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Schools Respond to Shooting With Security Questions
On Friday, Dec. 14, an armed gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Conn. and killed 26 people, including 20 first-graders.
Since then, faculty and staff at area schools have taken a hard look at their own plans of response should such violence erupt in their own hallways.
Teachers and other staff at Washington Elementary School met Thursday with Valley City Police Chief Fred Thompson to discuss the school’s current emergency plan and how to improve it.
The current guideline of moving into classrooms and not opening doors in case of an armed intruder was debunked by Thompson, who instructed staff to run if they can, hide or barricade themselves in a room or closet if they can’t run, and to fight as a last resort.
Besides addressing physical security issues, Thompson discussed his concerns with having an “open” campus, a campus with unlocked doors that is accessible to anyone who approaches, be it parents, substitute staff, or the “bad guys.”
The group discussed the plausibility of locking all but one of the outside doors, most likely the entrance closest to the office, where everyone would be required to enter.
Parents picking up children would be required to check into the office and their children would be brought to them.
Such a measure could inconvenience parents, said Washington Elementary School principal Wayne Denault, but it’s still better than putting children’s safety at risk.
The group also considered a “buzzer system,” which would allow all the doors to be locked during school hours and anyone wanting in the building would need to be identified before being allowed entrance. Also, the use of identification tags, which would make it easier to identify outsiders or unauthorized people was discussed.
According to Steve Larson, Superintendent of Litchvile Marion Schools, all but one door at each of the district’s two schools are already kept locked during the school day.
Litchville-Marion has taken preliminary steps to make its buildings more secure.The Barnes County and LaMoure County Sheriff’s Departments have agreed to be as visible as possible in the schools (a common violence prevention-tool throughout area schools) and the sheriff’s departments now have keys to each of the district’s buildings (the elementary school is in Barnes County while the high school is in LaMoure County). Also the district, which uses video surveillance in both buildings, is considering increasing its video surveillance coverage.
The Valley City Junior/Senior Hight School Building has 52 surveillance cameras throughout the building, and has applied for grant money to purchase and install 14 more, said high school principal Kristi Brandt. She acknowledged that violence against students and staff is just as likely to happen from within as from outside the school.
All but one door each in the junior/senior high building is kept locked, said Brandt. But it’s difficult to impress upon students that they shouldn’t prop the doors open for easy access.
“We’re looking at all of our policies,” said Brandt. “This incident certainly left us with a heightened awareness.”
Though the High School staff, nor any other Valley City Public Schools staff besides those at Washington Elementary School, have had formal meetings with law enforcement, Brandt has encouraged her staff to list their concerns for a meeting later on. Eventually, all of the Valley City Public Schools will have such meetings.
Brandt also asked Thompson if he would be willing to meet with individual teachers, in their classrooms, to hear their concerns and make safety recommendations.
During the meeting at Washington, Thompson emphasized that many acts of school violence may have been prevented, if someone had reacted to the warning signs.
“In the vast majority of these active shooter scenarios, someone knew. Somebody heard a threat, somebody heard an expression from the “bad guy” that they were thinking about this. Typically, they don’t tell anybody.”
Any time a child, regardless of age, starts talking about harming others, law enforcement needs to get involved, Thompson told the Washington staff.
“I’d rather respond to 1,000 false threats than miss one real threat.” Thompson said later.


DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Kylian Mbappé’s goals he led defending champion France to the knockout round of the World Cup. The return of Raphael Varane gave the French team an additional reason to celebrate.
The sadness of injuries before the tournament are fading, Les Bleus are feeling upbeat again and see themselves as one of the tournament favourites.
Mbappe’s two goals in Saturday’s 2-1 win against Denmark helped the French become the first defending World Cup champions to reach the round of 16 since Brazil in 2006.
France’s night was made even better with the return of Varane to the center of defence. It was the first game for the stylish defender since he limped off in tears after picking up a hamstring injury while playing for Manchester United. on October 11.
There were genuine fears that his World Cup could end or that he would not be fit enough to play in Qatar.
But his 88th appearance with Les Bleus went off without a hitch.
“I am very happy, very satisfied to be here. I have worked very hard and I enjoyed it a lot”, said Varane after the match. “It is always special to play a World Cup, to play for your country. I’m making the most of it.”
His reassuring presence, exceptional reading of the game and strong heading ability were on display at Estadio 974, where he played alongside Dayot Upamecano.
Varane was without apparent discomfort for 75 minutes before coach Didier Deschamps gave him a breather ahead of France’s final Group D match against Tunisia on Wednesday.
With France already done, it’s a low-pressure game that gives Deschamps the chance to try another central defensive partnership with Varane alongside Ibrahima Konate, who played in the 4-1 win against Australia..
Then Deschamps can decide which pairing he prefers for the round of 16.
It was a relief for Deschamps to see Varane come out of a physical encounter unscathed, even more so because he is missing so many stars.
Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema; Key midfielders Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kante; central defender Presnel Kimpembe, left back Lucas Hernándezand striker Christopher Nkunku were out of the World Cup with injuries.
So it would have been a crushing blow for Deschamps to lose Varane, his best defender when France won the 2018 World Cup and a highly respected member of the team.
Luck could be turning France’s way, with Theo Hernandez replacing his injured brother at left-back and setting up Mbappe’s first goal against Denmark after a deft double with the PSG star, who has three goals in the tournament.
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This is a small boutique ship. Which makes it very intimate. Every one gets to know everyone.
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The unemployment rate in Turkey rose by 1.2 percentage points y/y to 11.3% while the non-farm unemployment rate climbed to 13.7%. This August job report marked another step in deceleration pace of the economy.
Partly due to the purge following the coup attempt and struggling tourism sector, Turkey lost 614K non-agriculture job in the three-month period ended in August of which 356K came from services. In seasonally adjusted terms, total decrease was 219K (-162K from manufacturing, -113K from construction, and interesting +55K services). The report build a supportive case for a slowdown in the economy to the hilt during the 3Q.
The rising unemployment is likely to influence asset quality in the bank through its pressure on retail loans and credit cards. Traditionally, an unemployment rate above 12% is alarming and potentially would lead a major deterioration. Since the official figures still remain below that threshold, we can comfortably say it is groundless to be pessimistic for the time being, however, we recommend investors to keep an eye on upcoming job reports.

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Heren 5 architects in collaboration with furniture designer Paul Timmer, designed the interior of Loft Buikslotherham, fully utilising the width of the space. The most important housing functions, cooking and eating, are situated directly behind the large glass façades with view of the lightboat and the canal.
The living room, sleeping area, storage and bathroom are situated in the back of the loft. With the extra high 3.5m ceiling used to place the sleeping area on top of the kitchen, with an extra bed under the living-platform, to provide sleeping space for guests. Inventive switching and stacking created a compact loft with a generous feel.
The large interior-unit is realized in a subtle palette of birch wood and white Corian. The ‘diamond edge’-detailing, designed by Paul Timmer, gives the design its unique look.

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Cfl picks week 3
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Researches and Churches in Serbia
This sequence of nine short articles about churches in Serbia was originally published in the parish magazine of the author’s local church; parts of the booklet also draw upon Aldiss’ 1966 book Cities & Stones: a Traveller’s Jugoslavia. The articles were revised for this publication. A limited edition of 100 numbered copies.
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Haiti Turnout Is Sparse In Legislative Elections
By HOWARD W. FRENCH, Special to The New York Times
Published: January 21, 1991
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 20— Voter turnout was sparse across much of the countryside today in legislative and local government contests that concluded Haiti's first fully free national elections.
Throughout the country, Haitians dressed in bright Sunday finery for morning church services, or selling goods at dusty rural roadside markets, showed little interest in the elections, and voters, when they turned up at polling places, faced none of the long, boisterous lines seen in last month's presidential race.
Sensing the lack of interest in the second round of voting, last week, election officials, party leaders and the president-elect, the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, made last-minute appeals to Haitians to fulfill their "civic duty" and take part in the legislative elections. Today's vote will determine whether Father Aristide, a leftist Roman Catholic priest and political novice, will have a clear majority in the National Assembly or will have to negotiate with opposition parties over the choice of a prime minister and other policy matters. Results will not be known before midweek.
With Father Aristide's landslide win last Dec. 16, after a tense period of politically related violence, many Haitians say they have turned their attention away from politics until after the inauguration of a new government on Feb. 7. At that time, Father Aristide's grass-roots supporters say, they hope to see the president reign in inflation and bring to justice perceived criminals from the deposed Duvalier-family dictatorship and successive governments. No More Than 25 Percent
Jacques Gerard, a Canadian expert on elections who has led an observation team from the Organization of American States, estimated that no more than 20 to 25 percent of the eligible voters took part today. Last month voter participation was as high as 65 percent.
"For a lot of people it is all over once the president is chosen," said Desir Demeza, an election observer for a political party who manned a polling station at a church in Montrouis, a small coastal town 40 miles northwest of the capital. "Most people are just not concerned about deputies and senators."
By midmorning, several hours after the polling stations opened, election officials in Montrouis said only 25 people had voted in one station. At Carrefour Medard, another small town on Haiti's coastal highway, only six people had voted more than three hours after the start of the election.
"People say the deputies are there to protect the interests of people from their regions," said one of those voters, Andre Elizaire Poteau, a 68-year-old pensioner and former farmer, explaining his interest in the elections. "I don't know if it is true. Once upon a time being a legislator was a sinecure. We'll see if things change." Aristide Rivals Assailed
Haitian commentators have criticized leaders of several rival parties to Father Aristide's National Front for Democracy and Change, saying they failed to campaign strenuously for the legislative races out of discouragement over the president-elect's overwhelming popular support.
After hastily assembling an incomplete slate of candidates to run on his ticket, Father Aristide, a last-minute entry into the presidential race, succeeded in having 15 deputies and 5 senators elected outright in the first round of voting last month, avoiding runoffs this week for those candidates. The National Assembly includes a total of 27 senate seats and 83 deputies.
Francois Benoit, referring to the crushing defeat of his party, the National Alliance for Democracy and Progress, by Father Aristide and his allies last month, said, "Everyone was shocked, the A.N.D.P. included, not because we lost, but how we lost." Mr. Benoit suggested that there had been widespread irregularities, but international observers have described that vote as largely honest and fair.
The National Alliance, an alliance of center-right and socialist politicians, whose conservative presidential candidate, Marc Bazin, was widely considered the favorite until Father Aristide's entry into the race, fielded a full slate of legislative candidates. It won 14 deputy seats outright, but no senatorial posts.
Mr. Benoit, who is vice president of the alliance, said no party would emerge from today's elections with a clear majority and predicted an intense period of coalition building before Father Aristide is able to form a government.


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Art Licks magazine, Issue 3. With Duncan Whitley's contribution, 'Rachel & Rathbone' included in the magazine as a CD.
New design, new features, rich content, and a special CD of a work by sound artist Duncan Whitley; all makes for a fantastic issue.
Includes writing and work from:
Ian Giles interviews artist Tessa Lynch for his new feature, The Introduction
Son Gallery, Guy Robertson
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Stour Space, Rebecca Whyte
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Reassessment of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Improves Renal Risk Stratification in Nondialysis Chronic Kidney Disease
Long-Term Cohort Study
In nondialysis chronic kidney disease, ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) performs better than clinic BP in predicting outcome, but whether repeated assessment of ABP further refines prognosis remains ill-defined. We recruited 182 consecutive hypertensive patients with nondialysis chronic kidney disease who underwent 2 ABPs 12 months apart to evaluate the enhancement in risk stratification provided by a second ABP obtained 1 year after baseline on the risk (hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval) of composite renal end point (death, chronic dialysis, and estimated glomerular filtration rate decline ≥40%). The difference in daytime and nighttime systolic BP between the 2 ABPs (daytime and nighttime bias) was added to a survival model including baseline ABP. Net reclassification improvement was also calculated. Age was 65.6±13.4 years; 36% had diabetes mellitus and 36% had previous cardiovascular event; estimated glomerular filtration rate was 42.2±19.6 mL/min per 1.73 m2, and clinic BP was 145±18/80±11 mm Hg. Baseline ABP (daytime, 131±16/75±10 and nighttime, 122±18/66±10 mm Hg) and daytime/nighttime BP goals (58.2% and 43.4%) did not change at month 12. Besides baseline ABP values, bias for daytime and nighttime systolic BP linearly associated with renal outcome (1.12, 1.04–1.21 and 1.18, 1.08–1.29 for every 5-mm Hg increase, respectively). Classification of patients at risk improved when considering nighttime systolic level at second ABP (net reclassification improvement, 0.224; 95% confidence interval, 0.005–0.435). Patients with first and second ABPs above target showed greater renal risk (2.15, 1.29–3.59 and 1.71, 1.07–2.72, for daytime and nighttime, respectively). In nondialysis chronic kidney disease, reassessment of ABP at 1 year further refines renal prognosis; such reassessment should specifically be considered in patients with uncontrolled BP at baseline.
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Do you want to get quicker? Do you want to jump higher?
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Monthly at our Storm Performance Training Center, we train female athletes who are in 6th-12th grades to get quicker, stronger, jump higher and be better athletes. During the summer and on Christmas break we even have programs for collegiate players who are at home and still need to train.
We specialize in training female athletes. And we want to help them become better athletes.
Being an athlete for any sport demands having explosive power, speed, stamina, quick directional changes and fast reaction time. The goal of Storm’s Performance Training Program is to physically prepare athletes to meet these demands in order to compete at the highest level.
Our trainers are not only certified but experienced coaches who have coached numerous sports and also played sports collegiately.
They have helped prepare athletes in-season as well as in off-season. Having coached volleyball, softball, basketball, tennis, soccer, and others they design workouts to help athletes perform and excel.
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- Deceleration- slowing down and breaking from sprinting
- Jumping- preventing knee valgus (collapsing ) and/or pushing forward when loading hips to jump, and using as much force on two legs or one leg
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- Sprinting – applying as much force as possible with solid knee lifts, and striking the ground using the balls of the feet. Many athletes heel strike when they sprint in their Athlete Assessment and don’t even realize it. Heel striking while running or sprinting over time will lead to shin splints, and foot, ankle, knee, hip and low back pain. Sprint drills also ensure efficient arm swing, and stability through the core
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Palamidi Fortress is located high above Nafplion, Greece and is considered an architectural masterpiece. This fort was built during the Venetian occupation in the early 18th century.
It features eight bastions, each self-contained, ensuring that if one bastion was breached the others could be separately defended. The bastions were built one on top of the other and are connected with one wall.
The fort is very large, but easy to explore except for higher points. The views of Argolic Gulf are spectacular too.
The visit to the fort was one stop on Exodus Travels' "Highlights of Ancient Greece" tour.


More than 2100 delegates from across the country recently returned from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities 2018 conference. Mountain View County was represented in Halifax, Nova Scotia by several councillors including Division 1's Dwayne Fulton. He believes it is critical for rural municipalities to be well represented at the FCM conference. Fulton adds, rural issues are very similar all across Canada. By having more rural representatives at FCM, he says it raises the profile of their problems as compared to the issues brought to the federal level by urban municipalities.


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Since 2013, our Youth-Canine programs have positively impacted hundreds of teens and saved hundreds of dogs.
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Commons Speaker John Bercow today warned of the danger of prejudicing the trials of three MPs charged with criminal offences relating to their expenses claims.
Bercow's intervention came after comments by David Cameron about the cases led to claims he risked prejudicing any criminal trial.
David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine are being prosecuted on several counts of false accounting. All were suspended from the Labour party earlier today, prompting the Tory leader to accuse Gordon Brown of a "humiliating" retreat.
The Tories said Labour only took the decision after Cameron identified Labour's failure to discipline the three as an example of Gordon Brown's inability to deal with the expenses issue properly.
Labour rejected this, saying that the three were suspended as the result of a formal process that began at the end of last week.
Tonight, Bercow also said that the "golden goodbye" payments for the three MPs will be suspended until legal proceedings are over. He wrote to the clerk of the house, Malcolm Jack, telling him to "suspend any payments which would otherwise be due and attributable to the resettlement grant in any case where criminal proceedings are brought in relation to any claim for expenses until the criminal proceedings have been finally disposed of".
Earlier today, Bercow made a brief statement to MPs to warn them that the cases of Chaytor, MP for Bury North, Morley, MP for Scunthorpe, and Devine, the MP for Livingston are officially "sub judice" and should not be referred to in Commons proceedings. All three, as well as Tory peer Lord Hanningfield deny the charges.
He said: "The House will be aware that charges have been made against three members of the House and that therefore the sub judice rule applies to their cases.
"The matter is therefore before the courts and the House and members would not wish to interfere with the judicial process, risk affecting the fairness of a criminal trial or, furthermore, prevent such a trial taking place."
The news of Labour's decision to suspend the MPs broke shortly before Cameron was due to deliver a speech that will come close to suggesting Brown has been trying to protect the three Labour MPs.
The allegations have infuriated Labour, and given rise to suggestions that Cameron's intervention could prevent the accused getting a fair trial.
The expenses controversy has damaged the reputation of all MPs and until today Cameron has been cautious about exploiting it for party political advantage. But today, in a speech at the University of East London, Cameron attacked the prime minister in relation to this issue, in personal terms.
At the end of last week the three Labour MPs, Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine, – as well as the Tory peer Lord Hanningfield – were charged with false accounting. The director of public prosecution has said that lawyers for the accused have suggested that a criminal trial could be a breach of parliamentary privilege.
In his speech Cameron pledged to introduce a Parliamentary Privileges Act to ensure that MPs in cases of this kind cannot use the 1689 Bill of Rights to protect themselves. The Bill of Rights protects parliamentarians from legal liability "for words spoken or things done in the course of, or for the purposes of or incidental to, any proceedings in parliament".
The Tory leader said: "Look how [Gordon Brown] tolerates the disgusting sight of Labour MPs taking parliamentary privilege designed to help MPs fight for their constituents; for truth and justice, and abuse it in order to avoid prosecution for fraud and wrongdoing. I can announce today that I have asked George Young [shadow leader of the commons] to prepare a new Parliamentary Privilege Act to clarify the rules of parliamentary privilege, to make clear that they cannot be used by MPs to evade justice."
This morning it was reported that Cameron would also say that Brown should withdraw the whip from the three Labour MPs. Hanningfield had the Tory whip withdrawn from him shortly after it was announced on Friday that he was being charged.
But today, shortly before Cameron was due to speak, Labour announced that Chaytor, Devine and Morley had been suspended from the party.
A Labour party spokesman said: "The decision follows a formal process which included representations from the chief whip and consultations with party officials over the weekend and means the three MPs have been suspended from the whip and cannot attend any Labour party meetings."
The spokesman also pointed out that the three had already been barred from standing for re-election.
In his speech Cameron said: "In a humiliating change, they have actually withdrawn the Labour whip from all three of those MPs. They are now in a headlong retreat.
"The last 24 hours, I believe, have shown the instincts of the Conservative Party, when it comes to this issue about expenses, are in tune with the public mood, are in the right place, and Labour's are not."
Cameron also argued in his speech that Brown has shown he is "just not capable" of dealing with the issues involved in reforming parliament.
"Look how he tried to block the publication of expenses. Look at his disastrous interventions – from the YouTube fiasco when he proposed paying MPs just to turn up – to his own failure to turn up and vote against the John Lewis list," Cameron said.
He called for MPs to delay their half-term recess by a day so that they can debate the parliamentary reform proposals – including electing select committee officials and giving rank-and-file MPs more control over Commons business – proposed by a committee chaired by the Labour MP Tony Wright.
Brown has infuriated parliamentary reformers because, although he has backed many of the reforms in principle, he has not committed himself to getting them approved before the election.
Cameron said: "How Gordon Brown can claim to be a reformer with a straight face, I just don't know.
"He can't reform the institution because he is the institution: he made it. The character of his government – secretive, power-hoarding, controlling – is his character.
"Just as he's the roadblock to public service reform, he's the roadblock to political reform."
In an interview on the Today programme, Harman said that the Conservatives blocked an attempt to create a specific offence for MPs accused of abusing their expenses when the bill setting up the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) was going through parliament last summer.
"They are being at best muddled and inconsistent, and at worst, downright opportunistic," she said.
Harman said she did not believe that parliamentary privilege would stop the four parliamentarians being tried for the false accounting charges they face under the Theft Act.
But she said it was a mistake for Cameron to exploit the issue in a speech.
"Because of our doctrine of innocent until proven guilty, it is usual that there is not political comment about this. One of the things that I think the leader of the opposition has got to think very carefully about is that he should not precipitate a situation where the case is then withdrawn from court on the basis that the defendants are able to say they cannot get a fair trial because there has been too much comment," Harman said.
"He's got to be very careful what he says or his comments might actually jeopardise the trial. None of us would want to see that happen."
Downing Street also rejected the suggestion that the four parliamentarians could use parliamentary privilege to stop a prosecution.
A spokesman said: "No one believes that an MP has the right to be above the criminal law. Parliamentary privilege was clearly not intended to cover this.
"The director of public prosecutions has said it is for the courts to determine whether parliamentary privilege applies. If necessary, we will legislate to clarify this."
Downing Street sources today claimed that Cameron's speech was a sign of "desperation" and that it showed he would "say whatever he thinks people want to hear".
Today Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, claimed that Brown and Cameron were both at fault over this issue.
"Listening to the two of them, anyone would think that they were powerless backbenchers rather than the two parties in parliament which have proved to be the real roadblocks to reform," Clegg said.
The Lib Dems will try to amend the constitutional affairs bill, which is currently going through parliament, to make it clear that parliamentary privilege cannot be used to stop MPs facing a criminal trial.


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Power wash driveway to protect it from winter weather
Updated On: Feb 07 2013 12:28:48 PM CST
(NewsUSA) - Many homeowners are aware of the basic do-it-yourself home projects one should tackle when preparing for the winter season, including caulking gaps around doors and installing programmable thermostats. But what about projects that are just as important but easy to overlook?
One project not to overlook is power washing and sealing outside structures.
Sealing your driveway and deck protects them from fluctuating temperatures as well as ice and winter damage.
Applying a sealant gives a driveway the added protection it needs to last longer and resist deterioration, especially during the winter months.
Always remember to power wash all outdoor structures before applying any type of sealant.
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Herbert Smith has advised Chevron Global Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies, on the sale of Chevron Limited, the entity which holds the Pembroke Refinery, as well as its fuel marketing and aviation business in the United Kingdom and Ireland to a wholly owned subsidiary of the US energy company, Valero Energy Corporation, which was announced today
The sale price is $730 million, plus an additional payment estimated to be $1 billion for Chevron Limited’s inventory and other items. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close during the second half of 2011.
Under the terms of the deal, Valero will acquire the Pembroke Refinery, approximately 1,000 Texaco-branded retail service stations in UK and Ireland, a commercial and industrial fuels business, seven equity-owned terminals, shareholdings in four pipelines, eight aviation facilities and related support and trading operations and will retain the right for the company to use the Texaco retail brand in the UK and Ireland for 20 years. Chevron will retain its upstream, finished and marine lubricants, and Oronite businesses in the UK and Ireland.
The deal is the second and larger part of a wider transaction, which also involved the sale of Chevron’s Spanish retail business to CEPSA, which was announced in February and on which Herbert Smith also advised.
Commenting on the deal, partner Simon Tysoe said:
“We are delighted to have helped Chevron on this important disposal programme. There are number of UK refinery sale processes ongoing so it is great to have played a part in ensuring Chevron has been the first to reach definitive sale agreements. Our relationship with Chevron is a long and highly valued one, made stronger by this transaction.”


text: An escape room is a physical adventure game in which players are locked in a room and have to use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles and escape within a set time limit, or having completed a mission. The games are physical versions of “escape the room” video games. The first escape game (Real Escape Room) was invented in Japan in 2007 by Takao Kato. Typical elements of an “escape room” are : 1) Teamwork, the number of group is between two and 12. Working as a team is essential to escape the room. 2) A story – escape rooms are usually themed around some kind of storyline. It can be story created by the company itself or a story based on popular movies or books. 3) An atmosphere – the room is decorated in particular style matching the theme of the game. 4) Puzzles- you need to find and solve them. 5) Time limit – usually one hour to escape the room.

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Representative John Duncan (R-TN) has a very good opinion piece in The American Conservative, titled “A Return to the Peace Party”.
Duncan laments that the current batch of “Republican candidates for president try to outdo each other in their hawkishness” and worries that “it is a recipe for defeat if my Republican party becomes known as a party favoring permanent, forever wars – war without end”.
Ironically, once upon a time “the Republican party could make a legitimate claim to being the Peace Party”, voting against wars (like Vietnam) that were started by Democrats. Indeed, it was a Republican, President Dwight Eisenhower, who warned us about the rise of the military-industrial complex. Hypocritically, Republicans became the party of the military-industrial complex, under the command of chickenhawks like Dick Cheney.
Republicans claim to worship Ronald Reagan, but it was he who wrote four strict principles for military action:
- The United States should not commit its forces to military action overseas unless the cause is vital to our national interest;
- If the decision is made to commit our forces to combat abroad, it must be done with the clear intent and support needed to win … and there must be clearly defined and realistic objectives;
- Before we commit our troops to combat, there must be reasonable assurance that the cause we are fighting for and the actions we take will have the support of the American people and Congress, and
- Even after all these other tests are met, our troops should be committed to combat abroad only as a last resort, when no other choice is available.
One might question whether Reagan followed his own principles, but today it is difficult to find any GOP politicians who would even agree with the principles. Republicans hypocritically say we should slash government spending, while simultaneously increasing military spending.
Duncan ends the article by saying that “there was much less anti-Americanism around the world when we tried to mind our own business and take care of our own people. And this nation had more friends when we followed a policy of peace through strength, not one of peace through endless war.”
I hope other Republicans are listening.


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Under the Caves
By CB Droege
At first, we were afraid.
It was not our first time down in the tunnels, but it was our first time descending so far, exploring so deeply into the mountain. Our ancestors had mapped these places in some distant past, and we had their guides, but still we were fearful. The darkness was absolute when we extinguished our torches, which we did whenever we stopped to sleep. Many of us had never been surrounded by such deep darkness that our eyes would never find their way. The world became black and still, and some had visions of things that were not there, creations of their mind in response to the nothingness before them.
Looking back, I’m convinced that there were no dangers at all, other than the ones we posed to ourselves in our paranoia or our incautious steps. If we’d known just what we’d find at the end of the ancient instructions on the maps, We’d never have worried so much about how long our pitch would last in this place, but I understand why our ancestors would have wanted to keep the nature of this place a secret. If we had known the treasures that lay here all these years, we would have come earlier, and it could not have saved us when it did.
For a dozen generations, our people watched for the signs depicted in the scrolls, the strange lights like ribbons in the sky, the altered colors of the sun, the spinning of the ancient dials. Many hadn’t believed before that day, that there was anything to the ancient scrolls. Some had even thought them mad ravings of some long-dead, sick person. But when the signs came exactly as described, many believed then, and nearly everyone descended into the caves as the instructions told.
It was weeks before the strange voice in the walls of this place told us that we could return to the surface, and the scouting parties who volunteered to go and look reported that nothing was left alive there. Every remaining person, animal and plant on the surface had been killed. Everything was covered in scorch marks, as though a great fire had swept across the land in multiple waves.
For now, everyone who still lives, lives under the caves, in the great, bright halls of the underground village. Food and water are plentiful, and there is little work that must be done, which makes some reluctant to leave, but the walls tell us that we cannot remain in this place indefinitely. We must rebuild our lives on the outside.
We will, eventually. For now, this is our home, and we are content to remain.
About the author
CB Droege is an author and voice actor from the Queen City living in the Millionendorf. Recent publications include work in Nature Futures and Daily Science Fiction.
Learn more at cbdroege.com
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I know the question is very confusing but I can't think of a better way of putting it. Below is a 3D image of the canal wall that our company has inspected:
Our divers inspected this 1km stretch of wall and took readings of water level, top of wall, seas bed at wall, seabed 5m away, seabed 10m away like below:
This data was taken every 5m along the wall so I have 200 sets I need to model.
My question is; is there a way of automating this process to draw these sections perpendicular to the wall at their 5m increments so I can join them in a surface to create the 3D model? I have used excel previously to draw simpler sets of data for me, but with the shape of the wall not being straight I'm a bit stuck this time.
Do any of you very kind people have any idea if this is possible?
Thanks in advance,


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Rural disparities in end-of-life care for patients with heart failure: Are they due to geography or socioeconomic disparity?
The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association
PURPOSE: The impact of rurality and socioeconomic deprivation on end-of-life (EOL) care for patients with heart failure (HF) is unknown. We analyzed claims to describe the prevalence and predictors of EOL health care utilization for patients dying with HF in a predominantly rural state. METHODS: We used the MaineHealth Data Organization's All-Payer Claims Data to identify 15,168 patients ≥35 who died with HF between 2012 and 2017. The primary outcome was health care utilization during the last 180 days of life (EOL definition for this analysis), including emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and hospice utilization. Patient characteristics analyzed included age, gender, comorbidities, area deprivation index (ADI), and rurality. FINDINGS: Among 15,168 patients ≥35 who died with HF, 48% had ≥2 hospitalizations, 72% had ≥2 ED visit, 29% had an ICU stay, 2% initiated dialysis during EOL, and 64% received hospice. Rural patients were more likely to have an ICU admission and have ≥2 hospitalizations. Patients residing in areas with higher ADI were more likely to be hospitalized, admitted to the ICU, and started on dialysis. Both rural patients and those living in higher ADI areas were less likely to receive hospice. After multivariable adjustment, rurality and ADI were independently associated with a decreased likelihood of receiving hospice (OR 0.62 [95% CI: 0.53-0.72] for the most rural patients and OR 0.64 [95% CI: 0.57-0.72] for the highest ADI). CONCLUSION: Both rurality and local area deprivation drive disparities in EOL care for patients dying with heart failure.
Hutchinson RN, Han PKJ, Lucas FL, Black A, Sawyer D, Fairfield K. Rural disparities in end-of-life care for patients with heart failure: Are they due to geography or socioeconomic disparity?. J Rural Health. 2022;38(2):457-463. doi:10.1111/jrh.12597

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Netflix Shares Surge as Investors Forget How Much They Hate It
If there's one thing I've learned about the markets in the years since the dot com collapse in 2001, its that investors are suffering more and more from short-term memory loss. Just a few years after losing 98% of their investments in countless failed Internet start-ups, investors were all too willing to jump right back into the fray with brand-new untested and unprofitable Internet IPOs like Groupon and Zynga. That's why this week's 30% surge in Netflix is so puzzling, have investors forgotten that the stock just fell from $129 to $53 a share?
Netflix hasn't reported anything new about its business over the past few days, but it seems that the analyst community and the market at large decided on Sept 28th that $53 a share is where the bottom will be occurring. Since then, shares have been on a tear, up nearly 35% in a little over a week. Not to be left out of the party, an analyst at Morgan Stanley just today upgraded Netflix to "overweight," saying among other things that the company's U.S. subscriber base has stabilized and competition from Amazon.com's streaming offerings has been tepid at best. The analyst also noted that Netflix appears to finally be reigning in its content costs. It would have been nice had Morgan Stanley gotten this analysis to investors last week, before the stock's monster move, but I digress.
Netflix has always been one of those hot-button names that can trade wildly on even the slightest of news. In the beginning of July, the stock soared from the mid-$60's to over $80 a share on the simple announcement that viewers had streamed over one billion hours of movies using the service. By the end of July however, shares had crashed into the mid 50's on the news the company would sacrifice profits in order to bolster some of its international expansion efforts.Continued on the next page


When it concerns keeping our environment clean and also our air high quality high, smoke testing plays an important role. Smoke, which is a mix of pollutants airborne, not just impacts the overall air high quality however additionally presents significant health and wellness threats. That’s why smoke screening programs have actually been executed in many cities and also regions around the globe. In this short article, we’ll discover the value and benefits of smog testing.
Smog testing, additionally known as exhausts testing, is a procedure that determines the amount of toxins launched by vehicles and industrial resources. It includes evaluating the exhaust discharges to guarantee they satisfy the required criteria set by governing firms. The key objective of smoke screening is to determine cars and resources that are contributing to air contamination as well as take needed activities to minimize their discharges.
Among the essential benefits of smog testing is that it helps in lowering air pollution. Automobiles are just one of the major contributors to air pollution, sending out hazardous gases and also particulate matter into the atmosphere. By imposing smog testing and also establishing rigorous discharge requirements, authorities can recognize high-polluting automobiles as well as need them to go through repairs or alterations to reduce their exhausts. This not only assists in boosting air quality however likewise promotes making use of cleaner fuels as well as innovations.
One more essential advantage of smoke screening is the favorable influence it carries public health and wellness. The contaminants present in smoke, such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide gas, as well as unstable organic compounds, can have harmful effects on human health. Long term direct exposure to these toxins can cause respiratory problems, allergies, and also various other significant health and wellness problems. By decreasing the degree of exhausts via smoke testing, we can minimize these health and wellness dangers and also develop a more secure setting for everybody.
Additionally, smog screening programs can additionally incentivize automobile proprietors to preserve their automobiles in correct functioning problem. Normal smoke testing ensures that lorries are properly maintained and fulfill the required exhaust standards. This not only helps in decreasing contamination however likewise enhances gas performance as well as prolongs the life expectancy of lorries. Additionally, it motivates car proprietors to be much more conscious about the ecological influence of their lorries as well as inspires them to choose cleaner and extra sustainable transportation options.
In conclusion, smog screening plays a vital function in reducing air pollution, protecting public health, and also advertising environmental sustainability. By identifying high-polluting vehicles and also resources, smoke screening programs aid in implementing exhaust standards and encouraging the fostering of cleaner fuels as well as innovations. It is vital for federal governments as well as individuals to sustain and also join smoke testing campaigns to produce a cleaner as well as much healthier setting for future generations.


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Electron Beam Computerized Tomography (cont.)
In this Article
- What is an Electron Beam (Ultrafast) CT (EBCT)?
- How should I prepare for a heart CT scan?
- What can I expect during a heart CT scan?
- What happens after a heart CT scan?
- Is the heart CT scan covered by insurance?
Is the Heart CT Scan Covered by Insurance?
Because this CT scan is a screening examination, it is not currently covered under most insurance companies and Medicare. Therefore, you will likely be responsible for all involved costs at the time of the exam. The examination cost is about $350.00 and includes all lab, technical, medical and professional interpretation charges.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
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- 1 1/3 cups cold water
- salt to taste
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Yields: 4 servings
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Very popular indeed, but the different Arabic/Middle-Eastern countries use different names. In Jordan it's called shanina, I think in Dubai they just call it labaneh.
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[Photos] New Stills Added for the Korean Drama "The Heavenly Idol"
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New stills added for the Korean drama "The Heavenly Idol" (2023).
Directed by Lee So-yoon-I, Park So-yeon-I
Written by Lee Cheon-geum
With Kim Min-kyu, Go Bo-gyeol, Lee Jang-woo, Cha Joo-young, Ye Ji-won, Hong Seung-bum,...
12 episodes - Wed, Thu 22:30
Formerly known as "Pontifex Lembrary" (대신관 렘브러리, dae-sin-gwan lem-beu-reo-ri)
Adapted from a web novel
A fantasy-romance drama about an unknown idol, Woo Yeon-woo, whose body was possessed by Lembrary, the god of this world.
Broadcast starting date in Korea : 2023/02/15

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Managers can mine and analyze electronic traces and databases, which reveal a lot about a lawyer's activity.
Data on in-house productivity may be buried
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Rice bag pillows add flavor and flare to your home decor. They are simple to make in just 4 easy steps!
We here at Celebrations.com crafted our pillows from real rice bags.
Rice bag pillows are also great gifts. We love the vintage look and feel and think you will too!
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According to an advertisement of a recording of the above reduction (by the Tyrol museum) the reduction was made by the composer.
No.5 or 6
"The work formerly identified as 'Symphony No. 3 in F major - lost' never existed. Instead, it seems that the work in F major is actually a concert aria with an opening orchestral section in the same key (which was taken to be the opening of an unidentified symphony). "


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|PHOTO OF PAINTING UNDER HALOGEN LIGHT|
ORIGINAL ACEO BY SEA DEAN
8" x 6"
To view my Gallery or purchase this painting please visit Daily Paintworks. Larger originals or prints may be available by contacting me.
All week I've been catching glimpses out of the kitchen window of some gorgeous purple flowers (can't think of their name at the moment), teamed with the soft yellow leaves of a bush and the brilliant cerise of what looks like Sweet William. Today I finally got a chance to paint freely and express a little of the passion of that combination. A bit of inspired planting by the garden designer I think.
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US announces $10m for project to combat child labour in Ethiopia
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Piloting a tool that helps assess the impact potential and necessary points of improvement of LEADER projects, already during the project’s application phase.
Projects & Practice
Reintroducing the traditional practice of controlled forest burning, as means to promote biodiversity and create new business opportunities in the forestry sector.
An association used RDP support to turn the ‘disadvantages’ of long periods of cold and darkness in northern Sweden, into a unique selling point for tourism.
A major exporting agricultural company in Portugal, used EAFRD support to develop a state-of-the-art innovative, greenhouse production unit.
A project to help keep elderly people living at home safe and happy.
In order to strengthen and expand the function of a community café as a focal point of the village community, the outdoor area of the old school hosting the café was rebuilt and designed in such a way that community events can be held outdoors.
Organising a series of educational events to raise awareness and interest about the environmental functions of the peatlands in Brandenburg.
Improving the centre of a small community by replacing the roofs of municipal buildings.
An example of a LEADER financed local festival that became a tool to promote cultural heritage and create the conditions necessary for sustainable local development.


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Age restriction 14+
Story about:scandal, teacherxstudent, forbiddenlove
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This story makes me so curious what will hppn next!! I fell so srry for Femi:((
Swati Singh, yeah she has been through a lot
this is soo good waiting for update dear
Dream of books, thank you
oh dear I really love I feel so bad for femi and hope Kyle remembers her but I think there is some sort of misunderstanding or something but that lead to feminmother death and Kyle and Sera parents death eagerly waiting for update
Anie Styles, yaaah eagerly waiting dear
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WHAT A GREAT BOOK,I WISH I COULD READ THE WHOLE STORY NON STOP,IT MAKES ME MORE CURIOUS OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.
shalom, thank you so much this means a lot to me
who is this who ?..i really wants to know about him.
sana vibhore, in next chapter you will
It's a nice story , thank you for sharing this with us , I'm waiting fir the next chapter. Thanks . God bless you .
Esther C. Ballon, thank you dear...
Wow! Now this was totally unexpected :D
GS R, thank you dear
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sana vibhore, thank you
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Swe et Biya, thank you dear, it means a lot
this is a great book guys it makes one get even more curious of what will happen next.
shalom, that means a lot to me, thank you
he is brother in law of Rosalie
sana vibhore, what's upcoming is more interesting
Wao fabulous update
Park Hyo Jin, thank you so much
There are too many secrets to unfold... I am eager to know why their families broke apart :o
Payal Mandal, you're right, these secrets are the reason of everything
I like the story very much , I pity on the part of Femille , why is the world so cruel on her , but I know God is more concerned of people like her , and I'm looking forward for the updates of the next chapter..Thank you so much . God bless you
Esther C. Ballon, Thank you so much, dear. You are right the god has planned better for her.
love triangle i knew it in the intro chapters.
sana vibhore, How did you do that but I might surprised you
I'm feeling bad for Femi :(
Payal Mandal, me toooo
Payal Mandal, thanks payal
The cover looks awesome Author... I like the new change
Riya Sarkar, thank you so much
Sorry about this but now you all can read this book. It is non 18 version...
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Well, it would appear that this concert really is happening. Here, check out this link:
Please buy tickets to this most lovely thing, it’ll be weird to do it to an empty house. It’s January 29th, at Lancaster University, featuring Michael Law’s Piccadilly Dance Orchestra augmented with strings and conducted by me. There’ll be all sorts going on, there’s a pre-concert talk by me, and it’ll be the first chance to buy my Hylton book and CDs of rare Hylton material which has never been on CD before.
Tickets aren’t yet available to the general public (only to Live at LICA supporters – whatever that means) but as soon as they’re generally available I’ll let you know.
I think it’ll be fun. Then afterwards we’ll all have a little drink.
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This is the first full-scale exhibition celebrating the art, teaching methods and spirit of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898–1944), the remarkable Bauhaus artist and art teacher who taught children in the Terezín ghetto and concentration camp.
This is the first full-scale exhibition celebrating the art, teaching methods and spirit of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898–1944), the remarkable Bauhaus artist and art teacher who taught children in the Terezín ghetto and concentration camp. More often known for the tragic end of her life than for her inventive and dynamic career, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis is an artist whose biography has overshadowed her art. As this exhibition will show, her contributions to advance modern design and painting, however, are as important as her courage and empathy as the art teacher of children in the Terezín ghetto.
Shortly after her training at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, Dicker-Brandeis opened her own successful design and architectural studios first in Berlin and then in Vienna. Unlike many artists of her time, her resilient pragmatism and capacity to work in a wide range of media allowed her to make a successful career out of her art practice. As the Nazis rose to power, Dicker-Brandeis used her artistic skills to make polemical works of mass appeal. Opportunities gradually closed down for Dicker-Brandeis during the Nazi regime, and she was forced to close her atelier in 1934. She then turned her attention to painting in an intimate, naturalistic style while living in Prague and later in the Czech countryside.
In 1942, she was deported to Terezín, the ghetto outside Prague. As the art teacher there, Dicker-Brandeis provided emotional support and creative inspiration to hundreds of children who had been forcefully separated from their families. Just before her deportation and murder in Auschwitz in 1944, Dicker-Brandeis stuffed 5,000 children’s drawings into two suitcases and hid them in Terezín. These drawings were later discovered and brought to a worldwide audience with the publication of the book I Never Saw Another Butterfly in 1964. Though neither Dicker-Brandeis nor most of the children survived, her amazing act of courage affords us a glimpse of the optimism and hope she infused into these children’s lives, despite the bleak reality of their captivity. What Dicker-Brandeis left behind—the body of work and correspondence in this exhibition—are vestigial traces that commemorate a life devoted to art.
Innovator, Activist, Healer: The Art of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis is based on an exhibition organized by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles.


Wests Tigers stars Luke Brooks and Moses Mbye are out to stop the pattern of scrapping for the eight every season when they take on the Canberra Raiders this weekend.
The Tigers are in a similar spot to this time last year when they were on the verge of a finals finish but just fell short – and the club will no doubt be looking to change that in 2019.
Captain and QLD State of Origin representative Mbye has identified the ongoing pattern at Concord, but says the Tigers won’t give up without a fight.
“It seems to be a bit of a pattern, we have slipped up in a few games and we’ve got ourselves in a spot where we were last year,” he said.
“We’re not out of the fight, we have a tough road trip this weekend and we need to get some momentum.
“The Raiders gave us a lesson last time we played them so hopefully we can put some points on the board this time and get the win.”
Mbye said he is ‘feeling confident’ in the centres after making the shift midway through the season and credits the coaching staff for helping him make the position his own.
It has unfortunately been a trademark season for the Tigers – at their best they are electric and look like world-beaters, but at their worst look like they could challemnge for the wooden spoon.
2018 Dally M Halfback of the Year Brooks echoed the sentiments of his skipper on Wednesday, and spoke about an extra bit of motivation that could get them into the finals.
“It’s pretty much like that every year,” he said.
“We’re obviously in with a chance to make the finals so we have to concentrate on playing good footy and doing what works for us because those little things in games are becoming big things.
“I think if Benji’s body is feeling good I’d like him to go around again, but if it is him and Robbie’s last season we want to send them out on top, so it is definitely something in the back of our minds and we want to send them out as winners.”
Brooks also touched briefly on his boot-throwing incident late in Sunday’s game against the Eels – saying it was a ‘heat of the moment’ thing and that he ‘forgot they changed the rule’ to a penalty for those sorts of antics.
The Tigers are currently in 11th spot but are just two points outside the eight, and with a tough run home they will need to be at their best this weekend against the in-form Green Machine.


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Looking for Youhodler Crypto Tax Software…Numerous of you have actually asked for a comparison in between Celsius, BlockFi, YouHodler, and Nexo which are all platforms that enable you to make interest on your stablecoins and cryptocurrencies. As requested, in this video, we will be comparing the organization design of specific platforms, the return rates, the reliability and track record, usability of their apps and we will likewise talk about some of the threats that you ought to consider when depositing your crypto on one of these platforms.
think about subscribing and hit the like button to see more material like this in the future. Let’s very first give you a quick introduction to every platform before we dive deeper into the comparison. Celsius Network is the fastest-growing crypto financing platform on the planet, which was founded in 2017 by Alex Mashinsky. Currently, there are over 650,000 users utilizing Celsius Network to take a crypto loan or earn interest on their stablecoins and cryptocurrencies. In total, Celsius manages more than $17 B worth of assets. The platform uses its services worldwide, nevertheless, they are currently not releasing loans in the United States due to regional guidelines. BlockFi is the largest
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competitor to Celsius Network. The US-based business has trading and financing licenses in various US states. , if you are looking for a wealth-management app for your crypto possessions BlockFi is certainly worth considering.. The platform offers crypto-backed loans in 47 US states and their crypto interest account is offered worldwide with exception of sanctioned nations. YouHodler is likely the most genuine crypto financing platform in Europe. The business is registered in Cyprus, with a devoted branch in Switzerland. YouHodler provides extremely competitive rates on your crypto possessions along with numerous other features which you won’t discover on any other platforms. The platform is readily available in many nations with the exception of Germany and the U.S.A.. If you reside in the states, you will not be able to use YouHodler’s services. Nexo is another European platform that provides crypto enthusiasts the alternative to make interest not only on their coins however likewise fiat deposits. Nexo is in reality, one of only two, to us known, crypto loaning platforms that offer interest on fiat deposits. The platform provides its services worldwide, with exception of Bulgaria and Estonia. So now that you have a brief introduction of every platform
let’s discuss how they generate income in the first place. So Celsius makes money from the interest they charge to the customers which are either retail borrowers or organizations, they likewise generate income from their CEL token which is an energy token that you can use to increase your rewards on Celsius Network. Another earnings stream is the rehypothecation which means that Celsius utilizes the collateral from the borrowers and deploys it in order to create extra earnings. BlockFi is likewise making money through the interest that is being charged to debtors. The platform likewise charges a 2% origination cost for anybody who desires to take a loan. Another income stream is BlockFi’s exchange function. The platform generates income from the spread when exchanging currencies. BlockFi also charges withdrawal costs after your one free withdrawal per month. And the platform is also preparing to launch a BlockFi credit card which will create another earnings stream. YouHodler is likewise making money from the interest charged to debtors. In addition to that, there is a little withdrawal cost and costs for extra services such as the Multi HODL tool, which is a function that lets you take advantage of your crypto assets in exchange for possible returns. Like all the other platforms, Nexo also takes a cut from the interest that is being paid by the debtors. Nexo likewise makes profits with their Nexo token. That’s at least our analysis from Nexo’s business design as the platform does not have A dedicated section about
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If you are enjoying this video, you desire to make money by transferring your coins on one of the platforms? Every platform has specific limitations and terms when it comes to offering interest on your coins. You are just able to make higher rates if you choose to receive the interest in Celsius’s own energy token.
9% annually. What deserves pointing out is that if you want to conserve some fees, and bring more stability into your crypto interest account, you can likewise transfer the Binance USD coin for which you will not require to pay the significant gas cost, as the currency operates on the Binance Smart Chain with way lower fees in comparison to stablecoins that work on the ethereum network. The Binance USD coin is presently only supported on Celsius Network and BlockFi. YouHodler provides presently the most competitive rates for your USDC coins without the need to stake the platform’s own energy tokens. You can make 12% interest on your USDC holdings and the platform provides 5.5% on Ethereum and 4.8% on your bitcoin deposits. Nexo is another platform that offers higher rewards for those who wish to get the interest in the native NEXO tokens instead of the deposited currency. The platform offers 6% for non-Nexo token holders on bitcoin and ethereum and 10% on the USDC coin. What you ought to keep in mind is that platforms tend to change the rates from time to time, so you can’t truly forecast the genuine return from your deposits. Likewise, bear in mind that by transferring your crypto, the worth of the currency might reduce Which will make it hard for you to liquidate your possessions if that’s something you would otherwise consider. Now, that you are aware of the returns let’s briefly evaluation the credibility of the platforms and their track record. Celsius Network is likely the most genuine platform in this area. The creator Alex Mashinsky is a well-known entrepreneur. Prior to launching the Celsius network, he has actually co-founded 3 startups worth more than $1 Billion each. On the Celsius App, you are also able to keep track of the progress and examine a few of the data. As we are recording this video, there are over 650,000 users and the platform is managing $17 billion worth of assets. Alone in the last 12 months, Celsius has Youhodler Crypto Tax Software
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The platform is not transparent when it comes to sharing its monetary reports, however with a little bit of digging, you can get your hands on the financial report for 2020, where you will find out that the platform is not rewarding. BlockFi is also financed by numerous institutional investors and the platform is generally targeting the US market. According to our research, it appears like he has actually transferred to Switzerland to introduce his crypto loaning platform YouHodler in 2017.
deposit amount as compared to the users on the Celsius Network. We are not thrilled about Nexo’s reporting requirements as we have pointed out together with other warnings in our previous video. Likewise, at the beginning of January, Nexo had just $4B under its management from 1 M users, now five months later, the platform declares to manage $12B from 1.5 M users, which we believe is a bit of a high development even if we think about the buzz in the crypto space. What about Nexo’s management? Nexo is co-founded by Antoni Trenchev and Kosta Kantchev. Based on our research study, Antoni was a Bulgarian political leader with experience in the fashion Retail market. On his LinkedIn profile, he describes Nexo as the leading controlled financial institution for digital possessions. I would be really interested by whom Nexo is controlled, as the business doesn’t have a lending license in Estonia, where they are a legal entity Nexo Services OU is based. Throughout our research, we discovered connections to Bulgaria, Estonia, the UK, and the Cayman Islands however their legal address is nowhere to be found on the website. The second co-founder of Nexo is Kosta Kantchev who likewise founded Credissimo, a Bulgarian payday loan company that apparently is financing Nexo. According to our recent research study, the executive board does not even include Antoli, however just Kosta and two other gentlemen, from which one is William Arthur Vesilind who was previously the executive director at TrustBuddy, a Swedish p2p financing platform, which is understood for the “abuse of clients money”. Likewise when evaluating a few of Nexo’s comments from the CEO
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in the media, he is often only promoting crypto and predicting prices but lacks any deeper insights into the crypto lending area or how Nexo is running. That’s simply our impression from his Bloomberg talks. Nexo is the only platform that uses interest on fiat. According to our knowledge, you can not offer interest on fiat deposits unless you have a banking license which Nexo definitely does not have. Although we are not attorneys, we struggle to understand the legal setup under which Nexo is offering its services. Now that we have reviewed some of the track records of the four mentioned platforms, let’s briefly go over the functionality of every crypto financing website. Celsius has started as a native mobile app. The app is well established and it comes with various security functions such as the biometric scan, HODL mode, and 2FA. In the dashboard, you are able to see how numerous properties you are holding and what are the presently used rates. You can withdraw and transfer supported coins however there is no exchange, so if you don’t deposit your cryptos from another wallet, you can purchase them directly through the app. Keep in mind, nevertheless, that there might be fees for charge card purchases or SEPA transfers. Celsius Network supports currently 40 digital assets. BlockiFi makes a less developed impression. The app is really basic and so is the desktop version of the platform. BlockFi supports currently just 10 digital currencies. The platform likewise offers a dedicated exchange so you can even trade them. We do not advise this feature that much as the exchange rates are not the best. While the crypto loans on BlockFi are only offered to U.S. citizens, the platform is likewise working on a Bitcoin rewards credit card which will be competing with the charge card from Crypto.com YouHodler offers a few of the most sophisticated services among the crypto lending platforms. Presently, the platform supports 18 digital
currencies on which you are able to make interest. YouHodler allows you to exchange between different currencies or deposit fiat via bank wire or other supported payment services. The minimum deposit quantities are very low, so you don’t need to move hundreds of Dollars or euros to check the platform. The minimum deposit is around 50 EUR or USD worth of cryptocurrency. As YouHodler does not have a banking license, you can only earn interest on your crypto possessions. Apart from making interest on your deposits or exchanging cryptos, YouHodler also offers you the option to borrow fiat money in exchange for collateral. The platform presently supports only loans in us euros or dollars. YouHodler is likewise one of the platforms with flexible loan terms and an optimum LTV of 90%. Apart from those services, YouHodler also offers 2 leveraging tools such as Turbocharged loans and Multi HODL, which appropriate for more opportunistic investors. As the functionality of those functions goes beyond this video, you can learn how it operates in our devoted youhodler review on p2pempire. Nexo’s usability is similar to Celsius Network. Nexo is likewise using its utility tokens to use much better rates on loans, higher interests on crypto and fiat deposits, or more totally free withdrawals per month. If you decide to stake your coins or fiat, implying you lock your assets for a specified term, you can get a higher interest rate. Like BlockFi, Nexo also offers you to buy, or exchange crypto if you wish to hold your properties in numerous currencies. Now you have a truly solid concept of what every crypto lending platform is offering. What you ought to consider however, is that as soon as you deposit your crypto on any platform, you are not owning your personal keys any longer and your possessions might get compromised either by third parties or by the platform itself. It resembles transferring your crypto on the exchange – if you do not own the secrets, the coin isn’t technically yours anymore. Platforms like Celsius and BlockFi are really clear about the truth that you Youhodler Crypto Tax Software
The only way to safeguard your crypto is to save it on a dedicated hardware wallet like this one from Trezor. The disadvantage of this method is that you will just benefit from the increased value of your coin however not the interest on your deposits, which is something you can do on one of the crypto lending platforms. Based on our extensive contrast, let’s have an appearance at our independent scores of every classification for every platform.


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Roughly two decades ago, Andy Palmer gave up music to practice law.
“I quit music because I didn’t think I was giving back enough,” he says. “I didn’t think I was contributing directly to helping out. And I thought music could do that. It conveyed messages and transforms people’s experience and all that sort of stuff. And in a way, it can, I suppose. I just came to the belief that I didn’t think I was changing anyone’s mind. I was just reinforcing people’s beliefs. That didn’t seem to be impactful.”
After three years of law school, Palmer landed a gig as a public defender in Brooklyn. He wanted to work with people directly and help them survive tough times.
“I did it largely because I’m half black, but I was adopted,” Palmer says. “I was adopted by a white family. I always carried a little bit of guilt that I hadn’t given back and didn’t really know my community.
“So initially, I went to law school thinking I was going to be a civil-rights attorney, but that was boring, I found. It was really slow. But public defense work was super-fast, and I was in the courtroom all the time and [with] clients – direct face-to-face stuff. So I wound up going that way as a mode of giving back to a community that I would have been a part of had I not been adopted, like if I'd wound up in foster care.”
During his three-year stint as a public defender, Palmer found the job to be too combative, and he says he didn’t have that sort of fight instinct.
“To do that day after day, you’ve got to want to take on the Man, take on the powers-that-be, like, every second of the day,” Palmer says. “It’s just fighting with the DA, fighting with the judge, fighting with your clients. They don’t trust you. After three years of that, I just realized I wasn’t built for it. It’s intense.”
After Palmer left his public-defender gig, his wife landed a job in Denver, and they moved here in 2009. Over the next two years, the gravelly-voiced Palmer worked on building his music chops, and in 2011, he released the alt-folk album Sometime Around, which was followed two years later with the exceptional Hazard of the Die. On Friday, May 19, Palmer will release The Switch, which he says is “way more intimate and way more personal” than his previous efforts.
“I let out a little more of my sensitive side,” he says. “I don’t know if that’s a product of me letting my guard down a bit, which I think the grit and growl was a little bit, if I look at it honestly. It was kind of a little bit of a shield.”
Palmer says he’s previously used the narratives of tougher folks (“I don’t know if that comes from my public-defense background, but those kinds of characters kind of seeped into my songs”), but The Switch has a different kind of vibe. The album is much smoother around the edges, he says, and he’s backed off from the growling vocals, as well.
While the acoustic guitar and percussion-driven new album doesn’t have any searing guitar solos, like on his previous releases, and the music might be a bit softer at times, it doesn’t make the album any less compelling. Palmer’s gritty vocals are front and center, and lyrically, Palmer delves into some weighty material, particularly The Switch’s title track.
“It kind of explores this kind of conflicting notion of a religious perspective that wants to see a return of Christ or something, but at the same time, that means destruction, and so I was trying to make that an exploration of that idea and why that would be,” Palmer says. “I, perhaps wrongly, assume this position of a god figure and look down at what I would be seeing as the desire for my return but knowing my return was going to be your destruction.”
Palmer says the song resonated with him when he first wrote it, but he didn't think it was going to turn into much. He says producer Steve Vidaic (who also plays keyboards with Citizen Cope and was in a band with Palmer two decades ago), through production, “made it this struggle between those ideas. It’s hard to explain, but that song emotionally impacts me the most.”
Another notable track on The Switch is “Black Moses (Harriet Tubman),” which was a phrase Palmer found during a bout with writer’s block while flipping through books and dictionaries, looking for words that jumped out. He learned that the phrase was a nickname given to abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
“I scribbled down a song that I didn’t think was going to be all that much, but kind of powerful,” Palmer says. “It took time to figure out where its soul was. The song became really important to me."
Around the same time he was working on the song, everywhere he turned it was Harriet Tubman, whether it was last year's New York Times best-selling book The Underground Railroad or the announcement of Tubman being on the $20 bill. "All the sudden she was getting much more attention," he says, "which was cool to see, and the other thing that compounded that was just the increasing racial tension in the last two years, which was shocking to me.”
While recording The Switch last year, Palmer was also working with the Denver Justice Project and headed up the compilation album We Are Brown, which showcased Colorado musicians who wrote songs about racial tension. During his work on both projects, Palmer thought the racial divide was getting better, but then realized it was actually getting much worse. “'Black Moses,' Palmer says, “struggles or recognizes that there was such a respectable fight put on by someone, but there’s so much more to be done.”
Andy Palmer CD release, with Anthony Ruptak and the Midnight Friends, Joe Sampson, 8 p.m. Friday, May 19, The Walnut Room, $10-$15, 303-295-1868.
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The Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) hosted a virtual forum with the arts sector on Friday, April 29, 2022 titled “Umpukan sa Nayon: Pugad Sining” to start a conversation about how the creative industry evolved and adjusted during these extraordinary times as well as the role of NPF in helping the sector to further flourish.
Streamed live via the digital platforms of the NPF and the Creative Content Creators Association of the Philippines (SIKAP), the forum had an important topic which is to turn the NPF Creative Hub into a nest that nurtures creatives, where artists can learn, grow, and showcase their works.
NPF Deputy Executive Director for Marketing and Operations, Dr. Jovertlee C. Pudan said that the project was designed as a series of multi-sectoral consultations for the development of programs for the future NPF Cultural Park and Creative Hub.
“The Nayong Pilipino Foundation has a 9.5-hectare property in Entertainment City in Parañaque. About 70% will be an urban forest while 30% of the area will contain built structures. To further aid in the development of this site, we created the concept of “Umpukan sa Nayon” —online consultation sessions involving various stakeholders belonging to different sectors. Each iteration of Umpukan creates opportunities for networking, partnership, and calling citizens to action,” he said.
During the forum, the participants discussed what the future of arts would look like in the new normal, and how the sector and NPF can work together to progress effectively in the post-pandemic world, reiterating that the physical space that NPF will provide will be a great venue where artists can get together to generate new ideas.
Music Producer Cyril Sorongon emphasized that it is very timely to provide a platform where artists can share their outputs for people to see. While Aria Chelabian, the General Manager and Co-Founder of Kawangis Publishing said the NPF Creative Hub will be an avenue to highlight the culture of each region in the Philippines among the younger generation.
Maria Sinadjan, author and singer-songwriter pointed out that many artists struggle in finding a platform where they can promote their work, and NPF providing a physical venue is a big help.
Through the Umpukan sa Nayon Project, the NPF was able to foster multi-sectoral partnerships and expand its network. The conversations in iterations of Umpukan sa Nayon complement the knowledge development activities of the Research Institute and provide input for the Cultural Leadership Institute.
“I am confident that this forum will generate the ideas and discussion that will contribute to driving the creative industry forward,” said Dr. Pudan.


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SPARTANBURG, SC (WSPA) – Spartanburg Police are looking for a man they say is a person of interest in their investigation into a shooting that left three people in the hospital on May 15.
Officers are looking for Eugene Devoe Rhinehart who they say also has outstanding arrest warrants for unrelated incidents.
Investigators say they need to speak to him in connection with the shooting on Palisade Street that left three people with serious injuries.
A number of small children were inside the home at the time of the shooting.
Police say the shooting is not random and it appears the suspects and victims were familiar with each other.
Spartanburg Police say no witnesses have come forward to identify the shooter.
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