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- Due Dates For Your W-2, 1099 & Other Tax Forms In 2019 (And What To Do If They're Missing)
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin accepting paper and electronic tax returns on January 28, 2019. Many tax forms used to prepare returns are already either in the hands of taxpayers or in the mail. ...
Forbes. Friday, 18 Jan 2019.
- IRS is recalling 46,000 workers to handle tax returns WITHOUT PAY as Trump promises no refund delays
The IRS is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown to handle tax returns and pay out refunds, but won't be paying workers while the federal freeze continues.
Daily Mail. Wednesday, 16 Jan 2019.
- IRS Recalling 46,000 Workers To Handle Tax Returns Despite Partial Shutdown
The union for the IRS workers criticized the Trump administration for forcing them to work "in exchange only for an IOU." Employees have been promised back pay when funding is approved.
NPR. Tuesday, 15 Jan 2019.
- The IRS is recalling 46,000 workers to handle tax returns
The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown _ nearly 60 percent of its workforce _ to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid.
ABC News. Tuesday, 15 Jan 2019.
- U.S. tax agency to bring 46,000 furloughed workers back
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Tuesday it intends to bring back more than 46,000 workers furloughed by the partial shutdown of the federal government to process annual tax returns and refunds and other tasks.
Reuters. Tuesday, 15 Jan 2019.
- Even if the shutdown ends today, the IRS may not issue you a timely tax refund
This already was going to be a challenging year to fill out your federal tax returns after major tax-law changes took effect in 2018. ...
Los Angeles Times. Tuesday, 15 Jan 2019.
- Prosecutors: Art Dealer Mary Boone Should Go to Prison
In a court filing, prosecutors asked a federal judge to sentence Ms. Boone to as much as three years in prison for filing false tax returns.
New York Times. Friday, 11 Jan 2019.
- A Republican Senator Signals Interest in Trump's Tax Returns
Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley said he's examining his authority to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns, a move to ensure he could see any forms his Democratic counterpart in the House potentially receives.
Newsmax. Wednesday, 9 Jan 2019.
- Federal shutdown delays U.S. House oversight of Trump: lawmakers
Before taking control of the House of Representatives last Thursday, Democrats had said they would investigate Trump on multiple fronts, including ties with Russia, his tax returns and allegations of conflicts of interest. ...
Yahoo. Wednesday, 9 Jan 2019.
- 'Act now' warning over tax returns
Millions of people face a deadline for completing their self-assessment tax return.
BBC News. Wednesday, 9 Jan 2019.
- IRS to issue refunds during shutdown, unlike under Obama
The Internal Revenue Service plans to process tax returns and issue refunds on schedule, whether the government is fully funded or not.
ABC News. Tuesday, 8 Jan 2019.
- House Democrats to Target Trump Tax Returns
House Democrats are clamoring to target President Donald Trump's tax refunds with new House and Ways Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., planning to first build a case.
Newsmax. Monday, 7 Jan 2019.
- Alabama sheriff pleads guilty to not filing tax return
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama sheriff who leaves office this month has pleaded guilty to failing to file a tax return. ...
Washington Times. Friday, 4 Jan 2019.
- House Democrats 'plan bill to get hold of Trump's tax returns'
President Trump, pictured in Washington yesterday, broke with decades of precedent when running for the White House in 2016 by refusing to disclose his own tax returns.
Daily Mail. Thursday, 3 Jan 2019.
- House Democrats have a good shot at getting Trump's tax returns, but administration could fight back
A decades-old law could soon give Democrats their best shot yet at retrieving President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service.
CNBC. Wednesday, 2 Jan 2019.
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2009 Review; 2010 Forecast; Understanding Green ETFs
Issue 68: January 2010
What’s in Store for 2010
2010 will be a record year for ice loss in the Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland. It could well be the warmest year on record because of the combined influence of El Niño and global warming.
Race for Cleantech Domination
Most important for 2010 is the sea change that's occurring in the world's perception of the strategic importance of shifting to efficiency and renewable energy. While China has seized on what it views as a revolutionary business opportunity, the US is discovering the shame of following for the first time in our country's history because of our complete failure to lead on green technologies.
Of the top 30 companies in solar, wind and advanced batteries, just six are U.S. firms. Will the US stand by as China firms its leadership position? While the realities of climate change have yet to stir the US into action, it looks like the race for technological leadership could.
Tom Friedman says it well: "An Earth Race - built on markets, economic competition, national self-interest and strategic advantage - is a much more self-sustaining way to reduce carbon emissions than a festival of voluntary, nonbinding commitments at a U.N. conference."
Even facing this leadership challenge, which largely hinges on setting a price on carbon, it's doubtful the US will pass comprehensive climate change and energy legislation in 2010, given the resistance to cap-and-trade. Instead, Congress could opt for a more limited bill that creates a national renewable energy standard and caps carbon within specific industries.
Although a national cap and price on carbon would help tremendously, the genie has finally escaped the bottle, ushering in a cleantech renaissance. In 2010, spending on cleantech technologies will rise 50% to $200 billion, topping the 2008 high of $155 billion, says New Energy Finance. Corporations, utilities and governments are too far along to go back now - momentum and investment for strategic and economic value will drive the field forward.
For example, American Electric, one of the dirtiest utilities that now depends mostly on coal (and one of the biggest spenders lobbying against climate legislation), plans to buy 2000 MW of wind power by the end of 2011, double its original goal, to meet state renewable-energy requirements and company targets. VP Bruce Braine told Bloomberg, "You're paying a premium relative to alternatives like coal or gas, but once you get them in place, particularly for wind or solar, the nice thing is that the energy is almost free.
Country by country and state by state, regulations and incentives will continue to spur demand. Worldwide, 250 climate change regulations have been enacted since mid-2008. And more and more, cities and states are vying for cleantech leadership. In December, Philadelphia became the first city to give B Corporations tax breaks.
Cleantech will be the beneficiary of record funding in 2010 as much of the world's stimulus money hits the street. The levels of public capital flowing into cleantech over the next few quarters will feel like manna from heaven, and would have been unimaginable a couple of years ago.
A shake-out in the solar and wind industries didn't happen last year as predicted, so what about in 2010? Some, like the Cleantech Group, expect "a bloodbath of consolidation and liquidation" for solar and wind firms in Germany and China, where there's the most overcapacity. We don't see a bloodbath, because 2010 should be a year of tremendous growth. 2011 could be another story.
The first plug-in electric vehicles hit the showrooms in 2010, will people buy them? We don't see huge demand unless fossil fuel prices rise (another reason to put a price on carbon now).
Private Equity Expands
Venture capital firms surveyed by the National Venture Capital Association say cleantech is the sector most likely to show growth in 2010. VC funds are likely to increase in size, following the trends of the past two years. New Enterprise Associates just announced the completion of a $2.5 billion VC fund, the largest since 2007.
But early stage businesses trying to commercialize new technologies could still have a hard time finding investors as the economy recovers. Investors will probably focus on current portfolio companies and less risky ventures that already generate significant revenue.
Funds flowing from the Recovery Act emphasize increasing the efficiency of everything from the grid to manufacturing to resource use, and that will be reflected in private equity investments. The market for lithium-ion transportation batteries is forecast to grow from $878 million in 2010 to $8 billion by 2015. Companies developing efficient energy storage solutions for renewable energy, vehicle batteries, and software to facilitate grid and data center efficiency will be priorities for VC investment. Water is also moving into the fore.
Over the past year, there's been more attention to the solutions sustainable agriculture can provide to absorb carbon and to feed the world's population, while reducing pollution. For the first time, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) committed substantial funds for research on agriculture and climate change ($130 million over four years, up from just $10 million in FY 2009).
At the Copenhagen climate talks, 20 countries formed the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases to focus on ways to grow more food using climate-resilient food systems, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon storage in soils (sounds like organic agriculture to me).
There is also increasing attention to the world's collapsing fisheries and sustainable aquaculture. Expect a greater investment focus in these important cleantech sectors.
For the stock market, we're expecting a strong first quarter - typically the strongest quarter for stocks - as investors finally jump back in from the sidelines. We're still somewhere in the early to mid stages of the reversal of the fear, which are hallmarks of a bull market.
Our columnist green portfolio manager, Sam Jones, firmly believes "we've embarked on a global bull market," and expects the S&P 500 to hit at least 1250 in the first quarter - but watch out for a stiff correction after that, he says. The best buying opportunity for stocks should be later in 2010 - the market could reach all time highs in 2012 if economy recovery continues.
The combination of disbursement of the massive worldwide stimulus and the need to rebuild inventories will lead to GDP growth for the next 6-12 months.
Solar manufacturers have worked off much of their excess inventories and liquidity is returning to capital markets. Many solar manufacturers expect over 25% growth in 2010 as demand recovers and prices stabilize. Historically low prices should propel the industry to another leg of growth.
Solyndra, Inc., a solar PV firm that raised $198 million in venture capital, announced its IPO.
Improved polysilicon pricing should help cement crystalline silicon's advantage in most installation markets through next year and thin-film PV will gain market share in commercial and utility markets.
But increased competition, commoditized products and ballooning inventories from capacity ramp-ups will change the landscape for many cleantech companies. Gone are the days when every solar or wind firm was a "rising star."
Resource Constraints Intensify
Economically, the situation looks very similar to the mid-70s, when the economy experienced a double digit inflation cycle until 1982. Stocks rose along with interest rates after the Feds bought bad S&L loan debt and nationalized it. Unemployment rose into the teens. Real estate was crushed.
We enter 2010 in a much more resource constrained world than that of the 1970s. Ironically, cleantech technologies like wind turbines and electric engines rely on rare earth minerals, which will be increasingly in demand, but short on supply. We could trade our addiction to oil for an addiction to rare earths, adding to China's dominance. 95% of rare earths are in China - the US imports 100%.
As the world's economies recover and demand picks up, prices for oil and metals will rise. Too much water in some areas and shortages in others will become larger dilemmas, and although we don't expect a crisis in 2010, concerns will continue to mount.
This will be a year for huge solar thermal projects, which are mostly sited in deserts and require large volumes of water. Tensions will rise between environmental NGOs and developers over water and land use decisions in deserts.
Read some other 2010 predictions:
Ten Clean Technology Predictions for 2010
Cleantech 2010 Top 10 Predictions
2010: Five predictions
Lightspeed's 2010 Cleantech Predictions

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FDA approves Lucemyra to treat symptoms of opioid withdrawal and help patients overcome addiction
The battle against opioid addiction in the United States got a new weapon Wednesday, in the form of a pill to help patients manage symptoms of withdrawal.
The Food and Drug Administration said it gave its seal of approval to Lucemyra, a medication that has been used to treat opioid withdrawal in the United Kingdom for more than two decades.
Lucemyra is not itself a treatment for opioid use disorder, the FDA said in its announcement. But in clinical trials, it was shown to reduce the severity of the withdrawal symptoms that patients experience when they stop taking opioids cold turkey.
By easing the side effects of withdrawal, people struggling with opioid addiction may have a better chance of kicking the habit.
“The physical symptoms of opioid withdrawal can be one of the biggest barriers for patients seeking help and ultimately overcoming addiction,” said Dr. Scot Gottlieb, the FDA’s commissioner. “The fear of experiencing withdrawal symptoms often prevents those suffering from opioid addiction from seeking help. And those who seek assistance may relapse due to continued withdrawal symptoms.”
Most patients who take opioid painkillers with a doctor’s prescription can manage their withdrawal symptoms by slowly tapering their dose, giving their body a chance to adjust.
But when people have become addicted to opioids, going without the drugs can be an uncomfortable and painful experience. In as little as a few hours, patients may experience stomach cramps, muscle aches and spasms, a pounding heart, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Other symptoms include anxiety, agitation, depression and insomnia.
“Withdrawal is notoriously hard to endure for people addicted to opioids,” Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, wrote on her blog. “Approval of the first medication to treat the physical symptoms of opioid withdrawal is a major milestone, one that could improve the lives and treatment success of thousands of people living with opioid addiction.”
Lucemyra, also known as lofexidine hydrochloride, was originally intended to be a hypertension medication. It acts to reduce the release of norepinephrine, a hormone that increases heart rate and blood pressure.
Norepinephrine is also a neurotransmitter, and scientists believe it is implicated in many symptoms of opioid withdrawal. Patients in the U.K. have been using it to reduce these symptoms since the early 1990s, according to the FDA.
In clinical trials involving 866 adults with opioid dependence, those who were randomly assigned to take Lucemyra reported less severe withdrawal symptoms than people who were randomly assigned to take a placebo. Neither the patients nor their doctors knew whether they were taking the real drug or a dummy pill.
In addition, patients who got Lucemyra were more likely to complete the course of treatment, which can last for up to 14 days.
The drug’s most common side effects included low blood pressure, slow heart rate, sleepiness, sedation and dizziness. The trials were funded in part by NIDA.
The FDA is requiring 15 additional studies to further assess the drug’s safety when used in children, for longer than 14 days, and in other situations that were not tested in the earlier trials.
The drug will be available here in the summer, the FDA said. It will be sold by US WorldMeds.
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Kate Moore is a composer of new music based in The Netherlands. She creates worlds of sound for acoustic and electroacoustic media and writes instrumental music, concert music, sound installations and more. Moore specialises in creating surprising performance scenarios that feature virtuosic instrumentalists and musicians set amidst unusual and alternative performance circumstances.
Active on the international scene she has worked with ensembles including Alarm will sound, The bang on a can all-stars, The calder quartet, The grand band, Twosense, Ensemble Klang, Asko Schoenberg ensemble, The song company, Ensemble lucilin, Ensemble Syntonia, Orkest de ereprijs among others.
She holds a doctorate from The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (University of Sydney 2008-2012), a masters from The Royal Conservatorium of The Hague (2002-2004), a Bachelor of Music with honours from The Canberra School of Music (Australian National University 1998-2001). Currently she works as a freelance researcher at The University of Amsterdam.
Her works appear on major labels including Cantaloupe, ECM, Tall Poppies and Ensemble Klang and are performed in major venues including Carnegie Hall, The Concertgebouw and The Sydney Opera House as well as international festivals including The Bang on a Can Marathon – World Financial Center, ISCM World Music Days - Sydney, The International Gaudeamus Muziekweek, November Music, The Sonic Festival NY, MATA Festival, Carlsbad festival of Music CA, Canberra International Chamber Music Festival.
Awards and prizes include The Hague Toptalent 2012, De Komeet Culture Prize 2010, Dorris Burnett-Ford Scholarship University of Sydney 2008-2012, The Carlsbad Festival of Music composer prize 2010, Apeldoorn Young Composer Award 2003, Australian National University Medal 2001, ANU Honours Scholarship 2001, Franco-Australian Composition Competition 2000, Howard-Allen Memorial Prize 1998-2001, Artexpress 1997.
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Vancouver-based Acton Ostry Architects (AOA) has named new principals and associates at the firm. Alan Davies and Alex Percy have been promoted to principal, with Mark Simpson and Matt Wood promoted to associate principal. Michael Fugeta and Matthew Fellows have been named as new associates, joining Milos Bejovic, Ruth Chau, Derek Fleming, and Nate Straathof as associate members of the AOA leadership team.
“The new leadership structure marks the beginning of the next phase in the evolution and growth of Acton Ostry Architects,” says founding principal Russell Acton.
Michael Fugeta, associate has been with AOA since 2010. Michael was project lead for The Duke, an award-winning rental residential project completed in 2018 under the City of Vancouver Secured Market Rental Housing Policy. Michael continues to contribute his creativity and expertise to the realization of affordable rental housing projects in Vancouver.
Matthew Fellows, associate joined AOA in 2012. Matthew is currently the project lead for the new Sir Sandford Fleming Elementary School and Child Care scheduled for completion in the Fall. Matthew has an expertise with educational projects, previously overseeing completion of Vancouver Talmud Torah, the city’s largest Jewish elementary school.
Founding principal Mark Ostry adds, “These talented individuals have honed design and leadership skills with AOA over many years and will guide the way forward for a new generation of talented architects.”
Acton Ostry Architects is a leading Canadian design practice recognized for the creation of eloquent and innovative community, public institutional and mixed-use residential projects, and as leaders in the advancement of tall wood buildings. AOA has received more than 100 local, national, and international design awards. Notable projects include Brock Commons Tallwood House, The Arbour, The Sauder School of Business, York House Senior School and the UBC Aquatic Centre.


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Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2003 Sep;81(1):1-10. Chemomodulatory influence of Ferula asafoetida on mammary epithelial differentiation, hepatic drug metabolizing enzymes, antioxidant profiles and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced mammary carcinogenesis in rats. Mallikarjuna GU, Dhanalakshmi S, Raisuddin S, Rao AR.; Cancer Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. email@example.com
The present study was conducted to ascertain the modulatory influences of Ferula asafoetida L. (asafoetida, flavoring agent) on the mammary epithelial tissue differentiation, hepatic drug metabolizing enzymes, antioxidant profiles and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU)-induced mammary carcinogenesis in Sprague-Dawley rats. Feeding with two doses of asafoetida (1.25 and 2.5% w/w in diet) showed a remarkable increase in the development and differentiation of ducts/ductules (p < 0.01-0.005), lobules (p < 0.005) and a decrease in terminal end buds (p < 0.05-0.005) as compared to both normal and MNU-treated control animals. To assess the biochemical parameters, effect of asafoetida on drug-metabolizing enzymes was evaluated in the liver of rats. Asafoetida treatment significantly reduced (p < 0.05) the levels of cytochrome P450 and b5. There was an enhancement in the activities of glutathione S-transferase (p < 0.05-0.005), DT-diaphorase (p < 0.05-0.01), superoxide dismutase (p < 0.01-0.005) and catalase (p < 0.05-0.005) and in the level of reduced glutathione (p < 0.05-0.005), followed by asafoetida treatment. Also, asafoetida significantly restored the level of antioxidant system, depleted by MNU-treatment. The strengthening of antioxidant system by the lower and higher doses of asafoetida in the presence and absence of MNU was further substantiated by a significant inhibition (p < 0.005) in lipid peroxidation as measured by thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) in the liver of rat. Further, in long-term animal studies, where MNU was used to induce mammary carcinogenesis, asafoetida treatment resulted in a significant reduction in the multiplicity (p < 0.001) and size of palpable mammary tumors (p < 0.005-0.001) and a delay in mean latency period of tumor appearance (p < 0.005). Together, these findings indicate the chemopreventive potential of asafoetida against MNU-induced mammary carcinogenesis. Thus, asafoetida needs further investigation with regard to identification and characterization of its active principle(s) and mechanism of action, for this compound to be developed as a potential chemopreventive agent for human cancers.

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Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu, on Friday clarified that there is no official direction from the Education Department for schools to hold compulsory classes during the summer vacation.
This announcement comes in response to recent reports suggesting mandatory teaching during the vacation period.
Informing the same, the minister on its official Twitter handle wrote, "I want to clarify that there is no direction from @SchoolEdnAssam or @Samagra_Assam for any compulsory class during the summer vacation. However, the SMC/SMDC are advised to conduct remedial classes and extracurricular activities during summer vacation with teachers/staff who volunteer to do so, as many schools have done in the past. @CMOfficeAssam."
While there is no obligation for schools to conduct regular classes, the School Management Committees (SMC) and School Management and Development Committees (SMDC) are encouraged to organize remedial classes and extracurricular activities, provided that teachers and staff volunteer for such initiatives.
Many schools in the past have taken the initiative to offer additional support to students during the summer break.


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FACING STRESS, PANIC & WORRY – HOPE IS HERE
Have you ever been into a state where your to-do list appears never-ending, targets are near, and you turn up saying ‘Eek! I feel restless or STRESSED!’? But have you ever though what really is stress, and how it disturbs us? Stress is nothing but a physical response i.e. body’s way of reacting to any type of threat or call. When you feel any kind of threat around you – whether it’s real or imaginary, the defence system of your body buzz into high gear in a swift, involuntary process called the “stress response” or “fight-or-flight” reaction. The stress response is the body’s way of defending you against danger.
Crabby, hassled, anxious or exhausted all the time? These signs can indicate either plain old stress or a natural depression embedded in deep-down problems. It is extremely important to pay attention to the alert that our mind and body transmit with the purpose of creating happiness and wellness in our lives.
While anxiety signs fluctuate extensively, odds are good that at some point you get sporadic physical as well as emotional anguish signals for instance, fearful breathing, trouble while sleeping, your heart drubbing in your chest, feelings of terror, or even twists of irritation. Don’t fear, that’s normal. The key to spotting out how to overpower such anxiety conditions lies in our ability to take the needful steps to change our lives and/or learn about the origin of anxiety.
First of all, one must figure out what type of anxiety disorder he/she is going through, then only one can find ways about how to relieve stress. As with every health problem, a correct diagnosis is very crucial. A few anxiety disorders that occur more commonly include:
- Phobias: Condition where an object, animal, situation, or insect result into considerable anxiety.
- Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): In this, a pattern of extreme worry about a variety of problems occurs for a minimum of 6 months, often followed by physical symptoms, like dizziness, muscle tension, or a trouncing heart.
- Panic disorder: Panic attack is nothing but an unexpected, intense incidents of heart-thumping fear, shallow breathing, and anxiety.
- Social anxiety disorder: Feeling strong anxiety in social situations or getting nervous when called upon to act or perform in front of others, just as in public speaking.
It is usual to feel stressed or anxious from time to time, particularly if you live a complex life. But for several people, anxiety is a persistent buddy, always sneaking behind the successive corner. An approximate 2-4% of the population are living with the endless nerve-wracking as well as panic attacks that outline one of the most prevailing mental complaints: generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). There is a lot more who are living with other anxiety conditions such as panic disorder or, social anxiety disorder. But, handful number of individuals discuss these frankly. Mental illness yet carries a social stigma, inducing many individuals to keep their condition undisclosed. For others, though, being outspoken is a very effective way of confronting anxiety.
The good news is that you don’t require to depend on conventional anti-anxiety meds for the relief of the effects of stress. When it comes to calming your mind (stress); easy and natural solutions can help.
Best ways to relieve stress:
HOW TO DEAL WITH STRESS? You can always learn way for dealing with stress conditions and living a happier, healthier life. HealthDiva presents some stress management tips to help you keep stress at bay.
- Always maintain a positive attitude and stay away from negative thoughts.
- Eat healthy and well-balanced meals.
- It’s really very important to make time for yourself particularly, your interests, hobbies, and relaxation.
- Be confident rather than violent. State your beliefs, moods, or opinions rather than getting passive, angry, or rigid all the time.
- Get plentiful rest and sleep. Your body demands time to get well from agitating events.
- Admit that there are situations that are out of your control.
- Exercise on a regular basis. Your body can combat stress better when it is fit.
- Try to find a social support. Spend ample of time with people you enjoy with.
- Go for some stress relaxation techniques; try yoga or meditation for destressing your body.
- Learn to manage your time more efficiently.
- Take a nature break: One of the most productive ways to lighten up the stressful mind is to put in some time in nature.
- Don’t depend on alcohol or drugs to reduce stress.
These stress management tips are proven effective and can be utilized in variable circumstances. You can try them each once instead of purchasing anti-anxiety pills and feeling stressed about possible side effects.
Next on the list are some relaxation techniques TO ZAP YOUR STRESS FAST:
Relax. It’s good for you & you deserve it, and it takes fewer seconds than you think.
- Meditate: A few minutes of meditation per day is a perfect way to ease anxiety. It’s very easy, all you need is to sit up straight with both feet lying on the floor, taking deep breaths with your eyes closed and recite some positive mantra like “OM” or “I love myself” either loud or silently. Let any disturbing thoughts drift by like clouds & just notice the change.
- Deep Breaths: Take a 5-minute pause and concentrate on your breathing. Sit in a straight position, eyes closed, and put your one hand on your belly. Breathe in air slowly through your nose and feel the breath; similarly reverse the process as you breathe out using your mouth.
- Laugh Out Loud: A good belly laugh not only just ease the load mentally, but also minimizes your body’s stress hormone, i.e. cortisol, and lifts the brain chemicals named endorphins, which are responsible for your mood changes. Thus, you must lighten up your mind by tuning in to your most loved music or video, chatting with person who puts a smile on your face or reading your favourite comics.
If this STRESS thing is again and again shattering your mood and killing your capacity to do any work; then don’t worry and start following these steps in the right direction from now onwards.
“TAMING YOUR STRESS CONDITIONS IS NOW EASY WITH EASY HEALTHDIVA TIPS”; Now, Put an End to Your Worries!!!

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text: Long seen as a poor country, Ethiopia is now moving ahead as not only an apparel sourcing destination, but also a place for footwear production as well. Many countries, including the United States, Canada, Japan and the EU are looking to Ethiopia because the footwear that comes from Ethiopia is duty-free and that means big savings for retailers. Currently, China provides the most amount of footwear to the United States, and by a large margin, but other countries like Vietnam are catching up. Currently, 16.2 per cent of footwear comes from Vietnam, up five per cent from a decade ago. This year alone, more than two million shoes will be coming from Ethiopia, and that is going to keep increasing. By 2020, 22 per cent more shoes will come from Ethiopia to the United States. This makes Ethiopia the number one destination for footwear from the United States in all of Africa.


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Sara Efrat Efron, EdD, is Professor of Education and Director of the Doctoral Program in Curriculum, Advocacy, and Policy at National Louis University. Her areas of interest include teacher research, mentoring, and moral and democratic education in times of crisis. Dr. Efron is coauthor, with Ruth Ravid, of Writing the Literature Review and Action Research in Education, Second Edition. She has published numerous book chapters and journal articles and presents widely at national and international conferences. She has also written several foreign-language instruction books for middle and high school students. Ruth Ravid, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Education at National Louis University. Her areas of interest include educational research, action research, assessment, and school-university collaboration. Dr. Ravid has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books, including Writing the Literature Review and Action Research in Education, Second Edition, both coauthored with Sara Efrat Efron.
This is an excellent introductory text for the novice action researcher. The authors cover both qualitative and quantitative methods and offer advice on using already existing assessment data in action research studies. The text is practical and applicable to a wide variety of educational contexts. --Linnea Rademaker, PhD, School of Educational Leadership, Abilene Christian University A solid overview of the essential components of action research, presented in a scholarly yet reader-friendly way. This text is excellent for our Master of Literacy program. It clearly depicts the six cyclical steps of action research, showing how research can continuously build our understanding of what works and what needs to be changed or adjusted. Unlike other action research texts that align only with qualitative research, the book discusses fundamentals of both qualitative and quantitative methods. The authors' emphasis on using the research questions to determine the research method(s) acknowledges the complexity of practitioner-based research. Practical and empowering, this book describes not only how to identify problems in educational settings, but also how to seek solutions through the cycle of research. --Cheryl A. Kreutter, PhD, School of Education, State University of New York at Geneseo I used this book for several years as the primary text for an online graduate course, Action Research, which serves as a capstone for master's of education students. From the opening pages, the authors set the stage for understanding action research as an important approach to making classroom decisions based on systematically collected data. The pedagogical features such as vignettes and exercises are a strength of the book. There is a clear attempt to access textual, visual, and hands-on channels of learning. Self-quizzes allow for guided review. --John H. Yoder, PhD, Core Faculty in Education (retired), Concordia University-Portland I have reviewed a number of action research texts, and, time and again, I return to Efron and Ravid's book. It is simply the best available. With excellent content and depth, the text guides educators to conduct cycles of inquiry in their schools. It includes rich examples, tables, and figures to illustrate key concepts, as well as checklists to support action researchers. --Kimberly Kappler Hewitt, PhD, Division of Research, Discovery, and Innovation, School of Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro The book contains everything that I need in terms of content--it is a great introduction to action research. The writing style is its biggest strength. Many students are nervous about beginning to do research, and this book helps by presenting a step-by-step approach. --Eugene Geist, PhD, Department of Teacher Education, Ohio University

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The newly -appointed Governing Board of Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Akwa Ibom has frowned at the level of abandoned projects and obsolete infrastructure in the institution.
Chairman of the Board; Mr Ademola Seriki, expressed the disappointment of the board members during an inaugural visit and inspection of facilities in the academy.
He observed that some of the equipment purchased 25 years back dotted the foundry shop of the institution and underscored the need to replace them with modern ones.He said, “I am disappointed, particularly, over abandoned projects and the verse areas that have not been developed. We have a lot to do.
‘’To put the necessary infrastructure in place, we must really work in synergy with our sister agencies like the Nigeria Port Authority, NIMASA, NLNG and others’’
“We must build a relationship that will result in acquiring assets that will be of benefits to everyone,’’ he said.
Seriki proposed to the school to engage in free training of stakeholders who would in turn provide the needed equipment to the institution.
He said there was a need to create space for building of more jetties and acquisition of more boats.
The board chairman also called for expansion of the school laboratory to make the facility more conducive for the Cadets as well as equipping of the e-library and the ICT Resource centre.
He stressed that the academy should partner with all relevant stakeholders to be able to meet up to international standard.
Seriki also decried the number of management staff of the school on acting positions and promised to put an end to it.
“There are too many acting officers who are handicapped in discharging their duties effectively.
“We are not going to be having people occupying positions in acting capacity for too long.
“You can’t be acting for up to five years. I will put an end to this,’’ he said.
Seriki charged the management staff on hard work and loyalty, stating that all hand must be on deck to move the academy to greater heights.
Mr Olaleye Olukayode, the Head of Unit, Marine Engineering Workshop said the academy needed more machines for the training of the Cadets.
The Engineer said the situation where eight Cadets were being assigned to one machine was not proper.
“We always group them in eight to one machine which is not too good. They are supposed to be three Cadets to one machine.
“The machines were acquired as far back as 1992. We have applied for new ones and the Rector has been promising to replace them,” he said.
The the board members inspected facilities and equipment at the institution’s workshop, medical centre, Library, boatyard, classrooms and the on-going phase 3 staff quarter project.


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- New enterprise fund sought for short-term financing
- Members can contact Ibec for information
The inability of the UK government to get parliamentary support for the Brexit withdrawal agreement is a massive concern. Last week, Ibec called on Government and the EU to escalate Brexit ‘no deal’ planning.
This is still not the most likely outcome, but time is short. If the UK crashes out of the EU, there will be immediate and far-reaching negative economic consequences for Ireland and Irish business. Efforts must focus on avoiding this outcome. In the meantime, the Irish government and the EU institutions must set out in detail their plans for a possible disorderly UK exit.
An extended transition period is vital in all circumstances, including ‘no deal’. Ireland’s unique economic exposure to Brexit will also demand very specific treatment. Ibec has set out a series of key measures that Government would need to introduce in the case of ‘no deal’, these include:
• A new enterprise stabilisation fund, to provide short-term financing support for affected companies
• Direct capital, marketing and innovations support for firms reorienting into new markets beyond the UK
• Allowing companies to claim VAT as an input credit, at the same time as declaring their liability, to minimise cashflow needs
• New trade support measures, including further export trade financing and export credit guarantees
We are facing into a period of enormous uncertainty for businesses exposed to Brexit risks. Ibec is working to represent your interests and support you as you plan for all eventualities. Our guide to Brexit, which includes an updated issue tracker, sets out the many issues that a ‘no deal’ scenario presents.
Companies looking for more information on how a ‘no deal’ would affect their trade to and through the UK in a ‘no deal’ scenario can email Ibec Trade and International Affairs Executive Doreen Burke at email@example.com


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The first fanfic I ever wrote was about the daughter of Han Solo and Princess Leia. She was a gifted pilot. Force sensitive but didn’t want to be a Jedi or have much of anything to do with them. She shared traits with both Jaina Solo and Rey but she was my OC. She was unabashedly based on ten year old me and I planned to play her in the movie.
I often say Star Wars, and specifically Return of the Jedi, defined love for me. I mean Luke and Vader. But I don’t not mean Luke and Leia, and Han and Leia, too. I love stories about siblings. About twins and secret twins and messy feelings and Force connections and the very special bond between a brother and a sister. And Han and Leia were my blueprint for romance for years.
But if you read that first paragraph again, you’ll notice I modeled myself a Solo far more than an Organa or Skywalker. Han Solo doesn’t have it all together and he doesn’t pretend to. Luke and Leia are heroic idealists who want to make the galaxy better, and believe they can. Han is a guy trying to survive in a galaxy gone mad. He doesn’t have a plan to fix it but he follows his own moral compass and he does the next right thing.
Han Solo was, and is, my hero.
Han and Leia were my first OTP. But I’ve never gotten a handle on the singular part of that classification. I ship Han with Leia, Luke, Lando, Hera, and of course Qi’ra. I adore Qi-ra and their relationship contains so many of my favorite beats. They met as kids and are each other’s first love. They are on the run and have to play act. There is pluck and desperation and betrayal. It’s complicated and I love it.
I think, perhaps, Han has always been my favorite of the original leads, but in the new ‘Disney’ era he certainly is. His interactions with Rey in The Force Awakens reminded me of my ten year old dreams and I love SOLO: A Star Wars Story with my whole heart. If I were to choose a Star Wars boyfriend, it would be Han Solo.

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A fresh stadium-side fall music festival brought to you by Disco Donnie Presents and Sunset Events. Club Cirque sets up two big tops in the South Lot at Raymond James Stadium, and delivers a fusion of pulsing nightclub vibes and circus party ambiance replete with entertainers (contortionists, acrobats, sword and fire swallowers) joining the nearly dozen artists. Good-natured electro-house music delegate and leader/founder of Dim Mak Records, West Coast DJ/producer Steve Aoki, headlines with upbeat unz-unz sounds that dive into electropop, dubstep and synthpunk sonicspheres. Waka Flocka Flame serves hip hop swag and hits like “Round of Applause,” Borgore offers metallic hard-thrashing dubstep notes, and Toronto-bred duo AutoEroque rounds out the noteworthies with energetic techno and post-discofied house sounds. Official after-party with Carnage, DOCO and Basomatik at Amphitheatre in Ybor City.


CARLOW, KERRY, MAYO RETAIN CARS LONGER
Irish fleet is aging fast – now 8 ¼ years
Used Car History Check expert Cartell.ie reports today (4, Feb 2013) that vehicles in counties Leitrim, Longford, Carlow, Mayo and Kerry are, on average, over 9 years old and vehicle owners are holding their cars longer in those counties. The findings are contained in new research, compiled for the first time, which gives an accurate county specific breakdown of the age of the fleet in Ireland.
Vehicles in Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow are significantly newer than other counties, but even in those counties, the fleet is aging fast as the recession deepens. The average age for a vehicle in Ireland is now 8.25 years, up ¼ of a year in the last 6 months. This figure contrasts with the comparable UK figure of 7.44 years (source: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The total number of private vehicles in the Republic of Ireland fleet stands at 2.21 million.
Jeff Aherne, Director of Cartell, says: “It’s remarkable how fast the fleet is now aging. In July 2012 we noted the average age had tipped 8 years for the first time – now we are significantly older again. This is proof of the impact the recession is having on vehicle owners: people are holding their cars for longer, and when they are buying, they are buying used vehicles in large numbers, instead of new vehicles.”
The following chart shows the breakdown county-by-county:
|County||Fleet Age (years)||Tipperary||8.99||Mayo||9.08||Offaly||8.55|
|National Average (weighted)||8.25||Kildare||8.19||Meath||8.17||Sligo||8.76|
For further information please contact John Byrne (Cartell.ie) on + 087 4199018 or email john@cartell dot ie or check out www.cartell.ie for further information


(309e) Ionic Liquids Behave As Dilute Electrolyte Solutions
Ionic liquids are technologically-important materials that have been demonstrated for numerous applications, including safe, high-efficiency electrochemical storage devices, self-assembly media, and lubrication. Since these liquids are composed solely of electrically-charged ions, ionic liquids are typically expected to exhibit electrostatic screening properties that should be comparable to highly-concentrated electrolyte solutions (1, 2). Here, we combine direct surface force measurements, performed across the common ionic liquid [C4mim][NTf2], with simple thermodynamic arguments to demonstrate that ionic liquids instead behave as dilute weak electrolyte solutions, with typical effective dissociated ion concentrations of less than 0.1% of the maximum ion density at room temperature. Our results clear up several scientific controversies and paradoxes. We also provide a general, molecular-scale framework to guide the design of novel high free ion density ionic liquids.
1. Weingärtner Hermann (2008) Understanding ionic liquids at the molecular level: facts, problems, and controversies. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47:654-670.
2. Kornyshev Alexei A (2007) Double-layer in ionic liquids: paradigm change? J. Phys. Chem. B 111:5545-5557.


New cooling panel radiates sunlight back into space
April 2, 2013
By Canadian Consulting Engineer
A team of researchers at Stanford University has designed an "entirely new" radiative cooling panel that could be used on buildings. The online newsletter, Phys.org reports that the panel reflects the vast majority of sunlight back into space,...
A team of researchers at Stanford University has designed an “entirely new” radiative cooling panel that could be used on buildings. The online newsletter, Phys.org reports that the panel reflects the vast majority of sunlight back into space, meaning it could cool manmade structures in the daytime.
The Stanford team, headed by Shanhui Fan, professor of electrical engineering, was the team leader and senior author of a paper describing the device published in Nano Letters, March 5 and then reported in Phys.org. The Stanford team worked on overcoming the challenges of daytime radiative cooling by engineering nano-structured photonic materials to enhance or suppress light reflection in certain wavelengths.
Radiative cooling at nighttime has been studied extensively, but the challenges of radiative cooling during the day when the sun is shining and heating up buildings, remains a hurdle.
But according to phys.org, “Using engineered nanophotonic materials the team was able to strongly suppress how much heat-inducing sunlight the panel absorbs, while it radiates heat very efficiently in the key frequency range necessary to escape Earth’s atmosphere. The material is made of quartz and silicon carbide, both very weak absorbers of sunlight.”
The device can achieve a net cooling power more than 100 watts per square metre.
To see the article, click here.


Grants Available to Design and Implement Programs:
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), Ford Driving Skills and Montana Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) are partnering together to promote traffic safety by awarding grants to chapters who plan and carry out projects that help them and their peers make informed, responsible decisions.
Amount: Up to $1750
Application due: November 1Learn More & Apply Here
Any chapter who completed traffic safety programming in their community is encouraged to submit an activities report to be eligible for a cash award. Chapters do not have to have submitted a grant application to be eligible.
- $2500 – 1st place chapter
- $1500 – 2nd place chapter
- $1000 – 3rd place chapter
Awards will be announced March 19, 2018 during the State Leadership Conference. Award money can be spent at the discretion of the chapter to support chapter programming.
Activities report due: March 1Learn More & Submit Report Here
Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety (FACTS) is a national FCCLA peer education program through which students strive to save lives through personal, vehicle, and road safety. Through this program, young people plan and carry out projects that help them and their peers make informed, responsible decisions about traffic safety.


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BIBTEST 55 System
The BIBTEST 55 System is an extremely accurate, software programmable burn-in board ( BIB) tester. Each system configuration offers 256 channels upgradeable in 128 channel increments to 1024. Each channel is user definable as BIB Edge or device pins.
Using the Autolearn and Autotest features, each BIBtest is capable of learning and testing resistance, capacitance,diodes and complex circuits to 0.1% accuracy, using 4 wire ohm measurement.
The BIBtest windows based Graphic User Interface software offers sophisticated test facilities to speed up board testing and increase throughput. Test programs can be called up from a board unique serial number, zoned boards can be automatically tested without changing the program, components common to all sockets can be tested once using the “first socket” test feature.

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Our story this week is a special event, because we are launching two learners stories on the Internet, and you can read their stories as well as hear them, with the proper audio program as shown below.
Ellen was born in England in 1941. At 14 years of age, and with very little schooling, she went to work in a factory. Because she was feeling very unhappy, at 18 years, she immigrated to Canada. She met and married her husband in 1962 and by 1969 she had four children. By 1979 the marriage failed and ended up in a divorce; she then moved with her children to Victoria on Vancouver Island. She lived on welfare for many years because of her lack of academic skills. This was the most humiliating, degrading experience she had ever felt. Ellen finally decided to get some schooling and went on to complete her grade twelve.
Thinking back about how three of her four children had left school between grades 7 and 10, she became aware that illiteracy can breed illiteracy. It was then that she started to become involved in being a spokesperson for adult learners. Ellen has been interviewed on radio and television to promote awareness for literacy and she has spoken to many schools and community groups. Some of the short stories, poetry and articles she has written have been published.
There has been a documentary on her life called, Ellen's Story. She has written her autobiography and is working on getting it published.' Ellen served on the Board of Directors for, Project Literacy Victoria for seven years and is now on the board of the READ Society. For her work in literacy, she received an award from the International English Speaking Union. In 1994, she was awarded The Flight for Freedom Award.
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I want to be like the wind. It cannot read. The wind will sail a ship to shore bringing food to feed the poor, bringing smiles to a childs face as he blows their kites into place no matter what colour, greed or race. Yet the wind cannot read.
The wind can fly as high as a mountain while I dream to read as I sit by the fountain. My heart is of great sorrow and I already dread the coming of tomorrow. I am imprisoned, yet the wind is free and it cannot read.
The wind will fly a bird through the sky, blow great colours of the changing season while I still agonize to reason. Where is my freedom? While the wind flies books of joy to many places, for me they bring great fear of disgraces. Yet the wind cannot read.
The wind is loved and respected by many, seen by none, felt by all, seems so strong and seems so tall. Me, I just feel very small. Ho God could you teach me to read? Then I could be free. Take away my sorrow and let me see.
Come child, come ride with me. I will teach you to read and set you free, for I am the wind.


In recent exchanges of inbox messages with Laura Donnelly, she directed me to her website. I am amazed by the quality of topics and interviews that Laura entertains.
What caught my attention right away was reading this;
I imagined the center as the goal that we set and the spokes are the paths to the center. The rim of life could be smooth, lumpy, thorny, spiky, and injuring. The more we experience life and the more we learn while moving along the spokes to reaching our goal, the more the rim shall be smoother and more polished.
My imagination expanded my curiosity. I remembered The Malkus waterwheel, also referred to as the Lorenz waterwheel or chaotic waterwheel. If you watch the video below, you shall observe the chaotic rotation of the wheel.
If you want to discover more, the following video is a great source for you;
The wheel hangs small buckets with drainage holes cut out of the bottom. Fixed directly above the center of the wheel is a faucet connected to a pump. Opening the pump water flows and fills the buckets with some water leaking out from the holes in their bottoms.
The rotations of the wheels start smoothly in one direction. He represents the rotation of our simple lives. They are predictable and subject to the cause-and-effect relationship.
Soon, we lose this simplicity of life. The wheels of our lives once filled rotate chaotically and unpredictably from one direction to its opposite and go faster and suddenly slow down or even stop.
The wheels of life
The analogy between the waterwheel and the wheel of our lives does not stop there. Our barrels of life are more complex. We do not fill them with the same quality of water. The buckets hanging on the wheels are the hardware (our brains) and water is the software (our minds). The water is also the information and emotions that fills our buckets.
Some information is toxic and acidic. Soon the buckets corrode and leak. Our lives become more chaotic.
More questions started flowing in my mind and I feel it is running chaotically. These questions include:
When we move out of the center of our balance is it the same as what happens to the waterwheel? The latter changes its trajectories considerably with the slightest shift from its center. I expect our brains to rotate in very different paths if we shift our attention from what Laura described as “center of our nature”. Are we living in the age of shifting our lives’ centers and making them very unpredictable? Is this what we encounter today?
Are we experiencing The Zapruder Effect and requires that when the wheel of life rotates fast we need to slow down? Are the wheels of our brains processing at much higher speeds than usual, giving the impression that things going around us are happening much slower? Are these the times to slow down and stop filling the buckets with more information?
Are the buckets similar like they are in a waterwheel? They are not because our brains are having different comprehension capacities.
More questions are still flowing in my mind.
Does information leak or is it viscous and sticks in the rugged brains? Does information evaporate from the buckets of our minds?
Are the quality of information and quality of water relevant? Do we talk about polluted and corrosive information as water can be?
Susan LePlae Miller wrote recently when they are constantly filling their mind… Yes, filling with what is the question and how chaotic this filling could cause to the rotating wheels of our lives? The waterwheel is a metaphor for the complexity of our lives.


text: I earned a BSc (Hons) in Microbiology and Biochemistry from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India in 2005, followed by a MSc by Research in Life Sciences in 2006 and a PhD in Medical Microbiology in 2012, both from the University of Edinburgh and under the supervision of Prof. Ian R. Poxton. During my postgraduate studies, I conducted research on Clostridium difficile, studying expression of the toxin genes, immune responses to various bacterial proteins and the effects of disinfectants on the viable bacteria and spores, all with the aim to identify differences between strains that belonged to five different ribotypes and demonstrated variable pathogenesis in humans. I then conducted vaccine related research, first at the Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh with Dr. Garry Blakely and then at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the lab of Prof. Brendan Wren. With Dr. Blakely, I worked to develop a novel oral vaccination strategy against diarrhoeal diseases using a synthetic biology approach in Bacteroides fragilis, which was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In Prof. Wren's lab, I joined a team aiming to develop veterinary glycoconjugate vaccines using Protein Glycan Coupling Technology and mainly studied N-linked glycosylation in the porcine pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the in the lab of Prof. Mark P. Stevens at The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh. My previous research aimed to understand the spatio-temporal dynamics and host-pathogen interactions during Salmonella enterica infections in cattle, in order to inform the design of vaccines or other control strategies and thus improve animal welfare and food safety. I helped to develop methods to define the host cell tropism of S. enterica, study the fate of intracellular bacteria and assess host responses to infection. I also developed a mass-paralled whole genome sequencing approach to study the ability of different serovars of S. enterica to colonise and survive within the bovine lymphatic system, and used another deep sequencing approach – TraDIS – to study the bacterial genes which aid lymphatic survival. I currently conduct collaborative research with Prof. Wren’s lab at the LSHTM to evaluate the efficacy of glycoconjugate vaccines against Campylobacter jejuni in chickens and am working to develop alternative vaccination strategies to reduce the burden of this pathogen in poultry production and thus improve food safety.


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Today, on the 61st anniversary of the launch of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, now just hours after a major victory was won for the people of Standing Rock, hundreds of thousands of us have joined together to take an organized stand against racial injustice and police brutality in America.
This is the Injustice Boycott.
It’s not a petition. It’s not a Facebook page. It’s not a retweet or a hashtag.
It’s an organized resistance, driven by local people and activists, supported by passionate believers all over the country and around the world. Just as the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for 381 days, we are prepared for this boycott to last as it takes to make change happen. Indeed, we won’t stop until it does. This boycott will not weaken, but will grow in size, strength, reach, and power every single day.
Today we are launching Phase 1 of the Injustice Boycott and it will last until Monday, January 16th, 2017 – which is also known King Day in this country. We chose to launch Phase 1 on the anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and end it on the day our nation celebrates Dr. King to remind us all that our ancestors fought for change and made it happen before and we can do it again.
It’s not enough for us to pick up trash and have cookouts on King Day when our people are catching hell from coast to coast. We have reached a pivotal point in the history of our country, now just weeks away from the inauguration of President-Elect Donald Trump, where our organization must match our outrage.
Today, we are announcing the first three cities of our boycott.
They are Standing Rock, San Francisco, and New York City. We are giving those cities, the businesses and corporations that call those cities home, the states they are in, and the federal government, 43 days, that’s until King Day of 2017, which is on January 16th, to meet the very reasonable and humane demands of local activists in those cities.
The government officials in those cities know full well who the local activists are. The government officials in those cities know full well what the reasonable demands of those local activists are. And today, we are serving notice, that it is time for government officials, businesses, and all interested parties in those cities to actually make change happen over the next 43 days or, on January 17th, 2017 – we will do 4 things.
- We will begin a full tourism boycott of those cities. To protect small businesses, we will also announce a comprehensive plan for ways you can support local entrepreneurs to get them through the boycott.
- We will begin a comprehensive divestment plan where we ask people to pull their money out of banks, financial institutions, and investment plans which we have determined either directly support racial injustice and police brutality in those cities or have chosen to remain silent in the midst of this national crisis. We will give some of those financial institutions an opportunity to publicly endorse the reasonable reforms of local activists before we publicly announce our divestment plan.
- We will announce a targeted national boycott of businesses in those cities that have either directly supported injustice there or have remained painfully silent in the face of it. Willful ignorance is no excuse. We will give those businesses a chance to publicly endorse the reasonable reforms of local activists before we publicly announce a boycott of them.
- We will begin creatively disruptive protests in those cities designed to inconvenience and shut down both commerce and government work.
San Francisco and New York City proudly enjoy reputations as progressive, liberal, Democratic havens, but the reality on the ground in these cities for people of color simply do not line with those reputations. One of the primary goals of the Injustice Boycott will be to unashamedly hold “progressive” cities, their elected officials, and the businesses in those cities responsible for the reputations they so enjoy.
San Francisco was not progressive for Alex Nieto, Jessica Williams, or Mario Woods.
New York City was not progressive for Eric Garner, Deborah Danner, or Kalief Browder.
To be clear, I could name of more men, women, boys, and girls who’ve been mowed down by systemic injustice in San Francisco and New York City. The list is painfully long, but justice is woefully and repeatedly missing in action in each and every case.
I have so much more to say, but I’ll close with this thought. Yesterday we learned that the Army Corps of Engineers has paused construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock. That decision should inspire all of us and show us what activism can accomplish. However, we have no idea what a Trump administration might do there or elsewhere. We must take our organizing to a brand new level.
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What are the main factors that affect indoor air quality? (IAQ)
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warns that the air in most homes is two to five times more polluted than the outside air. (EPA IAQ)
As building techniques advance and we are making tighter building envelopes with so many sources of VOCs (volatile organic compounds), noxious pollutants, dander, mould, allergens, radon, Ozone, bacteria, secondhand smoke, outside polluted air, asbestos-containing materials, formaldehyde emissions, and viruses in our homes, careful attention to the air we breathe has become high on the priory list. These indoor air contaminants pose significant health risks, and dealing with indoor air quality problems fuels a large industry providing a plethora of solutions targeted at reducing indoor air pollution. But which ones do you choose? How do you navigate through the maze of options?
IAQ or Indoor air quality is often taken for granted, but designing and installing a system that will deliver health and wellness, proactively managing the air with microscopic filtration, taking advantage of often better outdoor air quality, bringing in volumes of fresh air, and precisely controlling indoor humidity levels and temperature are cornerstones to healthy indoor air in our high-performance homes.
Its good to keep in mind while building codes provide minimum requirements for mechanical and natural ventilation and protection from radon gas, these are basic requirements for providing adequate but not necessarily optimal ventilation, particularly as homes become tighter!
Many after-market products are available to “spot” clean air with air purifiers, but the most effective filtration and fresh air systems are whole house-based systems. There are so many indoor air pollutants and health professionals have long recognized the harmful effects of inadequate ventilation, which results in poor quality air, using the furnace and duct system to distribute clean, fresh filtered air as opposed to smaller aftermarket filters just makes sense and gives long-lasting proven health benefits.
Moreover, the furnace, already installed providing air conditioning and heating, is a cost-effective solution as it moves many cubic feet per minute of air, so all we are really doing is using that air movement to filter out indoor sources of pollution by combining natural ventilation ( via an HRV) to provide proper ventilation and air cleaning and reducing indoor pollutant levels and combat poor air quality and the adverse health effects that result.
Top 7 reasons why indoor air quality ( IAQ) is so important now?
Our homeowners have their own reasons, but here are the top seven that we hear:
- We spend longer periods of time indoors breathing the indoor air, so we want it as pure as it can be
- We don’t tend to open windows as much, and often in spring, we seem to switch right from heating to AC, so knowing the indoor air is automatically cleaned from potential sources of pollution and fresh important
- Our houses are becoming tightly sealed, which I know prevents drafts and saves energy, but we need to make sure the air is filtered, clean, and fresh with minimal health hazards
- with home cleaning and personal care products so commonplace and the inevitable unhealthy off-gasses, they need to be exhausted out of the home so adequate ventilation is key
- pets are part of the family, and handling pet dander and odors is crucial to keep the indoor air fresh, so proper filtering is important and getting rid of stale air and replacing it with fresh incoming air makes great sense
- being health conscious and learning about pollutants, controlling and filtering the air is so important and having guaranteed results is reassuring
- having the right indoor air has great health benefits,knowing house dust mites, radon gas which is not negotiable.
Tight envelope, Filtration, and Fresh air
The forest fires recently raging in the American west were a challenge for scores of homeowners as smoke-filled polluted air made its way into many homes. After conditions became unbearable with smoke infiltration, families were forced to leave their homes. Much like the TESLA cabin air filter test, we were inspired by the account of one of our colleagues who owned a NET ZERO home that became the refuge for a large part of his extended family whose homes had high carbon dioxide concentrations and high PM2.5 particle levels.
The tightness of his home and the filtration systems were able to provide fresh, clean air wild the smoke and fires raged outside with elevated levels. The state-of-the-art filtration inspired by ICU and clean rooms made sure the home stayed clean and fresh, readily combatting the smog and pollution from the fires.
To have good building air quality, every home needs to be tested to be airtight as precisely measuring, mixing, and filtering the indoor air becomes a losing battle if the home’s walls leak! Net Zero home standards require a leak rate of less than 1.5 Air changes per hour under a standard test. This ensures the home is sealed, and small holes are plugged, keeping out unwanted insects!
Next, the furnace is the lungs of the home, and engineering its filtration system to clean, then send the fresh air throughout the house is job one in IAQ. Accurately calibrating the filter sizing and furnace capacity is essential in this careful balancing operation. Filters finer than MERV 14 will filter down to tiny micro-particle size scrubbing the air, removing dust, pollen, dust mites, dander, and that finer filtration means even viral particles are trapped!
Particularly in areas susceptible to high ozone levels use of carbon filters captures the ground level ozone caused by smog and sunlight reacting together. Good news for asthma and allergy sufferers who struggle to breathe polluted air!
Either a carbon prefilter or a combination carbon and merv-rated filter can be used as an important component of the whole home filtration system. Carbon also removes other pollutants and organic chemicals from the airstream.
PM 2.5 is the industry designation for particulate matter that can penetrate into the respiratory tract and lungs. The Health departments and WHO recommends a PM2.5 level lower than 5 micrograms/ m3 for air to be considered GOOD. Because of their size, these damaging particles can enter the bloodstream and have damaging effects on health.
When cooking, particularly frying, particles can become airborne and are harmful, particularly with an inadequate supply of fresh air. Utilizing a properly designed stove hood exhausts harmful VOCs and tiny PM 2.5 particles generated from the cooking process and ensures safe and lower indoor levels of pollutants. Similarly, bathroom odours and shower humidity is, in the same way, “spot removed” from the affected areas leaving the rest of the home largely unaffected.
An HRV or ERV, the “fresh air box” supplies clean, fresh air to the home’s interior while recapturing the energy from the exhausted stale air, ensuring a constant supply of filtered fresh air and by dilution can reduce radon levels. This filtration, fresh air, dilution and spot exhaust of unwanted pollutants are key to great indoor air quality.
The result is a personal “bio dome” that is super clean with the air scrubbed of pollutants and impurities down to microfine levels!
What are the health benefits of good indoor air quality?
- For many working from home, it provides a comfortable healthy workplace and peace of mind that household air pollution is being dealt with.
- Ability to control relative humidity to be at the most healthy levels ( prevents dehydration and brain fog)
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The third concert of the Magnolia Baroque Festival took place in Watson Hall, an acoustical and architectural gem on the campus of the University of North Carolina’s School of the Arts. The small audience that resisted the balmy Sunday afternoon weather on the Memorial Day weekend was rewarded with a splendid and amusing performance of (mostly) unknown works for two work-horse instruments of the Baroque, the harpsichord and the theorbo, that awkward but sonorous nephew of the lute.
Playing the School of Music’s magnificent two-manual French harpsichord (David Jacques Way, 1983), Joseph Gascho opened the first half of the concert with a transcription of a well-known set of variations entitled "Marizàpalos" by Spanish guitar virtuoso and composer, Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739), based on an earlier work of the same name by Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710). “Marizàpalos” was the nickname of a Spanish actress also known as the royal mistress and the mother of Philip IV's only recognized natural son, Juan José de Austria. The variations are charming, progressing from simple to complex, ending with flamboyant runs that seemed to sit marvelously on the harpsichord.
The familiar Suite in G for cello by Johann Sebastian Bach was also transposed for harpsichord by Mr. Gascho, posing, as he stated in a brief introduction to the work, certain challenges to the transcriber, such as how to split up an arpeggio into two hands or which notes to add of a harmony that may only be hinted at by the cello. It was interesting to hear this familiar piece from a different perspective and only disappointing in the Sarabande movement where I missed the lyricism of the sustained bowed string sound.
Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) was a famous and important patron of the arts, and of music in particular. At his Monday night “Academies” in Venice, he introduced audiences to new compositions and their composers. It was at such an event that Arcangelo Corelli, the leading violinist of his time, met Georg Frideric Handel, one of the leading harpsichordists of the epoch. In Ottoboni’s Contest, Joseph Gascho presupposes a competition between Handel and another leading harpsichordist and composer, Dominico Scarlatti. Using a simplified theme from Haendel’s “Harmonious Blacksmith,” from the Suite No. 5 for Harpsichord, Gascho interspersed movements from the Handel original with variations on the same theme if Scarlatti might have written them, with some of Scarlatti’s idiosyncratic mannerisms such as crossing the hands. This led to some subtle musical witticisms and several hilarious moments, culminating in a variation based on Handel’s closing with added simultaneous rapid scales and hand crossings. Mr. Gascho made light of the difficulties, much to the delight of the audience.
The theorbo combines the upper register of the lute, fretted and fingered much as the modern guitar, with an octave of bass notes, played open or unfingered. This made the theorbo a perfect instrument to accompany singers at the period where opera was evolving and before it acquired a full symphony orchestra in the pit. The instrument is re-tuned to the key of the piece played, a B-flat here, an F-sharp there, etc., which with 14 strings to tune, can take several minutes. Johann Matheson, a music theorist and friend of G. F. Haendel, stated around 1720 "if a lute-player has lived eighty years, he has surely spent sixty years tuning."
Attention was at its peak as the audience leaned forward to hear every note of the lovely transcription of the song “Amarilli mia bella” by Giulio Caccini, (1551-1618), lovingly played by John Lenti. So great was the concentration that the inevitable applause came as an intrusion.
The major part of the second half of the concert was devoted to the Divine Pasticcio for Theorbo drawing from transcriptions of half a dozen songs by as many composers, born from 1563 (Dowland) to 1632 (Lully), mostly French. Although presented and described in a comic and irreverent way by lutenist (theorboist?) John Lenti, the performance was serious and moving, especially the Lacrimae (also Lachrymae) Pavan by John Dowland. The pastiche ended with a swinging country-style tune by Ennemond Gaultier (1575-1651).
What seemed the most virtuosic piece on the program followed, “La Buisson: Chaconne” and it too, is a transcription – of a transcription! Written by Antoine Forqueray (1671-1745) for a consort of viols or viola da gambas (bowed string instruments), it was published after his death by his son, Jean-Baptiste (1699-1782) both in his father’s bowed version and in his own transcription for harpsichord, which Mr. Lenti used as the basis for his version for theorbo.
Theorbo and harpsichord finally came together on stage for the closing work, a Passacaille in G minor by Louis Couperin, uncle of François “Couperin le Grand,” originally written for harpsichord, and arranged for the two very different plucked instruments by Gascho and Lenti themselves. The passacaglia theme is a four-note descending bass line which recurs some 40 times in G minor (with a couple of perorations). Two thirds of the way through it bursts into G major, like an unexpected ray of sunshine, where it stays until the last few measures where it returns to its soulful G minor. This was a splendid close to a splendid concert.


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New York Times best-selling author Julie Garwood takes listeners from New Orleans' exclusive Garden District to the backwoods of Louisiana's mysterious bayou country in an unforgettable novel of passion and suspense that cuts straight to the heart.
When esteemed Justice Department attorney Theo Buchanan is struck ill at a New Orleans gala, Dr. Michelle Renard works fast to save his life. Soon, Theo finds himself in a race to save her when Michelle is targeted by a deadly crime ring. They call themselves the Sowing Club, a devious foursome driven by greed to accumulate millions in a secret bank account. Now they're dead set on silencing Michelle, who might know the secret behind the killing of one of their wives. Dodging a world-class hit man and a band of cunning criminals, Michelle and Theo walk a narrow path between passion and survival.
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The narrator was excellent. I don't think the Louisiana accent was authentic, but her Boston accent was spot on. My husband and father were both born and brought up in the Dorchester and South Boston neighborhoods respectively and that is definitely the way they speak. Loved the setting, the humor, and especially when Theo goes outside the Swan and the cheerleaders are misspelling his name. It was great.
I loved Big Daddy. He was so humorous and manipulated Theo so well, but in a good cause.
I thought she overdid the Louisiana accent on this one, but did like her narration of The Ideal Man.
When Theo bought the fence for the little boy.
Maybe. The plot is good and the characters are strong, but the narration distracts from the story. Her Louisiana accents are grating.
I think I would have enjoyed it on the Kindle because the Louisiana accent was so distracting took away from the story. I would recommend the book, but probably not the audio version.
I would but the accent she used for all the Louisiana characters (Marianne and the dad) was grating. Like so bad I'm sure I missed some story because I had to skip.
I loved all the Michelle and Theo scenes.
The Louisiana accent for pretty much everything. When the club members were talking when she said "character said" her voice went suddenly flat. Very annoying.
Totally addicted to Audible.
Filled with interesting characters, an energetic plot and lots of Cajun flavoring, this book will grab hold at the beginning and not let go. This is one I will listen to again and again.
I was hooked. At first, I didn't think it was my kind of "read", but it soon sucked me in and I loved the characters, the story was intriguing. The narration was amazing, I felt like a southerner... very charming touch ..
In paperback, yes....in audio - NO!!! Not sure where Christina gets her idea of the accents, but it is/not a good resource. Her accents are just BAD and all wrong and made listening to an otherwise good story difficult.
Will definitely listen to the preview much closer...
The humor in this story was perfect. I have listened to several in the series but this one is the funniest one. I loved Mike and her sense of humor and willingness to do what needed to be done at any given point. She also has some great comebacks. I loved when she talks to herself and then fusses at her self for not listening to herself. :) I liked Big Daddy too. He had a heart of gold and some strange ways of trying to get his daughter settled. As for Theo - "Well, there was this boy." It explains it all - sort of! I didn't see the mystery ending of this story. I did see what Theo would do at the end, but it was perfect for them. I enjoyed seeing into each characters' thoughts - the good and the evil.
Her accents for both Boston and New Orleans. She did a great job of making not only the characters come to life, but she handled the humor perfectly. There are a lot of good narrators that can't bring out the best in the area of humor. Christina did an awesome job. She didn't lag or rush the story, she made sure you felt exactly what the characters were feeling. I would listen to another book by her even if by another author. She did that great of a job.
I laughed out loud many times during this book. I enjoyed it so much I have listened to it a second time just for the humor. Great story.
I can't wait to read Noah's story. Should be great. I am getting the rest of the series. The only thing is that there are several more books in the series but they aren't listed as a series on Audible. They need to be connected and in order.
I enjoyed the story. But the reader was overly enthusiastic with her dialect. I had trouble understanding the words when locals from the area spoke, especially the father. The words were extremely louder than everyone else, plus they were slurred together as to make it gibberish.
The book would have been more enjoyable with a different reader.
I loved the characters and plot
When Michelle tells Theo what she is going to do to him and her daddy is standing behind her.
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My buddy Mike Lynch posted the video below of Larry Gonick, creator of the long-running Cartoon History of the World and Cartoon History of the Universe books, and it struck a chord with me for a few reasons.
One, the recent Library Journal review of WHTTWOT compared my book favorably with Mr. Gonick's work, and I commented that I was pleased to be in such company. Although I wasn't aiming to be as overtly humorous, we both mine that seam where comics intersect information (history, science) to convey it in a unique way. This video offers a glimpse at that. I particularly appreciated a look at his stacks of reference material; that's about how my desk looked, too.
Two, Mr. Gonick is an ink-and-paper cartoonist, which is an increasingly rare breed. Watching an artist lay down confident black lines with a brush is a pleasure. I liked the quick shot of him running his bristles over an ink-stained scrap of paper to work them into the point he wanted. I've got a scrap just like that on my desk.
Three, he says something at the end that perfectly captures a thought I've struggled to put into words: "Our brains represent things in some stripped-down, abstracted way. We don't remember things as photographs or movies. We remember them as cartoons." I think that's right, and I think it's a keen insight into what makes comics "work"--how squiggles of ink and sparse lines of dialog become stories and characters we care about. I recall Art Spiegelman saying something similar.
Mr. Gonick's insight comes at a good time for me, since I'm currently pulling together some ideas and images for a talk I'm giving at the opening of the LitGraphic exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art on October 2. This is a point I planned to make in discussing comics as an artistic/literary medium and why museums should care about it, and Mr. Gonick (and Mr. Lynch) just gave me the perfect words with which to do it.
And, one cartoonist to another, Mr. Gonick draws a real fine elephant butt.


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Greetings, everyone! This week’s episode of Game of Thrones has certainly gotten a lot of reaction from all over the webbernetz (and via some choice texts that I received from friends), and not all of it has been good, especially so where the horrifying end of the episode is concerned. And we’re talking bad to the point where some people have sworn off the show forever. Continue reading
Welcome, dear reader! We’d like to think we have more than one, but who knows? Thanks for hanging with us again this week, so sit back, grab your finest Dornish wine, and dive right in…
JIM: We begin this episode with Miss Andi keeping a vigil at my bedside, waiting for me to wake up and tell her everything will be fine. Ok, shut up, it’s Grey Worm’s bedside but a boy can dream, can’t he? Anyway, we discover immediately that Grey Worm was the victor in last week’s backstreet battle royal. He and Miss Andi finally declare their love for each other and seal it with a kiss. Ser Barristan, on the other hand, lies in state while Dany decides to threaten the Mereenese elite by allowing her dragons to turn one of them into a sizzling fajita. Perplexed about how to handle this whole situation, Dany turns to Miss Andi for advice, who deftly demurs while pumping up her Khaleesi’s confidence.
Is this the beginning of a new role for Miss Andi as the gal behind the gal? Also, did I go see Furious 7 last week and let out an excited “Ooh!” in the theater when I realized Miss Andi was playing a hacker named Ramsey?
Will Dany’s plan to marry Hizdahr the Lorax and re-open the fighting pits finally bring peace to this city? How will Daario take the news of her impending nuptials?
Helllllo, everybody, and welcome to this week’s Game of Thrones recap! Jim and I are back once again to talk about EVERYTHING in an episode of SO. MANY. THINGS. Are we all ready for this? If so, then let’s go! Continue reading
Welcome back to the Geekenfreude Recap Spectacular! Let’s get right to it…
JIM: Inside Oreo House, it seems Arya has now become the world’s worst janitor. Impatient that she isn’t learning anything, she gives the what for to “Jaqen” and he’s all like “chill, bitch” and then that guy “Jaqen” gave some water to is all like “oh noes, I’m like dead now and stuff.”
Then that waif girl is all “let’s play this game where I hit you with a stick” and “Jaqen” is all like “chill, bitch” and “she’s not ready for no game of faces.” And Arya is all “Uh, yah I am” and he’s all “you need to get on board with the Oreo House Winter Collection” so Arya dumps all her Arya clothes in the water, but can’t bring herself to get rid of Needle.
Several questions for you: Is Arya reticent to dump Needle cuz it reminds her of home or she doesn’t want to give up her only form of protection? How long before Arya and “Jaqen” are in full wax-on, wax-off mode? Were you ready to drop everything like I was to worship that Weeping Lady of Lys statue?
Season 5, Episode 2: “The House of Black and White”
Welcome, my friends! Welcome to our weekly Game of Thrones recap, where we have all kinds of wonderful insights to share with you today about the second episode of this season. I feel like this episode is still setting the table for what’s to come, much like it was in Episode 1, but I think I can finally smell some food a’cookin’.
So, let’s get right to it!! Continue reading
In preparation for the Season 5 premiere I went back and watched the final few episodes from last season. Oberyn’s death is still very hard to take, as was Shay’s betrayal but the one thing that stuck with me is that there is NO WAY Khaleesi could have lifted those chains & collars for her dragons all by her lonesome. But I digress, Season 5 is here and so is my pal SP, so let’s get this Recap Spectacular started!
Season 4, Episode 10: “The Children”
So, the Game of Thrones season finale has come and gone. And with as much anticipation as the finale brings, it also carries a dull sting to it.
For 10 weeks a year Sunday nights are not simply the closing of a weekend and an evening riddled with horrifying thoughts of what terrors the workweek is going to foist upon you. For 10 weeks a year Sunday nights become something to look forward to and something to embrace. Sure, there is always going to be a certain kind of resigned dread filling many people’s heads on Sunday nights, but for 10 weeks a year we have some cushion for those heads bloated with misery.
Wow, can I overstate that any more than I have??? Continue reading


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Tbh I think this was epic, even for a clip, sounds like its been produced or some shit man I like it :P
deffo the song to the start of an action scene :P
Thanks for the feedback!
If you went through with making a full song...it would probably be awesome :P the bass on these lil loops is epic tbh
Yeah I'm just uploading a bunch of small loops right now to develop my style some more before I put out a full length song. d:
Thanks though :D
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great track :)
liked all of it
especially the drums :D
keep it up ^.^
Thanks man! And thanks for the review!
just downloaded this song and put it on CD just so i could have sex with it, cd's broke now though :/
if you ever did a gig in manchester or near me i would miss sex for that shit! well...maybe not sex but work yeah!
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Quick pic of my latest project...
Finally got around to converting another Ruger 10/22 I had in the safe. This one is just for all around plinking/varmint control for the house. (I live in the middle of B.F.E. nowhere and can (legally and safely) shoot off the back porch if I want).
And the after:
Changed out the stock for a Houge Overmold and the barrel for a Tactical Solutions 18" aluminum target barrel. Added a last-shot hold-open, extended mag release, and Volquarsen target hammer, sear, and spring kit. Total time was about an hour and a half with minimal fitting. The results were noticable in the much improved trigger pull and ease of dropping the mags with the extended release. Accuracy on this little rimfire was always excellent, and is only improved with the quality new components. Probably way more accurate than the Tasco scope or the shooter (me) can keep up with. I think ten shots at 50 meters were all touching. Total cost was under $300 for the parts, so I think it was well worth it. Enjoy!


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Private Tour and circuit in 4×4 night tent in the desert complete loop of the south after visiting the magnificent Imperial City of Marrakech, this Private Tour takes you to the discovery of the fabulous landscapes of the Moroccan south: Route of the Thousand Kasbahs, the gorges of the Dades and the Todra, green oasis and sand dunes in Merzouga.
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Arrival at the airport of Marrakech. Welcome and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2: Marrakech – Ouarzazate (in v. 4 H/185 km)
Departure in the direction of Ouarzazate by Col Tizi Tichka (2 ‘ 260 m). At the top, a small road leads to the village of Telouet from where you will enjoy a splendid view. Arrival at Aït Benhaddou and visit of the most impressive and best-preserved Ksar of all the Moroccan south.
Day 3: Ouarzazate – Tinejdad (approx. 6 h/300 km)
Departure by the road of the thousand Kasbah up to Boumalne, then pursuit in the gorges of the Dades up to the place called Ait-Oudinar. From there, the road rises in laces over a dizzying canyon to join the Gorges Todra whose entrance is dominated by high cliffs of 300 m. At the end of the day, continuation for Tinejdad passing through the oasis of Tineghir.
Day 4: Tinejdad – Merzouga (approx. 2 h 30/150 km)
Departure for the Palm Grove of Jorf then continues on Merzouga. Dinner and night under a tent in the dunes of Merzouga, at the gates of the desert.
Day 5: Merzouga – Zagora (approx. 5 hrs/340 km)
In the morning, the road takes you in a scenery of rocky plateaus until Tazzarine. Then pursued by the beautiful valley of Drâa, dotted with palm groves and kasbahs until Zagora.
Day 6: Zagora – Marrakech (approx. 7 h/370 km)
Ascent of the Drâa Valley, up to Agdz, then continue until Ouarzazate. In the afternoon, crossing the Haut-Atlas by the Col de Tizi Tichka to reach Marrakech.
Day 7: Marrakech
A day dedicated to the visit of the Pink City: The gardens of the Menara, the Majorelle Gardens, the Palais de la Bahia and the famous Koutoubia (from the outside), then visit the Madrassah Ben Youssef, the Medina, and the souks.
Day 8: Departure
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