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Camino lives in the Dominican Republic with dreams of going to med school in the States. She misses her father, who works hard in NYC and only visits during summer break.In New York, Yahaira struggles after finding out something about her father. They used to bond over her chess prowess, but now she can barely look at him.Everything changes one day in June, when a plane headed to the DR from NYC crashes into the Atlantic, and both girls are forced to reckon with family secrets that will bind them together forever.Acavedo has created a wonderful story written in verse. The chapters flow effortlessly from one girl's perspective to the other, drawing the reader into their distinct worlds and circumstances as they navigate the waters of grief and shock, and what it means to be family.

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Okundi unveils new party, promises ODM Homa Bay war
31 December 2014, 18:40
Nairobi - Philip Okundi has unveiled his new party and says he will give the Orange Democratic Movement ODM a run for its money in the upcoming Senatorial by elections in Homa Bay.
Okundi has joined the Maendeleo Democratic Party after quitting ODM last week following the contentious picking of Moses Kajwang as aspirant for the Homa Bay elections.
He termed the move to pick Kajwang undemocratic and promised to push them all the way from his new front.
Admittedly, he says he would have stayed in ODM had the nomination process been fair but has no regrets in moving out of the party.
" After serious and wide consultations and the intense pressure from the
electorate and leaders in Homa Bay County I have decided to honour their
wishes for the betterment of our county,".
" It is important
to note that it is their democratic right, as enshrined in the
constitution, to participate and elect a person of their choice," he added of the elections.
Okundi will compete alongside Kajwang and United Democratic Movement's UDM contestant Silas Ouko Jakakimba.
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**November Offer** Get "The Beginner's Guide To Flying RC Airplanes" ebook for just $15 this month!**
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- Lesson #2 : Know Your RC Plane
Now that you've followed the advice in lesson 1 and bought your first rc airplane, it's time to open the box and get familiar with it! Exciting stuff indeed!!
This might not seem like an important rc flight school lesson, but it really is - albeit a very short one. Getting to know your rc plane inside and out will maximise your enjoyment from it and help you greatly in those times ahead when you're fixing it after a crash, or when it just needs some routine maintenance.
So take your time with this one, and don't just rush out to the flying field before you've finished taking it out the box!
Study The Manual
For the purpose of this page, we're going to assume that you've either bought an RTF electric airplane or that you've built from a kit or an ARF. Either way, as far as this lesson is concerned, your plane is complete and doesn't need anything more than basic final assembly to finish it.
The first thing you need to do is gather together all the parts and familiarise yourself with everything. And, more than likely, this will mean reading the manual.
Don't be tempted to quickly skim through the manual and think "OK, that all looks easy enough, where's the nearest park?..." and throw the manual back in the box. Take your time to study the manual carefully and get comfortable with everything; which transmitter sticks do what, how things should be connected, how the wing has to be secured, what to check for before flying.... If it's in the manual, learn it
And of course, many rc plane manuals can be found online in PDF or video form, if you prefer doing things digitally rather than the old fashioned 'turning a page' way!
The real key to understanding an instruction manual is to go through it once before doing anything with the plane, and then go through it again step-by-step, with the plane on the bench.
The second (or third) time you read the manual, things won't be so alien to you and you can easily relate the instructions to the plane as you work through them.
If the manual isn't up to scratch, or there's something - anything - about your airplane that you don't understand, take some time to join an internet forum to ask for help. The two biggest are RC Groups and RC Universe.
Whether you use this website or join a forum, or just rely on the instructions that come with the plane, be comfortable and confident with knowing everything about your rc airplane as possible, before you attempt to fly it.
Next up: Lesson 3 - Preparing your rc airplane for flight.
Or skip to the lesson appropriate to your current situation...
- Lesson 1: Buying your rc airplane
- Lesson 3: Preparing your plane
- Lesson 4: Weight and balance
- Lesson 5: Where to fly your plane
- Lesson 6: Pre-flight checks
- Lesson 7: Take off / hand launch
- Lesson 8: Flying your rc airplane
- Lesson 9: Landing your rc airplane
Pages that are not part of this 'flight school' section of the website but are closely related to this lesson include:
Beginner rc airplanes.
Electric rc airplanes.

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HYDERABAD: In a first of its kind, the Rachakonda police have registered cases on passengers for encouraging a driver to man the vehicle in a drunken state.
In a recent incident, a car driven by a drunk driver hit a student who died while undergoing treatment. Hayatnagar police have arrested four persons including two students for rash driving, under influence, and hitting a student. The accident took place at Abdulpurmet of Hayatnagar police limits on March 1.
Based on instructions given by Rachakonda police commissioner Mahesh M Bhagavat, the Hayatnagar police registered cases under section 304 (Part 2) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) instead of routine 304-A (negligent driving causing death) IPC,” said Hayatnagar cop J Narender Goud.
Police arrested four persons - K Karthik Kumar, Ch Machendra, P Mahesh and S Isaac. On March 1, P Narsimha Goud lodged a complaint with the police stating that a car in which some persons were travelling hit P Vijay Goud, 17, a diploma first year student.
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Likewise, the best way to feel loving is to be loving ― and that means giving.
While most people believe love leads to giving, the truth (as Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler writes in his famous discourse on loving kindness) is exactly the opposite: Giving leads to love. When an enthusiastic handyman happily announces to his non- mechanically inclined wife, "Honey, wait till you see what I got you for your birthday ― a triple-decker toolbox! Neither is a father's forcing violin lessons on his son because he himself always dreamed of being a virtuoso.
True giving, as Erich Fromm points out, is other-oriented, and requires four elements.
The first is care, demonstrating active concern for the recipient's life and growth.
And just as easily, it can spontaneously degenerate when the magic "just isn't there" anymore. Love is the attachment that results from deeply appreciating another's goodness. After all, most love stories don't feature a couple enraptured with each other's ethics. God created us to see ourselves as good (hence our need to either rationalize or regret our wrongdoings). Nice looks, an engaging personality, intelligence, and talent (all of which count for something) may attract you, but goodness is what moves you to love. Just focus on the good in another person (and everyone has some). I was once at an intimate concert in which the performer, a deeply spiritual person, gazed warmly at his audience and said, "I want you to know, I love you all." I smiled tolerantly and thought, "Sure." Looking back, though, I realize my cynicism was misplaced.
The effect of genuine, other-oriented giving is profound.The way God created us, actions affect our feelings most.For example, if you want to become more compassionate, thinking compassionate thoughts may be a start, but giving tzedaka (charity) will get you there. Love is that feeling you get when you meet the right person." Every hand went up. Judaism actually idealizes this universal, unconditional love. Consciously or unconsciously, they believe love is a sensation (based on physical and emotional attraction) that magically, spontaneously generates when Mr. If love comes from appreciating goodness, it needn't just happen ― you can make it happen. This man naturally saw the good in others, and our being there said enough about us that he could love us.

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In the beginning that was true. Everybody thought they were cool.
The last four or five wind projects east of the Cascades were APPROVED by the Governor using the Growth Managment Act to override local zoning and decisions.
It was local interests arguing the GMA controlled, contending that under the GMA, local ordinances trumped the EFLSA. But yeah, the state approved at least one project that local government did not want.

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The BP Oil Spill Disaster
Millions of gallons of oil have spewed into the Gulf since an oil rig, operated by British-Petroleum (BP), exploded and later sank off the Louisiana coast on April 20, 2010. On this edition of Ringler Radio, host Larry Cohen welcomes Attorney Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., to discuss the litigation from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They look at the kind of lawsuits that could be filed and the impact this oil spill could have on the fishing industry, tourism and ultimately the environment.


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Not much value, in my opinion.
Most of the calories in juice are sugars, and much of the nutrients are left in the fibrous materials that stay behind when a fruit is juiced.
And then when you make it “diet” by taking out the sugar, what additives have had to be put in to keep it tasting similar.
My feelings aren’t specific to Ocean Spray. I’m not a big fan of juice because of the glycemic load.
You should use herbal medicine for health benefits that can work for diet as well as energy. You have seen lots of medicine but need to select which can suite in you body.
Hello Lizzie Brent,
I prefer eating the whole food to drinking juice which has only a portion of the nutrition. I also read ingredients to make a decision when purchasing a “treat,” as this would be treated. Diet products do not sit well with me, whole foods do much better.
Natalie aka NAPS 2 B Fit.

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If you want to start accepting Bitcoin on your website, but you’re not sure how to start, this video is for you.
I’ll show you how to use a free tool to create a Bitcoin payment button in just seconds. (Can be used with loads of other cryptocurrencies too.)
Once you’ve added the button to your site, your customers will be able to pay you with cryptocurrency.
After a successful payment, they will be redirected to a ‘thank you’ page which holds a personal message from the seller and a link to the page where they can get their product or service.

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This study aims at the comparison of different site-effect estimation techniques. We used aftershock records of the 14 August 2003 (Mw 6.2) earthquake that occurred in the western part of Greece next to Lefkas Island. A data set of 15 events recorded at five stations was selected for the period of 20 August 2003–30 September 2003. The moment magnitudes range between 3.3 and 4.2, and the hypocentral distances vary from 5 to 34 km. The site effects are determined using the standard spectral ratio (SSR) method, the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio for earthquake data method (the so-called receiver function [RF] method), and an inversion method for simultaneous source, path, and site-effects estimation. These methods are applied to both P and S waves, using exactly the same time windows in order to compute the spectra. Finally, using geotechnical information available for the city of Lefkas, the experimental site transfer functions at each site are compared to theoretical one-dimensional 1D transfer functions computed using Kennett’s reflectivity coefficient method. We show that the SSR method and the inversion method give similar site transfer functions. However, the experimental SSR fits even better with the spectral ratios of the inversion results, which indicates that our reference site is affected by a small site effect. Moreover, the RF method results fit well with the horizontal-to-vertical ratios coming from the inversion results, indicating in this case a nonnegligible amplification on the vertical component. This is the reason why the RF gives only the frequency of amplification but not the amplitude. These conclusions hold for both P and S waves. Finally, the site effects computed using the whole record or a window including only S waves are similar, while the P waves results, although showing some similar features with those for S waves, give different transfer functions for the sites investigated.


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So finally, after almost 8 years the construction of Torfeld Süd stadium in Aarau is possibly just months away.
According to Aargauer Zeitung, HRS Real Estate is finalizing the Torfeld Süd project in Aarau. The company bought an important piece of land next to the planned stadium and was recently reported to have a key tenant for the stadium’s massive non-football floor space. It could be Migros, though talks with another large store chain, Coop, are also ongoing.
It’s worth noting that the planned stadium in Aarau will have three levels of space beneath its field, making football only one of numerous uses. This increasingly common Swiss model would see football played on weekends and retail outlets open all week long.
FC Aarau are hoping to benefit from the public-private partnership worth… well, that part is now being evaluated. The project has been on hold for almost 8 years and its budget has surely inflated, the question is how much.
Pessimistic estimate gave the amount of CHF 15 million in additional spending (36 million of base price), but in recent days mentions of just 3 million surfaces. If they prove true, it’s great news for groundbreaking.
Because the stadium will be partly financed publically, any increase in excess of 6 million would require a referendum by local taxpayers. If it’s kept below that amount, work could begin without additional proceedings.
The planning permission for Torfeld Süd has been issued back in 2012 and will remain valid until 2018. HRS Real Estate need to break ground before it expires.
The planned stadium has been on hold due to very small but persistent local resistance.


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Noz bad !!
Kinda nice :'D
Great graphics and music.it's so different from ddr that you can't even call it a copy!!
Keep up the good work!
In this epic, timeless, amazing DDR rip-off, you control a mindless zombie girl blankly staring at the screen with no emotion. This clever concept reveals the game's deep, eventful plot of a girl who was murdered before she could fulfill her life's dream of being a dancer.
For all 0 of you little girls who are allowed to go on Newgrounds, Dance Floor Friends is soooo fun, it will make you want to just dance in real life! Or, no, it will probably make you feel like a mindless zombie for wanting to dance in the first place. Yey!
Fuck you, game.
sorry my bad english
1. this game for girls(i'm a boy) 0/10
2. good graphics 10/10
3. 15 language's O_o 10/10

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Food is a vital part of our everyday lives, as well as the lifeblood of culture. This report, created by Shutterstock explores the current state of food culture and what’s trending on tables all over the world. The data illustrates how the cultural lines are increasingly blurry, as food which once was limited to one region or country, now transcends borders to be enjoyed on a global level.
Renowned chefs and restaurateurs, Dan Kluger (former Chef of ABC Kitchen) and Daniel Holzman (The Meatball Shop) as well as Sweetgreen founders Jonathan Neman, Nathaniel Ru and Nicolas Jammet among others joined the Shutterstock team in examining these trends. While Shutterstock’s data team analyzed the year/year growth in global image sales from 2013 to 2014, within the the Food & Drinks category of the Shutterstock collection.
Below are some key takeaways and an explanation of the overall trends:
Trends transcending borders include wooden tables as a backdrop (rustic), rise in transparency in the healthy ingredients used in cuisine (clean eating) and a return to simplicity, revamping nostalgic dishes (simple classics).
The infographic begins with “Supertrends”, examining the trends in the top images downloaded on Shutterstock. Images here had more than 10,000 downloads.
The partner chefs and restaurateurs’ approach to food mirrors the characteristics of that particular trend. The chefs curated collections based on each trend and hand selected his/her favorite image which is the first one you’ll find in the lightbox.
Each major trend also includes a music pairing provided by Montreal-based music composer Serge Essiambre who is a Premium Beat artist and goes by the name Olive Musique. Serge carefully chose music that he felt expressed each big trend in the report.
“All You Can Eat”:
A deeper dive into trends of particular food groups. In order to be included in the analysis, a food had to have more than 1,000 downloads.
Several of the fastest-growing fruits descend from the Asian region.
Surprisingly the fastest-growing cheeses originate from Brazil to India.
We examined the fastest-growing street foods based on keyword downloads by the countries where they originate or are most associated with.
As microbreweries pop up all over the world, the shift toward craft beer as opposed to mega beer distributors is a growing trend.
Chefs / Curators for “All You Can Eat”:
Fruits and vegetables chef Amanda Cohen is the owner of Dirt Candy.
Bread and cheese chef is Russell Brown, writer for “Creative About Cuisine” and chef at Sienna Restaurant in Dorchester, England.
Meats curator is Judy Haubert, former food and prop stylist for Saveur Magazine.
Street food chef is Flavio Rodrigo David, the owner of Kebab Street Food, a Brazilian based food truck.
Our craft beer sommelier is Oliver Wesseloh, owner of Kehrwieder Kreativbrauerei in Hamburg, Germany.


A food delivery robot in Los Angeles captured footage that led to the arrest and conviction of two individuals who attempted to steal it. Serve Robotics, which partners with Uber Eats for last-mile deliveries, shared videos of the incident with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The company had previously established communication with the LAPD to address any potential issues. This development comes at a time when concerns around the privacy and use of robot-recorded footage are on the rise.
Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani proudly announced the convictions on social media, highlighting that attempting to steal their robots has serious consequences. However, Kashani also published a blog post emphasizing the company’s commitment to balancing law enforcement involvement with maintaining public trust and privacy. The company’s principles include not using robots for surveillance purposes and not unnecessarily burdening public resources in minor cases of robot vandalism. The robot involved in the theft attempt was unharmed and the company promptly handed over the relevant footage before deleting it.
It remains unclear how long Serve retains its robots’ recordings in regular circumstances, and the company’s vagueness regarding the potential use of the videos raises concerns. Serve’s head of communications stated that the company regularly deletes camera feed unless required to do otherwise and complies with subpoena requests. This incident reinforces the growing public wariness about the use of technology like delivery robots and raises questions about the extent of their recordings and the ultimate destination of the footage.


text: Pixel Survival Game 2 — sequel to the acclaimed project of the genre survival. Thanks to the revolutionary game mechanics, the original became very popular, so the continuation did not take long to wait. The game takes place many years after the events of the first part. Civilians are again attacked by evil spirits. To resist them, the player will have to build a strong shelter, search for useful items and resources. All this will have to do during the day, while at night you need to reflect the attacks of bloodthirsty monsters.

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In the last month, Paypal has bought around 70% of the newly mined Bitcoins. From this, a new question has risen, “Is Paypal buying a lot of Bitcoin?” We will answer this question in this very article.
But before answering this particular question, we think it will be best to offer you some basic knowledge about PayPal and why suddenly we are concerned so much about Paypal and its association with Bitcoin.
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We all know what PayPal is; it is an online payment app. Well, to be very specific, it is not the only identity of PayPal. It is more of an American multinational financial organization, which operates an online payment technology.
PayPal is a major name in the financial sector of the United States of America. Using this, you can send or transfer money, make your payments, and many more. Across the entire globe, PayPal has millions of users.
Now you know what PayPal actually is. So, it is obvious to think what is the relation between Bitcoin and PayPal. Well, you might have heard that recently PayPal has launched bitcoin up trading for its users of the United Kingdom.
That means the PayPal of the United Kingdom is now able to make the payments in terms of Bitcoin. They also can send or transfer Bitcoin from one account to the other. They have added these latest features within the last couple of months.
When PayPal is offering all these features with Bitcoin, it is also obvious that they will also want to increase the overall usage of Bitcoin across the Globe. They are also working in favor of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies so that banks will start offering services on these digital currencies.
The latest feature of Bitcoin allows the PayPal United States customers to check out by using Cryptocurrencies. This new feature allows you to check out millions of businesses using certain types of Cryptos. Bitcoin is obviously one of them.
We understand Bitcoin, and the whole concept of Crypto is a bit confusing and complicated, so there are chances of developing misconceptions. So, we are here answering some of the most common questions.
We think you might also have these questions in your mind when you are searching about PayPal buying all Bitcoins. Now, let’s check out the questions and get to know the answers.
1. Is PayPal working with Bitcoin?
You can utilize four types of Cryptocurrencies, which are Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Bitcoin, and Ethereum. But experts will always advise you to stick with only the two most reliable Cryptocurrencies, which are Ethereum and Bitcoin. At the same time, for making a purchase, you have to have available funds, a linked bank account, or a linked debit card.
2. What cryptocurrency will PayPal use?
The users of Paypal of the United States are only able to buy, hold and sell four different types of Cryptocurrencies on PayPal. Those currencies are as follows.
3. Is Buying Bitcoin on PayPal a good idea?
There is no potential risk in buying Bitcoin from PayPal, but the only drawback is that you can not move it from the wallet. That means, when you are buying Cryptos or Bitcoin with PayPal or Venmo, you will now be able to move it off that particular platform.
At this time, you only have two options, you either can hold on to it or can sell it. But from a security standpoint, you do not need to worry that much.
As we have mentioned at the starting of the article, PayPal has already bought 70% of the newly mined Bitcoins. Why not? When the organization is offering so much with Bitcoin, it is obvious that they will invest a lot of their capital in Bitcoin.


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Diverse women have a lot to bring to our health care system. There are changes we can make to better benefit from their experience.
As a migrant culturally and ethnically diverse woman doctor from a non-Anglo-Celtic background, I am aware of the strengths I bring to my clinical and academic role in Australia.
I bring knowledge and experience from the large clinical loads in my country of origin, a strong work ethic honed by competitive environments, and the unique compassion, empathy and patient-centred care that comes from working in a low-income country.
From my adopted country, I have gradually had the opportunity, time and headspace to reflect. I have learnt applied knowledge – connecting dots and seeing further and deeper – and most importantly, I have learnt to relax and focus on people and teams.
But like women in healthcare across the world, the challenges I have faced are enormous.
Women in the global healthcare workforce account for a large majority, about 70 per cent of frontline staff. However, they are significantly under-represented at higher levels; fewer than 30 per cent of leadership positions within healthcare are occupied by women. If we delve deeper within this sub-group, culturally and ethnically diverse women, especially from non-Anglo-Celtic backgrounds, women like me, are virtually missing.
From an equity perspective, this then represents an important group to target in promotion, leadership development, support, and mentoring. As we in Australia recognise the barriers faced by women more broadly and move forward towards our goal of achieving gender equality, it is important we do not forget diverse women.
What are the benefits to us as a community though? Is it merely a matter of living by the principles we espouse, the morals we teach in our schools? Why go to the trouble of addressing the issues of those who sit low down hierarchically, and represent a minority, especially when we have not yet reached gender parity in leadership? Would it not make sense to focus on women in the mainstream first?
There is good data that having gender balanced workplaces results in improved outcomes. There is also data that diversity brings similar gains in healthcare outcomes, and even larger financial gains than gender equality for organisations, so it certainly makes good business sense to support diversity and intersectionality.
“Women need to have a voice, to be given a platform to tell their stories, and showcase their achievements.”
Culturally and linguistically diverse leaders in hospitals and our healthcare centres are more likely to implement inclusive policies for patients and for staff.
The international students we invite willingly into our universities and colleges look for how woke we are, and whether they see staff and leaders with who they can identify. The skilled migrants we want to attract to our shores look at our workplaces’ culture and our approach to anti-racism.
The challenges for women like me are additional hurdles we must constantly overcome.
Some are obvious. I differ from the mainstream. I certainly look different. I think and communicate differently. I work, react and lead differently. The migration journey is not easy – I struggle to fit in, to hear and be heard, to understand and be understood, and to accept and be accepted.
A major challenge is that of overcoming gender biases that are much more pervasive where I grew up than in my adopted country. These are barriers that are not just external, they are so ingrained they become internalised.
Last but certainly not the least, I counter prejudice in my adopted country.
The intersectionality of added biases caused by my gender, my migrant status, being trained overseas in a developing country, and my ethnic and cultural differences can be demeaning and hurtful.
There are microaggressions, minor slights and slurs, digs at my culture and country of origin, at the way I look and the way I speak. I face heightened expectations and low rewards. My failures are celebrated more than my wins. There is more sympathy for the perpetrators than for me if I dare speak up as a victim.
Dealing with these requires tapping into resilience I didn’t know I possessed. But when I do, ably supported by family, mentors, and advisers, I emerge stronger. I gain wisdom and courage and even more empathy, now also for fellow colleagues and future generations of women like me.
But there are steps we can take to improve the experiences of women from diverse backgrounds so we can all benefit from their knowledge and skills.
There is much work to be done on both sides. The first step is to acknowledge the problem for there can be no change without it. Women need to have a voice, to be given a platform to tell their stories, and showcase their achievements.
This is the aim of the Link and Grow initiative at the School of Medicine and Psychology at The Australian National University (ANU). It was launched on International Women’s Day in 2022 with an honest and heartfelt panel discussion on the barriers faced by diverse women in healthcare.
The initiative’s Diversity Blog provides a platform to celebrate the achievements and varied paths and experiences of diverse women. Through storytelling, we are highlighting a range of voices often missing from mainstream health discourse. The podcast series to be released next week, further probes the barriers navigated by individual women.
There is a need to build robust networks, to create communities of support with allies and champions of change. The Link and Grow Mentoring Program is a national, virtual six-month program, co-designed with Franklin Women, and aims to grow the careers of diverse women in healthcare. The focus on diversity and inclusion training in the program will potentially start to bring about change – not just in the mentees, but hopefully also in mentors and in organisations.
Systematic organisational, political, and social change is required. We need to build policies that support anti-racism, allow for representative leadership, and celebrate the achievements of every person who contributes to Australia’s growth.
Australia is an incredibly multicultural nation – we have people from 170 countries residing here, speaking more than 300 languages. There is no fixed Australian mould created by white Australians, that culturally and ethnically diverse people must somehow fit into. The mould is shaped by every person who resides here – it changes every day. And we will all benefit from that change beyond being able to have an authentic Vietnamese coffee, a ramen at a night noodle joint, a biryani or a curry.
Our multiculturalism must mean more than that.
A professor from ANU helping humanity deal with the deadly consequences of parasites, including malaria, has been named one of Australia’s best science teachers.
They may be small, but parasites can cause large-scale damage. Award-winning researcher and teacher Professor Alexander Maier wants to change that.
A first-of-its-kind national study from The Australian National University (ANU) has debunked common myths about who smokes in Australia and will help provide better support and potentially life-saving interventions for 2.5 million daily smokers.

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When you think about the economic impact of the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, your first thoughts might turn to substantial increases in the sale of legal products like sunscreen, hats, bottled water and portable barbecues, not to mention a few products deemed illegal that just might make their way to the celebration.
Perhaps the hottest commodity for at least the more well heeled attendees, however, is RVs — thousands of them of all shapes and sizes. And Dublin’s area recreational vehicle rental companies are basically all sold out, the Contra Costa Times reported.
“It’s probably the busiest time of the year for us,” said Joe Laing, director of marketing for El Monte RV, which has a busy location in Dublin, Calif. “Basically, everything we have west of the Mississippi makes its way to Burning Man. We have almost a small army of drivers moving vehicles (to the West).”
Lane says the company will have rented between 750 and 900 RVs to Burning Man attendees. Those vehicles range from 22 to 35 feet long and sleep between five and eight people each. Depending upon how far out from the event people rented, and how far away from Northern California people were willing to go and pick up their RV, the costs range anywhere from $200 to $500 per day.
The 2013 edition of Burning Man runs from Monday (Aug. 26) through Sept. 2, with an art theme of “Cargo Cult.” Like most everything at the festival, themes are always open to interpretation, which is why Lane says they see all kinds of people come in to rent.
“It’s seemingly the most straight-laced people on the planet and then big extremes in both directions.”
In addition to the small army of drivers, there are also a large number of people who have to go through and clean the RVs post-Burning Man, and that usually means a treasure trove of strange and unusual items that get left behind.
“One day (last year) a full broadsword came back with the vehicle. I mean, what are we going to do with a full broadsword?” says Lane. The company tried to contact the renter to give the sword back, but got no response.
The giant Burning Man art festival, in its official manifesto, calls on attendees to exhibit “radical self-reliance” as they camp and frolic on the dry lakebed near Black Rock City, Nev., for a week every year.
“Radical self-reliance” are the bywords of the Burning Man art festival. But this year, some wealthy attendees are outsourcing the hard stuff — like driving in the RVs, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Burning Man’s mantra is so compelling that some 50,000 participants have gathered in this rustic setting for the 25th annual rite. But some bourgeois Burners are calling upon more than spiritual vibes to tap their inner self. They’ve got hired help.
Elon Musk, chief executive of electric-car maker Tesla Motors and co-founder of eBay Inc.’s PayPal unit, is among those eschewing the tent life. He is paying for an elaborate compound consisting of eight recreational vehicles and trailers stocked with food, linens, groceries and other essentials for himself and his friends and family, say employees of the outfitter, Classic Adventures RV.
Burning Man is like any other community, with “a lower class, a middle class, an upper class,” says Dane Johnson, a Classic manager, standing outside the Musk compound. “We cater to the upper. People with money do not wish to stay in a tent.”
Festival celebrants bike and walk through the dusty streets of Black Rock City, a temporary desert community borne of a self-reliant ethos.
Elsewhere on the desert grounds, Burners wear bikini tops, leather chaps, stilts, goggles—and sometimes nothing at all. They rely on canned food for meals, sleep in the open field under the stars and use portable toilets. Limbs flail at dance-till-dawn parties. People are expected to share and to give gifts to one another. Money is banned. Sort of.
Classic is one of the festival’s few approved vendors. It charges $5,500 to $10,000 per RV for its Camp Classic Concierge packages like Musk’s. At Musk’s RV enclave, the help empties septic tanks, brings water and makes sure the vehicles’ electricity, refrigeration, air conditioning, televisions, DVD players and other systems are ship shape. The staff also stocked the campers with Diet Coke, Gatorade and Cruzan rum.
Anyone bring marshmallows? Just another typical Burning Man night in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
Musk, through his assistant, confirms he hired an RV service but declines to give details or say how much he is paying.
Burning Man used to be a desert tent city with a do-it-yourself ethos. But its growth — and the increasing wealth of many of its attendees — has seen an influx of cash. “Commerce around Burning Man has evolved and it’s a complicated dance,” says Steven T. Jones, author of “The Tribes of Burning Man.”
San Francisco caterer Gastronaut is one of many marketers targeting the Burning haute crowd. “People have less and less time to be radically self-reliant,” says head chef Nathan Keller, whose gourmet feasts-to-go include beef bourguignon and posole. The tab: $20 to $50 per meal, which feeds five.
For those who bristle at making the long pilgrimage to the desert by car, there is flytoburningman.com. Run by Centurion Flight Services, it picks up travelers in the San Francisco area and deposits them on a makeshift air strip here. The cost to avoid dusty roads: $825 per seat in a five-person Cessna, or $4,325 for the whole plane.
Hairdressers are cashing in, too. Stylist Tiffani Harper of Vallejo, Calif., said three customers responded to her online braids-for-Burning Man ad. She charged $70 to $140.
Even in this anything-goes atmosphere, some Burners chafe at the seeming excess. Several volunteers, who said festival rules prohibited them from giving their names, disdain the full-service RV crowd and say that Black Rock Desert was chosen in part to encourage people to weather harsh conditions.
“They’re not being self-reliant when they’re paying someone,” says Eli Meyer, a 36-year-old longtime Burner from North Lake Tahoe, Calif., who is sleeping in a tent. Meyer, who is part of a Burning Man environmental group called Earth Guardians, said the RVs are also the worst way to attend an event that prides itself on being eco-friendly.
Burning Man started in 1986 when founder Larry Harvey torched a wooden stick figure one night on a San Francisco beach before a few people. Four years later, the crowd grew so big that organizers moved the event to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, about two hours’ drive north of Reno.
The earliest event grounds resembled more of a frontier than a city, with campsites loosely organized. Now “architects” build a circular grid for the temporary metropolis, dubbed Black Rock City, which also has a weeklong post office and de facto police force.
The festival remains famous for elaborate art projects — performances, sculptures and “mutant vehicles.” This year, automobiles in the form of cupcakes and yellow submarines roved the desert hard pan, braving the wind storms that force attendees to carry goggles and dust masks.
Not all of the art adheres to the festival’s DIY philosophy.
Chris Bently, a San Franciscan whose real-estate holdings include an apartment building on posh Nob Hill, this year paid a team of artists and metalworkers to build a car modeled after the “Nautilus” submarine from Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” said two people familiar with the project. Bently’s assistant said he was unavailable to comment.
Harvey, now chairman of the organization that runs Burning Man, says he has no problems with participants who pay for services. One of the 10 principles is “radical inclusion,” meaning everyone is welcome to attend, he says. He says he is spending this week in a camper, with food cooked for him, because he is 63 years old and it allows him to do his job more easily.
Some of Musk’s luxury-RV-dwelling camp neighbors say critics shouldn’t judge. Adam Stephenson, a 40-year-old marketing director for Symantec Corp., says that even though he is paying a premium for RV service, he put a lot of work into building a shade tent and buying costumes and supplies. And the RV isn’t the Ritz. “It’s not super easy,” he says. “The air conditioner is not on all the time.”
The cult event that’s been gaining momentum since it started in 1986 is expected to draw 50,000 people into the primitive Black Rock Desert in Nevada from Aug. 30 to Sept. 6.
Part art fest, part culture crawl, part way-off-the-grid retreat, the remote festival about 120 miles from Reno, Nev., that defies description comes with a survival guide to the harsh, waterless site and touts “radical inclusion” as one of its guiding principles, the Los Angeles Times reported.
So where exactly do luxury RVs come into the picture? Joe Laing, director of marketing for El Monte RV, says Burning Man is the company’s single biggest event for motorhome rentals. “Each year we are getting more and more requests,” says Laing, whose company has 60 locations nationwide.
High-rollers: Pay a premium to get a luxury 34-foot Fleetwood Fiesta or 35-foot Fleetwood Bounder stocked with groceries and goodies and tricked out with flat-screen TVs, kitchen supplies, bedding and more delivered to a desert spot. The company then fetches guests from the airport (usually Reno) in an RV and shuttles them to the spot. The price-tag: $12,000 to $15,000. So far, Laing has booked about a dozen luxury packages for the 2010 event. “It’s as good accommodations as you’ll get at Burning Man,” he says.
Other “burners”: Most festival folks pick up motor-home rentals from sites in the Los Angeles area, Oakland (where the rental representative greets them dressed as Elvis in a gold lamé jacket) or a casino parking lot-turned-campground in Nevada. So far, El Monte RV has 300 motorhomes reserved for people going to Burning Man. The price tag starts at $5,890 plus tax for a Class C 23- to 25-foot motorhome that sleeps up to five people. The cost includes one-week rental with a pick-up in Reno.
And what happens when you return the vehicle dirty and dusty from a week on the sand? “As long as they pay to clean them up, we don’t mind,” Laing says.
Burning Man, the fabled celebration of art and self-expression in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, creates a big bump in business for El Monte RV Rentals.
Long linked to the Burning Man festival as a supplier of RV rentals to attendees of the event, the Los Angeles-based RV rental firm has learned to prepare for the rush, according to a news release.
This year’s Burning Man festival runs Aug. 30 to Sept. 6. Tens of thousands of participants bring in everything necessary for survival on the playa. Festival goers create “Black Rock City,” with fantastically decorative camping villages and spectacular expressions of art. A “leave-no-trace” festival, Burning Man culminates in disassembling the entire temporary community and clearing away all traces of the festival.
Preparing for Burning Man means planning for water, food, shelter and fuel during the event. Few vendors are allowed within Black Rock City and disposal of wastewater and sewage is tightly regulated by BLM. Recreational vehicles have become popular as festival goers have learned the rigors of life on the desert without adequate preparation.
In addition to renting motorhomes for the event the company offers luxury RV rental packages that include a fully outfitted and provisioned deluxe motorhome delivered to the attendees campsite at the event.
“We begin moving in inventory early for Burning Man rentals to our Burning Man departure campground location in Reno, as well as others on the West Coast. This has become a major camping event, something we many adventurous RV campers want to experience,” says Joe Laing, director of marketing for the nationwide RV rental firm.
Laing noted that area El Monte RV Rentals locations start taking reservations immediately after one Burning Man event for the next year. Festival planners expect that nearly 50,000 people will attend in 2010.


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title: A Rock and A Hard Place - Yestertoday
fandom: Tru Calling
summary: "She'd often thought nothing could be worse than watching her mother die. Now, she knew she'd been wrong."
disclaimer: The characters aren't mine. Which is a shame, because I'd utilise them a lot better.
note(s): Subway maps were employed; hospitals, theatres and churches were googled. Screw the address given in the show - 7th Ave is neither west nor east. :P Besides, most city hospitals have their own morgues, rather than a central one for such a large city. NYC Chief M.E.'s office is on 1st Ave, where there's a proliferation of hospitals. Tru was originally supposed to have been an NYU student and the area in which she's seen most resembles the East Village. Therefore I'm placing this morgue on 1st Ave, somewhere between E 10th and 20th.
warning(s): character deaths. (Duh.)
archive(s): Wherever I post it, plus those with standing permission. Others, please ask.
date: 12/05 - 12/11/03
feedback: like crack, only better.
Much luv to Shack at Television Without Pity - had he not detailed exactly what the writers have done wrong, I'm sure I'd have made similar errors. I'm stealing "yestertoday" from him. Love and gratitude to Vic, for pointing out that this was situated in too nice a neighborhood originally.
[July 18, 12:17 AM]
"We got a dead one," Gardez announced loudly as he rolled the gurney in.
Upon hearing him, Tru and Davis came out of the office, where they'd been watching Quincy and debating the case between themselves. Both looked at the other man expectantly.
"Male, early twenties, no ID, no belongings except what he's wearing," he continued, unzipping the bag. "Found in a dumpster in Chinatown. Looks like he was beaten to death. Been dead three, maybe four hours." He flipped it open, revealing the man's bloody and bruised face.
Tru screamed, her eyes wide with horror. Her right hand flew to cover her mouth.
"Hey, I know it's bad, but you saw worse last week - that pit bull attack, remember?" Gardez reminded her.
Davis reached over and pulled the flap closed, frowning at the younger man. "Tru...Tru, let's go sit down, okay?" He grabbed her free hand and led her into the office. She numbly shuffled along after him; it was like trying to get a statue to walk.
Gardez followed. "I don't get it," he commented, gesticulating. "Why's she so freaked?"
Davis gave him a withering look, then turned his attention to Tru. He eased the distraught woman into his desk chair and knelt next to her, taking both her hands in his and looking up into her face. Her expression of utter loss and agony was like a dagger through his heart; moreso because there was nothing he could do to ease the shock.
Without turning back to Gardez, Davis told him, "That's her brother."
"Oh, shit...Tru, I'm so sorry," Gardez said sincerely. He'd always liked her in spite of her oddness.
"You should go home - get some rest," Davis suggested. "You don't need to be here."
"Yes, I do," Tru said quietly, her voice rough and thick. She stared blankly in the general direction of the floor, seeing nothing but Harrison's broken countenance. She'd often thought nothing could be worse than watching her mother die. Now, she knew she'd been wrong.
Unfortunately for Tru, the night was far from over.
[July 18, 1:55 AM]
Davis wasn't sure when Tru had finally cried herself into unconsciousness slumped over on his desk. He knew from experience how uncomfortable it could be. He removed his coat from the rack and folded it into a makeshift pillow before gently lifting her head and sliding it underneath. Her features screwed up and she gave a soft, pained whimper which broke his heart anew.
He crouched by her, watching her eyes dart back and forth under their heavily lashed lids in what he was certain was a nightmare, though not enough of one to disturb her slumber.
"Yo, Davis," Gardez called from the doorway in a stage whisper. He cocked his head, beckoning the other man. His eyes settled on the brunette. "Why's she still here?" he muttered tersely to Davis, who had come over.
"Won't leave," Davis said simply, walking over to the latest arrival and beginning to unzip the bag. "What do we...." He trailed off upon recognising the face. "Lindsay...?" he gasped.
The fabric of her stylish black minidress was pulled, as if dragged along a rough surface. Pantyhose were ripped and tangled around one leg; mascara ran in great streaks down both cheeks. Bruises on her neck made it all too clear how violently she'd been strangled.
"They found her in an alley on 14th, not far from the subway. She was still warm."
Both men looked through the still-ajar office door to the woman who slumbered within.
"This is --" Davis began.
"--seriously fucked up," Gardez finished. "Do we wake her?"
The red-haired man shook his head. "She'll find out soon enough." I hope.
The pair set about examining the corpse.
[July 18, 2:07 am]
Tru snapped upright, eyes wide, heart pounding so hard it threatened to fly from her chest. She glanced around, disoriented and not quite sure why she'd woken.
"Hey, bitchcakes," a disembodied voice whispered.
Tru's eyes grew even wider. She held her breath, waiting to hear it again and silently praying that she'd heard wrong.
The call came again, louder and more insistent.
"No!" Tru choked out, not wanting to believe her ears.
"Tru?" Davis hurried into the office. "Oh, you're awake. Tru, there's... something's happened...." His gaze met hers and his voice softened. "You already know."
"No...oh God, no." Tru shook her head slowly from side to side; her lower lip quivered. She pushed off the desk so hard the chair wobbled and fell backwards as she raced to the Crypt, Davis hot on her heels.
She slowed and began walking backwards. "Tell me what I need to know."
"Time of death was between midnight and 1. Tru...she was less than a block from the L," Davis finished sadly, knowing the implication that Lindsay had been on her way to see Tru would hit hard.
Even as tears filled her eyes, Tru's features reflected her determination to set things right - or, at least, her version thereof. She turned again and burst through the door.
Lindsay's body lay on the table, still waiting to be assigned a drawer. As Tru approached, the head turned, and she found herself staring into her deceased friend's eyes.
"Help me," Lindsay begged.
Tru had but a second to offer thanks to whatever deity had heard and was resetting the day.
~ end yestertoday ~


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Objectives To determine whether the introduction of Obstetrics Emergency Training in line with the recommendations of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) was associated with a reduction in perinatal asphyxia and neonatal hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). Design A retrospective cohort observational study. Setting A tertiary referral maternity unit in a teaching hospital. Population Term, cephalic presenting, singleton infants born at Southmead Hospital between 1998 and 2003 were identified; those born by elective Caesarean sections were excluded. Method Five-minute Apgar scores were reviewed. Infants that developed HIE were prospectively identified throughout this period. The study compared the period ‘pre-training’ (1998–1999), with the period ‘post-training’ (2001–2003). Main outcome measures Five-minute Apgar scores and HIE. Results Infants (19,460) were included. Infants born with 5-minute Apgar scores of ≤6 decreased from 86.6 to 44.6 per 10,000 births (P <0.001) and those with HIE decreased from 27.3 to 13.6 per 10,000 births (P= 0.032) following the introduction of the training courses in 2000. Antepartum and intrapartum stillbirth at term rates remained unchanged, at about 15 and 4 per 10,000 births, respectively. Conclusion The introduction of obstetric emergencies training courses was associated with a significant reduction in low 5-minute Apgar scores and HIE. This improvement has been sustained as the training has continued. This is the first time an educational intervention has been shown to be associated with a clinically important, and sustained, improvement in perinatal outcome.
|Translated title of the contribution||Does training in obstetric emergencies improve neonatal outcome?|
|Pages (from-to)||177 - 182|
|Number of pages||5|
|Journal||BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology|
|Publication status||Published - Feb 2006|


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[update - 1-15-13]
Lower Providence Police provided further details in the incident, repoting that the person involved with the removal of the shopping cart off the Acme property had the intention of returning the cart after he had used it to transport his groceries home. Upon learning the man's intentions, police say that the Acme manager decided not to pursue theft or related charges in the cart removal.
Lower Providence Police reported on Lower Providence Patch Facebook that the shopping cart suspect was not arrested for the incident. The cart was also said to have been returned to Acme Markets.
[original story below]
Three Lower Providence police patrol cars converged on the unit block of Trooper Road late Wednesday afternoon in response to a "theft in progress" call from the Acme Markets, located at 2775 W. Ridge Pike, in the township.
The haul? A shopping cart.
The suspect, an elderly-looking man, was stopped on foot in the driveway of a home at 24 N. Trooper Road.
Cops were interviewing neighbors and witnesses at the scene. Traffic was directed around the police vehicles but was not fully stopped along Trooper Road.
A full report will be available shortly, and Patch will update this story as more informaiton becomes available. The man is in custody and no further diversion of traffic is expected.


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• COLLEGE BASEBALL
Cecil 9, HCC 8
HCC 13, Cecil 0
NORTH EAST, Md. — Colby Smith pitched a two-hit shutout with five strikeouts to lead Hagerstown Community College in a five-inning win over Cecil College in the second game of a doubleheader split Saturday.
In the second game, Hagerstown led 2-0 before erupting for 11 runs in the fifth.
Colby Shimmel had three hits, including a home run, and four RBIs, Enrique Morales had a grand slam, Austin Moser had three RBIs, Quin Ambeault had three hits and two RBIs and Robbie Houck had two hits for the Hawks (20-16).
In the opener for the Hawks, Tanner Helms had two hits, including a home run, and three RBIs and Moser had two hits and two RBIs.
Credit to Herald Mail

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How to Combat Dry Skin From Hand Sanitizer | LightRx MedSpa
One of the best ways to stay safe and protect yourself and others from the novel Coronavirus is washing your hands and washing them often. But sometimes, washing your hands with soap and water isn’t convenient, so we turn to alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizers have become a staple for just about everyone, including our teams at LightRx clinics. With all of the constant hand-washing and use of hand sanitizers, however, your skin can easily become extremely dry, especially in the cooler months. We want to help you take care of your skin, especially your hands, during this time.
Here are a few tips and tricks for combating dry skin when using alcohol-based hand sanitizers to keep your skin looking healthy, glowing and refreshed all while keeping them clean.
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Your skin is the largest organ of the body and is made up of three layers. The top layer of the skin is the body’s most important protective layer. When you repeatedly expose this layer to water, soap and hand sanitizers— you are disrupting it from doing its job which can lead to skin irritation, dryness, or flare-ups. Now that hand washing has become more frequent during the pandemic, this can cause the skin to dry out faster.
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers may irritate the skin less than hand soap, but it doesn’t completely get rid of all the dirt and germs off of your skin. The CDC recommends using hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available. For many of us who leave home to run errands, go to the grocery store, gas stations and/or restaurants may use hand sanitizers as it is readily available. This repeated use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer can cause extremely dry skin that could potentially evolve to eczema. Luckily, there are steps that you can take before developing a condition like eczema and involves simple steps like boosting your moisturizing routine.
2. Finding the Right Hand Sanitizer
Now more than ever, there will be times that you do need to cleanse with hand sanitizer, and you want to make sure you’re using the right one for your skin. For those with eczema-prone and highly sensitive skin, finding hand sanitizers with the right amount of ethyl alcohol and essential oils with moisturizing properties will work best. The truth is, not all hand sanitizers were created equal and during this pandemic you may come across products that may not be the best due to the high demand. We recommend searching ingredients that contain shea butter, vitamin E and Aloe Vera to keep any damage to your hands to a minimum.
3. Creams vs. Lotions
Excessive use of hand soaps and hand sanitizers can weaken the skin barrier and it’s important to use hand moisturizes to restore the skin lipids and leave your hands feeling soft and hydrated. There are many moisturizing products out there but what will work best for you? Understanding the differences between creams and lotions will make it a lot easier to find the best match.
The most noticeable difference between lotion and cream is that lotions have higher water content and are usually lighter in weight than cream, and non-greasy. Lotions and creams are both moisturizes intended to hydrate your skin, while lotions can absorb more quickly.
Cream is a blend of oil and water but with a much higher oil concentration. Creams are a lot thicker than lotions and provide a barrier that keeps the skin super hydrated all day long. That’s why creams are often sold in jars rather than bottles with pumps because it’s easier to apply with your fingers.
4. Choose the Right Moisturizer for Your Skin
Many people choose lotions because they’re more readily absorbed by the skin due to its consistency. For those with normal to dry skin, this may be enough for you when it comes to moisture. It’s ideal during the day and in summer months.
Cream, on the other hand, is used to treat and prevent dry, cracked skin while keeping your skin smooth and moisturized. For those with excessively dry skin and normal skin, it’s important to use this in the cooler months.
5. Gloves are Your Friend
After all of that hand washing and moisturizing, it’s beneficial to protect them and minimize the need to wash them so frequently.
Using protective gloves while doing household chores, like cleaning or gardening, and going out in public will decrease your need to wash your hands and protect them from getting dried out. For those who hate getting their hands dirty, gloves are a great alternative!
Protecting your hands at night is a good way to lock in moisture too – we recommend wearing cotton gloves. When you moisturize your hands at night with a cream, it acts as an intensive hand mask and works miracles for very dry skin. Cotton gloves make it easier for the moisturizer to stay on your hands and increases its penetration into your skin. Nothing feels better than soft hands!
The health and beauty of your hands and skin doesn’t have to suffer with constant washing if you’re following up with a great moisturizer like creams and lotions. Healthier skin is happier skin and at LightRx we want to make sure that you feel like your very best self at all times.
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All Mexican previous versions were known as the Chevy, with the names Monza used on the saloon, and Swing (five-door) and Joy (three-door) for the hatchbacks, all with a 1.6-liter 78 PS (57 kW) four-cylinder. There was also a low-end three-door model called the Chevy Popular, which was equipped with a 52 PS (38 kW) 1.4-liter engine. The latter 2004 and 2008 redesigns were simply named Chevy and Chevy Sedán. The Chevy was a favourite among taxicab drivers and one of the best selling cars in the country.
*The fuel consumption and CO2 emission figures mentioned are determined according to the NEDC homologation regulations (R (EC) No. 715/2007 and R (EC) No. 692/2008, in the versions respectively applicable), which allows comparability with other vehicles. From 01/09/2017 the fuel consumption and CO2 emission values of certain new vehicles are determined using the new worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), and the relevant values are translated back into NEDC to allow the comparability. Please contact your dealer for the latest information and to check if the values have changed.
Typically, although a far better car, like the Chevette all Kadett models have been the butt of jokes in Europe, particularly for being very common (the quintessential middle-class car in Germany and the Netherlands), very prone to rust and very easy to steal. While essentially good cars, and always praised as such by contemporary press, these gave Opel its commoner reputation it is still struggling to shake off.
The Kadett A (above) finally appeared in 1962, and was a classic GM/Opel effort: highly pragmatic, conventional in every respect, reasonably stylish for its time, and designed to deliver a good bang for the buck. In just about every way possible, it was the antithesis of the VW: front-engine rwd, a rather tinny but roomy body, highly tossable but with a primitive suspension and ride, a very roomy trunk, and excellent visibility as well as economy. Oh, and a proper heater even! Its little 987 cc OHV four made 40 net/46 gross hp, six more than the VW 1200. Its trim fighting weight of 1475 lbs (670 kg), some two hundred pounds less than the VW, showed in both its acceleration and body integrity.
The 2006 release of the fourth Corsa generation translates as rebirth. The German producer offered further reasons for the car to virtually sell itself. The V-inspired shaping of the car was more accentuated with bulgy lines and headlights as if some of the styling elements have been mounted into specially designed sockets. Apart form the looks, the engine line-up was converted and enhanced to c...
At the first round of the season held at the former Grand Prix track of Zolder in Belgium, Opel Team Joest’s misfortunes continued. Manuel Reuter retired in the early stages, with both John Winter (16th) and Keke Rosberg finishing a lap down on winner Alessandro Nannini (ITA) in the Alfa. Race 2 was more positive however, with only John Winter dropping early on. Reuter lead the Opel charge in 7th, with Rosberg in 10th.
The company was founded in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Germany, on 21 January 1862, by Adam Opel. In the beginning, Opel produced sewing machines. In 1888, production was relocated from a cowshed to a more spacious building in Rüsselsheim. Opel launched a new product in 1886: he began to sell high-wheel bicycles, also known as penny-farthings. Opel's two sons participated in high-wheel bicycle races, thus promoting this means of transportation. The production of high-wheel bicycles soon exceeded the production of sewing machines. At the time of Opel's death in 1895, he was the leader in both markets.
The 114bhp 1.0-litre engine fires to a near-silent idle, and in general it’s responsive and keen. It revs willingly, and such is the quietness and consistency of output that there are times while cruising when you could be in any of, say, three gears and you wouldn’t notice much difference in either noise or throttle response. It drives as standard through a six-speed gearbox that is occasionally notchy but otherwise positive.
While the Ipanema clearly succeeded the Marajó, production of the Chevette (by now in sedan form only, the hatchback having been discontinued after the 1987 model year) and of the Kadett noticeably overlapped; the newer model was placed above the old one in Chevrolet's lineup. While Chevrolet entertained the possibility of a pick-up version of the Kadett E, it never materialized.


Shellharbour City Council is seeking feedback from 12-24 year olds about a specially designed space for young people, as part of the Harrison Park Master Plan.
Shellharbour’s young people have the opportunity to have their say on what they believe should be included in the youth area. They will also go into the draw to win a $100 Apple gift card.
The Harrison Park youth area is currently in the design stage and will involve a defined space with a youth focus, centred on active sport, activity and socialising.
The youth recreation area will be co-located with the Blackbutt Youth Centre to create a hub for the city’s young people, with a wide variety of activities for them to enjoy.
Options for designs include:
• Basketball half-court
• Opportunities to skate and ride
• Multi-use court
• Ping pong tables
• Gym and exercise equipment
Other features could include bike racks, shelters, picnic tables and Wi-Fi hotspots. Public art will also feature in the space.
Young people can also vote for other equipment and give their onion on what the vibe of the space should feel like.
Shellharbour City Council Mayor Chris Homer said it was important that Council collaborated with the city’s young people in designing a space that they will enjoy.
“The Harrison Park Master Plan allows a fantastic opportunity to create a vibrant, safe space for our young residents,” Mayor Homer said.
“I encourage 12-24 year olds in Shellharbour to have their say and contribute to this great new feature in our city – and they might win a prize in the process!” he said.
To have your say visit: https://letschatshellharbour.com/harrison-park-youth-area
To view the Master Plan visit: https://cdn.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/Things_to_do_doc...
Media enquiries: Kelli Wells 0448 361 008


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Alex Edmans – LBS – Mayo Center for Asset Management Virtual Seminar Series
6 November 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Speaker: Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School, and author of Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver both Purpose and Profit
Topic: Responsible Investing: What Is It, Does It Work, and How To Do It?
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Bugatti showed the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012. Vitesse is French for ‘speed’ and this certainly applies to this car.
Inspired by the record breaking Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is powered by a 8.0 liter W16 engine featuring four enlarged turbochargers and intercoolers, which puts out an impressive 1,200 horsepower (882kW) at 6,400rpm. The peak torque of 1,500Nm is reached in between the 3,000 and 5,000rpm.
The Veyron Vitesse accelerates from standstill to 100km/h in 2.6 seconds, the 200km/h mark is hit in 7.1 seconds and 300km/h is reached in just 16 seconds. The top speed of 410km/h (255mph) makes the four-wheel drive Grand Sport Vitesse the fastest production roadster ever.
Who was driving this beast round goodward yesterday?


CCPS RBPS Element 3.1 OPERATING PROCEDURES
The RBPS element that ensures proper development, timely maintenance, and consistent use of operating procedures (procedures) is one of nine elements in Managing Risk Pillar (Foundational Block).
Operating procedures are written instructions (including procedures that are stored electronically and printed on demand) that;
(1) list the steps for a given task and
(2) describe the manner in which the steps are to be performed.
Good procedures also describe the process, hazards, tools, protective equipment, and controls in sufficient detail that operators understand the hazards, can verify that controls are in place, and can confirm that the process responds in an expected manner. Procedures critical to the safe operation or maintenance of equipment should reference hazard review information (as appropriate) and include consequence of deviation warnings.
Procedures should also provide instructions for troubleshooting when the system does not respond as expected. Procedures should specify when an emergency shutdown should be executed and should also address special situations, such as temporary operation with a specific equipment item out of service.
Operating procedures are normally used to control activities such as transitions between products, periodic cleaning of process equipment, preparing equipment for certain maintenance activities, and other activities routinely performed by operators.
The scope of this element is limited to those operating procedures that describe the tasks required to safely start up, operate, and shut down processes, including emergency shutdown. Operating procedures complement safe work and asset integrity procedures, which are addressed later.
EI PSM Element 8 OPERATING MANUALS AND PROCEDURES
Operation of facilities within established parameters and according to legislation is an essential aspect of HS&E and process safety.
Management must ensure that the operating manuals and procedures required to support operations are identified, available, accurate, up to date, understood and used.
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Here is the recap of the February 18 edition of 105.9 Qwik-Rock's weekly local music program, "The Homegrown Rocker," which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Lion Country's Rock Station, 105.9 Qwik-Rock. The show can also be streamed via Qwik's website, www.1059qwikrock.com.
This week, we kept it in the mailboxes to check out some more new local and regional recordings that have arrived lately. We played new tunes from The Arts, Matt Aquiline & the Dead End Streets, C. Scott & the Beltones, From Ashes to New and Jakob Vladimir. We also updated "Local Music News," dug into the archive for a 2005 number from Backstreet Law for this week's "Local Music Flashback," stepped "Across State Lines" to hear a song from New Jersey's Hudson Falcons, and reviewed Master Sword's Shadow and Steel CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"
Here is this week's playlist:
DONNIE IRIS - "Soul Man"
FELIX & THE HURRICANES - "Whirlwind" (live)
THE ARTS - "Goldilocks"
STERLING KOCH - "Summervibe"
MATT AQUILINE & THE DEAD END STREETS - "Pennsylvania"
THE TOMMY ROBERTS - "Fishin' for Pearls"
C. SCOTT & THE BELTONES - "Husband"
LAIKA THE ASTRO HOUND - "Life's and Nature's Little Nuances"
SOFEYA & THE PUFFINS - "Firelight"
LIZZIE & THE YEEHAW BAND - "Road to Home"
RAUSCH - "Greener Grass"
MEDUSA'S DISCO - "State of Mind"
MOLLICK-CARLIN BAND - "Dimestore Revolution"
FROM ASHES TO NEW - "Crazy"
MASTER SWORD - "Kiss of the Flame"
JAKOB VLADIMIR - "Heel of the Ruler"
BACKSTREET LAW - "Till December" (2005, Local Music Flashback)
HUDSON FALCONS - "We'll Fight Back" (Across State Lines)
13 SAINTS - "Deep"
FYRE - "Madness"
PENSIVE FEAR - "A Nightmare of Sorrow"
We'll have guests on our next program, as Altoona-based punk rockers join us! We will find out the group's latest happenings, and discuss and play tunes from their new Thieves CD! We will also dig into the archive for a "Local Music Flashback," and review Lady's Delirium of Negation CD in "The Professor's CD Corner!"
Upcoming guests and specials include:
MAR. 4 - Millennium Music Conference Recap
MAR. 11 - St. Patrick's Day Special
MAR. 18 - Homegrown Rocker 20th Anniversary Special!
MAR. 25 - Millennium Contest Winner (TBA)
APR. 8 - The Roof
APR. 22 - Shattered
MAY 13 - Silver Screen
(All dates are subject to changes as circumstances warrant.)
Bands and artists wanting to submit news items for "Local Music News" may email their news to firstname.lastname@example.org. Indicate "MUSIC NEWS" in the subject heading!
Bands and artists interested in having music aired on the show are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: Magnum Broadcasting, 315 South Atherton Street, State College, PA 16801; ATTN: Jim Price/Homegrown. Or drop the recordings off at the station during regular business hours, Monday-Friday 9 AM – 5 PM. You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to email@example.com.
IN LOCAL MUSIC NEWS...
A former dominant hard rock force on regional stages has announced a reunion weekend coming up in April. Backstreet Law is getting back together for two shows on the weekend of April 13 and 14. On Friday, April 13, they will perform at The Arena in State College, and on Saturday, April 14 they will perform at Goodfellas Warehouse in Pottsville. Formed in 1996, Backstreet Law performed shows up and down the East Coast and received a Jager Music sponsorship, before going their separate ways in 2007.
Popular State College-based group The Tommy Roberts has announced they will be going their separate ways after a four-and-a-half year run on area stages. The group's founding acoustic duo of Brian Cleary and Nate Cutshall will perform one of their final shows on March 4 at Elk Creek Cafe in Millheim, and one or two other farewell performances will be announced soon.
The Altoona-based band This Albatross is seeking a new bass player. Interested musicians should contact the group's guitarist, Phil Wagner, to set up an audition.
And we report sad news with the passing of Don Behler on February 11 following an 11-year battle with multiple myeloma. Don was 60. From Schuylkill County, Don sang and played rhythm guitar with several bands during his career, including Nightwing, Jackhammer, Nasty Dogs, Voice Of Reason, and most recently, Ousting Alice.


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The Vikings' 2014 opponents are set, and the team's schedule will include a home game against New England and a road game at New Orleans.
The Vikings will play each team in its division, the NFC North, twice. They also face each team in the AFC East and the NFC South and, because they will finish last in the NFC North, have games against the last-place teams in the NFC East (Washington) and the NFC West (St. Louis).
The games have been divided into road and home games.
Home: New England, N.Y. Jets, Atlanta, Carolina, Washington, Green Bay, Detroit, Chicago.
Road: Buffalo, Miami, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, St. Louis, Green Bay, Detroit, Chicago.
Home for the Vikings next season is TCF Bank Stadium.
The dates and times of the games will be announced in mid-April.

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Seize the Music: Series No. 2 The Road Will Mesmerize You
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McConnell Arts Center: Bronwynn Theatre (Map) Worthington, Ohio Sunday, 13 November 2016 - 3:00 PM Dvorak A Flat Major Op. 105 Kurth 3 Pieces for String Quartet Dohnanyi String Quartet No. 3 This program features an Ohio premiere of music by Michael Kurth. Carpe Diem supports and performs music by living composers. This will be our first performance of Mr.Kurth's music. Featured by the Atlanta Symphony and the Riverside Chamber Players, Michael Kurth's chamber music is simple without being simplistic, yet sophisticated without being gratuitously complex. The music is exceptionally approachable, but there is also much musical and compositional depth.


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Pride Houston Kick Off Party | Presented by OutSmart Magazine
Thursday, April 16, 2015 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
You are invited to officially KICK OFF this year’s Pride season on Thursday, April 16, 2015. This event is FREE and open to the public. No tickets necessary. There will be plenty of delicious nibbles and an OPEN BAR.
All ages welcome but you must be 21+ to drink. Guest must show valid ID to verify legal age.
Grand Marshal Winners:
There were so many individuals that truly shined as beacons of the Houston LGBT Community this year. Come celebrate those individuals that you nominated and voted for to become this year’s Grand Marshals of the Houston LGBT Pride Celebration.
Houston Pride Week Announcements:
In, addition you will be the first to know what’s on schedule for Houston Pride Week this season. Pride Superstar, Dine with Pride, Rock the Runway, Salvation Pool Party, Wonderland Houston, the Houston LGBT Pride Celebration and more. You’ll have to wait until then to find out.
We hope to see you and your friends at the Pride Kick Off Party. The more the merrier. All ages welcomed. Must be 21 to drink.
DJ Provided by: DJ Athenz
Presenting Sponsor: OutSmart Magazine
Sponsors: Bud Light, CBS Radio (Hot 95.7, Mix 96.5), Barefoot Wines, New Amsterdam Vodka
This event is FREE and open to the public. No tickets are necessary.
The 2015 Houston LGBT Pride Celebration will be held in Downtown Houston continuing the legacy that began on the steps of City Hall in 1977 with the protest against Anita Bryant which is widely considered Houston’s “Stonewall Movement.”
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Andy: Good Morning Charlie Brown. When I go on-line or to a big box store I see system after system with all these specs that I don’t understand. Seems like I end up with whichever looks prettiest or the sales person is pitching. It seems my particular requirements don’t make that much difference in what I end up buying.
Charlie: Hi Andy. You raise some very good points. However, I do believe that sales people, whether on-line or in store are working with limited time and information. We at PC Applications try to spend a significant amount of time talking with you and actually looking at your current system to try and understand better which new system would be best for you.
Andy: Good points. But it seems like things have changed a lot since I bought my last PC. Can you give me some ideas about what features I should be looking for when I think about a new PC?
Charlie: Certainly! It seems that the on-line sites and big box stores today are pushing large disk drives…1 and 2 TB and larger. One of our first questions when working with someone looking for a new PC is how much space are you using on your current system? Usually the first thing our clients say about their current system is that it’s getting slow. So we usually use these two basic considerations when suggesting new systems for them.
Andy: That sounds very sensible! How do these factors affect the components found in the systems you suggest?
Charlie: There are several basic components in a PC that determine its performance. Lets go through them, one by one:
- Processor: For regular PCs we like to stay with Intel processors for now. We haven’t seen any new business class systems using the AMD Ryzen line. We also like to use i5 or better for PCs. For Chrome systems, we have seen good performance with less powerful processors. For both Windows and Chrome systems, faster is better.
- •RAM: 4 GB is a minimum for Windows 10 systems. We like 8 GB of RAM because the systems are 64 bit and can use it to enhance performance.
- Drives: You notice I did not say Disk Drive. This is one area that is changing right now. Solid State Drives (SSDs) are much faster than hard disk drives and can really improve the performance of a system. However, due to the higher price, we usually only see 256 GB SSDs in systems. That is a key reason to know how much space you are using on your current system.
- Graphics: If you are working with pictures or games you will want to look for a 1080p graphics processor or card. We find more interest in the ability to drive 2 displays and most new systems do have 2 display connectors on them.
Andy: That’s a quick system summary. I can attest that changing from a hard disk drive to an SSD for your operating system drive can really improve your system performance. That smaller size made me use a second internal or an external USB drive for some of my pictures or music, but the speed increase really made it worth it.
Charlie: We have found that it makes so much difference that some people have us clone their existing hard drive to a solid-state drive just for that speed increase.
Andy: Well if you want help improving your current system’s performance or picking out a new system with good performance call Charlie and Dave at PC Applications, 533-6510, or visit their web site pcapp.com.
Charlie: For computers of renown, just call Charlie Brown!


Daniel Wright, a former contestant on The Biggest Loser has died this week after a battle with cancer. He was 30-years-old.
Daniel – who competed on the seventh season of NBC’s weight-loss reality series back in 2009 – passed away on Sunday morning (May 26) from leukemia, several of his Biggest Loser costars confirmed on social media.
“I am so so heartbroken to hear about Daniel Wright this morning. He has fought SO HARD during his battle with cancer & more,” former contestant Courtney Crozier Respess wrote on Facebook. “This man is one of the kindest people I have ever met & is a true difference maker in this world!”
Daniel was married to fellow Biggest Loser contestant Rebecca Meyer Wright. He was first diagnosed with leukemia in October 2017 and had returned to work to regain some normalcy before he relapsed with a more severe case of leukemia in December 2018.
Amid his health struggle, Rebecca would often give updates on her Facebook page.
Rebecca‘s most recent post was on May 24, where she explained that her husband was undergoing treatment after noticing blood in his vomit.
Our thoughts are with Rebecca and the rest of Daniel‘s loved ones during this difficult time.
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The inaugural Camogie All-Star Awards took place in the CityWest Hotel, Dublin in December 2004.
It was the year that camogie celebrated its centenary with Tipperary being crowned the Foras na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie champions beating Cork in front of a record attendance at the time for the sport of 24,567 in Croke Park.
It would be the premier county's fifth All-Ireland title in six years, and their most recent, failing to win the O'Duffy Cup since.
In the months that followed Raymie Ryan stepped down as manager after two years in which they won back-to-back All-Ireland's, provincial titles and their first league title since 1977.
Tipperary's successful season saw them land six All-Star awards with Suzanne Kelly, Una O'Dwyer, Ciara Gaynor, Therese Brophy, Claire Grogan and Deirdre Hughes all being honoured.
Defeated finalists Cork saw three players make the team. Goalkeeper Aoife Murray, midfielder Gemma O'Connor and forward Jennifer O'Leary would go on to win a further twenty-four All-Stars between them as the rebels dominated the game in the years that followed.
Wexford, who were defeated in the semi-finals, took three places on the team with Áine Codd, Mary Leacy and Kate Kelly all making the cut.
Only one player from Ulster made the team. Down's Marian McAleenan. McAleenan led her team to the All-Ireland junior final that year where they were beaten.
RTÉ pundit Ann Marie Hayes and Kilkenny's Sinead Millea also won awards.
Former presenter of 'The Sunday Game' Michael Lyster was one of the MC's on the night, with former Taoiseach and at the time Minister for Finance Brian Cowen presenting the awards alongside President of Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael, now the Camogie Association, Miriam O'Callaghan.
O'Callaghan and the association held the first 'Lynchpin Awards' in 2003, the predeccesor of the All-Stars.
"That year we were so engrossed in the celebrations of the centenary itself that it just wasn't feasible to have an All-Star Awards," she tells Balls.ie
"There was huge interest in the Lynchpin Awards, it was sponsored by the Green Isle Hotel in Clondalkin."
"It (the Lynchpin Awards) just started the ball rolling on the All-Star Awards."
O'Callaghan has fond memories of the first All-Stars that December night in the CityWest.
"That whole centenary year was one roller coaster of celebrations," she says.
"But what I remember was the huge crowd that was there, the energy in the room, the excitement of players and the pride particularly for family members to be there celebrating with their daughters."
"We were delighted to be able to initiate it," she adds.
"We had a lot of good energy in the association at that time."
O'Callaghan is proud of how the game has grown since and welcomes PwC's sponsorship of the awards.
"It's brilliant to see that and I think it shows where camogie is in the sporting world at the moment.
"The televising of the games has generated a great interest and the fact that we've changed the rules seems to have gone down very well not only with players but with the spectators and audience.
"I think the game is in a good place and the fact that PwC are on board reflects that."