Washington, DC – April 8, 2014
Today, as the U.S. Senate confirmed Neil Kornze as the director of the Interior Department Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, its parent organization, Return to Freedom, and coalition partner, The Cloud Foundation, called upon the new BLM director to vigorously uphold federal law in the face of threats by ranchers in Utah and Nevada to illegally capture and remove federally-protected wild horses from public lands.
Across the West, ranchers are taking aim at wild horses because they view them as competition for cheap, taxpayer-subsidized livestock grazing on public lands. However, the number of wild horses on BLM land – fewer than 35,000 on nearly 27 million acres – pales in comparison to the millions of livestock that graze on 155 million acres of BLM land in the West.
“We expect Director Kornze to impose a zero tolerance policy toward threats of illegal action by ranchers who are given the privilege of grazing their privately-owned livestock on our public lands,” said Suzanne Roy, AWHPC director. “The BLM is mandated to protect wild horses, while livestock grazing is authorized entirely at the discretion of the Interior Department.”
“These are America’s horses, and the public strongly supports their protection on our public lands,” said Neda DeMayo, President of Return to Freedom and Founder of the AWHPC coalition. “The BLM must stop catering to special interests and start managing our public lands for the interests of the American taxpayers, wildlife and the environment.”
“American taxpayers already bear the heavy burden of the federal livestock program,” said Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation. “The BLM kowtowing to ultimatums from welfare ranchers sets a dangerous precedent that could impact not only wild horses but all the uses of public lands. It’s time for Director Kornze to reverse course. The BLM needs to decide who they manage the public lands for – welfare ranchers or the public at large.”
Late yesterday, attorneys for the groups sent a strongly-worded letter to the Iron County, Utah Board of Commissioners and the Utah BLM in response to a threat by local officials to round up wild horses on BLM lands in southwestern Utah. The letter warns that any attempt by local officials to round up wild horses would be a federal crime, and that the BLM itself cannot round up horses without proper analysis and disclosure under the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act as well as the National Environmental Policy Act.
“…The statutes at issue here provide a clear preference for protecting wild horses and burros over private livestock when these animals come into conflict on public lands,” wrote Katherine Meyer of Meyer, Glitzenstein and Crystal, a Washington, DC-based public interest law firm representing the advocates. “BLM must stop caving to the private financial interests of livestock owners whenever they complain about the protected wild horses using limited resources that are available on such lands. These horses belong to everyone… Accordingly, they must be protected to the greatest extent of the law.”
National polls demonstrate that the vast majority of Americans support protecting wild horses on public lands, while just 29 percent of the public wants to ensure that public lands are available for livestock grazing.
Return to Freedom (RTF) is the founding and parent organization for the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign. RTF is a national non-profit dedicated to wild horse preservation through sanctuary, education and conservation, and also operates the American Wild Horse Sanctuary in Lompoc, CA.
The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) is a coalition of more than 60 horse advocacy, public interest, and conservation organizations dedicated to preserving the American wild horse in viable, free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage.
The Cloud Foundation is a Colorado-based 501 (c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of wild horses and burros on our western public lands with a focus on protecting Cloud’s herd in the Pryor Mountains of Montana.


The NBA, just like all professional sports leagues, is made better by rivalries. Games between competitive teams is one thing, it’s another when two good teams don’t like each other. The Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers both figure to be good teams in this year’s Eastern Conference and there’s a solid chance they could do battle in the playoffs. So when Derrick Rose was asked about the Bulls’ rivalry with the Pacers, his response probably surprised a few people:
“People say that it’s a rivalry but I don’t really see it. I say the team that is more like a rivalry is when Darren Collison was on the team. That one was more like a rivalry, but this team is a great team. They’ve already proven themselves last year by making it to the Eastern Conference finals.”
So while Rose didn’t take a big shot at the Pacers, he did kind of slap them in the face. Later in the interview he also agreed the Miami Heat are the Bulls’ biggest rival.
I don’t think there’s any denying that Bulls/Heat is the biggest rivalry in the Eastern Conference this season. But if you’re the Pacers and you hear these comments, they can’t sit well. I’m sure this will motivate them to make Bulls/Pacers a rivalry once again.
But when you get right down to it, rivalry is just a term. It won’t change the intensity in which the Bulls play against the Pacers if they think of it as a rivalry game or not. Chicago is going to go all out to try and beat Indiana and vice-versa. But you never know, depending on the outcome of the 2013-14 season, it could become a great rivalry in the near future.


BARCELONA – Cristiano Ronaldo says he will be “100 per cent” in Saturday’s Champions League final as he attempts to fire Real Madrid to a record-extending 11th European Cup and further torment their city rivals, Atletico.
The prolific Portuguese set alarm bells ringing on Tuesday when he ended training prematurely with a knock but was fit to train again the following day.
Although Ronaldo scored the final goal in Real’s 4-1 extra-time win over Atletico in the 2014 final in Lisbon, he has admitted he was far from at his best due to a hamstring problem and is determined to put in a better performance at Milan’s San Siro on Saturday.
“Cristiano always appears in the games that matter. I’ll be at 100 per cent. On Saturday, I’ll be in better form than I was in Lisbon,” Ronaldo told Spanish television channel La Sexta.
“In Lisbon, my hamstring was hurting me. It was pretty bad. It was terrible because you know that in certain moments you could give more but you can’ because your body doesn’t respond.”
Ronaldo has scored – and been on the winning side – in both the Champions League finals he has played in, having also won in 2008 with Manchester United.
He is top scorer in this season’s tournament with 16 goals and is one strike away from equalling the record tally of 17 he set in 2013/14.
Real’s all-time top scorer also gave the club a lift before the final by declaring he wants to stay at Real for the long term.
“Real Madrid would be making a smart decision if they offered me a new contract,” he added.
Zinedine Zidane’s men are without defenders Raphael Varane and Alvaro Arbeloa for the game, while Atletico have a clean bill of health. (Reuters)


An inverse method for extracting the unconstrained modal parameters of 3D axisymmetric structures from measurements performed under constrained configurations is proposed. The work was originally motivated by the need of knowing the tuning of large historical carillon bells which now lie on reinforcement fixtures, implying a quite different response of the bells from their original suspended state. In this paper, we extend to three-dimensional bodies the identification technique recently developed by the authors for a case of study consisting on a simple discrete mass-spring circular ring. Considering a modal model of a free cylinder as a first approximation of a bell, we present the identification strategy and then illustrate the efficiency of the technique by providing identification results for the original system modal frequencies from the constrained system. By operating directly on the constrained transfer functions measured at the constraint locations, the technique is not prone to modal identification nor to truncation errors, and therefore appears particularly convenient for modal testing on real structures.
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The battle marked the beginning of the political hegemony of the Habsburg dynasty in the Holy Roman Empire and Central Europe. But beginning in the s with Peter the Great, founder of St.
However, Suleiman failed to force Ferdinand to engage him in open battle, and was thus unable to enforce his ideological claim to superiority over the Habsburgs. However, an opposing view sees the battle as only confirming the already-decaying power of the Ottoman Empire.
The confederated troops signaled their arrival on the Kahlenberg above Vienna with bonfires. The Imperial forces moved to the left led by Charles of Loraine, and the Holy Imperial army moved in the center. The Holy League settled the issues of payment by using all available funds from the government, loans from several wealthy bankers and noblemen and large sums of money from the Pope.
The able-bodied male population of the city numbered some thirty thousand, but the Byzantine statesman George Sphrantes estimated that fewer than five thousand of these were able and willing to fight. Alarmed by this prospect, in Pope Paul III commissioned the architect Antonio da Sangallo to build a protective wall around the Eternal City with no fewer than eighteen bastions.
The train route from Vienna to Warsaw is also named in Sobieski's honour. In honor of Sobieski, the Austrians erected a church atop a hill of Kahlenberg, north of Vienna. Instead of concentrating on the battle with the relief army, the Ottomans continued their efforts to force their way into the city.
The neighboring principality of Moldavia followed in Nevertheless, he remains an important and central figure in European history and is worthy of more study. Inthe port of Tripoli, held by the Knights Hospitalers for Charles V, fell to a joint attack by the Ottoman imperial fleet and the legendary corsair Turgud Reis.
Suleiman arrived in Osijek on 6 August. Lack of funds finally forced him to abandon the project. This support included explicitly promising the "Kingdom of Vienna" to the Hungarians if it fell into Ottoman hands. Most were Muslims, marshaled from all over the empire, but their ranks were swollen by others in the expectation of rich pickings: Mustafa was furious and his forces were being crushed.
This battle was won by the combined force of the Commonwealth and the Holy Roman Empire.
His military expeditions were of little note in these years: Ina joint Maltese-Venetian fleet attacked the Ottomans off the Dardanelles. Of those fit to fight, a third were light cavalryor Sipahisill-suited for siege warfare.
Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger delayed the march of the Lithuanian army, devastating the Hungarian Highlands now Slovakia instead, and arrived in Vienna only after it had been relieved.
As the Byzantine Empire had slowly lost ground to the Turks, the Russians had been gaining territory from their former Mongol overlords, in a continuing struggle that, since it pitted Christians against Muslims, was also seen by the Christians as a crusade.
Six years later Samos was also captured.
Freed from the need to maintain a constant presence along their eastern borders, the Ottomans resumed the offensive in the Mediterranean. Other accounts, all of them Christian, put the figure anywhere between two and four hundred thousand.
Charles of Lorraine and John III Sobieski both decided, on their own, to continue the offensive and finish off the enemy. He first tried to put down a Cossack rebellion that had begun in but was forced to sue for peace in after Russia intervened, and then he led the catastrophic attack on Austria that culminated in the siege of Vienna.
The battle marked the historic end of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into Europe. Within two days, the Turks had completely surrounded the city and, by one contemporary estimate, were within a mere two thousand paces of the salient angles of the counterscarp.
When the rest of the Ottoman fleet realized that their admiral was dead and his ship was in Christian hands, they scattered in panic. It has been suggested by some historians that the battle marked the turning point in the Ottoman—Habsburg wars, the year struggle between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
Charles of Lorraine moved forward with the imperial army on the left and other imperial forces in the center and, after heavy fighting and multiple Ottoman counterattacks, took several key positions, especially the fortified villages of Nussdorf and Heiligenstadt.
Sultan Mehmed had ordered Mustafa to set conquer smaller castles on the border and set up frontier bases on the campaign but the Grand Vizier had grander ambitions, the City of Vienna, the capital of the Habsburg Empire.To Mustafa’s chagrin, he found Vienna’s defender, Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, prepared and determined to withstand a siege.
The Battle of Vienna was one of the most important battles in Early Modern European history. It was a turning point in the fortunes of the Ottoman Empire and after it was no longer a threat to Christian Europe and went into a steep decline in the eighteenth century.
Battle of Vienna The Battle of Vienna took place on 11 and 12 September after Vienna had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. It was a battle of the Holy Roman Empire in league with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Holy League) versus the Ottoman Empire and chiefdoms of the Ottoman Empire at the Kahlenberg mountain near Vienna.
During the Battle of Vienna, relief came out of the woods and down from the heights by Ludwig Heinrich Dyck. For nearly two long months, from July 14 to early SeptemberVienna endured the siege of a vast Turkish army.
Siege of Vienna: Siege of Vienna, (July 17–Sept. 12, ), expedition by the Turks against the Habsburg Holy Roman emperor Leopold I that resulted in their defeat by a combined force led by John III Sobieski of Poland. The siege marked the beginning of the end of. The Battle of Vienna took place on the 12th day of September, at Mount Kahlenberg near Vienna.
It was fought by the Holy Roman Empire, the Monarchy of Habsburg and the Commonwealth of Polish-Lithuania against the Empire of Ottoman under the leadership of King John III Sobieski.Download

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Columbia County planning commissioners Thursday unanimously rejected a proposed change to the board's operations that would allow county commissioners to appoint Planning Commission members without regard to district residency.
The proposed amendment would allow, among other things, the four district-elected county commissioners to appoint planning representatives from anywhere in the county. Currently, only the commission chairman can choose an at-large candidate.
Planning commission members expressed concern over unbalanced district representation on the planning board.
"If you deny representation from one district, that is not fair," planning commissioner Dean Thompson said.
Planning commission chairwoman Deanne Hall said she supports the current residency requirement.
"The opportunity for political manipulation is so strong," Hall said. "I can't emphasize how much it scares me that this board, which is not a political board, would become nothing more than a political pawn used by the Board of Commissioners."
Language was included to change planning commissioners' four-year terms to a single year with the possibility for a three-year reappointment.
"I do feel a year is not reasonable," planning commissioner Jean Garniewicz said, adding that serving brings with it at least a four- or five-month learning curve.
The proposal also would require planning commissioners to step down if they qualify to run for elective office.
The planning commissioners, who each signed a code of ethics earlier this year, agreed they would rather govern themselves and felt sure any unruly planning commissioner would be removed internally.
The amendments and the recommendation of planning commissioners will go before the Board of Commissioners on Nov. 20 for a final vote.
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In this work we present an IC architecture of RF energy harvesting for wireless sensors networks. By analyzing a probabilistic approach used for modeling the possible amount of Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) energy that could be harvested, an IC system with a 0.18μm CMOS SMIC technology has been designed and optimized at 90 and 900 MHz. so to take advantage of the GSM and FM radio radiated energy. Simulation results have confirmed that the integrated system handles an incoming power typically ranging from -25 dBm to 5 dBm by rectifying the variable input signals into a DC voltage source. The overall RF to DC efficiency is about 45% at 90MHz and 55% at 900MHz.
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Halloween Cupcake Decorating Ideas
Decorate some cupcakes or decorate a cake like this for Halloween.
If you are going to have a Halloween Party, below are some Halloween Cupcake Decorating Ideas.
You can use cake mix to make your cupcakes too.
Baking cupcakes is fun, get your kids involved. Frost your cupcakes with orange frosting and use candy corn to make a quick pumpkin face.
Halloween Cupcake Party Idea: Small guests demonstrate their cake-decorating skill with unfrosted cupcakes. Bowls of frosting and trims form the centerpiece; children "paint" the cupcakes (Provide plenty of wet wipes.) The rules permit one cupcake to be eaten. And don't forget the camera.
Spider Web Cupcakes
Use orange frosting and squeeze chocolate frosting in a circle, then use the back of a knife to connect the web.
Cut licorice gumdrops for a spider.
-Frost cupcakes with green icing
-Press on some M & M's for eyes
-Press on a candy corn nose
-Use licorice lace for hair and eyebrows.
Black Cat Cupcakes
-Prepare a white frosting or use ready-to-spread.
-Tint it orange, using 1 to 2 drops each red and yellow food coloring.
-Frost the cupcakes.
-For each cat, slice a 1-inch black gumdrop into 3 pieces.
-Use small rounded end slice for head, and largest slice for body; cut tail and ears from third slice.
Witches Cat Decoration
-For ears bend hollow licorice twists; bend in half, insert in cupcake.
-Eyes are a black jellybean, halved lengthwise.
-Add a red gumdrop nose, licorice strips for whiskers.
Eye outlines are "peel" cut from 2 orange jellied fruit slices.
His owlish eyes are orange pumpkin candies; snip of candy orange slice makes beak.
Little Good Witch:
Use licorice twist for hat and curls. Make hat crown like the cat's ears, but larger) Add bit of jellied fruit slice for mouth, halved licorice drop for eyes, a candy coated licorice stick for nose.
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 3/4 cups flour
Mix thoroughly in order given. Pour half full into cupcake liners. Bake 375 15 to 20 min. Makes 18 cupcakes.
The pumpkin pictures we took at a Pick UR Own Pumpkin Farm. Pretty funny.
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine
- 1 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- 1 1/4 tsp soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cup water
Combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large mixer bowl. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. add alternately with water to creamed mixture. Blend just until combined. Fill paper lined muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 min. Cool. Frost.
Easy Buttercream Icing
- 2 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 stick 4 oz softened butter
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp milk
Mix the vanilla with the milk. Sift the powdered sugar, and add gradually to the butter, then add the milk. Beat until the icing is smooth and of a soft spreading consistency.
Party Snack Pages
- More Cupcake Recipes
- Make some Pumpkin Cookies
- Make some Peanut Butter Cookies
- Make some Popcorn Balls
- Seasoned Party Popcorn Recipes
- Caramel Corn and Carmel Apples Recipes
- What to make with Peanut Butter
- Chex Snack Mixes
- Crispex Snack Mixes
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Is Gambling Addiction the Same As Other Addictions?
Gambling may be the risky wagering of something of value or currency on an uncertain event with an unknown outcome, for the only real intention of winning cash or other items. Gambling therefore requires three factors to be present: risk, consideration, and a prize; if anybody of these is missing then your gambling is considered illegal. THE UNITED KINGDOM gambling law allows only limited types of gambling by adults over eighteen, including online gambling. Gambling by minors is strictly prohibited, since it is both a crime and a public nuisance. Many UK gambling companies offer their clients an option to gamble through the Internet instead of at land-based casinos.
Much like most addictions, the causes of gambling addiction are many and varied. Regarding gambling addiction, the most typical causes are financial disappointments, especially in the case of those who have spent a long time working hard at building up savings and taking out loans, only to lose everything in one night. Other notable causes of gambling addiction include alcohol or drug addiction. For some people, even watching too much television can trigger feelings of anxiety or depression, as well as cause real physical addictions. Addictions such as for example these are more difficult to take care of as there is no “cure” for gambling addiction, just treatment for the disorder itself.
Psychologists are not certain what can cause gambling behavior in individuals, although the most common theory is that such behavior is learned through negative reinforcement. Therefore repeated contact with negative outcomes, such as losing money at a casino or at the hands of a friend, can have a strong impact on an individual’s behavior and thought patterns, leading them to crave the sensation of success that this type of loss would provide. According to this theory, repeated contact with failure will eventually result in addiction because such losses are not big enough to satisfy the individuals need for success. This is also why gambling addictions can last for extended periods of time 플러스카지노 사이트 – sometimes, addictions may become long-term patterns, resulting in a total break from gambling.
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For instance, let’s look at an example of this type of problem. Many people begin with a gambling addiction due to situations that make it look like a logical choice, like the purchase of way too many tickets or a certain number of drinks at a bar. Then they wish to win that amount back immediately, so that they can feel much better and therefore increase their chance of winning future games. Oftentimes, this becomes a downward spiral. Eventually, many people end up in debt beyond their means, with no hope of paying off the debts in full.
Another type of gambling addiction is related to higher risk gambling behaviors. This type of addiction is much more challenging to treat because the causes are hidden. While it is fairly easy to see where the gambling has gone astray, the cause of the addiction could be buried and thus harder to treat. Therefore, even though the gambler makes progress with their recovery, there may be elements of their addiction that cannot be eliminated.
Finally, there’s another type of addiction that often comes with gambling: emotional addiction. This is often recognised incorrectly as a gambling addiction, because so many people will claim that they are only playing a casino game, when in reality, they are emotionally addicted. This sort of addiction often results in a variety of different behaviors. For instance, many gamblers will have trouble losing their money. Gamblers who have gambling addictions will attempt to win back their money and will do almost anything to obtain their hands on it. Lots of people who suffer from this type of addiction will try to jump from one gambling opportunity to another in order to make money.
There are numerous types of addictions that can affect gamblers. However, in all cases, gamblers must understand the risks connected with their gambling. The primary article targets gambling addiction as the utmost common form of addiction. Since there are many types of gambling addiction, there are many different ways that gamblers can recover from their addiction.

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Fife House is committed to encouraging diversity in its volunteer program and encourages people living with HIV/AIDS, with disabilities, and of different cultures, races, sexual orientations, and gender identities to apply.


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Neisy Wilson is a Cuban singer, pianist, and composer.
She has been winning acclaim from journalists within the world for her contributions to a new era of Cuban sound. She went on to tour extensively throughout Latin America, Europe, Jordan, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates before ultimately settling in Montreal, Canada.
An award-winning singer and pianist, she regularly perform at Montreal's popular jazz clubs "Upstairs and the "House of Jazz", and has been featured on a number of radio and television broadcasts.
In addition to recording and performing with her band, Wilson also works as a film,television and game composer. She recently scored the soundtrack of the animated films "The Astronomer and the Cat", "Solstice", two educational videos broadcast by the local station "Canal Savoir" , the re-scoring of the silent film "Big Business" for the Cinematheque Quebecoise, and the original music of the video game "Oculus Light Bender".


The Ford Freestyle is what has become known as a crossover vehicle. More than a station wagon, but not quite...
Due to a slew of consumer complaints and poor reviews from various media outlets, Ford will be upgrading its MyFord Touch system and extended the warranty by two years.
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With the addition of Pandora and Slacker Internet Radio to popular models, Ford gives the enterprising driver more ways to ignore those pesky passengers via SYNC Applink.
Ford invests $50 million and expands its engineering team by 50 percent to improve its hybrid and electric vehicle lineup.
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PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE OF THE FARMERS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN PRAYAGRAJ DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH
Keywords:Agricultural Extension and Communication, Agricultural Sciences, Agriculture, Agricultural Technology, Sustainable farming, Perception and Attitude
The study conducted was to understand the perception and attitude of the farmers towards sustainable farming in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh. Seven random villages were selected in Jasra block at Bara tehsil, in total 110 respondents were selected randomly for this study, the data was collected with the help of a self-designed well-structured interview schedule by personally interviewing by the researcher. The data was then statically analysed. The results concluded that majority of the respondents 43.63% had a highly favourable perception towards sustainable farming followed by 31.82% favourable and only 24.55% had unfavourable perception about it. And the findings also revealed that most of the respondents i.e. 50% had favourable attitude regarding sustainable farming while the other 29.09% had unfavourable and 20.91% highly favourable attitude.
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Gurner has partnered with a Prahran property owner to deliver a residential complex and Club Maison boutique hotel.
The eight level project, earmarked for 145-151 High Street, would incorporate a c1891 Gothic Revival church and Sunday school.
It would contain 45 units – a mix of guest suites and own-your-own apartments.
In December, Gurner announced plans to replace St Kilda’s ex-Cushion Lounge as the country’s maiden Club Maison.
Two months ago the builder teamed with the owner of Richmond’s 1.3 hectare Harry the Hirer site, with plans for a mixed-use village including a shopping centre, aged care facility and 500 private dwellings in five buildings between seven-12 floors.
Earlier this year the development company in partnership with Qualitas spent a speculated $75 million for a 50 per cent interest in South Yarra’s Jam Factory entertainment complex.
That 1.93 hectare block – not far from 145-151 High St – was also acquired as a development play, possibly incorporating a Club Maison (story continues below).
145-151 High Street, Prahran
The Prahran project is estimated to have an end value of $40m.
It will contain ground floor restaurant, an upper-level office and landscaped rooftop with a bar, dining spaces, kitchen and infinity edge pool.
“Being so close to Prahran’s vibrant Chapel St precinct and amenity like Fawkner Park, St Kilda Road and the CBD, this site is deal for both a residential component and our new Club Maison accommodation concept,” Gurner general manager of Boutique, Brooke Formosa, said.
The company is expected to have between 10-15 Club Maisons in the pipeline by 2023.


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Twenty years ago when Holden Hansen came up with the idea to stage The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, he had no idea it would become a Fayetteville holiday tradition. But, in keeping with the enduring story that is told in the play, the annual production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (BCPE) has made its way into the hearts of the literally hundreds of area children who have performed in the show, and it has helped to form who they have become today.
On Dec. 9, the show will open for its 20th season, and Up & Coming Weekly thought there could be no better time to celebrate the show, its casts and the warmth it brings to our holiday season.
“I often joke with Bo (Thorp) that if I had known the play would have ran this long I would have made her sign a contract so I would get residuals,” said Hansen during a recent telephone interview.
Hansen, a professor of theater at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, was very involved in children’s theater in the late ‘80s. When Thorp approached him about doing a Christmas performance, he immediately thought about the BCPE.
“I had directed the play in Waterloo, Iowa, for a children’s theater back in 1983,” he said. “It’s just a brilliant play for anybody who has a program that involves kids on stage. In fact, I think the reason it is brilliant is that art imitates life — it’s a play about putting on a play with children. All the kids don’t have to act — they just have to be themselves. It’s very truthful in that sense.
Hansen said that children involved in theater learn a lot of the social skills they need in life.
“They learn deadlines, organization, how to work together. I think they learn things about themselves, and they learn how to communicate,” he said. “These are the kinds of things that any human being needs to learn to succeed. I find the same thing to be true of college students. Quite a number of my students have explained to me that they have this confidence to function in the world that they didn’t have before they were involved in the theater.”
As to why the play has become interwoven in Fayetteville’s holiday fabric, Hansen noted, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a great story. It touches a chord in people. We often look at the less fortunate as a pariah in our society, so we love to watch these Herdmans succeed. We see their humanity when Imojean sort of becomes enrapt in the beauty of the Christmas story. It just resonates through the theatre. It coincides with the spirit of Christmas — it’s all about love isn’t it?”
Jenny Beaver was just 12-years-old when she fi rst performed in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. She was cast as the first “Beth” in the play, and kept that role for the following four years.
“We rehearsed in some old building downtown that didn’t have any heat,” Beaver recalled. “I remember thinking I was really big time, because I was rehearsing for this play in that old building.”
That was just one of many shows Beaver would perform in at the CFRT, but looking back, it still holds a very special place in her heart.
“Since I’ve moved back home, I’ve seen it about three times. My sister, Laura, who was also in the show, has never seen it since she stopped being in the play. I hold “Beth” close to my heart, and she holds Gladys close to hers. We talked and she said she just couldn’t watch anyone else being Gladys because she loved it so much,” said Beaver.
For Beaver, seeing the show brings back the memories of lessons learned on the stage and friendships made. “Growing up in the theatre taught me that not everybody in the world is like me. Because we grow up in the same neighborhoods and go to the same schools, we form our cliques. Theater opened a door to a whole new group of people for me — people I probably wouldn’t have been friends with.”
She noted that while each director and each cast tries to make its mark on the show, it actually changes little. “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is just perfect.
The story is so straight to the point. I don’t think you have to add any updates; they just distract from the story.” The story she’s referencing, for those who have not seen the show yet, is that of the Herdmans. They are the meanest kids in town. When they get a chance to takeover the church Christmas play, they do it with a vengeance. While many sat back and waited for the play to fl op, it actually turned out to be ... well, you know.
“Beth’s final speech always makes me cry, and I love when Imojean looks at the baby and she actually understands ‘Unto you a child is born,’” continued Beaver. “I love it when Beth talks about how the Herdmans changed because of the play. Because it gives you a chance to see that people are good — you just have to give them a chance to be good.”
Broadway performer Grady Bowman, who was in the first two BCPEs, looks back at the show fondly.
“I played Claude Herdman my first year and Charlie the second year,” said Bowman, who is currently performing in Billy Elliot on Broadway. “As a kid, getting up with the other kids to do something we all loved was great.”
Then, it was just something to do around the holidays, but after seeing the play a couple of years ago, Bowman has a different perspective on it.
“I really didn’t get the impact of the show until a couple of years ago when I was home and I went to see it,” he said. “I looked at it as an outsider and was just overwhelmed by the meaning and the story.”
He recalled that the excitement that Hansen brought to the production resonated through the cast. “Because he was so excited to do the play, it made us as excited and made us want to do what he wanted us to do,” he said. “Really the CFRT, and plays like the BCPE, are the basis for what I am doing today.”
Tommy Walsh, 17, and currently playing Ralph in the production, has been in the BCPE for eight years. The show helped launch his CFRT career, where he has performed in more than 10 shows and participates in the Performance Troop.
“I love being on stage, being goofy and wacky, expressing my thoughts on stage and watching the audience react to it,” said Walsh. “Being in the theater has taught me to express myself better and be myself — there’s no judging, you can just be who you are.”
Laurel Flom, 15, who is playing Beth in the current production, concurs with Walsh. “This is my sixth year doing BCPE. Each year is different, the people are who make the show. It’s really fun going to rehearsals. It’s a very open atmosphere. Everybody accepts everybody else. Being in theater has made me a more wellrounded person. It opens you up to a lot of situations and people.
“You make a lot of different kinds of friendships with a lot of different people. They are the people you have fun with. They accept you. You don’t have to worry about holding back, you can dance like a fool and everybody will join you.”
For John Burton, now 10, his first exposure to the BCPE was when he was just 4-years-old. The normally active toddler sat silent and still throughout the play. As he exited the theater with his mom and dad, he said, “I want to be a Herdman.”
“I just loved that play,” he said. “I thought it looked like so much fun, and the people who were in it looked like they were having fun. So every year after we would see it, I would ask to try out. Last year, I was a shepherd and it was everything I thought it would be. This year, I’m Claude Herdman. I want to be in the play as long as they will let me.”
The BCPE opens on Thursday, Dec. 9 and runs through Sunday, Dec. 19. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children. For tickets and more information, visit www.cfrt.org.

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If you are experiencing a broken controller, it is most likely the wires that have come loose from the motherboard. This requires immediate attention in order to avoid further damage and potential warranty voids.
The “why does my xbox controller keep disconnecting from my pc” is a question that many people ask. The answer to this question is not very clear, but there are ways to fix the issue.
If your Xbox One controller’s connection continues to drop, you should examine and solve the problem. Here’s all you need to know if your controller keeps disconnecting from your Xbox One.
What’s the deal with my Xbox One controller being unplugged all of the time?
“Why does my Xbox One controller keep shutting down?” you may wonder if your Xbox One controller keeps shutting down. The following are some of the most typical reasons of Xbox One controller disconnection issues. Let’s have a look at both of them at the same time. There are a number of reasons why your Xbox One controller may keep turning off. The Xbox One controller connection problem, according to some Xbox users, might be caused by an incorrect or outdated controller firmware. Furthermore, if your controller’s battery isn’t fully charged, your Xbox One controller may suffer sporadic disconnections. How can I reconnect my Xbox One controller after it has been disconnected many times? Here are some helpful hints for troubleshooting.
Move your console to a new spot or reorganize your gaming area.
If you’re having trouble using several controllers, consider relocating the play space or transferring your console to a different room. Within 10 meters of your console, the controller will operate. Objects put between the controller and the console, on the other hand, may restrict its range. Objects that utilise wireless technology (such as a cordless phone) might also interfere with your wireless controller. Any wireless items or gadgets that might interfere with the wireless controller or console should be removed or relocated. This might involve the following:
- heater in a microwave
- Phones that do not need a cord
- Routers that are wireless
- Front panels with chrome plating
- Separators made of metal
- Toilet doors at a recreation facility
Switch on and off your console.
Restarting your Xbox One system will totally restart it, which is important for diagnosing issues with your console and controller. To switch the console off and on again, follow these steps: 1) To switch off your Xbox One console, press and hold the Xbox button on the front for around 10 seconds. 2) To turn on your Xbox, press the Xbox button on the controller. 3) Try using your controller to verify whether the connectivity problem is resolved.
Update the firmware on your controller.
Incorrect or outdated controller firmware might cause Xbox One controller connection issues. Make sure your controller firmware is up to date, and if it isn’t, upgrade it. If your controller is absolutely useless, you’ll need to conduct the update using a new controller.
To upgrade the firmware on your controller, follow these steps: 1) Connect the controller and console via USB wire. 2) On the Xbox One, sign in to Xbox Live. 3) On your controller, press the Menu button. 4) Select “Settings” from the drop-down menu. 5) Select “Devices and Accessories” from the drop-down menu. 6) Locate the controller that is causing the issue. 7) Click “Update.” 8) Choose “Continue.” 9) If the system indicates “No update necessary,” your controller has the most recent firmware. Otherwise, you should wait till the update is finished. 10) Check to see whether your controller has returned to normal.
Connect the controller again.
Reconnecting your Xbox One controller to your console is a simple method to rejoin and avoid the annoyance of a controller disconnect.
It’s simple with a wired controller since you just disconnect the cord and re-plug it if the issue continues. Alternatively, try a different USB port or get a new cable, such as this one. Follow these procedures if you have a wireless controller: Stand motionless while pressing and holding the wireless button on the back of your controller next to the shoulder buttons until you see the Xbox button flash. Press and hold the wireless button for a few seconds. Press the wireless button again after 20 seconds; the connection will be established when the Xbox button changes to a steady glow.
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The “xbox controller keeps disconnecting windows 10” is a question that has been asked by many people. The answer to the question is that it can happen because of a few different reasons, but most commonly it happens when you are using a wireless adapter.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I fix my Xbox controller from disconnecting?
A: To fix your Xbox controller, youll need to do three things. Once the problem begins occurring, plug in a different USB cable that is not causing the issue and retest it on another computer or device. If this does not work, check with Microsoft if there are any updates for drivers that might be causing issues by going here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026383
How do I fix my Xbox One controller glitch?
A: You can try to unplug the controller or reset it. Both options open up a menu that lets you choose Reset and then test your connection for input lag or simply power cycle (turn off) the Xbox One Controller.
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Bexley celebrates Diamond Jubilee in style
PUBLISHED: 16:58 06 June 2012
The people of Bexley did the Queen proud with their Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
There were around 30 street parties across the borough, beacon lighting ceremonies and a plaque unveiling in Bexleyheath.
The plaque was unveiled at Bexleyheath Clock Tower at the annual civic parade, and council chiefs announced plans to build a bust of the Queen, which they hope the monarch herself will unveil next year.
The civic parade featured youth groups including Scouts, Cubs, Guides and Brownies to show the affection young people have for the royal family.
There were Diamond Jubilee beacon lighting ceremonies at Marlborough Court Care Home in Thamesmead and Golden Acre Park in Bexley Village, replicating thousands of similar events across the country.
Marlborough Court care home manager Maggie Candy said: “Tonight has been really nice for our residents. The Jubilee is very relevant to this age group – they witnessed the Queen’s coronation.”
Lesley Leask, who organised the party in Warren Road, Bexleyheath, with her daughter Hanna, said: “The idea was to bring everyone together while celebrating everything that’s good about being British.”
See our Jubilee picture special on pages 3-5 of tomorrow’s Bexley Times.
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On my "pre-tour" tour of Devon a couple of months back, I found myself driving in driving rain. This was "an unpleasant thing".
The car has a roof & side windows (optimistically referred to as "full weather gear"), but there are problems. The weather is mostly kept on the outside where it belongs, but some wet creeps in & the windscreen steams up. The car has a demister blowing warm air over the screen & this works to clear it, but also heats up the inside of the car. The side screens open a little, but it's still quite sauna like unless you're going quite fast or it's proper winter.
A potential solution is to remove the side screen - I found I could do this from the driver's seat without too much difficulty, but the operation is fraught with the risk of dropping the retaining pin or the screen (or both), then if it's a downpour, the rain makes it's presence felt.
More options were required, so I ordered a pair of "cockpit vents" from the marvelous Car Builder Solutions people. When they are described as cockpit vents, they mean just that as these are an aircraft part used mostly on Cessnas & the like, but their use has also migrated to hard-core race cars. They pop into a 3 1/4" hole & can be closed, open facing forwards to force air in, or rotated aft to draw air out.
So I needed a couple of 3 1/4" holes cut then.
I asked my Brother if he had a fly cutter, but his pillar drill doesn't go slow enough for one, he did however have a suggestion. We could mount his router upside down under a board & rotate the screen about a pin to cut the hole. This sounded like a plan & had the side screens been made of Polycarbonate (or indeed plywood) it probably would've worked really well.
We set it up in his garage & I started cutting a piece of 5mm ply as a test run & it worked very well indeed, the ply broke right at the end leaving a bit of a chunk, but it had failed due to cutting through one direction in the grain. Plastic wouldn't do that obviously.
I did get a hole, it was 3 1/4" across or thereabouts. What it wasn't was round.
We had another try. this time my nephew played air from the compressor onto the cutter to cool the area & I turned the screen the other way so the majority of the cutting & therefore the heat happened on the inner edge which was scrap anyway.
So was it an improvement? Yes & no. The cut was better, much more circular & the screen I would be keeping hadn't melted, BUT the cut plastic still melted & collected behind the cutter - where it welded the inner & outer rings back together!
I managed to saw through the "weld pool" once it had cooled & when I got home I broke most of the rest away with pliers & finishing VERY carefully with a sanding drum in a dremel.
The result was pretty pleasing considering how it had looked an hour or so before - that is the good - the less good one ison the passenger side, so I don't need to see it.


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Have you ever questioned in regards to the concept of Asian mail order brides? It’s a time period that has gained vital attention in recent times, sparking curiosity and controversy in equal measure. But who exactly are these women? Are they victims or empowered individuals? Let’s delve into this subject and discover the realities behind the label of Asian mail order brides.
What Does the Term "Mail Order Bride" Mean?
To understand Asian mail order brides, we need to first define the time period "mail order bride." Traditionally, it referred to girls who listed themselves in catalogs and were out there for marriage proposals from men in different countries. These girls typically got here from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and sought a greater life by way of marriage. However, the term has since advanced and would not precisely reflect the diverse experiences of ladies seeking love and companionship from abroad.
The Diversity of Asian Mail Order Brides
Contrary to well-liked belief, Asian mail order brides aren’t a homogeneous group. Asia is a vast continent with diverse cultures, languages, and traditions. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge that the experiences and motivations of Asian women in search of international marriages differ.
Economic components play a significant function in the decision-making means of Asian mail order brides. Many women come from international locations the place poverty and limited alternatives prevail. The allure of financial stability and a greater life can motivate them to seek love and marriage abroad.
In some Asian cultures, there is immense strain on women to marry at a younger age. These societal expectations, combined with restricted local options, can drive women to discover international avenues for finding love. Additionally, cultural traditions and gender dynamics could influence their decisions to hunt companions from different international locations.
Not every Asian mail order bride is driven solely by financial or cultural components. Women are individuals with unique needs and goals. Some could search love, companionship, or journey exterior their house country. These girls are empowered people actively making decisions about their futures.
Challenging Stereotypes and Misconceptions
Unfortunately, the time period "Asian mail order bride" has been associated with unfavorable stereotypes and misconceptions. It’s crucial to handle these misconceptions and present a extra nuanced perspective on the topic.
The Myth of Submissiveness
One of probably the most prevalent stereotypes surrounding Asian mail order brides is the notion of submissiveness. This stereotype portrays Asian ladies as passive and submissive, solely current to satisfy the desires and desires of their foreign husbands. In reality, Asian women are various individuals with company and assertiveness.
The Perception of Exploitation
Another false impression is the belief that Asian mail order brides are being exploited by foreign males. While there could also be instances of exploitation, it is unfair to generalize and label all international marriages as exploitative. Furthermore, many Asian girls make informed selections and enter these relationships willingly, driven by their own motivations and wishes.
The Power of Agency
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Success Stories of Asian Mail Order Brides
While challenges and adverse experiences do exist, it’s essential to focus on the success stories of Asian mail order brides. These tales show the potential for love, companionship, and personal progress that can be found via international marriages.
Cultural Exchange and Understanding:
- International marriages permit for cultural change and mutual understanding between companions from completely different backgrounds.
- These relationships usually promote acceptance, tolerance, and the mixing of diverse traditions.
- Asian mail order brides have reported finding emotional achievement and love in their worldwide marriages.
- These relationships provide companionship, help, and a sense of belonging that will have been missing of their home nations.
- International marriages provide financial stability and opportunities for Asian mail order brides.
- Many women have been able to improve their livelihoods, entry schooling, and create a greater future for themselves and their households.
The idea of Asian mail order brides is multi-faceted and requires a more nuanced understanding. These girls aren’t merely submissive victims or objects on the market. They are people with numerous motivations and agency, actively seeking love and companionship past their borders. By difficult stereotypes and misconceptions, we can recognize the complexities and successes of their experiences. Ultimately, it’s important to recognize the humanity and individuality of Asian mail order brides, permitting them to tell their very own tales and form their very own narratives.
Q: What is the idea of Asian mail order brides?
A: Asian mail order brides refers to ladies from Asian countries who voluntarily enter into a marriage or relationship with a foreign man, typically through an international marriage company or on-line courting platform. These ladies typically seek alternatives for a better life, love, and stability outdoors their residence nation.
Q: How do Asian mail order brides discover potential companions abroad?
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Q: Why do Asian mail order brides choose to marry international men?
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Q: Are Asian mail order brides solely excited about financial stability?
A: Financial stability is probably one of the the reason why Asian mail order brides choose to seek foreign companions, however it is not the sole motivation. They also want love, respect, compatibility, and emotional connection in their relationships. While monetary stability is important, it’s often seen as a way to attain a greater total quality of life and assist their households.
Q: Are Asian mail order brides victims or empowered individuals in their arrangements?
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Here at Graham & Brown, we like to take the current décor trends and show you how to create them in your own home. This week, we want to put a spotlight on the Scandi sanctuary trend and help you to transform your home with a calm, paired back aesthetic in muted tones. Whether you want to infuse your home with a hint of Scandi style or you want to commence on a complete décor overhaul, we can help you get the look.
Tweak Your Colour Scheme
The Scandi Sanctuary trend is all about muted greys and whites so our wallpaper collection should be your first port of call. This trend relies on natural textures that boast a balance of simplicity and style. Our Wood Plank wallpaper and Woodgrain grey wallpaper are both superb options should you wish to create a Scandi style backdrop. These designs tick a multitude of boxes allowing you to mirror the trend with both a fitting colour palette while incorporating a natural vibe that is integral to the theme.
Keep it Cool Calm and Collected
Clutter has no place in a Scandi Sanctuary so before you choose a few key accessories that embody the trend it is wise to de-clutter to create a sense of calm. Once you have a paired back base, update your room with our Natural Cosy Rope rug to add a heavy dose of Scandinavian flair. Without a few home comforts, this minimalistic trend can feel cold and unwelcoming but warm textures add luxury to your home. With an emphasis on stripped back décor, any accessories you choose shouldn’t distract from the overall look of the room. Our large clear glass vases will complement this theme perfectly adding sophistication to your interior without interrupting the muted colour scheme.
Focus on Nature
When it comes to working with this trend, less is more but that doesn’t mean you can’t put your own personal spin on it or make a statement. Nature plays a huge role in this trend so don’t be afraid to add the finishing touches to your space with a few pieces of wall art. Contrast the muted walls with our Horse Print on Wood Wall canvas or Watercolour Woods printed canvas to add elegance and calm.


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A smart building is a building that uses advanced technologies and systems to improve its performance, efficiency, and sustainability. Smart buildings typically incorporate sensors, controls, and software to automate and optimize building functions, such as heating, cooling, lighting, and security. They also generate large amounts of data that can be analyzed to identify trends and optimize building performance.
Smart building design involves incorporating advanced technologies and systems into the design, construction, and operation of buildings to enhance their performance, efficiency, and sustainability.
Elements of smart building design:
- Energy efficiency: Incorporates energy-efficient systems and technologies to reduce energy consumption and costs, such as efficient HVAC systems, LED lighting, and smart controls.
- Automation and control: Systems use sensors, actuators, and software to automate and control building functions, such as lighting, heating, cooling, and security.
- Data analytics: Generate large amounts of data that can be analyzed to identify trends, optimize building performance, and improve occupant comfort and safety.
- Renewable energy sources: Design incorporates renewable energy sources, such as solar panels or wind turbines, to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and lower energy costs.
- Sustainable materials and construction: Uses sustainable materials and construction methods to minimize environmental impact and improve indoor air quality.
- Flexibility and adaptability: Has flexible and adaptable spaces that can be easily reconfigured to meet changing needs, such as open floor plans and movable walls.
- Communication and collaboration: Facilitates communication and collaboration among occupants and building systems, such as through integrated communication systems, shared workspaces, and communal areas.
- Define goals and requirements: The first step is to define the goals and requirements of the building, such as energy efficiency, occupant comfort, and sustainability.
- Conduct a site analysis: The site analysis involves evaluating the location of the building and its surrounding environment to determine how to maximize natural light, ventilation, and other sustainable features.
- Develop a design concept: The design concept involves creating a preliminary design for the building, incorporating the goals and requirements, site analysis, and other factors.
- Incorporate smart technologies and systems: The smart technologies and systems that will be used in the building, such as HVAC systems, lighting, and controls, are then incorporated into the design.
- Evaluate energy performance: The energy performance of the building is evaluated using computer simulations and other tools to ensure that it meets energy efficiency goals.
- Incorporate renewable energy sources: Renewable energy sources, such as solar panels, wind turbines, or geothermal systems, are then incorporated into the design to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
- Choose sustainable materials: Sustainable materials, such as recycled materials or materials with a low carbon footprint, are chosen for use in the building construction.
- Monitor and control building systems: Once the building is constructed, sensors and monitoring systems are installed to control and optimize building systems and monitor energy use and occupant comfort.
- Commission and test: The building systems are commissioned and tested to ensure that they are functioning properly and meeting the design goals.
- Evaluate and optimize performance: The performance of the building is evaluated on an ongoing basis, and adjustments are made as needed to optimize energy efficiency and occupant comfort.
- Energy efficiency: Incorporates energy-efficient systems and technologies to reduce energy consumption and costs, resulting in lower energy bills and reduced environmental impact.
- Improved occupant comfort: Can automatically adjust lighting, temperature, and ventilation to create a comfortable environment for occupants.
- Better indoor air quality: Monitor indoor air quality and adjust ventilation systems to maintain healthy indoor air quality, reducing the risk of health problems associated with poor air quality.
- Increased productivity: By providing a comfortable and healthy environment for occupants, smart buildings can improve productivity and reduce absenteeism.
- Improved safety and security: Can monitor and control access to the building, detect potential safety hazards, and alert occupants and emergency responders in the event of an emergency.
- Reduced maintenance costs: Can detect and diagnose maintenance issues before they become major problems, reducing maintenance costs and prolonging the life of building systems.
- Flexibility and adaptability: Incorporates flexible and adaptable spaces that can be easily reconfigured to meet changing needs, reducing the need for costly renovations or construction.
- High upfront costs: Technologies can be expensive to install, which can make the upfront costs of smart building design higher than traditional building design.
- Complexity: Can be complex, and require specialized knowledge and expertise to design, install, and maintain, which can add to the overall complexity and cost of the project.
- Dependence on technology: Dependent on technology, which means that they can be vulnerable to cyber attacks, power outages, and other technological failures.
- Maintenance requirements: Require regular maintenance and updates to ensure that they are functioning properly and meeting the design goals, which can add to the ongoing costs of smart building design.
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While there, father Arthur (Rob Moran) specializes in relationship counseling, and the three kids complete their high school education.At school, oldest natural child Glenn (Chris Hunter) endeavors to make the pro-basketball circuit, which brings him to rivalry with Aiden Dennison (Matt Cohen).One of her very first roles has to be her portrayal of a guest character, Valerie Nelson on CSI: Miami on 2005.
Although initially resistant to his advances due to her understandable aversion to dating actors, she eventually succumbs to his lupine charms.
Suffice it to say that it doesn't work out very well.
Read More Box Office Milestone: ' Minions' Crosses $1 Billion He finds a room in a decaying '20s era mansion with hipster Wulfric (Kyan Du Bois), who sports a waxed moustache, and the Goth-like Ivy (Anna Biani), a couple whose relationship is enigmatic at best.
In addition to enjoying a secret liaison with Ivy, River also begins courting the wholesome June (Mandy Musgrave), who not by coincidence works at the agency casting the film.
Some language I wrote this out of love, friendship, and respect for a dear friend who happened to have dreamed everything.
With her approval, it was drafted, written, and now posted.Concentrating on depicting River's descent into madness, director Bible resorts to a countless array of visual tricks that mainly involve framing and reframing the action from various angles and perspectives.Using repetition as a leitmotif and heavily employing optical effects, jagged editing and an oppressive musical score, the tedious film attempts to immerse us in its central character's fractured emotional state without providing any clear insight as to what's caused it.She appeared on 8 episodes of Hello Ladies as Jessica Vanderhoff.The highly rated AMC thriller The Walking Dead gave her a recurring role on three episodes in Season five as Dawn Lerner which had a major effect on the storyline. Her film credits include acting as Ericka in The Haunting of Marsten Manor, as Abby in Apart from her acting credits, Woods seems to live a very secretive life.Meanwhile the younger natural Carlin, Spencer (Gabrielle Christian) is questioning whether or not she should pursue a relationship with Aiden's ex-girlfriend, Ashley Davies (Mandy Musgrave).

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Frankie Lymon – At The London Palladium
1. Let's Fall in Love - 1:42 2. So Goes My Love - 2:24 3. Somebody Loves Me - 2:06 4. Fools Rush In - 3:23 5. You Were Only Fooling - 2:08 6. My Baby Just Cares for Me - 2:00 7. My Girl - 1:57 8. Too Young - 2:51 9. Little Girl - 2:03 10. Yours - 2:41 11. Creation of Love - 2:28 12. Goody Goody - 2:10
1. AllMusic - Ron Wynn
An interesting live date featuring one of the truly tragic stories in American popular music annals. Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers capsulized what rock and roll was all about in the days before it became a corporate industry. Label head George Goldner was already producing Lymon as a single act when they toured London in 1957 and performed the concerts on this album. It's clear that they were far from a focused, cohesive operation by this time. This has been out of print for many years, although it was briefly back in circulation in England during the '70s.


Lili is a custom motor yacht launched in 2017 by Amels, in the Netherlands.
AMELS are masters in the art of modern Dutch high-value yacht building. The yard is the largest superyacht facility in the Netherlands and one of the top superyacht builders in the world. In 2005 AMELS launched the successful LIMITED EDITIONS and delivered the first yacht of the series in 2007. The shipyard also specialises in the build of full-custom superyachts, with the in-construction Project Signature due to become the largest superyacht ever built in the Netherlands upon her scheduled launch in 2025.
Lili measures 55.00 metres in length, with a max draft of 3.38 feet and a beam of 9.40 feet.
Lili has a steel hull with an aluminium superstructure.Her exterior design is by Tim Heywood Design.
Tim Heywood, the multi award-winning yacht designer, has produced some of the finest and largest yachts on the water. Among his exceptional designs is the stunning 133m Al Mirqab, which was awarded the coveted ‘Motor Yacht of the Year’ at the 2009 World Superyacht Awards.
Her interior design is by Studio Laura Sessa.
Lili also features naval architecture by Amels.
Performance and Capabilities
Lili has a top speed of 15.50 knots and a cruising speed of 13.50 knots. .
Lili accommodates up to 12 guests in 6 cabins. She also houses room for up to 13 crew members.
Lili is a Lloyds class yacht. She flies the flag of the Cayman Islands.
She is also fitted with a jacuzzi (on deck).


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Sky Blues hero hopes club’s hard work will not be in vain
DAVID BUSST wants a deserved promotion for Coventry to help the club fulfil their potential again – on and off the pitch.
Today the EFL board meet to map out the future for the halted divisions below the Premier League before member clubs decide the outcome by a vote.
Most are expected to agree to ending the season now.
And for Coventry, top of League One, seven points clear of third with a game in hand, it is a case of what happens next.
Busst, 52, the club’s former defender whose career was famously ended by a horror injury, believes rubber-stamping promotion on an average points per game basis is the best way.
He said: “After all the hard work we have done all year long, we are at the top of the league.
“Not all will be as black and white as Coventry’s situation but hopefully people will understand that is how we have to do it if we can’t complete the season.”
Coventry are on the road back, having been relegated from the
Premier League in 2001 after 34 years in the top flight.
They believe they could cope in the Championship after twice holding landlords Birmingham, with whom they have been ground-sharing at St Andrew’s this term, in the FA Cup before going out on penalties.
The club, owned by hedge fund Sisu, have furloughed their entire squad. But promotion would significantly help by increasing the pressure to agree a new lease at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, owned by rugby club Wasps.
Head of community Busst, whose office is at the Ricoh, said: “Why should we be playing outside Coventry and our fans travelling extra distances? I am at the Ricoh every day and we have to take all our stuff on a matchday up the motorway. We want to be back playing in Coventry.”
It was on April 8, 1996 that Busst suffered a broken leg in the Premier League at Manchester United. He was forced into retirement after 23 operations, with his nightmare compounded by an MRSA infection that left him with a right leg he says now resembles “a shark bite”.
He has thrown himself into helping the club’s local community for the past 23 years.
He runs Sky Blues in the Community, a registered charity, which has temporarily swapped football for delivering food parcels for the vulnerable.
Busst said: “For some of them it is their only way of getting food and that is harrowing.There is the odd person who comes and asks for an autograph.
“There are not many but one of them was a Manchester United fan ironically.”


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PRI’s coverage of California’s poverty problem through various op-eds and a policy brief have drawn considerable attention. Most of it has been positive, but one California writer for the hard-left Mother Jones claimed that despite the point we made, “California is doing just fine, thank you very much.” Rather than deal with the poverty data, he employed various charts to show how golden things are in the state.
We won’t attempt to argue with data that isn’t relevant to our argument that there should not be 8 million Californians living in poverty. But we will take a look at one of the writer’s talking points. It’s the same one that the political left, especially in this state, clings to when trying to justify burdensome taxes: The magnificence of government services.
So without a discussion about the legitimate functions of government, and no debate about what the constraints on the state should be in a nation founded on limited government, let’s take a quick look at the state of “government services” in California.
Costs: Many of California’s public employees, those who perform the government services that are supposedly so much more dynamic and advantageous here than elsewhere, are breaking treasuries from the Mexican border to Oregon. The retirement benefits owed to public employees total nearly $1 trillion. As much as 60 percent of that liability has no funding. The pensions being provided are far too expensive relative to their costs. David Crane of Govern for California told us on PRI’s podcast recently that spending more for pensions crowds out funding for education, colleges and universities, and other critical priorities.
Streets and highways: Even before last year’s $52 billion fuel tax hike, which we’re told will buy better roads in the future, became law, California had the second-highest highest fuel taxes in the nation. What have we received in return for the steep tax? Some of the worst roads in the country, a bloated CalTrans staff, and highway spending that is far out of proportion to the quality of our roads.
Public schools: Once the state’s public education had a glowing reputation. Not so much now. Education Week’s most recent “Quality Counts” report gives the California system a “C-” and ranks it ahead of only nine states. WalletHub ranks it 39th in quality. Lance Izumi, PRI’s senior director of education studies, says that “Californians understand that traditional public schools are failing to improve the achievement of poor kids.”
Higher education: Tuition at the University of California and the California State University systems should be reasonable to the point of being cheap. But, according to Urban Institute research, in-state four-year tuition in California schools is the 22nd highest in the nation. Given that this “service” is supported by California’s high taxes, shouldn’t tuition be much less expensive and shouldn’t the state be ranked closer to 50th?
Poor and homeless: California has the highest poverty rate in the nation, 20.4 percent according to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure. Yet no state spends more on anti-poverty programs. Only New York spends more per capita on cash assistance and no state has a higher percentage of households receiving cash assistance. Meanwhile, nearly one-third of the chronically homeless in this country live in California, which has about 12 percent of the entire nation’s population.
The Mother Jones writer cited California’s relatively strong economy as evidence that all is well here. The prosperity, and the massive size of the economy though, can in large part be attributed to the state’s natural amenities. The wealthy and productive who can afford to live here and enjoy what for them is a giant playground are willing to pay a premium to do so.
But government policy did not create the beaches, mountains, warm sunny days, lush forests and stunning views that attract people to California. These are “exploitable asymmetries” which, in the words of PRI senior fellow Steven Hayward in Powerline, enable the California’s left-leaning lawmakers “to get away with more idiotic stuff than interior states, because people are willing — up to a point — to pay more and tolerate more bad government to live here.”
California is also buoyed by Hollywood and Silicon Valley. No other state has such a lockdown on two industries that are as historically profitable and influential as these. Their ecosystems are so deeply embedded in California that moving is not an option, leaving them vulnerable to the state’s high taxes, as well as other costs that are comparatively higher in California. Because of these circumstances, lawmakers are free to exploit the industries, charging them rents — in essence payments that exceed the value of what is being purchased — that no other state could.
Mother Jones might think that California is doing just fine, and in some corners it is. But the 8 million living in poverty, and those of us who pay far too much of our incomes for poor services aren’t likely to agree.
Kerry Jackson is a fellow with the Center for California Reform at the Pacific Research Institute.


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There is 1 large issue along with traditional medication, specifically it just handles your body, as well as mainly ignores the actual impact that the feelings might have in your health and wellness.
This could possess some severe consequences upon pretty much every section of health and wellness, however when you are coping with a good emotion-based concern such as depressive disorders, the effects of the solely natural method of sickness could be damaging.
Through it is solely natural viewpoint, traditional medication acknowledges the truth which medical depressive disorders isn’t the ‘choice’, within the exact same feeling because the additional damaging feelings may be, however it is reason why that is therefore — the actual notorious ‘chemical imbalance’ — is most likely one of the greatest healthcare hoaxes actually available.
I understand this is a powerful declaration, however stay with me personally, continue reading, after which constitute your personal thoughts.
The actual unproven concept that the ‘chemical imbalance’ accounts for medical depressive disorders merely does not endure with a fundamental medical overview.
To begin with, are you aware that 99% associated with serotonin, the actual chemical substance evidently accountable for leading to depressive disorders, is created inside your stomach, and never made by your mind? Do additionally you realize that researchers have not however handled to determine a means associated with calculating just how much serotonin the reside individual really creates?
The largest toe nail within the ‘chemical imbalance’ coffin is actually that there’s not a way associated with screening somebody for this. Should you would not ‘guess’ which somebody offers diabetes prior to recommending all of them insulin, the reason why ‘guess’ which somebody evidently includes a chemical substance discrepancy, prior to composing the doctor prescribed?
Therefore in the event that depressive disorders is not really caused by the chemical substance discrepancy — or even a minimum of, can not be healed biologically — after that why you have the issue, as well as so what can you need to do about this?
In my opinion which any kind of mixture of the next 4 points may cause depressive disorders:
1) Fragile power inside your spleen meridian.
The actual spleen meridian may be the 1 accountable for making the actual ‘happy juice’ inside your program. Whether it’s chronically fragile or even obstructed, after that which starts the doorway with regard to depressive disorders to consider more than.
2) Getting your own benefits with regard to given (aka, not really identifying all of the great that is inside your life).
It is a undeniable fact that thankful individuals are pleased individuals. Biologically, the actual appreciation molecule binds towards the exact same receptor in your body since the depressive disorders molecule. Exactly what which means virtually is actually when you are feeling thankful, you cannot begin sensation stressed out simultaneously.
3) Investing considerable time close to damaging, crucial as well as harassing individuals who cause you to really feel useless as well as unseen.
4) Obtaining drawn to the homolateral power condition.
This really is in which the power within your body halts traversing more than, as well as begins in order to circulation within parallel outlines down and up, resulting in emotions associated with heaviness, exhaustion as well as a good failure to obtain from the sofa, or even from mattress each morning.
The good thing is, all of this things could be set, pretty very easily, along with a few simple power medication methods as well as know-how, and never the tablet coming soon.


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An Xbox 360 demo version of "Terraria" can be downloaded free on Xbox Live. The "Terraria" page on Xbox Live offers instructions on how to download the trial version of "Terraria" to your Xbox 360.
The Xbox 360 demo version of "Terraria," which has been available since March 27, 2013, offers a limited trial content experience of the game. The full version of "Terraria" is a one-time purchase, with all further updates free after that. "Terraria" ranges in price from $5 to $20 for the full game, depending on which version is purchased. Sales cause the price to drop at times, the lowest of which was $1.99 in 2014. Desktop, mobile and console versions of "Terraria" are available. The Collector's Edition of the game is the most costly of all the available versions, but contains the most content.

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SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) — Despite the coronavirus pandemic, South Korea’s exports to China fell at a slower rate than its overall overseas shipments in the first half thanks to brisk Chinese demand for consumer goods and electronics parts, a report showed Tuesday.
South Korea’s exports to the world’s second-largest economy came to US$61.4 billion in the January-June period, down 6.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the report from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).
The decline is much lower than the 11.3 percent on-year contraction in South Korea’s overall exports during the six-month period.
South Korea’s overseas shipments have been pounded by the COVID-19 outbreak that has crippled global trade.
According to the report, Chinese demand for South Korean masks, personal hygiene items and clothes was strong in the first half due to the pandemic.
Shipments of semiconductors and other electronic parts were also resilient as Beijing expanded investments in high-tech industries, it added.
South Korea’s dependence on China for its exports stood at 25.5 percent in the first half, up 0.4 percentage point from a year earlier. Including Hong Kong, the figure rose to 31.8 percent from 31 percent.
Chinese products accounted for 8.5 percent of South Korea’s total imports in the first half, compared with 8.4 percent a year earlier.
South Korea’s exports to China are expected to get a boost from the neighboring country’s economic recovery down the road.
In a report released in August, the Bank of Korea forecast China’s economy to maintain its recovery pace in the coming months on the back of strong investments and a steady improvement in consumer spending, having a positive impact on South Korea’s exports to China.


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Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek series, the sequel to 2001's Shrek, and features the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, and Jennifer Saunders. Wikipedia
Shrek: Hi. I'm here to see... Receptionist: The Fairy Godmother? I'm sorry, she's not here right now. Fairy Godmother: (on intercom) Jerome! Coffee and a Monte Cristo! Now!


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Elite club leader gets 14 years jail for gang rapes
The leader of an elite Japanese university club has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for a series of gang rapes that shocked the nation, court officials said.
The Tokyo District Court imposed the sentence on Shinichiro Wada, 30, a former student at Waseda University, on charges of raping three college women with other members of his "Super Free" social club.
Wada "ignored the humanity of the female victims and treated them as a tool to gain sexual satisfaction," presiding Judge Yujiro Nakatani told the court, according to Kyodo News.
"It is a degrading and ugly crime. It is utterly vicious," Justice Nakatani said.
The Judge said Wada led the club in making young women drink to excess at parties so the men could rape them.
"His responsibility is extremely grave," the Judge said.
Wada was sentenced for the rape of three female students aged 18, 19 and 20 between December 2001 and May last year.
Rapes are punishable by between two and 15 years imprisonment in Japan and prosecutors had demanded the full 15 years for Wada.
Thirteen other defendants in the case have already been sentenced to up to 10 years in jail.
The scandal shocked Japan because the accused were former students at top universities such as Waseda. They were expelled before the trial.
The Government last month drafted a bill to make gang rape a specific offence carrying a minimum four-year sentence.

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The worst nuclear disaster since the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown never should have happened, according to a new study.
Operators of nuclear power plants worldwide are "struggling" to adapt to the increasing and potentially dangerous threat of cyber attacks, a report warned Monday.
Can computer coding help turn this impoverished city around? One nonprofit group thinks so, and is bringing together youths and professional programmers for Camden's first "hackathon" this weekend.
A new online mapping tool, the SEDAC Hazards Mapper, enables users to easily display recent natural hazards data in relationship to population, human settlements, major infrastructure, and satellite imagery, and to analyze ...


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We set out at 7.30 this morning hoping to see the biggest Buddha in Asia (according to a random commenter on TravelFish). It was pretty big but I don't know if it is the biggest, there is one in Thailand that is about the same size I think. Having said that, it was incredibly beautiful and in the most amazing tropical forest setting. You take a cable car from the base of Ta Cu mountain and you are suspended above the forest many many meters high. The canopy is a tangle of trees and vines which drape over the vegetation like a massive, lush, green blanket. This is almost the best part aside from the Buddha and makes the 180,000vnd ticket more than worthwhile. Then you set off up the mountainside where stone steps guide you past a beautiful pagoda and up into a clearing where the reclining Buddha rests serenely amongst the trees; a stark, white contrast to the deep green of the trees and moss and the deep browns and greys of the stone and rock surrounding it. There are a lot of stairs leading up the mountain to the statue! 300 - 500 metres of steps at least.
We found some more stairs (382 to be precise) before we reached Ta Cu mountain which lead to a statue of Mary. It seems that the main religions practiced here are Buddhism and Catholicism and it is interesting, to me at least, that the art and the visible act of worship is very similar. The statues are like shrines and offerings of incense are laid before them. In the two places visited today, the sculptures are painted white and are very simple but beautiful in form and expressions. The Buddhist statues often have offerings of food as well which is an aspect of the faith that I do not understand well. One of the statues today had a dragon offering created out of vegetables and fruit which was stunningly intricate.
By the time we had finished with all our touristy stuff it was 3pm and we still had 40+ km to get to a nha nghi so off we went. John was really looking forward to the stretch of coast running to Phan Thiet so we took a detour to reach the Ta Cu Mountain and looped around the top on highway 1 and back down on the northern side of the mountain towards the coast and through some national park. We could have continued along the main road to Phan Thiet (our goal for the day) and cut out a big chunk but would have missed the coast. The road was quite hilly and after all the stairs, the hills felt like mountains (I have mentioned that we aren't super cyclists right?) but we were immediately put at ease by the meandering countryside and friendly waves from people as we cycled past. About 2km from the coast we stopped in a cafe with a brilliant view of dragon fruit 'trees' and sand dunes. We had a coffee watching some children climb up a tree to pick logan berries from its branches. One little one with a broken arm left no doubt to its origins with his bravery at the very top of the tree.
The last 22km was along the coast and I am so glad that we went the extra kms to see it. We did stop at a resort along the way to see if we could stay the night because it looked totally awesome with a moat and what looked like a jungle gym but unfortunately it was closed for rennovations. This is a shame because from where we were cycling, the beaches looked spectacular and comparatively clean. We will definitely be back!
Not sure about Phan Thiet yet because it was pretty late when we arrived but so far so good. We need to stay an extra day so that we can get John's bike fixed (the tray on the back snapped and duct tape is not doing its job) which suits me fine because tomorrow night I want to see the red sand dunes!
Xox speak soon!

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