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Millions of Brits are overspending by £150 a month
- Half of Brits admit to living beyond their means
- 42% of people see credit and overdrafts as an extension of their bank balance
- One in seven say they never put money aside
- Over 55% contribute to a pension, paying an average of £105 per month
Despite the best of intentions, half of British adults are still living beyond their means. Living expenses and personal debt are cited as the main reasons for this, but the additional cost of holidays, socialising, mobile phones and family expenditure means many of us are overspending by as much as £150 a month.
It also emerged that millions of spend-happy Brits are failing to put money aside into savings or pay into pensions because they don’t have any money left over at the end of the month.
The study of 2,000 adults, found that 48 per cent don’t always live within their means, with one in ten often relying on credit cards and overdrafts to get them through each month.
But, while 40 per cent put their overspending down to simply not earning enough to cover their day-to-day costs, more than one in ten are guilty of wanting to appear to have more money than they do.
Almost a quarter stretch themselves financially to make sure their children don’t go without, while 21 per cent just can’t resist buying things, even if they can’t afford it.
Not realising they don’t have the money until after they have bought things, losing jobs and having to get used to living on a reduced salary are among the other reasons for living beyond their means.
It also emerged that 42 per cent of people admit they see credit cards and overdrafts as an extension of their bank balance, with 60 per cent admitting they need to make more effort to stay in the black.
One in five don’t, or wouldn’t, change their lifestyle to reflect their financial situation, with the internet named as the thing Brits would be least willing to give up (35 per cent), even if it meant living beyond their means.
Top ten things Brits wouldn’t give up, even if it meant living beyond their means:
2. Mobile phone
3. Annual holiday
4. Run a car/motorbike
5. A takeaway/meal out
6. A night out with friends
7. Sky TV subscription
8. Pay into my pension
10. Pay for life insurance/ critical illness
Even the smallest lifestyle adjustment can make a huge difference to your finances. Having a packed lunch instead of eating out, for example, can save up to £20 per week. In a year, this is almost £1,000 saved and, over a lifetime, up to £40,000!
This article is based on interviews with 2,000 consumers between 2-9th Nov 2013, carried out online via One Poll research.

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Traceable is preparing the IPO of its own TRZ token, which is expected in the coming days. As of March 15, staking will be launched with a dynamic APY with a fund of 5 million tokens. The staking will have a duration of 90 days.
Over the next few days, Traceable will announce the output your own TRZ token. After the great reception that the token has had, the Valencian company is eagerly preparing the listing of its cryptocurrency during the next month of March.
For the exit to the exchange, a strategy of staking for the most faithful followers who want to participate in the revolution of the food industry with the TRZ Token.
The staking will be out on March 15 and will have one duration of 90 days from your departure. It will also have a Dynamic APY and a fund of 5 million tokens.
TRZ successfully completed the private and public phase of its ICO and raised more than 3 million euros
Traceable was born in 2018 with the aim of offering a service to companies in the food sector in order to improve their traceability through the Blockchain technology. It also helps companies to ensure quality and transparency of your products.
The closure of each 1.5M phase occurred in just 2 hours. In this sense, Traceable has achieved a record closing during the pre-sale phases that took place at the end of 2021.
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Beginning May 1st, The Friends of the Westport Library will begin accepting book, CD and DVD donations for the Summer Paperback Book sale and our Annual Book sale in September.
We welcome and appreciate donated books in good quality condition only. We can not accept textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, VHS or cassette tapes. For these types of items, check with Salvation Army, Goodwill and others.
Our donation box will be located in the Library lobby at 408 Old County Rd. until August 31st during Library hours.
Pre-signed donation receipts will be available upon request. Call us at 508-636-1100 for more information.

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Chicken Tortilla Soup
1-1/4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts1 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) chicken broth (or make your own)
1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes
1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 corn tortillas (6 inches), cut into 1/2-inch strips (I don't like corn tortillas so I used my favorite) ☺
Broil chicken 3-4 in. from the heat for 5-6 minutes on each side or until juices run clear. (Or cheat and use rotisserie chicken like I did)
In a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray (I used olive oil), cook onion and garlic until tender. Stir in the broth, tomatoes, beans, tomato sauce, tomato paste, chilies and seasonings. Shred chicken with two forks; add to soup. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes.
Meanwhile, place tortilla strips on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until crisp. Serve with soup. Yield: 8 servings (3 quarts).
Nutrition Facts: 1-1/2 cups equals 227 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 39 mg cholesterol, 818 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, 8 g fiber, 23 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2-1/2 very lean meat, 2 starch.
Cooking garlic and onion till tender
After everything has been added
Baking the tortillas
I garnished with sour cream and cilantro.
*Recipe from Taste of Home

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New horrors of the Dodd-Frank bill seem to come to light every day. The latest I’ve learned of is the concept of the “qualified mortgage” the bill codifies into law.
What’s a qualified mortgage? Congress has decreed that it’s one that adheres to these eight rules:
1. The mortgage amortizes. No option ARMs need apply.
2. It can’t result in a balloon payment that’s twice as large as the average of earlier scheduled payments.
3. The borrower’s income and financial resources must be verified and documented.
4. Underwriting is based on the full term of the loan, and takes into account taxes, insurance, and other related payments.
5. If it’s an ARM, underwriting must be based on the max rate permitted over the first five years and full amortization (including taxes, insurance, and other related payments).
6. The borrower’s debt-to-income ratio meets standards set by the CFPB.
7. Related fees can’t exceed 3 points.
8. Maximum term is 30 years.
Got all that? The law basically insists that lenders write only mortgages that are qualified under federal standards. So, for instance, a lender that writes a mortgage that that’s not qualified will face an onerous risk-retention requirement if it securitizes it. In addition, the lender can be held accountable for up to three years of interest payments and damages, plus attorney’s fees. Borrowers will receive special foreclosure protection. One size had better fit all, or else.
Ugh. This is the worst sort of nanny-state over-regulation. There’s a reason, believe it or not, that the financial industry makes a habit of inventing lending products that have varying features: individuals’ financial needs and profiles vary. Products that take account of those differences can benefit both the borrower and the lender. Take, for instance, a type of mortgage that came to be widely vilified in the wake of the housing blowup, the Alt-A. Alt-A mortgages were originally invented for—and fill a critical need of—would-be borrowers who can’t provide the standard 1099/paystub types of documentation needed in the course of applying for a standard 30-year loan. These individuals might be high-earning self-employeds, such as physicians. Or individuals (actors, say) who don’t draw a regular salary but are paid sporadically instead on a per-project basis. They can be very strong credit risks, but basically have a paperwork problem. Alt-A mortgages provide a way for these folks to get access to credit.
But with the passage of Dodd-Frank, lenders’ ability to develop new loan products to serve the needs of people like this will be severely constrained. This is not a good thing. It’s not good for the lending industry, which will now have, at the margin, fewer profitable opportunities to lend. It’s not good for the economy. And it’s not good for borrowers, who’ll now be forced into plain vanilla lending products whether they’re appropriate or not.
You object, and point out that, in the end Alt-As did come to be abused; to prevent similar abuse in the next cycle, some sort of regulation of mortgage products is warranted. I’ll stipulate that. But Congress, in its wisdom, might have considered stopping short of writing into federal law what an acceptable mortgage looks like.
There’s already no shortage of provisions of Dodd-Frank—the CFPB, for instance, and the bill’s lack of preemption of state laws—that will have the effect of restricting credit and slowing the economy. Word of Congress’s insistence that mortgages adhere to highly restrictive, inflexible codified standards is the latest. I’m afraid it won’t be the last.
What do you think? Let me know!

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Edgecore Networks, a leading provider of traditional and open network solutions for enterprises, data centers, and telecommunication service providers, today announce managed industrial PoE+/non-PoE Gigabit Ethernet switches, the ECIS4500 Series
, for industrial environments and intelligent transportation systems.
The ECSI4500 Series is equipped with an IP30 metal case design for industrial harsh environment conditions, the hardware comes with DIN Rail or wall-mount options, which are suitable for locating in plant or cabinet install spaces. The switches operate at a wide temperature range, from -40 degree C to 75 degree C, to meet demanding conditions and maintain outstanding performance at the same time. Meanwhile, the ECIS4500 Series supports E-Ring (Edgecore proprietary ring technology with a recovery time <20ms) that enables the network to detect and recover from incidents without impacting users, meeting the most demanding rapid recovery times when problems occur.
The ECIS4500 PoE switches deliver up to 30 watts of power per port along with data over standard Ethernet cabling. The switches can be used to power any IEEE 802.3af/at-compliant PoE PD devices, and include PoE power management features that ease the deployment effort and PoE power budget planning, as well as eliminating the need for additional wiring to reach a power source.
The Edgecore industrial switches are an excellent choice for industrial environments, intelligent transportation systems, utilities, and smart cities. Full redundant-ring technology creates fault-tolerant networks with high availability, and industry-standard technologies allow users to expand their industrial networks quickly and cost-effectively, while the rugged industrial-grade design ensures reliability and stability.
For more product information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org.
About Edgecore Networks
Edgecore Networks Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the leading network ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners and system integrators worldwide for data center, service provider, enterprise, and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is the leader in open networking, providing a full line of 1 GbE, 10 GbE, 25 GbE, 40 GbE, 50 GbE, and 100 GbE open and OCP switches that offer a choice of NOS and SDN software for data center, telecommunications, and enterprise network use cases. For more information, visit www.Edge-Core.com


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Heavenstrike Rivals is a free to play fantasy tactical TCG developed by Square Enix for iOS and Android. In Heavenstrike Rivals you will enter a world ravaged by war with ruthless monsters called the Fallen that seek to destroy the world. You will need to fight your way across Lunnain to save the Seven Sisters while collecting over 230 animated units to fight for your cause in an exciting singleplayer campaign.
In fierce multiplayer battles you can battle cooperatively or go head to head with other players from across the world, fighting to earn special rewards and units to play. Arena PvP battles will have different match types with special rules and ranked League matches that will allow you to climb your way up the PvP leaderboard.
Don’t take the advancements of the Fallen lightly. Become the hero that you’ve always wanted to be, strike back at the heavens, put the power of humanity on display.
- Status: Released
- Release Date: Feb 25, 2015
- Business Model: Free to Play
- Developer: Square Enix
- Publisher: Square Enix
- Category: Mobile
- Genre(s): 2D, RPG, Fantasy, Strategy
- Platforms: Steam, iOS, Android
- +Regularly hosted events.
- +Numerous unique characters.
- +New heroes added on a weekly basis.
- Recommended System Requirements:
- OS: Android 4.1 OR iOS 7.0
- HDD: 93.4 MB
- Description: In Heavenstrike Rivals you will enter a world ravaged by war and full of frightening monsters called the Fallen. You will need to fight your way across Lunnain to save the Seven Sisters while collecting over 230 animated units to fight for your cause.
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Using the latest software and hardware tooling we expect to be able to complete the tune in under three working days.
Using our services gives customers piece of mind when it comes to Tuning. When purchasing a ECU Remap from ChipTorque, warranty is included with cover against any mechanical failure that can be directly attributed to the modified software that is installed in the vehicle. (Some conditions apply)
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The Early Education Apprenticeship Program (EEAP) is an educational and career pathway building program. The first U.S. Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program for early educators in the State of Texas, the EEAP includes paid on-the-job-learning, coupled with educational courses and one-on-one coaching in the classroom from a Camp Fire mentor.
Other benefits include wage increases, stipends that recognize milestones, and earning up to 21+ hours of college credit. Completion of the EEAP requires 4,000 hours (2 years of employment) of on-the-job learning, completed at an approved place of employment, and 288 hours of coursework. Some prior work experience and course hours will be accepted in substitute for EEAP requirements.
Camp Fire is now accepting inquiries for interested Texas Rising Star quality rated sites, nationally accredited sites and interested child care teachers. Applications for apprenticeships will open beginning in January 2020. The inaugural EEAP group begins in August 2020.


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9-Year-Old Swims to Alcatraz and BackJune 15, 201600:45
Just keep swimming.
That's what helped 9-year-old James Savage brave strong currents and cold water Tuesday morning as he swam from the San Francisco shoreline to Alcatraz Island and back — a total distance of over two miles.
James — at just 4-foot-6 and 57 pounds — was able to set a record as the youngest swimmer to make the journey to the former prison, reported NBC affiliate KSEE.
By completing the grueling open water challenge, the fourth-grader from Los Banos, Calif., has broken a record previously held by a 10-year-old boy who completed the tiring trek last year.
James said that waves in the San Francisco Bay kept hitting him in the face 30 minutes into his swim and made him want to give up. A fleet of paddlers stayed by his side the entire time.
"I wanted to turn back and they kept yelling, 'I believe you can do it,'" James told KSEE.
James' coach, Josh Weinberger, was confident with all of the boy's training that he had the technique and fortitude to finish.
After making it through the first leg, "it was just smooth sailing all the way home, no trouble at all," Weinberger told KSEE.
And as an incentive to get the job done, James' father offered him a $100 reward — then doubled it to $200 after seeing how difficult a time his son had.
But James pressed forward, making it to Alcatraz and back in a little more than two hours.
With his newfound achievement, it turns out he's not done testing his limits. Next up, he said, something slightly easier: Swim the length of the Golden Gate Bridge, a distance of about 1.7 miles.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012 13:09 IST
Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya are finally spending some alone-time with their daughter Aaradhya in Goa
While Big B returned to Mumbai and was even spotted at the late Bal Thackeray's funeral on Sunday, the husband-wife duo has stayed back.
A source close to the family says, `Abhishek had flown his entire family by a chartered plane to Goa to celebrate Aaradhya's first birthday. After Big B and Jaya returned to Mumbai for some prior social commitment,
Abhi decided to stay back for a few more days.
Ever since Aaradhya was born, he has been busy travelling for work. He decided to use this opportunity to bond with his wife and daughter.`
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The Pittsburgh Pirates will get a boost this week, seeing two of their top players returning. Neil Walker has been a hot hitter this year, and is expected back on Tuesday. Gerrit Cole is expected to re-join the rotation this weekend. That combination means the Pirates will have to make a few moves this week. Those moves could include a decision on Travis Snider or Jose Tabata, and the demotion of one of three starting pitchers who are performing well. Here is a look at each situation, and the move that I would make to clear space on the roster for the returning players.
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Strangely, for a summer that should surely be made of entirely superfluous ‘beach reads’, where drippy Modern Women find there feet and stand up to their philandering husbands/ bosses/ bank managers etc etc ad naseum, the last few books I’ve read have been very intense.
I am blaming this entirely on my friend B. B knows about the Book Lust (poor chap had to live with it for a couple of years so knows more that most!) and that I cannot say no, unfortunately, neither can they. So when eight Mills and Boons turned up in a a skip outside B’s house, and I get a text saying ‘I’ve got a present for you’…well you can see where this is going.
‘The Highland Barbarian’ by Ruth Langan was great fun for a couple of days train read. Predictably inflammatory heroine Meredith’s father and betrothed are killed by the evil Barbarian Brice, who of course kidnaps her, storms of to his castle and reveals that he is actually not evil, and was set up, they fall in love and have lots of tender yet solid hanky panky on some furs. What really stood out for me in this incredibly researched and historically accurate tome was the guest appearance of non other than Mary Queen of Scots- for what historical romance is complete without a guest appearance from our favourite French hussy?
After this diversion I had to read something “serious”, and what more so than Orange Prize winner and massively best selling ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’ by Lionel Shriver.
Now I have to say, *This Review Contains Spoilers*, because its absolutely impossible to talk about WNTTAK without mentioning somewhere the main plot of the book, a mother’s worries and concerns over her teenage son, Kevin, who has killed 9 people in a high school massacre in 2000. The mother, Eva, is writing to her estranged husband, Franklin, about her life from before Kevin’s birth, when she was a jet setting business woman with a very successful publishing firm, to the present day, living in a small house near the prison her son is incarcerated in and working part time in a travel agency with a mixture of boring office types who flit from one piece of semi-topical water cooler banter to the next, their normality in stark contrast to Eva’s infamous son’s.
This book is absolutely fantastic. Although the writing style of the letters is rather “done”, Shriver puts a fresh twist on it by making her narrator both competent, eloquent and thorough, but at the same time admittedly incredibly unreliable. Unlike The Long Song by Andrea Levy, which I have also just finished, this device does not appear ‘tacked on’ but an intrinsic part of the content, and vital to the success of the book in that it really makes you think.
This book made me reconsider my wish to bear children. I am currently not a mother, but as a fertile hormonal twenty something it would be wrong of me to deny the thought of tiny feet had not crossed my mind with some seriousness on the odd occasion. This book genuinely terrified me. Shriver’s depiction of a clever, successful woman with whom I could in some way identify (she too over thinks everything, loves Victoriana and world travel, considers herself fairly liberal-at least more so than her quite frankly boorish and boring conservative Death-Of-A-Salesman husband (hate Franklin, hate him)), and how her world collapses with her inability to bond with her child, her child’s strange tendencies towards to psychotic, and her frustrations about the lack of support available from others, especially her useless husband, who does not believe her when she complains about her son’s behaviour, made for many sleepless nights considering the reasons I want to have children, and whether they are good enough. Eva has her son because she has reached a stage in her life when she feels she should have one. I do not want to get to that stage, I want to have a child out of love for it, because it would make me ‘complete’, thought whether that is morally right is looking increasingly ambiguous. I also do not want a child with a man I ‘love’ who then turns up to be as useless and pathetic as Franklin, which could quite easily happen. This genuinely terrifies me, and Shriver has brought all these semi-repressed feelings to the top of my head, using as simple a form as fiction. What an achievement.
Eva is complex and fascinating, she explores very deep emotions openly as possible. Although the book has received some criticism from some mothers that, as a woman who does not have children, Shriver has no ‘right’ to write about parenting so disparagingly, I believe that she is quite insightful. This is the sort of book I wish my mother was alive for, because you really want to ask ‘did you feel that with me? Was I that awful?’. I will definitely be recommending this book sparingly, as if you are pregnant, planning on being so, or easily swayed into reconsidering life choices by fiction then this book is not the one for you. It is a very worthy prize winner, because its so well written, although it did take me about 100 pages to really get gripped by (a lot of other reviews say the same thing, its definitely worth bending the 50 page rule for). This book has really got people talking, and if you are wanting a book to liven up your office then I’d say lend it round your colleagues because it definitely will. I wish almost it wasn’t so literaray, as the eloquent style may put off people for whom discussing the themes and events of this book might be really important and empathetic.
Ten out of Ten. Full Marks. Just be warned- it will change you.
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Ice Nucleating Protein Generator (RBS + InaZ [K584021] + Terminator)
The ice nucleation protein (INP) is a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol anchored outer membrane protein found in certain Gram-negative bacteria. inaZ is the gene responsible for producing the ice nucleation protein.
We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Gregory Gloor , for providing us with a plasmid (pUC1813ICE) which contains the ice nucleating protein gene inaZ.
To know more about the inaZ, it is suggested to read this article describing the usage of pUC1813ICE with the inaZ.
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC
- 21COMPATIBLE WITH RFC
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- 25Illegal NgoMIV site found at 664
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Illegal AgeI site found at 435
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- 1000Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 610
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At the USC Thornton School of Music, we celebrate our location in Los Angeles, the nation’s center for creativity and innovation. As the music profession changes, we are at the forefront of a forward-thinking educational model that prepares students for careers at the highest level as performers, composers, educators and industry leaders.
Explore stories from our Divisions of Classical Performance & Composition, Contemporary Music, and Scholarly & Professional Studies below.
LOS ANGELES: ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE
• Part of a growing trend, students across USC Thornton’s Classical Music & Composition division are forming new chamber ensembles and commissioning their classmates, professors and alumni to create and premiere original works across Los Angeles. READ MORE >
Bringing Music Behind Bars
Evan Pensis, a senior in the Keyboard Studies department, brought music to inmates at an Arizona State Prison.
We Heard Her Here, First
Soprano Yelena Dyachek ’16 was selected as a winner at the Grand Finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
“If you monitor the New York arts press, you will quickly understand that Los Angeles is hot. The coast-to-coast current has changed course: young painters, writers and musicians are flocking here.”
— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times music critic
PLAYING THE STAGE OF LEGENDS
• Some musicians go their whole lives without playing the Troubadour, the legendary West Hollywood hall of rock, but every spring seniors in the Popular Music program perform their original music on the same stage where Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, the Byrds, Elton John, Carole King and hudreds of others have played. READ MORE >
The Art of the Musical Director
When Karina DePiano came to USC, she didn’t know what a musical director was. Luckily, she enrolled in the Popular Music program.
“We prepare and expect students to work. I recommended a student to sub for me with a big band, and the leader decided he would keep on calling my student instead of me. I thought that was great. It’s thrilling to see your students excel.”
— Peter Erskine, director of Drumset Studies
CREATING A SPACE FOR ARTISTS
• It’s called the Eastside Café, but it isn’t a coffee shop. It’s a community gathering space in East Los Angeles hosting classes, exhibitions and music. Every Saturday, graduate student Angela Flores leads a traditional jam session. Through the USC Arts Leadership program, she is working with her community to convert a group of abandoned bungalows near the café into artists’ studios. READ MORE >
The Missing Maestro
Does a chamber orchestra need a conductor? Clarinetist and Arts Leadership student Benjamin Mitchell doesn’t think so.
Ask the Dean
Each week on Classical KUSC’s “Arts Alive” program, listeners pick the brain of USC Thornton Dean Robert Cutietta.
Bringing Music To Neighborhoods
Each year, more than 125 USC Thornton students provide music programming for more than 10,000 students and adults across Los Angeles.
“We study early music because there is a mistaken notion that old music is outdated. When you perform a piece of music, you are hearing the echoes of music and ideas that still resonate today. It feels alive.”
— Adam Gilbert, director of the Early Music Program


Budé produce custom containers designed to the specific needs of the customer.
The containers provide quick and ready to use living and working spaces. They are used to provide storage solutions and customized units for events and tradeshows. They can also be designed to provide specialized technical enclosures.
In all cases the containers are built in compliance with all standards: bearing capacity, stability, soundproofing, thermal insulation, fire resistance, chemical resistance etc.
For this project the customer required technical shelters to house signal and steering units for traffic control throughout Belgium.
The shelters were built to house highly technical equipment that needed to be protected from all weathers.
They were built to a unique specification for this project.
The customer wanted to be confident that the shelters would not be compromised and would protect the equipment for many years. The APAC guarantee was used to give this assurance.
Budé designed and build the technical shelters. Budé were responsible for the paint system application.
APAC member HEMPEL provided the 2 paint systems used.
The paint solutions provided the durable finish that had all the anti-corrosion features needed to qualify for the APAC guarantee.
1. Technical Shelter basements (black) [2 Layer System]:
1st layer : Hempadur Multi-Strength GF, NDFT 300µ (Oxide red)
2nd layer: Hempadur Multi-Strength GF, NDFT 300µ (black)
Total NDFT : 600µ
2. The Technical Shelters (RAL 1013) [3 Layer System]:
Preparation: Steelgrid blasting SA 2.5
1st layer: Hempadur Avantguard 750, NDFT 60µ
2nd layer: Hempaprime Multi 500, NDFT 120µ
3rd layer: Hempathane HS 55610, NDFT 60µ
Total NDFT : 240µ
The customer specified that the work obtained the 5 year APAC quality warranty.
To meet the terms and conditions for the APAC guarantee, Vinçotte carried out regular independent technical checks on site.
“These technical shelters were built to the highest specification as required by the customer. This included an anti-corrosion guarantee. APAC provided a number of technical inspections and the guarantee itself. This ensured that the customer got the quality assurance they required”.


"Formerly a blues / rock blaster in the manner of his early idols Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top, Corey Heuvel has shifted gears dramatically – and very effectively – on EVERS. It’s hard to believe that these warm, introspective acoustic tunes come from an artist who is only 18 years old. Whatever direction he takes next, we’ll be watching!"
Mark Rheaume, CBC Radio Music Resources
The sound of Corey Heuvel holds the richness of acoustic folk with tinges of alternative and blues, culminating in a dynamic indie style. Heuvel’s music is built around stunning and hypnotic guitar work, which lays the foundation for his sensitive yet powerful voice. His songs are as appropriate when performed alone or with the accompaniment of just about any other instrument imaginable. With the summer’s 2008 release of his 5-song EP titled "Evers", Heuvel is making sure his music is heard in any way he can.
Corey Heuvel’s music career began at the age of 7 when he first picked up the guitar. Within a few years, Heuvel began writing songs and crafting his guitar work around the genius of Jimi Hendrix and the virtuosity of Joe Satriani. Soon enough he was finding himself onstage at local venues in his hometown of Barrie, Ontario where he slowly began to make people take notice of his prodigious guitar skills. In his early teens, Heuvel began forming bands featuring his own songs and even finding the time to record demos of his electric guitar driven sound. As a result of the strong response surrounding him, Heuvel was invited to open for Canadian greats such as Trooper and Lighthouse. If that wasn’t enough, Canadian flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook invited Heuvel to join him onstage for an encore.
The vocal debut of Corey Heuvel came in the summer of 2006 when he and his blues-trio performed 40+ shows across southern Ontario. One particular show in Toronto caught the eye of industry veteran Tom Tremeuth (Big Sugar, Honeymoon Suite) who decided he wanted to record a full-length album with Heuvel. That fall and winter, Heuvel finished his 10-song debut album of electric driven blues/rock material titled "In Balance", and produced by Tremeuth.
As "In Balance" was in post-production stages, Heuvel began shifting his interests in music away from hard-edged blues and self-indulgent guitar solos to the more otherworldly sounds of Jeff Buckley and Joni Mitchell. Heuvel’s summer stay at Boston’s prestigious Berkelee College of Music in 2007 only amplified his newfound love for quiet, thought provoking music. When he returned from Boston, work began on a new acoustic style and a catalogue of more than 12 new songs erupted before the end of the year.
Heuvel spent the winter performing everywhere he could, including the legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. By spring it was time to begin work on a new project. Heuvel hit the studio in March of 2008 to self-produce a few of his recently written acoustic songs with acclaimed songwriter Dean McTaggart (Amanda Marshall, The Arrows) engineering and mixing the project. The result of the sessions is a 5-song EP that features Heuvel’s delicate guitar work, emotional vocals, piano and even mandolin. A soft cello is layered over a few of the tracks as well courtesy of Alyssa Wright. The meaningful songs are an honest representation of where Heuvel is at in his young life and where he hopes to be in the future. "Evers" delivers a subtle complexity that is comparable to the late Nick Drake and Scott Matthews. 23 minutes later and listeners will be aching for more and willed to play it again.


Electric or pneumatic operated control valves, globe,ball,and butterfly types.
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Wouter Witzel EuroValve has been a leading international manufacturer and supplier of high quality industrial butterfly valves and actuators. The products are used in pipelines as shut-off valves, control valves and non-return valves. A full range of manual control devices, actuators and accessories is available for specific conditions.


When you’re vice president of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) and the Backflow Prevention Institute (BPI), backflow preventers are your business. Sean Cleary has been in the business for over 40 years. He’s a licensed master plumber who’s worked in all phases of the cross-connection, plumbing and mechanical industries. He also knows a thing or two about containment and isolation.
According to IAPMO/BPI the backflow prevention dictionary defines containment (point of service) protection as a service connection backflow preventer that restrains water within the potable water plumbing system. Isolation means, “to place or keep by itself — separate from others.” The backflow prevention industry interprets this to mean individual fixture or appliance (point-of-use) protection.
Cleary says “If a jurisdiction has a very, very aggressive isolation program then containment protection may not be necessary. However, the problem across the United States is we simply don’t have aggressive isolation programs available.”
Why Facilities Need Containment Protection
“If you have an aggressive isolation program, you’re continually monitoring what’s going on inside residences or businesses,” Cleary says. “You have to have someone going in on a regular basis to do an isolation survey to make sure everything is still protected. But what we see across the country is that we don’t have enough personnel to do that.”
The plumbing code addresses backflow protection within a facility or residence — it does not require containment protection. Containment protection is mandated by the water purveyor or water supplier. But Cleary says, “Containment protection is necessary because it provides a line of defense against a facility backflowing into the public system. That’s why containment is so important. It’s the second line of defense.”
Public water systems often have limited budgets preventing them from having adequate staff to evaluate potential contamination sources. This is also true of most non-residential water customers. They often resist routine inspections of their water system — even if they’re required. As a result, most municipalities simply require containment protection at the service connection.
Containment AND Isolation Work Best
“The best way is to have containment and isolation programs working hand in hand,” Cleary says. “The plumbing code and the internal protection will be put in place when the buildings are built or remodeled or when new equipment is added.”
Cleary says all three of the model plumbing codes used in the United States say that every testable backflow preventer, whether installed for containment or isolation protection, should be tested when installed, repaired, or relocated, and at least once a year.
But a lot of isolation valves aren’t tested, so having containment protection becomes critical. “The higher the hazard, the more necessary (containment protection) is,” Cleary says. “When we get into industrial, medical facilities, waste and water-treatment plants we know that containment protection definitely belongs there.”
He continues, “If we don’t have the protection in place and don’t test and maintain the protection, we’re going to have issues.”
Cleary says people are much more in tune with what is going on with our water systems, but there is still a lot of work to be done. “We have to educate people that having a second level of protection can’t be a bad thing.”
Another way Cleary says you can ensure your backflow prevention device is providing the utmost protection is by placing it in an outdoor above-ground enclosure. This helps minimize flood risks. He says placing an approved backflow assembly in an outdoor enclosure also makes it easier to keep up with annual testing because it’s more accessible.
Ask the water jurisdiction to provide a standard detail for outdoor, above-ground backflow preventer installations. If you’d like to learn more about trends in backflow designs, our guide can help. Download “Trends in Backflow Preventer Valve Specification and Location” today.


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The summer markets are bursting with berries, stone fruit, and fresh tomatoes. With the overload of delicious blueberries and wild blackberries, e sometimes forget about the more humble harvests. Cabbage springs into season in summer and has a lengthy season lasting over 6 months depending on the climate. Cabbage is also packed full of antioxidants and is an easy addition to summer salads, BBQs and stir-fries. I’m sharing one of my favourite recipes -Creamy Summer Coleslaw Recipe with Yogurt Dressing, adapted from My New Roots Sarah Brittons’s Cookbook Naturally Nourished. Her version is a beautiful creamy autumn slaw, using seasonal Brussels sprouts and apple. I’ve revamped it to suit the summer months, showcasing one of the most undervalued vegetables on our shelves – cabbage of course.
“The impressive amount of antioxidant phytonutrients in cabbage is one key reason why cabbage intake is liked to decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. Red cabbage is especially high in anthocyanin which provides cardiovascular protection.”
I see many clients who have a hard time getting enough vegetables into their day. The minimum amount is 2 ½ cups of cooked vegetables per day or 5 cups of salad. Coleslaw is an easy way to switch up your salads in the summer and is also a great addition to any winter dinner, providing some raw food nutrition when soups and stews are in favour.
Health Benefits of Cabbage
Opt for red cabbage more often which is higher in the antioxidant anthocyanin, also found in other purple foods including blackcurrants, blackberries, and blueberries, as well as in aubergine (in the skin), cranberries, cherries and purple sweet potato. Anthocyanins not only offer cardiovascular protection but also have been linked to longevity, cancer prevention, and dementia. Some experts are now recommending 2 servings of purple fruit or vegetables per day.
Health Benefits of Parsley
Parsley is a great source of vitamin C, with a half a cup serving offering fifty percent of your daily needs. Unpasteurized apple cider vinegar contains beneficial bacterial cultures and can be helpful in managing gastric issues including indigestion. Purchase a good quality yogurt, ideally from grass-fed animals, which can boost the nutritional value of the yogurt making it richer in omega-3 fatty acids and beneficial conjugated linoleic acids (CLA).
Creamy Summer Coleslaw with Yogurt Dressing
For the slaw
- 1/3 cup almonds raw
- 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves and stems packed
- 1/2 pound green or red cabbage
- 2 carrots
For the dressing
- 4 tsp Dijon mustard
- 4 tsp apple cider vinegar unpasturised
- 2 tsp maple syrup pure
- ¼ cup yogurt plain
- 2 pinches fine sea salt
- 2 pinches fresh ground black pepper plus more as needed
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil optional
- Preheat the oven to 300F. Spread the almonds on a rimmed baking sheet in a single layer and roast until fragrant and slightly darker in colour, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Roughly chop the almonds and the parsley leaves, finely mincing the stems.
- While the almonds are roasting, wash and trim the cabbage, removing any damaged outer leaves. Slice them as thinly as possible using a knife or a food processor with the shredding attachment. Shred the carrots as well. Place in a large bowl.
To make the dressing
- Whisk together the mustard, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, yogurt, salt, and pepper. Add olive oil or water if you prefer your dressing runnier.
- Add the almonds and parsley to the cabbage and drizzle the dressing over top. Add a generous amount of black pepper and stir to combine before serving.
Make it dairy free: Use a non-dairy yogurt such as coconut yogurt.Recipe adapted from Naturally Nourished Cookbook
References for Creamy Summer Coleslaw Recipe with Yogurt Dressing
Rachel Dickens, The Conscious Dietitian, is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. She graduated with her Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics in 2010 from Griffith University. She strives to provide evidence-based nutrition information with a focus on plant-based nutrition, and share some of her favourite seasonal recipes and sustainable eating tips.


LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Adamu Ali, the nephew of Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, and two security operatives identified as Nura Sufyanu and Kabir Ali have died in a ghastly motor accident in Katsina State.
The incident took place at night on 17 March, in the Musawa Local Government Area of the State.
Masari’s Director General in charge of Social media, El-Amin Isa, and the spokesman for the Katsina Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the accident.
According to reports, the victims along with others were on their way to the Governor’s hometown, Kafur ahead of the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections.
Some Sources have attributed the accident to bad portions of the road in the area.
According to a source: “The victims were about to get to a bridge in the area on Friday night when they ran into bad portions of the road which forced the vehicle they were traveling in to skip and somersault, leading to their deaths.”
Three others who sustained injuries in the accident initially received treatments at the General Hospital, Malumfashi, before they were evacuated to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina.
Arrangements have reportedly begun for their burial later today as the Police spokesman said the bodies of the victims had been evacuated from the scene to a morgue in Katsina.
The Police spokesman said: “The accident happened on Friday night. The victims were going to Kafur, the governor’s hometown for the governorship and State House of Assembly elections. We have evacuated the bodies of the victims to Katsina.”


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Schlüter DILEX-EKE is a flexible single piece corner profile for interior Wall corners or wall/floor transitions.
U= Height in mm
O=Width in mm See Technical Picture
BW Bright White, G Grey, GS Black
HB Light Beige, SP Soft Peach, PG Pastel Grey
Schlüter®-DILEX-EKE and Schlüter®- DILEX-EF are single-Part corner profiles for interior Wall corners. If the Floor covering is not constructed as a floating screed, Schlüter®-DILEX-EKE and Schlüter®- DILEX-EF may also be used as Flexible Floor/ Wall transitions. The trapezoid perforated, lateral anchoring legs are firmly embedded in the Adhesive below the Tile covering. In the case of Schlüter®-DILEX-EKE, one of the anchoring legs forms a chamber for inserting cut Tile edges. In the case of Schlüter®- DILEX-EF, the Tiles abut the profile from both sides, leaving a uniform joint Space. The Tile surface can be either flush with the profile edge or up to approx. 2 mm lower, which allows for choosing a variety of Tile thicknesses. Completely fill the joint between the profile and the Tiles with Grout (or Partly with Tile Adhesive during installation). The visible movement zone is only 5 mm wide. It must be verified for individual projects whether this 5 mm zone is sufficient for the expected movements.

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About this book
Lily, from "Don't Want To Go", is back in a warm and glorious new picture book from Shirley Hughes. When Lily throws Bobbo on to the top of the school bus, she has no idea what an adventure he has in store. There's a race on to reunite Lily and Bobbo, while at the same time plenty of information all about school. In the grand tradition of "Dogger", this is a lost toy tale which is also immensely reassuring about starting school.
When Lily throws Bobbo onto the top of the school bus, she has no idea what an adventure he has in store. This book presents a race to reunite Lily and lost Bobbo, as well as learning all about school...
|Random House Children's Books|


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INEZ – Continuing to win, visiting Magoffin County shut out Martin County 12-0 in five innings in a 57th District baseball game on Wednesday, May 5.
Longtime rivals, Magoffin County and Martin County met for the first time in the 2021 high school baseball season.
Lucas Litteral pitched a one-hit shutout to lead Magoffin County to the district win. Strong from start to finish during the district baseball game, Litteral recorded a dozen strikeouts over five innings on his way to claiming the win on the mound.
The Hornets moved ahead early during the district game and never faltered. Magoffin County recorded a dozen hits.
Colin Litteral (1-for-2, two RBIs), Lucas Litteral (1-for-4, one RBI), Trenton Coleman (3-for-3), Ethan Salyer (2-for-5), Ian Prewitt (2-for-2, four RBIs), Kaden Back (1-for-4, one RBI), Caleb Howard (1-for-3, one RBI) and Caleb Wilson (1-for-3, one RBI) contributed at the plate for the Hornets.
Both Prewitt and Howard doubled in Magoffin County’s victory.
The Hornets blanked Martin County in the first of back-to-back district games between the two high school baseball teams.


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Who We Are
We are a local, non-profit 501(c)(3), Art Association that serves the city of Keizer, Oregon and adjacent communities providing:
- Monthly art education for children and adults of all skills and abilities from hobby to professional artists through unique art classes taught by professional, award winning artists and instructors.
- Display and Promotion of local original artwork through monthly art shows featured in our Enid Joy Mount Gallery.
- A marketplace for original artwork and products available at our Gallery “K”
All of these services are available at 980 Chemawa Rd. N, Keizer, Oregon.
Not everyone is an artist…but everyone can support local artists and art education by donating to Keizer Art Association! AND…you get to take a tax deduction because we are a 501(c)(3) organization! We will send you the tax donation form when we receive your donation. Get yours today!
Keizer Art Association was incorporated in 1977 by three founding volunteer members; Don Walton, Marge Bowder and Enid Joy Mount. Enid Joy Mount, a local teacher, was very determined that children have a chance to experience and create art. She helped them find clay in the natural environment (located under horsetail plants) and then make objects they could wood-fire with her help. We remain 100% volunteer! (Only the art instructors are paid!)
“The Keizer Art Association is organized to encourage the creation, understanding, and appreciation of arts in the community; to gather objects of art for display and interpretation; provide a marketplace for selling art, and to have as a final goal, the participation of members of the community as part of the total art education process.”
YOU can be an Art Supporter!
Thanks to the generosity of the community and Enid Joy Mount’s family and artistic grants, our organization continues to provide excellent artistic services with our monthly art shows; art classes and gift shop. YOU can help by:
- Make a cash donation.
- Become a member (individual or corporate.)
- Make an in-kind donation of goods or service.
- Sponsor a single or multiple class scholarship.
- Teach an original art class as a paid instructor.
- Purchase original artwork in our gallery or in our gift shop.

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Away We Go! An Exhibition of Vintage Travel Posters
May 13—October 17, 2010
Boston Public Library, Copley Square (Changing Exhibits Gallery)
In these days of high security, expensive gas, and lost luggage, can you imagine there was ever a time when travel was thrilling, special and exotic?
The Boston Public Library invites you to journey back to the early twentieth century, the “Golden Age of Travel.” Railways opened up America and Europe, luxe ocean liners introduced elegance into overseas voyages, and drivers took to the road in record numbers in their new automobiles. By the mid-1940s, new airlines crisscrossed the globe, winging adventure-seekers to far-flung destinations.
Travel agents and ticket offices during this period were festooned with vivid, eye-catching posters, all designed to capture the beauty, excitement and adventure of travel and to promote a world of enticing destinations and new modes of transportation. Individual artists gained fame for their distinctive graphic styles and iconic imagery, and many posters from this era still remain important works of art long after their original advertising purposes have faded.
The Boston Public Library is home to more than 350 vintage travel posters, most dating from the 1920s and 1930s. The library’s collections also include outstanding holdings of early postcards, travel diaries, maps, guidebooks and photographs related to travel.
Exhibition Gallery Images
Photography: © Chuck Choi


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Have you tried out the facility for online health advice via Patient Access? Patients can check symptoms and be signposted to web-based information about their condition. The Online Health Advice feature gives access to a wealth of medical information including articles and videos.
By filling in a simple health enquiry form, patients can read information on how to treat their symptoms and what to do next. The form will then come through to the surgery who will review the information provided and respond within 48 hours. If the information provided by the patient indicates an urgent need for medical attention, they will be directed appropriately.
How does it work?
Sign into or register for Patient Access at www.patientaccess.com. Search for your symptoms or condition and select the results that match.
Read through the relevant health information and guidance tailored to your results. Once you’ve read the advice, if you still need help, submit the details through the online form and a relevant staff member at the surgery will review it.
They will then advise if you need to contact elsewhere (999, NHS 111 or your pharmacy) based on your symptoms.
Did Not Attend (DNA) Policy
Patients failing to attend appointments is a huge and avoidable waste of valuable clinician appointments. This causes an increase in the waiting time for appointments, frustration for both staff and patients, a waste of resources and a potential risk to the health of the patient. Please ensure if you are not able to make your appointment, you cancel it in advance. Please read our DNA policy here for more information.
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Dwarka sub-city to have shuttle serviceJuly 15th, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Come September, the about one million residents of Dwarka here will have a shuttle service of low-floor air-conditioned buses within the sub-city.
“The decision has been taken to improve local transportation in Dwarka sub-city, which is home to about a million people. The service would also provide better connectivity from Dwarka to the Indira Gandhi International Airport,” Delhi Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said Wednesday.
“The need for this service was felt because Dwarka lacks a proper local public transport system and residents also find it difficult to travel within the sub-city because of paucity of autorickshaws. But, the new shuttle service, by going to all the sectors, would seek to address this problem effectively,” he added.
The minister said the government also decided to run a separate mudrika or ring-road bus service for east Delhi, home to about four million people, that would connect it to Khel Gaon area in south Delhi by the end of 2009.
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* Futures down: Dow 120 pts, S&P 15 pts, Nasdaq 34 pts
By Tanya Agrawal
Feb 2 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were lower on Tuesday after oil prices resumed their downward spiral, hit by worries about weak demand and rising supply.
* Oil prices were down about 3 percent as hopes for a deal between OPEC and Russia on output cuts faded with Goldman Sachs saying it was “highly unlikely”. Oil has fallen more than 70 percent since June 2014.
* Investors were also concerned about a China-led global economic slowdown and the pace of rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 has fallen 5.1 percent this year.
* Adding to concerns, consumer saving from cheap gasoline prices have failed to translate into higher spending as U.S. consumers increase their savings and choose to pay down debt rather than buy big-ticket items.
* Traders expect the Fed to scale back the number of rate hikes this year. They are pricing in only a 17-percent chance that the Fed will raise rates in March, according to CME Group’s FedWatch.
* Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer’s remarks on Monday seemed to calm some investors regarding the pace of future hikes. Fischer said the U.S. economy could suffer, with inflation remaining too low, if recent volatility in financial markets persists and signals a slowdown in the global economy.
* Fourth-quarter S&P 500 earnings are expected to have fallen 4.1 percent from a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters data. The estimate has improved since last week.
* Big names such as Exxon, Pfizer, United Parcel Services are scheduled to report results on Tuesday.
* Alphabet shares jumped 4.9 percent to $808.76 in premarket trading, a day after the internet giant’s quarterly profit handily beat estimates. Alphabet surpassed Apple as the most valuable U.S. company. Apple was down 0.8 percent at $95.65.
* Mattel was up 7.5 percent at $28.76 after the toy maker reported a surprise rise in quarterly net sales, its first increase in over two years.
* Dow Chemical was up 2.4 percent at $43.60 after the company reported a 6.5 percent rise in quarterly operating profit.
Futures snapshot at 6:56 a.m. ET (1156 GMT):
* Dow e-minis were down 120 points, or 0.73 percent, with 34,189 contracts changing hands.
* S&P 500 e-minis were down 15 points, or 0.78 percent, with 208,263 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 33.5 points, or 0.78 percent, on volume of 33,451 contracts. (Reporting by Tanya Agrawal; Editing by Don Sebastian)


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Start your day, in a healthy way
Discover Zùsto’s granola with delicious Belgian dark chocolate & nuts, flavored with a subtle hint of vanilla aroma. This Granola is irresistible and tailor-made for every granola & chocolate lover. Moreover, our granola is handmade in Belgium with whole grains.
Why we developed this product
Granola usually contains around 11% up to 25% sugars and more.
An average serving size of 50 grams, thus corresponds to a daily intake of 10 grams of added sugars – and then the day has only just begun.
Fans of granola thus consume 3,6 kg of added sugars annually, or 14.600 kcal per year.
That is 10 times more sugar than Zùsto’s granola, which only contains naturally occurring sugars.
With Zùsto’s granola, we not only aim to stop over-consumption of sugar (and the health consequences linked to it), but also to make it a positive and healthier experience, with its high & diversified content of healthy fibers. Indulgence without guilt.
For instance, despite using healthy grains, most granolas in the market contain only 7-8% fibers. By using Zùsto Sugar Substitute, our granola contains no less than 21% healthy fibers. That’s more than double!
Zùsto’s fibers are also very varied, optimizing & combining both digestive tolerance (digestibility) and health benefits.
Read more about Zùsto’s fibers here.
Finally, Zùsto’s granola is some 13% lower in caloric value than the average granola, and contains a healthy dose of protein.
So not only do you start the day without the added sugars, but you also start it with a healthy dose of fibers! Tasty granola, without guilt.
Enjoy your breakfast of Champions!
Curious about other healthier ways to start the day?
Discover Zùsto’s delicious and soft hazelnut spread here, as a basis for a healthy breakfast.
Oat flakes, flaxseed, sunflower seeds, Zùsto 14% (Polydextrose, fibers of plant origin and sweeteners (erythritol, isomalt, sucralose)), Zùsto dark chocolate 8% (cocoa mass, Zùsto sugar substitute (polydextrose, fibers of plant origin and sweeteners (erythritol, isomalt, sucralose)), skimmed cocoa powder, cocoa butter, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin (E322), natural vanilla flavor, tree nuts 4% (almonds, hazelnuts).
Nutritional values (per 100 g)
Energy: 395 kcal
Fat: 14 g
– of which saturated fats: 3,1 g
Carbohydrates: 44 g
– sugars: 1 g
Protein: 12 g
Fibers: 21 g
Salt: 0 g


TECO Maritime Group
TECO Maritime provides a comprehensive range of individual and integrated solutions. We specialize in the prefabrication and installation of equipment and steel, technical installations retrofit, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and Ship repair.
TECO Tech is a newly established innovative engineering and equipment development company with focus on the maritime and offshore industry. Our core objective is to identify and develop high quality, cutting edge and cost-effective solutions to significantly reduce air- and sea pollution.
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If your music library is brimming with unique tunes that you can't find on typical music streaming services, it can be frustrating to not have the freedom to listen to them on your Google Home or Chromecast devices. Fear not, music aficionado, as we bring you a simple and free solution to cast your favorite tracks from your Windows 11 or macOS machine to your Google devices.
Turning Google Chrome into Your Personal DJ
The secret to streaming your own music files lies within the versatile Google Chrome browser. It not only serves as your gateway to the web but also doubles as a basic media player that can cast various audio formats—including MP3, FLAC, WAV, and many more—straight to your Google devices.
How to Cast Music from Windows 11 and macOS to Google Home or Chromecast
Here's a detailed walkthrough that illustrates how you can convert your Google Home or Chromecast into your private concert using a Windows 11 or macOS device:
Step 1: Prepare Your Music Files
Ensure your music files are readily accessible. Google Chrome can handle various audio formats like MP3, FLAC, and WAV.
Step 2: Play the File via Google Chrome
Right-click on the file, navigate to 'Open with', and then select 'Google Chrome.' Your chosen audio file will begin playing in a new Chrome tab.
Step 3: Activate Casting
Click the three dots (Chrome menu) on the top right corner of your browser, then select 'Cast.' A dropdown will appear, showcasing your available Google Home devices.
Step 4: Choose Your Google Home Speaker Group
Under the 'Cast to' tab, select your desired Google Home device or speaker group. Voila! Your music will start resonating from the selected Google Home speakers.
Remember: Google Chrome does not automatically play the next song in your library. You'll have to manually select and cast each subsequent song.
Casting Music from Android and iOS Devices to Google Home or Chromecast
While the core focus of this guide is casting from a PC, you can also use your Android or iOS devices to stream music. However, a more efficient method than using Chrome would be to employ a dedicated media player app that supports casting, such as VLC. Here's the optimized approach:
Download VLC for Mobile, a free, open-source media player app compatible with various file formats and supportive of casting.
Import your music files into VLC. Tap on the folder icon in the app and navigate to the music files on your device.
Initiate casting. Tap the cast icon (a display with radiating waves) in the app. A list of nearby devices ready for casting will appear.
Select your Google Home or Chromecast device. Once connected, you can manage the volume, play, pause, or switch tracks directly from the VLC app.
Note: Always ensure your mobile device and your Google Home or Chromecast device are on the same Wi-Fi network for seamless casting.
Introducing Plex: A Superior Alternative for Autoplay Enthusiasts
For those desiring an uninterrupted music experience with playlist autoplay, Plex can be a game-changer. Plex is a robust media server application that casts your music library to your Google devices while fully supporting playlist features. Let's set the stage for Plex:
- Install Plex server application on your PC and create a Plex account.
- Add your music library to Plex. The application will catalogue your files for easy access.
- Download and open the Plex app on your phone and log in using your Plex account.
- Your music library will now be available from your phone, ready to be cast to your Google devices directly via the Plex app.
Armed with these instructions, you now hold the power to stream your unique music collection from your Windows 11 or macOS PC, or even your Android or iOS mobile devices, to your Google Chromecast or Google Home devices. Whether you opt for the simplicity of Google Chrome or prefer a more feature-rich experience with Plex, the control of your musical ambiance is in your hands. Let the symphony play!


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In which two mates get drunk on rum and discuss Star Wars:The Force Awakens. They also touch upon the death of Lemmy (RIP) and the disapointing Doctor Who Christmas special, The husbands of River Song.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams.
It is the first installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy and the seventh installment of the main Star Wars film franchise, following Return of the Jedi (1983).
The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow.
The Husbands of River Song is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. First broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2015, it is the eleventh Christmas special since the show’s revival in 2005. It is written by Steven Moffat and directed by Douglas Mackinnon.
The podcast can be accessed via different places, including Audioboom, Tunein, Miro, Stiticher, Blubrry, Player fm and Itunes.
Martyn – @BadWilf
Pete – @BeeblePete
Gerrod – @Nerdthro_P
Now, I hate referencing the daily mail. But according to them, director Gareth Edwards and Lucasfilm might be digitally resurrecting Peter Cushing for Rogue One. Peter Cushing originally played Grand Moff Tarkin, in Star Wars:A New Hope.
Rogue One revolves around the heist of the Death Star plans for the Rebel Alliance.
Tarkin was a high-ranking officer, whom played a pivotal part in the construction of the Death Star. He was also the only person on board that could mouth-off to Darth Vader. So it does make sense to include him.
The report states that Peter Cushing would be brought back to life via mo-cap technology, so presumably we’ll have another actor, with Peter Cushing digitally pasted on top. Much like they did with Paul Walker in Fast and Furious 7.
A source said:
“This is one of the most complex and costly CGI re-creations ever. Cushing is a pivotal plot line as he was the one to create Darth Vader and there’s a whole back story that will come out.”
Obviously, this is a news story from The Daily
Fail Mail, so take it with a pinch of salt.
I think it would be interesting to see Tarkin back on the big screen, Mo-Cap technology has come a long way in the past fifteen years. It won’t be long until every working actor submit’s a digital copy of themselves to a database.
Whilst they’re bringing back Peter Cushing, maybe we could finally get the third Dr.Who movie.
Yesterday Lucasfilm announced there would be a Han Solo anthology movie, focusing on the adventures of the young scruffy looking nerf herder. Now, it seems that Lucasfilm’s other big Comic-Con announcement has leaked online.
Now, the photo could be faked. But apparently someone working at San Diego comic con managed to snap this pic of LucasFilm’s full line-up.
The two interesting things here are the confirmation of the much rumoured Obi-Wan Kenobi solo film called Kenobi: The Balance of the Force and the Fett/Solo Anthology film.
Like I said, it was announced that Han was getting his own movie. But now it looks like Fett will also appear.
Like most people, I had my problems with the prequels. But Ewan McGregor was not one of them. It would be awesome so have him reprise his role. There’s certainly a story to tell.
Rumours were flying around after Josh Trank failed to appear at Star Wars celebration, at the panel he was meant to attend with the Rogue One director, Gareth Edwards. Trank’s people said he had the flu and was regrettably unable to attend. But it now seems there was more to that story.
Disney/Lucasfilm have confirmed that Trank is no longer involved in the second Star Wars Anthology (that’s spin-off to us laymen’s).
The studio said:
“It was a privilege to collaborate with Josh. We are grateful for the energy and love of Star Wars that he brought to the process, and we wish him all the best”.
Personally, I was excited to see what Trank would bring to the Star Wars universe and I’m sad to see him leave.
“After a year of having the incredible honour of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I’m making a personal decision to move forward on a different path. I’ve put a tremendous amount of thought into this, and I know deep down in my heart that I want to pursue some creative opportunities. That said, the Star Wars universe has always been one of my biggest influences, and I couldn’t be more excited to witness its future alongside my millions of fellow Star Wars fans. I want to thank my friends Kathleen Kennedy, Kiri Hart, Simon Kinberg, and everyone at Lucasfilm and Disney for the amazing opportunity to have been a part of this. May the Force be with you all.”
It’s still unknown if Billy Dee Williams will be returning for Star Wars:The force awakens, personally I think they’re holding off using him until episode 8. He first appeared in the second of the original trilogy, it would be a nice touch to have him re-appear in the second of the new trilogy.
But if you can’t wait for your Lando fix, then good news. He will appear in the eleventh episode of Series 1. The episode is called “Idiot’s Array” and sees Zeb lose Chopper in a game of Sabacc to Lando Calrissian.
I can’t wait to see Lando back in action, Williams is now the third original trilogy star to reprise their role. James Earl Jones and Frank Oz have previously appeared as Darth Vader and Yoda respectively.
In which Martyn and Gerrod record the podcast for an audience of one, they discuss Birdman (spoiler-free), Star Wars:The force awakens and the normal amount of waffle.
The podcast can be accessed via different places, including Miro,Stiticher, Blubrry, Player fm and Itunes.
A rumoured basic plot outline for episode VII has been doing the rounds online.
Do not read on if you’re planning to see episode VII completely fresh.
John Boyega and Daisy Ridley play two friends who find a severed hand holding a lightsabre.
They recognise the object as an old relic of the Jedi and set off to return it to the proper people. On the way, they meet Han and Chewie who recognise that the lightsabre belongs to Luke, whom they haven’t seen for thirty years.
The foursome then set off looking for the fallen Jedi master.
Meanwhile, a weapon capable of destroying an entire solar system is being developed on an ice planet.
I would certainly say that that plot sounds very plausible, it completely blows out the speculation that Ridley is a young Solo.
The very reliable Latino Review are reporting that British actress Christina Chong has been cast in Star Wars Episode VII.
She has appeared in numerous UK TV shows including, Fresh Meat, The Wrong Mans and also made an appearance in the Kick-Ass films. She’s perhaps best known to Sci-Fi fans for her role as Lorna Bucket Doctor Who’s “A Good Man Goes to War”.
She also owns a restaurant.
Her role in Star Wars has not yet been revealed.
It’s well documented that Kevin Smith is a die hard Star Wars fan, he has referenced the franchise in nearly all of his films.
Smith is currently in the UK, touring two of his many podcasts and was invited along to the set by JJ Abrams.
Due to the NDA (non disclosure agreement) that he had to sign, he couldn’t reveal any details of the film. But he did put out this picture on his Instagram account with the following text.
“Visited JJ and his EP VII set. I signed the NDA so all I can share are this old Bantha-Tracks subscriber’s tears and snotty nose of joy. The Force is WITH this movie. Holy Sith…”
Smith mentioned on the most recent episode of Hollywood babble-on, which was record before the visit:
“I got an Email about a month ago from a dude who was like ‘Hey Kev, we haven’t talked in a while. Been thinking about you.
We just started shooting in the desert, man. We’re heading over to London, if you’re gonna be in London, then blow me up and roll up on the set, man’.
signed JJ Abrams.
So I hit him back and I was like, ‘I am gonna be in fucking England. I’m coming over to do some shows with my friend Ralph’.
So he was like ‘oh great, then you’ve gotta come stop by the set’.
So, I was just like, wow. How easy was this? I didn’t have to ask, he hit me up out of nowhere and shit.
And I’m sitting there going, I don’t know him that well. So I started second guessing it and I was like you know what, I’ve gotta see if this is legit. So I wrote him back an email and I was like
‘I just checked in with your office, so I’m all set to visit. But just in case, I wanna put this out there just in case you hit the wrong Kevin in your address book, this is Kevin Smith. The Clerks guy’
and he wrote back the perfect email, just a two letter response ‘oh fuck’.”
We’ve long assumed that Andy Serkis would play a mo-caped character in Star Wars: Episode VII.
In a recent interview with Sci-Fi Now, the man himself said that his company, The Imaginarium, will be doing all of the mo-cap work for the film. Although he doesn’t confirm if he is playing a mo-cap character.
“It’s extraordinary. I grew up with Star Wars and was a massive fan of the original films. I never imagined in a million years that I’d be engaging with this. It’s just come about so organically.
“J.J. Abrams and I met, and we just had this incredible kind of vibe between us. He said, ‘You’d fit really well in this universe,’ and I said, ‘I think I probably could.’ We’re working very closely, as I say, in two ways: the Imaginarium is providing all of the performance characters, and I myself am playing a character in it.
“I’m thrilled, deeply excited. Sitting at that read-through the other day was just extraordinary. It was an amazing event; being with the original cast was just incredible. I just think the script is so wonderful, and both the old and the newbies in the cast are just so thrilled and excited to get together.”
I’m excited by his casting, Serkis is the pioneer of motion capture acting.


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In the early morning of April 21, Apple held a special event with the theme of “Spring is here”, which was streamed live online. At this spring event, Apple refreshed its iPad lineup, introducing products like the new iPad Pro. The 2021 iPad Pro comes with major performance and screen upgrades.
The new iPad Pro is powered by Apple’s own M1 chip, which takes the iPad Pro to a whole new level of performance, increasing CPU power by 75 times and GPU performance by 1,500 times compared to the original iPad. With the M1, the iPad Pro is faster than any other iPad in the world, and more efficient than any other, so it’s a neat blend of power and portability that allows it to stay thin and light while still delivering all-day battery life.
This time, the new iPad Pro has 5G cellular connectivity, downloading speeds up to 3.5Gbps, and users can use it directly outdoors for live streaming or on-line meetings, all the while being productive. At the same time, the new iPad Pro can support up to 2TB super flash memory, using USB-C physical interface, supporting Thunder 4 Type-C interface, it can achieve super fast storage.
The new iPad Pro is available in 12.9-inch and 11-inch versions. The 12.9-inch version features a Liquid Retina XDR screen (Mini-LED) that offers better brightness, with a full screen brightness of 1,000 nits and a peak brightness of 1,600 nit. With a contrast ratio of 100,000 to 1, the screen provides vivid detail. At the same time, advanced display technologies such as P3 wide gamut, raw color display and PROMOTION adaptive refresh rate are also available.
In addition, the new iPad Pro has a new Face ID front-facing camera with an ultra-wide-angle lens that keeps the user in the center of the screen to track the camera during video calls.
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On the price front, the 11-inch iPad Pro starts at $799 and the 12.9-inch version starts at $1,099. The new iPad Pro has gone on sale in China, starting at Rmb6,199, with orders starting on April 30 and going on sale in mid-to-late May.
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Post something that will make you say “WTF?” This is the “Yukkuri Shiteitte ne!” meme singing “I Will Always Love You”.
Y’know, speaking of anime “WTF”…
It was weird.
The final battle of Gurren Laggan.
As epic as it is, I’m always shocked about the physics. How can a robot throw a galay at you??
When I first saw this…


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A recent Texas Medical Board order suspending a Houston physician shows the serious consequences that can result if a physician subject to an order fails to comply.
Board’s Suspension of Dr. Theresa Cachuela Rice
In September, 2011, the Board automatically suspended the license of Houston doctor Theresa Cachuela Rice, M.D., requiring Dr. Rice, 79, to immediately cease practicing medicine in Texas after Dr. Rice failed to complete Continuing Medical Education and to take and pass the Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam as stipulated by a previous March 2010 Order.
In March 2010, the Board and Dr. Rice entered into an Agreed Order requiring Dr. Rice to: pass, within one year from the date of the entry of the Order, the Texas Medical Jurisprudence Examination within three attempts; complete 24 hours of CME within one year; and pay an administrative penalty of $1,500 within 60 days of the date of the entry of the Order.
The 2010 Order was based on the Board’s finding that Dr. Rice: failed to meet the standard of care; aided and abetted the practice of medicine by a person not licensed by the Board; and failed to supervise adequately the activities of those acting under her supervision.
In its 2010 decision, the Board considered as a mitigating circumstance that Dr. Rice was one of several doctors duped by a Nigerian businessman who had a history of fraudulent activity. At that time, the Board elected not to suspend Dr. Rice subject to her completion of continuing medical eduction (CME) and fulfillment of other terms.
The Board’s announcement of the suspension of Dr. Rice does not provide any information about the reasons or circumstances underlying the alleged failure by Dr. Rice to fulfill the terms of the Board’s order. According to the announcement, however, Dr. Rice will have the opportunity to appeal her automatic suspension.
Physicians Should Take Seriously Board Charges & Orders
While most physicians that become subject to a disciplinary order of the Board generally comply, from time to time, some physicians do not. Because of the potential severity of the consequences for failing to comply with a Board order, physicians facing discipline need to fully understand the charges leveled against them, the expectations of the Board regarding the past behavior of the physician, and the Board’s expectations about the physician’s action and future conduct as soon as possible after charges are first leveled to the Board. While many physicians agreeing or subjected to discipline by the Board or another disciplinary body often do not fully agree with the discipline, most understand the need to comply with the order and adjust their behavior to ensure their ability to demonstration that compliance to the Board.
Frequently, physicians under disciplinary investigation by the Board may feel the charges leveled against them are unjustified or otherwise disagree with criticisms regarding the physician’s behavior. When this is the case, before deciding how to respond to the charges in question, it is important that the physician carefully and objectively review the conduct underlying the charges with qualified counsel in light of board rules and other standards of care to assess the likelihood that the Board can be persuaded to agree with the physician’s perspective or if not, what other response the Board is likely to have to the conduct under review. When making these evaluations, it is critical that the physician exercise caution to ensure the objectiveness of this analysis.
Whether negotiating a voluntary consent order or considering whether and how to discipline a physician following a hearing where the Board finds fault with the conduct under review, the Board’s perception about the culpability of the actions of the physician, the physician’s acceptance of the need for changes in conduct and the likelihood that the physician will make the required change and comply with the Board ordered corrective action and other Board rules going forward play heavily into the decision of what discipline is ordered.
When it feels the inappropriateness of the conduct to be relatively clear, the Board is likely to view the persistence of a physician in contesting the charges as reflecting the physician’s failure to accept responsibility for his or her misconduct as well as an indicator that the physician is unlikely to comply with the Board’s expectations in the future. For this reason legal counsel for a physician often might recommend that the physician consider seeking to negotiate a voluntary consent order with the Board when the legal counsel is concerned that the Board might find fault with the conduct of the physician.
While genuine contrition and a commitment to work to improve compliance going forward may help mitigate Board discipline exposures at the time expressed, a physician pursuing this strategy must be prepared to in fact comply with the orders of the Board and adjust his or her behavior accordingly. As reflected by the Board’s action against Dr. Rice, the Board rarely is sympathetic or lenient when it determines that a physician fails to comply with a Board order. Consequently, physicians entering into a voluntary consent order with the Board or subject to an order imposed by the Board should make every effort to understand and fully comply. If legitimate circumstances beyond the control of the physician subsequently prevent or undermine the ability of the physician to comply with the order, the physician immediately should consult with counsel regarding the potential to modify the order or other actions that are required or advisable to mitigate the potential sanctions from the Board for failing to comply.
Physician Personal Misconduct Topic of Stamer’s 9/27 HCMS CME Program
While the Board’s announcement about the suspension of Dr. Rice does not indicate any facts or circumstances at this time surrounding her noncompliance, a review of published Board actions reveals that in many instances, physicians that incur follow up discipline for failing to comply with Board orders often are impacted by a physical or mental condition, substance abuse or other circumstance impairs the ability of the physician to appreciate the need to comply or his or her ability the conform behavior to the required expectation.
Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will discuss licensing board, peer review, tort and other exposures arising out of sexual, substance abuse, or other personal misconduct issues affecting physician and other health care providers in a program entitled “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n Role” for the Harris County Medical Society Central Branch on October 27, 2011. To register or for other details, see here.
For More Information Or Assistance
If you need assistance conducting or reviewing or responding to a medical licensing board, peer review or other health care quality investigation or concern or with other health care related risk management, compliance, enforcement or management concerns, the author of this update, attorney Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, may be able to help. Vice President of the North Texas Health Care Compliance Professionals Association, Past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Section and the former Board Compliance Chair of the National Kidney Foundation of North Texas, Ms. Stamer has more than 24 years experience advising health industry clients about these and other matters. Her experience includes advising hospitals, nursing home, home health, rehabilitation and other health care providers and health industry clients to establish and administer compliance and risk management policies; prevent, conduct and investigate, and respond to peer review and other quality concerns; and to respond to Board of Medicine, Department of Aging & Disability, Drug Enforcement Agency and other health care industry investigation, enforcement and other compliance, public policy, regulatory, staffing, and other operations and risk management concerns.
A popular lecturer and widely published author on health industry concerns, Ms. Stamer continuously advises health industry clients about compliance and internal controls, workforce and medical staff performance, quality, governance, reimbursement, and other risk management and operational matters. Ms. Stamer also publishes and speaks extensively on health and managed care industry regulatory, staffing and human resources, compensation and benefits, technology, public policy, reimbursement and other operations and risk management concerns including a number of programs and publications on OCR Civil Rights rules and enforcement actions.
Her insights on these and other related matters appear in the Health Care Compliance Association, Atlantic Information Service, Bureau of National Affairs, World At Work, The Wall Street Journal, Business Insurance, the Dallas Morning News, Modern Health Care, Managed Healthcare, Health Leaders, and a many other national and local publications. You can get more information about her health industry experience here. If you need assistance with these or other compliance concerns, wish to inquire about arranging for compliance audit or training, or need legal representation on other matters please contact Ms. Stamer at (469) 767-8872 or via e-mail here.
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