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I have been asking myself how I can best be useful towards the evolution of our (humanity’s) collective consciousness for most of my life, beginning, perhaps, when I was twelve years old, and in some ways, going back to when I was six. Asking what can I do myself, and what would be useful for those of us who share the desire to serve, to do collectively. What can I do, and what can we do? These two questions have been the driving force of my life.
I was born, of a Jewish family in the Bronx, in October of 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. When I was six in 1945, I experienced the nature of the Jewish Holocaust in a very deep way, for one who was not there and never in danger. I knew that a very large portion of my family had perished in various concentration camps. I remember the eyes, from Movietone News, which they showed at the neighborhood Saturday movie matinees: big Jewish staring eyes, staring out at me, at us, from skeleton like human beings, staring through the bars; the stiff bodies, stacked like in piles of wood; and the many images, especially of the parents in their long coats, with a suitcase in one hand, and a child in the other, standing on line, waiting to board the train and knowing, deep inside, what was coming.
In those days, in the middle 1940’s, kids all across America went to Saturday matinees at our local movie theaters. We saw the same news that adults would see later in the afternoon and evening movie programs. In 1945, there would be some news about the Concentration Camps at least monthly, and frequently weekly. I would see the same horrible images over and over again: “Allied” troops liberating Auschwitz, Dachau, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Chelmno, Belzec, Ravensbruck, Treblinka. The images burned into the core of my being, just under the surface, always there.
I was very angry with God. At ten, I became an atheist. I could not believe that there could be a God who would let such things happen. When I was twelve, my father gave me a copy of “All Quiet on the Western Front.” I was halfway through the book before I realized that the protagonists were German. At twelve, in 1951, I had still believed that all Germans were Nazis (and there was a piece of that which lingered inside me for many, many years). I was shocked that the characters to whom I had given my heart were Germans. What could that mean? I realized that the problem was larger than I thought it was. It was not simply that Germans were evil, as I had thought. It seemed then, perhaps, that the problem was war. That “war” was some kind of a disease which humanity suffered from, and that, therefore, I needed to find a cure.
Since then, I have pretty much been primarily interested in how to bring an end to war, and an end to the horrible ways we can treat one another. I have led a rich and interesting life, but always in search of trying to understand what would be useful; what needs to change; where is, as Archimedes put it, the place to stand from which one can have the leverage to move the world.
I graduated college in 1961, and entered the Peace Movement. What else could I do? My first involvement with the social change movement, beginning in 1961, was with the Committee for Non-Violent Action (CNVA), the War Resister’s League (WRL), and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). I was involved in marches, demonstrations, sit-ins, and other forms of protest activity. I met and greatly admired Bayard Rustin, then Executive Secretary of the War Resister’s League (WRL), who became my hero and role model. I had first met him at a WRL weekend workshop, where, amongst other things, he sang the song, “Uhuru (Freedom)”, and moved me to tears. He had just come back from Africa, where he had been working with Julius Nyerere, and Jomo Kenyatta. He spoke of plans to form a Peace Brigade and march into South Africa. But then the WRL gave him a year’s leave to be an advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and if he ever went back to Africa, I did not hear of it. Bayard was a truly great man.
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This was the time of the famous “Freedom Rides.” All the staff and many members of the War Resister’s League took direct part in these rides, many of them were beaten and jailed over and over again, and some were so severely beaten that they never fully recovered. (Jim Peck, David McReynolds, Dave Dellinger, Ralph Di Gia, amongst others).
In the late 1950’s and early 60’s, there was a degree of franticness, within the Peace Movement, in our responding to one crisis after another, leading up to Cuban Missile Crisis, during which it became appallingly clear to me that we were at the brink of World War III. I felt this so strongly, that after taking part in organizing an 8,000-person protest march to the UN, I solemnly bade my friends good-by, telling them that we might not see each other again, and went home to prepare for the end. Some of my friends felt that I was being excessively melodramatic. But, as you may know, there was a meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the various countries involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis, which was convened by Robert McNamara in 2006 (he had been the US Secretary of Defense at the time of the confrontation), during which it was reported that the situation had been even worse than I had thought it was. McNamara, himself, had bade his family good-by that night as well, telling his wife that they might not see the morning. It turned out that the decision as to whether or not to fire the Soviet missiles, which were in place in Cuba, was entirely in the hands of the Soviet Captain in charge of the missiles, at their base in Cuba. If the United States Navy had fired a shot to stop the Soviet vessels that were cruising towards Cuba, from crossing the line that President John F Kennedy had stipulated, he (the Soviet Captain) would have opened fire on the USA with nuclear missiles, and then, Armageddon.
In any event, it was a turning point in my life as an activist. I had never been able to figure out what connection there was between our (those of us in the Peace Movement) actions and the change we hoped to bring about – that is, I could not see how our actions would lead to bringing about the desired changes. But there seemed to be no time to develop long range plans, as it seemed that our time was always running out. We were always responding to one crisis after another with no overall game plan, and no coherent strategy. I felt much like Chicken Little, running about and shouting, “the sky is falling, the sky is falling.” Certainly the demonstration we put together was not in any way a factor in the events of the day. I was up all night. As I had no spiritual practice at the time, had never heard of meditation, and was a stranger to prayer, I spent the night listening to Gregorian Chants and drinking white wine, while dwelling upon the situation.
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I am delighted to be hosting Lisabet Sarai, a writer I have long since admired, to my blog today.
I fondly remember her novel -Raw Silk- one of the first Black Lace books I read. It seems like a lifetime ago. I never dreamed back then that one day, not only would I write erotica myself, but that some of the best writers in the business would be dropping by my site.
Over to you Lisabet…
Returning to my roots – #erotica #fantasies #nolimits
By Lisabet Sarai
In April 1999, almost two decades ago, Black Lace books published the first edition of my debut novel Raw Silk. That book is an explicit compendium of my personal fantasies, a taboo tale of one woman’s sexual odyssey that was strongly influenced by my own initiation into BDSM.
At the time, I knew next to nothing about the conventions of erotica or erotic romance. I didn’t exercise any sort of self-censorship. If an erotic scenario turned me on, it found its way into the novel. As a result, Raw Silk involves a wide variety of sexual activities and situations: heterosexual, lesbian, and gay; pairings, threesomes and foursomes; public sex, exhibitionism, voyeurism, masturbation, bondage, spanking, flogging, caning, femdom; dildos, anal sex, pegging; even sex involving chopsticks and a mango! In fact, the original manuscript included a golden shower. The editor made me remove it (commenting that this would be physically difficult to achieve given the protagonist’s erection), but she allowed me to retain a promise by the dominant to do this sometime in the future.
Writing that first novel was an intense experience. The ideas simply poured out of me, onto the page. I was in a perpetual state of arousal. Compared to my more recent work, the prose is a bit stiff and pedantic, but Raw Silk remains one of my most popular books, perhaps because readers sense the unfettered imagination and genuine emotion that went into it.
As I continued to write and publish, however, learning more about market and genre, some of that spontaneity and passion got lost. I started working with a publisher of erotic romance and discovered that there were fairly strict rules for what readers would and would not accept. The main characters should not have recreational sex outside their relationship. Any sort of FF or MM interaction was strictly verboten in a MF book. Likewise, MF activity in a MM or FF story was likely to raise readers’ hackles. Then there were the “reader advisories” for more extreme activities: rough sex, anal sex, fisting, and so on. I frequently battled with my editors about content and language. Meanwhile, I had to firmly suppress my own lascivious imagination, which had my characters doing things I knew would be red-penciled out of the final story.
That state of war really exhausted me. It drained my creative energy. As a result, in the past four years, I’ve moved almost exclusively to self-publishing, and I’ve started to enjoy writing much more. And more recently, I’ve found my way back to my roots, putting out books with all sorts of sexual situations, books that shatter the genre barriers and set me free to chronicle my fantasies, the way I did when I began.
My latest release, Sin City Sweethearts, is a fine example. This book isn’t quite as personal as Raw Silk, but it probably has at least as much sexual variety. Indeed, like Raw Silk, it’s really about sex, about the characters exploring, experimenting, learning what they enjoy—then practicing their new knowledge as often as possible.
Sin City Sweethearts is the third book in my Vegas Babes series. All three novellas feature melt-your-panties, no-holds-barred, over-the-top, damn-the-consequences sexual indulgence. Everyone gets their happy endings; indeed, there are lots of couples and marriage vows. In my fictional world, though, that doesn’t necessarily translate to monogamy. Why waste golden opportunities for pleasure?
I’ve been having tremendous fun writing my Vegas Babes. I keep telling myself I should sit down and pen something more serious, with more redeeming social value. My salacious imagination seems to disagree.
By the way, I’d like to thank Kay for hosting me. As a bit of a treat for her readers, I will give away a free copy of the first Vegas Babes book, Hot Brides in Vegas, to one randomly chosen person who leaves a comment. Don’t forget to include your email so I can find you if you win!
Welcome to Las Vegas—leave your inhibitions at the city limits.
Like many newlyweds, Annie and Ted work hard, economize, live in a too-small apartment, and make passionate love whenever possible. They’re just a bit more open-minded and inclusive about sex than most couples—they met at The Fox’s Den strip club and bonded during an orgy. They’re delighted when fraternal twins Marcella and Madeleine McNabb move into the apartment downstairs. The innocent eighteen year old beauties have come to Las Vegas for university and to escape their overprotective family. Annie and Ted figure it’s practically their duty to educate the sisters about the real Sin City.
Marcie and Maddy prove to be apt pupils, with voracious carnal appetites. Before long they’re intimately involved not only with their upstairs neighbors, but also their hippie landlord and landlady, Maddy’s hunky coach, Marcie’s dominant department head, a handful of their classmates, a bevy of strippers from the Den and the infamous Foxy and Larry themselves. Then the four McNabb brothers come to town, threatening to drag the twins back to Ely, and things get truly wild.
Marcie stepped into the dimly lit corridor beyond the door, which clicked shut behind her, muting the blare of the music and the buzz of the crowd. She looked around her, her heart beating double time. She knew she shouldn’t be here. If a stranger challenged her, she could use the same story that had worked with Rosa, but what if she ran into Larry?
Her footsteps were silent in the carpeted hallway. There were several doors on either side, all of them closed, none of them marked. Annie and her friends were likely behind one of them, but which one?
“Oh, yes— please…!”
The barely articulate plea died away into a moan of pleasure. It wasn’t Annie’s voice, but it was definitely a woman—a woman in the throes of sexual bliss. Marcella tiptoed toward the second door on the left, the apparent source of the vocalization.
“Oh—sir!” The new cry confirmed Marcie’s hunch. Hardly daring to breath, she tried the knob. To her surprise, it turned easily. She pushed just hard enough to open the portal a few inches, then peered inside.
Blood rushed to her nipples and her clit. Moisture gathered in her cleft to re-soak her already damp panties. The scene inside might have been something from a kinky internet porn site—not that she’d ever done that sort of forbidden surfing—but this was real, unfolding just a few feet from where she watched.
A naked woman lay draped face down over a coffee table. The layer of cushions under her prone body was piled higher beneath her hips to elevate her ass. In the front, straps bound her wrists to the table legs. At the rear, a bar of polished wood at least three feet long held her shackled ankles apart.
She was positioned at right angles to the door. Marcella could see everything, quite clearly: her full breasts, mashed against the table; the tangled black hair hanging in her eyes; the sweat gleaming along the curve of her spine; and the angry red marks streaking her ample buttocks.
The woman was not young—Marcella guessed she might be in her fifties—but her voluptuous sensuality was overwhelming. A flush of arousal further darkened her Mediterranean complexion. She writhed and moaned, grinding her pelvis against the pillows. Marcie felt the vicarious effects as own her clit swelled and pulsed. Like the woman upon whom she spied, she was close to the edge.
A whistling swish was followed by a snap. Marcie gasped along with the victim as a ribbon of leather sizzled through the air to leave a raw new stripe on the woman’s ass.
“Oh, God!” the stranger wailed, in obvious pain.
“Too much? Should I stop, Giulia?” The man’s voice seemed familiar. Marcie widened the crack through which she peered until she could see the woman’s tormenter.
“No, no, sir,” came her choked cry. “More! Please, give me more!”
Marce swallowed hard. The massive security guard they’d met outside the club stood behind the bound woman, between her splayed legs. Tiny, that was what Annie had called him. He was fully dressed, in a tight black tee that highlighted his powerful shoulders and chest and trim black jeans that seemed painted onto his muscular thighs. His cock reared up from the open fly—the longest, thickest, most awe-inspiring cock she’d ever seen. It pointed straight up toward the ceiling, reaching from his groin to his solar plexus. Protruding veins twisted around its huge girth, like vines around a tree trunk. The scarlet head was so slick and swollen it looked like it might burst.
The guard pumped his meat a few times with his left hand then swung the whip in his right. With a sharp report it landed on his partner’s rear, carving a new trail of red.
“Yes!” she yelled, jerking against the cushions. “Yes! Yes! Yes! I’m almost there, sir. One more, just one more…”
Leather sliced the air, then her flesh. Releasing a garbled yell, she tumbled into a loud, energetic climax. Her master watched for two beats, then drove his astounding cock into her wide-open cleft, burying himself to the hilt.
She came again, humping the cushions while he pistoned in and out of her hole. Meanwhile he spanked her whip-battered butt, his big palms landing on her punished cheeks with terrifying, arousing smacks.
Marcella’s legs gave out. She sank to her knees outside the door, both hands stuffed into her drenched panties, frigging herself as hard as she could while she watched that enormous dick stroking in and out of the submissive’s stretched and juicy cunt. She nudged the door a bit, to get a better view of the swollen pink pussy-lips clinging to the guard’s rod as he retreated for each new thrust. Then he’d ram back in, until his balls bounced against her clit. The woman—Giulia, she remembered—took every inch of his unbelievable length.
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Lisabet Sarai became addicted to words at an early age. She began reading when she was four. She wrote her first story at five years old and her first poem at seven. Since then, she has written plays, tutorials, scholarly articles, marketing brochures, software specifications, self-help books, press releases, a five-hundred page dissertation, and lots of erotica and erotic romance – over one hundred titles, and counting, in nearly every sub-genre—paranormal, scifi, ménage, BDSM, GLBT, and more. Regardless of the genre, every one of her stories illustrates her motto: Imagination is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
You’ll find information and excerpts from all Lisabet’s books on her website (http://www.lisabetsarai.com/books.html), along with more than fifty free stories and lots more. At her blog Beyond Romance (http://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com), she shares her philosophy and her news and hosts lots of other great authors. She’s also on Goodreads and finally, on Twitter.
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Christmas is coming and New York is in full swing for the snowy season. But at The Little Knitting Box in the West Village, things are about to change …
The Little Knitting Box has been in Cleo’s family for nearly four decades, and since she arrived fresh off the plane from the Cotswolds four years ago, Cleo has been doing a stellar job of running the store. But instead of an early Christmas card in the mail this year, she gets a letter that tips her world on its axis.
Dylan has had a tumultuous few years. His marriage broke down, his mother passed away and he’s been trying to pick up the pieces as a stay-at-home dad. All he wants this Christmas is to give his kids the home and stability they need. But when he meets Cleo at a party one night, he begins to see it’s not always so easy to move on and pick up the pieces, especially when his ex seems determined to win him back.
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Christmas at the Little Knitting Box is the perfect read for this time of year. It’s all about friendships, loved ones as well as being true to yourself and going after what you want in this life. A book that you will want to curl up with and lose yourself into.
My thanks to the author as I won this book in a giveaway that they ran on their Facebook page. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway.
Goodreads 5/5 stars.
Christmas at the Little Knitting Box is available to purchase from Amazon. (Please note that the link used is an Amazon affiliate link)

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The following credit cards are accepted at the hotel: American Express, VISA, Diners Club and MasterCard.
Number of floors: 12. Number of rooms: 147.
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24-hour room service
Bar/ Lounge area
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- Private parking is possible at a location nearby at BRL 26 per hour.
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- Tours/Ticket assistance
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- Bar/ Lounge area
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- City landmarks
The cleaning staff are helpful, friendly and good at their job, as are the porters.
The food served as part of the breakfast is absolutely terrible. The bread was mouldy, the coffee sat for hours on end without being changed, the fruit was off, the eggs were off and there were usually no dishes on which to eat food on because there were not enough staff to wash the dishes on time! The selection was dismal and most people I met said they usually skipped it and went out to eat rather than experience it each morning. This is not only a health hazard but a complete rip-off considering the prices for the rooms. A health inspector should be sent to this hotel.
The hotel is very close to airport and metro station, very close to downtown.
Good price from hotel to Copacabana. Around 25.00 BRL. rooms are pretty safe.
Good hotel in a sketchy area of Rio's downtown! Free breakfast wasnt good at all. slimy & rotting food. didnt feel good after their omelette. towels smelt burnt.
It was super fast, but everything went well and I really enjoyed the hotel!
When I made the reservation, you charged the credit card and it is not correct.
Just the location. Downtown, in the heart of the business district
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High price considering the facilities. I just stayed there because there were no vacancy in others hotels. For the same price it is possible to stay in a better place. There were mosquitos in the room. Tv set was old, few channels. There were no rooms for no smokers. Staff seemed to be frustraded working there, so they were not very nice and polite.
Beware of booking, the price you told me will charge was 126 dolares and you charged me 187 dolares, please booking send me back what you charged wrong
Everything. No room service, no cleaning tables at breakfast, no glass inside the room to drink water! The hotel is clearly taking advantage of the high demand of passengers, but I assure that a customer with a minimum of good taste will have only one experience at this hotel. Additionally, they charged one extra day, in spite I had informed two days before I will be leaving early. It´s the worst hotel I´ve ever stay in Rio.
Absolutely nothing. Leaving !!
The dreadful stench of stale cigarette smoke throughout the hotel including the bedroom even though I had requested a non- smoking room and Brazil has a "no smoking in public places law" as we do.
room very plain, not very clean. Pillows terrible - covered with plastic!!!Very basic and dull interior.
i didn't like that, the hotel stuff didn't speak English, so we couldn't understand each other.
Its downtown location: good for for business meetings within the downtown area in Rio de Janeiro. Although its facilities are not appropriate for business meetings .
Lack of free internet access in the rooms.
The only positive thing of this hotel is the location
I didn't like the room, it is really bad. THey didn't even make the room...there isn't internet connection in the rooms (I was willing to pay for that service), the bathroom is awful. I never will come back to this hotel!!!!

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I keep hoping to find a real book on the effects girls bullying has on girls and also the staggering, lingering scars it leaves on grown women and how it manifests itself throughout a lifetime. But it seems all that's out there is a bunch of clinical texts written by credentialed individuals who haven't got a firsthand clue about what bullying really does to a person, but only a superficial knowledge. This author has spent something like a scant 16 months with a small selection of girls and has apparently based her book around this experience. While this book does offer a few insights into the way girl cliques operate and how girls judge each other, which is horrifying to read, it will not help you all that much if you are an adult seeking to understand why you specifically were bullied as a child or even as an adult. After reading this book I just ended up hating women even more than I did before. As it says in its description, it is more focused on a textbook style approach to handling bullying in schools and discussing with the bullies why they do what they do and trying to amend their behaviour. But given the way the authour says girls behave, I cant see this ever really happening.


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California’s controversial economic development program the Enterprise Zone (EZ) officially has become relegated to the history books. Assembly Bill 93, passed on June 25th, 2013 by the Senate and June 27th, 2013 by the State Assembly substantially reforms the program.
Manufacturer’s Sales Tax Credit begins in 2014
In addition to making major improvements in how the EZ hiring credits are targeted and awarded, AB 93 creates a manufacturing equipment sales tax exemption. This sales and use tax exemption eliminates the California portion of sales tax for basic manufacturing and biotech equipment purchases, and will be offered statewide — rather than within certain geographic areas. Currently, California was among only a very few states that did not offer this type of exemption. AB 93 also would establish the California Competes Tax Credit Committee, administered by the Governor’s Office, with the purpose of negotiating business tax credits in exchange for investments and employment expansion in California. AB 93’s strong provisions in two key areas of the program — transparency and performance evaluation should enable program administrators, policymakers, and the public to track these credits’ impact and their return on investment.
Much Needed Reforms to the EZ Credit
The California budget project released their report detailing the escalating costs and serious shortcomings of the EZ Program. AB 93 moves California in a new direction on enterprise zones and economic development by improving the tax credit in ways that eliminates the most severe program inefficiencies.
Specifically, AB 93 restructures the hiring tax credit in five crucial ways:
- Discontinuing retroactive hiring credits, whereby credits are awarded for hires made in past years.
- Requiring businesses to create new jobs — not just make new hires — as a condition of claiming hiring credits.
- Eliminating residency in a Targeted Employment Area as a qualifying criterion for the tax credit and specifically targeting the tax credit for three categories of individuals: those that have been previously unemployed for six months, recipients of the Earned Income Tax Credit, and veterans.
- Changing the credit formula to remain the same over a five-year period, instead of decreasing over time — thereby removing the incentive and reward for employers that “churn” their workforces.
- Ensuring that companies that take the credit pay employees a living wage by increasing the amount of qualified wages from up to $12 per hour to between $12 and $28 per hour for employees.
AB 93 also addresses the EZ Program’s current inability to target areas of the state that are most in need of job growth, new businesses, and assistance with economic development. While the current EZ designations remain intact, the new hiring tax credit also includes a census tracts throughout the state that rank in the bottom 25 percent in both unemployment and poverty rate. Further, census tracts with low unemployment are removed from the eligible areas, ensuring that the hiring tax credit truly targets to businesses located in the state’s most economically distressed areas.
The reforms contained in AB 93 represent major improvements to California’s EZ Program and are designed to address the worst abuses and inefficiencies within the program. These reforms are a significant step forward for the state in fostering positive economic development and long-term fiscal health. The program will begin to be phased out by the end of 2013 and fully revamped by 2014.

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PSA Peugeot Citroen (UG), a cash-strapped company that has been hit as hard as any during a six-year decline in auto sales through Europe, announced today that it would be replacing its chief executive officer next year. The search was called off when it was able to convince Carlos Tavares, the former COO for rival Renault SA (EPA:RNO), to take the reins in the hope of turning the company around beginning sometime next year. No exact date was given, only that Tavares would join the company at the beginning of 2014.
Who is Carlos Tavares?
Tavares will be the third CEO at Renault SA (EPA:RNO) in the last seven years and clearly has his work cut out for him. Immediately, Tavares will need to stop spending, return to profit, and expand out of Europe where the company’s fortunes have been tied for far too long.
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Mr. Tavaras stepped down from his position at Renault SA (EPA:RNO) just a few months ago following an interview with Bloomberg that may have been a touch too candid. Tavaras made it clear in the interview that he was hoping to lead another automaker with the understanding that Renault’s present CEO, Carlos Ghosn, wasn’t going anywhere in the near-term. It took only two weeks from the publication of the interview with Bloomberg for Tavaras to walk away from his job.
“He is a highly regarded manager,” said Jose Asumendi, a London-based automotive analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM). “After working for some time with Varin to understand the dynamics of the group, he would be an excellent candidate to lead the transformation.”
Peugeot SA (EPA:UG)’s stock price is not a window into the troubled company. The company has seen a stock increase of 98% this year.
Tavares is not wanting for automobile experience, having spent over 30 years at Renault and its affiliate Nissan. Tavaras will immediately be charged with securing a capital increase of no less than 3 billion euros with the French government and Chinese automaker Dongfeng as we reported last month.
That deal is in jeopardy as Dongfeng seems more interested in a stake of around 10% rather than the proposed 20% that both Dongfeng and the French government would take after the capital infusion. But it needs to get sorted if Peugeot SA (EPA:UG) is to rely less on the European market for its cars and trucks.
“To get Tavares would be attractive,” Erich Hauser, a London-based automotive analyst with International Strategy & Investment Group, said in an e-mail to Bloomberg. “Firstly, Tavares is a real ‘car guy.’ Secondly, he spent his career at Renault-Nissan and perhaps this is being seen as a potential role model for a Dongfeng-PSA alliance.”
Peugeot SA (EPA:UG) is hemorrhaging money at present where under Tavares, Renault recently reported unexpected growth in profits as Tavares raised car prices and cut labor costs.
“This regular changing of CEOs and the overall instability of the management board over the last few years is more proof of the lack of clarity,” Florent Couvreur, an analyst at CM-CIC Securities who recommends selling the shares, said today. “Peugeot SA (EPA:UG) is a enormous mammoth that will require time to evolve.”


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The Peloton x Spice Girls Artist Series launched this week as part of Peloton's service, with a series of classes using the group's music – from cycling to yoga. This is all part of Peloton's continued exploration of music features, which also recently included a 'festival' called All for One 2021. Via Shape
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India has given emergency approval to both the Oxford / AstraZeneca Corona virus vaccine and the locally developed covacan, launching a vaccination campaign in the world’s largest covid-19 vaccine.
At a press conference on Sunday, the Comptroller General of Drugs for India said the decision to approve both the Oxford Vaccine and the Vaccine, which is manufactured by the Indian company Bharat Biotech and funded by the government, was a “careful examination”. Checked. Of data.
The UK became the second country to approve the emergency use of the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine, known in India as CowShield, after it was given the green light on Wednesday.
Approval comes at a crucial time. India, a country with a population of over 1.3 billion, has more than 10.3 million cases of cod 19, the second highest in the world and 149,000 deaths. On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the approval a “turning point”.
India plans to vaccinate 300 million people in the first phase of its immunization campaign, giving priority to 30 million frontline healthcare workers, members of the police and the armed forces. The vaccine will then be given to people over the age of 50 and people with chronic diseases. The vaccine will be given free of charge.
However, the approval of the vaccine has been met with some concern as the vaccine is still undergoing Phase 3 clinical trials and the full results of the vaccine’s efficacy have not been published.
The All India Drug Action Network, a public health group, said it was “surprised” by the decision to approve a vaccine in trials so far. The government had earlier promised that Kovacson, developed in collaboration with a government-run body, the Indian Medical Research Council, would be ready for distribution by August 2020.
Senior opposition leader Shashi Tharoor tweeted his concerns about Kovacson. “Phase 3 trials have not yet taken place on Kovacson. Approval was premature and can be dangerous.
India’s Comptroller General of Drugs, VG Somani, tried to allay any fears. “If there is the slightest concern for safety, we will never accept anything,” he said on Sunday. Vaccines are 110% safe.
Importantly, both CoveShield and Covacin will be manufactured in India, a country that is already the world’s largest pharmaceutical company and produces about 60% of the world’s vaccines.
The Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine will be developed by the Serum Institute of India, which has already stockpiled 40 million doses before approval. The company has promised to produce 300 million doses by July, and has repeatedly assured that 50% of its vaccines will be allocated to India.
Adar Poonawala, CEO of the Serum Institute, said on Sunday that he would not allow the vaccine to be exported for several months, meaning that poor countries would have to wait before starting their vaccination programs. May fall While most of the vaccines made this year are safe with rich countries, the Serum Institute, the world’s largest vaccine maker, is likely to impose more taxes on developing countries.
However, India faces major challenges in vaccine distribution across a wide country. Health care is uneven, resources and energy are scarce, and access to rural areas is often difficult. The government has almost decided to administer this vaccine. Has begun training 20,000 health workers and last week trials were conducted in four states using placebo vaccines administered by trained professionals.
CowShield and Covacin need to be stored at a temperature of only 2-8C, far more manageable than Pfizer and modern vaccines run in Europe and the United States.
However, there are concerns that India’s cold chain-refrigerated resources enable vaccines to be safely transported and stored. The government has brought in the Ministries of Aviation and Transport to work out a plan for how the vaccine can be delivered across the country.
The government said it wanted to draw attention to the highly successful polio eradication program and the immunization program, which vaccinates about 27 million children annually.
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these two phase systems were examined with scanning force microscopy
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Fosters at Cold Nose Lodge enjoy the same benefits as our guests:
Socialization with other dogs as well as people
10 hours of exercise and play per day at dog daycare
Although this is great preparation for a home of their own, it is not nearly a substitute.
They deserve to be cherished by a forever family!
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Dozer Fever is not your typical boring arcade coin game. It takes skill and mastery to play your way across Dozer Fever's many levels. Prepare for hours of entertaining gameplay such as freeing cute penguins from their eggs, getting coins in sequence, collecting toys, and more!
With Dozer Fever you also play and interact with different types of power coins. Flame Coins melt pesky ice cubes that block you. Ice coins freeze everything to make challenges a bit easier. Don't forget to place your coins skilfully otherwise those darn bombs will explode to ruin your game. Everyone will surely enjoy Dozer Fever's fun filled levels!
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Newark New Jersey police are investigating a shooting that killed one teenager and seriously injured another teenager.
The violent incident happened around 3:00 p.m. on the 400 block of Hawthorne Avenue in the South Ward of Newark, NJ. The Newark Police Department got a call about gunshots being fired and sent police officers to the area.
Two Newark NJ teens sustained gunshot wounds in the shooting. One victim, a 16-year-old boy, was pronounced dead a half-hour after being shot. The other victim, a 17-year-old boy, was injured and required medical treatment at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. Doctors later listed the minor victim in stable condition.
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Newark Police Department are conducting a joint investigation into the fatal shooting and trying to determine the identity of the individual responsible for the homicide.
Anyone with information about the fatal shooting should call Essex County detectives at 877-847-7432.
For more information about this case, view the NJ.com article, “1 Teen Killed, 2nd Wounded in Newark Afternoon Shooting.”


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Blind Veterans UK member Mike Clyburn draws a portrait of Billy Baxter at our Art & Craft department in Llandudno.
This month, our Art & Craft department in Llandudno had the company of blind veteran Mike Clyburn who was taking part in a training session.
Mike has been painting watercolours from the age of 28 and has enjoyed drawing since the age of 14. However, in 2005 he stopped all of his painting and artwork because of sight loss. Since he has become a member of Blind Veterans UK this has since changed. Mike is taking part in training course which enable him to develop his skills despite vision impairment.
Mike spoke about joining Blind Veterans UK and said: "It has given me the opportunity to realise that I can still paint. I thank Blind Veterans UK and everyone at Llandudno for their assistance in helping me to realise and re-kindle my passion for art".
Mike spent a morning drawing Blind Veterans UK member and now employee Billy Baxter. The drawing is a fantastic representation of Billy.


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Seven officials of Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) police including an Assistant Sub Inspector were suspended on the charge of habitual absence, negligence, delinquency and abuse of powers. A spokesman for the PHP police said on Sunday that SSP Patrolling Faisalabad Region Mirza Anjum Kamal paid a surprise visit to PHP Post Sahianwala and checked crime control situation, attendance of Jawans and their discipline.
He found 6 PHP Jawans absent from duty and indulged in habitual absence, negligence and delinquency as well. Therefore, he immediately suspended ASI Adeel Mustafa, constables- Sohail Mubarak, Umar Farooq, Saddam Hussain, Muharrar Ishrat Naveed and Imdad Hussain. The SSP Patrolling also suspended in-charge PHP police Tahira Abad on the charge of abuse of powers while further action against him was underway. The SSP Patrolling warned the PHP staff to perform their duties diligently and dedicated, otherwise, strict action would be taken against them without any discrimination.
He also directed the wireless operators to remain alert round the clock and immediately respond to the calls on 15 and 1124. He said that he would positively visit the beat areas to check the presence and duty of the PHP Jawans and no negligence would be tolerated at all. He directed the patrolling teams to keep vigil eyes on black spots as well as suspect persons besides updating the lists of criminals including proclaimed offenders so that prompt action could be taken against them to control crimes on roads.—APP


A new campaign is underway to eliminate use of over-the-counter medications to cook methamphetamine, known as “smurfing.” Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says it’s on the rise.
“That’s why we’re working to get out in front of this. We’re working hard to stop the flow of methamphetamine produced in Mexico. We’re also working hard to stop it from being produced here,” Schimel said.
Wisconsin recently required all pseudoephedrine sales to be logged in a national database – an effort to stop illegal purchases.


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A major mishap was averted in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district after a diesel tanker fell sideways on the Jaipur - Mathura highway, resulting in a huge amount of diesel spilling quickly in the area.
The accident took place late in the night on the Jaipur - Mathura highway. Soon after the mishap happened, panic spread across the area as 30,000 litres of diesel spilled on the road.
The tanker was heading towards Mathura from Jaipur when due to speeding, the driver lost balance on a turn and the vehicle fell sideways.
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Bercich joins KFAN team
Former Vikings linebacker and assistant coach Pete Bercich has been hired by KFAN to serve as analyst on radio broadcasts of the team’s games this season.
Bercich, who was fired along with the rest of former coach Mike Tice's staff at the end of the 2005 season, said he was excited to get the job and is looking forward to working with play-by-play man Paul Allen and sideline reporter Greg Coleman.
"It's not coaching, but I guess it's the next-best thing," Bercich, who will keep his full-time job as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch, said. "It's a good way to get my football fix and it's a little more family-friendly."
Bercich, 35, replaces former Vikings analyst Joe Senser, who decided to step down after last season.
The former linebackers coach wouldn't rule out a return to coaching, but Bercich said that's not something he's pursuing.
"If those things are going to happen, they're going to happen," he said. "They're kind of like earthquakes. You never want to say never, but I think this puts the final nail in the coffin as far as that goes."


If you have taken out a loan to purchase a car or house recently, chances are you saw your credit score. It is the number somewhere between 300 and the mid-800s that helps determine your cost of borrowing money. Excellent credit scores yield favorable interest rates; very bad scores will result in an inability to finance anything.
Three primary agencies track financial information about you to come up with a score. Equifax, Experian and TransUnion all keep tabs of your credit card balances, mortgages, payment habits and other financial data -- or lack thereof.
While scores can vary between these major agencies, it is critical the numbers are correct. In a number of cases, according to a government study, not all are.
The Federal Trade Commission released a study this week that suggest 25 percent of consumers have an error on their credit report. In a number of the cases with errors, the individual's borrowing costs either went up or they were denied a loan.
The FTC used the report to remind consumers to monitor closely their own scores. The Consumer Data Industry Association, on the other hand, said the study confirmed credit reporting agencies were doing a great job.
"... (C)redit reports are highly accurate, and play a critical role in facilitating access to fair and affordable consumer credit," was the assessment of the CDIA, which represents the reporting agencies.
While we agree individual consumers should pay close attention to what others indicate about their financial reputation, we believe the onus should be on the agencies to improve their accuracy. One in four U.S. consumers having factual errors should be unacceptable in this day and age -- particularly given the gravity with which lending institutions consider that information.
The federal government should use these findings to demand better performance from the credit ratings agencies. As the FTC has limited investigative and enforcement powers, it is only by the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau somebody finally is monitoring the work done by the agencies. Prior to last fall, the only way the government became involved was if a complaint was lodged. The new bureau should utilize the recent report to demand reform.
Americans deserve no less. If incorrect information is used to penalize any U.S. consumer, the reporting agencies are not doing their job. That needs to change.
In the meantime, consumers should be reminded that each of the three reporting agencies are required to provide a free copy of your credit report each year. All it takes is a request.
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Nobody wants to be lonely, but there’s a difference between being lonely and simply being alone. In fact, find a way to be comfortable with yourself and enjoy your own company is a great way to actively avoid feeling lonely – although it’s not completely unavoidable, in some cases.
Having partners and friends is great and it can be really important to have people around you for love and support. However, it’s important to remember that there will be times in your life when you won’t be surrounded by love and company. Sometimes, you will be alone – and that’s just part of life – and you need to be able to be okay with that.
Here are a few tips to learning to enjoy spending time alone.
Do It More Often
The best way to get used to something is to practice doing it, whether it’s perfecting a skill or becoming accustomed to a social environment or norm.
So if you’re finding yourself uncomfortable with hanging out alone, you should try to do it a bit more often. Most importantly, do it intentionally. Don’t only spend time on your own when your plans fall through or none of your friends are around. If you do this, spending time will always have negative associations.
Furthermore, it will be something you do as a last resort rather than as an act of empowerment and confidence. That way, you’ll be able to get to a point where you may actually choose to spend an evening or day at home alone rather than going out and socialising, simply because you’d like to enjoy your own company and do nothing else.
Use the Time to Get to Know Yourself
This may sound silly, but it’s really important. Often, the main reason why people don’t want to spend time alone is because they simply don’t enjoy their own company and don’t want to be alone with their thoughts. Whether it’s for a seriously troubling reason – like if there’s something bothering you that you don’t want to think about – or just because you find it boring, this isn’t a great thing.
It may even indicate that you don’t really know yourself very well. Whatever the reason, it’s important to take the time to spend time alone, deal with your thoughts and troubles and tackle them head on. You’re never going to fully escape what’s going on in your mind, so rather tackle it head on rather than avoiding it.
Don’t Be Ashamed to Choose Yourself
There’s nothing wrong with saying no to plans with friends, family or your partner to just spend time on your own doing things you love. Whether this means sleeping, relaxing, exercising or playing real money roulette online. It doesn’t make you weird or unsociable, it may just mean you need to recharge your batteries.
Some people need this more than others, and that’s totally fine. As long as you make sure your loved ones know what works for you, they should be able to respect that and leave you to do your thing. Set your own boundaries, expect other people to respect them and respect their boundaries too.

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We apostille photocopies of Adoption dossier
The Need to Apostille Documents for International Adoptions
When you are looking to adopt a child from somewhere that is outside of the Country you currently live in, there are a few steps that you will need to go through first. Of course, first, you will need to go through the adoption process in order to learn more about the child that you will be adopting, and the current conditions that he or she is currently used to/living in. With this, other important information will be gathered, such as the birth date of the child, any allergies or conditions that are related to food or any type of medicines, and current health condition. Once this has been completed, you will need to obtain an Apostille (a French word meaning certification) for all of your important documents needed in your adoption dossier to adopt a baby from overseas.
A Little Background On The Apostille
In October of 1961, there was a large convention called the Hague Convention that was convened. The Hague Convention was gathered in order to complete a variety of different tasks, one of which was finding a way that public legal documents that were issues by a government could also be seen as legalized by another foreign government. The conclusion that the countries who met eventually signed on was to instate an additional document called the Apostille certificate that could be included with the original legal document that came directly from one government. This Apostille certificate would serve as a way to certify with other foreign governments that the document was valid when dealing in foreign affairs. In order to ensure that such is the case, the original copy of the document, the Apostille Certificate, and a notarized translation is necessary to be seen as valid.
What Documents Do I Need?
When you begin the adoption process and you are at the point where you need an Apostille, you will need a variety of different documents. The documents needed to adopt a baby from overseas are you and your spouse’s birth certificates, marriage certificates or licenses, child abuse clearances in the form of criminal history, and personal references. By having these documents Apostilled, you can show the legality of your documents in the process, no matter what foreign country you are choosing to adopt the child from. Since having your documents Apostilled is an absolute must in order to adopt a child from a country that you do not belong to, it is also important to discuss how to have your documents Apostilled for you.
How to Have Documents Apostilled
In order to have your documents Apostilled in the shortest amount of time, rather than attempting to have your documents Apostilled by yourself, it is much more beneficial to your timeline to use a service that already has a large number of connections and can have your documents Apostilled in the shortest amount of time. This is especially important for anyone who is looking to adopt a child from an international government in the near future, or who has already started the process, but currently has not Apostilled the necessary documents needed in your adoption dossier to adopt a baby from overseas. Having your documents Apostilled can be done without using a service, but the process is incredibly complex and could end up taking weeks or months to complete if you do not have all of the necessary knowledge that is needed to have the documents completed. Because of this, most people choose to turn to a service, but in order to ensure that the service you choose will not only be timely and have the Apostille certificate back to you for each one of your documents within your timeline, but will also be affordable and not break your budget, where do you turn?
Apostille.net is your best bet for having your Apostilled documents ready in a short amount of time. Because most adoptions require work to be done incredibly quickly, Apostille.net offers guaranteed Apostille processing for all of your documents needed to adopt a baby from overseas for as low as $200 each. Apostille.net has been conducting business and performing the Apostille processing service for many people for over 12 years. The entire process of obtaining an Apostille has been taken from incredibly difficult and time consuming to very easy for you by performing the entire process and simply returning both the document and Apostille certification. Apostille.net is located very close to the New York City County Clerk that is used to certify the notary for your Apostille as well as the Secretary of State’s office in which that actual Apostille is obtained from. This allows the service to perform an even quicker job of finishing your Apostille.
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The state level selection for the India Skills Competition 2021 was hosted by V. M. Salgaocar Institute of International Hospitality Education (VMSIIHE) in Raia. It was conducted by the Directorate Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship (DSDE) in Goa.
After going through rigorous stages of selection and screening at the district level, 15 finalists competed fiercely where 10 emerged victorious across categories. The winners will go on to compete at the national level.
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), the executive arm of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has organised the India Skills Competition 2021 to promote international standards of vocational training in India.
Participants were judged on the basis of their skills in five categories which were Bakery, Patisserie and Confectionery, Cooking, Restaurant Service and Hotel Reception. It all boiled down to how good the skills of every participant was which would lead to their qualification for the next round. Two competitors from each skill are adjudged as the toppers to represent Goa at the Regional selections, National and thereon at the International level.
India Skills is part of an International event known as ‘World Skills’, where a student who is less than 20 years-old can participate. The competition progresses from a screening level to a district level, then onto a state, regional , national and finally to the international level - World Skills competition.
Akshay Shirwaiker, Asst. Controller of Examination, Directorate of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship who was a part of the coordination team at the India Skills 2021 event held at VMSIIHE, “The Goa rounds of India Skill Competition was held for the very first time in the state and we are delighted that it was hosted at VMSIIHE.”.
Director/Principal of VMSIIHE, Prof Irfan Mirza said, “ We thank the state government for choosing our Institute as well as the Department of Skills Development and the initiative taken by the Central government in collaboration with the State government”.
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Introduction to IIO and Input Drivers
This tutorial will briefly introduce the Linux IIO and Input subsystems to students. In addition, the tutorial will instruct the students in how to gather information from hardware documentation to assist in their software development. The focus of the tutorial will be a guided hands-on lab where the students write a new driver that leverages the IIO and Input kernel subsystems. Students will create their own game controller driver and use it to play a game on their devices. The lab will be conducted using the provided hardware kit.
Matt Porter is the CTO of Konsulko Group. At Konsulko, he works on design and development of software for the Linux kernel and other FOSS projects. Interests include hacking on uC and Linux community boards and contributing to various parts of the kernel.


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Real State (2016)
By Justin García.72 x 96 in. Oil, acrylic & charcoal on canvas. $15,000
By Justin García. 40 x 30 in. Oil, acrylic & charcoal on canvas. $3,000.


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- Cotton Company
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Emerging Artist Brings Land to Life
Wendy Tucci is a self-taught artist from New York who fell in love with art at an early age. After working with several different media, Tucci found that acrylics worked best to paint her main subject: landscapes. Painting landscapes enables her to vary her palette while still allowing for a realistic image. "Capturing a glimpse of nature that lasts a moment, and duplicating it on canvas to last a lifetime, is why I love to paint, " she says in her artist statement.
Join Wendy Tucci on Friday, May 13th from 6pm-9pm at The Cotton Company hosts an artist's reception in the gallery alcove. Learn more about what inspires this month's featured artist while enjoying light refreshments. Tucci's exhibit will hang in The Cotton Company gallery from May 9th through June 5th and all pieces will be available for purchase.
For more information about Wendy Tucci's artist reception on Friday, May 13th, please visit The Cotton Company on Facebook and look for Wendy Tucci's Art After Hours Event page.


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A slip-on style bathtub spout will have a setscrew, which is a small screw located on the bottom of the tub spout. The slip-fit tub spout is designed to slip onto a 1/2" copper pipe without the use of any threads. The end of the copper that will be used must be free of burrs or rough edges, when using this type of Metal Pipe Flange - Pipe Fitting Weld neck - Slip on A slip on flange is designed to slip over the end of pipe. It allows for easy positioning before welding. Both the inside and outside of the pipe is welded on the slip on flange. See picture on the right. The pipe is generally inserted all the way, inside the slip on flange, leaving only the gap equivalent to wall thickness of pipe. Motorcycle Slip-On Exhausts Pipes, Silencers, Mufflers SA-4 Slip-On Muffler by Bill's Pipes®. The SA-4 slip on is the best bang for your buck if you are looking for instant horsepower and torque gains. Allowing you to retain your stock head pipe, the SA-4 slip on replaces your heavy and
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Slip on flange, also called SO flange. It's a kind of flange slides over the pipe with internal design is slightly larger than the pipe. Since the inner diameter of the flange is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the pipe, the SO flange can be directly connected to equipment or pipe by fillet weld at the top and bottom of the flange. Slip on Flange Dimensions - Class 150 to Class 1500Slip on flange dimensions are covered in ASME B16.5 which covers Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings for size NPS ½ to 24 for above NPS 26 to 60 it should be as per ASME B16.47.. During a dimensional inspection of slip on flange, you should check for. Outer & Inner Diameter of body Slip-On Pipe Flange Supplier North Shore SteelSlip On Flanges slide over pipe for welding. These come in ½ to 24 nominal sizes, in 150#, 300#, 400#, 600#, 900#, 1500#, and 2500# pressure class and can have Raised Face (RF), Flat Face (FF), and Ring Type Joint (RTJ) facing as well as many others. These standard sizes follow ANSI /ASME B16.5 dimensional requirements.
For slip on pipe flanges of 400# and up, the standard slip on pipe flange raised face height is 1/4". Coastal Flange manufactures slip on pipe flanges in all steel material grades, including carbon slip on pipe flanges, stainless steel slip on pipe flanges and alloy slip on pipe flanges. Coastal Flange also has many different slip on pipe flanges in stock and ready to ship. Structural Slip-On Pipe Fittings Create Railing WagnerSlip-On. These fittings are slipped on to pipe or tube to create railing and other assemblies. Available in aluminum, and galvanized, cast malleable iron. Kee Safety For Steel Pipe. Speedrail Aluminum. Aluminum Slip On Fittings. The 13 Types of Flanges for Piping Explained Sep 20, 2017 · A slip-on flange is connected to the pipe or the fittings by two fillet welds, one executed inside and one outside the cavity of the flange. The bore size of a slip-on flange is larger than the outside diameter of the connecting pipe, as the pipe has to slide inside the flange to be connected by the execution of a fillet weld .
Slip on flange also named as SO flange. SO flanges slip over pipes and are designed to bit slightly bigger on the inside than the pipe. They connect to the pipe through a fillet weld at the flange top and bottom. It is used to insert the pipe into the inner hole of flange, as the flange inner diameter is little bigger than the pipes outer diameter, pipe and flange could be connected by lap welding at the top


Travel Play Live is an Australian travel and lifestyle magazine written entirely by women for women.
With the support of a grant from the Institute, the magazine commissioned award-winning, adventurous travel writers to share their most personal stories.”
Travel Play Live Editor-in-chief Elisa Elwin said the reaction to the stories has been overwhelmingly positive.
“Everyone is talking about the inspiring stories we have published and saying there is nothing else like it, and they want to be involved,” she said.
“We have pitches for many more.”
Elisa Elwin said the magazine only chose exceptional writers to contribute.
“This grant meant a real opportunity for talented female travel writers and journalists to be working and broadcast across Australia’s only adventure and lifestyle title for women by women.”
Read the stories
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50-0 off five overs!
Still think SA will win.
but South Africa are back in this
the bowlers must be having fun.
Guaranteed a fantastic game of cricket since 1999.
was probably the best one day game ever
game where Australia broke the record for the highest one day international score ever, then South Africa broke the record again in reply.
This one looks like it could challenge them aswell:D
I don't have Sky but judging by BBC the game is eventful to say the least (see: 24th over)
just so we can give them a thumping. They beat us last year, but we've come a long way since then.

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Housing, offices offered to BMW 50 apartments, downtown space latest incentives
Published: Wednesday, April 29, 1992 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 29, 1992 at 12:00 a.m.
Upstate business leaders are offering free apartments and free temporary office space in downtown Spartanburg to BMW as part of a larger incentive package to entice the German automaker to build a plant here. About 50 apartments in Greenville and Spartanburg would be made available by their owners at no charge for up to two years for BMW employees who would transfer here to start up the 1, 800-employee plant, sources said. BMW also will be offered five or six floors of the Montgomery Building in downtown Spartanburg until its plant is built, they said. BMW might need temporary office space for a year or more. "It's proposed as a possibility," said Fred Oates, owner of the mostly empty 10-story building. "It has a lot of available space, and nobody in the area has that much space." Companies in South Carolina - enlisted by Gov. Carroll Campbell - are raising between $2.5 million and $3 million for training costs for BMW. The cost of apartment rents and office renovation costs are in addition to that package. So far, corporations have pledged about $2.5 million, said Greenville businessman Francis Hipp, who is helping spearhead the effort. "We're in pretty good shape, but we still have a few prospects out there." Real estate companies in Greenville and Spartanburg are raising $200,000 this week to add to that, sources said. Campbell would like to see the total private incentive package hit $3 million by the end of the week, they said. State government has committed at least $35 million in enticements for BMW's $1 billion plant. The plant would be built on a 500-acre site east of Greenville-Spartanburg Airport. Tuesday, the S.C. House approved the final two parts of the three-part incentive package aimed at luring BMW to build in the Upstate rather than in Nebraska. The House agreed to earmark $10 million in highway improvement funds for the project. If the company decides to locate near the airport, several roads will have to be moved and widened. Rounding out the package is a change in tax law that would allow Spartanburg County to issue special source revenue bonds to finance the development of services such as water and sewer at the BMW site. The county could use a portion of the annual fee the company would pay instead of property taxes to pay off the debt on the bonds. There was little debate over the final two parts of the package, which both passed on voice votes. The Senate passed the measures last week. Both chambers had previously passed the main part of the package. That authorizes the State Ports Authority to issue $25 million in bonds to buy and improve the land, which BMW would lease. The site would be a giant free-trade zone giving the company important protections against import duties. Hipp, chairman of Liberty Corp., said he is aware that apartments are being offered and "there is a group that has put together some office space." Oates, who also owns the Minimart convenience store chain, said he and other Spartanburg business people would pay for the renovation of office space in the 67-year-old Montgomery Building. "I would pay for a good bit of it, but within reason," he said. More than half of the 100,000-square-foot building is empty. Three of the floors were used recently by Lockwood Greene Engineers as temporary office space and are in good shape, he said. Other areas would need more work. Spartanburg business leaders also are making sure BMW knows about the local housing market. Local real estate agents provided BMW information about housing as recently as 10 days ago, said Judy Caton, president of the local Board of Realtors. The Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce asked for a information on houses in Spartanburg that sell for $150,000 to $400,000, she said. Similar information was sent to BMW from Greenville. South Carolina officials expect to get a signal from BMW about a plant site decision on or about May 22 when a BMW board meeting is scheduled. BMW wants to break ground on the first phase of the $1 billion plant by September. The Omaha, Neb., area is also a contender for the plant. Nebraska has not made any of its incentives public, although a group of real estate sales people has raised $250,000 for training costs. Original Atex file name: BMWGIV.E
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Next photo is of the Prayer Wheel Building; 16 large prayer wheels, billions of mantra.Next is a Prayer Flag cairn.
This photo came out extremely well, and is looking north towards Apache Box Canyon.
Okay, an actual look at the prayer wheels, each one over 12 feet high.
This shows an adobe bldg. where butterlamps are offered in a traditional Tibetan style. Most days I was there it was roughly 103 degrees outside. One learns to drink a lot of water. Two nights I slept on a rooftop, and was able to contemplate the Milky Way, which is very prominant at night there, as light pollution is very low, mostly coming from Tucson. Very good thing to be able to see the Milky way, and ponder this Earth as traveling along the rim of the Galaxy.

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