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The Brad Leone Roccbox unites NY Times Best Seller Brad's culinary exploration with the rugged outdoors. The Roccbox is the original stone-floor portable oven that started a pizza revolution. But pizza at 950 degrees is just the start of what it's capable of, and Brad's cooking has embodied that for years. his local Connecticut forests inspired the dark "ranger" green colorway, and the wild ramp root etching represents Brad's journey from test-kitchen chef to exploratory forager.
The restaurant-portable grade pizza oven. Dual fuel capable, fire up with the convenience of gas or discover the flavor of wood with our interchangeable wood burner. Includes professional grade pizza peel worth $85.
- Portable - Take Roccbox anywhere with its retractable legs, detachable burner and built-in thermometer.
- Professional Grade - Engineered to replicate the performance of Gozney’s professional pizza ovens, used by leading chefs and restaurants all over the world.
- Multi-Fuel - Roccbox comes with a propane gas burner as standard, and the option to buy a detachable wood burner as an additional accessory.
- Reaches 950 degrees Fahrenheit - Enjoy unrivaled cooking results created by a thick stone floor, dense insulation and a unique rolling flame.
- Safe touch - Host pizza parties with the family friendly pizza oven, thanks to Roccbox’s safe-touch silicone jacket.
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External oven dimensions (inches): 16.3 x 21 x 18.6
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Oven weight: 44lbs
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Sunday, January 5, 2014
A major change to the flow pattern will occur this week allowing for increased moisture to move into the region. In our current flow pattern the majority of the moisture is passing to the north and east of our area. As the ridge over the region breaks down, moisture will be allowed to easily flow into the area. Currently, all precipitation for the region looks to start as snow before snow levels start to rise as we push further into the week. Given the westerly flow pattern the Cascades and Idaho Panhandle Mountains will likely receive the most precipitation from the pattern change.
WEATHER FACT: snow isn’t always white. In California’s Sierra Nevada mountains and the alpine region of Colorado, pink snow is occasionally spotted. It’s caused by a microscopic reddish-colored algae that thrives in high altitude water kept freezing year round. This sometimes dark red snow puzzled mountain climbers for centuries. Also known as watermelon snow, blood snow, red snow and snow algae, the first accounts of watermelon snow are found in the writings of Aristotle.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_snow
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The School Psychologist, Early Stages will conduct psychological and psychoeducational screenings and evaluations for children referred to Early Stages. The School Psychologist functions as part of a multi-disciplinary team that collaborates to determine eligibility for special education services and draft Individual Education Plans (IEP). The School Psychologist will not provide individual or group therapy. The School Psychologist, Early Stages will be a member of the Council of School Officers (CSO) union. Apply on the DCPS Application Portal here.

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Here's why Oceano Elementary is the most bike friendly school in the U.S.
Oceano Elementary is the most bike-friendly school in the entire country, according to a cycling advocacy group.
The League of American Bicyclists on Thursday named Oceano Elementary a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Business, making it the first K-12 school in the United States to receive the group’s highest level of recognition.
Teacher Jim DeCecco, who organizes many of the school’s bike activities, said Thursday that he and his students were “very excited” to be recognized.
“Just the fact that you can put ‘No. 1’ next to Oceano is a big thing in their eyes,” he said. “ ‘No. 1’ and ‘Oceano’ just has a nice ring to it.”
The school was one of 59 awardees announced by the league, which annually recognizes businesses and groups that play a role in “making the country a safer, happier and more sustainable place to live and work” through bicycle-friendly programs, according to a news release.
The league also named two silver-level high schools, one silver-level elementary school and one silver-level public school district.
Oceano Elementary was recognized for its monthly bike-to-school days, after-school bike club, bike cleaning and maintenance opportunities at the school, free or loaned bikes for students to participate in activities, and bike safety instruction every month.
“My favorite thing about learning about bikes here is it’s safe,” fifth-grader Yovanny Mendoza said Thursday. “I ride my bike to school because it’s safe, it doesn’t cost gas, and if people don’t use cars, you prevent global warming.”
Mendoza said some of the tips he’s learned during bike lessons at school are to always ride on the right side of the road and make eye contact with drivers so they can see you.
DeCecco credited “great principals” and help from local transportation organizations and the community for much of the school’s success in promoting bike awareness and safety.
“We as a school go out of our way to emphasize becoming bike-aware and bike-safe to the kids,” he said.
DeCecco said other schools in the county are also following suit: two years after adding its bike safety track that teaches children the proper way to navigate streets on a bicycle, Atascadero Unified School District is looking into adding similar tracks at its elementary schools as well.
“We were the first in the county, but by this summer we won’t be the only,” he said. “And that’s great — it’s all about making kids bike-safe. The more people we have on bikes, studies have shown, the safer it is for everyone. Our community is going to be better for it.”

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JPMorgan needs $4.5 billion to fight 10,000 legal actions
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) may need a legal cushion of $4.5 billion in excess of current levels to handle litigation and regulatory actions against the banking giant, the firm said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. At Dec. 31, some 10,000 legal actions are pending against the bank, JPMorgan said in a filing this week. "The litigations range from individual actions involving a single plaintiff to class-action lawsuits with potentially millions of class members," according to the filing. "With some litigants still unknown and cases subject to change, the amount JPMorgan spends in excess of its 2010 legal budget could range from zero to $4.5 billion." This week, JPMorgan, Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) and Citigroup (C) warned investors in securities filings that each faces an onslaught of consumer and investor lawsuits, not to mention regulatory actions. Many of the cases relate to mortgage-backed securities and the banks' handling of foreclosures. JPMorgan noted some positive news in its recent 10-K filing, asserting that its provisions for credit losses fell by $15.4 billion. The drops are attributed to reductions in allowances for credit losses on mortgages and credit cards thanks to improved delinquency rates among borrowers in those segments. At the same time, the bank said the decline in these provisions was offset by increased allowance for credit losses from the Washington Mutual credit-impaired loans portfolio JPMorgan acquired. The bank said the increase in credit losses to the WaMu segment is built on the expectation of future credit losses. JPMorgan acquired Washington Mutual and its mortgage loan portfolio during the financial crisis in September 2008. Write to Kerri Panchuk.

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Your beverage has more benefits than just an energy boost. The primary ways in which coffee can benefit your health are as follows:
You could live a longer life:
Recent studies show that women who drink coffee have a lower risk of dying from some of the leading causes of death in women, such as coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and renal disease.
Your body may be better at processing sugar or glucose than others:
According to research, people who drink more coffee have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
You are less likely to suffer from heart failure:
A cup or two of coffee per day can help prevent heart failure, which occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to the body.
You are less likely to develop Parkinson's disease:
Caffeine, in addition to lowering the risk of developing Parkinson's disease, may improve movement control in those who already have the disease.
Your liver will thank you:
Both regular and decaffeinated coffee appear to protect the liver. According to research, coffee drinkers are more likely than non-drinkers to have healthy liver enzyme levels.
Dark roast coffee reduces DNA strand breaks, which occur naturally but can cause cancer or tumours if your cells do not repair them.
Your chances of developing colon cancer will be greatly reduced:
Colon cancer affects 23 out of every 100 women. Decaf or frequent coffee drinkers, on the other hand, were found to have a 26% lower risk of colorectal cancer.
Caffeine has been shown to increase blood flow by widening blood vessels in the body. Caffeine may also help to relax the smooth muscles in the penis.
In theory, this should make achieving and maintaining an erection easier. A 2015 study of over 3,700 males looked into the relationship between coffee and ED. Cenforce 120 and Cenforce 150 are used to treat men's health issues. If you require a more potent version of the drug, Cenforce 200 is an option.
Even if it has no direct effect on ED, a few cups of coffee per day may still be beneficial to you. Furthermore, your general health has a significant impact on your ability to reproduce and have sex.
Riboflavin and magnesium, for example, are vitamins and minerals that the body needs to function. Additionally, it contains antioxidants that aid in preventing diseases like cancer.
Up to three cups of coffee per day in moderation may even reduce your risk of developing diabetes and depression. Both of these are ED risk factors.
Additionally, coffee can increase your metabolic (fat-burning) rate, which could aid in weight loss. Another significant risk factor for ED is being overweight.
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Coffee lengthens and strengthens sexual encounters:
Coffee improves endurance, and many health professionals advise consuming coffee before working out.
A cup of coffee can almost certainly help, as many couples encounter issues in bed connected to the length of sexual activity.
If nothing else, having sex can be physically exhausting, which is why a mild stimulant like caffeine might be helpful.
Coffee relieves stress:
Contrary to popular assumption, drinking coffee lowers stress levels and also lowers unpleasant emotions, especially in cases of chronic stress (depression and dysthymia).
Many people's love lives are hampered by stress in today's fast-paced society; yet, some coffees may help us unwind and appreciate it more.

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‘Big John’ T. Bair, otherwise known as “The Most Interesting Marketer in the World,” has announced his retirement from the online game. As a going away gift, he is sharing all of his stealthy email marketing secrets to those who seek them.
Big John, who is known worldwide from the Bahamas to Hong Kong to Sedona, Arizona, has developed a new money-making system that is sure to bolster his customers’ profits like never before. With the Explosive Cash-Ins system, users can easily create new daily profit-pulling campaigns, build a huge cash flow completely on autopilot and improve profits by 800 percent or more – all by using Big John’s secrets of email marketing.
“Many so-called seasoned Internet marketers have predicted the death of email marketing, but I challenge this baseless claim,” Bair said. “I am here to prove that marketing through an ezine or newsletter is still the king of marketing online. These other companies are trying to trick you into abandoning your email campaign so that it lessens the competition as they continue to profit from this extremely effective method of getting sales.”
The Explosive Cash-Ins System allows users to have their own super-charged, targeted email list just like the big Internet marketing companies. By using Big John’s proven methods, users can make real money quickly and easily and join the financial elite with the click of a button.
As an email marketing system that is totally unique, ECI is stocked with hard-hitting sales copy that has been proven to be effective time and time again. Unlike other software, it will make users money the first time it is used and is sure to target responsive, hungry buyers.
“Let’s face it, email will always be at the heart of it all,” Bair said. “Facebook and other social media websites–which are the hottest sites on the web–all use email as a crucial foundation of their communications. With ECI, you can literally cash-in with a uniquely targeted email marketing campaign.”
The ECI system also includes a step-by-step training video that guides the user through all of its tools and features. To learn more about this ground-breaking email marketing software, visit http://www.explosivecashins.com.
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Wired (W) digital chrono-thermostat, to work in conjunction with the Zity control platform. Two-way communication between the Zity control unit and the thermostat. Integration of Master/Slave mode in the thermostat. Weekly programming on 2 levels – Comfort/ECO. They allow a configuration adapted to each installation, blocking of functionalities, limitation of setpoint temperatures, etc.


As Cape Town continues to experience the worst drought on record in South Africa, the city has the opportunity to implement solutions that will not only address this acute environmental shock, but also strengthen the fabric of the city overall. The city has less than 10% of its useable water remaining for all of its nearly 4 million residents, representing one of the lowest conversion ratios in the world of rainfall to surface water. With population growth and economic development placing even greater pressures on all city systems, the need for these types of interventions that account for the interrelationships of the urban ecosystem becomes increasingly urgent.
Cape Town also has the chance to take the lead on an issue plaguing South Africa as a whole, and many cities across the globe. As urban centers increasingly have to adapt their systems to the effects of climate change, they must reduce their water footprint, which has only been growing as a result of expanding agriculture, land use, and distribution losses in water systems.
According to The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the 100 largest cities in the world transfer 43 percent of their water—3.2 million cubic meters—a distance of more than 5,700 kilometers every day in artificial channels.
Developing meaningful strategies for the challenges of water insecurity, and long-term urban resilience, requires an integrated approach to the entire urban ecosystem. It demands a holistic vision for both the shocks a city and region endure, such as extreme drought, as well as the slow-burning stresses that erode the urban fabric over time and exacerbate the shocks when those do occur, such as inadequate access to basic services and economic opportunity.
As Cape Town, and other cities around the world, develop interventions for their environmental shocks, they must also contemplate strategies that reprioritize their shocks and stresses: rather than planning for drought as an infrequent disaster to be mitigated, understanding it is a broader problem of water insecurity that is becoming more deeply entrenched as climate change makes many severe conditions the norm. Effective resilience strategies must rely on a symbiotic relationship with the environment, rather than a constant confrontation with it. They include changes in water consumption, creating blue-green infrastructure, and forming other solutions that enable the city to serve as sponge rather than a funnel for the water it must absorb and retain.
Resilience-building interventions also require a reframing of effective collaboration. Forming new partnerships, across the public, private, and non-profit sectors, and regionally, across jurisdictional and administrative boundaries, is essential. Watersheds, and the economies and populations they intersect with, do not conform to municipal and functional boundaries, and neither do solutions for their management. Equally important, is learning from other cities and regions experiencing similar problems. Cities stand at the forefront of the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century, and their collaboration with one another is of paramount importance, within South Africa, and across the globe.
Cape Town’s recently appointed Chief Resilience Officer, Craig Kesson, is well positioned to do exactly this type of work as the city designs its Resilience Strategy. One potential collaboration is with the American city of Berkley, California, which has recently emerged from one of the most severe, multi-year droughts on record in the state. That city’s CRO, Timothy Burroughs, is a leading expert in drought management, and Berkley’s work may provide a useful guide, through initiatives to diversify the water supply; reframe the landscape of the future; and launch regional sustainable water collaborations.
The new partnerships Berkeley, and other cities in the 100RC network have formed, also illustrate the need to engage with new actors, especially ones that already constitute core parts of the city. With tourism and the city’s vineyards forming fundamental components of Cape Town’s life and economy, their role in developing urban and regional resilience is crucial. A wider participatory approach, and on-going dialogue and collaboration with the private sector is essential to urban resilience, and finding sustainable solutions to Cape Town’s, and South Arica’s, environmental challenges.
While the city and country face a severe challenge with the current drought, they are also being presented with an incredible opportunity to plan for the future. With their work, Craig and his team have already begun to show the kind of multi-systemic resilient thinking through which Cape Town, and other cities in South Africa, can build meaningful urban resilience that reintegrates the environment into the wider urban ecosystem to ensure that the city not only survives its 21st Century challenge, but thrives amid them.
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Yemen, nestled just below Saudi Arabia, is a forgotten country: a failed state in the midst of an on-going humanitarian crisis and long-running civil war. However, one thousand years ago, Yemen was a prosperous and vital actor on the world stage. In this seminar, we will explore Yemen’s history, starting in antiquity, and focus on its impressive architecture including the amazing UNESCO World Heritage sites within its borders.
To classical writers, such as Strabo, Yemen was known as Arabia Felix, Fertile Arabia, a land of abundant spices, gold, and fields of frankincense and fragrant myrrh trees. With a millennial history and a strategic location on the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen was naturally at the crossroads of multiple cultures and civilizations such as the Sabaeans, Romans, Sasanids, Arabs, Ottomans, and later the British. Located on important global trade routes, Yemen prospered and grew. Great cities were built, monumental inscriptions were drafted, and temples erected.
One of Yemen’s most remarkable achievements was its vernacular architecture. The high-rise mud-brick buildings were the world’s first skyscrapers. Not only were the traditional construction techniques in harmony with the local landscape aesthetically, but they were durable and suited to the climate, proving more durable than modern concrete. Decorated with ornate filigree details, the architecture of Yemen was not only built to resist Bedouin attacks but also to be beautiful.
Yemen’s historical, cultural and architectural heritage was recognized by UNESCO, who awarded the coveted World Heritage Site status to several locations with the desert nation. In this seminar, we will focus on The Old City of Sana’a, the Walled City of Shibam, and the historic town of Zabid, exploring the techniques used in their construction and their influence on global architectural styles. We will also look at the more subtle details that add richness to these great sites.
Led by an expert on Architecture and Art History, Tiago Neiva, this interactive seminar will explore the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Yemen. Designed to inform curiosity and future travels, participants will come away with an increased understanding of Yemen’s history and how its architecture is unique in the world.
About Your Expert
Tiago Miranda Neiva was born and raised in Lisbon. He studied architecture in Rome and worked later in distinct offices in Portugal and Spain. For several years he was Professor of Arts and Art History, having a Master's degree in Teaching of Visual Arts. He is currently working towards a PhD focused on the Art and Architecture of al-Andalus: the confluence between the Arab, Jewish and Christian medieval world. In recent years he has been working as a tour guide in his hometown, seeking to show and reveal its most intimate secrets through an authentic and passionate local vision.
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
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Very interesting presentation about a type of architecture that is not very well known.
At a time when we hear of the war and humanitarian crises in Yemen, this superb presentation conveyed a rich, vibrant, creative culture that has tragically, perhaps been lost. It was a revelation with a excellent visuals and a well-told history.
Broadly informative review of the architecture of Yemen and its cultural and religious significance.
fun and informative primer on Yemen and its architectural heritage - tying it in with other Islamic elements
I had the great privilege to visit Yemen around 23 years ago and I was totally conquered by its beauty and singularity back then. Thanks to this seminar with the ever enthusiastic Tiago Neiva I could relive some of the aesthetic bliss that I felt at that time but with the help of an expert’s eye on architecture.

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Food for thought…
Regardless of who won the American presidential election we want to remind you to be kind. We cannot allow our freedom to divide this great nation that so many have fought to defend and uphold. We are one nation under God with the right to believe and vote the way we choose. Let us seek unity and prayer for our president and nation. We are a beautiful nation filled will fall like colors. Warm, kind, genuine and peaceful. Freedom brings unity not division. Our right to freedom is what made America.
Final thoughts. Behind every great leaders is a great team. Let’s team up behind our new president to make America great together! America is what we make it. We are still the people.
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Welcome to the East Hanover Elementary Library!
The library is open every day from 8:45 AM - 3:45 PM.
Mrs. Conley will be at East Hanover on even cycle days. Ms. Beck will be in the library every day. We welcome and encourage students to stop by in the morning after checking in with their teacher to return or exchange books, even if it is not a day when they have a scheduled library class.
Should you have any questions about the library, please do not hesistate to contact Mrs. Conley.
Mrs. Sarah Conley
717-469-2686 ext. 4143 (on even cycle days)
717-566-2564 ext. 3533 (on odd cycle days)

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KATHMANDU —Director of Asia-Pacific Division of the Department of Political Affairs in UN New York Headquarters Subinay Nandy, who is currently on Nepal visit, called on UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday.
They discussed about contemporary political situation of the country, peace process, Constitution implementation and post-earthquake reconstruction during the meeting, according to the sources.
It is learnt that the duo also discussed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP).
In the meeting, Nandy asked Dahal, what kind of help Nepal required to take the peace process to a logical conclusion.
Dahal,in response, opined that Nepal might need help of the United Nations to conclude remaining works of the peace process through the TRC and CIEDP.
PM congratulates Nepali national cricket team
KATHMANDU— Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has congratulated Nepali national cricket team for being able to clinch the International T20 series.
PM Oli in a tweet extended best wishes and congratulations saying he was very happy to know Nepal’s win over the UAE by 14 runs in the third match of the series.
Winning T20 series is another landmark success for Nepali cricket, he said, adding, “It is big achievement for Nepal’s cricket. I would like to heartily congratulate entire members of Nepali cricket squad”.


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My boyfriend and I had a date night yesterday at BJ`s Restaurant and Brewhouse. We had a wonderful time dining outside, it was very relaxing. I would recommend dining outside sometimes, it is a different environment in our opinion.
- Just soda we had Dr. Pepper
- Buffalo Wontons
Filled with marinated chicken and cream cheese, then lightly battered and fried
Grilled Focaccia bread, topped with melted provolone and our blend of fresh Roma and sun-dried tomatoes, onions, basil and roasted red peppers, served with our signature pesto vinaigrette.
- Caesar Salad with croutons
- 9" Inch Gourmet Five Meat Pizza
Housemade meatballs, pepperoni, oven roasted ham, salami, Italian sausage and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.
Mini Pizookie in Oreo, super delicious!
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June 4, 2009
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While Delray Beach (Fla.) American Heritage athlete Darius Millines isn't exactly a household name at the moment, that could all change if he continues to rack up offers from instate powers such as Florida and Miami.
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"Separated from his parents on a trip to the big city, a lost little boy unknowingly sets out on a great adventure as he searches for a way home in Little Tommy Lost: Book One. Reminiscent of the newspaper strips and lushly illustrated Sunday comics of the early 20th century, Cole Closser’s work is steeped in cartooning history, but filled with an unparalleled sense of the new."


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As a teenager, I bought into the whole religious reasons thing to not have sex. Early in college, I considered having sex with my long term boyfriend at the time; however, this relationship abruptly turned abusive and crashed and burned, which made me grateful I’d hesitated.
But nearly ten years later, my dating life is nonexistent. I can barely get a guy to look at me, much less give me the time of day. I hate how desperate I feel and seem to be in wanting a relationship and know that I should be happy with what I do have in life (but when has that ever placated anyone?).
It’s been occurring to me lately that maybe it’s due to the fact that I still haven’t had and am reluctant to have sex. Is this something guys can just read off of me? Is it a turn off? Could this maybe even explain why I have such an abysmal time dating?
I’m sorry that religion impacted your view of sex. I’m sorry that your abusive relationship soured you further. Your reaction to those situations is somewhat normal — if you view sex as problematic, your defense mechanism protects you from men and sex. It also protects you from men and love.
Understand, men look for sex in the process of looking for love. A guy can decide if he’s open to sleeping with you in 2 seconds; he’ll probably take closer to a month to figure out if he wants to be your boyfriend and a few years to figure out if he wants to be your husband. This is normal, too, not behavior to be judged or shamed.
I am a 46-year-old, twice divorced, mother of 3, dating a man with whom I had a serious relationship in my 20’s.
Back then, I ended the relationship because I never trusted him (he was somewhat of a player, 8 years older, while I was a naive law student who had had one previous relationship) and although we were very compatible and I loved him very much, I did not see a future with him.
After my 2nd divorce, I reached out to him; we chatted for hours and made a date to meet up for dinner and drinks. That date lasted 7 hours, we both felt an immediate re-connection, and I had this amazing feeling that we had both grown up and were ready to be in a more mature relationship.
The first several months were great; we had many fun dates and became intimate within the first month. There were some red flags early on, like when I asked if he was seeing anyone else and he laughed it off — I thought he was saying my question was ridiculous — after all, he had already told me he loved me.
Turns out, I was wrong. Five months into the relationship, I learned that he had been dating someone very seriously immediately before we started dating, that he was not over her when we started dating, and in fact had tried to get back together with her nearly 3 months after we started dating (she said no).
Also, he had a female “friend” (the former best friend of the aforementioned serious girlfriend) who he spent an inordinate amount of time with (and actually lied to me about sleeping at her house) but insisted there was nothing going on with her.
It made me uneasy but he continued to …
Jenna Birch interviewed me again for Shape Magazine and Yahoo Health in 2015, and I was delighted to learn that she wrote a book called “The Love Gap: A Radical Way to Win in Life and Love.” I can’t vouch for the book itself but I really love this excerpt I read on Psychology Today and wanted to share it with you.
“After looking into the mating preferences of more than 5,000 men and women by way of survey, researcher and biological anthropologist Helen Fisher, Ph.D., writes that we are seeing a “Clooney Effect” in this country – a nod to the recent marriage of America’s favorite bachelor, actor George Clooney, to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin. According to Fisher’s numbers, men desire smart, strong, successful women; 87 percent of men said they would date a woman who was more intellectual than they were, who was better educated, and who made considerably more money than they did, while 86 percent said they were in search of a woman who was confident and self-assured.”
Sounds all well and good. Except, as you know, there’s a gap between what men say they want in theory and what they actually want in practice.
“Men only think they know what they want – or they know what they want in theory, not what they’d choose when put to the test IRL. “Men seem to be influenced less by their ideal partner preferences and more by their emotions or feelings at the moment,” she says. “Specifically, when men were outperformed by a woman in a domain that they cared about – intelligence – they felt threatened, assessed by diminished self-ratings of masculinity, which then led them to act in a way counter to what their expressed ideal preferences were.” In other words, these guys …
I am a 25-year old woman living in North Carolina. I’ve been with my loving, consistent boyfriend (also 25) for a year now and I’ve been impressed with how easy and natural the relationship is. We live separately but see each other at least 2-3x/week and have keys to each other’s places. However, we spent the holidays together this year and it’s become apparent his family and childhood issues still haunt him.
His parent’s awful marriage and a genetic predisposition for mental illness left him in bad shape. I have no room to judge as the anxious child of a bitter divorce, but after 3 years of therapy and dozens of self help books I know I’ve done my part to become a healthy person and partner. He went to therapy as a child and a few times in college, but since then hasn’t been back.
Even though he has always been emotionally available, some of his habits make me want to ask him to see a therapist. He gets jealous even though he’s never been cheated on, and if he has one too many beers, feelings and tears usually follow. He often agonizes over what people think of him and will go to events he doesn’t even like so friends won’t be upset (and expects me to attend). When I ask him why he’s like this, he’s very self aware and explains to me how he’s feeling and why he feels that way. For example, he has jealousy issues from witnessing his father’s affairs growing up.
I love him and want to accept him as he is, but is it fair to ask him to go to therapy and at least try to work through these issues? If so, how can I approach the subject without making him feel …
I’m well-aware that criticism comes with the territory of writing for the internet. The fact that there are 130,000 comments on my blog should be a decent indicator of how much dissent I allow (pretty much everything except personal insults). I also know that it would be impossible for any reader to have a full understanding of my marriage; it’s all mediated through blog posts, videos, etc. But since I use my marriage as an example of the kind of marriage I wish for you to have, I believe it’s fair for you to want to know whether I’m some sort of bullshit artist or a guy who actually walks his own walk.
And while I haven’t done this for a long time, an individual comment on this recent blog post just rubbed me the wrong way. Since I couldn’t shake the feeling, I figured this would be a great opportunity to explain myself to anyone who may have the same perceptions as this reader about me and my “uninspiring” marriage.
And, by “explain myself,” I mean, I brought in my wife to directly address each of the partially-true, partially misguided claims below. She’s more diplomatic than I am but I do love that she comes out swinging.
“I fear I must say what many other women are afraid to say and it’s that you don’t come off as good husband material initially either. I think you can not see this about yourself and only see what a super great catch you are.
– You spoke about how you had about 300 dates in 10 years; sorry but according to the math that’s only about 2 dates a month; low numbers. I bring that up because
– You said you Never had a relationship last longer than …
Like Meghan Daum, Heather Havrilesky is another author and Facebook friend whom I haven’t met yet. She, too, is a Duke graduate from the 90’s as well as a noted advice columnist, and I’ll be the first to admit that she’s probably better than I am.
Not because she’s spent fifteen years studying dating and relationship dynamics like a I have, but because she’s one helluva writer with a uniquely powerful voice who puts WAY more thought into her blistering columns than I do with mine.
I could pull any one of her Ask Polly diatribes she writes for New York Magazine, but this one, entitled, “Why Don’t Men I Date Ever Truly Love Me?” really struck a chord.
Not only is the question – from a woman who is liked but never loved by her boyfriends – a well-written one, but Havrilesky’s answer gives me goosebumps in its fierce clarity.
“There’s nothing wrong with you… You’re probably attracting a wider swath of men than is good for you. They aren’t self-selecting themselves out of contention, because you seem perfectly healthy and reasonable. If you seemed impatient or intolerant, you might slough off some of the wishy-washy slackers in the mix. If you were a little temperamental, you might lose all but the most fervent admirers. Instead, you are healthy and sane and no one will object to being a team, and when you hit month 18 you’ll (very wisely) assess the situation with your therapist: “Welp, he’s either going to pop the question or hit the road, and I need to be fully emotionally prepared for either eventuality.”
This reminds me of my wife – a woman who is so happy and even-tempered that she could always get men to date her, but was so happy and even-tempered …


Development partnership aims to blur Nebraska, Iowa boundaries
11 Dec 2013
Communities on both sides of the Missouri River near Omaha are on the verge of a unique economic development effort that would span boundaries and benefit both states.
The Greater Omaha Economic Development Partnership would add members from Iowa to market communities, encourage entrepreneurs, help existing businesses grow and recruit new employers.
If it happens, a nationally known economic developer said Monday, the Omaha/Council Bluffs/Nebraska/Iowa region would be the nation's first full-service economic development network across state lines.
That true regional effort would match the ideas of businesses and employees who don't care about governmental divisions but want the best place to live, work and engage in a community, said J. Mac Holladay, an economic development consultant from Atlanta.
“We have to work together across lines, across boundaries, if we are to succeed,” Holladay told about 200 people at a meeting of the partnership, held at the Old Market Embassy Suites hotel.
When Council Bluffs and other Iowa entities join the partnership, he said, the region can “step off and do something that nobody else has done.”
He said Austin, Texas, the Kansas City area and the Charlotte, N.C., area work together on some aspects of economic development, but barriers remain to full cooperation.
True regional economic development, he said, “is the future of this work.”
The existing partnership — nicknamed “GO!” — is the economic development arm of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce but receives its funding from donors, plus $125,000 a year from the City of Omaha.
The partnership already includes Nebraska economic development groups from Bennington, Ralston, Douglas County, Sarpy County, Bellevue, Gretna, La Vista, Springfield, Washington County, Blair, Fort Calhoun, Herman, Cass County, Eagle, Louisville, Plattsmouth, Weeping Water and Fremont.
Discussion Monday centered on bringing Iowa chambers of commerce and other economic development groups into the partnership.
Besides Holladay, those answering questions at the meeting were David Brown, president and CEO of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and Bob Mundt, president and CEO of the Council Bluffs chamber.
Also attending were Bluffs Mayor Tom Hanafan and his successor, Matt Walsh, who takes office Jan. 2.
Hanafan said the City of Council Bluffs already has signed onto the regional agreement. Walsh said he also favors the regional approach.
Brown said officials from both sides of the river have been talking about close cooperation for about a year and have “made huge progress” toward a formal agreement.
“It's going to change forever how we think about ourselves” on economic growth issues, Brown said.
Mundt said “really difficult conversations” between Iowa and Nebraska officials have yielded good results, and the final agreement may need to be “tweaked” soon for all sides to agree.
The Pottawattamie County Board has not yet agreed to take part in the regional partnership. Melvyn Houser of Macedonia, Iowa, a board member, said at the meeting that the board likely would consider the plan soon.
“You have to work together,” Houser said, adding that cities can learn from their smaller neighbors and both can benefit from working together.
Like other states, Nebraska and Iowa have mostly been competing for jobs and economic growth. The expanded partnership would mean cooperation.
Houser said there's a new word for it: “Coopetition.”


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Texas Legislation Tracker
Equality Texas reported recently the progression of HB 1942 by Rep. Diane Patrick, which has been placed on the House General State Calendar for Monday, May 2nd. This is not a bill I began tracking in January, but it has made progress in the Texas Legislature. Equality Texas is urging people to contact their representatives to push for this bill’s passage, claiming that time is running out. There has not been any progress on the bills I am tracking since my last post, except for SB 205. It passed the Senate on April 26, 2011, with a vote of 29 yeas and 2 nays.
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Hey guys, I got a boss 302 brushless the other week, what a cool little car! I got it second hand and I have two identical traxxas 7.4 volt lipos with it and a parellel connector. The guy I bought it off said he was told not to use the two lipos together, but I am like,. what??? Cant u use them together, isnt that the point, as long as they are the same volts and specs? Or do they have to be identically matched together or something? Will I experience more speed with the two lpos than one or just longer run time?
ALSO, I really want it to go faster, do you recommend a 11.1 volt lipo, that would make it fly yeh? It has a fan on the esc. Just wanting to get the most out of this little beast, thanks

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Hydroxytyrosol, areas of application. Industries and products.
Extracts of Hydroxytyrosol are an ingredient with a wide variety of use. Its properties and benefits can be exploited in different industries. And considering its different presentation formats, it becomes a product with great potential for innovation.
The three major areas in which we can use extracts of Hydroxytyrosol are cosmetics, nutraceuticals and food.
Before explaining the differences for each of them, we have to remember that Hydroxytyrosol is one of the most functional compounds of the olive tree, especially in the fruit – the olives – as this last one contains a bigger quantity in comparison with other parts of the plant.
In our article Properties and benefits of Hydroxytyrosol from the olive tree we explain why. This is a molecule with a great capacity to slow the onset and development of free radicals. It is an antioxidant agent. This function allows combat those processes that occur in the human organism caused by the oxidation of the cells.
We are talking about diseases that have in common the aging of cells due to external factors such as pollution, exposure to solar radiation, poor diet, smoking, alcoholism or intense physical exercise. Also those factors that derive from genetics but produce the same result: oxidative stress.
Cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, atherosclerosis (the narrowing of the arteries by plaques of fat, calcium and bad cholesterol), wrinkles and spots on the skin are some of the most common manifestations.
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Hydroxytyrosol in nutraceutical supplements.
Nutraceuticals are a very suitable means for extracts of Hydroxytyrosol since dietary or pharmacological supplements contain bioactive components in greater proportion than in the food which they come from. In the case of Hydroxytyrosol, it would be necessary a large intake of olives to obtain its benefits.
Treatments to prevent, and even combat, coronary heart diseases have in the extracts of Hydroxytyrosol a great ally since, as we explained in this article, numerous scientific studies support the link between both of them.
In fact, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) – the major European food control authority – recognizes its ability to combat the oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (bad cholesterol). This acknowledgment authorizes this health claim in the advertising of the product that carries this extract.
Powder extracts, standardized at 20%, are the most suitable formula. Although, depending on the product, another formulation may be more appropriate. In Nutexa we advise on the most indicated.
Hydroxytyrosol in cosmetics.
Due to its antioxidant capacity, superior to vitamin C and E, extracts from the olive fruit are an excellent ingredient for cosmetic formulations. In addition, its lipophilic and hydrophilic properties make it an easy ingredient to apply in this kind of products. We highlight two types:
Anti-aging cosmetic products: creams, serums, boosters and other formulas characterized by a high concentration of actives intended to prevent and treat signs of aging caused by free radicals: wrinkles, sagging and blemishes.
Sun screens. Hydroxytyrosol prevents the damage that UV radiation causes in melanoma cells when exposed to harmful UV radiation. This is because this molecule reduces significantly the breakdown of DNA strands caused by UVB radiation as inhibites the proliferation of reactive species caused by the incident radiation.
Liquid extracts, also standardized at 20%, are the most common formulas for cosmetics. Share with us your ideas as at Nutexa we help our clients to develop their own formulations.
Hydroxytyrosol in functional foods.
Functional foods are those that provide superior nutritional value and / or help the functioning of the organism. They may even reduce the risk of certain diseases if taken within a healthy diet and lifestyle.
Scientific studies prove that olive extracts possess prebiotic properties. That is, the ability to promote the growth of certain beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal flora. These bacterias inhibit the growth of potentially pathogens in it.
Prebiotics contribute to make changes in the gastrointestinal flora, modify the immune system, reduce the cholesterol levels, increase the absorption of minerals in the colon and prevent cancer in this human organ.
Results improve when prebiotics combined with probiotics (non-pathogenic microorganisms that exert a positive influence on health). Yogurts which include bacteria of the Bifidobacterium and / or Lactobacillus genus are suitable to be supplemented with prebiotics. Other foods open to supplementation are juices, milks, sauces and food additives.
Liquid extracts standardized at 10% and powder extracts at 20% are the ones that work best.
More applications of plant actives extracts in this guide.
Do you want to know all that Nutexa can do for you?
- Liong MT. Roles of Probiotics and Prebiotics in Colon Cancer Prevention: Postulated Mechanisms and In-vivo Evidence.2008. Intemational Joumal of Molecular Sciences 9(5):854-63.
- Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2009 May;79(3):152-65. doi: 10.1024/0300-9822.214.171.124. Antioxidant activity of olive polyphenols in humans: a review.
- Lipoproteínas de baja densidad oixdadas. Rev Electron Biomed / Electron J Biomed 2008;3:52-60.- Calmarza, P.
- Deiana M, Incani A, Rosa A, Atzeri A, Loru D, Cabboi B, Paola Melis M, Lucas R, Morales JC, Assunta Dessì M. Hydroxytyrosol glucuronides protect renal tubular epithelial cells against H(2)O(2) induced oxidative damage. Chem Biol Interact. 2011 Sep 30; 193(3):232-9
- Raederstorff, D., Antioxidant activity of olive polyphenols in humans: a review. Int. J. Vitam Nutr. Res. 2009, 79, 152– 165.
- EFSA Journal. Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of health claims related to polyphenols in olive and protection of LDL particles from oxidative damage. 2011.

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Problem with gradle ...
fastegal at swingempire.de
Thu Oct 31 13:58:04 UTC 2019
Zitat von Nir Lisker <nlisker at gmail.com>:
> Did you run the wrapper with gradlew or just gradle? The latter uses the
> "global" version installed on the OS which might not be up to date (use
> 'gradle --version' to check).
in my cygwin console I type:
and get the error message .. hmm ... so, yeah seems to be global
version that's out of date.
Are you saying that using gradlew (*cough - how exactly?) would keep
the required version up-to-date?
> - Nir
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 3:41 PM Jeanette Winzenburg <fastegal at swingempire.de>
>> .. fails (gradle run from cygwin console) with:
>> * Where:
>> Build file
>> line: 250
>> * What went wrong:
>> A problem occurred evaluating root project 'jfx-fork'.
>> > FAIL: Gradle version too old: 4.10.2; must be at least 5.3
>> which is rather clear in itself, but ... how to update? It seems to
>> too nothing, not even list the tasks
>> CU, Jeanette
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With U.S. unemployment rates at historic highs, we wondered, how is this impacting the residential rental market? To find out what effect the pandemic is having on the residential rental market, Snappt commissioned the 2020 Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Residential Rentals Survey.
This survey focuses on financial document application fraud (altered bank statements, fake pay stubs, etc.) and the connection to evictions within rental portfolios. We surveyed property managers who either manage or are directly involved with evaluating rental applications and renters split among Millennials, Gen-Xers, Boomers and the Silent Generation.
Key Survey Finding
Property Managers report that 53% of tenants are having trouble making rent. In fact, 25% of tenants are paying late, 17% now pay less than full rent, and 11% have stopped paying at all. Additionally, the number of renters paying rent by credit card is soaring. Is this an indicator that these renters are near the end of their financial ropes?
Property Managers report an astounding 21% eviction rate today, a 75% increase from last year. One in four of these are tied to application fraud. Three of ten renters have been or will be evicted after moratoriums expire. In fact, the typical property manager has 15 evictions stacked up waiting for moratoriums to expire.
Key Survey Finding
Did you know that more than a fourth of the financial documentation within rental applications are fraudulently altered? This includes fake pay stubs, altered employment records, and other financial documents are being falsely presented as legitimate during the rental applications process. These types of financial document fraud a difficult to detect, especially when submitted via an online application.
Altering application documents is easy with everyday technology like high-quality scanners and photo-editing software. Although it's easy to commit, it's difficult to detect. Unfortunately, this leads to applications with inaccurate information which makes tenant screening riskier than ever before.
Yes. Property managers can employ a combination of tenant screening best practices combined with affordable technology to stay a step ahead of even the most sophisticated fraudsters and protect their portfolios from losses in these difficult times.
Is the visual quality of every document what you would expect? Or, does it look like
it has been copied multiple times? Ensure account numbers carry across separate
documents. Check that transactional details and other numbers are aligned and match
formatting in verified documents you’ve received from the same source in the past.
Call all the telephone numbers on a document to make sure they work; but, how do you
know the person on the line is a prior employer or an accomplice in crime? Look up contact information for issuing organizations or corporate HR departments yourself. Ask for details such as a start-date, specific information a friend would be unlikely to know.
Does the narrative across all sources of an application agree? Inconsistencies or
dead links for live documents are a red flag. How do applicants feel about submitting
paperwork in person? Peruse LinkedIn pages and review histories through online
databases such as sba.gov or opencorporates.com to ensure a company is legitimate.
Ask applicants to print statements in the leasing office.
In addition to the previous techniques, many property managers are turning to
technology solutions. New tools allow for programmatic evaluation of tenants and
identification of fraudulent documents to prevent a fraudulent tenant from ever
signing a lease.

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Originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, Caragh M. O’Brien grew up in a family of seven children with parents who ran a toy store and loved books. She attended the Visitation of the Convent School, which had salamanders in the playground, and later St. Paul Academy and Summit School, where she was active with the school chorus, the orchestra, and the volleyball team. She earned her B.A. in Physics from Williams College and her M.A. in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. After publishing half a dozen romance novels, she turned to teaching high school English and later to writing for young adults. She enjoys playing with her grandkids, reading, singing in a local chorus, and taking walks. Caragh now lives and writes from her home in Connecticut.
Additional random bits of info can be found on the FAQ page.
For press releases or introductions, feel free to use the following:
Caragh M. O’Brien is the author of the BIRTHMARKED trilogy and THE VAULT OF DREAMERS series, both from Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ms. O’Brien was educated at Williams College and earned her MA in the Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University. Her young adult science fiction has been honored by the YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, the Amelia Bloomer Award, the Junior Library Guild, and numerous state reading lists. A former high school English teacher, she now writes full time from her home in Connecticut.
From my toy store roots to my wish for a super power, my May 12, 2016 podcast interview with Blondie & the Brit covers how and why I came to be on my couch writing YA novels.


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The Extraordinary Ignatius Sancho
Composer, author, playwright, abolitionist, and businessman Ignatius Sancho was born on a slave ship in 1729 and became the first Black Briton to vote in a parliamentary election. Join renowned tenor Zach Finkelstein and the EMU House Band for a celebration of Sancho's extraordinary life through his music, writings, and the music of his London contemporaries.
Admission is $20, and includes a complimentary house beer or glass of wine. Find more information at www.nakedcitybrewing.com or www.emuseattle.com.
Naked City Brewery is a passionate supporter of arts and culture. Oftentimes its handcrafted beers are inspired by a song, film, or person. Every beer tells a story, and each one ferments in its own time. The Screening Room is Naked City's seventy-person dining movie theater, featuring a New American comfort food menu with organic meats, vegetarian, and gluten-free options alongside award-winning craft beers, wines, and ciders.
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General Electric (GE), founded in 1892, has established itself as a global industrial powerhouse. With a diverse portfolio spanning energy, healthcare, aviation, and more, GE has been at the forefront of technological innovation. Through strategic acquisitions and a commitment to research and development, the company has achieved remarkable growth and success, solidifying its position as a leader in the industry.
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- Company Name: General Electric (GE)
- Founder Name: Thomas Edison, Charles Coffin, Elihu Thomson
- Founded Year: 1892
- Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Power generation equipment
- Renewable energy solutions
- Aviation engines and systems
- Healthcare technology and devices
- Industrial automation and digital solutions
- Energy management and consulting
- Equipment maintenance and repair
- Engineering and technical support
- Schneider Electric
Company History & Growth:
- 1892: GE is founded by Thomas Edison and his associates.
- Early 20th century: Expands into lighting, transportation, and power generation.
- 1950s-1970s: Diversifies into appliances, plastics, and financial services.
- 1980s-1990s: Focuses on core businesses, expands globally, and undergoes significant acquisitions and mergers.
- 2000s-2010s: Emphasizes clean energy, digital innovation, and healthcare technology.
Challenges & Lessons:
- Adapting to market changes and technological advancements.
- Navigating economic downturns and global crises.
- Balancing innovation with sustainability and social responsibility.
- Gas turbines for power generation.
- Jet engines for aviation.
- Medical imaging technology.
- Renewable energy solutions.
- Industrial internet of things (IIoT) and digital solutions.
Achievements or Milestones:
- Pioneering electric lighting and power distribution.
- Development of the first CT scanner.
- Advancements in aircraft engines, including the GE90 and LEAP engines.
- Leadership in renewable energy with wind turbines and solar solutions.
- Ongoing commitment to research and development.
Recognitions & Awards:
- Fortune’s “World’s Most Admired Companies.”
- Ethisphere’s “World’s Most Ethical Companies.”
- Dow Jones Sustainability Index inclusion.
- IEEE Medal of Honor for technological advancements.
- Numerous industry-specific awards and certifications.
Recap of the company’s success story and achievements:
With a rich history spanning over a century, General Electric has evolved into a global conglomerate known for its innovation and technological prowess. From pioneering electric lighting to revolutionizing power generation, aviation, healthcare, and renewable energy, GE has continuously adapted to changing markets and emerged as a leader in various industries. The company’s commitment to research, development, and sustainability has earned it numerous accolades and recognition as a top performer in the business world.
What entrepreneurs can learn from this company success story:
- Embrace innovation and adapt to evolving markets.
- Build a diverse portfolio of products and services.
- Focus on sustainability and social responsibility.
- Forge strategic partnerships and pursue mergers and acquisitions.
- Invest in research and development for long-term growth.


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Azavista can turn on the maximum amount of client expenses back into cash. We are able to extract ever increasing savings for our clients.
To find out if you are entitled for a VAT REFUND, you have to navigate to the dashboard and click VAT REFUNDS.
From here you can fill in the questionnaire. First of all, you have to mention if you claim your VAT refunds for your organization or for your customers and answer some basic questions.
In what country was the invoice issued?
In what year was the invoice issued?
What type of travel or event services did you use?
What is the invoice value?
Azavista offers two types of VAT Refund Services:
1. Full Audit Service
An Azavista officer will attend your company’s premises and locate, extract and collect all relevant and eligible VAT invoices for processing.
2. Self Retrieval Service
The client sends Azavista the relevant and eligible VAT invoices for processing. Azavista handles tax recovery claims based on a no-cure no-pay basis – we take a percentage of the VAT successfully refunded by the tax authorities. In the event that a VAT reclaim is not successful, there are no other costs for the service and no financial commitments.
Depending on the nature of the claim, the refund process may range from 2 weeks up to 6 months. We enable our clients to monitor and track the status of their claim through our portal. Updates and changes are communicated automatically.


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Escape Tracks is putting together a sultry virtual concert with YouTube to benefit the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. The Escape Tracks Virtual R&B Music Festival will include headlining acts from BJ The Chicago Kid, Queen Naija, Luh Kel and Eric Bellinger.
“Since we have the ability to assist, what better way to contribute than the Escape Tracks team and I producing a virtual event to help an organization, like MusiCares, stay heroically on the frontlines of providing much needed financial aid to so many,” Escape Tracks founder Kyle Sassi said to Billboard.
He continued, “With YouTube as our largest platform for Escape Tracks, we’ve partnered with YouTube Music to bring a seamlessly transparent, fundraising event and virtual festival where people can donate to MusiCares with a click of a button while watching live-streamed at-home performances by their favorite R&B artists.”
Naija has risen to stardom from YouTube. In 2016, she and ex-husband Chris Sails launched a YouTube channel to document their lives as young parents. Their videos became very popular and brought in over a million views each. When their marriage fell apart, she released her hit single, “Medicine.” The track debuted at No. 45 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
Following the success of the single, she released her self-titled debut EP in 2018.
“Even when I was really little, I knew that music was what I wanted to do with my life,” Queen Naija said in a press release. “I didn’t know when or how it was going to happen, but I always knew it was my purpose. More than anything I want my music to be heartfelt – true, heartfelt soul and R&B songs that people can relate to their own lives.”
The “Butterflies” singer was set to join Jhené Aiko on “The Magic Hour Tour” this summer, but the tour was been postponed due to COVID-19.
The Escape Tracks Virtual R&B Music Festival kicks off on May 16 at 4 pm ET on the Escape Tracks’ YouTube page.


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Brigadier General Dabney H. Maury, commanding First Division, Army of the West; Captain E. H. Cummins, assistant inspector-general, recorder.
Major General Earl Van Dorn was also present.
The recorder read the order convening the court.
The court was then duly sworn by the recorder and the recorder was duly sworn by the presiding officer of the court.
General Van Dorn then addressed the court as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE COURT: Before you proceed to the investigation of the charges preferred against my by Brigadier-General Bowen I desire to call your attention to these facts: That I have been a soldier for nearly a quarter of a century; that this is the first time I have been called upon the defend myself against allegations of any kind, though my career has been an eventful one; that I have accumulated nothing of the word's wealth, wealth, having devoted my whole time and energies to the service of my country, and that therefore my reputation is all that belongs to me, without which life to me were as valueless as the crisp and faded leaf of autumn.
As a personal favor to me, I ask that the investigation on which you are about to enter shall be through and complete. I invoke the fullest scrutiny on your part into my conduct as the only adequate means of securing my exoneration from charges which nearly touch a soldier's reputation.
I am not guilty of me of them. I ask no sympathy, but I do ask at you hands a patient, full, and searching investigation.
EARL VAN DORN,
Major Wright was then introduced by General Van Dorn as his adviser.
The [following] charges were read aloud by the recorder of the court:
Charges and specifications preferred against Major General Van Dorn, Confederate States Provisional Army.
CHARGE FIRST-Neglect of duty.
Specification 1.-In this, that Major General Earl Van Dorn, commanding the troops of the Confederate States Provisional Army in the District of Mississippi and East Louisiana including the force known as the Army of the West, did concentrate the greater portion of said force and undertake an important expedition against the enemy at Corinth, Miss., where they (the enemy) were strongly fortified and in formidable numbers, fully prepared for a stubborn resistance, without due consideration or forethought; and did utterly fail and neglect to discharge his duties as a general commanding an army in the following particulars, viz:
1st. By failing to provide himself with a proper map of the approaches and plan of the approaches and plan of the work to be attacked.
2d. By eschewing entirely the services of an engineer officer and failing to reconnoiter the position before the attack.
3d. By marching his troops to the attack with an insufficient supply of commissary stores to maintain them, depending entirely upon captures from the enemy to enable the occupation of the place if taken.
4th. By marching the troops in a hastily and disorderly manner, hurling them upon the enemy with an apparent attempt to take a command by surprise whose outposts had been engaged with his (General Van Dorn's) advance for thirty-six hours before attack. All this at or near the towns of Ripley and Corinth, Miss., on or about the 1st to the 3rd of October, A. D. 1862.
Specification 2.-In this, that Major General Earl Van Dorn, after the troops of his command had driven the enemy from their exterior line of entrenchments at Corinth, Miss., October 3, 1862, did fail and neglect to perform his duty as a general commanding an army them ample time to receive re-enforcements, of which advantage they fully availed themselves.
Specification 3. - In this, that Major General Earl Van Dorn did fail and neglect, as a general commanding, by suffering the enemy to receive large re-enforcements on the


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Picking up where they left off earlier this month, Phil Lesh & Friends commemorated the Grateful Dead’s calendar year of 1984 last night with a performance of the Dead’s October 12, 1984 show from the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, ME. As per usual, photographer Jay Blakesberg and Lesh sat down before the show to rap a little about the year in question. Among other topics discussed were Jerry Garcia’s reluctance to bust out “Dark Star,” recording sessions at Fantasy Studios and the formation of the Tapers Section and Rex Foundation.Alongside Lesh were Terrapin veterans Stu Allen and Scott Law on guitar, keyboardist Scott Guberman and drummers Ezra Lipp and Cochrane McMillan. Of note from the October 12, 1984 performance at the Augusta Civic Center were the Dead’s final performance of the traditional “On The Road Again,” as well as a rarity in the Brent Mydland-penned “Don’t Need Love,” which would only be played several more times thereafter, finally getting shelved completely in 1986.You can listen to last night’s Phil Lesh & Friends show in its entirety via Quinfolk below:Setlist: Phil Lesh & Friends at Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael, CA – 2/22/16Set I: Feel Like A Stranger, It Must Have Been The Roses, On The Road Again, Jack-A-Roe, It’s All Over Now, Cumberland Blues, The Music Never StoppedSet II: Cold Rain And Snow, Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance, Don’t Need Love > Uncle John’s Band > Drums > Playin’ In The Band > Uncle John’s Band > Morning DewEncore: Donor Rap, Good Lovin’[Photo via Dave Vann]
BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of elderly Germans are facing online error messages and jammed-up hotlines as technical problems marred the start of the coronavirus vaccine campaign for over-80s in the country’s most populous state. North Rhine-Westphalia state, whose population of almost 18 million is bigger than many European countries, began administering shots to nursing home residents and staff last month. But people over 80 still living at home have been left waiting for appointments to get their first shots at vast vaccine centers, and many will likely have to wait even longer. The technical problems were an embarrassment for state governor Armin Laschet, recently elected the new head of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party.
SEATTLE — The first person to get a double lung transplant at the University of Washington is still breathing strong 20 years later.Ken Price had been living with cystic fibrosis since he was 1 year old. He was the first cystic fibrosis patient at the University of Washington Medical Center to receive a double lung transplant.In the 20 years since then, Price and his lungs have won tennis tournaments, ridden his bike from Seattle to Portland eight times and run a marathon.“Without the amazing gift of my donor family, the nurses, doctors, clinicians, pharmacists, I would have been dead 20 years ago,” Price said.Lungs are one of the most difficult organs to transplant. Only about one in five from deceased donors is viable for transplantation. About 55 percent of patients survive five years post-transplant and a third of them live 10 years.“To be one of the earliest lung transplant patients, and to survive 20 years with these same lungs, is quite remarkable,” says Kevin O’Connor, CEO of LifeCenter Northwest.When Price was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, Pennsylvania doctors told his parents he wouldn’t live past the age of 10. If his life was going to be short, Price’s parents wanted it to be as close to normal as possible. They sent him outside to play and encouraged him to pursue all his interests.


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If you have been dreaming of stunning, healthier, environmentally friendly vegetation in a yard that you have cultivated, there are a lot of items to take into account so you can obtain that goal. Gardening can call for a massive quantity of ongoing operate, though a lot of locate it to be entertaining, fulfilling and even therapeutic. The subsequent paragraphs are likely to give you tips and insights that you can use to make gardening enjoyable, as an alternative of laborious.
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With these guidelines, you might be greater geared up to expand the most lovely backyard you can picture. In understanding how to produce your dream backyard garden, you’ll also be expanding as a individual. That is simply because learning how to nurture your crops will not only support you attain the purpose of possessing a fantastic yard, but it will assist you find out to nurture oneself.

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Patti Smith is the author, the first-person narrator, and one of the two principal subjects of the memoir Just Kids. After a brief foreword about the death of Robert Mapplethorpe, Smith describes her own childhood and upbringing. She was obsessed by religion as a child and spent a lot of time in prayer. Gradually, however, books—particularly poetry—became as important to her as religion, and soon she added the visual arts to her great enthusiasms, writing that she "happily dwelt in the world of Modigliani, Dubuffet, Picasso, Fra Angelico, and Albert Ryder."
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In 1966, at the age of nineteen, Smith had a relationship with a seventeen-year-old boy, leading to an unwanted pregnancy. She found a couple willing to adopt the child and, when she was twenty, moved to New York City, where she worked at Brentano's bookstore and met Robert Mapplethorpe. The two of them moved into a cheap apartment in Brooklyn and worked on their respective arts.
Although it was always clear that Smith would be an artist, she spent a long time experimenting before she decided which particular art she would pursue. For many years, she was primarily a poet, and she had achieved some success in this field before it occurred to her to add a guitar to her poetry performances and become a singer-songwriter. The picture of Smith that emerges from the memoir is one of a child, girl, and woman completely focused on the arts, never seriously doubting her vocation to be a creative artist. Her references to dead poets, such as Rimbaud, are much the same in style and tone to her writing about artists she actually knew. Art is central to all her relationships. Mapplethorpe seems to have become such a vitally important figure in her life at least partly because their artistic visions aligned, and she found in him her ideal collaborator.
Robert Mapplethorpe was born in 1946, the same year as Patti Smith, and grew up in a poor family on Long Island. He loved drawing and creating delicate pieces of jewelry for his mother and sisters. His mother wanted him to become a priest, but unlike Smith, his interest in religion was purely aesthetic, focused on vestments and ritual. Throughout his life, Mapplethorpe was drawn to beautiful objects, and he took great care with his clothes and appearance. Although not a jealous (or faithful) lover, Mapplethorpe felt a romantic jealousy where objects of beauty were concerned. He once destroyed a William Blake etching so that no one else would be able to possess it.
Mapplethorpe and Smith were initially lovers, but within the first year of their relationship, it became clear that he was predominantly homosexual. Over the next two decades, he had various gay relationships, as well as working as a rent boy. His most stable and successful sexual relationship was with Sam Wagstaff, a wealthy older man who supported his artistic career. Smith believes that Mapplethorpe needed a patron to support him and bring out his talent. Although he and Smith initially lived the same bohemian lifestyle, wealth and success were always more important to Mapplethorpe. He was attracted to Wagstaff's privileged background and, toward the end of his life, mixed with the rich and famous as much as he could.
Mapplethorpe is portrayed in the memoir as a highly complex, contradictory, and ultimately self-destructive figure, with a very strong streak of selfishness which is redeemed, at least for the author, by the fact that he places even himself second to his artistic ambitions. Like Smith, he takes some time to discover the area of art in which he will eventually find fame. In 1967, he is principally focused on sculpture and collage. He regards Smith as an important collaborator and takes several iconic photographs of her.
Sam Wagstaff is Mapplethorpe's patron and lover. He is older than Mapplethorpe, "intelligent, handsome and rich." He has had a privileged background, being a Yale graduate from a wealthy family, and is an art connoisseur and collector, a former curator of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Wagstaff meets Mapplethorpe at a time when he has inherited a large sum of money and is "at the center of a philosophical standoff, equidistant between the spiritual and the material." His encounter with Mapplethorpe's work, and later with Mapplethorpe himself, soon leads him to decide that he will become the patron and champion of his work. A romantic relationship between the two quickly follows. Wagstaff's strength, certainty, and calm are a good influence on Mapplethorpe, giving him the emotional as well as the financial means to fulfill his artistic potential.
David Croland is a model and actor whom Smith and Mapplethorpe encounter toward the end of their time at the Chelsea Hotel. He becomes intimate with Mapplethorpe and helps with his career, obtaining an important commission for him at Esquire. Initially, Croland and Mapplethorpe hide their relationship from Smith. Despite being an important figure in Mapplethorpe's life, and later one of his favorite photographic subjects, Croland is not described in much detail as a personality, apart from being suave, sympathetic, and generous, rather like a younger Sam Wagstaff.
Fred Sonic Smith
Fred Sonic Smith is a rock guitarist with whom the author began living in 1979 and whom she later married. She leaves New York and Mapplethorpe to live with him in Detroit, where their bohemian, unmaterialistic lifestyle recalls to her the early days of her relationship with Mapplethorpe. Since he is not the focus of the memoir, Smith says little about him, except that he "was a king among men." He shows no jealousy of the close relationship between Mapplethorpe and his wife, though he does remark to her that "all his photographs of you look like him."
Linda Smith Bianucci
Linda Smith Bianucci is the author's sister and the family member with whom she has the most contact. The two go to Paris together and explore its artistic and literary heritage. Linda shares several of her sister's preoccupations, including art and photography, and she also comes to New York City and takes a job at a bookstore. Later, when the author begins performing her poetry on stage, she writes:
I had no musicians or crew, but the soul of my sibling army, Linda, acted as roadie, foil, and guardian angel.
It appears that Linda is the only one of Patti Smith's family who has significant contact with Mapplethorpe and their life in New York.
Just Kids is full of the names of people who helped Smith and Mapplethorpe in their careers, or who were important artistic influences, or who were part of the artistic and cultural milieu of New York in the late 1960s and 70s. Several of these people are famous, perhaps the most prominent being Allen Ginsberg and Janis Joplin. They are all minor figures in the memoir, and all play rather similar roles.


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Jerusalem is real. I keep having to tell myself that. I am really here. I’ve spent the past several years learning about this place, and I’ve spent my life hearing stories that happened here. If you can say anything about Jerusalem, it is real. I keep having the experience of reality, stark and undefinable. IContinue reading “Inside and Outside the Walls.”
A group of us gathered at Border Field State Park on Sunday June 1 to protest the construction of a triple fence.


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Putting together the bits of information coming from various sources leads to the conclusion that a US pre-emptive strike against North Korea is a possibility that may turn into reality pretty soon. Everyone knows it’s fraught with implications and nobody wants it but there is a good reason to believe it’s coming closer.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test of a new anti-aircraft weapon system and ordered its mass production and deployment throughout the country. It took place after Pyongyang conducted a second missile test within a week, sending a medium-range ballistic missile into the waters off its east coast on May 21. North Korea said the test was a success and the weapon could now be mass-produced. If a strike to knock out the nuclear and ballistic missile program infrastructure is planned, it would better be delivered before the air defense systems are in place.
North Korea’s missile program is progressing faster than expected, South Korea’s defense minister said on May 16, after the U.N. Security Council condemned the launch of a new long-range missile and demanded Pyongyang halt weapons tests. North Korea has defied all calls to rein in its nuclear and missile programs, including from Russia and China. The country’s leadership openly states that it has been working to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of striking the US mainland, and the recent tests are steps toward that aim. North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests so far, including two last year.
During the US-China summit at Mar-a-Lago estate, Florida, in early April, Chinese President Xi Jinping asked US President Donald Trump for a 100-day grace period to deal with North Korea’s military provocations. The May 21 launch cast doubts on the efficacy of the measures taken. The 100-day period would end around the time the G20 summit is held in Germany on July 7-8 with the problem of North Korea high on the agenda. The US and China’s leaders will tackle the burning issue on the sidelines of the event.
Meanwhile, a third US aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, will be deployed by Washington in the Western Pacific Ocean in order to join two US warships, stationed near the shores of the Korean Peninsula in the light of the crisis. USS Nimitz will join USS Carl Vinson and USS Ronald Reagan in the area. Three carrier groups out of eleven is a huge force to be deployed only for a large-scale operation coming soon.
The US is to conduct another test of its Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) simulating a North Korean ICBM aimed at the US The military has used the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system to intercept other types of missiles, but never an ICBM.
Finally, it has been recently revealed that the US military has moved two nuclear submarines towards North Korea. President Trump was likely referring to an Ohio-class guided missile submarine (SSGN), the USS Michigan, which made an official port call in Busan, South Korea on April 25, and the Los-Angeles-class attack submarine (SSN) USS Cheyenne, which visited Sasebo, Japan on May 2 as part of its regional deployment. The US Navy on average is deploying up to ten Los-Angeles, Seawolf, or Virginia-classattack submarines worldwide on any given day.
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Researchers have created a treatment that when applied directly to the skin in a mouse model of psoriasis, significantly reduces levels of inflammation and symptoms of psoriasis without systemic side effects.
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A new technique called ELeCt (erythrocyte-leveraged chemotherapy) can transport drug-loaded nanoparticles into cancerous lung tissue by mounting them on the body’s own red blood cells.
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Researchers from Harvard University have developed an electronic chip that can perform high-sensitivity intracellular recording from thousands of connected neurons simultaneously, allowing them to identify hundreds of synaptic connections.
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Tiny sensors are embedded into stretchable, integrated mesh that grows with the developing tissue, allowing scientists to track how cells grow into organs.
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Researchers from Harvard University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, and the University of Edinburgh suggest that regions of the Martian surface could be made habitable with a material — silica aerogel — that would mimic Earth’s atmospheric greenhouse effect.
July 19, 2019 • ~6 min
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In a breakthrough on the road toward ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi, Harvard researchers have demonstrated for the first time a laser that can emit microwaves wirelessly, modulate them, and receive external radio frequency signals.
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The Wyss Institute and Roche Innovation Center Basel in Switzerland have teamed up to create 3-D bioprinted proximal tubules beside functioning blood vessel compartments, closely mimicking the kidney’s blood-filtration system that removes waste products while returning “good” molecules, such as glucose and amino acids, back into the bloodstream.
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Assistant Coach Takes Canadian Football League Post
March 14, 2007
March 14, 2007, Greencastle, Ind. - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League have named Kit Cartwright, who served as offensive coordinator offensive line coach at DePauw University last season, as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. An announcement from the team notes his service to DePauw, and that he came to the Tiger football program after serving as "head coach at Butler University from 2002 until 2005."
Cartwright has also served as an assistant coach at Ohio Wesleyan, Penn State, Bowling Green, Purdue, Eastern Illinois, Colorado State, Ball State Michigan and Indiana universities.
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Amnesty International charges Myanmar military with new abuses
In this Friday, July 14, 2017, photo, Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) officers travel in a wooden boat operated by Rohingya Muslim men at Tin May village in which Myanmar government and military claim the existence of alleged Muslim terrorists in Buthidaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar.
BANGKOK -- The human rights group Amnesty International says Myanmar's military, accused of massive human rights violations against the Muslim Rohingya minority less than two years ago, is committing war crimes and other atrocities as it engages in new military operations in the western state of Rakhine.
It says in a report released Wednesday that the army has killed and injured civilians in indiscriminate attacks since January 2019 as it battles the Arakan Army, a well-trained guerrilla force from the Buddhist ethnic group seeking autonomy for Rakhine.
It accuses the military of carrying out "extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment, and enforced disappearances."
Amnesty International says the Arakan rebels also have committed abuses against civilians, including kidnappings, though on a lesser scale.