text:
The European markets were kind to no one today. The major continental bourses were all off more than 1%, with falls of 1.7% in Italy and 1.6% in France and Spain. The euro sunk below $1.32. The blame is on a weak purchasing-managers’ survey.
That’s bad news for Europe, which desperately needs economic growth to pull its troubled governments out of their debt traps. As one might expect, bond prices slid (and yields rose) in Italy and Spain. They did in Greece, too, but no one’s paying attention anymore, and Portugal’s market is so thinly traded that it’s impossible to draw any conclusions.
But what should be most worrying to euro-zone policy makers is the right side of this chart.
The policies that have helped stabilized Italy’s government-bond market have proven less of a boon to Spain.
Spain’s 10-year bond yield had been below Italy’s since last summer. In early March it broke above. Today, according to Tradeweb data, Spain’s bond yield sits 0.4 percentage points higher than Italy’s. A month ago it was the other way around. That is a fairly rapid change in sentiment. The last time the two countries’ 10-year yields swapped places in a meaningful way was amid the chaos of late summer 2011, when Italy spun nearly out of control.
True, the European Central Bank’s giant injection of liquidity into the banking system helped radically pull back short-term Spanish government-bond yields; Spanish banks clearly used some of the proceeds of the ECB’s three-year loans to buy two-year debt. But the improvement in sentiment didn’t carry out to the longer end of the yield curve, as it did in Italy.
There are several reasons for fretting about Spain–its banking system is more precarious than Italy’s and its ongoing fiscal performance is worse. But whatever the cause, the gap is unsettling. And if it persists in getting wider, policy makers will have a problem on their hands.


text:
AJAY PIRAMAL GROUP
Billionaires are facing a corporate debt reckoning in India
The weak performance of property businesses and an acute liquidity crunch were cited as key reasons for rating downgrades
Tata Group sets sights on five growth engines
Tata Consultancy Services, 72% owned by Tata Sons, contributes about 75% of the group’s profit.
WPP Group India to bring its arms under one roof
Campuses in Mumbai, Gurugram to facilitate better collaboration
Adani group in talks with Krishnapatnam Port to acquire majority stake
The all-weather port with 365 days of operations is located at Krishnapatnam in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh, north of Chennai.
Yen shines as Chinese yuan slides to 11-year lows; Fed eyed
Against the dollar, the yen advanced by 0.3 per cent to 106.29 yen.
New tech, old worries in gig economy
If you look away from the technology — which is just a medium — the world of work hasn’t changed much.
Australia shares end higher on strong earnings, NZ inches up
Helped by gains on Wall Street, the S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 0.3 per cent at 6,501.80.
3 smallcaps live through slump season to show good prospects
These firms have reported top line and bottom line expansion for the fourth straight quarter.
More Retail rejigs senior management team
More Retail currently owns and runs 600 eponymous supermarkets and 21 hypermarkets located across the country.
Copyright © 2019 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service

domain: finance


text:
Today’s animated short is Satoshi Kon’s Ohayo, a little film about waking up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYUFBnAmK28&feature=youtu.be
Before Katsuhiro Otomo’s original manga Akira had even been finished, the rights had been bought to adapt it. Even when the film was released it was another two years until the manga ended. It took a great deal of effort to put the expensive production together and throughout it all Otomo was adamant about retaining creative control. He had to devise an ending for the film before he’d even figured out how the manga would end, reportedly the ending was inspired by a conversation Otomo had with Alejandro Jodorowsky. Not only did they have to condense over two thousand pages into two hours but also work around the fact that the whole story wasn’t worked out yet. Due to this there are differences between the manga and film, as is the case with all adaptations, yet the film still comes out feeling surprisingly complete.
Anime was, and still is to an extent, known at the time for cutting corners when it comes to animation. Whether it’s just having lips flap on a static face or a character frozen in space with a simple coloured background to show them jumping, some Anime’s really try to save money when it comes to animating things wherever they can. Akira completely defied this expectation with incredibly fluid animation, lots of detail, and pre-recorded dialogue (so that characters are animated to fit the voice). Akira introduced some of the world to anime and just reignited peoples excitement and interest in the medium in general.
Akira is a story told in broad strokes. There are histories, specifics, and lots of world building but for the most part it is about characters lost in something a lot larger than them. Kaneda and Tetsuo are rebellious kids from a tough background and they’re pulled into something that could shape the future of the Universe. Every step of the story just expands on what has come before until the film reaches its legendarily fantastical ending.
Even though the film is quite vague about some of the plot elements and characters I still reject the somewhat-popular idea that it is a film that makes no sense. Sure we might not be told why the psychic children are blue and things like that but I never feel lost as to who is doing what and why. Only the ending seems to be the part to me that could puzzle people but I was quite surprised when last watching the film how explicit it is about what’s happening at the end (I even think the scientist says “He’s creating another Universe” or something along those lines). The central characters are guys who let their emotions drive them; they don’t care about particularities and specifics when their friends are in danger. Akira as a fllm reflects this side of the characters by just barreling on ahead with only really stopping when they do.
As this is animation month the animation is something I should focus on here. Animation allows for a lot of freedom and that gets put to perfect use here. The scale of everything is gargantuan, the fluidity to the animation allows for breathtaking action and even splashes of the surreal, and the aesthetic of the world that has been created is perfect. From the trailing lights of their bikes to the ease that Testuo just tears through people with his mind, the film has created a non-stop barrage of iconic imagery. Geinoh Tamashirogumi’s strange but intoxicating score accompanies all of this and just adds to the sense of grand mystery. There’s a tribal aspect to the music too that kind of acts a reminder that we as a species have not striven too far from our simpler ancestors, that we are not as “fully evolved” as we would like to think. Almost every aspect to the film has a sense of oddness to it and when they all come together it creates this unique epic of psychics, kids, revolution, and the future of reality.
Akira, directed by Katsuhiro Ohtomo, written by Katsuhiro Ohtomo and Ozo Hashimoto.
Featuring the voices of Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tessho Genda.
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psionics can stop.
Akira is often attributed with basically reigniting more-than-niche interest in anime. It also showed that big-budget, mature, fluidly animated films could be a success that opened the doors for guys like the aforementioned Satoshi Kon.
Akira as a film has influenced the likes of The Matrix/Animatrix, Chronicle, Ghost in the Shell, Looper, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and many more. Something about it just resonates with people a lot and so bits and pieces of it seem to appear here and there.
Ohtomo would go on to direct more films as well as contributing shorts to anthologies or what-have-you but nothing he has made since Akira has made an impact that comes close to Akira’s.
Next up: The Rescuers Down Under- Saviour mice head to Australia.

domain: entertainment


text:
Home Remodeling Tacoma WA is an exciting time to add personal flair to your home. However, a house renovation can turn into an overwhelming project for homeowners.
It is important to understand that your daily routine will return to normal once the remodel is finished. This is particularly true for families with children.
Home remodeling is a long-term process that involves multiple steps. It includes planning, design, and construction. This type of work can be done by a general contractor or a design-build firm, which handles both the design and construction phases. You can also take on the project yourself. However, remodeling yourself will cost you time and money. Before you begin any remodeling, you should ensure your budget is comprehensive. It is easy to overlook things when making a budget, so be careful. A professional kitchen designer can help you determine your needs and plan the perfect kitchen.
Kitchens are complicated spaces that have to comply with many codes. They often have water, drain, and supply lines competing with wires and ducts. Adding a dishwasher, refrigerator, or sink may require relocating these lines. This is why hiring a contractor with experience with kitchen remodels is important.
A major remodel can be a huge undertaking, but it can increase the value of your home.
The first step in a kitchen remodel is to tear down the old cabinets, countertops, and flooring. This can be messy, but it is an important part of the process. After the demolition is complete, it is time to start the design phase of the kitchen remodel. You should make a list of necessary changes and want-to-have changes. You will be able to use this list to narrow down the options later on in the process.
Once you have a good idea of your ideal kitchen, it is time to begin selecting cabinets. Choosing a cabinet style that will match the rest of your home and be easy to clean is important. It is also important to choose the right cabinet hardware and lighting. These details can make a big difference in the look of your kitchen.
Bathroom remodeling is typically a more complicated project than other types of home remodeling, but it can be something other than an expensive one. With a little planning and budgeting, it is possible to create a beautiful new bathroom that will make you want to spend more time in it.
The first step is to find a certified and licensed contractor in the area. Once you have found a contractor you are comfortable with, getting at least two or three estimates is important. It is also a good idea to ask for references from past clients and check out their social media pages. Getting the proper permits is also an essential part of the process, but this is something that your contractor should be able to handle for you.
Demolition is a messy and noisy part of the remodeling process, but it is necessary to make room for the new fixtures and surfaces installed in your bathroom. This step can be relatively quick and easy if you only replace the toilet and sink. However, moving the location of the tub or shower, changing the room’s layout, and tearing up the existing tile floor are much more involved processes that will require more time.
Upon completion of demolition and construction, the next step is to install any cabinets, mirrors, or other major items included in your remodel. This is a great opportunity to add some personal touches to help your bathroom feel like it is your own. For example, if you’re looking for a way to brighten up your bathroom and give it a fresh look without spending much money, consider painting your vanity. There are a variety of colors and finishes to choose from, so you’re sure to find the perfect match for your space.
If you want to upgrade your bathroom with a new tub or shower, installing the new tiles covering these areas is also a great time. This is a job that requires attention to detail, as well as the use of special tools and techniques.
The living room is the heart of the home, where families gather to share time and memories. It’s a high-use area that needs to accommodate multiple activities and serve as a transition between the home and the outdoors. Living rooms tended toward formal design in the past, but today’s open floor plans have led to families using this space for many functions, including family game nights and movie nights with the kids.
When designing your living room, the first step is to assess the function of the space and the way you use it. You can do this with a “room board,” which helps you visualize your layout before making big changes. This can prevent costly mistakes, like discovering that your new rug’s pattern clashes with the curtains or that you need more storage space.
Functionality should lead to form, so consider your daily routine when rearranging furniture or selecting accessories. For example, if you plan on hosting guests, you should install a coffee table that doubles as a serving tray for drinks and snacks. This will help keep the living room tidy as you host guests.
During the remodeling process, it is important to choose a skilled professional. A licensed and insured remodeler will provide a safe work environment, follow local codes, and obtain necessary permits. You can find a qualified contractor by searching the Internet for valuable information or asking friends and neighbors for recommendations.
If you’re remodeling your living room, consider painting the ceiling white to brighten the space and open up the walls. This can make the space feel bigger, and it’s easy to coordinate with any color palette you choose for your decor.
A popular wall choice is shiplap, which can be painted any color and adds a beautiful texture. Another option is to use a patterned wallpaper that adds personality and visual interest. Adding an accent wall or window treatment is also a great way to update your living room and create a focal point.
Whether you’re trying to improve your sleep habits or add value to your home, a bedroom remodel is an excellent investment. However, a successful remodel requires careful planning, like any home improvement project. This will help save money and ensure that your goals are met once the remodel is complete.
To get started, ensure you have a clear idea of your objectives with the remodel and share these with your contractor. This will allow them to design and build a plan that aligns with your goals. It will also keep the project on track and ensure everyone is on the same page throughout the remodeling process.
One of the most important things to consider is what your bedroom is primarily used for. This helps you design your bedroom layout and determine what items you’ll need for the space. For example, if you work at home or have a hobby that involves working from home, you may want to include a workspace in your bedroom. This will provide a separate area where you can focus on work without disrupting your relaxing environment at home.
Once you’ve determined your goals with the remodel, you can start making decisions about things like wall paint, furniture, and more. It’s also important to eliminate any clutter in the room before beginning the remodel. This will not only improve the aesthetics of the room, but it will also reduce your stress levels.
During the remodeling process, having a rough sketch of what you’d like the finished product to look like is helpful. This can be a simple drawing showing where furniture will go and what you’d like the color of the walls. This information will make the project more efficient for you and your contractor.
Another great way to upgrade your bedroom is by adding new flooring. Instead of carpet, you can opt for wood floors or even tiles with a similar appearance. This will give the room a modern and stylish feel. You can also choose different rugs for the floor depending on your preferences. You can opt for a shaggy rug for a soft and comfortable feel, while you can go with a wool rug for a more sturdy feel.

domain: design


text:
A/N I Own Nothing All Characters Belong To DC And Warner Bros.
Authors Note: So... I was totally zoned out today and realized I've always wanted to write drabbles and one-shots and some song fics, but then realized I had no idea what I'd do them on. So I started and somehow this happened. It's a bunch of One-shots, drabbles, and song fics combined into a story I shall call a 'One-drong', no matter how lame that word is (and believe me I know it's pretty lame)! So I'm doing little one-drongs to as many JLU characters as I can think of, which is a lot so I'll probably be working on this a while...
J'onn J'onzz is sad.
He has just came from a funeral from a viking. The viking was a warrior prince, a hero many worshipped and envied.
But the viking was sad.
He couldn't be with his love and was sent spiralling into loneliness. He was cursed by a God who made him invulnerable to almost everything so he couldn't rejoin his beloved Valkyrie in the heavens above.
The viking died alone in despair, frozen in an iceberg.
J'onn was that viking.
So isolated and lonely. He needed to connect with humanity.
But how could he connect with those who despite his pledge to protect were killing Earth? Covering it with filth, over-populating themselves, and always fighting such pointless bloody battles.
But he wanted to be one of them, why he didn't know.
He walks the streets of Hong Kong, alone in the darkness.
Suddenly a women calls out to him in Chinese. She is short and plump with a look of kindness on her face. She sees his confusion and switches to English, gesturing for him to come inside while telling him that it is cold out and he needs to eat.
He isn't sure why, but he listens. She smiles as they sit down and begin to eat dinner.
She tells him her name is May-Ling, he says his is John. They talk for hours before she ushers him into a guest room to sleep as she tells him she will see him in the morning.
Suddenly J'onn J'onzz is happy.
A/N One down, I always feel like there's a severe lack of Martian Man hunter FF, but maybe it's just me.
A/N Read and Review, if you've got a prompt, or character, or pairing you'd like to see I'll be happy to do it:)

domain: literature


You will find below guidance on how to install the FRAMEN TV Box as well as add your own content or stream news from newspapers such as WELT and BILD.
🎯 What's included in the Box?
🎯 Setup requirements
- A TV with a free HDMI slot
- A free power socket
- An internet connection
🎯 Installation Instructions
- Connect the charging cable to the DC input on your FRAMEN TV-Box and the other end to a power socket.
- Connect the HDMI cable to your FRAMEN TV-Box and then plug it into the TV.
- Turn on your TV, making sure that you have the correct HDMI channel selected.
- After the TV Box has booted up, navigate through the tutorial and press the “Menu” button on your remote control or on the top left of your screen to enter the settings.
- Navigate to the Wi-Fi settings and connect to your Wi-Fi network.
⚠ Do not use "public" or "guest" Wi-Fis, which open a pop-up.
Technically they are referred to as "captive portals".
Enter your password with the keyboard displayed by pressing the remote control.
Exit the keyboard by clicking the "Return" button and confirm your password entry.
⚙ If you need to whitelist the TV box to connect to your internet, you will find the MAC address under the box, or you can navigate in the menu to the wifi configuration, and find the IP and MAC address at the bottom.
- After you have configured the Wi-Fi and are now connected to the Internet, please exit the Wi-Fi settings, you will see a Pairing ID.
How to connect the player to your account?
Learn more here


Sarwar puts ‘condition’ to join PTI
ISLAMABAD – Former Punjab governor Chaudhry Muhmmad Sarwar on Sunday called on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan at his house in Bani Gala.
Imran Khan on the occasion formally invited the former governor to join the PTI. PTI leader Jehangir Tareen was also present during the meeting.
According to sources, the former governor demanded from the PTI chief that he will only join the party if Imran forms a shadow cabinet. Sarwar spoke to Imran about his resignation as Punjab governor during the meeting.
The PTI chief appreciated his principled stand for resigning from his post.
The former governor resigned last month because of what he said was his failure to achieve the goals he had set for himself while assuming the office on Aug 5, 2013. He had complained about rising crime, helplessness of victims before oppressors and the power of land mafia which he said was “more influential than the governor”.
Sarwar stated that every third Pakistani was a victim of the land mafia and the government needed to look into this problem. The former governor alleged that 95 per cent of the Pakistani people were under the control of 5 per cent of the population.
He said he stood for democracy where even a common man’s son could get the same opportunities and rights as those of the elite. The former governor also stated that he had no intention of reapplying for British citizenship or joining Imran’s PTI.
The PTI also confirmed that the former governor met Imran and the two leaders’ meeting was held in friendly and pleasant atmosphere.
Talking to this correspondent, a PTI spokesman Chaudhry Rizwan said that Chaudhry Sarwar did not join PTI as yet but PTI chief Imran Khan had asked him to join the party and he will formally reply within days. Earlier, the former governor had announced to take part in the country’s politics.


text: NAPERVILLE, Ill. (10/5/11)--OfficeMax, a provider of office supplies, technology and services, has opened checkout terminals in more than 100 stores that let customers pay with Google Wallet through their mobile phones. Office Max is a CUNA Strategic Services provider. These new contactless payment terminals, powered by MasterCard PayPass, are available in OfficeMax stores throughout the greater New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., markets. OfficeMax said it is the first office supply retailer to implement the full range of Google Wallet features--payment, coupon redemption and loyalty programs. It’s also the first national office supply retailer to accept mobile payments through Google Wallet, the company said. Google Wallet, which is available on Sprint Nexus 4G phones, is an app that turns consumers’ phones into wallets. The app securely stores virtual versions of a consumer’s payment and rewards credentials, which can be used in stores with a mobile phone. Google Wallet employs near field communication (NFC) to make payments secure by tapping an NFC-enabled phone on any MasterCard PayPass-enabled terminal at checkout. The new mobile payment terminals at OfficeMax featuring PayPass Tap & Go will accept payments through Google Wallet and other contactless payment devices with radio frequency identification and NFC.

domain: economics


text:
Welcome to our Amador City, California Homeless Shelters and Services for the needy page.
Below are all of the homeless shelters and services for the needy that provide help to those in need for Amador City, CA and surrounding cities.
We also provide other homeless resources such as transitional resources and services that help the needy.
There are no listing located within the Amador City city limits.
A-TCAAs Homeless and Transitional Shelters provide emergency shelter to homeless children and families, along with case management support for job training, housing search, as well as social, health a [...]See more details
© © 2006 - 2024 HomelessShelterDirectory.org All rights reserved

domain: geography


text:
Millennials and retired parents are living together in multigenerational housing—here’s how they make it work
When Jesse Janelle, 33, and her husband were house hunting, they were looking specifically for homes that had enough room for their growing family as well as her parents. They purchased a three-story, 4,500-square-foot home in Rowley, Massachusetts, and it has a basement-level apartment with its own entrance.
The living situation is a multigenerational win-win: Janelle’s parents helped by providing the downpayment for the home and she and her husband assumed all of the monthly expenses and the mortgage thereafter. Now, her retired parents are living expense-free. They also help provide childcare for the couple’s young kids while Janelle and her husband work from home. Beyond the practicalities, there are little moments, too, that just make life sweeter, like when the kids garden with their grandma, the nights Janelle makes big family dinners or when Janelle and her husband slip out for ice cream dates after they put the kids to bed.
“My dad says this is the best part of his life because he gets to see his grandkids every day,” says Janelle, a mom of three and a coach and speaker who works largely with millennials.
More Families Are Living Together In Multigenerational Households
Multigenerational living is a fast-growing trend in the United States: A quarter of U.S. adults ages 25 to 34 resided in a multigenerational family household in 2021, which is up from 9% in 1971, according to the Pew Research Center.
Since the Great Recession in 2008, there’s been much attention focused on the rising share of young adults who boomerang back home and live with one or both of their parents. While this may be the most common arrangement for young adults in multigenerational households, realtors are also seeing many situations like Janelle’s: Families are strategically seeking out homes big enough to live together and also renovating existing spaces so they can move in with one another and share household responsibilities and costs.
Ahead, see how today’s high-priced housing landscape, loosened restrictions on accessory dwelling units and other factors are reshaping American households — plus tips on how to live in multigenerational harmony.
Why Multigenerational Living Is On The Rise
Most members of the Gen Z and millennial generations want to own a home someday, but their biggest challenge is affordability, according to a Bankrate survey from March 2022 that was conducted by the research firm YouGov.
In fact, buying a home is considered by those surveyed as a hallmark of the “American dream,” with 74% of those surveyed placing the highest priority on homeownership, above being able to retire, having a successful career, owning a car, having children or getting a college degree.
Yet today’s first-time buyers face a whole lot of hurdles that can make it difficult to both save and qualify for a home. The cost of higher education rose sharply when millennials were in college, saddling many with student loan debt that can impact debt-to-income ratios which, along with credit scores, are necessary to qualify for home loans. Wages, however, have remained stagnant for decades, making it harder to pay those loans off — and the prices of everything seem to be going up, for various reasons.
On top of that, home prices have been on the rise, with the national median single-family home price reaching $398,500 in Nov. 2022, which is 8.6% higher than a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors. Then, factor in escalating mortgage rates. Rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages, the most popular loan type, are at 6.36%, and had crept above 7% in fall 2022.
Megan Micco, a realtor in Berkeley, California, says she works frequently with millennial buyers — many of whom have careers with successful tech companies — who still struggle to find affordable homes in today’s expensive home market. These circumstances, she says, have led to an increase in multigenerational living.
Young professionals often need financial help from parents in order to qualify for and afford a home purchase, Micco says. In addition, many millennials are also new parents who are looking for caregiving support for young children; high childcare costs can put further pressure on household budgets. Simultaneously, many retirees are looking to affordably downsize, lower their living expenses and spend more time with their children and grandchildren.
“The benefits of multigenerational living include shared housing costs, built-in childcare, closer family relations, and elder home care,” Micco says. “Aside from the possibly challenging intra-family dynamics of living close together, these arrangements have an undeniable financial benefit for all members of the group.”
Adapting Homes For Multigenerational Living
Accessory dwelling units — which go by lots of monikers like ADUs, granny flats, in-law units, or backyard cottages — are growing at a rate of 9% per year and can cause home values to swell by as much as 35%, according to home services platform Porch.com.
The growth in ADUs is helping make multigenerational living more of a reality, too, for many families. Many cities, Micco points out, have passed local ordinances in the past few years to relax the permitting requirements for building ADUs in an effort to relieve pressure on the housing crunch. But, these types of structures are also ideal for coexisting, as ADUs are generally stand-alone structures on the same lot as the primary residence, often with their own kitchens and laundry units.
As multi-generation households become more commonplace, builders and remodelers are taking notice, too, says Jennifer Spinelli, a real estate investor and founder of Niche Home Buying in Albuquerque, New Mexico. New home features, she says, include separate entrances and living quarters, larger common spaces, and other features like wheelchair ramps and wider doorways to accommodate all members of the household.
“Many builders and remodelers are also incorporating technology into their designs to make the home more efficient and connected, from voice-controlled lights to smart thermostats,” Spinelli says.
Tips For Making Multigenerational Living Work
Considering living with your parents, but not sure how that will work out because the last time you were under the same roof you had a curfew and chore chart?
It’s all about managing expectations and respecting one another’s space, says Janelle, who has grown to love her multigenerational household arrangement so much that her family is looking into options that would also allow her husband’s parents to live with them as well.
Her advice to others considering living under the same roof as their parents is to “make sure everyone in the house has their own separate spaces — otherwise, it can feel crowded.”
Her parents have their own entrance to their basement apartment and she and her husband have their own home offices to retreat into.
She also says it’s important to set expectations when you move in together — is it OK to drop by one another’s part of the home unannounced, or is it best to knock or text first? Will you share meals and groceries? How will shared household expenses and repairs be broken down?
Another thing to consider if you’re planning to buy a home that your parents will live in: There are several programs for first-time home buyers, so millennials should carefully consider the role their parents will play financially when shopping for home financing, says Micco.
It may make sense to take a loan from a parent for a down payment rather than having the parent co-sign on the mortgage, she says. Check in with a local lender or mortgage broker to understand the available options.

domain: news


text:
“This is not what I want! This is not what I planned! And I just gotta say, I do not understand!”
On Thursday night, dozens of Disney stars reunited for The Disney Family Singalong, a virtual event aimed at connecting housebound viewers through song. For many, the highlight of the evening was the special’s High School Musical takeover, which reunited fans with stars Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, and more. While it was a pretty big deal to snag Efron for the reunion, when it came time to actually sing, the star was M.I.A. What gives?
After making its way through Disney musical classics like “Colors of the Wind” and The Jungle Book‘s “I Want To Be Like You,” the Disney Family Singalong finally made its way into the 21st century. Towards the end of the broadcast, host Ryan Seacrest introduced the highly-anticipated High School Musical reunion, featuring the franchise’s OG stars and director Kenny Ortega performing the movie’s greatest hits. Since the event was first announced last week, the stars have been teasing Efron’s involvement in the special, but when it finally came time for him to show face, it was quite a letdown.
“Just when you thought we couldn’t give you any more feels, I have a surprise for you,” said Seacrest. “This star is hunkered down in the middle of nowhere with patchy WiFi, but he did not want to miss out on tonight.”
Efron then appeared via video, which, to his credit, was actually pretty grainy. “It’s my greatest pleasure to introduce a musical performance by some of my oldest friends, and some new ones,” said the star. “I hope that you enjoy, and remember, we are all in this together.” And… that was it. So much for an encore performance of “Get’cha Head in the Game.”
As you can imagine, viewers were pretty disappointed in Efron’s brief Disney Family Singalong cameo. “Finding out Zac Efron didn’t sing with the rest of the cast is just yet another major fuck you from 2020,” wrote one fan. “You couldn’t sing on a HSM Zoom call??? Excuse you sir,” said another.
Patchy WiFi or not, Zac Efron probably could have found a way to sing at least one song with his HSM co-stars. If Troy Bolton can make his basketball championship game and his callback audition in the same hour, so can Efron.
The Disney Family Singalong is now streaming on Hulu.

domain: artistic


text:
Posted: 5:34 PM PT, November 8, 2023
Candy name He was joined by a very special guest on CMA Awards platform! The 38-year-old singer opened the show with an epic rendition of his hit song “Need a Favor,” and delighted fans when Wynonna Judd He walked out on stage halfway through the track.
The audience included famous couples Nicole Kidman And Keith UrbanAnd Kelsea Ballerini And Chase StokesThey sang, clapped and danced as the duo dazzled the audience with their performance.
Jelly Roll and Jude hit all the right notes, as they sang along, with the country music legend holding on to the singer’s arm throughout their performance.
During rehearsals for the concert, Jelly Roll, Most nominated male actor At this year’s CMA Awards, It said That “there is no greater honor” than opening the show.
“I pray that one day I can be a fly on the wall and look at the history in that conference room, and I just want to know who suggested it, right? Because someone had to sit around a big table of important people and say, “I think Jelly Roll should open the show.” “Whoever did that, I just want to kiss his mouth.”
He also teased a surprise guest, saying: “I’m going to have a special guest. I’m not going to tell anyone who he is.”
Jelly Roll will also close out this year’s show, teaming up with K.J. Michelle to honor mother-daughter duo The Judds with “Love Can Build a Bridge.” Performance will follow Naomi JuddDeath April 2022.
“The first thing I said was, ‘I’m not going to do this without Wynonna’s blessing.’ Even before I make the song or record. “I called Wynonna.” Jelly Roll told ET On the red carpet on Wednesday in Nashville. “I have a huge amount of respect for Wynonna. I grew up listening to The Judds. I love Wynonna. I don’t just want you to do it, I want you to do it BIG!” she said.
The 2023 CMA Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan And Peyton Manning, airing live on Wednesday, November 8 at 8 pm ET on ABC. Check here for Full list of tonight’s big winners!
“Travel junkie. Coffee lover. Incurable social media evangelist. Zombie maven.”

domain: celebrity


text:
Canadian pop singer Erica Knox has recently released catchy new single ‘Make Me Happy,’ self penned and produced by Kadeema’s Tal Vaisman. Upbeat and joyful, Erica says that the song “came from looking to others to make me happy, and realizing that I am the only person who is capable of that. Whether it be in relationships, with friends, or family, I can’t rely on others to make me happy, I have to create a life doing things that I love, with the people I love, to achieve that.”
‘Make Me Happy’ is all about moving on from expectations of other people – and the realisation that peace and self belief come from within. It’s up to yourself to make yourself happy and listening to this will certainly help you along that path.
Make Me Happy is available now.
Follow Erica at:


text:
WASHINGTON – A Northern Nevada tribe and the federal government on Friday completed an agreement that settles longstanding claims for water along a fork of the Owyhee River.
The agreement ending one of the last tribal water-rights disputes in Nevada was signed by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and by Lindsey Manning, chairman of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation.
“The value of clean water cannot be overestimated,” Manning said at a ceremony held at the Department of Interior. “In the arid West, the adjudication of water rights is critical as overpopulation increases, economics uses increase and natural demands compete with each other.”
A settlement act already passed by Congress grants the tribe $60 million for water projects, including an upgrade to the Bureau of Indian Affairs irrigation system that serves the reservation on the Nevada and Idaho border.
The agreement that resulted from two decades of litigation and negotiations specifies the tribe’s water rights along the east fork of the Owyhee River.
The deal settles the tribe’s claims against the U.S. government that stemmed from the destruction of salmon and steelhead trout runs when federal water projects were built in the 1930s, and from the loss of water rights to the arrival of settlers to the region.
Contact Steve Tetreault at email@example.com or 202-783-1760. Find him on Twitter: @STetreaultDC.


text:
Sarasota cautious on aquarium
City commissioners rejected the idea of giving a vague, tentative endorsement to a new downtown Mote aquarium late Monday night.
Michael Crosby, CEO of Mote Marine Laboratory, had asked the commission to endorse plans for a new aquarium on Sarasota's bayfront. Specifically, Crosby said Mote has studied the possibility of building an aquarium on a five-acre chunk of the parking lot around the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
The idea provoked opposition from other stakeholders on the waterfront. Representatives from the Van Wezel, the Sarasota Orchestra and the Sarasota Garden Club were among a parade of residents and nonprofit leaders who opposed allowing Mote to get ahead of wider community plans to develop the bayfront area.
At the same time, city commissioners were skeptical of an "endorsement" that, while ostensibly not a firm commitment, could nevertheless look like one.
"This is a promise for five acres of our bayfront," said Commissioner Shannon Snyder. "This is the night the train leaves the station. I don't care what else you say."
Leaders of the Van Wezel Foundation have said they are concerned about the prospect of anything occupying the performance hall's parking lot. Similarly, leaders of Bayfront 20:20, a coalition of development boosters headed by Visit Sarasota County, said they are not ready to support Mote's plans while they are organizing public brainstorming meetings.
Art Levin, a member of the Bayfront 20:20 committee, said he thought Mote should wait for a community consensus on what should be done with the city's valuable waterfront. Even if Mote's request was vague, it shouldn't be taken lightly, he said.
"It's not trivial," Levin said. "It should come as a result of the community input that's being gathered by the 20:20 committee."
The commissioners, like many leaders of nonprofits, emphasized their affection and respect for Mote but said they could not do as Crosby requested. They voted 3-2 to deny Crosby's request and to direct staff to not bring any more similar endorsements to the City Commission. Commissioners Paul Caragiulo and Suzanne Atwell were the no votes on both 3-2 votes.
The board voted unanimously to encourage Mote to work with the Bayfront 20:20 coalition.
The city of Sarasota owns the property the Van Wezel sits on. But just as important, Crosby said, is the legitimacy the city could lend by signing off on Mote's vision. Mote planned to seek funding elsewhere, from federal, state, county and corporate bodies.
Crosby said the new aquarium would be only a part of the institution's growth, serving as the public face in front of an expanded research facility.
"Mote isn't interested in growing for the sake of growing," Crosby said. "We're bursting at the seams."
To have more impact on ocean science and public education, Crosby said, Mote needs more researchers, more lab space, more research infrastructure, and more space for visiting scientists and entrepreneurs.
Within two years, Mote could submit plans for the aquarium, which could feature sharks, manatees, and other live animals.
If the aquarium were to move forward, many more months of planning and public meetings would follow.
Many others are interested in the land around the bayfront and the former Sarasota Quay, where valuable property has been unused for years because of the Great Recession. Earlier this year, a group of developers led by capital investment firm Seven Holdings accidentally leaked designs for an aquarium, a hotel and a conference center. That group has since remained quiet.
Subhead for the SCity story goes over herey and over herey hereyy


The main content of the book is the rationale for the United States to have an overwhelming superiority in "Vozdushnosti power" to provide air superiority and thus a victory in case of war with the Soviet Union. At the same time the author proves the importance of the defense of all member States of the North-Atlantic Alliance and the "Grey areas", i.e. countries outside of NATO, but the territory for which the U.S. has important strategic value.
The development of nuclear weapons and "nuclear" aviation in the U.S. and the USSR by the time the author divides it into three phases. The first phase, which he refers to the moment of the explosion of the first American atomic bomb, will last 11 years — from 1945 to 1956. Then will come the second phase, since 1960— third.
For all variants of possible hostilities in the future, the author proceeds from a false premise of a sudden attack of the Soviet Union on the United States.


text:
As a space that is at least eight hours a day, the office needs to create a working environment that can support and inspire creativity, so it is important to set up a green office space. With the plant, there is a vitality of the gas, you can adjust the ecology. What are the feng shui plants of the office? Office space is limited, feng shui plant how to layout it?
Greening of office space should be the display of some plants, indoor plants are best hardwood plants, such as iron trees, evergreen, rich trees, etc., because Ye Da can block evil, absorb bad energy, adjust the small indoor environment, small leaves And vines but will absorb the energy of people, easily lead to tongue disputes. And bamboo green and elegant, both to cultivate temperament, it is a symbol of peace.
1, auspicious fortune type
Rich flowers, rich bamboo, dragon blood tree, broadleaf, Penglai pine, seven leaf lotus, tranquil, brown bamboo, clivia, blue, cyclamen, citrus, tiger blue, nest fern, etc., these plants in office feng shui In auspicious wishfulness, the effect of wealth.
2, quiet and gentle type
Lily, Chlorophytum, rose, calla lily, late incense king, tulip, etc., there are quiet Zhiyuan, calm and the effect.
3, strong Wang Wenchang type
Bamboo, bamboo, bamboo, etc., these plants can enhance people's thinking ability, Ning Shen Tongqiao, able to Zhuang Wang Wenchang.
4, healthy and refreshing type
Roses, carnations, Milan, Begonia, camellia, clean and tidy, can promote good health, belong to the office space health messenger.
5, the evil evil style
Jade unicorn ball, golden thorns, gold thorns, keel, potted gourd and so has a strong evil force, to the external evil of the restraint, belonging to the office space of the patron saint of peace.


text:
This dinner experience is some what of a pop-up however it is a permanent fixture every Wednesday. The Asian dinner evenings are held in a big house in Houghton, where chef Su-yen cooks before you.
Booking is essential for this several-course meal and you must bring your own drinks. Contact Su-yen to find out more on booking times, cost and the menu. Chez Fong facebook

domain: food


text:
Color-Caster is a light painting photography tool designed for casting color.
* Please allow about a week for me to build you this tool, as it is a made-to-order device.
This is a click on/off design with a high-powered (9 volt) LED ~1000 lumens.
Product works best when used with a camera set to 'bulb-mode' along with a tripod and shutter release.
Light source is bright-white and comes with an 8-color ‘color-wheel’ to filter the LED. Color-wheel clicks into place magnetically (kinda like a video game cartridge) and has tiny notches to hold the filter in place over selected color.
Takes a single 9 volt battery (included).
Each hand-made tool is numbered on the interior of the battery case.


text:
Dare to Lose: 4 Simple Steps to a Better Body – Book Review
Alan L. Miller
Shari Lieberman, PhD, CNS, FACN, with Nancy Bruning Avery, a member of Penguin Putnam, Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 ISBN 1-58333-125-5; Hardcover; 353 pages; $24.95
In her fourth book, Dare to Lose, Dr. Shari Lieberman, a practicing nutritionist, takes on the world of weight loss. She presents a four-step plan, including a sensible eating plan, lifestyle moderation (including stress reduction), exercise, and specific nutritional supplementation.
The authors do a laudable job explaining normal and abnormal metabolism, and what makes a person’s metabolism malfunction so fat is stored instead of burned efficiently. They describe the factors that cause people to become “metabolically challenged,” and how these factors (yo-yo dieting, sedentary lifestyle, poor nutrition, and chronic stress) affect normal metabolic processes.
As with the rest of the text, Lieberman approaches the chronic stress component in a well-referenced, easy-to-understand fashion that helps the lay reader better understand the connections between chronic stressors and their metabolic consequences, including increased cortisol, insulin, and central obesity. She emphasizes a rational beginning to the weight loss plan is stress reduction, and offers many options for the reader. The next step is to address toxicity via a detoxification regimen that begins the process of dietary and metabolic change. This is followed by a two-step approach to dietary modification (depending on the carbohydrate sensitivity of the individual), with an emphasis on foods that should be eaten instead of a strict “no-no” list.
The third step involves a good quality multivitamin-mineral supplement, and specific supplementation of nutrients and/or botanicals, depending on the individual’s metabolism and goals. Well-researched information is provided on substances such as Ephedra, pyruvate, Coleus forskohlii, conjugated linoleic acid, green tea, Gymnema sylvestre, chromium, and others. Finally, a sensible, balanced exercise plan is offered.
This is a very rational and commonsense approach to weight loss that can serve as a primer for professionals whose main focus is not in the weight loss arena, as well as a high quality book to refer patients to as a reference text for a detoxification/de-stress/weight loss protocol.
COPYRIGHT 2002 Thorne Research Inc.
COPYRIGHT 2003 Gale Group

domain: medical


Robust and fault tolerant control of modular and reconfigurable robots
thesisposted on 24.05.2021, 10:07 by Sajan Abdul
Modular and reconfigurable robot has been one of the main areas of robotics research in recent years due to its wide range of applications, especially in aerospace sector. Dynamic control of manipulators can be performed using joint torque sensing with little information of the link dynamics. From the modular robot perspective, this advantage offered by the torque sensor can be taken to enhance the modularity of the control system. Known modular robots though boast novel and diverse mechanical design on joint modules in one way or another, they still require the whole robot dynamic model for motion control, and modularity offered in the mechanical side does not offer any advantage in the control design. In this work, a modular distributed control technique is formulated for modular and reconfigurable robots that can instantly adapt to robot reconfigurations. Under this control methodology, a modular and reconfigurable robot is stabilized joint by joint, and modules can be added or removed without the need of re-tuning the controller. Model uncertainties associated with load and links are compensated by the use of joint torque sensors. Other model uncertainties at each joint module are compensated by a decomposition based robust controller for each module. The proposed distributed control technique offers a ‘modular’ approach, featuring a unique joint-by-joint control synthesis of the joint modules. Fault tolerance and fault detection are formulated as a decentralized control problem for modular and reconfigurable robots in this thesis work. The modularity of the system is exploited to derive a strategy dependent only on a single joint module, while eliminating the need for the motion states of other joint modules. While the traditional fault tolerant and detection schemes are suitable for robots with the whole dynamic model, this proposed technique is ideal for modular and reconfigurable robots because of its modular nature. The proposed methods have been investigated with simulations and experimentally tested using a 3-DOF modular and reconfigurable robot.


House Democrats tried to block President Joe Biden’s primary opponent, Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. when giving public testimony during a government investigation.
Kennedy was among the witnesses who testified Thursday for a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government about the collusion between the federal government and Big Tech companies to suppress speech.
In the beginning, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., cited House Rules 11, Section 2, “which Mr. Kennedy is violating,” she said.
“I’m moving to go to a larger stage because Mr. Kennedy has repeatedly made offensive and anti-Asian statements as recently as last week,” said Wasserman, who was the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and came to the end of the debate after the Wikileaks emails came to light. show DNC staff tried to tip the scales against the representation of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and in favor of nominee Hillary Clinton.
House Rule 11, Section 2 requires any House witness whose testimony is “disparaging, discrediting or impeaching any person,” to be presented without a majority.
During his testimony, Kennedy insisted that his statement was incorrect.
“In my entire life, I have never spoken a word against racism or dissent,” Kennedy told the House panel.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., called for Wasserman Schultz’s resolution, and he responded by asking for a vote.
All of the Republicans on the select committee supported Massie, voting not to join the closed session for Kennedy’s testimony. All Democrats voted for Wasserman Schultz.
Wasserman Schultz said it was voting against “allowing a witness to disparage others and violate the law and to have his testimony and disparagement be expanded rather than presented at a grand jury.”
Rep. Dan Goldman, DN.Y., said he votes, “No hate speech.”
Last week, Kennedy announced that COVID-19 could be a deliberate weapon from China, and said: “COVID 19 his goal is to attack Caucasians and blacks. The most protected people are the Ashkenazi and Chinese Jews.”
Kennedy, the son of former attorney general and New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy, is the son of his former President John F. Kennedyis challenging Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination
“I was vetted, not by the Democratic administration, I was vetted by the Trump administration,” Kennedy said at the House hearing. “I am the first person to be the chairman [Jim Jordan, R-Ohio] he explained, I am the first person tested by Biden’s administration two days after he took office. ”
Massie added that “the disagreement and misunderstanding from the other side of the aisle is deafening.”
“This is a meeting about an investigation that began with an effort from the other side of the aisle to investigate Mr. Kennedy,” Massie said. “They don’t want him to talk. However, this is the topic of this article. It has prevented him from speaking, coordinating between the government and the private sector. “
Do you have any thoughts on this matter? To install, please email letters@DailySignal.com, and we will consider publishing your edited comments in our regular “We Hear You” section. Remember to include the link or title of the article along with your name and city and/or state.


text:
Categories See All →
× Donate to DOA World
Please donate to support DOA World. We appreciate all donations!Tweets by @TeamNINJAStudio
Sweet Revenge has made it clear that Genfu is quite possibly the biggest threat we have seen in Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate. If you want to scratch the surface of this deep DOA character, check out the move breakdown guide.
Team Ninja has announced that the Warrors Orochi 3 Costume Set DLC will be available for Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate in both North America on December 10th, and in Europe on December 11th! You can find this DLC pack on both PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Marketplace.
If you're interested in watching some competitive DOA on this icy weekend, we got you covered with the schedule of NEC XIV as well as links to the streams. Read the full story for more important information.
Live Bracket: http://challonge.com/nec14doa5utop8
Congratulations, Sweet Revenge!
In celebration of NEC XIV let's take a quick look at the last chapter. NEC XIII wasn't the biggest DOA5 tournament, but it created some landmark moments within the community... including the showcase of XcalibuBladeZ' amazing ability, and a dominate era from that of Alpha 152, at once believed to be a risky character choice.
The second volume of Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate's "Casual Costume" DLC pack has been announced and is now available in North America for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace. There is a lot more to come so stay tuned!

domain: game


text:
March 2016 by Finacity
Stamford, CT – December 15th , 2014 – Finacity Corporation (“Finacity”) announced today that it has facilitated the successful increase of an existing trade receivables securitization for The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE: MTW). The $185 million transaction now incorporates two new divisions (Manitowoc Foodservice UK Limited and Manitowoc Deutschland GMBH). Wells Fargo Bank, NA (NYSE: WFC) provided funding for the transaction, while Finacity provided structuring support and is responsible for ongoing program administration and reporting.
About The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is a multi-industry, capital goods manufacturer with over 100 manufacturing, distribution and service facilities in 24 countries. The company is recognized globally as one of the premier innovators and providers of crawler cranes, tower cranes and mobile cranes for the heavy construction industry, which are complemented by a slate of industry-leading product support services. In addition, Manitowoc is one of the world’s leading innovators and manufacturers of commercial foodservice equipment, which includes 24 market-leading brands of hot- and cold-focused equipment. More information can be found at www.manitowoc.com.
About Finacity Corporation
Finacity specializes in the structuring and provision of efficient capital markets receivables funding programs, supplier and payables finance, back-up servicing, and bond administration. Finacity currently facilitates the financing and administration of an annual receivables volume of approximately US $100 billion. With resources in the USA, Europe and Latin America, Finacity conducts business throughout the world with obligors in 165 countries. For further information, please visit www.finacity.com.
About Wells Fargo & Company
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.6 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 8,700 stores, 12,500 ATMs, the Internet (wellsfargo.com), and has offices in more than 36 countries to support the bank’s customers who conduct business in the global economy. With more than 265,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. At the end of third quarter 2014, Wells Fargo ranked fourth in assets among U.S. banks and was the world’s most valuable bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially.


text:
Publish Date - December 31, 2018
Author: Greg Thibodeau
Import Car Loans
Finding an Import Car Loan
For more than a century, import cars have been showing up on our shores. It wasn't really until the late fifties that our domestic automakers saw import cars as a threat when they started to compete with the Falcon, Comet and Valiant.
Remember how difficult it was to get service or parts for an import car? Let alone an import car loan? That is not true today.
Applying for an Import Car Loan
Like most new or used car loans, getting approved for an import car loan can be fairly easy if you follow these simple tips.
When it comes to buying an import car it is helpful to know exactly what model, color, and equipment you desire in your new or used vehicle.
Each auto financing application is evaluated individually. With myAutoloan.com for example, we will present you with at least four loan options for you to choose from once you complete an application. That way you can compare and pick the best loan before you purchase your import car. Even better, you are better prepared in negotiating a price for your import car at the dealership or broker.
Import Car Loan Documentation
While financing documentation varies from lender to lender, every lender must have detailed information. However, myAutoloan has streamlined the qualification process.
Some of the documentation that you will be required to supply while applying for your import car loan may include but is not limited to: a copy of current driver's license, agreement to provide insurance, personal references and pay stub with current year-to-date earnings.
Online Import Car Loans
Remember, if you know what you want and where your credit score stands, you have a better feel for what you can expect from an import car loan. Another great option is to consider an online auto loan especially when looking for a specialty vehicle such as an import. Besides researching the car, check on insurance and know that sometimes it's hard to find service and parts for an import car. myAutoloan.com can help you with all your import car choices.


text:
Role of growth regulators in agriculture :
- Parthenocarpy : The knowledge of the fact that application of auxins and gibberellins on unpollinated flowers results in the production of seedless fruits has been a great horticultural importance. It has been of great significance in such fruits where the number of seeds is very high and the seeds are of light food value (e.g., tomato, brinjal, guava, papaya, watermelon, orange) or the seeds are large in size (e.g., Litchi and Mango).
- Flower thinning : This problem refers to fall of unpollinated or unfertilized flowers from certain fruit trees e.g., in pineapple and litchi. This problem has been solved to a great extent by spraying the plants with 2, 4-D and Naphthalene Acetic Acid (NAA) both of which are synthetic auxins.
- Fruit ripening : Ethylene plays an important role in ripening of various fruits like oranges, lemons, grapes, banana etc.
- Rooting inducing or Root induction : NAA and Indole Butyric Acid (IBA) are very important in inducing roots on stem cuttings. Many plants are known which propagate by their stem cuttings such as Bougainvillea, roses, grapes, apples, coleus etc.
- Seed germination : Seeds having long periods of dormancy can be made to germinate early by the application of auxins.
- Potato storage : Some auxins e.g., methyl ester of naphthalene acetic acid is used to store potatoes for long periods.
- Weed control : 2, 4-D is and Tricholorophenoxy acetic acid are specific killer^ of dicot herbs and are called herbicides. Thus in a field having monocot crop dicot weeds may be eradicated by spraying either 2,4-D.
- Genetic dwarfism: When a genetically dwarf plant is treated with gibberellins it grows tall. Examples are pea, corn and bean.
- Effect on bolting and flowering : Another specific example of the action of gibberellins is inducing stem elongation and reproductive growth. In many plants leaves are developed in the form of a rosette and internodes remains short in first year of growth. Just before flowering internodes are strikingly increased. The phenomenon is known as bolting.

domain: agronomy


text:
Tosca (Puccini) Italian w/e.s.t. - Metropolitan Opera
James Levine conducts a new staging of Puccini’s dramatic tragedy, directed by Sir David McVicar. Sonya Yoncheva and Vittorio Grigolo star as the heroine Tosca and her lover Cavaradossi, with Bryn Terfel as the villainous Scarpia. Tickets on sale Wednesday, July 19, 2017 for SCENE™ and Met members and Friday, July 28, 2017 for the general public.


Knowles won the coin toss so he will join Jamie Hubbard on the April 2 ballot.
After Butler County Commissioners finished counting the final votes from last week's primary elections, Mike Huddleston and Mark Knowles were tied with 28 votes in Augusta's Ward 2 election. Knowles won the coin toss so he will join Jamie Hubbard on the April 2 ballot.
Since neither candidate was present at Monday's commission meeting, the commissioners decided to hold a coin flip to determine the winner prior to their Tuesday meeting.
Following Monday's meeting, one of the candidates questioned why some of the votes weren't counted.
There were 25 of 53 provisional ballots that weren't counted because the voter was not registered to vote, had not signed the ballot, did not have valid identification or lived outside the district the candidate they wanted to vote for represented.
One of the 25 provisional ballots the commissioners didn't count was discussed prior to Tuesday's coin flip.
The person who submitted the ballot had changed her address with the DMV but had not changed her address with the election office.
That person was Knowles wife, Cecelia.
"She didn't change her address with the election office, so we really cannot count that vote," said Commissioner Peggy Palmer.
County Clerk Don Engels concurred.
"If we could have counted those three votes in that ward it might have saved us a lot of grief," Engels said. "But as it was, we just couldn't."
The commissioners decided to formally vote to affirm their Monday decision to not count any of the 25 questionable provisional ballots. The motion passed 5-0.
Following this vote, Engels invited Knowles and Huddleston to come up for a coin flip to decide which one of them continues to the general election.
County Administrator Will Johnson pointed out state statutes regarding ties stipulate a game of chance will decide such an election. In several previous instances in Butler County, coin flips were used.
Knowles chose not to attend Tuesday's meeting, so Engels asked Huddleston, who was present at the meeting, to call heads or tails. Huddleston chose heads, but the coin showed tails after the flip, so Knowles will be moving on to the general election.
Knowles encouraged everyone in Augusta to make sure their voter information is correct before the April 2 election.
Knowles said, "I appreciate Mike Huddleston's service to Augusta and respect him for stepping up to run when no one else would."
Engels said residents had until March 12, 2013 to register or change information. He encouraged people to call his office (316) 322-4229 or stop in to the clerk's office in the county courthouse to register or verify information.


text:
I love to quote Frank Zappa on this, “Your life is a ribbon of time that you get to decorate.” Early Friends were rightly wary of decoration. They dissented from “high church” practices of pomp and circumstance, oratory and argumentation, frankincense and anointing oils.
Love and truth spring forth in all times and all places – even in the hearts of chaos and corruption. We strive to follow the Good Way, but only in vain can we define it. Dust devils of DNA whirl down the generations, rampaging, making things new, making things fit, breaking eggs to make omelettes. To our surprise, we arrive in this life.


Suzuki Announces 2014 ATV Lineup
Suzuki enters 2014 after a long 2013 filled with restructuring and major changes coming off the heels of the company moving away from its automotive U.S. market. The move away from automotive can be viewed as a positive since it will allow the company to focus on its powersports division after celebrating 50 years in America in 2013. Suzuki also lays claim to 30 years in the marketplace and being “First on 4 Wheels” with its LT-125 model, so it enters the 2014 model year with optimism for the future.
Suzuki just announced its 2014 ATV Lineup today, which will see the return of its KingQuad sport-utility ATVs and its sporty entry-level Quadsport Z90. The KingQuad lineup is headlined by the 750AXi, which features a compact electric power steering system, fully independent suspension, a locking front differential and fuel-injection for its 722cc engine.
The KingQuad lineup includes a number of models for 2014 aside from the 750 AXi. The KingQuad 500AXi returns for 2014 powered by a 493cc fuel-injected engine, which is mated to a QuadMatic CVT-type automatic transmission. It features independent front and rear suspension and a locking front diff to help tackle the trails or handle that next job. The KingQuad 400 ASi will be offered in 2014, available in a standard or Camo color option. Suzuki will also offer the value-minded Ozark 250 in the new model year.
For the young sport-minded ATV enthusiast Suzuki will offer the QuadSport Z90, a entry-level unit designed for riders 12 and up. The four-stroke-powered Z90 features electric start, a screw-type throttle limiter for learning riders, a CVT automatic transmission, and single A-arm front suspension with dual independent shock absorbers with a single-shock rear suspension to soak up the bumps.
For more information about Suzuki and its 2014 offerings, visit http://www.suzuki.com/.


text:
Well-designed surface texturing may be used to reduce ring/liner friction and increase efficiency in internal combustion engines. This study investigated the effects of textures of either grooves or dimples on ring/liner friction, in the hydrodynamic and mixed regimes. Existing MIT models were used to conduct this research. The ring-pack model is based on averaged flow-factor Reynolds analysis, and is used in conjunction with a deterministic model for flow factor calculation. Although this advanced model is applicable in a wide range of cases, the surface textures studied here are very different than a typical liner surface, and can be represented only approximately by the averaged analysis upon which the ring simulation is based. For this reason, this analysis of surface features has focused on a parametric study, the goal of which is to analyze trends relating ring/liner friction to surface parameters, and to make a general evaluation of the potential of surface texturing to reduce ring-pack losses. In the hydrodynamic and mixed regimes, surface texturing affects the fluid pressure in the lubricant between ring and liner, thus affecting the ability of the oil film to support the ring load. If the effect of the texturing is to impede the flow of lubricant, the result will be an increase in oil film thickness. This causes friction reduction in two ways: if asperity contact was present, it is reduced; and the increase in film thickness causes a decrease in shear rate, thus decreasing oil shear stress. It was found that surfaces with both dimpled and grooved textures could cause friction reduction through this mechanism, with deeper features and more transverse groove patterns causing the greatest reduction. Friction also decreased with increasing area ratio (the percentage of the surface that is occupied by the surface features) for both grooves and dimples, and was only slightly dependent on groove width and dimple diameter. Because the effect of the surface texturing is on hydrodynamic effects in the oil, it is strongly coupled with lubricant properties. If surface texturing and lubricant viscosity are optimized together side effects such as oil consumption and wear can be mitigated, while friction can be reduced even further than it is via surface texturing alone. This possibility was also briefly considered in this study.
- Internal Combustion Engine Division
Effects of Liner Surface Texturing on Ring/Liner Friction in Large-Bore IC Engines
- Views Icon Views
- Share Icon Share
- Search Site
Takata, R, Li, Y, & Wong, VW. "Effects of Liner Surface Texturing on Ring/Liner Friction in Large-Bore IC Engines." Proceedings of the ASME 2006 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference. ASME 2006 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference (ICEF2006). Sacramento, California, USA. November 5–8, 2006. pp. 267-279. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEF2006-1525
Download citation file:


text:
Ceramic Air Plant Cone
The Carter + Rose Ceramic Cone is a unique way to bring plant life to your walls. They can hold air plants, dried flower arrangements, or artificial plants, adding greenery to any room. This modern design is a fabulous way to bring plants into your house without cluttering the tables! Each ceramic cone is handmade and will differ slightly from the photo.
Large Cone Dimensions: (LxWxH) 7.5x4.5x3 inches
Medium Cone Dimensions: (LxWxH) 5x3x2 in

domain: hobby


text:
HS code 2713119000 graphite petroleum coke/gpc
EPT Recarburizer is made from large quality petroleum coke unEPTa temperature of 2800 ordmC.And,it is broadly employed as the very best type of recarburizer for producing higher quality steel,EPT steel or other connected metallurgical EPT,simply because of its large set carbon content material,low sulfur content and high absorb price.Besides,it also can be used in plastic and rubber creation as an additive.Our EPT Recarburizer price tag is realistic.
EPT is a crystalline kind of the component carbon with its atoms organized in a hexagonal framework. It takes place naturally in this form and is the most stable sort of carbon unEPTstXiHu (West Lake) Dis.Hu (West Lake) Dis.rd conditions. UnEPThigh pressures and temperatures it converts to diamond. EPT is employed in pencils and lubricants. Its large conductivity can make it valuable in electronic products this sort of as electrodes, batteries, and photo voltaic panels.
one.EPT Recarburizer is mostly used for metallurgy amp foundry, it can enhance the carbon articles in steel-melting and casting.
2.EPT Recarburizer can enhance the quantity of scrap steel and decrease the amount of pig iron, or use no scrap iron at all.
3.EPT Recarburizer’s also can be employed for brake pedal and friction materials.
|Specs||Variety I||Type II||Variety III|
|F.C(Min)||ninety nine%||98.five%||ninety eight%|

domain: chemistry


While many smartphone manufacturers try to make foldable phones a practical reality, others adopt a different approach.
Remember the Dual Screen case LG launched with the LG G8X ThinQ? It turns out that Oppo might thread on a similar path but utilizing something completely different – a physical keyboard.
The Chinese company has filed an interesting patent, published on April 24 by the World Intellectual Property Organization, LetsGoDigital reports. The document in question describes a smartphone case with an integrated QWERTY keyboard. Physical keyboards belong to the past, but some people still prefer the tactile feedback of a real keyboard to that of a touchscreen. Why not have both then?
Image courtesy of LetsGoDigital
Oppo’s idea isn’t new, though. Keyboard-equipped cases date back to Galaxy Note 5 days, and there were various iterations of that type of accessory through the years. Those designs didn’t stick for some reason, and now Oppo might try its luck too.
There are no details of how the case connects to the phone, but Bluetooth technology is the safest bet. Most patents don’t make it to the store shelves, however. If Oppo decides to turn the QWERTY case into a real product, it might breathe new life into smartphone keyboard cases. Would you buy such an accessory? More
Oppo Foldable Phone$1,300.00


Martin Magill is a local singer and pianist, currently enrolled at the Australian National University in a double degree with maths and music. He conducts and assists with a wide range of ensembles, including Canberra Men’s choir and the DFAT choir (The Diplomatic Notes). He also teaches sight-singing and individual piano lessons.
In his extra time, Martin plays in local ensembles across various musical styles and genres. With a backing in jazz piano and classical singing, his versatility lends itself well to musical theatre. He currently works with Perform Australia on junior musical theatre productions, and thoroughly enjoys helping new or inexperienced students find their voices.


The Obama Administration's recently issued policy directives and the issuance of new guidance documents by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suggest increased scrutiny on the part of the EEOC when it comes to the hiring and employment of veterans, particularly those who may be disabled.
Executive Summary: The Obama Administration's recently issued policy directives and the issuance of new guidance documents by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) suggest increased scrutiny on the part of the EEOC when it comes to the hiring and employment of veterans, particularly those who may be disabled.
Every year, thousands of men and women in the armed forces return from active duty to their homes in the United States. With the end to the Iraq war and troop drawdown in Afghanistan imminent, these veterans will be returning in ever greater numbers, many of them wounded or disabled during their service. On June 1, during an address at the Minnesota facility of major defense contractor Honeywell International Inc., President Barack Obama announced a new program aimed at increasing the employment rate for veterans and touted Honeywell's efforts in this regard. The program focuses on enabling veterans to draw on their military experience by easing their path to civilian licensing in sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare and transportation.
The President's address comes on the heels of the publication of two new guidance documents by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the employment rights of veterans under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The policy directives from the current administration and the issuance of new guidance suggest increased scrutiny on the part of the EEOC when it comes to the hiring and employment of veterans, particularly those who may be disabled. As a result, employers should carefully review the two guidance documents, entitled "Veterans and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): A Guide for Employers" and "Veterans and the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Guide for Veterans," as they represent what the EEOC considers the current best practices in this area.
Highlights of the EEOC's New Guides
The EEOC's Guide for Employers advises employers via Q & A format about protections for veterans with disabilities under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and the ADA, as well as preferences afforded to veterans under other statutes. Meanwhile, the Guide for Veterans focuses on ensuring that disabled veterans are aware of their potential rights and the resources available to them. Here are a few of the highlights from the two documents:
The EEOC maintains that employers generally may not ask an applicant disability-related questions or for medical information at the pre-offer stage. The new guidance specifies that an employer may inquire about an applicant's disabled veteran status if it is doing so for affirmative action purposes. If the employer encourages applicants to self-identify as disabled in this way, however, it must give clear notice to the applicant of the following: that the information is solely for use in the employer's affirmative action program, that the information will be kept confidential, that providing the information is voluntary, that refusal to provide it will not result in adverse treatment, and that the information will be used in accordance with the ADA.
The EEOC guidance points out that a private employer may give preference to a disabled candidate over a qualified candidate without a disability because there is nothing in the ADA to prevent affirmative action on behalf of individuals with disabilities. At the same time, the EEOC states that businesses with federal contracts of certain values ($25,000 or $100,000 depending on the contract date) must "take affirmative action to employ and advance qualified disabled veterans" in accordance with the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). Finally, the guidance highlights several laws and programs that instruct the federal government to give special consideration to veterans with disabilities.
The EEOC also discusses how an employer might appropriately ask a veteran with a disability if a reasonable accommodation is needed when none has been requested. First, at the application stage, so long as it asks all applicants, an employer may ask whether the veteran will need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process. Also, where a veteran has an obvious service-connected disability (e.g., a veteran who is blind or missing a limb) and the employer reasonably believes the veteran will need a reasonable accommodation to do his or her job, the employer may ask if an accommodation will be necessary.
The guidance also gives examples of the forms such reasonable accommodations may take, including permission to work from home or a modified schedule, written materials in alternate formats, modified equipment or devices, and assignment of a job coach to assist an employee who initially has some difficulty learning or remembering job tasks.
Differences between USERRA and the ADA
Finally, the new guidance makes note of some of the differences between USERRA and the ADA. Both statutes require employers to make reasonable accommodations for disabled veterans. However, USERRA goes further because it also compels employers to make reasonable efforts to assist a returning veteran to become qualified for a job. Such reasonable efforts could include training or retraining for a position. In addition, USERRA is broader in scope because its protections are not limited to veterans with disabilities.
The Bottom Line for Employers
Military veterans often exhibit work ethic, experience and skills learned during their service that employers such as Honeywell and many others value highly. The EEOC's new guidance reminds employers aiming to tap into this growing talent pool that they should expect veterans, disabled or otherwise, to be well-educated on their rights. In addition, the guidance documents indicate that the EEOC and as well as other federal agencies will aggressively enforce antidiscrimination laws related to veterans. Employers should therefore review their hiring and accessibility practices to ensure they comport with these laws. If you have any questions regarding compliance with the ADA or USERRA, the EEOC guidance, or the benefits and challenges of recruiting and retaining veterans with disabilities, please contact the author of this alert, Brian Cunningham, email@example.com, or the Ford & Harrison attorney with whom you usually work.
 The initiative, entitled The Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), is one of several to be implemented via The Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. Separate programs to assist veterans with service-connected disabilities and to provide tax incentives to employers are also underway. For more, see http://benefits.va.gov/vow/index.htm.
 Disability-related questions are those that are likely to elicit information about a disability. Employers may ask questions to evaluate whether an applicant is qualified for the job, however, even though the answers might contain disability-related information. This includes asking whether an applicant can perform job functions with or without a reasonable accommodation. For more information, see EEOC Enforcement Guidance: Preeemployment Disability-Related Questions and Medical Examinations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (1995) at www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/preemp.html.


text:
Meet Christine & Justin
Most days you will find us snuggling on the couch with our two little furry kitties, drinking beer down at the Union Terrace, hiking at Devil’s Lake or planning our next adventure. We are mostly known for being laid back but efficient, and the rad dance moves we have. (or at least we think we can dance!) People often refer to us as out going, driven and fun to be around. We love serving the world by making people laugh, helping others when we can and making sure we capture as many memories as possible. Justin and I are the most passionate about love and the stories people tell.
We are Wedding and Portrait Photographers located in Madison Wisconsin but will travel the world to capture your story. When we say story it means that the memories you make while with us are a part of your story – it is our job to capture them to relive over and over. We strive to capture authentic emotion and love, while delivering a one of a kind experience that will leave you feeling like family. Don’t think of us as just another vendor, think of us as an extension or tribe.
We are two people who crave adventure and love to have fun! Capturing emotional moments and connections, the moments that look and feel natural. We will dance with you, make you laugh till you cry, and become like family.
traveled to 46 States
traveled to 1 country (Ireland) – come on Canada doesn’t count!
hiked her first mountain in Alaska – Mt Sukakpak
youngest of 4 sisters & 1 brother
grew up on a farm in central wisconsin
loves a good beer or wine at the end of the day
a glass of cold Makers Mark is divine at the end of a rad weekend
addicted to Just Coffee CO coffee
puts Cholula on everything
hates wearing socks
loves peanut & peanut butter M&M’s
a U.S MARINE Veteran
stationed in San Diego, Japan and South Korea
a human calculator
craves Chipotle daily!
wants to own a Harley someday
loves learning about new beers and whiskey’s (he will ask you what your favorite is)
his favorite vacation was our first together in San Diego
loves Twix candy bars
has shaved his face ONCE in the past 7.5 years
knows just how to get the guys to relax and have fun at sessions
// WE LOVE //
good beer, hiking, camping, strong coffee, random dancing, traveling to new places and cuddling on the couch watching our favorite shows.
XOXO – Christine & Justin
Thank you for thinking of us and our photography, we adore documenting people during the happiest times in their lives – we can’t wait to meet you!
TRAVEL DATES & BUCKET LIST
we are going to be
SEATTLE WASHINGTON // February 3rd | Sunrise Session
AUSTIN TEXAS // February 4th | Sunrise Session
MEXICO // February 5-9
YOSEMITE CALIFORNIA // July
we are dying to head to


text:
Great Ways to Avoid Small Infections
It is important for one to be in a position to stay healthy by considering the ways that they can avoid the small sicknesses which amount to a dangerous sickness.Consider what that can keep you health at the end of the day so that you will not expose yourself to any fingers.Minimize the number of times that you work as this will help you to avoid the treat of health issues. One should be very careful to avoid infections that come their way and one is at a position to avoid.For you to manage taking care of yourself ensure that you take the right amount of water so that you will manage to stay health all through.Take an action immediately when you realize things are getting bad.For you to avoid some later issues it is important t for you to seek medical attention. Therefore, the following are the tips on how one will end up preventing these small infections.
By being in a position to treat the small illness at its early stage one will be in a positon stay free from them when having the right medication stock. If one lives the small sickness to stay for long without being treated, it will be hard for them to treat it later. The sickness should therefore be treated early enough to avoid complications.
For one to be in a position to prevent these small sicknesses, it is important for one to consider it important not to over work themselves. If one does not overwork themselves, it will be very easy for them therefore to stay free from the small infections. Hence this way one will be in a position to have the best for their health if they work up to an extend that they can rather than overworking.
It is important for one to consider knowing themselves better an important thing for them to avoid these small illnesses. One should know themselves better for them to be in a position to stay free from these small illness. It is therefore important for one to know themselves better for them to stay free from the small infections.
Taking enough water during the day enables one to stay free from these small illnesses that are at a times very worrying and stressful. Though most people do not consider it important to take enough water during the day though it is important for one to be in a position to stay health and avoid the small sicknesses which may come as a result of not taking enough water. For one to stay free from the sickness it is important to consider taking a lot of water during the day to stay hydrated throughout.


Filter by content types:News stories Blog posts Feature articles Polls Image galleries
Filter by tags:
|Cases Chipsets Cooling Copyright CPUs Displays Folding Game consoles||Gaming Graphics Input devices Internet Linux-Unix Mac Memory Miscellaneous||Mobile computing Motherboards Multimedia Networking Operating systems Personal tech Podcast Power||Servers Shortbread Software Storage Systems The Tech Report Windows Workstations|
Poll: How important is USB 3.0?
After making its debut on high-end motherboards, USB 3.0 is quickly trickling down to more affordable boards and making its way into notebooks. It's...
Poll Question: • USB 3.0 is...
|Friday night topic: Driverless cars||59|
|Friday Night Shortbread||3|
|Toxikk will let you 'frag like it's 1999'||11|
|Report: Haswell-E is epoxied to its heat spreader||29|
|Deal of the week: A terabyte SSD for $417, plus memory, graphics, and more||4|
|Blacked-out MSI X99S SLI motherboard looks menacing||11|
|Rumor: Tonga GPU to power Radeon R9 285||20|
|AMD's A10-7800 processor reviewed||64|
|Thursday Night Shortbread||24|


text: A picturesque place near the old road to Samobor and the modern highway which connects Zagreb to the Slovenian border and Europe. It was first mentioned in 1501 as one of the parishes in the Zagreb Diocese. From 1760 to 1787 it was the seat of the parish priest and the writer of the first Croatian arithmetics, Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić. Today's Parish Church of the Holy Trinity is a Baroque building with an attractively ornamented ceiling. Nearby is a valuable Chapel of St. Roko, mentioned already in 1668. In Sveta Nedjelja there is an old manor of the parish hall and the church house with a wooden balcony. Due to its position between Samobor and Zagreb, as well as the configuration of the area (valleys and hills), Sveta Nedjelja is a popular settlement with more than 15,000 inhabitants, over 41.43 km2 and 14 villages, one of the most populated districts of the Zagreb county with a positive population growth. This is all related to the economic development and other branches of economy being dominant beside the traditional agriculture.

domain: history


text:
The Jerusalem Sinner Saved
In his preface to this little book subtitled, “Good News for the Vilest of Men”, Bunyan states that one reason which moved him to write the book was: “to invite and encourage the worst to come to Christ”. He goes on, “I have been vile myself but have obtained mercy; and I would have my companions in sin partake of mercy too”.
In what follows, he bases his arguments on the Lord’s commission to His disciples, that “repentance and remission of sins should be preached . . . beginning at Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47). In chapter 1,”The Text Explained”, he proceeds to show what Jerusalem then was, and what it was to preach the gospel to those there. This leads to the observation that “Jesus Christ would have mercy offered in the first place to the biggest sinners”, which he proves to be the practice of both Christ in the Gospels and the Apostles in Acts.
Chapter 2, “Why Mercy is First Offered to the Biggest Sinners”, contains eight reasons, including: “They have the greatest need”; “When they receive it, this brings most fame to Christ’s name”, and, “Others hearing of it will be the more encouraged to come to Christ”.
In chapter 3, “The Doctrine Applied”, Bunyan presents lessons we can learn from the fact that Christ would have mercy first offered to the biggest sinners. He makes 11 points here including: “This shows us how to judge rightly of Christ’s gracious intentions toward men”, and, “This gives arguments to use with unconcerned sinners to urge them to come to Christ”.
In the fourth and final chapter, “Conclusions and Answers to Objections”, Bunyan offers a caution on the ending of the day of grace. He concludes with answers to three fears a sinner might have: (1) that his day of grace is passed, (2) that he is not elect, and (3) that he has committed the unpardonable sin. He explains what this sin is and why it is said to be against the Spirit rather than against the Son of God. The book contains George Offer’s original preface (1854) to Bunyan’s Works and, at the end, a most helpful analysis of each of the four chapters.
Anyone tempted to believe that they have gone too far, or too long, in sin to be saved will find this book a great encouragement. For example, commenting on God’s grace being offered to Jerusalem sinners, Bunyan says, “What a pitch of grace is this! Christ is minded to amaze the world, and to show that He acts not like the children of men. This is that which He said of old: ‘I will not execute the fierceness of my wrath, and I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God and not man’ (Hos 11:9, Geneva Bible). This is not the manner of men; men are shorter winded; men are soon moved to take vengeance, and to right [avenge] themselves in a way of wrath and indignation. But God is full of grace, full of patience, ready to forgive and one who delights in mercy. All this is seen in our text. The biggest sinners must first be offered mercy; they must, I say, have the cream of the gospel offered unto them” (pp 12,13). This book also contains powerful arguments for preachers to use, whether by way of encouraging those concerned about their souls, or by way of warning the unconcerned.
In a footnote to Offer’s preface we are told that “for the present edition some of the original language and grammar have been slightly modified to make the work more accessible to present-day readers”. Even with such modifications we find the language somewhat difficult in places.
Taken from the March Free Presbyterian magazine with permission.
The Jerusalem Sinner Saved (ISBN 085151 9148) retails for $10.00 (US), Ã‚Â£5.00 (UK and ROW) and can be purchased from the Banner of Truth book catalogue
Reflections on Job 31 July 2020
The Beginning Job’s three friends could not have been more wrong. They looked at this profoundly afflicted man and concluded that by his sin he had brought all this suffering upon himself. What other explanation could there be? But there was another explanation, one that lay at the opposite pole to the one these men […]
Hope in the Face of Hostility 24 July 2020
In 1661, Elizabeth Heywood, a godly wife and mother from Lancashire, lay dying, aged just twenty-seven.1 Her last prayers were for the Church of God, for the Jews to be converted, and for the gospel to reach to all nations.2 Her vision extended far beyond her own situation, her own family and church and nation. […]

domain: library


text:
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Beyond the Baltic Sea (DLC) Steam Key GLOBAL
Eneba is a platform that accommodates reliable and verified suppliers of digital games. Offers marked as "Eneba Official" mean that you are buying that game directly from Eneba, not from the 3rd party supplier on the platform.
Our platform gives you freedom of choice from who you want to buy your game. The level of service and support is exactly the same for Eneba Official and other suppliers.
2 other offers
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Beyond the Baltic Sea (DLC)
Euro Truck Simulator 2: Beyond the Baltic Sea is the newest expansion to a world-known driving simulator game developed by SCS Software. This DLC opens the highway to the far and wide lands across Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, parts of western Russia and straight to the south of Finland.
With new Euro Truck Simulator 2: Beyond the Baltic Sea expansion you’ll discover over 24 major cities and numerous smaller towns, ports, and villages. Travel through more than 13 thousand kilometres of roads, discover famous landmarks and relics of the past and unlock Baltic-specific achievements!
The lands beyond the Baltic Sea are now all yours to explore!
- Rates 3+
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Simplified Chinese
November 29, 2018
Minimum system requirements
- System requirements: Windows 7
- Processor: Dual core CPU 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTS 450-class (Intel HD 4000)
Recommended system requirements
- System requirements: Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit
- Processor: Quad core CPU 3.0 GHz
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 760-class (2 GB)


With years of experience in the entertainment industry, PianoFactor always deliver a professional, fun and dazzling performance.
They had so much energy and encouraged our guests to dance the night away.
A major contribution to an awesome event! PianoFactor had the party dancing all night with some incredible music.
Boom! First dances done then the crowd went wild and didn't stop until Piano Factor did! Guys the vibe you gave at the event was awesome, everyone came prepared but you got them going and didn't let go.
The one topic everyone talked about after our party was Carl and how fantastic he was. He's extremely easy to work with - just sit him down and step back!
I can't recommend Pianofactor enough, 10/10 from all my guests, If you need entertainment, look no further, your dreams will come true!
The show was amazing, exactly what I envisioned. I danced for 5 hours straight. had to take off my shoes the last 2hrs - I would hire them again in a heartbeat!!! Rock on guys!!!
We would love to provide you with entertainment for your event.


Ariana Grande To Fans After Big Sean Breakup: ‘I Don’t Belong to Anyone But Myself & Neither Do You’
Ariana Grande is taking a page from her favorite movie, ‘The First Wives Club,’ in a new essay, making it absolutely clear to everyone: you don’t own me.
HEART BREAK HOTEL ON REPEAT
Their reps confirmed the news in a joint statement aimed directly at our broken hearts.
At least it was amicable.
Big Sean met up with Ariana Grande on stage in Detroit over the weekend and the two shared a kiss.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s been on a good will tour in the media this week.
To kick off 2015, Ariana Grande and Big Sean were walking in a winter wonderland.
“But you know I’ll be saving my love for you,” she sings. “‘Cause you’re the best mistake I’ve ever made / But we hold on/ Hold on.”
Ariana Grande’s new album will feature a whole mess of guest artists, from Big Sean to Childish Gambino.
“Louder really encompasses my experiences over this past year and my journey as an artist up to this point. There’s a lot of emotion but it’s also very encouraging and hopeful—it’s about pushing forward and living your life in a way that’s louder, stronger and bolder,” she said.
“The album tells a lot of different stories from my life and growing up,” she said. “It’s about growing up and coming into your own. For me that was going through a lot of different struggles as a kid.”
She recently revealed the follow up to her debut album, “Who You Are,” is in the works.
The finale of America’s Got Talent got an injection of star power from the worlds of pop, R&B and hip-hop. Justin Bieber headlined a strong contingent of performers that included G.O.O.D. Music MC Big Sean and R&B veteran Ne-Yo.
The Biebz shows off his fancy footwork during a dance breakdown in the midst of a car chase and some steamy bedroom scenes.
Kanye West goes black in new video. The G.O.O.D. music captain released the long-awaited clip for “Mercy,” which features 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Pusha-T. The new video, stripped down and somewhat minimal, is a departure from Kanye’s usual extravagant affairs.