An important Antarctic glacier is looking extra prone as satellite photos show the ice shelf that blocks it from collapsing into the sea is breaking apart a good deal faster than earlier than and spawning huge icebergs, a new look at says. the pine island glacier’s ice shelf loss expanded in 2017, causing scientists to worry that with weather trade the glaciers disintegrate ought to appear quicker than the many centuries predicted. the floating ice shelf acts like a cork in a bottle for the short-melting glacier and forestalls its lots larger ice mass from flowing into the sea.
That ice shelf has retreated through 20 kilometers between 2017 and 2020, according to a look at in Friday’s science advances the crumbling shelf became caught on time-lapse video from an EU satellite tv for pc that takes snapshots every six days.
“you could see stuff simply tearing aside,” stated observe lead author in joughin, a university of Washington glaciologist. “so it almost looks like the speed-up itself is weakening the glacier. … and so long way we’ve misplaced perhaps 20 percent of the main shelf.”
Between 2017 and 2020, there had been three massive breakup occasions, developing icebergs extra than eight kilometers long and 36 kilometers wide, which then split into lots of little pieces, joughin said. there also had been many smaller breakups.
“it’s in no way inconceivable that the complete shelf ought to supply way and cross within a few years,” joughin stated. “I’d say that’s a protracted shot, but not a completely lengthy shot.”
Joughin tracked two points on the main glacier and determined they have been transferring 12 percent faster toward the sea starting in 2017.
“so that means 12 percentage extra ice from pine island going into the sea that wasn’t there before,” he said.
The pine island glacier, which isn’t always on an island that doesn’t have pine timber, is one in all two side-by-using-facet glaciers in western Antarctica that ice scientists fear maximum about losing on that continent. the other is the Thwaites glacier.
Pine island contains a hundred and eighty trillion heaps of ice — the equal of half a meter of sea-level upward thrust — and is responsible for about 1 / 4 of the continent’s ice loss.
“pine island and thwaites are our biggest fear now due to the fact they are falling apart after which the relaxation of west Antarctica will comply within keeping with nearly all fashions,” said the college of California Irvine ice scientist isabella velicogna, who wasn’t a part of the examine.
While ice loss is a part of climate alternate, there has been no uncommon greater warming inside the vicinity that induced this acceleration, joughinSaid.
“These technological know-how outcomes preserve to focus on the vulnerability of Antarctica, a major reservoir for capacity sea-degree upward thrust,” stated Twila moon, a national snow and ice information scientist who wasn’t part of the studies. “over and over, other studies have shown how Antarctica evolves inside the destiny will rely on human greenhouse gasoline emissions.”


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JGS Lifecare Welcomes Northeast Rehab Associates, Inc. to their Longmeadow Campus.
JGS Lifecare, a not-for-profit healthcare system serving seniors and their families in western Massachusetts for over 110 years, is pleased to announce the addition of Northeast Rehab Associates, Inc. to services offered at JGS Lifecare, Inc. on their Longmeadow campus. Northeast Rehab, a specialized sub-acute rehab service operated by Registered Physical Therapist, Cherie Stack, for the past 25 years, most of those years spent in Agawam, Massachusetts, will operate out of The Sosin Center for Rehabilitation, located at the Leavitt Family Jewish Home at 770 Converse Street in Longmeadow. Both organizations are committed to the delivery of the highest quality of sub-acute rehab services.
“JGS Lifecare, an affiliate of Legacy Lifecare since 2018, is always seeking ways to enhance the services we offer to our residents, families and the local community”, commented Mary-Anne Schelb, Director of Business Development for Legacy Lifecare’s western Massachusetts market. “We have a full continuum of eldercare services located on 23 acres on Converse Street that the community knows well and has confidence in. The addition of Northeast Rehab to our family of services is a mutually enhancing partnership that will benefit not only our residents, but their families as well as our local community.”
Northeast Rehab has specialized in orthopedic rehab for over two decades. Over the last 5 years care has expanded to include cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. Stack’s longtime staff will come with her, offering continuity of care and a seamless recovery for all of their patients.
Patients of Northeast Rehab will benefit from the person-centered approach of the Green House model of small house care that has become one of the hallmarks of Sosin Center for Rehabilitation. Stack, like JGS Lifecare, is always looking to expand services to better serve the community. She will now be able to partner with the JGS rehab staff to serve even more specialty needs at the Home going forward.
“We are very excited to welcome Northeast Rehab Associates, Inc. to our campus of care”, adds Rob Whitten, LHNA, Administrator of the Leavitt Family Jewish Home at JGS Lifecare. “It was clear from the start that we share a similar commitment to providing the highest quality of rehab services, and that our environment and how we deliver care is a great match. This partnership is very exciting for our campus and the people we serve.”
JGS Lifecare will be scheduling an open house in June to welcome the community to see the changes first hand. Separate physician tours will also be available. Please reach out to Mary-Anne Schelb for more information at 413-310-4693 or email@example.com

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CD REVIEWS: Solange, Simian, Bill Withers
Solange can't take Still Bill
Rundown: Solo Star sees Beyonce Knowles's (of Destiny's Child fame) little sister Solange Knowles coming across as young and immature, as her lyrics address tough issues like teenage crushes and the pressures of a grade school dance.
Key Tracks: All but four songs are about a teenage love/crush, yet the majority of them sound distinct and original. One noteworthy track is, "Feelin' You Part II (featuring N.O.R.E.)," which has been released as her first single. There are several other collaborations, including a duet with Lil' Romeo on "True Love" and she gets together with Murphy Lee of the St. Lunatics for "Thinking About You," bringing a mature sound to the record.
Sounds Like: Despite her insistence that she doesn't want to sound like her sister, Solange does. Though she lacks Beyonce's smoothly mature voice, she makes up for it with her own rhythmic vibe. Solange is still very young, and hopefully time will see her voice and the content of her songs mature.
We Are Your Friends
Rundown: Simian is a quartet from just outside Aylesbury, in the south of Britain. They are currently on the verge of a one-month tour of North America, to support their sophomore album We Are Your Friends.
Key Tracks: The opening track, "La Breeze," is a silly, but catchy, mix that introduces the audience to Simian's unique style of pop-tronica. "Never Be Alone," the third track, is a melancholy tune littered with electronic leads and sweet vocal harmonies reminiscent of the British invasion era. "Skin" is the perfect example of the group's sound, a sour melody with a prominent bass that is inexplicably hard to get out of your head.
Sounds Like: Simian combines happy synthesizers, rhythmic bassline beats and syrupy sweet "oohs" and "aahs" to produce a dark pop that's just different enough to be satisfying. Simian is almost like Damon Albarn's transition from Blur to Gorillaz. Just as lovable as it is refreshing, We Are Your Friends is a worthwhile listen for all British music fans.
Still Bill and Menagerie
Rundown: Once upon a time, even before D'Angelo wore pants, there was a smarter, funkier and generally less randy brand of soul. Few artists were able to bend the confines of this complex genre as Bill Withers did, mixing elements of funk, country, blues and singer-songwriter all on the same album, usually with favourable results. Bill Withers' music will help to fill the void that is left by the rather "in-your-face" approach taken by many R&B artists today.
Key Tracks: Still Bill (1972) contains a few more obvious standouts, including the huge hits "Use Me" and "Lean on Me," not to mention the funktacular "Kissing my Love." Menagerie (1977) starts off with a hard act to follow, "Lovely Day," a song which will give you a warm feeling all over. Unfortunately, Menagerie loses a little steam after the second track, "I Want to Spend the Night," when the somewhat dated nature of the material becomes apparent.
Sounds Like: Unlike many modern artists like Remy Shand, whose soul sounds like it was bought at Wal-Mart, Bill Withers doesn't aspire to be anyone else he is Bill Withers and proud of it, and this is what makes much of his music so successful. Withers's voice is full, earthy and unique, with touches of Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield and Ray Charles, and each song has a life of its own.
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Rally in Rome condemns US decision against PKK leaders
The rally was organised to protest against the racist policies of the Italian government. Kurds launched an appeal to join the national rally to be held in Rome on 16 February to demand freedom for Ocalan.
Kurdish people attended a rally in Rome attended by over 500 organisations and groups to protest against the racist policies carried out by the Italian government.
The Kurdish bloc was very crowded and chanted slogan against the latest US decision and demand the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan.
The rally, attended by over 40,000 people, also condemned the decision by the US to put a bounty on three PKK executives.
The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs announced, during a visit to Ankara, that the U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program is targeting three senior members of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), namely Murat Karayilan, Cemil Bayik and Duran Kalkan.
This decision was firmly rejected by Kurds all over Europe. The Kurdistan Information Office in Italy (UIKI), in an appeal published for Saturday's rally said: "Cleary the decision by the US is a political decision aimed at offering Turkey more room to maneuver when it comes to carry out atrocities against the Kurdish people, often with NATO sophisticated weapons and intelligence".
Reminding that the three PKK executives are "politicians who have fought and fight against Turkish fascism, DAESH and Erdogan totalitarism", UIKI appealed to American defenders of democracy and peoples, to the President of the US, the US Congress and Senate, to "respect the political rights of the people of Kurdistan".
The appeal also underlined how "democratic forces in the Middle East were expecting for the PKK to be removed from the list of terrorist organisations in both the US and Europe. Yet, it appears that Erdogan could exercise such a strong pressure on governments so to convince them to maintain the PKK on the black list, thus allowing Turkey to carry on its dirty wars".
The rally also voiced concern for the situation of Kurdish People's Leader, Abdullah Ocalan, jailed under a regime of total isolation in the high security prison-island of Imrali since February 1999.
"Mr Ocalan - said the statement - had announced a peace process and reconciliation in March 2013, and this had made hopes grow and hostilities cease. However, Erdogan, has closed this process in June 2015, and has since pursed war policies hoping to turn this into a political gain".
The rally in Rome launched an appeal to all democratic forces to participate to the national march to be held in Rome on 16 February 2019, to call for Ocalan’s long due freedom.

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July 7, 2017
English rockers Coldplay have released a new song written with ambient legend Brian Eno, with proceeds to support migrants who make the dangerous journey to Europe across the Mediterranean.
“Aliens,” released late Thursday alongside an animated video, is the latest single from Coldplay’s upcoming EP “Kaleidoscope.”
Coldplay said that proceeds from “Aliens” would support the Migrant Offshore Aid Station, a charity in Malta that sends search and rescue teams to save some among the thousands making the dangerous trek to Europe.
Ostensibly about extraterrestrials, the song alludes metaphorically to the migrant crisis with frontman Chris Martin singing, “Just an alien / We just want to get home again.”
This article was posted: Friday, July 7, 2017 at 6:17 am


Electric Grape - Mammatus Bulky OOAK
The colour story:
Grape is one of those colours and flavours that is divisive. You either love it or...not. This is a hot grape-y purple, grape but electrified. It has flashes of hot pink too as though the grape was flashed out completely. It is unrepentantly bright!
This is a one of a kind colourway and cannot be reproduced. Please purchase with this in mind!
As with all hand-made things, there is always some variation between skeins even within dyelots. If you plan to make a larger project, blend your skeins through transition rows.
The yarn story:
Mammatus bulky is a soft and lofty yarn made of 100% superwash merino wool. This yarn is perfect for projects that will be next to your skin because it is so delightfully squishy. Not recommended for hard-wearing projects like mittens or socks.
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Last week, the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) officially designated Cedar Breaks National Monument as an International Dark Sky Park, an award that recognizes the monument as a destination for stargazers to enjoy the natural darkness. The park earned the designation by installing night-friendly lighting, expanding astronomy educational programs and increasing outreach that raises awareness of the importance of preserving the night skies. Utah now has seven IDA Dark Sky Parks, the most of any state or province in the world. Stephen Goldsmith, associate professor of City and Metropolitan Planning and co-director of the Consortium of Dark Sky Studies based at the U, is available to discuss the designation and the various implications of protecting the night sky.
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Semyon Bychkov leads the San Francisco Symphony in a program that includes a Bruch Concerto that was rescued from obscurity — and overzealous editing — in the 1970s. It’s for two piano soloists, played here by the Labèque Sisters, Katia and Marielle (who is married to Bychkov.) Also on the program is an overture by Taneyev, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2, the ‘Little Russian.’
There’s more information at the San Francisco Symphony website.
The concerto had to wait a long time before it was performed the way it was written. “Two sisters, American pianists, asked Bruch to write it for them,” Bychkov says. “He did, they got the score, then they did a lot of re-editing, cutting things out. It’s pianistically very very difficult. And probably some of it was just technically very hard for them.” Those two sisters were the nieces of Adolph Sutro, the one-time mayor of San Francisco. They not only made those changes without telling Bruch, but they copyrighted their edits. They gave two performances of the edited version, in Philadelphia with Stokowski, and then with the New York Philharmonic, in the early years of the 20th Century. After the second sister died, the original score was discovered. “The piece was in fact not played, until I think 1970s, when it was finally performed. But it remains one of those pieces that most people don’t know it actually exists.” It doesn’t have the audience that Bruch’s violin concerto does, but has his stamp of genius. “It’s different from what one expects from a concerto because the pianos are very much integrated into the orchestral texture. It’s a rather symphonic piece with two pianos than a piano concerto with orchestra. There is a lot of beauty in the piece. It’s very… in a strange way, Schumannesque, Mendelssohnian, slightly Brahmsian.” Bychkov recorded the piece with the Labèque sisters in the 1970s, and was reminded of its merits when he stumbled across their recording on YouTube. They’ve played it in multiple cities this season.


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Borghese Gallery, Italian Galleria Borghese, state museum in Rome distinguished for its collection of Italian Baroque painting and ancient sculpture. It is located in the Borghese Gardens on the Pincian Hill and is housed in the Villa Borghese, a building designed by the Dutch architect Jan van Santen (Giovanni Vasanzio) and built between 1613 and 1616.
The paintings were largely collected in the 17th century by Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese) and his nephew Cardinal Scipione Borghese, while the antiquities were primarily obtained by Marcantonio Borghese in the 18th century and by Francesco Borghese in the 19th century. In 1902 the villa and its collection were acquired from the Borghese family by the Italian government.
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Rome: Other hillsIn the villa itself, the Galleria Borghese’s collection features several Caravaggios, Titian’s
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and in the shop…
“Poems from the Mind Shop”
Dempsey & Windle;
for Zoe Avastu
I’ve got a new eye in, but October sunlight’s
kind to it. I think the zigzags on the red brick wall
– a random kind of jigsaw – are a distortion
from the stitching that the surgeon wove,
He might have sat cross-legged like a tailor,
above the opaque screen across my brow
as he traded embroidery-stitch anecdotes
with his apprentice who is over here from Cairo.
But October sunlight’s frank too,
and shows things as I think they are.
Mortar-sliced bricks on the angled coping
duel with railing shadows projected from the south.
Slim red-fingered leaves on the tree by the bird-table
propose a less perplexing theorem.
As I stroll home, contemplating ziggurats, interstices
and the interval between equinox and solstice,
a white cat rises from the shadow of a shed
as eye-soothing pale as last night’s moon.

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Heat chicken fat or vegetable oil in sauté pan over medium heat for 1 minute, and sauté onion in it 20 to 25 minutes, or until very soft and lightly golden. add uncooked liver, and cook until just pink inside, a few minutes.
Place onions and liver in food processor with eggs, brandy and starch, and process until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Arrange bay leaves shiny side down in loaf pan, and spoon liver mixture on top, pressing gently with spoon to get rid of any air bubbles. Set pan in a larger pan two-thirds filled with warm water, and bake 20 minutes. Cool, and unmold. Serve with rye bread.

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1957 BSA 348cc DB32 Gold Star
Registration no. GDC 419
Frame no. CB 325339
Engine no. DB32GS 934
BSA's most coveted 'single' has to be the 'Gold Star'. Made in 350 and 500 versions, this model grew from the pre-war M.20-based iron-engined 500 to the all-alloy DBD versions with their tremendous performance and sound which so enlivened the 'Café' scene in the 'fifties and 'sixties. GDC 419 was registered in Cheshire at the end of 1957 and has been in storage for many years. At some time the engine and primary transmission have been removed and these could not be found at the time of cataloguing. Nevertheless, the difficult to source 'rolling chassis' is intact, in good order and complete with V5 and the original RF.60 Log-book. A new engine to the desired specification can be sourced by the new owner to put an authentic 'Gold Star' back on the road.
- This lot has been withdrawn from the sale.


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If you live in an area that’s prone to water quality problems, it might just be time for a water quality test. Advanced methods are available for testing the water and finding out if it meets your standards. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through the steps of what to look out for in water tests, what they can tell you about your drinking water, and why investing in these tests might save your loved ones’ lives.
Water quality testing is important for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, lab test for water quality testing is vital to ensure that the water you drink is safe and healthy to drink. secondly, water quality can affect your aquatic environment, affecting both fish and other aquatic organisms. And lastly, poor water quality can lead to bad odor and even health problems if ingested.
There are many reasons to test your water – here are just a few:
To monitor compliance with state or local regulations
To assess threats to public health
To check on the overall condition of your system (e.g., leaks)
To measure specific chemical or physical properties of water (e.g., pH, hardness)
To determine if your system needs improvement (e.g., due to scale build-up)
What is Water Quality Testing?
Water quality testing is an important step in ensuring safe drinking water. There are a variety of reasons you should do water quality testing, including:
-To determine if there is potential for harmful bacteria or pollutants in the water supply
-To identify any issues with the water treatment process
-To check for taste and odor problems
-To ensure that the water is meeting regulatory standards
4 Reasons Why You Should Do It
There are many reasons why you should do water quality testing. Here are a few:
1. Knowing your water’s quality can help you make smart decisions about how to use it. If your water is high in contaminants, for example, you might choose to use filtered or bottled water instead.
2. Water quality tests can identify problems before they become major issues. By monitoring water quality, you can detect changes early on and take appropriate action to prevent them from becoming worse.
3. Testing your water regularly can help you keep your home and office clean by ensuring that drinking and cooking water is free of harmful chemicals and pollutants.
4. Properly monitoring your water quality can also help protect public health by detecting potential health hazards before they become serious problems.
Common Causes of Water Quality Problems
The water you drink is essential to your health. It helps to provide the body with fluids and nutrients, and it’s also a source of comfort and pleasure. But what happens if the water you drink is contaminated?
Water quality can be impacted by a variety of factors, including:
– Municipal waste disposal
– Polluting businesses and factories
– Unregulated land use
– Agricultural runoff
– Stormwater runoff
– Chemical leakage from industrial or municipal plants
Water quality is an important topic to consider for any business or organization. Not only does it have a direct impact on the health and safety of employees, customers, and the environment, but it can also significantly affect the bottom line. In this article, we explore four reasons why you should routinely perform water quality testing in your business. Hopefully, by reading this article you will be motivated to take action and start testing your water today!

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By Abukar Arman
The mere mention of the name ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) frightens Muslims and no-Muslims senseless, and there are plenty of reasons for that. But, who are they, and where does their campaign of terror lead to?
Before we could objectively decipher the mysteries surrounding this group, we must rely less on sound bites, packaged definitions, and media sensationalism, and more on historical facts. Granted, it is easier said than done.
Its True Nature
Contrary to its declaration of being the first movement to successfully found an Islamic caliphate since the demise of the Ottoman Empire, the group known as ISIS simply part of a misguided fraternity of extremists whose violent ideology has been proliferating in the world for a number of domestic and foreign factors.
Like al Qaida, al Shabaab and Boko Haram, ISIS justifies its existence by way of ill-interpreted or perverted Islam, and advances its cause through the use of gruesome violence.
Though each group proclaims Prophet Muhammad as their guiding light, ironically, none of them apply his spiritual curriculum — the well-documented model of gradual and peaceful transformation — nor his hallmark mercy and compassion that he used to win over the hearts and minds of even his staunchest enemies.
Muslims around the world, especially the younger more impressionable generation, must remember two things. First, nothing affirms the authenticity of a claim more than the actions and outcomes associated with it. Second, as underscored by the Quran, no movement or system that is devoid of mercy and compassion could ever be essentially Islamic. Prophet Muhammad’s entire mission was based on mercy and compassion. However, to ISIS and others, mercy and compassion are nothing more than the two sides of meekness, hence weakness. To them, neither Muslims nor non-Muslims deserve mercy and compassion and they have established a horrific record to amplify that ideological stance.
So the lingering question is, can such groups be defeated in battlefields with narrowly defined and increasingly militarized strategies?
For a few months now I have been casually monitoring opinions and editorials of mostly independent analysts and intellectuals on ISIS. Other than those helpless victims who suffered as a result of their Genghis Khan-like invasion and at their criminal hands, most of the Sunni Muslims question this latest intriguingly fantastical terrorist phenomenon. Mainly because the region has paid hefty price — both in lives and material resources — since it has been the epicenter of the global war on terror (GWOT) for a decade and a half.
ISIS is generally seen as nothing more than a Frankenstein’s monster made of deal-making criminal elements released from terrorist detention centers such as its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Other than the fact that he was released from prison in 2009 and founded ISIS a year later, no one knows anything about a man broadly considered as the world’s most dangerous terrorist. Other elements are revenge-seeking Ba’athists, misguided Iraqi and other Sunnis lured into partaking a quixotic movement determined to establish an Islamic caliphate by the edge of a hunter knife.
Here are some of the most common arguments used by independent commentators and intellectuals in the Middle East to dismiss ISIS as a convenient card used by elements within the West to manipulate balance of power and for their geopolitical interests:
- In a patently Western style that is virtually alien in the Arab culture, ISIS uses name abbreviation in Arabic (DA’ISH).
- They are oddly brand-conscious. Their name had to be changed to “IS” once people started to ridicule it’s striking similarity to the Ancient Egyptian goddess of health, marriage, and love, and, when read backwards, to the strongman of Egypt, Abdel Fatah Sisi, who has been eagerly connecting ISIS to the Muslim Brotherhood.
- Why would a terrorist organization that considers the concept of nation-state as an un-Islamic Western construct that must be abolished call itself Dawlah (State in Arabic)?
- They are reported to have unusually large number of foreign fighters and seem to be at ease and readily trusting of this growing population.
- Their military, intelligence and propaganda sophistication is in a stark contrast with their eagerness to spread themselves too thin, encircle themselves with enemies, and perpetual desire to pick unnecessary fights
- Their tactics and strategic moves seem to be in synchrony with the geopolitical interests of countries such as U.S., Egypt, and Israel and against countries such as Turkey and Iran. (The latter two are the x factors of what Newsweek magazine calls the Coalition of Unwilling and Unsavory.)
Cake-walking Throughout Iraq and Syria
ISIS’ sadistic reality TV has been striking profound psychological terror in the hearts of many Muslims and non-Muslims.
According to an expert estimate, ISIS has some 30,000 fighters. Ironically, this supposedly ragtag group has somehow managed to easily overrun a “highly trained” Iraqi army that is ten times its size (270,000 soldiers) that has 300 tanks and whose 2013 budget was $17 billion. Meanwhile, their considerable military advances and strategic recklessness remain paradoxical, to say the least.
Take its strategic move in Syria as a case in point. Instead of consolidating all its manpower, arsenal and financial resources to score a decisive defeat to the current brutal regime or to oust the tyrant that they have been fighting, Bashar al-Assad, the group opted to send a large number of its fighters to Iraq. Moreover, in what seems as a suicidal move, they decided to go on a slaughtering rampage northward in Ayn Al-Arab bordering Turkey which is the geographical polar opposite of the capital city Damascus thus forcing over 130,000 civilians to cross into Turkey within three days. Making the matter even more dangerous, ISIS continued its seemingly haphazard strategy of spreading itself too thin and advancing to take over the Syria side of the Golan Heights- a stone throw away from the Israeli border.
Under these seemingly synchronized provocations, Turkey — an essential partner if the aforementioned coalition were to defeat ISIS — which wanted to stay out of the coalition to fight ISIS due to its political composition would be pressured to join in for its own economic and political survival. Likewise, Israel which was deliberately kept at bay due to the same political dynamic would now be secured a backdoor entry to a coalition that it eagerly wanted to be part of.
Meanwhile, smuggling oil and gas out Iraq and Syria continue in their uninterrupted flow to the international black markets. Sellers are widely understood as ISIS but the buyers still remain a mystery.
Defeating ISIS and Defusing Violent Extremism
Defeating ISIS and groups like them requires honest talk and when necessary direct action. Though assassinations or “targeted killings” of top leadership are often celebrated as the ultimate solution; other than certain political dividends, it does not deliver a fatal blow to the terrorist organization.
More often than not, the triumphant euphoria and false sense of security following each successful operation are often transient, overshadowed by newer, more horrific, realities.
It happened in Somalia: The U.S. aerial assassination of al Shabaab leader Aden Ayro in 2008 produced a more radical leader in Ahmed Godane who wreaked bloody havoc till he was assassinated a few weeks ago . One can argue the same in assassination of al Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden in 2012 and how that paved the way for ISIS’ Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to fill the vacuum and declare a heartless caliphate.
The current U.S.-led model to fight terrorism is nothing more than stealth GWOT — a reinvention of that failed model that ultimately plays into the hands of the terrorists.
Al Qaida had a baiting strategy to exhaust and drain the human and financial resources of the U.S. In one of his old videotapes, Osama Bin Laden is quoted to have said, “Our strategy has to be we wave the flag of jihad and call it al Qaida anywhere in the world, and that will get the American generals to come running to fight us.”
There is no cookie-cutter approach to defeating violent extremists as their needs and motivations are not always the same. Their various motivations are found within a wide spectrum of factors such as festering grievances or political disenfranchisement, delusional sense of divine entitlement, lust for power and control, exploitation due to board-based ignorance and isolationism, and real or perceived external or hegemonic threats.
The defeat of violent extremists such as ISIS could be achieved with a multifaceted strategy that focuses on de-radicalization, comprehensive counterterrorism measures, addressing all legitimate grievances, reconciliation, etc.
Where there is good faith effort, defeating such groups should not be a problem. They are their own worst enemies by often repeat that all too familiar fatal mistake of taken for granted human-beings’ God-given innate desire to resist suppression, despotism, and tyranny in all their manifestations.


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Ayanda Patosi is keen to continue the quest to elevate his game and recapture the potential that made him one of the most promising talents a few years ago.
The Cape Town City attacking midfielder returned to the starting team in the 1-0 derby success over Ajax Cape Town last week, and he turned in a hard-working 90-minute effort.
The 25-year-old from Khayelitsha has been out injured for quite a while – but, based on his Cape derby display, it’s evident that he has the hunger back again.
Patosi was in the spotlight when he landed a transfer to Belgian club Lokeren in 2011. After making an initial impression, which saw him selected for Bafana Bafana, things went sour overseas.
He was lured back home by City last year, into the welcoming bosom of the Mother City, but he struggled to get going. Having not played for a while, his fitness levels weren’t up to standard, and coach Benni McCarthy’s approach was to bring him along slowly.
Patosi then got injured, to further complicate his progress. But the injury lay-off, the recovery period, and the festive season hiatus appear to have galvanised him – and he was quite good in the derby last week.
Today, when City take on Bloemfontein Celtic in a PSL fixture at the Dr Molemela Stadium (kick-off 3.30pm), the sprightly lad from Khayelitsha is determined to maintain his increased level of performance.
City, though, will have to do without McCarthy’s charismatic presence on the bench. The coach was sent off during a volatile Cape derby last week and will watch the Celtic match from the stands.
Assistant-coach Vasili Manousakis will call the shots from the bench.
Earlier this week, City added another striker to the squad when announcing the capture of Ugandan Allan Kateregga.
Club boss John Comitis said he had only received the player’s work permit last Friday, which left too little time to complete the registration paper work. So Kateregga will miss the Celtic fixture, but will be available for the Cape club’s next match – against Mamelodi Sundowns this coming Friday.


Madrean Alligator Lizard
Body length: 3 - 5"
Diet: Insects and scorpions
Some alligator lizards are limbless, and all resemble snakes to some extent. The Madrean alligator lizard has tiny legs, and is distinguished by armor-like scales and a fold in the skin that runs the length of the body, which may allow the relatively inflexible body to expand during breathing, after feeding, or when the female is carrying eggs.
Alligator lizards are not common at Tonto National Monument, and are probably confined to the woodland areas in and near Cave Creek Canyon. Alligator lizards are generally day-active. They are often heard before they are seen, rustling through dry leaves on the ground.


We also spend more of our money on gasoline than Americans do, according to Bloomberg data released Dec. 1.
Canadians spent 2.89 per cent of their income on gasoline in the fourth quarter of 2014, while Americans spent 2.27 per cent.
The proportion of our income spent on filling up our cars is largely a factor of consumption; we're second only to the U.S. when it comes to how much gas we use.
We also rank sixth in the world when it comes to how much of our annual income goes to paying at the pump.
South Africans stood on top of the world when it came to spending their income on gasoline, at 5.17 per cent.
The island country of Cyprus came second with 3.6 per cent, followed by Mexico at 3.44 per cent, Indonesia at 3.41 per cent and Greece at 3.03 per cent.
Bloomberg's data was released as oil prices drop around the world., driving down prices at the pump. Gas fell to four-year lows in some parts of Canada this week and the price of oil fell to five-year lows. Analysts said it could drop to levels that haven't been seen in 10 years.
Analyst Roger McKnight blamed the dropping prices on a lack of demand, he told Global News in October.
"We basically have an oversupply situation that can be corrected overnight," he told the network.
The following graph illustrates how Canada compares to the rest of the world when it comes to paying for gas out of pocket:
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Mechanical seals for slurry pumps
Slurry pumps used in oil sands mining facilities are equipped with gland water mechanical seals. Clean, pressurized gland water is pumped into the stuffing box, protecting the shaft from the abraisive process slurry. A steady supply of gland seal water is critical to maintaining operation of any facility. Even a brief disruption can result in severe pump damage.
Clean and reliable gland water supply is a critical utility in any oil sands mining facility. Pressurized gland water is pumped into the seals of slurry pumps in order to keep them clear of bitumen, sand and fines.
Gland seal water functions
This gland seal water serves three important functions:
- It enables the pump shaft to rotate within its sleeve with minimum friction,
- It prevents the slurry from back-flowing into the seals and damaging the shaft, and
- It allows for a small amount of cooling of the pump shaft, which heats up as it rotates at high speeds.
Maintaining sufficient gland water flow and pressure is critical to the proper operation of any slurry pumping system. Operating without gland water, even for only a few seconds, will cause the slurry to back-flow into the pump’s sleeve and damage the rotating pump shaft. Worn seal packing is far easier to repair than a damaged slurry pump.
Design of gland water system
The most important factor in designing a gland water system is to ensure the system is reliable and has sufficient pressure. If gland water pressure is too low, it will not be able to overcome back-pressure from the pump and cause the slurry to back-flow into the sleeve. However, excessively high gland water pressure is also not recommended since this will also reduce the life of the packing.
The amount of gland water required depends mostly on pump design and how worn the packing is.
However, since clean water is such a precious commodity in the oil sands, many operators use water recycled from the tailings pond. Any reliable water source is suitable, however, operators should note that dirty water will obviously deteriorate the packing more quickly. Slurry pump manufacturers have also been working towards optimizing the design of their pump seals in order to reduce gland water consumption rates.


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There are a select few people from whom I view a book recommendation, done properly (impassioned, fervent, urgently, usually over drinks), as a lifeline. A postcard into a world that person desperately desires me to glimpse, to join them in, to become a part of. A good book, a really good book not simply a “pass the time where the heck is the G train oh wait it’s the weekend and that means the G is like a unicorn” book, is a permanent addition to your working psyche, a tattoo of a set of words placed in a distinct order by another forever embedded in you.
(That’s some heavy-handed waxing right there, but it’s the truth and you know it so deal.)
From these select few people, I know the phrase “you have to read this”, said after 7 PM and in public places, is a huge deal. From these, book recommendations don’t come lightly, as a result of that friend everyone has (possibly even the same friend) who blathers on and on about, well, erm, The Kite Runner, telling everyone within earshot about how it’s “such a good book, y’all”. These people, one could say if one wanted to quote the 2009 social media phrase that pays, are “agents of trust” when it comes to recommending what to read.
One such person in my life is my friend Kelly, who I’ve known as a result of the magic that is the internet for ages now and under whose roof I lived when I first moved to New York. She’s getting ready to leave NY for greener pastures (literally-moving to Minnesota), and, out for drinks the other night, the conversation turned to Lorrie Moore-one of Kelly’s all-time favorite authors, with a new book out, a rare-from-Moore full-length novel A Gate At The Stairs, and someone I’d never read anything by. She insisted that Moore’s Who Will Run The Frog Hospital, at novella-length, was “perfectly crafted”,with every world “intentionally placed”.
(Full disclosure: not sure what Kelly’s actual verbiage was, but the essence of those quotes is 100% truth.)
I took a trip to my favorite friendly not-in-my-neighborhood bookstore, WORD, and the slim, tender size of the paperback version of Frog Hospital I purchased felt light and alive in my bag on the way home. I don’t read standing up waiting for the subway, ever (my balance isn’t good enough and I’m too clumsy, if I make a habit of reading while waiting for a train I’ll eventually meet my end toppling over onto the subway tracks), but I broke that rule and dived in.
The book is absolutely brilliant, beautifully crafted and paced in a way that causes progression to be less like page-turning and more like peeling. …Frog Hospital centers around two girls, Berie and Sils, told from the former’s perspective, and the summer when Berie was 15. Really, though, it’s a story about adolescence, growth, and, in the end, home and how it shapes a person.
What struck me most was Moore’s incredible use of language, her ability to tease and twist the very heart of a sentence:
Things, I know, stiffen and shift in memory, become what they never were before. As when an army takes over a country. Or a summer yard goes scarlet with fall and its venous leaves. One summons the years of the past largely by witchcraft-a whore’s arts, collage and brew, eye of newt, heart of horse. Still, the house of my childhood is etched in my memory like the shape of the mind itself; a house-shaped mine-why not? It was this particular mind out of which I ventured-for any wild danger or sentimental stance or lunge at something faraway. But it housed every seedling act. I floated above it, but close, like a figure in a Chagall.
I know. I KNOW. Believe me, I know. One of Moore’s most impressive strengths is that she writes like the gorgeous red-head in your undergrad creative writing class who would string together lush words and compose stories that would drip off the page like jam, yet with Moore the words don’t just look and sound attractive, they hold meaning.
Since this is less about …Frog Hospital and more about my first bit of exposure to Lorrie Moore, rather than attempt to encapsulate the plot (too late), here’s an excerpt from my “I just finished this book and can’t move” email to Kelly:
i think there’s something inherently, intrinsically linked to the
female adolescent experience in this book that anyone not RAISED as a
girl-not meaning female-identified, no, but anyone very very much not
RAISED as a girl, in the society that is, the society of young girls
and their weirdness and awkwardness and quirks-will never have access
to. as such, the last chapter didn’t slay me, it merely allowed me to
close the book softly and breathe and accept what a fucking piece of
magic i’d just read. the end for me was her driving back from her
reunion, and if it’d ended there i’d have been happy but the story
wouldn’t have been told, it wouldn’t have ended properly, and i know
So Who Will Run The Frog Hospital? Absolutely incredible 130 pages, perfect, flooring, a triumph of language.
Then I moved on to her new novel A Gate At The Stairs.
Oh, god, I hadn’t realized: see that cover there? The illuminated, well-crafted staircase leading into the air and eventually to a bright, shiny nothing? It’s unfortunate that that’s the perfect metaphor for the book itself.
A Gate At The Stairs is called a “post-9/11″ novel, which apparently is supposed to mean “discusses racial interaction, fear and tension in an awakened America”. If that’s the case, A Gate At The Stairs couldn’t be further from that label. For a tense, realistic pulse of race-relations in modern America, pick up H.M. Naqvi’s recently-published Home Boy. For a grab-bag of plot threads that never flesh themselves out fully, including the have-to-be-capitalized Ideas of Identity, Race, Love and War? Yeah, that would be A Gate At The Stairs. Feeling less like a novel written by a master of language and more like a very pretty series of digressions, Moore’s novel centers around college-aged Tassie Keltjin, the daughter of a potato farmer, who becomes the nanny to a a restauranteur/chef and her husband. Moore would have us believe Tassie’s literature-obsessed, love-sick for a classmate and lost in her own impending adulthood, but somewhere she loses the plot (both literally and figuratively) and we’re left holding strings tied to nothing.
Very, very pretty strings, yes, very attractive strings that sing with heartfelt emotion, but nonetheless strings tired empty air. If this had been the first of hers I’d read, I’d be asking myself, and others (mostly others) right now “really? Really? This is the great, powerful, incredible Lorrie Moore?”
I feel, for those who have been waiting the 11 years since Moore last wrote, that I’m ruining a literary Christmas. I wondered if maybe my reading Who Will Run The Frog Hospital? immediately before beginning A Gate At The Stairs meant this disappointment was inevitable, but a hard and honest poll of friends have proven that to not be the case. The consensus is such:
Lorrie Moore is a genius of language, yes. A treasure of literature, and one who simply must be discovered. She writes the sort of stories, the sort of short fiction, that’s good enough to live on and live for. A Gate At The Stairs, stripped of its attempts at Important Themes, would have made for an intensely emotional short story. Stretched to over 300 pages (which isn’t what I’d consider “long” for a novel), A Gate At The Stairs feels bloated, tired, unimportant. And that’s a shame from someone who I’ve only recently come to realize is by far one of the most important voices and pens in modern fiction.
Fortunately, I have all of Lorrie Moore’s other works ahead of me.


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On Saturday August 23rd, I went on a road trip with my friend Sara to Saint-André-Avellin, Quebec, to check out Twist Fibre Festival. It was a nice hour and a half drive from our houses, on a very beautiful scenic route. (Above right photo is some items our friend Eugenia was selling in her booth).
Ashford had a booth at the festival (left hand photo) and as of this past week, the shop is officially an Ashford dealer. I am VERY excited about this. I am taking a weaving class soon as I’ve wanted to learn how to weave for a very long time. Weaving will definitely help me use up my yarn stash! There was also a yarn bombed spinning wheel at the show in one of the booths.
One of the coolest things was the Purling J’s Roving Yarn Co truck. They hail from Kingston, Ontario, and it’s the coolest thing ever. A mobile yarn store. How cool!??!!
(Left, me inside the truck)
(Right, me knitting at Eugenia’s booth, just hanging out).
After the festival, I went out for dinner in Saint-André-Avellin with Sara, Eugenia & Manon. Eugenia & Manon happen to be on my exec for the knitting guild this year (I was elected President this past May for this upcoming year). We had drinks, some of us knitted, we talked about our purchases from the day, and it was very nice & relaxing. The restaurant we went to, Au Vieux Chaudron was very tasty. I even had lunch, at the festival, with a lot of Knitting Guild Members. It was really nice to meet up with them at the festival.


The Adelaide Fringe Opening has unleashed another month of festival madness in South Australia. A little different to previous years where Fringe Artists joined in the Fringe Parade heading down North Terrace, dancing and moving to a pre-set playlist and lighting up the night.
Gouger Street was full of colour and culture as Chinatown welcomed the New Year at the annual Chinatown Adelaide Lunar New Year Street Party.
Fusion Beats Dance has been a part of this cultural event for many years and have seen it grow and grow with each New Year. The celebrations included performances on stage, kids entertainment, food, drinks and it wouldn’t be complete without firecrackers and roving Chinese Lion dancers.
Fusion Beats Dance had the opportunity to be part of celebrating the reopening of Festival Theatre in Adelaide, South Australia. The Open Day was an opportunity for the public to take a self-guided tour of the centre and discover the changes that have been happening over the last year.
Chhote Chhote Peg has just just been released and it’s another song from ‘Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety’ with gorgeous lenghas, mindless boozing and yes partying, while dancing to yes another remake of a hit song. Every song that seems to come out lately is a remake. This one is of ‘Tote Tote Ho Gaya’ from the 2000 film ‘Bichhoo.
Fusion Beats were ecstatic to be part of the the opening ofCamilla’snewest Collection – the long way home. This is Chapter 4 in her life story which Camilla shares to the world through her prints and collections. For those that don’t know who Camilla is.
Camilla is the ‘Kaftan Queen’ creating amazing bohemian inspired clothing for Women, kids and Men – definitely an Australian Icon.
On Monday 15 January 2018, Prospect Road was in full swing with laughter, food and music for the Tourrific Prospect Street Party. The road was filled with people enjoying the warm night and Fusion Beats Dance was there to add some spice to the event with mesmerising Bollywood dancing.
After 2 years, Yo Yo Honey Singh is back in the music scene with ‘Dil Chori’ from Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. It is set to be the Punjabi wedding song this season. Sound familiar? Well it is a remake of Hans Raj Hans’ 2004 song ‘Dil Chori Sada Ho Gaya’.
It’s out!! Tiger Zinda Hai’s first song titled ‘Swag Se Swagat’ is out starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif who are back together after 5 years on screen and it has sent the dance world on fire. Check out my choreography and tutorial!


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A retailer has recently found itself on the wrong side of the Fair Trading Act (FTA) resulting in a fine for its procedure around extended warranties. A 2014 amendment to the FTA and Consumer Guarantees Act (CGA) requires businesses to provide consumers with specific information around their rights before the sale of a warranty takes place.
PB Technologies Ltd (PB Tech) was fined $77,000 in Auckland District Court at the beginning of this month for not providing the legally required information to consumers.
“New Zealand’s largest computing and IT retailer”, made more than 4000 ‘PB Care’ extended warranty noncompliant sales between 11 May and 30 November 2017.
It pleaded guilty on 14 counts.
Businesses can face an infringement notice with a fine of $1000 for each violation or go to court and risk fines of $30,000 apiece.
Individuals can be fined up to $10,000 for each breach.
Under the FTA, the retailer must provide the consumer with a summary of the CGA and a comparison of the CGA to what the extended warranty provides.
The consumer must also receive a written copy of the warranty and cancellation rights.
An extended warranty can be cancelled and refunded if done within five working days.
The customer must be told this verbally at the time of purchase.
This law came into being on 17 June 2014 to reflect the numerous changes that had taken place in the retail space.
Other businesses have also found themselves on the wrong side of the law when it comes to extended warranty disclosure requirements.
New Zealand Vacuum Cleaner Company Ltd (Godfreys) was fined $48,000 in 2016 for FTA breaches.
Godfreys sold over 3000 warranties without providing consumers with the required information from the time the FTA was updated until 22 September 2015.
Smart Shop Ltd (Smart Store), a mobile trader, has also been prosecuted for extended warranty violations.
It was fined $135,000 in for nondisclosure of consumers rights, amongst other FTA infractions.
The Comcom did an investigation into mobile traders from 2014-2015.
The report said that vulnerable communities were targeted and were sold overpriced low-quality goods on credit.
Many were later charged with FTA standard breaches including lack of disclosure and unfair contract terms.
The CGA provides consumers with a basic expectation of what a sale will give them.
This includes a guarantee to repairs or spare parts for a ‘reasonable time’ and to an express manufacturer’s warranty.
The 2014 FTA changes came on the heels of the ComCom warning consumers that some extended warranty benefits may be the same as those provided by the CGA, rendering them useless.

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I've always wanted to try it, so I figured, why not now. It came out great! Even my meat and potatoes Man liked it. And so did the dinner guest I served it too.
1 (32oz) Jar of your favorite Marinara Sauce
1 pound Ground Turkey Sausage
3 Medium Tomatoes (sliced)
1 small/medium Zucchini (sliced)
1 small/medium Yellow Squash (sliced)
1 small Eggplant (sliced)
3 medium Potatoes (sliced)
Salt and Pepper to taste
3/4 Cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
2 Tablespoons Herbs de Provence (I used Italian Seasoning... shhh, don't tell the French)
Preheat oven to 425 degrees
Brown Turkey Sausage in a frying pan. Drain fat if needed and set aside.
Prepare your vegetables by slicing them into 1/4 inch thick rings. Slice the potatoes a little more thinly as they take longer to bake through.
Pour your favorite marinara into the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish.
Arrange your vegetables in the baking dish in an alternating layer format until the entire dish is filled
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and Herbs de Provence (or Italian Seasoning (it'll be our secret)), then drizzle lightly with Olive Oil.
Sprinkle sausage on top of vegetables.
Bake uncovered 45 minutes till vegetables are lightly browned.
Remove from oven.
Sprinkle with cheese.
Bake for an additional 5-10 minutes until the cheese is melted and slightly golden.
Remove from oven and rest for 15 minutes before serving.


Reverse electrodialysis is a novel technology that exploits a salinity gradient to generate electrical energy. The salinity gradient can be available from natural waters such as seawater and river water or they can be artificially generated and used within closed-loop applications. This last option has been recently investigated leading to the development of the RED heat engine concept. In this case, the deployed salinity gradient exiting the RED unit is regenerated in a thermally-driven unit using low-temperature heat, thus being able to convert heat to power within an integrated system.Among the different regeneration alternatives, the use of thermolytic salts has been presented as a promising option, due to the possible use of very-low grade heat (40-60°C) to regenerate the solutions by means of degradation/stripping/re-absorption processes.In the present work, different regeneration strategies for ammonium bi-carbonate aqueous solutions have been investigated by means of process simulation (Aspen Plus) and experimental tests. Simulations have been performed looking at two different regeneration methods: i) stripping with air and ii) distillation (in practice, also a stripping process, but with vapour). A sensitivity analysis has been performed to study the effect of different operating variables (streams’ temperature, pressure, flow rate, inlet concentration) on the regeneration performance. The experimental campaign has been carried out mainly on the air stripping concept, which did turn to be the most promising within the expected range of operating conditions.Experiments were also aimed at identifying the main dependences (e.g. the effect of different packing materials and operating conditions on the performance indicators), technological limitations and relevant solutions.Eventually, a comparison between experimental information and model predictions has been performed in order to highlight the main discrepancies and validate model prediction capabilities.
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|Stato di pubblicazione||Published - 2016|


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Jabra A330 Bluetooth dongle you can connect any Jabra Multiuse headset to your personal computer and use it just as easily and comfortably as with your mobile phone. The Jabra A330 Bluetooth dongle is compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista. It easy to set up, and you do not need any drivers. Simply plug the dongle into an USB port, start your IP telephony program and you are ready to talk via your Jabra Multiuse headset.
- USB Dongle for PC based IP telephony
- Connects any Jabra Multiuse headset to your personal computer or Bluetooth mobile phone
- Bluetooth range up to 300 Feet depending on headset
- Compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista
- Compatible with Jabra A7010 Bluetooth Hub for additional desk phone connection
Not only do you benefit from the same perfect call comfort in your office as when you use your Jabra Multiuse headset with your mobile phone. You will also experience great sound through the digital sound enhancement technology, DSP. The Bluetooth range is up to 300 feet depending on your headset, enabling you to walk while you talk and enjoy wireless freedom at work. The Jabra A330 Bluetooth dongle works with all Jabra Multiuse headsets. So when you upgrade to a new headset you can continue to use the same dongle.


Never apologize for being a powerful woman and be proud of it! Be proud to be strong and powerful. Speak loud and clear about who you are and where are you going. Never make yourself small!
This Bella and Canvas woman muscle tank has a heather black color with high quality white vinyl pressed on design. This shirt is pre-shrunk. Tank has low cut armholes and curved bottom hem.
This comfortable blend of polyester and viscose will keep you cool and comfortable as you do it all on leg day. It has a relaxed drapes fit. Please refer to sizing char for reference.
Care instructions: wash cold, inside out with like colors, do not iron the design. Tumble dry low, Do not bleach.
Material: 65% polyester/35% viscose
Color: Heather Black


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While the three ghosts that visited Ebenezer Scrooge was Charles Dickens' most famous apparitions, his interest in the supernatural did not end there. Three Ghost Stories is just that: a collection of three stories that are true Gothic classics. The three stories, The Signal Man, The Haunted House and The Trial for Murder were sensational for their time and continue to hold up well, thanks to Charles Dickens' superb skills at storytelling. The Signal Man is the most well known of the three, chronicling the haunting of a railroad signal man who is visited by a ghost just before a tragic event is to happen on the railway. If you like Dickens and tales of spectres and the supernatural, you'll love Three Ghost Stories.
This book has 56 pages in the PDF version.
Production notes: This ebook of Three Ghost Stories was published by Global Grey in 2020.
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New York: Whitney Museum, 1991.
Photographs by Steichen, with Afterword by Updike. Square 8vo, leather backed boards; cloth slipcase; separate photogravure in a folder. New York: Whitney Museum, (1991).
Reproduces the 1930 edition. One of 250 copies, signed by Updike and Calderon.


Utilizing personal transport means utilizing it for your own individual use. You can determine when and also for how long you wish to take a trip. There is no requirement to share a car with the public. This kind of transport is also far more reliable. Nonetheless, exclusive transportation can cost more than public transport, so make certain to consider your budget plan and traveling requirements prior to determining whether you want to use this type of transportation Below are some benefits and disadvantages of private transportation
Public transport vs. private transport
While both personal and public transportation have their advantages, you need to choose for yourself which one is ideal for your traveling needs. Mass transit services include city buses, trams, quick transit, and also subways, while exclusive transport solutions usually operate within an economic sector. Public transport is beneficial in many means, including lowering contamination and also roadway blockage, enabling you to travel without having to handle the problems of automobile auto parking and web traffic. It additionally needs less room than roadway framework, making it an excellent remedy if you don’t have a large car.
Taking mass transit is a fantastic method to navigate town, however private transportation can be costly and also much less practical. While public transport prices are usually reduced, exclusive lorries can additionally be extra practical, with less limitations as well as cheaper fares. But while mass transit is a wonderful means to navigate town, it can also be tough to locate car park in city facilities, making private transportation a much better option for regular tourists.
Prices of personal transport
The price of personal transportation depends upon the setting of transportation. When it comes to Uber, it refers to the cost of fuel per kilometer. This amount is after that multiplied by the variety of kilometers took a trip for the round-trip. A liter of routine gas expenses regarding 1 USD, and it produces 15 km/l of driving range. The exact same point puts on a public bus or taxi. The extra costly kind of personal transportation is an automobile.
The MBM methodology, for example, recognizes the boosting use of exclusive transport. In order to reflect this, the transport choice model thinks about both public as well as personal prices. This means, the MBM methodology reflects the average experiences of families staying in different MBM regions. A simple multiplier methodology is used to compute the final transport threshold. The MBM methodology incorporates the expense of public as well as private transportation for 19 details city locations. Each of these MBM regions has a different travelling pattern. Hence, the weights made use of for public transport differ considerably across MBM regions. In Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, as well as Hamilton, the public transportation weight was even more than 40% of the complete cost of personal transportation. In smaller sized cities, the ratio was reduced.
Privacy of personal transport.
The rise of smart cities has promoted the collection of even more personal information from Americans on mass transit systems. With this connectivity comes a wealth of chances for cities to use real-time monitoring to improve transport systems as well as decrease traffic jam. But scientists from the International Data Firm (IDC) are stressed that their personal privacy may be jeopardized. To safeguard this data from misuse, federal governments ought to apply wide personal privacy guidelines. Particularly, such laws ought to define the types of personal details collected and exactly how it can be utilized. And also they should set penalties for breaking such laws.
The biggest personal transportation automobiles can hold up to 50 guests. Relying on the function of your journey, you can get a deluxe car or a spacious executive van. However even if you don’t take a trip in a big team, personal transport cars will enable you to reach your destination without having to share your seat with anybody else. Public transport lacks privacy and also supplies little room to function. You are frequently running across other passengers and you take the chance of being heard going over business as well as profession keys with other individuals.
Efficiency of personal transportation.
Making use of public transportation rather than driving your cars and truck decreases discharges and also gas intake. Daily commutes add to about 85% of international greenhouse gas exhausts, so leaving your vehicle in the house can reduce your carbon footprint by as much as 20 extra pounds daily. A lot more significantly, as the populace boosts, roadway construction and also maintenance will certainly be required, which will only intensify web traffic. Mass transit utilizes fewer gas as well as cuts the number of automobiles when driving, lowering your everyday carbon footprint.
In metropolitan areas, the level of transportation framework as well as service relies on the city’s economic structure. Numerous timeless city models depend on various transportation problems. Additionally, public transport and also private transportation efficiency are frequently not equivalent. This is because the performance of personal and also mass transit can be different depending on the metropolitan framework and also historic patterns of transport growth. So, what is the most effective option for an expanding city? It’s a mix of both. Here’s more information on https://www.uniquecorporatelimos.com stop by our website.
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Surrey County Hall
Pringle Richards Sharratt have been appointed by Surrey County Council (SCC) as part of a multi-disciplinary team to develop architectural proposals for the future use of Surrey County Hall, which sits in the London Borough of Kingston.
Surrey County Hall is an important and substantial Grade II Listed building close to the civic centre of Kingston, however not within the county of Surrey. In a drive to ‘Move Closer to Residents’ approved by SCC cabinet in April 2019, the county are looking to vacate the building by the end of 2020 and attain the maximum possible benefit to provide the revenue to build a new Civic Centre in the heart of Surrey.
Working closely with agents Avison Young and Planning Consultants Turley, we have developed various options for a heritage led scheme to redevelop the whole site and maximise its potential for the local area of Kingston.
Our work has included carrying out a detailed assessment of the building and its context, preparation for involvement and consultation with key stakeholders such as The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames and Historic England. We have also overseen the completion of a detailed Heritage Appraisal and Heritage Impact Assessment.


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Record Display for the EPA National Library CatalogRECORD NUMBER: 16 OF 18
|Main Title||Survey of fugitive dust from coal mines : prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency /|
|Author||Axetell, Jr., Kenneth|
|CORP Author||Pedco Environmental, inc.|
|Publisher||U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; Available from the National Technical Information Service,|
|Report Number||EPA/908/1-78/003; EPA-68-01-4489; PEDCo-3311|
|Stock Number||PB-283 162|
|Subjects||Contamination (Technology) ; Coal mines and mining--Dust control ; Mine dusts--Measurement|
|Additional Subjects||Coal mines ; Particles ; Surveys ; Particle size distribution ; Sources ; Sampling ; Air pollution ; Concentration(Composition) ; Tables(Data) ; Dust ; Air pollution sampling ; Emission factors ; Air quality|
|Collation||vi, 114 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm|
Particulate sampling was performed at five Western surface coal mines for the purpose of developing emission factors for individual mining operations. The sampling method for these unconfined fugitive dust sources was upwind/downwind ambient sampling, with two upwind samplers and either four or six samplers in the plume for each sampling period. Emission rates were determined by use of atmospheric dispersion equations relating emissions and ambient concentrations. A total of 213 sampling periods were evenly distributed among the five mines. Emission factors were produced for 12 mining operations: dragline, haul roads, shovel/truck loading, blasting, truck dump, storage pile, drilling, fly-ash dump, train loading, topsoil removal, front-end loader, and overburden dumping. One other source, exposed areas, was sampled extensively but yielded unexplainable data that could not be used to develop an emission factor. The study was also designed to evaluate the fallout or deposition rate of particulate from the coal mining sources. However, the apparent emission rates calculated from concurrent samples taken at different distances from the source did not show a consistent decrease with distance to indicate that fallout was occurring.
Contract No. 68-01-4489. Microfiche.


The effect of mold on your health
Although every person has a different health reaction to mold exposure, certain symptoms have been recognized as common among individuals who have been exposed to toxic mold or are living in a water damaged environment. Common health concerns which typically result from mold exposure include: asthma, allergic reactions, mucus build-up, difficulty breathing, respiratory infections, wheezing, chronic cough, bronchitis, chest pain, sinus pain or pressure, extreme fatigue, skin reactions, nose bleeds and headaches.
In addition, certain types of people may be more sensitive to the exposure to toxic mold. These people include: people with existing respiratory conditions, such as allergies, chemical sensitivities, or asthma; persons with weakened immune systems (such as HIV infected persons, cancer chemotherapy patients, and so forth) ; and (c) infants, young children, and older persons. These types of people are more likely to suffer more severe symptoms than someone with a healthy, and normal functioning immune system.
Are Some Molds More Hazardous Than Others?
Although any type of mold can cause sickness, certain types of molds may be more dangerous because of their toxicity and their ability to produce mycotoxins. Molds the produce mycotoxins, such as Stachybotrys chartarum typically grow in residences. These toxic molds carry mycotoxins on their spores. If these molds are disturbed, they can release large amounts of mycotoxins into the air. The main way people are exposed to mycotoxins in their homes is by breathing the mycotoxins in. Normally, there is always a very small amount of mycotoxins in the air everywhere. However, when there is toxic mold in residences, there is a much greater amount of mycotoxins in the air.
Do you have a mold problem?
If you believe you have a mold problem in your residence, contact our mold attorneys for a free, no-obligation consultation of your case. Read our guide of what to do if you have a mold problem in your residence. If you believe your health has suffered or you have incurred other damages, contact our mold attorneys for a free, no-obligation case evaluation.
How Does Mold Grow
In order for mold to grow, it requires a water source. Typically, mold will present itself after the occurrence of water damage or hidden water leaks. Although you may see visible mold growth or a musty mold odors, sometimes mold grows behind walls, underneath flooring, in the ceilings, or even in your air conditioning ducts. When mold gets into your air conditioning duct system, this can result in you inhaling the mold when you breathe and can result in the development of asthma, allergies and respiratory infections including the triggering of asthma, an increased wheeze, cough, difficulty breathing, and other symptoms.


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Montana win for Charman
Report from NZ Herald, Friday July 18, 2008
Janet Charman has won the 2008 Montana New Zealand Book Awards poetry category and $5000 for her collection Cold Snack, (AUP).
The announcement is made today on Montana Poetry Day.
There were 26 books submitted in the poetry category this year, up from 19 in 2007.
Cold Snack will be judged alongside the winner of the fiction category for the ultimate prize, the Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry, with the winner being announced on July 21.
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Well, we believe he has returned. In the domestic box office, "John Wick.
Chapter 4" is off to a franchise-best start this weekend, aiming for a finish that may top $70 million.
With a $29.4 million opening day from 3,855 sites, Lionsgate's action.
Sequel got off to a strong start. Its revenue includes $8.9 million from Thursday previews.
Gone on to produce a string of films, each of which has proven to be more.
Successful than the previous. Most contemporary Hollywood franchises can only look up to the "John Wick" series for its steady growth. The opening.
Weekend earnings of "Chapter 4" are expected to far exceed the $56.8 million debut brought in by the third installment of the series, 2019's "Parabellum.


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text: On Monday, KDWA reported that 18-year-old Farmington resident Gage Anderson had been arrested on charges of 1st degree murder while committing a felony. The Dakota County Attorney’s Office has released the criminal complaint, and Anderson has actually been charged with attempted murder in the 1st degree during the commission of a crime. According to the criminal complaint, on March 19th Farmington police responded to a report that a male pointed a gun at another person. A woman told police she had observed a vehicle driving in the middle of the road. She observed the driver point a black handgun out of the window of the vehicle. Another male got out and ran away from the driver. The driver followed the male running away from him, pointing the gun at him. Farmington police received a second report of a vehicle driving erratically. Officers responded and observed a male outside of the vehicle, and observed the male stagger and fall to the ground. Officers determined that the male had sustained a gunshot wound to the back of his head. The victim reported he was shot by a white male wearing a sweatshirt who was carrying a black backpack. Medics arrived and the victim was transported to the hospital. In his statement to police, the victim reported that Gage Anderson and a friend of Anderson’s robbed him during a drug deal. The victim was driving his vehicle and the suspects wanted the victim to go and get more money. While the three were in the vehicle, the victim attempted to exit the vehicle and escape from the suspects. It was during his attempted escape that the victim was shot. The suspects were apprehended together shortly after the shooting. At the time of their arrest, the juvenile suspect was found to be in possession of a handgun. Anderson made an initial appearance in court on Monday.


The daughter of record-breaking extreme climber Alan Hinkes spoke today of her "pride and relief" at his safe return at the end of an 18-year personal quest.
And the first citizen of his native Northallerton has pledged to make sure Alan is awarded "honorary citizen" of the town - and possibly a national honour.
Hinkes' response to the possibility, for instance, of being addressed as 'Sir Alan' was characteristic: "Cool."
Alan returned to the North-east and a champagne reception with family, friends and staff at main sponsors Berghaus last night in the wake of his success on Kangchenjunga, the last of the world's highest mountains in his personal challenge.
Speaking of his achievement Alan said his family, including daughter Fiona and grandson Jay, 2, played a major part in his survival: "I have to get home safely for this little fellow, Jay and for Fiona."
Fiona, 21, said: "I am relieved, happy and so proud of what he has done. I am so pleased he did it, otherwise I knew he would still have it in his system and have to go back.
"I hope now he will be able to take things easier - even though I know it is in his blood and he will have to return to the Himalayas."
The Sheffield University student added: "But I deal with it. All of my life I have known he will have to climb."
Fiona, who is studying town planning, said she may follow in her father's earlier footsteps and become a teacher.
Mayor of Northallerton, Councillor David Blades, said the town was "buzzing" after the news that Alan, a former pupil of the local grammar school, had triumphed in conquering the last of the world's mountains above 8,000m.
He said: "We have in Northallerton an honorary citizen award. I personally think he's due a national award and I'll do what I can personally to bring this about."


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Dedicated to the art community and situated in Manhattan's Lower East Side, Nuyorican Poet's Cafe is anon-profit organization known for hosting the freshest art shows. The venue nurtures artists and exhibits, along with a variety of artistic works. The weekly Poetry Slams are hugely successful and have also popularized poetry. They conduct mock epic contests which are judged by people selected at random from the audience. They even have a Theater Program which has received over 30 Audelco Awards. For the music lovers there is a Latin Jazz Night as well as Hip Hop nights which are full of fun with excellent music to get one going. Besides all of this, the Cafe also hosts competitions where poets and individual people can test their skills. What is special about this place is the Fifth Night Series where over 40 films from screenplay readings have been produced.
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