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Fameye’s ‘Nothing I Get’ seems to be enlarging its popularity base. The song which had topped the chart in week 20 is not giving up the crown just yet.
The song rose to fame among Ghanaians mainly because of the message it sends. The young artiste in the song preaches against jealousy and envy. The message which sits well with many Ghanaians has helped boost Fameye’s music career.
Running fast behind ‘Nothing I Get’ is ‘No More’ by Kuami Eugene. The love song is fast becoming a favourite of people in the country. In less than three weeks, the song which started on the chart at number 20 is holding the second spot.
At number three is ‘Kpo Keke’ by Stonebwoy. The song which features Medikal, Darkovibes, Kelvyn Boy and Kwesi Arthur has stayed strong in the top five, even after falling from number one.
Going a step up from its previous position is ‘Shuga’ by Stonebwoy featuring Beenie Man. The song has remained in the top five after its premiere on the chart. It is at number four.
Although it had fallen to number nine in week 19 ‘Don’t Be Late’ by Kofi Mole has reclaimed the fifth spot. This artiste, however, has been accused of song theft.
The award-winning artiste could face a lawsuit from fans of Nottingham-born rapper Hex over some striking similarities between his new single “Don’t be late” and Hex’s “Canadian Drip” song.
The attention of Hex fans was drawn after Mr Eazi shared a link to Kofi Mole’s ‘Don’t be Late’ song on his Twitter wall endorsing it but it seems endorsement has created a fuss between the Ground Up Chale signee and fans of UK rapper, Hex.
Fans of Hex claim Kofi Molé’s “Don’t Be Late” song is a direct sampling of the UK rapper’s ‘Canadian Drip’ song released in 2018 and violates copyright laws.
At number six is ‘Jama’ by DJ Mic Smith featuring Patoranking and Shaker.
After debuting at number 18 in week 19 ‘Nobody’ by Kwesi Arthur and Mr Eazi has taken over the seventh spot, a huge jump from its previous position.
The song which is on Kwesi Arthur’s LFNKII was released some days before the album dropped. The video for the song caught more attention from fans because it starred Efia Odo, who had previously expressed interest in the rapper.
‘Pilolo’ by Guilty Beatz, Mr Eazi and Kwesi Arthur may have dropped to number 19 after its debut but it has claimed the eighth spot.
‘Omo Ada’ by Medikal is at number nine.
‘W’asue Me’ by Obaapa Christy maintains the number tenth spot from week 20.
At number 11 is ‘Bad Energy’ by Guru featuring Kwesi Swat.
At number 12 is ‘Eno Be My Matter by Okyeame Kwame featuring Kuami Eugene. The song which debuted at number 20 in week 19, has also been involved in some controversies. Kuami Eugene was accused by an up and coming artiste for stealing his song and using it in the song.
‘Nsenkyerene Nyankopon’ by 2019 VGMA Gospel Artiste of the Year Diana Hamilton is number 13. The song made its debut on the chart at number 18 in week 20.
Samini’s ‘Rainbow’ is at number 14.
The new Lynx entertainment duo Dope Nation has their new single ‘Zanku’ at number 15. The dance
At number 16 is ‘Daavi Neba’ by Kawoula Biov featuring Patapaa, the song which had topped the chart in week 19
‘Mr. Badman’ by KiDi has dropped to number 17.
Making its debut on the chart is Holiday by Dadie Opanka featuring Kweysi Swat.
Maintaining the 19th position is ‘Steve Wonder by Wendy Shay featuring Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale.
‘Mpaebo’ by Nacee has fallen to number 2o after making its debut at number 14.
Out of the chart is ‘Problem’ by Nautyca featuring Akwaboah.
Join Andy Dosty this and every Saturday at 12:30 pm, on the Adom Chart Show on Adom FM, to find out if ‘Daavi Neba’ will still hold unto number one or be dragged down.
We apologise for not bringing you the chart for week 20. The photos below hold the list of songs from week 20.


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Golden View Hotel Saigon
Golden View Hotel Saigon is a 2-star venue positioned about 11 km from Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center.
The property is set 15 minutes' walk from HIECC Ho Chi Minh International Exhibition Conference Center. The hotel offers perfect location 6 km from the center of Ho Chi Minh City.
Guests will find convention centers and exhibition centers in the neighborhood.
The hotel offers 32 rooms. They are fitted with climate control, a personal safe, a private balcony, a writing desk and a wardrobe. Staying at Golden View Hotel Saigon guests can enjoy the park. For more comfort a shower, a hairdryer and free toiletries are provided.
Guests can dine at Highlands Coffee, about 50 meters away from the property.
Tan Son Nhat International airport lies within 10 minutes' drive away from Golden View Hotel Saigon.
Offering bicycle rental services, Golden View Hotel Saigon induces guests to explore the area.

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Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Friday decorated former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw with "Order of Republic."
Gul presented the Turkish state medal to Straw in a ceremony held in the Cankaya Presidential Residence in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
Speaking at the ceremony Gul described Straw "a most needed democrat in Europe" to fight racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia and a politician who struggled for democracy and justice in the world.
Gul said Straw was one of the rare politicians who truly deserved "the statesman title," adding that Straw had been a true friend to Turkey during his entire career.
Straw, on his part, said he was honored to receive the order, adding that he accepted it as "a symbol of Britain's great respect and friendship for Turkey."
Straw said there was consensus between both the ruling and opposition lawmakers at the British parliament to improve and deepen relations with Turkey, which he said was due to the British admiration and respect for Turkey and the progress the country had made over the past years.
Sources claim that senior Israeli and Turkish officials have held a secret meeting in Rome to renew talks on a reconciliation agreement between the two nations
The ambassador to the US, John Bass, has shared his concerns with Turkey regarding the territorial integrity of Syria and has said that Turkey should open SEast airbases
The public prosecutors office has sought life sentences for the suspects that violated Turkey’s national security in 2014 when they searched Turkish intelligence trucks in Adana en route to Syria
Turkey on Friday reappointed a former defence minister after his successor was elected as parliamentary speaker.
Turkish newspapers on Friday report on possible coalition scenarios in Turkey, Greece’s bailout referendum
The Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu has said that he will not peculation about Turkish military action in Syria, saying country will not be put at risk
Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline will have significant effect on economies involved, SOCAR Turkey CEO Kenan Yavuz told
A Syrian refugee has set himself on fire to protest his 15 year old sons abduction by the PKK.
Turkish dailies on Thursday report on the Turkish parliamentary speaker election, Greek debt crisis
Thousands take to streets all over Turkey to protest China's alleged ban on Muslims fasting during Ramadan
Foreign Ministry statement offers sympathy to victims' families
Turkish AK party candidate has been elected Turkish parliament speaker
Turkish police have detained 7 people suspected of being part of ISIL
The Turkish army has boosted security on the border with Syria
Turkish newspapers on Wednesday focus on ongoing voting for the country's parliamentary speaker


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It’s not often that Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) gets oversold. The RSI is currently below the 30 line and it could be just a matter of some positive news to trigger a sharp bounce soon.
Let’s take a look at recent positives for TSLA. Tesla (TSLA) delivered 83,135 China-made vehicles in September as per the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). This represents an 8% jump from the prior month and also tops its record high of vehicles delivered in June.
Moreover, for the third quarter, Tesla reported total deliveries of 343,830 on production of 365,923 vehicles, which is a record for the company. It seems that the stock is currently being punished as part of the Musk’s TWTR deal. A question that’s currently seems to be bothering TSLA investors is whether Mush will be selling more of his stake in TSLA to fulfill TWTR deal closure.
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is currently trading sideways at $223.26 and consolidation pattern seems to be building up. Would TSLA $225 calls expiring 10/28 around $13 be a good choice to trade ? Stay tuned for more updates and as always follow traders vigilance and conduct your own due diligence.

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AFSCME Gives Final OK to State Contract
Illinois' largest union has given the final go ahead on a three-year contract with the state.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 announced Friday that a second ratification is complete. The union and Gov. Pat Quinn reached agreement in February after negotiating 15 months.
The union gets salary increases in the last two years, but members pay more for health care.
AFSCME took a second vote because Attorney General Lisa Madigan hasn't dropped a lawsuit Quinn pressed over raises due in 2011 and 2012. The first vote was based on Quinn's promise to drop it.
In the contract, Quinn agreed to pay the back wages. He needs a $140 million appropriation from lawmakers.
Madigan says she won't drop the lawsuit until the money is approved.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti launches June 3rd
New information on new product launch scheduled has been revealed by Wccftech.
Just as we said, NVIDIA will announce its new RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti models on May 31st. NVIDIA already announced it will have its own keynote on this year’s Computex. It is very likely that both cards will be revealed during this keynote.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti reviews will go live on June 2nd. According to the report from Wccftech, the sales should begin a day later. Ever since there were problems with GPU availability, manufacturers have tried to split the review and sales embargoes. This allows customers to read a review first before they decide to preorder a graphics card. Unfortunately, we occasionally see both embargoes lifting at the same time, which is not a very consumer-friendly approach. The last launch from NVIDIA featuring RTX 3060 graphics card has given customers 3 hours to read the reviews before the cards went on sale.
With RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti, NVIDIA is giving consumers one day to decide whether their new Ti cards are worth buying. Both products would launch the day after reviews, which is June 3rd for RTX 3080 Ti and June 10th for RTX 3070 Ti.
|NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 “TI” Launch Schedule|
|GeForce RTX 3080 Ti||GeForce RTX 3070 Ti|
|Announcement||May 31st||May 31st|
|Product Reviews||June 2nd||June 9th|
|Product Launch / Sales||June 3rd||June 10th|
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a new high-end SKU with GA102-225 GPU. This model features 10240 CUDA cores and 12GB of GDDR6X memory. The RTX 3080 Ti shouldn’t pose a threat to the flagship RTX 3090 model due to reduced memory capacity, but it should be an interesting alternative to RTX 3080 graphics cards, which are often already sold at the MSRP of RTX 3090 anyway.
The RTX 3070 Ti will feature a full GA104 GPU and 8GB of GDDR6X memory. This means that both SKUs in RTX 3070 series will have less memory than RTX 3060, but the adoption of GDDR6X technology should improve bandwidth and increase performance as a result. The pricing of both models is not known at this time.
|RUMORED NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Specifications|
|VideoCardz||RTX 3090||RTX 3080 Ti||RTX 3080||RTX 3070 Ti||RTX 3070|
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24 GB G6X
12 GB G6X
10 GB G6X
8 GB G6X
8 GB G6
|Release Date||Sep 24th, 2020||June 3rd, 2021||Sep 17th, 2020||June 10th, 2021 ?||Oct 29th, 2020|


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Unilever, the maker of everything from Pot Noodles to Dove soap, has infuriated its staff by cutting pension payouts – despite being highly profitable. Shell, another household name, has followed suit with plans to cut retirement incomes.
Unilever suffered a wave of strikes which started last week and will continue for the next five days. Much of the anger among employees at its factories and research units is focused on the company's £6bn operating profit and the pay, bonus and pension top-ups awarded to chief executive Paul Polman. He pocketed £2.8m last year, of which £1.7m was a performance-related bonus. His pension was increased by a company donation of £352,000, according to the 2011 annual report.
For staff, it is a typical them-and-us story of sky-high rewards for directors while shopfloor workers are bullied into accepting reduced standards of living. The changes to pension scheme rules are the flashpoint. However, a closer look at the changes makes it harder to characterise as a poor deal.
In 2008, Unilever made its first move to save costs, but refused to push new staff into the default arrangements adoped by other companies, which rely on stock market investments and put all the risk of generating a retirement income on to the employee. The board said new joiners would receive a pension based on their career-average earnings. It thus maintained the scheme, and effectively guaranteed a maximum cut of only 20% to pension payouts, while rivals were devising schemes for new staff that would mean losses of 60% at least.
Last year Unilever told staff that the costs of providing a pension had soared following a rise in life expectancy, poor investment returns and the threat from more costly regulations. It meant all staff, not just new joiners, needed to move to the new career-average scheme.
Unions are well aware of the rising costs of pension provision. Average life expectancy is 80, up from 72 in the 1970s, according to professor David Leon of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's epidemiology unit. He says it is likely to carry on rising as more people stop smoking and eat healthily, though increasing obesity and diabetes could reverse the effect. According to the Office for National Statistics, between 2004-06 and 2008-10 average life expectancy for women rose by a year to 82.3, while for men it rose by 1.2 years to 78.2.
Poor investment returns are the other side of the equation, after a decade of low interest rates and underperforming stock markets. The index of Britain's top 100 companies declined 5.5% last year. In fact, growth in most schemes over the past 10 years has been simply a result of employee and employer contributions. Investment gains, such as they are, have struggled to keep pace with inflation.
Firms also face extra regulatory costs because of European Union plans to categorise occupational pension schemes as insurance vehicles. This will mean they must boost their funding position, something they can only do at their own expense.
Unions also know that the biggest losers from the shift away from final-salary benefits are middle managers on higher pay. Those at the top have risen through the ranks to a much higher salary than the one they started on. A career-average scheme takes into account income levels during the early years of a career and can drag down the total.
Then there is the question of Polman's pension contribution from the company, which amounts to a third of his £1m base salary. It seems a high figure until pension analysts point out that most employees over 50 in a final-salary scheme will enjoy a pension contribution of at least a third of their salary.
One of the main unions in the Unilever battle, Usdaw, supports Tesco's career-average scheme. And the deal it signed meant all staff foregoing their existing final-salary benefits. Unilever will protect all previous commitments.
Shell, on the other hand, is representative of most FTSE 100 firms. It plans to direct new employees into a stock market-related scheme while retaining a final-salary option for existing employees. This is the traditional solution of finance directors, who have disliked the unlimited liability and rising costs of final-salary pension schemes since the mid-1990s.
The banks were the first to ditch their final-salary commitments. In the stock market crash of 2003, almost all the 7,000 remaining firms with final-salary schemes shut them, though, like Shell, only to new members. This created a two-tier workforce inside many companies, something which unions felt obliged to ignore.
Some workplaces took a stand against the shift to retaining final-salary benefits for existing workers and stock-market plans for new staff but, outside the public sector, these campaigns fizzled out.
The UK now has an ageing group of about 2 million employees working towards retirement with their final-salary benefits intact. Another 16-18 million have some of their working life covered by a final-salary scheme.
But the bulk of contributions for 20 million workers with a pension are in the new stock-market schemes that account for 88% of all current contributions, according to pension advisers Towers Watson.
Final-salary schemes usually guarantee to provide a retirement income after 40 years' service worth two-thirds of a worker's final pay cheque. With a stock market-invested pension it is a very different picture. For many people it has meant getting back little more than was put in, despite the stock market having more than doubled its value in 20 years. The result is a pension worth no more than a fifth of final salary.
Fund managers, who are often blamed for siphoning off much of the investment gain in pension schemes to pay their commissions and fees, are unlikely to make much progress in the next few years of recession and lacklustre growth across the developed world. This will only lead to smaller payouts from the new breed of cheaper scheme. In this environment, strikes against businesses such as Unilever that continue to offer generous guarantees could become harder to justify.

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On Saturday, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is announcing his next move, presumed by many to be a campaign for president.
Here's a glimpse at what other publications are writing about O'Malley, his chances and what he may need to do to secure the vote by the 2016 election.
- The Wall Street Journal explores O'Malley's "underdog run for president," but says his strategy is this: "Cast himself as amore authentic liberal than Mrs. Clinton."
- CNN writes about his prospective pitch to the voters, which they say is "youthfulness." (Here's what we had to say about that.)
- An under-discussed issue, Bloomberg Politics writes, is race -- and that's an issue for both O'Malley and Bernie Sanders: "...given that Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner forthe Democratic nomination, has made a major speech outlining her criminal justice proposals, there's an expectation that those running to her left will also discuss, or at least mention, the issue."
- Is O'Malley trying to battle that issue? Buzzfeed reports that he has made a key hire ahead of the announcement: Gabriela Domenzain, the "former director of Hispanic media for Obamawhen he garnered a record 71% of the Latino vote in 2012."
- NPR dishes on O'Malley's nerdom -- his love of numbers, stats and data -- and more in their roundup of five things you should know about him. Here are seven from The Washington Post. And nine things to know about O’Malley’s political and financial history from the Center for Public Integrity.
- McClatchy Washington Bureau asks: Will Baltimore's troubles handicap O'Malley's White House hopes?
- But the biggest question is: How can he beat Hillary Clinton? The Post explains.


Adult Swim announced Tuesday that it has cut ties with Justin Roiland, the star and co-creator of the animated comedy series “Rick and Morty,” as he faces felony domestic violence charges.
The cable channel retweeted a statement from the official “Rick and Morty” Twitter account that it intends to continue with the show’s seventh season but that it has “ended its association with Justin Roiland.” Adult Swim confirmed the news in an emailed statement to NBC News.
Roiland, who voices title-characters Rick and Morty, will be recast, according to Marie Moore, senior vice president of communications at Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns Adult Swim.
NBC News first broke the news that Roiland had been charged with felony domestic violence in Orange County, California, in connection to a 2020 incident.
Roiland pleaded not guilty in 2020 and was in court for a pre-trial hearing on Jan. 12. In a statement, one of Roiland’s attorneys wrote that his client is innocent and expects the case to be dismissed.
“We look forward to clearing Justin’s name and helping him move forward as swiftly as possible,” attorney T. Edward Welbourn wrote.
Roiland, 42, was charged with one felony count of domestic battery with corporal injury and one felony count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud and/or deceit.
The criminal complaint states the incident occurred on or about Jan. 19, 2020, against a woman, identified as Jane Doe, who was dating Roiland at the time.
Details of the case, including police body camera footage, police reports, abuse investigation reports, medical reports and recordings of interviews are currently being withheld from the public under a protective order.
The affidavit in support of Roiland’s arrest is also sealed. Roiland was ordered at the pretrial hearing earlier this month to attend a subsequent April 27 hearing.
“Rick and Morty” debuted in December 2013 and quickly became one of the most popular adult-oriented cartoons, spawning a billion-dollar media and merchandising franchise. The show’s sixth season premeried in September 2022, and a seventh season was ordered by Cartoon Network as part of a long-term deal for 70 new episodes.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.


Have you noticed that your A/C isn’t working as well as it could be? Perhaps there is an unexplained noise coming from the unit, or it doesn’t keep your home at the correct temperature. In these circumstances, a competitively priced repair is vital. It’s unlikely the problem will resolve on its own, so if you suspect there’s an issue, one call to us is all it takes.
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Vredevoogd Heating & Cooling Grand Rapids employs more than 80 people who are proud to work under the Vredevoogd Heating & Cooling banner. Each team member shares our company values for service excellence. All of our employees are intensely screened and background checked so that you have peace of mind when they enter your home. Moreover, our technicians are certified to work in the HVAC industry and provide the level of expertise that our customers expect from Vredevoogd Heating & Cooling. We back our technicians’ work and continue to make training a priority so that all of our techs are familiar with the latest HVAC models and advances. Our customers deserve the best, so the best is what we deliver to each and every job.
Here at Brothers Plumbing, Heating, and Electric, we have a Home Care Club that provides members with many benefits. These benefits include: 2 year warranty on all work (drain work is excluded), transferable club membership, no “show up” fees, priority service, 10% discount on repairs, quarterly newsletters, carefree scheduling (we will contact you and remind you when you need service), 2 free furnace/air conditioner filter changes, exclusive coupons, quarterly drawings, 4 on-going safety checks, and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. So if you’d like to join our Home Care Club, then give us a call or click here today.
Natural gas furnaces operate similarly to the above, using a pilot light to ignite the burners and heat up the air. Also similar to propane gas, your average repair costs for a natural gas furnace will range anywhere from $125 for small repairs to $1,200 if you have to replace the entire heat exchanger. The difference between both options is not necessarily the actual furnace, but the type of gas used to burn through it and heat your home. As a result, the repair costs tend to be close to identical.
We install heating equipment from Lennox and can repair all major brands, including Carrier, Trane, York, Bryant, Rheem, and many more. We proudly offer same day service and next day installations. Dealing with a heating emergency? We've got you covered! Our team is prepared to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure that your home remains comfortable and safe for you and your family members.
When it comes to heater repair in Denver, a properly serviced system means significant savings for the homeowner. When a Denver heating technician inspects your system before the winter sets in, the first thing they will check is the condition of the air filters. These filters are important, because they are responsible for removing contaminants, allergens, and dust particles from the air every time the system is turned on. When the filters are clogged, expect more particles to easily pass through right into the air you breathe inside the home. The Denver heating experts will inspect and replace any filters that are no longer effective.
I'm looking about spanning 15' for a gazebo. trying to figure out what dimension beams I need. The Gazebo will be 15'x10'. How big will the beams have to be. at 1/2 the distance on 15' I will have a perpendicular beam running to carry 2x4's running parallel to 15' beam edge. I live in California in there with be no roofing material.. I will be using redwood for lumber Thanks
Whether you’re looking to have a heat pump installed for the first time or think it’s time for an upgrade to your current system, Goettl Air Conditioning is the company to call. We offer a great lineup of Phoenix heat pumps and will make sure that the one we install in your home is the recommended match to your home’s dimensions and your family’s needs.
Your comfort is a priority for us. A large part of comfortable living in Cary is not only having a functioning HVAC system, it’s also understanding who to call when you have a problem. If your air conditioner starts to fail in the middle of the Cary summer, you don’t have to stay at a friend’s for weeks on end. Or if your heater goes out during a blizzard, you don’t have to dig your heaviest blankets out of the basement. Instead, you can make an appointment with a member of our team and have him or her resolve your concerns. There is no problem in Cary you can encounter that we can’t work with you to solve. You can feel confident in knowing that you’re in qualified hands.
Check to see if your air filter needs to be replaced. When is the last time you examined your air filter? It can quickly accumulate dirt and particles (especially if you have pets) that make your machine work harder than it is designed, which can lead to system malfunction. Make note of the size (typically height x width in inches) when you order replacement filters. It’s often a good idea to have a set of back up filters on hand.
When a family chooses to work with Brothers Plumbing Heating And Electric they will not be disappointed. We are able to work on a very tight schedule and we know just what it takes to service a furnace. There is no doubt about it, a family does well to look into Brothers Plumbing Heating and Electric because we are truly the best Aurora furnace repair company. To learn more about heating and cooling systems, just give this page a visit today!
If the condenser coils are clogged, the compressor can overheat and shut down. You’ll experience intermittent periods of minimal cooling, followed by no cooling. Even if you’re “sure” the condenser coils are clean, clean them again. Turn off the power. Flip the air conditioning service and furnace circuit breakers in your main electrical panel to the “Off” position. Next, turn off the power switch right at the furnace or air handler. Then yank the disconnect block (Photo 1) and clean the condenser coils (Photo 2). If the air conditioning service still doesn’t work properly after you’ve cleaned the condenser coils, installed a new filter and opened all the supply vents, proceed with the following repairs.
Mitsubishi Electric is a world leader in air conditioning systems for residential, commercial and industrial use. Challenged to create air conditioning systems that provide exemplary performance in the wide-ranging climatic conditions found throughout Japan, our engineers develop amazingly sophisticated yet durable units and systems capable of constant use under virtually any natural climatic condition on earth.
AC air handler squealing or grinding noises. Though most air handlers have direct-drive motors, some older units may be belt-driven. Squealing sounds from a belt-drive air handler generally occur when the belt that connects the motor to the blower slips. In most cases, the belt is improperly aligned or worn and needs replacement. Follow the instructions above under Air Conditioner Not Blowing Air and refer to your owner’s manual.
Zolie and Charely were very professional and on time.They gave us an estimate to replace our water heater and went over all our options.We opted to have them install a new water heater and get things up to code. Within three hours we had a new water heater installed. Zolie and Charley were efficient and pleasant to work with. We were pleased with the work that was completed!
When you change the temperature on your thermostat, or the temperature in your home drops, a signal lets the furnace's igniter know that it's time to turn on. Igniters exist in both hot water boilers and forced air furnaces, replacing pilot lights as the switch your unit needs to kick on. Naturally, this is a core part in making sure it works reliably. When it stops working, your unit will not longer know when to actually heat your home. Fortunately, furnace igniter repair doesn't tend to be a major budget problem, and costs less than $300 on average.
Be cautious with companies that offer “whole house air duct cleaning,” urges the NADCA. The company may be using unscrupulous tactics to upsell you once they get started. Before any work begins, always clarify in writing what the job entails and what the cost will be. To protect yourself against fraud, read customer reviews and verify that your HVAC cleaning service has applicable licenses and certifications.
This is probably the most common question we hear. To give an accurate price, we need to get a safety certified technician out to your home in a fully stocked truck to take a look at your particular situation. Our technician will give you a precise price with your options BEFORE any work begins. Each of our technicians are well trained, experienced, drug tested and background checked so that you can rest easy knowing your services will be performed in a timely and professional manner. If you need help paying for your services, we even offer financing with approved credit through Wells Fargo. Click here to learn more about our financing services.
No matter how well you take care of your system, there will come a time when it simply runs out of gas. When your heater cannot be restored with repair work, our team will replace your old system with a new, energy-efficient unit. Working with all makes and models, our comfort specialists have access to the most superior, affordable and effective heating systems on the market.
Mr Manns did a great job of explaining what he was doing. I learned some new things. One request: before using the hose, please ask to use it. In my particular case, the spicot is misbehaving. I have a particular method for turning it on/off to minimize aggravating the problem. So while there are no problems with him using it, I want to turn it on and off but was not given the opportunity to do so.
The most efficient heating system is going to be solar, because outside of the initial hardware costs, solar energy is free. Of course the downside is you might not live in an area with a lot of sunlight, which means you’ll need to compliment your solar power with other energy sources, like fuel or electricity, when solar power runs low. Wood stoves are the next most efficient, but you’ll need to buy wood and make a fire every day. Gas is the next most efficient, especially when gas prices are low, but they tend to fluctuate during peak usage times of the year. For pure efficiency, solar is the way to go. Regardless of what system you choose, make sure to have the proper insulation in your house to maximize heat (or cold) retention.
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There’s nothing like a warm indoor space to take the sting out of a blustery winter day, but there’s nothing worse than a heater that quits just when you need it most. Losing heat for any length of time can be inconvenient at best and dangerous at worst. Fortunately, when you partner with Cool Care Heating & Air, you can rest assured that whether you need emergency heating repair or annual furnace maintenance, we’ll go all out to keep you comfortable. Cool Care Heating & Air is a Bryant Factory Authorized Dealer, so you can always count on prompt service, a courteous attitude, reasonable prices and top-shelf products.
Our fully trained and certified heating technicians have been repairing installing furnaces, heating systems and heat pumps in Smyrna and the Atlanta area since 1966. We offer 24 hour emergency service for unexpected heating system break downs. We can provide expert maintenance and repair on your current heating system or help you select a new, high-efficiency heating system from our wide range of furnaces.
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If the AC doesn’t turn off, it may be time to clean the condensing unit. Dirty condenser coils won’t give off heat efficiently and will keep the unit running. Another possibility: The contacts on the outdoor run relay may have welded together—something that can happen over time because of frequent electrical arcing at the relay. Before checking the run relay, turn off the power to the furnace and the condensing unit. Next, disassemble the relay and pry apart the contacts. This should do the trick until you buy a replacement—which you should do soon.
This type of furnace is fueled by liquid propane gas, which is burned to push hot air through your home. A pilot light ignites the burners within a combustion chamber, which push heat into the heat exchanger and eventually through your entire home. Repairing this type of furnace can be more expensive than its electric alternative. For example here are some common propane gas repairs and their costs:
While repair is often the preferred choice, problems like a consistent repeating complication or extra-costly furnace repair parts might start leading you in a different direction. Remember that repair is only the preferred option when the cost of seeking it makes sense! If you’re shelling out for repair every single year, then it might be time to talk to your heating contractor about furnace replacement.
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If you happen to live in a hot and humid area of the country, drainage problems can occur with your unit since moisture can trap itself inside the system. Routine maintenance can cut down on drainage issues by cleaning out any mold or algae from blocking the drain. If you notice moldy smells whenever you turn the thermostat down, check on your system.
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Review: LG VX-8100
The 8100 is a great phone for diving headfirst into the VCAST universe. It's brilliant color display and quick EV-DO browsing are backed up by large stereo speakers that give online content a great sense of weight. The 8100 does a great job of presenting Verizon's VCAST service as a great source of entertainment. Many times using while testing we chose online video content over whipping out an iPod for short periods. Outside of that walled garden however, the 8100's substandard camera, simplistic UI, and unimpressive battery keep this phone from fulfilling it's potential as the ultimate multimedia handset.
Live daily coverage of CTIA Wireless 2005, North America's premier cell phone event. Exclusive photos and hot info from the show floor in New Orleans.
OnePlus has an unusually confusing array of different "flagship" phones available right now, but the 7T is the newest mainstream model for most people. It's still quite high-end, but for a reasonable price and without some of the crazier features of the new Pro models, which most people don't need anyway.
Red announced its "holographic 4-view" phone more than a year ago. After several delays, it is finally ready for prime time.
Blu's latest flagship is the Vivo XI+, a metal and glass phone that features a liquid design, a solid spec sheet, and Android Oreo. The phone has a notched 2:1 screen, dual cameras on the back, and an octa-core processor with 6 GB of RAM running the show.
A California startup hopes a bit of nostalgia for one of the pioneers in the smartphone space will drive sales of its new device, the Palm Phone. Verizon sells this tiny telephone as an accessory for your main device.


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On care of older people, the gap gets ever wider between Ministers' rhetoric and the reality on the ground.
Severe cuts to council budgets mean services and standards are getting worse by the day, as an ITV investigation showed on Wednesday night. The social care system is close to collapse.
The reality is some the most vulnerable people in our society are facing cruel 'dementia taxes' as council care charges spiral ever higher.
The Government has failed to face up to this and brought an end to the cross-party talks on care.
More top news
Some 26% of online shoppers complained of poor delivery service.
Salisbury has been named among the top 10 cities in the world to visit by travel guide Lonely Planet.
Adverts targeting benefits claimers will remind them to notify authorities of any changes - or face a criminal record.

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“The key of holy desperation for the presence and ministry of Jesus is required in order for us to move out of our complacent, satisfied existence. Desperation is the underlying fuel that ignites our hearts for unity, prayer, worship, and repentance. If we aren’t longing for Jesus our ministry activities will be routine and hollow. There is certainly no shortage of ideas, plans, methods, books, teachings, programs, and activities in the church; what we are suffering from is a drought of desperation for God!” Rhonda Hughey
Are we desperate enough for transformation? Are we each willing to pay the price that desperation requires? I had just begun to taste the level of commitment necessary for city transformation. We had finished a non-stop 24-7 house of prayer throughout the month of November. It had radically changed my life, just as it has so many who have stepped into the fire of God’s presence in this location in southern Spain. Prayer lives have been challenged. The question is, “How far are we willing to go? How desperate are we willing to become? Can we even begin to think about going back to how things were even one month ago?” The answer is “No!” We must proceed. We had stepped in this far and the levels of commitment required are going higher. God is challenging us to a new phase, a new mountain to climb for His glory. The battle is great, but there is no turning back.
There is something so exceeding real and alive to this dimension of living. There is something so necessary and dynamic to this taste of unity between the churches. Suddenly, we are realizing that we are in this together, and we desperately need one another to touch this region with God’s glory. We begin to value and love the body of Christ in all its’ dimensions as we have never done before. We begin to understand what it means to be members of one another. We have tapped into God’s wonderful plan for Kingdom living, and we can never return to the old ways. We are willing to radically change our personal lives and reprioritize everything! God has brought us all to the end of ourselves, and we are beginning to find true life together! It’s all the way forward for city transformation, and for once, we feel really alive with the purpose of God!
Indicators of Transformation
“The decision to make a radical lifestyle change and realign our hearts with the Lord is a matter of our will availing itself of God’s grace and reprioritizing our time and commitments. We can willingly and purposely begin to pursue God! When we do, He responds, and the more time we spend in His presence, the more desperate for Him we will become. It’s an interesting dynamic; the hungrier we are for Him, the hungrier we will become for more of Him!” Rhonda Hughey
There are ways we can evaluate our cities and see if they are on their way towards transformation. There are several ways to discern if the signs of transformation are present and increasing in our city. George Otis, Jr. gives several indicators of transformation. Below are some of these indicators adapted from his study. Take time to regularly evaluate your city and pray through these indicators. Study and pray these verses over your city for each one. Your city is on God’s heart. Pray until transformation becomes a reality in your city!
- The political leaders acknowledge their sin and dependence on God – 2 Kings 11:17-18; 23:2; Jonah 3:6-9.
- The economic conditions improve – 2 Chronicles 17:3-5; Psalm 144:14; Isaiah 60:5; Amos 9:13.
- Kingdom values are integrated into daily life – Ezra 10:4; Nehemiah 8:10; Ecclesiastes 10:17; Acts 19:17-20.Crime and corruption diminish – 2 Kings 12:13-15; Nehemiah 5:6-12; Isaiah 60:17-18.
- New laws are put into effect – 2 Chronicles 19:10; Nehemiah 10:31.
- There is a decline in divorce, bankruptcy and suicide – Nehemiah 12:27-28, 43; Isaiah 54:11-14; 62:3, 7; Jeremiah 30:17-1; 31:11-13; Hosea 2:15.
- The natural environment is restored – Leviticus 26:4-5; II Chronicles 7:14; Ezekiel 34:27; 36:29-30.
- Christians take responsibility in healing and helping their community – Isaiah 58:10-12; 61:104.
- Christians take revival into other cities and nations – 2 Chronicles 17:9; Isaiah 61:6; Acts 11:20-26.
“To walk through the doors before us, the doors of intimacy, hope, and heaven, and to respond to His generous invitation, we need only one master key: the key of holy desperation. Are you desperate for His presence? Then open the door…”
Lord, help the Church in my city to focus on your Kingdom in everything we do. Make us desperate for Your presence. Bring the churches in my city together in unity. Teach us to walk together and love and esteem one another. Help us to find ways to worship and pray together. Reveal to us our city through Your eyes. Teach us brokenness and humility. Help us to walk low and give You all the glory. Help us to walk in repentance. Give us a heart for the lost and the broken-hearted in our city. Help us to walk in Your authority and power and minister to people outside of our church building. Fill our city with a spirit of prayer and intercession. Make us holy and righteous. We seek Your face. Make us hungry. Make us desperate for You. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
“Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory” (Psalm 14:9-10).
“To be desperate means to be without hope in your current condition and to know that in your own power you don’t have the necessary resources required to change it. People who are desperate become determined to find help, often taking great risks to meet their desperate need. In the communities where transforming revival has occurred the people of God were desperate enough to change their lifestyle and their priorities and to commit their time and resources, making everything secondary to the desperate pursuit of God in their midst. They cried out in desperation, and the Lord heard their cry.” Rhonda Hughey
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Intercessors Arise International

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The Law Lords have ruled that UK human rights laws do apply to a civilian who died in British custody in Iraq.
Baha Mousa was among the group of men abused by Cpl Payne
They upheld part of an appeal by relatives of Baha Mousa, who died while he was in British army custody in Basra in 2003.
The judgement could lead to an independent public inquiry.
But appeals in the cases of five other Iraqi civilians, who were shot in the streets of Basra while Britain was the occupying power there, were dismissed.
Lawyers for the five said they would now take their cases to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
All six deaths happened while the UK was an occupying power under international law. The UK returned power to the Iraqi government in 2004.
The Law Lords, sitting in the House of Lords as the highest court in the land, agreed by a majority of 4-1 that the UK's Human Rights Act applied to Mr Mousa because he had been detained by UK forces in Iraq.
Defence Secretary Des Browne said the ruling provided "helpful clarification" as to the legal framework applied to British forces overseas.
In a statement, he said: "We have never argued that the treatment of Baha Mousa was acceptable or that his death should not have been investigated."
But, he said, this ruling did not mean there would now be a public inquiry into Mr Mousa's death. That decision, he said, had been referred to the Divisional Court.
Phil Shiner, the solicitor acting for Baha Mousa's father Colonel Daoud Mousa, and for other Iraqis alleging they were abused and tortured by UK troops, said: "This is a massive breakthrough in my clients' efforts to secure accountability for deaths and torture in detention."
Shami Chakrabarti of Liberty, one of the human rights groups which helped to bring the cases to court, said: "There could now never be a British Guantanamo. The British will never be able to build a prison anywhere in the world and say it is a legal black hole."
She said: "The significance of this decision is that individual soldiers cannot be left as scapegoats and left to carry the can for the failures of our government and our military high command...the Human Rights Act protects anyone detained by British authorities anywhere in the world."
Ms Chakrabarti said she expected a full independent inquiry to examine the legal advice given to the military about how they could treat prisoners and the training and resources given to military personnel.
Convicted war criminal
The government was appealing to the Law Lords against a Court of Appeal ruling in December 2005 that the UK authorities had "extra-territorial jurisdiction" towards Mr Mousa, a 26-year-old hotel worker.
The government argued in that Court of Appeal hearing that the UK Human Rights Act did not apply because UK forces did not have full control of Iraq and the country as a whole was not part of its jurisdiction.
The relatives of the five civilians shot dead in the streets, were appealing against the finding that UK human rights laws did not apply in their cases.
The five Iraqi civilians shot dead by members of UK armed forces in the course of "patrol" operations were:
Hazim Jum'aa Gatteh Al-Skeini, 23, shot in the streetMuhammad Abdul Ridha Salim, a teacher, 45, shot at his brother-in-law's houseHannan Mahaibas Sadde Shmailawi, 33, shot during an exchange involving a British military patrolWaleed Sayay Muzban, 43, shot by a military patrol while he was driving a mini-busRaid Hadi Sabir Al Musawi, a 29-year-old police commissioner shot in the street by a British military patrol
Baha Mousa, a hotel receptionist, died after he was allegedly tortured over a period of 36 hours by British troops.
Cpl Donald Payne, 36, was jailed for a year and dismissed from the army after he pleaded guilty to inhumanely treating civilian detainees, including Mr Mousa, in Basra in 2003.
His admission resulted in him being Britain's first convicted war criminal.
Six other soldiers were cleared of allegedly abusing Mr Mousa.


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This is certainly still another course action accepting a payday loan scheme that isвЂњrent-a-tribe. Big photo Loans, LLC had not been really a tribal business, the issue with this course action alleges, but a scheme made to circumvent certification requirements and laws and regulations that prohibit lenders from billing a lot of interest. (observe that this instance ended up being transported from another jurisdiction therefore has two case that is different on papers.)
You will find a true range classes and subclasses.
- The Declaratory Judgment Class is all individuals whom received financing from Red Rock or Big photo Loans, while situated in Virginia, in which the loan included a pursuit price more than 12%. The Declaratory Judgment Subclass includes those whose loan agreements included a choice-of-law or forum selection clause much like the ones in this problem.
- The Virginia RICO Class is all Virginia residents whom executed that loan with Red Rock or Big Picture where in actuality the loan originated and/or any re payment had been made on or after.
- The Virginia Usury Class is perhaps all Virginia residents whom executed that loan with Red Rock or picture that is big any number of principal, interest, charges, or other costs had been paid back. The Virginia Usury Subclass includes all Virginia residents who executed that loan with Red Rock or Big image where any interest had been compensated on or afte.
- The Virginia Unjust Enrichment Class is equivalent to the Virginia Usury Class.
The scheme started, the problem claims, whenever Matt Martorello, approached the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians having a вЂњrent-a-tribeвЂќ scheme. In line with the grievance, the tribe formed an entity, Big Picture Loans (originally Red Rock Tribal Lending, LLC) that offered loans that are short-term a internet site. The truth is, the grievance states, MartorelloвЂ™s company, Bellicose Capital, LLC, funded the loans, managed the underwriting, and managed collections as well as other operations that are day-to-day.
The tribe received 2% of the revenue, but the complaint alleges that the tribe had no control over the income, operations, or expenses of the enterprise in return for the use of its name.
Fundamentally, because of lawsuits and вЂњanticipated regulationвЂќ through the customer Financial Protection Bureau, Martorello transferred Bellicose Capital into the tribe, using the name that is new Technologies, nevertheless the grievance claims the business continues to run with just minimal participation of or gain to your tribe.
Martorello, Big Picture Loans, and Ascension are typical known as as defendants in this case, as it is the general counsel for the previous Bellicose Capital, and four people in the tribe (its tribal chairman, tribal chairwoman, assistant, and treasurer).
Their state of Virginia forbids loan providers from charging significantly more than 12% interest on loans. Nonetheless,
Big Picture made loans to residents of Virginia much more interest. It charged the four plaintiffs in this situation APRs of between 607.5% and 693.2%, the problem claims. Under VirginiaвЂ™s usury legislation, the grievance states, these loans are null and void due to their illegal interest levels.
The problem also claims violations beneath the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
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Big Picture Loans Payday that isвЂњRent-a-TribeвЂќ Lender and RICO Complaint
This really is still another course action accepting a payday loan scheme that isвЂњrent-a-tribe. Big image Loans, LLC had not been really a tribal business, the problem with this course action alleges, but a scheme built to circumvent licensing requirements and laws and regulations that prohibit lenders from asking interest that is too much. (observe that this situation had been transmitted from another jurisdiction and thus has two case that is different and filing times on papers.)
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Big Picture Loans вЂњRent-a-TribeвЂќ Payday Lender Usury and RICO Complaint
This really is still another course action dealing with a payday loan scheme that isвЂњrent-a-tribe. Big image Loans, LLC wasn’t actually a tribal business, the grievance with this course action alleges, but a scheme built to circumvent licensing requirements and legislation that prohibit lenders from recharging a lot of interest. (observe that this instance had been transmitted from another jurisdiction and thus has two various situation numbers and filing times on papers.)

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Actually, the way PHP handles sessions is much better than your Servlet example. Let me explain.
With PHP (by default) a session is represented by a file on the filesystem. When you call
session_start(), it checks to see if a file exists, and loads it if so. If not, it creates one and then locks it. This has two primary benefits. First, it is allows many processes on the same server to "share" the session data. Second, if someone attempts to DDOS your site, session data won't take it down (your bottleneck will be elsewhere, you don't need to worry about swapping or running out of memory space because you have a lot of sessions).
The serialization/deserialization methods in php are actually quite efficient as they are written in C and hence compiled. So that's not the bottleneck. The reason PHP's sessions are often called
evil is that they are blocking. When you open a session file, it gets an exclusive lock on the file (or blocks until it is done). It keeps that lock until the session is closed (Either by end of script, or by
session_write_close(). This is desirable since it prevents concurrency problems. But realize that if you have a long running request and try to make another one while it's executing, you'll block.
Now, the true beauty of the PHP method, is that you can replace the session handler with a userland session handler (Store session data in a database, memcached, NoSQL db, etc). Why is that good? Because then with the exact same code you can migrate from a single server to many. All you need to do is call
Now, as for your "I don't want to re-query the database on each request", I ask why not? All you're doing is a simple PK lookup. Unless you really mangle the schema, even the update/write/delete statements should be REALLY efficient. I'd suggest going with a Memory table (in MySQL) as it's faster and you don't really care about maintaining the data if the server restarts. If you're that concerned, install memcached and let it handle the storage of sessions (so you don't need SQL)...


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artichokes are my favorite. And, a healthy indulgence
I steam them whole. A pressure cooker makes it faster. I serve with some light mayo w/ a bit of curry powder & salt. I love them enough to eat them plain
You can also buy them canned (great on pizza and in pastas and salads). There are also marinated artichokes sold in jars. Very expensive, lots of fat, and not usually good quality oils so I pass on these or make my own from canned.
I also really like fennel. I buy a bulb in the winter when I'm tired of what's available for fresh veggies. I slice it really thin and put it in a green salad. A bulb lasts us for almost a week of green salads and makes it more interesting.
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Artichokes: I just trim the end of the stem off (just the tip of the stem), wash them thoroughly and place them, still wet, in aluminum foil. Bake at about 400 degrees until done (leaves will easily come off when pulled). After they are done, you have to kind of scrape the meat off of the leaves with your teeth. When you get done with the leaves, you eat the heart (which is the part attached to the stem, just underneath a sort of grainy layer that doesn't taste very good and which needs scraped off). The stem is also edible, if a bit woody. I like to dip my artichokes in warm lemon juice with just a little butter (I actually use Brummel and Brown, which is a kind of margarine made with yogurt instead of real butter) in it. Way back when I was a kid, we used to dip our artichokes in mayonnaise, but I've given up this habit in favor of the healthier lemon juice. Artichokes are very nice tasting. They can cause some people to end up with gas.
Instead of baking, you can also boil them. Add a touch of lemon juice to the water to prevent browning. You have to kind of weigh them down or they will float. I use a steamer basket, placed upside down over them, to accomplish this task. They smell a bit while they are boiling. It's not unpleasant (to me at least), but you can tell/smell that you are cooking artichokes.
Fennel can be used in salads, especially good when lightly roasted. It has a kind of licorice flavor - not my favourite, but it's nice occasionally for something different.
Celery root is nice, it does taste rather like celery. I don't often use it on its own, but will use it with other root vegetables. So, perhaps a soup with potatoes and celery root. Or a baked assorted roots including potatoes, celery root, parsnips, carrots, etc. Can also be used to vary the roots in a gratin or similar dishes. Best used with potatoes and milder flavored roots, because I think by itself the flavour might be a bit strong. Maybe try mashed rutabaga, potato and celery root? Lots of possibilities. Very tough, a bit of a hassle to defur and cut.
Artichokes I don't know much about, a bit expensive for me to use often. I love artichoke hearts in various pasta dishes. Wonderful flavor, strange rush of sweetness after you eat them. Lots of Italian recipes that use them well. I would keep it simple with them - pair with other vegetables such as tomatoes but just drizzle some oil and don't use sauce - let the artichokes be the star.
Only tried the full artichoke once. Seems like a lot of work. But kind of fun. You have to scrape the meat off the leaves with your teeth.
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Traveling Vietnam Wall arrives in KC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - With Memorial Day approaching, a well-known traveling veterans memorial is coming to Kansas City.
This year, the wall will include additions to honor veterans beyond those who served in the Vietnam War.
The American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) Vietnam Wall arrived in Kansas City Wednesday.
The memorial wall measures nearly 400 feet long. It is an 80 percent scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
This year they have added smaller panels honoring American sacrifices in other military conflicts including the two world wars, 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Hundreds of motorcyclists with state and local law enforcement and the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association escorted the wall from Gail’s Harley Davidson in Grandview to the National WWI Museum and Memorial late Wednesday afternoon.
The wall and tribute panels will be on the Southeast Lawn of the Museum and Memorial from Thursday afternoon through Memorial Day. It is free to view and accessible day and night. The one exception is on Sunday, May 29th from 7-11 p.m. during a separate event, Celebration at the Station.
There will be an opening ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he wanted Bill Shorten to “look me in the eye and tell me the truth” when he appeared to invade the personal space of his rival during the second televised leaders’ debate.
Labor senator Kristina Keneally on Saturday claimed the awkward encounter revealed Mr Morrison was aggressive and desperate, labelling it his "Mark Latham moment" in reference to the former Labor leader's infamous 2004 handshake with John Howard.
Mr Shorten narrowly won the wide-ranging debate, according to the studio audience of 100 undecided voters. However it was Mr Morrison’s actions during a heated discussion on tax policy that provided the most memorable moment.
The pair were free to roam the stage during the contest. At one point Mr Morrison stood close to Mr Shorten while grilling him over Labor’s proposed tax increases for high-income earners.
Mr Shorten stepped away and quipped that Mr Morrison was a “classic space invader”.
The line prompted laughs from the crowd and the debate’s host, Sky News journalist David Speers.
Asked about the encounter on Saturday, Mr Morrison said he was “simply trying to encourage [Mr Shorten] to tell the truth and to look me in the eye”.
“He couldn't do that either. He scurried away,” Mr Morrison said.
“Wisecracks and stunts isn't how you run a country. I'm happy for Bill Shorten to put on a cabaret performance in a debate but that's not how you run a country and that's not what Australians want to see.”
Senator Keneally, who is travelling with Mr Shorten throughout the campaign, declared the encounter was Mr Morrison’s “Mark Latham moment”. Ms Keneally was referring to Mr Latham’s aggressive handshake with then Prime Minister John Howard on the eve of the 2004 election which many believe damaged Labor’s chances.
“Last night we saw the real Scott Morrison. Not the knockabout bloke, not the daggy dad, but someone who is arrogant, aggressive and, quite frankly, desperate,” Senator Keneally said.
“Last night Scott Morrison had little more than his arrogance and his climate change denialism. He also had his aggression. Quite frankly, it wasn’t pretty.”


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Predicated on Maslow’s ladder, if a person seems that she or he is actually harm’s method, highest means cannot discovered much interest.
After an individual has met the reduced top mental and you will coverage requires, higher level need be important, the first where is actually personal demands.
- Significance of household members
- Significance of belonging
- Need certainly to render and you will located love
Once a man seems a sense of “belonging”, the requirement to feel important comes up. Regard means can be classified since internal or external. Inner value demands are those associated with notice-respect instance self-respect and you will completion. External admiration need are those such as for instance social status and you may recognition. Particular respect requires is:
Maslow afterwards subtle his design to add an amount between regard needs and mind-actualization: the necessity for degree and you may visual appeals.
Self-actualization is the summit from Maslow’s steps of demands. This is the quest from reaching your full prospective because the an excellent individual. In place of lower height demands, that it require is never ever totally came across; overall expands psychologically discover usually the new possibilities to remain to grow.
Self-actualized individuals provides repeated occurrences off height experiences, that are charged times regarding profound contentment and you can harmony. Considering Maslow, merely half the normal commission of your own people has reached the level of self-actualization.
Implications to possess Government
If the Maslow’s principle retains, you will find some important ramifications having management. You will find possibilities to encourage personnel due to government concept, business structure, organization occurrences, and payment packages, some situations of which follow:
Respect Means: Know triumph and also make teams feel enjoyed and you may respected. Provide work headings one to communicate the necessity of the career.
Yet not, not totally all men and women are passionate because of the exact same need – at any time each person is generally passionate from the entirely additional affairs. It is critical to see the demands are pursued of the for every single staff. In order to encourage an employee, the fresh new director can recognize the needs level from the which the staff member is actually working, and rehearse those individuals means once the levers out of inspiration.
Restrictions from Maslow’s Ladder
Whenever you are Maslow’s steps is sensible regarding an intuitive view, there is nothing evidence to support its hierarchical aspect. In reality, there can be research one to contradicts your order out-of need given from the the fresh new model. Such as, specific cultures frequently place personal means before any other people. Maslow’s steps is served by difficulty discussing circumstances like the “hungry singer” in which a guy does not work out all the way down requires in pursuit of large of those. Fundamentally, you will find absolutely nothing proof to indicate that individuals are encouraged to satisfy one you want height simultaneously, except in cases where you will find a dispute ranging from needs.
Regardless of if Maslow’s ladder does not have medical support, it can be well-identified which is the initial concept out-of determination that of numerous some one he could be unsealed. To handle a number of the activities away from Maslow’s theory, Clayton Alderfer developed the ERG principle, a desires-oriented model that https://datingranking.net/best-hookup-apps/ is more in line with empirical results.
Western psychologist Abraham Maslow broke new soil when you look at the therapy because of the placing emphasis on a knowledgeable anybody in place of broken anyone. Unlike discovering autos in a junk grass, the guy relocated to an alternative vehicle showroom. Prior to his date, therapy is simply for the fresh vertebral reflex idea off Sechenov (1863) and you may Pavlov (1927), the behaviorism off Watson (1913) and Skinner (1948).
If you find yourself latest mindset during the time is wallowing throughout the mud off person agony, Maslow read the costs of the finest men and women inside record. He requested what produced some one particularly Albert Einstein and you may Eleanor Roosevelt exemplary?

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The health care organizations are constantly looking for strategies to address and prevent the challenges confronting the health care reforms. Managed care is health insurance that contracts with particular healthcare providers to reduce the costs of services to the members who are the patients. In essence, the health insurance company and the providers such as nurses and specialists formulate a legal document that the provider accepts to provide specific services to the patients at a reduced cost (Mohammed et al., 2016). The key reform factors that I believe will need to be addressed by future health care leaders and workers are the cost of care and hospital readmission rates. The cost of care in the U.S health system is rising. The increase in healthcare costs is attributed to the advancement in technology, U.S aging population, and a low number of general physicians as the number of specialties increases hence inadequate primary care providers. They need to focus on cost-containment measures such as the integration of health information technology in health care. Another key reform factor is the prevention of hospital readmission rates. The reasons hospital and health system leaders should be concerned with driving down preventable readmissions are clear (Zuckerman et al., 2016). Under healthcare reform, healthcare providers with high levels of preventable readmissions face the potential of losing a portion of their federal payments. It is critical hospitals identify which patient populations are at increased risk of hospital readmissions to target specific patients (Ody et al., 2019). This will help in initiative strategic measures for preventing hospital readmissions. Mohammed, K., Nolan, M. B., Rajjo, T., Shah, N. D., Prokop, L. J., Varkey, P., & Murad, M. H. (2016). Creating a patient-centered health care delivery system: a systematic review of health care quality from the patient perspective. American Journal of Medical Quality, 31(1), 12-21. Ody, C., Msall, L., Dafny, L. S., Grabowski, D. C., & Cutler, D. M. (2019). Decreases in readmissions credited to Medicare’s program to reduce hospital readmissions have been overstated. Health Affairs, 38(1), 36-43. Zuckerman, R. B., Sheingold, S. H., Orav, E. J., Ruhter, J., & Epstein, A. M. (2016). Readmissions, observation, and the hospital readmissions For more information on Health Care Reforms read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_reform
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In terms of memory, the phone packs 1GB of RAM and 2GB of internal storage which can be further expanded up to 32 GB with the microSD card. The dual SIM smartphone hosts 8 megapixel rear camera and 3 megapixel front facing camera. It packs 2400 mAh battery which claims 4.5 hours of talk time and two days of standby.
"Fortune HD is packed with exciting features and its high definition screen shall take you to the next level of viewing experience. The latest addition in the Fortune series on our 3rd anniversary strengths us further in the smartphone category," said Fortune HD, Deepak Gupta, Director, Josh Mobiles.
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Jun 23, 2013 The Huffington Post
'America 2013', a report released this week by the Urban Land Institute, presents the results of a nationwide survey on housing, transportation, and community preferences. Demographic trends indicate a continued demand for city living.
May 16, 2013 Urban Land Institute
A new report from the Urban Land Institute highlights successful strategies for adapting the infrastructure of America's suburbs to accommodate a densification of development.
Feb 12, 2013 Urban Land
Santa is sounding the alarm: "Christmas is in jeopardy.” What's making St. Nick a little less jolly this year? New analysis shows that suburban development patterns are driving up costs at the North Pole, say Paul Knight and Kevin Clark.
Dec 25, 2012 paullknight.com
The Department of Defense has released new guidelines encouraging mixed-use, compact, walkable development throughout the nation's military bases, Sean Reilly reports.
May 23, 2012 USA Today
Haya El Nasser describes the housing market's fundamental structural changes as the housing industry rethinks what type of housing to build and where to build it.
May 17, 2012 USA Today
Trying to thread the needle between those who celebrate the demise of the exurb and those who bemoan smart growth policies, Edward Glaeser argues that we can, and should, have it all when it comes to housing choice in America.
May 10, 2012 Bloomberg View
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Kaid Benfield presents the evidence that compact development can bring about a decrease in noxious emissions.
Sep 16, 2010 NRDC Blog


Policymakers are urged to strengthen information security.
The US government’s data surveillance practices may hit technology firms harder than expected.
In 2013, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) estimated that the revelations of government surveillance by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden could cost the US tech sector between $21.5bn and $35bn by 2016.
In its latest report, the ITIF said the figure will likely far exceed the original estimation due to the government’s failure to reform its surveillance practices.
The think tank proposed a series of reforms designed to enhance security, protect transparency, and increase cooperation and accountability in the worldwide technology ecosystem.
It recommended policymakers to strengthen information security by opposing government efforts to introduce backdoors in software or weaken encryption.
They are urged to strengthen US mutual legal assistance treaties and set up international legal standards for government access to information.
ITIF vice president and co-author of the report Daniel Castro said: "Foreign customers are increasingly shunning U.S. companies, and governments around the world are using U.S. surveillance as an excuse to enact a new wave of protectionist policies. This is bad for U.S. companies, U.S. workers, and the U.S. economy as a whole.
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Tuscany: Ice Cream Cooking Class in San Gimignano Winery
â€¢ Wine Tasting from the library vintage reserves paired perfectly with the lunch or dinner
â€¢ Enjoy the meal with friends and family while tasting fifteen Tuscan products
â€¢ Learn from a passionate local chef about the Tuscanyâ€™s Gelato offerings
Love to combine the flavors of the wine with pleasure to prepare and serve a great ice-cream, then Join this tour as it will not only give you a chance to take a break from the hassles of everyday life and enjoy a good wine but also give you the opportunity to have fun spending time with loved ones and learning how to prepare ice cream with a delicious Tuscan dinner.
Day 1 : Tenuta Torciano Vineyards, Via di Crocetta 18, 53037 Ulignano, San Gimignano Italy
Upon arrival, guests are greeted by our staff in the welcome center for a short walking tour of the historic property.
Later Enjoy the sweetest lesson on earth! In this class, you will learn to prepare real Italian ice cream directly in our kitchen in medieval San Gimignano.
We consider this class to be a special opportunity for our guests where they, together with our cooks, can learn the art of making ice cream from scratch, mixing milk, eggs, chocolate, and whipped cream to bring out a spectrum of tastes.
Over the span of one hour, participants will come to understand the difference between ice cream and gelato, how to make ice cream with cream and fresh fruit sorbets, as well as the various ways to make ice-cream without using a machine.
After the class, you can enjoy a gourmet Tuscan dinner paired with a wine tasting that features fifteen different varieties of wine, in addition to your delicious cup of homemade ice cream.
COOKING CLASS INCLUDES:
â€¢ Making of homemade Gelato prepared with our chef.
â€¢ 2 Flavors prepared together, way better than the one purchased in a market. The flavors may vary according to seasonability.
â€¢ Lunch or Dinner with a dessert made of Icecream.
COOKING CLASS LUNCH/ DINNER:
â€¢ Appetizers: Tuscan cheeses and salami, Bruschetta and snack.
â€¢ First Course: Truffle lasagna
â€¢ Second Course: Roasted meat with vegetables
â€¢ Dessert: Icecream together with Dessert Wine
â€¢ Extra Virgin Olive Oil
â€¢ Truffle Olive Oil
â€¢ Pepper Hot Olive Oil
â€¢ Balsamic Vinegar Selected
â€¢ Brunello di Montalcino D.O.C.G.
â€¢ Rosso di Montalcino D.O.C.
â€¢ Cabernet Bartolomeo Riserva I.G.T.
â€¢ Merlot Baldassarre Riserva I.G.T.
â€¢ Syrah Cavaliere Riserva I.G.T.
â€¢ Vernaccia of San Gimignano D.O.C.G.
â€¢ Chianti D.O.C.G.
â€¢ Chianti Classico D.O.C.G.
â€¢ Chianti Classico Riserva D.O.C.G.
â€¢ Red of Montepulciano D.O.C.
â€¢ VinBeato - Dessert Wine
- Lunch or Dinner with 3-homemade ice cream prepared together
- Wine Tasting and Wine Paring Class
- Transportation from Florence and to the Winery (return)
- Unique Ice Cream Cooking Course with 3 types of ice cream preparation
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks not mention in inclusions
- Transportation to/from attractions not mentioned
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Most travelers can participate
- Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
- Confirmation will be received at the time of booking
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Please note that the tour requires a minimum number of guests to run
- Please note that if you arrive after the tour start time you will not be able to join and will not be refunded or have your tour rescheduled
- There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- In case of intolerance or allergies, alert the us when booking and before the tour to avoid any inconvenience
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If itâ€™s canceled because the minimum isnâ€™t met, youâ€™ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
- You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
- We will charge a cancellation fee of 100% if booking is cancelled 24 hours or less before event