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The photo theme for this Thursday is “MUSIC” (Bands, Musicians, Instruments, iPod, Headset,…)
India has a very rich heritage of music be it folk, classical, semi classical , devotional or light music. Some of the musical instruments have evolved over centuries and are integral part of the Indian music scene. The earliest history of music can be traced to vedic ages over two thousand years back.
Indian music developed from ritualistic in association with folk music and other music forms and gradually derived its own musical characteristics.
This picture is part of a folk music festival at Dilli Haat ( Delhi). The musicians from Rajasthan had come to play along with their folk dancers and other artists.
Dholak , Dhol and Harmonium are used widely in Indian music especially folk and devotional music.
Harmonium is widely used in accompanying the human voice in devotional singing, wedding songs etc. Even in the Qawalli music. Infact it is the sole instrument used by Qawwals and has received international fame It belongs to the family of free Reed Aerophones. One can find a harmonium in almost every temple, gurudwara across the globe. It is not an Indian musical intruments and was brought by French missionaries in mid 19th century to India. It is a wind instrument.
The North Indian Dholak and dhol are used by bards . Dholak is the basic version of dhol. Both are percussion instruments . Here we have a small dhol and a bigger one . Dholak has different size heads of both side of the barrel but dhol has equal size heads. One side of the dhol has high pitch and the other low pitch.
In Rajasthan the folk musicians use simple basic instruments which are usually self sufficient. Dhol and dholak add basic rhythm to the music. It is one of the most important and widely used instrument of the royal Rajasthan.
As children we loved to play harmonium and dholki during weddings and other festival. These musical gatherings were a special way of bonding and celebrating life. Even today it is a joy to watch these exceptionally talented folk musicians perform.

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Growing crops for export is one of the fastest-growing agricultural businesses in the United States.
But the challenges are daunting.
In the past few years, a wave of agribusinesses have found success growing crops for domestic use without the help of a licensed processor.
They have grown into more than 70,000 farms, with some producing up to half of all the food consumed in the U.S. and more than $600 billion a year in agricultural sales.
But those farms can be difficult to navigate if you have trouble identifying the right growers, and it can be costly.
Here’s how to grow food and sell it safely, and with more ease than ever before.1.
Use a registered processor to grow your own food.
If you’re growing food yourself, you don’t need a license to grow or sell it.
But if you want to sell it, you do.
Here are the rules for doing that.
The U.K.-based Global Food Security Network (GFSN) is a group that promotes a market for the export of food, agricultural products and products for human consumption.
It is registered to cultivate and sell food and other products in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other countries.
But it is not registered to produce or distribute any food.
The only requirement is that it be a registered farm.
The group is registered with the U,D.C. State Department.
The Global Food Safety Network also is registered in the European Union, according to the U.,D.A., Department of Agriculture.
That means the group is exempt from U.N. sanctions.
But you don’s need a registered food processor to sell your food.
That’s not necessarily true in the world of food.
Many states do not require processors to register.
If you have an existing business in one of those states, you can simply use that processor to produce the food you want.
In some cases, though, you’ll have to buy the raw materials and equipment needed to produce your food from the registered processor.
In other cases, you need to find a qualified vendor to process the food.2.
Buy food directly from a registered grower.
The most common way to grow a crop in the field is to buy it directly from the farmer.
The most common method is to hire a grower who can help you grow your crop from seed to harvest.
There are also a variety of companies that offer these services.
The USDA has a list of the most common types of grower-supplied food.3.
Buy from a state-approved farm supply store.
In the U .
S., a state is responsible for certifying the food supply chain for products sold in that state.
That certification process usually requires a farmer to apply for and receive the necessary licenses from each state’s agricultural regulators.
A state has to certify food products that it can sell in a number of different ways, and some states require the certifier to obtain the same type of licenses for the whole country.
The certification process can take years.
To do this, a state must develop a program for managing and overseeing the food and farming industry.
That program includes a food safety office, an independent audit organization and the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The program must also include a process for certifiers to verify that the food products they are certifying meet all of the requirements for food safety and that there are no adverse health effects from eating them.
If a state doesn’t have one of these programs, you may need to get a local food safety inspector to certify the food that you buy from a licensed grower or a certified food processor.
You’ll also need to make sure the grower meets the state’s requirements to operate and sell its food.4.
Buy directly from local farmers.
You can also grow your food locally.
But you may have to do a little bit of research.
You can visit a local farm store and pick up a variety (or none) of foods, and you can also order them directly from suppliers.
You will need to pay the seller a fee to do this.
In some cases the seller may also need a permit from the USDA or another state agency to sell the food at your farm.5.
Don’t buy processed foods from a certified growerThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a program that helps consumers avoid buying products from licensed growers and processors.
You may also want to consider purchasing from a private label company, which is registered by the state and certified by the USDA.
You should contact your state’s food safety authority to learn about these products and whether they meet all the state regulations.6.
Avoid buying from a food processorIf you do decide to buy food from a processor or grower, make sure that the processor or farmer meets the rules set forth in the Food Safety Act.
You must also keep track of the processors and growers you’ve purchased from and be sure they are complying with the

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We haven't gotten our hands on a copy of the new book yet, but after reading the book's opening lines as quoted by the Free Press, we'll have to give those pages a turn. "We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car." Ouch.
The book also points out some things that Iacocca has done that he now probably regrets. According to the Free Press, he criticizes former Chrysler CEO Bob Eaton for not fighting for a true merger, but he also points out that he chose Eaton to be his successor in 1992. Iacocca also touches on what he thinks would happen if Chrysler was sold, saying that the company would become "a shell" of its former self.
When you've done as many great things as Lee Iacocca, you get to say just about anything you want. From what we've seen already from his new book, Iacocca is freely exercising that right.
[Source: Detroit Free Press]


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Hello Fortunica Family!
I hope the previous week was blessed for all. This week we have another beautiful message from our Magical Unicorns Oracle –
Put your energy into the basics and let go of the excess.
This card asks you to pull back from all those complex thoughts creating all the chaos in your mind and focus on the facts and what you know for sure. IT asks you to take a step back from all the imagined scenarios, the “what ifs” that are going around your mind and center yourself. Come down to the facts of the situation you are facing. Ask yourself – “What do I want?” “What do you know that you don’t want?” These are basic questions that will help you center yourself and will help you answer the bigger questions later.
This card also asks you to declutter your space and your environment. This means, release all that is not required from your mind, clean your room, clean your desk, release all that is not being used in your room and let go. IT will free up your energies and help you become more productive. When you clean your space around, your mind will also feel clearer and more focused. You will see a boost in your energy too. Don’t try too hard, let go with ease. Don’t hold on too strongly, open up and let go. Get down to the basics and the solution will appear effortlessly.
Exercise: Clean your room, discard the junk you have collected in your closet, or in your desk. Clean your phone, delete the messages that are negative or that make you feel low. Donate old clothes, shoes, etc. You will see a big release in your energies too. Keep us posted about your experiences.
Have a Simply Blessed Week ahead!

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CNBC's Becky Quick interviews J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon about the effect the U.S. - China trade war has had on the markets.
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One striking aspect of 2019 is that it marks the fastest pace of central bank easing since the financial crisis.
This support has crushed government bond yields and cushioned the blow of contracting global manufacturing activity, faltering business confidence and falling capital investment. Nascent signs of a bottom in the global economy suggest that the central bank easing campaign has stemmed the risk of a harder landing in the coming year.
The robust recovery in equities (led by the US and Europe) and most areas of corporate debt in 2019 give the strong impression that sunnier times loom for economic activity and corporate profits. But the role played by the support from central banks cannot be overstated.
Whether central banks are ultimately successful in their aim of extending the business cycle and affirming rising equity market valuations remains a point of some conjecture among economists and investors. Clarity over US/China trade and Brexit this week propelled global equities beyond their peak set in early 2018. But macroeconomic uncertainty stemming from the US election cycle, a slowing Chinese economy and trade rivalry will not fade as issues during 2020. And global disinflationary pressure remains a gnawing concern among policy officials, as indicated by the latest meetings of the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank this week.
Both central banks sent a message that monetary policy will stay in easing mode for the foreseeable future, supported by their expanding balance sheets. Investors have been left in little doubt that central banks, led by the Fed, are reluctant to tighten policy and that, in fact, the door remains open for further easing.
When questioned during his press conference Jay Powell, the Fed chair, pushed back against the notion that he had embarked on a repeat of the Fed’s 1995 and 1998 “mid-cycle” easing campaigns, each of which was followed by a resumption of rate rises within six months. Now, Mr Powell said, the modest level of inflation, which persists in spite of an unemployment rate stuck at its lowest level in half a century, means the lower-for-longer mode must remain in place.
But big central banks have largely done what they can. As they head for the sidelines, investors face the challenge of putting money to work amid signs that risk outweighs opportunity in a world of slumbering yields.
The strategy is familiar. “With lower-for-longer rates and bond yields firmly entrenched, investors are forced to take more risk to meet their return targets,” said David Riley, chief investment strategist at BlueBay Asset Management.
A sustained low yield environment favours equities and riskier areas of credit, and also a strategy of selling market volatility. This entails picking up insurance premiums from other investors who are nervous about the old age of the cycle and keen to protect themselves against the risk of a sharp decline in asset prices. Over the past decade, harvesting this premium has generally been rewarding given the supportive stance of central banks that has helped to limit bouts of market turmoil.
With little sign of the central bank safety net failing any time soon, stretching for returns and selling volatility appears well entrenched and that naturally arouses concerns about financial stability. This point has recently been addressed in financial stability reports from both the Fed and the ECB. The latter noted: “Equity and credit valuations in the euro area seem increasingly contingent on and sensitive to changes in the benchmark yield curve, whereas nominal growth and earnings expectations have played a less prominent role in explaining the equity price increases observed in recent years.”
True, there is a broad recognition that equity and credit markets reflect plenty of good news, while government bond yields are very low and therefore vulnerable should growth and inflation pressure pick up. In contrast, equities and credit appear rich in the event that growth falters and, more importantly, the recent pressure on corporate margins does not abate.
One other big question to consider is whether investors truly believe in the new reality of meagre or even negative yields. David Jane, fund manager at Premier Miton Investors, suggests that some may still see this as a passing fad rather than the new bedrock for portfolio construction. Markets may not have “fully discounted this ongoing environment”, he said.
The upshot: it may be time for investors to seek out alternatives to fixed income as the bedrock of their strategy. “No longer can investors buy longer dated bonds to get higher returns and higher yields. Equity markets have a good number of growing dividends in excess of current bond yields, perhaps because equity investors still haven’t fully adjusted for the government bond yield environment that persists,” he said.
All of this explains the common refrains in strategy outlooks for the coming year: cautious optimism, “limited upside” and at most modest growth in corporate earnings.


Although ticks are commonly thought of as insects, they are actually arachnids like spiders and mites. They have 4 pairs of legs and no antennae. They lie in wait for a passing deer, pet, or person to walk near the shrub or grass they are perched on.
Spiders can be found throughout the country. If you have the occasional fly or gnat in the house, chances are you'll also have spiders in the house. Spiders live on bugs, but not enough to be considered for pest control.
Snails and slugs feed at night or early in the morning. Snails are the ones with the shells. If the leaves of your plants start to look like Swiss cheese, snails or slugs could be dining in your garden.
Japanese beetles are 3/8 of an inch long and metallic green with copper-brown wing covers. Their larvae, a white grub, are 3/4 inch in length. They emerge from the soil as early as late May and feed on plants throughout the summer.
Fire ants are a nuisance and a painful, dangerous pest in the southern U.S. Fire ants are small red or black ants, about 1/4 inch in length. They build large nests in the ground, which sometimes reach 1 to 2 feet in height.
Bed bugs are reddish brown, oval-shaped insects that are about 1/4 inch long. They are not easily found during the day. They hide during the day in mattresses, baseboards, furniture, ceilings and any little crack or crevice in your home.
Aphids, also called plant lice, are small (up to 1/4 inch) soft - bodied insects that infest most garden plants. Some aphids spend their entire lives on one type of plant; others infest different varieties.
Whiteflies are about 1/10 to 1/16 inch long and resemble tiny moths. Their wings are covered with a white powdery wax. Females can lay between 200-400 eggs. They are found on the undersides of plant leaves and are active during the day.
Spider mites are small (1/32 inch or less) and often difficult to see with the naked eye. Their colors range from red and brown to green and yellow. Most spider mites produce webbing, especially when they occur in high populations.
Scale can be white and cottony masses; brown, crusty bumps; thick, white, waxy bumps; or clusters of flattened yellow scaly masses. As they feed, leaves turn yellow and may drop. A shiny or sticky material may also cover the leaves and stems.
Sod webworms are the larvae of lawn moths. They live in the root level of your lawn and munch up the grass leaves. At root level, you'll see small white tubes made of silky web. At dusk, you might even see the worms themselves.
Adult chinch bugs are about one-fifth of an inch long and black with white wings folded over their backs. Chinch bugs feed on many kinds of lawn grasses, but St. Augustine grass and zoysia grass are favorites.
Carpenter ants are wood destroying insects that provide a significant service in nature, but are destructive in residential settings. Most adult carpenter ants are black or reddish black and 1/4 - 1/2 inch long.
Houseflies a medium-sized flies that are gray with 4 black stripes running down their mid-back. They feed on variety of things including human and animal food, carcasses, garbage, and excrement. They are also a major carrier of disease-causing pathogens.
Millipedes are related to centipedes. They are also called the thousand-legged worm. Each segment of their body has two pairs of legs whereas centipedes have 1 pair of legs per segment. They prefer to hideout in damp, dark places.
Scorpions are arachnids that are common in the Southern and Southwestern U.S. They have long slender bodies and a 5-segmented tail tipped with a stinger that can be arched over their back. They are active at night and hide during the day.
Black widows are found in the Southern and Western U.S. They will only bite when disturbed. Females are shiny black with the distinctive red hourglass. They are solitary spiders that prefer dark, secluded areas.
Brown recluse spiders are usually shy and non-aggressive. They have a violin-shaped mark their backs and are covered in fine hairs making them appear velvety. They prefer to live in dark, sheltered places and build webs near the ground.
Stink bug refers to several species of insect that excrete a pungent odor from scent glands when they feel threatened or are crushed. Adult stink bugs have a shield-shaped body that is brown, green, or grey in color.


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Sapna Choudhary Dances to SRK’s ‘Is Pyar Se Meri Taraf Na Dekho’ Song
Sapna Choudhary can be seen grooving and singing Shah Rukh Khan's song 'Is Pyar Se Meri Taraf Na Dekho'. Watch
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if your front forks are out of alignment (not accually bent), you can try loosening the triple trees (where the front end tubes meet the frame and handlebars) and put the front wheel against a solid object, then turn the handlebars the opposite direction of the bend,leaning,out-of-alignment,whatever ya call it,
untill it looks straight,
then re-tighten all the nuts&bolts on the tripletree. that may do it.
It takes alot of force to bend a fork tube, hopefully , that didn't happen, that can be checked with a straight edge.
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Staunton, October 17 – “To a great extent, no one is administering Russia” or interested in investigating what is actually going on, according to Simon Kordonsky, a professor at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics. Instead, Russia “lives by inertia,” with the state being unaware of how uninformed it is and the population living according to its own lights.
The level of the government’s ignorance about what is happening is reflected in the census which undercounts the population, but the regime doesn’t care because it is living by its own lights as well – a situation few understand because the regime funds research only if they are presented as countering a threat (gazeta.ru/politics/2015/10/08_a_7810505.shtml).
For Russia, “statistics are not a form of accounting but a form of control,” Kordonsky says. Rosstat only counts firms with a lot of employees and ignores the rest; the tax service counts only those who pay taxes and ignores the rest; and consequently, many small businesses and many individuals simply aren’t part of the state’s image of the country.
(For details on this problem which Kordonsky and his team have investigated, see “A Third of Russians Outside Major Cities ‘Invisible’ to State Statisticians, Sociologists Say,” Window on Eurasia, October 12, 2015 at windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-third-of-russians-outside-major.html.)
This pattern reflects the absence of administration or as some might put it “the ineffective use of resources,” because since the numbers on which government decisions are made are incorrect, “none of the goals which are set in state investment programs are fulfilled,” the Moscow scholar says.
As a result, he continues, “that which takes place in the government is far from everything which takes place in the country.” And this leads to a continuing offense-defense problem: the government intensified budgetary control and “people invent ways to get out from under this control.”
The government tries to paper this over with its propaganda, but “this operates not on the minds [of Russians] but only on [their] rhetoric,” setting the terms in which people discuss things but not determining how they in fact act, Kordonsky says. For example, Russians talk about business when in fact “there has never been business” in Russia, only “craftwork.”
Business and craftwork are two very different things, he points out. “Business works on the basis of capital,” while craftwork operates on respect, that is, on social capital.” The Russian government typically treats the latter like the former even though the latter “has entirely different needs.”
Before Khrushchev’s time, the entire country worked on a craftsman basis to survive. Then Nikita Khrushchev struck against that part of the economy and thus drove it into the shadows. In the 1990s, crafts “began to be reborn but were already understood as a business” even though in many cases they were not.
Vladimir Putin’s 2012 decrees forcing the government to work as it did in Soviet times on the basis of “indicators.” That has meant that “all statistics and all the activity of the organs of power are now directed at the implementation of decrees and the fulfillment of these indicators.” Everything else “simply isn’t considered. And cannot be counted.”
And that has another consequence, Kordonsky argues. If the government tries to impose state control over these craftwork operations, people “simply flee into other forms of occupation” in order to avoid being controlled. In many cases, they complain about all this when one first speaks with them but then acknowledge that things aren’t so bad after all.
Among the other comments Kordonsky makes, three are of particular interest: First, he says, because people can extract resources from the state only if they claim to be “neutralizing threats,” they will have an interest in positing or creating the threat of war which is the largest of all to get the most resources.
Second, he continues, it is time to “get rid of all these Soviet stereotypes” like “shadow economy.” There isn’t a shadow economy; it is quite open; it just isn’t counted or taken into consideration by the authorities. Russia lacks an adequate set of terms for describing Russian reality.
And third, if such a vocabulary is going to emerge, he concludes, it will be necessary to investigate conditions in the country. “But no one is involved in the investigation of the country” at the necessary level. Only a few groups of scholars are interested in what is happening in Russia. The state, in contrast, has no interest in such research at all.


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It's no secret that we love Italy here at Musical Notes Global, so we thought we'd give you a short list of some of the best English tracks we've come across from Italian artists. Let us know your favorites in the comments below!
"The Rest"-Lorenzo Fragola
The fact that Lorenzo Fragola's debut album 1995 includes a few songs in English allows him to appeal to a wider audience. "The Rest" is a gorgeous display of his vocal talent, and it made us adore him even more.
"The Best Day of My Life"-Il Volo
Featured on the brand new albums Grande Amore (International Version) and L'amore si muove from the beloved Italian trio Il Volo, "The Best Day of My Life" is just one of those songs that make you feel like life is beautiful.
Leiner was a contestant on the eighth season of Italy's edition of X Factor. Both uplifting and addicting, what more can you expect from a song with such a positive title? It's perfect.
See it featured on October's list of our Top 5 Italian Songs of the Moment.
"I'm a Woman"-Alessandra Amoroso
Amoroso won the 2009 edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi and has experienced wide success singing in her native language. Featured on her 2010 album Il mondo in un secondo, "I'm a Woman" is a great girl power anthem--just take a look at those lyrics!
"Time of My Life"-Marco Mengoni
X Factor Italy and Sanremo winner Marco Mengoni is HUGE right now. From his album Parole in circolo, released this past January, "Time of My Life" is the English version of "Come un attimo fa" and recounts the tale of a relationship gone bad.
"Each Tear"-Mary J. Blige ft. Tiziano Ferro
We love Tiziano Ferro and we love Mary J. Blige. The voices of these two soulful artists combine in perfect vocal harmony on this inspirational and empowering track. How great do they sound together?!? "Each Tear" is one of our favorites from Tiziano and can be found on his 2014 album TZN-The Best of Tiziano Ferro. Fun fact: The track was originally recorded as a duet by Blige with UK artist Jay Sean.

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What is the difference between a GUI and a GPU?
A GUI (Graphical User Interface) is actually the screen of the monitor and not a video card although it could also refer to a utility dialog which a user would then make selections.
A GPU (Graphic Power Unit) actually refers to onboard video out and not a video card but people get lazy and refer to a GPU as a both or either.
You can't have two different video cards on one motherboard but I expect that you have realised this by now...
I just thought I'd upddate this thread for future reference.


Jude Law's pregnant lover insists 'I'm no gold digger' despite asking for £5,900 a month maintenance
The woman expecting Jude Law’s love child has hit back at claims that she is trying to exploit the star.
In an internet blog about her pregnancy, Samantha Burke writes: ‘I’m no gold-digger.’
The model, from Florida, has been accused of deliberately getting pregnant by Law after meeting him in New York.
Baby blog: Samantha Burke has been showing off her bump with pictures on the internet
Pictures of Miss Burke, 24, showing off her ‘baby bump’ have already appeared on the internet, along with reports that she wants £5,900 a month in maintenance for the child, due in October.
Father-to-be: Jude Law
But she insists in her blog she has no interest in Law’s fortune.
She writes: ‘I can’t tell you how far from a gold-digger I am. I’ve never dated a rich man in my life. I’ve always wondered how girl friends of mine could even ask their boyfriends to buy them clothes.’
Despite her assertions, the diary webpage seems designed to capitalise on her new-found fame – with ads telling readers how to contact her managers.
Before her modelling career took off, Miss Burke spent her weekends at the beach with friends and worked as a scantily-clad Hooters waitress.
She quit the job after being signed by Florida-based agency Izon Models and began travelling to and from New York for work.
She eventually made the city her home and began to take acting classes at the New York Studio for Film and Television.
Miss Burke met Law, 36, while he was in the city filming
Sherlock Holmes. They are understood to have spotted one another
outside the 1OAK nightclub in the city's Meatpacking district.
They went for a meal at a nearby diner before going back to the actor's room at the Greenwich Hotel.
Miss Burke is due to give birth to a baby girl in October. Law has said he plans to be a 'fully supportive part of the child's life'. But he only learned of the pregnancy two weeks ago.
The Alfie star already has three children - 12-year-old Rafferty, eight-year-old Iris and six-year-old Rudy - with ex-wife Sadie Frost.
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I’ve written many times that Jonathan Spyer is the best writer on the realities of the Levant. His latest article tracks the trajectory of Hezbollah from pan-Arab idol to despised symbol of Shi’ite sectarianism.
Hezbollah’s fall from grace reflects the rise in importance of the Sunni Islamist movement, a force that is significantly impacting both the Status Quo Bloc and the Resistance Bloc. The Sunni Islamists were on the cusp of becoming a bloc a few years ago, but the Muslim Brotherhood in Egyot over-reached.
Still, the anger and zeal that motivates Sunni Islamista into so many different movements is a powerful reality that won’t easily be tamed, either by those who would harness it or by those who would do away with it.

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Guest column: Slattery: ‘Fairness’ for good drivers is a myth
Starting in April, a wide range of changes will transform how automobile insurance is sold and serviced in Massachusetts.
Unfortunately, many pro-consumer groups in the industry are shocked by the scope of the changes Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes has put in place. She has given a group calling itself “Fairness for Good Drivers” – a misnomer if there was one – everything it could have hoped for and more.
This misnamed organization, consisting of large insurance companies doing business in Massachusetts, is in the process of hijacking the most consumer-friendly auto insurance system in the nation. It has convinced many citizens that auto insurance reform is a good thing, when it reality this “reform” will result in rejections, non-renewals and wild swings in premiums.
The most significant change would permit individual insurance companies to file their own rates. The “Fairness” companies want to charge you, the driver, not on your driving record, your experience and where you live, but on your credit score, your job, or your income.
The current system has built-in provisions for consumer protection. The rates are set by the Commissioner after pro-consumer hearings, and the Attorney General can weigh in as a consumer advocate. In fact, there has been a 20 percent reduction in rates over the past three years. Further, individual insurers can and do reduce rates through discounts.
Consumer groups, insurance agents and many elected officials are naturally outraged over the idea of linking auto insurance to one’s credit cards, salary or profession. In light of this uproar, the Commissioner has established a phase-in period for most of the changes and has moderated her position on the socio-economic factors for now. But she has said in the past she favors the use of such socio-economic factors and could change her mind at any time. That should not give consumers much confidence.
To respond to these ominous developments, legislation titled An Act To Provide For Further Consumer Protection In Auto Insurance, has been filed to limit rating factors solely to driving records. It also restores the Attorney General’s standing in the process.
This legislation in no way interferes with competition; it simply makes permanent the consumer rating protections in place before the Commissioner’s changes.
More than 25 Senators and 60 members of the House of Representatives have co-sponsored the bill. A full-court press is on to get the bill passed in this legislative session.
Let’s examine the truth behind the “Fairness for Good Drivers” myth:
It hides the fact that we already have a “Good Driver” program. It’s called the Safe Driver Insurance Plan (SDIP) and it reduces insurance premiums by 17 percent for our best drivers.
It would eliminate the “Take all Comers” law, which says an insurance company cannot refuse to write insurance for any driver, and replace it with a system in which insurance companies can refuse drivers and potentially force them into the new Assigned Risk plan.
It implies that being able to shop around will be beneficial for good drivers. But they never say who the “good” drivers are. An 82-year-old woman told me in the supermarket the other day that she can’t wait to shop around. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that at her age, she will likely do most of her shopping at the Assigned Risk plan.
Most of the “throw-in coverage” the Commissioner is permitting so carriers can distinguish themselves is hype. Take, for instance, extended rental reimbursement for cars that take more than 30 days to fix. When was the last time you had a car that took 30 days to repair?
It could introduce to Massachusetts a system used in other states in which insurers file for rating packages with several hundred premium levels. That way, they can just move a policyholder up and down the ladder as they see fit and never have to file for a rate increase again. Most of their policies are written for a six-month term, which makes it really easy to raise rates or non-renew as soon one has had some trouble
Consumers should regard with extreme skepticism the “Fairness for Good Drivers” message: “We’re from the big insurance companies, and we want you to experience OUR brand of fairness.”
Jim Slattery, CPCU, is an independent insurance agent from Abington.

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CAPITAL ASSET is a long-term asset that is not purchased or sold in the normal course of business. Generally, it includes fixed assets, e.g., land, buildings, furniture, equipment, fixtures and furniture.
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JOHN Watson has built up a reputation as one of the top teachers in the Manchester area.
He began extending his repertoire two years ago by introducing the latest high-tech aids at his base at Styal, endorsed by the club’s star player David Horsey.
And the former Chorlton junior will extend his horizons next year when he takes on two additional roles, as PGA North Region level one tutor and England coach for the West Midlands.
"The first one involves preparing trainee professionals how to teach the game and taking in health and safety, and I attended a three-day course at the Belfry after the festive break." he said.
Jonathan Wright, the PGA’s education manager, added: "We had a fantastic response to our advertisement for new tutors.
"The competition was fierce in the North West and it’s a testament to John’s personal development, continuing education and passion for coaching that he was the successful candidate."
"I’m excited about the England appointment," said the PGA North region vice-chairman and 2008 captain, who has already enjoyed a three-day Performance Camp at Loughborough and a national conference at Woodhall Spa.
"It’s a new position which has received government funding and I will not only be coaching players but going to tournaments and watching their progress.
"I will also be continuing with my teaching at Styal so it promises to be a busy year as I am also looking to hold a second charity day at Styal in June for Cancer Research."
The popular Seniors Open at Ashton-on-Mersey is ready for applications for this season’s competition on June 7.
To book your slot or for more info contact the club on 0161 976 4390.
The ‘Race to Bramhall’ resumes this week when the second half of the Manchester Alliance winter season reopens at Wychwood Park.
The big prizes on offer include the Order of Merit for professionals and amateurs concluding at Bramhall on Presidents Day on May 5.
Other ‘major’ competitions are the Club Trophy, Alliance match plays and stroke play competitions and the President’s Day.
All players in the 100-plus clubs affiliated to the Manchester Alliance are eligible to enter and details are in all of the clubs on a regular basis.
Winter golf is now in full flow and will continue at all clubs until next March.
To get your club and individual results, achievements and special events in this report – also if your club has a new captain or lady captain just arrived or coming into office – contact Geoff Garnett on 0161 881 7550 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.org


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Juxtapoz // Monday, September 06, 2010
A couple big things happen in our September 2010 issue. Retna nabbed the newsstand cover as MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch introduces his interview (calling Retna’s work “some of the freshest work I had seen all year”) and Editor in Chief M. Revelli goes on to interview him and discovers where the artist is now in his great ‘sprint.’
Juxtapoz // Friday, June 18, 2010
One of the most important artists of the '80s, the late Keith Haring (Juxtapoz cover #113) will have an exhibition of his works at Caixa Cultural in Rio and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Juxtapoz // Tuesday, June 15, 2010
There’s no denying Jeffrey Deitch has a good eye. From being the representative of the Estate of Keith Haring to discovering Swoon, Deitch and his gallery have played an integral role in NYC contemporary art since its inception in 1996. Now that Deitch has moved on as Director of the MoCA in Los Angeles, he reflects on his time in NYC.
Juxtapoz // Thursday, May 20, 2010
Hi Keith, wherever you are dancing in the sky, we just wanted to say thanks for being on our new June 2010 cover. You look great.
Juxtapoz // Sunday, May 16, 2010
In case you hadn't heard, our new June 2010 issue features icon Keith Haring on the cover. Now you can also feature Haring on your wall.
Juxtapoz // Wednesday, May 12, 2010
The very first peek at our new June 2010 issue. Yup, that's Keith Haring on the cover. We also have features on Brendan Monroe, Dave Cooper, Meredith Dittmar, Peter Funch, Burlesque Design, and Jay Howell.
Juxtapoz // Tuesday, April 20, 2010
“Turning the page on one issue... almost onto another,” reveals Managing Editor, Evan Pricco. “This picture seemed inspiring today.” Yes, you be sure big things are in the works over here. Read More...
Juxtapoz // Monday, April 12, 2010
Keith Haring’s imagery lives on in fresh tees and hoodies featuring the legendary artist’s old school pop work. One motif not to be missed is the self-portrait of Keith Haring himself, homage to his works and figures.
Juxtapoz // Monday, March 29, 2010
Warhol, Haring, Koons, Hirst. Perhaps you’ve heard of them? In a stunningly comprehensive exhibition, Pop Life features works by all these creators and more. If you can’t make it to Hamburg to view the collection, take a virtual walk-thru.
Juxtapoz // Monday, March 22, 2010
Hey Rihanna, Keith Haring called and he wants his style back. We admit we actually kind of like Rihanna's single Rude Boy, but the coinciding music video definitely borrows looks from Keith Haring's classic art, which we're guessing he may not be all that happy about.


On 8th September 1962, China invaded India and put the entire nation in complete disarray. Unfortunately, our brave soldiers had to see the face of defeat in this war. There are various reasons for that. Most of us don’t know the reasons behind the defeat. There is a saying that goes as follows: “Know your enemy first before going for a war”. But in this case, the government of India and the Indian Army made a big mistake. First of all, India had no idea that China would attack the country. This error in judgement proved quite fatal at that point in time.
Let’s look at the details to get a better insight into the war.
At that point in time, the Indian Army lacked a well-crafted military strategy against the Chinese troops and their advanced weapon systems. Soldiers were trained to fight in gym shoes and pullovers in cold weather conditions at a height of about 15,000 feet. Only a smaller division of NEFA was deployed, which was insufficient given the need of the hour. All this had damaged the morale of the Indian Army, and the hearts of millions of countrymen were dejected and humiliated.
During the war, the Indian Army ran out of artillery, ammunition and food supplies. The supplies that were needed to fulfil the needs of the troops were thin and it required a considerable amount of time to meet the requirements of the Indian troops who were battling it out on the front.
In the war of 1962, the Indian Air Force was not allowed to carry out an attack on China. This weakened the morale of the Indian Army as the Indian Air Force was deployed only to carry the food supplies for the army. On the other hand, China had used its Air Force against India to good effect. Ironically, at that point in time, the Indian Air force was stronger than the Chinese Air Force and could have easily helped in winning the war for India. But due to lack of knowledge and preparedness, we had to face the defeat at the hands of the Chinese Army.
Trusting China Too Much
“Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai”, this was the diplomatic quote used by the Indian diplomats at that point in time. But breaking the trust and sneaking into the Indian territories was the real intention of the Chinese during that period. Miscalculated judgments from the Indian Government led to the fall of the Indian Army and subdued the nation’s pride. India’s over-affection with China resulted in the massacre of the Indian Army and the country as a whole.
Ignoring General Thorat’s Warning Reports
General Thorat’s report dealing with the rumours of a possible Chinese incursion of India was ignored by the Ministry of Home Affairs. This worsened the situation to a great extent. Had his warnings been taken seriously by the government of India, there would have been fewer casualties and the country would not have faced a massive defeat at the hands of Chinese troops.
India was attacked on all the fronts, i.e. Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and in other major regions of the country. But, India had failed to provide any shield against the invasion. This worsened the situation even further, and the entire Army and the nation were in complete disarray. Thus, the entire strategic failure degraded the situation to a great extent.
After looking at the aforementioned points, it has become clear why our Indian Army could not resist the attack of the Chinese troops when they invaded India in 1962. Sometimes, ignorance can make you pay heavily. The same thing had happened with India in the 1962 war with China. But now the good news is that our Army and the government are both prepared well for any kind of attack from China.


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If you’re new to everyone of cat proper grooming read on. While you might imagine elegant show cats adorned with rosettes, wafting tails delicately brushed, there are actually crucial ‘maintenance tasks’ any kitten or cat owner can do to help their family member keep far healthier. Instigate a schedule check of your own cat as part of your proper grooming regimen, at a minimum, once per week. For very long-haired Fort Lauderdale Florida, USA pet cats, you might be firmly recommended to hold every day grooming sessions, as they are naturally prone to fur-matting. Use proper grooming periods to take care of your cat delicately, working both your hands everywhere in the entire body. Even though this listing isn’t exhaustive of all situations kittens and cats can suffer from, some tips can help you know when veterinarian attention is needed.
o Seek out any piles, bumps, wounds or hidden tangles and fleas. One particular tell-story manifestation of ticks is black colour flecks of dried out bloodstream.
o Consider tics. These appear to be small spherical balls or pear-formed beads, ‘sprouting out’ from in within the cat’s hair. They might appear pinkie-suntan shaded, or more dark shaded even blackish. They require removing since they cause disease. Never ever acquire hold of a tick and simply draw. Tics are one of nature’s consultant survivors. They are in essence small critters with bulbous physique a brain with exclusively evolved jaws to pierce epidermis. Once they have pierced with the skin, their jaws then ‘lock on’ in the skin area. In the event you just pull a tic away an dog, even though you might remove the bulbous body, elements of the head or jaws frequently remain inserted strongly underneath the pores and skin. If aspects of the tic remain lodged underneath the skin area you can get contamination which could spread and turn into endemic, leading to serious illness. For the same explanation Never ever try to burn off tics off possibly – it’s an city fantasy. It’s less likely to give the entire tic out, and extremely prone to traumatise the Mobile cat grooming, or in fact unintentionally shed it! An additional downtown misconception is that tics ‘drop off’ naturally as time passes. NEVER depart a tic expecting this will likely come about quickly – when it’s attached to the kitty, it may spread germs triggering gentle to serious disease. Fort Lauderdale Florida, USA Vets normally eliminate tics when you ask them to, and when you’re a little bit squeamish about, err, nature’s smaller beings, this may be for you – after taken away, you could see the tic indignantly waving its legs about.

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Anna Maxwell Martin has said she is “dead chuffed” to be joining Line Of Duty for the final two episodes of series five.
The 41-year-old actress will play senior anti-corruption detective and “woman on a mission” Detective Chief Superintendent Patricia Carmichael.
The two-time Bafta-winner will make her debut in BBC One’s acclaimed police procedural on Sunday, following last week’s episode which saw a major character killed off.
She said: “I’ve been a fan of Line Of Duty for years, so was dead chuffed to be part of series five. I’m so pleased I no longer have to keep it a secret!
“I feel honoured to follow in the footsteps of the host of great actors who make up the Line Of Duty family, and Jed Mercurio – of course – has written a brilliant character in Carmichael.
“She’s a woman on a mission.”
The Bleak House star appeared alongside Vicky McClure, who plays Line Of Duty’s DC Kate Fleming, in the 2018 series Mother’s Day, which focused on the Provisional Irish Republican Army’s 1993 Warrington bomb attack which killed two children.
Showrunner Jed Mercurio said: “I’m delighted and flattered an actor of Anna Maxwell Martin’s status agreed to play this pivotal role in Line Of Duty.
“Anna was a pleasure to work with and brought real depth to the character of DCS Carmichael.”
Simon Heath, executive producer for World Productions which makes the series, said: “We’re thrilled to be working with Anna again, but in a very different role.
“I can’t wait for the Line Of Duty audience to see what she’s brought to the show.”
Anna Maxwell Martin debuts in Line Of Duty on April 28 at 9pm on BBC One.


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Sourcerer, an online visual profile for software engineers that analyzes and derives actual abilities, preferences, and habits from engineer’s source code, announced that they have been acquired by an industry leader in the HR technology space. The acquiring company and terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Co-Founders, Sergey Surkov and Ryan Osilla built Sourcerer over the last three years and cultivated a thriving community of talented software engineers. Will continue to host community member profiles until March 31, 2021, at which time, they will be sunsetting the current service. Future plans for the intellectual property developed by Sourcerer have also not been disclosed.
“It’s been an honor of a lifetime to have built this community of incredibly talented software engineers, helping them to showcase their talent and tell their story to the world,” said Sergey Surkov, Co-Founder, Sourcerer. “While we’re excited about our next endeavor, we’re even more excited to see what our acquisition partner has in store for the product.”
“We agonized for many months over what to do with our company when we were approached by the perfect partner,” said Ryan Osilla, Co-Founder, Sourcerer. “While we’re sad to see this chapter close, we’re thrilled to know that Sourcerer will live on in another form in the future.”
Sourcerer aggregates and stores source code from repositories like GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket to create a visual representation of a developer’s work experience over time. By using statistical and machine learning analytics, Sourcerer showcases developer skills in various languages, actual abilities, habits, and preferences. Sourcerer is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with team members working remotely from all around the world.
HR Technology News: TecHRseries Interview with Daniel Oppong, Founder at OhanaHealth


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The Tripping Leggings have been crafted out of knit cotton spandex and polyester crepe. These pair of leggings come with an elasticated waist band that allow any body type to wear it. These leggings have a strap detailing at the leg openings which make them even more appealing. Pair it a stylish tunic for a rock chic look.
- Elasticated waist band
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- High Waist
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Model Statistics: Model wears size S, Height: 5'9", 175 cm

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I used to live in relative comfort thinking that the people I choose to interact with hold similar opinions to me on the things that matter. You know, things like where the best restaurants are, favourite film genres, cat person or dog person, women’s rights.
Then everything changed. I was sitting among colleagues discussing the hardships that women endured in their quest to get the vote when a man who I’d seen and spoke to regularly for the previous four months chipped in. ‘But all men didn’t get the vote until 1918,’ he said, clearly pleased with his demonstration of acute political awareness.
I warn you, fellow feminists, ‘not-all-meners’ live among us. They look like regular people, they can make themselves sound intelligent, and they can hide in plain sight. Scary right?
It’s possible that the man in question was unaware that shifting the conversation in this way subtly undermined the oppression that women faced for centuries. Maybe I was overreacting – or maybe I was menstruating that day, and this is just a hormone induced rant. Who knows which one of my feminine afflictions shaped events?
But one thing is certain. There is no place for the phrase ‘not all men’ when it comes to the historical oppression of women, gender inequality, and certainly not on issues of women’s safety. Do you know why?
Because no one ever said that it was all men.
At a time when police forces across the country are finally starting to crack down on violence against women and girls, that harrowing phrase is being thrown about in conversation far too often.
After the murder of Sarah Everard, posts appeared on social media claiming that ‘not all men’ commit crimes against women and ‘not all men’ have a violent nature. I think I can speak for most women when I say that we don’t walk around thinking that every man we meet is a threat to us. That’s the thing: it only takes one.
The man with his hood up walking up quickly behind you on a dark night could be a completely normal guy whose just in a rush to get home before dinner. The policeman offering a ride home could just be doing his job. You see, we know it’s not all men, but how are we to know which?
What if you were seriously allergic nuts (stay with me) – so allergic that if you even touched a nut you could die? Then you’re given 10 bars of chocolate that all look exactly the same, except one of them contains nuts. Would you take the risk and choose one?
The point is: until there is a way that we can differentiate between normal men and potential rapists and murderers telling women that they shouldn’t be scared because it ‘not all men’.
‘Not all men’ is often used defensively. I know that my previously mentioned colleague did not invent the patriarchy – he’s 23-years-old – no one was blaming him for that or insinuating that life was great for all men. Of course it wasn’t, it was just worse for women.
The defensiveness comes from the assumption that feminism is about women being against men when that is not the case at all. It’s about having social, economic, and political equality across the genders. Think of it like this: we aren’t trying to bring men down; we are trying to raise women up.
Not to mention, men can be feminists too so branding feminists as man-haters is just as counterintuitive as saying ‘not all men’, driving a wedge further between the sexes.
So how can you avoid or, better still, educate people on why the ‘not all men’ defence has no place in the discussion?
If you want to be diplomatic, you can tell them that saying these things does not promote social growth, only complacency. The chocolate bar metaphor had helped me explain it a few times – feel free to steal that.
If they’re using it in the ‘but I’d never do something like that’ context, you can say: “Congratulations on doing the bare minimum, but I’ve actually ran out of ‘I’m not a sexual predator’ certificates” (a personal favourite).
And if he’s the kind of ‘not all mener’ that just won’t budge, you can always turn on the waterworks and blame it on those uncontrollable hormones of yours. That will be sure to make him squirm a little.


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An iconic sell-out musical concert returns to Auckland this month. Synthony No.3 takes place at Spark Arena in Auckland on May 21 for a spectacular combination of music, lights and dance.
Synthony is a popular musical event involving a mix of performances by a 60-piece Orchestra, singers, energetic DJs and other musicians to create an immersive electronic dance party featuring an epic laser and lights show.
With the biggest dance music tracks of all time, spanning generations, from Calvin Harris, Daft Punk, Disclosure and much more…it’s the perfect celebration for both young and old music lovers.
Wonderfully, it’s been carefully curated by new music director Dick Johnson. So, the show promises an unbeatable experience with appearances by the likes of Nate Dousand and Ella Monnery. Certainly, a soul-satisfying one-night-only experience guaranteed to make you bust a move.
Additionally, the Synthony event in Auckland is expected to attract up to 12,000 people at full capacity. Opt to either bop to tunes from the seated area or dance the night away on the floor. Tickets start at $89. Get tickets via the Synthony website.
Undoubtably, this is one of the most magnificent festivals to attend in Auckland this year.
📍 Spark Arena, 42-80 Mahuhu Crescent, Parnell, Auckland 1010, New Zealand


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um so your daddy has been hanging around here like a ghost.
OMG! My Daddyyyyyy!
I have to kill Claudius for killing my daddy!
You must get revenge for me.
Can you actors perform a play for me?
Okay your majesty.
•The setting is Elsinore Castle, in Denmark•The former King of Demark has died, and a group of soldiers tell his son, PrinceHamlet, that they believe they saw his ghost.
This is what you get for being nosey!!
•Hamlet feels that he must seek revenge on his father’s behalf. However, hestruggles with the authenticity of the “ghost” and is indecisive about his courseof action.
•Throughout the rising action, Hamlet tries to figure out if Claudius truly killed hisfather. When he hears a group of actors are coming, he requests that they act outa play that depicts a king being poisoned in the ear. This mimics the way theghost claims he was killed.
Hamlet! The drink is POISON!
Hamlet speaks to his mother about how disgusted he is that she is married toClaudius. Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius and is banished to England.
• Claudius includes a letter to the King of England that orders Hamlet’s execution.Hamlet escapes and comes back to Denmark. Ophelia, crushed by Hamlet’sapparent disdain and the death of the father, has drowned herself.
I can no longer deal with this pain *takes last breathe*
*Finds Ohpelia dead* Ophelia Dear!
•At the fencing match, Laertes poisons the tip of his sword. Claudius poisons acup and tries to get Hamlet to drink from it. Hamlet refuses and Queen Gertrudedrinks from it instead. Laertes stabs Hamlet. They grapple, and Laertes isstabbed by his own sword and also poisoned. Hamlet makes Claudius drink fromthe poison cup, and then stabs him with the poisoned sword. In the end, onlyHoratio is left to tell the story


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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Pororo on 1
Karen ordered this for Kayden's first birthday last month. Was it last month? I am so behind schedule in blogging :)
The beaver, what's her name again? :p
Dragon... right? Though someone said this is frog when I was making it haha...
The red fox
This was a chocolate moist cake with milk chocolate filling and covered with light blue colour fondant. White "snow flakes" and "snow balls" effect.
Kayden's name on colour cubes to add some colours to the winter wonderland.
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GM Europe has moved to quell speculation that its US parent company's move into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection will affect its operations.
GM Europe began negotiations for the sale of Vauxhall/Opel to a consortium led by Canadian car parts supplier Magna last week. As part of that process, Vauxhall/Opel's assets were placed in a trust, called Adam Opel GmbH, to separate it from GM in America.
During this time it is being financed by a bridge loan from the German government, and the trustee agreement is structured so that GM's US operations have no impact on the day-to-day activities of GM's Europe.
"This has been a very intense and at times difficult negotiation over the past several days,” said GM Europe President, Carl-Peter Forster.
"We’re extremely grateful to the various members of the German government, led by Chancellor Merkel and Vice Chancellor Steinmeier, the various German ministries as well as the federal state governments of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia, and the leadership of the US Treasury for working so hard to reach this important agreement.
"With the financing, even with the GM actions in the US, we can now confidently say to our employees, customers, suppliers and dealers that it’s business as usual as we go through the process of creating a new, more independent Opel/Vauxhall."


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The Euro is coming under increasing pressure, owing to political and global factors. Of particular relevance this weekend was the G20 Summit and also the French fuel protests. These are two key factors that may influence Euro rates going into this week and further ahead in December.
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The G20 meeting is key because part of the agreement was for the US to form better relations with China to try and stop the trade wars deteriorating. What we have seen is the US agreeing a ceasefire with China, which has helped the US Dollar to strengthen and weakened the Euro. EUR/USD is the world’s most heavily traded currency pair and the shift on the US Dollar has weakened the Euro.
France is key because with Merkel having taken steps back from Government there has been a vacuum of power in the upper echelons of European Government. Who will fill those important boots and represent the EU and Eurozone's drive to come closer together? Possibly not French President Macron who is currently facing calls to resign following widespread riots across France and in the capital Paris.
If Macron fails to get control of the extremist elements in society, it will open the door for the more extreme elements to get into power. Macron gained Government on a promise of a ‘third way’ which so far is not being realised.
Another political concern this weekend for the Euro is Spain. A far-right party has won seats in the Andalusian region. Going by the name of Vox, the party won 12 of the 109 seats in the regional election.
Migrant issues are once again a cause for popularity of such parties and this is another example of the shift in the politics in the Eurozone, which could ultimately see the Euro weaken if it leads to fracturing of the existing order.
Key events in Europe are the ECB interest rate decision and conference next Thursday. The ECB are promising to withdraw the QE plan but the market is suspicious of the viability of this.
Clients looking to buy or sell Euros today, this month or even next year should ensure they are up to date with the latest news to ensure they are not wrong-footed by sudden changes in sentiment.
From the initial contact with the broker, through my dealings with the compliance folk, the experience was the same, a great blend of efficiency and friendliness, plus I got a great rate, well done Matt and the team.
Matt and Jonathan were excellent and most professional. Through out I felt I was in good hands – they took time to explain everything to me and were very patient when I was experiencing some technical problem with my own bank.
Matt was very helpful and efficient, very good service.


Investors: Press Release
GeckoSystems' Mobile Robots Conference To Demo GeckoMotorController Technologies
CONYERS, Ga., Oct. 15, 2009 -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) -- announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009 attendees will be able to observe and discuss the CareBot's graceful movement enable by the GeckoMotorController. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging mobile robotics industry revolutionizing their development and usage with "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service."
GeckoSystems invented a low cost means of adding an optical encoder such that they can use a closed loop system to manage the individual motor speeds with GeckoMotorController software. The GeckoMotorController uses a proprietary "self adaptive" constant energy paradigm for extraordinarily smooth acceleration and de-acceleration of their mobile service robots which enables longer battery life between charges.
"The control algorithms for the GeckoMotorController have evolved and currently enable the smoothest motion control we have achieved to date," stated Mark Peele, Vice President, Research and Development, GeckoSystems.
"A 'herky jerky' mobile robot platform can be very distracting when proximate to people and other living creatures. We are very pleased with the ballet smooth movement that is now one of our many mobile robot solutions. This friendlier, non-intimidating movement of our mobile robots - and their longer battery life - will further speed the adoption of them by the consumer, professional healthcare, and commercial/homeland security marketplaces, while increasing ROI for our investors," concluded Martin Spencer, President/CEO, GeckoSystems.
Like an automobile, mobile robots are made from steel, aluminum, plastic, and electronics, but with ten to twenty times the amount of software running. The CareBot has an aluminum frame, plastic shroud, two independently driven wheels, multiple sensor systems, microprocessors and several onboard computers connected in a local area network (LAN). The microprocessors directly interact with the sensor systems and transmit data to the onboard computers. The onboard computers each run independent, highly specialized cooperative/subsumptive artificial intelligence (AI) software programs, GeckoSavants, which interact to complete tasks in a timely, intelligent and common sense manner. GeckoNav, GeckoChat and GeckoTrak are primary GeckoSavants. GeckoNav is responsible for maneuvering, avoiding dynamic and/or static obstacles, seeking waypoints and patrolling. GeckoChat is responsible for interaction with the care-receiver such as answering questions, assisting with daily routines and reminders, and responding to other verbal commands. GeckoTrak, which is mostly transparent to the user, enables the CareBot to maintain proximity to the care-receiver using sensor fusion. The CareBot is an internet appliance that is accessible for remote video/audio monitoring and telepresence.
As predicted in the recent Forbes' article (http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/17/robots-health-care-technology-breakthroughs-telehealth.html), due to the sufficiency and cost effective robustness of GeckoSystems' first product, the CareBot, near term in home evaluation trials have been recently announced. This conference will enable many industry observers to witness and determine for themselves the proximity to market and consumer acceptance their first product will enjoy.
Journalists are encouraged to contact Mr. Spencer regarding the progress of GeckoSystems and potential attendance at the upcoming GeckoSystems' invitation only "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference. Journalists and other interested parties may submit their request for an invitation at their website or call 678-413-1640.


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Why do people ask you to be cautious when you order Tapentadol online? The two main reasons for such a concern are the heightened probability of addiction and withdrawal effects and side effects. While people are well aware of the side effects, people usually overlook the withdrawal effects. Many online blogs and even the online pharmacies offer detailed information about the simple side effects, severe effects, allergic reactions, and so on. The point that most people overlook is the withdrawal symptoms.
Tapentadol and its withdrawal
When you order Tapentadol online, you are buying an opioid analgesic medicine. There are extreme benefits in using Tapentadol for short term pain management. The medicine helps even to find relief during extreme pain sessions. However, extended usage of the drug can lead to dependency. Thus, when the prescription runs out, the individual might find it very hard to adjust to a life without Tapentadol even without the pain. This withdrawal effect can lead to prolonged usage even beyond what the prescription covers. It will lead to addiction and, in some cases, even overdose.
When you order Tapentadol online with a doctor’s approval, he will take the withdrawal effect into account, while prescribing. In such cases, the doctors would follow the ‘tapering off’ method. In this process, the individual will not stop the medicine abruptly. Instead, the doctors slowly reduce the dose and frequency of the medicine, allowing the individual’s system to get used to it. The method of tapering varies from one patient to another. When you buy Tapentadol COD online, it is easier to self-prescribe the medicine. But, it is not easier to adjust the dose to avoid the withdrawal effect. It is why a doctor’s recommendation is very vital.
Symptoms of withdrawal effect
When you order TapenTadol cash on delivery, you will have full knowledge about the drug’s side effects and other problems. Thus, even when you experience the mildest effect, you will become cautious in getting a doctor’s opinion. However, the withdrawal effect is often subtle, and people easily overlook it. Not every individual will experience the withdrawal effect, just like the side effects.
The typical withdrawal signs are insomnia (inability to fall asleep or inability to stay asleep for 5-7 hours), pain, diarrhea, anxiety, nausea, rigors, tremors, piloerection, and upper respiratory symptoms. In extreme cases, people might experience hallucinations. Thus, if you have a history of hallucination or other mental disorder, it is best not to order TapenTadol 100mg cash on delivery, without a doctor’s opinion. If you did not experience withdrawal symptoms while using another opioid medicine, it does not mean that you will not have withdrawal effects while using Tapentadol. Thus, be cautious.
How to deal with withdrawal effects?
- Do not stop the medicine before the course length, even if you stop feeling the pain. If you wish to stop the drug due to side effects or lack of pain, talk to your doctor.
- Ask your doctor to offer the weening dose for Tapentadol. During the tapering-off session, do not overdose.
- If you cannot control the withdrawal effect and feel like addicted to the drug, talk to your doctor. In such cases, it is best to opt for a detoxification program.
- Do not order Tadentadol without prescription beyond the course length provided in the prescription. Prolonged usage can lead to severe withdrawal effects.
How long does the withdrawal effect last?
The length of withdrawal effects varies from one patient to another. Choosing a different brand of Tapentadol USA to USA delivery will not exempt you from experiencing withdrawal effects. The length and severity of the withdrawal effect depend on the history of substance abuse, length of the course, and dose level. The withdrawal effect also depends on the individual’s age, organ health, metabolism level, underlying medical conditions, and so on.

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MYSTIC - A female harbor seal that was found injured in Massachusetts in March has been returned to the sea.
The seal, named Poppy by workers at the Mystic Aquarium's Animal Rescue Clinic, was released Thursday morning at Blue Shutter Beach in Charlestown, Rhode Island.
Poppy was found in Provincetown on March 26 suffering from dehydration, several small puncture wounds and a large gash that penetrated its skull and nasal passages.
The year-old seal weighed just 40 pounds when it arrived at the Connecticut clinic. It gained eight pounds while receiving specialized medical care and undergoing rehabilitation.


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Space Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated Sunday that lawmakers will transfer ahead with impeaching President Donald Trump if different efforts to take away him from administrative center fail.
In a letter to Democrats, she stated Space Majority Chief Steny Hoyer will attempt to introduce a answer Monday calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Modification and claim that Trump is incapable of executing the tasks of his administrative center.
Hoyer, D-Md., wishes unanimous consent to introduce the request, stated Pelosi, D-Calif. If he does not get it, lawmakers will convey it to the Space flooring for a vote Tuesday, she stated.
“We’re calling at the Vice President to reply inside of 24 hours,” she stated, including that impeachment regulation would come subsequent.
Pelosi, who didn’t say when that regulation can be dropped at the ground, stated the Space will act with “urgency” as a result of Trump “represents an approaching danger” to the Charter and democracy.
The announcement comes 4 days after a violent pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol in an tournament that left 5 other folks lifeless, together with a police officer.

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The Future Is Not How It Used To BeAggiungi
Saturday 9 June – Circolo Ufficiali, Hall 3 – TARANTO
Organised by Italy MMF. With Scott Cohen (The Orchard) and Carina Sava (IMMF). Moderator Luigi Fasanella (Italy MMF)
What’s the future of music business? It doesn’t like the past. Representatives from the Music Managers Forum discuss where the music industry is headed and how artists can capitalize on current opportunities. What is the role of a modern manager? Hear from the experts who will share their experience and offer some real-world examples of how they have achieved success.


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Magnolia Electric Co.
Had a piece in last week’s Journal News about the Jason Molina’s current band, Magnolia Electric Co. Looks to me like they ran short on space and ended up cutting the piece down pretty significantly, which is fine. But I like what I wrote a bit better than what ran (though what I wrote certainly needed an edit), so I’m gonna post my original story here. If you’d rather read the shorter, edited version that showed up in print, you can do so here. Otherwise, I hope you dig this.
Jason Molina doesn’t insist on a vinyl pressing of every record he makes because he wants to offer something to collectors. He doesn’t do it for the sake of vanity, either. He doesn’t really even do it because he’s one of those people who thinks music sounds better coming off a turntable.
Molina, the Chicago-based singer-songwriter who’s calling his current band Magnolia Electric Co. (after the title of the final album recorded under his previous project name, Songs: Ohia) insists on vinyl because, unlike CDs, records are expensive to manufacture. And when Molina takes a band into the studio, he believes he owes it to himself, his fans and his label, Secretly Canadian, to produce a work that’s worth the expense of pressing on vinyl.
“There’s a finite number of people who we can expect to buy [a record] on vinyl, because people don’t buy it as a novelty, they’re buying it because it’s the way that they prefer to listen to music,” Molina says. “So we always said that if you don’t think that this record is worth putting out on vinyl, then it’s not worth putting out. And I’ve always really stuck to that. I’ve never put out an LP that I wasn’t happy with.”
That’s fairly astounding given the volume of music Molina has produced as the leader of various projects over a recording career currently in its tenth year. With Songs: Ohia, a “band” that amounted to Molina and whomever else a particular group of songs suited, Molina made seven full-length records and an assortment of EPs and singles between 1996 and 2003. After wrapping up Songs: Ohia with Magnolia Electric Co., Molina last year stepped aside and offered the solo disc Pyramid Electric Co. under his own name. And this year, working for the first time with a stable-membership backing band, he’s been behind two full-length CDs already — the live Trials and Errors and the studio effort What Comes After the Blues — and has a five-song EP, Hard to Love a Man slated for release in October.
The fact of the matter, however, is that both fans and critics, by and large, have echoed Molina’s satisfaction with his recorded output. Songs: Ohia’s records, which typically rang with the stillness of spaces too big even for the sorrows and passions spilling out of Molina’s mouth and guitar, were embraced for Molina’s uncanny ability to evoke distance and intimacy at once. Pyramid Electric captured the ear and the mind by presenting songs more aching, more raw, darker, and a Molina more pitiless in self-examination than anything Songs: Ohia had produced. And then Magnolia Electric came forward and put the muscle of a real band, a country-rock band with the hard, dangerous edge of Neil Young’s Crazy Horse, behind Molina’s still mostly sorrowful lyricism and expert guitar playing, giving the songwriter the ability to rock out like he means it — or not to rock out in a manner that leaves little doubt but that he means not to.
What all of Molina’s work shares is an unrelenting sense of immediacy. And that derives nearly as much from the way in which Molina has chosen to create his records as it does from his considerable skill as a songwriter. While every record Molina makes is carefully thought-out — the songs written with care, the players selected with an eye to commitment and work ethic as much as for talent — Molina prefers not to belabor production of his releases.
Molina has chosen, from the very start, to record his music live in the studio. He doesn’t even use scratch vocals (vocals recorded in live performance that are later overdubbed) as many “live in studio” bands do. He wants the authenticity of a band playing all at once, even if it makes the recording process more difficult. He says he understands, though, why his technique is uncommon.
“We like the character of the performances,” Molina says. “We don’t want there to be obvious mistakes, but this is the kind of presenting of songs that tries to keep all the human elements in there. And so, you know, in the middle of the song, I’ll play the chord, but because I’m playing guitar and singing live, I might not hit the chord hard enough for it to ring out all the way and you just get two notes instead of five. And I don’t worry to go back and fix that, because I think overall people are listening to it as a whole unit, and if anything that stands out to someone.”
If everything goes right, Molina says, he believes he and his band can get an album tracked, start to finish, in four hours of recording time. That’s helpful, he notes, when you like to put out a lot of records and you tend to spend eight months a year on tour.
Indeed, Molina notes that during a recent short break in touring, Magnolia Electric spent a few days at producer Steve Albini’s studio, Electrical Audio, putting down tracks for the band’s next full-length CD. Molina expects to release the disc early next year.
“They’re finished,” Molina says of the new songs. “We did at least 13 songs, I think, by my count. I’m hoping that we can get at least 11 or so of them on the record. It just comes down to however much we can fit safely on the LP.”


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Truckee baseball: Wolverines score 27 runs in doubleheader sweep
TRUCKEE — The Truckee baseball team endured its share of rocky times this season. You wouldn’t have known it on Friday, as the Wolverines swatted the ball to the tune of 31 hits and 27 runs in a doubleheader sweep against visiting Dayton.
On its senior farewell, Truckee won the first game 11-9 and ran away with the nightcap, 16-3, after establishing control with a nine-run first inning.
The Wolverines received a solid outing from senior pitcher JJ Bellon, who limited the Dust Devils to three runs on three hits and four walks in the second game. Bellon struck out four in the five-inning contest, which was called on the 10-run mercy rule.
He had plenty of offensive support. The Wolverines scored in each of the first four innings, backing up their nine-run first with two in the second, three in the third and two more in the fourth.
Senior shortstop Miles Guiragossian went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, Bradley VanSchoonhoven was 1-for-3 with three RBIs, Jayden Commendatore was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, Will Beldon was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Mike Jones drove in two runs on one hit.
Jack Englert also contributed a hit and an RBI, Bellon had two hits and scored a run, and Connor Bullion had two hits and scored three runs.
In the first game, VanSchoonhoven started and went the distance in a gutsy performance. The senior scattered 11 hits and three walks while striking out four. He pitched through four errors and closed the door on a comeback attempt in the top of the seventh, when the Dust Devils pulled to within two with a four-run uprising.
Truckee banged out 18 hits and scored in each of the first five innings, including five runs in the fourth to take a 10-4 lead.
Commendatore and Bullion led the charge. Commendatore went 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, and Bullion was 4-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Englert also drove in two runs on two hits, Mike Jones had two hits and an RBI, VanSchoonhoven, Joey Gravell and Will Beldon each had a hit and an RBI, Bellon had two hits, and Guiragossian had one hit.
The third game of the league series on Saturday was rained out and will not be made up.
Truckee, which was eliminated from playoff contention last week, ended the season with a 6-17 league record after dropping both ends of a makeup doubleheader at Elko (17-7) on Monday, 9-5 and 10-0. Dayton, at 12-11, had already secured the No. 5 playoff seed.
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