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It was Marco Ureña providing the scoring once again, as LAFC played to a 1-1 draw with New York City FC on Friday. Carlos Vela saw his first action of the preseason and four LAFC players went the full 90 with a little over three weeks to go before the Club’s historic opening match in Seattle.
Let’s go over four takeaways from the second match of the preseason:
A Friendly By Name Only
It was a match that would have been chippy by regular season standards. NYCFC’s Yangel Herrera set the tone early when he drew a yellow card for a heavy challenge on Latif Blessing, and from there the tackles started flying.
Herrera was seemingly sent off for another crunching tackle later in the half but was given a reprieve thanks to his NYCFC teammates talking the referee down. The two teams then had a bit of a shoving match later, when Marco Ureña received his marching orders for a two-footed tackle on NYCFC’s Maxime Chanot. And that was just the first half.
Both sides will meet again in the regular season on May 13 at Banc of California Stadium. It’ll be interesting to see if any animosity lingers till then.
4-1-4-1 or 4-3-3
Most coaches will tell you the numbers don’t really matter when it comes to formations because there are so many determining factors. Teams might attack in one formation but set up without the ball in another. And so on, and so on.
Throughout training camp, Bob Bradley has set up his team in a pretty standard 4-3-3 with one defensive midfielder behind two more advanced mids. Against NYCFC, Bradley modified his formation a bit, having his outside attackers in the 4-3-3 drop more in line with the advanced midfielders when LAFC was without the ball.
Latif Blessing and Diego Rossi were the two attackers tasked with this movement. As a result, both players starting positions without the ball were much wider to form the 4-1-4-1, giving them a chance to use their pace near the touchline to run at defenders. In the case of Blessing, the extra width provided a springboard for him to cut inside and set up Ureña for LAFC’s goal in the 16th minute.
As a secondary benefit, the shift in formation allowed Bradley to field Blessing, Rossi, Ureña and Carlos Vela on the pitch at the same time – something he hadn’t done to this point in preseason - without upsetting the balance of his side.
During the week, Bradley said he’d discussed with his staff the possibility of extending a few players up to 60 minutes in the second preseason match. Against NYCFC, four players went the full 90: Vela, Blessing, Joao Moutinho and Tyler Miller.
The week of training leading up to the NYCFC match was the most intense to date. It’s a good sign the players’ fitness levels responded well to upped workload. Look for even more players to see extended runs in the third preseason match.
High Praise For The Rookie
Following the match, NYCFC coach Patrick Vieira made a particular point of congratulating LAFC’s No. 1 overall pick Joao Moutinho for a great match.
The former Arsenal and Juventus man had just finished speaking with reporters when he a beeline for Moutinho, before putting his hand on the rookie’s shoulder and commending him for his play.
After the interaction, a stunned Moutinho could only say “it’s nice to be recognized” with a huge smile on his face.
Moutinho and LAFC now turn their attention to the third match of preseason against Vancouver Whitecaps on Feb. 18.

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Sometimes a dream is real.This week
A few years ago I had a dream that was so real. It was night-time. I was walking through my home and all the lights were off but the moon was full and shining so I could see. The kitchen and living room were one big room with a big curving counter dividing the two, adobe walls, tile on the floor, comfy couches in the living area and a rock fireplace. Most distinctive were these gorgeous rafters with something like wisteria hanging down from them.
I glanced through the floor to ceiling windows/glass doors at a small swimming pool/hot tub glowing from the lights inside it. Behind the house was desert landscape, some cacti with mountains not too far in the distance. I felt at peace.
I then walked into the small bedroom to kiss my toddler grandchild good night and hug the parents, one of whom was my child although I’m not sure which because the dream didn’t tell me. They were putting said grandchild to bed. I was so happy.
I woke up and thought, “That is my future.” I felt it so deep.
At the time I tried to find the floor plan online and found something close. I was with Hoppy and told him about it. He was interested because he always said he wanted to live in New Mexico. I knew the landscape looked like that but have never wanted to live there.
It wasn’t New Mexico. It’s Mexico, somewhere near where I am right now, San Jose del Cabo. I recognized the mountains and the landscape yesterday.
Can you believe it? Maybe you can’t. I can.
Like I said that dream was years ago, at least three, maybe more. I never forgot it but it faded until I saw the exact mountains and landscape. Until I fell in love with this area the last two days.
I’d never been here before. I’ve been to Cancun five times and Jamaica twice. I don’t love Cancun (the vibe nor the humidity) but did like Jamaica. Hoppy and I had talked about buying a house at one of them. I thought it would be cool but neither was a “soul” place for me. I just thought the ocean wasn’t a soul place for me.
A soul place is exactly what it sounds like, a place that touches your soul. For me so far it’s New York, Chicago, the Rocky Mountains, Seattle and the Pacific Northwest (which reminds me that I did fall in love with the water back in August last year when I went to stare at Puget Sound every day), Siena and Cinque Terre, Italy; San Francisco. There’s a few more but those come to mind now.
So this is a soul place, this area of Mexico.
I have felt so very happy here by myself walking the ocean. The ocean here isn’t all messed up like Cancun. The resorts don’t rope it off, you can walk for miles. The water splashes up in these gorgeous waves but it’s not like the Pacific side of Cabo where you’ll die if you stick a toe in. No. Here you can walk out quite a ways and it’s less than a foot deep. The water is cool but so nice.
Although I love the PNW and want to live there, I was trying to figure out how to travel during the winter. Even where I live now I get down mentally (possibly Seasonal Affective Disorder) and know I want an escape to sunshine. Decision #1 to be a writer/PR person now gives me flexibility to be somewhere else than Seattle when I want. I now have found a place for a second home and the last part of my dream, a retreat center.
The center has been floating around in my head for five years at least. I’ve told a few people about it. It will be for women, will be empowering, will involve writing. I had thought it would be in Seattle but no, it will be here. One part of it is to have writing retreats for women, especially educators. I want to write grants for it and bring these wonderful teachers here and gift them beach and peace and time to write and share. I’ll run it for profit also of course but there will be free teacher weeks or run on a nonprofit basis at those times.
Pay attention to life. You’ll figure it out if you are listening to Pussy or whatever you wanna call that inner voice.
Catch ya on the flip side bitches (and I say that in the most loving way). 😉

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Over the past few years, TikTok has become a hot spot for discovering and sharing new songs, as each week a new tune goes viral on the video sharing platform.
The latest song to sweep through the app like wildfire is known as the “yo no se cual fue la razon” song, though the actual title is Jugaste y Sufrí.
The song has over 35 thousand videos under it on TikTok, which have racked up millions of likes.
What is the “Yo no se cual fue la razon” TikTok song called?
The song you may recognise from TikTok as the “yo no se cual fue la razon” song is actually called Jugaste y Sufrí by Eslabon Armado.
Eslabon Armado are a California based group whose name translates to “linked chain.” Their 2020 debut album, Tu Veneno Mortal, reached number one on the Mexican Regional Albums chart and the Top Latin albums list.
When asked what he enjoys most about the process of creating music, frontman Pedro Tovar told Billboard:
“Creating a good melody. That’s the most important part to me. The lyrics are the easiest part of the process. So, if I can come up with a good melody, then I will automatically enjoy the process.”
“Yo no se cual fue la razon” TikTok song lyrics explained
The lyrics you will have heard on TikTok form the bridge of the song, which reads in full:
Te llamo para confirmar pero tú no quieres contestar, tú me matas
Yo no se cual fue la razón si yo te estaba dando todo mi amor, estoy destrozado
This translates into English as:
I call you to confirm but you do not want to answer, you kill me
I do not know what the reason was if I was giving you all my love, I am destroyed
In other news, The most streamed song on Spotify in 2022 revealed

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Re: “Online pet sales present ethical dilemma for classified sites” (Montreal Gazette, Feb. 7)
Animals, including cats and dogs, are not toasters or bicycles or furniture or cellphones. They are sentient beings who do not belong on an online listing as a commodity to be sold. At the front end of this issue, it would help if people understood that pets are not toys for their children’s amusement; nor are they accessories to show off to their friends. These animals are family members who require a lifelong commitment, and if for some totally unforeseen reason the pet can no longer be cared for adequately, the guardian of that animal should take personal responsibility and either surrender her to a reputable animal rescue group, or take the time to find a new, loving, and hopefully permanent home.
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Kijiji and other sites have all the defensive arguments I’d expect them to have as they and the puppy mill industry continue to profit off the online sales of dogs and cats. They already know what the ethical choice is, but it’s more convenient to ignore it.
Karen Messier , Beaconsfield

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The light at the end of the tunnel may not be as bright as businesses had been expecting as Ontario’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order, scheduled to expire on May 20, may be extended.
The provincewide restrictions have forced businesses, like personal care services and most gyms, to stay closed. Other businesses, like non-essential retailers, have been limited to curbside and online sales.
“I am really worried we’re at the breaking point,” said Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
He said Ontario’s restrictions are the toughest in North America and don’t provide for any schedule to allow businesses to reopen.
Kelly said he’s getting calls from members asking that the lobby instruct businesses to reopen against the rules on a predetermined date.
“It’s not a good idea, but I can understand why businesses are at that breaking point. Their entire livelihood is at stake,” Kelly said, adding the CFIB as an organization doesn’t support such a move.
“There has to be a point where it actually ends,” said Rohit Wadhawan, a first-time business owner who opened a restaurant on Toronto’s Queen Street East in December 2019.
Wadhawan, a former Walmart Canada executive, runs Indian Spice Room restaurant, which is surviving on its take-out and delivery business. It had to close its indoor seats when the pandemic began.
“It’s been a challenge, it’s been a struggle,” Wadhawan told Global News, echoing the sentiments of many Toronto-area business owners who’ve spoken about the challenges of managing a small business in a pandemic.
In the next block sits the oldest small business in the Riverside neighbourhood, located just east of downtown.
The Broadview Beauty Parlour is a fixture on Queen Street East. Opened in 1964 by George Iliades, the shop now caters only to men’s haircuts.
Iliades still cuts hair at the shop six days a week — at least he did until pandemic restrictions made that impossible. He said he wants to go back as soon as possible.
“This stresses me out: why should I be away from my store so many months,” Iliades told Global News in an interview in front of his home.
He said he’s disappointed that it appears the Ontario government is going to delay reopening even further.
Kelly said there’s no reason businesses like hair salons shouldn’t be able to reopen in a limited way immediately, especially since the province is providing rapid COVID-19 testing kits to operators.
Meanwhile, Iliades said he will be back at work as soon as he’s allowed. He stops by the shop once a week and bumps into clients on the street.
Many said they’re getting haircuts from their partners, which is not good for future business if they don’t return to his shop.
“You’re losing customers just the same,” Iliades said.

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text: I did a bit more digging and found out a little more about who they are. Jim Babb is the creator of Socks, Inc. (an Alternate Reality Game). Yes, you can make and create your own sock puppet who can continue to exist, live and love in this alternate reality. Any way, check out the link my sister sent. So cute, so creative, so original.

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Brandon Routh as Tim Peyton, investigative reporter for NewsHunters and secret werewolf
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Four taken to hospital after two-vehicle crash in Elgin County
A panel van went up in flames following a two-vehicle crash in Elgin County on Wednesday, police say the occupants were able to safely escape.
OPP say four people were taken to area hospitals all with non-life-threatening or life-altering injuries following the collision in Malahide.
Police say the panel van was heading east on College Line and an SUV was driving northbound on Hacienda Road when the vehicles collided.
There were two occupants in each vehicle.
The SUV ended up in a wheat field and the panel van overturned in a ditch.
The van went up in flames, but the occupants luckily made it out.
Police continue to investigate the crash and say charges are pending.
- With files from CTV London's Bryan Bicknell

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Bodyweight Exercises- Impact on Our Bodies.
The popularity of bodyweight exercises have increased over the last decade. This is due to the fact, people want to shed the extra weight and also keep fit. The efficiency of this exercise allows it to be a group of people. These type of exercises strengthens the muscles, without the help of any machine or weights. With this exercise one uses their own body weight to provide resistance to the movement. Yoga, gymnastics, Pilates are categories of such kind of exercises. Losing weight, improving strength and cardiovascular fitness, mobility and flexibility and peace of mind can be achieved through these exercises.
Regardless of where you are, you can do these exercises. No form of machinery is required to do these exercises, this allows them to be done from even your own home. The space required to perform these exercises is minimal. The exercise required should be enough to fit your exercise mat. People with small houses are sorted with these kind of exercises.
Fitness is a brought about by bodyweight exercises. Squats, lounges and push-ups allow multiple joint movement against gravity. These movement are important in increasing the strength of the muscles used and also promoting cardiovascular fitness. Another benefit is that they offer stability and balance to the body, by strengthening the body’s core muscles.
In-order to carry out our daily activities, we require strong muscles and this can be achieved through bodyweight exercises. Ability to carry and move things is achieved.
The fact that it doesn’t require any equipment makes it very affordable. One doesn’t require to spend a lot of cash buying equipment. Some of the people they normally incorporate drum-bells and kettle-bells in their bodyweight exercises. They are items which one might have in their house and they can use them instead of buying the drum-bells and kitchen-bells. You don’t have to incur any cost for gym membership or classes.
For each body part, there is an exercise you can perform. This gives one, a variety to choose from and they can alternate them to avoid boredom of doing the same movements throughout. Achieving full body fitness is also possible, since you have exercise for each body part.
Enjoyment and motivation can be achieved by doing these exercises as a team. With these kind of exercises, different people in the workout classes can compete in activities such as swimming, jogging, and running.
Increasing the duration and the speed during the exercises, helps one in progressing on achieving their fitness goal.
Scientist have proven that bodyweight have a huge benefit to our overall health and fitness. With exercises we can be able to eliminate diseases such as obesity, diabetes, high-blood pressure and heart-attack.
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text: A. and IRAK-4 (IC50 = 20 nm), with only minimal TAK1-inhibiting activity (IC50 = 0.5 m). Using HS-243 and takinib, we evaluated the consequences of cytokine/chemokine responses after selective inhibition of IRAK-1/4 or TAK1 in response to lipopolysaccharide challenge in human rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes. Our results indicate that HS-243 specifically inhibits intracellular IRAKs without TAK1 inhibition and that these kinases have distinct, nonredundant signaling roles. Enbrel) and JAK inhibitors (Zeljanz) have transformed the therapeutic options available to autoimmune-affected patients (4, 5). Nevertheless, despite advances in more molecularly targeted DMARDs, a significant portion of patients still fail ex229 (compound 991) to respond to current therapeutic options. ex229 (compound 991) Often this lack of response is attributed to individual genetic variations, tolerance, and immune sensitization in the case of biologically based antibody therapies, leading to an unmet need for ex229 (compound 991) novel DMARD development (6,C8). One target area of great interest is the downstream kinases involved in the inflammatory signaling. In particular, there has been recent interest in the serine/threonine kinase interleukin-1 receptor associated protein kinases IRAK-1 and IRAK-4, as well as transforming growth factor Cactivated kinase 1 (TAK1). IRAK-4 is an essential protein kinase in mediating pathogen recognition and local cytokine release (IL-1, IL-6, TNF) through Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling in response to prokaryotic lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) (9, 10). Following inflammatory agonist binding (LPS, IL-1, TNF), MyD88 is recruited to the cytosolic receptor domain, where it triggers downstream phosphorylation of IRAK-1/4, which further stimulates downstream NF-B signaling and proinflammatory cytokine production (11). It has been shown that aberrant IRAK-4 signaling through hyperactive cytokine signaling is a key regulator of innate and adaptive immune cells in autoimmune diseases (12) (13, 14). Because of its role in inflammatory signaling, IRAK-4 has been the focus of numerous drug development platforms and recently advanced to clinical studies for autoimmune diseases (15,C19). Although previous groups have designed IRAK-4 inhibitors with modest potency, their selectivity within the human kinome has not been examined, begging the question of off-target effects and (20). In particular, off-target effects through TAK1 are likely, given the high sequence conservation between the binding pockets of IRAK-1/4 and TAK1; the amino acid sequence identity Rabbit polyclonal to NPAS2 within the nucleotide-binding pocket of all three protein kinases is 93%. Examination of the co-crystal structure of TAK1Ctakinib identifies critical binding sites of the outlines regions of the parent takinib scaffold subjected to modification (see Experimental procedures). Analogs were tested in parallel against purified recombinant IRAK-4 in an kinase assay and identified HS-238 (643 nm), HS-242 (149 nm), and HS-243 (48 nm) as more potent IRAK-4 inhibitors compared with the parent compound takinib (Fig. 2, and for ATP at 500 m (Fig. S1). Therefore, to ensure optimal kinase activity and meaningful inhibition constants for all our analogs, assays for this protein kinase were conducted well above IRAK-4 at 2 mm. Prior studies by others against IRAK-4 compounds, such as Sigma IRAK-1/4 were performed well below the true IRAK-4 for ATP, leading to an overestimation of the and potentially a lack of selectivity and potency at physiological [ATP] (18, 21, 22). Open in a separate window Figure 2. StructureCactivity studies of takinib analogs against IRAK-4. = 2). = 2). HS-243 displays exquisite selectivity toward IRAK-1 and -4 over all other human kinases We next sought to test the selectivity of leading IRAK-4 analogs against ex229 (compound 991) TAK1 to identify kinase-specific compounds (Fig. 3and profiling of lead compound and other analogs against IRAK-4 and TAK1. = 2). To understand the structural basis for selectivity, we performed unconstrained molecular docking of HS-243 in the ATP-binding pocket of IRAK-4 (PDB code 2NRU) and.

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Hepatitis B sufferers in Japan who are thought to have caught the disease from repeated use of needles during a vaccination programme have agreed to settle a dispute with the state. The state will need to shell out $39 billion as part of the agreement.
The decision will bring to an end a series of lawsuits across the country but it will pose the government with a headache as it looks for ways to raise the 3.2 trillion yen, with the possibility it may have to to raise taxes.
Tokyo had already expressed a readiness to accept the proposal, bringing to an end the country's largest medical dispute that will see it compensate about 430,000 people infected with the potentially fatal disease during decades ago.
"We demand that the government learn from this lessen and do the best to solve this problem as soon as possible," said one of the plaintiffs, Mieko Taniguchi, adding that the court proposal was not enough to rescue everyone.
Earlier this month, the Sapporo District Court proposed that the government pay 12.5-36 million yen in damages to each hepatitis B patient depending on their health condition.
The court has also proposed that the government pay 500,000 yen each to virus carriers who do not show any symptoms yet.
Total 630 people have filed damages suits with 10 district courts across Japan, arguing that the government should be held responsible for the mass infections as it failed to take necessary measures.

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When Prince pulls into town for a residency — L.A. follows Las Vegas, with London next — he plays by his own rules, catering to no one. He opened a seven-show stand in a section of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel that has too many hard surfaces to reproduce music clearly; he started his two-hour show an hour and 40 minutes late; and much of his time onstage was spent in the dark with no onstage lighting. Despite a set list peppered with hits (“Kiss,” “U Got the Look,” “Purple Rain”), the current Prince show is about establishing an old school James Brown-inspired groove and going to town with it, singing about sex and romance and unleashing powerful guitar solos to keep pace with the fiery work of his horn section.
Prince gave up on delivering fan-friendly shows when he switched his name to a symbol and renounced the landmark work he did in the 1980s. His most high-profile appearances in recent years — on the Grammys with Beyonce, at the Super Bowl this year — have been expert perfs seemingly designed as reclamation events. Don’t count me out, he appeared to be saying in those globally beamed telecasts; once an audience is in a room with him, however — and it doesn’t matter if it’s Staples Center or this intimate setting — he refuses to do anything that would satisfy an aud’s nostalgic impulses.
Four-member horn section entered the room playing “When the Saints Go Marching In,” and once they took their places onstage, the full band swung into “Down by the Riverside.” That was it for the sounds of a Sunday revival: Prince took the stage and immediately swung the show back to Saturday night with “Satisfied,” one of “3121’s” slow jam odes to seduction. Prince, who started the concert in all white and ended it in matching red jacket and bowler hat, played guitar hero — all Fenders, nothing crazy — and on that count he delivered the anticipated thrills. Otherwise, the night was a bit at odds with itself: Two strong femme dancer-singers whipped through some impressive choreography, while the band approached the event as an impromptu jam session for some well-heeled friends.
Room was filled with couches and coffee tables, and Prince was in a chatty mood, walking through the crowd and talking to patrons while the band jammed; he invited Nikka Costa onstage to sing (actually, scream) the opening of “Purple Rain” and took the mic into the crowd, where he found few willing rappers or singers.
Something clearly bothered him early on, and he walked to the back of the club to have a chat with the sound man. When a handful of stage lights went on during the early perfs, “3121” and “Cream,” he shouted, “Turn the lights off,” and went back to playing in the dark — a bona fide mood killer.
Intriguingly, when he told the audience to rise and dance or sit and listen, they responded en masse, yet when the main show concluded with a throw-away reading of “Purple Rain,” the minimal applause was drowned out by the rumble of a synthesizer and audience chatter. As evenings go, this one ended with a thud saved by an energetic three-song encore –“Get on the Boat,” a cover of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” and “Nothing Compares 2 U.” That gave a needed lift to the crowd, which ventured into a separate area where the band led a jam session that Prince made it to at 4 a.m.
Band definitely has its act together. Maceo Parker, the former James Brown saxophonist who has been working on and off with Prince for some time now, was consistently fiery and delivered a sharp reading of Bob Thiele-penned Louis Armstrong hit “What a Wonderful World.” Backup singer Shelby J hollered a version of “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” that was straight out of the back woods; drummer Cora Coleman Dunham was locked in on the groove all night.
Hotel is selling a package deal for $3,121 per couple that includes dinner and guarantees seats on the couches, a number of which were filled with celebrities rather than paying customers. (Dinner patrons did get to dance onstage for one number). Opening night attracted Suge Knight, Erykah Badu, Rick Fox and Penelope Cruz.


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Last Friday saw our great indoor athletics team go to the finals with the last eight schools from over 2000 schools entering representing their areas. We had won the Magnus finals and gone on to win the Newark and Sherwood finals to qualify. We were entertained by dancers and inspired by our Olympic Gold Medal Paired Kayak Slalom team at Nottingham University. The competition was incredibly tough and at this standard you are against children who regularly run or jump in athletics clubs, but we managed a fantastic seventh. That's seventh best in Nottinghamshire and cause for immense pride.
Well done Phil, Steve and Holly, who go that extra mile to train up our teams to such a standard and of course, our brilliant squad who gave their all. Great job!


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The yacht's wider design collaboration came from Delta Design Group. The technical naval architect intellectual property are a products of Delta Design Group. Motor Yacht ANNASTAR received her elegant interior designing from the interior design firm of Delta Design Group. Built at Delta Marine Industries the yacht was built in the yacht producing country of the United States. She was officially launched in Seattle Wa in 1996 before being transferred to the owner. The hull was built out of composite. The motor yacht main superstructure is fabricated mostly from composite. With a width of 7.95 metres / 26.1 ft ANNASTAR has reasonable interior. A shallow draught of 2.3m (7.6ft) determines the list of worldwide marinas she can berth in, taking into account their specific characteristics.
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Having volume for a limit of 8 welcome guests sleeping aboard, the ANNASTAR accommodates everyone luxuriously. Under normal conditions she uses around 5 proficient qualified crew to manage.
Main Engine(s) is two 624 Horse Power / 459 Kilowatts Caterpillar. Model: 3412 DITA diesel. - Giving the combined power of 1248 HP /918 KW. - Cruise Speed: 13 knots. - Top Speed: 14 nautical miles per hour. - Approximate range: 3400 at a speed of 13 knots. - Bunkering capacity: 37850 L. - Water: 5678.00. - Generators: Northern Lights 2 times 50 kilowatts. - Stabaliser Stabality devices: Naiad. - Bow Thrusters: Abt. - Yacht Beam: 7.95m/26.1ft. - Waterline Length (LWL): 31.97m/104.9ft. - Draught Maximum: 2.3m/7.6ft.
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Distracted driving, impaired driving and speeding are the three leading causes of fatal accidents in Canada. With the introduction and prevalence of cell phone usage, distracted driving has become even more of a serious concern and now exceeds drunk driving and speeding as the leading cause of fatal motor vehicle accidents in Ontario. Drunk driving is the leading cause of criminal deaths.
To combat and hopefully reduce the number of drunk driving and distracted driving accidents, changes to driving laws were recently enacted on both the national and provincial level. With Bill C-46, changes to impaired driving laws became effective in Canada’s Criminal Code on December 18. And, on January 1st, under Ontario’s Bill 174 which governs the sale of recreational marijuana in the province, Ontario enacted tougher penalties for drivers convicted of distracted driving.
Distracted Driving Penalties increase for Ontario drivers
Distracted or inattentive driving involves any activity that takes a driver’s attention away from the road. And, there is ample research to prove that even short periods of distraction of a few seconds result in reduced reaction time and impaired judgement, and create a greater likelihood of being involved in a crash and injuring yourself, passengers and other road users.
Some of the most common activities which distract drivers are: talking or texting on a phone, reading maps or books, drinking and eating, adjusting the GPS, personal grooming, changing a radio station or CD, and smoking. Any person found to be using a hand-held device while driving, even when stopped at a stop light, could be charged with distracted driving.
And, be aware that under Ontario law, drivers can be charged not only for using cell phones while driving, but for using any hand-held electronic device. In May 2018, a Guelph student was convicted of distracted driving after an officer observed her looking at her Apple Watch screen and this caused her to delay in advancing into an intersection when the traffic light turned green. The judge agreed that the women’s action constituted distracted driving and she was accordingly fined $400.
Under the changed law, Ontario drivers with an A to G licence who are convicted of distracted driving for the first time, after being caught texting or talking on a hand-held device or found to be committing another distracted driving action, now face a maximum fine of $1000, 3 demerit points and a 3-day licence suspension.
For distracted driving, licence suspension begins after a conviction rather than at the roadside. Also, be aware that at distracted driving ticket can also result in an increase in your automobile insurance rates for 3 years.
The penalties have also been increased for repeat offenders. Someone convicted of distracted driving a second time within 5 years, faces a maximum fine of $2000, 6 demerit points and a 7-day licence suspension. With a 3rd conviction, the fine increases to $3000, with a 30-day licence suspension and 6 demerit points on your licence.
The fines for novice drivers are the same; however, novice drivers will receive longer licence suspensions: 30 days for the 1st conviction, 90 days for a 2nd conviction, and cancellation of your licence for a third conviction.
Canada enacts Bill C-46 to better detect and enforce impaired driving
In 2018, Canada enacted two major changes to the Criminal Code. With Bill C-46, the first change defined a clear legal framework for controlling cannabis production, sale, distribution and possession. The second part of the legislation created a simpler, more efficient and more effective system for deterring and processing drug and alcohol impaired driving offences.
The Bill C-46 changes to Canada’s drunk driving laws became effective on December 18th. Under the new legislation, when police pull over a driver for a traffic violation, they may demand that a driver submit to a roadside Breathalyzer test without having reasonable grounds to suspect that the driver had consumed alcohol, as was previously required. Mandatory alcohol screening is expected to have the greatest impact on the detection and prosecution of impaired drivers who, it is believed, were not identified by police in as many as 50 percent of roadside stops prior to the change in law.
So, if you’re pulled over for any lawful reason, such as failing to update your vehicle licence sticker or talking on your cell phone, police have the authority to also demand that you provide a breath sample. And, if you don’t agree to the Breathalyzer test or give a blood sample, you are subject to a criminal charge for refusing to comply with a demand and you face a mandatory minimum fine of $2000.
Other mandatory minimum fines and maximum penalties were also increased with Bill C-46. For first offenders, the mandatory minimum fine did not change for a BAC of .08 to .119, but the minimum fine was increased to $1500 for a BAC between .120 and .159, and to $2000 for those with a BAC .160 or greater. And, in cases where there was no injury or death, the maximum penalty for impaired driving has increased to 2 years less a day (up from 18 months) for a summary conviction, and to 10 years (up from 5 years) if indicted. And, for dangerous driving causing death, the maximum penalty has been increased to life imprisonment (previously 14 years was the maximum), which is consistent with the penalty for other driving-related offences involving death.
Another significant change in the law governing alcohol-related driving offences is an expanding of the time period during which drivers may not have a BAC over the legal limit. Now, a driver may not exceed the legal limit of alcohol consumption within 2 hours of driving. This change is directed at eliminating risky behaviours, notably, bolus drinking and intervening drinking. Bolus drinking is the act of consuming alcohol immediately before driving with the hope of reaching your destination before the alcohol was absorbed into your blood. Intervening drinking involves drivers who claim that they drank alcohol to settle their nerves or for another reason after they were driving and/or involved in an accident, but before undergoing a blood test.
For anyone who wasn’t previously convinced of the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol or using your cell phone while driving, it is hoped that the stricter laws for driving-related offences are an added incentive to drive safe. Avoiding drinking and driving generally only requires planning ahead and arranging alternative transportation. And, with respect to distracted driving, it’s a matter of making a conscious decision to not check or use our cell phones while driving, and instead, pull over if there is anything we need to do which takes our full attention off the road. For those of us who find it difficult not to check our phones, we should consider turning our phone off while driving or leave it on the back seat where it can’t be reached.


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Lemon Beagle Puppies
It s common for newborn lemon beagle puppies to be almost entirely white.
Lemon beagle puppies. All of our dogs have excellent temperaments and dispositions. Beagles are a great family dog loving loyal and most of all fun. When this occurs your dog will look entirely different but in a good way. Welcome to woodland beagles.
All beagle found here are from akc registered parents. However as the pup grows their coat gradually changes. Lots of lemon beagles are born appearing to be almost completely white. If the lemon gene is strong in both parents then you may well get a litter of beautiful lemon and white beagle puppies.
Find beagle puppies and breeders in your area and helpful beagle information. We take pride in our dogs and in their breed. It s also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site. They are family pets that are loved pampered and cared for at our own home.
Puppy fur tends shed after a year that s when their adult coat comes through. We are selective in our breeding to produce a quality beagle pup. We raise only beagles we specialize in raising the perfect indoor and outdoor companion pet. Dogs that have human contact.
In fact a pure beagle cannot be completely one color as they do not have the gene for solid colors. Lemon spotted beagle puppies. We have akc and ukc registered dams and sites champions on. However with time their tan coloring will usually darken and they will become distinctively two toned.
They are highly socialized loving playful and well mannered dogs that make excellent companions.
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On the use of absorbing and matching metasurfaces for microwave imaging
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This thesis aims to investigate the use of electromagnetic metasurfaces in microwave imaging (MWI) to provide advantages for the development of imaging systems. In particular, this thesis is focused on two main contributions: (1) the use of absorbing metasurfaces in MWI, and (2) the use of matching metasurfaces in MWI. Firstly, metallic-backed absorbing metasurfaces are proposed to be used as the casing of MWI systems to not only shield the imaging system from external noise but also reduce the reflections from the casing back to the imaging domain. Metasurfaces are thin and light weight, thus making them suitable for portable MWI systems. In addition, metasurfaces at the microwave frequency range can be fabricated using standard printed circuit board (PCB) technology. Using simulated data in Ansys HFSS, we demonstrate the potential of using this type of enclosure for MWI systems. Finally, we fabricate one metallic-backed absorbing metasurface to evaluate its reflectivity. Secondly, matching metasurfaces are investigated for MWI as impedance transformers to more efficiently couple microwave energy into the target. This is important as sufficient interrogation of the target is essential for successful imaging. This will also alleviate the necessity of using coupling liquids in MWI. Similar to the absorbing metasurfaces, matching metasurfaces are also thin, light weight, and easy to manufacture at the microwave frequency range, thus making them suitable for MWI. Using simulated data in Ansys HFSS and an appropriate calibration technique, we demonstrate the possibility of using matching metasurfaces in MWI. Also, one matching metasurface is fabricated and measured to verify its matching performance. For both cases, the disadvantages of using metasurfaces for MWI are discussed. For the metasurfaces that we used in this research, the main disadvantage is their angular dependency, which affects their performance for complex scattering scenarios. The main future work should be focused on experimental evaluation of these metasurfaces in a real imaging chamber where practical issues such antenna mutual coupling and antenna impedance matching are present.


Two years after the Clinton administration placed the program on a back burner, Congress is about to redouble U.S. efforts to build a national system against ballistic missile attack, putting it at odds with the White House and at risk of confrontation with the Kremlin.
Republicans leading the initiative stress their plan is not a return to the ''Star Wars'' dream of President Ronald Reagan, who envisioned a space-based shield that would make the United States impenetrable to a massive launch of enemy missiles. Rather, the stated aim now is to erect a more modest ground-based system that would protect the country against accidental launch or limited attack at a time when more nations are coming into the possession of ballistic missiles.
But opponents regard even this scaled-back effort as dubious technologically and not urgent strategically since little immediate threat exists. They say the program is a waste of the billions of dollars that the House and Senate appear ready to pour into it over the next few years.
Moreover, administration officials worry that a hellbent congressional effort to develop a missile defense system, coupled with renewed Republican talk of undoing the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, will upset relations with Moscow and scuttle the planned elimination of thousands of nuclear warheads.
When the Senate returns from its August recess today, it is scheduled to debate a compromise measure hammered out by a four-man bipartisan group to avoid breaching the ABM Treaty while still calling for accelerated development of a national missile defense system.
A month ago, Senate Republicans were backing language in the 1996 defense authorization bill that required deployment of a multisite missile defense system by 2003. Arguing that such a move would violate the ABM Treaty, Democrats prepared to filibuster and the Clinton administration threatened to veto the bill if it passed.
After nearly a week of intensive talks in early August, Sens. Levin, Sam Nunn, D-Ga., John Warner, R-Va., and William S. Cohen, R-Maine, offered a compromise substitute amendment - expected to win floor approval this week - that promises to avert a showdown with the White House for now and clear the way for passage of a defense authorization bill.
In attempting to establish a policy that can be supported by a broad majority of senators, however, the measure effectively postpones the day of political reckoning between proponents and opponents of a national system and between Washington and Moscow.
The measure would direct the Pentagon to ''develop for deployment'' a multisite missile defense system capable of being operational by 2003. But the decision to deploy would be put off until an unspecified time and subjected to considerations of affordability, effectiveness, threat assessment and treaty implications.
''I am not opposed to having an option to deploy providing we don't move toward it in a hasty way,'' said Carl M. Levin, D-Mich., a liberal whose involvement in negotiating the compromise was key. ''What I strongly oppose is doing it in a way that would undermine the relationship with Russia and the whole planned dismantlement of nuclear weapons.''
The House already has approved a 1996 defense bill calling for deployment ''as soon as practical'' of a national missile defense system, without specifying the number of sites.


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I produce Music I also studied Audio Engineering . Very talented with both Over 15 years of experience. I can also master songs great . I have a true passion for music also a great songwriter. can make all genres of music and mix them professionally to perfection.
My name is Shonari and I am a singer/songwriter in Northern Virginia with an in-home studio. I'm constantly looking for producers to work with, but I'm also looking to enhance other people's work. I have a full mezzo range with a strong belt. I'm currently taking singing lessons to perfect my craft and I've been singing since I was 5 years old.
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The 2650E will be a 1.6GHz part and the 3250E will be a 1.5GHz part. Another entry will be a 2.5GHz triple-core Phenom, the 8850. The processors are still being fabbed with a 65nm process, indicating that AMD's transition to 45nm is still faced with issues.
The CPUs are part of AMD's “Ultra-Value Client” line, a fancy way of saying “cheap” (or perhaps entry-level). This, coupled with recent price drops, indicates a change in strategy for AMD. After a recent announcement that high-end processors were no longer on the agenda, they've been leaning more towards the low-cost strategy that initially helped them compete with Intel in the first place.


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Fast to make thumbnail with Kigo Image Converter
What is thumbnail?
Thumbnail is a small image on web page; its size is small, taking up less space, loading speed is very fast, so thumbnails are generally used for quick browsing, it also can be used to preview image files.
Why to make thumbnail?
If you have many beautiful and attractive images, and you want to upload to your space or your blog to share them with your friends, but the original images are too big, it will spend a lot of time when you upload them, so you need to resize them to make them much smaller.
To save time and space, make thumbnail is a good choice, and we see thumbnail everyday, everywhere, it is more necessary to make thumbnail.
How to make thumbnail with Kigo Image Converter?
With Kigo Image Converter, making thumbnail is to change image size, make image size much smaller. Here we will show how to make thumbnail with Kigo Image Converter.
Add a 1024 * 768 size image file to the file list.
In size page, please choose Width * Height, enter exact value in the X, Y, check the option keep aspect ratio.
Then click the button CONVERT, a thumbnail will be made.
You can see, with Kigo Image Converter, you don't worry the thumbnail taking on a blurry look, and if you have many images, you don't need to make thumbnail one by one, you can make thumbnails by batch.
Kigo Image Converter can convert major graphic formats like JPEG, JPEG 2000, PCX, JPC, PNG, BMP, TIF, PNM and TGA, and the conversion quality is excellent.
What is more, Kigo Image Converter is easy to use and user-friendly image converter, use it, you also can add watermark on images, and set Alignment to decide where to put watermark, preview image with watermark, select output folder as you like. Kigo Image Converter is a professional image converter and completely free, you can download it and have a try.

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A bill intended to fund the U.S. government through September includes language that would give the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate synthetic nicotine. The House of Representatives could vote on the legislation as early as today.
Synthetic nicotine is currently not explicitly regulated by the FDA, and many companies started using it after their natural-nicotine products were denied market access by the agency. Public health groups have been warning that synthetic nicotine e-cigarettes such as Puff Bar have grown in popularity among teens while skirting FDA oversight.
The Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, which includes the 2009 Tobacco Control Act, defines a tobacco products as “any product made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption, including any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product (except for raw materials other than tobacco used in manufacturing a component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product).”
If the spending bill currently under consideration passes, the language of the Tobacco Control Act would change to define a tobacco product as “any product made or derived from tobacco, or containing nicotine from any source, that is intended for human consumption.”
The synthetic nicotine provisions would take effect 30 days after the bill’s passage. Synthetic nicotine producers would then have 60 days from its enactment—or 30 days after it becomes effective—to file premarket tobacco product applications with the FDA to legally stay on the market. Ninety days after the effective date, or 120 days after the bill’s passing, these manufacturers would have to stop selling their products if the FDA has not authorized them. At that point, the FDA could exercise its enforcement discretion.
Consumer advocated have criticized the attempt to “sneak in” the synthetic nicotine provision into the spending bill.
“The byzantine process of asking permission to sell harm reducing vaping products in the 21st century is asinine in itself,” said Yaël Ossowski, deputy director of the Consumer Choice Center. “But using sleight of hand during an emergency government funding bill to castigate millions of vapers and the entrepreneurs who make and sell the products they rely on is the definition of active harm.”
“Only the largest and most powerful vaping and tobacco companies can afford the lawyers and the time necessary to complete the paperwork necessary to pass the FDA’s process, meaning thousands of hard-working American business owners will now be forced to close, depriving millions of adult consumers of harm reducing options.”
The bill is purportedly backed by Juul Labs and Reynolds American, both of which face competition from Puff Bar and from e-liquid sold in vape shops and online.


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At North Shore Veterinary Hospital (NSVH), the connection you have with your animal companion is our primary focus. As animal lovers and health care providers, we offer not only the highest level of medical care, but also value the role these special animals play in our lives. We strive to acknowledge, enhance, and honor this unique relationship and do not believe in a “one-size-fits-all” approach. Instead, we provide individualized care that recognizes what is best for you, your pet, and your family.
The human-animal bond is one of the strongest on Earth, and the best way to establish it is to start your relationship off on the right foot (or paw!). Beginnings mean everything, so we encourage you to check out our puppy and kitten services and to schedule regular visits to demonstrate your pet is a valued member of your family. From selecting the right companion to socialization and behavioral training, North Shore Veterinary Hospital is here for you and your pet every step of the way.
While your pet certainly appreciates the basics, we also offer products and services to deepen and strengthen your mutual bond. Through ongoing preventive health care and effective treatment of injury and disease, we can help you and your pet have a longer, more fulfilling relationship.
At NSVH, we strive to provide the highest quality and most compassionate, individualized care possible. Learn more about our services, which are the blueprints for maximizing trust and love between you and your pet.
There’s nothing more uniquely human than the feelings of joy we have for our beloved pets. As animal lovers, we want to celebrate the connection you have with your companion, and there are many ways you can share those precious moments with us. From special events to picture galleries, we can help make pet ownership one of the more special aspects of life.
It’s proven that having a pet significantly increases our happiness, so you’re not being silly when you celebrate the bond between you and your pet – you’re simply being human!
We help you say goodbye by remembering the beauty of your pet and your shared love. Unfortunately, our pets have a shorter lifespan than us, and even with the best health care, we must eventually cope with the loss of our beloved companions.
To help you through this difficult time, we provide a variety of compassionate services both at our hospital and at home. We also have a number of options to help you permanently honor your special friend.
As loving pet owners, we are committed to helping you navigate your grief and bring honor to the process of saying goodbye. We believe in making the experience beautiful and memorable, not morose.


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Cheer up, Roy. Just think of the Queen Anne’s lace-filled hedgerows and the blooming foxgloves that await you on your return home. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA
“How vainly men themselves amaze / To win the palm, the oak, or bays“. Or, in the case of Roy Hodgson’s squad, not to win it. But, as the poet Andrew Marvell recognised in The Garden, they will have their consolation: they’re just in time to catch peak season in this green and pleasant land. The roses and foxgloves, scabious and oxeye daisies bloom. Queen Anne’s lace fills the hedgerows, honeysuckle and jasmine scent the air. The English may not be best at football, yet we remain pre-eminent in the field of gardens and garden literature – as celebrated at a festival this weekend at Petworth House in Sussex. High walls still surround many of the country’s great gardens, and few of us have a patch of our own. But here the deer park is free to the public and some of the best 20th-century plantings – the Botanic Gardens near Southport, Myddleton in Enfield – are free too. No ball games, just “green thought, in a green shade“.


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Re-opened in its new location at 8 Georges Quay since October 2010, Azur is still one of the
Limerick's most popular restaurants. Since its opening in 2006 at its original premises on O'Connell Street, Azur has introduced a new and exciting dining experience to the city.
The Azur Restaurant offers an extensive menu of seafood specialities, steaks and vegetarian dishes. The Azur Café & Wine Bar is an unpretentious after-work happy hour spot with a cosy lounge that is also perfect for chilling out in with a book.
Opening hours: MON: 12.30-2.30pm, TUE – FRI: 12.30-2.30pm & 5pm-late, SAT: 5pm-late, SUN: 2pm-late

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Cutie or small apple
Grapes or nut medley
One cup All-Apple Juice
Handful of baby carrots or cheese stick
PB & GN
Back to school means routine again. Day in and day out, packing a school lunch is top priority. But the struggle is real when it come to making a healthy school lunch that is better than the cafeteria option, and better than fellow friends packed lunches. Because nothing’s worse than your child coming home to say “Mom, why didn’t I have chex-mix and Betty did?” No matter what, your lunchbox creation has to be #1 in the whole school, and it's about to be thanks to California Grape Nectar.
We know just how hard it can be to please youngsters while incorporating healthy items. But all kids love grapes, so all kids are sure to love grape sugar. With the addition of Grape Nectar in a couple items throughout the day, your child will stay happy, energetic, and full. Add in a couple easy and nutritious snacks to make this lunchbox a winner.
Tummy rumbling a couple hours after breakfast? No worries, mom packed a cutie or small apple to temporarily satisfy hunger until the lunch bell rings. And when it does, ooooo yes, time for that PB&J, or shall we say PB&GN (peanut butter and grape nectar, shown below). Using Above Average Peanut Butter and Berry Bored-O Jam, this sandwich enhances peanuts and berries without any preservatives or unnecessary sweeteners. Grape Nectar elevates the taste of your basic PB&J, to create the premier sandwich - PB&GN.
Wash down Above Average Peanut Butter with some All-Apple Juice that is sweet as can be from All-Sass Grape Nectar. Refreshing and light, this drink contains antioxidants that juices from the grocery store neglect to include.
Just don’t forget the sides. A few grapes add a refreshing snack that, of course, pairs amazingly with Grape Nectar. For more protein, mixed nuts go fantastically with PB&GN. And to ensure hunger does not overcome your scholar, a cheese stick or handful of carrots are substantial fuel for a productive and functional mind.
Finish up with a Strawberry Krispie. The peak of this lunchbox that will have the rest of the playground speechless. Sweet and savory, yet healthier than your average rice krispie! #NOTYOURAVERAGESWEETENER #VeganRecipes
- 2 slices of Dave’s Bread (recommend Goodseed or Powerseed)
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- Place together and cut in half or quarters
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About five weeks ago, I published a post titled, “FBI Announces: Beware of QR Codes.” Prompted by the FBI announcement, the post raised awareness to ways QR codes are being used by bad actors to steal our data and defraud us.
SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL–QR CODE MAKES AN APPEARANCE
For those of you that watched the United States Super Bowl on February 13th, you may have been surprised (as I was) when–during a commercial break–dancing across the screen appeared a QR code we were encouraged to take a photograph of with our smartphone.
Although the QR code led to a legitimate site, an Inc.com article highlighted the FBI’s warning and concerns about QR codes.
Here is a quote from the article:
“QR codes are appearing everywhere—even in Super Bowl ads—but consumers and business owners should know that there are risks.”
It is worth a read.
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Oil Price Hike: The Price of Full Deregulation
Oil companies have increased pump prices by as much as 50 centavos today (April 21) as they remain silent on IBON findings of intense profiteering in 1998.
Analyzing the effects of deregulation of the downstream oil industry since 1996, it is clear that the promise of lower prices and better services has been honored in the breach.
What happened in 1998 is a glaring example of oil companies zest for superprofits. Notwithstanding the decrease in crude prices due to oversupply in the world market, the consecutive reductions in pump prices towards the end of 1998 were not substantial. In fact, IBON computations even show that oil firms overpriced their products by as much as P1.7 billion for the whole of 1998. This is already close to P200,000 per hour!
Data from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also show that the Big Three (Petron, Shell and Caltex) also had a whopping 1,090% increase in profits last year. Analyzing the oil firms performance during the 1990s, their reported losses in 1997 are more than compensated by cumulative earnings reaching P37.5 billion from 1990 to 1998.
The current situation of increased crude oil prices from January to March 1999, therefore, must be seen in this context. After all, in analyzing the oil firms unpopular decision, one needs not just a sense of economics, but also a sense of history.
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Pictured below is Sakurajima (桜島）、an active volcanic island off the coast of Kagoshima in Kyushu. The weather here is often beautiful, the surrounding area is full of hot springs, and the soil is incredibly fertile due to its volcanic ash content, and thus the fruits and vegetables grown here are particularly tasty.
ferry to the island
Pictured above is what used to be a full-sized a Torii gate (~3m tall). In a large eruption that occurred around 100 years ago, the bulk of the gate was buried in lava and ash.

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“An illuminating exercise I give my students is to tell them to write for, say, five or ten minutes. And then to count the number of words they’ve written. And to match that number against the number of words a writer like Virginia Woolf penned during a workday. We then figure out how long it would take for us to write a draft, say, of a 60,000 word book if all we ever had was ten minutes a day to write.
We learn that we write more than Woolf did; we learn that if we worked when we could each day, if only for ten minutes, we would eventually produce the draft of a book that, of course, we’d need to revise. We learn that stopping ourselves by telling ourselves that we don’t have enough time is a bogus excuse. We learn that we can find ten minutes by giving up doing something else.” Louise DeSalvo


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Bienvenido a Parkville Care Center
Dear Residents and Families:
Please use this link to view and sign up for available indoor visits with your loved one at Parkville Care Center through SignUp Genius. [NOTE: Residents admitted to isolation must complete the two week quarantine before being able to schedule an indoor visit. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your scheduled visit for check-in and COVID testing. Appropriate personal protective equipment such as masks will be utilized by both parties during the visit.]
Welcome to Parkville Care Center, formerly known as Park Place Health Center. We are thrilled to announce as of January 2019 Parkville Care Center is part of the iCare Health Network. We chose the name Parkville to honor the care center’s place as a provider of quality skilled nursing and long term care in the historic Parkville neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut.
Bienvenido a Parkville Care Center, anteriormente conocido como Park Place Health Center. Estamos encantados de anunciar que a partir de enero de 2019. Parkville Care Center es parte de iCare Health Network. Elegimos el nombre de Parkville para honrar el lugar del centro de atención como proveedor de enfermería especializada de calidad y atención a largo plazo en el histórico vecindario Parkville de Hartford, Connecticut.
It is our commitment to make Parkville Care Center an inviting, homelike environment, providing culturally appropriate clinical care as well as recreation activities, dining, programming and supports. We are exceptionally proud of the specialized programs here at Parkville. At this time the care center provide short term rehabilitation and skilled nursing, long term care and memory care. Continue Reading
- Hispanic Culture Program - El programa de cultura hispana
- Respite Care Services - El cuidado de relevo
- Memory Care Program - Programa de Cuidado de Memoria
- Skilled Nursing and Post-Acute Specialties - Destrezas de Enfermería
- Touchpoints Therapy - Rehabilitation Services - Terapia y Rehabilitación a Corto Plazo
- Social Services - Care Planning - Discharge Planning
- Recreation Programs
- Dining and Dietary Services
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April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month and awareness is key to improving care and advancing research toward a cure. Prior to COVID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rated complications from PD as the 14th leading cause of death in the United States. Although there is no cure, treatment options vary and include medications and surgery. While Parkinson’s itself is not fatal, disease complications can be serious. Fresh River Healthcare specializes in the treatment and managem…
A "Keep Calm and Get Hired" JOB ALERT -- March 2021
March 24, 2021As part of this Job Alert for the iCare Health Network, this post is highlighting seven total positions that are currently listed on iCare’s careers page. Check out the full postings and all of iCare’s open positions at ICARE.CAREERS. Vice President of Case Management - iCare Health Network Regional Clinical Director - iCare Health Network MDS Coordinator – Touchpoints at Chestnut and 60 West Staff Development - Infection Control Nurse - Touchpoints at Manchester Assistant Di…
Every holiday is a chance to celebrate and have fun with residents and staff. St. Patrick’s Day 2021 is no exception. Check out these photos from around the iCare Health Network.
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was year in which we all were thrown into a once-in-a-lifetime crisis that targeted our elderly and medically vulnerable and brought a level of disruption and suffering not seen in a century. To so many who spend their days and nights caring for Connecticut’s seniors, it seems like only yesterday that COVID-19 entered our lives and tightened its relentless grip. Yet here we are, and one year later the work conti…
Happy Long Term Care Administrator's Week 2021
March 10, 2021March 8-13, 2021 is National Long Term-Care Administrator’s Week. During this week, staff, residents, families, and volunteers have the opportunity to say “thank you” and honor the administrators who lead our nation’s long-term care communities. A heartfelt and sincere thank you from all of us at iCare Health Network to our dedicated Administrator team. Thank you for all that you do and all you have done in the past 12 months, alongside all of the frontline staff, to save lives, mainta…
Touchpoints at Bloomfield Honors the Women on the TAB Team on International Women's Day
March 8, 2021As part of International Women’s Day and National Women’s History Month, the team at Touchpoints at Bloomfield celebrated all the women on staff making a difference in the lives of residents. International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s ach…

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While a centralised digital ID ecosystem has existed for some time, healthcare thought-leaders attending identity Week America advocated for a federated patient data ecosystem.
The healthcare sector, where decades of patient data is stored, trails behind sectors like finance and travel that are miles ahead in their digital transformations.
Currently, £1 Billion is being funnelled into plans to achieve digital transformation in the NHS which has in the past lagged behind sectors like banking and finance and travel.
The drive from healthcare now is to accelerate digital innovation to communicate diagnoses quicker with more intelligent technology and trusted communication to the patient. This sentiment was voiced by Linda Van Horn, Founder and CEO of iShare Medical who delivered a keynote in which she explained how the platform facilitates the trusted exchange of healthcare information to patents and authorised professionals by using direct addresses and patient identifiers, instead of weak patient data such as a person’s name and date of birth.
iShare’s keynote presentation called for a better data security environment and federated digital ID ecosystem which would allow a shift to digital healthcare and unlock countless other benefits of ensuring efficiency, cutting operational costs, and open clear interaction between the patient and professionals.
Sharing the findings of the Bipartisan Policy Center study of Harris County Texas, she stressed that out of a total 3.4M patients in the state, 249,213 individuals had the same first and last name and 69,807 pairs shared the same names and date of birth, reducing the level of accurate data sharing.
Highlighting the system flaws further, she quoted that 2,488 patients were named Maria Garcia, making the point that generic patient identifiers do not differentiate similar medical records.
The standards that should be followed for sharing patient medical records include identity proofing, authentication of a trust credential to prove someone’s identity and authorisation for access to sensitive medical data, which follows the standard procedure when travelling on a plane.
With a record high number of registered NHS patients, and data indicating 6.6 million currently await treatment, now is the urgent time to be updating data platforms in the NHS to manage the challenges that the system faces since the pandemic by connecting vast amounts of data which is owned by different departments of the NHS.
On the government’s top agenda, in light of the NHS’ COVID-19 backlog, is to create a Federated Data Platform (FDP) which will coordinate isolated data from 42 Integrated Care Systems to improve health outcomes and make the way health information is communicated more transparent.
In September, the publication of a new data sharing framework built with better trust capabilities to let third parties analyse England’s health data set out five principles for best practice around settings, data, authorised access, research projects and outputs.


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I’ve been very very bad. First, I planned to cheat on my diet. Then, I actually cheated ON my planned cheat weekend by going running. Terrible, I know. But that’s besides the point. I hadn’t eaten this bad in sooooo long!!
The reason for this epic cheat weekend: my bf’s birthday. He said he was going to have a cheat weekend for his bday (he’s big on healthy eating also), so I decided to join in on the fun. I couldn’t let him eat all that crap by himself! 🙂
Saturday: We went to Ihop, and I ordered the Cinnastacks french toast combo, with eggs, turkey bacon, and hashbrowns 🙂
(I did do my leg workout that morning before the madness)!
For dinner, we went to our favorite steakhouse for the bf’s bday, and ordered a half dozen oysters, and the 26 oz. prime chateaubriand, with lobster mashed potatoes. Mmm mm mm.
We finished off dinner with our usual dessert there, the Meyer lemon pie.
Needless to say, I felt fat. Really really fat. But our cheat weekend was well-deserved!
Sunday: Don’t judge me – we went to Ihop AGAIN! I did manage to get a run in that morning though!
This time I got the strawberry and banana french toast, with a side of eggs and hashbrowns.
For dinner, we went to a soul food restaurant, where my boyfriend ordered catfish, and I got the gumbo with delicious cornbread on the side!
Ok, that’s not all. We then headed to Dilletante’s, a dessert place that has THE best cheesecake ever!
Was eating all that crap worth it? Well, yes, because everything was delicious, and I know I’ll be able to work it all off. But I felt like crap after the weekend was over……but that feeling is only temporary 🙂 So yes yes yes, it was wonderful for the time being!
I went to the gym Monday and Tuesday (and I still worked out Saturday and Sunday), so I’m back on track! Guess I didn’t really skip a day, but all that eating kind of cancelled it out lol.
Hope everyone had a fun and safe labor day weekend!


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Veterans Loans For Homes Veterans United Home Loans Reviews – Trustpilot – Veterans United made my dreams, into reality. I am extremely happy to say that Veterans United was my home loan of choice. They went above and beyond to ensure we were always up to date, taken care of and aware every step of the way.
Good Neighbor Next Door Loan Program Great Opportunity – FHA has a major role in the promotion of the Good Neighbor Next-Door program. These homes are sold at a 50% discount to qualifying buyers. Note that the program is only available to people in certain professions, and only certain homes in certain neighborhoods.
What Determines Interest Rate What is interest payment? definition and meaning. – A payment amount determined by the interest rate on an account.As a borrower, an interest payment represents the rate charged for being lent funds.As an investor, interest payments represent income on earned on cash accounts or fixed and variable rate securities.
First-Time Home Buyer Grants and Programs for 2019 – Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Loans. FHA loans are a popular option for first-time homebuyers that have past credit challenges and minimal funds to put down on the purchase of a new home.. Backed by the federal government, they allow you to qualify with a minimum credit score of 580 and down payment of only 3.5 percent.. And if your credit score is between 500 and 579, you may.
Frequently Asked Questions – teachernextdoor.us – This program is currently available to teachers, police officers, firefighters and EMT’s through HUD’s Good Neighbor Next Door Program. These properties are located in certain revitalization areas and available via a lottery style bid.
HUD offers homes at half price – Bankrate.com – Good Neighbor Next Door homes are in what the FHA calls "revitalization areas." These are neighborhoods with some combination of low household incomes, low homeownership rate and high number.
Housing Grants for Teachers – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development spearheads a program to make home ownership affordable for more teachers at the state and county levels. federal Good Neighbor Next Door Program.
Good Neighbor Next Door Program – USA Home Financing – The good neighbor next door program provides an opportunity for teachers, police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians to purchase eligible homes at a 50% discount off the listed price.
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Mortgage Loan Qualification By Income How Much House Can I Afford – Home Affordability Calculator. – Zillow’s Home Affordability Calculator will help you determine how much house you can afford by analyzing your income, debt, and the current mortgage rates.
HUD Housing for Teachers | Pocket Sense – Through its Good Neighbor Next Door program, HUD sells properties in its. Next Door program, teachers may apply for conventional loans, FHA-insured or.
Guest Column: Think you need to put 25 percent down? Think again – The example below assumes you are financing with an FHA 203(b) loan. The required down payment. stronger and promote home ownership, HUD created the Good Neighbor Next Door program. The purpose of.
FHA Loans For Home Buyers: How It Works & What To Do – The FHA Good Neighbor Next door (gnnd) program grants teachers, law enforcement officials, emergency medical technician, and firefighters access to special homes at 50% off list price, and with a.
FHA Loan Site Map – The FHA loan program will let you purchase a home with a low down payment and flexible guidelines.

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The trial for a Minneapolis police officer charged with punching a man at a north metro bar is set to begin on Monday.
Sgt. David Clifford is charged with felony assault after he was caught on camera punching Brian Vander Lee at a bar in Andover last June.
Vander Lee struck his head on the concrete as well and was knocked unconscious. He had to undergo several brain surgeries after the incident.
Clifford's lawyer has argued that his client was acting in self-defense.
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A shadowy group of former Obama officials called the Transition Integrity Project has been hosting Election Day war games to determine what might transpire if Joe Biden and his supporters refuse to concede defeat in November.
Ben Smith of the New York Times reports on the various shenanigans the libs might try to pull in the event that Trump is reelected:
For their war game, they cast John Podesta, who was Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, in the role of Mr. Biden. They expected him, when the votes came in, to concede, just as Mrs. Clinton had.
But Mr. Podesta, playing Mr. Biden, shocked the organizers by saying he felt his party wouldn’t let him concede. Alleging voter suppression, he persuaded the governors of Wisconsin and Michigan to send pro-Biden electors to the Electoral College.
In that scenario, California, Oregon, and Washington then threatened to secede from the United States if Mr. Trump took office as planned. The House named Mr. Biden president; the Senate and White House stuck with Mr. Trump. At that point in the scenario, the nation stopped looking to the media for cues, and waited to see what the military would do.
The Washington Free Beacon, in pursuit of its founding mission to preserve American greatness through war-related activities, decided to conduct its own Election Day War Game using the most advanced blockchain algorithms available on the dark web. The explosive results didn't shock us, but they will probably shock you. Here's a summary of what happened:
- Joe Biden refuses to concede and goes into hiding after winning just 212 electoral votes.
- President Trump holds an impromptu rally in front of the Memory Care unit of the Delaware hospice center where Biden is believed to be "resting." Don Jr. leads the crowd in a chant of "four more terms!"
- Gov. Gavin Newsom (D., Calif.) declares a state of emergency and calls a snap referendum on secession. Via executive order, he lowers the voting age to 10 and permits voting by TikTok. Driven by strong tween turnout, California votes to be absorbed by the People's Republic of China. Days later, Oregon and Washington follow suit.
- Federal forces of ambiguous affiliation land in California to seize oil reserves and coordinate resistance factions within the state. Elon Musk is appointed Lord Commander of the Free Western Territories. Hundreds of secessionist politicians and their enablers in the mainstream media are arrested and transferred to Guantanamo Bay.
- President Trump negotiates a historic deal with Barstool Sports to place cameras throughout the Guantanamo facility and allow citizens to place bets on everything from gladiator-style fights between journalists at rival networks to the number of days Gov. Newsom can abstain from self-pleasure. The new website is called LibsInCages.Gov.
- Mitt Romney is arrested after leading a Mormon mercenary force—The Latter-day Soljaz—in an unsuccessful attempt to reacquire the Free Western Territories on behalf of the ChiComs. Shortly upon his arrival at Guantanamo, he announces his campaign for president of the "unlawfully detained resistance," but is beaten handily by Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his running mate, Jim Acosta.
- Trump negotiates another historic deal—a prisoner swap with the Chinese government under which all Uyghur Muslims are freed, and the treasonous Guantanamo detainees are shipped to reeducation camps in Xinjiang. The ChiComs are forced to construct a new facility to house former journalists suffering from social media withdrawal. Acosta finally gets his own show on Chinese state television.
- Hillary Clinton remains at large following the murder of Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Vitamin K Supplements
We had a question this morning about Vitamin K supplements. The writer asked for information on vitamin K-2 (supplementation from MK-7), along with calcium and vitamin D for bone health, and wanted to know about the form of vitamin K used in Cooper Complete Original multivitamin and mineral formulations.
Vitamin K is an essential nutrient the liver uses to form proteins that promote blood clotting (and prevent abnormal bleeding). There are three basic forms of vitamin K:
- Vitamin K1 (which includes phytonadione, the form in our multivitamin) is a natural nutrient found in green leafy vegetables, and in smaller amounts, some oils (oil, soybean and canola).
- Vitamin K2 (menaquinones or MKs) include MK4 which is found in meats and dairy products. MK7 is found in some fermented foods, like cheese. This form of K is also found in a Japanese soy product called “natto”. (There’s a website where you can purchase “nattomoto powder” to use with soybeans to make natto. Some say it smells strong, pungent and cheesy, and others say it doesn’t have a lot of smell.)
- Vitamin K3 (menadione) is a man-made form of vitamin K. This form isn’t sold as a supplement for humans, ut is sometimes used in feed for life stock.
Healthy adults eating plenty of leafy green vegetables typically get all the vitamin K they need through their diet. Food provides the body with about half the normal supply of the vitamin needed, and intestinal bacteria produces the rest.
A deficiency can occur in individuals who are on antibiotics for extended periods, have liver damage, or intestinal disorders such as celiac disease. Alcoholism can also contribute to a vitamin K deficiency.
In humans, vitamin K supplements may increase bone mineral density and bone strength. The majority of studies have been conducted on patients in Japan using the menatetrenone form (vitamin K2) of vitamin K as fermented soybeans (Natto) are part of breakfast for many Japanese. Epidemiological studies suggest that decreased vitamin K intake is associated with increased risk of hip fracture, but not decreased bone density, although the association between low intakes of vitamin K and decreased bone density was seen in women in some studies. More research is needed on the potential impact of vitamin K on bone health. We also need research on the subject in the US – with the Japanese studies we don’t know what other foods or lifestyle habits might be different than those of the typical American and yet affect the outcome of the studies.
With its role in blood clotting, consumption of vitamin K is a major issue for individuals on Warfarin (blood thinners), and has to be closely watched as increases in vitamin K make warfarin less effective. For this reason, the Basic One multivitamin and mineral formulations do not contain vitamin K.
It appears that consumption of vitamin K2 (through food or supplementation) can last days longer than vitamin K1, the form found in plants and plant-based supplements, so keep this in mind if you decide to add vitamin K2 to your diet or supplement regimen.


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When the Fifty Shades of Grey novel was first released, I could not escape the chatter, buzz and controversial conversations that followed. Not only were all of my friends reading it, but so was the mother of the boy I babysat, my history professor, my boss… everyone! Being that I love anything taboo and I’m a sucker for a good love story, I decided to give it a shot. Needless to say, I was instantly hooked. I recently finished the trilogy, so naturally I’m anxiously awaiting the arrival of the movie!
It’s still up in the air whether or not the movie will cover all three novels or be broken up into three separate films, but regardless — as a die-hard fan of these books — it’s an understatement when I say that I’m going to be a little overprotective when it comes to who these characters are being played by. And even though the the majority of the cast has already been chosen, I’d like to ease my mind a little. Thus, I’ve compiled a running list of my favorite characters, and what actors would truly do them justice!
1. Christian Hemsworth as Christian Grey
2. Alexis Bledel as Ana Steele
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3. Hector Elizondo as Jason Taylor
4. Tyler Posey as Jose Rodriguez
5. Blake Lively as Katherine Kavanagh
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6. Adrian Grenier as Elliot Grey
7. Mila Kunis as Mia Grey
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8. Jenny McCarthy as Elena Lincoln
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9. B.J. Novak as Jack Hyde
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10. Amy Adams as Leila Williams
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Who is excited to see the Fifty Shades of Grey movie!? Which actors do you want to see?


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Mamma Chia, Organic Chia Squeeze Vitality Snack, Blackberry Bliss, 8 Pouches, 3.5 oz (99 g) Each
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Our receiving department does its best to verify and then enter the correct expiration dates for all incoming products. However, discrepancies do occur from time to time. This being said, the exceptionally high turnover at iHerb ensures that our inventory is among the freshest in the industry.
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Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus in Bangladeshi General Population
Keywords:HCV, prevalence, general population, Bangladesh
Background: Hepatitis C virus is encountered sporadically in Bangladesh. It results in a wide range liver diseases, with asymptomatic acute hepatitis rarely at one end to HCC at the other end of the spectrum.
Methods: 1018 individuals of different age groups and sex with varied religious, educational and social backgrounds were tested for anti-HCV by ELISA. Before testing, blood samples were preserved at -20°C. The study was conducted in a semi-urban location on the outskirts of Dhaka.
Results: 0.88% tested positive for anti HCV. None of them tested positive for HBsAg. There was a male predominance and those who tested positive were mostly between 17 and 50 years of age. Major risk factors for exposure to HBV appeared to be injudicious use of injectable medications, treatment by unqualified, traditional practitioners, mass-vaccination against cholera and smallpox, barbers and body piercing.
Conclusion: HCV remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Bangladesh.
Key words: HCV; prevalence; general population; Bangladesh.
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