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Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is fighting against his extradition to India, on Thursday asked the government to accept his offer to repay 100% of his loan dues and close case against him.
While congratulating the Indian government over the Rs 20 lakh crore economic package, Mallya lamented that his repeated offers to repay his dues have been ignored.
"Congratulations to the Government for a Covid 19 relief package. They can print as much currency as they want BUT should a small contributor like me who offers 100% payback of State owned Bank loans be constantly ignored?" he said in a tweet.
Mallya, promoter of the defunct Kingfisher Airlines, who is wanted in India over alleged fraud and money laundering charges amounting to estimated Rs 9,000 crore, added,"Please take my money unconditionally and close."
Earlier this month, Mallya had filed an appeal in the UK Supreme Court after losing an appeal in the London High Court against an extradition order to India on alleged charges of fraud and money laundering related to unrecovered loans to Kingfisher Airlines.
The 64-year-old businessman had 14 days to file this application to seek permission to move the higher court on the High Court judgment from April 20, which dismissed his appeal against a Westminster Magistrates' Court extradition order certified by the UK Home Secretary.
"The leave to appeal has been filed. We have until May 14 to respond, said a spokesperson for the UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which represents the Indian authorities in the legal process of the extradition.
In the past, Mallya had tweeted that he had offered to pay 100% of the amount borrowed by Kingfisher Airlines to the banks but neither banks were willing to take the money nor the Enforcement Directorate was willing to release his attached assets at the behest of the banks.

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Big news seems to be stacking up week after week for the marijuana industry, and yesterday was no different as Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) announced that they were currently engaged in talks with Aurora Cannabis (OTC: ACBFF), with the intent to make marijuana-infused beverages.
Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ) was the first beverage producer to pursue cannabis drinks, when they purchased a multi-billion-dollar stake in Canopy Growth Corp (NYSE: CGC), the “big dog” on the pot stock block. As the owner of Corona beer, it’s speculated that Constellation will ultimately pursue a “weed beer”that provides consumers with the effects of THC as well as alcohol.
Coca-Cola, on the other hand, could care less about the psychoactive properties of cannabis, and is instead targeting the “dark horse” of the marijuana industry – CBD.
CBD, or cannabidiol, is one of many compounds (known as cannabinoids) found in cannabis plants. It’s been a somewhat controversial substance over the last few years, as it has been shown in clinical trials to produce significant changes in the body – leading researchers to investigate several potential applications in medicine.
Just last June, the FDA actually approved a new drug called Epidiolex, which is a purified form of CBD oil. It’s currently being used to treat two different types of epilepsy, with very promising results. Cannabidiol is able to treat certain medical conditions because of how it interacts with receptors in the human immune system that affect inflammation and pain.
By comparison, THC, the compound responsible for getting weed consumers “high”, attaches itself to receptors in the brain.
However, CBD doesn’t actually attach itself to receptors in the immune system like many scientists originally assumed. It turns out that when ingested, cannabidiol simply tells the cannabinoids, that are naturally produced by the human body, to behave differently – alleviating the symptoms of many debilitating conditions in the process.
As a result, some researchers have dubbed CBD as a “wonder drug”, due to its ability to fight inflammation, chronic pain, and a number of other ailments, with seemingly no drawbacks.
Now, I know what you’re thinking:
“If CBD as incredible as you say it is, why isn’t everyone taking it?”
Due to CBD’s unavoidable link to marijuana, a schedule I substance listed alongside heroin, LSD, and ecstasy, it has largely remained a niche product, regarded as a novelty found at alternative medicine shops and pot dispensaries – both places with a negative stigma to the average American.
CBD, for better or for worse, has lived in the shadow of THC, which many people believe is the only reason to even consider using cannabis. So it’s no surprise that during this recent pot stock explosion, no major corporation has pursued CBD-related products.
At least, until now.
Coca-Cola, with the help of Aurora Cannabis, may have “flipped the switch” on the marijuana industry yesterday, by opening a channel between the two companies to discuss CBD-infused beverages. If Coke can bring CBD’s health benefits to the average consumer in a way that appeals to the sensibilities of modern Americans, a major shift in how the world views marijuana could occur in one fell swoop.
Cannabis, once prized for its psychoactive effects, may eventually be used more for its CBD compounds instead of the more well-known THC.
Current pot stock investors would argue that marijuana’s future still lies in its mind-altering properties, but I’d ask you to consider the following:
In a 2015 survey, an estimated 22.2 million of more than 265 million Americans over the age of 12 reported having used cannabis in the past month.
That’s only 8.3% of the American population (age 12 or older).
Sure, marijuana use will increase when it becomes legal – that’s an absolute truth. However, the fact remains that a large majority of Americans just won’t touch the stuff for recreational use, despite what many of the pot stock bulls would have you believe.
It seems to me, that buried beneath all of the noise surrounding the cannabis industry, a switch to CBD focused products is coming, and the first signal has revealed itself in the form of Coca-Cola’s dialog with Aurora Cannabis.
A massive portion of the American population could stand to benefit from CBD-infused products (including beverages), and Coca-Cola – who are as much an advertising company as they are a soda producer – will likely introduce cannabidiol to millions of prospective customers in a friendly, palatable way, that could potentially change how we view marijuana forever.
And for investors who realized that early on, that could be a very, very good thing.

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Youngster affected by La Rambla attack meets first team
Canadian Duncan Bates, who lost his grandfather in last week’s terrorist attack, was in Barcelona with his family to attend an FCBClínic
The FC Barcelona first team squad were visited by Duncan Bates, a young footballer from Vancouver (Canada) who last August 17 was in La Rambla at the time of the horrific terror attack in the city centre. The youngster was in Barcelona to attend an FCBClínic, and was enjoying the sights when his family suffered the agony of seeing how the van ended the life of his grandfather Ian Moore Wilson and his grandmother was hospitalised with injuries.
14-year-old Duncan had previously found out about the FCBCamps in Vancouver, and it was his grandfather’s idea for the whole family to travel to Barcelona so that he could take part in the FCBClínic that started last Monday 21 on the fields next to the Miniestadi. These specific training schemes involve 90-minute sessions overseen by coaches from the club’s FCBEscola soccer school.
Despite the tragedy that hit his family, Duncan’s grandmother convinced the rest of the family that he should continue with the plan to attend the Clinic, knowing that nothing could have pleased her husband more than to see her grandson playing on the famous FC Barcelona facilities.
The young Canadian was invited to come and see the FCB first team working out at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, where he was able to converse for a few minutes with members of the first team squad, pose for photos and receive a shirt from his personal hero, Iván Rakitic.


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DETROIT -- Brose North America Inc. plans to invest $97.6 million to expand at three locations around Detroit.
Brose, the North America subsidiary of German supplier Brose International GmbH, plans to add 388 skilled operator and technician positions to support new lines at its Michigan plants. It will also hire 87 engineers and other highly-skilled employees to support testing and technical functions, according to a Michigan Economic Development Corp. memo.
The plants are located in Huron Charter Township, Warren, and Auburn Hills.
The expansion is supported by a $4.24 million performance-based grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund.
The expansion comes from new business wins. Its customers include Ford Motor Co., FCA US LLC (formerly Chrysler Group) and Honda.
Brose chose to expand in Michigan instead of Mexico, according to the MEDC memo.
The company supplies a variety of window regulators, door modules, seat adjusters, power closure systems, head restraints and other electronics. Brose ranks No. 38 on the Automotive News list of the top 100 global suppliers with worldwide sales to automakers of $6.2 billion in 2013.

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NEW YORK — Apparel sales missed the back-to-school boat again last week, even at Wal-Mart Stores.
Wal-Mart said its comparable-store sales through Saturday stood at the low end of its planned 4 to 6 percent uptick for the month. The flagship division also continued to comp up in the 4 to 6 percent range for the week. Wal-Mart’s four-week fiscal month ends on Friday.
"Back-to-school sell-through is on plan for school supplies," said a spokeswoman on a recorded call. "Sales in fashion apparel are strong, but apparel overall is below plan for the period due to unseasonably warm weather."
A spokesman told WWD of b-t-s, "The season is spread out a lot further than it used to be. People are buying closer to the need and with the weather some of the apparel sales tied to back-to-school have not come on as strongly."
Despite continued weakness in soft-goods sales, the Standard & Poor’s retail index rose 1.93 points, or 0.7 percent, to 300.46. This increase fell behind the S&P 500, which rose 7.09 points, or 0.8 percent, to 947.95, but beat out the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was up 46.05 points, or 0.5 percent to 8,919.01.
Among the retailers getting a lift in their share prices were J.C. Penney Co., which provided the only sunny sales news of the day, up 66 cents, or 3.9 percent, to $17.71; Federated Department Stores Inc., 38 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $36.46; Sears, Roebuck & Co., 38 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $47.21, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 21 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $53.40. Target Corp. shares dropped 11 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $35.79.
Strength in Wal-Mart’s international business came from the United Kingdom, Canada and Mexico. B-t-s in each of these countries ran above plan.
Wal-Mart’s July-August comps will apparently turn in the worst bi-monthly same-store sales performance for the firm since its 3.9 percent uptick during February-March 2001, noted Moody’s Investors Service economist John Lonski.
The February-March 2001 period coincides with the start of the last recession, though Lonski doesn’t see a return to comps of that level for Wal-Mart as a sign of looming recession."Consumer incomes are not growing rapidly enough to support a broad-based acceleration of consumption," said the economist. Retail chains, therefore, are ceding some growth to bars and restaurants as well as to auto and home sales.
"Consumer spending is uninspiring. At best, it’s growing modestly. It is simply not contracting in a manner that would support forecasts of a double-dip recession," he said.
Target, which expects a 2 to 4 percent comp increase in its discount stores and a slightly lower rise overall, said its comps for the week were below plan.
Federated, on its Web site, noted comps last week were "a little bit stronger" than they had been, but not enough for the firm to meet its prior guidance of a 1 to 3 percent decrease for August.
Sears said same-store sales for the first three weeks of August continued below its expectations for a high-single-digit decline. The strongest merchandise categories in its full-line stores were home electronics, hardware and junior apparel. The retailer maintains, though, that it’s on track for a low- to mid-single-digit same-store sales decline for the year.
Continuing to swim against the tide was J.C. Penney, which through the fourth and final week of its fiscal month, is ahead of planned increases of a flat to slightly positive comp result in its department stores.
"Sales for the fourth week continued to perform well, especially back-to-school merchandise," noted a spokesman on a recorded call. "The best categories for the week were fine jewelry, children’s and women’s apparel."
Assouline is paying homage to the late Azzedine Alaïa with a reprint of "Alaïa Livre de Collection.” The book is comprised of photographs of the designer's summer 1992 runway show with models Christy Turlington Burns, Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks, pictured here at right. #wwdfashion #alaia #tyrabanks
Fall 2018 accessories take on a painterly hue, with Nebulas Blue among Pantone’s top 10 colors of the season. (📸: @jonghyupstudio ; editor: @twallz21 ; stylist and set designer: @haideefindlaylevin ) #wwdaccessories
@americanapparelusa is relaunching the brand outside of the U.S. today, opening its online store to more than 200 countries. The company is also contemplating a return to brick-and-mortar, though details have not been confirmed. In tandem with the expanded distribution is a recasting of a social media ad campagn, called “Back to Basics,” pictured here, with a focus on diversity and a cast of models above the age of 21. Read more on WWD.com #wwdnews #wwdfashion
Exclusive: @britneyspears is continuing to expand her brand. The pop icon, who appears in @kenzo ’s latest campaign, is partnering with Epic Rights to launch a line of branded merchandise. Read @hernameislex ‘s story, link in bio. #wwdnews #britneyspears
The Duchess of Cambridge channeled Princess Diana’s look upon giving birth to Prince Harry, when she and the Duke of Cambridge departed the hospital with the new baby Prince this afternoon in London. #wwdeye #princeofcambridge
The new Prince of Cambridge has arrived! The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge posed with the 8-pound newborn. She wore a look from one of her go-to designers, @jennypackham. Tap link in bio for more. #wwdeye #princeofcambridge
Jewelry label @alisonlou has made a name for itself with fine jewelry that speaks to the Millennial market. Now @twallz21 reports that the label is bringing those playful ideas to a new affordable line of lucite hoops with the launch of Loucite by Alison Lou. Here’s a look from the line modeled by @emrata. #wwdaccessories
@sarahjessicaparker and @gilt are teaming up on a bridal ready-to-wear line. Tomorrow, Parker will launch SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker Bridal — and as part of the launch, Gilt will offer 15 exclusive styles from the SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker footwear collection that were designed to complement the new line. Made out of 10 styles, the line is designed for a variety of occasions, from bridal showers to receptions. Get more details on WWD.com #wwdfashion


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This list of standard items provided in the furnished property should be agreed, signed and dated both by the landlord/agent and the tenant/tenants.
It will serve as a check list when ending the tenancy should a dispute arise as to the condition of the contents.
This guide is intended to assist landlords and letting agents understand their statutory obligations under Consumer Protection Legislation.
This document contains government’s proposals for development of the public realm in Belfast city centre to achieve world class standards in urban design, maintenance and management of the streets and public squares at the heart of the city.
This information circular was to inform Chief Executives of the powers and responsibilities of District Councils being able to issue prohibition notices for sports grounds if they are of the opinion that spectators are likely to be at risk of injury.
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Build heritage, technical guidance note 14 on the conservation of historical glass.
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Build heritage, technical guidance note 54 on glazed external protection for windows.
This Internal Business Security Handbook provides general advice and information about internal business security. Most sections in this handbook apply to everyone, but some apply only to line managers. These are indicated in the appropriate sections.
The Regulatory Framework for Registered Housing Associations in Northern Ireland sets out arrangements to enable the Department to improve accountability of RHA.
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Inventory of the Heritage Gardens of Northern Ireland.
In June 2003, Government launched Neighbourhood Renewal - People and Place. Neighbourhoods in the most deprived 10 percent of wards across Northern Ireland were identified resulting in 36 areas being targeted for intervention.

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POTENSI PANAS BUMI DAERAH PANDEGLANG DAN SEKITARNYA BERDASARKAN EVALUASI DATA GEOLOGI DAN GEOFISIKA TERPADU
Intergrated geological and geophysical informations provide ilustration of subsurface geology of the researched area. Result of gravity modelling of the study area show several grabbens and intrusives. This structures would probably be act as trap of a geothermal potential. The young intrusive rocks beneath the Gunung Karang is interpretated as a heat sources, while the Tertiary sedimentary rocks could possibly be a reservoir. The altered volcanic rocks widely exposed in the study area may presence as a caprock. The possibility of geothermal energy potential is also indicated by the area.occurrence of several of springs exposed in the area.
Keywords: intergrated geophysical information, subsurface geological structure, geothermal
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Pedley, R. C., 1991. Interactive 2.5 D Gravity and Magnetic Modelling Program (Graymag), User Manual, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Notingham.
Rusmana, E., Suwitodirdjo, K., Dan Suharsono, 1991, Peta Geologi Lembar Serang, Jawa, Puslitbang Geologi, Bandung.
Subagio, 2006. Deliniasi Cekungan Dangkal Daerah Serang dan Sekitarnya Dengan Metoda Gaya berat, Laporan Akhir, Tidak diterbitkan, Pusat Survei Geologi
Sudarman, S., 1985, Sub-Surface Interpretation at Proposed First Deep Wellsite Citaman Geothermal Area, Banten, West Java, Proceedings Indonesian Petroleum Association, Fourteenth Annual Convention.
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For the first time in two years, rents across the nation and in Charleston and North Charleston dropped in September, if ever so slightly, according to a new report from RentCafe.
Nationally, the average rental rate eked out a $1 decrease to $1,471 a month, the first decline since February 2017 when average rates were $1,346, the California-based property management software firm found.
In Charleston, the average monthly rent dipped to $1,364, down 0.2 percent from August, while in North Charleston, rental rates dropped 1.5 percent to an average of $1,067, according to RentCafe.
The only other South Carolina city mentioned on the report was Columbia, where the rental rate inched up 0.4 percent to $1,076, a bit higher than in North Charleston.
It's interesting to note, too, that it costs less to rent in Charlotte than it does in the city of Charleston. The report puts the average rental rate in the Queen City at $1,243, down 0.1 percent in September.
Last year, rental rates were projected to fall slightly this year because of the glut of new apartments coming on the market throughout the region. More are on the way, especially on Charleston's upper peninsula.
One of the new WestEdge apartment buildings is 95 percent occupied while the newest offering has leased 30 percent of its units.
Caroline, the first WestEdge development off Lockwood Drive and Fishburne Street on the Charleston peninsula near the Ashley River, has residents in 224 of its 237 units, according to officials with the developing mixed-use real estate project.
Meanwhile, the newest apartment offering called 10 WestEdge, where Publix supermarket operates on the ground floor, has leased 104 of its 350 units.
Leasing managers estimate that well over half of the two buildings' new residents work or attend school at the nearby Medical University of South Carolina.
“If you find yourself outside of our building during heavy commute times, it’s evident where everyone is headed — and nearly everyone is commuting over to MUSC on foot or on two wheels,” said Ed Schellenger, community manager at The Caroline.
WestEdge Foundation CEO Michael Maher said the vision of a walkable and bikeable community where people live close to where they work, study and shop is becoming a reality.
“These residential trends are an effective response to concerns about congestion and traffic, heightening the need for a district like WestEdge in the Charleston area,” Maher said.
The next structure in the WestEdge development, an eight-story office building called 22 WestEdge, is set to open early next year beside 10 WestEdge. It will include shops on the ground floor and the Charleston Harbour Club on the seventh floor.
When completed, the 60-acre development will encompass 3 million square feet of new construction between MUSC and Joe Riley Stadium.

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Several Key Speakers to Welcome Delegates to 9th International Level Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Symposium
Montreal - Monday morning’s opening ceremonies for the 9th International Level Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Symposium will feature several key speakers to welcome the more than 230 international delegates to Montreal.
Julie Boulet, Quebec Minister for Transport, and Deputy Minister Louis Ranger, representing Hon. Lawrence Cannon, the Federal Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, will speak at this morning’s opening ceremonies in Salons Marquette, Jolliet and Duluth of the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montreal. They will be joined by Railway Association of Canada’s President and CEO Cliff Mackay, as well as the symposium chair Gary Drouin and technical program chair Sesto Vespa.
Following the opening ceremonies, the remainder of the day will focus on accomplishments and challenges in relation to highway-railway crossing safety and trespass prevention, including discussions of safety education, communities’ involvement in safety, and identification of hotspots.
The day’s speakers will include representatives from Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Brazil, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Germany, France and Iran.
For more information on the symposium, go to www.levelcrossing2006.com.
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The Emergency Department at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide the care you need when you need it.
The Emergency Department features a comfortable, spacious environment to treat patients who need emergency care for minor ailments or more serious injuries and illnesses such as:
- Stroke or heart attack
- Chest, abdominal or back pains
- Cuts, contusions, sprains or broken bones
- Infections such as upper respiratory infections
Don’t wait! If you’re having a medical emergency go to the nearest emergency room or call 9-1-1.
ER Reserve lets you request a time (up to 12 hours in advance) in the ER for non-life-threatening injuries or illnesses such as:
- Sore throat
- Cough or cold
- Muscle strains and sprains
Accredited Chest Pain Center
The Chest Pain Center at Summer Hospital has been certified by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care as an accredited chest pain center with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). PCI includes procedures that treat patients who have partially or completely restricted blood flow through an artery of the heart.
Among those procedures are balloon angioplasty and stents. The Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care's goal is to reduce mortality from heart attacks by teaching the public to recognize and react to the early symptoms of a heart attack and to reduce the time that it takes to receive treatment.
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Summerlin Hospital has been certified as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission's Certificate of Distinction for Advanced Primary Stroke Centers recognizes centers that make exceptional efforts to foster better outcomes for stroke care.
To achieve certification for one year, stroke centers must demonstrate that they comply with standards, clinical practice guidelines and performance measurement activities. To maintain certification, a stroke center must attest to continued compliance with standards and evidence of performance measurement and improvement activities each year, pass an on-site review conducted every two years by The Joint Commission and complete a bi-annual submission of an acceptable assessment of compliance by the organization.
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Your children don't have to wait with adult patients in the main ER. Instead, they see doctors and nurses who specialize in assessing, diagnosing and treating pediatric emergencies in a dedicated unit located within the main ER.
The pediatric ER provides advanced emergency care 24 hours a day, seven days a week in a family-friendly environment.
Summerlin Hospital has dedicated Certified Child Life Specialists (CCLS) dedicated to the Emergency Department. They are trained to provide children with age-appropriate preparation for medical procedures, pain management and coping strategies to make the experience less stressful for patients and families.


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people should have faith in BJP government, is working in transparent way and in the greater interest of the people welfare-Talo Mugli
Arunachal Pradesh Forest Corporation (APFC) Chairman and former Minister Talo Mugli attending a party meeting on Thursday, after completion of two days swachh bharat mission under theme ‘swachhata hi seva hai’ at general ground here as chief guest said that people should have faith in government as the government is working in transparent way and in the greater interest of the people welfare.
While demanding action to the culprit involved in the scam of siphoning of the compensation fund of the TAH from Ziro to Bopi and urge upon the locals to cooperate the fact finding committee and even during the work execution.
While referring the Swachhta mission is a movement and everyone should act upon for a healthy environment and healthy life with disease free.
While thanking the Pema Khandu led government for creating of Kamle district and said that there is a need of constituting of district Development committee/Master plan and before no Land Possession Certificate (LPC) and land allotment is issued.
Declaring his candidature for the next election from the Raga Assembly constituency Mugli said that if party desire he will contest being a senior member of the party will deliver his goods to the people if elected
Raga local MLA Tamar Murtem while addressing the gathering as guest of honour clarifying his stand in the TAH compensation issue said that being the local MLA have tried best for the distribution of compensation to the genuine affected committee and people but there have been anomalies and irregularities which need to be clear.
BJP state General Secretary and Organisation Secretary Incharge Jarpum Gamlin in his addressing as Resource person stressed upon re-elected of all BJP candidate from respective constituency so the several benefits and schemes for the benefits of the villagers. He elaborated on the providing of food grains for BPL category, PMAY, Saubhagya Yojna, Old age pension, widow pension, delivery of pregnant women at government hospital. Beti bachao beti padhao scheme,
He appeal the parents living in village to get loan from the LPC which now the Pema Khandu government have updated the system through which one can take loan from financial institution. He also spoke on
BJP IT Co-convenor Augung Bengia while urge upon the locals to take benefit of all the centrally and state sponsored scheme launched for the greater interest of the people of the country.
Kamle District Incharge Higio Aruni elaborated several way to remain clean and hygiene, she explain about various schemes implemented by the central and state government called “swachh bharat abhyan’, swacch bharat mission’, construction of sanitary toilet, Rural and urban sanitary campaign and several others which would held one and all to remain disease free as well to remain fit and fine.
Bharatya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) President Taring Tiri emphasis on good governance and to maintain cleanliness to stay disease free.
Kamle District BJP President Golom Bogi, Raga Mandal President Yom Tachak among other also address the gathering. Leaders and workers of several morhca, GBs public and social workers and general public were present on the occasion.

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At the time of our meeting, Lorne was happily ensconced amid his relatives in Mindemoya, far from his home in Orangeville. Many formative years were spent on Manitoulin and he harbours fond memories of the Island. One such recollection is the ‘Jacqueline,’ the ferry his dad had commanded from 1942 until that ferry service was discontinued. The Jacqueline had been a lifeline, crossing the North Channel in Little Current to Goat Island, connecting Manitoulin Island with the North Shore. Many vital services on the Island depended on this ferry, before the train bridge was opened to car traffic in 1944.
Grandfather Herbert Ebel was of German origins. He arrived from Southern Germany, near the Swiss border, and settled in the Kitchener area. Grandmother Amy Ebel (nee Myles) lived near Lions Head on the Bruce Peninsula. Maternal grandfather John Matheson was born two months after his Scottish parents arrived in Canada and settled in Southampton. He married Annie Anderson and made his livelihood fishing from his tugboat. He would head out for three days and return with close to 2,000 lbs of fish.
Lorne was born in Southampton on September 8, 1934 to Captain Harold (Cap) Ebel and Isabel (nee Matheson) Ebel. They had three more children, John who lives in London, George, deceased, and Heather Highgate, who lives in Chatham.
“One of my first poignant memories of my Dad as a Great Lakes sailor was his being shipwrecked. It had been two months since I had seen him. He was on the trawler ‘Gilly’ that carried pulpwood from Manitoulin. The boat ran aground during a wild storm, the night of September 18, 1937, partway down the Huron coastline, near Goderich. Thankfully, he survived the calamity and was soon back on the freighters.”
Cap became First Mate of the ‘Sir Thomas Shaughnessy,’ a 500 ft, 10,000-ton freighter carrying iron ore and coal. Coal was picked up in Pennsylvania, Erie and Cleveland, and transported to Little Current. It was unloaded on the coal docks or directly loaded into rail cars headed for Sudbury to fuel the smelter or refinery. The ship went empty to Thunder Bay, then would be loaded with grain or iron ore to be taken to Toronto, Hamilton or Port Colborne. During World War ll, iron ore went from Steep Rock, Wisconsin to Port Colborne, Ontario.
“Some of my favourite holidays would be a trip from Southampton with mother, to see dad in various ports of call. We would spend two or three days on the ship with him, sometimes staying in the passenger quarters. Since war was on, dad had to help us through security. Port Colborne, Little Current or Goderich were regular ports where we would meet him.”
In June of 1942, the war raging in Europe, Captain Harold got hired by the Department of Highways, to command the Jacqueline in Little Current. Previously Captain Ebel had left home in March and returned at Christmas, but now he was home every night, allowing for a much closer-knit family. His wife and three sons were happy. “Heather, our true Haweater, was born later.”
The Jacqueline transported cars and people. Three fully licensed captains were required because the ferry ran seven days a week. She ran every 30 minutes between 6:30 am and 11:30 pm, docking at midnight. This worked out to at least 24 trips a day or 168 crossings in a 48-hour week. The captains had two days off each week. The bridge in Little Current was built for the railway at first, allowing the mail train to arrive and depart once a day. The rest of the time the bridge was left open.
When the family arrived in Little Current in 1942, their house was just being built, so the family rented a house. “There was no indoor toilet or running water at the time. The water main just extended to the area behind the OPP office. It was about 1948 when mayor Bill Crabbe decided to include the rest of the town for water mains. A company form North Bay, Baldasaro Construction, did the work for about $250,000.”
“I was eight when we arrived to Little Current and I started in Grade 3. My teacher for three months was Glen Cond. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy and left his teaching profession. He later returned from the war and died just two years ago.”
“My mother worked outside the home too. She helped open and then run the Eaton’s office in downtown Little Current. It was expected that we would do chores at home, so dishes were often a responsibility I inherited. I washed and dried,” he continues. “I was glad we had a dog, Sailor, a Boston Terrier to welcome us home each day, and he was much loved.”
After the bridge was planked for cars, the ferry was no longer needed. Similar ferries ran across Lake Ontario, one such crossing between Adolphustown in Prince Edward County and Glenora near Kingston. (This ferry is still in operation.) “Dad ran that ferry for one season.” In the late 1940s Cap worked for the North Shore Timber Company. He was captain of the tug, the Nordawn, that ran from McGregor Bay and Baie Fine, carrying pulpwood to the Northern Paper Mill. The Nordawn escorted the freighter Normill out of the harbour for its journey to Sault St. Marie and Green Bay, Wisconsin. Some of the logs carried on the Nordawn were used to fashion log homes in Little Current.
“Later dad worked for the Timken family of Timken Rollerbearing Company, of Canton, Ohio, managing their private residence and their yachts west of present-day Red Deer Village. When then-President F.D. Roosevelt came for his famous fishing trip to McGregor Bay in 1943, he stayed in the same area as the Timken residence prior to his Quebec conference regarding the war ending. Local fisherman Donald McKenzie was the guide for the president.”
Lorne recalls ships like the Manitoulin that had a one-week schedule, leaving Owen Sound at midnight Monday, reaching Killarney first, then Manitowaning, Little Current, Kagawong, Gore Bay, Blind River, Thessalon, Sault St. Marie, Lake Superior for one day and then back to Owen Sound by breakfast on Saturday. Boats were critical to commerce at the time. The Owen Sound train schedule dovetailed with that of the Manitoulin, carrying passengers and baggage from Union Station to the dock at Owen Sound.
The Temperance Act of the 1920s made it illegal for liquor to be sold in town. Prior to the plebiscite to change the act, Don Delaplante, a reporter from the Toronto Telegram, came to Little Current and took photos of some young locals sitting on the curb of Ritchie’s store, drinking beer. The TD bank now sits where the store was. The photo made the Toronto Telegram two days later. The local plebiscite in 1948 led to the legal sales of liquor in Little Current. This meant local citizens no longer had to take a taxi to Espanola to get liquor.
“My first job was at the Fairway Stores in Little Current for $15 a week. Mr. Elmer Vincent owned that store. His dad had been the first owner of the home that is currently the OPP station in the town. Although I was just a teen, I learned a lot from Mr. Vincent who was a well-respected businessman on the Island.” Lorne changed jobs and began to work for Mr. Morland Ritchie or W.D. Ritchie and Sons, the grocery store, where he got more hours and a higher rate of pay. “Again, I learned more about the retail business from another respected businessman and a nice gentleman to work for. Mr. Ritchie also liked to play the piano on Sunday mornings and the music would drift through his open door and down the street.”
W.D. Ritchie & Son was basically the only grocery store in town that allowed customers to have charge accounts. About 90 percent of the customers took advantage of that feature and paid their bills on payday. A few customers did not pay their accounts and their credit would be cut off. They would then shop elsewhere but would often return after a few months and ask for the restoration of their accounts. Mr. Ritchie would occasionally give them a clean slate but state that they would have to pay in full or be permanently cut off for credit. This was Mr. Ritchie’s way of being charitable and at the same time attempting to teach financial responsibility.
By 1953, Lorne had graduated from high school in Little Current. “To this day, I can recall the great school spirit among the students and teachers. That positive ambience was there all through my high school years. This was reflected in the blue and gold yearbooks.” Lorne remembers with fondness, some of the great hockey and baseball teammates he had the privilege of playing with and against. Lorne’s dad was the manager of the hockey rink in the winter and he coached as well, helping his teams develop good sportsmanship.
Lorne did the sports writing for the yearbook and for The Expositor through 1949-51 and recalls the many great sports photos taken by publisher and photographer Bill Patterson in the late 1940s. He has fond memories of the Pool Room and the movies in the Shaftesbury Hall on Saturdays, despite the lack of popcorn. He remembers playing badminton and other activities at the United Church hall.
Meanwhile, Doris ‘Dori’ Hughson had started working for the Manitoulin and North Shore Telephone and Telegraph Company, or M&NST&T Co. for ‘short,’ owned by the Turner family. Lorne met Dori on a blind date. “Our first date turned out to be a rather interesting event. It was the ‘turkey roll’ dance in the old hall at Sheguiandah, on a Saturday night. Tickets were purchased and placed in a drum. The winning ticket would be ‘rolled’ out. Thus, the name turkey roll.”
The couple were wed in the Little Current United Church on October 11, 1953. “This began what is now our 65-year journey.” Lorne started his career with S. S. Kresge Company with his first position being at the Kresge store on Elm St. in Sudbury. He also started his management training. Many years and a lot of transfers later, he ended up as vice president of K Mart Canada at the Canadian head office in Brampton.
The couple had four children, Matheson, Lisa, Gregory and Pamela. Matheson, a University of Toronto graduate, had a surveying practice in Sudbury. He also played the bagpipes and was part of the Copper Cliff Highlanders; but sadly, he passed away at age 44. Lisa Bourdeau, a graduate of Niagara College in Early Childhood Education, is retired mow and living in Elliot Lake. Gregory, a graduate of York University and Harvard Business School, worked in the Energy Field in Houston, Texas. He just retired. Pamela Mauti, a graduate of York University, is a teacher for the Peel School Board in Caledon.
“I am most proud of my family. Being a parent is the most special and awesome opportunity we have had. Watching them discovering their skills as these emerged was rewarding. Experiencing 11 grandchildren was another ‘wow’.” Lorne retired from K Mart Canada in 1993 after having enjoyed a productive career through 13 different transfers across Canada. Each new location became home for his family for a few years. Lorne also made business trips to China, Japan and Taiwan.
The Rotary has been a part of Lorne’s life for 40 years. He is also a past-president of three different clubs and a recipient of a ‘Paul Harris’ award. Lorne enjoyed participating in many great Rotary projects. He also became Chair of the Hospital Board and helped build the new Headwaters Health Care Center in Orangeville. Lorne continues to be very involved with the Westminister United Church there. Recreational pursuits included hiking, biking, kayaking, Tai Chi, reading and, of course, travelling with Dori.
“My favourite time of the year? I really enjoy all seasons; each has its own unique and pleasurable highlights. Favourite book? It’s ‘Lord Moran’s Diary’. Lord Moran was Winston Churchill’s personal physician. He always felt Winston had been a bit of a hypochondriac. It was a good read.”
Favourite quotation: “You’re only as big as the things that bother you so don’t worry about the little things.” “The author is not known but the quotation was also used in a book by Joel Osteen and Google has used it as a quote of the day, listed under ‘Brainy Quotes’.” Lorne had been using it long before Google adopted it. “One person I admired was Little Current businessman Elmer Vincent. He was a straight shooter and very considerate of others. One time he visited me at work in my Brampton headquarters. I introduced him to the president of the company at the time.”
Strengths that seem apparent for Lorne, include his keen memory, being a history buff and being a vital part of the community. “I have no regrets, there is nothing I would do differently if I could go back in time, but I would like to return to one or two places in the 70 different countries we were privileged to visit. Scotland and the Galapagos Islands would be at the top of the list. Last fall, we had a spectacular cruise from Athens through the Suez Canal, spending two days in the ancient town of Petra, Jordan. Then we were off to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.”
“Of all the places we have been over the years, this place, Manitoulin, feels most like home, even though we live in Orangeville, headwater country; the highest point in Ontario, the headwater area with four rivers running in different directions. We love to return to the Island when we can. Dori is from Manitowaning, from the Budges Rocky Ridge Farm, in the community of Budges on Bidwell Road where she also went to school. Mr. Budges was the first reeve of Assiginack. Dori still has relatives living on Manitoulin.”
“The ambience and history of this island is outstanding. There really is no place like this anywhere else. I have always had a keen interest in sharing the bit of history that surrounds the ferry dock of Little Current. Lorne recalls some of those highlights now: “The school bus loads of young Indigenous students who left the dock, teary-eyed, like their parents, to attend the boys’ and girls’ Residential Schools on the North Shore at Spanish from September to June. There was the Roosevelt visit and lastly, I recall the number of military personnel who waved goodbye to family and friends on that dock to assume combat roles in World War Two; some never to return. That pier was the center of activities for decades and action should be taken to ensure the preservation of this historical site.”
“Let’s not lose the memories.”


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In contemporary business and science a project is a collaborative enterprise, involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim.
Project can also be defined as a set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations.
Projects can be further defined as temporary rather than permanent social systems or work systems that are constituted by teams within or across organizations to accomplish particular tasks under time constraints. An ongoing project is usually called (or evolves into) a program.
The word project comes the Latin word projectum from the Latin verb proicere, "before an action" which in turn comes from pro-, which denotes precedence, something that comes before something else in time (paralleling the Greek πρό) and iacere, "to do". The word "project" thus actually originally meant "before an action".
When the English language initially adopted the word, it referred to a plan of something, not to the act of actually carrying this plan out. Something performed in accordance with a project became known as an "object".Every project has certain phases of development.
Public housing may be a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, usually with the aim of providing affordable housing. Social housing can also be seen as a potential remedy to housing inequality. Some social housing organizations construct for purchase, particularly in Spain and to an extent elsewhere.
Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, definitions of poverty and other criteria for allocation vary within different contexts.
The Biden administration has announced ambitious plans to scale up leasing for offshore wind energy projects along the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts ...Offshore wind farms are large, complex projects, and many state and federal agencies are involved.
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Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that Re-Match, an international recycler of artificial turf fields, has chosen Luzerne County as the location of its first North American recycling facility, investing nearly $12.2 million in the project and creating approximately 40 new, full-time jobs.
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FABTECH to expand to India in 2014
Goal is to "take U.S. technology exhibitors right to the Indian market."
The first FABTECH India exposition will be co-located with India’s premier welding exposition, the Indian Institute of Welding’s Weld India, from April 10 to 12, 2014, in New Delhi.
“More and more buyers from India have been coming all the way to FABTECH to see U.S. welding and manufacturing technologies,” said Ray Shook, executive director of the American Welding Society, one of FABTECH’s cosponsors. “Now we can take U.S. technology exhibitors right to the Indian market in an easy, affordable way.”
Metal forming, fabricating and welding companies who want to penetrate the Indian economy can benefit from this new opportunity to meet prospective partners and gain a foothold in the world’s most populous country.
In recent years, the FABTECH exposition brand has expanded from annual shows in the United States to include the annual FABTECH Mexico and the biennial FABTECH Canada. FABTECH India will be presented every three years, and the first is timed to coincide with the 2014 International Congress of the International Institute of Welding. FABTECH India and Weld India will be held at New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan exhibition complex, where India’s largest trade shows are hosted.
About 250 international exhibitors and 10,000 attendees are projected to exchange challenges and solutions at the exposition. Attendees will represent India’s fast-growing industries, such as energy, refining, infrastructure, and manufacturing.
FABTECH is co-sponsored by five industry-leading associations: the American Welding Society (AWS), the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), thePrecision Metalforming Association (PMA), and the Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI).
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Before the calendar turned, 2016 already had the makings of a pivotal year for manufacturing, and for the world.
There were the big events for the year, including the United States as Partner Country at Hannover Messe in April and the 2016 International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in September. There's also the matter of the U.S. presidential elections in November, which promise to shape policy in manufacturing for years to come.
But the year started with global economic turmoil, as a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing triggered a worldwide stock hiccup that sent values plummeting. The continued plunge in world oil prices has resulted in a slowdown in exploration and, by extension, the manufacture of exploration equipment.
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No matter how it is defined, nutrition starts with what we eat, the products of the meals and agriculture sector.
Dr. James Lind (Scotland, 1716-1794) – a pioneer on hygiene within the Scottish and Royal (British) navies. He stressed the importance of fine air flow, cleanliness of sailor’s our bodies, clear bedding, beneath deck fumigation, fresh water by distilling sea water, and the consumption of citrus fruits to prevent and cure scurvy He is effectively respected immediately for his work in bettering practices in preventive drugs and improved nutrition. He published his Treatise on Scurvy. Many many years later British sailors had been often called Limeys as a result of they regularly consumed lime juice and loved better health and vigor than sailors in most different navies.
A number of nutrition interventions have been proven to considerably improve baby health and survival. They embrace unique breastfeeding through the first 6 months of life, fortifying staple foods similar to cereal flours and cooking oil and iodizing salt, breeding crops for improved nutritional content material, and providing micronutrient dietary supplements (akin to vitamin A and zinc) to youngsters and offering iron and folic acid to mothers earlier than and during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
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Red Road is a 2006Britishfilm directed by Andrea Arnold. It tells the story of a CCTV security operator who observes through her monitors a man from her past. It is named after, and partly set at, the Red Road flats in Balornock, Glasgow, Scotland which were the tallest residential buildings in Europe at the time they were built. It is shot largely in a Dogme 95 style, using handheld cameras and natural light.
Red Road is the first film in Advance Party, a projected trilogy following a set of rules dictating how the films will be written and directed. They will all be filmed and set in Scotland, using the same characters and cast. Each film will be made by a different first-time director.The Observer polled several filmmakers and film critics who voted it as one of the best British films in the last 25 years.
Indira Gandhi Sarani, formerly Red Road, is a road in Kolkata that runs from Raj Bhavan to Fort William. The road, a wide boulevard, was built in 1820. It bisects the Kolkata Maidan. The British authorities intended for the road to be able to host large parades. The name 'Red Road' was given due to its surfacing.
The Red Road Flats were a mid-twentieth-century high-rise housing complex located between the districts of Balornock and Barmulloch in the northeast of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate originally consisted of eight multi-storey blocks of steel frame construction. Two were "slabs", much wider in cross-section than they are deep. Six were "points" , more of a traditional tower block shape. The slabs had 28 floors (26 occupiable + 2 mechanical), the point blocks 31 (30 occupiable + 1 mechanical), and taken together, they were designed for a population of 4,700 people. The point blocks were among the tallest buildings in Glasgow at 89 metres (292ft), second in overall height behind the former Bluevale and Whitevale Towers in Camlachie. The 30th floor of the point blocks were the highest inhabitable floor level of any building in Glasgow.
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GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Friends of the Glen Ridge Library will hold a drive-through shredding event on Saturday, June 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, in the Glen Ridge High School parking lot, 200 Ridgewood Ave. There is a suggested donation of $5 per box and all proceeds support Friends of the Glen Ridge Library.
Do not bring newspapers, magazines, photos, hardcover books, plastic binder covers, X-rays, holiday cards and junk mail to shred. Have your paper in a cardboard box or paper bag; garbage bags will not be accepted. All boxes will be returned to you.
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He bats ninth for the Lipscomb Bisons.
“We are fortunate that we have a lead-off hitter batting ninth,” Bisons coach Jeff Forehand said. “Lee Wilson has moved to the No. 2 hole and that gives us the luxury of having M.L., normally a No. 1 or No. 2 hitter , batting in the nine-hole.”
Williams has multiple hits in 12 games, with three hits in two of his last four games. He has a four-game hitting streak. Ryan Wilkins has a seven-game streak, his longest of the season. Cory Hale takes a six-game hit string into the Stetson series.
“M.L. is playing a solid left field,” Forehand said. “There are a lot of things about M.L. that people don’t see. He has gotten a lot of sacrifice bunts down.
“He has done a lot of really good things at the bottom of the order to turn it back over to the top. I feel really good about him. If he had to bat first or second he could.”
T.J. Hoelzer is expected to get some time at shortstop, marking his first playing time in a weekend series since the Bisons played Belmont March 20 and 21. He is being reward for his four hits Wednesday night against UT-Martin.
“If they throw a right-handed pitcher he will go,” Forehand said. “If they throw a left-handed pitcher we will go back to either Kyle Henry or Andrew Nickerson on defense.
“T.J. deserves another chance. He is a true shortstop. Hopefully, he can keep doing it.”
The Bisons, 14-25, 5-7 in the A-Sun, are back on the road for three games this weekend at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla. Game times are 5:30 p.m. Friday night, 1 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. It has been chosen by the A-Sun as the "Series of the Week".
The Bisons won their last outing, a 7-4 decision against Tennessee-Martin from the Ohio Valley Conference. The Bisons are 2-11 on the road.
Stetson’s Hatters are 20-19, 8-4 in the A-Sun. Belmont won two out of three games against Stetson last weekend. The Hatters head into the series at Melching Field with a three-game losing streak.
Stetson is batting .316 as a team. Opponents are batting .319 against them. The Bisons are batting .296 as a team. The Bisons opponents are batting .318.
“Just about all teams are the same,” Forehand said. “Everybody has a few guys who can hit, a few guys who can run and a few guys who can hit with power. Everyone has a good No. 1 starter.
“I think we match up pretty good with Stetson. They have a guy who has been pitching well for them on Friday. And on Saturday and Sunday they have had to outscore some people.”
Forehand will send Josh Smith, 7-1, 3.69 earned run average, to the mound in the first game. Sophomore right-hander Davey Hackett, 3-3, 5.73, will pitch game two. Forehand is undecided on his starter for game three.
Smith is third in NCAA Division I in strikeouts with 80. He is eighth in wins with seven.
Stetson’s No. 1 pitcher is Jacob deGrom. He has a 3-1 record with a 3.61 ERA.
“Jacob deGrom played third base two years ago. Last year he played shortstop. This year he is their No. 1 pitcher.
“He is just a baseball player. He is athletic. He is a hard thrower. Hopefully, Josh can match up with him and we can get off to another good start. Hopefully, we can continue to swing the bats and score some runs.”
Forehand likes the fact that the series will be played over a three-day period.
“It is often difficult on Saturday having to play two games,” Forehand said. “Whether you win or lose on Friday the series rides on one day. Last weekend, this weekend and next weekend are all three-game series.”
Starting with this series the Bisons have 15 more A-Sun games left to play as they fight to put themselves in a position for one of the six spots in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. The Bisons always have that as a goal, but this year it means even more since the tournament is going to held at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen L. Marsh Stadium on the Lipscomb campus.
“A lot of things can change,” Forehand said. “Some teams only have nine games left. A good weekend by us and a bad weekend by somebody else could shift things.
“It looks like in the standings we are down at the bottom. With some consistency on the weekends we will be right back in the middle of the race.”
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8 egg yolks
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3 Tbsp butter, divided
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1. Preheat oven to 200°C (375°F). Lightly butter a baking sheet.
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5. Bake for 3-4 minutes or until the cheese has melted and begins to bubble.
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There was a massive earth quake in the the region of L'Aquila which is a city next to Rome. Today a 6.5 quake spread destruction and terror around the whole area. Tremors earlier could be felt, and many came out to see what was happening, as they watched many of their own buildings and structure crumbling apart in front of them.
There are estimates of up to ninety people killed, as well as hundreds missing. Rescue workers and the army are making an effort to get all civilians to safe places. Many reporters called the procession of people in the sleep wear and blankets refugees, these people have been gathered and taken care of at the red cross stations set up all around the suburbs of L'Aquila.
Italy sits on two of tectonic plates that cause earth quakes, these are not unheard of, but usually occur in the southern part of Italy.
What are tectonic plates, you ask...
Tectonic plates are large masses of land that basically float on the lava, or core of the earth. They are in constant motion and follow a set pattern in movement. As plates move they some time release massive amounts of energy causing an earth quake. These quakes and plate movement are key reasons for volcanoes, mountains, and basically the structure of the planet's landscape.
A fault line, or plane is mainly where an earth quake can be expected to occur. These are the unsupported parts of earth on the plate, they can sometime break apart or sink in. In Italy many buildings were destroyed because of this.
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Colin Turkington: ‘We gave it our all’
Colin Turkington admitted he had given his all despite failing in his bid to secure a fifth BTCC title during the season finale at Brands Hatch.
Turkington went into the final weekend as the closest challenger to Ash Sutton in the standings, but needed to overturn a deficit of more than 30 points in order to win title number five.
The WSR driver put his BMW 330i M Sport eighth on the grid for the opening race and even though he finished behind Sutton in the opening race, he remained in contention going into race two.
A fine run to fourth in race two wasn’t enough to keep the title fight alive, whilst his season would then end in disappointing fashion when he was forced out of race three with broken rear suspension.
That left him second in the standings, although there was the consolation of helping BMW to wrap up the Manufacturers’ title.
“We’ve made history for BMW in the Manufacturers’ Championship, which is a great thing to be a part of for myself and the team,” he said. “My target this weekend was to win the Drivers’ Championship, but it wasn’t to be this time.
“We did everything we could, got the maximum from the BMW in races one and two with the ballast we had, but it was always going to be a tall order because of the way the points were coming into the weekend. We’ve won races this year, shown what we were capable of and we can walk away knowing we did the best job we possibly could.”

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As General Dynamics (GD) and Raytheon (RTN) get ready to report their latest quarterly results, investors could look to Honeywell International's (HON) results for insight into the market for business jets.
During Honeywell's conference call last Friday following its quarterly results, CFO Thomas Szlosek said, "The demand environment in business jets is slower than we anticipated, and we expect this trend to continue in the second half."
Honeywell saw its aerospace sales decline 1% or 2% on a core basis, which was below expectations and primarily was due to weaker-than-expected sales in Defense and Space.
Both General Dynamics and Raytheon, which are reporting Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, could see similar results, especially given their exposure to business jets.
"Business jet orders will be in focus given concerns about weak demand, underscored by General Dynamics' lowest jet orders since 2009 in 1Q," said Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Douglas Rothacker in a July 20 research note.
General Dynamics already delivered four fewer business jets in the first quarter compared to the same period a year prior, as weak foreign demand led to production rate cuts, according to Rothacker.
Rothacker also said production cuts will likely continue to push aerospace revenue gains down to a low-to-mid-single digit pace, "though profitability is buoyed by stable deliveries of higher-margin G650s."
General Dynamics' stock was holding relatively flat ahead of its quarterly results. Analysts are forecasting adjusted earnings per share of $2.32 on revenue of $7.87 billion.
Meanwhile, Jefferies analysts said in a July 18 research note that defense ranked at the top of the S&P Aerospace Index for the latest 12-month performance period, with sharp advances at Raytheon, among others. But Jefferies also mentioned that "commercial lagged," adding that "expectations that demand will sharply end for civil jetliners appear to be influencing valuations."
The analysts are projecting earnings at Raytheon of $2.02 per share on revenue of $5.85 billion. The analyst team with Jefferies also noted that Raytheon's earnings "could expand 22% due to a gain of about $0.50 per share due to the reformation of a joint venture."
Wells Fargo analysts outlined the joint venture structure in a July 11 research note. They said the ThalesRaytheonSystems joint venture was restructured to focus on the delivery of Air Command and Control System, Theater Missile Defense and Ballistic Missile Defense to NATO agencies and member nations. The venture will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon.
According to the Wells Fargo analysts said, "RTN's electronics focus reduces its platform-specific exposure, and therefore, lowers its risk of a significant cut in revenue, earnings, or cash flow as a result of any cancellation or cutback."


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For your information news briefs from a wide variety of categories within the HVAC industry. Price increases, mergers and acquisitions, award winners, and more are highlighted here each week.
Pro Reedy Industries (Deerfield, IL) acquired Hays Service (Macon, GA).
Manhattan Mechanical Services (Manhattan, IL) was awarded the Three Rivers Manufacturers’ Association Gold Award for the second consecutive year.
Greenheck Group (Schofield, WI) acquired Metal Industries (Clearwater, FL).
AAON, Inc. (Tulsa, OK) acquired BasX, LLC, dba BasX Solutions (Redmond, OR).
The SEER Group LLC (Seattle, WA) announced a majority stake in Aladdin Air Conditioning & Heating Inc. (Newbury Park, CA).
Innovative Motion Technologies, parent company of Raffel Systems, acquired Micro-Air (Allentown, NJ).
Shurtape Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC) named Vuk Trivanovic as CEO of the company’s Industrial and Engineered Solutions (ESG) Groups. He will expand his role and responsibilities as CEO to encompass the full scope of Shurtape’s global business, now including its Ohio-based Consumer & Craftsman (C&C) Group.
Armstrong Fluid Technology (Toronto) named Mike Fischer as its commercial director, global building business.
Value Added HVAC Distributors (Richmond, VA) and its three subsidiaries entered into a partnership with Canada’s The Master Group.
The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers formally unveiled its newly expanded training center (Buffalo, NY).
HVAC Excellence (Mount Prospect, IL) announced the accreditation of the HVACR training program at Valley Career and Technical Center (Fishersville, VA).
Motili (Denver, CO) announced a new integration with Yardi (Santa Barbara, CA).
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Biblical Personal Finance: Earning and Spending for God's Glory
Biblical Personal Finance: Earning and Spending for God's Glory
To paraphrase a question often asked by a popular financial advisor, imagine what the people of God could do if their financial houses were in order.
If the question doesn’t sound very “spiritual” we might have an unbiblical notion of spirituality. More than 2,000 Scripture verses deal with money and possessions. The way we manage money is fundamentally a spiritual matter (Luke 16:10-11). On top of this, consider the problems related to poor money management. In a recent survey 46% of Americans reported suffering from debt-related stress. Financial problems can lead to marital breakdowns and contribute to unethical behavior (Prov. 30:8-9).
It never ceases to amaze me that algebra is required in school but personal finance is not. We desperately need to hear what the Bible says about personal finance.
In Ephesians 4:28 Paul boils personal finance down to two points: Earning and spending. He does so not as a financial guru but as a pastor teaching believers how to “walk worthy of the calling with which (they) were called” (v. 1).
Fiscal fidelity looks different from family to family. Some believers cannot work due to severe handicap. Sometimes wives contribute to the family’s budget by working in the home. Still, ordinarily, earning and saving helps us to look not only to our own interests but also to the interests of others (Phil. 2:4).
Earning for God’s Glory⤒🔗
A number of principles help us navigate the waters of earning.
Heads of Household Must Provide←↰⤒🔗
Paul says something startling in 1 Timothy 5:8. “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” It’s hard to understand Paul’s phrase “worse than an unbeliever.” What could be worse than denying the gospel and rejecting God’s free grace? God’s answer: Failing to provide for your family. While it is permissible for a man to delegate breadwinning to his wife for weighty and justifiable reasons, the responsibility ultimately rests on him (Ruth 3:1-4; Eph. 5:28-29).
Needlessly Burdening Others Is Sin←↰⤒🔗
It has become acceptable today for people who could be helping provide for themselves, to burden others. I’ll never forget the answer I heard when I once asked a man what he did for work. “I leech off the government,” he said. Even though such an answer approaches the pinnacle of shame, I have stopped being surprised having now heard the answer a number of times. The Bible says, “If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.” Paul goes on to write, “For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread” (2 Thess. 3:10-12).
Work Is for God’s Glory←⤒🔗
Roughly 25% of our adult lives are dedicated to work. If we don’t work well, much of our life displeases our Maker. Even those who do not need to work to provide for their families still must work to glorify God. “Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men … It is the Lord Christ whom you serve” (Col. 3:23, 24).
This rule of God-honoring productivity also applies to young people. Children should begin laboring on behalf of the family from an early age. By their early teen years they should be pulling much of their own weight. This is important because children are developing lifelong habits. For a few generations many parents have not required their children to work. As a result, laziness and self-serving indulgence abounds. In some families a young person’s schooling is viewed as their work. When this is the case parents must see that their students are academically disciplined. Students not working hard at school should be otherwise gainfully employed so they can “eat their own bread.” The status of “student” doesn’t entitle anyone to be slothful and unproductive.
Workaholism Does Not Honor God←↰⤒🔗
Very few people in our day and place are forced to overwork in order to survive. Instead, often workaholism is a sign of imbalance. It may indicate a retreat from family stressors. It may indicate that the family is spending more than they should and may need to downsize in order for the breadwinner to be home more. Workaholism can also be one of the many counterfeit gods we worship. The love of money, the seduction of success, and the power and glory of achievement may drive us to work too much. Even during busy times God demands rest (Ex. 34:21).
Spending for God’s Glory←⤒🔗
According to the authors of one Reformed Catechism, Christian piety includes “the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outwards estate of ourselves and others” (WSC, Q&A 74). But what we take in is only half of the personal finance equation. We also need to spend wisely. Here are four principles for faithful spending.
Christians Are Stewards←↰⤒🔗
Christians must manage money for the sake of God’s kingdom, making their resources work for his glory (Luke 16:1-13). This is true because, “The earth is the Lord’s and all it contains” (Ps. 24:1). We are his managers.
Handling money wisely is all about choices. Often these choices are guided by two important principles. First, we need to prioritize our spending. Stewards evaluate what is good, better, and best. Most people find it beneficial to prioritize spending with a budget. Good managers know how to cut the budget in one area to fund more important causes elsewhere. In most Christian families budgetary fat can be cut to fund needs. For example, typical entertainment expenses can go a long way toward paying Christian school expenses. Those who hold the biblical office of deacon can be a huge help in evaluating the budgets of their parishioners and offering suggestions for more prudent stewardship.
Second, we must delay our gratification. Because saving money takes time we have to make sacrifices in how we spend now. Most of us cannot live the way we want AND live the way God calls us to. Dave Ramsey’s well known encouragement toward financial wellness is, “Live like no one else so that later you can live like no one else.”
Christians Tithe and Give←↰⤒🔗
A tithe is a tenth; in this case a tenth of one’s income. It is the baseline standard for fiscal gratitude among God’s people (Prov. 3:9; Mal. 3:8). Although the tithe is rooted in the Old Testament, it is unreasonable for us to suspect that this standard has been done away with in the period of greater grace in which we live today. Giving refers to charitable donations beyond the tithe. In both testaments believers gave through the God-ordained institution of the local church (Acts 6:1-4; 2 Cor. 9:5).
Debt Is Debilitating←↰⤒🔗
Put simply, debt is the result of spending someone else’s money as if it was your own. Such spending is never free. For those in debt, unexpected expenditures become crises and the walls of debt’s pit become increasingly more difficult to scale.
The Bible warns of the dangers of debt. “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender” (Prov. 22:7; ESV). This being the case, we are a nation of slaves. Americans carry an average of $44,000 in mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and other consumer debt. Half of American families have installment loans on purchased goods. Almost half carry a credit card balance averaging around $4,000. Over 73% of new cars are purchased on debt.
Dumping debt may not be easy. But the formula is as simple as ABCD: First, accumulate no new debt. Second, bring in additional income. Third, change your spending habits. Fourth, develop a plan to pay off your debt one creditor at a time.
Now Is the Time to Save and Invest←↰⤒🔗
On average American families save somewhere between 0 and 3% of their income (Chinese households save between 25 and 50%). God says that the wise save. Conversely, “a foolish man devours all he has” (Prov. 21:20; NIV). Right now may seem a strange time to think about investing considering that interest rates are at an all time low. But even without interest, saving is God’s financial plan for our lives. As proof, God tells us to look to the wisdom of the ant. “Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer” (Prov. 30:24; NIV).
Paul’s simple outline for personal finance also helps us see the glory of the gospel. Christ’s earning and spending is our hope. He earned more than we could ever earn so that he could buy more than we could ever buy. Through his active obedience Christ has earned the right to be our Savior (Heb. 5:8-9). “Though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor that you through his poverty might become rich” (2 Cor. 8:9). Our wise handling of personal finance is meaningful because of Christ’s earning and spending.
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It will probably be another few months until I finish researching this topic and the breakthroughs and issues that it is presenting, but I wanted to share a few early notes to give some sort of indication of where my head is all this. Personally, I think it's clear that Quantum Mechanics is going to be a far greater disruption to the world than digitization or classical mechanics. To show just how spooky this is, I wanted to share a brief illustration as it relates to computing. --+-- "Nature isn't classical, dammit, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you'd better make it quantum mechanical, and by golly it's a wonderful problem, because it doesn't look so easy." - Richard Feynman, Theoretical Physicist, 1982. --+-- Classical computing has limitations due to the size of transistors and the way transistors work. Essentially a transistor is an on/off switch, or a gate, and the fundamental building block of binary computing. It's either 1 or 0, on or off, low or high energy. This works great for many problems, but can't begin to solve some of the simplest of problems related to nature, like the sizes of bonds or probabilities. This is because to solve these "natural" problems it would require more memory and smaller transistors than we'd ever begin to be able to create. And this requirement for "smaller and more" results because natural complexity occurs exponentially. This is a simplification to keep the topic approachable. This known mathematical characteristic (of exponential complexity) is used in encryption. Because of the way that encryption occurs, and the two keys required (e.g. your password and the bank's), it would take a modern supercomputer thousands X thousands of years to break modern encryption via random guesses and probability. Of course, it would likely "get lucky" and find the correct keys before getting to the end of all possibilities, but most likely you and the bank would changed your passwords (and thus keys), by that time. Quantum Computers allow for exponential complexity in the way their natural mechanics function. I will explain how later, mainly because I don't want to blow your heads up just yet. But here's the net result. If it would take millions of years for a classical supercomputer to break modern bank encryption, how long do you think it would take a quantum computer? Well, a 50 qubit (50 quantum bits) quantum computer could do the same calculation in about 100 seconds. This is the power of exponential computing vs binary. A 100 qubit quantum computer is far more powerful than every single supercomputer in the world combined. Google has built a computer that is 72 qubits, but like the rest, is still far away from being able to deploy it sufficiently (the math hasn't caught up with the tech). It's like tossing the keys of a Ferrari to a caveman. We're still sitting in the drivers seat (we think), and just figured out how to turn the key. We don't know how to change gears or turn the wheel, but we'll figure it out faster than you think. Another visualization is that we're in the ENIAC stage of quantum computing if you remember those old calculation machines and punch cards from decades ago. If you aren't terrified yet, you should be. Not only has signals & information security been wiped out globally in just the past few years (theoretically), but the applied sciences are just now learning how to actually deploy this technology practically and there's going to be far more disruption emerging once we learn how to "decouple" from classical computing altogether. Think of classical computing and Moore's Law as a doubling of information and computing power that takes place every so often, and think of Quantum Computing as a exponential growth over the square root of the same time frame. It's happening far faster with much greater leaps than the world is prepared for. I'll try to drop some notes on the some of the other research and illustrations as I get time. I'll hit on the Higgs boson, how quantum is different from classical, string theory, the dimensions of this universe (e.g. superstring theory has 10 dimensions aside from the 4 we all know - height, width, length, time), CERN, "quantum portals," and the cosmological/astronomical implications. I'm circling back on the paganism some today, and as I come across some of the modern pagan influences on Christianity I'll reference this thread, because yes, there are people talking out the side of their head about "quantum prayer" and blindly spiritualizing the other dimensions. Feel free share what you've learned or hear, and ask questions or discuss if you'd like. This is a philosophical discussion as much as a scientific one, as thinking about things in terms of quantum mechanics vs classical mechanics is a totally different way of thinking for most of us. Be patient with it, as it's much like learning a new language.


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Hundreds of FedEx packages have been found lying in a ravine, according to the Alabama Sheriff’s Office.
The deputies were summoned to the Canyon on a private estate in Blount County, where they found 300 to 400 parcels that had been thrown away.
“Everyone in West Blount County has lost parcels from FedEx. I currently have a deputy at a location that appears to have been dumped 300-400 boxes of various sizes from a valley. A FedEx area manager is on his way to the scene. Hopefully we’ll have some answers soon,” Sheriff Mark Moon in a statement on Facebook.
FedEx “sent out many more trucks and drivers from all over the South” who began loading packages onto trucks Thursday.
Later in the day, the mayor said the company was “make an impact” on the recovery and clean-up process.
“The security of our customers’ shipments is a top priority and we are committed to treating our customers’ packages with the utmost care,” FedEx said in a statement.
“We are taking steps to recover and transport damaged packages as quickly as possible,” the company added.
“In addition to cooperating with law enforcement, we are conducting a review of this situation and will take appropriate action.”