There are certain aspects of the HVAC industry that many people overlook. One of these is AC maintenance. This may seem like a trivial service, but it’s quite important to keep your system running efficiently. There are several benefits associated with regular AC maintenance.
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Benefit 1: Your system will run more effectively and won’t need repairs as often.
AC maintenance is important for your system to run at peak efficiency and last as long as possible. According to the professionals, an HVAC system maintained once a year can lead to $700 saved annually on energy costs. However, lack of maintenance leads to more repairs down the road, costing you even more money than if you had just paid for AC maintenance now.
Benefit 2: You’ll save money on energy bills due to improved efficiency in the system
Improved efficiency is key for saving money. If your system is repaired regularly, it’s more likely to have parts replaced if worn down. This means that the new, efficient parts will prevent wasted energy from being sent through them, which will reduce costs for you. You’ll also save money because AC maintenance can help improve airflow in the home, so less of your air conditioner may be needed to cool your home.
Benefit 3: You can prevent major failures in your air conditioning equipment before they happen
When you schedule AC maintenance, a technician will thoroughly inspect your system. This allows them to identify problems before they happen and repair or replace parts to prevent failures from occurring when they are least expected. Scheduling regular HVAC inspections can help save money by preventing expensive repairs down the road, which saves you time and stress since you won’t have to worry about your AC breaking down in the middle of summer.
Benefit 4: Scheduling regular AC maintenance will save you a headache
HVAC equipment is expensive and complicated, which means that when it breaks down, the problem can cause stress. When your system doesn’t work properly during the summer months, it is uncomfortable and potentially dangerous if the home isn’t cooled to an appropriate temperature. If there is something wrong with your HVAC system, and it isn’t working efficiently due to lack of maintenance, this could lead to more serious problems such as mold growth or even water damage inside walls and insulation. Regular maintenance helps prevent these kinds of issues from occurring in the first place by catching potential problems before they happen, so schedule AC inspections regularly for peace of mind!
Benefit 5: You’ll reduce energy consumption
Once your system is repaired or replaced, it’ll provide you with more efficient equipment. This will help reduce energy consumption, which will spend less money on cooling the home during the summer months. HVAC maintenance is an important aspect of keeping a clean, healthy home and saving money on energy bills every month. If you want your system to last for as long as possible, you must pay attention to this service when scheduling with a professional HVAC company like Sansone AC. It doesn’t take up much time at all, but there are many benefits associated with regular inspections which will make it well worth your while.


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Children, ages 2 and 3, injured in rollover ATV crash
Two young children were seriously injured in a Tuesday evening ATV crash in Miami Township, officials with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said.
Officials said the crash happened around 7:15 p.m. in the 4700 block of East Miami Road.
Deputies said a 42-year-old Cleves man was driving an ATV southbound with two small children. Officials said the 3-year-old boy was the man’s grandchild, and the 2-year-old boy was the child of a close family friend.
Deputies said one of the children grabbed the handlebar of the ATV, causing it to roll over and eject all of the riders.
The 3-year-old was seriously injured, and initially unresponsive, deputies said. However, first responders were able to revive the child and take him the Children’s Hospital, along with the 2-year-old child.
Both children are listed in serious, but stable condition.
Officials said the 42-year-old man was treated at the scene and released.
Police said none of the riders were wearing protective gear or helmets.
The crash remains under investigation.

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In our last episode of season one, we hear from a few more listeners and have a meta-conversation about the podcast itself. Vanessa and Casper also have the opportunity to chat with Professor Stephanie Paulsell, with whom they developed this project at Harvard Divinity School. We’re back with season two in a few weeks! Note: This is our last week of particularly bad audio quality. Hurray!
The two Democratic congressmen sit down with Isaac Dovere over some beers to discuss why they felt compelled to start the Blue Collar Caucus and how they're going to help Democrats understand what they missed about the electorate in 2016.


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Victor F. Raimond, 69, of Bushkill, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, in Moseley, Va., at the home of his daughter, Danielle Noreika. He was the husband of Jean (Cleary) Raimond.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of the late Frank and Lena (Mulieri) Raimond.
Victor was a resident of the Bushkill area for the past 25 years, and prior to that he resided in the Queens, N.Y., area. He was a retired police officer for the New York City Police Department for 20 years and also was a security officer at Labar Village of Stroudsburg for the past 14 years.
Victor was a member of the Lehman Township Planning Commission and also was Judge of Election for 10 years. He was a member of the American Legion Post 0155 New York and the American Veterans Association 48 New York. Victor was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
He is survived by a daughter, Danielle Noreika and her husband, Kevin, of Moseley, Va.; and a son, Frank Raimond of Manhattan, N.Y.; and one grandson, Matthew.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, from St. Matthew's Catholic Church, East Stroudsburg. Entombment will be in the Mountain Laurel Mausoleum at Laurelwood Cemetery, Stroudsburg.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, at Joseph J. Pula Funeral Home, 23 N. Ninth St., Stroudsburg.
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ELOISE HERRING, 95, of Winchester, and formerly of Cumberland, Md., died Friday, March 29, 2013, in Winchester Medical Center.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Neff C. Herring.
Arrangements are by Scarpelli Funeral Home of Cumberland.
CHARLES L. “CHUCK” WILMOT Jr., 79, of Win-chester, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at his home.
He is survived by his wife, June Wilmot.
Arrangements are by Jones Funeral Home of Winchester.


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New Podcast Brings Attention to the Disparities Experienced by People of Diverse Backgrounds Who Live With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Patients, healthcare providers bring attention to the rising incidence of Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, across racial and ethnic groups
CONNECTICUT, Apr 5, 2021 — Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD, which includes Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and indeterminate colitis) affects people of all ethnic backgrounds.1 However, people from minority groups experience a disparity of care that can result in worse outcomes, including complications, lowered quality of life, and increased mortality.2
Dr Rumack: You’d better tell the Captain we’ve got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital. Elaine Dickinson: A hospital? What is it? Dr Rumack: It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now.
The first time I was hospitalized, I was only 16. I’d never been in the hospital before, though of course I had family members who were, so I didn’t really need a primer on being an inpatient. However, what I could not have been prepared for was the people I met while on the inside.
I’m not speaking of doctors. Or nurses. Of whom I met plenty, of course. What I’m speaking of is roommates.


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Size And Weight of Blue Throw Pillow
The size is 12 inches in height and weighs around 300gms.
Material Of Handmade Pillow
I use poly silk to make it and inside is silken soft fiber.
Packaging and Delivery Details.Wash And Care of ruffle cushion.
I vacuum pack it.When you open the packet it will take its ball form.And mostly I send it by fedx so it takes 7 working days to reach destination.
Hand wash with gentle soft detergent and pat Dry.
Can You Make More Pieces?Can you Custom size The Blue Pillow for me ? Do you have any other colour?
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NFI research method included in FBI DNA databank system
The FBI will be including MixCal6 in its Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) databank software. MixCal6 is a method constructed by NFI statistician Klaas Slooten for determining the evidential value of mixed DNA traces. This is the first time this has happened with a method developed by someone working at the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI).
Outside the United States, CODIS is used in over 50 countries by more than 90 forensic laboratories. The NFI has been using MixCal6 since 2017.
CODIS contains DNA profiles of individuals and traces, and compares these with each other. The Dutch DNA database for criminal cases also uses CODIS.
For a long time the software focused on finding direct matches, but this is only possible when complete DNA profiles are involved. However, mixed DNA profiles are often incomplete, as they do not include all of the DNA characteristics of all of the donors. Thanks to MixCal6, it is possible to calculate the evidential value based on the number of DNA characteristics that have been revealed, while accommodating for the fact that the DNA profile in question is incomplete.
NFI only compares mixed DNA traces with DNA databank
Although the NFI compares mixed DNA traces with the DNA databank, it does not include them in the databank itself. The comparison is conducted with other software, called SmartRank. In this process, the NFI not only looks at the DNA characteristics of a mixed DNA trace, but also at the amounts of the characteristics involved, something not possible in CODIS.
United States includes mixed DNA traces in DNA databank
The United States does not have a central storage location due to the fact that forensic research and investigation is carried out in many different laboratories. The 'CODIS databanks' there do, however, contain many mixed DNA traces. Thanks to MixCal6, it is possible to calculate the evidential value of these traces within CODIS.
MixCal sorts individuals based on the amount of DNA in a trace
The MixCal method requires a DNA expert to estimate how many individuals contributed to a DNA trace. MixCal6 then perceives all of the donors who are possibly partially present in the trace. For every individual, the method takes all the possible amounts of DNA contributed into account, from very little to very substantive.
This results in a likelihood ratio for a suspect (i.e. a statement about probability), regarding the presence of the suspects DNA in the trace. 'Splitting' in this manner makes the method relatively simple for the user, since they do not need to make an estimate of the degree of completeness of the mixed DNA profile.
First MixCal prototype dates from 2013
Slooten developed the first prototype of MixCal in 2013. At the time, a method for calculating the evidential value of mixed traces only existed for very specific cases. MixCal was first used in case investigations around 2014. The MixCal6 version dates from 2017. By now, the NFI has access to several methods for examining mixed DNA profiles.
MixCal7 focuses on the amount of DNA contributed
As a follow-up to MixCal6, Slooten developed MixCal7, which focuses entirely on finding individuals who contributed relatively large quantities of DNA to a trace, regardless of the number of other donors.
Professor of Mathematics for Forensic Genetics
In addition to statistician, Klaas Slooten is professor by special appointment of Mathematics for Forensic Genetics with the Department of Mathematics at VU Amsterdam.

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General Electric announced this week that it would divest nearly all of GE Capital, the financial business that had been a major profit generator in the past. The latest strategic shift at GE marks the continued move away from the firm's historic strategy of unrelated diversification. Few true conglomerates (i.e. unrelated diversifiers) remain in the United States. Investors can diversify risk more efficiently than corporate executives. Without true economies of scope, conglomerates could not justify their existence. The argument that governance economies existed did not hold water in many cases, i.e. corporate parents could not argue that they simply had better many management systems through which they added value to each of the business units. For this reason, many conglomerates have broken up over the past two decades. GE remained an exception to the rule for many years. Investors did not push for a breakup when the company routinely outperformed competitors for each of its major business units. The whole seemed clearly greater than the sum of the parts. Governance economies did seem to exist. People raved about the quality of the management systems and the leadership talent at GE. A lagging stock price in the past decade shifted the conversation. Investors begin to ask a question that once seemed unthinkable to ask: Should GE break up? Could the whole no longer be worth more than the sum of the parts?
The divestiture of GE Capital does not end this conversation though. GE has returned to its industrial roots in many ways. It no longer owns a television network or a major financial business. However, it still owns quite a wide array of industrial businesses. Investors will continue to ask the question: Are these businesses worth more together than apart? They will continue to ask: Where are the economies of scope (i.e. the synergies)? Are the governance economies sufficient to justify keeping all the units together? Yes, these businesses are more similar than the portfolio was in the past. However, we still aren't talking about the type of relatedness that we see at a company such as Disney. If performance lags, the questions will continue. GE has moved in the right direction, but the strategy will likely continue to evolve.

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Season 9 is a wrap, let's lament the end of the latest season with a celebration and friendly competition! Join us for fun menu specials and a night of trivia about America's most hilarious restauranteur family!
Bring a team of up to 6. The winning team receives a $35 gift card to Trident, and there will be prizes for 2nd and 3rd place.
*$5 from your ticket may be used as a voucher toward food and drink for the evening.*
Tickets are available now!!
Doors open at 6:30pm! Good luck!
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A total of 13 brightness settings makes this a great sight for any weather conditions. Power is provided by a reliable lithium battery, and that helps make this sight the one to have in order to make the next hunting trip a successful one.
The Micro T-1 can also be used by hunters and sport shooters who need night vision compatibility. The performance of the Micro T-1 is optimized for use with all generations of night vision devices (NVDs), but is ideal for 3rd generation night vision technology. Aimpoints unique coating on the front lens reflects the dots selected frequency of red light at near 100% efficiency to give the highest possible dot brightness with the least amount of energy while other wavelengths in the visible and near-infrared part of the spectrum pass with a minimum of reduction. (84g)- 1X (non-magnifying) parallax free optic- Compatible will all generations of Night Vision Devices (NVD)- 4 night vision compatible settings and 8 daylight settings one extra bright for use with laser protection glasses or in bright desert sunlight- Integral Picatinny-style base allows easy attachment to any rail- Patent pending mount is keyed to the sight body to absorb recoil- New ACET technology allows 50,000 hours (over 5 years) of constant operation with one battery- Available in 2 dot sizes (2 and 4 MOA)- Hard anodized non-reflective finish- Submersible to 80 feet (25 meters)- Precision adjustments for windage and elevation: top of protective caps fits into holes on adjustment screws no other tool required- Use as a standalone sight or piggybacked on larger magnifying, thermal, or night vision optics Specifications:- Length 62mm, (2.4)- Width/height sight only 41 x 36mm, (1.6 x 1.4)- Width/height including mount 62 x 41mm, (2.4x 1.6)- Weight sight only 84g, (3.0oz)- Weight sight with integrated mount 105g, (3.7oz).


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Giller’s hilarious tale of the man who put a bizarre curse on Muhammad Ali
SPELLBINDING: Expressman Norman Giller with Muhammad Ali in 1976
Fleet Street's most prolific author, the incomparable Norman Giller, has written another book — his 120th. Yes, you did read that correctly!
Titled The Man who Put a Curse on Muhammad Ali, the book describes, in hilarious detail, the bizarre shenanigans that went on before and after Ali's defence of his world heavyweight title against Yorkshireman Richard Dunn, in 1976.
Giller, former chief football and boxing reporter of the Daily Express, was employed as publicist for the after-midnight fight, in Munich's famous Olympiahalle, and hired an eccentric hypnotist to convince the virtually unknown Dunn that he could topple "The Greatest." What the hypnotist didn't tell Norman was that he planned to put a curse on Ali that would doom him to lose which only added to the mayhem surrounding the fight. Small wonder this world title challenge bankrupted its promoters and lost more money than any heavyweight title fight in history.
Norman had hoped to write this extraordinary story with Richard Dunn, but, tragically, the man he describes as a "loveable British bulldog of a boxer" was struck down with dementia and has only hazy memories of what happened in Munich. However, Norman and the Dunn family will share any profits from the book with the Alzheimers Society.
Former Express news sub ROBIN McGIBBON writes:
As someone who has read most of Norman's books I can say this is, by far, the most entertainingly shocking. What went on before and after Richard Dunn’s world heavyweight title fight with Muhammad Ali beggars belief – but the author was there and witnessed every hilarious Carry On moment.
A master of his craft, Giller has produced a rollicking, fast-paced read, providing not only an insight into what goes on behind the scenes of a world title fight, but also a glimpse of what Muhammad Ali is like when the gloves are off and he’s with people he respects.
And you’ll be as dumbfounded as I was by the curse that challenger Dunn was told might win him the world heavyweight championship.
It might be trite to say that the doyen of British sportswriters has produced a knockout book … but he has.


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Vodo is a line of furniture redefining internal landscapes. Objects made of bent sheets of metal, recalling voids like windows opened towards inhabited spaces, sculptures that become a bench, a bookcase, a bedside table, or a console. Elementary forms are inspired by architectural shapes.Please ask the Concierge for further options.
• Material: Metal
• Dimensions (in): W 39.37 x D 13.78 x H 13.78
• Dimensions (cm): W 100 x D 35 x H 35
• Handmade In Italy

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I did this drawing in 2005. The original is 13” x 19”. I used several types of pencils, mainly a #5H, F, 6B & 9H. No charcoal. Although I thought about it. I started out to create a forest scene with lots of dancing shadows. The fence added the necessary challenge in perspective. As I got deeper into the process, the leaves became darker and darker at the top. The trees refused to put anything on. They demanded total nudity. Stark naked. At first I wrestled with this. A drawing with blank trees? Then it came to me. Ghostly trees.
It could happen. Ghost forests.


text: Reproductive resilience has been defined as the capacity of a population to maintain the level of reproductive success needed to result in long-term population stability despite disturbances. Although reproductive success is tightly coupled with adult abundance and fecundity in many terrestrial animals, it may play less of a role in marine exploited fish which typically produce millions of pelagic eggs (Lowerre-Barbieri et al. 2016). In fisheries science, reproductive potential is the annual variation in a stocks ability to produce viable eggs and larvae that may eventually recruit to the adult population or fishery (Trippel 1999) and thus a measure of reproductive success. Reproductive potential is traditionally measured as female spawning stock biomass (SSB) or total egg production (TEP), but there is growing recognition of the need to integrate a more eco-evolutionary perspective (Mangel et al. 2013, Kindsvater et al. 2016) and address other measures such as: spatial, temporal or demographic trends in reproductive value and sperm limitation in protogynous hermaphrodites (SEDAR 2015).


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This z-drive tugboat was built in 1998 by Industries Ocean of Ile-aux-Coudres, QC as the Ocean Intrepide for Ocean Group of Quebec, QC.
The Ocean Intrepide is based in Montreal, QC, where she works as a ship docking tug.
- Type: Twin Screw Tractor Tug
- Year Built: 1998
- Builder: Industries Ocean, Ile-aux-Coudres, QC
- Horsepower: 4,076 bhp
- Length: 74′ 08″
- Breadth: 30′ 00″
- Depth: 13′ 04″
- Port of Registry: Montreal, QC

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Max Robinson was an American broadcast journalist for ABC News and served as a co-anchor for ABC World News Tonight. He was the first African American broadcast network news anchor in the history of American television. He was also one of the original founders of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Robinson was born on May 1, 1939 in Richmond, Virginia to Maxie and Doris Robinson. A talented student, he later attended Oberlin College where he served as president of the freshmen class. He later attended Indiana University and eventually earned his degree from Virginia Union University. Robinson served in the Air Force and eventually received an honorable discharge due to a medical condition.
Robinson began his television journey in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1959 where he applied for a position at a local radio station that had a “white’s only” policy which at the time was legal. Nonetheless, the station owner allowed Robinson to audition for a position along with several white candidates. Robinson was given a job reading the news on the air, although he was told that his face could not be seen. When Robinson protested, he was fired. Afterwards he moved to Washington, D.C. and worked at WTOP-TV as a cameraman trainee and in other behind the scene jobs.
Robinson found a job at Washington’s WRC-TV in 1967, remaining there until 1978. While there he won six journalism awards for his coverage of civil rights events of the era including the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By the end of the decade, Robinson was one of the most popular news anchors in the nation’s capital.
In 1978, Robinson was selected by ABC executive Roone Arledge to become the co-anchor of ABC News. He served in this capacity until 1983. Despite his success, Robinson was sensitive to racism and its negative impact on him and other black journalists. During his time at ABC Robinson clashed with the management of ABC News over what he (Robinson) saw as the one-dimensional, often negative, portrayal of black Americans. He was also known for his erratic behavior, frequently failing to report to work. By 1981 Robinson had developed a dependency on alcohol and was diagnosed for depression. His career suffered. By 1985, he was reduced to anchoring the weekend news and news briefs in Chicago.
In the fall of 1988 while delivering a speech at Howard University School of Communications Robinson became alarmingly ill. He checked himself into the university hospital where he remained for months. He died on December 20, 1988 from complications due to AIDS. While speculation surrounded his sexuality in the weeks and months following his death, during his life Robinson denied being gay or bisexual.
Robinson was married several times. He had three children from his first marriage, Mark, Maureen, and Michael. He was also the father to another son, Malik, from his second marriage. His third marriage was to Beverly Hamilton. Rev. Jesse Jackson gave the eulogy at Robinson’s funeral service.

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I'm a voracious reader of travel books. There are basically three categories of travel writing. On the one extreme there's the learned erudite works for the discerning reader which really get to grips with the culture and politics of a country, as exemplified by the likes of Dervla Murphy, Paul Theroux or Colin Thubron. On the other extreme there are the whimsical books usually written in tongue-in-cheek style by comedians or other media personalities who embark on a specific task of peculiar proportions such as Tony Hawkes lugging a fridge around Ireland or playing the Moldovans at tennis, or Tim Moore cycling the route of the Tour de France. There's also those who lie somewhere in between, such as Bill Bryson or Michael Palin who do the semi-intellectual stuff, but at the same time you get the impression that they're not taking themselves entirely seriously.
The Independent observes this trend in a brown-nosing and somewhat snooty piece as an additon to its regular Friday book charts round-up:
"For every Pies and Prejudice, in which comedian (sic) Stuart Maconie (above) hangs out in Blackpool and Yorkshire eating fish and chips and geting in touch with his Northern soul, there's a Tony Hawks, trekking around Europe with a fridge/piano/tennis racket; for every Good Pub Guide there's a Tribe. It's a relief when a writer like Michael Palin or Bill Bryson comes along to peer into the world and elucidate the journey with wit and wisdom and no gimmicks. Which is why they're always best-sellers, and why they are national treasures".
Stuart Maconie, a decent writer, despite what's written above may have a smart-arse style which is generally humorous and quite tongue-in-cheek, but to describe him as a "comedian" is stretching it a bit. He's a rock journo by trade, now enjoying the fruits of life as a DJ and prsenter who churns out the odd book, but I suppose he should take the comedian label as a compliment. Unless the Independent writer meant it in a contemptuous sense, as in someone not to be taken seriously. If that's the case then there is a hell of a lot of "comedians" around, including this anonymous Independent journalist.

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The top of the suit is blue and represents Sam's fireman shirt with a printed black belt, badge and walkie-talkie. The bottom of the suit shows yellow trousers. The felt mask has Sam's face and his yellow hat.
A great costume for a fan or wanna-be firefighter.


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The Hotchkiss Bulldogs volleyball program is seeking sponsors and donations for its Oct. 6 game against rival Paonia. "Hotchkiss Volleyball Pink Out" will recognize October as Breast Cancer Awareness Week by raising money to support the oncology department at Delta County Memorial Hospital.
Each year the Colorado High School Activities Association, in conjunction with the AmericanCancer Society, promotes breast cancer awareness throughout the month of October, which coincides with October as National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Schools are encouraged to "think pink" and come up with ways to promote awareness at a home volleyball match sometime in October.
The evening will include a bake sale, silent auction items and door prizes. Business sponsors will have pink balloons placed at their locations on game day. For details, contact HHS at 872-3882.


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CertusBio has secured a $4.6m investment to accelerate plans for growth in New Zealand and globally. The Christchurch-based company offers biosensor technology to food producers that improves production efficiencies and reduces the cost of treating wastewater.
CertusBio CEO, Matthew Jones said the investment, which was led by Pacific Channel, provides the company a significant opportunity to expand into North America.
Other investors include Lincoln Agritech, the original founders of the technology, the Impact Enterprise Fund - New Zealand’s first domestically focused impact investment fund, NZ Growth Capital Partners through their Aspire NZ Seed Fund and a group of existing investors.
“This is a very exciting time for CertusBio,” said Dr Jones. “Our plans include appointing a US based executive to establish a presence and drive global sales of the patented technology. We’ve been working for two years to secure a partnership with US based process technology company Relco and will start a trial integration of our automated system into theValley Queen Cheese plant, South Dakota with support from Relco.
The ‘lab on a chip’ technology we’ve developed continuously monitors production losses during processing which means adjustments can be made in real-time, at the source to improve plant efficiency and increase commercial returns to the company.
“The other significant benefit of the technology is to our environment. Commercial food processing facilities, such as dairy, beer and wine, fruit and vegetables, that use water during processing typically lose at least 5% of their product. This is not only inefficient and costly to the company, but these losses often end up in our rivers and landfills and, if they’re not managed properly, can be extremely harmful to our environment.
“Our aim is to turn good food producers into great food processors so they can reach their full potential – for people and the planet. Through the use of real-time monitoring, we have been working with customers to identify the source of losses and generate efficiency gains and additional environmental benefits.
“We’ve recently completed a New Zealand based operational trial at a Fonterra. This successfully demonstrated the system reliably monitors and detects lactose losses in a commercial processing environment and has been instrumental in our global expansion plans,” said Dr Jones.
Pacific Channel partner Kieran Jina said, “The team at CertusBio have demonstrated they have a strong ability to increase sustainability and achieve significant improvements in food processing.
“Our investment recognises the full productization achieved by CertusBio and the scalability of the technology across a range of other process industries including chemical, oil & gas, mining, pulp & paper, and wastewater treatment. We’re thrilled to be investing in this breakthrough technology and be part of CertusBio’s global expansion.”


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I left paying subscribers in terrible suspense last time. Contra the late Justice Scalia, in his landmark gun-rights opinion in Washington, D.C., v. Heller, which calls the opening of the Second Amendment a prefatory clause, grammatically, I identified it
I know that our conception of rights is linked to the Magna Carta in some way, but it seems silly to me that everything Parliament ever exacted from the British king should become a permanent, inalienable right. Surely Parliament has demanded some pretty ludicrous things over the years which are not healthy to a functioning society.
Thank you Bill - historical accuracy is a bitch some would say - and the writers deep dive into the words and meaning of the English debates around gun ownership and militias illuminated a dark and fuzzy
Illuminated dark and fuzzy assumptions around the issue. Unfortunately the genie is out of the bottle and there is as much chance of the Court rejecting Scalia’s historical misunderstanding as there is of Elon Musk getting good manners.
The truth is so often as clear as the ringing of a well made church bell.
The Catholic James II had been disarming Protestants. As part of the new deal, the aggrieved Protestants asked for a Protestant right to keep and bear arms and asked to get their confiscated arms back.
"... .the justices as a group are addicted to history, and yet can’t handle it...'
That can be said of a lot of Americans who quote history nuggets in an ahistorical way, in whatever way bolsters their prejudices and adds volume to their constant judgements. All so tiresome. Grateful for this substack!

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Windows 7: Should I Install 64-bit or 32-bit Version? (x64 vs x86)
I have heard that if a laptop has more than 2 GBs of RAM (my laptop has 3 GBs of RAM), then one must use a 64-bit OS for better performance. So how the OS effect the performance of laptop and if what I have heard is true?
From my personal experience, I have seen that 32-bit OSes degrade the performance of my laptop as compared to the respective 64-bit OS; one parameter is that it consumes more battery.


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The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Wednesday. Items must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on Monday for that Wednesday’s calendar. Email events to CommunityCalendar@KVDispatch. com.
TURKEY SHOOT, noon hosted by Rock Bridge Hunt Club at 2517 Lunenburg County Road, 3 miles west of Lunenburg Courthouse. Food and drink available. Turkeys, hams, bacon, hunting supplies and much more.
DAYLILY CLUB TO MEET, 2 p.m. at Butler Memorial Library in Chase City. Cynthia Wood will be the guest speaker. The Southern Virginia Daylily Club club serves the southern Virginia counties including Brunswick, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and Prince Edward. For information call Belinda at (434) 294-4691.
PASTOR ANNIVERSARY, 11:30 a.m. for the Rev. Ray Smith at Unity Baptist Church of Kenbridge.
OPEN HOUSE/ FALL FESTIVAL, noon-4 p.m. at the Southside SPCA, 7352 Patrick Henry Highway, Meherrin, for pets and humans. Raffle baskets, door prizes, live music, food truck, local vendor booths, fun for the kids and bake sale.
147TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARY, 1:30 p.m. at Pleasant Oak Baptist Church. Guest will be the Rev. Bernard Hill and the High Rock Baptist Church. Dinner will be served between services.
PASTOR’S ANNIVERSARY, 3 p.m. at Silone Baptist Church in honor of pastor, the Rev. Melvin J. Palmer with guest minister Pastor Garland Liggon along with his choir, Faith Baptist of South Hill. Dinner will be served. Everyone is welcome.
19TH USHERS ANNIVERSARY, 3 p.m. at RZUA Church, Meredithville. Four career speakers will address different subjects of success in their careers. Everyone welcome.
9TH PASTOR’S ANNIVERSARY, 3 p.m. at Zion Hill Baptist Church for Pastor Trava Hawkins. Dinner will be served.
CHOIR ANNIVERSARY, 3 p.m. at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church. Guest will be The New Beginnings and the Poplar Lawn Men’s Chorus. Everyone welcome.
BUS TRIP, sponsored by AARP to the North Carolina State Fair. For more information, contact Gloria Pinckney at (434) 288- 0435.
FLU SHOTS FOR SENIORS, 2-3 p.m. at Piedmont Senior Resources friendship café.
FOOD SAFETY FOR HUNTERS, 7-9 p.m. at the Robert and Betty Ragsdale Community Center, 20916 Old School Road, McKinney. This event, sponsored by the Virginia Cooperative Extension will teach food safety concerns when harvesting Whitetail deer. Call the Dinwiddie Extension Office at (434) 463-4514 by Oct. 22 to reserve your seat.
LCHS FALL TOUR, 10 a.m. at Eppington Plantation, 14602 Eppes Falls Road, Chesterfield. Call or text (434) 480- 0284 to save your space by Wednesday, Oct. 16.
BENEFIT CONCERT, 6-9 p.m. for the Kim and Lee families at the Keysville United Methodist Church at 9290 Church St., Keysville featuring Prodigal Son, Sandra and Noah Hickman and the R. B. Clark family. There will be food and fellowship. A love offering will be taken at the door.
9TH PASTOR ANNIVERSARY, 1:30 p.m. for Pastor Paulette Hazelwood at Faith Worship Center, 1606 Norfolk Ave., Victoria. Apostle Ernest Farrar of Commandment Apostolic Worship Center, Blackstone, will be the Word giver. All are welcome.
TRUNK OR TREAT, 5:30-7 p.m. in Victoria at the Victoria Railroad Park. The event for Kenbridge will held at the same time in the Kenbridge Town Hall parking lot, 511 E. Fifth Ave. Kids up to 13 years of age are welcome. Contact town officials in Victoria or Kenbridge if you would like to decorate your trunk or to make a donation for the event.
FALL FESTIVAL, 1-7 p.m. at Three Rivers Treatment Center, 231 Hickory Road, Kenbridge. Food, games, crafts, prizes, tours will be included in the days events. Free and open to the public.

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Places for People has launched a new design guide in conjunction with global engineering and design consultancy Arup. The What makes great places for people? guide sets the scene for future communities – especially in a post-Covid world.
The way that people live is fundamentally changing. Before the pandemic, the demographic make-up of the UK was evolving. The population is projected to grow to 73 million by 2041, while the number of people in the 65-plus age bracket is projected to rise from 18% to 26% of the total population.
Developers and placemakers cannot ignore how differently people now live and how that will change in the future. There are environmental considerations and commitment to zero-carbon communities; societal trends that allow people to live and work differently in their homes; and the simple changing demographic of households.
The guide addresses this by creating mixed-use and mixed-tenure places that lay the foundation for social cohesion, economic prosperity and environmental sustainability. It is based on six key principles, each of which address how new neighbourhoods should be shaped.
The principles are intended to be universal, inclusive and relevant to all people, irrespective of their age, gender, background, family structure or socioeconomic status.
The guide has been cross-referenced against recently published government papers including ‘Building Better, Building Beautiful’, MHCLG’s National Design Guide and the National Model Design Code. It is hoped that it will now form a basis for future communities.
David Cowans is group chief executive of Places for People


Let's say that you have a family to transport but also want a car that is ludicrously powerful. In days gone by, that'd be a problem. But now, there's a plethora of sedans on the market that have more than 600 horsepower that can get you and your spawn from point-to-point in record time.
No, they aren't all affordable, but they are all fast. Here are some of our favorite fast sedans on the market today.
Using a heavily reworked version of the twin-turbo V8 found in the BMW 750i, the Alpina B7 puts 600 hp to the road via all four wheels. It's not quite the most powerful 7-Series you can buy, as you'll find out very soon.
Not to be outdone by Alpina, BMW rates its M-badged, V12-powered 7-Series as having 601 horsepower. It's one better than the Alpina. Or, it's four better, if you judge by cylinder count.
The RS7 has been on the market for quite some time now, but Audi recently updated it with a Performance variant that brings 605 hp to the table via a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8. That in combination with a quick-shifting eight-speed automatic and all-wheel drive makes the RS7 Performance one of the quickest cars in the world.6 of 10
The base BMW M5 has to make do with just 600 hp from its 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8, which clearly, is not enough for a super sedan. That's why there's the 617-hp M5 Competition.
Mercedes-AMG is moving away from V12s in favor of hybrid V8 drivetrains, but for now, you can still get its old 6.0-liter twin-turbo 12-cylinder in the S65 sedan. Is it overkill in a luxury sedan? Yes, and that's the point. This engine is also available in the Maybach S650, for maximum speedy luxury.
Introduced last year, the Continental Flying Spur W12 S is the fastest Bentley four-door ever made, with a top speed of over 200 mph. With some small tweaks, Bentley managed to squeeze 626 hp and 605 lb-ft of torque out of the Flying Spur's W12 engine.
Using the a modified version of the engine in the E63 S, the top-of-the-line version of AMG's new four-door GT "coupe" makes an amazing 630 horsepower. That's incredible power from a 4.0-liter V8, even one with two turbos.
It's a Corvette Z06 with four doors, thanks to its 6.2-liter Supercharged V8, which pumps out 640 horsepower. The CTS-V is also one of the world's fastest sedans, with a 200-mph top speed.
With a hybrid drivetrain influenced by that of the 918 Spyder, the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid cranks out a total of 680 hp and 626 lb-ft of torque. That makes this Panamera good for a 0-60 run of 3.2 seconds and a 192-mph top speed.
Here's a rare photo of a Charger Hellcat, currently the world's most powerful four-door, not spinning its rear tires. You see, the Charger Hellcat has a tendency to light up the rear because it sends 707 horsepower to a relatively small set of Pirelli P Zeros.


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A recent ruling has once again demonstrated how technology continues to challenge traditional legal frameworks leading to different court rulings. In a controversial case, a federal magistrate in Vermont held that the 5th Amendmentâ€™s right against self-incrimination protected a man charged with the transportation of child pornography.
Sebastian Boucher was arrested while crossing the border from Canada into the United States. Border agents stopped Boucher during a routine stop and began to look through his laptop, noticing several files with names indicating acts of child pornography in the Z: drive. When asked if there was any child pornography, Boucher claimed that he wasnâ€™t sure since he downloaded pornography from online newsgroups and then transferred them onto his computer.
Border agents continued to search the drive and eventually were able to locate actual videos and pictures containing child pornography. They then placed Boucher under arrest and subsequently shut down the laptop. One week later, the government tried accessing the files only to realize that the Z: drive was encrypted with PGP(Pretty Good Security), thereby making it impossible to access the files without knowing the password. So can the government compel Boucher to give up the password in order to view the files on his computer?
Boucherâ€™s attorneys argue that forcing their client to reveal the password is a violation of the 5th Amendment. Judge Jerome Niedermeier agreed, writing that disclosing the password would provide evidence to the government that could be used to incriminate Boucher in violation of his 5th Amendment rights. The 5th Amendment protects individuals from being forced to testify against themselves because their response could be self-incriminating. Supreme Court precedent holds that the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination doctrine â€œprotects a personâ€¦against being incriminated by his own compelled testimonial communications.â€ The issue ultimately came down to whether compelling Boucher to disclose the password is a testimonial communication and therefore privileged under the United States Constitution.
Different Tests to Use
Some acts of production such as providing fingerprints, blood samples, or voice recordings are considered unprivileged since such evidence gives no indication of a personâ€™s thoughts or knowledge. A court can generally force a defendant to provide such information without implicating the 5th Amendment.
The government is arguing a distinction beyond whether the information is or is not known by the defendant. They contend that revealing the password is not testimonial communication because it will not reveal any new information which the government is not already aware of. The fact that the password is in the content of Boucherâ€™s mind should not preclude disclosure since he would not be revealing any new evidence to the government. It would only be revealing the files that the border agents had previously seen. There may or not be other files on the Z: drive containing incriminating information. As a result, prior knowledge of incriminating activity by the government would bar a 5th Amendment privilege right by Boucher.
Judge Niedermeier took a broader view in his decision denying the governmentâ€™s subpoena. He believes that that the password qualifies as testimonial communications because it was within the content of Boucherâ€™s mind. Niedermeier referenced a Supreme Court case that analogized the password to the combination of a wall safe. He wrote that â€œa password, like a combination, is in the suspectâ€™s mind, and is therefore testimonial and beyond the reach of the grand jury subpoena.â€ If Boucher had written the password somewhere, it would likely be found to be unprivileged and the government could force him to disclose it.
The judge also ruled against the governmentâ€™s offer which allowed Boucher to enter the password without having to reveal it to the government. Judge Niedermeier wrote that even the effect of hiding the password from the government would still be implicitly indicating that Boucher knew the password and that he had access to the files. The contents of his mind would still be displayed and the testimonial nature would not change by not revealing the password to the government.
Future Rulings in a Digital Age
Each test is dispositive of a particular outcome in cases where technology makes it easier to hide information. The government is seeking to find the best possible strategy to convict criminals and would like for the courts to use a narrow interpretation of what constitutes testimonial communications in a digital age. The dilemma in this case has occurred because access to the evidence is located inside the defendantâ€™s head. Even though the government has sufficient probable cause to get a subpoena if Boucher had child pornography available in his car or house, the encryption technology has now added another dimension for the government to overcome in order to convict.
Supporters of individual rights would prefer the test used by Judge Niedermeier which creates a clear, black and white rule vis-Ã -vis electronic communications. Privacy advocates would stand by the ruling of the judge and will seek to prevent the government from compelling disclosure of content protected by passwords. They see no need for an exception to the 5th Amendment and hope to convince the courts that passwords should always be testimonial communications.
The case will likely be appealed by the government and should not be viewed as the last word on the topic. There are many variables in the facts of this particular case that could provide ample room for the court to side with either ruling. It does raise an interesting situation that U.S. courts will continue to face as technology becomes more pervasive in criminal investigations.

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Capitol Police reinstalled metal fencing around the U.S. Capitol this week ahead of President Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address on Tuesday.
CBS News is reporting that Capitol fencing, originally installed after the Jan. 6 riots and often used for defense since then, is being reinstalled in conjunction with the SOTU address.
They described it as “controversial”.
“For the third year in a row, an eight-foot black metal fence will surround the US Capitol complex during President Joe Biden’s address to Congress,” they wrote.
The fence, plastered with signs reading “Area closed by order of the United States Capitol Police Board,” has become an increasingly common and controversial security measure since the Capitol riots.
The fence is expected to remain in place until at least Wednesday.
For the third year in a row, an eight-foot black metal fence will surround the US Capitol complex during President Joe Biden’s address to Congress. https://t.co/JkGs7w76ut
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 6, 2023
RELATED: Former Defense Secretary Slams Pelosi as ‘Incoherent’ and ‘Screaming’ Mess During Jan. 6 Riot, Reduces It to People ‘Taking Selfies’
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It’s really strange that the Capitol Police and lawmakers cower behind a large metal fence whenever they think they can protest against a president who received the most popular vote in American history.
Especially when a former defense secretary described the Capitol riots as little more than “a rowdy band of MAGA supporters” who were “taking selfies.”
In the months leading up to the Jan. 6 rally, the Capitol complex was guarded by thousands of National Guard troops, surrounded by razor-wire fences and locked with manned checkpoints.
About two years ago, when the fence was finally removed, the New York Post celebrated it as “the People’s House once more.”
Since then they back it up for every SOTU lecture. When protesters wanted to hold a rally to promote justice for Ashley Babbitt, they turned it down. American truckers turned it around when they prepared their own ‘Freedom Caravan’ in the nation’s capital.
They are cowards, plain and simple.
People naturally had some questions about making a return to metal fencing.
So, do the walls work?
— Cindy (@asheborn57) February 7, 2023
RELATED: Capitol police reinstall fence as American ‘freedom convoy’ heads to Washington
This appears to be the work of the wall… for the personal security of the President
With metal fencing returning to the Capitol, many openly wondered why it was necessary, while others pointed out the hypocrisy.
“So, the wall works?” asked a woman Name is Cindy.
They work. Our lawmakers know what they do. That’s right their Safety is a priority, see, where the little people – they don’t matter.
Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) joked that the president needed more metal fencing to keep Pudding Pops from straying.
They reinstalled the fence around the Capitol.
With no reports of increased threats, I can only assume it’s to make sure Biden doesn’t stray after SOTU.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) February 6, 2023
Representative Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) wondered how a metal fence would protect the president from a Chinese spy balloon.
“Joe Biden is more afraid of Americans visiting their Capitol than a Chinese spy balloon invading our skies for God only knows what,” he tweeted.
The fence is back around the Capitol for SOTU because Biden knows that walls work on the ground.
Joe Biden is more afraid of Americans visiting their Capitol than a Chinese spy balloon invading our skies for God only knows what. pic.twitter.com/PPFiADWP4W
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) February 6, 2023
Conservative Pamela Hensley writes: “The most popular ‘president’ in history, with 81 million ‘votes’, fears American citizens.”
An account called DC_Draino echoed these sentiments, saying, “They’re building a wall around the Capitol for the SOTU of the guy who got the ‘most votes in American history’.”
The Capitol Police just put up a fence around the US Capitol. The most popular “president” in history with 81 million “votes” is feared by American citizens.
— Pamela Hensley🇺🇸 (@PamelaHensley22) February 6, 2023
They’re building a wall around the Capitol for the SOTU of the man who got “the most votes in American history.”
The same fence that Nancy Pelosi’s staff secretly prevented from being installed on J6 pic.twitter.com/xb89cf4L4E
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) February 6, 2023
Come on. Are you surprised? This is the same person who had to hide in the basement of the entire presidential campaign in 2020 just to get elected. He had to hide so people wouldn’t see that he was a low-functioning psychopath.
The Political Insider reported Monday that former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller largely mocked lawmakers for their response to the Jan. 6 riots.
Pelosi had ‘total nuclear meltdown’ on Jan 6, Trump’s defense secretary alleges in new memoir https://t.co/HZxDbqf1sc
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) February 6, 2023
Miller described top Democrats and Republicans as “hyperventilating on the phone” as they demanded protection at the Capitol that day.
He portrayed lawmakers as “squirming like frightened children” for the world to see during the riots.
“Should I blame a bunch of geriatrics? Of course not. But do I judge them? You’re damned I’m right,” he said.
Old age is once again behaving like frightened children.
A mother of two who lives nearby spoke to CBS News about the metal fence at the Capitol.
“It’s traumatic for our children and it sends a message that something is wrong in our country and in our capital,” he said. “Our kids are watching this and asking their parents, what happened? Why are we barricaded again?’
It’s okay to hurt kids outside the fence, but the kids inside need to feel comfortable, safe, and secure.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (TSN-WSAU) Ohio State didn't let Wisconsin off this time around.
Jon Diebler followed up a career performance with another strong effort Sunday, scoring 27 points, and the top-ranked Buckeyes exacted a measure of revenge with a resounding 93-65 victory over the No. 10 Badgers.
Wisconsin handed Ohio State its first loss of the season back on February 12, rallying from a 15-point deficit to beat the Buckeyes, 71-67, in Madison. The Badgers were aiming to become just the ninth team to post two wins over the No.1 team in the same season, but Diebler and Co. made sure that didn't happen.
Diebler made 7-of-8 three-pointers, grabbed six rebounds and dished out four assists. The senior guard notched a personal-best 30 points and equaled the Big Ten record with 10 three-pointers in Tuesday's road win against Penn State.
Jared Sullinger finished with 22 points and seven boards for Ohio State (29-2, 16-2 Big Ten), which missed just one of its 15 bids from beyond the arc.
The Buckeyes clinched an outright Big Ten title and top seed in next week's conference tournament when Purdue lost to Iowa on Saturday
Josh Gasser had 17 points to pace the Badgers (23-7, 13-5).
The Badgers finished in 3rd place in the Big Ten this year. They'll play on Friday night in the Big Ten tournament.


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Additional winners of Miss America preliminary competitions were announced over the weekend. Miss California Jacquelynne Fontaine was named Saturday night’s (Jan. 27) talent winner for her operatic vocal performance to “Vissi d’arte” from Tosca. Miss Hawaii Pilialoha Gaison was named Friday night’s (Jan. 26) winner for her Tahitian dance to “Te Vaka.” Both women received a $2,000 scholarship. In addition, Miss Pennsylvania Emily Wills won Saturday night’s lifestyle and fitness in swimsuit competition in a black-and-white striped Venus swimsuit with red piping. Miss Nebraska Molly McGrath won Friday night’s competition in a magenta Venus swimsuit. Both women received a $1,000 scholarship. To recognize community service, Miss Rhode Island Allison Rogers, Miss Arizona Hilary Griffith and Miss Alabama Melinda Toole were recognized with the Quality of Life Award from the Miss America organization. The 2007 Miss America Pageant airs Monday night (Jan. 29) on CMT.


This French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was sent into exile by his parents after they found out he was having a love affair with his then teacher, whom he had made a promise to marry.
His parents were outraged that their teenage son, 15, was involved with a married mother of three at such a young age and took the decision to ship him off in the hopes that he would forget his lover.
The young boy, however resolved to continue loving her despite their 24-year gap. According to an interview published on the dailymail, a former professor of Emmanuel Macron disclosed the details of the affair.
Macron is now 39-years-old and married to Brigitte, 64, saying she is the reason he wants to succeed.
In an exclusive interview, Prof Monjou told how the heartbroken teenager was exiled to Paris by his parents who were furious at their son’s scandalous affair and warned the mother-of-three to ‘stay away’ until he turned 18.
Prof Monjou added: ‘He wanted to prove to his parents that he had not made a mistake in falling in love with his teacher.
‘And he wanted to prove to his now wife that she had made the right choice in turning her life upside down to be with him.’
His parents contacted the headteacher and asked that he be separated from his teacher and keep the affair a secret. But the young Macron had made up his mind declaring to her, ” I will marry you one day”.
The two love-bird managed to meet up in between his school sessions, with the approval of his grandmother.
Here is the story makes news worldwide;
‘The next French President is 39 years old. But that is not the news.
He is married to a 64 year-old, that is still not the news. His wife was his class teacher 24 years ago…not still the news.
His then class teacher had a daughter who was his class-mate…everybody including his parents thought this teacher’s daughter was his girlfriend…nope they were wrong. He fell in love with his class teacher when he was 15…she was “happily married” with 3 kids…now the “happily married” is relative in this context.
At 17, he promised to marry her. She was at the time 42 years. They got married in 2007 with our man now 30…well she was almost 55.
Next month he is going to be sworn-in as the President of France 6 months to his 40th birthday while his lovely wife who has 3 adult kids and 7 grandchildren (her first child is two years older than her husband while her second child, the former classmate/sweetheart is the same age as him).
His name is Emmanuel Macron (39) and he is the next President of France’


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My name is Micheal and I was selected to go to the Australia Adventure. I am in 11th grade and I am so excited about this trip. I am a very hard worker both in school, community and church. My values are simple work hard and give back to others and receive pleasures of the heart.
What I'm Raising Money For
Trip to the Outback!
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I am Eagles scout with Boy scouts and I constantly am involved I many community activities in which I give back to my church and community. I believe I can make a difference and will learn a lot about cultures in which I can bring back home and share with my family, school and scout troop. What better way then to share, explore, learn and teach.

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The cat flea is the most common type of flea, which is usually found on dogs and cats. Discover more information about cat fleas and how to remove them.
The most common domestic flea is the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. This is most likely the flea you'll find on your dog or cat. Adults of this species, unlike many other fleas, remain on the host for most of their adult life. The dog flea, Ctenocephalides canis, is similar in appearance, but is rarely found in the United States. Cat fleas are commonly found on both cats and dogs in North America, while dog fleas are found in Europe. Cat fleas will also use other animals such as rats, mice, squirrels and birds as their host. The two species are distinguished by a slight difference in their anatomy, which is detectable only under high magnification.
Cat fleas can live without food for several months, but the female flea must have a blood meal before she can lay eggs. Amazingly, up to 4,000 eggs can be laid on the fur of the animal just from one female flea during her lifetime.
These fleas develop through a four-stage life cycle: egg, larva, pupa and adult. The entire life cycle can be as short as two to three weeks, or as long as a year depending on environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity.
What do cat fleas look like?
Eggs: Cat flea eggs are laid at the rate of up to one egg per hour. They are oval, smooth, and very small in size - about 0.5 millimeters. Due to their dry, smooth surface, the eggs easily fall out of the animal's hair. Though otherwise visible, the white eggs are nearly impossible to see against surfaces such as carpet, bedding and lawn. It is here where the eggs will remain until the larvae emerge.
Larvae: Within two days of egg laying, worm-like larvae hatch from the eggs. They range from 1.5 to 5 millimeters in length. This stage lasts five to 15 days depending on environmental conditions. Larvae lack eyes, legs, are covered with few hairs, and possess dark guts that are visible through their thin translucent outer covering called the exoskeleton. Cat flea larvae feed on almost any organic debris in the floor covering, but their main diet is dried adult cat flea fecal matter. Adult flea feces, also known as "flea dirt," consists of relatively undigested blood which dries and falls from the pet to serve as food for the newly hatched larvae.
Pupae: Before becoming adults, the cat flea larvae spin silk cocoons in which they will develop. Because of the sticky outer surface of the cocoons, dirt and debris are attracted to them and provide camouflage. The pupae remain in the cocoons until they have fully developed into adult fleas. The adults can survive inside the pupa for up to a year before they emerge.
Adults: Adults are stimulated to emerge by vibration or carbon dioxide which is expelled by warm-blooded animals through normal breathing. Considerable rises in temperature and humidity can also be a trigger. The adults are about 1 to 3 millimeters in size, reddish-brown to tan in color, wingless, and have laterally compressed bodies, almost making them appear as if they've been flattened. They possess powerful hind legs which allow for running and jumping through hair, fur, and feathers. The adult stage of the cat flea is the only stage of their life cycle where they actually live on the host animal. The adults usually live four to 25 days.
Cat fleas can cause a variety of concerning medical conditions. Although rare, they are capable of transmitting diseases such as murine typhus and the plague to humans. There are varied allergic responses to their bites depending on the sensitivity of the host animal. Cat fleas can also serve as an intermediate host to an intestinal parasite known as the dog tapeworm. Perhaps one of the most common conditions caused by these pests is flea allergy dermatitis (FAD). Some animals are very sensitive to cat flea bites. Excessive biting and scratching can cause hair loss, hot spots (areas of bare skin where the hair has been bitten or scratched off by the pet, becoming red and inflamed i.e., "hot") and lead to an infection.
Observe the evidence
Fleas can be detected by the behavior of your pet. If your pet begins to bite and scratch excessively, this might suggest the problem is flea bites. If you notice loss of hair or sores on your pet, they may have already developed FAD. Early detection is the key to minimizing suffering. Although fleas can serve as disease vectors, most people take action due to the annoyance of the itching and biting of the fleas, rather than for health reasons.
Trying to control cat fleas with over-the-counter products and tools can oftentimes seem futile. Considering that pupa containing developing adult fleas can remain in lawns and carpets for extended periods of time unchallenged, you may manage to kill most of the adults only to have new recruits enter the battle when the adults emerge. It's a vicious cycle. Terminix pest management specialists are trained and have the correct products and equipment to tackle even the worst cat flea infestations. If you suspect you have a flea problem, call Terminix and ask for a free evaluation.

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Tinnitus is usually associated with various noises and sounds that constantly irritate the eardrum. It may be something as simple as a little ringing, up to more lengthy and complex chirps or screeches. There is no real cure for the problem, but the information discussed in this article will certainly help.
Since many people are not knowledgeable about tinnitus and the problems that it causes for people who suffer from this condition, it is important to educate your family, co-workers and friends about your situation. Inform them about the different conditions and settings that cause you the most problems. Also, ask them for their support in helping you deal with your condition.
Bring up your tinnitus to your doctor at your next yearly physical exam and ask to be referred to an ear, nose, and throat specialist. An ENT can look into the cause of your tinnitus, which is vital, if you are going to find a way to treat it.
Techniques that encourage relaxation and serenity, such as yoga or meditation, can help you deal with tinnitus. In many instances, tinnitus symptoms are worsened by constant exposure to stress and little time being made for relaxation. During the time that you are partaking in yoga, your mind and body are at rest, and this will reduce the possibility of tinnitus raising its head.
Instead of attending a football game at a bar, or in person, watch the game at your house. Keep the volume adjusted so you can hear it, but not so that it is overly loud. If you view the game in your own home you have control over how loud it becomes in the room, which helps keep your tinnitus from flaring up.
To get a restful night’s sleep even with tinnitus, work out before bedtime. Exercise will tire your body out, and will leave you so exhausted that you’ll be able to drift off to sleep peacefully without focusing on your tinnitus. Taking a hot bath after your workout can make falling asleep even easier.
Avoid alcohol, caffeine and tobacco if you are a sufferer of tinnitus. These substances are known to act as nerve stimulants. Tinnitus is often caused by over-stimulated nerves sending a confused message to the brain, so adding to this is naturally something you should avoid. Removing these will also help your overall health, so their is no reason not to.
Consider seeking help from a psychologist if you suffer from tinnitus. A psychologist has the ability to teach you how to put the tinnitus to the back of your mind. To do this you must be fully cooperative with the psychology and open your mind to the fact that this can work for you.
Tinnitus is very widespread, and thousands of different outlooks or remedies have been attempted across the globe. The advice above is still recommended and known to have positive effects. The problem can be caused by various reasons, so it is often hard to address it properly. Remain calm and try to consider what may have brought it on in the first place.

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A new report from GeoComply has given both scope and context to just how many Americans were wagering during the first week of NFL action.
Over the course of the week, GeoComply processed over 242 million geolocation checks, which was a massive 56% uptick from 2022, which logged 103 million checks.
The start of the 2022 NFL season marked the first time New Yorkers were able to kick off the season with wagering, which propelled it to the top of the list in terms of states by betting volume.
For the 2023 season, there are three new big markets propelling growth. GeoComply provided a breakdown of how each of the new states fared in Week 1:
Collectively, the three states accounted for 253,000 new accounts of the 1.1 million total tracked by GeoComply. Ohio was particularly active, as indicated by this video:
“Consumer awareness around the security and fairness of legal online betting platforms has played a pivotal role in the responsible growth of the industry. While the increase in our transaction volume emphasizes the appetite for regulated online sports betting, our data also accentuates an urgent call to action. States without regulated online sports betting should get off the legalization sidelines and unlock their ability to protect consumers and generate significant tax revenue,” said GeoComply CEO Anna Sainsbury.
The first-quarter touchdown pass from Jared Goff to Amon-Ra St. Brown on Thursday night sparked a huge flurry of activity. When the underdog Lions took the early lead, GeoComply processed an impressive 4,200 transactions per second as in-game wagers flooded in.
Unless a major state legalizes sports betting in 2024, don’t expect a similar bump in transactions next year. With Kentucky launching later this month and only Vermont, North Carolina, and Maine waiting to come online, there will not be a large new swath of bettors getting their first exposure to the regulated betting market.

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It has been cloudy here for over a week. Yesterday, it seriously rained for 12 hours straight, not just sprinkles, a hard, steady, drench you as you exit your car kind of rain. It’s starting to make me cranky and it’s not lending itself well to bloggin’ since I am currently knitting something that’s dark purple and the lack of sunlight is making it virtually impossible to get good pictures of it. So, instead, it will just be words for you today.
I promised I would do some ‘splainin’ in this post (that’s explaining for any of you unfamiliar with the southern drawl), so I will. You may have noticed a post from my friends, Jen and Robin, last week. They are among my best friends from college. They know everything about me and did not know about my ‘blog. They knew that I knit, but I don’t think that the extent was fully understood until I visited Jen almost two weeks ago and taught her how to knit. She picked it up really fast and taught Robin how to knit. She has plans to teach another girl how to knit this weekend. Jen has already finished a scarf and one piece on a child’s sweater and Robin finished a scarf and is thinking about future projects. I have created a monster, and I love it. At any rate, I showed Jen my blog and now my secret is out. Jen has acknowledged the addictive qualities of knitting and I couldn’t agree more.
As far as what I’m knitting now, I’m working on a cardigan for Jen’s daughter. She is 18 months old and is the cutest thing ever. I’ve finished the two front pieces and the back. Now I’m working on the sleeves. Why are the sleeves always the slowest parts? I think for me it’s because I expect them to go quickly since they aren’t as wide and they never quite do. I’m doing them both at the same time and hope to finish it by this weekend.


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When Rotherham firm SteelPhalt set out to celebrate its 50th year by capturing its story on camera, it didn’t have to look far for a photographer.
For the road surfacing company’s PA administrator Alice Skelton is a keen photography enthusiast with an eye for unusual detail.
And her quirky views of the SteelPhalt Harsco site at Ickles in Rotherham have proved such a hit in the office they are also to feature in the company’s 2015 calendar and a 50th anniversary history of the business.
Alice, aged 27, from Nether Edge, is a graduate of Graphic Art and Design, where her interest in photography started to grow.
“One of the first projects I did was photographing some of Sheffield’s historic industrial sites and Little Mesters workshops and also some of the beautiful old signage that’s in danger of vanishing on buildings,” she said.
“It fascinated me that you could look at these old sites but photograph them in a contemporary way, capturing the abstract qualities of the buildings – and that’s what I did when I was asked to look at taking photos of the SteelPhalt site.”
Based at the Ickles in Templeborough, SteelPhalt has been developing and manufacturing high performance asphalt products for the UK road making industry since 1964.
“We wanted to present an image of our work in an imaginative way and that is exactly what Alice has achieved,” said the company’s commercial manager, Dean Raynor.


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Since this question keeps cropping up every few weeks, we decided to write a definitive article, explaining just why rigged bits aren’t a likely thing to happen.
Of course, the shiny new Bento skeleton enables lots of cool features, which we will be taking advantage of readily in our upcoming avatars, of which we plan to produce a great deal more in the coming months. However despite the possibility of rigging dicks and other naughty parts now, we will not be taking advantage of these particular options, and here’s why:
Rigging something comes with a set of drawbacks. Mostly the fact that you very clearly tell whichever 3d engine you work with – Second Life in our case – that this is the size and position of the object, and this is how it’s going to bend. While this works great for bodies because of the pre-existing sliders, with bits this is another matter. In short, a list of things that would occur on rigged bits:
- You could no longer adjust the position of your bits. /at all/. It would forever be in the same position, and while it would likely somewhat adjust to your body shape, once you leave the SL shape too much – think ferals, skadi sergals, solarians, etc – the system breaks down and we would have to build specific versions for each and every unique body setup we wanted to fit with.
- Scaling the bits would almost entirely be out. Yes, you may get some scaling out of the “groin size” slider, but anything finer such as length, width, ball or shaft size changes would be impossible, unless we built dozens of different sizes for each.
- Modding would be almost gone. Adding a piercing as you can do now? Nope. Unless we, or a third party, creates additional rigged piercings, you can’t add new ones, or change the position of existing ones, at all.
- Custom prims? Only unless the animations are the same, and even then you couldn’t use custom positions. So if you want to add some barbs, someone needs to a) make a model to fit the target cock, b) make an animation to move with the target cock so it always lines up properly
- Throbbing? Nope. Throbbing would require scaling the bones to swell the girth of the shaft, but SL only allows translation & rotation in animations, not scaling; only shape sliders are allowed to do that (best example would be head size)
- Custom states? Also nope, unless you can make your own animations in blender.
- Particle effects lining up with animations? Not really, since we would still have to have particle prims that get moved just like our current system does, since rigging doesn’t /actually/ change the position of something, it just makes it look as if it moved. So a rigged particle emitter would always stay in the same place as far as SL is concerned, even though it looks as if it moves about. Which is also why our rigged breasts don’t come with rigged particle emitters, and why they can’t follow the breast bounce, sadly.
In short, why rigged cocks have the potential to look great, they take away almost all of the modding features people love about our products. Some people are very much trying to make these work and are getting good looking results, but our theme always has, and always will be customizeability. Taking this away from our customers as a tradeoff for animations simply doesn’t work for us, and as such, we will continue to create our usual quality and improve in any way we can.
Avatars will be a different matter, we are fully embracing the benefits bento gives us there for expressive, alive avatars, and will of course always strive to keep modability a priority along with a great looking avatar.

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PM - Monday, 9 March , 2009 18:38:00
Reporter: Michael Turtle
MARK COLVIN: The Federal Government has announced an ambitious target to get an extra 55,000 people from low socio-economic backgrounds into university by 2020.
But the Education Minister Julia Gillard has been light on details
She says there'll be specific measures announced in the May Budget.
Student groups are demanding an increase in financial support; there are also questions about whether the goal is achievable.
Youth Affairs reporter Michael Turtle.
MICHAEL TURTLE: About 25 kilometres north of Perth's CBD is an area called Joondalup.
It's home to the main campus of Edith Cowan University, but it's also a place with a large percentage of people from a low socio-economic background.
For a lot of them, like 14-year-old Jacob, Edith Cowan's buildings are part of their neighbourhood but not their lives.
JACOB: Most people don't really mention uni they mainly think of TAFE. Probably because it's more in reach of underprivileged people such as myself and other people like my friends and things.
MICHAEL TURTLE: But that doesn't mean Jacob doesn't want to go to university. If he could, he'd love to study IT.
JACOB: Well, it offers, I think that it'd be a more thorough sort of environment. There would be people there that really want to be there not just so that they could go and get an apprenticeship or something like that.
MICHAEL TURTLE: These are the young people the Federal Government is now targeting with a plan to raise university enrolments amongst poorer people.
Currently, about 15 per cent of undergraduate students are from low socio-economic backgrounds.
The Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard wants to raise that to 20 per cent by the year 2020; that's an extra 55,000 students.
JULIA GILLARD: Equity is an essential element of reform. We want to see our higher education institutions giving every Australian the opportunities they deserve and the opportunities the nation needs.
MICHAEL TURTLE: One way Ms Gillard wants to achieve this is by putting the responsibility on families and on state governments, to improve the standard of schools and hence the educational aspirations of young students.
JULIA GILLARD: Universities will say that they can only make a difference to low SES enrolment, if governments around the country are prepared to play their part and schools are prepared to rise to the challenge. I welcome and want to institutionalise that pressure from universities onto government.
MICHAEL TURTLE: But Ms Gillard says any Federal funding for the ambitious plan to change the demographics of university campuses will be revealed in the May Budget.
Student groups think the main way to achieve the goal is to increase youth allowance and living away from home allowances.
The president of the National Union of Students, David Barrow.
DAVID BARROW: We'd like to see the Government increase the youth allowance amount. We'd also like to see them bring the age of independence down from 25 to 21. We'd like to see them up the amount of money you can earn with your part-time job. We'd also like to see them retain the workforce eligibility criteria.
MICHAEL TURTLE: The Government's goal of 20 per cent by 2020 was the recommendation of the recent Bradley Review into higher education.
The chair in higher education research at Deakin University, Marcia Devlin, thinks the goal is laudable, but not necessarily realistic.
MARCIA DEVLIN: Given we haven't improved in low SES equity participation in higher education for the last 15 years I think it's probably a stretch target. However that's not a bad thing. I think it's good to have a stretch target but it will be very difficult to reach.
MICHAEL TURTLE: Professor Devlin believes the focus needs to be on changing attitudes and convincing people they need a university degree.
MARCIA DEVLIN: So I think we need to do a better job of explaining to people why coming to university and investing a number of years of your life in studying for a bachelor degree or higher level qualification is worthwhile in terms of the outcomes it'll provide and thereby raising people's aspirations to come to university.
MARK COLVIN: Professor Marcia Devlin from Deakin University ending that report by Michael Turtle.


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Eddie Redmayne says rumours claiming he dumped Taylor Swift were “absolute nonsense”.
The British actor was reported to have enjoyed a brief relationship with the American country pop star after they met in late 2011 while she was auditioning for new musical movie Les Misérables.
According to reports, Eddie then broke up with Taylor after she lost out on the role of Eponine to Samantha Barks. Eddie, who plays Marius in the film, insists he was never involved with the music star.
In a new interview with UK magazine Glamour, Eddie revealed he only spent “an hour” with Taylor during her audition and then briefly met the singer again at one of her concerts.
“It was absolute nonsense,” he says of the romance rumours. “We had a chat behind the stage for seven minutes. So I met Taylor Swift for an hour and seven minutes. Even by my standards, that’s a pretty brief relationship! I find it offensive because it was [flails arms] I’ve ‘dumped’ her. Then you get emails from your friends going, ‘Dude, is it true…?’ ‘No!’ Then they don’t believe you.”
The 30-year-old hunk remains tight-lipped about his personal life. Spending time with Kristen Stewart while working on the 2008 movie The Yellow Handkerchief made him realise how stressful it is when your private life is the subject of public scrutiny.
“Sorry,” he replied when asked if he has a girlfriend at the moment. “It’s something I try to keep protected. I’ve done press with Kristen Stewart and it’s hard.”
Eddie shows off his impressive vocal talents in Les Misérables.
The star loves to sing and often belts out the words to his favourite soft rock tunes when he is at home.
“I’m embarrassing myself here. I have a pretty hideous taste in music,” he laughed after revealing the first album he bought was by Bon Jovi. “And that’s a pretty horrific prospect: a spotty 12 year old in the showing singing Aaaaaaaaawl-waaaaaays!”

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Dutch sociologist Jan Breman, a notable and influential sociologist specialising in South and South East Asian Studies, has a rather unique theory for what led to the 2002 Gujarat riots – a three-day period of intense violence between the Hindu and Muslim communities that left thousands dead.
It is widely believed that the burning of a train in Godhra – carrying Hindu pilgrims karsevaks returning from Ayodhya – is what triggered the violence.
But Breman, speaking at a recent event in Chennai, gave an explanation that is remarkably different.
He said the riots were a result of sudden unemployment caused by the mass closure of cloth mills, which led to the uprooting of a traditional craft in Gujarat.
“If you de-skilled a craft, it would lead to serious social issues. Many who worked in the cloth mills were jobless, and the uncertainty among them led to various petty jobs and eventually to a serious social disorder,” said Breman, as per The Times of India.
Breman, who has conducted anthropological research in Gujarat and West Java (Indonesia) on rural and urban labour employment, said one doesn’t learn a craft overnight, and it’s acquired after years of hard work. And that if you de-skill people, they lose their income as well as tradition.
“Many craftsmen in Ahmedabad began collecting garbage when the mills were closed down. Here, the dignity associated with their job is lost. De-skilling is the main problem of Indian economy even today,” said Breman.
Notably, Ahmedabad was the hub of textile mills in the 70s, when it was called the Manchester of India. At that time, Gujarat had around 150 textile mills with 68 of them based in Ahmedabad – giving employment to around 1.5 lakh people. However, the number dropped so drastically, that around 2000, only a dozen of them were working, employing less than 2,400 people.
It happened because of mounting competition from cheaper handloom products and decline in the demand of cotton.