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Paying property taxes, like cleaning the gutters, is a never-ending reality of homeownership. And factors, including location, can drastically alter how much you pay, according to Zillow.
The online real estate marketplace looked at the median property tax bills in different areas of the country, and found that residents in the New York tri-state area overwhelmingly pay the most in property taxes for single-family homes, according to the latest available data from 2013.
On the other end of the spectrum, homeowners in the some Southern and Midwestern states had a relatively low average tax bill.
Read More Where property taxes hit hardest
Property tax is a "fraction of the assessed value on people's homes," said Skylar Olsen, senior economist at Zillow. "The more expensive your property, the higher your tax bill," she said.
So that more than $13,600 gap between New York and Mississippi reflects not just tax rates, which Olsen said hover around 1 or 2 percent, but also the median value of the homes in that county, according to the tax assessor.
That's important because, put simply, you and the tax authorities may not agree on the true value of your home. Olsen said there may be room to challenge the value the assessor put on your house, based on similar homes in your area. "It's not set in stone," she said.
Take a look at the high and low assessments of property taxes in the tables, or find your county based on Zillow's data, Olsen said. Then, call a realtor to get a feel for whether you're paying the right amount of tax for your area, and look into possible exemptions, she said.
See the tables for a breakdown. Read the full report on Zillow's blog.


Option A: Paint the centers black. Option B: Keep everything silver. Assume the wheels will actually be like... clean... and not photoshoped.
Related: Hey I got new wheels for the Wagovan. After getting frustrated with the lack of good alloy options, I opted for used steel wheels that I am in the process of rehabbing. Should have them done tomorrow.
I’m inclined to go all silver, but plastidip the centers black so I can always go back if I decide I don’t actually like it.


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Benihana Inc. Reports Total Restaurant Sales and Comparable Restaurant Sales for the First Fiscal Quarter 2010
Company Updates Development Activity
MIAMI (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Benihana Inc. (NASDAQ: BNHNA; BNHN), operator of the nation's largest chain of Japanese theme and sushi restaurants, today reported total restaurant sales and comparable restaurant sales for the sixteen-week first fiscal quarter ended July 19, 2009. The Company also updated its recent development activity.
First Fiscal Quarter 2010 Restaurant Sales
Total restaurant sales increased 1.7% to $95.5 million in the first fiscal quarter 2010 from $93.9 million in the first fiscal quarter 2009. For the first fiscal quarter 2010, Company-wide comparable restaurant sales were (10.1%), comprised of (13.1%) at Benihana teppanyaki, 3.5% at RA Sushi, and (14.8%) at Haru.
During the period, Benihana teppanyaki represented approximately 66.2% of consolidated restaurant sales, while RA Sushi and Haru accounted for 23.2% and 10.6% of consolidated restaurant sales, respectively. There were a total of 1,532 store-operating weeks in the first fiscal quarter 2010 compared to 1,348 store-operating weeks in the first fiscal quarter 2009.
"Our Company-wide comparable sales slowed modestly versus the preceding quarter, which mirrors what we have seen across the industry over the same horizon. We are however encouraged by the performance of RA Sushi, which returned to positive sales territory despite continued challenges in some of its largest markets. As we said before, we are in the process of reevaluating the experience at our largest concept, Benihana teppanyaki. Our Benihana Renewal Program addresses improving our guest perceptions as they relate to image, quality, consistency, and lack of Japan. We are elevating the quality of our food and beverages and raising the level of service standards. These efforts are focused on increasing guest frequency and ultimately bolstering our top-line," said Richard C. Stockinger, Chief Executive Officer.
During the first fiscal quarter 2010, the Company opened two RA Sushi restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas, and one Benihana teppanyaki restaurant in Orlando, Florida, while a franchisee opened a Benihana teppanyaki restaurant in Monterey, California.
The Company has also terminated the lease for the previously planned RA Sushi restaurant in Orlando, Florida.
Benihana Inc. (Nasdaq: BNHNA) (Nasdaq: BNHN) operates 98 restaurants nationwide, including 65 Benihana teppanyaki restaurants, nine Haru sushi restaurants, and 24 RA Sushi Bar restaurants. Under development at present are two restaurants -- one Benihana teppanyaki restaurant and one RA Sushi restaurant. In addition, 22 franchised Benihana teppanyaki restaurants are operating in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean.

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This rare, absolutely beautiful gemstone and incredibly unique due to the many variations, it's definitely one of a kind piece.
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Hot Blast Wood Furnace Parts
Freezing winter temperatures don’t have to make your home uncomfortable: Having a reliable and efficient furnace can ensure your warmth and comfort all winter long. A Hot Blast furnace is ideal for both residential and commercial heating, as this type of furnace preheats the air before forcing it through the air ducts instead of heating the air as it is forced through the house. Of course, like any furnace, regular maintenance and occasional repairs will be necessary. When you need Hot Blast wood furnace parts, you can count on Wood-Furnaces.net to help you get them at the best prices.
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When one component of your wood furnace gives out, we’re here to provide high-quality Hot Blast wood stove parts to help you get it back up and running quickly. But it’s not a bad idea to have some common Hot Blast stove parts on hand in advance: There’s nothing worse than having to wait even a day for your Hot Blast wood furnace parts to arrive after an unexpected equipment failure, especially in the dead of winter when you absolutely need heat. Having a few common Hot Blast wood stove replacement parts in your personal inventory will help ensure fast repairs and continued warmth and comfort in your home. One replacement part that’s a good idea to buy in advance is a draft induction kit, which includes the following components:
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If you plan on repairing your own furnace or wood stove, it’s a good idea to go over the basics before you proceed to make sure that the process goes smoothly and safely. Before making any repairs, unplug the unit from its power source. This will prevent electrical shocks. Remove the fuel supply before making a repair to prevent exposure to dangerous fuel contamination. And if you’re removing an old system entirely, replacing it with a new Hot Blast furnace, secure the ductwork with cleats and screws to prevent the old ductwork from falling.
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London Bridge Hotel (London) Reviews
Description:The 4 star London Bridge Hotel, which opened in Autumn '98, is in an ideal location on the edge of the City of ... more
London Bridge Hotel (London) ... London.The hotel site has a heritage which dates back to Roman Britain when the area was already at the centre of links with Europe - both in commerce and communications.
The hotel has 138 air conditioned bedrooms with a range of facilities which make this an attractive choice for business as well as leisure guests.
Adresse: 8-18 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9SG
Newest Review: ... totally insulated from the noise outside, making for a very peaceful night's sleep. In fact, the only noise was from the aircon in the room - I never fully understand how they work and seem impossible to turn off or to a sensible temperature! The room was small but very comfortable, with very large double bed (twins joined together), decent sized TV, and the usual tea and coffee, hairdryer, ... more
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by - written on 30/10/09 (Very useful, 44 readings)
The London Bridge Hotel does not lie - it is literally a 2 minute walk from London Bridge station. As such, it was perfect for us staying just one night in London - central location, very convenient for getting us home on the train next day without having to trawl across London! Being so close to the station I was worried about noise - but I needn't have. Our room was totally insulated from the noise outside, making for a very peaceful night's sleep. In fact, the only noise was from the aircon in the room - I never fully understand how they work and seem impossible to turn off or to a sensible temperature! The room was small but very ... Read the complete review
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It is very rare for us to stay in London. Really the only reason for us to do so is because of an event we are attending where driving home afterwards is definitely not a good idea. The usual reason is the company's Christmas Dinner and Dance and so it was this year. In the past the event has always been held around the Hyde Park area. It has been at the Royal Lancaster and the Grosvenor on Park Lane but even with “event” discounts I've always felt them to be too expensive to stay in either hotel. We have always sought out more reasonable accommodation within a short distance but reasonable is a matter of some argument. In any case, hotels at this end of ... Read the complete review
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The fall season is finally upon us, which means the temperature outside continues to drop. In fact, this mid-weather season is the perfect time for homeowners to prepare for the frigid temperatures that are on their way! Right now, you can save significantly on your utility bills by cracking the windows open when the weather permits or throwing on a sweatshirt when the temperature gets a bit cooler than average. However, when winter rolls around, no amount of layers will allow you stay comfortable without using a heating unit. Sooner or later that furnace of your will need to be fired up. As a result, you’ll want to make sure that it is working correctly before you actually need it. This autumn, consider hiring a professional to come and take a look at your furnace so that you can rest easy knowing that whenever the first snow comes through, you won’t be left freezing in your own home.
First Time Can Be A Charm
After months and months of inactivity, your furnace will do what everything else in your home does- collect dust. In fact, as you start to use your air conditioner less and less, dust can quickly accumulate in the ducts and vents. As a result, opening windows is a great way to avoid being bothered by the burning of dust once you first fire up that furnace of yours. When you have good circulation, the odor will come and go. However, if the smell lingers for more than a couple of hours, it is probably best to contact a professional for some much-needed assistance.
Change The Filter
A few weeks of minimal HVAC activity can cause homeowners to quickly forget that they need to change the filters regularly. In fact, starting the season off right by merely replacing a dirty filter can really do wonders for your home as you go into the colder months!
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If you are concerned about the heating system within your home, consider hiring a technician to maintain your heating system during or before the bitter cold arrives. Our geothermal units do both heating and cooling from one system, not separate heaters or air conditioning units. With many experienced technicians available, Ground Loop Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. can solve all your air conditioning system problems. If you are interested in creating the most comfortable environment for your family to enjoy, contact Ground Loop Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.today.
You can reach us at 410-836-1706, or visit our website for more information! If you are interested in more information about geothermal heating and cooling systems, check us out on Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn.


Emma cut her teeth from an early age playing in garage bands and howling with the rock’n’roll best of them. Her punk non-conformism mixed with her mature sound creates a blend of music not previously heard in the Australian scene. And if there is one trait all great artists share, it’s a sense of restlessness. It is a constant hard-wired drive to continually take their music in new directions – testing the waters, finding new sounds, creating music in new ways. And thus, for Emma, with every passing moment her style and sound is changing, adapting, evolving.
Emma’s commitment to the craft is seen through the numerous musical detours she continually takes. You can find her voice on the acclaimed Paddy McHugh album ‘Trials and Cape Tribulations’, while her music has been featured on television series Slide and 2014 feature film Predestination. More recently she has taken a major role with the unique songwriting project ‘The Soldier’s Wife’ which has included performances everywhere from regional Queensland to The Sydney Opera House. Her brainchild, mid-career songwriters retreat “Wild Mountains Songs”, has seen her collaborate with some of Australia’s best. Emma also believes music can be instrumental in social change and leans into this ideology with her role as Project Manager at Green Music Australia.
“It came to quite the climactic space shuttle infused conclusion. I wanna hear more.”
– Henry Wagons – Tower of Song – Double J
“Gentle yet powerful, uplifting yet grounding, Brisbane garage-folk songstress Emma Bosworth’s new single “People Get Ready”, is a rousing anthem that taps into the heavy issues we all inevitably face in life, with an accompanying music video that’s just as poignant”
– Music Is My Muse
“A strong voice of her own…”
– The Courier-Mail
“Oh Man’ includes gorgeous explosions of sound that allow the vocals to take centre stage, radiating heavy Tame Impala and Go-Betweens feels.”
– Good Intent
“It’s got a chorus that stands out big time, seriously good stuff..”
– Declan Byrne, Triple J Home and Hosed on “People Get Ready”
“Love the layers to this. It’s equal parts melodic and percussive. Gorgeous”
– Gemma Pike, Triple J Assistant Music Director on “People Get Ready”
“A cracker of a debut album…With superbly crafted songs sung with heart and soul, it’s not hard to see why she is one of the great hidden treasures in the music scene today…probably not for long”
– 98.9FM on Emma Bosworth’s debut album, “Coming Up For Air”


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I have decided to try an experiment in ride blogging. I provide an introduction explaining the purpose of the ride, and a map of my route, with the places I visited or photographed along the way. Click on the waypoints to see the story of my ride. You may find the map much easier to read if you enlarge it before trying to follow the line. Oh, and the ride starts at the bottom and goes to the top. Enjoy!
This first ride celebrated the last day of summer. I rode the Toronto bus and then my bicycle up to Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan Ontario. My family met me there, and together we spent a last lazy afternoon before starting on the fall round of school and more school.
I welcome comments on everything I write, but I would especially like to see any reactions to this way of telling the story of a ride.

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South Africans should brace themselves for more icy weather for the rest of the week as the cold front moves through the country.
The weather service says more snow and strong winds can be expected Tuesday and Wednesday in some regions.
In the Free State and Gauteng, minimum temperatures plunged to below minus degrees this morning and the cold conditions are expected to persist for the next few days.
KwaZulu-Natal authorities are on high alert as residents brace themselves for the cold conditions.
Forecaster Ayanda Nsele says strong winds are expected in various parts of the province, especially along the south coast.
South Africans have meanwhile reacted to the icy cold conditions on Social Media:

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J&K: BJP-PDP Break-up, UN Report’s Dismissal by the Government on Flimsy Grounds
The ‘unholy alliance’ between the BJP and the PDP has fallen in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, followed by the imposition of governor’s rule. The first ever UN report which elaborated on the human rights violations taking place in J&K has been readily dismissed by the government and media, without any concrete discussion on the allegations in the report. Human rights activist Gautam Navlakha talks about the contents of this report, and what the future holds for the troubled state.
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Melissa Errico has starred in seven Broadway musicals and released several major solo CDs: Blue Like That (EMI/Capitol Records), Lullabies and Wildflowers (VMG/Universal), Legrand Affair (Ghostlight/Sony) and the most recent (2015) What About Today? Melissa Errico Live at 54 Below (Broadway Records) which was followed up immediately by a DVD. Her digital release More Lullabies and Wildflowers was released on Mother’s Day 2015 as a benefit for the tenth anniversary of her charity, The Bowery Babes, a NY 501c-3. She has been called everything from “divine” to “the voice of enchantment” to “one of the most valuable assets of the musical theater” by the New York Times, as well as “incandescent” (New York Daily News) and “blessed with every attribute a grand dame of Broadway requires: star power, voice, looks, ability, personality, technique. An aphrodisiac, as it were, that galvanizes a musical into life,” (Clive Barnes). “Earthy and soulful, she both sparkles and is unmannered,” (USA Today).
Errico has worked steadily in non-musical roles as well as in front of the camera, starring in a network TV series Central Park West written by Darren Star, and doing guest and recurring roles steadily throughout her career. In 2015, she played “Catherine Christiansen” on The Knick for Cinemax and “June” on Billions for Showtime (airs January 2016). She played a tormented…
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Krause Berry Farms6179-248th Street, Aldergrove 604 856-5757 krauseberryfarms.com
Take 264th St Exit of # 1 Freeway & follow the Krause Berry Farms signs.
Serving you since 1974.
Enjoy our family friendly u-pick fields, Restaurants, Waffle Bar, farm fresh Bakery, home & garden Market and Estate Winery.
During the summer you’ll find beautiful fresh berries (u-pick or pre-picked), daily baking from our Harvest Kitchen, our own farm made ice creams, fudge, milkshakes, donuts, smoothies and more. Families can learn & play together in our Fresh Family Fun Field. In the fall we offer all things apple & pumpkin along with a barley maze, pumpkin patch and tractor rides. Over the Holidays we transform into a winter wonderland for the whole family to enjoy. Visit our website to view our line up of cooking experiences, classes and special events. Shop Online all year round for your farm favourites!
Hours change with the season, please see our website for up to date information.

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Check out this interactive version of the classic NES Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! My friend Samuel outfitted a boxing dummy so that this Nintendo game can be played by punching the dummy.
Check out our showdown to see who is the Interactive Punch-Out champion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_WaqSnvJ1o
For info on how he did it, check out his Instructable: http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Punchout-Interactive-Interface-Improved/
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Sterility Test High Pressure Peristaltic Pump Pharmaceutical Test
Brushless DC motor
5-speed control with speed memory.
Vacuum Fluorescent Display.
Safety hood to protect the operator.
Mirror polished stainless steel body which is easy to clean.
Power Supply: AC220V/50HZ
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Up for sale I have a vintage hand painted duck decoy. It's VERY HEAVY and the condition is nice overall. It measures roughly 16 1/2 inches in length. There is a crack on the bottom of it. It was found in an old barn in upstate New York. Selling as is. Please ask questions before offerding. Please check out my other sales as I have another vintage decoy I will be listing!


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Dedicated to All who have lost a child to a tragic early death, stillbirth, Miscarriage or even an abortion that was later regretted
There is nothing quite as devastating as the loss of a child to an early death. There are always more questions than answers. There are many things we simply do not know. We do not know the answer to “Why my baby, Lord?” We do not know why this little life was taken before he really began to live. We do not know what talents and abilities that the Lord had already given this child. We do not know what impact this child would have had on this world. All these remain mysteries that are hid with Christ in God.
FIRST, we know from the Holy Scripture that this child’s life was unique and sacred. In Jeremiah 1: 5, the Lord Himself says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart…” (emphasis added) In Psalm 139, King David says, “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together…, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” The fact that none of these children ever enjoy life outside the womb does not make their lives less sacred to God. The “age” of each child to God is not figured from the day they are physically born, but from the day they are conceived, the day He puts a soul into that tiny, tiny body that only He can see.
SECOND, we know that this child has gone to be with the Lord. Jesus, while on this earth, had a special place in his heart for the children. They loved Him and He loved them. He scolded His disciples when they tried to keep them away from Him and told them to “Let the little children come to me for such is the kingdom of Heaven.” Hebrews 13: 8 tells us that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” He is still gathering the little children to Himself, loving and comforting them.
THIRD, we know that this child’s days, no matter how brief, had a reason. Often God uses the death of someone we love dearly and whom we know went to “be with the Lord” to draw our attention to Him in a new and greater measure. We know that we must be saved to ever see this person again. The Lord will use this to soften our hearts to Him.
I can testify that I am one Mom that cannot WAIT to hold the child someday that I’ve never known on this earth but who has been in heaven with the Lord for 24 years! What an awesome gift of God!
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I am a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapist with over 20 years experience in the NHS (Adult Mental Health and CAMHS). I am BABCP accredited and a qualified EMDR practitioner.
I offer an integrate approach to suit client's needs and can help with a specific problem or work in a holistic way. I work in all areas of mental health but have particular expertise in working with young people. I specialise in CBT with children and young people.
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Tomato and Basil Soup
Two tins of chopped tomatoes, a good make will make the soup nicer
One large onion, roughly chopped
A good handful of basil leaves, chopped
Two vegetable stock cubes
Two pints water
A knob of butter
Gently saute the chopped onion in the knob of butter until transparent, add the two tins of chopped tomatoes and stir for a couple of minutes until warmed through.
Add the basil leaves, stock cubes and water and cook for approximately ten minutes.
Liquidise the mixture and enjoy with homemade herb butter on crusty bread.
This is a recipe based on one of James Martin's recipes from his last series and is absolutely delicious and quick as well as healthy.


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In celebration of the Tennessee Williams centennial in 2011, The Library of America presents its acclaimed two-volume edition of his plays in a collector's boxed set. Gathering thirty-two works written from the 1930s to the 1980s, this collection contains all the essential dramatic works of the playwright who transformed the American stage. The first volume opens with the rediscovered early plays,...
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rm and Not About Nightingales, and contains such classics as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Rose Tattoo, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, as well as a selection of one acts. The second volume includes Orpheus Descending, Suddenly Last Summer, Sweet Bird of Youth, Period of Adjustment, The Night of the Iguana, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Out Cry, and A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur.LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Arrangments must be made to pick up and return the equipment for this lab.
Abstract: This lab is a 2-D analog to the materials characterization technique of Rutherford backscattering (RBS). It introduces the concept of looking at the angular distribution of scattered particles to measure/characterize the scattering target. In RBS, the scattering targets are the atoms, and the scattered particles are alpha-particles. In this experiment, we instead use a metal target with ball-bearings that scatter. Students repeatedly launch the ball bearings down the grooves of a ramp to simulate a uniform flux of alpha particles. The data is collected by the mark it leaves on a carbon-paper strip. By plotting and analyzing the data, students can learn about 2-D scattering (and by analogy, 3-D scattering) as well as calculate the size of the target.


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Aids campaign 'must target drug addicts'
Alarm at the rising number of drug users testing positive for HIV prompted an urgent call yesterday for Aids campaigns to target addicts.
Announcing the latest Aids statistics for Hong Kong, Department of Health senior medical officer Dr Clive Chan Ching-nin said education programmes must be modified and stepped up.
He said that while sexual contact remained the most common method of HIV transmission, the rising number of people being infected by shared needles was worrying.
'Education has been done in various ways to promote the concept of [infection through] sexual contact, injecting and perinatal contact,' Dr Chan said.
'But I think the Government and the Advisory Council on Aids will have to do more on the drug users.' One intravenous drug user tested positive for HIV in the three months to September 30.
A further 39 were infected through sexual contact, most of them through heterosexual intercourse, and the cause of 10 infections could not be determined.
The number of new HIV cases was down slightly from the previous quarter's 63 cases, but significantly higher than for the same period last year, when there were 32 new HIV cases.
'Injecting drug users being infected with HIV needs attention now,' Dr Chan said.
Between 1985 and 1987, only one intravenous drug user tested positive for HIV. In the next two years, there were four.
Between 1991 and 1993, another four were infected, and there were five more cases reported between 1994 and 1996.
But since 1997, seven intravenous drug users have tested HIV-positive.
Dr Chan said methadone clinics and non-government support groups could play a key role in preventing HIV infection among drug users.


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Region: Campania, Italy
Soils: Clay + Limestone
Vinification: Destemmed then macerated for about 20 days in stainless steel
Aging: 6 months in stainless steel, then 12 months in slavonian oak, then 10 months in bottle
Fining or Filtering: None
Notes from the Importer: Il Cancelliere is a wine company situated in the heart of Montemarano, in a zone particularly suted for the Taurasi production. The company was founded from Soccorso Romano, which has the same nickname, and it is family conducted. It was born from the desire to increase the value of our earth fruits and our work making discorvery ancient paesant traditions. The cellar is situated in the old homestead of Romano family and is surrounded by the vineyards which is used to produce our prestigious Aglianico. The processing of vineyards is done using Soccorso’s and his wife experience and from the agronomic knowledge of their son Enrico. The vinification process is based on the paesant art of making wine that Soccorso has learnt form his father and in collaboration with the oenologist Antonio di Gruttola. In the cellar is mostly utilised “used wood” to exalt the perfumes and the aromas characterise grapes of this specific territory.


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Some families who lost loved ones in December’s massacre at a Connecticut elementary school say they are very disappointed by the Senate’s defeat of expanded background checks for gun sales and vow to continue their fight.
President Barack Obama says the Senate’s opposition to a bill that would have expanded background checks for gun buyers marks a “shameful day for Washington.” He says a minority of senators decided “it wasn’t worth it” to protect the nation’s children.
Paul McCartney is adding his voice to Tony Bennett’s campaign against gun violence.
The Supreme Court is staying out of the gun debate for now.
The first hurdle cleared with deceptive ease, the Senate turns to the heart of the battle over curbing gun violence next week when it considers a proposal to expand required federal background checks to gun shows and online firearms sales.
President Barack Obama is bringing 11 families of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One.
Democrats gave a boost Tuesday to the pillar of President Barack Obama’s plans for reducing gun violence, pushing a bill requiring nearly universal federal background checks for firearms buyers through the Senate Judiciary Committee over solid Republican opposition.
The Maryland Senate has passed a comprehensive gun-control measure.
The top Democrat on the House education committee says any discussion about school safety needs to be coupled with “common sense strategies to keep guns out of the hands of those who intend harm.”
Congress’ latest crack at a new assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200 specific firearms, including a semi-automatic rifle that is nearly identical to one of the guns used in the bloodiest shootout in FBI history.


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A summer without Lugnuts baseball: How COVID-19 is impacting the club, city, fans and players
Among the many things lost to the COVID-19 pandemic: 70 summer nights of Lansing Lugnuts baseball, 250,000 printed pocket schedules gone to waste.
The absence of minor league baseball ranks somewhere beneath an ongoing global health crisis and an intense national and local conversation about systemic racism and policing.
But it’s not nothing. The Lugnuts are quintessential Lansing, for 24 years a staple of downtown. Easy and affordable entertainment. A heckuva summer evening.
“When I leave here at 6, 7 o’clock at night and I don’t see the people coming down for ball games, it breaks my heart,” said Scott Keith, president of Lansing Entertainment and Public Facilities Authority, aka LEPFA, which maintains the ballpark.
There won’t be Lugnuts baseball this summer. The minor league baseball season was officially canceled Tuesday.
“You saw how hard it’s been for Major League baseball to get going again,” Lugnuts owner Tom Dickson said. “To think they’re going to be able to send 25 players out to 160 minor league markets, it’s just not practical. So I kind of faced the music a while ago.”
The Lugnuts season that never began would have only had two months left anyway. Dickson and the Lugnuts are moving on, hoping to salvage what they can of the summer with other events at the ballpark. They announced a one-year wooden bat college summer league Tuesday afternoon, the Lemonade League, with games to be played in July and August at Cooley Law School Stadium, after the state moves into Phase 5 of its reopening plan.
“It’s been tough,” Dickson said. “Not only emotionally — we were getting ready to celebrate our 25th season and had a lot of fun things planned. Financially, it’s also been very tough. I’m not crying, because a lot of people have it worse than we do.”
Players, fans, seasonal staffers, the city and the club — there is a hole in the summer for everyone. For nearby businesses, too, for which this is their season, even though the pandemic has created larger issues on its own.
“It’s one more thing that makes life under COVID really difficult,” Lansing Mayor Andy Schor said. “We’re trying to stay away from each other. But there’s no relief, there’s no release to be able to cheer on your local Lugnuts team and be able to get a hot dog and beer or soda at the ballpark and go to Thirsty Thursday or all the different fun things. In terms of quality of life, having the Lugnuts is a huge part of Lansing.”
A pain in the wallet
The Lugnuts aren’t going anywhere. Dickson made that clear. The Lugnuts weren't one of the 42 minor league clubs slated to be eliminated in a cost-cutting proposal put forth before the pandemic by Major League Baseball.
“I’m not worried about the future of the Midwest League. I’m certainly not worried about the Lugnuts, said Dickson, who sits on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees. “I’m more worried about getting this virus put to bed, getting a vaccine for that, so people are comfortable coming back out.”
The timing of the country shutting down for the COVID-19 pandemic — just weeks before the start of the season — couldn’t have been worse. For all parties involved.
“We have an offseason. Now we’re looking right down the barrel of no season and then we’re looking at another offseason,” Dickson said. “So it’s 18 months, the way I calculate it, with very little revenue.
“We’re in this for the long haul. We’ve been at this in Lansing for 25 years and we fully intend to be there for another 25 years. So we will get through it.”
The Lugnuts, like many businesses, have been helped by the federal Paycheck Protection Program and an Emergency Injury Disaster Loan. Some of their PPP loan will be forgiven because they’ve been able to keep most of their full-time staff employed, Dickson said. Staffing remains the club’s largest expense, though its seasonal, game-day employees hadn’t yet begun this year. The plan is to bring some of them back in the coming weeks for other events, including the Lemonade League.
Also helping the books: Many of the Lugnuts’ sponsors have stuck by them to this point, even absent a season.
“They understand that it’s way out of our control and many of them have been partners with us for 25 years and they’re standing by us,” Dickson said. “That means an awful lot.”
No baseball means there are fewer costs — most notably for the Lugnuts, a monthly lease payment to the City of Lansing for use of the ballpark. Someone is always losing when there are no games played.
“I guess the only smart thing I did 25 years ago without ever expecting a pandemic, is basically there’s a force majeure clause in our lease with the city that essentially says we do not owe the lease payments on the ballpark if we’re unable to play a minor league season,” Dickson said. “We want to be really good partners. So as we are able to do some events over there and generate some revenue, we certainly will share that with the city as we always have.”
The Lugnuts have pulled the lever on two clauses, according to the city, the force majeure and a destruction of stadium clause.
“I don’t think we ever envisioned it to be for this,” Schor said. “But if the stadium were destroyed, if there was a tornado — it’s kind of your catch-all for an act of God. They have invoked that clause. At this point, they’re not playing ball and they can’t be in the stadium, so it’s month to month.”
The city still receives a percentage of sales from merchandise, as well as its annual share of the 11-year, $1.48-million stadium naming rights deal with Cooley Law School, which runs through this year.
LEPFA, which is subsidized by the city, is still maintaining the park largely as if baseball were being played, from the de-winterization process on. Until not long ago, there was still hope of a shortened season.
Keith’s concern is that a summer without revenue will mean a year without the normal capital improvements, funds for which are generated from special events.
“When you defer maintenance and capital investment into a stadium, it means at some point down the road you’ve got to play catch-up,” Keith said. “I always am concerned about that. Because right now, we still have a gem of a stadium, we really do. And I don’t want it to get to a point where it’s not attractive to people.”
There are signs of life at the ballpark, however. A youth tournament last week. And, this week the nets that protect the streets on both sides of the stadium are going up.
“The Lugnuts have told us that they’ve got some upcoming events that’ll have some stronger hitters in the stadium, so we want to put those up for Cedar and Larch street,” Keith said.
The Lugnuts' plans for the rest of the summer, Dickson said, are contingent on the next phase in Michigan’s reopening and being able to have 500 people in Cooley Law School Stadium. If Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allows that sometime after July 4, the Lugnuts will be in business, so to speak, as will the Lemonade League.
“It’s amazing how creative you can get when your typical product has gone away for a year and you’ve got to come back with some other things,” Dickson said.
'Survival of the most creative'
Minor league baseball has been a breeding ground for creativity and that’s been a focus for the Lugnuts in these trying times. Hence, plans for the Lemonade League, made up of college players from Michigan State, Lansing Community College, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Toledo, Wayne State, Grand Valley, Saginaw Valley, Albion College, Olivet College, Kalamazoo College and Davenport.
“From the first day we figured we’d be without Lugnuts baseball, (general manager) Tyler (Parsons) and I were already trying to figure out a way to play baseball at Cooley Law School Stadium,” Lugnuts director of stadium events Greg Kigar said.
With the sights and sounds of summer giving way to empty stadiums, organizations across the country have turned to their imagination for help.
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos put their stadium for rent on Airbnb for $1,500 a night. The club also turned their stadium into a disc golf course. The Fort Wayne TinCaps, who are part of the Midwest League with the Lugnuts, have hosted farmers markets.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels and South Bend Cubs have been among the many in minor league baseball offering curbside concessions.
Parsons has paid close attention to what many others in the industry are doing to try to make ends meet.
"(Minor league baseball) is a place to try anything and really get the creative juices flowing,” Parsons said. “Obviously, with the restrictions, it has challenged us to be more creative and look now to the future to see what we can do and how we can implement things.”
With the community supporting the Lugnuts the last 25 years, Parsons said it’s important for the team to find ways to serve the Lansing region. The club’s focus is to engage the community and create an environment at the ballpark that's safe for people while providing some actual entertainment.
“We're just trying to be as positive as we possibly can and take some time to learn and be more creative with our industry,” Parsons said. “We have to find a way. I think that's the minor league baseball mindset. I tell people it's almost the survival of the most creative in our industry right now. It's going to make us change the way we communicate to fans and the way we host events here, and the way we market and sell the team and the way we engage the community.”
For players, 'a weird time to be in baseball'
The challenges of a lost season at the ballpark extend beyond the Lugnuts' front office and the city. No one has been impacted more than those expecting to take the field this season, with dreams of one day reaching the big leagues.
Outfielder Dominic Abbadessa spent time with the Lugnuts last season and anticipated Lansing being his landing spot to open this season. Now Abbadessa, 22, who was a 23rd-round draft pick of the Blue Jays in 2016, is resigned to the fact that he won’t have an opportunity to prove himself and continue growing as a player.
"It's pretty crazy,” Abbadessa said. “This whole quarantine has really put everything into perspective of just how precious each year is for your growth and development as a player. (It is) especially for a kid like me who wasn't a big money guy out of the draft. You always have something to prove. It's a pretty big hit (to not be playing).”
Lansing serves as an important stop on the developmental path for players like Abbadessa. With a schedule of 140 games, playing in Lansing or for any Midwest League squad marks the first full-season experience for many prospects.
Luis Hurtado, who was set to manage the Lugnuts this season, understands the importance of the step. The 31-year-old was a catcher for the Lugnuts in 2011 and said many significant lessons are learned in Lansing.
“(There is) a lot of things they're missing,” Hurtado said. “They're missing game time, they're missing development, they're missing (gaining) experience and playing games 20 days in a row for the first time.
“When you go to a long season for the first time, you've got to stay healthy, you've got to keep your training, you've got to keep in shape. You've got to handle your body. That's the biggest thing that I would say they are missing this year. It's experience, how to handle their tiredness when they get tired and handle their energy and all the stuff when you feel it and experience it the first time in a long season.”
Marcus Reyes, a left-handed reliever, found success inn Lansing on the mound last season. The 25-year old anticipated taking the next step in the Blue Jays’ minor league system this year, but is now pondering what the future holds.
Reyes, who was a 38th round draft pick in 2017, said the absence of a minor league baseball season adds to the urgency that a prospect in his situation has to have when baseball returns.
"I've talked to multiple friends that are in the same predicament as me and they're either a free agent signing or late-round draft pick,” Reyes said. “We lose a year of baseball that we could have either, A, progressed up the ranks, or B, learned if it was really meant for us. Now we're a year older, so we lose a year on our contract. We also don't have any money invested in us. Say pertaining to next season when we go back — if we do get the chance to go back — it just makes it that much harder.
“It makes it just a little bit more realistic — one or two bad outings in a row and that could be your career right there.”
An empty feeling for fans
It’s more than just a weird time for the players on the field.
For fans like Carol Walker and LeAnn Cook, this summer has felt empty without the frequent trips they would have made to the ballpark.
Walker has been a regular at Cooley Law School Stadium since 2000, when her family began hosting players. Having two or three players living in her home and supporting them at games have become a summer tradition.
This year the three extra bedrooms in her house are collecting dust instead of clutter from the players. The linen closets remain full. And Walker has lost one of her big social circles.
“It has been a big part of our life for 20 years,” Walker said of trips to the ballpark. “We miss it because that was our routine in the summer. We don’t have a cottage and honestly, we don’t even have friends that have a cottage.
“We miss having that close relationship with those baseball players. We’ve become good friends (with them). We always have hosted a player. We miss that relationship and watching them on the field and that feeling of parenting and helping them and supporting them and our desire for them to succeed. We haven’t had hot dogs, if that’s just not such a silly thing. Ballpark hot dogs are different than hot dogs at home. It’s maybe a silly thing, but even that kind of thing is a loss for us.”
Cook, who resides in South Bend, Ind., annually attends roughly 15 games at Cooley Law School Stadium a season. She also spends a lot of time watching the Lugnuts on the road, whether it be in South Bend or even places like Dayton, Ohio, or Appleton, Wisconsin. Cook estimates attending between 50 and 60 games annually.
Minor league baseball has been a big part of the summer months for Cook the past four decades. She has been a supporter of the Lugnuts since their opening season and is part of the team’s booster club.
“It’s been a horrible summer,” Cook said. “I had to go to a little league game just to watch somebody playing baseball. And that’s not even knowing any of the kids that were playing. Hopefully we’ll be able to be back next year and celebrate that 25th (anniversary of the Lugnuts) next year.”
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Figuring out how to motivate your employees can be very tricky. If you’ve read our blog before, you know that we’ve written about motivating employees quite a few times (scroll to the end of the article to see our other blog posts about employee motivation). But the topic never gets old! And sometimes you just need a fresh way to look at it.
So what’s the secret to motivating employees? This clever infographic from our friends over at Salesforce explains it. Hint: it isn’t just money!
This article was originally posted on the work.com blog.
How To Motivate Your Employees
Motivating employees isn’t as simple as paying them more. People are complex and lots of different factors contribute to their overall level of job satisfaction, and what motivates people to do their best work. Happiness, career aspirations, challenges, money, stress, are all factors that contributing factors in employee motivation.
There is an optimal level of arousal that is key to motivating people. This can be brought about in many ways: employee recognition, dialogue with employees, employee coaching, and healthy relationships with bosses and co-workers.
There is a material impact to having disengaged employees. Human resources professionals must manage their organizations with finesse, constantly looking for that optimal level workplace satisfaction which keeps employees motivated and engaged.
BONUS: Here are Integrity HR’s Top 5 Tips On How To Motivate Your Employees:
- Provide constant and efficient feedback
- Communicate clearly, and be sure to gain agreement
- Ask for and accept input from your employees
- Avoid favoritism
- Promote accountability and trust your employees
Following these five steps will be a huge step forward in turning a negative environment into a positive one.
To read more about how to motivate employees, check out our previous blogs:

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Theodore (ted) Kerr, is a member of the What Would an HIV Doula Do? collective. He is a Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based writer, organizer, and artist. His work has appeared in the Advocate, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Lambda Literary, BOMB, the New Inquiry, and many other publications. Kerr received his MA from Union Theological Seminary and is the former programs manager for Visual AIDS.
In 2015, a group of artists, educators, activists, writers, doulas, and healthcare workers came together for an informal think tank to discuss social, cultural, and political issues that surround HIV/AIDS—which include criminalization, stigma, and ways AIDS history is being remembered and disremembered. From there we formed a collective, and started meeting monthly. What became obvious to us soon in the process was that we, as a group, had to check in with each other to figure out what we knew and felt about HIV. Each of us—whether living with the virus or being deeply impacted by it—had different experiences and awareness of the epidemic. At the same time, doula work had become ever more present in our communities—birth doulas, end of life doulas, abortion doulas, gender doulas—folks who fundamentally hold space for someone during a time of transition. We came to understand that we needed to doula ourselves, that is, to hold space for each other in order to better understand the current reality of the virus, to better consider what contemporary responses to AIDS should look like. To do this, we began with a question: What would an HIV doula do?
Since then, our collective has worked to bring community back to the HIV response and begin a conversation around how to ensure that the state and AIDS nonprofit organizations work for people living with the virus, and not the other way around. We do our work in open meetings and at events. AIDS is a public issue and should be treated as such. Long before the response to HIV became professionalized, before it even had a name, the communities affected by it responded in the streets. They protested, walked each other’s dogs, carried caskets, filed paperwork, saved art, held each other’s hands. In the course of our work, we have been reminded of a fundamental truth about the epidemic: No one gets HIV alone. And so no one should have to deal with it alone. When it comes to the virus, it is always, HIV with. So when the opportunity to work with Poets & Writers came up, we jumped at the chance to use writing as a way to bring together people who were living with HIV, or have been deeply impacted by it.
With the support of Poets & Writers, we created a five-part workshop series titled HIV WITH. For each session, a different theme—trauma, spirituality, public health, language, witnessing—and its relation to HIV would be explored under the guidance of a writer and a cofacilitator. For the second workshop of the series, poet and educator Timothy DuWhite and dancer and healer iele paloumpis came together to explore HIV through the interconnected systems of the mind, body, soul, and government. After delivering a powerful presentation on how the state often fails and targets people of color when it comes to HIV, the facilitators assigned writing prompts that had us respond to the ideas presented. iele invited us to get up from our seats, and—based on writing we had done in the room—use our bodies to express a journey we have had with HIV. As a writer, I was moved by this exercise. By the end of the workshop, I felt compelled to write more, buoyed by the shared experience of cracking spines, tears, hugs, comfort eating, and putting proverbial pen to paper.
So much of writing is about being vulnerable on the page, alone, and then sending it out into the world. So much about HIV is about our bodies, risk, and judgement. Support from Poets & Writers has enabled the What Would an HIV Doula Do? collective to build communal spaces where we can work to reduce the harm of HIV, transform the pain and stigma surrounding it, and be active participants in ensuring it metamorphosizes into health and resilience, through written word. As we continue to uncover what the response to HIV is and needs to be, we are reminded by opportunities like this workshop series that we need each other, that we have each other, and writing can be a way of healing.
Support for the Readings & Workshops Program in New York City is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, with additional support from the Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, the Axe-Houghton Foundation, the A.K. Starr Charitable Trust, and Friends of Poets & Writers.Photos: (top) Theodore Kerr (Credit: William Johnson). (bottom) HIV WITH altar (Credit: Theodore Kerr).


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“Begin the Beguine.” Not the Cole Porter song, made popular by Artie Shaw. Nor the R.E.M. tune of the same name.
Thoughts on happenings in the city of Madera.
Those in the know (and that’s us) say tomorrow is the official start of the Holiday Season.
Old news by now, but for those of you, and there are many, who enjoy the wonderful meals prepared by Gabriella at Madera Valley Inn enjoy them whil
Though we are not able to go yet despite being fans of James Bond movies from the first “Dr.
This weekend unofficially, but according to yours truly, marks the beginning of the holiday season.

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Changing Spark Plugs With UIM In Place
I've noticed this keeps coming up in the V6 section so i've decided to write a HowTo on it with pictures to follow. If you use the right tools it's a simple task which should take 15 mins max.
- Decent 10mm spark plug socket with inbuilt rubber plug gripper.
- Three 3/8 extension bars, one of which should be a 'wobble' type
- Feeler gauge set.
- 3/8 Universal joint to fit extension bars.
- Rachet handle.
- Set your replacement spark plugs to 1.3mm with the feeler gauge. (NGK plugs are all preset at factory)
- I recommend starting with the front bank of three plugs. Access is easier and experience gained will help when replacing the rear bank of plugs, which are far less accesible.
- Remove the front plastic cover then the four 8mm screws securing the IMRC. Move the latter aside, as necessary to clear the plugs.
- Choosing the most accesible plug lead, squeeze the associated rubber seal sideways to release it from the head, then firmly pull the lead and attached plastic tube upwards, to release the connector from the plug. Withdraw the lead assembly from the plug location hole then lay it aside.
When removing plugs from the front bank, the bulkhead does not limit access therefore, all three extensions can be connected then taped together and the plugs removed as follows:
- Attach your plug socket to the plain extensions, then tape into position with 'gaffer' tape or similar.
- Carefully lower the socket and attached extensions down the hole. When the socket engages the plug, ensure it locates squarely then, using finger pressure only, push until it locates fully on the plug. Connect the ratchet handle, via the universal joint if necessary, then unscrew the plug until it is free from its location. Remove the ratchet then carefully lift the extensions assembly until the plug has been safely removed.
- Apply a very small amount of anti-seize compound to the plug threads then fit the replacement plug securely into the socket. Gently lower this assembly down the hole until the plug threads engage squarely. Gently rotate the extension assembly counterclockwise, to prevent cross threading, then screw clockwise, by hand, until the plug is correctly engaged with its thread. Tighten by hand until fully engaged, then fit the ratchet and tighten gently. Correct torque is only 15Nm (11 lb-ft) which is approximately a quarter turn from hand tight. CAUTION: Do not overtighten.
- Repeat the same procedure on the two remaing front bank spark plugs.
- Refit the IMRC unit and the plastic manifold cover.
- Start the engine and check it is operating correctly.
- It is very tight at the rear and space can be made by first removing the coil pack power lead, then removing the plug leads from the coil pack, after noting their correct positions. If necessary, remove the coil pack, noting the position of the earth bonding leads. Genuine Ford leads and coil packs have the connections clearly marked.
- All of the rear bank plugs have limited access and the bulkhead overhang prevents the necessary length of extension to be inserted into the plug hole in one piece. Therefore, the three short extension bars must be carefully added in sequence as allowed by the bulkhead.
Note MK1: Having just changed my plugs on my MK1, I had no need for complex extensions. A single normal ~25cm 3/8" extension passes into the rear plug chambers without problems. Just remove the coil power and HT Leads. By TwinTurbo
- Starting with the rear inboard plug, which is the most accesible, remove the plug lead from the plug, as described for the front bank.
- Connect the first extension to the plug socket, then secure with suitable tape to prevent it coming apart.
- Carefully lower the socket and attached first extension partially down the hole, until a second extension can be added without fouling the bulkhead. Lower this assembly until the third wobble extension can be added. When the socket meets the plug, ensure it locates squarely then, using finger pressure only, push until it locates fully on the plug. Connect the ratchet handle, via the universal joint if necessary, then unscrew the plug until it is free from its location.
- Continuing in the same manner as that detailed for the front bank.
- When refitting the new plugs, each extension piece must be added consecutively, as previously described for removing.
- Reconnect HT and coil pack leads. Secure coil pack, if removed, then double check everything's back in place and secure
- Start her up and make sure there are no misfires or sluggishness
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for any errors in this guide or errors you make while following this guide. Any doubt don't be afraid to take it to your local garage


SB 17/LM (BR 185) - J. Carroll
AN ACT relating to the investigation of traffic accidents.
Amend KRS 189A.103, relating to consent to tests for alcohol or substances in the blood, to require that law enforcement officers request to perform blood and urine tests on all drivers involved in any accident that involves a school bus or involves a fatality; treat refusal to submit to test in this circumstance as refusal to comply with the chapter; amend KRS 189.580, 189.635, and 281A.220 to conform.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Sep 7-To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary
Jan 3-introduced in Senate
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Don’t jump the gun.
Peas, spinach and radishes, can be started ahead of the last frost date, but most seedlings and seeds go out after the last frost date, which in Vancouver is usually March 28, although it has been as early as Feb. 25 and as late as April 10.
Don’t grow too much.
The No. 1 mistake beginner gardeners make is to sow too much seed and grow more than they can look after. Sow fewer seeds and save the rest for another time.
Keep it simple.
Set yourself up for success by growing easy vegetables – radishes, spinach, lettuce, bush beans, broad beans, potatoes, spinach, beets, chard and kohlrabi.
As well, consider gai lan (Chinese broccoli) and komatsuna (mustard spinach). Mescluns (mixed salad greens) do well in containers.
Pick the right spot.
Your veggie patch needs at least six hours of sunshine. Make sure you have fertile, loamy, well-drained soil that is more alkaline than acidic.
Keep crops on the move.
Don’t grow the same vegetables in the same location two years running. This reduces pests and diseases.
Diversity is good
Growing a wide range of vegetables promotes a healthier, more balanced environment where pests and diseases are less likely to get out of control.
Peas like being next to carrots and dislike being next to onions and garlic. Companion planting seems to work. Grow carrots near tomatoes, rosemary next to sage, radishes next to lettuce, peas and carrots, bush beans with celery and beets, corn with pumpkins and beans.


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and making independent living more accessible. And yet upon examination, they are many geeks who love to use their PR to 'help' us. I should not be cynical - most of them do mean to be helpful but not many have disabled people actually involved in the design. They might have a disabled person who is said to be the driving force but its not clear if they are in touch with other disabled people.
I am so conscious that being a disabled person, a wheelchair user, does not make me a spokesperson for other disabled people. It does mean that I have first hand experience and my training gave me more insights on finding solutions but thats it.
But not all disabled people work from the social model and many are so used to making do that they do not bother to complain. Take my dentist's surgery for example, it has a ramp for one of its 2 steps but there is still one step. Upon my complaint, I was told that no other disabled person has complained - making me feel like a real trouble maker!

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Rice Flower- RUBY
These beautiful rice flower bunches are preserved to last a lifetime. Perfect as a statement piece arranged in a vase on their own or combine to create a beautiful arrangement.
Size: Approximately 55cm long
Sold as a bunch of approx 30 stems
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“Alkyone” Refugee Day Center in collaboration with Medical Volunteers International e.V. will provide 200 meals, bottled water, and other NFIs daily, as well as clothing items to homeless refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in Thessaloniki.
“Alkyone” will provide the abovementioned to MVI that will handle the distribution. MVI will also receive from the beneficiaries clothes to be washed and deliver them to “Alkyone”, making the laundry service provision possible.
The exclusion and isolation of socially vulnerable people that has escalated during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the underfunction of structures providing support to these people, raised our great concern.
Therefore, we sought for solutions, bearing in mind and keeping all the necessary safety measures, in order to continue providing our services to these vulnerable groups.
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Sarah Jessica Parker recently sat down with Marie Claire to be featured in their March 2014 20 Questions section, and her answers are fantastic! The actress, who recently launched a new shoe and handbag line – Nordstrom SJP, divulged her secret hidden talents and superstitions.
- Do you have a secret talent? “I can do a good working-class English accent.”
- What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you? “I can tie a beautiful bow and a proper necktie, and I’m an excellent ironer.”
- How did you make your first dollar? “When I was 8, I was paid $500 to play [the lead in] The Little Match Girl for a week, but I was more excited about the $5 lunch stipend.”
- What superstition do you believe in? “On the first of every month, I say, ‘Rabbit, rabbit.”
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UPDATED Oct. 27, 2021, 10:33 a.m.: A month after Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to hold the long-delayed tax lien sale at the end of the year, when he will leave office, Attorney General Letitia James and City Council members are asking that he reverse course.
In an email Monday to the mayor, James said she found it “alarming” that the city would move forward with the lien sale, subjecting owners to foreclosure and possibly homelessness during the pandemic, and just as millions of dollars in homeowner relief is about to hit New York.
The attorney general asked the mayor to delay it to allow more time for the city’s economy to recover.
A letter sent Tuesday by 17 City Council members to the mayor and Department of Finance Commissioner Sherif Soliman echoed James’ call.
The city’s Department of Finance said it would hold the sale Dec. 17, but not for properties with water and sewer arrears.
The sale, which offloads tax liens to third-party collection agencies, can add fees and interest of up to 18 percent that compounds daily to homeowners’ debt, according to the Center for New York City Neighborhoods. The mounting debt can force property owners into foreclosure and out of their homes.
The city repeatedly sends warning letters to owners with unpaid bills, but some are ignored, unnoticed or unread until it is too late.
The state has applied for $540 million in federal mortgage relief, a chunk of the $10 billion Homeowner Assistance Fund available nationally through the American Rescue Plan Act. The funds are awaiting Treasury approval; however, James estimated they would roll in within the next month.
“It does not make sense to move forward with a lien sale before homeowners are able to even apply for these funds,” James wrote.
James added that her office had learned that 90-day notices sent to homeowners to inform them of their liens did not include a form that allows those who experienced Covid-related hardship to opt out of the sale.
State law mandates that landlords and mortgage services send tenants or homeowners a copy of the form before beginning an eviction or foreclosure. James said the city should hold itself to the same standard.
James added that she had heard of no in-person outreach event by the Department of Finance to educate homeowners on how to avoid the sale.
“For these reasons, I urge you to delay the lien sale until the city’s economy stabilizes and to use that time to assist homeowners at risk of foreclosure to obtain federal foreclosure prevention funding and apply for state-level foreclosure relief,” she continued.
De Blasio has acknowledged problems with past lien sales but said it is an effective way to get property owners to pay the city what they owe, and for those who don’t, to convert their debts into revenue for the city.
A City Hall spokesperson said the city has “greatly reformed the lien sale to help more homeowners” and is working with the task force on further reforms.
Homeowners have a number of options to avoid the sale, including entering into a payment plan, submitting a declaration form, qualifying for an exemption and claiming hardship as a result of Hurricane Ida.
The mayor’s office confirmed that the sale is still planned for December and said that the pool of homeowners at risk of lien sale is 40 percent smaller than in previous years and should decline further as the city sends warning letters.
The spokesperson said that there is a “simple online form” to claim hardship and that the city will be distributing hard copies of it with the 30-day notice that at-risk owners receive.
Throughout the pandemic, the attorney general has called for amendments to the lien sale, urging the mayor in August 2020 to postpone it. In December, she asked him to reform the process by using community land trusts and land banks instead of an auction so residents could stay in their homes.
A task force was established last year to make the process more fair, but James said its recommendations are not ready.
“I would like to reiterate my previous position that New York City needs more than a short-term fix for the tax lien sale,” James wrote. “2021 will not be the only year when the lien sale causes significant harm to our families and communities.”
This story has been updated with a response and information from the mayor’s office.


Go deep into the heart of Mystic Falls with this episode-by-episode look at the second season of The Vampire Diaries. This next volume in a series School Library Journal called "well written and thoroughly detailed," Love You to Death: The Unofficial Companion to The Vampire Diaries -- Season 2 is the essential guide to the show, featuring insightful explorations of each episode with information on the rich history, supernatural mythology, film references, character development, and much more; chapters on the vampire, werewolf, and doppelg nger lore that inspired the series; and details on the making of the show, the people who put it together, and the fandom that keeps it alive. With photos of the irresistible cast and of the show's filming locations, this second installment captures the fun, fangs, and fear that make this bloodcurdling show so epic.
About the Author
Crissy Calhoun is the author of Love You to Death: The Unofficial Companion to The Vampire Diaries (ECW Press, 2010) and Spotted: Your One and Only Unofficial Guide to Gossip Girl (ECW Press, 2009). She writes a weekly column for Vampire-Diaries.net, the premier fan site for the series, and blogs at crissycalhoun.com. She lives in Toronto, ON.
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"Crissy does a brilliant job of taking something that is so convoluted, and making sense of it. She writes beautifully, and is able to pull you into each episode she breaks down so you are reliving it one more time." www.IHeartVampireDiaries.com
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Are there vegetarian or vegan options on the menu?
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After months of wait, Thailand has finally opened its door to international tourists. The Thailand government announced the opening of its borders for tourists from across the globe with stringent visa policies thereby strengthening safety measures. Thailand is now allowing visitors to apply for the Tourist Visa (TR) or ‘Special Tourist Visa’ (STV) with a mandatory 14-day quarantine at Government-approved quarantine facilities. Also Read - 5 Best Things To Do In Thailand For Every Kind Of Traveller
According to the new protocols, travellers who wish to enter Thailand must have 1 of the aforementioned valid visa and the Certificate of Entry (COE). Also Read - Thailand Trip Cost: This is The Least Amount of Money You Need in Your Bank Account if You're Planning to Visit The Country
Tourist can opt for the visas as per the nature of their stay. At present, there are two types of visas applicable for leisure travellers – Tourist Visa (TRV) and Special Tourist Visa (STV). TR visa caters to the tourist visiting Thailand for a short-term stay, while STV caters to tourist planning for a long-term stay. However, COE certificate, health insurance covering COVID-19 and a 14-day quarantine are mandatory for both. One must apply for the COE certification post receiving the visa. Also Read - Thailand Finally Open For Travel For All Countries Including India - All About COVID Rules And How to Apply For Tourist Visa
Cholada Siddhivarn, Director Tourism Authority of Thailand, Mumbai office commented, “We are now strategizing our efforts towards rebuilding tourism. The new visa rule and procedures will act as a catalyst to ensure uttermost safety is maintained while we open the country for international tourists”. She further added, “We will work cohesively with our travel trade partners and continuously aid them with revised product offerings. Together we will adapt to the new normal and slowly but steadily, we will see more and more tourists visiting our country”.
Vachirachai Sirisumpan, Director Tourism Authority of Thailand, New Delhi office added, “Thailand is gradually opening up for international tourists including Indian travellers and we hope that regular flights between the two countries will be starting soon. Once tourists arrive in Thailand they should ensure to follow all safety measures of “Amazing Thailand Safety and Health Administration Certification” or SHA which covers every touchpoints of the tourist experience in Thailand. Tourist can be confident about the safety and have a good experience while travelling in Thailand as well.
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The ‘Land of Smile’ is waiting to welcome you all. Please refer to the below to understand the type of visa and the procedures.
Type of Visa, Fees and Validity:
Tourist Visa (TRV): If you are travelling on a Tourist visa, you can stay up to 60 days and the visa category cannot be changed once applied for. You can extend your visa one time for 30 days only and stay up to 90 days in the country. The fee for a Tourist visa is Rs 2500 + applicable taxes and it takes up to 5-7 working days to process the formalities.
Special Tourist Visa (STV) or Long Term Visa: If you plan to stay for a longer period in the Land of Smile then you can apply for STV. This is a single entry visa for 90 days and cannot be changed once applied for. You can extend your visa twice and stay in the country for up to 270 days. The fee for Special tourist visa is Rs 5000 + applicable taxes, it takes up to 5-7 working days to process the formalities.
Visa Procedures, documents and other details:
For Tourist Visa (TRV) and Special tourist Visa – One needs to submit a substantial fund proof. A 6-month bank statement with funds not less INR 500,000 maintained throughout six months with bank attestation.
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African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection, 1992-1993
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National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
Go Forth and Serve: Black Land Grant Colleges (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.)
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"Go Forth and Serve", an exhibition curated by Lonnie Bunch and Spencer Crew, opened in March 1990 at the National Museum of American History to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the drafting of the second Morrill Act, which provided funds for the founding of land grant schools of higher education for black students. The exhibition was co-sponsored by the Department of Agriculture and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. There was a subsequent newsletter, and oral interviews were conducted.
Oral history interviews, on film and audio, on the subject of African American land grant colleges, conducted in conjunction with the exhibition "Go Forth and Serve" at the National Museum of American History in 1990.
African American Land Grant Colleges Audiovisual Collection, 1992-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History


Apothek's Favourite Norwegian Electronic Tracks Playlist
On 25th October, acclaimed Oslo duo Apothek debut their brand of lush, glacial electronica live at The Pickle Factory for Ovation, supported by Toothless, the new solo project of Bombay Bicycle Club's Ed Nash. Described by The Sunday Times as creating 'shimmering electronica with killer hooks and classical complexity', Apothek's critically acclaimed self-titled debut album has been on repeat in the Oval Space office, and simply adds fuel to London's continuing love affair with Norwegian electronica. Ahead of their debut at The Pickle Factory, we asked vocalist Morten Myklebust to give us his own favourite Norwegian electronic tracks of the moment.
The White Birch - 'New York’
I've been listening to this lately, great albums, great playing, great songs.
Madrugada - 'Majesty'
If Nick Cave was Norwegian, minimalist and grandiose at the same time.
Andre Bratten - 'Primordial Pit'
Hard to select one song from this album, love all of it.
Susanne Sundfør - 'Darlings'
First song on the latest album, just amazing.


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- 8 small portobello mushroom caps
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 4 tbsp. butter
- ½ c. bell pepper
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- ½ c. onion
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- 2 c. bread crumbs
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- Mixed green salad
- Preheat broiler. Brush tops of portobello mushroom caps with olive oil and place on a baking sheet. Broil until almost tender, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
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