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For any tourist, the Czech Republic (aka Czechia) is an enchanting, fairytale-like country with hearty food, delicious beer, and friendly locals. But for those travelling with the intention of teaching English as a foreign Language (TEFL), this beautiful country is also the land of opportunities.
Life in the Czech Republic
From cross-country skiing to bungee-jumping, there’s so much to do in the Czech Republic. With its landlocked position in Central Europe, the temperatures in this country vary greatly between summer and winter. Expect hot sunny summers and cold and crisp winters – with a lot of snow! This will give you the opportunity to enjoy a day-trip to the countryside and by the river Vltava or explore the many cathedrals and castles dotted around the country, as well as quirky and unusual museums.
Prague, the capital, is renowned for its thriving nightlife. There are hundreds of unassuming pubs and taverns, where you can enjoy great food and excellent local beer (and often a show) at affordable prices. If you want to splash out, there are also restaurants with opulent decor and exquisite food that will leave you speechless. If you want to dance your night away, fear not – Prague won’t let you down. Karlovy Lázně is the biggest club in Prague and claims to be the biggest clubbing complex in Central Europe.
Moving around the capital isn’t a problem. The public transport system is impeccable: always punctual and reliable. Be sure to download a bus timetable as times may be different at the weekend. Avoid using taxis: they’re expensive and rip-offs aren’t unheard of.
Top tip: don’t eat on the bus if you don’t want to be publicly told off by the driver.
The Czech Republic is a safe country – yes, even the cities. Despite their stern appearance, the locals are very welcoming and polite. They are curious about other cultures and are proud to show what their country has to offer. If you have the chance to socialise with some of them, you’ll soon notice how genuine they are: Czech people know the true meaning of friendship. Making friends and meeting people won’t be a problem here, with a vast network of expats throughout the country.
Top tip: Although most people in the larger cities speak Czech, making an effort goes a long way. Start by learning the basics, like please (prosím) and thank you (děkuji). The locals will be impressed, as they know their language isn’t an easy one to learn. Most language schools offer their international teachers free Czech language lessons, usually on Saturday mornings.
Working in the Czech Republic
Since the fall of the communist regime, the Czech Republic has worked hard to establish and secure international trade, which has now led to a developed economy, where English teachers are in high demand.
As in most countries, in the Czech Republic, there are more job opportunities in the larger cities, like Prague and Brno. However, there is demand for English teachers even in smaller urban areas – be prepared for tougher competition.
Working at a private language school is the go-to option for most TEFL teachers. You’ll be more likely to teach Business English, either one-to-one or in small groups, but rigorously at the company’s premises. Your school will give you a timetable that allows for travelling time to and from different business venues and (usually) will pay your travel expenses. Many schools will provide you with directions and an emergency number in case you get lost.
If Business English isn’t your thing, you could always teach exam classes, which are also very popular among adult learners. Another popular option is to teach preschool children – you’ll need a lot of patience and energy for this role!
The cost of living in the Czech Republic is relatively low, which affects the rate of pay. However, TEFL salaries here will allow you to live comfortably and travel around. Many schools offer benefits, such as referral bonuses, and support with accommodation and visa.
Holding a university degree and being a native English speaker give you an advantage, but they aren’t a deal-breaker either. What’s really important for an EFL teacher looking to work in the Czech Republic is a TEFL certificate from an accredited provider. Most schools in the Czech Republic welcome newly qualified TEFL teachers.
You can attend and get your TEFL qualification in your home country, of course, but if you have your heart set on the Czech Republic, there’s another option. More and more language schools offer future TEFLers the opportunity to get their qualification and to be hired by the same employer.
The main advantage of this is that you won’t have to go through the typical application-interview process to land your first teaching job.
Another advantage is that you’ll be immersed in the reality you’ll be teaching in. This will give you an idea that is clear and detailed teach english in the country of your choice.
If you are looking for an exciting place to live and work in, the Czech Republic is for you. Whether you choose an urban and vibrant area like Prague, or a quiet and idyllic rural location like Český Krumlov, you are sure to find good beer, comforting food, and good friends. As a TEFL teacher, you’ll be a part of a successful economy in the making.


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In her 61 years of life, Selvarine Jones worked everywhere from restaurants and retail to city government, the faith community and in the arts, where she mentored dancers and brought a new rhythm to her church and to the Springfield Area Arts Council. To those she mentored and associated with in Springfield, she was known as a playwright and a dancer.
But to her family, including twin sister Elmada Meek, she became the glue that held the family together when their mother passed away. Meek said both daughters were raised by a working mother and their grandmother, and started working themselves at a young age. They also danced.
"It started off with praise dance in the church," Elmada recalled. "We were one of the first to actually bring praise dance to the church in Springfield. We became well-known in the community for praise dance and working with youth, and a friend approached us about opening a dance studio."
The sisters opened up a dance studio together in 90s, during the same time Jones – Selvar to her sister and friends – was working with the city of Springfield. In her long career, she also produced a local talk show on public access Channel 4 and produced videos for the State of Illinois' Central Management Services.
And then there were the arts, a passion her sister said started to shine through after she worked with CMS. Though family always came first, Meek said, it was clear her sister had an artist's drive.
"When it became her passion, it was clear that she should've followed that path," Meek said.
High school classmate and dance collaborator Derrick Stapleton, now president of Frontiers International's Springfield chapter, was among those who performed at Jones' funeral. He lent his vocal talents to collaborate with the sisters at their dance studio and said Jones' dancing skills brought versatility to the local arts scene.
"Because of their gift, Selvarine and Elmada were able to do different dance routines for different sorts of programs," Stapleton said. Of their dance studio, he said, "It was an opportunity for the community to connect in some kind of way to whatever their passion was, or to introduce them to new things."
Penny Wollan-Kriel served as executive director of the Springfield Area Arts Council during Jones' time on its board. She said she most remembers Jones' passion for dance and her efforts to bring diversity to the Council's programming.
"It was a different element of dance, in that it was not the ballet that so many people see, that she brought," Wollan-Kriel said. "It was also the diversity in presentation that we might not have had otherwise within the dance genre. And she was vibrant. She was a joy to work with."
Wollan-Kriel said she actually had not been aware Selvar and Elmada were twins, although according to Meek, she and her sister got up to the sort of mischief twins sometimes will. During their stint as servers at Tops Big Boy, Meek said her sister had developed a group of friendly regulars. As a prank, Jones had the sisters trade nametags and coached her sister on how to impersonate her. Hilariously, it worked, Meek said.
The girls would repeat the trick in school, swapping identities to cover for one another's weak subjects. Their fellow students were in on it, but Meek said the teachers were none the wiser.
It was an early glimmer of the performer in her sister, Meek said.
"I think those were the early signs of what kind of a character she was, and her pivotal role as, not an actress, but a sign that she had this ability to put on a different face," she said.
Another lifelong constant was her sister's faith, Meek said. Later in life, Jones attended Lincoln Christian University in Lincoln, where she received an associate's degree in biblical studies, graduating magna cum laude. Meek said her sister's faith anchored the rest of her accomplishments.
"When she became involved in the church, it was like she had a calling," Meek said. "And that calling led her to not only further her education in the Christian faith, but it also helped her balance her life. It allowed her to have time for everything else she did. Because her life was very balanced and her faith was important to her, it just seemed like everything fit."
Jones leaves behind an unfinished body of work that was to include a documentary about a local restaurateur and a play about Richard Allen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Those kinds of passion projects defined her sister's life and legacy in Springfield, Meek said.
"I feel that my sister really became a part of history in Springfield," she said. "The things she did got recognized in little ways, but I just think that's why you can look at her now and realize how much she's done. She never talked about and never boasted about anything she was doing. But it became evident when you saw the finished product."
Many times the people who teach us a life skill or provide us a role model for our creative drive and passion are not the folks who make headlines. For Kenneth Lowe, it was a great privilege to speak to the people who danced and sang alongside Selvarine Jones during a lifetime where she gave those gifts to so many.


— Johnny Cueto, Reds, struck out 10 in his major league debut, allowing just one hit in seven overpowering innings in Cincinnati's 3-2 win over Arizona.
— John Danks, White Sox, allowed one run and two hits in 6 2-3 innings to lead Chicago over Cleveland 2-1.
— Brad Thompson, Cardinals, had a career-high six strikeouts in 6 2-3 innings and also had his first career RBI and St. Louis beat Colorado 3-0.
— Scott Hairston, Padres, went 3-for-3 and scored two runs while batting leadoff in San Diego's 3-2 win over Houston.
— Xavier Nady, Pirates, drove in Nyjer Morgan with a 10th inning single and Pittsburgh beat Atlanta 4-3.
— Kevin Kouzmanoff, Padres, hit a two-run homer in the first inning and San Diego beat Houston 3-2.
Gary Sheffield became the latest Tigers star with an injury, tearing a tendon in his ring finger while trying unsuccessfully to stretch a single into a double in the eighth inning. Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he didn't know how serious the injury was, but noted Sheffield couldn't ben the finger. Sheffield said he would try to play through the injury, but he wouldn't know his status until the swelling subsided.
Mike Hampton, scheduled to make his first start since Aug. 19, 2005, strained his left pectoral muscle while warming up in the bullpen before Atlanta's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was scratched and will be placed on the disabled list, retroactive to March 30. Left-hander Jo-Jo Reyes will be called up from Triple-A Richmond and will be available on Friday.
Former Twins center fielder Torii Hunter homered leading off the seventh inning of the final game of his emotional return to the Metrodome, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-4 win over Minnesota. Hunter, who signed a $90 million, five-year deal with the Angels in the offseason, got a standing ovation from the small crowd.


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ChicagoCHEC Role: Planning and Evaluation Core and Research and Statistical Services Unit
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Title: Director, Research and Statistical Services Unit at NEIU
Dr. Gonzalez is a Mathematical Statistician and Biostatistician with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (CINCCH) at the Hines VA Hospital and also holds an Adjunct Professor Appointment with the Mathematics Department at Northeastern Illinois University and an Assistant Professor Adjunct appointment with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University. Dr. Gonzalez is also the Co-Leader of the Statistics Core for ChicagoCHEC and Co-Leader for the Planning and Evaluation Core for ChicagoCHEC at Northeastern Illinois University. She is an experienced Biostatistician with over 10 years of successfully working with investigators as a biostatistical collaborator on grants. In the past, she has served as a Biostatistician at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health working on prostate cancer-related projects primarily assessing the effects of telomere length and prostate cancer. In other roles, she has also served as a Biostatistician and Data Manager for the Women’s Interagency HIV longitudinal study also led by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. In her most recent collaborations, she has conducted research in the following areas: Cancer, SCI related studies, Affordable Care Act utilization and cost studies, Diabetes studies, Infectious Disease studies, and studies involving clinical trials exploring use of applications developed within the VA.

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Rogue Farm Corps: Advanced Apprenticeship (Oregon)
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Posted on: 11/29/2017 2:00 pmDates: February 1, 2018 (dates are flexible)
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Are you ready to take your education and training to the next level and kick start your farming career? Our advanced apprenticeship program will teach you to manage and run a diversified, sustainable farming operation.
The apprenticeship is an on-farm program for those with two seasons of previous farm experience who are seeking mastery in the art and business of sustainable agriculture. Hands-on training, classes, seminars, and guidance on farm business development will help you gain the skills to plan, design, and run integrated farming systems on your own. Find out more and apply today!
The majority of the program will be focused on learning by doing. Over time, you will be expected to share responsibilities with the farmers. These tasks will generally include overseeing farm crews and harvest crews, processing, tractor cultivation, field walks and observation, record keeping, product deliveries, marketing, irrigation, and general farm maintenance.
Rogue Farm Corps is the only organization in Oregon that offers structured, entry-level and advanced farmer education and training programs rooted in real-world farm businesses. Our host farms are located in the Rogue Valley, the Portland Metro Area, the South Willamette Valley, and Central Oregon and offer experiences with vegetable production, animal husbandry, dairy, and more. For complete program descriptions, information on our host farms, and applications: http://roguefarmcorps.org
Kids Okay: No.
Pets Okay: No.
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Experience Required: Preferred.
Specific skills or knowledge required: 2 seasons of previous on-farm experience
Work Hours: Full Time.
Learning Opportunities: On The Job.

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Campground, National Forest, Recreation Area: Camp
Lake Michigan Recreation Area is a four loop campground located on the shoreline to Lake Michigan between Manistee and Ludington. In addition to the 99 single family sites and 3 group sites, the site also boasts a day use area with multiple picnic tables, pavilions and a playground, an ampitheater and an overlook. Arrowhead Trail, which runs through the campground, connects to the wilderness trails that traverse Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area.

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Anything daisy, i’m here for it! These beautiful little flowers always bring so much joy so of course we had to create a minder for your stitching! I had so much fun hand painting these cuties. Not only are they cute but they’re SO functional!
Needle minders keep track of your needle in between thread changes, if you have to pause your project for a later time or if you just need to step away for a minute. Minders work by sandwiching your fabric/project in between two magnets (one attached to the front and one bare on the back) so the needle can be ‘held’ on the minder for safe keeping.
These needle minders are made with a 3mm Lightweight plywood and they come in 3 different colour ways, White/Mustard, Blush/Taupe & Terracotta/Blush.
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Orlando Cat Cafe
Imagine relaxing with a steaming cup of Minch coffee or tea while watching the playful antics or listening to the soothing purrs of adorable, adoptable cats and kittens. The Orlando Cat Cafe located in Clermont, Florida, partnered with the SPCA Florida and Minch Coffee Company to make the Orlando Cat Cafe the Cats’ Meow!
The Orlando Cat Café is both a cozy coffeehouse with comfortable furniture, premium coffee, tea and pastries, and 12 to 15 cats roaming freely in the spacious cat play area. The Orlando Cat Cafe was the first Cat Cafe to open in Florida. The cafe is a hidden gem located near Walt Disney World, close to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park. For an affordable ticket price, guests can bring their food and drinks into the play area to pet, play, and cuddle with their adoptable feline residents. Attend special events such as yoga with cats, high tea, or palettes & pets art class.
All of the cats at the Orlando Cat Cafe are available for adoption through the SPCA of Lakeland, Florida. Spend time with your future feline friend in a comfortable environment to learn their personality and temperament.
The Cat area has a separate ventilation system and entrance to comply with local health, sanitation and food safety compliance guidelines. Guests concerned about allergies can watch the cats and their antics through a window at Minch Coffee Shop while enjoying expertly crafted traditional and specialty espresso beverages, a variety of artisan hot and iced teas, blended coffee beverages, smoothies, pastries, and bagels.
Reserve your spot ahead of time directly with the Orlando Cat Cafe to guarantee admission. A discount and/or military offer may be available. Please contact the Orlando Cat Cafe for current details, hours, promotions, admission tickets, and to verify visitor travel information as things may change.
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We talk a lot about the custom test solutions that we develop at EMC Technologies in the way of functional test interface solutions, wireless functional testing, and testing for printed circuit board development. However, we also do a lot of work in the area of custom test stations, including mobile, universal, and test-specific requirements. The solutions that we create for custom functional test and custom test stations work hand-in-hand to provide our clients with highly flexible test solutions that are cost-effective and easily adaptable to complicated and high-volume testing requirements.
Some examples of the industries that we serve who demand custom test stations include data and telecommunications, medical and semiconductor industries, and even some of our military and military subcontractor clients. Rigorous validation and acceptance testing are required to ensure that products match or exceed industry and internal requirements. In many cases, the hardware and software are co-developed at the same time to meet all time, test, and cost restraints for the project as a whole. Mobile computer-based test stations provide specific industries with the test solutions they need that are more efficient in pricing.
Benefits of Mobile Custom Test Stations
When an “off the shelf” solution won’t do, our clients come to us for custom test solutions that include test stations that are more suited to their needs. While many mobile test stations do embrace the use of “off the shelf” parts and components, the results are anything but standard. A mobile test station with a built-in computer and monitor includes test interfaces that are designed according to the client’s demands. We can use modular electrical and mechanical interfaces, depending on the testing needs. Our team can include built-in network and fiber optic capabilities and features to maximize the use of the test floor area.
Some other features that can be expected from mobile solutions for custom test stations at EMC Technologies include a well-organized and documented station wiring and configurations. This helps our clients to adapt and expand the capabilities of these custom test solutions to meet their growing and changing needs. Other features include designed expansion areas with easy-to-use adapter panels and plates to take advantage of functional test interface requirements. All of our custom test stations include designed-in fast access to all inside resources to provide our clients with a successful transition from benchtop testing to rack-based stations with numerous advantages.
Benefits of Custom Test-Specific Stations
Another popular request from many of our clients is to develop custom test stations that are designed specifically for a particular test. Instead of being flexible, these custom test solutions are designed to focus on the unique needs of the client and device under test for the most accurate, dependable, and repeatable results. Some of the work that we have done has been with temperature and vibration for Halt or Haas stations. Thermal hoods and plenum interface distribution systems, EMI, RF, and EMC compliant test stations are also in demand. Our team has worked with active and passive electronic loads and load simulators to create custom functional test and functional test interface solutions for our clients.
Because these custom test-specific stations focus on the primary needs of the client, they are even more beneficial than the broader mobile and universal test solutions. Clients who do not require multiple testing operations can get the results that they need without anything extra. Some of the other test-specific stations we have worked with include mechanical-only holding, clamping, or multi-axis stations and integrated electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic stations. Increased interest in video, non-contact, infra-red, laser, and barcode sensor stations has upped our game in this area of custom test solutions, and we have also become proficient in micro-contact to sizeable industrial plant stations.
Contact EMC Technologies for Custom Test Solutions
Whether you require custom functional test systems, custom test stations, or need to design a functional test interface to meet your unique needs, EMC Technologies can help you to achieve your goals. Visit our website to see video examples of our test systems and integration services for a typical universal test station or contact us directly by calling 508-672-0808 to speak with one of our team members about your custom functional test needs. We are ISO 9001: 2015 Certified and ITAR registered to best meet the needs of the diverse industries that we serve.


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Cleveland kidnapping victims say they are ‘happy and safe’
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CLEVELAND—The three women rescued after being held captive in a house in Cleveland for about a decade want everyone to know they are doing fine and appreciate offers of help.
The message was relayed in a letter released Tuesday by their attorneys.
The letter said Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight are happy and safe. A charity fund to help the women has raised more than $650,000 from more than 6,800 donors.
Berry broke through a locked door on May 6, yelled to neighbours for help and enabled Knight and DeJesus to escape.
“These three brave women have asked us to give this message to everyone who has expressed concern and support,” said the attorneys, who are representing the women for free. “Amanda, Gina and Michelle want you to know they are doing well. They are happy and safe and continue to heal, a process that requires time and privacy.
“To have complete strangers offer loving support in the form of money, goods and services, reaching out to help like a family member, is appreciated in ways that are impossible to put into words.”
Ariel Castro, a 52-year-old former school bus driver, has been charged with three counts of rape and four counts of kidnapping, one for each of the three women and one for Berry’s 6-year-old daughter fathered by Castro.
His defence team says he will plead not guilty. The case is pending before a Cuyahoga County grand jury.
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Chapter Name: Atoms And Molecules
Activity Name: Write the symbols for given elements in Atoms And Molecules
In this activity, students will use a periodic table to find the symbols of elements listed in Table 4 and write them next to their respective names.
- Periodic Table (either physical or digital)
- Table 4 (containing the names of elements for which symbols need to be found)
Step by Step Procedure:
- Distribute the Table 4 worksheet to each student/participant. The table should contain a list of element names without their corresponding symbols.
- Provide each student with a periodic table, either in printed or digital format, so they can look up the symbols of the elements.
- Instruct the students to find the element names from Table 4 on the periodic table and identify their corresponding symbols.
- Ask the students to write down the symbols next to the respective element names in Table 4.
- After completing the task, collect the worksheets to assess the students’ accuracy in identifying the symbols.
- The observations for this activity would include the symbols written by each student next to the element names in Table 4. It can be used to evaluate their understanding of the elements and their corresponding symbols.
Note down your observations in table format:
- Ensure that the periodic tables provided to the students are accurate and up-to-date.
- Emphasize the importance of careful observation and cross-referencing to avoid mistakes in identifying the symbols.
- Encourage students to double-check their work before submitting the completed worksheets.
Lesson Learnt from Experiment:
This activity helps students reinforce their knowledge of elements and their symbols. By actively looking up and writing down the symbols, they gain familiarity with the periodic table and understand how to represent elements in a concise and standardized manner.
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CHELSEA (CBS) — With the weather heating up, people are turning to pools, beaches and lakes to cool off, but recent drownings point to the dangers posed by the water.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Pool in Chelsea was packed Sunday afternoon as the temperatures reached 90 degrees.READ MORE: Crash Caught On Camera Amid Uptick In Complaints About Off-Road Vehicles In Pelham, NH
Brittany Filadoro of Revere was busy keeping an eye on her younger sister and her two cousins as they splashed in the pool.
“Even though there’s lifeguards, I mean an extra eye is always more important because anything can happen” she said.
Not far away at Revere Beach, it’s the same story — wall-to-wall swimmers with plenty of smaller kids.READ MORE: CDC Expected To Recommend Face Masks For Fully Vaccinated Americans Again In Some Indoor Settings
Department of Conservation and Recreation Aquatic Director John Dwinell says lifeguards at pools and beaches provide protection, but he says parents are the first line of defense. Dwinell told WBZ-TV’s Jim Smith parents need to watch their children and even better, actually go into the water with them.
It’s been a rough weekend for water safety. Saturday night in Framingham, a 10-year old girl drowned in a backyard pool. And in Yarmouth on Cape Cod, a man drowned at a beach after suffering an apparent medical problem.
Back at the pool in Chelsea, Brian Thornton sticks close to his 4-year-old son Joshua.MORE NEWS: Mass. Traffic Is Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels, But At Different Times And Routes
“100 percent he never leaves my side” Thornton said. “My eyes are never off him for a second”

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What is NeTropica ?
The Network for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases in Central America (NeTropica) is devoted to promote collaborative biomedical research among various scientific groups working in Central America.
Through out the years its main partners have been the laboratories located in the Central American Universities and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. However, in the last years other international laboratories and Latin American networks have been incorporated as partners. NeTropica gives complementary grant funds to Central American and Swedish laboratories participating in joint research activities, supports the organization of scientific meetings and courses, promotes the exchange of scientist and distributes relevant information for fund raising and collaborative research among the network participants.
The future of NeTropica is linked to the success of the participating research units and to fund raising activities performed by the investigators and NeTropica administrative coordination.

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During “The Strength To Smile,” which aired March 3, the Banks family rallied to support Lisa by hosting a memorial for her late mother. Here are all the songs featured in TV series Bel-Air Season 1 Episode 6.
‘Bel-Air’ Season 1 Episode 6 tracklist
Charles Stephens III and Mayila Jones – “Dead Presidents”
The opening song
Saweetie – “Fast (Motion)”
This track plays as Hilary makes food for Lisa’s mom’s memorial.
Heyalek Jones & Warner Chappell Production Music – “Run It Up”
This song plays when Hilary gets on video chat with Kylio as she’s preparing food.
Lili Ray – “Something New”
The track plays as Ashley helps Hilary in the kitchen.
Grand Marquis – “Two By Two”
This song plays when Angela approaches Aunt Vivian about speaking in the program.
Pink $weats – “Honesty”
The track plays as Lisa and Will talk and eventually kiss in the jacuzzi.
‘Bel-Air’ ‘The Strength To Smile’ recap
During episode 6’s “The Strength To Smile,” the Banks hosted a memorial for Gayle Wilkes, Lisa’s (Simone Joy Jones) late mother. When the caterers pulled out, the family rallied together to throw the event, with Hilary focused on the Louisiana Creole cuisine.
Lisa’s stepmom Angela (Scottie Thompson) rubbed a few people the wrong way at the event, notably Vivian (Cassandra Thompson) when she claimed she wanted to speak during the program as they felt she only wanted the eyes on her.
Unable to hold her tongue any longer, especially after discovering Angela and Fred (Joe Holt) might have had an affair, Aunt Viv called her out, much to the delight of Lisa. Attempting to keep his distance from Lisa as he promised Carlton (Olly Sholotan), Will (Jabari Banks) eventually approached her to check on her.
However, Carlton saw the two talking, which upset him, resulting in the lacrosse player relying on lines of drugs to make him feel better. Although Will promised Carlton he only tried to support Lisa as they both have one birth parent missing from their household, the Philadelphia native couldn’t keep his distance anymore. After finding Lisa alone with her feet in the jacuzzi, Will joined her for a conversation that ended with a kiss.
What might happen in ‘Bel-Air’ Season 1 Episode 7
The upcoming episode, titled “Payback’s a B*tch,” will presumably revolve around revenge. During “The Strength to Smile,” Reid (Michael Ealy) wandered into Aunt Viv’s painting room, where he saw her newest creation. He bet the artist that if her painting sold for more than $15,000 at the silent auction, he would leave her alone, but she had to display her work at his gallery opening if it did.
Uncle Phil (Adrian Holmes) saw the two talking and later bid $20,000 on his wife’s painting, unknowingly guaranteeing it would result in her spending more time with Reid. Toward the end of the episode, he asked house manager Geoffrey (Jimmy Akingbola) to investigate the gallery owner, which he had already started.
Additionally, Geoffrey caught wind of a revoked endorsement and discovered a family friend and Lisa’s dad, Fred (Joe Holt), was behind it as the police chief secretly entered the race for district attorney.
As the next episode likely deals with revenge, it will presumably focus on Aunt Viv’s relationship with Reid and Uncle Phil dealing with the betrayal from Fred. Other storylines include Hilary’s new sexual cooking content and Will and Lisa’s budding relationship. Bel-Air is streaming on Peacock.

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Last year, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck New Zealand, resulting in significant damage to buildings and infrastructure in northern Canterbury and southern Marlborough. It was the country’s strongest one since the 1968 Inangahua earthquake, surpassing the calamity’s magnitude 7.1.
To this day, earthquakes come and go in New Zealand, and residents continue to prepare for the worst.
Warehouses and Earthquakes – Is There a Middleground?
The Insurance Council of New Zealand remarks that all industry warehouses should focus on engineering their facilities and investing in quality pallet racking to ensure their seismic restraint. When air conditioners, telecommunication towers, and storage systems collapse, they threaten both life and property. Failure to comply, says the Insurance Council, will only lead to more damage.
With every strong quake, the economy of New Zealand also suffers. Clothing, shoes and durable goods, such as whiteware and furniture, were the frontrunners of the decline after the Kaikōura earthquake. Although the effects were short-lived, the retail industry and spending activities of Kiwis both go through a slump due to the damage.
Quake-Proofing Your Warehouse
The fear of consumers, however, stem not only from the damage of the facilities but of the goods as well.
In Blenheim, supermarkets and warehouses have taken action against potential risks posed by the recent earthquakes in Christchurch. PAK’nSAVE, a supermarket under the Foodstuffs group, integrated storage solutions into their warehouse that could withstand earthquakes despite the load on the beams.
Earthquakes are one of the most dangerous natural calamities, often causing irreparable damage to your products. With quality pallet racking systems, however, you have a storage system that is capable of surviving less perilous yet just as destructive incidents, such as forklift damage or unexpected collapses.
With the risks of losing consumer trust during natural calamities, taking safety precautions with your warehouse storage is best for your business. Visit Shelvingshopgroup.co.nz today and invest in a pallet racking system with us.


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Providing free WiFi throughout the property, Hotel Malina is located in Izhevsk, within 13 km of SK Chekeril. This 4-star hotel offers a bar. The rooms are fitted with a flat-screen TV with cable channels.
At the hotel, all rooms are fitted with a desk. All rooms feature a wardrobe.
A continental breakfast is served daily at the property.
Staff at the 24-hour front desk can provide tips on the area.
Izhevsk Airport is 16 km from the property.
What they offer
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In-room safe box
Free bottled water
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Extra beds are dependent on the room you choose. Please check the individual room capacity for more details.
When booking more than 5 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.


Young Manufacturing’s Side Charge upper is the ideal AR15 upper receiver to us with our side-charge bolt carriers. Our Billet Upper Receiver features an exclusive rear cover that prevents gases from escaping and hitting the shooter. This cover easily flips up for insertion or removal of the bolt carrier and is locked into place by the lower receiver once assembled. The billet construction delivers extreme precision and is compatible with our National Match Side Charge Bolt Carriers. This upper is compatible with all lower receivers and has been specifically machined to be compatible with the Magpul B.A.D. Lever.


Education Executive agreed to the implementation of secondary stage education following a public consultation.
Responses from the public consultation, public meeting and an independent report by Education Scotland expressed support for the move, which will have clear benefits for the pupils.
Work will now take place to expand the capacity of Ogilvie School Campus to accommodate pupils, ranging from P1 to S6.
Phase 1 will be completed in August 2019 to allow the current P7 pupils to continue into their S1 education at Ogilvie.
Executive councillor for education David Dodds said: "I am delighted to confirm that secondary education will start at Ogilvie School Campus from August 2019.
"This move has received strong support from school community during the consultation phase.
"We are confident the move will deliver real benefits for Ogilvie School and its pupils, offering continuity for pupils and their families."
The Final Report on the Statutory Consultation is available on


continued President James Buff presented his daughter, Past President Kathryn Murphy, with the “Distinguished Member Service Award” for her five years of service as president of the Skaneateles Fire Department, Inc. This was followed by Chief Eric Sell awarding Second Assistant Chief Fred Squires, with the “Fireperson of the Year Award” for his continued efforts in the area of firefighter training, and Past Chief Dick Perkins received the “Chief’s Award” for his continued dedication and service to the Skaneateles Fire Department.
The evening concluded with the corporate and firematic officers being officially sworn into their respective positions. Town board member Jim Greenfield had the privilege of installing the corporate officers, while Village Mayor Martin Hubbard had the honor of installing the firematic officers.
During the month of April, the dedicated members of the Skaneateles Fire Department responded to 25 emergency alarms spending 68 personnel hours on these alarms. In an effort to provide the most accurate information regarding our emergency responses, a more detailed breakdown of monthly SFD responses is located below:
EMS: 7 (SFD responds when SAVES is on another call)
Water Rescue: 0
Mutual Aid: 9 (SFD responds to another fire district)
Total number of calls for April: 25 (-9 from 2011)
Total Personnel Hours for April: 68
Thus far, the members of the SFD have responded to a total of 124 calls for 2012 with members spending 863 personnel hours away from home. In addition to answering the alarms, SFD members continue to train and prepare for any scenario they may face when the pager sounds and the siren goes off.
The Skaneateles Fire Department will be hosting the following training sessions in the upcoming months: Fire Police, Rope Rescue Operations and mandatory OSHA classes. These training sessions will be attended by members of the SFD along with other firefighters from Onondaga and Cayuga Counties.


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Pregnant star will take a long break from work
Pregnant Charlotte Church is set to record two series of her TV show back-to-back so she can take plenty of time off work when her baby arrives.
The 21-year-old, who announced last week she was expecting her first child with boyfriend Gavin Henson, 25, has made the deal with Channel Four.
‘There was supposed to be a gap between series, but Charlotte wants so make them without a break so she’s free after the birth,’ a friend tells The Sun.
‘She feels being a hands-on mum is very important.’


Statistical modelling of multivariate time series. We are currently developing new multivariate statistical tools for the analysis of ecological communities that reveal quantitative measures of the interactions of creatures with each other and their environment, and also quantitative measures of overall ecosystem stability in the face of perturbations such as management actions or climate variability.
Conceptual Modelling of the FEW Nexus. We are beginning a new, NSF-funded program in applied epistemology and conceptual analysis examining the dynamics, trade-offs and stability at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water systems in the Columbia River Basin as part of a larger collaboration on resilience in the provisioning capacity of the Pacific Northwest.
Habitat Restoration in the Pacific Northwest. We continue a decades-long project to evaluate large-scale decision making in habitat management across the Pacific Northwest using applied semantics and ecoinformatics to ask questions such as “are we being efficient or effective with the billions of dollars spent on habitat restoration in the last 20 years?”
Local-scale climate variability impacts. We are continuing projects that use data confederation methods to evaluate how short-term climate variability affects local regional eco-systems and human-natural coupled systems, such as how the changing frequency of extreme events may have affected regional fisheries and other maritime activity?
Interactions among climate, the biosphere and the pedosphere
The structure and function of the Earth’s surface from a biogeochemical perspective — particularly in the context of climate change and the forcing factors that drive earth surface structure and function
Mechanisms of carbon stabilization in soil and the biogeochemical effects of winds on the earth’s surface
Biological Oceanography and Aquatic Ecology, with primary expertise in the population and community ecology of plankton.
Trophic role of heterotrophic planktonic protists 2-200 µm in size (“microzooplankton”) and metazoan planktonic animals 200-2,000 µm in size (“mesozooplankton”) as mediators of carbon and energy flow from primary producers to higher trophic levels such as invertebrates and fish, and especially how these small grazers influence the dynamics of harmful algal blooms and impact ecosystems when introduced to novel environments.
Interdisciplinary studies across the domains of aquatic science, political science, and science education.
Understand the Earth from the perspective of geochemistry
Radiogenic isotopes and geochronology
Utilizing radiogenic isotopes as natural tracers of sources and geological processes and also as geochronometers to determine the ages of rocks and geological events
Understanding how the Earth formed and how it has evolved through its history and also help constrain the geological processes that are operating on Earth today
Worked on a wide range of Earth and planetary materials including meteorites, igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks of all ages, modern sediments and volcanic rocks, and water samples. Vervoort is director of the Radiogenic Isotope and Geochronology Laboratory at WSU.


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Thanks to our beef purchase that took 60% of our grocery budget, this month is extremely lean. I was conservative with our purchases this week, but still, we only have $61 left to get us through all of April. Not sure how that is going to happen, but I’ll do my best to stick to the budget.
This week was an easy grocery session. All I bought was fresh fruits and the veggies that I need to eat. The family is getting veggies in their freezer meals, and we still have frozen veggies that I bought at Costco last month.
Still, it’s pretty tight, and we still have 12 days left in the month. This will be interesting.
The good news is that because I had such a light grocery week this week, I reduced the amount we are over on groceries for the year from approximately $228 to $78. If I can stick to the budget for the next 12 days, we should be right on target for the year.
The video shows the groceries we bought as well as what we ate during the week.

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Tennessee eHealth Network to enable improved health care access and collaboration
Nashville 25 February 2008Leveraging technology to enhance the health care experience for patients and practitioners alike, AT&T has launched a major initiative with the State of Tennessee to deliver the country's first statewide health information exchange. The Tennessee Information Infrastructure eHealth Exchange Zone is being developed to transform how health information is accessed and delivered by
the Tennessee care-giving community and, ultimately, to enable increased patient safety, reduced spending and improved quality of care for the state's 6 million residents.
AT&T is actively engaged with the state and health care providers statewide in building the eHealth Exchange Zone. Plans call for eHealth applications to be phased in as participation by health care providers grows.
The AT&T solution features a secure on-line collaboration centre - a Virtual Private Network (VPN)-based portal - designed to safely and securely enable such applications as:
- Prescribing pharmaceuticals on-line, also known as "ePrescribing".
- Securing clinical messaging among the state's health care providers.
- Sharing high-density images, including X-rays, MRIs and CT scans.
- Exchanging patient information via portable health records, which provides patient profiles, medical history, prescriptions, etc.
- Delivering telemedicine applications for remote diagnostics and care.
- Accessing Tennessee Department of Health applications, including the immunization registry, disease registries, death certificate applications and processing and medical license renewal.
- Accessing other health care applications and systems, including laboratory systems.
The network has an added component especially for protecting health information provided by the Covisint OnDemand Platform. The platform is a hosted solution that provides dual-factor authentication of health care providers using the VPN-based portal, which supports HIPAA privacy
requirements. It also centralizes, automates and streamlines the access to information across health care communities statewide by giving physicians the ability to use many health-information applications with a single sign-on. The platform from Covisint, a division of Compuware Corporation, provides an on-demand, industry-leading infrastructure for secure collaboration and interoperability among health care providers.
The Tennessee eHealth network also features two patented solutions from AT&T, including establishing a:
- Network-based health care information system to enable the secure exchange of electronic health care data among legacy systems of health care providers.
- Virtual physician office system to enable the secure use of network-based health care information systems and applications.
"Tennessee is proud to be the first to expand its current state network and offer a private, affordable, statewide secure network for exchanging critical health care information among providers", stated Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen. "Our goal is to accurately and effectively deliver information to health care providers at the point of care, which will improve the quality of health care provided to the citizens of Tennessee. If a patient's medical history and record of care are available to the hospital, laboratory, pharmacy or physician, then they will ultimately receive better and more cost-effective medical care."
"The eHealth network offers anytime, anywhere delivery of care and information to patients, health care communities and the state of Tennessee", stated Gregg Morton, president, AT&T Tennessee. "We're committed to leveraging technology that will transform the delivery of health care, enhance operational efficiencies, provide innovative solutions and,
ultimately, improve the quality of life."
The Tennessee eHealth Exchange Zone provides secure broadband connectivity via a VPN available in all 95 counties in Tennessee. It is being deployed in conjunction with the efforts of the Governor's eHealth Council as well as the state's health information exchanges, including the
MidSouth eHealth Alliance in Memphis, CareSpark in upper eastern Tennessee, Innovation Valley Health Information Network in Knoxville and the statewide Shared Health network.
"We are closer than ever to Governor Bredesen's and the eHealth Council's goal of having a secure broadband infrastructure along with the necessary tools and applications to use health information technology at the point of care", stated Antoine Agassi, chair of Governor Bredesen's eHealth Council. "As a direct result, we will improve the quality of care available in Tennessee."
In 2006, Governor Phil Bredesen established his statewide eHealth Council to co-ordinate among eHealth initiatives across the state with a common goal: the successful development and implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs). As a result, Tennessee has established some of the most promising pilot projects in the United States for the development of a portable EMR. By leveraging state and federal funds, Tennessee is accomplishing leading edge changes in the health information technology sector. The Council guides ongoing eHealth initiatives in Tennessee to ensure interoperability, facilitate the definition of uniform standards, eliminate duplication of effort and reduce competition for resources. Governor Bredesen's leadership in the arena of eHealth led to the National Governors Association (NGA) appointing him co-chair of NGA's State Alliance for eHealth with Vermont Governor Jim Douglas.
The eHealth network is just the latest example of AT&T's commitment to invest in technology in Tennessee. Over the past 10 years, AT&T has spent more than $3 billion on its wireless and wired networks in Tennessee. AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services.
For more information you can visit the Tennessee eHealth Exchange Zone website. More AT&T news can be found in the VMW August 2007 article AT&T announces $900.000 contribution to Mayo Clinic supporting research leading to personalized medicine.
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started3/29/10-finished 4/4/10. Experimenting with a new concept, designing around an empty space, rather than filling it up.
you should use ink! ^^
I would love to use ink, except i do not know how to use it..
I had an art teacher once who was adamant that artworks should have 'empty spaces' to off set the drawn space. i like the way you've used it here. I have a few designs that use negative space ... i should put them up too.
thats a skill i have yet to aquire haha nice job it looks really good


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Hugh Hefner parents were Glenn Lucius Hefner and Grace Caroline (Swanson) Hefner.
Glenn Lucius Hefner (1896-1976), an accountant. He was of German and English descent and came from Nebraska.
Grace Caroline (Swanson) Hefner (1895-1997), a teacher. She was of Swedish ancestry and also from Nebraska.
They were described as “conservative, Midwestern, and Methodist” by Hefner himself. While his mother encouraged him to become a missionary, Hefner took a very different path with his magazine and lifestyle choices.
Who Were Hugh Hefner Parents?
Hugh Hefner’s name is synonymous with hedonism, luxury, and the iconic bunny ears. But behind the velvet robes and champagne toasts lie the quiet influence of his parents, Glenn and Grace Hefner, whose contrasting values surprisingly laid the foundation for their son’s controversial empire.
Born in Chicago in 1926, Hugh grew up in a world far removed from the Playboy Mansion’s excesses. His parents, Glenn, an accountant, and Grace, a schoolteacher, hailed from Nebraska and belonged to a staunchly Methodist community. Their home echoed temperance sermons and strict moral codes, a far cry from the liberated world Hugh would later create.
Glenn, a reserved and practical man, instilled in Hugh a sense of financial responsibility and work ethic. He often discouraged his son’s artistic leanings, believing a stable career was paramount.
Grace, on the other hand, nurtured Hugh’s creative spirit, encouraging his writing and drawing talents. While their approaches differed, both Glenn and Grace instilled in Hugh a strong sense of self-belief and fierce independence.
Despite their conservative upbringing, Hugh Hefner couldn’t help but chafe against the rigid constraints of his community. He found escape in comic books and risqué magazines, his imagination drawn to a world of glamour and sensuality that stood in stark contrast to his everyday life. This early exposure to alternative realities undoubtedly sparked the rebellious spirit that would later fuel his Playboy vision.
The turning point came in 1945 when Hugh, fresh out of the army, borrowed $8,000 to publish his first magazine, “Stag Party.” Despite its modest beginnings, the magazine resonated with readers yearning for something outside the mainstream. Hugh poured his artistic talents and burgeoning business acumen into the “Stag Party,” laying the groundwork for the empire to come.
While Glenn remained skeptical of Hugh’s Playboy venture, Grace became his unexpected supporter. Recognizing her son’s unique vision and entrepreneurial spirit, she provided emotional and financial backing during the magazine’s early, tumultuous years. This unlikely alliance between strict Midwestern values and bohemian rebellion proved to be the catalyst for Playboy’s rise.
Hugh Hefner‘s impact on society is undeniable. He challenged social norms, redefined masculinity, and built a media empire that continues to be debated to this day. But within the pages of Playboy and the walls of the Playboy Mansion, the influence of his parents remains evident.
His rebellious spirit was born from the stifling confines of his upbringing, while his business acumen reflected his father’s practical wisdom. Grace’s encouragement of his artistic side, meanwhile, ensured that Playboy wouldn’t just be a magazine, but a cultural phenomenon.
In understanding Hugh Hefner’s legacy, it’s crucial to look beyond the bunnies and the champagne. His story is one of rebellion, resilience, and the unexpected ways contrasting values can come together to forge something truly unique.
The quiet Midwestern couple who instilled in their son a strict moral code also, unwittingly, gave him the tools to break free and redefine the very norms they held dear. This paradox lies at the heart of Hugh Hefner’s life and continues to fascinate and provoke debate long after the final issue of Playboy hit the stands.
Explore captivating stories and narratives that delve into the journeys of your favorite Celebrity. Trust Celebily to bring you intriguing content and enthralling chronicles about celebrities, keeping you in the loop with the most current insights.

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VISTA, Calif. (AP) - A San Diego County teacher accused of hosting a party where dozens of teens became drunk has resigned.
The North County Times says Nancy Hildebrand, who was on paid leave, will quit her job at the Valley Center Middle School next June. Until then, she'll continue to receive her annual salary of nearly $85,000.
Hildebrand was arrested in June after sheriff's deputies called to her Valley Center home allegedly found many drunk teens, including two who were passed out in their own vomit. Authorities say at least 75 teens attended a graduation and birthday party for Hildebrand's daughter.
Hildebrand has pleaded not guilty to four misdemeanor charges that include furnishing alcohol to a minor. She faces up to a year in jail if convicted.
Information from: North County Times, http://www.nctimes.com


LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
David Madden, retired Air Force colonel, former member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service, past director of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Military Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Directorate and the Satellite Communications Systems Directorate, former executive director, senior civilian executive and Deputy Program Executive Officer for Space was inducted into the Global Positioning System Hall of Fame during the 2018 GPS Partnership Council. The event was hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronic Association, held at the Gordon Conference Center in SMC’s Schriever Space Complex.
“It takes an integrated team to deliver ensured capabilities to protect the warfighter,” said Col. Steven Whitney, current director of SMC’s Global Positioning Directorate. “For the innovators who created GPS, such as Dr. Brad Parkinson, Roger Easton and Ivan Getting, David Madden, along with these pioneers not only changed the military, but made significant contributions that affected the world.”
“Dave Madden also changed the culture of how GPS is seen on the base. He started the GPS Partnership Council and his contributions started the conversation of ‘What Comes Next’ for GPS,” said Whitney before presenting Madden with his plaque.
Madden’s tenacity and perseverance turned GPS modernization concepts into approved requirements, strategies, and acquisition programs. While working on the GPS Combat Survivor Evader Locator at the Electronic Systems Center, he overcame serious development issues to deliver new search and rescue technologies. As director of GPS Requirements at Air Force Space Command, he championed GPS modernization to address critical warfighter threats and civil needs.
In 2007 as the GPS Wing Commander at SMC, he led the Architectural Evolution Plan control system transition, launched six GPS IIR-Ms and the first GPS IIF satellite, completed source selection of a $4 billion GPS III satellite program and $1.4 billion Next Generation Operational Control System, and kept the Military GPS User Equipment alive before retiring from the U.S. Air Force Military in May 2010.
His insistence on timely contract obligations and expenditures turned programs “Green” and was the genesis of the GPS mascot, “The Green Monsters.” From June 2010 to Aug. 2015 as SMC director of MILSATCOM and later SMC Executive Director and Deputy Program Executive Officer for Space, Madden consistently advocated GPS modernization, including his strong leadership during a series of critical program “Deep Dives” with the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
“While working in GPS, we had a great team, we were like family, who wanted to do good work,” said Madden. “These folks dedicated their lives to making sure the system worked for the warfighter.”
Madden encouraged people to “dream big” and take GPS to the next level.


Alibaba is known as the biggest e-commerce company in China, and now they launched the process for initial public offering (IPO) in United States, while news that Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan investment bank, including six Alibaba IPO will undertake the project.
Alibaba said : “This will make us a more global company and enhance the company’s transparency, Should circumstances permit in the future, we will be constructive toward extending our public status in the China capital market.”
Sources said the Alibaba IPO size of the U.S. stock market is expected to become one of the biggest IPO, the company will reach $ 130 billion valuation, the amount of financing may be more than Facebook in 2012 hit a record of $ 16 billion.
As the past two years the most watched IPO case, Ali choose when and where the listing has been concern in the global capital markets, and the IPO is attracting almost all the attention of the Wall Street investment bank. According to informed sources, Ali plans to select at least five investment banks to undertake the IPO, including Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Inc.


CIPP long term care professionals: unsung heroes of COVID-19
COVID-19 has become the ‘new normal’. But for CIPP members, Registered Nurses working in long term care homes, there is no rest.
The world is adapting. We expect COVID-19 to impact the foreseeable future. The reality is that CIPP members working in long term care homes face systemic issues of understaffing and underfunding. The constant pressures our members face have been amplified by the pandemic.
CIPP long term care professionals are strong. They are fighters who rise to every challenge. However, behind the side the public sees, they are human beings who push their mental and physical capacities beyond the limits.
Despite everything, long term care Registered Nurses dedicate themselves daily as advocates for their patients.
COVID-19 has put a brutal spotlight on the problems they face. But these problems have been present for decades, and largely ignored by our government.
CIPP notes the recent proposal to increase direct hours of care for residents in long term care homes to four hours per day, implemented by 2025. But it’s not enough, and not soon enough.
Time and again, medical experts, the Ontario Health Coalition, unions, and journalists have sounded the alarm. Health care professionals, the residents and the residents’ families continue to plead for help.
It is high time for Canada’s federal and provincial governments to do more than conduct investigations and make promises. Long term care homes, the residents and health care professionals need support and solutions now.


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WEEKLY INSPIRATION – ELO SOAPS
This week’s inspiration is from Elo Soaps. The soaps are 100% natural handmade soaps made from pure Greek olive oil. Elo logo uses a clean and elegant look that is made out of simple shapes and lines. Each of the illustrations on the soaps tell a different story based on the ingredients and the colours used are also inspired by the ingredients. The style is pop art geometric style and a little abstract.


A recent AI challenge in the advancement of automated digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) yielded impressive results that promise to benefit the future of breast cancer detection.
Eight teams were tasked with developing algorithms capable of achieving high sensitivity for lesion detection on DBT. Using thousands of exams in numerous datasets, the teams developed algorithms that yielded excellent detection results, with the highest sensitivity recorded as 0.957 .
Details of the competition were shared recently in JAMA, where experts involved in the work suggest that such initiatives…
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Beverley Lee is a freelance writer currently residing in the south east of England. In thrall to the written word from an early age, especially the darker side of fiction, she believes that the very best story is the one you have to tell. Supporting fellow authors is also her passion and she is actively involved in social media writers’ groups. The Making of Gabriel Davenport is her debut novel.
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First of all, Beverley Lee's writing is very clean. The editing was flawless, and I adored how fast the pace of the novel was. This is a perfect novel for those who enjoy horror/darker novels, as well as those who aren't experienced in the genre at all. It is one of those rare novels that is dark, but not crass or grotesque - and these types of novels are the best kind.
Lee is also a master at evolving her characters through the novel, as well as making the reader feel isolated with no one else to turn to but the characters themselves. Her writing allows the reader to become completely isolated inside of the story, and I now feel as though her characters are my own personal friends. I fought for them throughout the novel, and still think about them when they cross my mind. The Making of Gabriel Davenport is the best novel I have read in a really long time, and I am so honored to have read it at all. I cannot talk about this novel enough, and recommend it to anyone in the upper young adult - adult age range. It doesn't matter what genres you like to read, this book is perfect for anyone. And I guarantee that it will turn you to darker novels more than any other introductory novel. Lee is clearly passionate about her novel and her characters, and those passions shine beautifully through her words.
So the story is about more than a young man. It's about a process and revenge. And maybe even a bit of young adult attitude and the stealing of a soul- a lot went on and came together perfectly. You see, Gabriel lives in The Manor, a place that studies the paranormal and supernatural. Each resident, other than the curator (Carver), has a talent that assists in discovering and possibly resolving unnatural occurrences. While there, he's continuously observed by things unseen. He's also under protection - been under protection since infancy and never told why.
While he's dealing with such secrets and insecurities, his mother is tucked away in a room in the same home, completely disconnected from reality. Or is she? Things talk to her and convince her to do things, where the ones who care for her can't even carry on a conversation! Gabriel's father, dead fifteen years, decided to pay everyone a visit too. HOW DOES THIS ALL COME TOGETHER?!! Sounds crazy, I know and you don't exactly get all of the answers, thanks to the ending, but I have a feeling I'll be finding out as soon as the follow-up hits shelves and Kindle!
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When I first heard of 'Gabriel,' I could not wait to read it. When I finally did, it surpassed my expectations! I gave up some sleep to keep reading. It was a very happy trade-off, I assure you (and I was so freaked out at times, I didn't want to sleep anyway!). 😉 'Gabriel' immediately sucked me into the world of the Davenports, and I was right there looking over my shoulder with Beth Davenport (the epitome of 'amazing mother,' by the way. You'll see why!) goosebumps tickling over the surface of my skin, sensing but unable to see something terrible that was lurking with an oppressing heaviness on the edges, waiting, watching. The writing is not only beautiful, but vivid. I was IN every setting, could SEE every character's face, mannerisms. The characters were multi-layered, diverse, and I loved them all. Beverly brought each and every one flaring to life.
This supernatural literary feast is fast-paced (the smaller chapters really worked here!) and stirring. 'The Making of Gabriel Davenport' will take you on a crazy, haunting, and mysterious ride until the 'holy crap!' ending. Can't wait for the sequel! I highly recommend you pick up your own copy tout de suite! 😄

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New breed of wheat could be key to unlocking vital nutrients in cereals
A study funded by PBL at Nottingham Trent University shows that specially-bred wheat could help provide some of the key nutrients essential for healthy bones in poultry, reducing the need to supplement the feed. The wheat was originally identified and has been further characterised by Aarhus University.
PBL is now working with partners in the plant breeding and feed industry to bring this exciting innovation into use.
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Islay is also known as the Queen of the Hebrides and is the most southerly island in the Inner Hebrides. It is well known for its wildlife and birdlife with well over one hundred species of wild birds frequenting its shores. It is surrounded by rugged coastline with miles of unspoilt beaches and boasts spectacular sunrises and sunsets. It has a world famous 18 hole Links golf course at the Machrie and 8 world famous whisky distilleries, with Ardnahoe Distillery opening late this year.
Each of the whisky distilleries have a shop and offer tours and tastings. Contact the individual distilleries to book tours and for more information.
RSPB Nature Reserve at Loch Gruinart www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/loch-gruinart/
Wild Islay Bird offer bespoke wildlife and bird tours www.wildislaybirding.co.uk
Golf: The Machrie Links Golf Course https://www.campbellgrayhotels.com/machrie-islay-scotland/gallery/
Wildlife and Fishing Tours www.islay-sea-adventures.co.uk
Finlaggan, the Ancient Seat of the Lords of the Isles where there is a visitor centre and you can visit this historical site. www.finlaggan.org
The Museum of Islay Life www.islaymuseum.org
Swimming and Gym facilities at The MacTaggart Leisure Centre in Bowmore www.mactaggartleisurecentre.co.uk
Islay Woollen Mill visit the working mill and shop www.islaywoollenmill.co.uk
Islay House Square for shopping and brewery and Community Garden
Pony Trekking at Ballivicar Farm and Sanaigmore
Cycling, walking and hiking bike hire from Jim Lutomski in Port Ellen www.lutomskiart.co.uk
Annual events and festival: Islay Festival of the Sea, Walk Islay, Islay Beach Rugby, Islay Half Marathon, Islay Agricultural Show, Islay Book Festival, Islay Jazz Festival and the Ride of the Falling Rain.


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I got in the kitchen last night and started messing around with some ingredients to see what I could come up with. I created a Mexican Chicken sandwich that was OUT of this world delicious!
This was really easy to create!
I grilled a piece of chicken breast seasoned with Lawry’s seasoned salt and then shredded it for my sandwich.
I made some homemade pico de gallo and topped my sandwich with that, a piece of hot cheese, bacon, and some homemade tortila strips.
It was a very satisfying burger!
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Monday, July 23, 2018
Listen back to some of the best World Cafe interviews and performances of the past year including Courtney Barnett, David Crosby, Natalie Prass and many more.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Dessa, a raconteur rapper and slick singer who studied philosophy and dabbled in slam poetry, is one of the most anomalous artists in music today.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Dave Matthews' opinions on U.S. race relations, excitement for a new band line-up and acceptance of "Crash Into Me" are all products of reflection.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Case reflects on a solitary childhood, the fire that consumed her house, the subjugation of women and the fate of humanity, and performs songs from her latest album, Hell-On.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
The message of Turner's new album Be More Kind applies both to the ways we treat the world around us and the way we treat ourselves.
Monday, July 09, 2018
Songwriting and musicianship aside, one of the things fans latch on to is that this band feels like a good hang.
Friday, July 06, 2018
The members of the trio talk about All of This Life, their relentless work ethic and the surprising similarities between touring in a rock and roll band and growing up on a dairy farm.
Tuesday, July 03, 2018
LaMontagne shares life stories, including how he met his wife at 8 years old, and performs songs from his latest album 'Part of the Light.'
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Hear the story of how the brothers went from singing in the pubs of an old steel town outside London to recording at Rick Rubin's Shangri La Studios in Malibu.
Friday, June 22, 2018
After some ups and downs, Zoe Reynolds persisted and independently released her debut album. Hear a live performance.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
At 72 years old, LaVette is back with a deep dive into Bob Dylan's songbook for her latest record Things Have Changed.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Rather than taking on an acid tongue, Prass digs into the sweeter possibilities — that tough times can make people stick together, stand up and be counted and even dance.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
With a career spanning more than five decades, Nelson is an American treasure. Over a cup of coffee, the 85-year-old talks about outliving old friends, practicing martial arts and life on a tour bus.
Monday, June 11, 2018
The Irish singer-songwriter talks about the follow-up to his 2014 self-titled debut and shares lyrics from a forthcoming single.
Wednesday, June 06, 2018
The Australian artist's latest album Tell Me How You Really Feel is marvelous for many reasons. Barnett discusses writing about doubt while exuding total ease and artistic certainty.
Friday, June 01, 2018
You don't have to have heard John Prine's music before to feel instantly connected to him. His songs are an invitation to come along.
Friday, June 01, 2018
Though he's had some ups and downs, Crockett has come out on the other side with a cowboy hat, some amazing songs and a hard-earned version of optimism that's nothing short of inspiring.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Members of the beloved 90's rock band discuss getting the party started again after 25 years since its debut album.
Friday, May 25, 2018
Hear how Scott McMicken's "F*** Dr. Dog" statement led to the band's latest album, Critical Equation.


Formula 1 will introduce a system of performance balances starting from 2021 with an aerodynamic development handicap, which has Alpha Tauri team boss Franz Tost excited.
After several years without any limitations – in the past teams have been able to run wind-tunnel testing 24/7 but this is now been substantially curtailed to 65 sessions per week with the new regulations.
With measures to reduce costs in place, for 2021 that limit was already lowered to 40 runs and the number of CFD items were capped at 2000 per Aerodynamic Testing Period of eight weeks, but Formula 1 went a step further.
Last week it was agreed to introduce a system of performance equalisation based on the Constructor Championship’s positions, with the goal of levelling the playing field for all teams.
With this system the team finishing last in 2020 will be allowed 112,5% of those limits in the first half of the following season, dropping in 2.5% increments for each position to give the champion team 90%.
In 2022 the dropping increments will increase to 5%, with the team finishing last allowed 115% of the limits and the first-placed team 70% and the allocations reviewed every six months according to the Constructors Championship.
The sliding scale aero testing rules intend to permit the smaller teams to reach the level of the top teams, and AlphaTauri’s team principal is a believer,
Tost told GrandPrix247.com, “I supported the ATR system (Aerodynamic Testing Periods) as it will create a performance balance between the cars. And this is exactly what we want to achieve. As a result, we will see a much closer racing with more overtaking manoeuvres.”
With these limitations, all the teams will try to maximize every wind tunnel run and every item CFD tested, which could lead to bigger aerodynamic departments, even in the Cost Cap context. However, Tost considers that the size won’t matter.
“The number of people is not decisive. More important is creativity and efficiency,” he venture, and added, “You have to take even more care for every small detail to get a small advantage.”
The new technical regulations will be introduced in 2022 and cars for that season will be designed and developed under these rules and Tost predicts, “All the cars on the starting grid will be much closer together.”


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TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday, as the Ombudsman’s Office organized a meeting at Library of Parliament in Tbilisi.
There were invited representatives of different religious confessions, foreign diplomats, government officials and anyone wishing to come, to gather and say a few words to pay tribute to the victims of the Holocaust.
The UN General Assembly adopted resolution on November 1 of 2005, after which January 27 is a memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust. The date was chosen because it was the day the Red Army liberated the prisoners in the concentration camp Auschwitz.
Ucha Nanuashvili, Georgia’s Public Defender, wrote in a statement that Holocaust is a reminder for humanity that the smallest wave of intolerance can lead us to the edge of destruction of the human existence.
“Holocaust is a reminder for each of us to actively resist intolerance to race, ethnic, religious, and sexual and other minorities.”
He remembered famous Georgian cleric, theologian and historian St. Grigol Peradze, who lived in Poland during World War II. He sheltered many people during the war, but he was caught and put in jail. Then he was moved to Auschwitz.
Survivors from the camp who met him there later remembered that Peradze was together with a Jewish man with many children. The Nazis were going to send this man to the gas chamber, but Peradze felt sorry for him and took the blame on himself. He was killed December 6, 1942 instead of this man.
The Public Defender quoted him in his statement, that citizenship is about listening to the opinions of others, finding humanity in other humans and valuing it.
“Citizenship is sacrificing; self-sacrifice for another person’s happiness.”
Paata Zakareishvili, Minister of Reintegration, who attended today’s meeting, said that Holocaust first happened in the heads of people, and then it happened in reality. People were getting ready for this, as Holocaust committed in the heads resulted in a horrible reality in the future.
“I think Holocaust continues in people’s heads and there are still cases when people, especially politicians, dare to make discriminatory statements towards religious, ethnic or other minorities, but which aren’t met with appropriate reaction from the society,” he said, adding that humanity experienced this tragedy and does not have the right to let such statements pass without special attention.
The guests at the meeting lighted candles at photographs of the Holocaust victims.


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The LGiU and CCLA are delighted to announce that Councillor Lynn Pallister of Redcar & Cleveland Council has won the 2016 C’llr Achievement Award for County Councillor of the Year.
The seventh annual Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday evening (November 1st) against the beautiful backdrop of the Guildhall’s Livery Hall in London. The Awards are the only national ceremony to honour the hard work of councillors from across the country that often goes unrecognised.
Councillor Pallister was selected as the County Councillor of the Year for being a committed advocate for her constituents and bringing about positive change in her community. Through her role as a Community Enterprise Manager with FROG – Future Regeneration of Grangetown – she recently helped secure £1 million of funding to transform a derelict social club into a community space to serve the Grangetown community. Lynn also took the lead in setting up Teesside Steel Appeal, a local charity supporting families affected by the closure of the local steelworks in 2015. The appeal attracted support from across the country, including major retailers, and ensured that families who had lost work could still enjoy Christmas despite the loss of income.
With nearly 200 nominations, a record amount for the Awards, competition was extremely tight this year. The winners were selected by a group of judges made up of local government experts and councillors. The full list of winners is available on our website here.
Jonathan Carr-West, Chief Executive, LGiU said: “The 2016 C’llr Award winners showcase the best of the best across local government. These are the councillors who are working tirelessly to make our communities better places to live.
For the past seven years we have been honouring the work of councillors, but this year’s winners have really pushed the envelope. It is such a privilege to honour their achievements. We congratulate Councillor Pallister on her outstanding work and are looking forward to hearing about her future accomplishments.”


In just four months, your iPhone 6’s and 7’s will suddenly feel archaic when Apple unveils its next-generation iPhone 8. But if you can’t wait until then, a new hands-on video courtesy of iPhone gumshoe extraordinaire Benjamin Geskin features what appears to be the new model in all its glory.
The most striking update seen is easily the removal of the home button. This is the first time an iPhone will come equipped with an OLED display, and Apple wants you to have as much of it as possible. Though the phone itself is smaller than the iPhone 7 Plus, the 5.8 inch display will be larger thanks to an edge-to-edge design that will pretty much take up the entire front panel.
The last few iPhones have lacked the kind of drastic innovation that made you feel like you were really getting something new. That’s not the case here. The absence of the home button is the kind of leap forward that could make the iPhone 8 the best selling iPhone yet.
The video also gives credence to the long-running rumors that Apple plans on ditching the iPhone’s traditional aluminum back panel in favor of a sleeker glass one. Also, instead of a vertical camera, the dual lenses on the iPhone 8 are stacked on top of one another, which Yahoo points out will help support augmented reality features that will be integrated into the phone.
In April, Forbes published a story that explored how Chinese smartphone manufacturers are catching up to Apple. And while the tech giant still has a stranglehold on the smartphone market, if the iPhone 8 is the juggernaut we expect it to be, that stranglehold will only tighten.


AnTuTuAndroid smartphone comparison platform note has published its potential model classification for 2024. List of basic data collected in the AnTuTu application, considering only models with a validity of 1000 points. The classification is divided into two categories: top-end and lower flagship, which is the second processor used.
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Nella categoria top di gamma, province first place è busy branch OPPO Find X7see you later Average score 2195036. If there is a smartphone data Dimensity 9300 processor from MediaTek, The first 5 nanometer chip from the Taiwanese manufacturer offering high performance and low energy consumption. OPPO Find X7 also stands out with its elegant design 108 megapixel rear camera.
Get second place we find it ROG 8 Prosmartphone da gioco di ASUSsee you later Average score 2157660. Monta il’s model Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen3 processorThe most powerful of the 8th series, guaranteeing the best gaming experience. You can use ROG 8 Pro6.8 inch AMOLED screen, 144 Hz refresh rate6000 mAh battery with 65 W fast charging and 64 megapixel rear camera.
Get third row square l’iQOO12, il flagship di iQOO, il Marchio di vivo is dedicated to young people. I bought Questo smartphone average score 2120878thank you take it Snapdragon 8 Gen3 processor. iQOO 12 stands out with its balance between design, photography and gaming, with a 6.7-inch AMOLED screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate, a 4500 mAh battery with 120 W fast charging and a 50 megapixel rear camera.
Nella’s top 10 The most powerful smartphones of 2024, Latest features of Snapdragon 8 Gen3Meanwhile Size of quattro is 9300. Although MediaTek is trying to recover with its new chips, this shows Qualcomm’s superiority in the premium segment. This model offers the best classification of the past era, without comparing Xiaomi’s smartphone. This may be due to the lack of HyperOS operating system. Xiaomi There is a conservative understanding of performance, but AnTuTu’s performance is limited.
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We did not put up a Christmas tree this year. *Gasp. Our house is feeling so small and cluttered right now, and the idea of doing the tree seemed stressful. Plus, we’ll be in Dallas for 6 days for Christmas itself. Next year we’ll go all out decorating, and Jaye will actually be aware of what’s happening.
But here’s what we have done to decorate. I made a Christmas card garland. Easy peasy. String ribbon up. Clothespin the Christmas cards you get to the ribbon. I found tiny red clothespins at a scrapbooking store at the Mall of America. We really needed a longer garland because I’ve had to swap out cards as we keep getting new ones. I love this garland because it’s fun to actually enjoy the cards people send for longer than one moment as you open them.
I also hung Jaye’s Christmas art and a cute ornament from her Great Aunt Susie on the garland.
I also made a fun felt holly garland. Please excuse all the crap piled up in the background, particularly on the little landing. This is why I felt too cluttered to have a Christmas tree.
The garland was easy to make. I printed out a picture of a holly leaf and berry from the internet. Then I traced them onto some cardboard to make a sturdier stencil.
Then I traced around my stencil onto some felt that I had leftover from an earlier project (my coat tree, which I had intended to add magnets to and different felt leaves for the different seasons). I cut out all my shapes (Phil even helped!) and strung them together on some thread. The stringing was the trickiest part because at first all the shapes mushed together. Once I had them all strung, I had to carefully spread them all out again.
We leave for Dallas early, early Thursday morning and will be there until Tuesday evening. I’m looking forward to it! Hope everyone else has a lovely Christmas planned!