physically active and managing stress.
People with pre-diabetes (those with a higher than normal fasting blood glucose (sugar) of 100-125 mg/dl) are 5 – 15 times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those with normal blood glucose levels. Many people with pre-diabetes will develop Type 2 diabetes within three years if they do not take steps to prevent it. This program offers a proven approach to preventing or delaying the onset of Type 2 diabetes through modest lifestyle changes.
Risk factors for diabetes include a history of one or more of the following:
- Gestational diabetes ·Giving birth to an infant weighing 9 pounds or greater· Being overweight with a body mass index of 24 or greater· Family member with diabetes.
For more info call the Niagara County Department of Health Nursing Division: (716) 278-1900.


Why did Sessions recuse yourself from the United States' Russia investigation?
"I know nothing but what I've read in the paper", Sessions said.
Comey said Trump told Sessions and other administration officials to leave the room before Trump asked him in February to drop a probe into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's contacts with Russian Federation.
Sessions said he recused himself because he worked for the campaign and should not be part of an investigation of the campaign.
Comey recounted a one-on-one meeting with Trump during which he said Trump suggested he back off the investigation of Flynn.
Comey's testimony will form a dramatic sequel to Comey's own appearance before the Senate intelligence committee last week, and he will have to tackle several open loops that emerged during that appearance, which twisted the knife in an administration that has struggled to extricate itself from the Russian Federation cloud. Comey said he was uncomfortable and that he "implored" Sessions to make sure he was never left alone with Trump again. Officials said this was in an effort to show there's nothing to hide and nothing controversial about Sessions' interactions with Russian officials. Sessions added his own letter to that effect, and both documents were sent to Trump, who then fired Comey later on the same day, May 9.
"(Sessions) believes it is important for the American people to hear the truth directly from him and looks forward to answering the committee's questions tomorrow", Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said Monday. "I am following the historic policies of the Department of Justice" on private discussions with the White House.
He made recommendations to Trump about handling James Comey's position as Federal Bureau of Investigation director.
Wyden asked Sessions what problematic issues existed. "I was taken aback by these explosive allegations".
The former Alabama senator also defended himself against accusations that he misrepresented himself during his confirmation hearing when he said he hadn't met with Russian officials during the campaign.
Though the Justice Department maintains that it has fully disclosed the extent of Sessions' foreign contacts past year, lawmakers have continued to press him for answers about an April 2016 event at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, where both Sessions and Kislyak attended a foreign policy speech by Trump.
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"I understand he was there".
Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who sits on the intelligence committee, said he fears that administration officials will "blur the lines between executive privilege and classification, and over-classification". I knew him before that.
"But you never remember having a conversation or meeting with Ambassador Kislyak?" asked Burr.
Sessions replied, "I am not stonewalling".
Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions said Tuesday he had "confidence in" special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
During his January confirmation hearing, he failed to disclose two meetings he held with Russian officials.
After learning that members of the appropriations committee meant to ask him questions about the Russian Federation investigation, Sessions notified the House and Senate committees' leadership that he would be changing his schedule because "the Senate Intelligence Committee is the most appropriate forum for such matters".
Testifying before a Senate appropriations committee on Tuesday, Rosenstein said that Mueller has his full support and could only be fired "for good cause".
When Wyden accused him of not answering the questions about Comey's reported remark that his behavior after recusing himself from the Russian Federation probe was "problematic", Sessions chuckled and then launched into his most theatrical defense of his actions.
Though he's the deputy attorney general, Rosenstein would have the authority to fire Mueller since Sessions recused himself in March from any probes related to campaigns for president, like the Russian Federation investigation.
Asked if he would fire Mueller should Trump ask him to, Rosenstein responded: "I'm not going to follow any orders unless I believe those are lawful".


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Not everybody is celebrating Japan’s seven straight quarters of economic expansion. The headline-grabbing gains in exports, corporate profits and financial markets that have marked the last few years have done little to change a longer-term trend that’s brought disparity between those Japanese who hold assets, and those who don’t.
Combining these figures, a similar survey of people who live alone and the most recent census in 2015, there may be at least 14 million people in Japan with no investments or savings.
As the nation ages and more people retire, this lack of financial strength among many households is likely to become a bigger problem. As many as 38 percent of households of two or more people are very concerned about their retirement, and another 44 percent are somewhat concerned, the Bank of Japan found in its household surveys published this month.
One class of asset holder, those who have stocks, have done particularly well since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power, with the share market up about 130 percent over the past five years.
Still, stocks only make up about one-tenth of the asset portfolio of the median household with financial investments. Japanese still have a strong preference for stable investments like term deposits.


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|Title:||Geotechnical feasibility study replacement or extension of the Craney Island Disposal Area, Norfolk, Virginia|
|Authors:||United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Norfolk District.|
Spigolon, S. J.
Fowler, Jack, 1938-
Dredged material disposal
Craney Island Disposal Area
|Publisher:||Geotechnical Laboratory (U.S.)|
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
|Series/Report no.:||Miscellaneous paper (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; GL-87-9.|
Abstract: Several alternatives were investigated to replace or extend the 2,500-acre Craney Island Disposal Area for continued dredged material disposal for the Norfolk harbor and channels. The disposal area was completed in 1957 and has been used continuously since that time and the dikes have been raised several times to the present el +26 ft Mean Low Water (MLW). Because of new plans to deepen the existing channel and continued maintenance dredging, the estimated storage life has been greatly reduced. Five alternate configurations of the extension of Craney Island to the west and/or north were investigated as to their estimated storage capacity, their effect on the hydrodynamics of the harbor and river system, and the stability and constructibility of the retaining dikes which is the subject of this report. It was determined during this investigation that it is technically feasible to design and construct the required dikes to el +8 ft MLW by hydraulic placement of sand. It was also determined that these dikes could be protected from erosion by the placement of riprap on the inside and outside slopes. The most economically feasible alternatives for storage capacity were configurations 5 and 2 which had an estimated cost per cubic yard of storage of $0.58 and $0.70, respectively.
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Fonsi Nieto pulling Corser superbike.it Business as usual, you might think, after seeing that Ducati holds six of the top 10 places in the World Superbike series after the first 2008 double-header round in Qatar. Still, there’s more to the story than Ducati’s successful tantrum-inducing threat to quit the series if they weren’t allowed a … Continue reading Bayliss, Nieto winners
At a dealership near you Benelli Canada is using its dealer network, not the Internet site Kijiji, to sell motorcycles, according to Paul Moes, director of racing and promotions. A Kijiji ad for the Benelli line was put up by a dealer, but erroneously gave the impression that the importer was selling its bikes over … Continue reading Benelli not Kijiji
Like this, but a motorcycle absolutejackass.net It’s painful just to watch — we can’t imagine how Johnny Knoxville felt when the motorcycle actually landed on his groin. The impact tore his urethra and left him with a catheter installed for about two weeks of bed rest. Knoxville, star of the Jackass movies, was attempting to … Continue reading Johnny got a brand new bag
Editor ‘arris dumps the Baby Bjorn, dusts off his riding gear and squeezes into the seat of a jet plane for a ride on Yamaha’s all-new WR250 R and X.
Too precious to lose Internet auction site eBay helped a Pennsylvania man find his motorcycle helmet after a thief clipped a cable securing it to his handlebars and made off with it. The lidless rider looked on eBay for a replacement helmet after the theft, and found something that seemed eerily familiar — and the … Continue reading Going, going … found!
Ru$$ell on the start line Motorcycle Hall of Fame Recent reports have Mr. Daytona, the legendary Scott Ru$$ell (he replaced the "s" on his leathers with $ signs), back in the saddle at Daytona Beach in March. Russell, who has in his pocket five Daytona 200 wins, a victory at the Suzuka 8-Hour, three AMA … Continue reading Mr Daytona returns
Benelli Canada (a Division of Crono Motorcraft), importers of the Benelli line of three-cylinder superbikes, have announced a contingency program for riders who use the bikes in "any nationally or regionally run, motorcycle road race, recognized by a legitimate sanctioning body, all motorcycle classes in Canada, that would normally allow entrance to 1130cc / 899cc … Continue reading Benelli contingency
Photo courtesy of Vicki Schouten Vicki Schouten, one of the regular competitors in the Women’s Cup series, plans to try some endurance racing south of the border this year. She’ll be the second girl from the series to look for lots of track time with WERA, as Nadine Lajoie has also hooked up with an … Continue reading Canuck rider heads south
Nicky fastest in test Casey won the car, but Nicky took the time at the last test session before the Moto GP circus packs up and heads to Qatar to get ready for the first race of the 2008 season. On a weekend at the Spanish Jerez circuit that was cursed with cool temperatures, high … Continue reading Hayden fast, Stoner wins car
Elie and Dillon Chappellaz with meltable motorcycle Photo by Sara Sutherland The problem with building a Harley-Davidson out of snow is that your bike won’t retain its value like the original product does. One sunny day, and it’s pretty well liquidated. That’s what Elie Chappellaz discovered after carving a replica Harley in Landmark, Manitoba. Even … Continue reading Short-lived Harley

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Comedian Stephen Colbert tackled the controversial Bitcoin on his show Wednesday night.
"Essentially the online world is the central bank here. Just imagine if the Federal Reserve was taken over by GameStop," Colbert said, referring to the largest video game retailer. "How does this unregulated, imaginary currency invented by an anonymous hacker, backed by the full faith and credit of YouTube comments ever go wrong?"
Colbert brought on Adam Davidson, of NPR's Planet Money to weigh in on the new digital currency. Davidson recommended that no one buy Bitcoin, though he highlighted one perk for people who prefer the shadows: "The great thing about Bitcoin — for someone who wants to do something shady, there's no way to track you," Davidson said.
Those who have made a mint on Bitcoins might need to hand information over to the IRS anyway, to avoid potential tax fraud.
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Dating sites have become very popular in last few years. Online dating has become so popular, that there is rarely a person left that is willing to go on a real, face to face kind of a date before meeting a person online. People are starting to live their lives online from their rooms. And it’s no wonder that more and more people are spending their time searching for their perfect partner online. In this day and age, the time of computers and internet, that seems like only logical thing to do. And if you manage to choose a dating site to visit and look around, you’ll see that most of the profiles belong to girls and women who originate from Russia.
So, the next question that pops into your head is- Why do they search for someone online when there are so many people in their country? The answer to that is simple. One reason for that is the percentage of male population, which is a lot less than percentage of female population in Russia. And the other one is more connected with their way of living. While men are hard working and stable, they often cheat on their girls and girls don’t like that. Since the Russia is the country with lots of traditions, and the people is so traditional that their traditions sometimes come above the law, women are raised to be family-oriented. And with guys that aren’t really with their feet on the ground when it comes to relationships and having families, the only thing the ladies have left to do is to search for the perfect man by using internet and modern technology.
But, in order to date a girl from Russia, it is recommended that you first get to know her culture and her traditions in order to better understand her way of life. Russia was former Soviet country and had a capitalistic regime. That left the people in Russia with strong respect for the authority (in this case, father, who is the head of the family), as well as with respect for the traditions and religion. One of the most important days in their culture is certainly the International Woman’s Day, which falls on March the 8th, and according to traditions, every woman is to get a gift on this day.
To them, it’s like a mixture of Valentine’s day, Mother’s day and a birthday, except this particular day is celebrated by all the women in the country. And if you show up without any presents for your darling as well as her sister/cousin and mother/grandmother, that will be a great minus in her eyes. Forgetting a day like that is not good. Another important thing in their culture is that they have a different meaning of the term ‘dating’. In their culture it usually involves the couple getting married in the end. So, be careful about the choice of words you are going to use when asking her to date you.
If you are already dating her and you want to knock her off of her feet, make her hopelessly fall in love with you, give her the experience of being the most important and the only one for you. That will make her feel like a queen, and there isn’t a girl that wouldn’t like that. Behaving like a real gentleman on your date, holding the door for her, walking her home when it’s all over will make her heart skip a beat and surely fall in love with you.

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Awareness and perceptions of mental health are changing. We are in an exciting period of change and growth with an expanding team.
Just starting your career in mental health? We’re proud to offer opportunities including award winning placements.
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities. We believe we can best serve our community when our team has varied skills, experiences and backgrounds. We value experience that comes from having lived with mental health issues and that of being a user of mental health services.
Everyone benefits from;
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per year, increasing by 1 day per full year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days) [pro rata].
- Contributory pension
- Bonus 1 day of annual leave per year over the festive period [pro rata]
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes free counselling sessions and access to a wellbeing app.
- Training and personal development opportunities
- Paid time off for medical appointments
- Staff away days and socials
We are a living wage employer.
Journey Recovery Hub Support Worker
Salary: £23,000 per annum (pro-rata)
Hours: Thursday (5.30-11pm) in Twickenham and Friday (5.30-11pm) in Surbiton (Part Time)
Contract: Permanent, subject to ongoing funding
Richmond Borough Mind is a vibrant local charity that has been supporting and providing services for adults affected by mental health problems and their carers for over 60 years.
Our out of hours crisis service, Journey Recovery Hub, has been running since December 2019. The service provides support to those suffering from mental health problems, aiming to prevent escalation, reduce isolation, increase independence and self-management and improve mental health and wellbeing.
This is an exciting role in a newly extended service, which aspires to achieve the above aims. We are looking for highly motivated, caring individuals, who have knowledge and experience of supporting vulnerable adults to increase their independence and develop self-management strategies.
The successful applicant will have an understanding and empathy for people with mental health needs and will be used to working in a team of staff and volunteers. You will need to have clear project management skills, and be self-motivated, a good communicator and be able to prioritise and manage your time effectively.
You will be required to work face to face in our Kingston Hub and/or our Richmond Hub. The work will be delivered in a shift pattern over evenings and weekends including Bank Holidays.
Richmond Borough Mind values diversity and difference. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly individuals with lived experience of mental health problems.
Successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check.
Please complete the application form and equality monitoring form and email to [email protected] or by post to:
CONFIDENTIAL Recruitment, RB Mind, UK House, 82 Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1 4BW.
Closing date: 11pm, Thursday 22nd December 2022
Interview date: week commencing 2nd January 2023

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Icahn Won't Pay Goldman $18.5M Related to CVR Energy Bargaining Fees -WSJ
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WSJ reporting Carl Icahn has said he will not pay Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) some $18.5 million related to fees attached to bargaining with CVR Energy (NYSE: CVI). Icahn has said Goldman doesn't deserve the payment.
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Originally built as a combination federal and state courthouse in 1828, St. Louis’ Old Courthouse serves as a complete time capsule for the city. Over the decades it has experienced dozens of renovations and was the scene of many important rallies and influential speeches.
Today, this 19th-century courthouse showcases several restored courtrooms, educational dioramas and galleries illustrating the history of St. Louis. These exhibitions depict famous moments in the city’s past, including its French beginnings and involvement in westward expansion.
There’s something very humbling about standing in one place and knowing an important decision was made decades before in that very same spot that could have changed the future drastically. In the instance of St. Louis’ Old Courthouse, that decision was Dred Scott v. Sanford.
Also known as the Dred Scott Decision, this 1857 court case ruled that people of African heritage brought into the United States as slaves and their descendants were not protected by the US Constitution, and its verdict helped rally sentiment for President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which inevitably overturned slavery.
The Dred Scott case, however, was not the only major legal trial heard within the walls of the Old Courthouse. Women’s suffrage activist Virginia Minor was also tried here in 1873 when she argued that the Fourteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote.

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Muscle enhancement using intramuscular injections of oil in bodybuilding: review on epidemiology, complications, clinical evaluation and treatment
BACKGROUND: Self-administered intramuscular injection of site enhancement oil (SEO) is a cosmetic and performance-enhancing procedure used to reshape muscles in the bodybuilder subculture, but its consequences and complications are only sporadically described. Methods: A systematic search in MEDLINE and EMBASE databases during the spring of 2009 and 2010. Internet searches were performed, and bodybuilder pharmacopoeias were consulted to describe SEO use and the clinical complications known. Results: One review and seven case reports were identified. Eised by repeated intramuscular injections of anabolic steroids. Conclusionsght case reports describe oleomas cau: SEOs cause sclerosing lipogranulomatosis and its progression may lead to lifelong complications. Thorough radiologic evaluation is important to plan surgical revisions in active phases. Also antibiotics, steroids, and compression therapy have been successful and should be employed at different stages.

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Vin Diesel is in 'total shock' after witnessing his stunt double plunging 30ft while filming for Fast and Furious 9 as crew members fear the worst.
The unnamed crew member is battling a serious head injury after the accident on the Hertfordshire film set.
Diesel, 52, was ashen-faced and tearful following yesterday's horrific fall, a source told The Sun Online.
'The stuntman fell at least 30ft — maybe a bit more,' the source said. 'Vin Diesel was seen on set seconds after. He looked ashen, totally in shock and blinking back tears. He saw what happened.'
Warner Bros Studios confirmed that a man had been airlifted to Royal London Hospital after MailOnline revealed an accident had taken place.
Producers told Deadline that the fall occurred just before noon on set in Leavesden during filming of Fast & Furious 9, which is set to feature stars such as Michelle Rodriguez and Helen Mirren.
A spokesman for East of England Ambulance Service told MailOnline: 'An ambulance, three ambulance officer vehicles and Essex and Herts Air Ambulance were called to Leavesden Studios shortly before midday today, following reports of a man injured in a fall.
'One patient with a serious head injury was transported to the Royal London Hospital by air ambulance.'
In a statement, Hertfordshire Police added: 'Police were called shortly before noon today following an incident at Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire.
'It was reported that a man had been injured while working at the location and sustained serious injuries.
'The air ambulance attended and police officers are currently on scene to assist and carry out initial enquiries.'
Today's incident comes a month after a crew worker was slashed in the throat with a Stanley knife on the set of The Witches, which is being filmed at the same studio.
The scrap between a rigger and the stage hand, who had worked together previously, took place as around 100 crew in total were on set.
Meanwhile, it was reported last week how a worker found a shard of glass in a half-eaten muffin left by a customer at the Harry Potter Studio Tour, which is also based at Leavesden.
Staff then launched an internal investigation which found silver metal pins had been placed in a further 13 muffins.
Nearly six years ago, Fast & Furious star Paul Walker died in a high-speed car crash along with friend Roger Rodas in 2013.


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Owners of independent BP branded service stations nationwide say they're being improperly left out of the $7.8 billion proposed settlement of private claims with BP. On Friday, attorneys representing two Georgia gas stations that filed a class-action suit against BP for revenue lost because of the Gulf oil spill in 2010 asked U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier to include them in the settlement or allow them to move forward with a separate lawsuit.
"It's unfair that a Shell gas station across the street can make a claim, but these stations, because they are branded BP, cannot," said Thomas Bleau, an attorney representing stations owned by Marietta, Ga.-based Tobatex Inc. and Atlanta-based M.R.M. Energy Inc.
Bleau said there are as many as 8,000 independent service stations using the BP brand nationwide that lost money because of the adverse publicity concerning the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
"There were stations that were actually vandalized because of this," he said. "Most of these dealers have purchased properties with 20-year contracts, so they're stuck with the BP brand."
Bleau estimated that the stations lost as much as 30 percent of their revenue from fuel sales and connected convenience stores, restaurants and other associated businesses in the year after the spill.
"You could be looking at losses of $50,000 to $250,000 per location," he said.
He said the objection to the settlement also is aimed at provisions that limit claims to businesses located along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, when BP dealers across the nation experienced losses because of the spill's bad publicity.
"There were nationwide public boycotts against buying BP gas," he said.
The court filing alleges "collusion" between BP and the Plaintiffs Steering Committee in leaving the independent dealers out of the settlement as a way of reducing its cost to BP.
Both BP and the Plaintiffs Steering Committee, which was supposed to represent private claimants, ignored requests to discuss the status of the BP-branded stations before the preliminary settlement was filed on April 18, the filing said. During a Wednesday hearing before Barbier on the preliminary settlement, neither side explained why the dealers were excluded, and attorneys for BP incorrectly concluded that individuals and businesses that were not part of the settlement had no right to contest it, the filing said.
"It is clear that unlike others in the service station industry, BP has certain economic leverage it can bring to bear against its own dealers which makes them more vulnerable," the filing said. "Moreover, the settlement provides up to a $600 million payout for the PSC, Liaison and Class Counsel in the event the settlement is finally approved. It was stated that this sum was negotiated after all other terms were negotiated but it does not appear that this fee amount was reached before the BP Dealer exclusion was justified or negotiated."
That amounts to "collusion" between BP and the Plaintiffs Steering Committee that Barbier should examine before he decides whether to grant preliminary approval to the settlement, the filing said. At Wednesday's hearing, Barbier said he was leaning in favor of granting preliminary approval, but delayed issuing a written opinion.
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Waldegård to defend Safari
Former World Rally champion Björn Waldegård will head the entry list for the fourth East African Safari Classic Rally when the 2600-mile event starts in Mombasa on November 22.
The five-times winner of the original Safari rally and winner of the last classic Safari in 2007 will drive a Porsche 911 prepared by the Tuthill team in Banbury. His rivals will include Frédéric Dor, who finished second in ’07.
The world’s other marathon gravel rally will run again in 2010 following confirmation that the New Zealand Silver Fern will be held from November 6-13. It will cover over 600 miles of special stages on the South Island, starting from Christchurch.