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2016 Ford Excursion
2016 Ford Excursion – It is totally hard to refute that at this time, the recent reports explained regarding the strong prediction for the most recent car constructed by Ford in order to take the dominance of SUV automobile market from Chevy Suburban and also GMC Yukon by making 2016 Ford Excursion.
Are you on the 2016 Ford Excursion market for an actually roomy SUV and also the alternatives you have tried fall short of your desires? Well, most likely you need to await a bit longer. The 2016 Ford Excursion is reported to be really affordable when it appears in the marketplace. The launch of this strong, full size sport utility vehicle has actually been delayed for quite some time now and specifics on its specs are still a very safeguarded key.
Ford hasn’t been developing the 2016 Ford Excursion for 10 years, but that’s just a minor troublesome if you wish to possess the largest SUV that the streets have seen.This is the auto you require as well as your problems will certainly be record. The write-up is going to give sufficient details on 2016 Ford Excursion, which will certainly help you to know it much better.
While a made use of 2016 Ford Excursion can be a solution, Hennessey Performance has a much better recommendation: the 2016 VelociRaptor SUV. Based upon the Ford F-250 Lariat pickup with 4×4 and also a 411hp 6.2-liter V8 gasoline engine, the VelociRaptor SUV offers a total of seven seats on three rows.
Trimmings of the car includes the mid-level XLT, base XLS, high end Eddie Bauer Edition, and also the state-of-the-art Limited. Inside of the car has CD as well as DVD gamer, warmed pole position, carpeting, a/c unit, 146.4 cubic feet freight area, trip control, power flexible pedals, costs audio system and also leather upholstery. Additionally the car can suit as much as nine passengers easily. The body of the car has the adhering to functions: under-bumper roll bar, power window as well as locks, as well as model grills.
Our company believe the producer is redesigning the design to wrestle control from the SUV market segment from more powerful rivals like the Toyota Sequoia and also Chevy Suburban Class. The brand-new 2016 Ford Excursion will certainly have contemporary discuss it body and interior styling along with newest technological gadgets.
There 2016 Ford Excursion will a significant adjustment of the body though its identifiable look will still noticeable considering that it has been like 10 years given that its last upgrade. The vehicle will be built on the same system as the Ford F150.
The 2016 Ford Excursion conversion consists of a second pair of lateral doorways as well as rear payload doors, with the middle row of seats showcasing leader’s chairs while the third row gets a folding bench seat. As a choice, Hennessey supplies an optional center row 60/40 folding facility console/seat, which enhances storage capacity to eight passengers.
Designing upgrades include a Ford Excursion front bumper, Hennessey as well as 2016 Ford Excursion SUV outside badges, in addition to Hennessey identification number dash plaque and also engine bay plaque. Optional layout improvements available are the Ford Excursion wheel and tire upgrades, VelociRaptor back bumper upgrade, VelociRaptor LED light bar integrated into front bumper, Warn front winch and an off-road suspension upgrade.
The new 2016 Ford Excursion will certainly have a more masculine as well as daunting outside look. Though outside specifications are still a very closely secured key, our company believe the car manufacturer will certainly hook the vehicle with a masculine and overwhelming look that will stick out amongst its competitors. We also expect the 2016 Ford Excursion to feature modern-day touches to its outside. Likely features may include muscular front fascia with LED headlights as well as taillights, daytime running lights along with haze lights to name a few functions typical with SUVs.
Equally as with the exterior specifications, the interior specifications also continue to be a mystery only Ford could resolve for lovers fans who are excitedly waiting. Nevertheless, to beat its rivals which include the GMC Yukon and also Chevy Suburban Class, the automobile will likely feature a stylish and also comfy inside in addition to modern devices.
2016 Ford Excursion
2016 Ford Excursion one thing we ensure is that the vehicle will have lots of area for passengers as well as freight; even high passengers will certainly have enough head and leg room. In regards to security, we likewise anticipate the automobile to feature an airbag package and a variety of driving assistants. The automobile will seat possibly 7 or 8 passengers across 3 rows of seats and also customarily the back seats will have a folding capacity to enhance payload space when needed.
Baseding on our resources, the car will likely have 3 engine alternatives. The first option is a 5.4 L V8 system that generates 255 hp and 350 lb-ft of torque. The 2nd engine choice is a 6.8 L Triton V10 engine efficient in producing 310 hp as well as 425 lb-ft of torque.
The last power-train is a 6 L power stroke V8 engine that can creating 325 hp and also 560 lb-ft of torque. This engine will certainly be procreated with a 5-speed automatic transmission system a 4-speed transmission system.
If there is something Ford Excursion has finished with this car, is to remain mum about its specifications. Much like other specifications, the car manufacturer has not made public information on the models rate or release date. Nonetheless, baseding on reports the 2016 Ford Excursion could be launched in the very first half of 2016. Maintain it here for current information on this model.
For those consumers that could be unsatisfied with the basic 6.2-liter V8’s power, Hennessey offers two upgrade choices, the VelociRaptor 600 Supercharged and also VelociRaptor 650 Supercharged. As you probably presumed, these improvement the engine’s result to 600hp and 650hp, respectively.
However if you’re more a torque sort of person, Hennessey Performance can suit the 2016 VelociRaptor SUV with the 6.7-liter PowerStroke V8 turbo diesel that produces 440hp and a significant 880lb-ft (1,192 Nm) of torque.
The car has the ability to lug some bigger freight compared to similar autos. If you are a person option. You will enjoy your trip with your friends and family without worry of the room within the car. Own one and you will neglect the problems of leaving your important freight, friends and family in the name of only few rooms are readily available.
You can now buy the 2016 2016 Ford Excursion from $159,500, consisting of the benefactor automobile.

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Sony, EA, Ubisoft, Disney settle voice chat suit
Four gaming companies reach "mutual agreement" with Bareis Technologies over patent claim filed last year.
Bareis Technologies took a handful of the biggest companies in gaming to court last November, and it appears as if the Texas-based company's efforts were not for naught. Last week, Bareis reached a "mutual agreement" with Sony Computer Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Disney Interactive Studios to dismiss its claims of patent infringement related to the gaming companies' use of voice chat in games.
Details of the settlement were not revealed. However, Bareis' original complaint sought royalties from the use of its technology, negotiated at a "reasonable rate." The motion to dismiss indicates that all parties will be responsible for their own legal fees and that all subsequent counterclaims related to the patent dispute have been dropped.
The patent in question was awarded by the US Patent and Trademark Office in 1997. It pertains "to optical disks with speech recognition templates used to access information."
Bareis took particular exception to Ubisoft's products, as the suit named a host of Tom Clancy games, including Rainbow Six: Lockdown, Rainbow Six 3, Rainbow Six Vegas, Ghost Recon 2, and EndWar. Bareis' suit also claimed violations from Sony's SOCOM franchise, EA's NASCAR series, and Disney Interactive Studios' Phonics Quest.
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There is a lot of swamps, which make the area flora and fauna deserve attention not only people fascinated by nature.
What's more, the outdoor pursuits is also a great idea to oxygenate your body and improve your physical condition.A huge advantage of the high mountain tours are also beautiful panorama, which we admire, once must climb to the top. So let's go on such an expedition.
Kraków (Polish pronunciation: ?krakuf About this sound listen (help?info)), also Cracow or Krakow (US English /?kr??ka?/, UK English /?kr?ka?/),23 is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.
Situated on the Vistula River (Polish: Wisła) in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century.4 Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Poland's most important economic hubs.It was the capital of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1038 to 1569; the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1596;5 the Free City of Kraków from 1815 to 1846; the Grand Duchy of Cracow from 1846 to 1918; and Kraków Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1998. It has been the capital of Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. The city has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland's second most important city.

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The 6th annual Monster Energy Aftershock Festival line up is all set for the weekend of Oct. 13 and 14 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California.
This year’s line-up is off the hook both days and is certainly going to be another big show for promoter Danny Wimmer Presents.
Saturday, Oct. 13:
- Jonathan Davis
- Action Bronson
- Asking Alexandria
- Stick To Your Guns
- Monster Magnet
- Red Sun Rising
- Bad Wolves
- Wage War
- Hyro The Hero
- The Dose
Sunday, Oct. 14
- System of the Down
- Alice in Chains
- Slash (feat. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators)
- At the Drive In
- Bullet for my Valentine
- Black Veil Brides
- Dance Gavin Dance
- The Fever 333
- Plague Vendor
- Amigo the Devil
- All Them Witches
- The Jacks
Tickets are on sale now but many ticket blocks are already sold out. New ticket blocks open as others are sold out, and ticket pricing increases as the festival dates near. Current pricing, excluding ticketing fees, as of June 19, 2018 is:
Saturday general admission tickets start at $99.50, Sunday general admission tickets start at $120, and weekend general admission (both days) starts at $165.
- VIP Tickets for either Saturday or Sunday are $199.50 and weekend VIP Tickets (both days) start at $350.00. All VIP tickets include:
- VIP-only entrance lanes into venue
- Access to a VIP-only viewing area of the Monster Main Stage
- Access to a shaded VIP hang area with comfortable seating and video screens featuring a live feed from the main stage
- Upgraded food and drink selections (for additional purchase)
- Dedicated VIP-only restrooms
- A commemorative Aftershock 2018 laminate and RFID wristband.
Many ticket scalpers and resale vendors have tickets available for over face value for those looking to hit the festival regardless of cost. I’ve been to four out of the six Aftershock Festivals and believe me, no matter what you end up paying it’s worth every penny!
Get details on the festival and check current ticket availability at https://aftershockfestival.com/
John Tuckness has been photographing rock concerts in the Reno/Sparks/Tahoe area and as far as Northern California since 2004. He tries to attend as many shows as he can. John knew he wanted to be a concert photographer when he went to his first concert, Kiss and Montrose way back in 1976. He saw three guys shooting the show and thought to himself, “that’s what I want to do.” After many years of undercover work (sneaking his camera into venues), he finally got noticed and started getting photo passes through PR people and the bands. John has had many of his photos published in newspapers, websites and band autobiographies.


Malfeasance in Office
Louisiana Revised Statute 14:134
A. Malfeasance in office is committed when any public officer or public employee shall:
(1) Intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, as such officer or employee; or
(2) Intentionally perform any such duty in an unlawful manner; or
(3) Knowingly permit any other public officer or public employee, under his authority, to intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, or to perform any such duty in an unlawful manner.
B. Any duty lawfully required of a public officer or public employee when delegated by him to a public officer or public employee shall be deemed to be a lawful duty of such public officer or employee. The delegation of such lawful duty shall not relieve the public officer or employee of his lawful duty.
C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of malfeasance in office shall be imprisoned for not more than five years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a person convicted of the provisions of this Section may be ordered to pay restitution to the state if the state suffered a loss as a result of the offense. Restitution shall include the payment of legal interest at the rate provided in R.S. 13:4202.
(3) If the individual convicted of the crime of malfeasance in office is a P.O.S.T. certified full-time, part-time, or reserve peace officer, the P.O.S.T certification of that peace officer shall be immediately revoked pursuant to R.S. 40:2405(J).
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R&B singer Marco McKinnis will be joining Lucky Daye on his The Painted Tour this fall as the evening’s special guest. Offering support for the North American run, attendees will experience his acclaimed project, E’Merse, live on stage for the first time.
The tour kicks off September 20th in Portland and concludes on October 27th in San Francisco, CA. Other cities of note include Chicago, NYC, Toronto, Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston.
Tickets for “The Painted Tour” are on-sale now. Get tickets HERE.

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While protecting your pooch from the heat is a serious concern in the summer months, pet owners should also be mindful of other dangers associated with outdoor fun this season. If you and your pet spend a lot of time hiking or walking in wooded areas, you may want to brush up on a few facts about poison ivy on dogs.
Poison Ivy on Dogs — Preventing Contact in the First Place
“Summertime activities such as hiking can definitely increase exposure to poison ivy, so close monitoring of your dog is a must,” asserts Hyunmin Kim, DVM, community medicine veterinarian for the ASPCA. Dr. Kim notes that poison ivy can look different depending on the season — it usually grows as a cluster of small shrubs or vines and is best known for its groups of three jagged green leaves. However, during the springtime, poison ivy can have yellow-green flowers with small green berries that turn off-white in the fall, Dr. Kim notes.
“Bathing your pet after hikes or other activities of this nature is advised,” says Taylor Howard, DVM, of University Veterinary Hospital and Diagnostic Center in Utah. “This helps to wash away any kind of contact irritant, and is a good way to reduce the spread to others in the household.” He recommends a standard aloe vera/oatmeal shampoo, which is available at any pet store.
Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to prevent poison ivy on dogs — and yourself — this summer. “Poison ivy can grow anywhere, so you should always monitor your dog when you’re outside,” Dr. Kim says. “Keep your dog on a leash [always check the park, trail or area’s leash laws] when participating in outdoor activities such as hiking so you can monitor what plants he’s coming into contact with.”
T-shirts for dogs can be more than just an adorable accessory this time of year — Dr. Kim notes they can also provide a helpful layer of protection to cover exposed areas on your dog’s skin. Another way to prevent poison ivy on dogs!
Can Poison Ivy on Dogs Spread to Humans?
The good news is that your pet’s coat provides some protection against poison ivy exposure. The bad news is that pet owners aren’t quite as lucky. “The toxic substance in poison ivy is the sap, which contains Urushiol oil … and this oil can be transferred between dogs and their owners,” Dr. Kim explains. In other words, yes, you can catch poison ivy from your dog.
Dr. Howard agrees that while the toxicodendron plants (poison ivy and poison oak) very commonly cause contact dermatitis in people, it’s not nearly as prevalent in pets. “This is a result of there being a layer of fur that acts as a barrier, preventing the oils from contacting the skin,” Dr. Howard explains. “While this is the case, we cannot rule this out as a suspected cause if a pet comes to us with skin lesions consistent with contact dermatitis; the work up and treatment is the same for any dermatitis of this nature.”
Of course, poison ivy on dogs is a bigger concern for dogs with less — or no — fur. According to Dr. Kim, poison ivy on dogs is likely to show up on hairless breeds such as the Chinese Crested, Peruvian Inca Orchid and Xoloitzcuintli. “Many dogs have a hairless abdomen, so close monitoring of hairless spots is always helpful,” Dr. Kim adds.
Dr. Howard notes that if you have an adventurous short-haired dog who likes to go hiking in the woods or spend time at the lake — particularly if he’s lower to the ground like Boston Terriers, Pit Bulls or Dachshunds — he’s also more likely to develop symptoms of contact dermatitis.
Identifying Poison Ivy on Dogs
So, what does poison ivy on dogs look like? If your pet does come into contact with poison ivy, it can cause redness, inflammation, itching, bumps, blisters, scratching and licking of the skin, Dr. Kim notes. Poison ivy ingestion can cause gastrointestinal upset and result in vomiting and diarrhea.
According to Dr. Howard, most lesions are around one centimeter in size, and pet owners would likely spot signs of poison ivy on dogs on hairless or short-haired areas around the muzzle, eyes, belly and distal limbs. They can coalesce into larger patches of superficial, red, raised, tender or itchy plaques, and the lesions can blister and expose the skin to secondary bacterial infections.
“The concern for transmission between pet and owner is higher when these signs are present,” Dr. Howard notes. “The fact of the matter is that most pets have no symptoms, and have only the non-visible oils on the coat that are passed easily to others by contact — such as petting your dog.”
What to Do About Poison Ivy on Dogs
If you think your pet may have come into contact with poison ivy, the first step is to give your four-legged friend a bath. “Pet owners should wear gloves to avoid exposure, and then wash their clothes and all other items — including collars — that may have been exposed,” Dr. Howard advises. It’s also a good idea to give your veterinarian a call, as he or she may recommend topical anti-inflammatory medications or oral anti-histamines.
If you think your pet may have snacked on poison ivy, that would also require a trip to the vet depending on the amount of gastrointestinal upset. “You should also bring your dog in to see the vet if he’s had more chronic exposure to poison ivy, because he can form blisters on his skin, which could become infected,” Dr. Kim adds.
Tell us: Did you know these facts about poison ivy on dogs? Has your dog ever given you poison ivy?

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Does 484-ball fpBGA (23x23 mm) mean there are 484 contact points to be soldered to a breadboard?
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In order to create the layered guitar introduction and fade-out, Page used a Delta T digital delay unit. The squeak of John Bonham's drum pedal can be heard throughout the song.
Although the name of the song is "Houses of the Holy," the track does not appear on the earlier-released album Houses of the Holy. It was originally set to be the title track of that album but was removed when the band decided it did not fit. The song did not require any further re-mixing for its inclusion on Physical Graffiti, having already been fully mixed by audio engineerEddie Kramer at the Electric Lady sessions in June 1972.
Record producer Rick Rubin has remarked, "This is a funk jam with really interesting, jazzy chords. It's one of their more compact feeling songs. And it's the only Zep song to use what sounds like a cowbell."


Founded by Larry Bell in 1935, the company has been at the forefront of mobility, constantly finding ways to create innovative solutions. From breaking the sound barrier with pilot Chuck Yeager and the incredible Bell X-1 plane to developing the world's first tiltrotor aircraft, Bell has consistently sought out the most innovative methods to improve its products.
Applauding past innovations and looking into the future
Duncan van de Velde, Managing Director Europe & Russia, Bell, said: "As we celebrate our 85th anniversary, we also applaud the innovations that have made us one of the most forward-thinking and economical companies in our sector, with the smartest technology on offer.
“We also look to the future and the need to ensure that we continue to provide our customers with the very best products and support solutions. Having more than 1,098 Bell aircraft in Europe across military, corporate, para-public, search and rescue, and cargo transport sectors over the years, we have a strong base to build on. Bell is continuing to grow its European footprint by collaborating with strong and innovative technology companies in Europe.
“With mobility trends such as air taxis capturing the imaginations of communities across the region, our role as a company will be to evolve our approach in the development of new flight systems. Thinking above and beyond is what we do. For more than 85 years, we’ve been reimagining the experience of flight – and where it can take us.”
Developing a suite of next-generation products
Bell currently has a suite of next-generation products in development including the Nexus air taxi concept which aims to revolutionize the urban commute. Another product in development is the Autonomous Pod Transport, which can carry payloads at increased ranges and speeds unlike any other unmanned aerial vehicle in the market today.
"The future of Bell is linked to the future of flight. For this, Bell has evolved to fulfill this vision and is no longer just a company that works in aviation but rather a technology company that is redefining flight. We are wide open to any technology, opportunity, or service model that will help society become more mobile or more effective in the vertical dimension," explained Robert Hastings, Bell Executive Vice-President, Strategic Communications and Government Affairs.
Bell continues to invest in future technology inside its aircraft, such as fly-by-wire systems, upgraded avionics suites, and instrument flight rules (IFR) kits to deliver unique features that cater to all its customers. Recently, Bell completed a successful flight with the Bell Autonomous Pod Transport.


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Alright, I spent an afternoon rummaging through all of my receipts from this project and added everything up. It was very scary, and honestly, the total I spent was a bit more than I expected.
Below is the total cost I spent on this project. I linked each item to the actual place I purchased it, though a couple prices listed online are different than the price I paid.
|Ikea PAX Wardrobe Cost|
|Three 29.5×13.75in Pax Wardrobe Frames @ $60 each||$180|
|39.25×13.75in Pax Wardrobe Frame||$65|
|19.5×13.75in Pax Wardrobe Frame||$50|
|Three 39.25x23in Pax Wardrobe Frames @ $90 each||$270|
|Twelve 29.5×13.75in Shelves @$10 each||$120|
|Four 39.24×13.75in Shelves @ $10 each||$40|
|Nine 39.23x23in Shelves @ $15 each||$135|
|Three 39.25in Clothes Rails @ $10 each||$30|
|Two 29.5in Clothes Rails @ $10 each||$20|
|19.5 in Clothes Rail||$5|
|Plus West Covine Sales Tax of 9%||$82.35|
|Grand Ikea Total||$997.35|
That makes me feel a bit better! It should be noted that the Ikea supplies do not include the price of the wood I would have had to buy to build the base for the cabinets, or the wood for the crown moulding. It also doesn’t factor in all of the filler pieces of wood I would have had to buy to make up for the fixed width of each cabinet, nor the space I would have lost due to the fixed cabinet widths and height (54.5 cubic feet of space!). It also obviously doesn’t include any doors to hide the more unsightly items in my closet, nor does it include the vanity space I have created. And finally, the Ikea wardrobes are made out of particleboard, which is much less sturdy and reliable material than the plywood I used.
That all is said mostly to make me feel better though…I can’t knock Ikea! I have many, MANY Ikea products in my house, and if you don’t have access to the tools that I have already amassed, the PAX system is a great choice. While I spent a little bit more than I intended to on my closet, it still comes in less than the price of the PAX wardrobe I could have bought. Mine is truly a custom closet, and by designing and building it from scratch I was able to make the most out of the space and tailor it to my needs. And, although I didn’t get estimates, I believe it is still much less than it would have been to have a custom closet installed, which according to this website costs about $125 per linear foot. I have 25 linear feet of closet space that I utilized (a 3 foot wall, 4 foot wall, 7 foot wall and a 12 foot wall), so by their estimate it would have been around $3,125 to have a custom system installed for me.
Overall, I love my closet, and I think that the value it will add to the house will make the price-tag worth it when we go to sell someday. Not to mention the value it has added to our lives to have a more organized and functional space that we use everyday!

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Make your own coleslaw and avoid expensive ready made coleslaw made with unhealthy oils. Buy organ meat Organ meat is incredibly cheap and very nutritious. We Looked At The most obvious way to judge a weight loss program is by its ability to produce results.
Cook at home with real food instead. At Viewpoints dieters report that significant weight loss is registered in the first few weeks when the type of foods allowed is severely limited forget about bread, pasta, and fried potatoes ; some claim to have lost 10 pounds and more during this period.
Erica Miller So, I've been using the meals planner for the last 3 days. There are three phases to the plan that can be followed in book form or with a weekly online membership.
Thanks again! Bach, M. I see the portion part which is awesome, I like how I can click that and get less if I feel perhaps I haven't been as active as I would like. And that means you really have to like animal protein and get past carb cravings. Its four-pronged approach involves food, exercise, behavior, and support.
I was able to wear a pair of slacks today that I haven't been able to fit into for almost 6 months, and they are now comfortable. And yet, a number of diet plans reviews at Consumer Affairs trash the taste and heavy dose of salt and chemical ingredients and gripe about the price.
Buy regular cheese, not specialty cheeses that can be pricey. Dukan Diet The Dukan Diet is a strict low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet that focuses heavily on lean meat chicken and turkeyeggs and fish.
The strong support element of Weight Watchers and the proven results, even in the maintenance stage, are points in its favor.
Nursing mothers are allotted more points, for example. I love the cooking directions and ingredient layout it makes it very understandable. And several posts at 3 Fat Chicks grumble that boring, tasteless food and little attention to weight maintenance without the Nutrisystem-supplied products leaves you with no safety net should you decide to forego meal deliveries.
Canned beans are an affordable, healthy and convenient ingredient and add satisfying protein and fiber to your meals. Buy the best quality you can afford Organic vegetables have less pesticides, grass fed meat has superior nutrition and free range eggs are nutritious but expensive.Call Us Now on Bespoke Home Delivery Diet Plans Personalise from over 25 calorie controlled diet plans from our Bespoke range and each week you’ll get two deliveries containing everything you need to eat while on your plan, just add ml of your chosen milk each day.
- the Turbo-Protein diet using the German product Almased readily available - even here on Amazon, although there are cheaper online. amazon almased multi protein powder oz In a weight management program, almased makes an excellent substitute for a.
Many diet plan reviews posted online indicate that dieters are eager for long-term and sustainable results. Others mention wanting a quick return in advance of a big event, like a wedding or robadarocker.com: Louis Denicola.
What is the cheapest diet? We look beyond can eat / can't eat to help you choose the cheapest diet for weight loss and your new healthier lifestyle. You can argue from sun-up until sundown over the merits of different diets and weight loss plans.
The site also features calorie-controlled weekly meal plans that include a shopping list to help make your diet easier to follow and manage.
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text: Elegantly designed journal based on the work of Wayne Dyer, including inspirational quotes, writing prompts and exercises guiding you toward a fulfilled and joyful life. Use the visualizations, meditations and exercises in this inspiring journal to open up to success, potential and freedom, and discover your soul’s true calling. ‘Success and inner peace are your birth right. You are a child of God; and as such, you’re entitled to a life of joy, love and happiness.’ Dr Wayne W. Dyer. This guided journal collects many of Wayne’s writings on how to actively tune in to the voice of your true self and live your purpose. If you’re not certain what your soul’s calling you to do, there are quotes to inspire you along with visualizations and other exercises to help you figure it out. Through this journal, you’ll understand how to- Release your attachments to the opinions of others – as well as yourself. Open your mind to your limitless potential. Tame your ego so you can let go of stress and anxiety. Accept the success and inner peace that is your birth right. With the guidance of Dr Wayne W. Dyer, you can break free from the expectations and negativity that hold you back.

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The Energy Cities Annual Rendezvous for 2013 will take place April 24th - 26th. This event has been co-organised with the City of Växjö & Klimatkommunerna in collaboration with Linnaeus University (LNU).
Within a city’s scope of action, buildings are the most visible and tangible sector in which the local energy transition shapes up. They are not mere objects, but are part of a bigger urban, environmental, transport, economic and social picture.
The 2013 Rendezvous in Växjo will focus on retrofit success stories from all over Europe, discuss building standards and energy performance contracting, emphasize the role of district heating and cooling as well as the use of renewables at large scale. It will also question the role of ICT and address the financial framework for executing the energy transition.
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That CNN decided to paint the tears of the convicted Steubenville rapists in a sympathetic light and say how their lives were ruined — while completely ignoring the fact that the rape victim's life is the one whose life was ruined by these rapists' actions — is disgusting and helps perpetuate a shameful culture in which young people never understand the concept of consent and in which rape victims are blamed and ostracized. Changing that culture must be done brick by brick, and it can start by heaping public shame on this major cable news network and forcing them to admit that they are wrong. Publicly.
I request that you apologize on-air, several times over the course of the next week, at the start of every hour, for your shameful coverage that only served to perpetuate a culture in which young people will grow up not understanding the concept of consent and in which rape victims are blamed, ostracized and threatened. Start with Candy Crowley, Poppy Harlow and Paul Callan themselves issuing their apologies several times, then extend that to the rest of CNN's staff and Jeff Zucker himself. Admit that your coverage was extremely off base and tell us why it was off base. Use the content of this letter as a starting point if you need to.
A culture that sympathizes with rapists and encourages them while shaming rape victims can no longer be considered socially acceptable, and that change must start with you. As journalists for a major network that reaches millions of households in the United States and worldwide, it is your responsibility. Accept it.

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Description: Danshensu, an active ingredient of Salvia miltiorrhiza, shows wide cardiovascular benefit by activating Nrf2 signaling pathway.
In Vitro: Danshensu (DSS) significantly decreases the level of the marker enzymes (creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase) from the coronary effluents and myocardial infarction size. This could markedly contribute to the recovery of cardiac function after I/R injury. DSS also has ROS scavenging activity and boosts endogenous antioxidants such as SOD, CAT, MDA, GSH-PX and HO-1 activities by activating nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling pathway which is mediated by Akt and ERK1/2 in western blot analysis.
In Vivo: Acute treatment with a single dose of danshensu in rats with normal tHcy does not change plasma tHcy. In contrast, danshensu significantly lowers tHcy in rats with elevated tHcy. The relatively higher cysteine and glutathione levels after treatment with danshensu indicates that its tHcy-lowering effect is via increased activity of the trans-sulphuration pathway.
1. YG Cao, et al. Beneficial effects of danshensu, an active component of Salvia miltiorrhiza, on homocysteine metabolism via the trans-sulphuration pathway in rats. Br J Pharmacol. 2009 Jun; 157(3): 482–490
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Rishi Sunak is already sparking controversy in his new role as Chancellor. As the seemingly earnest Sunak attempts to navigate the political minefield, it seems that his comments have unintentionally detonated the anger of the British public.
Sunak first hit a sore spot when he waded into the off-payroll debacle, attempting to reassure businesses that the government will ‘go easy’ in the first year of enforcing the reforms. The innocuous nature of his comments struck the wrong chord, given that those assuming the heavy burden of tax liability wanted something a bit more concrete.
Stakeholders were quick to trample Sunak’s white flag, claiming that his comments simply swerved the need for affirmative action. Given the lack of preparedness that’s causing many companies to panic-ban contractors from working through their limited companies, stakeholders are demanding an immediate ceasefire.
Media coverage showed the new Chancellor, along with survivors from the cabinet shakeup, parroting back Johnson’s policies like schoolchildren, making it unlikely that Sunak would be the renegade to put a spoke in the wheels of off-payroll reform. News that he’d spent time with HMRC discussing a soft landing for the new rules was hailed as a copout.
Yet Sunak, in his new role, has perhaps done as much as the circumstances allow for. Javid’s swift departure following a disagreement with the PM shows how little room for manoeuvre there is once the government has its sights set – in this case on the ‘promise’ of an extra £1.2 billion in tax revenue.
As Sunak committed his second faux pas of the week, misguidedly posing for the camera next to a bumper bag of Yorkshire Tea, the public went for the jugular. Although it’s difficult to ascertain what, or indeed who, the outrage was specifically aimed at, the sight of Sunak making a brew for his Tory colleagues became a subject of heated debate.
As Yorkshire Tea attempted to argue political neutrality, pointing out that Jeremy Corbyn also enjoys their award-winning blend, accusations that the tea company had benefited from a covert advertising opportunity were rife. While it’s difficult to say if Westminster gets knock down prices on their bulk bags of brew in exchange for influencing the nation’s choice of beverage, it’s good to know that the British public won’t be fooled.
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Saturday August 19th at the National Veterans Employment Summit, Microsoft Director of Workforce Development and Career Centered Learning, Thomas Dawkins shared the news that Microsoft is partnering with CompTIA, the leading provider of IT certifications, to make it easier for transitioning service members and veterans to enter Microsoft Software & Systems Academy (MSSA) and earn the skills for a career in the IT industry.
The initial announcement of this partnership was made available this past weekend, during Military.com’s National Veteran Employment Summit held in conjunction with The American Legion’s 99th National Conference in Reno, NV.
MSSA is an intensive 18-week training program that teaches transitioning service members the critical IT skills required for today’s growing technology industry careers. Microsoft employees’ also serve as mentors for the program by connecting the class through Skype and offering real-world advice, soft-skill training like resume writing and interview skills and provide a touch-point of constant support and direction for cohort members. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates are guaranteed a job interview at Microsoft or one of its more than 220 hiring partners, many of whom are Fortune 500 companies, including Dell, Expedia, Accenture, the Department of Defense, Facebook and many more.
Since MSSA was established in 2013, applicants have been required to hold specific Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certifications to qualify for a designated Learning Path. However, more than 35,000 active-duty service members and Department of Defense employees today hold current CompTIA certifications, which are required for a large number of military and Department of Defense roles.
The streamlining of certifications ensures that applicants who are clearly qualified for the program can save time by leveraging their CompTIA certification in lieu of the MTA. Applicants who don’t have MTA or CompTIA certifications, now have more choices and flexibility.
To make it even easier for applicants to acquire the certification that best fits their goals, CompTIA is offering service members steep discount on the cost of certifications. For more information on the discount and registration, applicants should contact the academic partner administering MSSA at their location: Saint Martin’s University at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, or Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at other program sites. Microsoft Virtual Academy will continue to offer free courses to qualify for MTA certifications.
Visit the MSSA information page to learn about certification, prerequisites, Learning Paths and more.


Colorado is one of a handful of battleground states which could tip this year's election. President Obama won the state in 2008, but polls suggest a tighter contest this election year. Host Rachel Martin talks with Judy Strogoff, editor-publisher of The Colorado Statesman, a weekly nonpartisan political paper based in Denver.
A new Supreme Court term opens Monday. Hot-button issues that could come up include affirmative action, same-sex marriage and voting rights. Host Rachel Martin previews what's ahead with NPR's Nina Totenberg.
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Wednesday, President Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney will face each other on the same stage for the first time. It will be one of three opportunities before the election. It could be one of the last opportunities for the candidates to sway voters who haven't yet made up their mind. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Scott Horsley and Ari Shapiro, who have been on the trail with the Romney and Obama campaigns.


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Sure...Matt 18:21-22..."Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven."
Jesus doesn't mention repentance in Matt.
Do you think that Jesus contradicted Himself in the same paragraph?
Explain how Matthew 18:21-22 says "forgive him anyways," when Jesus just got dones saying "if [he] sins against you, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him"?
You could indeed see it that way, but with Matt 18 in mind,
Jesus does not contradict Himself.
It's not "either/or," Hoping. It's BOTH/AND.
Matthew 18:21-22 does not override or contradict Matthew 18:15 nor does it override Luke 17:3-4.
and the lessons from my own life, I find forgiveness a way easier load to bear in the passing years.
If all you have are anecdotes, you have very little indeed.
Maybe, but if it is so important, why wasn't repentance mentioned in Matt 18?
It was. You missed it.
“Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector. - Matthew 18:15-17 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew18:15-17&version=NKJV
Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” - Luke 17:3-4 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke17:3-4&version=NKJV
What sort of heart have you got?
But you will carry the unforgiveness in your heart until you find out again that if we don't forgive we won't be forgiven...as per the Lord's prayer.
You're attempting to place me under a law.
I have BEEN forgiven. Therefore, I will forgive (those who repent).
See the difference between what Jesus said, and what Paul said?
Why not "move on" with forgiveness in your heart?
Because that would be unjust.
Can't you "leave it in God's hands" if they don't repent to you?
"Can't"? You mean, "Can"?
Yes, I can, even without forgiving, because I know that God will repay.
It isn't like you have to spend something of your own in order to forgive.
Forgiving someone who has not repented is unjust.
It is cheap and easy to do, thanks be to God.
What is right is not always easy.
I thank God every single day for His forgiveness of me, and for teaching me how to forgive.
You learned how to forgive by listening to clichés. Read God's word, instead.
I rejoice in the fact that nobody will end up in the lake of fire for what they did to me.
So now you think you have the power to forgive sins?!?!
Quit your blasphemy!
Part of the divine nature of the reborn, I guess.
You are anything BUT "reborn," hoping!
REPENT NOW, before it's too late!
You have inadvertently added to scripture.
I HAVE NOT.
I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked. - Psalm 26:5 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm26:5&version=NKJV
You who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. - Psalm 97:10 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm97:10&version=NKJV
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate. - Proverbs 8:13 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs8:13&version=NKJV
Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that the Lord God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. - Amos 5:15 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Amos5:15&version=NKJV
Hate by humans, is never good, ever.
But I call it accurate record keeping.
No, God does not hold a grudge.
Are not evil doers and unrepentant the same thing?


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Everyone aspires and wishes for Wealth and Abundance but have you ever felt that it comes easier to some people than to others? Perhaps it’s time for a new perspective!
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I am Abundant in every way
We have to realize that abundance and prosperity do not merely mean lots of money. Money is only one component of abundance and prosperity. Having time to do whatever you wish to do, having true friends and loving near and dear ones that support you, enjoying love and joy in life, having a soul-satisfying job or business. These are some other very forms of Abundance and Prosperity in life. We must appreciate all these things that we are blessed with. Then we will get more of them in our lives.
I deserve Prosperity
Prosperity is everyone’s birthright and we all deserve to be abundant. The Universe itself symbolizes abundance. Nature is abundant in every way. So too man always deserves to be surrounded with wealth and happiness. However, for most of us, negative programming gets in the way of having abundance. Unknowingly, at some level of consciousness, we begin to push money and opportunities away due to our thoughts of lack. Many of us may believe we are not good enough or smart enough to be blessed with abundance. But to attract abundance and prosperity, we have to believe that we are worthy to enjoy this abundance. No matter what our family background, education, culture, or perceived capability. We deserve it because we are all loving children of the Universe.
I Give with Joy
Money is energy. It reacts and responds to your feelings. If you give money or do anything for someone with resistance and irritation, then money and prosperity will not want to come back to you. The feeling with which you give to others is what determines what come back to you. This is the law. So give with joy. Every time you give, smile and bless the person. This will keep your own prosperity energy positive.
I Receive with Gratitude
Whatever comes to you, may come to you through others but ultimately it is chosen for you by the Universe. So whenever you receive any money or gift from someone, be grateful. Don’t criticize others. Don’t hold grudges against others. Whatever you receive, receive gracefully. This will improve you own connection with money and abundance. Abundance loves to come to people who are happy and grateful, who appreciate their life and gifts. If you keep this principle in mind, you will always attract abundance and good luck.
The universe supports me in every possible way
For a few minutes every day, quietly invite universal wisdom and support into your life. Ask its help about anything that concerns you. Then be quiet, receptive, and open-minded. As you relax, not trying to force any signs or answers, the thoughts and feelings that are for your highest good will begin to flow to you. People and events that are for your highest good will find their way to you on their own. As you continue daily to invite universal wisdom into your mind, body, finances, and relationships, remarkable things will happen for you.
All the best
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A growing number of entrepreneurs and investors in Africa are recognising the potential of providing smallholder farmers with cold-storage solutions.
Africa’s farmers often lack a place to store their harvested perishable crops, which creates an urgency to sell their produce quickly and exposes them to exploitation from brokers. Additionally, it is estimated that 30-40% of horticultural produce in sub-Saharan Africa does not make it to market, hindered by informal and unreliable supply chains.
Earlier this month, US-based impact investment fund Acumen announced its investment in SokoFresh, a Kenyan enterprise that offers smallholder farmers solar-powered, mobile cold-storage facilities for vegetables and herbs in rural areas. Businesses that purchase perishable crops from local farmers can rent storage space from SokoFresh. The company also provides farmers with a service that connects them directly to large-scale buyers of agricultural produce, including retailers and exporters.
Another business tapping into this opportunity is Savenda Capital, which is in the process of establishing a modern, purpose-built fresh produce market in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, providing small-scale farmers an alternative to informal open-air markets that lack cold-storage space and often have exploitative commission structures. The 6,400m2 ZAMBIAFresh Lusaka Market will feature refrigeration and ripening rooms to reduce spoilage and ensure freshness. The venture aims to offer fair prices for buyers and sellers through transparent market rules and a trading software system. It will implement strict food handling and hygiene standards and traceability of all produce to its original producer. [Read more: Rethinking the traditional open-air fruit and veg market]
In Nigeria, ColdHubs also operates solar-powered cold rooms, supplying a pay-as-you-store service for fresh produce to smallholder farmers and market merchants. Each 3m2 cooling unit can hold three tonnes of food. A customer pays 200 Nigerian naira (about half a US dollar) to store fresh produce in a 20kg returnable plastic crate, for one day. Founded in 2015, today the company has 54 hubs in 22 states. [Read more: Pay-as-you-go cold storage – Businessman wants to expand beyond Nigeria]
The demand for refrigeration is not limited to small-scale farmers. Market merchants and other businesses in countries with limited power supply from the grid also require these solutions. Nigeria-based Koolboks is targeting this group and has developed an off-grid, solar-powered unit that works as a refrigerator or freezer, which can stay cool for up to four days without power and sunlight. The units also come with two LED lighting bulbs and USB ports for charging mobile phones. Koolboks has integrated pay-as-you-go technology, which makes the units more affordable. Last year, the business closed a $2.5 million seed funding round, led by Aruwa Capital Management, bringing its total investment to date to $3.5 million. [Read more: Nigerian entrepreneur sees opportunity in off-grid freezers]

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The first impetus for an expanded church role was the social repression Poles experienced during the era of the third partition, from 1795 to 1918. In this period, the partitioning nations severely limited freedom of organization, education, and publication in Polish territory (see Partitioned Poland , ch. 1). With the exception of the post-1867 Austrianoccupied sector, public use of the Polish language was also forbidden. These restrictions left religious practice as the only means of national self-expression and the preservation of social bonds among lay Catholics. From that situation came a strong new sense of national consciousness that combined nineteenth-century literary, philosophical, and religious trends within the formal structure of the church. In 1925 the newly independent Polish state signed a concordat that prescribed separate roles for church and state and guaranteed the church free exercise of religious, moral, educational, and economic activities.
Although Poland enjoyed fourteen years of independence between the signing of the concordat and the Nazi invasion, the special role of the church continued and intensified when postwar communist rule again regimented other forms of self-expression. During the communist era, the church provided a necessary alternative to an unpopular state authority, even for the least religious Poles. Between 1945 and 1989, relations between the Polish Catholic Church and the communist regimes followed a regular pattern: when the state felt strong and self-sufficient, it imposed harsh restrictions on church activities; in times of political crisis, however, the state offered conciliatory measures to the church in order to gain popular support.
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Peter Molyneux’s told New Scientist 22 Cans’ first game Curosity will have DLC priced at £50,000.
The iOS and PC title, unveiled earlier this week, lets players pick away with chisels at a black cube with a prize lying inside the cube for the first person to get at it.
New chisels can be bought as DLC from 59p to a diamond chisel for £50,000 that is 100,000 times more powerful than the bog standard chisel
Molyneux says this is not not an attempt to make a profit from it.
“It’s an insane amount of money,” he said. “This is not a money-making exercise; it is a test about the psychology of monetisation.”
Molyneux’s thinking behind the experiment it is to “record and study how news of what’s inside spreads across social media in an attempt to explore the psychology of social media users. We will rely entirely on social media.”
The results of Curosity will form part of 22 Cans’ next game in two years time. Curosity launches in a few weeks time for iOS and PC.


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A MAN suffered head and chest injuries after a crash in Great Waldingfield today.
Emergency services were called at 10.09am following a collision between a silver Ford Focus and a van on the B1115.
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“The air ambulance arrived and crews did not consider the man’s injuries to be life changing or threatening, although he did suffer a possible fractured sternum.”
The other casualties were a woman and a child, although no details of their injuries were reported.
The road was partly blocked and closed for a short period while the crash was cleared.


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Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, has offered to fund the legal bills for a Canadian doctor previously chastised by regulators for her tweets about COVID-19.
In 2021, Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill, a Brampton-based paediatrics specialist was warned by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario about her tweets, one of which claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine was unnecessary.
Dr. Gill is currently running a crowdfunding effort to raise $300,000 to cover legal expenses, including a cost order related to a lawsuit she filed against what she called a "malicious online smear campaign."
Earlier this week, Dr. Gill tagged Musk in a post on X and pleaded for assistance to pay her legal bills that were due in four days. In a video posted on her social media account on X on March 22, Dr. Gill said: “My deadline is at the end of March. And it's $300,000 that I don't have after nearly four years of being entangled in multiple legal battles, trying to advocate for patients, trying to advocate for Canadians and trying to advocate for myself.”
In response to her post, X News has conveyed its support for the doctor, claiming that she was harassed, subjected to inquiries and disciplinary actions by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario because she slammed the Canadian government over COVID lockdown efforts and vaccination mandates. The company mentioned that it's "proud to defend" Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill against what it calls "government-supported efforts to cancel her speech."
X has announced that it would now fund Dr. Gill's campaign so that she can pay her $300,000 judgment and legal expenses, emphasizing that "free speech is the bedrock of democracy and a critical defense against totalitarianism in all forms."
“We must do whatever we can to protect it, and at X we will always fight to protect your right to speak freely,” it added.
This action stemmed from Musk’s post last year in August on X, where he pledged to pay the legal fees of any individual who was "unfairly treated" by their company “due to posting or liking something on this platform.”
Dr. Gill took to social media to express her gratitude to Elon Musk, informing that X reached out to her directly affirming the X owner's “commitment to pay remainder of the campaign to reach $300K”.
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THIS Pride Month, Goulburn-Murray Water workers are standing up for diversity and equal rights, no matter how you identify.
Jenna Morris and Chloe Warburton both sit on GMW’s Pride Network, which was established to raise awareness and build workplace and build connections with allies and leaders.
Ms Morris, who also sits on the Water Services Association of Australia Pride in Water Network, identifies as bi-sexual and said she is standing up this month to say everybody matters.
“It doesn’t matter your size, shape, colour, gender, sexuality, or your cultural background, everybody deserves respect and to be treated equally,” she said.
“The reason that I joined [the networks] was to help celebrate and support the pride community. It is a community that is very close to my heart, and I love that I can bring some awareness to the workplace and the community.
“It’s also about accepting people exactly as they are and accepting what they stand for. You don’t have to agree with everyone’s choices and views, but you do need to respect them.”
Ms Warburton said she joined the Pride Network as an ally for the LGBTQIA+ community, and wants to be a voice for those who don’t feel “feel comfortable or safe to stand up.”
“From a GMW perspective we want people to know that we’re a safe and inclusive place to work,” she said.
“In northern Victoria there’s a lot of small rural towns where there’s often quite prevalent attitudes about LGBTQI people and it can be quite difficult to stamp out.
“We just want to show that there are safe spaces and there are safe people to have those conversations, and everyone deserves the right to be equal.”
GMW recently marked International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination with a special morning tea promoting diversity, and Ms Warburton said the company has handed out rainbow lanyards which can be seen all across the office.
“As part of our efforts to make sure we use inclusive language in our communications, we have also offered up the option for staff to add pronouns to their email signatures which has fostered some really fantastic and respectful conversations,” she said.


Presenting the Arimo Font that is the basic sans-serif typeface that is the creation of the great American designer namely Steve Matteson. The work of this designer always gains everyone’s attention across the globe.
This is a great typeface that is easily usable with some famous sans-serif typefaces such as Space Font. The usage of this typeface will easily solve all the readability issues of your designs and content and make them easily understandable.
Reason to Use Arimo Font
This font is a high-quality font that is mostly used in many different designing projects. This font is easily compatible with different fonts such as parisian font to add compatibility to the designs this is a great choice.
This font will easily increase the readability and legibility of these designs and the content written using this font is really easy to read. There are different textual styles available in this font.
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Alternatives of Arimo Font
- Liberation Sans
- Liberation Sans Narrow
- Urdu Nastaliq Unicode
- Anlongvill Khek Fixed
Arimo Font Family (Includes Total 4 Typeface)
- Arimo Regular
- Arimo Italic
- Arimo Bold
- Arimo Bold Italic
The designer released this font under the Apache 2.0 license, so for any usage whether public or commercial there is no need for a license requires.
Arimo Font Free Download
This typeface is being used on many small and big level projects and if you want to use this in your projects download this font.
Most Frequently Asked Questions!
What Type of Font Is Arimo?
This is the sans-serif typeface that is designed to face all the compatibility issues that different typefaces face when they are used on different platforms this font would be the perfect solution for that.
Who Created Arimo Typeface?
This font was released in the year of 2013 and the styling of this typeface been done by Steve Matteson, an American designer.
Is Arimo Font Free to Use?
There are not any types of restrictions in this font usage so this does not require any license for usage but to sell this font you have to purchase the license.
Is Arimo a Google Font?
Yes, this font is the google font basically this is the trademark of Google Inc.


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Researchers, including one of an Indian-origin, have estimated that 20 per cent of the malaria risk in deforestation hot spots is driven by the international trade of exports including coffee, cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, beef and cotton. Previous studies have shown deforestation and rainforest disturbances can increase the transmission of malaria by creating conditions where mosquitoes thrive: warmer habitats and fewer predators.
“We need to be more mindful of our consumption and procurement, and avoid buying from sources implicated with deforestation, and support sustainable land ownership in developing countries,” said study senior author Professor Manfred Lenzen, from the University of Sydney in Australia.
According to the researchers, directing consumption away from deforestation has benefits beyond the malaria link; it will help reducing biodiversity loss and greenhouse gas emissions as well.
For the findings, published in the journal Nature Communications , the research team investigated links between the increasing risk of malaria in developing countries to products demanded by distant consumers.
“This study is the first to assess the role of global consumption in increasing deforestation and, in turn, malaria risk. Unsustainable human consumption is clearly driving this trend,” said Indian-origin researcher and study co-author Dr Arunima Malik from the University of Sydney in Australia.
“We achieved this by quantitatively relating malaria incidence first with deforestation, then to primary commodity production, which we then connected to global supply-chain networks and ultimately to worldwide consumer demand,” Malik said.
The final step was accomplished by coupling a highly detailed and large international database with an established and widely used analytical technique – multi-region input-output (MRIO) analysis, the study said.
“This work goes beyond simple incidence mapping and correlations, in that it unveils a global supply-chain network that links malaria occurring in specific locations because of deforestation with globally dispersed consumption,” Malik said.
The results of the study can be used for more demand-side approaches to mitigating malaria incidence by focusing on regulating malaria-impacted global supply chains, the researchers said.
Demand-side initiatives such as product labelling and certification, supply-chain dialogue and green procurement standards have been successful in addressing trade-related global problems such as deforestation, threats to species and child labour. (


Do more Megapixels mean better photo quality?
Modern smartphones often perform the role of a camera that is always with you. Thus, before buying a new device, a potential buyer spends a lot of time on choosing a camera. You would often hear that the image quality depends on the number of megapixels (MP). Still, however disappointing it may sound for some of you, this opinion not true.
To find out which camera specifications do influence its capacity and image quality, we recommend that you learn more about them.
Camera Main Characteristics and Features
When buying a smartphone, choose a camera with a low f-number.
The lens aperture is an opening through which light travels to the sensor. F-number is denoted with a small Latin letter f. The lower the f-number, the wider the lens aperture and the more light that passes through it. For example, a camera with the aperture of f/5.6 will allow less light than a camera with f/2.0 aperture. Thus, in low light, a camera with the small aperture value will give the best results. Technical specifications always indicate the maximum value of f-number.
The Focal Length (FL) is the distance from the optical center of the lens to the image plane (the camera matrix center). With smartphone cameras, it is the distance to the image sensor.
When zooming is performed, the optical center of a zoom lens changes, thus changing the focal length value. The FL value informs us about the shooting angle.
Effective Focal Length is a conditional characteristic, which informs you about the angle of view and the width of lens.
It is customary for photographers to calculate the angle of view based on the focal length. To find out the FL, look at the effective focal length of the lens, which takes into account the sensor size and displays it in 35 mm equivalent.
For example, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have wider angles of view than Galaxy S5 because 29 mm correspond to 73.4 °, while 31 mm – to 69.8 °.
The producers often equip the front camera with the lens that has a shorter focal length than the main camera lens. This is done to improve video calls image quality and reduce geometrical aberrations.
To find out your camera zoom, divide the maximum focal length by the minimum. For example, 240 ÷ 24, will give us a 10x zoom.
The sensor (matrix) size plays an important role in the performance of the camera. This is the case when the size does matter. The larger the matrix, the higher the image quality. The most important characteristic of the sensor is the size of pixels.
Pixels are measured in micrometers (µm) or microns (μ). Today, almost all manufacturers indicate this characteristic, since customers are aware of its importance and pay attention to it.
The pixel size directly affects the image quality in various environments, including the camera performance in low (poor) lighting.
The ratio of the pixel size and its ability to collect light is directly proportional. The larger the pixel size (photodiode, the aperture ratio of pixels), the more light it collects.
Modern smartphones, except for camera phones, have roughly the same matrix size. Each element corresponds to a single point in the image. The present-day matrices are made up of millions of pixels. For example, there are cameras taking pictures with a maximum resolution of 3888 to 2592 points. Multiply these two numbers and you will get the number of pixels - about 10 million. Then in the technical characteristics of the camera, you will find information on 10 MP resolution.
Only recently, the number of megapixels did matter when taking a photo. Indeed, several years ago, a camera phone resolution was so small (0.3 megapixel) that such a picture was not even printable.
Today, even 40-megapixel cameras are produced, but it is just marketspeak for those unfamiliar with smartphone specifications. So, if the camera specifications show a large number of megapixels, do not forget to check the physical size of the matrix, because manufacturers quite often forget to specify it. The truth is that the more pixels are at the matrix, the smaller they are. Consequently, such a matrix gathers less light, which results in increased "digital noise" in the image. For example, a camera with the resolution of 12 megapixels and the matrix of 4/3 " will take pictures of a much higher quality than a 40-megapixel device with the matrix of 2/3". The sensor size is indicated in inches, for example, 1 / 2,3 "(6.17 × 4.55 mm), 4/3" (17.30 × 13.00 mm).
If the manufacturer has not indicated the matrix characteristics, then you can look for the module model in camera specifications and get all the necessary information based on the module.
When taking pictures with a smartphone, you often hold it in hands. In good light, the camera sets a slow shutter speed, so even when your hand wobbled a bit, the image quality will not suffer. However, with pictures taken in a dark room or in a street at night, the slightest hand movement will make the image blurred. It happens because the camera slows the shutter speed in bad light to compensate for the lack of light.
To fix this problem, manufacturers supply all modern cameras with image stabilization.
Image Stabilization is another significant characteristic of modern phone cameras. There are 2 types of stabilization: optical and digital.
With optical image stabilization, the camera captures images when the photographer’s hand moves. The principle is to move the lens elements in the direction opposite to the movement. Such balancing helps to make the image sharper.
With digital stabilization, they use software settings in the real time to compensate for the movement. Not the whole matrix area is used to record the video and save photos, and the free space is used to transmit or move the image and compensate for the motion.
For photos, it is advisable to choose a camera with optical image stabilization, because it is more efficient and does not change the frame resolution. However, if you are planning to shoot videos with your smartphone, it is better to choose a device with digital stabilization.
"Flash is not a characteristic!" you might say. However, you should not forget about the flash, because this is what can help you get a superb picture in low light.
All modern smartphones use two types of built-in flash:
- Xenon flash shines brightly and colors come natural. This flash cannot be used for constant illumination; also, its cost value is high and the size does not fit the size of smartphones. At present, they practically never use a xenon flash in smartphones;
- LED flash is characterized by its energy efficiency and high luminous efficiency. The main advantage of LED flash is that it can be used as a flashlight, which is not possible with a xenon flash.
In expensive smartphone models, manufacturers can install two flashes at the same time - LED and xenon. The flash choice will depend on personal preferences and shooting conditions.
In this article, we talked about the main characteristics of a smartphone camera. Now you know which camera settings you should pay attention to when choosing a smartphone.If you already have a smartphone, but for some reason its camera does not work, do not worry and visit our website. You will be happy to see affordable prices and a wide range of smart phone cameras at our online store All Spares.


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Game of Thrones showrunners hint TV show spoils plot of upcoming George RR Martin novel
As Game of Thrones season 5 gears up for its final instalment next week, it seems the TV show has finally spoiled a plot line of George RR Martin's future books.
** WARNING: SPOILERS **
It was only a matter of time before the show started to overtake the books and the showrunners have hinted that the latest episode of the HBO series featured a plot twist from Martin's upcoming sixth novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series.
The shocking death of Stannis Baratheon's daughter Shireen in The Dance of Dragons episode came from the author, according to David Benioff and DB Weiss.
"When George first told us about this, it was one of those moments when I remember looking at Dan and I was just like, 'Ugh, it's so horrible, and so good in a story sense because it all comes together'," Benioff said.
"It's really all come to this. There's been so much talk about King's Blood and the power of King's Blood, and it all leads ultimately, fatally, to Shireen's sacrifice. It's one of the most horrible moments we've shocked just in terms of the emotion."
While Shireen was alive in Martin's last book it remains to be seen whether the author will mirror the TV show and kill her off in The Winds of Winter.
However, some fans are not best pleased that the TV show may have spoiled their enjoyment of the next book.
Benioff and Weiss have expressed their reluctance to spoil the books, but Benioff said, "We're stuck between a rock and a heard place. The show must go on, and that's what we're going to do."

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Okay, so the folks at the office scheduled a Halloween potluck and I told the Missus. Without hesitation, she said, “Do you want a Spooky Eye Cheese Ball?”
Well, there’s a big DUH.
Ms. Strutts’ Spooky Eye Cheese Ball
Note: This is a double recipe, serves a small village.
(2) 8 oz. bricks of Philadelphia Cream Cheese.
(1) cup grated pepper jack cheese.
(1) cup grated sharp cheddar cheese.
(3) oz chopped dry salami.
(1) bunch green onions, diced. Save green ends.
(2) tsp. Worcestershire sauce, more or less to taste.
Mush ingredients into room temperature cream cheese in a glass bowl.
Refrigerate it overnight.
Dump it face down onto a serving plate.
Provide crackers and spread knife.
Tell everyone that it’s a Spooky Eye Cheese Ball.
Optional *ahem* Decoration:
Sliced black olives for “pupil.”
Sliced pimentos for “veins.”
Sliced green onion ends for “eyelashes.”
It looks real stupid but that’s part of the fun.
Hell, it’s a Spooky Eye Cheese Ball, for God’s sake. (Bonus: Wait until all or most of your guests have sampled it, then tell them that you mixed it with your toes.)
BTW, you can’t copyright recipes.
© 2015 Bunk Strutts


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Johnson Elementary School
1645 Cherry Avenue, Charlottesville, VA
This field is located at the corner of Cherry Avenue and Shamrock Drive. The school is somewhat hidden by the trees.From Rt. 29 and Airport Rd.: Take 29 South and go to the 250 By-Pass. Take the 250 By-Pass West. Go approximately miles and get off on the 29 Business Exit (Fontaine Ave.). Turn left off of the exit ramp heading back towards Charlottesville. Go approx. 1.5 miles and turn right onto Shamrock Drive. (Shamrock Apartments is located on the corner.) Follow Shamrock until the next street light (Cherry Ave.) Turn right onto Cherry Avenue and then your first left. This is Johnson Elementary School. Go left around the school to the back. Park next to the playground and the field is located right behind the school and down the hill.
From UVA: Starting at the bookstore. Take Emmett Street South and turn right onto Jefferson Park Ave. (JPA) Go approx. 1/4 mile and turn left onto Shamrock Drive. Follow Shamrock until you hit the first street light (Cherry Avenue). Turn right and then the first left into the school.


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With a title like Aftermath, one might expect Scott Nadelson’s new short fiction collection to be full of tales of devastation and chaos. To some extent, this is true; each of the stories deals with hard emotional and physical realities, but the aftermath of the character’s decisions is not wholly dispiriting. Hope abounds in these tales–unlike Nadelson’s previous collections–and you are left with the impression that, regardless of the current story’s unhappinesses, things will get better. They have a chance for a happy and fulfilling life or love and it leaves you as the reader with a pleasant satisfaction.
I have been a fan of Nadelson’s since I picked up his first two short collections when I registered for a course of his in undergrad. I make it a habit to read an author’s work before working or speaking with them, which I think is only polite and it is advice that not enough people heed. I found myself pulled into the simple and evocative prose in a way that I hadn’t found before in realistic literary fiction. I was particularly interested in his work as his stories do a wonderful job of working within the Jewish American culture while remaining open and inviting to gentiles such as myself. I feel welcomed into the families and cultures of his stories and they are enriched by the depth and intimacy with which they are woven.
Nadelson’s first two works (The Cantor’s Daughter and Saving Stanley) were stunning in their own right, but Aftermath is definitely surpassing them as my favorite collection. Partly due to the more hopeful nature of the stories, but moreso for two particular stories that appear here: “If You Needed Me” and “Backfill.”
“If You Needed Me” is a Rashomon style telling of a grandfather that looses control of his car and accidentally sends it crashing through the wall of his daughter’s house while the grandchildren are watching Saturday morning cartoons. The varied viewpoints are handled with finesse; they each reveal just enough information and the change to the next viewpoint is seamlessly carried out. Not an easy task in a short work, but beautifully crafted here.
In “Backfill,” a rocky marriage and a bad construction assignment are playing havoc with Robert’s life and sanity. The junk filled old quarry that is the site he’s supposed to be preparing for overpriced McMansions is a wonderful scene to juxtapose against the failing relationship. The most powerful part, however, are the beautiful lines that close the story, and no, I’m not going to give them to you. Go read it!
While these two stories stood out in particular to me, all of the stories are expertly crafted and evoke a wide range of emotion. Definitely my favorite of Nadelson’s work thus far, though I’m now eagerly awaiting Nadelson’s collection of autobiographical essays due out in March of 2013 from Hawthorne Books!


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The Abel Fletcher Collection consists of one carte-de-visite, and a number of ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, Fletchotypes, negatives,
reprints, tintypes, books, clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera.
In 1843, four years after the invention of photography, Abel Fletcher set up his portrait studio on the west side of South
Erie Street, just south of Main Street in Massillon, Ohio. Skylights provided natural illumination. From the east and west
arched studio windows he recorded panoramic views of the 1840s-era bustling little town; from the riverbank looking east he
captured Massillon’s earliest downtown streetscape, about 1852.
As a young Universalist preacher in Virginia, Fletcher had been experimenting with optical lenses for seven years. In Massillon,
he left the ministry and concentrated on making daguerreotypes—small one-of-a-kind images on polished copper plates, a cumbersome
process. Continuing to experiment, Fletcher developed the first paper negative process in the United States, making it possible
for photographers to make multiple prints of the same image. Photographs became affordable for the general public. At his
first success, he penciled on an envelope of paper prints: “My first experiments made with paper negs before glass was used
about 1845.” That envelope and the enclosed images are preserved by the Smithsonian Institution. Although William Henry
Fox Talbot had created a similar system of picture making in England prior to Fletcher’s U.S. development, communication was
slow, so no one in this country was aware of Talbot’s “calotypes,” until after Fletcher’s invention was made public.
While he was testing chemicals in 1859, Abel Fletcher was blinded by a darkroom explosion, a tragic early end to a landmark
career. However, his wife, M.M. Fletcher, had worked along with him, so she was able to take over the studio, becoming one
of the first American women photographers.

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Why is it that a country of immigrants, and lets face it we are all immigrants to this country whether recent or from a very long time ago, some of us willing and others of us unwilling conscripts, have such a disdain for today’s immigrants? The deaths of immigrants while under federal government custody is a stain upon the tradition of America and its rule of law. It is unconscionable that people are left to die in federal immigration detention facilities yet there seems to be a pattern of such abuse taking place on our shores.
The Israeli government has decided not to investigate the actions of its military in Gaza, despite its earlier claims that it would. So what else is new you ask? Well Human Rights Watch has initiated an investigation of its own and it does confirm what was apparent to all who have eyes to see that Israel did use white phospherous against civilians during the Gaza campaign. You can watch what HRW had to say in the video below.
Meanwhile the US continues its obsequious, servile behavior towards the Israeli government which boasts of having one of the strongest armies in the world. Evidently that is not enough to get the US to say to Israelis they’re on their own when it comes to Israeli military aggression, so Obama continues to pledge to defend Israel against its enemies. Mind you Israel’s enemies are the ones it creates; most of its neighbors want peace with the Jewish state in exchange for recognition of their territorial sovereignty. Even the Palestinians want peace, but as usual, that won’t suit the Israelis.
Avigdor Lieberman said Israel’s new government will suspend negotiations with the Palestinian Authority on so-called “final-status” issues – the borders of a Palestinian state, the fate of Jewish settlements, Palestinian refugees and the city of Jerusalem – until the Palestinians take verifiable steps to end attacks against Israelis.
With the statement, the new Israeli government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reversed the policy of its predecessor, led by Ehud Olmert, which had been quietly attempting to negotiate a final settlement of the conflict with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for the past 14 months.
It’s easy to see where this is going. The expansionist policy of military aggression of the Israeli government is headed towards the West Bank and it won’t be long, months perhaps, before the Israeli government calls for war against all of what is left of Palestine. Of course all of this will be done with the claim that Israel is under constant threat of extinction from its potent (not!) neighbors.
The National Lawyers Guild has weighed in on what happened in Gaza, saying
Israel violated international law by targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, misusing weapons, deliberately denying medical care to the wounded and attacking medical personnel, the National Lawyers Guild Delegation to Gaza said today upon releasing a 37 page report containing new evidence on the facts surrounding Israel’s 22 day military offensive in Gaza. The full report can be viewed at www.nlg.org.
“Our findings join a growing chorus of voices—which include Israeli soldiers themselves—asserting that Israeli forces deliberately targeted civilians during the Gaza offensive,” said Radhika Sainath, one of the attorneys who initiated the seven-day fact-finding delegation to Gaza. “On a number of occasions, Israeli soldiers shot and killed young children as well as unarmed civilians holding white flags—both violations of the laws of war.”
The Delegation also uncovered evidence of Israeli soldiers using Palestinians as human shields, acts that constitute war crimes, as well as evidence that the Israeli military targeted civilian infrastructure and grossly misused weapons. Further, Israel denied the wounded access to medical care and routinely fired on emergency medical teams attempting to reach those in need of help. Paramedics and doctors reported to the Delegation that many civilians could have been saved if the Israeli army allowed Palestinian medical services access to the wounded. “On one occasion, when Israeli forces did allow Palestinian medical services to enter an area after four days, soldiers prohibited their ambulances from approaching and paramedics were forced to pile the injured on donkey carts,” reported Reem Salahi, a California-based civil rights attorney. “Medical workers were then forced to pull the carts to their ambulances two kilometers away.”
Is it any wonder that Israel has stopped its own investigation; it would incontrovertibly point to IDF culpability in criminal acts. I don’t know why that bothers Israeli officials; for the moment no matter what they do, or what evidence points to they are able to continue to demand and receive US aid which allows them to perpetuate these acts of violence and aggression. With willing accomplices in the US media any investigation, including the ones mentioned in this post, would be ignored and/or not reported. In fact conducting an investigation even if it points to Israeli guilt would be a feather in their cap….it would point to some sort of transparency. However, the frame of mind of the Israeli government is they are not accountable to any authority, and thus no need for such an investigation on their part. It is the height of hubris. Let’s hope it is the pride that precedes Israel’s fall.


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Filmmaker Insights Panel: "Looking for Laurels – Festival Circuit Tips from the Pros"
May 9, 2015 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Making a great short film is only the start. Now you want people to see it, but there are close to 5,000 film festivals around the world and almost all of them want a submission fee before they’ll consider your film. You need a strategy!
As part of the Filmmaker Insights programming offered on Sat, May 9 in collaboration with Reel Shorts, these award-winning filmmakers will share their insights about what to do to optimize your film’s chances of success on the festival circuit and what you should do to take advantage of that success.
Get your tickets at the GPLT box office!