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Hong Kong dropped to the sixth most expensive location for expatriates to live globally and remains East Asia's most expensive city, according to ECA's latest survey.
Hong Kong has dropped slightly (from fourth) after falling behind the Swiss cities of Basel and Bern and now sits outside of the top 5 most expensive locations.
“Despite political and social unrest over the course of 2019, coupled with the impact of Covid-19 making some people more reluctant to move to the SAR, Hong Kong has only seen a small drop in the global rankings amid the uncertainty” said Lee Quane, regional director, Asia at ECA International.
“Although it has been overtaken by Bern and Basel, Hong Kong is still one of the most expensive places for overseas workers to live and is still more expensive than other Asian expat hubs such as Tokyo and Singapore”.
The inflation in Hong Kong has been higher than the regional inflation. Conversely, the Hong Kong dollar remains strong compared with the Japanese yen or the euro. Inflation and currency play key roles in determining the city's place in this ranking.
Commenting on whether recruiters in Hong Kong are still actively hiring expatriates over locals, Quane told Human Resources: "I think companies always seek local talents over overseas workers for various reasons, and we haven't seen an acceleration of hiring expatriates over locals."
With the recent implementation of National Security Law, Quane said it does not necessarily mean less expats will be coming to the city.
"Take mainland China as an example, companies are still sending people to China, in spite of China's political system," he said.
Chinese cities all dropped in the most recent cost-of-living rankings this year, including Beijing and Shanghai, which both fell nine places to which fell to 24th and 19th places respectively.
“Chinese cities have all fallen across the board in our latest rankings due to signs of a weakening economy and poorly performing currency. One of the key factors in this was undoubtedly the outbreak of Covid-19, but it should also be noted that the yuan was performing poorly before this period too, with the outbreak of coronavirus exacerbating the relative weakness of the Chinese currency against other major currencies,” Quane said.
The cost of living in South Korea has also been hit by Covid-19, with Seoul falling from 8th place to 17th in the global rankings, and Busan dropping out of the top 20 entirely.
“The change in cost of living in Korean cities is due to the outbreak of Covid-19 and the uncertainty that surrounded the country at the time of the survey. A quick lockdown, coupled with the high rates of infection that Korean cities saw towards the end of February meant that the confidence in the South Korean won faltered, making the country cheaper for expats living in the country,” he said.
Singapore however has remained steady in the rankings, down just two places to 14th in the rankings.
“Although Singapore has dropped very slightly in the global rankings as two Japanese cities have edged above it, Singapore remains an expensive location for overseas workers to be based. The Singapore dollar has remained strong in recent years, sitting below only Hong Kong and Japanese cities in terms of the most expensive Asian locations for expats,” Quane said.
Thai and Vietnamese cities once again continued to move up the rankings, with Bangkok rising 64 places in five years and Hanoi up 25 places over the same period.
The vast majority of US cities saw rises in the rankings as the US dollar continued to perform well against other major currencies.
“The recent strength of the US dollar has been reflected in nearly all US cities moving up in the rankings, with New York and Honolulu now entering the global top 20. In uncertain times, as we are seeing currently with Covid-19 and with a global recession around the corner, many people will put their money into what is seen as ‘safe haven’ economies such as the US, and as a result the US dollar has strengthened – making things more expensive for expats than in the past” said Quane.
Many European cities saw drops in the cost of living as the value of the euro dropped slightly from the last survey. Major European cities such as Berlin, Madrid and Rome have continued to fall in the rankings and remain outside of the top 100 most expensive cities for overseas workers.
Australian cities experienced some of the biggest falls in the rankings this year, with every Australian city seeing a drop of over 20 places. Sydney is now the only Australian city in the top 100 most expensive locations but still saw a drop of 24 places to 97th place.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan was once again the most expensive location in the world for expats as prices increased by 30% in the year to March. However, while the manat is still officially pegged to the US dollar, it should be noted that there is an illegal but active black-market exchange rate in the city.


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From SPAL's medium profile fan line this fan is designed to exceed the performance of similar stock OEM fans. For use when improved airflow is needed on today's high performance vehicles. It is a radiator fan, intercooler fan, and AC condenser fan. Featuring a fully sealed motor that is waterproof/dustproof. Each fan is individually balanced for long life.
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The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) held a commemorative academy on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the assassination of the former Minister of Defense of Kosovo, Colonel Ahmet Krasniqi.
On this anniversary, the chairman of LDK, Lumir Abdixhiku has honored the Krasniqi family with an "Ibrahim Rugova" decoration for the contribution of Colonel Krasniqi.
Abdixhiku called Krasniqi an intellectual with patriotic values.
Abdixhiku he also said that the "Ibrahim Rugova" decoration for the Krasniqi family will serve for all future generations.
Meanwhile, the former Minister of Defense, Rrustem Berisha, said that the military figure of Krasniqi has a background with a patriotic family. He said that Colonel Krasniqi during his journey had many challenges which he overcame with his wisdom.
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A documentary about the life and work of Colonel Krasniqi was also shown at the memorial academy. Ahmet Krasniqi was killed on September 21, 1998 in Tirana while the perpetrators of the murder continue to remain unknown since that time./A. Drenica/


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- Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been vandalized again - TMZ
- Kris Jenner is furious over ex Caitlyn Jenner's new memoir - Gossip Cop
- Gigi Hadid celebrates her birthday with boyfriend Zayn Malik - Just Jared Jr
- Rihanna posts tons of photoshopped pics of Queen Elizabeth on Instagram - Wetpaint
- Brie Larson and Armie Hammer premiere their new film - Lainey Gossip
- A CNN anchor is opening up about being sexually abused by Bill O'Reilly - The Hollywood Reporter
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Tungsten electrode holder is also known as tungsten needle holder, tungsten rod clips, clamps, gun holder, tungsten clip, and clamp. During welding, it can clamp electrode to avoid falling. Electrode holder is composed of into the clamp and a jacket. Clamp is copper material, while the jacket is a plastic material, the two may be used in combination.
Generally speaking, the electrode is used in a jacket, flow guide or copper head. Specifications need to match with specifications of electrodes. Conventional electrode sizes are Ø1.6mm, Ø2.4mm and Ø3.2mm, so the size of the tungsten electrode holder may also be given in accordance with the diameter of these specifications. Special specifications are Ø4.0mm, Ø6.0mm, Ø8.0mm and so on.
Clamp materials are also brass, chrome-plated outside. It can also be processed by copper. All copper is suitable for processing electrode holders because such metals can be made by heat treatment or cold deformation. It has strong anti-deforming capability and electrical conductivity.


The new leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council has been announced after the former quit over the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Kensington Conservatives have chosen a former cabinet member to replace the outgoing leader Nicholas Paget-Brown.
Elizabeth Campbell will be put forward to take over from Paget-Brown, who resigned on Friday, and lead the embattled local authority.
Paget-Brown stepped down amid fierce criticism of the council's response to the Grenfell Tower fire.
He said he had to accept responsibility for "perceived failings" by the local authority after the tragedy which claimed at least 80 lives.
"I have therefore decided to step down as leader of the council as soon as a successor is in place," he said.
Deputy leader councillor Rock Feilding-Mellen also stepped down, saying he would "of course co-operate in full with the public inquiry".
Paget-Brown thanked other London boroughs for their support, saying: "The scale of this tragedy was always going to mean that one borough alone would never have sufficient resources to respond to all the needs of the survivors and those made homeless, on its own."
He acknowledged many questions about why the fire spread so quickly would need to be answered by the public inquiry, and the council had been criticised for "failing to answer all the questions that people have".
He said: "As council leader I have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings.
"In particular, my decision to accept legal advice that I should not compromise the public inquiry by having an open discussion in public yesterday, has itself become a political story.
"And it cannot be right that this should have become the focus of attention when so many are dead or still unaccounted for.
"I have therefore decided to step down as leader of the council as soon as a successor is in place.
"They will appoint a new deputy leader and cabinet."
Downing Street said the council should have "respected" a High Court ruling that the press and public should be allowed into the meeting, which was originally stated to be held behind closed doors.
A Number 10 spokeswoman said: "Our view is that access to democracy should always be easy and we think that is vital if people want to retain confidence in our democratic system."
Speaking last week, Paget-Brown added: "As I said yesterday, this is a huge human tragedy for so many families.
"The task for my successor is to ensure that the strengths which also characterise this place, and north Kensington in particular, are seen to play their part in bringing the community together and ensuring that this borough, the most wonderful place, can start to move forward from this tragedy."
Yesterday Paget-Brown scrapped the cabinet meeting about the Grenfell Tower fire after just two minutes, after being told he had to allow it to be open to the press.
Paget-Brown claimed he had been given legal advice that the presence of reporters could "prejudice" a forthcoming public inquiry.
Labour yesterday called for Paget-Brown's resignation after the meeting descended in to a "fiasco".
The council originally said the meeting would be closed to the press and public, provoking widespread outrage that locals were being kept in the dark.
But an 11th hour ruling by a High Court judge forced the council to allow members of the media into the meeting.
Paget-Brown was furiously confronted by opposition councillor Robert Atkinson who stood up to demand the cabinet's resignation.
Journalists had initially been barred from the meeting until an order from the High Court permitted them entry.
Paget-Brown had already begun a statement on the authority's response to the crisis when reporters arrived.
After giving a short update, he announced to the room: "Given the public inquiry, we want to ensure our meetings do not descend into informal inquiries without all the facts to hand.
"As you will be aware this is a private meeting of the cabinet, to which other Kensington and Chelsea councillors have been invited."


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You love everything bagels with grape jelly. He loves everything bagels with grape jelly. You two were meant to be. But after a few blissful months of dating, you’ve started to notice that a weird rash appears on your body every time you guys hang out. What the heck is going on? We tapped Dr. Purvi Parikh, allergist and immunologist with Allergy & Asthma Network, to talk about what to do when you’re allergic to the person you’re dating.
Relax—chances are that you’re not actually allergic to your one and only. Instead, you’re probably reacting to something your partner has or uses. Think: A fragrance (in their cologne or another product like shampoo), a pet or latex condoms. “People with severe food allergies have reacted to a food (say, peanut) allergen on their partner's lips when they kiss them,” Dr. Parikh tells us. And before you ask—yes, you can very rarely develop allergies to another person’s sperm. (But this issue only affects 0.01 percent of the population, so it’s pretty unlikely that’s the problem.)
But if you’ve had a rash, itchy or watery eyes, a runny nose, or experienced asthma symptoms like coughing, wheezing or shortness of breath, the problem definitely could be some sort of allergy. Not sure if you should blame your puffy eyes on the changing seasons or your boyfriend’s French bulldog? See a board-certified allergist for a thorough history, physical and allergy test to see what your triggers are.
Here’s the good news: You don’t have to break up with your partner. Treatment options depend on the allergen and the severity (Dr. Parikh tells us that the latex, food or fragrance in question should all be avoided), but there’s plenty you guys can do to nix those nasty symptoms. (Again, an allergist will help you figure out the best course of action.)
Will your partner have to get rid of Fido? Maybe, maybe not. You could try medications (like nasal sprays, antihistamines or asthma inhalers) to help manage your symptoms and take precautions, like keeping the pets out of the bedroom and using an air purifier. “For pets, there is also the option of allergy shots to make you less allergic, but it’s not 100 percent guaranteed to work,” Dr. Parikh explains.
So sure. Your partner may need to make some adjustments. But swapping shampoo brands is so much easier than trying to find someone who shares your passion for weird food combos, right?

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Key Tronic, the Spokane Valley contract manufacturer, reported earnings of $1.2 million or 12 cents a share for 1Q of 2012. That's compared with $1.7 million or 17 cents a share one year earlier.
Company executives on Tuesday saluted a very decent quarter, despite the slightly lower earnings from the same quarter of 2011.
The company said quarterly revenue, $69.8 million, was a record. A year ago it was $63.3 million.
Craig Gates, CEO and company president, said in a release, “We achieved the highest quarterly revenue in Key Tronic’s history and continued to diversify our future revenue base by winning new programs involving industrial processing equipment, medical devices, military equipment, educational displays and consumer products."


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A Grand Budapest Hotel inspired wedding? Yes please!
When Millie and Winston said the magic words “have you heard of The Grand Budapest Hotel?” and said that was the feel they were going for when it came to their wedding, I have to admit I did a little happy dance! Wes Anderson is one of my favourite filmmakers, and Wes Anderson inspired wedding photography has been on my bucket list for a while!
If there’s a more creatively capable couple than Millie and Winston out there, I’d like to meet them… together they collaborate on Folk Like These, selling homewares and art prints, and Winston is a photographer himself (which is always a bit daunting). Millie had literally made almost every decorative element of the wedding herself – from her beautiful laser cut brass head piece (and Winston’s matching buttonhole), to the 16 beautiful DIY wedding cakes that took pride of place on their banquet tables. I thought I was pretty crafty, but this was next level - everywhere I turned there was another little handmade element, and somehow they didn’t seem stressed at all.
Walcot Hall, a wedding photographer’s dream.
When it comes to choosing a venue for a Wes Anderson inspired wedding, you couldn’t do much better than Walcot Hall – the beautiful chapel, the façade of the hall itself and the multitude of doorways dotted around the place are a Wes Anderson fan’s dream. I have to admit, centred-weighted shots (which are Wes Anderson’s trademark) aren’t usually my go-to in terms of composition, but with Walcot Hall providing the symmetry and Millie and Winston providing the deadpan poses, it was really good fun to mix it up a bit!
Millie and Winston’s Wes Anderson inspired wedding suppliers:
Dress: Custom made by Sash & Bustle
Hair and Make Up: ByJodie
Suit: Clements and Church
Pins: Awesome Merchandise
Flowers: Isherwood & Co
Millie was chosen by Whimsical Wonderland Weddings to document her planning process in their “Bride Diaries” feature. Click here to have a read about how she and Winston found me and why they chose me as their wedding photographer.
Olivia Moon is a Cornwall wedding photographer originally from Shropshire. She specialises in documentary wedding photography, creative wedding photography and destination wedding photography.

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Gasoline prices are now cheaper across the U.S. than they were a year ago, and the price per gallon could fall below $3 for most Americans by the end of the year.
According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of unleaded gasoline was $3.329 on Thursday, below the $3.343 a year ago, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Unleaded gasoline was at a record $5.01 per gallon June 14 and stayed high through the summer and fall.
Gas prices fell 15 cents per gallon in the past week and are down from $3.80 a gallon a month ago.
“For the next 55 days, it looks good for consumers but ugly for refiners,” said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis and co-founder of OPIS, formerly Oil Price Information Service. “They’re running refineries so hard because of the diesel shortage that they’re making too much gasoline. We’re running about 7% behind last year in terms of demand.”
Kloza expects to see gasoline below $3 a gallon for most Americans, before prices start to tick back up when refiners begin to produce summer blends in February. “You just can’t run refineries at these high rates and make too much gasoline for the summer because there’s no place to put it. I think we see the lowest prices of 2023 in the next 55 days,” he said.
Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, expects the national average will fall below $3 a gallon by Christmas, barring an event that drives oil prices higher. Even with OPEC+ reaffirming a 2 million barrel a day production cut this past week, oil prices have still fallen.
West Texas Intermediate oil futures were trading at $73.81 a barrel Thursday morning and are down 1.9% for the year so far. DeHaan said a wild card for oil is the timing of the reopening of the Chinese economy, after Covid shutdowns. That would push demand sharply higher for oil and other commodities.
But for now, gasoline prices are in decline.
“$2.99 looks like a pretty strong shoe-in at this point. The question is if it’s going to be at 11 p.m. on the 23rd or 11 a.m. on the 24th,” DeHaan said. Gasoline prices are wide ranging by region, with the average at $4.66 per gallon in California but already below $3 per gallon in some states, including Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama.
De Haan said the price could drop as low a $2.75 per gallon before it begins to rise again later in the winter. Refinery utilization was more than 95% last week, an unusually high level for this time of year, DeHaan added.
“Gasoline inventories saw a massive build. That’s probably going to provide refiners a little bit of ammunition to slow things down,” DeHaan said.
Kloza said the U.S. currently has 26 days of supply, more than ample with the decline in demand to a four week average of 8.4 million barrels a day.
Diesel inventories have also been growing and that could help drive down prices. The average price for diesel was $5.03 per gallon, down from $5.81 in June. Diesel is in short supply globally because Russia was a large oil and fuel exporter to Europe. As a result, diesel’s price decline has been much shallower, and its price is far from the average $3.61 a gallon it was a year ago.
Before the invasion of Ukraine, Russia exported 2.4 million barrels a day of refined petroleum products, including more than 1.1 million barrels a day of diesel exports, according to Bank of America. About half of the refined products went to Europe.
DeHaan expects diesel could eventually fall below $4. “I think diesel could fall into the $3s,” he said. “That’s the bigger factor right now in inflation...Gasoline is now lower than its year ago level. Gasoline has been deflationary. Diesel could drop another $1 to $1.50 a gallon,” he said.

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Business banking can be a bit different than your personal banking. You’ll find that many of the needs are similar, they just serve a different purpose. It is important to write down your list of must-haves in order to do business with a banking institution. Here are some things to consider:
- Fraud Protection: This is an absolute must. In the event of an account breach, theft, or unauthorized charges how quickly will the bank be able to act?
- Check Signing Authorization: If your business includes a partner or staff members, will your business checks require one signature or two? Make these decisions before opening your account and you’ll avoid the headaches of making changes later.
- Minimum Monthly Balance: You’ll want to ensure you can maintain the minimum daily or monthly balance in your business accounts. Some business accounts offer monthly fee waivers if the account balance stays above a specific amount every month.
- Fees: Every banking institution has different fees, and some don’t offer any type of incentive or option to waive them.
- Account Services: Don’t forget to consider what additional services might the banking institution offer, such as mobile and online capabilities, foreign currency exchange, ordering checks, and digital statements.
- Reputation: Take the time to check out positive, negative, and neutral reviews online. Negative reviews do not always mean it’s a bad bank, just a bad situation.
Do not feel pressured to open an account with the first bank you sit down with. Explore your options with both large and small financial institutions. Some smaller banks may offer more options and better incentives. Their size may also allow them to have better safety protocols in place.

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The first part of 2014 has brought lower interest rates but will this continue? It’s not likely. We have had mixed economic data for the last few weeks and this has resulted in lower rates. The mixed data showed some weakness in the economy and a slowing economy usually means lower rates. However, the US economy continues to grow slowly. Unless this changes or something goes wrong overseas, interest rates are probably as low as they can go. The Fed has said they will continue to taper their purchases of mortgage backed securities. Continued tapering along with slowly improving economic data should push rates higher. Here’s a recent quote from the Fed Chairman, Janet Yellen, “My colleagues on the FOMC and I anticipate that economic activity and employment will expand at a moderate pace this year and next, the unemployment rate will continue to decline toward its longer-run sustainable level, and inflation will move back toward 2 percent over coming years."
I don’t expect that rates will rise rapidly but it wouldn't surprise me to see rates .5% - .75% higher than they are now by the end of the year. The attached chart shows a graph of mortgage backed securities pricing since mid-November. When prices go down, rates go up. The chart shows how quickly rates went up in late November and December. In January, we saw them improve just as quickly. The chart also shows that prices stopped rising at the same level as they did in mid-November. So, we may have seen all of the rate improvement that we will see. Rates are still at historically low levels and this is making homes more affordable. It’s a great time to buy a home and lock in a rate that you will be very happy with in the future.
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A community is backing the fight to save a sheltered housing complex.
Residents in flats and bedsit accommodation at Oversteads House, in Ushaw Moor, near Durham, fear the site is earmarked for new homes.
Their worries stem from Durham City Council's plan for long-term development, which earmarks the area as having potential for new homes.
No more residents are being admitted and only 18 of the 30-plus spaces are filled but the city council has reassured local people there is no plan to build on the site, or to put pressure on people to move out of the complex.
But while doubt hangs over its future, the remaining residents, their families and friends have collected a 850-name petition, objecting to any potential closure.
Durham MP Roberta Blackman-Woods, who was presented with the petition, said: "Many of the residents feel vulnerable, and I would like the city council to do all it can to address their concerns."
She believes talks should have taken place with the residents before the site was included within the local development framework.
City Coun Les Thomson, who holds the housing portfolio on the council, has stressed no-one would have to leave their flat, and said: "We have reassured residents that, although we cannot generate more uptake with new tenants, we will support them fully in their wish to stay."


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Compiled, edited, and newly revised by Ralph Ellison’s literary executor, John F. Callahan, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes posthumously discovered reviews, criticism, and interviews, as well as the essay collections Shadow and Act (1964), hailed by Robert Penn Warren as “a body of cogent and subtle commentary on the questions that focus on race,” and Going to the Territory (1986), an exploration of literature and folklore, jazz and culture, and the nature and quality of lives that black Americans lead. “Ralph Ellison,” wrote Stanley Crouch, “reached across race, religion, class and sex to make us all Americans.”
About Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison (1914–94) was born in Oklahoma and trained as a musician at Tuskegee Institute from 1933 to 1936, at which time a visit to New York and a meeting with Richard Wright led to his first attempts at fiction. Invisible Man won the National Book Award. Appointed to the Academy of American Arts and Letters in 1964, Ellison taught at several institutions, including Bard College, the University of Chicago, and New York University, where he was Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities.
About John Callahan
John F. Callahan is Morgan S. Odell Professor of Humanities at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. His writings include a novel, A Man You Could Love. He is the editor of the Modern Library edition of The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison and is the literary executor of Ralph Ellison’s estate.
About Saul Bellow
Praised for his vision, his ear for detail, his humor, and the masterful artistry of his prose, Saul Bellow was born of Russian Jewish parents in Lachine, Quebec in 1915, and was raised in Chicago. He received his Bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 1937, with honors in sociology and anthropology, and did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. During the Second World War he served in the Merchant Marines.
His first two novels, Dangling Man (1944) and The Victim (1947) are penetrating, Kafka-like psychological studies. In 1948 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and spent two years in Paris and traveling in Europe, where he began his picaresque novel The Adventures of Augie March, which went on to win the National Book Award for fiction in 1954. His later books of fiction include Seize the Day (1956); Henderson the Rain King (1959); Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories (1968); Mr. Sammler's Planet (1970); Humboldt's Gift (1975), which won the Pulitzer Prize; The Dean's December (1982); More Die of Heartbreak (1987); Theft (1988); The Bellarosa Connection (1989); The Actual (1996); Ravelstein (2000); and, most recently, Collected Stories (2001). Bellow has also produced a prolific amount of non-fiction, collected in To Jerusalem and Back, a personal and literary record of his sojourn in Israel during several months in 1975, and It All Adds Up, a collection of memoirs and essays.
Bellow's many awards include the International Literary Prize for Herzog, for which he became the first American to receive the prize; the Croix de Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, the highest literary distinction awarded by France to non-citizens; the B'nai B'rith Jewish Heritage Award for "excellence in Jewish Literature"; and America's Democratic Legacy Award of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, the first time this award has been made to a literary personage. In 1976 Bellow was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work."
"[Ellison's] essays never fail to be elegantly written, beautifully composed, and intelletually sophisticated." —Los Angeles Times

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Let's take a look now at the steps to encapsulating a crawl space. Sealing the ground, foundation walls, piers, and vents is not as easy as it may at first seem. Using the correct materials, methods, and tools makes a big difference in the final result. Most of the photos on these pages are from a crawl space in Atlanta that was encapsulated in 2008.
Step 1. Determine if the crawl space can be encapsulated in its current form. If not, either make any changes needed to prepare it for sealing, or do not encapsulate. Encapsulating a crawl space can create new problems if it's not done correctly, so in some cases, a crawl space should not be encapsulated. Two big issues that must be looked at carefully are bulk water problems and the possibility of backdrafting combustion appliances in the crawl space. Pest control also places some restrictions on the details of encapsulation.
You can still seal a crawl space that has bulk water problems or atmospheric combustion appliances - but only after eliminating the water problem and replacing the atmospheric combustion appliances with sealed combustion or non-combustion (i.e., electric) models. With water problems, most of the time the source is bad drainage outside, so that must be addressed. Sometimes you need to install a perimeter drain and sump pump in the crawl space.
For the best info available on this topic, go to Advanced Energy's website and download their guidelines, titled "Closed Crawl Spaces: An Introduction for the Southeast." Crawl space encapsulation is not suitable as a DIY project in most cases, so learn what you can and then call in a professional.
The photo shows the Atlanta crawl space before being encapsulated. This ground had about 75% coverage with a 6 mil polyethylene vapor barrier and was also connected to a mechanical room and finished basement. The homeowners had tried numerous techniques and products to reduce the smells and humidity in the basement, to little effect. They also had very cold floors in winter since there was no insulation in the floor.
The only bulk water problem here was the result of a lazy HVAC contractor who ran the AC condensate line out of the mechanical room and into a corner of the crawl space. The encapsulation company installed a condensate pump and ran the drain all the way outside, which is what the HVAC contractor should have done to begin with. No combustion equipment in the crawl space meant no possibility of backdrafting when the crawl space vents were sealed up.


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Emirates SkyCargo Bolsters Australian Operation with Additional Freighter
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, the international airline which serves Australia with 70 weekly passenger flights, is strengthening trade partnerships between Australia and points throughout is global network with the launch of an additional dedicated weekly freighter service from Sydney.
A dedicated Boeing 777 freighter is now flying twice a week – on the Dubai-Singapore-Sydney-Hong Kong-Dubai route - providing these key trading points with additional connectivity to Emirates’ Dubai hub and onwards to more than 120 destinations on the carrier’s network.
“The demand for a bi-weekly service is a good indication of Australia’s growing importance as a trade partner to major international markets,” said Greg Johnson, Emirates’ Cargo Manager Australia.
“Emirates SkyCargo is committed to providing Australian businesses access to trade opportunities in the 70-plus countries we operate to via our state-of-the-art Cargo Mega Terminal in Dubai.”
“With new markets also opening up as more points on our ever-expanding network come online, Emirates SkyCargo – now with greater levels of flexibility, capacity and convenience in Australia - is well positioned to support the development of the country’s export and imports industry,” added Johnson.
This second service comes just seven months after the introduction of the first dedicated freighter service. The Boeing 777 freighter has the capability to carry up to 103 tonnes of cargo and will boost Emirates SkyCargo’s import capacity to more than 1500 tonnes per week.
With long-range flying capacity and technologically advanced General Electric (GE) engines, Emirates is the largest operator of Boeing 777 aircraft in the world, with 102 aircraft currently in service. The aircraft also maintains the lowest fuel burn of any comparable sized aircraft, at nearly 18 percent less than standard freighters, making Emirates SkyCargo a more sustainable choice.
Emirates SkyCargo serves a global route network that spans 123 points in 72 countries, including 12 cargo-only destinations, while more than 50 of the locations Emirates SkyCargo serves are e-freight compliant.
Emirates currently operates 70 flights per week to Dubai from Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, and 28 weekly trans-Tasman services. The airline’s fleet of 171 wide-bodied aircraft includes eight freighters and is among the youngest in the skies.


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The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards was an eventful night in every sense of the word, bringing together eclectic performances from acclaimed singers all under one roof.
But, music aside, it was the sartorial fervor that made headlines. The artistes hit the red carpet flaunting their signature styles and statement attires, setting newer fashion goals for the year ahead. From Lil Nas X bringing on some extra flair to a minimalist approach adopted by J Balvin and Brendon Urie, here are some of the best-dressed men at the MTV VMAs.
Khalid amped up the style quotient on the red carpet in Versace’s signature baroque print. The singer paired a graphic shirt with pop-colored pants, which made an eye-catchy statement and how!
Lil Nas X brought in the ‘wow’ factor with a dramatic look by sporting a fringed skirt. He teamed it up with black sequin trousers. The singer completed the look with an added jazz: extravagant feathery fringed headpiece!
Jack Harlow opted for a pleather ensemble with matching shades. Now, that’s a classic way to do a head-to-toe leather as well as a subtle monochrome look with panache!
J Balvin sported a minimalist appeal by choosing to pair a crisp white blazer with pleated wide-legged trousers. He completed the look with a slick pearl necklace and black sunglasses. Such a winning combo!
Another frilly affair forth was brought by none other than Conan Grey. The singer went shirtless and topped it off with a white laced overcoat, which was paired with classic black trousers. He completed the look with pristine white platform shoes. Now, this is how you ace a classic gender-fluid look!


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- Orr, Emma Restall: Joint Chief of the British Druid Order
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- What is a Druid?
- According to the New Age Dictionary a Druid is defined as "a member of Celtic priests, poets, healers, and judges in pre-Christian Britain, Ireland, and France." Too the best of our knowledge that is what the Druids were, which implies that they...
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- Mother Of The Gods And The Father Of The Gael
- There is no surviving, or as yet translated, Creation story within Irish mythology. We learn from the Lebor Gabala Erenn, a text from the Christian Middle Ages, of the Tuatha De Danann, or "People of the Goddess Danu", who came to Ireland either...
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- The Twilight of the Celtic Gods
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- 'Priesthoods of that period buried their religious sites when they had to leave them to prevent them from future desecration,' a spokesman speaking on behalf of Mr Spalding told MailOnline.
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- March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, and the Irish saint's life is about so much more than shamrocks, green beer and harassing snakes. It honors Ireland's patron saint who actually was born in what is now England.
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Pre-Med — Medication Time
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Pre-Med — Einstein's Day Off
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Pre-Med — Hawkestrel Presents Pre-Med
(Cleopatra , 2013/2020, 3CD)
by Jon Davis, Published 2021-02-22
Alan Davey has seen a massive amount of activity in the last few years, and reissues of his past material comprises a large part of that. He’s got Hawkestrel going now, and his earlier band Pre-Med now sees the reissue of their albums packaged as Hawkestrel Presents Pre-Med, a 3CD set collecting all three of Pre-Med’s studio albums, which were originally released in 2005 (Medication Time), 2008 (The Truth about Us), and 2013 (Einstein’s Day Off). We’ve already covered the middle album, so I’ll focus on the other two. Pre-Med was fronted by Danny Faulkner, who sang, played drums and keyboards, and wrote the bulk of the music. Medication Time (originally released as Invisible Spies) is a trippy album of Hawkwind-inflected space rock that is in many ways more listenable than many Hawkwind albums. The balance of riffing, punkish energy, and spaced-out electronics is just right, so for every catchy rock tune like “Up All Night” there’s a weird synthesizer interlude like “No Smoking.” Some tracks, like “Invisible Spies,” feature elements of both, starting out with floating impressionistic electronics, then morphing into a sequencer-driven electronic rock song. Lewis Turner’s lead guitar caps the tune, and between Davey’s overdriven bass and Faulkner’s mixture of acoustic and electronic drums, the tune just works. The kinds of sequences that back many of these tracks might ordinarily be described as “bubbling” but at these tempos, that word seems too gentle — these rapid notes drive the music ahead, challenging the human players to keep up. A couple of the tracks may go on a bit longer than they need to, but that’s a small flaw in an otherwise strong album.
By the time of Einstein’s Day Off, Steve Leigh had come on to handle keyboards and Hawkwind alum Danny Thompson took over the drums, leaving Faulkner with lead vocals and keyboards. The credits are quite confusing (and online resources contradictory), so I can’t be completely sure that the guitar was played by Eamon O'Neill. The style is intact, as is the level of quality, with tunes such as “Bang Goes the Theory,” “Cern,” “Energise,” and the title track. Keyboards play a slightly more prominent role in the melodies, though there’s lots of solid guitar work as well, and Davey’s bass could be viewed as the driving force behind the band. “Biosphere” is a quieter song that provides a break from the high energy of most of the rest of the album. It’s another great offering from a band that seems unfairly overlooked.
After Einstein’s Day Off, big changes remade the band, with Faulkner, Davey, and O’Neill leaving and bassist Dave Saunders taking the helm for a time, followed by drummer Rick Burtonshaw. Their website promises the band is still a going concern, though as of this writing in early 2021, it’s uncertain what form it will take. I suppose fans could debate the validity of packaging Pre-Med’s music under the Hawkestrel name, but it’s good to have this music more widely available.
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For those who experienced the phenomenon, one weekend in July 2023 will forever be remembered as the time a popular children's toy from the 1950s stormed the culture all over again, sweeping into the lives of fans of all ages in an adaptation of the classic that was at once
For those who experienced the phenomenon, one weekend in July 2023 will forever be remembered as the time a popular children's toy from the 1950s stormed the culture all over again, sweeping into the lives of fans of all ages in an adaptation of the classic that was at once a genuine appreciation and an ironic send-up.
Yes, on one historic Friday night, the Jumbo Shrimp introduced Jacksonville to "Captain Potato Friend, and the Table of Parts!"
The Triple-A affiliate of the Marlins built on its reputation as having one of the most creative front offices in the Minors by dedicating its July 14 home game against the Worcester Red Sox to the grand Frankensteinian possibilities of the humble tuber. The Jacksonville faithful let their imaginations run wild, making use of hundreds of real potatoes and thousands of parts from old Mr. Potato Head toys at a table on the concourse.
"Sourcing all of those was a challenge," director of promotions and special events David Ratz said of the Mr. Potato Head parts. "We scoured eBay and Etsy for bulk orders and boxes of parts. We ultimately spent twice as much on parts than we did on real potatoes, and we did not get an equal number of arms, eyes, ears, legs.
"We had potatoes with five ears and two mouths and stuff like that."
Ratz, who earlier this year was ordered into a wheelchair by EMTs after struggling to free himself from a pole he was duct taped to during one promo night, admitted he doesn't always know how these things will be received.
"You look at your budget, you think, ‘This’ll be interesting,’ and maybe it’s going to end up a little bit of a throwaway night," he said. "But people know the toy. They played with it, and their kids played with. We were just doing something fun and that pokes fun at that plastic toy and also taps into that childhood nostalgia. That’s what a baseball game is all about, and this was a little different way to do it.”
On top of practical benefits (an edible, low-cost, environmentally friendly giveaway that spared the team licensing and copyright headaches that might otherwise arise), the use of real potatoes represented, ahem, a return to the roots of spud-oriented leisure. Long before the famous plastic lump became the first toy advertised on television, kids were playing with their food.
The Jumbo Shrimp recognized that as a timeless impulse.
"We strive to find things that people can interact with, not just a promotion on video board and some music," Ratz said. "We do those things, too, but we try to find something that people can put their hands on or in. ... From the time the gates opened, there were people at that table building Captain Potato with the table of parts. And people were there as long as the parts lasted, through the third or fourth inning.
“If you leave the park saying, ‘Hey, I played with Mr. Potato Head tonight, except with a real potato,’ that’s something you’re going to remember and be talking about for a while.”
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On Monday July 3rd, at 20.30 hours, the vegetarian restaurant Cañadú (Plaza de la Merced) hosts the First Organic Gastronomic Event in Málaga, organized by the Greens. The menu costs between 12 and 13 euros and will be composed of elements from one hundred percent of organic agriculture and livestock and fair trade. The event is open to everyone who wants to attend but places are limited, so you have to sign up.
This meeting has the support of the Cañadú, Organic Store Soynatural, Fair Trade and Sustainability of the partnerships and Development, Al-Munia and the Slow Food group of Malaga. According to the spokesperson of the Greens in the province, Angel Rodriguez, this activity is part of the 'Green: The Green Alternative', in which we intend to communicate the themes of local green program for the 2007 elections. The goal is to promote consistency and commitment to responsible consumption in food, such as personal and collective contribution to the sustainability and quality of life not only each other but to all persons, companies and groups that make it possible.
According to Rodriguez, every act of responsible consumption, "in this case eating well, is a political act because it is a vote for social and economic model based on equity, ecology and health care for everyone." The meeting will be next Monday under the slogan "With the Greens, Safe Food”.
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On October 27 U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo spoke with Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of India’s news website The Print in an interview that descended into an anti-China diatribe by Pompeo, who was fed soft-touch questions.
Pompeo refused to abide by conventionally courteous diplomatic practice in referring to “the government” of China, preferring, like Trump, to talk about “the Chinese Communist Party” when berating and insulting the Beijing administration. While this is immature and feeble, it is also ironically diverting, because it demonstrates the ever-present double standards of the present Washington establishment. In one attack, he claimed that “the Chinese Communist Party wants the same thing in every place. They want to control and dominate” which was somewhat at variance with his publicly expressed sentiments concerning a nearby country which also has a communist government.
Pompeo’s anti-China swing round Asia included talks in India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia, and he ended his trip on 30 October by visiting Vietnam where he declared that “We have enormous respect for the Vietnamese people and your country’s sovereignty.”
It appears he has not read his own Department’s illuminating ‘Report on Human Rights Practices’ in Vietnam, which observes that “The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an authoritarian state ruled by a single party, the Communist Party of Vietnam” which in 2019 caused concern because “Significant human rights issues included unlawful or arbitrary killings by the government; forced disappearance; torture by government agents; arbitrary arrests and detentions by the government; political prisoners; significant problems with the independence of the judiciary; arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy; the worst forms of restrictions on free expression, the press, and the internet, including arbitrary arrest and prosecution of government critics . . .” and so on.
This is but one instance of Washington’s double standards and pervasive hypocrisy. If a foreign country is supportive of Trumpian foreign policy and knuckles under in terms of trade, then the Trump establishment ignores human rights violations and many other contraventions of decency (witness, for example, official reaction to the murder of the reporter Jamal Kashoggi by orders of the ruler of Saudi Arabia), in order to further its own interests, which are in the main commercially-based. There are, however, other countries with pristine records in human rights and general governance that ally themselves with the U.S. in pursuit of what they mistakenly imagine is furtherance of freedom.
One country that is disconcertingly supportive of whatever policies are favoured in Washington is Australia, which is making a most serious mistake in seeking ever closer alignment at the expense of its relations with China.
While Pompeo was on his trip in Asia, preparations were in their final stages for the annual anti-China major naval exercise Malabar, nominally sponsored by India and involving its warships and combat aircraft along with those of the United States, Japan and Australia. It began on 3 November and Voice of America observed that “India’s decision to include Australia for the annual drills comes in the wake of a push by Washington for deeper security collaboration in the ‘Quad,’ the informal group that includes the United States, Japan, Australia and India as a counter to China. Australia returns to the exercises after 13 years, when its participation triggered strident Chinese objections. But this time the Malabar exercises will endure as all four participants seek a long-term counterbalancing strategy to China, according to analysts.”
Australia’s embrace of the U.S. is not new, but its current alignment with Washington and others is taken by Beijing as being specifically against China and it is doubtful if it was a coincidence, as noted by the independent analysts of STRATFOR, that “beginning November 6 Chinese authorities will halt all imports of a range of Australian agricultural and mineral exports, dramatically expanding an earlier coal ban.”
The economic effects of Australia’s recent and entirely unnecessary confrontational stance are going to be massive and will not only adversely affect its financial sector as a whole, but will destroy the livelihoods of countless workers. On November 2, the South China Morning Post recorded that “China has banned imports of Australian timber from Queensland and suspended barley imports from a second grain exporter, while Chinese importers are also bracing for a possible new round of bans on copper ore and copper concentrate as well as sugar this week in the latest trade escalations between Beijing and Canberra. The new bans occurred over the weekend as clearance of Australian rock lobster shipments was also delayed in Shanghai due to increased import inspections.”
Collapse of the lobster market, alone, will be catastrophic as it is worth U.S.$ 527 million a year, a modest amount in U.S. terms, but a major item in Australia’s national budget. Further, its lobster fishers will disappear and the fishery ports will be stricken with unemployment.
On 28 October the UK’s Guardian commented that “while it is difficult to quantify the cost of the trade war, research by the Perth U.S.-Asia Centre at the University of Western Australia shows the total value of exports to China from the seven industries affected by declared and undeclared sanctions was $47.7 billion last year.” To an economy the size of Australia’s, this is potentially disastrous, but it seems that the government in Canberra is determined to continue confronting China, no matter the cost to its citizens.
In spite of the combination of U.S. pressure and domestic political intransigence, Australia could have followed the example of Sri Lanka whose Prime Minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa made it clear that zealots such as Pompeo would not be successful in attempts to pressure his country to align with the anti-China league and tweeted that “Sir Lanka will always maintain a neutral stand in foreign policy and will not get entangled in struggles between power blocs.”
The U.S. campaign against China gathered momentum on 6 November when the Commander of the Pacific Air Force, General Kenneth Wilsbach, publicly announced that the U.S. armed forces must be prepared to engage in conflict with China. He insulted the Chinese government by stating that it engaged in “maligned and coercive activity that’s frequently not in accordance with international law” and declared that “We’ve got to challenge and compete with them in accordance with the national strategy, but we also have to be ready in the event we get called to go fight tonight.” There was a time when senior military officers in democracies were forbidden to engage in public comment on international affairs, for obvious and sensible reasons, but it now appears that these people are being encouraged to threaten foreign governments and stoke up tension.
The stage is being set for further confrontation, and Washington is wilfully ignoring China’s determination to continue its own policies. The possibility of conflict is increasing.


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Belinda Russell has shocked viewers after announcing she will be leaving her role as co-host on Weekend Today.
The 44-year-old presenter announced the news on Instagram along with a highlights video of her time on the show.
“Hello friends. A little career update for you,” Russell wrote.
“My time on Weekend Today has come to an end. Thanks to those who tuned in. I hope I brought some sunshine and joy to your weekends.”
“I have loved the last year and am looking forward to future opportunities at Nine. Good luck to the team for 2023 and beyond!”
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Her Nine colleagues flocked to the comments section to offer support, including Today Extra co-host David Campbell, who posted a series of love hearts and the words: “My sister.”
Belinda didn’t provide any reason for her sudden departure, leaving fans wondering if the decision to leave was made by the Nine bosses amid the ongoing shake up of hosts.
Russell has been on air at Nine since 2007, when she began as a reporter for A Current Affair.
Belinda last appeared on Weekend Today on Sunday February 26th, but made no mention of her imminent departure and didn’t receive a send-off from her colleagues.
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text: Metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) subtypes (mGluR1 to mGluR8) act as important pre- and postsynaptic regulators of neurotransmission in the CNS. These receptors consist of two domains, an extracellular region containing the orthosteric agonist site and a transmembrane heptahelical domain involved in G protein activation and recognition of several recently synthesized pharmacological modulators. The presynaptic receptor mGluR7 shows the highest evolutionary conservation within the family, but no selective pharmacological tool was known. Here we characterize an mGluR7-selective agonist, N,N'-dibenzhydrylethane-1, 2-diamine dihydrochloride (AMN082), which directly activates receptor signaling via an allosteric site in the transmembrane domain. At transfected mammalian cells expressing mGluR7, AMN082 potently inhibits cAMP accumulation and stimulates GTP¿S binding (EC 50-values, 64-290 nM) with agonist efficacies comparable with those of L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyrate (L-AP4) and superior to those of L-glutamate. AMN082 (=10 µM) failed to show appreciable activating or inhibitory effects at other mGluR subtypes and selected ionotropic GluRs. Chimeric receptor studies position the binding site of AMN082 in the transmembrane region of mGluR7, and we demonstrate that this allosteric agonist has little, if any, effect on the potency of orthosteric ligands. Here we provide evidence for full agonist activity mediated by the heptahelical domain of family 3 G protein-coupled receptors (which have mGluR-like structure) that may lead to drug development opportunities. Further, AMN082 is orally active, penetrates the blood-brain barrier, and elevates the plasma stress hormones corticosterone and corticotropin in an mGluR7-dependent fashion. Therefore, AMN082 is a valuable tool for unraveling the role of mGluR7 in stress-related CNS disorders. © 2005 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA.

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The American Rescue Plan increased the child tax credit for 2021 from $2,000 per child to $3,600 for children under 6 and $3,000 for children aged 6 to 17. Between July and December 2021, the enhanced credit produced monthly advance payments up to $300 per child.
They helped millions of children, yet they barely accounted for half of the overall child tax credit last year. Families that qualify for the child tax credit will now get their money back in 2021.
Parents will require IRS Letter 6419, 2021 advance CTC to collect the rest of their child’s tax credit. The IRS sent these letters in December and January to families who received child tax credit advance payments last year.
The IRS advises taxpayers to save the notice since it contains information for parents’ 2021 tax returns.
Find out why you need Letter 6419 for your 2021 taxes. Here’s all you need to know about the impending child tax credit payment. Find out if you have to pay back child tax credit money and what to do if you miss a payment.
What is in IRS Letter 6419?
The IRS letter, Letter 6419, contains valuable information for tax preparation. The message will show how much child tax credit you received in 2021 and how many qualified dependents you have.
You’ll need to double-check the data. For example, if you had a baby since filing your taxes, the IRS wouldn’t list it as a dependent. So, when you submit your taxes, be sure your information is current.
What if you didn’t get the IRS letter?
If you haven’t received a letter yet, keep a lookout for one. If you haven’t received a notice by the time you’re ready to file, there may be a problem. Maybe you moved and the agency doesn’t have your new address.
If you haven’t received a letter by the due date, you’ll need to either use the online child tax credit portals or contact the IRS directly by mail or phone at 800-829-1040. If you contact the IRS by letter, expect a response within 30 days.
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The IRS advises taxpayers not to toss Letter 6419, as it is required to validate advance child tax credit payments and kid ages. Don’t panic if you mistakenly dispose of or lose it. Your child tax credit information will be available on the IRS website.
It takes a while to create an account on the IRS website, but once you do, you’ll have access to the child tax credit and other helpful IRS information.
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Unfortunately, the IRS has warned that some of the information in the letters may be incorrect, which can cause issues when filing your taxes.
Affected taxpayers include those who transferred or changed bank accounts in December, according to the IRS. If you think the IRS letter is wrong, check your bank account for IRS deposits. Find precise monthly child tax credit payments by searching for IRS TREAS 310 CHILDCTC.
If your bank account information differs from the IRS Letter 6419, the IRS recommends logging into an online IRS account. Taxpayer information is accurate, according to the IRS website. If the website lists money you didn’t get, contact the IRS for a payment trace.
How much will you get back in child tax credits?
The amount of your child’s tax credit refund relies on several factors. For example, if you choose not to receive monthly installments last year, your payout will be larger than someone who did. The monthly payouts were up to $300 for kids under 5 and $250 for kids 6 and up.
If you were qualified for the entire amount and chose not to receive payments, you might receive up to $3,600 per child. Depending on their ages, you may get up to $1,800 per child if you got all six installments in 2021.
If you’re still waiting on an IRS payment, it should come with your tax refund.

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Hello everyone. Today I picked myself up a copy of Bioshock: Infinite for the PS3. Now, this game isn't at all what I expected. It's much, much better.
Yeah. This game is amazing. I had to pry the controller from my hands to be able to play this game. Everything about it is fantastic! If you absolutely love the Bioshock series, you'll feel right at home. If you're new to the series, you'll love it too! This game is VERY gory, however. But this game only uses that gory effect at the most needed times. Like a man getting his head cut off, for example.
If you got a PS3 version you got a free copy of the first Bioshock (PS3 ftw) which is also amazingly fun to play as well, if you are one of those guys who likes to play games in order. I found myself playing Infinite rather than the original, but its all a matter of opinion.
The gameplay style is an FPS if you didn't already know. You have a vast amount of weapons, but may only carry 2 at a time. This can be a real pain in the butt at some points, but it really shoves some challenge into the game. You can fill your arsenal with many Vigors (which I will not reveal to you due to spoiler avoiding), guns, even rocket launchers! The possibilities are endless. The art style will most likely make you feel...odd..like it did me, I very much enjoyed the gorgeous world of Columbia, but at the same time, some things looked as if they jumped out of a Disney cartoon (No offense disney) but some things just look a but....animated.
The gameplay feels amazing, as if you are really there looking around. (As expected from an FPS).
One thing I noticed about this game are the amazing AI npc's. I decided to just randomly follow some lady around Colombia, and when I was done, she had bought cotton candy, talked to a bunch of people, laid on the beach, ate some more food, and danced a little. They actually make it seem like these people have LIVES rather than just being randomly named and controlled bots.
The Final Score for this game would have to be a 9.5, only because of the odd animation styles in some places. I HIGHLY recommend getting this for yourself or for a friend, and if you have an Xbox 360 and PS3,I suggest getting it for PS3 because of the free game that comes on the blu-ray disc. Hope you enjoyed this review.

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Inevitably, Calle 54 will beg comparisons to the highly-charged jolt of Buena Vista Social Club. What made Buena Vista so frothy and enticing was its emphasis on the biographical stamp of the artists and what the music meant to that society's psyche. In Calle 54, Trueba parades around a who's who of Latin musicians and lets the music flow, but without invoking any emotion.
Continue reading: Calle 54 Review
The '12 Years A Slave' director will receive the accolade at the London Film Festival in October.
Critics from all over the world were asked to name the best movie of the past 16 years.


March 6, 2007
By KENNETH R. GOSSELIN, Courant Staff Writer
Visitors to Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood get an eyeful when they get off I-84 at Exit 48.
First, there's the bombed-out Capitol West building, with its boarded-up windows and graffiti-splashed walls.
Now there's a newer eyesore awaiting after they turn right at the light: mounds of soil and upended tree roots on a corner lot to the left, the mark of ill-fated land-clearing for a disputed magnet school.
Visitors have just entered what some call a no man's land, right at the gateway to the city's insurance nerve center, home to Aetna and The Hartford.
Although plans to use the site for a magnet school appear dead, there's now the problem of what to do with the torn-up property, a 2.4-acre triangle of city-owned land that, until recently, had been dressed up with some shrubs and pines.
There are plenty of ideas: shops and restaurants, office space, housing and, perhaps even temporarily, an open air market.
Local planners and business leaders say the problems with the lot reflect those of the larger surrounding area on Asylum Hill.
"It's a tremendously underused area," said urban planner Ken Greenberg, whose 1998 city study created a discussion about the future of downtown Hartford. "It should be a valuable asset to the city - its close proximity to Union Station, Bushnell Park."
The problem, Greenberg and others say, is that the area - including the wedge of land that is part of the former site of Hartford Public High School before I-84 plowed through the city - simply is not friendly to pedestrians.
"There's too much asphalt, and it's too confusing to get around," Greenberg said.
Where Farmington and Asylum avenues meet on Asylum Hill is considered a key intersection in the city that links downtown Hartford with its neighborhoods and regions beyond. It is one of six such intersections in the city now being studied in a 10-month, $250,000 project known as Hartford 2010, which seeks to revitalize such key crossroads.
Although the wedge-shaped piece of land is key to any development in the area, Greenberg and others say the flow of traffic is just as critical and should be addressed as part of any proposed use of the property.
"The issue is almost less what should be done with the land than what needs to be done to make that area a legitimate part of downtown," said Toni Gold, a Hartford consultant and a senior associate with Project for Public Spaces, a nonprofit group that aims to create and sustain public places that build communities. Gold said it is key to address what she describes as a "horrendous" traffic situation along Broad Street and Farmington and Asylum avenues.
A couple of proposals have surfaced. One would create a rotary involving Broad Street, Cogswell Street, Farmington Avenue and Asylum Avenue. Another would eliminate a portion of Asylum Avenue, creating "green space" and rerouting traffic along a widened Farmington Avenue.
Developing the land sought for the magnet school is challenging because it also backs up to I-84. And although that highway is due for repairs, the state Department of Transportation appears less likely to move the highway than repair it.
Despite those challenges, Gold said the site has potential because it's a highly visible site and has good views of downtown.
"It would be a good place for a residential tower or mixed-use office and retail," Gold said. "It's got a lot of potential."
Patrick Pinnell, a Hartford-area architect, said he believes shops and restaurants would be a good use for the site, which would put retail on both sides of the street. That would provide a boost for the streetscape and take away the barren and vacant feel that characterizes the area, particularly at night.
Those uses would be consistent with a deed restriction that only allows the land to be used as a park, a public safety complex or for economic development.
Pinnell also said he believes retail stores should be positioned wherever possible to the east of the site, going down the hill to Bushnell Park and the rest of downtown.
Although development in the area could be months or even years away, Pinnell said the ill-fated magnet school site should be restored, uprooted trees removed and leveled off, something that the city intends to do.
The area could, at least temporarily, be used as an open air market.
"You need to get some placeholder use there," Pinnell said. "You can't leave it like it is."
Reprinted with permission of the Hartford Courant.
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GEPRC Smart16 Nano 1.6" Micro Frame Kit
Introducing... the GEPRC SMART 16 Freestyle Frame Kit!
The GEPRC Smart 16 1.6" Nano Freestyle Frame is a tiny, lightweight freestyle FPV addition to the GEPRC Phantom series. The SMART 16 continues the consistent lightweight design concept of the Phantom series. The 1.5mm carbon fiber arm, with a 1mm top plate, creates a balance point that is maintained between the strength of the fuselage and the weight of the whole drone which allows it to be lightweight and tough at the same time. The M1.4 Motors mounting holes can be used to install small 3-hole brushless motors to reduce the weight of the body. Good arm width contributes to high durability. This design is great for freestyle flying, with no props in view!
Thanks to the 3D printed parts, the frame weighs only 8.5g, saving a lot of overall weight. The independent battery compartment is designed to stick the battery on top and below the drone making it very convenient and fast to replace batteries.
- Frame Style: Toothpick
- Top plate thickness: 1.0mm
- Bottom plate thickness: 1.5mm
- Camera plate thickness: 1.0mm
- Stack Size 16x16mm
- Motor Mount: 6mm Tri 08xx
- Camera Mount: 14mm Nano
- Weight: 8.5g (including 3D prints)
- Motor: GEPRC SPEEDX2 0803 11000Kv Micro Motor
- AIO: GEPRC F4 V1.4 2-4S AIO Flight Controller
- Prop: HappyModel Gemfan 1610 Bi-Blade 40mm Micro/Whoop Prop 4 Pack
- LiPo: RDQ Series 350mah 2S 50C/100C 7.6V HV XT30 Micro Battery
- 1x GEPRC SMART 16 1.5mm Bottom Plate
- 2x GEPRC SMART 16 1mm Camera Plate
- 1x GEPRC SMART 16 1mm Top Plate
- 2x 120mm LiPo Strap
- 1x 3D Printed Part Set
- 1x Screwdriver Set
- 1x Hardware Set
- 2x Battery Pad


We had the opportunity to play with the new Delta X12 speakers today and were quite impressed both with the fidelity and feature package. This 12" 2 way speaker is self bi-amped and can operate on up to 10 hours on its' internal batteries. Of course you can also plug it into the wall. The Delta X12 features 2 UHF wireless receivers each with 100 selectable frequencies, a CD player with anti-shock, 3 channel mixer, EQ, line out and the ability to power a second passive speaker. Also a 6 year warranty. We will have them in our rental inventory shortly.


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BAGHDAD [MENL] -- Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has established positionsin and around the Iraqi capital.
Jul 29, 2014
CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt has concluded that a foreign intelligence agency couldhave helped a major Al Qaida-aligned attack on the military near the Libyanborder.
Jul 20, 2014
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- The Israel Army has restricted operations to theperimeter of the Gaza Strip.
Jul 09, 2014
NICOSIA [MENL] -- Sunni rebels have been engaged in a tunnel war to sustainoperations near the Syrian capital of Damascus.

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Daytrip to Newgrange
Venue: Newgrange, Co. Meath Website: www.overthetoptours.com Price: €17 (transport and access to the site) Date: Ongoing Time: Site: daily 9:30-5:30pm. Tours depart 9:00am & 11:30am
Newgrange is a formidable sight and for anyone interested in prehistoric history a visit to the monument in County Meath (designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO) is a great way to spend a day. It was constructed over 5000 years ago (around 3200 B.C.) during the Neolithic period, making it older than Stonehenge in England and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Archeologists think it was constructed by a farming community that prospered on the rich lands of the Boyne Valley. The monument is a passage tomb but is also thought to have been an ancient temple due to the fact that it is aligned with the rising sun during the winter solstice. This is a really beautiful site set in a peaceful landscape.
Over the Top Tours run regular shuttle buses to Newgrange from outside the Tourist Office on Suffolk Street and, at €15 per head, their student prices are the best I’ve come across. For further information and bookings, consult the website. Access to the site is only available through the visitors centre and a student ticket is a mere €2. Bring a packed lunch to enjoy in the open air!

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Jamie Lloyd is a Sports Therapist, and Award winning fitness professional.
He is an ex-London Firefighter and British Kettlebell Champion.
He offers the very best solutions in pain relief to help you get back on track and feel better. Jamie now has over 200 five star Google reviews and has an outstanding reputation.
He holds a degree in Sports Studies and has over 20 years of experience within the fitness industry.
Using multiple techniques and tailoring his treatments to meet each person’s individual needs Jamie has a talent for locating the source of long term pain, as well as performance enhancement, trauma and the strengthening of spinal and structural issues, therefore giving fast and effect results.
With his vast experience he has also worked at Google as a Soft Tissue Therapist. Privately Jamie has worked at several sporting events including The London Marathon, The London Duathlon and treated elite athletes at the UK Ironman.
Jamie currently works at his private pain relief clinic and performance studio.
Jamie holds qualifications in the following:-
BSC Degree in Sports Studies
Strength and Conditioning
Jing Advanced Clinical Massage
Seated Chair Massage
Indian Head Massage
Thai Foot Massage
Advanced Dry Needling
Electrotherapy – Ultrasound, TENS and Inferrential
Jamie is also registered with the CNHC and a member of the Sports Massage Association.
Jamie Doesn’t just work with performance, he LIVES it…
Jamie is an award winning fitness professional, fitness writer and sports therapist expanding over 17 years. He is also a British Kettlebell Champion and won Gold in 2014 and silver in 2016.
He is also an ex- London Firefighter and comes from a background of a multitude of sports where he played rugby for London Welsh and Welsh Exiles, played soccer, did running and mountain biking from a young age.
In his 20s Jamie completed the London marathon in 3:15 minutes and did 5 triathlon and duathlon seasons. He has also completed the Three Peaks twice- best time 18 hours 53 mins. Completed a 24 hour Spinathon for charity.
Jamie currently works as a mobile pain rellief expert and performance coach and also works at Google doing Sports Therapy.
His current clients include post natal mums, and people suffering with chronic back, neck and shoulder problems- including professional footballers, GB triathletes, elite marathon runners, boxers and Mens Fitness Cover Models.

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Dr. Xinhua Shu is a Rosetrees Trust-funded researcher who, with his team at Glasgow Caledonian University, is investigating new treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the commonest cause of registered blindness in the developed world, with a global impact estimated to rise to 196 million people by 2020.
Previously, Dr. Shu received funding from Rosetrees to work on retinitis pigmentosa (RP). This is an inherited disease that causes degeneration of the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye, leading to progressive loss of vision and ultimately blindness. Dr. Shu investigated possible protective effects of gypenosides, chemical compounds found in Gynostemma pentaphyllum, a plant common to South-East Asia, and how they might shield particular cells in the eye from oxidative stress caused by free radicals, damaging molecules released in the condition (published in Food and Chemical Toxicology). It is hoped that these gypenosides may offer therapeutic potential to patients suffering with RP.
As a result of his RP project, Dr. Shu secured further funding from Rosetrees to work on AMD. It is known that AMD involves the build-up of cholesterol deposits in the retina. Dr. Shu and his team published in Human Molecular Genetics, identifying the part played by a particular cell protein known as TSPO in the removal of cholesterol from the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), the specialised layer of cells that lies behind the photoreceptor cells. Dr. Shu is now taking his research into new areas with his latest hypothesis, that a defect in cholesterol processing plays an important role in AMD.
In two later publications in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2018; 2019), Dr. Shu and his team investigated TSPO ligands, substances that can bind to TSPO and influence its activity. The chronic version of AMD involves changes in the choroid, the layer containing the vessels that supply the retina with blood. Dr. Shu’s group tested treatment of choroidal cells with TSPO ligands. These have shown anti-oxidative stress and anti-inflammatory properties, and the team’s study showed that TSPO ligands may offer promise for the treatment of AMD. Two of these TSPO ligands, Etifoxine and XBD-173, have already gone through clinical trials, demonstrating therapeutic effects in patients with anxiety. This means that, if treatment for AMD can be shown to be successful, these compounds can progress to clinical trials much faster. The group also showed that using genetic manipulation to suppress TSPO activity in RPE cells resulted in changes in various metabolic pathways, including increased oxidative stress. This study should contribute to a deeper understanding of AMD disease mechanisms.
Their findings demonstrate that TSPO is involved in cholesterol removal in the retinal pigment epithelium and that loss of TSPO causes abnormal build-up of cholesterol within cells; TSPO ligands can help improve cholesterol removal from RPE and choroidal cells and can suppress oxidative stress and inflammation. Their ongoing research is testing the protective effects of TSPO ligands in animal models and they are applying for funding to run clinical trials for TSPO ligands to treat AMD patients. They also plan to present their findings at the 35th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, to be held in Xiamen, China, from April, 2020. “Given that people are living to increasingly older ages, macular degeneration of this type is a condition that will affect a growing proportion of the population, having a major detrimental effect on the quality of life of many individuals. Our efforts are focussed on developing potential strategies to treat AMD.” – Xinhua Shu (Reader, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University)
Written by: Rebecca Downing and Dr. Xinhua Shu

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On Monday, former President Donald Trump slammed the FBI’s investigation into his 2016 presidential campaign following the final report from Justice Department special counsel John Durham, closing the four-year-long investigation.
Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social to state that following an extensive probe Durham had determined that the FBI should not have launched “the Trump-Russia Probe” adding that this showed that the American public had been scammed.
This was Trump’s first reaction to Durham’s report which is 305 pages long.
In a later interview with Fox News Digital, Trump stated that the FBI’s investigation was a “disgrace” and even claimed that former FBI Director James Comey and other Democrats should have to pay a “heavy price” for having the country go through this. In Durham’s report, it was clearly stated that the authorities at the time did not have sufficient information to open up the case. He further criticized the FBI’s handling of some evidence in this case.
Specifically in the report, Durham points out that in specific areas of Crossfire Hurricane activity, the FBI had “underperformed” and had failed to carry out its duties correctly which has led to “reputational harm.”
Durham was originally appointed in 2019 by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to look into the origins of the FBI investigation. At the time, Trump had been in favor of the investigation which he claimed would show the “crime of the century.” Durham’s investigation led to Igor Danchenko and Michael Sussmann being charged with lying to the FBI, however, both were found not guilty.
Following this final report, there were no calls for additional charges to be filed.


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N.p. Visual Drama, 1955. Vintage studio still photograph of Joyce Jameson and Myron Healey from the 1955 film, here under the alternative title Gangbusters.
NBC aired the True Crime television series Gang Busters from March 20, 1952 to October 23, 1952 and reedited the three episode storyline The Pinson Gang into the 1955 feature film Gang Busters.
Lifelong criminal Pinson (Healy) keeps escaping from prison. Loosely based on Omar August Pinson, American robber and murderer.
8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with faint creasing to corners, some edgewear, and two small closed tears in left margin.
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text: Do you know that you can save money by getting the book Going Global by Gary V Nelson in pdf version instead of buying one? We have the pdf version of the book Orphans of Islam available for free. Just click on red download button below to download Going Global by Gary V Nelson for free.The ways to be effective in global missions have changed. The authors believe that content and values must undergird the North American local church's approach to global mission. It is not enough to "do something." It is in fact possible to do all of the right things in all of the wrong ways, with negative results. It is also possible that mission "over there" can have as much -- or more -- on the church at home. This book discusses common principles and practices that inform and energize local churches as they enter the global ministry arena. This book will assist church leadership as they look for resources to help them balance the agenda of short-term versus long-term mission, fund-raising, and the tension between evangelism and compassionate social ministry.


Tell us about those oil subsidies that don't exist.<quoted text>
Still denying oil subsidies exist?
Going to electric cars is good for this country. The subsidies will help this product grow its market share & thereby attract more private investment & advancements. Electric car makers are not recording record profits & the industry needs some help to develop faster.
The more we utilize electric cars, the less we depend on foreign oil, the less we need to give a crap about the Middle East, the less money we export every year and the fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
Reach into that bag of lies the Demcorats fill every day and tell us about those oild subsidies that don't exist.


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Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s vision is to place Welsh-language theatre at Wales’s heart and working with schools and young people is crucial for us as a company. We present an array of different artistic and educational opportunities for children and young people across Wales, including education packs, creative workshops and work experience opportunities.
Below you can find the education packs created to coincide with our recent productions. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments on email@example.com
Y Cylch Sialc (The Caucasian Chalk Circle)
For the first time, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru takes on Bertolt Brecht and we’re very proud to work with WJEC to present this education pack to enrich the experience young people have as they study and watch this new production. Enjoy!
Merched Caerdydd / Nos Sadwrn o Hyd
Y Cylch Sialc Summer Workshop
The Y Cylch Sialc Summer Workshop was a pilot project intended to offer further insight to the technical side of theatre for comprehensive age pupils. 70 pupils came to our base in Y Llwyfan from 4 local schools. Introductions were made by the creative team behind Y Cylch Sialc: Sarah Bickerton, Dyfan Jones and Ceri James.


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