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Part of a train station remains cordoned off this evening after emergency services were called to a person in distess.
Emergency services were called to Longton Train station at around 2.45pm today (August 4).
Officers from British Transport Police taped off a section of the station, as well as the neighbouring Pulse & Cocktails Sexy Superstore's car park, while they dealt with the incident.
A person was taken to hospital for further assessment.
Forsenic officers were seen combing the area for clues but it has not yet been revealed whether a crime has been committed.
A BTP police spokesman said: "Officers were called to Longton Railway Station shortly before 2.45pm on following a report of a person in distress.
"We attended along with colleagues from Staffordshire Police and West Midlands Ambulance Service and the person was taken to hospital for examination.
"Part of the station remains closed while officers investigate."
Witnesses say the railway bridge was blocked off with four patrol cars.
Takeaway worker Arshid Hussain saw the emergency services arrive and remain at the scene into the evening.
He said: "I've seen a few police cars and an ambulance. They've had two forensic guys wearing facemasks and bodysuits.
"It seemed there was something to do with the train station. It was a bit of a shock and there were about three or four police cars."


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Welcome to the world of Otto
Presented as part of the Sydney Mardi Gras festival, The Depot Theatre and Tunks Productions have teamed up to present According to Otto - a play about coming out, identity, love and family. Written by one of indie theatre's most prolific playwrights, Wayne Tunks, the piece focuses on one teenage boy's struggle to be accepted after coming out as gay to his family on his sixteenth birthday.
In this day and age, it's a shame that there is still such stigma around coming out, but nevertheless, it is a particularly stressful time for LGBTQI people as they wonder if they will be accepted by their loved ones for who they are. According to Otto shows us the many different reactions and facets of coming out - the good, the bad and the ugly - on the protagonist's journey to acceptance.
After coming out on his sixteenth birthday, Otto is faced with a mother who struggles with his revelation, a sister who embraces his openness about his sexuality and a fater who throughout the show, becomes his supportive rock. He's also faced with the dilemma of whether to tell his best friend Max, who he has been in love with for some time, as well as trying to avoid the school bully Brady, who has teased Otto and Max for years.
Writer Wayne Tunks has developed a solid script, however a little more workshopping and development is needed in some sections of the script. There are moments where lines are repeated almost word for word and it feels like deja vu. That said, the dialogue overall has powerful and poignant moments and Tunks' ability to litter a script with witty one-liners is evident in this play.
Multi-talented writer Wayne Tunks also takes on the role of director and actor in this piece and his direction is particularly solid in the scenes with Otto's family centred around the sofa. Lighting design by Louise Mason is sketchy at times, however, the Depot Theatre is not an easy space to light and I imagine a few slightly off lighting cues and actor positioning issues will fix themselves as the run continues.
The set design is ambitious, but ultimately confusing, with the main setting of the family house consisting of the end of an unnecessarily placed bed sticking out of one wall, the LGBTQI rainbow painted around the top of the house walls and astroturf with two swings at the back of the house. Sound is a constant cheesy delight, with Donna Lewis making a few appearances in the soundtrack.
Jasper Musgrave takes on the title role of sixteen-year-old Otto with great energy and enthusiasm. Unfortunately, he doesn't quite yet have the acting chops to pull off such a big role, struggling in his solo narration sections of the play. That said, his bubbly and likeable stage presence means that with some more experience, he will be a young actor to watch in the future.
Wayne Tunks as Otto's father, Gavin, delivers some of the more moving and rousing speeches in the play and Tunks' passion for the role is evident. Jacinta Moses doesn't hit her straps until later in the piece, but as Otto's mother struggling with his coming out, she certainly has some nice moments of vulnerability. Tasha O'Brien plays Otto's sister, Ava, and she nicely captures the essence of the less-than-dedicated uni student who becomes a source of support for Otto.
Brendan Paul as best friend Max is sweet and extremely likeable and his struggle with his own identity is well explored. Cooper Mortlock as the homophobic school bully has a small role, but a powerful one and Mortlock approaches this role with menace. Alice Furze and Andrew Wang play multiple roles each and although we only see snippets of each character, they are a lot of fun to watch.
The absolute standout of this well-rounded ensemble is Felicity Burke who plays Otto's wheelchair-ridden, barely able to string a sentence together, sick grandmother. Burke demonstrates the power of strong physical and character work combined with excellent comic timing and then also manages to move the audience with a beautifully simple and poignant speech to Otto. Her versatility as an actor is absolutely on display here.
According to Otto is by no means a perfect work, but what it lacks in polish, it makes up in heart. The themes and storyline of this piece are relevant and important, the cast is solid and the piece is a great fit for the Mardi Gras festival.

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I couldn’t wait to try out my new Extra Large Two-Step Bird punch – $22.95, Item #117191 – from the Occasions Mini catalogue, page 10. The punch includes the branch, bird and wing for easy paper piecing. This new punch style features a sleek body with a closure making the punch easy to store.
To make this card, I glued a strip of the Sweet Pea DSP in one of the striped patterns in the package that featured the same colours as the cardstock I wanted to use. Over the Sweet Pea paper, I attached a length of the Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon and added a couple of Pretty In Pink corduroy buttons to fill in the space.
Next, I punched the Rose Red cardstock with the Pinking Hearts Border along the top and layered a piece of Whisper White cardstock onto the Rose Red. After punching the Extra Large Two-Step Bird in Old Olive, Pretty in Pink and Rose Red, I created the bird and attached the wing with a dimensional.
To complete the card, I stamped a greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Rose Red ink on Whisper White cardstock and punched it with the Word Window and punched a piece of Pretty in Pink cardstock with the Modern Label punch.
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Incense scented to evoke memories of the taste of the famous Japanese Sakuma candies!
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Sevilla head coach Jorge Sampaoli has ruled out making a January bid to sign Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
The Spain international has only started once in the Premier League under Antonio Conte and has been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge.
Reports have claimed that Chelsea are keen to offload Fabregas and John Obi Mikel when the transfer window opens in order to facilitate a bid for Paris Saint-Germain star Marco Verratti.
Sevilla had been mentioned as potential suitors for Fabregas, but Sampaoli says he is not in the club's plans.
"Cesc is an important player, but the truth is that we're not thinking about him at the moment," he told a news conference ahead of his side's Antonio Puerta Trophy match against Boca Juniors. "It's not in my head that he could be here. Obviously he's an intelligent footballer who any coach would want to have, but I'm not thinking about him right now."
AC Milan and major sides in the Chinese Super League have also been linked with a bid for the former Barcelona man.

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HBK Investments L P raised its stake in Brunswick Co. (NYSE:BC) by 110.1% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 129,009 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 67,609 shares during the period. HBK Investments L P’s holdings in Brunswick were worth $7,124,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in BC. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Brunswick by 128.3% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 3,006,453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $166,017,000 after buying an additional 1,689,317 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its position in shares of Brunswick by 213.6% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 2,131,199 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,685,000 after buying an additional 1,451,636 shares during the last quarter. Impala Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Brunswick during the 4th quarter valued at about $50,358,000. Two Sigma Advisers LP grew its position in shares of Brunswick by 315.2% during the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 1,093,746 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,397,000 after buying an additional 830,300 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lakewood Capital Management LP bought a new stake in shares of Brunswick during the 4th quarter valued at about $24,090,000. 93.79% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
In related news, VP Christopher F. Dekker sold 3,100 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.84, for a total transaction of $182,404.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider John C. Pfeifer sold 3,780 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $54.96, for a total transaction of $207,748.80. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.
Shares of Brunswick Co. (NYSE BC) opened at $61.20 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $5,418.04, a P/E ratio of 38.49, a PEG ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.83. Brunswick Co. has a one year low of $48.04 and a one year high of $64.45. The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.
Brunswick (NYSE:BC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 1st. The company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.13 billion. Brunswick had a return on equity of 22.52% and a net margin of 3.09%. The company’s revenue was up 10.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.66 earnings per share. research analysts anticipate that Brunswick Co. will post 4.59 earnings per share for the current year.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 27th will be paid a $0.19 dividend. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 26th. Brunswick’s dividend payout ratio is currently 47.80%.
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Brunswick Corporation is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of recreation products. The Company operates through three segments: Marine Engine, Boat and Fitness. The Company’s product includes marine engines, boats, fitness equipment and active recreation products. The Company’s engine-related products include outboard, sterndrive and inboard engines; trolling motors; propellers; engine control systems; and marine parts and accessories.
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Do you just want to lose weight or do you need to?
Anyone can want to get in shape and lose weight but I think you must really have a NEED to lose weight to be successful.
Just looking in the mirror and wanting to lose weight isn’t going to do anything for you, you have to have reached a point in your life where enough is enough and you really need to.
For some people it’s seeing a photograph of themselves for the first time in a while. For others it might be a mean comment or look from a stranger. Some might have real health issues with their heart, blood pressure, blood sugar levels or be shocked at how exhausted they are climbing a couple of flights of stairs. Some might have hit rock bottom with their confidence levels or feel unsexy and have no desire to be with their partner or to even look for one if single. (This was a big part of my motivation to lose weight). Some are absolutely fed up of only wearing clothes that fit and not ones they actually like.
I think this is the difference between those who want and those who need. If you have a real need and have reached that point where you’ve had enough once and for all, you’re actually in with a very good chance of success with the right help. Trying a fad diet or buying pills online etc isn’t going to fix the long term problems. Any solution you seek out must include long term realistic changes to your diet and activity levels. You’re most likely addicted to sugar and will need to reduce it to be successful. And if you’re saying you “can’t” right now, then you haven’t reached the ‘need’ point in your life – yet. If you’ve reached the need point, there is no such thing as can’t, you’d be willing to try.
For years I’d train family and friends for free or at a very discounted rate, spend hours of my time training them and they’d all get results initially but would soon give up. It took me ages to figure out why. It was because none of them needed to lose weight. They all wanted to, but only did anything about it because they knew me and I was there and offered. None of them had reached the point in their life where they truly needed to lose weight and were motivated enough to pick up the phone or Google a personal trainer etc
Someone who’s reached the need point, is willing to make sacrifices to improve their health and body image, doesn’t give up when they have a bad week, doesn’t quit if the results are small, works even harder after having a bad week, isn’t afraid to ask for help, is willing to go out of their comfort zone and try new things, works through their minds excuses, is willing to work hard at their diet & put the effort in when exercising, believes in themselves, refuses to give up and discovers that being fit and healthy feels great….

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practical considerations for iex separation | sigma-aldrich,however, they should be avoided unless denaturation is a requirement. note that, at the ph values used for separation, guanidine is a charged molecule with a counter-ion and will therefore participate in the ion exchange process in the same way as nacl. examples of commonly used detergents and denaturing agents are given in table 4. table 4.ion exchange method for the separation of lanthanides,some methods of separation are: - distillation - crystallization - centrifugation - cromatography - ion exchange - solvent extraction - flotation - sieving - precipitation - sedimentation.
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ion exchange is a valuable technology for the selective removal or certain contaminants from underground water. see details in a separate page. 2. use of ion exchange resins in the sugar industry. 2.1. softening of water used for sugar extraction the process it that described in
ion exchange method for separation of lanthanides. to separate the lanthanides from other elements occurring with them, they are chemically combined with specific substances to form lanthanide compounds with low solubility (oxalates and fluorides, for example). a process known as ion exchange is then used to separate the lanthanides from each other.
following statements are on separation of rare earth metals (lanthanides) via in-exchange method. the tripositive ions are strongly sorbed by cation exchange resin: l a x 3 +, the largest is most strongly held; l u x 3 +, the smallest is least strongly held. elution of h c l, therefore removes l u x 3 + first and l a x 3 + last.
solution of the ions is contacted with an ion exchange resin resulting in an equilibrium between resin and solution. separation of the difierent ions is made possible by differences in distribution of the various ions between the solid and liquid phases ( equilibrium constants diiferent for different ions).
ion exchange. this is the most important, the most rapid and most effective general method for the separating the lanthanide elements and their purification. a solution of lanthanide ions is run down a column of synthetic ion-exchange resin such as dowex-50. this is a sulphonated polystyrene and contains the functional group – so 3 h.
lanthanides are separated by” ion exchange method” . ion exchange method : ion exchange is “a reversible chemical reaction” where dissloved ions are removed from solution replace with other ions of the similar or same electrical charge .
the separation factors, a , of the lanthanide elements expressed relative to 0 gadolinium. these data were obtained from elution volumes after subtraction ·of the free column volume. curium is included in order that the relative positions of the lanthanides and adtinides may be compared by using the data in ref. 1.
lon exchange method e basis of the lanthanide series separation on an ion exchange column is their ability to form complex ionsll lanthanides form 3 ions, m3 whose ionic radii decrease progressively with increasing atomic number from ce3 to lu3.
separation of lanthanides and trivalent actinides with pressurized ion exchange. separation and purification methods 1976, 5 (1) , 97-138. doi: 10.1080/03602547608066049. d. i. coomber. separation methods for inorganic species. 1975,,, 175-218. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4613-4401-8_5. r.e. leitch.
principle reversible exchange of ions b/n the ions present in the solution and those present in the ion exchange resin. cation exchange: separation of cations solid-h+ + m+ solid-m+ + h+ (solution) (solution) the cations retained by the solid matrix of ion exchange resin can be eluted by using buffers of diff strength and hence separation of cations can be effected.
step a) hard water is first passed through an acidic cation exchanger- ca, mg & na are exchanged by h+ ions. step b) this water is then passed thro a basic anion exchanger – cl, no2, so4- are exchanged by oh- ions of the exchanger.• separation of lanthanides- la, y, ce, rb etc• separation of sugars: sugars-borate complexes.
ion-exchange chromatography market: global product intelligence study 2024 - the report on ion-exchange chromatography market by infinium global research analyzes the ion-exchange chromatography market over the period of 2018 to 2024. this report also provides detailed qualitative and quantitative analyses of the market dynamics, market size and future trends in global ion-exchange chromatography
as seen in table 5 richer in later lanthanides. ion-exchange separation is not of real commercial importance for largescale production, but historically it was the method by which fast high-purity separation of lanthanides first became feasible .
ion exchange : the basis o f the lanthanide series separation on an ion exchange column is their ability to form complex ions. all lanthanides form +3 ions, m +3 whose ionic radii decrease progressively with increasing atomic number from ce+3 +3to lu . as a solution
phase for lanthanide separation . a mixed gradient of two eluents can sometimes be used for lanthanide separations . the most popular eluting agent amongst different hydroxycarboxylic acids is hiba. it can provide a good degree of separation between adjacent lanthanides in ion chromatography.
the classical methods of separation exploits slight differences in basic properties, stability or solubility. these are outlined below. however, in recent years, the only methods used in separating the lanthanide elements are ion exchange and valency change.
in order to obtain these elements, the minerals must go through a separating process, known as separation chemistry. this can be done with selective reduction or oxidation. another possibility is an ion-exchange method.
particularly from the standpoint of the dissolution, separation, and detection of analytes, tracers, and carriers. ion exchange, solvent extraction, and solid-phase extraction separation techniques, for example, are highly dependent upon the oxidation state of the analytes. moreover, most
ion exchange chromatography (or ion chromatography) is a process that allows the separation of ions and polar molecules based on their affinity to ion exchangers. the principle of separation is thus by reversible exchange of ions between the target ions present in the sample solution to the ions present on ion exchangers.
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ion-exchange separation is not of real commercial importance for large-scale production, but historically it was a method by which fast high-purity separation of the lanthanides first became feasible . thus, two solutions were prepared with the same ingredients of monazite and xenotime, and diluted 1,000 times to provide sample solutions (of
current small scale lab separation: • ion-exchange displacement column ln3+(aq) are strongly adsorbed by a cation-exchange resin, add a ligand, typically chelating, e.g. edta. ligand binds most strongly to smallest ion, e.g. the binding constants of the ln(edta) complexes (right). current large scale industrial separation: solvent extraction
1.1. ion exchange mechanism. ion-exchange chromatography which is designed specifically for the separation of differently charged or ionizable compounds comprises from mobile and stationary phases similar to other forms of column based liquid chromatography techniques [9-11].mobil phases consist an aqueous buffer system into which the mixture to be resolved.

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Sedation Dentistry for Children
A pediatric dentist’s biggest goal is to help your child feel comfortable during treatment. However, it’s also vital that the treatment be thorough. Unfortunately, there will be certain situations where a child cannot complete their dental care needs under routine dental settings. Circumstances include dental phobia or anxiety, medically-compromised or -challenged children—or the child can simply be too young to cooperate for extensive restoration (for example: an infant with bottle-induced cavities). It’s for these situations that sedation is used to complete treatment effectively.
Our staff has specific training and qualifications to ensure that the sedation is monitored and safe for your child. Our staff seeks to create a positive, relaxed environment for your child, helping to form a positive impression of the dentist’s office for years to come.
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Conscious Sedation – Conscious sedation can be oral (pills of liquid), inhalation (typically nitrous oxide/“laughing gas”) or nasal spray. It produces a state of relaxation, the depth of which is dependent on the type of sedation used.
Nitrous Oxide Sedation – Nitrous oxide sedation is sufficient in most cases. Also known as “laughing gas,” nitrous oxide sedation is commonly used to make treatment more comfortable. The nitrous oxide is inhaled through a mask and produces a state of relaxation. Local anesthetic will be administered in conjunction with nitrous oxide to eliminate pain. Nitrous oxide is designed to make procedures easier for nervous patients and has been effective for many years.
If the medications that are safe to use in the office setting are not enough for your child, general anesthesia is available as an outpatient at the hospital.
Call our practice today to schedule your child’s first appointment, and to learn more about how our sedation options can create an easier dental office experience for you and yours.

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Nielsen February PPM are due starting this Monday. We’ll have NYC, Chicago, Dallas and more posted on Day One. Christian Radio Ratings are sponsored by Dunham+Company on HisAir. Catch up with last months numbers HERE.
WayFM has made a few changes to its on air line-up.
Joy Summers (at left) is back from maternity leave and has moved to middays so she can have a more flexible family schedule. Bekah Eaker is on afternoons solo and Carder Price (formerly midday) is tracking late nights in Way Fm. Bekah and Summers teamed up last September to co-host afternoons. Prior to that ands starting in 2018, Summers co-hosted afternoon on CJ (Lusk) & Joy.
Joy told HisAir, “When you experience big life changes, your priorities change too. After the birth of my second child, I realized I needed a schedule that worked better with my family in this unique season. Being on Christian radio is a dream, but I also wanted to be a more present mom. I am insanely thankful to Hope Media group for finding a way for me to do both with this new midday schedule! I am sad to leave afternoons after 8 years, but I don’t think I will regret putting more focus on my kids while they are so little.”
The deal between the University of Northwestern Media to purchase Lake Area Educational Broadcasting Foundation is worth $1.25 million. In the deal announced yesterday on HisAir, NWM acquires 15 full signal FMs, eight FM translator signals, and six construction permits, including KCVO/Camdenton, MO (Spirit FM).
Christian Radio Business:
Divine Word Communications has submitted a purchase agreement of $225,000 to acquire classic rock station WTKP/Port Saint Joe, FL (93.5) from Omni Broadcasting. It’s the first station purchase for Divine Word.
The consolidation of two religious broadcasters in Kentucky is underway as
George Fleming’s Pennyrile Christian Community merges with Darrell and Dianne Gibson’s Heartland Ministries. Heartland Ministries’ gospel WVHM/Benton, KY (90.5), CCM “Elevate 89.7” WAAJ/Benton, and “Thrive FM” WTRT/Benton (88.1) will merge into Pennyrile Christian Community. In addition, Heartland will contribute one FM translator, W206BB at 89.1 FM, licensed in Madisonville, KY, which simulcasts WVHM. Pennyrile Christian Community currently owns WNKJ/Hopkinsville, KY (89.3) and WNLJ/Madisonville, KY (91.7).
EMF has submitted a purchase agreement of $150,000 to acquire WVIE/Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands (107.3) from Virgin Islands Radio Entertainment, which is owned by RJ Watkins. This will mark EMF’s initial station acquisition in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and WVIE has been broadcasting the “K-LOVE” since late February.
In February, Susie Pek assumed the role of global director for TWR Women of Hope, and she has wasted no time making an impact. Mission Network News recently featured Pek in honor of International Women’s Day. Pek took over from Peggy Banks, who had led the ministry for six years before moving on to another organization.
MNN quoted Pek as saying that she hopes to expand the ministry’s reach through additional programming and the use of social media to connect with women around the world. Pek is based in São Paulo, Brazil, and previously served as the ministry’s regional coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean. She is also an author and broadcaster.
To learn more about Pek and TWR Women of Hope, be sure to read the full MNN report HERE.
The NRB has reiterated its opposition to federal lawmakers’ proposals of making DST permanent. The organization sent letters to Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Ranking Member Frank Pallone of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as well as Chair Maria Cantwell and Ranking Member Ted Cruz of the Senate Committee on Science, Commerce, and Transportation, urging them to vote against the bills proposing to make daylight savings time permanent (H.R.1279 and S.582) in their current form when taken under consideration by their respective committees.
The NRB and other broadcasters have emphasized that the current regulatory framework governing AM radio licenses would be adversely affected by a permanent shift to DST, as it would significantly impact the “morning drive” daypart, which is a crucial part of the radio broadcasting day from both a content and advertising standpoint.
Salem announced the launch of the podcast show Retirement for Real on Salem-owned SeniorResource.com. Retirement for Real is an investment podcast designed to help retirees make sensible financial decisions in retirement. Show host, Lena Armuth says, “Today’s investors deserve to know that investing is simple, affordable, and accessible to all!” Retirement for Real is on a mission to provide a better experience for today’s investors. Nothing fancy. No overly-complicated or complex solutions. Just the fundamentals explained in a way that is simple.
Delaware based The Bridge of Hope, Inc launched WNJH/Hammonton, NJ (105.5 FM) 2 years ago today. The new signal covers much of Southern New Jersey. The station is operated by the owners of WKNZ/Harrington (The Bridge). … Video of New Jersey launch is HERE
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Press release from Ship Finance International Limited, November 16, 2010
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) (“Ship Finance” or the “Company”) announced today that on November 15, 2010 it commenced a cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to repurchase all of its outstanding 8.5% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2013 Notes”) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation dated November 15, 2010, and related Letter of Transmittal, which set forth a more detailed description of the Tender Offer.
The total consideration for the Tender Offer will be up to $1,016.67 per $1,000 principal amount of the 2013 Notes, which amount includes a consent payment of $16.67 that will only be paid to holders that validly tender and do not validly withdraw their tenders prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 29, 2010. The Tender Offer is scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m. New York City time, on December 14, 2010.
The Tender Offer is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among other things, Ship Finance’s issuing, in its recently announced public offering, senior unsecured notes having a principal amount of at least $400 million and Ship Finance’s receipt of valid tenders and consents from holders not affiliated with the Company of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the 2013 Notes.
This press release does not constitute an offer to purchase any of the outstanding 2013 Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. The Tender Offer is being made by means of an Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation being distributed to all current holders of the 2013 Notes.
The Company has retained Jefferies & Company to act as dealer manager and solicitation agent for the Tender Offer. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation, Letter of Transmittal and other related documents for the Tender Offer may be obtained from the offices of the dealer manager and solicitation agent, Jefferies & Company Inc. at The Metro Center, One Station Place, Three North, Stamford, Connecticut 06902; Attention: Tim Lepore or by calling (888) 708-5831 (toll free) or (203) 708-5831 (collect).
November 16, 2010
The Board of Directors
Ship Finance International Limited
Ole B. Hjertaker: Chief Executive Officer, Ship Finance Management AS
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Magnus T. Valeberg: Vice President, Ship Finance Management AS
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About Ship Finance
Ship Finance is a major ship owning company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SFL). Including newbuildings, the Company has a fleet of 72 vessels, including 30 crude oil tankers (VLCC and Suezmax), two chemical tankers, eight oil/bulk/ore vessels, 13 drybulk carriers (including 11 newbuildings and one vessel agreed sold with expected delivery in December 2010), nine container vessels, six offshore supply vessels, one jack-up drilling rigs, one ultra-deepwater drillship and two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs. The fleet is one of the largest in the world and most of the vessels are employed on long-term charters.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward looking statements. These statements are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including Company management’s examination of historical operating trends. Although Ship Finance believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control, Ship Finance cannot give assurance that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or intentions.
Important factors that, in the Company’s view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this presentation include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions including fluctuations in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker market as a result of changes in OPEC’s petroleum production levels and world wide oil consumption and storage, changes in the Company’s operating expenses including bunker prices, dry-docking and insurance costs, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

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About this book
This textbook imparts a firm understanding of the behavior of prestressed concrete and how it relates to design based on the 2014 ACI Building Code. It presents the fundamental behavior of prestressed concrete and then adapts this to the design of structures. The book focuses on prestressed concrete members including slabs, beams, and axially loaded members and provides computational examples to support current design practice along with practical information related to details and construction with prestressed concrete. It illustrates concepts and calculations with Mathcad and EXCEL worksheets.
Written with both lucid instructional presentation as well as comprehensive, rigorous detail, the book is ideal for both students in graduate-level courses as well as practicing engineers.
- Maximizes reader understanding with the most thorough and up-to-date treatment of prestressed concrete structures based on 2014 ACI code;
- Illustrates concepts and calculations with Mathcad and EXCEL worksheets;
- Reinforces instruction with detailed and comparative examples;
- Provides comprehensive coverage of prestressed concrete appropriate for both students and professional engineers.
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Marie Siciliano of Westerly, Rhode Island needs just four items to toss together this crunchy coleslaw that gets a sweet twist from dried cranberries. The shredded broccoli mixture is lightly coated with convenient prepared dressing.
- 1 package (12 ounces) broccoli coleslaw mix
- 1 package (3 ounces) dried cranberries
- 6 green onions, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup coleslaw salad dressing
- In a large bowl, combine the coleslaw mix, cranberries and onions. Add dressing and toss to coat. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 8 servings.
Originally published as Broccoli Cranberry Slaw in Simple & Delicious September/October 2006, p28
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19/07 Japanese Miso Aubergine, Pasta with Broccoli & Smoky Almonds & Chilli Fries
Pre-portioned ingredients to make three meals to serve 2 people. This week the recipes and ingredients will allow you to make:
- Flavourful Miso Glazed Aubergine with Jasmine Rice
- Tasty Broccoli and Smoky Almond Pasta
- Plastic Freegan Favourite Quinoa Chilli Fries
Orders of this meal kit will be delivered Monday 19th July
All ingredients are delivered plastic-free with loose vegetables, tinned, jarred, paper-wrapped, or contained in biodegradable Vegware 'plant plastic' pots. The recipe kit comes with simple to follow, plant-based recipes created for you, by The Plastic Freegan to be made at home with standard kitchen equipment.


A moisture meter is a tool that measures the amount of water contained in some substances. A moisture meter is used in a variety of fields, such as food, concrete, and wood products. A humidity meter is also used in these fields. A variety of professionals are using advanced humidity meters in many different fields today. Various substances can be measured based on their temperature, airflow, and humidity. Using these meters, we can determine how well a given material will perform in any given environment.
Moisture meters are small devices equipped with a liquid crystal display that displays meter readings on the screen. You can choose from a variety of humidity meters from small to very large. These meters are suitable for analyzing large materials in industrial and commercial laboratories.
By using moisture meters, you can detect the humidity at home, in laboratories, or at research centers depending on their features and applications. Moisture Meters help one to determine wet vs. dry materials and to use those materials appropriately.
The most important application of humidity meters is the measurement of moisture content in concrete and wood. The shape of wood changes depending on whether it is wet or dry. Wood expands and contracts with changes in its water content. If there is no water in the wood, it can shrink or crack. For this reason, before making any wooden furnishings, they have to be allowed to dry first. Using a digital moisture meter, wood is then checked for the water content to verify that is suitable for making furniture.
Concrete water content can also be detected with this device. It is possible to detect the smallest amount of water content present in concrete using humidity detectors. Taking a concrete moisture reading is crucial since this enables you to analyze concrete’s reaction to humidity in the air.
The use of these meters is determined by carpenters when determining the wood’s usability. The test also allows building inspectors to determine the compatibility of concrete and wood in particular areas and get read now. Using a humidity analysis instrument can minimize cracks, sunken joints, and other construction issues.


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Our Judiciary sometimes comes in for a lot of stick but this quote below from the DT contains much wisdom:
" Be cautious when taking into account discrepancies in motive. False accusations can be made in revenge. Sometimes they're made for no reason at all. People's fantasies can be boundless."
Judge Gareth Hawkesworth
7th March 2008
Cambridge Crown Court
Thanet area Maps of the Sea usually called Charts - One of my jobs as a shop assistant in the bookshop here in Ramsgate is publishing books about this area. I have all sorts of jobs that come under the gener...
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Tour Terms with LearnWPT - Continuation Bet
Hey WPT Fans!
Welcome to Tour Terms, where we break down key strategy terms from the pages of WPT Live Updates and give you helpful tips to use in your next tournament. Today’s Tour Term is ...
Continuation Bet: noun
con·tin·u·a·tion bet \kən-ˌtin-yə-ˈwā-shən ˈbet\
1) To bet on the flop after being the initial aggressor in the preflop round of betting. This bet must be the first bet of the flop round by the initial aggressor in the preflop round in order to be considered a continuation bet. Abbreviated as C-Bet.
Example of Continuation Bet in a Sentence
Katie raises to 1,000 from the Hijack and Tony calls from the Button. On the flop of A♣J♦4♥ Katie continuation bets 1,500 and Tony folds.
🤔 Should You Always C-Bet After Raising?
Aggression is a key to winning play in No-Limit Hold’em, however if you always just bet, bet, bet without a plan you’re bound to run into a tricky opponent who will push back when the situation isn’t right for a continuation bet.
A fundamental strategy for c-betting is essential for keeping opponents guessing on the flop and taking down your share of pots. Watch this Strategy Episode as LearnWPT Instructor Nick Binger outlines an easy to use strategy for c-betting, complete with a field guide you can download and use in your next tournament!
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The play is a thoughtful yet humorous commentary on contemporary life. The actors in this production make the characters sympathetic; the audience really cares about each individual portrayed. The acting, directing, and sets are superb. I highly recommend this play.


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Bringing you a hot cowboy on this month’s desktop wallpaper to warm up those cold December nights. It is in honor of COWBOY BLUE, the reissue of one my favorite stories I ever wrote (A Cowboy for Christmas) featuring one of my favorite heroes, Bonner Blue Boud. It’s got a fresh new cover look, and a new title, and a new lower price, but it’s the same great story so if you own the original eBook, no need to buy the reissue. What is new is that now for the first time it’s also in paperback!
Feel free to download the below hot cowboy wallpaper for your use and share with a friend. As usual, available with or without the December 2016 calendar page.
And for your Christmas desktop needs, there are two oldies but goodies… Naughty is Nice and Let’s Talk About This Naughty List, Santa.
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Need stocking stuffers for the cowboy loving reader in your life? May I recommend the mass market paperback editions of my Midnight Cowboys or Oklahoma Nights Series?

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This is a short summary of our trip to Bhutan which we visited from September 29th to October 10th in 2009. We departed from San Francisco and flew through Narita to Bangkok where we stayed overnight (more like a few hours). From Bangkok we flew Druk Air to Paro.
We used Village Treks and Tours as our tour operator who provided us with an excellent guide in Pema Sonam. Although, we did not know it at the time of booking, Pema had served as a guide to other professional photographers like Art Wolfe.
You can also see hundreds of my pictures of Bhutan in my photo galleries.
Tourism is highly regulated in Bhutan and the Department of Tourism determines the price for all visitors. This fixed price includes all expenses such as hotels, camping, transportations, meals, and other fees. The peak season rates are about $200 per person per day (for three or more) and $230 (for two people). This does not include tips for your guide or driver.
Day 1: Paro to Thimphu
We arrived early in the morning on a flight from Bangkok. We cleared customs relatively quickly and then met our guide and driver. We drove to Thimphu but along the way we stoped at a few sites including the Iron Bridge by Tamchhog Lhakhang as well as stopping at the Chunzon confluence of three rivers. There wasn’t much at Chunzon except for a few merchant stalls and three chortens in Bhutanese, Tibetan, and Nepali style.
We arrived in Thimphu near mid-day and had lunch in trendy cafe. In the afternoon, we wandered around Thimphu on our own. The streets were very busy with many Bhutanese people. I’m not sure if it is normally that crowded or whether it was especially busy because we had arrived during the Thimphu Tsechu festival which lasts for several days.
Day 2: Thimphu Tsechu Festival
We spent the day at Thimphu Tsechu festival which as held in the courtyard of the Tashi Chhoe Dzong. The festival was filled with thousands of Bhutanese people wearing their finest Gho (men) and Kira (women) and there were multiple religous dances. In the evening, my wife was tired and stayed in the hotel room but I walked around Thimphu again and made my way to the Chorten. The sun had already set in the valley.
Day 3: Thimphu
I woke up very early and went to capture the National Memorial chorten at sunrise by myself. After returning to the hotel and having breakfast we toured the city with our guide and visited the National Memorial Chorten, Post office, Textile Museum, Institute of Traditional Medicine Services, National Institute for Zorig Chusum (this is an art school for high school aged students), and the National Library. In the afternoon, we went to the Jungshi handmade paper factory and drove around Thimphu Valley to various lookout points where we could see the whole city.
Day 4: Thimphu to Punakha
We drove to the northern end of Thimphu valley and did an early morning hike to Cheri Monastery. On the way up, we encountered the head monk who was being carried down on something that was a cross between a palanquin and a stretcher. He stopped briefly to bless us. After the hike, we drove on to Punakha and along the way we stopped at Dochu La Pass where they have the 108 chortens (Druk Wangyel Chorten).
Day 5: Khamsum Yuelley Namgyal Chorten and Punakha Dzong
We started the day with a hike through rice fields and up the valley hillside to Khamsum Yuelley Namgyal Chorten. This took about 45 minutes provides stunning views of the valley. In the afternoon, we toured Punakha Dzong which is the second oldest and second largest Dzong in Bhutan. I also learned this day that Bhutan has cobras as I ran into one as I was moving around on the hillsides around the Dzong to get a better angle for pictures.
Day 6: Chimi Lhakhang and Wangdue
We hiked through the small town of Sopsokha and then made our way to Chimi Lhakhang, the temple of the divine madman. We then saw Wangdue Dzong and town. In the afternoon we drove on to Phobjikha Valley.
Day 7: Phobjikha Valley
We hiked the Gangte Nature trail up to Gangte Goemba. With my stopping to photograph, this took about four hours. The valley was very peaceful and this was my personal highlight of my trip. In the late afternoon we returned to Wangdue.
Day 8: Wangdue to Paro
From Wangdue we drove back to Thimphu. Along the way we drove through Dochu La Pass again, however, the weather was very foggy and it wasn’t possible to get photographs of the mountain views. In Thimphu, we stopped at the Takin reserve. Finally we headed to Paro.
Day 9: Paro
In the morning, we went to see the Drukgyel Dzong which now lies in ruins as it was destroyed by fire in 1951. It was raining quite hard but I think this suited the atmosphere of the ruins. We also visited Kyichu Lhakhang, one of the oldest temples in Bhutan built in 659. Finally, we saw the National Museum and Paro Dzong.
Day 10: Hike to Taktsang the Tigerâ€™s Nest
The day started out overcast, foggy, and raining. I wasn’t sure if we would be able to hike to Tiger’s nest but the rain stopped and we began the ascent up the valley walls. We made it to the temple near mid-morning and on the way down the weather began to clear.
Day 11: Paro
Our last day in Bhutan. We didn’t do much but relax in the hotel and then head to the airport in Paro for our flight back to Bangkok and then home.


Postedon Jul 28, 2011 at 10:32 am
North Carolina legislators have decided against convening a special session to consider an anti-gay amendment.
Postedon Mar 01, 2011 at 04:57 pm
Two Maryland House members hold up the marriage bill vote, and California's Attorney General asks the federal appeals court to lift its order putting the Prop 8 decision on hold.
Postedon Jan 13, 2011 at 09:00 am
Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson will be speaking next week at both the University of Michigan and Ohio State University.
Postedon Nov 08, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Despite the first two years of the Obama administration leaving progressives dissatisfied, Evan Wolfson points out: '"Even if we can’t get the political advances, we have a tremendous opportunity to do the public engagement work that absolutely needs to be done in order to lay the foundation for the defensive fights we might have to endure and for when the political climate changes."
Postedon Nov 03, 2010 at 12:00 pm
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund today announced that more openly LGBT candidates won election to public office in the U.S. in 2010 than in any year in America’s history.
Postedon Aug 06, 2010 at 10:13 am
LGBT community members here and across North Carolina are gearing up to counter NOM's scheduled stop on its national tour against marriage equality for same-sex couples.
Freedom to Marry's Sean Eldridge stated, “Freedom to Marry is working very closely with every state marriage equality organization and local partner to figure out what makes the most sense in each area.”
Postedon Mar 06, 2010 at 04:55 pm
The debate on whether to extend benefits to gay partners of Asheville, North Carolina city employees is playing out across the city — in coffee shops, barber shops and now in church pews.
Religious leaders of various backgrounds — from Baptist ministers to Wiccan priestesses — have joined the fray.
Postedon Feb 10, 2010 at 12:40 pm
February 10, 2010
The City Council of Asheville, NC voted 4-2 on Tuesday to have city staff report March 9 on how workers' same-sex domestic partners could get the same benefits as heterosexual employees' spouses, including health insurance, bereavement leave and prescription drug coverage. A majority of council members said they expect to vote for a final measure after the report. [Link]
Postedon Dec 07, 2009 at 11:15 pm
December 7, 2009
Commissioners in N.C.'s Mecklenburg County could vote on Dec. 15 on whether to approve a measure that would extend health benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian county employees. [Link]
Postedon Nov 04, 2009 at 01:20 pm
November 3, 2009
Progressive candidates across North Carolina led in municipal elections on Tuesday with a key LGBT-friendly candidate claiming victory in Asheville. Outspoken pro-LGBT candidate Gordon Smith won an at-large seat on the Asheville City Council, while in Durham, all incumbent City Council candidates who voted for a marriage equality resolution earlier this year held on to their seats. [Link]


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However, few adaptations have been made to address the issues faced by these individuals.
The adaptation of media messages would encourage the social participation of these people.
While access to information is one of the environmental factors that may be critical for the integration of people with ID, our study suggests that at least two modes of communication, television and posters, fail to make necessary information available to people with ID.
We believe that the adaptation of media messages would encourage the social participation of people with ID, and would also be useful for other groups who, for whatever reason, have difficulty accessing information, such as the blind, the elderly, new arrivals and the illiterate.
The study recommends that messages be clarified and simplified by using more pictograms and explanations, removing extraneous information, and having consistency across channels. For example, the use of new technologies (iDEN Voice, electronic billboards etc.) could help people with ID find their way around a transportation system. A presentation entitled “What to Wear” at the end of the weather report on http://www.theweathernetwork.com would make the report easier to understand. The use of messages with simplified text in posters and television could provide better access to information for people with ID.
Sahar El Shourbagi, Université du Québec à Montréal
Deposit of the research report: September 2010

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Our California Wine Collection started with the thought of wanting to deliver good quality California wine.
Many wineries exist in the area surrounding California’s Napa and Sonoma. From among those, wine that is being mass produced, needless to say, is available even in Japan.
However, since small-sized wineries represented by family businesses are limited in the way of production and shipment, there are many wines that are difficult to get in Japan.
And so, a member of our company who has a wide network of California wine producers and related businesses set out to search for good quality wine with limited production and shipment. It is these selection of California wines that we deliver to the restaurants and such in Japan.
It will be a great pleasure, if we can get as many people as possible to enjoy California wine.


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Birmingham, Alabama, United States
You are bidding on a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa with a 140 Motor and 4-Speed Manual Transmission. This is an original Corsa, not just a Monza with Corsa trim.
History - My first Corvair was a 1968 that I bought in 1998. 1 Month later, someone pulled out in front of me and the front end was folded over into the trunk. I found this car, which a guy had that he started to restore. He pulled all of the interior out, and had it painted this orange color sometime back in the early-mid 1990's. I took the 1968 and moved its interior over into the Corsa. I do not know what the original color was, but the interior paint was a maroon color. I repainted the interior black, and moved the interior over. The floor pans were rusted, and I pop-riveted in some sheet metal, but the floors will need to be replaced. I had the retired man that painted the car the orange color originally to repaint it, just to make it fresh. I drove the car everyday for about a year or more, then I had all of the brake and suspension system rebuilt. New hoses, wheel cylinders, spring kits, ball joints, tie rods, springs, shocks, etc. After that I drove it for about a month, then I brought it home and pulled the interior back out, and that is where it still sits today.
Exterior/Interior - The car had been sitting outside from 2000-2010 until I had room in my garage to store it, so it has been in dry storage for the past 3 years. As you can see from the pictures, everything is solid and complete except for the typical Corvair rust around the windows and the bottom of the doors/wheel wells. The battery box is rusted pretty bad, but I have the replacement Clark's panel for it. The front floor boards also have some rust holes as well. The trunk also has a few holes as well, and would need to be replaced. All of this is typical Corvair rust that happens when they sit. BUT, the trunk/deck lid, doors, fenders, etc. are all solid with no major rust. Both doors shut good and have a solid sound to them.
Motor/Drivetrain - The motor that is in it know came out of a 1966 Corsa that I had at one time. You could get it running, but it did have some lifter clack, leaky seals, etc. It would be ok to just putt around town in, but really needs a rebuild. As you can see from the pictures, I have another complete 140 motor. The heads have been reworked and ready to be installed. The block has been cleaned and checked. I have all new TRW forged pistons .30 and all new TRW bearings, new cam with new Clark's Cam gear (the cam gear that is on it is just for test purposes), all new gaskets, rings, seals, new blower bearing and idler pulley bearing as well. All the motor needs is just to be put back together. The transmission is a 4 -speed Munci transmission. (The good ones). I do not have a complete set of carbs for this car. I have robbed them for something else. You can always buy the correct rebuilt primaries/secondaries from Clark's Corvair Parts.
Parts and More - As you can also see from the pictures, I have all the parts to put back together, plus some. I have the original Corsa dash that came with the car that is still in nice shape (has been in dry storage for the past 13 years) and I also have an EXCELLENT shape Corsa dash that I bought off of ebay back in 2008. It was originally pulled from a car in the late 60's and was put up in storage and forgot about until 2008. I won the auction for around $550, and it is in EXCELLENT shape. I also have a bunch of air conditioning parts. Not a complete unit, but pretty close. This was a collection pulled from a parts building. I also have the interior from the 1968 Monza, and I also have a 1966 Corsa interior from another car I had at one time, and I think the original Corsa door panels. The seats that are in it came out of the 68. As some of you may know, the 65-66 seats (bigger) are different from the 67-69 seats (smaller). The The 66 seats would be the correct fitting seats, but need repadding and recovering. All the door panels still have the original hardware, emblems, etc. so you could save money by ordering just the cardboard backing and the cover instead of ordering the complete panels. I do have all of the chrome window molding, as well as another set (front or rear) that I bought off of ebay at one time that is in really good shape. It is still in the original shipping box. Also have another front trim bar that has the trunk lock in it as well. Not perfect shape, but nice for a daily driver. I do have the original rear section that goes below the bumper with the split chrome grills. Both grills are still in great shape. I also have some NOS complete door fuzzies and door weatherstrip, along with several reproduction parts including the Corvair script emblem, gas tank float and sending unit, engine wiring harness, turn signal arm, etc. I also have a 65-66 telescopic wood wheel to go with the car as well. This will also fit Corvettes of this era as well? I also have a complete set of 1968 factory tinted glass to go too if the buyer wants it. The wheels I had for it came off a 70s Oldsmobile, but I did find a full set in ok shape Corsa hubcaps.
Other - This car is not one you would want to make a trailer queen out of. This would be a great project for a father/son weekends project, or someone looking to build a car that would be fun to take to the drive-ins/cruise-ins, etc. I have a 1962 Greenbrier Deluxe and a 1963 Spyder Convertible, so I just do not have the time to work on this car. Also, I am wanting to sell everything off in a package deal. At this time I am not interested in selling parts out of this auction. If I had the time to list/pack/sell individual parts, I would have the time to put it back together. I don't really want to get rid of this car, but I have not took the time/energy/money to put it back together in the past 13 years, and don't see any time in the near future to do it either. If the auction does not sell, then I would entertain offers then, but not while the auction is ongoing.
Trades - I am not really interested in trading one project for another. BUT if anyone has a Lakewood (Monza if you got it :) ) I would be interested.
I may have left a few things out that I forgot about, and if you need any more info please email and I will find out the info to the best of my knowledge. I will be updating this auction with pictures/descriptions as people ask for it. I will accept Cash or a Cashier's Check on pickup of the car and parts. I will accept paypal, but there will be an extra 3% added on to cover the fees.
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According to a letter from General Motors to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, flaws in the build process of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu have led to the recall of 8,519 cars. Units built between December 6, 2011 and January 15, 2013 may have been assembled with rear suspension cradles that had insufficient torque applied to certain bolts. That out-of-spec assembly could lead to issues ranging from slight noises to a loss of vehicle control.
The problem was first noticed in December of last year by a GM test fleet driver and eventually tracked back to the improperly torqued bolts on the suspension cradle assembled through July 2012 by a supplier located not too far from the Malibu's Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly Plant. Since an official NHTSA recall notice has not been issued yet, it isn't clear whether or not Detroit-built Malibus were the only ones affected (the 2013 Malibu is also built at GM's Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kansas). Dealers will fix the problem by inspecting vehicles for proper torque specs, retightening if not within specs and, in some cases, perform a rear-wheel alignment.
It seems to be commonplace that when a new Corvette is in development, rumors swirl about a possible mid-engine layout. As is the case of Chevy's most recent C7 Corvette, these rumors never pan out.
In any case, the idea for a 'Vette with an engine mounted behind the driver can probably all be traced back to a single car, the 1964 XP-819 prototype. Built as an "engineering exercise" back in 1964, the prototype was designed with a rear-mounted engine. History tells us that the idea of a rear-engine Corvette fizzled, and the XP-819 was eventually cut up into pieces and stored at a shop in Daytona Beach, FL.
After sitting for untold years, a restoration project started on the car, and while it isn't yet fully completed, the current owner of the car, Mid America Motorworks, will have the car on display at the 2013 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance as a "driveable chassis" with hopes of having a fully completed car ready to bring to next year's show.
If you're burnt out on musings about the Chevrolet Corvette, you'll want to go ahead and skip this post. Motor Trend reports General Motors is hard at work on a low-cost version of the seventh-generation sports car for 2015. Rumored to be called the Corvette Coupe, the car will forgo the Stingray and skip the 450-horsepower 6.2-liter V8 engine in favor of a 5.3-liter V8 with under 400 ponies. If you're keeping track, that's a shade of the same engine found behind the headlights of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra.
The report also suggests the Coupe will receive a number of aesthetic tweaks to separate it from the Stingray, including different front and rear fascias as well as new front fenders and a rear diffuser. Motor Trend says the point of all this is to cut the car's price tag, which means we may see a Corvette on showroom floors for less than $50,000 if this car comes to fruition.


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For parents, ensuring their children have the best education future possible can be crucial. As a result of this, many adults look to explore programs that really focus on enriching children in academics at an early age. Now, a new study is suggesting that this could potentially lead to healthier behaviors later in the child’s life.
According to researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, children who had intensive education interventions beginning at infancy grew up to make significantly better health decisions in young adulthood compared to children who did not get the education intervention.
However, while the study’s authors believe that this is a good starting point, they recognize there is still a lot of research to be done for more conclusive evidence tying the two together.
"While much remains to be learned about both the pathways linking education to health and the overall effect sizes of education on health, our study provides causal evidence in support of the hypothesis that early education enhancements may improve income, reduce crime, and even enhance the global competitiveness of the American workforce," said co-author Dr. Peter Meunnig.


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Yoga and Self-Care for Busy PeopleMonday June 10, 2019
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In an era of mounting stress and anxiety from competing demands, taking on too much at work and at home, and rushing around for everyone but yourself—it's common for self-care to fall off your to-do list, especially as a busy person. Self-care is more than taking a shower and brushing your teeth. It's taking the time to care for your mind, body, and spirit so that you can live well emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Drawing upon practices from Julie's book 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas, this session will teach you practical ways to stand-up for your self-care, including yoga stretches and simple meditations, so that you can more fully enjoy your busy life.
About the Author: Julie M. Gentile is a Millennial working mama, yoga teacher at the Bloomingdale Park District, author of 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas (MSI Press), and professional writer and editor. She has been practicing yoga and meditation for a decade and leading yoga classes since 2011. Learn about her self-care adventures on her website, www.juliegtheyogi.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @juliegtheyogi.
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A grade five Pennsylvania boy will be charged as an adult with criminal homicide after he confessed to killing a 90-year-old woman with a wooden cane, the Wayne County district attorney's office said.
'I was only trying to hurt her'
Tristen was visiting his grandfather Anthony Virbitsky on Saturday when he went into Helen's room to ask her something, police said in a statement. Anthony was Novak's caregiver. Tristen said Helen shouted at him to get out and he "lost his temper".
Tristen told his mother Martha Virbitsky "he got mad and grabbed a cane and put it around Helen's throat." Helen was sitting at the end of her bed and the boy came up behind her with the cane, hooked it around her throat and yanked it back, The Times Tribune reports.
“I was only trying to hurt her,” Tristen reportedly told police.
The coroner's office ruled Helen's primary cause of death as "blunt force trauma to the neck."
Tristen was charged as an adult with criminal homicide and aggravated assault, and is being held at the Wayne County Correctional Facility. The prosecutor's office said that the crime of homicide "is specifically excluded from the juvenile act" and therefore "a juvenile who commits the crime of homicide is charged as an adult."
According to court documents, Martha admitted she "has had a lot of trouble with Tristen and that he has had some mental difficulties."
Sources: thetimes-tribune.com, cnn.com, dailymail.co.uk, wfmz.com


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Average asking prices for homes in the UK have fallen in the last month but there are overall signs of improvements in the residential property market, it is claimed. New sellers have chopped an average of £7,772 or 3.3% off asking prices, according to the latest figures from national property agents Rightmove, the largest monthly decrease ever reported by the business. However the company believes this follows an established pattern of December drops over the previous eight years and that despite this new seller asking prices are still up by 1.4% in 2012.
It also points out that the average gap between final asking price and the sold price has narrowed to 3.7% in 2012 compared to 4.9% in 2011, 2010 and 2009 and it predicts that the slow recovery will continue through 2013 with a national rise 2%. Looking ahead to 2013 it predicts a slowing in the London property market even though over the last 12 months London has seen strong price growth. Average asking prices ended the year 6.8% or £29,527 higher but Rightmove predicts that the growth in new seller asking prices will slow to around 3% in 2013, as some of the froth comes off all but the super prime central London market.
Many expect that the South East, South West and East Anglia will also see new sellers coming to market at prices around 3% higher than in 2012. The average will be buoyed by the South East in particular, which has underperformed in recent years, and the ripple effect of higher values in London will mean buyers from the capital will find value in the Home Counties and lenders will be keen to lend.
Quote from PropertyCommunity.com : “Can anyone enlighten me on what exactly happens in a deposit protection scheme and is it legislation all over the UK to ensure your deposit is in a protection scheme? “
Rightmove sees the East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales, North West, the North and Yorkshire as well as Humberside showing patchy marginal growth of around 1% in new seller asking prices. Investor activity will underpin prices at the bottom end of the market where investors react to rental yields in excess of 6% of the purchase price. ‘Average national house prices in 2013 will be less affected by the often distorting impact of London. However, this will be compensated for by a stronger market in other parts of The South and a continuation of the signs of life seen in some parts of The North at the back end of this year’, said Rightmove director and housing market analyst Miles Shipside.
‘Conditions will remain patchy within regions, with new sellers’ pricing power reflected by local micro-market conditions of supply and demand. Sellers of some property types in less desirable locations will remain blighted by the mortgage famine and travails of the wider economy, and they will have to come to the market at lower asking prices if they wish to sell,’ he added.
Shipside believes that there are several reasons for a slightly more optimistic market next year – ‘There is a positive combination of lenders with greater funds to lend and buyers with a five year itch to move. Many movers have had to put their housing aspirations on hold since the onset of the credit crunch, but increased competition among lenders and the slow but steady increase in affordability of house prices may help some to finally move on,’ he explained. However, he does expects transaction levels to remain muted, though a marginal uplift is likely due to a slight relaxation in mortgage lending criteria as the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) increases successful mortgage applications.
‘We foresee greater competition among lenders, fuelled by the FLS and a desire to hit lending targets in the first half of 2013. This will feed through to a slight relaxation in deposit requirements and interest rates for attractive mortgage applicants. On top of the small uplift seen in 2012, we anticipate a further marginal but encouraging boost to mortgage lending giving the wider market a generally more positive outlook for next year. This will be particularly welcomed by frustrated first time buyers,’ said Shipside.


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By Elizabeth DePalma Digeser
In A risk to Public Piety, Elizabeth DePalma Digeser reexamines the origins of the nice Persecution (AD 303–313), the final eruption of pagan violence opposed to Christians ahead of Constantine enforced the toleration of Christianity in the Empire. tough the commonly permitted view that the persecution enacted by means of Emperor Diocletian was once principally inevitable, she issues out that during the 40 years best as much as the nice Persecution Christians lived principally in peace with their fellow Roman electorate. Why, Digeser asks, did pagans and Christians, who had intermingled cordially and productively for many years, develop into so sharply divided through the flip of the century?
Making use of facts that has only in the near past been dated to this era, Digeser indicates falling out among Neo-Platonist philosophers, particularly Iamblichus and Porphyry, lit the spark that fueled the nice Persecution. within the aftermath of this falling out, a gaggle of influential pagan monks and philosophers all started writing and conversing opposed to Christians, urging them to forsake Jesus-worship and to rejoin conventional cults whereas Porphyry used his entry to Diocletian to suggest persecution of Christians given that they have been a resource of impurity and impiety in the empire.
The first booklet to discover extensive the highbrow social milieu of the past due 3rd century, A possibility to Public Piety revises our knowing of the interval by way of revealing the level to which Platonist philosophers (Ammonius, Plotinus, Porphyry, and Iamblichus) and Christian theologians (Origen, Eusebius) got here from a typical academic culture, usually learning and educating aspect by means of facet in heterogeneous groups.
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Extra resources for A Threat to Public Piety: Christians, Platonists, and the Great Persecution
R. Dodds, “Numenius and Ammonius,” in Les sources de Plotin, Entretiens Hardt (Geneva: Fondation Hardt, 1960), 24–25; W. Theiler, “Ammonios der Lehrer des Origenes,” in Forschungen zum Neoplatonismus, ed. W. Theiler (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1966), 1; and H. Dörrie, “Ammonios, der Lehrer Plotins,” Hermes 83 (1955): 439. Schroeder, “Ammonius Saccas,” 508, also rejects Plotinus’s teacher Ammonius as the author of the tract on Moses and Jesus. 20. R. Goulet, “Porphyre, Ammonius, les deux Origène et les autres,” RHPhR 57 (1977): 481 incl.
Schott, “Founding Platonopolis: The Platonic ‘Politeia’ in Eusebius, Porphyry, and Iamblichus,” JECS 11 (2003): 501–31. 52. Clearly, the connections were there to be made. As early as P. Courcelle, “Les sages de Porphyre et les viri novi d’Arnobe,” REL 31 (1953): 257–71, Arnobius’s chief adversary had been identified as Porphyry. 53. See chapter 1. Scholars posited two Origens as well for the same reason. This is a more complicated problem that will be addressed in chapter 2. 54 Thus it is easier to ask what forces and circumstances led away from a certain unity toward schism, fracture, and alienation.
M. F. McDonald, vol. 49 of The Fathers of the Church (Washington, DC: Catholic University Press, 1964); see also the translation by Bowen and Garnsey. 51. , Glenn F. , Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1986), 52. M. Schott, “Founding Platonopolis: The Platonic ‘Politeia’ in Eusebius, Porphyry, and Iamblichus,” JECS 11 (2003): 501–31. 52. Clearly, the connections were there to be made. As early as P. Courcelle, “Les sages de Porphyre et les viri novi d’Arnobe,” REL 31 (1953): 257–71, Arnobius’s chief adversary had been identified as Porphyry.


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Young Americans Oppose Internet Sales Tax
In a recent Gallup poll, the majority of Americans (57%) say they would vote against a law that would allow each state to collect sales taxes on purchases its residents make online over the Internet. Young adults (73%) voice the most widespread opposition to such a law.
The Senate passed an Internet sales tax bill, the Marketplace Fairness Act, last month on a bipartisan basis, but it has yet to pass the House. This legislation would allow states to require online sellers to collect sales taxes, which would go to state and local governments. The legislation would apply to online retailers earning at least $1 million in sales outside of states where they have brick-and-mortar locations. Currently, online retailers do not have to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases unless they have a physical presence in the state.
This legislation faces more opposition in the House than it did in the Senate, with numerous members, including House Speaker John Boehner, criticizing it. The White House has announced that the president supports the legislation.
Age largely shapes Americans' views on taxing Internet sales. Younger Americans are much more likely than older Americans to oppose such a law. If Republicans in the House oppose the Internet sales tax bill, that may help the GOP's appeal to younger Americans, a key demographic in the party's plans to build support before the 2014 and 2016 elections.
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Prevention of colorectal cancer. Main page & Database
Colon Cancer Prevention: A Simple Summary
"Great database, great site. Thanks so much.
However: it would be great if there were ONE, SHORT, PRACTICAL summary page for humans interested in chemo-prevention for themselves. That would be rather than making individuals dig that data out for themselves.
Alan Lewis (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) wrote me in 2006. Alan, let me please try several answers: less simple but truer than a single answer.
What do we learn from human volunteers trials?
- [Trials in human volunteers] give very strong evidence that some drugs can reduce the recurrence of polyps. They very likely can prevent colorectal cancer. A mixture of DMFO and sulindac cut risk by three (one good trial, -70% risk), celecoxib reduces risk by one third (four good trials, -33% risk), and low dose aspirin reduces modestly the risk (four good trials, -15%). Two problems here: these drugs are expensive if you take one pill a day, and they produce unwanted "toxic" side-effects: celecoxib use triples cardio-vascular problems, aspirin can induce gastric bleeding, DFMO can impair hearing, and sulindac ? I don't know. My advice is NOT to take those, except if your MD told you because you are at a very high risk of colorectal cancer
- [Trials in human volunteers] give some evidence that two "mineral nutrients" may reduce polyps or cancers: Strong evidence that calcium supplements reduces polyp recurrence, but reduction is modest (two good trials, -20%), and weak evidence that selenium can reduce risk by one third (three trials, -33%). My advice is "why not" increase your calcium intake (but might be bad for prostate), and take some selenium (I eat Brazil nuts rather than Se pills)
- No other tested diet afforded any protection in "good quality" trials: vitamins, fibers, carotene, fruits & vegs, low-fat diet, showed NO protection.
What do we learn from animal data?
1- Agents that are VERY POTENT in rodents SHOULD be tested in humans, provided they are not toxic.
These agents are displayed on top of [Huge table sorted by potency]. Have a look at it; you'll see that most top-50 agents have already been tested in humans (DFMO, sulindac, celecoxib and other NSAIDs ...) except PEG 8000 and PEG-like compounds. Well, I (Denis Corpet) discovered this PEG effect by serendipity, and you may think I twisted the data. Just have a look at the original scientific data in [Cancer Research journal]: amazing, is-not-it?
2- Three hundred phytochemicals in the [Huge table "phyto" lines]. It means that more than 300 plant-compounds can prevent cancer in animals (some 100 "fibact" from plants might be added to the phytochemicals). My advice is to eat loads of vegetables and fruits to put those phytochemicals in your mouth, in your body. Maybe some of them are not useful, but the sum of all must be. In addition most vegs are low-cal, and "less calories = less cancer". Soybean & chickpeas (BB protease inhibitor), orange & lemon (obacunone, hesperidin, nobiletin), curry (curcumin), red wine (resveratrol), onion & garlic (allyl sulfides), cabbage & broccoli (MMTS, sulforaphane), tea (EGCG & catechins), tomatoes (lycopene): no need to get the results of clinical trials to eat them at every meal. "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" provided the apple goes with many other plant foods.
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