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Blink and you miss another new restaurant in New York, but there are a few notable ones that are worth checking out for their healthy fare. You probably overlooked the Butcher’s Daughter because of its daytime-only service, but now the Nolita restaurant’s serving up dinner too. Manzanilla and Rogue & Canon are two recently opened spots that have menus packed with light, vitamin-packed food. You’ll walk away feeling strong and healthy, as long as you know what to order.
Monday, February 18: Eat Dinner at the Butcher’s Daughter
At long last, office drones have their shot at walnut pâté, pesto squash “linguine,” and vegetarian charcuterie: Last week, this Nolita health-focused restaurant started serving dinner.
Tuesday, February 19: Try a New Spanish Restaurant
The opening of Manzanilla brings bacalao con gazpacho and an artichoke dish with slow-poached egg and ibérico ham, which has healthier fats than other kinds of pork. Chef-collaborator Dani García is best known for the two-Michelin-starred Calima in Marbella, Spain.
Wednesday, February 20: Overcome Hump-Day at Hanjan
From grilled half-mackerel to wild Atlantic salmon sashimi and a brothy fishcake-and-daikon soup, it’s easy to eat healthily at this Korean restaurant. Try to avoid the pork-belly skewers; we know it’s not easy.
Thursday, February 21: Taste Mughlai Cuisine
At Moti Mahal Delux, good eaters order bhunni chaat, an antioxidant-packed dish of sweet potatoes, peppers, and pineapple; anardana tikka, chicken with pomegranate and black pepper; and dum ke phool, slow-cooked broccoli with saffron yogurt.
Friday, February 22: Go for the Beer, Stay for the Healthy Dinner
New bar-restaurant Rogue & Canon has two salads on its bar menu: Beets come with olive oil, whipped goat cheese, frisée, candied walnuts; and Baby Greens includes breakfast radish, pickled carrot, fennel, and a Meyer lemon vinaigrette. And if you want a protein bomb, there’s always the peanut-butter-topped Rogue Burger.
Kate Lowenstein is the senior features editor at Health magazine.


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Hearing loss presents itself in a unique manner in each individual. Barring hereditary losses, each occurrence will be slightly varied. Some people will have a sensory loss, while others are conductive. Some will occur at birth, while others do not appear until late in life. One aspect that is … [Read more...] about What Happens When Hearing Loss Occurs in One Ear?
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WORCESTER -- An Ashburnham man charged with robbing a pharmacy with his wife before fleeing to Maryland was held on $100,000 cash bail or $1 million surety Wednesday during his arraignment in Worcester Superior Court.
Troy D. Caissie and Allason Caissie, of 200 Tuckerman Road, were indicted on charges of armed robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a controlled substance in the robbery May 24 of the Ashburnham Family Pharmacy.
Troy Caissie was transported on Tuesday to Massachusetts from Maryland, where the couple were arrested last month.
The couple were arrested in Hyattsville, Md., where police allege they fled after the robbery.
Police say Troy Caissie flashed a gun at the pharmacy and ordered three clerks on duty to give him drugs and money.
He appeared briefly in the courtroom Wednesday, and only spoke when entering his not-guilty pleas.
Troy Caissie allegedly made off with 299 doses of OxyContin, 311 doses of Methadone and 41 doses of Suboxone, as well as $108 in cash.
Allason Caissie, 26, was arraigned last week in Winchendon District Court on charges associated with the robbery, and was being held in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $500,000 surety. An arraignment date in superior court has not been scheduled.
Police believe Allason Caissie was waiting for her husband outside the pharmacy in a car she borrowed from her mother.
Troy Caissie is due back in court July 18.
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Massachusetts long gun sales tumble one year after copycat ban
By Christen Smith
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced a prohibition on state-compliant versions of banned long guns on July 20, 2016, sparking an unprecedented buying frenzy. (Photo: Healey’s office)
Background check applications for long guns in Massachusetts decreased by more than half in July after a last-minute ban prompted an unprecedented buying frenzy the year before.
Dealers submitted 2,150 long gun applications to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System last month — 58 percent less than the 5,108 record-breaking checks processed in 2016. By comparison, dealers transferred just under 2,000 long guns in 2015, 8 percent behind this year’s projected sales.
The dramatic shift downward likely stems from last year’s surprise move from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, who on July 20, 2016 announced a ban of “copy-cat assault weapons,” effective immediately.
Healey said during a press conference at the time her decision to ban “state compliant” versions of outlawed guns, including the Colt AR-15 and the Kalishnikov AK-47, was supported by the state’s 1998 assault weapons ban — a law she says the gun industry “has openly defied for nearly two decades.”
“I want to be perfectly clear — if a gun’s operating system is essentially the same as that of a banned weapon or


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How to include JNI Symbols in your DLL
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This smoothie tastes incredible. This is really a great and healthy breakfast to go. Forget fast food and sinful breakfasts. This only takes about five minutes to make when you have pre-frozen your own fresh cantaloupe chunks into cantaloupe freezer packs.
Prepare the pineapple ahead as well. Peel and cut into chunks and store in the refrigerator for at least five days. You can also freeze these as well. You can buy pineapple frozen in some supermarket freezer sections. Never use canned or jarred pineapple-it has been cooked to preserve it and all the nutrients have been cooked out and the end result is nothing but a pure sugar cube.
And here you go:
(1) zip lock pack of frozen cantaloupe
8 ounces of light vanilla soy milk (I use Silk or 8th Continent)
(10) 1 – 1 1/2 inch chunks of FRESH pineapple
Set out the cantaloupe for about ten minutes before blending to slightly thaw. (Hint: I have nuked in the microwave for about 15 – 20 seconds to thaw a little when I am in a rush, but I try not to do that.) Pour soy milk into blender or small blender. Add frozen cantaloupe chunks. Pulse until blended. Add fresh pineapple chunks to the blender and pulse again until all is blended. Pour into a plastic go cup and go! Cantaloupe is loaded with potassium and is so good for you. It is also very low-cal and low-carb. This whole drink has less than 150 or so calories. That is really a dietary improvement over the quickie frozen then microwaved sausage biscuit and certainly better than a burger chain’s breakfast sandwich.
It will take less time to prepare this than sitting in that drive through line. And since it is a drink, you will not have to buy that soda or cup of coffee. And it is cheaper! It is nonsense when people say they can eat cheaper from a fast food restaurant! And you will not be tempted to add on a muffin, or some of those little greasy hash brown nuggets, with absolutely no health value.
Another possibility for the morning would be a Cantaloupe Slush Smoothie using fresh orange juice and these same cantaloupe freezer packs.
Blender clean-up tip: Place a small amount of water in the blender with a tiny drop of liquid dish detergent. Attach lid and pulse a couple of times. This will clean it. Rinse thoroughly and let air dry, without the lid on. This will eliminate any odors and will keep the container from ‘sweating.’

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Despite yielding extremely low or even negative returns, German Bunds have not lost their safe haven appeal, underscoring the huge appetite among investors for low risk assets as the euro zone debt crisis drags on. But a new asset class is on the rise – and many believe it has a lot more to offer.
Investors are flocking to the German real estate market, lured by steadily rising house prices, low mortgage rates and a stable macroeconomic outlook.
"'Safe haven' is on everyone’s lips. And if investors ask themselves in which regions and with which investment vehicles it is still possible to invest, they will not be able to avoid property,” Dr.Frank Pörschke, CEO of real estate services group Jones Lang LaSalle Germany said in the group’s latest German property market report.
Figures released on Tuesday showed the German economy grew modestlyin the second quarter, just beating forecasts and staying ahead of other euro zone countries facing stagnation or a contraction in growth.
Helge Scheunemann, head of research at Jones Lang LaSalle Germany told CNBC.com that insurance groups, pension funds and open-ended funds were the main buyers, and that investors were mainly German. They are interested primarily in existing properties, rather than new developments, in the western cities of Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt and Duesseldorf.
“The rise in prices we currently see is mainly due to the stable economic situation we have in Germany and a decreasing unemployment rate, as well as a lack of supply of good property,” Scheunemann said. “The higher demand is related to the overall economic situation. We have low interest rates and fewer alternatives for institutional investors.”
Nominal house prices in Germany declined by around 10 percent between 2000 and 2005 and then stagnated until 2009, before rising at 2 to 3 percent per year in the last couple of years, according to Deutsche Bank research.
Prices are higher in the country’s biggest cities, but a discrepancy between the east and west of the country persists as people flee eastern Germany, including Berlin, in search of jobs in the more prosperous West.
Scheunemann added that unlike many Americans or Brits, most Germans are happy to rent for longer and don’t dream of home ownership (related: Americans Rewrite the Dream) .
In addition, 100 percent home purchasing loans are not available and buyers need a deposit of as much as 30 percent. These factors could help to explain why prices have remained relatively low.
“It is not a boom. You can’t compare it with the U.S. the U.K. or Spain,” Scheunemann said.
The gains witnessed in Germany are in line with economic growth in the country, analysts say, and differ significantly from the double digit increases seen in Ireland and Spain (related: Europe's Modern-Day Ghost Towns) before the credit crisis.
“Despite the deep global recession in 2008/9, Germany has experienced average annual real economic growth of 2 percent since 2005 compared to less than 1 percent between 2000 and 2005. The economy and residential property prices developed quite similarly,” Deutsche Bank said in a recent report. “The recent increase in residential prices went hand in hand with a rise in disposable income, so the price-to-income ratio remained flat.”
The bank believes the flight to safe havens is likely to continue to support German house prices in the near future with prices are likely to rise fastest in cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants.
Scheunemann agreed that prices were in line with the economic fundamentals, and largely dismissed talk of a brewing bubble in German property.
“There is good demand and incomes are stable,” he said. “There is a danger (of a bubble) maybe in a few years,” he said, with some signs in certain locations, but the gains seen so far in prices were not a cause for serious concern.


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Launch of the Canadian version of touscoprod.ca
Along with its French partner, touscoprod.com, and with the support of Telefilm Canada, the Festival will launch the first participatory co-production website in Canada (www.touscoprod.ca). Anyone can invest amounts from $10 to $100 online toward films in development or pre-production. From now on, every year the FNC will select three films to host on its website that are directly connected to the service (touscoprod.ca).
For the 39th edition, the selected projects are Xavier Dolan’s next film, Laurence Anyways, and Les ailes de Johnny May by Marc Fafard (3D documentary). The third film will be announced exclusively during the Festival.
This initiative follows on the roundtable on participative co-production held at last year’s FNC Lab, a discussion involving a number of experts in the field.
The FNC is proud of this new and exciting collaboration and hopes this initiative will help these projects to see the light of day.
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The ninth edition of the annual Montfermeil Cultures and Creation fashion show took place on February 8 and welcomed over a thousand of spectators. Showcasing an open spirit, originality and excellence, the annual event is sponsored by LVMH with the active support from Guerlain.
Initiated in 2005 by the Montfermeil City Hall and local associations, the event has since then successfully combined exacting craftsmanship and excellence, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit - the values shared by LVMH and its Houses.
The show creates compelling bridges among the 40 different communities from Africa, Asia and Europe who are present in Montfermeil, making the show a tribute to diversity. For participants, who were invited to integrate the four elements in their works, clothing became a unique channel of expression of their vibrant cultural identity.
This year’s Young Talent Award went to Lionel Morin, who will receive support from the Group to show his creations during a fashion-dedicated show. The winner will also receive personal creative mentoring from a member of LVMH Group.
The jury, comprised of personalities of the fashion world and employees of the Group, has also honored Maryse Boucher for her works in the “kids” category and Domingos Moreira Almeida for his adult creations. The prizes have been awarded by Christian Sanchez, Director of Social Development of LVMH, while Guerlain President Laurent Boillot was also in attendance.
Last year’s winner Anais Guille has since embarked on a remarkable journey, highlighting the relevance of this partnership.


Contrary to a standard text file with a series of records, we usually estimated the response rate. On machines that are clean, the installation procedure should take just a couple of minutes. At the beginning of the Windows, it performs a complete scan for preserving the info of your computer data and document. Once you operate it and then download the installation package, the installer will download the files required for any updates in addition to the program it prompts one to complete the installation. Your computer is safe and secure.
The brand new social media scanning tool stretches security to Facebook and Tweeter by verifying your posts about hazardous content. They increase their ability to customize according to their needs, use alarms and have a user interface. A 2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report reveals botnet action was the biggest group of crimeware accounting for 86 percent. Its detection method of threats relies on both an advanced heuristic analysis detecting and rejecting dangerous or unknown behaviors and a database of virus signatures which is updated daily. It cleans junk files, malware, virus, adware, spyware, and rogues from the storage devices.
So, you can browse the internet safely without facing any problem. Enjoy the safety, most of us are now the hazards of cybersecurity as it animals now. Also, it detects the malicious script that may break your computer firewall. And it removes all the harmful malware and gives you the warning. This assists in maintaining your computer secure at all times. In addition, this antivirus is compatible with the latest version of Windows. Also, we conduct a set of scans and quantify the total system impact.
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Specify guidelines for the unit registry, operating methods, and programs, and fine-tune your safe practices. With anti-theft in the backpack package, the only additional attributes are password management and encryption and came a bit brief. Security features detect security of the network attack, firewall wall, and tractor. As a result, you can browse internet and download file securely. It defend your privacy and secure personal data from hide or damage with virus attack.
It keeps secures your email accounts, social accounts, and online games process. Because it is the fastest antivirus among all the security software. On the other hand, the individual internet users protect their computer with this software. You might be asked to restart your computer a few times to eliminate them and finish the installation procedure, In case it finds documents. There is no secure deletion utility to make sure that unencrypted originals of your sensitive documents cannot be retrieved.
The main good thing about this software it includes coverage to your computer or notebook either you are online or offline. There are several steps ahead, while the opponents need to be back behind some steps. You can also download many softwares with serial key from our website. Better scan, virus removal, real-time virus protection, and free technical assistance, they have got us out of our slots in a comfortable way, in their year. Track or find it contact the finder due to the handy feature. Its detection method of threats relies on both an advanced heuristic analysis detecting and rejecting dangerous or unknown behaviors and a database of virus signatures which is updated daily.
It heals malware from download data, emails, junk files, and online threats. So, you have to either buy this antivirus or uninstall it after the trial period. Included cybersecurity training tips and ways to make your web experience safer through some online learning modules. We found a drain on system resources. Most recent models are easy to use; you do not have to be expert. .
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A powerful audio guide voice-over augments outings from a stroll through the mundane to an adventure to a place of wonderment.
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Are you looking for a mirrorless digital camera suitable for sports or street photography? Nikon 1 J5 and Sony a6000 are two models often referred to these cases. Nikon 1 J5 is loved by many because of the budget-friendly price and exceptional performance. On the other hand, Sony a6000 is one famous and extremely versatile product. Which one should you choose?
Sony a6000 is a mirrorless digital camera boasting a 24 MP APS-C CMOS image sensor. Enhanced even further with 179 focus points, Sony a6000 is able to deliver astonishing sharpness and details into the images. With such high number of focus points, it is able to capture more fine particulars and emphasize the presence of various objects very well. Also, it has a pretty large pixel area, making the dynamic range and the color depth quite considerably high. The colors, gradients, and blacks are solid, full, and accurate. The model has some edge for sports photography, with an 11-fps photo burst and a 1/4000s maximum shutter speed. Sony a6000 comes with 51200 maximum ISO, built-in flash and external flash shoe, AE bracketing, also Wi-Fi and NFC. Anyway, would you read Fujifilm X-T10 vs Sony a6000 awhile?
Nikon 1 J5
Nikon 1 J5, despite its low and affordable price, brings various attracting strong points. It relies on a 20.8 MP CMOS image sensor and is supported by 171 focus points. With small pixel area and no AE bracketing, Nikon 1 J5 may not be as great as Sony a6000 for landscape and HDR. The image results are good, just not as good as Sony a6000. Even so, it records videos in 3840×2160 (Sony a6000 still records in 1920×1080). Besides that, Nikon 1 J5 boasts a maximum shutter speed of 1/16000s. With continuous autofocus, Nikon 1 J5 can provide a photo burst of 20 fps. With the focus fixed at the first frame, Nikon 1 J5 delivers a photo burst of 60 fps! It is awesome for shooting and recording fast-paced actions and sports. It also comes with built-in flash and Wi-Fi. (See also: Nikon 1 J5 vs Sony a5100)
Nikon 1 J5 vs Sony a6000
Although it is a little bit pricier, in general, you should choose Sony a6000. It is very versatile that it can serve for various purposes. The image quality is also much better. Nikon 1 J5 is only viable if you really need to save some bucks and you specifically only require high shutter speed and high continuous shooting speed.


Henry Ifeanyi Orji (born 5th of April 1989) professionally known as Henrisoul is a Nigerian musician, singer and song writer. Henrisoul fuses afro beat and highlife melodies in his style of music in honour of his African roots and has coined this fusion “AFRO LIFE”; an expression of his desire to uplift and edify the soul. He has an extensive discography including critically acclaimed songs like Onyeoma, Take Over, Sacrifice and Deredu.
He has been nominated for and won numerous awards including a nomination for the 2012 BEFTTA awards UK for Best international gospel artiste, winner of the 2014 Nigerian Gospel Music award for best dance/choreography in a music video and Best revelation and Best Urban & Inspirational Song at the 2013 Crystal awards.
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Global Local Dilemma and Entry Strategies
The Global Local Dilemma that MNCs face is the pressure to respond to local needs in a market with each region or country. MNCs generally attempt to offer the services and products that will attract the customers in closely satisfying expectations and cultural needs.
In today’s globalised world, the firms tend to operate in a global scale. Just by following a particular goal, they have the account on the confined differences. Now, the conduct of organisations in the foreign markets has been considered for decades for understanding the factors, which are influencing choice between the standardized global and local marketing.
The assessment will embark on the “Global-Local dilemma” on which organisations seek to function globally with variety of entry strategies. However, the global drivers with local needs would be evaluated in relation to the context and theory with predictive examples.
Globalisation though has increased the mobility for people, the new communication technologies has emphasized cultural diversity among many states. According to Hitt, et al. (2016), the potential trend on the trans-nationalisation has been raising issues for the global communities to mingle differences in cultural expression, like values, ideas and creative expression.
For few industrialised nations, the vulnerability and trade of the cultural models in an environment works as a driving force. This is where it is significant to highlight the growing substance of cultural variety because of an international policy program. Fu and Nowak (2013) have defined that organisations are also realising cultural diversity within the organisation, rather to facilitate the organisational glory.
Nonetheless, some of the policy plan can create the task easy and inclusive. From a broader outlook, the cultural diversity can direct by communicating among the employees regarding dissimilar values of peers in facilitating sustain and encouraging success of all workers (Hamel and Prahalad, 2013).
Now, if the cultural diversity could be managed well, there can be good potential to analyse the diverse workforce for organisational benefits.
As opined by Liu et al. (2016), the “core predicament for global marketing” is the option between selling similar product across the boundaries, and the execution done for local promotion strategies to respond to the local differences. An international product could contain the local values, which gives the service or the product to a higher score of identification.
From Contingency Approach, it states that there may be a theory for marketing strategies or business that applies for all businesses. By unifying products, the promotion, sales programs and price distribution channels can form an ultimate form of standardization. According to Buckley (2014), if the markets are not integrated perfectly, the involvement in a nationalized market serves to stability the macro-economic trends that are less connected.
Due of this, trans-national companies could experience higher performance in the market, as investors identifies the reward performance stability (Rickard and Kono, 2014). Better spread across the international market decreases risk outline of the overall selection of the several business units that in turn could make effect on corporate performance.
However, there can be international diversification that yields the cost benefits, just by allowing firm to expand with distinctive competencies, and boosting production economies. Thus, it will allow the cross-subsidization in the markets in order to seek a monopoly advantage.
However, McFarlin and Sweeney (2014) have stated that the transnational company also considers global market being a leader in cultural development for an exclusive market.
The set practices for the multinational strategies present the standardized products, which addresses the global market for an extended period. Even the control of a mother company on subsidiaries emphasizes by taking centralised actions and effective planning.
For answering this, the choice of entry mode is defined through some internal factors like:
- Company Size
- Profit Targets
- Management Risk Attitudes
- Market share
- Experience in MEMS
Skorvagova and Pasztorova (2014) have brought forward two internal factors that add dimension to the subject, like Payback or Speed. Besides, Differentiation and Complexity could be a product factor, which is relative to the industry. Now, the internal factors regarding resources, product and management would work on the goals, motives, networks, customer relations and strategies.
On the other hand, in case of the external factors, a holistic model for the market entry mode is defined with the entry mode procedure. It will make a huge emphasis on the market growth rate, market barriers, industry feasibility and characteristics of overseas business environment.
Motohashi (2015) have also brought external factors in a competitive business situation, considering the Choice of the entry mode. Because of this, choosing the market entry mode will be decided on Home country factors, target country factors and the production factors (Johanson and Mattsson, 2015).
Hence, it is decisive that the target country’s environmental factors would be accounted on the influencing area of an entry mode decision. Now, some of the external factors are:
- Low sales potential
- High sales potential
- Dynamic economy
- Low production cost
- High political risk
Global drivers and local needs with advantages through examples
Figure 1: Drivers of Internalisation
According to De Villa et al. (2015), one key success in today’s global world is the relation between the marketing teams, which is charged with succession brand at limited and global levels. Most companies build the marketing structure because operating behaviours helps to attain global and local initiatives. Some of the key drivers are as follows:
Connect: As opined by Johnson and Tellis (2008), all the marketers should share understanding of the market actuality at global and local levels. The local teams need to identify the success of the market that drives team work and they have to be confident with the local marketer’s work.
For instance, GlaxoSmithKline consumer healthcare over the last three years have re-organised organisation’s marketing model to hub on the top-performing brands (Holtbrügge and Baron, 2013). The market expertise for managers is working for the five brands that are designated with global brands through “innovation”.
Inspire: Each global brand has the insight where both attracts the customers to work for it. This is where the globalised brand leaders have to ignite for the passion to nurture brand’s growth area.
For instance, the Dove brand internationally has derived significance of building the self-esteem for women that has embraced with mission to forge stronger emotional bond connection (Staykova and Damsgaard, 2015). In order to catalyse the global marketing firm, Lagnado has employed the host communication tools with the help of web chats, newsletter, interactions and conferences.
Focus: It would show a vigilant focus on the commitment made on the priorities that are crucial for the development of the organisation. Understanding this finds the new Coors Light global management team has started for coordinating the market initiatives to develop a page document to outline the brand’s strategy, mission and vision.
Organise: One pitfall that do not clarify roles would be the operating model that is crucial to enforce the behaviours in team (De Villa et al. 2015). This needs a post evaluation that has to be taken a better step to make things clear.
Build: Efficiencies and growth may accelerate when the marketers speak just one marketing language on other’s mistakes and success. For reinforcing an activity, the leaders have to reward on the specific behaviours to account on the attitudes that encourage good communication (Hernández and Nieto, 2015). For instance, the marketers working on the OMO Soap brand has created a “Dirty Club”, which is a global society to support OMO around the globe.
It is regarded as the traditional form of operation in most foreign markets when defined with marketing of goods produced in one country with other. Here, the tendency might not attain much detail when the market information is compared to the manufacturing in the marketing country (Holtbrügge and Baron, 2013).
The pros of exporting include reducing the potential risk of the operating overseas, or giving an opportunity to lean the overseas market before just investing the mortar and bricks (Johnson and Tellis, 2008). The Con could be mainly mercy of abroad agents and lack of command to be weighed against the advantages.
In case of distribution, a franchisor is considered a supplier that allows the operator, or to use supplier’s trademark to distribute supplier’s goods. For franchisor, the franchisee could be a major alternative to building the Chain stores for distributing goods, which avoids liability and the investments of a chain (Staykova and Damsgaard, 2015). The pros could be the freedom of employment or the proven trademark whereas the con may be decreased risk of failure.
According to Hernández and Nieto (2015), it includes little involvement and expenses. The cost here is signing of an agreement or policing for implementation. For example, Coca Cola is a good instance of licensing while in Zimbabwe, the United Bottles has permit to make Coke.
The Pros could be a way to create the overseas operations that open the doors for a low risk manufacturing relation. In quest, the capital is not tied with foreign operations, as there may be options to buy into a partner existence or stipulation to acquire the royalties in stock (Motohashi, 2015).
The cons could be partial form of contribution to length the trademark and precise product processes. Licenses can become the competitors by overcoming to have the Cross Technology transfer deals.
Joint venture is a form of association that implies good collaboration more than having a transiting period. Here, a local firm attains interest in existing foreign firm. The Pros could be the joint financial strength or sharing of a certain risk.
On the other hand, the Cons could be partners that do not have good control over management. However, the partners might have diverse views on the anticipated benefits.
In building an entry strategy, time could be a crucial factor. This stage of creating an image and building an intelligence system through promotion takes effort and money. In case of exporting, the risk could be to lose focus on the home markets and the existing customers.
In overseas market, the remote relations may be thousands of miles away. One has to think of a new market where they can find new reasons to buy the products (Johanson and Mattsson, 2015).
The rewards may be the leading of larger production that could lead to better margins and higher economies of scale. It is evident that the R&D budget may work harder with the change of existing products to suit the new markets.
For Franchising, the risk could be the regulatory risk that is regulated to offer franchisees in order to ensure the franchise laws. Like the other business expansion, it also needs capital and investment for developing a system to satisfy the regulatory obligations.
Rewards could be to expand the system to analyse the ability to generate economies of scale and negotiating ability with the key suppliers (De Villa et al. 2015). On being a franchisor, one can benefit from expanding with diversified revenue streams.
In case of Licensing, the risk may be relying on licensee’s capability to commercialise a patent, or having a poor strategy to damage the product success. However, the rewards may be the licensee is quite liable for the costs of marketing, sales and distribution.
Thus, the licensee would pay the right to hold for a license to the patent. Lastly, for Joint ventures, the risk lies in the imbalance of resources and capital invested by partners that leads to conflict of interests (Holtbrügge and Baron, 2013).
However, the rewards could be having a flexible lifecycle where there could be far more investment opportunities for better market prospect.
The report concludes on the Global-Local Dilemma making integration to the development of actions for an economic country. It is considered that the advantages are present with the local strategies, which are being unique to the host country.
The assessment also shows a link where the international market entry strategies are been developed to show empirical focus on the risk and rewards. In quest, the increasing demand for the innovative products done through the market entry strategies are made to deliver demands, and expertise the new way of innovation.
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De Villa, M.A., Rajwani, T. and Lawton, T., 2015. Market entry modes in a multipolar world: Untangling the moderating effect of the political environment. International Business Review, 24(3), pp.419-429.
Fu, F. and Nowak, M.A., 2013. Global migration can lead to stronger spatial selection than local migration. Journal of statistical physics, 151(3-4), pp.637-653.
Hamel, G. and Prahalad, C.K., 2013. Creating global strategic capability. In Strategies in Global Competition (RLE International Business) (pp. 25-59). Routledge.
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Johnson, J. and Tellis, G.J., 2008. Drivers of success for market entry into China and India. Journal of marketing, 72(3), pp.1-13.
Liu, S., Perry, P., Moore, C. and Warnaby, G., 2016. The standardization-localization dilemma of brand communications for luxury fashion retailers’ internationalization into China. Journal of Business Research, 69(1), pp.357-364.
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WHEN George Osborne said he would be devoting three hours of his Saturday night to watch the American football playoffs with his 13-year-old son Luke, it was the perfect expression of the New Model chancellor.
New Model Osborne is thinner, more tanned after a Christmas break in Israel and has his eye on his own future as well as that of his party.
He insists the makeover is not an attempt to be liked. “I don’t set out to be liked and I don’t set out to be disliked,” he says. “I set out to do the job to the best of my ability. It’s not a beauty contest.”
But he is undoubtedly keener to show his human side. “It’s my son who has got…

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If you haven’t watched Capote, give it a try. It’s a great movie!
Number 4: Capote (2005)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Bruce Greenwood, Mark Pellegrino, Amy Ryan, Chris Cooper
Director: Bennett Miller
Writer(s): Dan Futterman (based on “Capote” by Gerald Clarke)
Producer(s): Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven
Synopsis: In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel “In Cold Blood,” Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
The scene that proves it: “I did everything I could.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Oscar-winning turn as famed novelist Truman Capote is a work of art featuring one of the aughts’ best directorial debuts from Bennett Miller. Dan Futterman’s riveting script portrays the author’s relationship with convicted killer Perry Smith (played exquisitely by an Oscar-snubbed Clifton Collins Jr.). It offers the viewer morally complex questions as they are transported into the period drama. Nominated for five Oscars, including supporting actress for Catherine Keener and best picture, the biopic remains undeniably great.

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The Making of a Hero Image
Everyone seems to love these magical pictures of their kids being their own heroes. Many of you have asked to see how it’s done. I thought I’d walk you through a rather simple composite.
(Note: I get permission to share pictures, but I don’t feel comfortable sharing names of these kids online. For the ease of writing this post, we will call this boy Chuck.)
It starts with a planning session. I meet with the parents and we talk about where the portrait will be displayed, their child’s is passions, what they love about their child, and what they want their child to see in his/her portrait. From there we develop a concept and plan the wardrobe, props, and setting. It is important to consider where the artwork will be displayed when considering the concept. This way we can make sure it really fits into the family’s style.
Chuck’s mom and I decided to make this a baseball portrait. We already had the uniform and bat so that was easy. We scheduled studio time to capture the portrait. Chuck came in with his two brothers—AKA Spiderman and The Pirate (see below). Within about an hour, we had portraits of all three to use in their composites.
The more challenging part is always the background. I called some universities and then finally thought of the Augusta Green Jacket’s Stadium. This background has a more vintage look and is special since the Green Jackets are moving to a new stadium soon. The management was quite willing to let me come out and shoot the background. I spent a beautiful morning in Augusta with my camera and tripod and made this panorama.
I thought this was perfect with one exception, the color. I wanted a more monochrome look the attention will be on our baseball star and not the green walls and seats that contrasted with Chuck’s blue uniform. It took some time, but I was successful in changing the color from green to blue.
After I changed the color, I removed Chuck from my studio (this part can often be very difficult) and placed him into the scene. I darkened the sky, added a texture, increased the contrast, and performed other nerdy Photoshop modifications to finally get this result.
I encourage you to set up a consultation for a hero portrait of your child or yourself (I will be sharing an adult hero portrait portfolio very soon). Call 803-443-8526, complete the contact form or email firstname.lastname@example.org.

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“We do not walk alone. Great Being walks beside us. Know this and be grateful.”
– Polingaysi Q“yawayma, HOPI
Many religions have different names for these Beings. Some are called angels, some are called spirits. These Spirit Beings are helpers. They guide us, protect us and will help us during our times of need. Sometimes they give us dreams. We need not be afraid when these Spirit Helpers come. We need to understand they are the Creator’s helpers.
Great Spirit, send me the helpers to guide my path as I seek to walk in Your service.
The meditations are copyright of Coyhis Publishing and can also be found in the book, Meditations with Native American Elders: The Four Seasons at www.coyhispublishing.com. Any republishing of part or all of their contents is prohibited.
But don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth, without complicated explanation …
–Rumi, “Unfold Your Own Myth”
Listen to your life.
See it for the fathomless mystery that it is.
Touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis, all moments are sacred moments and life itself is grace.
You have a choice of which thoughts to pay attention to. You’ll find, in all cases, that if you ignore or dismiss a negative thought that enters your mind, a more peaceful feeling is only a moment away. And, in a more peaceful state of mind, your wisdom and common sense will tell you what to do.
Dr. Richard Carlson
You are heard. You are seen.
And where your voice does not carry and your feet cannot tread, even so does every soul feel your presence on levels beyond conscious, human perception. And your impact radiates farther still, throughout the dimensions, dimensions that appear to be but are not far removed from you.
The light you live, the forgiveness you extend, the healing you create, and the love you remember yourself to be are deeply felt by all in body and all in spirit.
—Robert Schwartz, Your Soul’s Plan
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
I remember No Horse said, ‘Once you say your prayers, don’t worry about them. If you worry about them, they’ll just fade away.’
– Chuck Ross, LAKOTA
Today I need to remember You are everywhere. I need to remember how much You love me. I need to know, Grandfathers, that You are always listening. Today I need to know how much You care. Today I will remember the advice of the Elders. “Say your prayers and then don’t worry – know that the Great One has heard you.” It’s so much easier to do this, Grandfather, when I feel connected to You. My Creator, allow me this day to feel your presence. Let me walk the path of life today and talk to You many times. Give me faith, my Grandfather/Grandmother.
“Your days are your life in miniature. As you live your hours, so you create your years. As you live your days, so you craft your life.
What you do today is actually creating your future. The words you speak, the thoughts you think, the food you eat and the actions you take are defining your destiny – shaping who you are becoming and what your life will stand for. Small choices lead to giant consequences over time. There’s no such thing as an unimportant day. ”
-Taken from Experience Life magazine p.79 June-July, 2010


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A Book Review by Karyn Pomerantz of : The Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert. London, Penguin Books 2014.
The cultivation of cotton and the production of cotton materials, made profitable by racist slavery and genocide, birthed capitalism. The Empire of Cotton describes the history of cotton production from before the Christian era through present day outsourcing to Asian sweat shops heavily staffed by impoverished women and children. Mexico, Brazil, India, China and Egypt also grew cotton yet never developed any new economic structures to maximize its value as England did.
In the 19th Century, England’s cotton trade and manufacturing transformed British feudalism into a capitalist system using violence, governmental interventions, and economic coercion to create a working class employed by a class of land and factory owners, and their financiers. Beckert graphically depicts the inhumane labor practices of chattel and wage slavery. Enslaved people were whipped heavily to increase production (vividly described in in Edward Baptist’s The Half Has Never Been Told). British workers turned cotton grown in the US South by African people into garments for the growing middle and ruling classes. In more modern times, people in Bangladesh and New York work in confined spaces enveloped in dust and noise, often killed by fires and building collapses, and paid unlivable wages.
Berkert characterizes the genocidal displacement of Native Americans to secure land for cotton plantations and the brutal enslavement of Africans for free labor as “war capitalism” and government interventions, such as criminalizing and jailing workers for mistakes or absences, as “industrial capitalism.”
Successful “cotton imperialism” required 4 conditions:
- A robust infrastructure of roads and electricity
- A large and disciplined workforce
- Government interventions and policies, such as labor laws and trade agreements, that supported the class of growers
- A financial system that provided credit and insurance
While other countries used violence and coercion to force people into cotton production, they didn’t have the roads to take the cotton and clothes to the ports for shipment to England. People grew cotton (and food) to supply their own needs, farming the shared land adjacent to their homes, “the commons.”
In England, the feudal lords abolished “the commons” with the Enclosure Laws that made it illegal to use these collectively farmed lands, resulting in the loss of income, pushing 1000s of families into newly developing cities. Living and working conditions were squalid with open sewers, scant medical care and food, and no leisure time. Children as young as 8 worked over 12 hours each day performing rapid, repetitive movements and physically punished for any infractions.
Meanwhile, Native Americans lost their lands and lives, and enslaved Africans lost their liberty and families. Harsher whippings increased productivity as the demand for cotton increased. Without enslaved labor, the US would not have generated the wealth that made it a superpower. Capitalism required their labor, enriching plantation owners, textile manufacturers, shipping magnates, insurers, and bankers in the North and South. (Farrow A, Lang J, Frank J. Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery. NY, Ballantine, 2005).
The same class of plantation and factory owners exploited the labor of white and black adults and children in England and the US. They suffered atrocious conditions that led to rebellions through slave revolts, sabotage, and strikes. Unfortunately, white and black cotton workers rarely united in their common interests.


text: Seth Epstein teaches history in the High-Achieving Mocs LLC. His research interests include Southern Jewish history, urban history, and the history of tolerance in the urban Jim Crow South. His article in Southern Jewish History examined how Jews and non-Jews worked together to disassociate Asheville, North Carolina from the fascistic Silver Shirt movement, which was headquartered in the city. The focus of his next research project is North Carolina’s pioneering but neglected Bureau of Work Among Negroes, which was part of the state’s Department of Public Welfare between the 1925 and 1961. Dr. Epstein teaches modern world history and courses in American history, including American memory and immigration.

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It seems that a good amount of people in Albuquerque escape to Durango, CO a lot during the summer months. We had heard great things about this place for the past couple years so this year we decided to venture up there with the kids and see what it was all about. Joe had traveled quite a bit this last year so we used his hotel points to stay free for a couple of nights. Joe has been so busy at work he was only able to take a day and half off, but we were just happy to get to spend any amount of time with him.
We're glad we got to discover a little bit of this fun little mountain town. We look forward to going back when our kids are older and we could do more on the river.

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Posted: August 18, 2017
All lane restrictions and work operations are weather dependent and subject to change. Access remains open to area businesses and neighborhoods in the Verona Road work zone. Please continue to patronize them!
Fitchburg area construction update
Access remains open to area businesses and neighborhoods in the project area. Please continue to patronize the area businesses!
- No nightly single lane closures anticipated on Verona Road northbound and southbound within these limits.
- View construction activities along Verona Road:
- Restoration and cleanup work to finish up along northbound Verona Road (behind barrier wall) between County PD and Williamsburg Way (adjacent to Certco and Thermo Fisher).
- Daily single lane closures may occur on County PD in this area, as needed throughout the week.
- 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
- All lanes on County PD (McKee Road) to remain open during morning and afternoon rush hours.
- View work operations in this area.
- Miscellaneous restoration and finishing work from Nesbitt Road to Verona Road, on the south side of County PD.
- New traffic signals at the County PD and Fitchrona Road intersection are operational.
- Landscaping and restortation behind the existing curb and gutter along County PD from Verona Road to Commerce Park Drive to finish next week.
- The East Frontage Road, between Sprocket Drive and Chalet Gardens Road, CLOSED until Friday, August 25 (weather-permitting).
- Asphalt paving is completed. Landscaping to continue throughout the week for the new Frontage Road.
- View map of Frontage Road closure.
- Access from Verona Road to the East Frontage Road (at Williamsburg Way) remains CLOSED to through traffic.
- Turns from Verona Road are allowed for local access within the work zone.
Fitchrona Road extension, between County PD and Kapec Road
- New roadway through Wingra’s quarry is anticipated to open on Friday, August 25 (weather-permitting).. Ongoing work includes street lights and restoration.
Nesbitt Road, between County PD (McKee Road) and Limestone Lane
- Nesbitt Road is OPEN to all traffic, including access to local businesses and residences within the work zone.
- Flagging operations may be required for electrical lighting and restoration between new wall and curb. Be alert for crews!
- Storm water basin construction completed. Restoration to be completed this fall.
- East Frontage Road work:
- Minor restoration may be required this week.
- County PD and Fitchrona Road intersection:
- Minor landscaping and cleanup potentially during the week.
- No lane closures anticipated during this week.
- County PD from Hard Rock Road to Commerce Drive intersection:
- Landscaping/restoration potentially during the week behind south side curb.
- Next Verona Road project to start sometime this week.
- Traffic control on Verona Road, County PD, Williamsburg Way, and Raymond Road to be set.
- Message boards to convey work operations will begin.
- Construction operations including nighttime lane closures on Verona Road between Fitchrona Road bridges and Raymond Road will begin week of September 5-8.


To fully understand why some parts of most homes are either too hot or too cold. Or why one room is always hotter than the rest. You first need to understand what heat load is. Heat load is how much cooling or heating is needed to properly heat or cool a particular room, usually measured in BTU. Everything from square footage, how many square feet of windows are in the room and what side of the home they are located on play a factor, ceiling height, appliances and your zip code come into play. Most contractors are not properly sizing furnaces or air conditioners because they size based solely on square footage which does nothing for un even temperatures and they do not run the proper load calculation tests. Now, some areas of homes have a lot more heat load than others. Some examples are rooms with east or west facing windows, rooms with high ceilings or even rooms over the garage are always uncomfortable because it has heat coming up from below and usually 2-3 of its sides can be to the outside. Any of these conditions would cause that room or areas to warm up faster than other areas in the home with less heat intruding in or being generated.
Now that you understand how some areas warm up faster than others. Ask yourself is the problem that the unit runs or is it that the unit doesn’t run enough. Imagine if your motor stayed running longer always circulating air through the home. The rooms with more heat load would never get a chance to warm up since the entire homes air would always be mixing. The result would be an entire home with the exact same temperature. So, the short explanation is a single speed motor that turns on 100% and off then on 100% again is one reason and also the most overlooked problem in the US causing uneven temperatures in rooms. It’s the off cycle that allows the rooms to warm faster than the others.
Ductwork is also a major problem in the US as 93% of homes have major duct leakage. That number is taken directly from the US department of energy website and also energy star website.
In the first paragraph I explained how a heat load calculation determines how many btus are required to keep a room cool or warm. The ducts are sized to deliver that exact amount heating or cooling. But then 93% of ducts leak so wherever you leak air into the attic is less delivered into the home. Basically we size a duct to deliver enough air to cool a room but after leakage there may not be enough left to properly cool or heat a room.
A sure sign of leaky ducts is to open an inside door and look at the hinges if you see a black dust trail, you have leaky ducts.
The trail is caused by uneven pressures because the return is sucking out say 2000 cfms of air from your home then you pay to heat, cool and filter that air that then gets blown into the leaky duct system. So if 10% of the air leaks into the attic your only delivering 1800 cfms back into the home so its now in a negative pressure causing air to be pulled in through anywhere it can find it. Air will always take the least path of resistance.
Leaky duct are major causes of poor indoor air quality, drafts and uneven temperatures, allergy symptoms and even shorter equipment life it could also more then double the HVAC portion of the energy bill.
Some tricks for home owners to fix some of these situations are:
Install a Variable speed motor $500.00 for the part plus 2-3 hrs labor. This motor will save them approximately 50% of what they’re current motor uses it will also run quieter and stay running longer circulating air through the entire home always blending the home air and keeping temperatures even. Most local power companies are urging homeowners to get variable speed motors installed and most are even offering rebates that could pay 100% of the cost of motor.
There are many ways to fix the duct balancing problems. A contractor can install dampers to push more air to the areas that need more air this can be done in less than an hour. Something a homeowner could do is to remove the vents of rooms that are getting too much air and restrict the vent or duct pushing more air to the other areas of the home that are not restricted. A homeowner could also crawl through their own attic and paint all the duct connections with duct sealant ( can be bought at any home depot or lowes for around $40 a bucket I suggest 3-4 buckets to seal an entire system. Just simply cover every connection and when it dries the entire duct system will be sealed and we will no longer be drawing in that hot dirty un-filtered attic air.
Sealing duct work is hard and dirty but if a homeowner is willing it can be done by them or any educated contractor could do it for around $800.00 But this will lower the energy bill around 5%-30% depending on the size and number of leaks in they’re system.
If a homeowner was to get a variable speed blower motor and completely seal all they’re ductwork, they would have a home with even temperatures, clean air, and energy costs could go down by as much as 25%
Other ways to save energy is to:
• Try and keep all doors closed and keep window coverings closed as much as possible especially those east and west facing windows.
• Installing a smart thermostat can save money by turning the unit off when its not being used. Always remember every time we can shut off the compressor is money saved. A programmable smart thermostat can shut your system down when you forget.
• Get your system checked by a professional at least once a year
• Spray the outside condenser coil with a garden hose once a year (will lower power bill)
F.Y.I. we have variable speed systems with variable speed cooling and heating capable of keeping the entire home to 1/10th of a degree to where they set the thermostat and that’s year around it does this by never shutting off instead it will just rev down to 25% and keep the air moving there’
s no way to have a higher level of comfort and energy efficiency as when reved down to 25% the motor is using 85 watts of power less than a 100 watt light bulb.
We have many more tricks and energy saving solutions. I’d love to share them with you anytime.
Our company and family has been servicing air conditioners, heaters, refrigeration since 1969 we are licensed, insured and many of our technicians actually teach air conditioning at the college on there spare time.
I also wrote a how to book for ac repair. It will be published soon on an app and online. The repair matrix is a follow your own ending format basically it can take any homeowner or service professional from start to finish, how to diagnose an air conditioner and repair the problem. After 20+ years repairing air conditioners I realized I had a procedure, an order if you will so I put it on paper as an if this then you do this format. The repair matrix will revolutionize this industry and no longer will a contractor be able to lie to homeowners because with this app the homeowner will be able to easily and within 7 steps or less fix or at least diagnose there own ac.
Stephen Gamst “ author of the repair matrix “
Las Vegas Air Conditioning Inc.


Mahaicony’s sea defences being monitored and strengthened
─ timber bridge constructed to facilitate works
DPI, Guyana, Monday, July 29, 2019
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is transforming numerous sites along the shoreline from Danzigt to Broomhall Mahaicony. Boulders totalling 5,000 tonnes have been laid to reinforce weakened sections of the earthen embankment.
In an exclusive interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI), Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Hon. Jaipaul Sharma, who inspected the works on Monday, spoke of measures the ministry is currently taking to prevent another breach to the embankment, like the one that occurred in Danzigt.
“Every month we monitor the situation to ascertain the level of erosion in relation to the removal of the mangroves by the aggressive waves during the high tide-spring tide,” Minister Sharma explained.
Erosion to mangroves is a natural phenomenon. This has been exacerbated by global warming, which is partly characterised by the rise in sea levels and the occurrence of more violent natural disasters.
At the Danzigt site, in Mahaicony, there is a temporary sea defence structure. This structure comprised of thousands of tons of boulders; Minister Sharma stated.
“This is to show the effects of global warming on Guyana’s coastline and you have seen it here. It is stark… These are some of the issues that a country like Guyana would have to deal with.”
The minister also attributed the recent breach to the erosion cycle that occurs approximately every 20 years.
With this in mind, the Public Infrastructure Minister announced that counteractive measures were adopted.
“We are taking remedial action to ensure that we could arrest the situation before there is a breach.”
Moreover, to facilitate works at vulnerable locations, a timber bridge was constructed. This structure spans 100m in length and 20ft in width. The minister explained that following the stoppage of the breach with truckloads of sand, mud and boulders – the bridge can now be used to facilitate the transfer of materials.
Commending the quality of sea defence work done, Minister Sharma noted, “our team at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure did a comprehensive job.”
This is in light of challenges the ministry has been working to overcome. Chief Sea and River Defence Officer, Kevin Samad highlighted some of these issues. “The shortest access road is [approximately] 2km. Accessibility right now with truck or tractors has really been difficult. So, that is why we have resorted to the barging of the rocks.” The Sea and River Defence Officer also noted that unfavourable weather has caused the operations to be tedious.
Farmers within surrounding villages have received much-needed assistance by the ministry since the breach at Danzigt.
“We put two long-boom excavators there, and we say to the farmers ‘Identify the dams that you want to raise to prevent the intrusion of water into your land,” the minister further related.
Efforts continue by the ministry and its team to reinforce weakened sections of the earthen embankment for the benefit of the residents and farmers.


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Fact: A thoughtfully wrapped gift makes giving better. I’ve always been the designated gift wrapper in my family. I would sit in the floor in front of the fire with my mom and we would wrap presents in the weeks before Christmas. My mom always topped my packages with beautiful objects and she inspired me to do the same. Sometimes she would use an ornament, a twiggy branch with a hint of sparkle, or a bow made of a beautiful woven ribbon. The packaging of each gift made the present that much more special.
I still love to wrap packages weeks before Christmas. I get such pleasure seeing them under the tree, each one specially wrapped for the recipient. Here are a few simple gift wrap ideas that are easy to do but are thoughtful and lovely and add the perfect amount of pop under the tree.
For kids gifts, use solid paper like white butcher paper or kraft paper and add a bold and bright graphic with a string of pompoms tied neatly with a length of yarn. You can use craft pompoms and a needle and thread to string them or you can get pompom beads at General Bead.
In lieu of ribbon, use strips of pretty fabric to tie bows and make package toppers. Make fabric ribbon by cutting little snip along any edge of cotton fabric. Tear at the cut along the length of the fabric to create your ribbon. Layer small strips over large strips, or group lots of skinny strips together to make a fluffy topper. I love using small print like Liberty Fabrics, but big bold prints would be graphic and lovely too!
Use paper feathers to top packages in white and black for a sophisticated look. Upcycle book pages or newspaper pages into gift wrap. Make collections of paper feathers to adorn any package large or small. Learn how to make paper feathers here.
If you’re feeling really ambitious this season you can also print your own gift wrap. We’re offering my Paste Paper class free this month if you’d like to try painting your own papers for the holiday! If you want to share your gift wrap ideas, tag us on your Instagram or Facebook pics.


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A chopper, registration 5Y-NMJ, that was heading to a Jubilee rally has crashed into Lake Nakuru. Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika has confirmed that 3 of those on board were part of her media team.
A total of 5 people were on board the ill-fated chopper; four men and a lady. Sources privy to the fatal accident say those on board were Anthony Kipyegon, Apollo Malowa (pilot), Veronica, Sam Gitau and Mapozi John.
Eye witnesses say the accident happened early in the morning and that the chopper was flying low from the moment it took off from Jarika Hotel until it crashed into the lake.
There was heavy security presence at the scene as security personnel sealed off the area to facilitate rescue efforts. Nakuru OCPD Joshua Omukata said rescue efforts were delayed by unavailability of a boat.
The boat did arrive in the afternoon but it was not one that encouraged confidence in the nation’s disaster preparedness. This is also in consideration of the fact that it took about 6 hours for a search and rescue mission to be put together.
Park attendants at Lake Nakuru said that they could not initiate a rescue mission in time because the park does not have boats.
They had to wait for a police helicopter and Kenya Navy divers to arrive from Mombasa.
Eyewitness from Club Platinum 7, where the four were spotted, said the four men were in the club in the wee hours of Saturday morning. They appeared drunk and the pilot had to be helped to get on his feet.
There was rife speculation over the pilot’s competence after a social media user pointed out that he once landed a chopper on a busy street.
It is not yet clear if the lady, only identified as Veronica, was part of the campaign team.
The search and rescue mission was called off late Saturday evening with no bodies recovered yet. It will be resumed on Sunday.
Unconfirmed reports also point out that the chopper belongs to President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Monday 23rd Morning: Divers recovered parts of the helicopter from the lake on Sunday. Bodies of the deceased are yet to be recovered, the third day since the crash happened.
Monday 23rd evening: Three bodies have been retrieved from the lake. Two of them have been identified to be those of Apollo Malowa and Anthony Kipyego. The third body was badly mutilated to be identified on the scene.
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We can be pretty wasteful when it comes to just about everything, from straws to plastic bags and food to, yes, even buildings.
I was in another city recently, and everywhere we grabbed a drink on the go, we noticed that they offered paper (compostable) straws. We later discovered that the city government had launched a “Stop the Straw” campaign to dissuade businesses and patrons from using plastic straws. It was a simple solution to a really wasteful practice; the city seeks to reduce the use of single-use plastic pollution, starting with drinking straws.
Every little thing we dispose of has to go somewhere. Apparently, 80 percent of ocean debris is land-based, and 80 percent to 90 percent of that debris is plastic. It’s estimated that each day more than 500 million straws are used and then discarded into landfills and oceans.
Beginning July 1, Seattle has prohibited food service businesses — restaurants, food trucks, coffee shops, grocery stores, delis and cafeterias — from providing customers with plastic utensils, plastic straws or plastic cocktail picks. (They will be replaced with biodegradable options in most places.) Seattle has become the first major U.S. city to enact a plastic straw and utensil ban, though there are similar bans in Santa Cruz County and Malibu. They will not be the last.
Also wasteful: the amount of food the average person throws into the rubbish bin. The Natural Resources Defense Council reports that 40 percent of the food Americans buy finds its way into the trash.
And all of this relates to our “throwaway” society, strongly influenced by consumerism. The term describes a critical view of overconsumption and excessive production of short-lived or disposable items over durable goods that can be repaired.
It struck me that structures built today are also susceptible to this wasteful influence. Suburban communities are especially vulnerable, based on current financing models and our transportation choices that allow us to move farther and farther out. While we often abandon older inner-city neighborhoods, the investment and embedded energy in those properties remains. We should work together to adopt new strategies so that we can fully activate the underutilized areas in our cities.
In stark contrast to our country’s throwaway mentality, in Japan, families have taken out 100-year mortgages on homes, with the intention of passing these dwellings down for generations. Two years ago, Sweden capped mortgages at 105 years; prior to that, the average was 140 years. These are much longer than our traditional 30-year home loans. It seems these houses were built to last and meant to stand the test of time.
Preserving historic buildings is an environmentally responsible practice. By reusing existing structures, preservation is essentially a recycling program. An immediate advantage of older buildings is that they already exist: Energy is not necessary to demolish a structure or create new building materials, and the infrastructure may already be in place.
But these are not the only reasons historic preservation is important. Advocates for preservation say it can serve as a catalyst for growth. Of course, preservation of existing buildings should take place in the midst of other economic development.
Historic buildings add to the authenticity of a place. They add warmth and character. They help us think about things in new ways, tell a story about the past and dream about the future of a city. This is why I think historic preservation is all the more important. It’s a progressive movement that still feels a bit counter to today’s “in with the new, out with the old” world.
Our business recently opened a new office in the historic Sill Building in downtown Bakersfield. This 1930s art moderne building has a distinct wrap-around terrace and stands as a beautiful beacon downtown. It is owned and managed locally by the Sill family.
We love that it was constructed in the thirties under the direction of Catherine Ann Bresnahan Sill, at a time when a woman staking her claim in the business world was still a very progressive thing. It’s fantastic to see this building’s rich history immaculately maintained, right down to the original metal-inlaid terrazzo floors, elevator dial and wall clocks. Every detail speaks of another time yet still feels fresh today.
The Sill Building at Chester Avenue and 18th Street, Sillect Avenue and Sill Place are all named for the pioneering Sill family. The Sills arrived in Kern County in the late 1800s, and to this day continue to farm, develop real estate and give generously to Bakersfield.
I was shocked to learn that the suite we decided to rent had been vacant for six years. Perhaps concerns about parking and the perception over the last few decades that downtown was not the most desirable place to locate an office kept potential tenants from setting up shop in the Sill. Fancying ourselves as downtown pioneers of a sort, we saw the potential in this space from the minute Nika Sill Morse gave us a tour. Together with two other local businesses, we decided it was time to activate the space.
We often comment how lucky we feel to work out of such a unique historic building. Any other well maintained, retro-cool space would be completely out of reach if we were in downtown Los Angeles or San Francisco. It’s almost comical how many of our guests have commented that they don’t feel like they’re in Bakersfield when they visit our office.
But here’s the funny truth: We are in Bakersfield, and it can be cool. A metro area of half a million people should not have a homogenous built environment. We are a diverse city and should have a diverse stock of neighborhoods and buildings.
It would be inefficient and impractical to recreate structures like those that already exist in our downtown. We should embrace and preserve the gems that already exist, just as the Sill family has modeled.
Preserving old buildings helps us better learn about the history of this place. It’s a good way to bring the community together through a shared understanding of the unique cultural identity these structures give to our area.
Every city has its own identity, embodied in its citizens and also its buildings. It’s not only good for the environment and a positive way to fight wasteful, throwaway culture. Historic preservation means preserving old buildings and saving the entire identity of our city.
Anna Smith writes a weekly column about Bakersfield. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org. The opinions expressed are her own.


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- Another big independent show will take place tonight in Melrose, Massachusetts with the Millennium Wrestling Federation, the group that features John Cena Sr. They will be celebrating their 11th birthday. Stars advertised include WWE's Teddy Long, Ron Simmons, The Boogeyman, Big Daddy V, Al Snow, Little Guido, Paul Bearer and others.
- The WWE SmackDown brand will kick off weekend events in Canada tonight with a show in Sarnia, Ontario. With Randy Orton being away filming 12 Rounds: Reloaded, the new main event for tonight will be Dolph Ziggler vs. Wade Barrett vs. Sheamus. Kane and Daniel Bryan will defend against Kofi Kingston and R-Truth.
- Paul Heyman will join the current WWE RAW live event tour beginning with tonight's show in White Plains, New York. He will be in CM Punk's corner as he faces Big Show. Joey Styles noted on Twitter that he would also be in attendance for the show.
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Melania Trump wore high heels to visit Texas after Hurricane Harvey.
On 29 August 2017, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump boarded Air Force One and flew to Corpus Christi to meet with Texas Governor Greg Abbot and other officials in the wake of a devastating hurricane:
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayCNN) August 29, 2017
Melania Trump did wear heels — but she wore them in Washington, D.C. as she boarded Air Force One. She changed her shoes on the airplane and wore a pair of sneakers in Texas:
But what a first lady wears to leave the White House, headed to Marine One and then to Air Force One, isn’t usually what she’s wearing when she gets off the plane later.
By the time Trump arrived in Texas she had changed into white tennis shoes, a white shirt and a black cap with FLOTUS emblazoned on it, and her hair pulled up and off her face.
The White House released a handful of photographs from the visit, only one of which featured Melania’s shoes. We cropped that photograph to better display her footwear:
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Control PC :
Custom Middleware: create custom client server applications. Need to know network programming on different platforms. (Steep learning curve on some platforms/languages). Need to define network protocol and message structures (separate code required to encapsulate and extract messages; tedious to maintain). Expensive.
Off the shelf solutions, ala CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture). Platform-independent infrastructure for communication over a network. Messages are defined using a generic Interface Definition Language (IDL). IDL compiler generates client and server objects. Client object used to connect to server object and execute remote method calls. Method arguments, return values, and exceptions are encapsulated and extracted automatically according to IDL. ORB (Object Request Broker) provides main event loop processing and message dispatching. Very complicated, very expensive.
(... showed diagram of CORBA architecture ...)
Tcl Distributed Objects:
Used Ffidl package to call shared libraries. Allows Tcl to write C functions (DLLs on Windows; .so on Unix). Eliminated the need to write Tcl extensions. Ported to VxWorks. Uses VxWorks symbol table and allows direct calls to kernel and user modules there. Wrapper class created for each library to provide object-oriented interface.
(... showed sample itcl code for device driver class ...) Command table contains method names vs command strings. Initialization code creates public methods for each command. Public methods call the same private method to write to device. Same concept used for query commands.
Server side code:
% # start the server % package require Remote % Remote::config -port 5000 -local 0
Client side (sans comments that were on the slide--elided due to lack of time to copy them--MC):
% package require Remote % set remote [Remote #auto $hostname 5000] % $remote send "package require PowerSupply" % set ps [$remote new PowerSupply] % $ps reset % $ps voltage 5.0
CORBA paradigm very easy to implement in Tcl. Itcl provides all necessary object-oriented extensions. Tcl's introspection facility eliminates need for IDL files. Comm package provides robust remote procedure calls. Ffidl is perfect for controlling hardware. Tcl's portability allows seamless control across multiple platforms. Distributed object architecture provides rapid development. (Code can be tested and debugged on local PC. To deploy, only a few extra lines are needed.) ...


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Architectural photographer Julius Shulman lived in this house by Raphael Soriano for nearly 60 years. Completed in 1950 and located in Hollywood Hills, the glass and steel structure is a series of boxes that frame the view, much like the lens of a camera. It’s a paradigm of the indoor-outdoor lifestyle that Shulman portrayed in his photos, but with one special twist: It has screened-in patios that act as transitional zones – filters, if you will – between indoors and out. Soriano was opposed to them, but Shulman insisted given that his daughter was then six, and the surrounding heavily wooded area had coyotes and other creatures best kept outdoors. Sometimes the homeowner does know best.
After Shulman passed away in 2009, the house went through a thorough but sensitive renovation by the new owners and Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects. The most notable nod to the previous inhabitant is the darkroom that remains in Shulman’s studio, which is adjacent to the house and separated by a peaceful rock garden with fountain. The darkroom is no longer functional but serves as a reminder of the man who once lived there and the powerful images he left behind.
In the “It’s a small world” department:
Shortly after completing the Shulman house, Raphael Soriano hired a young architect named Pierre Koenig, who would go on to design Case Study House No. 22 for the Stahl family ten years later. The photographer hired to shoot the Stahl house for the Los Angeles Examiner turned out to be Julius Shulman, and with one captivating moment he turned Koenig into a household name.
In the summer of 1960, photographer Julius Shulman used a seven-minute exposure to capture this image of Case Study House No. 22 by Pierre Koenig. It’s just a guess, but I’m assuming Shulman developed this photograph in the darkroom located in his Soriano-designed home, further connecting the lives of two architects and one architectural photographer.


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A section of leaders from the Rift Valley region have differed with Deputy President William Ruto and his allies on the fight against corruption and proposals for a constitutional referendum.
Kanu chairman and Baringo Senator Gideon Moi, former Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto and Kanu Secretary General Nick Salat said members of Parliament from the region allied to the Deputy President should stop insults targeted at President Uhuru Kenyatta over corruption in the country.
Dr Ruto has been engaged in a public altercation with Director of Criminal Investigation George Kinoti over the fight against graft in what is seen as an affront against President Kenyatta’s position on the matter.
The leaders, including Baringo Woman Representative Gladwell Tungo, former Senator Zipporah Kittony, former Members of Parliament — Mr Paul Sang, Mr Anthony Kimetto and Mr Langat Magerer — said leaders and professionals under investigation should refrain from dragging the community into their problems.
Speaking at Chebonei Girls Secondary School in Bomet County during the opening of a tuition block on Saturday, Mr Moi said the support the government had given to hunger-stricken families in the North Rift was welcome, but the food should be bought directly from farmers.
“In the North Rift and Western Kenya, there are many farmers with maize in their stores which should be bought by the government and distributed to 13 counties affected by drought. The farmers should be supported to grow and feed the country,” Mr Moi proposed.
Mr Ruto said: “Let us all respect President Kenyatta and support his efforts to maintain peace and bring all communities together for the sake of and development.”
Mr Salat said Kalenjin leaders complaining about alleged graft investigations targeted at professionals from the region should allow investigators to do their work.
“Those involved in graft should be dealt with individually, and they should not hide behind members of our community. If they have stolen, let them carry their own cross. If they are clean then they should simply cooperate with investigators,” Mr Salat said.
Mr Salat said it is sad and shocking that some senior politicians are talking back to the President on the fight against corruption when they should be supporting the fight to ensure taxpayers money is not stolen.
“As Kalenjins, we have been projected as a corrupt community when in reality it is a few individuals who have benefited from proceeds of corruption. The guilty are always afraid and are shouting the loudest about the war on graft,” Ms Tungo observed.
Mrs Kittony said: “I have never wavered in the efforts to ensure members of various communities maintain peace and unity for the sake of development in the country.”
“We want to tell the people seeking to scuttle the fight against corruption to keep the community out of the cases and carry their own cross,” Mr Magerer said.
Mr Sang said rallying communities against the corruption purge would not succeed as the people ere getting wiser, especially after learning that billions of shillings set aside for mega projects in their regions had been siphoned off by some individuals.


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