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The fate of Osama bin Laden’s remains have been called into question after emails leaked from an intelligence analysis firm say the body of the terror leader was actually sent to the U.S. for cremation.
According to the emails, the Al Qaeda boss was shot and killed during the famous Navy SEAL Team Six raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, was transported back to the U.S. and cremated.
The emails were allegedly obtained by the hacker group Anonymous from Stratfor, an organisation dealing with analysis of intelligence and geopolitical analysis.
It’s also known as the ‘Shadow CIA’.
Last week, Anonymous announced that it had gotten access to 2.7million of the firm’s confidential correspondences, and said they could provide ‘the smoking gun for a number of crimes’.
The hackers said Stratfor, based in Austin, Texas, were ‘clueless’ when it came to database security.
After bin Laden was killed in the famous raid in Pakistan on May 2 2011, the Obama administration said his body was buried at sea off the USS Carl Vinson – in accordance with Islamic tradition.
But in a particular set of emails given to WikiLeaks, the firm’s vice president for intelligence, Fred Burton, says he doubts the official White House version of what happened to bin Laden’s body.
Stratfor’s vice-president for intelligence, Fred Burton, says the body was ‘bound for Dover, [Delaware] on [a] CIA plane’ and ‘onward to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Bethesda [Maryland]’.
The claims are sure to stoke conspiracy theorists, especially since the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology that Burton refers to closed its doors on September 15, 2011, four months after bin Laden’s death.
In another email, Burton said: ‘If body dumped at sea, which I doubt, the touch is very Adolf Eichmann like. The Tribe did the same thing with the Nazi’s ashes’….
The plot thickens.


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Plans to open a new Aldi store in New Bolton Woods has been delayed due to the Coronavirus.
The store is the main food store for the under construction New Bolton Woods “urban village” – a development of over 1,100 houses as well as shops, schools and sports facilities.
The shop was due to open on April 23, but yesterday a spokesman for Aldi said: “In light of the current unprecedented demand, we have made the decision to postpone the opening of the New Bolton Woods store, to enable us to focus our efforts on serving our existing stores during this challenging time.
“Our amazing colleagues have been working tirelessly to restock our stores, and this will remain our key priority, ensuring our warehouses and stores have sufficient stock throughout this period.
“We would like to thank you for your patience, and will confirm an opening date in due course”.

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April 18, 2013
Sara Lynn McCall, Graduate Assistant
18th Annual SK Day to be Held April 25
VALDOSTA – Valdosta State University’s 18th annual SK Day will be held on Thursday, April 25, in the third floor ballroom of the Student Union.
SK Day is a project that seeks to encourage high school women to pursue the study of mathematics and prepare for possible careers in mathematics related fields. The event is named in honor of Sonia Kovalevsky, a Russian mathematician and the first women to earn a doctorate in mathematics.
Dr. Denise Reid and Dr. Sandy Trowell of the Department of Math and Computer Science are co-directing the event. Currently 10 schools are planning to attend and 68 participants have signed up.
“I am very excited about VSU hosting another SK Day,” said Reid. “It is nice to get to continue this tradition that I helped begin 18 years ago. It is so important to let these young women know about opportunities available in mathematics and other STEM areas.”
8 a.m.: Registration and pictures
8:30 a.m.: Welcome, Dr. Connie Richards, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
8:50 a.m.: Door prizes
9 a.m.: Forensic Science CSI Workshop, Dr. Joyce Chan
9:40 a.m.: Summer opportunity, Dr. Joyce Chan
9:45 a.m.: Break
9:55 a.m.: Exam
10:45 a.m.: Career speaker, Brittney Foster Hull, Environmental Engineer, Packaging Corporation of America
11:25 a.m.: Engineering at VSU, Dr. Mary Fares
11:35 a.m.: Lunch at Palms Dining Hall
12:15 p.m.: Anitiprisms, Dr. Arsalan Wares
12:55 p.m.: Walk to Nevins Planetarium
1 p.m.: Planetarium Workshop, Dr. Martha Leake
1:40 p.m.: Closing, contest winners and door prizes
2 p.m.: Dismissal
The sponsors for this year’s SK Day include: Walmart, Leona S. Hudson Charitable Foundation, Publix Supermarkets, Inc., Texas Instruments, Pearson, Wiley Publishers, Angie Crawford at State Farm, Hester and Morris Orthodontics, VSU’s Division of Academic Affairs, Wild Adventures and VSU’s Department of Math and Computer Science.

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Bapco refinery ramping up after shutdown
Manama, April 12, 2011
State-owned Bahrain Petroleum Co (Bapco) is slowly ramping up its refinery, a company official said, after completing a maintenance shutdown that cut production by 70,000 barrels per day.
'The engineering work is finished. It's slowly ramping up,' said the official in the refinery's operations department, but declined to say how much it was currently producing.
Output fell to 190,000 barrels per day from a full capacity of 260,000 bpd during the outage, which the chief executive of Bapco described last month as the biggest in the firm's history.
Traders had speculated that violent protests in Bahrain were also to blame for lower production as staff were not reporting to work. Bapco denied having any problems due to absenteeism.-Reuters


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There may come a time in any state when it becomes a point of debate whether something as minor as forging a ration card is or is not "giving aid and comfort to the enemy" and therefore treasonous. If the President is charged with leading the country in this strange new kind of war, and some people call it that (though I don't), where is line that divides domestic and foreign policy? More specifically, since any line is artificial, where do we want to draw it? This becomes a discussion not of law but of values. It's bad enough we're already in the position of defending a secret court[!] against those who think it's an impediment to governmental authority.
The terms of debate need to be changed. The best defense we can mount of the Constitution at this point is to ask ourselves what it is we think it represents. This is a question for statesmen, not lawyers.*
And they seem to be in short supply.
*Philosophers seem to have lost interest.
The above is in response to this, which I mentioned somewhere else and then forgot to post here. Posner is such a dumbfuck.

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Day: December 13, 2013
Who knew David Banner would make such a great transition from music into the acting world. He called into “The Russ Parr Morning Show” to discuss his acting career and working with Russ Parr in his latest film “A Christmas Blessing.” Listen to the audio player to hear David Banner discuss why he never bought a lot of material things and what he really invested his money in.
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NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — There are less than two weeks left until Christmas and stores want your cash.
With shopping days slipping away stores are using their best techniques to lure customers inside, CBS 2’s Jennifer McLogan reported.
The shop ’til you drop spirit was alive and well in Island Park where shopper Mary Hayes-Quinn shared her shopping strategy.
“I like to browse and then go in for the kill. I equate it to hunting or fishing,” she said.
Stores have a strategy of their own that is designed to lure you in and keep you buying.
“You come into the store based off the feel and emotion of the store and I think music conveys that,” Jeffrey Debrosse said.
Music makes magic, according to the Wall Street Journal and stores like The Gap and Macy’s pump holiday playlists that are aimed at their core customers.
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It looks like Kelly Rowland is taking relationship advice from her best friend Beyonce. The “Dirty Laundry” singer, who is reportedly engaged to manager Tim Witherspoon, is keeping her love life on the hush-hush.
During an appearance on the “Arsenio Hall Show,” the 32-year-old songstress dodged all questions about her rumored fiancé. Instead of admitting their romance, she simply stated, “That’s my best friend. That’s my best friend.”
MUST READ: Kelly Rowland Shows Off Her Engagement Ring!
After, Arsenio zoomed in to a paparazzi photo of the couple and asked if he gave her an “advanced best friend ring,” Kelly smiled and said, “You know what I will say. I am very happy and I believe in black love.”
“So, uh is that an engagement ring for black love?” the talk show host questioned.
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Europe’s upcoming crypto-assets policy framework will be to crypto what GDPR was to privacy. Setting a harmonized policy and regulatory standard for something as fundamental to the future of crypto-assets in the third largest economic zone in the world is a significant milestone. While no comprehensive body of rules is perfect, especially not one as far reaching as MiCA, it nonetheless provides practical solutions to issues that other jurisdictions are just beginning to grapple with. Namely, a harmonized, comprehensive framework, across an entire region, that gives market participants regulatory clarity -- something they have long asked for -- and crypto end-users key protections and market-wide assurances -- something they need.
This policy framework was not borne in a vacuum, but rather as a studied pan-European market response to the emergence of potentially systemic crypto-asset and stablecoin innovations. The speed and calamitous meltdown of the algorithmic stable-in-name-only coin, Terra (what can only be described as crypto financial alchemy), is vindicating to regulators who have warned of unmitigated risk in crypto. At the same time, the geopolitical, strategic and economic competitiveness implications of safe, always-on device-centric banking and financial services that enable a technology-powered global economy, vindicates responsible investors, companies and technologists.
Responsible players are surviving nothing short of a major system stress test in crypto markets (more complex than 2018), proving how sound business models and a pro-regulation approach can win the day. Indeed, the presence of well-regulated market alternatives like USDC, have not only given markets a flight to trust and quality option amid crypto-asset turmoil - growing to 55 billion in circulation - it has also helped to shield prudential regulators from the prospect of bailouts by shoring up the broader crypto economy.
What Europe’s policy makers have called for in response to these concerns may on the surface seem onerous and anti-innovation to MiCA’s detractors, but deeper down it offers a pathway for Europe to emerge as a competitive region for the safe, sound development of an always-on financial system. For one, conforming with existing e-money frameworks, as well as clear crypto-asset token classifications, something that has remained elusive around the world, sets the stage for broader market adoption across Europe. Circle plans to continue to invest in and grow its presence in Europe to help build this responsible, MiCA-conforming crypto-asset economy.
Licensing passporting rights and the avoidance of the harmful race to the bottom of regulatory arbitrage can only be a net benefit for companies and consumers, which can improve Europe’s attractiveness for the time, talent and treasure that are building the industries of the future. Even typically conservative central bankers are acknowledging how firms that survive this particularly frosty crypto winter, will be the Amazons of the future. As pioneers of open banking, technological portability and individual privacy, Europe may also do the most of any region in the world in developing a “financial services trusted traveler program,” which will be anchored in self-hosted wallets – the key attribute that helps keep the internet of value open and universally accessible. This is a uniquely European and western ideal and perhaps the technological contest of our times.
Courtesy of emerging pan-European regulatory certainty, the ability to build these Web3 firms natively in Europe, while attracting investments from abroad, is being secured. Just as the dollar-backed crypto economy powered by USDC has anchored a vibrant industry in the United States and around the world, a well-regulated euro-backed digital currency, like Circle’s Euro Coin (EUROC), is a key pillar for responsible financial services innovation - and a key trading pair for USDC. We aim to make the initial launch of Euro Coin another example of the trust, transparency, accountability and pro-regulation approach that has made USDC the world’s 4th largest digital asset in circulation and helped secure the U.S. dollar's place as the currency of the internet.
We also aim to make Euro Coin a MiCA-conforming digital currency, for which our ongoing engagement with European stakeholders, regulators and policy makers, as well as our direct investments in Europe, are key bridges to the future.


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Eligible workers who exhausted their 50th week of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims on March 13 can now start filing for fresh claims, Guam Department of Labor Director David Dell'Isola said on Thursday.
"They should now be able to file," Dell'Isola said. "We did some initial testing and it looked good."
They can now join the others who had not reached yet their 50th week of claims who were able to file additional PUA claims a few days ago.
There could still be some glitches, Dell'Isola said, because the system testing continues.
"We continue to test different types of scenarios all through the weekend. But we're going to batch this Tuesday so I want everybody to have the chance to put in their claims," he said.
The PUA program is now in its so-called third tier, after it was extended twice. Tier 3 PUA ends Sept. 4, under the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.
The Guam Department of Labor tries to batch PUA claims every other Tuesday. So far, it has distributed some $596 million to more than 30,000 workers who lost their jobs or took work-hour cuts because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


For months, the Board of Pitkin County Commissioners has gone back and forth about how to regulate short-term rentals in unincorporated areas of the county.
Currently, Pitkin County does not have any laws on the books concerning the regulation of short-term rentals and commissioners have struggled to come up with specific ones to implement.
During a BOCC work session Tuesday, Pitkin County Attorney John Ely advised commissioners to identify what was “offensive” about short-term rentals to neighborhoods and to craft meaningful policy that would, at least, attempt to prevent those offenses from occurring.
“A house that is continually rented out short term, so there is a turnover every week or two weeks all year long, presents a different profile of the neighborhood than the profile of the principal owners renting their home out on the short-term basis for a season,” Ely said during Tuesday’s BOCC work session.
While Pitkin County does not currently regulate short-term rentals, the city of Aspen does.
Anyone who rents their home out in Aspen for 30 days or less must have a business license and remit sales and lodging taxes to the city.
“We’re aware of corporations and whatever coming in and buying these homes just for the sole purpose [of making money],” Commissioner Patti Clapper said. “They generate a heck of a lot of income.”
Tuesday, on airbnb.com, a penthouse in Aspen was listed for up to $10,000 a night during the week of Thanksgiving. In accordance with Aspen’s 2.4% sales tax and 2% lodging tax, a one-night stay at the $10,000 penthouse would generate roughly $440 worth of tax revenue to the city’s coffers specifically.
Should the county adopt its own short-term rental regulations and licensing requirements similar to the city of Aspen, they would only apply to properties within unincorporated Pitkin County.
According to a draft of those short-term rental regulations, Pitkin County Manager Jon Peacock, with consultation from the BOCC, would be charged with appointing the county’s “licensing authority,” who would be responsible for processing short-term rental applications and issuing licenses.
The BOCC was in agreement that it did not want large entities buying homes in Pitkin County only to convert them into unregulated, short-term rentals. At the same time, commissioners did not want the forthcoming regulations to be so onerous that they would make it difficult for locals to rent out their homes as short-term rentals every so often.
“I think we have to be careful … about personal property rights and letting people do what they have to do, who live here — not talking about investors from out of town but the people who live here,” Commissioner Francie Jacober said. “I believe that we need some restrictions on short-term rentals and I definitely don’t like the situation when people buy what should be a neighborhood house and then turn it into a turnover rental place.”
Commissioner Kelly McNicholas Kury proposed conducting a first reading of the county’s forthcoming short-term rental regulations in “two to four weeks” and a second reading by the end of 2021. Kury wanted the county’s short-term rental licensing program to be up and running by March 1 of next year, which some board members believed might be too soon. However, commissioners wanted to conduct a first reading soon in order to take public comment.
During Tuesday’s work session, no specific date was set for a first reading of the county’s forthcoming short-term rental regulations. Instead, the BOCC directed staff to bring back an ordinance during a regular Wednesday meeting “sooner than later.”
“There is a lot you can do to regulate short-term rentals ... There is some really heavy handedness that can go on about short-term rentals,” Kury said. “I’m just hoping we can find some agreement … and move this forward.”


TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, reportedly planned to use the social media app to track the personal location of specific American citizens, Forbes reported.
In more than one case, the Internal Audit team at ByteDance planned to use data collected on the popular video app to track the location of an American citizen, according to the outlet. A TikTok spokesperson confirmed to Forbes that the company used location data to “among other things, help show relevant content and ads to users, comply with applicable laws, and detect and prevent fraud and inauthentic behavior.”
Documents reviewed by Forbes showed that the company was not simply using the location data for ad targeting. Data was generally used to collect information on individuals employed or formerly employed by ByteDance, but Forbes uncovered at least two cases in which the Internal Audit team “planned to collect” information on a U.S. citizen with no employment relationship to the company, according to the report.
Forbes previously uncovered that 300 employees at ByteDance listed Chinese state media outlets in their employment history. These included 23 individuals responsible for “content partnerships, public affairs, corporate social responsibility and media cooperation” at TikTok.


Daily Preventative Maintenance
Avoiding unexpected breakdown and closure
By Anthony Analetto
Chief Operating Officer - SONNY'S The Car Wash Factory
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It is 30 minutes before your wash is scheduled to open. Either you or your manager has just programmed the wash for the top package. Four rollers are fired to represent the front and back of the car as well as each tire. Photo-eyes or loop pads are tripped to represent vehicle dimension. The tire switch is activated for the two rollers that represent them. As you follow this ghost car that doesn’t obstruct your view down the tunnel, observe correct operation of every piece of equipment. Immediate issues are addressed and replacement parts ordered. Suspected problems are documented for further investigation that evening or during the weekly preventative maintenance (PM) night scheduled for complete equipment and tunnel cleaning.
Does this scenario describe your wash? Have you committed the personnel and resources to ensure your wash is attractive to customers and will run right for years to come? Is your PM program scheduled and documented so that personnel are accountable and checks are performed as required?
Elimination of prep labor with many new equipment technologies has resulted in total reliance on equipment. This has brought PM into the spotlight. Car washing is a harsh environment and scheduled PM is vital to your business. In this article I will review the considerations that should be addressed on a daily basis. Part 2, next month, will examine weekly, monthly, and yearly components of a successful PM program.
DAILY PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES:
The first hurdle to jump when creating a PM program is to throw out the assumption of common sense. Don’t leave anything to chance or thinking. Write out the entire PM program down to the last detail. Print check sheets with boxes to initial upon completion, and then post it on the wall. Nothing is more disruptive than scrambling to get ready for the day because someone forgot to do something the night before. It is much easier to ask an employee why they initialed that all trash was emptied when it was not, rather than listen to explanations of how they thought someone else had done it.
Observation and documentation are the two most critical aspects of a successful preventative maintenance program. The key words to drill into anyone involved in PM are observe, look, note, and confirm. The goal is to catch small problems early, before they cause a greater problem. Activities fall into one of two types; checks and services. Checks require visual confirmation and must be completed on a regular schedule without fail. Services are corrective procedures in the wash and are either scheduled or unscheduled. Records of all activities must be kept in order to hold personnel accountable; otherwise, eventually the checks will not be accomplished.
OPENING PM PROCEDURE:
Ideally, each activity performed 30 minutes or more before opening, simply confirms that nothing happened to disturb the perfect condition of the wash when left the night before. It is a series of procedures to verify that the wash is able to produce your best possible product with no risk of damage to vehicles or equipment.
Dry Checks: Small fluid leaks are easily masked in a wet tunnel. The following activities should be performed before running water.
- Check all hydraulic lines and connections. Confirm that all oil levels are correct and that there are no visible signs of fluid anywhere in the wash. Oil leaks can damage cloth and contaminate reclaims in addition to causing poor wash performance. All hydraulic leaks should be repaired before opening to avoid costly closure and repair.
- Close the valve on the compressor which should have been drained during closing PM.
- Turn on breakers to activate all electrical power.
- Check all fresh, reclaim, and spot-free water supplies. Instruct the inspector to both look and listen for leaks.
- Check gauges on the spot free pump for pressure and water generation. Check tank levels. It is often useful to post proper readings at the pump to avoid any confusion.
- Check water reclaim gauges for incoming and outgoing pressure. Makes sure filters are not clogged.
- Check your odor control system. Many units have sight glasses or gauges but you can always trust your nose.
Detergent Checks: Spikes and drops in detergent consumption can alert an inspector of problems in equipment performance. Detergent checks are performed during closing PM but the opening inspector should refer to notes from the previous day to direct attention to potential equipment issues to monitor.
Wet Checks: Before running any equipment, most controllers have a “wet down” function that is designed to bring all equipment online. The goal here is to soak the cloth in water and detergent, charge all of the foam tubes, and saturate the pads on tire dressing applicators.
- Inspect all nozzles. Weak spray patterns dramatically reduce the cleaning ability of any wash equipment. Clogged nozzles and weak spray may also indicate a more serious problem up stream. Your wash should have a nozzle replacement schedule based on the type of detergent and number of cars being washed. Unclog or replace nozzles as needed and record in the wet down portion of the daily log. This information is vital in identifying other potential problems.
- Activate all chemical pumps and check for leaks. Lines can drain back to the tank overnight. This procedure must be run prior to washing vehicles. It ensures all cloth is properly lubricated and that detergent and conditioners reach the first car in the proper quantity and dilution.
- Check the condition of all wash materials for damage or debris.
Operational Checks: Go to your entrance management system. Whether it is a greeter station or an automated attendant, you must start with how the first customer will activate the wash when you open. Program a wash for the top package. Activate the automatic roller up and extra rollers so that there are four rollers in total. These rollers represent the front, back, and wheels of a car. Activate the entrance switch at the first roller, tire switch on the second and third, and release on the fourth. This practice allows you to easily view all equipment operation without the obstruction of an actual vehicle.
- Check that the conveyor is operating smoothly with no jerking or unusual noises.
- Check that any wrap-around washers or brushes tied to the conveyor interlock are spinning properly. Listen for abnormal noises.
- Check that wheels are accurately located by detergent application and wash systems.
- Check that all wash equipment is moving properly without any abnormal noises.
- Verify that all wash, rinsing, application, and drying actions start and stop correctly.
- Perform a final check that all detergent and conditioner application is correct.
- Inspect the equipment room and all support equipment for indicators of proper adjustment.
- Verify all air dryers ramp up to full speed and that nothing is obstructing the inlet screens.
CLOSING PM PROCEDURE:
The purpose of the closing PM procedure is to identify everything that could possibly prohibit you from washing cars the next day. Below I will outline the most basic daily activities that must be performed. A common practice growing in popularity is to schedule a thorough “PM Night” at least once a week. In addition to the items below, the tunnel and equipment would be completely washed down as well as all weekly, monthly, and annual services performed.
Detergent Checks: Spikes and drops in detergent consumption can alert an inspector of problems in equipment performance. At the end of closing PM, everything in the wash should be ready to wash cars the following day.
- Check and transfer detergents as necessary to ensure that all levels are sufficient to wash 10% more than the maximum anticipated volume the following day.
- Inspect the condition of all barrels and tanks.
- Note any detergent use that has spiked. Excessive consumption may indicate a problem in the system. Log the condition and move on to other checks. If during the remaining checks there do not appear to be any worn nozzles, open check valves, etc, make a notation for the opening crew to monitor the condition throughout the next day. Order in potential replacement parts as the situation warrants.
- Note any drops in detergent use that are not directly related to wash volume. Inspect foot valves on the chemical suction lines. Note the condition in the log and move on to the other checks. The problem that has lead to the reduced detergent use should become clear.
- Check the salt level of the water softener system. The softener sets the wash water quality. If the softener is down, then every chemical and water system will suffer. Fill with salt as needed.
Operational Checks: Careful observation of equipment each evening can identify damage that may have occurred during the day. The ability to find potential failures before they occur provides the time to bring in replacement parts or make changes to items inventoried for emergency repairs.
- During last two hours of each day, begin cleaning the property
- Empty trash receptacles.
- Empty vacuum canisters
- Sweep all areas of the wash
- Clean Lobby area coffee machines
- Clean restrooms and windows
- Walk through tunnel during the last cars washed. Look and listen for any equipment that may not be functioning properly in both the tunnel and back room. This is the time to find problems. You can make emergency repairs and order parts.
- Walk through the tunnel after the last car and inspect for any damage that may have occurred during the day.
- Turn off and drain all air compressors.
- Wash down the tunnel, rinse the floor and equipment.
- Inspect and clean all filters on high pressure pump stations.
- Inspect and clean strainers on reclaim systems.
- Turn off all necessary electrical and water connections.
- Secure the building and have a good night.
Committing the resources and time to an effective preventative maintenance program can save tens of thousands of dollars per year. Have you ever tried to estimate what percent of equipment repairs could have been avoided through preventative maintenance? Try calculating the impact unexpected closures have, not only via lost revenue, but in terms of how customers perceive your business. Simply put, preventative maintenance is profitable. I hope you picked up a few ideas from this article. Please join me again next month when I outline weekly, monthly, and yearly PM. Good luck and good washing.
Anthony Analetto has over 26 years experience in the car wash business and is the President of SONNY'S The Car Wash Factory's Equipment Division. Before coming to SONNY'S Anthony was the director of operations for a 74 location national car wash chain. Anthony can be reached at 800-327-8723 x 104 or at firstname.lastname@example.org


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Position oven rack to the lowest setting, and remove middle rack. Preheat oven to 425°.
To prepare the soufflés, lightly coat 6 (8-ounce) soufflé dishes with cooking spray. Sprinkle evenly with 2 tablespoons sugar. Set aside.
Combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, 3 tablespoons cocoa, and salt in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring with a whisk. Gradually add 1 1/4 cups milk, stirring constantly with a whisk; bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes or until slightly thick, stirring constantly with a whisk; remove from heat. Add 3 ounces chocolate; stir until smooth. Transfer mixture to a large bowl; cool to room temperature. Stir in vanilla and egg yolk.
Place egg whites in a large mixing bowl; beat at high speed with a mixer until stiff peaks form (do not overbeat). Gently fold one-fourth of egg whites into chocolate mixture; gently fold in remaining egg white mixture. Gently spoon mixture into prepared dishes. Sharply tap dishes 2 or 3 times on counter to level. Place dishes on a baking sheet; place baking sheet on the bottom rack of 425° oven. Immediately reduce oven temperature to 350° (do not remove soufflés from oven). Bake 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the side of soufflé comes out clean.
To prepare sauce, melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add 1/3 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa, and 1 tablespoon flour; stir well with a whisk. Gradually add 1/2 cup milk, stirring well with a whisk; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute or until slightly thick, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat; add 1/2 ounce chocolate, stirring until smooth. Serve warm with soufflés.
Don’t let the word souffle frighten you away – these are really not hard to make, The ease of freezing the batter and popping them in the oven makes them a great do-ahead dessert! They’re delicious!
Anyone else make souffle?
With love from my country kitchen,

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Qn. What is IFSC Code?
IFSC code (Indian Financial System Code) is unique code used to identify bank-branch participating in NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer) and RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement).
Qn. What is MICR Code?
MICR code (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Code) is 9 character long code printed on bottom of the cheque. It could include information like document type, bank code, bank account number, cheque number, cheque amount etc.
Qn. What is SWIFT Code?
SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) code, known as BIC is a unique identification code for financial and non-financial institutions approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This code is used for inter bank/financial institution for money and messages transferring.
Qn. Can I use same IFSC code for IMPS transactions?
Yes, a bank branch will have same IFSC code for NEFT and IMPS transactions.
Qn. I mentioned wrong IFSC code in transaction. What will happen to transaction now?
Although bank account number does have information about the branch but bank may refuse or decline transaction due to incorrect IFSC code..

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Abbeville Kids expands its award-winning series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children about the world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world.
In How Artists See America, sixteen works of art show the many different ways a selection of great artists—from Winslow Homer and Childe Hassam to Georgia O'Keeffe and Romare Bearden—have perceived the breathtaking variety of landscapes and the diversity of people living in four major regions of the United States.
Each volume in the How Artists See series presents sixteen diverse works of art, all devoted to a subject that every child already knows from personal experience. Author Colleen Carroll's engaging, conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions and imaginative activities that spark children's natural curiosity both about the subject of the artwork they are looking at and about the way it was created.
This direct, interactive approach to art—and to the world—promotes self-exploration, self-discovery, and self-expression. As it introduces basic artistic concepts, styles, and techniques, it also provides loads of fun. For children who want to know more about the artists whose works appear in the book, biographies are provided at the end, along with suggestions for further reading and an international list of museums where each artists works can be seen. As they begin to understand the multitude of ways that artists see, children will deepen their appreciation of art, the world around them, and, most importantly, their own unique visions.
About the Author
Colleen Carroll is an educational consultant for MTV, USA Today, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, Black Entertainment Television, CNBC, Channel One, and The Edison Project. She previously taught sixth grade in California and now lives in New York.
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Brooklyn Bridge: Variation On An Old Theme - Joseph Stella
The eastern United States is home to some of the country's most beloved and recognizable landmarks. In this picture the artist gives you a rare view of a famous New York City landmark—the Brooklyn Bridge. From which part of the bridge are you looking? Like two giant, wide-open eyes, the bridge’s pointed arches gaze at the cityscape in the distance. What do see through them? The artist painted another view of the bridge at the bottom of the picture. Why do you think he chose to show it from close up and from far away?
The artist especially loved how the bridge’s graceful lines and massive shapes work together to create a structure that is both strong and elegant. At first glance all these lines and shapes make the picture look busy, but it's actually very organized. Trace your finger along one of the silvery suspension cables on one side of the picture. Now trace a cable on the other side. By making the lines mirror each other, the artist balanced the two sides of the picture. What other parts of the picture are balanced in this way?
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By David Lyons
Atria/Emily Bestler Books, Hardcover, 9781451629293, 304pp.
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
In this explosive debut thriller, a judge from the Louisiana bayou goes up against a company on the verge of causing an ecological disaster.
Cajun-born Jock Boucher has overcome modest beginnings to assume the prestigious position of U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana. One of his first cases on the bench involves a scientist who has been hiding in mortal fear for more than twenty years. The fugitive claims that another judge accepted bribes and helped a relentless global energy company steal his intellectual property: a way to recover energy from below the subsea bed that could end America's dependence on foreign oil.
Boucher takes on the company and its powerful founder, risking not only his judicial career but his life. He follows a trail of cryptic clues to the bottom of the ocean, and soon finds himself the target of killers--and too far from the law to ever return.
Packed with suspense, science, politics, and murder, this fast-paced, riveting thriller will have readers on the edge of their seats. Ice Fire is the first in a series offered by this authentic new talent.
“Grisham fans will enjoy.”
“Introducing Jock Boucher, black Cajun federal district judge, who may be young and recently appointed but isn't afraid of ruffling feathers in his hometown of New Orleans. . .An auspicious beginning for a mystery series featuring one of the most agreeably easygoing heroes on this side of the Atlantic.”
“From David Lyons comes Ice Fire, a novel with almost clairvoyant timing, a fascinating plot and complex characters. It hits with style and power like the judge's hammer coming down at the end of a case.”
-Graham Brown, New York Times bestselling author of The Eden Prophecy
“David Lyons brings a fresh eye and sure hand to the thriller genre with his debut novel, Ice Fire. Mixing science, corruption, and good ol'-fashioned murder into his plot, Lyons casts a colorful Cajun federal judge as a likable, unconventional hero in a story with environmental and political overtones. A nice bit of local Bayou color completes this promising debut. Look for more from Lyons—and hopefully his action-oriented justice, Jock Boucher—in the future.”
-Jim DeFelice, New York Times bestselling author of American Sniper and The Helios Conspiracy
“Ice Fire is a fun, fast read. United States District Judge Jock Boucher is an unusual action hero, the plot about deep sea mining is original and the post Katrina, New Orleans setting is exotic. I look forward to reading Jock Boucher's next adventure.”
-Phillip Margolin, New York Times bestselling author of Capitol Murder
“There’s action, budding romance, a bit of dry humor, and a plunge into New Orleans/Cajun culture. High society to Zydeco icehouse bars, Lyons covers the gambit. This should be a series worth following.”
“David Lyons delivers a perfect blend of technology, plot, and character in a suspenseful and rewarding story that kept me wanting more. I look forward to more stories from this exciting new talent.”
“There's a new advocate on the John Grisham legal thriller circuit with the introduction by ex-lawyer David Lyons of Jock Boucher, an unconventional law-bending Louisiana District judge. Jock exposes murder, intellectual property theft and the corporate corruption that threatens ecological disaster.”
-Brian Freemantle, author of Red Star Rising
“Ice Fire is a thriller based upon the real life issues of renewable energy, natural resource protection, and ensuring our future as a species on this planet. It’s also a stellar debut novel that paints a picture of the beauty and tragedy of New Orleans, even as it leaves the reader breathless.”
“The plot centers on a substance (real) found in the Gulf, with potential to provide energy in enormous quantities. A very exciting first novel.”

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There are ten caravans and a converted trailer wooden chalet taking up the whole car park at King’s Place, a situation that has infuriated locals in Portobello for five years.
But tensions have escalated in recent weeks after the council served a formal notice to the owners to remove their caravans. Two abandoned caravans have since been craned off the site.
In response the residents started a petition which has garnered 283 signatures and are now seeking legal advice, as they claim the move to kick them out is a breach of their human rights.
The owner of bar next to the car park has claimed the caravans are ‘killing’ his business and demanded they be removed. Angry locals previously alleged the campers were dumping their faeces on the beach.
The previous notice to remove caravans has now expired, but following legal discussions, another extended period was agreed with Edinburgh City Council. One person has signed up to vacate the site by August 16.
One man who has lived at the site for two years told the Evening News: “We want to stay in our homes and sustain an eco friendly lifestyle. We help clean up the beach when we can.
“We are not travellers. We all live and work here. It’s really distressing to get this notice telling us we are an obstruction. Do they have the right to remove caravans with people living in them? They have asked us to declare ourselves homeless and threatened to get a court order to remove us.
"We don't take more space than we need and we work. There are some musicians, joiner, plumber, artists and volunteers. And last year we started planters in front of caravans to keep the place looking a bit nicer. We have a little permaculture project too.”
"I don’t want to give up my home. We want to live as a community and have tried to find land. If they would let us stay we would be willing to paying rent. I believe the business next door wants to get rid of us because they want to extend their outside area. It’s really loud with lots of drunk people right beside us. Other local people are angry about that too.”
Boathouse bar owner Harem Murdochy said: “It's killing the business. The caravans are a health and safety risk with no facilities so customers can see tanks of waste right in front of them. This is a public space.
"It's not right they can just park up and live in a prime seaside location. It's chaotic with people in and out and the vans change hands. Now we have to put up screens to try and block the view of them and the smells of weed. I am not trying to take people’s way of life away to make money.
"I’d do anything to help, even offer them a job if they wanted it. But it’s just not fair. They can’t be allowed to ruin this business and spoil the area.”
A council spokesperson said: “Officers have been working hard to liaise occupants of caravans on King’s Place for a significant period of time, visiting regularly to support and assist them to seek alternative accommodation.
“The caravans are causing an obstruction on the road and we have therefore given notice to owners to move caravans under Section 59 (1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984. Since issuing the notice on June 14 we have continued to liaise with occupants and their legal representatives regarding the date by which the site should be cleared.
“We will continue to work with occupants and assist with the removal of caravans, if they are no longer required."


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Japan has put on hold plans to revise carbon taxes as inflation is putting an increasing strain on household budgets according to Bloomberg News
“The government will postpone the introduction of a new carbon tax that was planned for the fiscal year starting April 2023, the Nikkei said Tuesday without attribution. Policy makers decided it would add to already surging living costs, it said.”
“Japan was the first country in Asia to impose a levy on fossil fuel emitters, in 2012, but it’s set at just 289 yen ($1.97) per ton of CO2-equivalent.”
Japan had aimed to cut carbon emissions by 46% from 2013 levels aiming to reach ‘net zero’ by 2050.
This marks the second time the Japanese government has decided to delay the revised carbon taxes as energy costs soar while the Yen is losing value.
”The environment ministry had requested the introduction of a more substantial carbon levy in the previous annual tax revisions, but the government backed away from the proposal amid industry protests.”
Last August Foreign Policy reported that Japan was ramping up its use of nuclear power in order to deal with energy cost increases.
“As the global energy crisis deepens, Japan will restart idle plants and potentially increase some reactors’ life spans and build next-generation reactors, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Wednesday. Japanese officials have been directed to develop policy measures by the end of the year, he added.”
Nuclear power has been an issue of contention in the country since the 2011 Fukushima reactor meltdown disaster which caused immeasurable environmental damage as well as forcing thousands of Japanese to flee their homes.


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Love is in the air…Can you feel it? Kurt Geiger and Cordwainers at London College of Fashion are sharing the love for the Saffiano ‘London’ tote with a student design project to customise the classic in the spirit of #FromLondonWithLove for Valentine’s Day.
Kurt Geiger Creative Director, Rebecca Farrar-Hockley and tastemaker Navaz Batliwalla of Disney Roller Girl awarded 3 students Kurt Geiger sponsorship as part of the brand’s partnership and long term commitment to nurture new talent from Cordwainers at London College of Fashion.
The 3 wining designs included an inside out bag with a precious treasure box red suede interior, patent red and nude leather hearts placed like petals and a suede fringe design decorated with inspiring quotations such as: ‘The question isn’t who’s going to let me, it’s who’s going to stop me’.
Now it’s over to you to vote. The chance to win one of these unique customised bags is now on @KurtGeiger Instagram, giving all followers the chance to vote for their favourite design and win it for Valentine’s Day. Love takes many forms and I am most certainly down with this bag lovin’. Good luck! *Scarlett
Pop into Kurt Geiger on Portobello Road before Valetnine’s Day and you can see the bags for yourself.
In the official ‘Scarlett’ dictionary, ‘basic’ is in no way a bad word. But, when it comes to everyday footwear, I’ve resolved to eschew the ordinary and opt for something a little more, well Scarlett! Think prints, geometric heels and colourful totes. Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned from the blink of an eye that was 2014, it’s that life’s too short to not make a statement! *Scarlett
Calling upon the fashion power couple- colour and blocking, the New Year, and the new me are painting January with an eye-catching everything but the dress. Pick a bag that says wow and you’ll grab the attention you deserve next to dreary winter looks. * Scarlett

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Dolphin and Whale Watching Tour from Costa Calma,Costa Calma,Fuerteventura
Head out onto the Atlantic Ocean and increase your chances of observing whales and dolphins playing and breaching in their natural habitat. Take in sweeping views of Fuerteventura's coastline and learn about these friendly animals from your guide.
Enjoy a journey of discovery on the waters of the Jandía Nature Park in search of some of the friendliest and most sociable creatures on the planet. Observe playful dolphins and beautiful whales among the waves.
Head out onto the Atlantic Ocean and spend 1.5 hours watching the waves for dolphins and whales with your knowledgeable guide. Enjoy sweeping views of Fuerteventura’s stunning coastline during your experience.
- Get the chance to observe dolphins and whales in their natural habitat
- Take a 1.5-hour boat cruise on the Atlantic Ocean
- Enjoy beautiful views of Fuerteventura's natural coastline
- Pick up and drop-off from Costa Calma Hotels
What to bring
- Sun protection
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- Pregnant women
- Children under 2 years old
- Pay in your local currency
- Free cancellation: Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
- Covid-19 precautions: Special health and safety measures apply
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The Dolphin and Whale Watching Tour from Costa Calma is for one and a half hours and is available every day except Sundays departing at 10:00, 11:30, 13:00, 15:00, 16:30 and 18:00 from the Harbour in Morro Jable
Prices from € 40 per person
Dolphin and Whale Watching Tour from Costa Calma is located in Costa Calma, Fuerteventura.
Costa Calma has become a very popular tourist resort on Fuerteventura. and is located in the south of the island in the municipality of Pajara, on the outskirts of the National Park area of Jandia. Costa Calma is mostly geared up towards German speaking visitors, although there are quite a few English speaking organisations in the area. There are many hotels, villas, apartments, bars and restaurants along with the very long white sandy beach of Playa Barca, very popular with beach lovers and wind surfers resulting from strong off shore winds during the summer.

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- 360 PHOTOBOOTH will have greater coverage and you can place it at the corner and can capture any moment with your guest or people randomly. There is no need to sit with the booth or worry about its setup because it’s very hassle-free and favourable for use.
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Due to these advantages, one should go for 360 PHOTOBOOTH.

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I am reading an ascii file with Intel Fortran opened as:
open(10, file=trim(file_name), status='old', action='read', iostat=ierr, iomsg=msg)
To skip some file lines which I do not want to store I am using read() with no I/O list:
VTune reports 53 GB allocated at the read() with no I/O list:
Is that memory really allocated or is it that VTune incorrectly identifies memory allocation? What causes this behaviour?
No, there is not 53+GB of virtual memory being allocated at that point. The read with no I/O list likely allocates no memory at all.(I am a former Intel Fortran compiler developer.)


Grammy winning new age pianist Peter Kater and Paul Cardall, also an award winning pianist, discuss Peter's career and the history new age music. They talk about building successful and prosperous independent music careers in a genre often misunderstood and overlooked by the commercial market.
ABOUT PETER KATER
Listen to Peter Kater
Peter Kater was born of German parents in the Bavarian City of Munich. At the age of seven, not long after moving to New Jersey, his mother insisted that he take classical piano lessons.
At the age of 18 Peter left New Jersey with his backpack and his music books and hitch-hiked all around the continental US for over a year. He slept in parks and on beaches and roadsides across the country while stopping to play piano at restaurants and lounges for tips and meals. After logging in over 30,000 miles on the road Peter landed in Boulder, Colorado, finding comfort and inspiration in the Rocky Mountains which reminded him of his childhood upbringing in the Bavarian Alps. Shortly thereafter he started listening to the music of pianist Keith Jarrett; the avant jazz group, Oregon; and the Paul Winter Consort. This opened a whole new musical world and he began improvising 3-4 hours a night at clubs and lounges throughout the Boulder/Denver area sometimes 5 to 6 nights a week. After several years he tired of playing clubs and lounges and quit all his engagements and began renting out small churches and self-promoting small concerts through out Colorado.
In 1983 Peter released his first album of solo piano compositions and improvisations entitled SPIRIT. His music was very well received and started charting in the Top 10 of National Contemporary Jazz Airplay charts and within a short couple of years Peter went from playing small churches to performing at 3,000 seat concert halls and at national jazz festivals at the age of 27. In 1985, Actor ROBERT REDFORD asked Peter to play at the then brand new Sundance Institute & Film Festival in Utah. Peter became the featured performer at many of Redford’s “green” political fundraisers and events attended by many Hollywood A-list actors, directors and celebrities such as Alan Alda, Sidney Pollock, James Brooks, Dave Grusin, Laura Dern, Mathew Broderick and Ted Turner to name just a very few.
In his concerts around Colorado, Peter started to share the stage with some of his favorite artists from his teen years such as DAN FOGELBERG and JOHN DENVER. John Denver asked Peter to coordinate the music for his ground breaking Choices for the Future Symposiums every summer in Aspen, Colorado and also invited him to perform at concerts in Japan and at World Forum events performing for dignitaries and celebrities such as Mikael Gorbachov and Shirley McLain. These collaborations with John Denver went on for almost 10 years until John’s untimely death in 1997.
Peter’s music also caught the attention of New York City’s legendary director and Circle Rep Theater co-founder, Marshall Mason and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Lanford Wilson. Peter’s music became the score to their Tony-Award winning Broadway production of Burn This starring John Malkovich and Joan Allen which ran for over one year. As the newest member of their “A-team” in the following years Peter scored the music for 11 On- & Off-Broadway dramatic plays receiving widespread critical acclaim. As Peter’s music spread across the world he scored more music for television and films and worked closely with his favorite environmental and humanitarian organizations such as Greenpeace, the National Wildlife Federation, the Nature Conservancy and ChildReach.
In 1989 a close friend gave Peter a cassette called Earth Spirit by Native American flutist, R. CARLOS NAKAI. Peter was completely taken by the beauty and earthiness of the Native flute. Peter tracked down Nakai and asked him to collaborate with him on a recording. In the studio they felt as if they’d been playing together forever and their first album, Natives, was completed effortlessly in just a few hours. When recording with Nakai, Peter felt he was embarking on a little “personal” indulgence, temporarily diverging from his thriving mainstream contemporary jazz career. But to his surprise, while his recordings like Coming Home, Two Hearts, Gateway and Rooftops were charting in the Top 10 of National Jazz charts; the new recordings with R. Carlos Nakai quickly became immensely popular in the alternative market selling 100’s of thousands of units each and generated a solid and much more personal fan base. Because of the deep satisfaction Peter felt in co-creating this beautiful music with Nakai, he quickly lost interest in the “jazz” genres and shifted his focus to music of a more intimate “healing” nature.
Peter then recognized a need for music in support of the healing arts that could actually aid in deep personal healing and transformation. He recorded albums like Compassion and Essence that provided not only a loving supportive musical landscape but also an invitation to dive deeply and safely into one’s essential emotional and spiritual nature. Many more CD’s in support of the Healing Arts followed as did more recordings with R. Carlos Nakai, seven of which charted in the Top 20 of Billboard’s New Age chart.
Peter’s love and appreciation for the earth and indigenous cultures inspired him to invite more indigenous musicians to record on various projects with him including Native American vocalists Joanne Shenandoah, Bill Miller and Rita Coolidge; Native American flutists Robert Mirabal, Joseph Firecrow, Mary Youngblood, Douglas Blue Feather, Kevin Locke; and South American flutists Jorge Alfano and Ara Tokatlian. Peter also composed two songs for the immensely popular Sacred Spirit recording which sold over 5 millions copies in Europe alone.
Peter’s music continued to grow and evolve and found it’s way into the 2000 and 2004 World Olympics, the Kentucky Derby, the Wild World of Sports and countless television shows like Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, LifeStyles of the Rich & Famous and Bay Watch to name just few. He’s scored the music for acclaimed television series like How The West Was Lost; Wild America; Civil War: The Untold Story; Eco-Challenge and Joseph Campbell’s Mythos series and films like Sirius, The Legend of Secret Pass and 10 QUESTIONS FOR THE DALAI LAMA. He’s given concerts throughout the USA, Europe, Japan and South Korea including performances at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, JFK Stadium in Washington DC, Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver and the United Nations in NYC where he received the prestigious United Nations Environment Leadership Award.
Possibly one of Peter’s strongest attributes is his love for collaboration with other artists such as Singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins; Tibetan flutist, Nawang Khechog; Sting guitarist Dominic Miller; Sacred Chantress Snatam Kaur and of course his legendary collaboration with Native American flutist, R. Carlos Nakai. He’s also enjoyed performing and recording with many other talented musicians such as virtuoso reedman Paul McCandless; Maverick Cellist David Darling; Peter Gabriel’s legendary Bassist, Tony Levin; and renowned Brazilian cellist Jaques Morelenbaum.
Peter has often been called prolific and is said to have the “gift of melody”. His love and enthusiasm for the creative process, self-exploration, the healing arts and the natural world continues to inspire a well-spring of composing and recording. In a thriving career spanning over 3 decades and going strong, Peter Kater has recorded over 60 albums resulting in the sales of millions of units; has scored the music for well over 100 television and film productions including 11 On- and Off-Broadway dramatic plays; ands the recipient of dozens of awards and honors including 14 Grammy® nominations and a Grammy Award win for his 2017 Dancing On Water recording and his 2019 Wings recording. But most importantly his music has uplifted, soothed, healed and inspired the lives of millions of people all around the world.
ABOUT THE HOST PAUL CARDALL
LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC
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Paul Cardall is an artist who has given a new meaning to the phrase, a change of heart and how he used this radical change to take his music to an unexpected place. Despite being born with a potentially life-threatening heart defect Paul Cardall has become a world recognized pianist. He is even endorsed by Steinway & Sons as one of the finest pianist of our time.
A Dove award winner for his Christmas album, Paul’s recordings have debuted on 11 No. 1 Billboard charts along with 46 other chart debuts. His music has 25 million monthly listeners with more than 3 billion lifetime streams and is often categorized as Classical, Christian, and Holiday. Although most of albums are instrumental, Paul has songs that feature Grammy winning gospel legend CeCe Winans, Matt Hammitt (Sanctus Real), Kristin Chenoweth, Country duo Thompson Square, David Archuleta, Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), Audrey Assad, Steven Sharp Nelson (The Piano Guys), and more.
Paul has performed for audiences worldwide including the White House. Forbes, American Songwriter, Jesus Calling, Lifestyles Television, Mix Magazine, and countless other media outlets have share his remarkable journey of receiving a life changing heart transplant and using music as a tool to help God heal spiritual, mental, and emotional hearts.


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Lecturer in the Faculty of Health Professions
Dr. Osnat Raveh is a lecturer in the Department of Physical Therapy, Ono Academic College.
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The formation of enzyme complexes, metabolons, and the channeling of intermediates of secondary metabolism has been discussed for at least 40 years (1). Metabolons and channeling enable plants to perform a highly effective synthesis of specific natural products without or with reduced metabolic interference and to avoid the accumulation of toxic intermediates (2). Despite a long tradition of the concept, precise examples of complete metabolons are scarce. For the anthocyanin pathway, soluble enzymes of the pathway have been shown to interact in yeast cells (3), and to associate with membranes in plant cells (4), the latter presumably through interactions with the membrane anchored P450 hydroxylases of the pathway. The ornamental plant Gerbera hybrida contains flavones, flavonols and anthocyanins in its petals, the exact composition reflecting the color of each gerbera cultivar. Orange, pink and red cultivars contain 4’ hydroxylated pelargonidin derivatives, while magenta and purplish cultivars are rich in 3’, 4’ hydroxylated cyanidin derivatives. Remarkably, 3’, 4’ hydroxylated flavones and flavonols (luteolin and quercetin) can be found in cultivars which completely lack cyanidin. The gerbera cultivar Terra Regina, with orange pelargonidin containing petals, starts to synthesize cyanidin when overexpressing the transcriptional regulator encoding GMYB10 gene, but not in cells where pelargonidin accumulates. These observations are indicative of metabolon control of flavonoid biosynthesis in gerbera petals. We have developed deep transcriptome data using Sanger, 454 and Illumina sequencing of different cultivars of gerbera (5 and unpublished). Assembly of the reads indicates that gerbera expresses small gene families for some of the flavonoid biosynthesis genes (e.g., PAL, 4CL, CHS and CHI) and single genes for others (e.g., DFR and F3’H). We are interested if the corresponding isoenzymes have different roles in biosynthesis of the array of flavonoids present in gerbera, particularly if they are able to form metabolons of different composition and biosynthetic capabilities. In order to map their interaction properties, we are running an all-against-all assay in yeast cells using vectors designed for membrane proteins.
|Citation:||Teeri, T.H.; Bashandy, H.; Martens, S. (2013). Flavonoid metabolons in Gerbera hybrida. In: 7th International Workshop on Anthocyanins, Porto, Portugal, 9-11 September 2012. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/22079|
|Organization unit:||Food Quality and Nutrition Department # CRI_2011-JAN2016|
|Authors:||Teeri, T.H.; Bashandy, H.; Martens, S.|
|Title:||Flavonoid metabolons in Gerbera hybrida|
|Scientific Disciplinary Area:||Settore CHIM/10 - Chimica Degli Alimenti|
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In this photo provided on Jan. 25, 2019, by the Iranian Army, soldiers take position in an infantry drill in the central Isfahan province, Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)
TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran may adopt offensive military approaches to protect its interests, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Baqeri, said on Sunday.
While continuing to adhere to its broad doctrine of defense, the Iranian military forces would adopt offensive tactics when necessary, Baqeri was quoted as saying by Press TV.
"Among the country's broad strategies, there is a defensive strategy. We defend the independence and territorial integrity and national interests of the country," Baqeri said.
"However, this does not mean that we would be acting exclusively defensively and passively in our operational level and tactical approaches," he added.
Iran does not have any intention of seizing foreign territory or harming foreign interests, but "to protect our national achievements and interests, we may adopt an offensive approach," he stressed.
Besides, Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General, Kiomars Heidari, said his forces have turned into a "forward-moving and offensive" force.
"To protect Iran, the armed forces no longer need asymmetric approaches, and we are at a stage where we can defend our homeland ... by using good offensive approaches," the Iranian commander added.
On Saturday, Iranian Army Ground Force concluded a two-day large-scale military drills in the central country seeking to practice offensive tactics.


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Ex-union leaders sent to prison for labor dispute
DETROIT (AP) - Two former union officials have been sentenced to prison for threatening to prolong a strike against General Motors for personal gain.
Donny Douglas and Jay Campbell had been placed on probation, but the light punishments were overturned by an appeals court.
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Artist/Teacher: Lindsey Bittner Graham
Workshop Title: Painterly Horses in Landscape
Date/Times: August 7-8, 2015; 10am-4pm
Location: Evergreen Fine Art, 3042 Evergreen Pkwy., Evergreen, CO 80439
Cost: $225.00 (includes horse model fee)
Class size: Min/Max 4/10
All levels of art students welcome in this two-day exciting and fun workshop.
Utilizing live horse models the first day, students will learn to first focus on quickly sketching horses to create an interesting composition using gray values and development of shapes. Then moving to oil paint, students will enjoy the spontaneity and challenge of painting horses alla prima! Lindsey will do quick demos during the day emphasizing composition, horse anatomy, light and shadow shapes, values, color, and tips on keeping your painting emotionally charged!
The second day, students will paint in the studio from photographic references, either taken from the day before or other photographs. Emphasis will be on analyzing a photograph to create an exciting composition, interpreting values, mixing color, creating a variety of edges, and various brush and pallet knife techniques to add interest and energy.
Drawing Supplies: Small sketchbook for portable use, small quick sketches/compositional studies. The type depends on personal preference. It could be smooth or rough.
A few graphite pencils-2B to 6B. Try out a few kinds (full graphite pencils, graphite sticks, etc.)
Kneaded eraser and sharpener
Paint (basic palette): Traditional Oils (any brand); OR Water Mixable Oils (Holbein is my recommended brand), or Acrylics (if you prefer)
Titanium White, Cadmium Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Red Deep (I substitute the corresponding hue colors for the cadmiums), Burnt Sienna, Sap Green, Viridian Green, Ultramarine Blue Deep or French Ultramarine, Thalo Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Manganese Violet (Gamblin), Ivory Black.
Solvents and container (for use with traditional oil paints): (Gamblin) Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits in a container with a tight closing lid; OR, if you want to paint without any solvent, Walnut Oil (M. Graham) works as effectively. What I do: I mix a container with half Gamsol and half Walnut Oil, and it seems to keep my brushes in great condition. Mediums: (Gamblin) Solvent-Free Gel, or (Weber) Res.n.gel are the only mediums allowed (both non toxic and odorless). Please, no Liquin, or any other mediums.
Solvents and container (for use with water mixable oil paints): NO solvents at all, Artisan Thinner recommended, Artisan safflower oil, water.
Brushes/Palette Knife: Variety of Flats, Brights, and Filberts recommended. Also, 1/4" and 1/2" angled sable brushes. Have a good range of sizes: 2,6,8,12,14. A very small sable flat and round are also recommended. Palette knife recommended as well.
Canvas/Panels: At least 5 gesso primed canvas or linen panels or gessoed boards (what I prefer to use). Stretched canvas not recommended. Keep sizes between 8x10 and 11x14.
Lightweight Easel: I recommend a Field Easel or Pochade box (Strada, Open Box M, Guerrilla Painter, Soltek, etc.) A Julian French Easel or half easel will also be acceptable.
Backpack Trash bags
Sun Hat Painters umbrella
Sunscreen Hand Cleaner (Fast Orange)
Neutral-colored clothing (Bright colors reflect)
Nitrile Gloves (if you want)
Camera (highly recommended)
Dress in layers
Horse/landscape, barn, or pet (your choice) photos (to use for 2nd day, and if weather is bad on 1st day). If you do not have any favorite photos, I will have plenty to choose from.


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January 26, 1988 |
Nelson Holdings International Ltd., which recently disclosed that its banks had reduced the company's borrowing power, said it has canceled director Michael Cimino's latest movie project, "Santa Ana Wind." The cancellation followed a similar move last fall, when Nelson indefinitely postponed "Michael Collins," a planned Cimino film about a 1920s Irish rebel.
August 6, 1986 |
Coca-Cola Co. said Tuesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Embassy Home Entertainment subsidiary to Nelson Entertainment Inc. for $85 million in cash and the assumption of liabilities. As reported, the buyers include former EMI Film & Theatre Corp. Chairman Barry Spikings, who will become Embassy's chairman when the transaction is completed.
December 25, 1990 |
NHI Nelson Holdings International Inc., ending months of speculation that it would divest its highly leveraged film subsidiary, said Monday that it had a letter of intent to sell Nelson Entertainment Group Inc. to New York financier Stephen C. Swid for $30 million plus the assumption of $186 million in debt and other liabilities.


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DENVER -- Until Thursday, Colorado Rockies reliever Wilton Lopez had given up more than one home run in a game just once in his big league career. That was in his major league debut on Aug. 28, 2009, with the Houston Astros when Lopez yielded three homers.
Since then, Lopez had yielded just 15 home runs in 239 appearances, a stretch that included his first 27 appearances and 27 1/3 innings for the Rockies, who acquired Lopez from the Astros in December.
But Lopez gave up back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning Thursday when the Houston Astros, who had all but tried to give the game to the Rockies early, struck for six runs and beat the Rockies 7-5.
After starter Juan Nicasio gave up four straight hits and two runs to start the sixth, Lopez yielded a three-run homer to Chris Carter, his 10th homer of the season. Matt Dominguez followed with his eighth homer to put the Astros ahead 7-3.
The Rockies scored a two-out run in the sixth on Carlos Gonzalez's single, which came on Lucas Harrell's 119th and last pitch. Brad Peacock relieved Harrell and got Troy Tulowitzki to ground into a fielder's choice.
Peacock pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Harrell. Astros manager Bo Porter did not want to use closer Jose Veras, because he had pitched in the past three games. So Porter brought on left-hander Wesley Wright just to face Gonzalez, who led off the ninth with a single, before turning matters over to Hector Ambriz. With Tulowitzki batting, Gonzalez stole his third base of the game and 12th in as many attempts this season. Tulowitzki singled just beyond the diving Cedeno. Ambriz struck out Michael Cuddyer.
Todd Helton hit a sacrifice fly, but Ambriz struck out Nolan Arenado looking to end the game and earn his first save of the season.
The Rockies scored a run in each of the first three innings but stranded seven runners in that span. The Astros tried to gift-wrap a big early inning with four errors in those first three innings, including three in the third, when two of the errors came on throws by shortstop Ronny Cedeno.
The Astros won three of four games from the Rockies this week, including both games at Coors Field. Despite their overall record of 17-37, the Astros have split their past 14 games. Ten of those 14 games have been decided by two or fewer runs, and the Astros are 6-4 in those games.
The Rockies lost for the fifth time in six games. They left runners on second and third in the first, left the bases loaded in the second and left men on second and third in the third.
Harrell retired the first two batters he faced in the first inning on seven pitches, but his pitch count was at 54 after the second inning when he was fortunate the Rockies were only leading by two runs. With two out in the first, Harrell walked Gonzalez, who stole second and third, and Harrell then walked Tulowitzki.
Gonzalez scored on the slow roller Cuddyer hit to second baseman Jose Altuve. His wide throw put runners on second base and third, but Helton grounded out.
After Yorvit Torrealba's infield single with one out in the second, Nicasio sacrificed, and Dexter Fowler singled Torrealba home. Harrell hit DJ LeMahieu with a pitch and walked Gonzalez to load the bases, but Tulowitzki flied out.
Three errors in the third inning, two of them on throws by Cedeno, helped the Rockies score an unearned run and go ahead 3-0. The defensive follies began when Helton hit a potential double-play grounder, but Cedeno, with Cuddyer bearing down on him, threw past first base.
Cedeno fielded Nolan Arenado's grounder and tried to nail Helton at third but threw wide of the base. Torrealba followed with a run-scoring single. Catcher Jason Castro dropped Juan Nicasio's sacrifice, but Fowler grounded back to pitcher Harrell, who started a 1-2-3 double play.
The Astros had runners on second and third with no out in the fourth but netted just one run when Carlos Pena grounded to first baseman Helton, who started a double play.
Notes: Rockies LHP Jeff Francis is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Friday followed by rehab starts for Triple-A Colorado Springs on Monday at Salt Lake City (70-75 pitches) and on June 8 at Reno (90-100 pitches). Francis is on the 15-day disabled list with a left groin strain, which he said is "not perfect yet, but it's a lot better." Francis had to adjust his rehab schedule after he took a hard grounder off the front of his left ankle Tuesday in an extended spring training game...RHP Roy Oswalt made his second start Wednesday for Tulsa, the Rockies Double-A affiliate, and allowed three hits and one run in six innings. Manager Walt Weiss said Oswalt's fastball was up to 93 mph and his secondary stuff was "good." He's scheduled to make three more starts for Tulsa and then be re-evaluated by the Rockies... Astros manager Bo Porter said he did not plan to use closer Jose Veras, since he had pitched three straight days, and that Hector Ambriz would close, if needed...Porter said reliever Edgar Gonzalez was unavailable due to shoulder soreness...Astros SS Marwin Gonzalez had tenderness in his right hamstring and might be available on a double switch -- as was the case Wednesday -- but Porter said he hoped not to use him.


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Yep, that's what I'm calling it. My mom started going off and I listened to the song to
take my mind off of it. After the mini-vent on Tegakie I started listening to it more and
just thought up this.
I hate you anatomy. ;-;
I love it.
She looks like a rainbow godess or something :P
it reminds me of skittles.. ._.


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Silvano d’Orba is a village in the Alto Monferrato and Oltregiogo hills that, in the Orba Valley in the Province of Alessandria, leading up to the Apennines. And yet it is so close to the sea that, in just over half an hour, you are already on the Ligurian Riviera; travelling by car, of course!
With a history that has its roots in Roman times, as evidenced by a funerary stele and an antefix from the end of the 1st century, with a Roman castrum on the “short way” Libarna – Aquae Statiellae (now Acqui Terme) of which remains the echo in the historic site of the Torrazzi (near the town cemetery); with the Pieve di Santa Maria di Prelio, the most important Christian church in the area, whose foundation dates back to the end of the sixth century of the Christian era and with two medieval castles, Silvano d’Orba offers several interesting ideas to those who love the lesser well-known side of history. The history of the villages of our territory which, if you know how to “read”, is much richer than one can imagine.
The “city” of Rondanaria, the mythical city of gold, arose around the Roman castrum, due to the presence of the precious metal in the sands of the nearby streams; a name is that of Rondanaria which we find on many historical documents over the course of about a thousand years and which still brings us back to the historic site of the Torrazzi where the Roman castrum became part of the Byzantine limes, then the hunting pavilion of the Longobard kings in the great Silva Urbis and finally a medieval fortress.
Nothing remains of the original construction of the ancient Pieve di Santa Maria di Prelio, if not a few stones, however on the same site (today Frazione Pieve) remains a beautiful church from the first half of the 18th century and, above all, the documents attesting its importance from the early Middle Ages to the Napoleonic era.
The Pieve di Santa Maria di Prelio had jurisdiction over twelve churches – from Rossiglione Superiore, on the right bank of the Stura di Ovada to Francavilla, in the lower valley of the Lemme stream – and constituted the southwestern offshoot of the vast Diocese of Tortona.
Silvano, with its two villages, was part, from the end of the first millennium, of the possessions of the “Aleramici”: the Marquises del Bosco and the Marquises of Monferrato who maintained their jurisdiction over the town until 1713 when it became part of the Savoy.
The Lords of Silvano were first the Zucca and then the Adorno, Doges of the Republic of Genoa seven times over. The important Genoese family, which became Botta Adorno in the seventeenth century, remained the owner of the imposing castle and its vast estates until the end of the nineteenth century.
From the point of view of its landscape, the hill of San Pancrazio and the Strada della Costa, just beyond the Adorno castle, are the best, but to see how many places there are and how interesting the walks that start or arrive from them can be you need to consult the GUIDE TO SILVANO D’ORBA written by the Silvanese Cultural Association “Ir Bàgiu” and published by the Urbense Academy of Ovada. (For any information just connect to the site: www.irbagiu.it)
The fauna and flora, in particular the wild orchids, are important attractions for those who love to walk and take in the sights, as well as the wines that have been produced for centuries on the best exposed slopes of the hills. The King is Dolcetto, in its two high expressions: DOC and DOCG; the Queen is Barbera, an extraordinary DOC!
And then there is the grappa. Silvano d’Orba is the land of grappa! Built around the mid-1800s, the Silvano distilleries have witnessed the history of our country: from the wars of Independence to the birth of the Republic. In November 2004 the Municipality established the DE.CO. (Municipal Denomination of Origin) and since then the town can boast the title of “Borgo della Grappa”.
Silvano d’Orba is also the land of puppets. In 1990 Pupi Mazzucco founded the national award “To the good puppets of Italy” with Tinin Mantegazza and Baldo Giuseppe (Fulmine). In 1999, again with Tinin Mantegazza and Baldo Giuseppe, Pupi conceived the “Silvano d’Orba Special Prize” and in the same year the “Amici dei Puppattini” Association was formed which since then, in the third week of July, with the best Italian and foreign companies continue to brighten the evenings of the many children present and the adults
who accompany them.
Silvano d’Orba is all this and much more; seeing is believing!

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An assistant state attorney general has thrown his hat into the ring to run for Oakland County prosecutor in 2016.
Michael Goetz announced this week that he will seek the seat held by Jessica Cooper when it’s next up for election.
Cooper, a Democrat, has said she will run for re-election in 2016.
Goetz is a senior assistant under Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, assigned to the criminal division public integrity section, according to his LinkedIn profile. He’s also a part-time, on-call firefighter for the Orion Township Fire Department.
‘Mike Goetz is a dedicated, honest, experienced and tough courtroom prosecutor who is committed to serving the Oakland County community as your next Oakland County prosecutor,’ the release states.
Goetz has experience with the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office as well, having served as an assistant prosecutor there from April 2002 to August 2013. He prosecuted murder cases and other major crimes and was assigned to the Oakland County Violent Gang Task Force.
Goetz grew up in Beverly Hills and attended Birmingham Brother Rice High School. He lives in Lake Orion and is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Fraternal Order of Eagles and other civic organizations.
He and his wife of 14 years, Lin, have an 11-year-old son. They also have two Labrador retrievers.
‘Mike will actively pursue difficult prosecutions where children and the elderly are targets,’ states a press release from the campaign.
He is committed to programs like veterans, sobriety and drug treatment courts, the release states.
A campaign reception is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Iroquois Club in Bloomfield Hills.


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Calling all vintage lovers! These tea towels are absolutely gorgeous. Tea stained and sewn by hand, these tea towels are adorned with vintage lace and available in limited quantities. These cotton tea towels include a hanging hook for easy display. One of our favorite things to do is bring the old and new together, and with these classic tea towels, you can't go wrong.
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I created this card using Sketch #20 from Card Positioning System.
I think that this is my favorite sketch on there.
My friend Erica let me borrow her SU! stamp set - Words of Wisdom.
Plus, I can use this card for the Divine Design Bible Verse Challenge 09 on SCS.
|Stamps: SU! Words of Wisdom|
| Paper: CM Cardstock Taffy, Moda for Daisy D's - Lullaby Small Flowers Pink #14014 |
Ink: Marvy Brush Marker No. 18 dark brown
|Accessories: ribbon, SU! brads, Prima Forever Flowers|
Thank you for looking.
May God bless you.


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Actress Julianne Hough Body Measurements, Height, Weight, Bra Size, Shoe Size details. Julianne Hough was born on 20 July 1988 in Orem, Utah, U.S. Julianne Hough is an American Actress, Singer, and Dancer. Julianne Hough is a Very Well Known Dancer, who is a To-Time Professional Champion of ABC’s Dancing with The Stars. She is also a very popular American Film & Television Actress, she is Best Known for her roles in Acting.
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Actress Name – Julianne Hough
Nickname – Julianne
Profession – Actress, Dancer & Singer
Date of Birth – 20 July 1988
Birth Place – Orem, Utah, U.S.
Ethnicity – White ( English, Dutch, French-Canadian, German, Swiss-German, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Scottish, 1/16 Danish, 1/32 Swedish, French)
Horoscope / Zodiac Sign – Cancer
School/College / University – Las Vegas Academy & Alta High School
Educational Qualification – Graduate
Nationality – American
Net worth – $7 Million
Salary per Day – N/A
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Height in centimeter – 160 cm
Height in Meter – 1.60 m
Height in Feet – 5′ 3″
weight in Kilogram – 54 kg
Weight in Pounds – 119 lbs
Body Measurements – 34-23-34 in (86-58-86 cm)
Bra size – 32B
Waist Size – 23 Inch
Hip Size – 34 inch
Dress Size – 4 (US)
Feet/Shoe size – 7.5 (US)
Hair Color – Blonde
Eye Color – Blue
Body Build – Slim
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Father – Bruce Robert Hough
Mother – Mari Anne Hough
Siblings – Derek Hough, Katherine Hough, Marabeth Hough, Sharee Hough
Marital status – Unmarried
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The pilots of three planes in the process of landing at Gatwick Airport in the UK on 30 December 2012, reported seeing two discs hovering above the airport. The first was the pilot of a Boeing 777, who reported spotting "two flat silver discs" at 0853 GMT.
The crews of a Boeing 767 and an Airbus 319 observed the same objects. The crew of the 777 described them as appearing manmade and looking like toys.
The local Scientology headquarters was just below the objects.
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