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Singapore takes top position in Asia as a safe haven for the wealthy: four out of ten of the richest in Singapore are expatriates. The country ranks third, behind London and New York, as a haven for the well-heeled. A main reason is that Singapore, while famous for its dedication to law and order, has a less draconian tax code than many other countries. It has no capital gains tax and individual taxes are lower.
Saverin was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to a wealthy Jewish family, which later moved to Rio de Janeiro. Eduardo’s father was an industrialist working in export, clothing, shipping, and real estate. When, in 1993, it was discovered that Eduardo’s name had been placed on a list of potential kidnapping for ransom, the family emigrated to the US and settled in Miami, Florida.
Singapore is also a popular place to relocate for the rich from Canada, New Zealand and Indonesia. The country isn’t just a place to settle, but to accumulate wealth in a peaceful, clean and relatively stable society. 54% of Singapore’s ex-pats earn more than $200, 000 a year, much greater than the global average of 7%, according to an Expat Explorer survey in 2012. Other Asian countries that made it to the top ten include Hong Kong, Vietnam, China and Thailand.
The rewards are substantial for the move to Singapore. Of those surveyed, 80% said that their disposable incomes increased after relocating to Singapore, and 44% stated that this increase was at least 50%. Among the advantages cited were less commuting time, less crime and a better quality of life. Others said that job opportunities were greater, and a solid work ethic contributes to a motivated labor force. Many of these ex-pats diversify their investments while in Singapore with cash, real estate and equities.

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Now that I am half way through college, I have grown accustomed to airports. The hassle of traveling from Chicago to Newport has always been well worth it for me because I love school. I would call Salve my home now as well, which makes traveling easier. However, there is nothing harder than saying goodbye to the people and places you love for moths on end. When I left for Ireland, I knew I would miss home in the same way that I do when I am at Salve, but recently I experienced a new kind of homesick. I was homesick for Ireland.
I am well into my semester in Ireland now and have started to travel outside the country. A few weeks ago I went to Amsterdam for two days on my own before meeting family friends in Germany, and I experienced the most surprising feeling as I left Dublin airport. I felt the same kind of ache that I sometimes feel when I leave Chicago. A significant part of studying abroad for most people is having the opportunity to travel through different parts of the world, but I have grown to love living in Ireland to the point where I was sad to leave for a few days! I did not fully understand how much I loved living in Ireland until I was leaving that weekend. It was a bitter sweet moment to be feeling this kind of sadness as I was leaving for an exciting trip. It made me happy to know that I have found a place that I love living in just as much as my home in Chicago. I will continue to travel and see other parts of Europe with the remainder of my semester, but I will spend the bulk of it in Ireland so I can truly say that I wasn’t just a visiter.

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Arabcom to host forex trading expo
Dubai, October 5, 2009
Arabcom Group, a major promoter of socio-economic development, will host a forex trading event that aims to provide investors and professionals the latest trading techniques, tools and signals available and choose among the trusted brokers.
Themed “Profitable trading technologies through trusted brokers”, the fifth edition of the Middle East Forex Trading Expo and Conference, will be held on November 17 and18 at Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel in Dubai.
“As this key event enters into its fifth year, we are aiming to deliver an even better learning experience for all participants,” Katia Tayar, founder and president of Arabcom Group.
“That is why we are adding more educational sessions about the latest trading techniques, tools, signals, news and charting about forex trading, gold, oil, CFDs, commodities, futures, ETFs, derivatives and so much more,” she added.
The conference also brings in international speakers of high repute and expertise across the financial and online trading industry to impart their insights and discuss the benefits and ways of enhancing market trading efficiency, said a statement. – TradeArabia News Service


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Tri-Valley University brought students and spouses into U.S. State, National, International, posted by Editor, Danville Weekly Online, on Feb 6, 2011 at 6:38 am
Tri-Valley University not only brought students over to Pleasanton on illegal visas, but many of those students brought their spouses here as well, according to The Times of India. The paper cites an Indian ministry report that says a number of immigrants either brought them into the U.S. through dependent H-4 visas.
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Posted by Satish Chandra, a resident of another community, on Feb 6, 2011 at 6:38 am
Obama referred to a "Sputnik moment" for America due an educational challenge from China and India. But hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Indians make a beeline to American universities every year for higher education and India's education minister has been trying hard to bring American universities to India and was stopped only by me. India may produce more than half a million engineering graduates a year versus seventy thousand for the United States but four hundred thousand of these Indian engineering graduates will be hired just this year to work as software coolies for the United States. This is the problem with having a person of color as president; white Americans know Indians and Chinese are their slaves but not this president; a person of color cannot be the Americans' legitimate president.
Indians' slavery to whites is seen most starkly in this: I am India's expert in strategic defence and the father of India's strategic program, including the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. In my blog titled 'Nuclear Supremacy For India Over U.S.', which can be found by a Yahoo search with the title, I have described how the C.I.A. keeps India poor, weak and enslaved: "India's greatest scientist and greatest living Indian publicly tortured in Harvard seminar, systematically and totally starved for up to 3 weeks at a time, made semi-starved and homeless and even blind for years, kept under 24-hour audio and video surveillance as well as surveillance of communications and electrical typewriter and computer use, document creation and photocopying, etc., by satellite for more than past 3 decades, systematically harassed and in poverty and neutralised and robbed of his work at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars per year, robbed of crores in his money and property in India by C.I.A.-RAW, forced back into exile in the U.S., all with full cooperation and participation of India's RAW and India's C.I.A.-RAW-controlled prime ministers, politicians and media -- to keep India poor, weak and enslaved" and how this means the nuclear destruction of New Delhi and then the coast-to-coast destruction of the United States.
As I said in letters to the press at the time, Army Chief Gen. B. C. Joshi was killed by RAW for showing my influence in his comments about Indians going abroad for higher education. In a published letter to the press dated March 1, 2001, I had said "India's lazy and stupid generals spend their time saluting Criminal Blackie Slaves such as India's prime ministers & each other ... ." After that India's Army Chief had stopped saluting Vajpayee and used to send lower-rank officers to shake hands with him at the airport when he went on foreign trips as prime minister while Vajpayee saluted the officers. Before that in a letter to the press I had said that India's service chiefs should declare allegiance to me. They can still do that.
Posted by C. R. Mudgeon, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Feb 8, 2011 at 9:08 am
The first poster above is pretty clearly a nut. But it is true that graduate degree programs in the sciences and engineering at US universities are largely populated with foreign students, mostly from Asia, but also from Europe. This is somewhat less true at the undergraduate level.
Probably the vast majority of these foreign graduate students end up working in the US, or perhaps teaching at US universities themselves. So this is perhaps a "brain infusion" for the US. But it does beg the question as to why there are relatively few US-born graduate students in the sciences and engineering disciplines.
In any case, it has little to do with the apparent immigration scam that was being propogated by Tri-Valley "University"...
Posted by Mike, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Feb 8, 2011 at 9:14 pm
The reality is that we are in a transitional period towards a global economy with minimal restraints. This process has been underway in this part of the globe ever since the first Asians entered North America more than 10,000 years ago.
Posted by Satish Chandra, a resident of another community, on Feb 9, 2011 at 2:41 pm
India can provide all the students going abroad for postgraduate studies with comparable or better education within India in just a matter of one year. The content of all the courses -- mostly in engineering and science -- that Indians take in U.S. and other universities is available in books that can be purchased in tens of thousands of copies each. Thousands of Indians who teach engineering and science courses in the U.S. can be hired at comparable salaries to teach in India -- hired through private institutions if government rules don't allow giving them such high salaries. Laboratory equipment can be purchased and laboratories set up in a matter of months and a year is plenty of time to build the necessary class rooms and hostels. All this will cost a fraction of the approximately ten billion dollars per year Indians spend on higher education abroad. The reason Indians go abroad for higher education is the cachet attached to foreign degrees and the prospect of a job abroad at Western salary levels -- but the cachet attached to foreign degrees and the economic disparity exist due to the same reason for which India wastes billions upon billions of dollars on worthless fighter aircraft and other equipment and does not build thousands of nuclear-armed missiles capable of reaching the United States: both are expressions of slavery to the white man. I am India's expert in strategic defence, the father of India's strategic program including the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program and the world's greatest scientist with forty four years of experience -- including ten years of postgraduate studies -- in the United States and elaborations on the above are in my blog titled 'Nuclear Supremacy For India Over U.S.' which can be found by a Yahoo search with the title. Satish Chandra

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BESSEMER, Alabama -- The Bessemer City Council voted Tuesday to approve tax incentives for an auto-parts manufacturer that plans to eventually employ about 100 people at a renovated facility in the city.
The council voted to grant Intertec Systems of Plymouth, Mich., a 10-year abatement of some non-educational ad valorem taxes on personal property.
Intertec was also granted a short-term break -- only until the plant opens -- on transactional taxes on the purchase of what is expected to be about $18.5 million in construction materials and equipment.
McCormick said his firm's major contracts run about 8 years and that Intertec is "looking to make an 8-year commitment in the Alabama area."
Regarding the promised 100 jobs, Council President Ron Marshall said, "We've very hopeful that you'll make a very diligent effort to make sure a number of those employees are residents of the city of Bessemer."
McCormick said that Intertec "feels there's a work force here that we can count on going forward to fill those positions."
Using data supplied by the Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA), City Attorney Shan Paden gave the council an optimistic picture of the financial benefits to the city from the plant. This included what he said should be "direct tax revenue to the city" of about $42,000 in 2013, $79,000 in 2014 and $96,000 in 2015.
According to Paden, Intertec plans to employ 45 people at the Bessemer facility in 2013 and about 78 in 2014.
In addition to granting the tax abatements, the council authorized Mayor Kenneth Gulley to negotiate with state development officials on a further "project agreement."
According to Faulkner, the state is willing to invest another $200,000 in direct incentives to the project if the city agrees to put up $100,000. Gulley is to go back to the council within 90 days with a draft of that agreement.


Oral Cancer – The Two Extremes Posted on February 21, 2011July 10, 2023 by Docturnal In India we often find the roads and walls painted red and the reason for this is nothing but the after effect of chewing a processed form of betel nut a.k.a ‘Ghutka’. Recently the Government of India imposed a ban on the packaging of this addictive substance but it is a little too early to speculate how the overall numbers in consumption might change nevertheless. Some extreme cases reported in parts of India were so bizarre that an individual who consumed a little too much of this substance was shocked to find his tooth brush pierce through his cheeks. I do not have words to explain this horrifying story. Images seen from a recently reported article in one of the leading newspapers were grotesque. This is really not how Mouth Cancer should be, self-imposed to be precise. Someone conducted an experiment and I cannot vouch for this but was tempted to pen it down:: A commercially available packet of the substance was put in a glass of water with a brand new blade. The morning after, the blade was properly rusted and was broken into pieces (sounds a little exaggerated). We often hear about how Coke/Pepsi was used by US Police to clean blood stains on the Road but this experiment is much more thought provoking than the soda cleaning example. I recently took a sabbatical from driving my own vehicle and was commuting via public transportation in Hyderabad/India and was shocked to find out how the city is painted in red and 90% of the Auto Drivers were indulging in this habit while not to forget the frequent pungent breath of this substance from many a men passengers I encountered in these luxury buses being run by the state. Interestingly, women are no exception. [Researchers have found a 225-percent increase in oral cancer cases in the United States from 1974 to 2007]. The other extreme is the linkage between oral sex and large number of oral cancer cases reported in the US among men due to HPV (human papillomavirus).


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In the heart of Porto city we are gathering in a cozy coffee garden NOSHI to create your own masterpiece on canva with acrylic colors.
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Apparel manufacturing hub to train workers
A nonprofit focused on Detroit's emerging clothing manufacturing industry is moving into workwear retailer Carhartt Inc.'s flagship Midtown store.
The Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center is taking over the third floor of the Cass Avenue retail location to train apprentices in sewn trades, combining traditional skills with new technologies. The approximately 12,000-square-foot space also will benefit a worker-owned pilot apparel manufacturing facility in the coming months.
Dearborn-based Carhartt is providing the space for the initiatives at no cost. The company also donated 12 apparel manufacturing machines that the sewing center values at $113,000 — more than the two sewing machines with what Carhartt began producing overalls in 1889.
Perhaps one day the workwear retailer will partner with the apparel manufacturing hub for articles of clothing, said Tony Ambroza, Carhartt chief brand officer.
"By all means, our product team will work with them if we can make them on the third floor and sell them on the first," Ambroza said. "To be able to develop this as a center for excellence in this world is a fantastic accomplishment, and we will work with them to ensure they are successful."

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HandsomeLad’s review published on Letterboxd:
Although I liked Good Time more, this movie is still very thrilling and entertaining, and I know some people may not like that movie (my sister included). Adam Sandler disappears into the role of Howard Ratner, but still maintains his witty vibe, which isn't too distracting. The Safdies managed to capture the chaotic world of the Diamond District, blending in non-actors to make the whole experience much more immersive and authentic. The music composed by the talented Daniel Lopatin plays a big factor of this anxiety-inducing nightmare of Howard's misfortunes in his journey to earn the big score of his lifetime.
I honestly can't wait for what Safdies are making next. Their aesthetic is very original and unique.
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In California, USA, there is a possibility that as from henceforth coffee may be sold with a warning about the possibility of cancer.
According to the Council for Education and Research on Toxics, the chemical acrylamide is found in coffee and this may cause cancer.
The chemical is created when coffee beans are roasted.
In 2010, the Council for Education and Research on Toxics arraigned various companies dealing in coffee, as well as outlets such as Starbucks, for selling coffee without warning of its dangers.
Many of the companies agreed to start warning customers of this risk.
However, there is also another side to the story because a number of studies have highlighted the health benefits of coffee with studies confirming it reduces chances of heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, skin and prostate cancer.
Yet, most recent studies have highlighted the presence of acrylamide and its toxicity to humans, a chemical that is also found in bread, cereals, cigarettes, canned black olives and cookies.
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WYOMING – State lawmakers will consider a bill that would establish a specialty license plate designed to create awareness for, and potentially fund, wildlife conservation in Wyoming.
The “Wildlife Conservation” plate would cost an applicant a one-time $100 fee. Fees generated by the special tags would be distributed to a Wildlife Conservation Account within the Highway Fund, which would be created by House Bill 39.
Rep. Stan Blake, D-Green River is the bill’s main sponsor. He believes it could help fund initiatives like highway crossings, fencing, and signage and thereby reduce wildlife-vehicle conflicts, but it could also save human lives.
Rep. Mike Gierau, D-Jackson signed onto the bill along with five other House reps and two State Senators. He said he thinks the bill has merit but said it would have a tough hill to climb needing a two-thirds majority in a budget session.
“The reason why I signed on is I like the idea of a license plate to raise awareness for the issue. It won’t generate enough money to make a difference but it has a chance to highlight a demand the public has for an answer to saving our wildlife from highway collisions,” Gierau said. “Game and Fish thinks it has merit, and the people in Sublette County feel good about it. I think it has a good chance to show lawmakers something.”
Legislature staffers estimate the plates would cost about $6,500 ($2,000 for the plate design/development and $4,500 to make programming changes in the registration system) to produce, and could generate about $10,000 to $20,000 a year. The bill stipulates 1,000 plates be issued between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2023. The Wyoming Department of Transportation estimates that 200 new plates will be issued each year over this five-year period.
The specialty plates would include the current background, and bucking horse and rider, along with the letters “WC” for Wildlife Conservation. No county number designation would be made on the tags.


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Contributed by: Melissa Joy, CFP®
For many Americans, Social Security is their largest source of funds in retirement. A recent study conducted by AARP and the Financial Planning Association highlighted lack of consumer knowledge around Social Security. The organizations sampled Americans between ages 45 and 64 who would be or are receiving Social Security as well as financial planning professionals who have the CFP® certification.
People often rely on friends and family to receive information about Social Security – 46% of respondents relied on this group for information relative to 45% who found information from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Much lower on the list of sources was professional financial advisors (16%). Meanwhile just 9% of consumers think they’re knowledgeable about Social Security – and financial professionals estimated that 1% of their clients and consumers in general were very knowledgeable on the subject.
Social Security claiming can be complex. Recipients receive an 8% per year boost in benefits by waiting to file after age 62. Almost 70% of consumer respondents underestimated the benefit of waiting to claim. This is difficult to quantify or understand as a decision-maker.
Knowledge about benefits for widows and divorcees was also low which could result in recipients missing out. Only 20% of respondents knew the correct age for a widow to claim his or her own benefits and only 26% of those surveyed knew that you could be eligible to receive benefits after 10 years of marriage – 31% thought you could not receive benefits based on an ex’s record if divorced.
It’s not surprising that with low levels of understanding of Social Security, people are missing opportunities to increase their lifetime benefits. The SSA reports that the most popular time to receive benefits is at age 62 – more than 35% of men and women in 2012.
What should you do when faced with your Social Security claiming decision? Seek the advice and assistance of a financial planning professional. Incorporate your Social Security claiming strategy with your overall retirement plan. Make sure you’re looking out for yourself today and in the future with an informed decision.
Melissa Joy, CFP® is Partner and Director of Investments at Center for Financial Planning, Inc. In 2013, Melissa was honored by Financial Advisor magazine in the Research All Star List for the third consecutive year. In addition to her contributions to Money Centered blogs, she writes investment updates at The Center and is regularly quoted in national media publications including The Chicago Tribune, Investment News, and Morningstar Advisor.
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In 2010 when Lyla was four we took a three day trip to Lapland the week before Christmas. We researched the trip beforehand as a lot of what is on offer is very commercialised and all about spending money in large Christmas themed shopping centres. We didn’t want that. We stayed in Kittila in Northern Finland at the Harriniva Lodge.
The resort hosts the largest husky farm in the world and you get the option to go on a husky ride whilst there. The noise of the huskies and the cold is indescribable. I took with us some of the best thermals, gloves and snowsuits money can buy but, we still borrowed the resorts snowsuits and wore them on top! The husky ride including the wind chill was down to minus 35! Very cold. As you breathe in you actually feel the moisture freezing on the inside of your nose.
The main part of the Father Christmas experience is meeting the man himself out in the woods in his log cabin. You are picked up on a sledge and driven through snow topped pine trees where you are met by elves in a shelter with a roaring fire. The elf then takes you to meet Father Christmas whose lodge is a few meters away hidden in the trees. You arrange before you go that your child’s letter to Father Christmas arrives before you, so that he is holding it when you arrive at his lodge. It is the little details like this that made the trip so special.
Earlier on in our stay whilst having lunch we heard bells ringing outside and everyone walked towards the windows to look out. Father Christmas had arrived on his sleigh. There is a decent restaurant and a small gift shop. The staff were courteous and did everything they could to help when Lyla got an ear infection and needed antibiotics.
On the grounds there is also an ice hotel which adults can stay in with a bar. Whilst we were there they were decorating and moulding the ice – a constant and ever changing job – with LED lights and an iron to create shapes in the ice. It was fascinating to watch.
One of the highlights for me was seeing the Northern Lights over the lake out back. The picture stays in my mind as one of the most beautiful I have ever seen.
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The southern portion of the University’s oldest campus, home to the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering and the Fletcher School, falls within the city of Somerville. A small business and residential haven, the city is located just one and a half miles from Boston. The compact, vibrant community prides itself on its diversity — more than 50 different languages and 15 religions make up an important part of Somerville’s fabric. The City also boasts a collection of unique neighborhoods and squares, including Davis Square, recently ranked by the Utne Reader as one of the top 15 “hippest” neighborhoods in the country. Coffee shops, a theater, restaurants, music stores and clubs are among the many attractions in Davis Square, which is just a short walk from campus and a frequent destination for Tufts students.


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Stephen Arroyo has taken the subject of karma and really explained how the energies of the planets can affect or reveal how karma is expressed.
By understanding our basic make up, we can learn to make the most out of our positive points and try to improve on our weakers ones.
When I get spare time to read it, I really like it. Good book.Published 9 days ago by Amy T Thornotn
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Equally sizzling, Jasper boys, girls both net shutoutsSeptember 3, 2013
From Herald Staff Reports
With Jasper boys and girls soccer teams smothering their opponents on Saturday, the biggest question now is rooted in gender rivalry: who’s the hotter Wildcat squad entering September?
The girls team blanked Corydon Central 5-0 on the road, as Anna Charron, Elizabeth Verkamp, Brittany Haskins, Annie Stout and Samantha Kabrick each slotted a goal. Laura Renner, Verkamp and Kabrick each chipped in with an assist.
While the offensive production was impressive, Jasper (4-1) also extended its shutout streak to four games, dating back to its season-opening loss to Evansville Central. In the four games since, the Wildcats have outscored their opponents 15-0.
Not to be outdone, the Wildcat boys routed Mount Vernon 11-0 on the road for their second Big Eight Conference victory. Cristopher Menjivar recorded a hat trick, Caleb Hurst paired two goals with an assist, Heath Gudorf assisted on two goals and notched a goal himself, Garret Jespersen dished out three assists, and brothers Caleb and Cayden Williams piled on two goals apiece.
After starting the season with a tie and a loss to two teams ranked in the state’s Class 2A top 5, the Cats (3-1-1, 2-0) have amassed three consecutive wins with a goal differential of 23-1. In those three games, Caleb Williams tallied eight goals.
In other girls soccer:
Lady Cats 3, Rangers 2: Forest Park fell in a tight contest to North Harrison in Ramsey for its second straight loss. The Rangers ended the first half tied after a Madisyn Hunt goal, but were outscored 2-1 in the second. Madison Knies added the second score for Forest Park (1-4).
Patriots 9, Alices 0: Heritage Hills (5-0) stayed perfect on the season in its drubbing of visiting Vincennes Lincoln. Five Patriots scored as the production included four goals from Breigh Haase, two from Adrianna Oxley and a goal apiece for Paige Priest, Karaline Staggs and Gracie Staggs.
Oxley recorded three assists, and Goalie Madeline Crews recorded the shutout for the Patriots.
Highlanders 3, Wildcats 0: Jasper ended on the wrong side of a sweep, falling 25-10, 25-17, 25-17 on the road at Class 4A No. 5 Floyd Central.
Tori Sermersheim paced the Wildcats (1-2) with 11 kills while also adding nine digs from the backline. Michala Flamion added eight digs and an ace and Teyah Leinenbach tacked on 16 assists for Jasper.
Perry Central Tournament: County rivals Northeast Dubois and Southridge faced off in Leopold, with the Jeeps sweeping the Raiders 25-23, 25-20 as Northeast Dubois split its other matches; the Jeeps (4-4) also ousted Princeton 25-22, 25-17 and dropped an 18-25, 25-20, 15-12 verdict to Perry Central.
Southridge’s Haley Langebrake posted seven kills and 11 digs while Sydney Altmeyer kicked in five blocks in the matchup with the Jeeps, who countered with Jenna Stemle’s 15 digs plus a balanced hitting effort from Kendra Jacob (seven kills), Haley Brinkman (six) and Emily Lueken (five).
Southridge (1-9) fell short in its other two matches, losing in straight sets to the host Commodores and falling 24-26, 25-13, 25-9 to Princeton. |
Boonville Invitational: Heritage Hills and Forest Park both weathered tough days in the field at Warrick County, as the Patriots surrendered three matches via straight-set sweep and the Rangers (4-5) bounced Heritage Hills 25-18, 25-23 for their lone victory of the day.
Lydia Lange steered Forest Park by spreading totals of 23 kills and 19 digs over the three matches as the Rangers also fell to Boonville and North Posey.
Patriots 3, Rebels 0: Heritage Hills (2-7, 1-0 Pocket Athletic Conference) worked on Labor Day and motored past county foe South Spencer 25-21, 25-20, 25-18 behind 17 kills from Madi Fella, 19 digs from McKensie Ayer and 23 assists from Miriah Leibering.
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Jealous much? Don't be. I had to sacrifice my ears
to the roaring engines at Silverstone last Friday, just for you lovely people. While the Formula One
teams were taking a break from the Grand Prix practice sessions, I was able to sneak into the pit area and get up close to Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' shiny stallions -- no touching allowed, naturally, but I did learn a thing or two about their pre-race preparation. And to top things off, legendary driver Jenson Button also popped by to share some thoughts on McLaren's F-duct system (a cunning and legal trickery that lets the driver's left leg redirect airflow over the rear wing in order to stall the flap, thus reducing drag when doing straights), as well as a few grumbles about the sharp corners on the recently renovated circuit. Video's after the break, and be sure to crank up your speakers for maximum sensation.
Full Jenson Button interview:
British Grand Prix: A rare glimpse behind the McLaren-Mercedes F1 team

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Security software experts identified a malicious program targeting Sony PSP systems that marks the first so-called Trojan found in video game devices, Symantec said on Thursday.
The trojan, named "Trojan.PSPBrick" by Symantec, masquerades as a download tool that promises to downgrade the firmware on Sony's portable gaming device. Instead however it deletes important system files, rendering the device unbootable.
The trojan is low risk because it doesn't spread to other devices.
Sony designed the PSP for games, to display photos, play music and browse the internet. However, developers have added numerous applications that for instance let the device display text files or have it play music streaming of the internet.
The latest model of the PSP ship with an upgraded 2.0 version of the firmware that blocks users from installing homebrew applications. But it didn't take long before developers discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the software that allowed them to install the previous 1.5 version of PSP's operating system. Sony Japan has recently released a new firmware v2.01
to solve the problem, although it is addressed to the Japanese version of the PSP, at least for now.


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This stamp duty holiday has revitalised the property market, with investors and developers rushing to get deals over the line and as a result, house prices have risen rapidly.
A good solicitor will know that it is best to avoid a ‘drip drip’ approach.
Really looking at a case at the outset may sound obvious, but every lender knows that it doesn’t always happen.
While bridging loans offer a range of solutions, they also present a number of challenges.
The new HMO rules came into effect last week
Bridging lenders and brokers need to be aware that if rates rise it may affect the borrowers’ exit strategy.
Communication really does appear to be key.
The trouble is, comical as Walliams’ satire is, the ‘computer says no’ culture is actually a lot more prevalent than we care to admit. And even worse than ‘computer says no’ is ‘computer says yes’ and then changes its mind to say no again.
I am excited about where the future might lead us.
Mortgage delays were cited as the most popular reason for obtaining a bridging loan in Q3 this year, while average LTVs reached 49.6% during Q3 this year.


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The world is ablaze with a fire extinguishing gas, and a man named Robert G. Jones purchased one of them for $149,000 in February.
The fire extinguishable gas is a powerful mixture of hydrogen peroxide, carbon dioxide and water.
It was designed by a group of chemical engineers in the 1960s to be used in factories, offices and homes.
But the gas is no longer widely used.
It’s now considered a hazardous substance and the chemicals have been linked to an increasing number of deaths and illnesses.
Jones bought the extinguisher in 2007 and has been using it in his garage since, according to his website.
He says he’s been able to save hundreds of lives.
He posted about the extinguishers fire extinguiser video on YouTube, where it has racked up more than 30 million views.
Jones has also written about how to make your own extinguisher.
He’s been posting about how he built one and the best part is, he even made a few videos himself!
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- Together, The Body Shop and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth are launching the global campaign ‘Be Seen. Be Heard’ to change the state of young people’s representation in public life in over 75 countries.
- New global report released 76% of young people in the US think current political systems need drastic reforms to be fit for the future and 78% think politicians and business leaders from previous generations have ‘messed things up’ for people and the planet.
- In conjunction with this global advocacy effort, The Body Shop introduced a “Youth Collective,” a group of under 30s from within the company and externally from other B Corp businesses, who will work alongside the executive leadership team to shape the future of the company.
NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Millions of young people are missing from public life. Without their involvement, the pressing issues that most significantly affect them—from the climate crisis to healthcare access, mental health, and racial justice—will not take center stage in political decision-making.
In the US, the average senator is almost 64 years old, and the average House member is about 581. This extends beyond national politics, too: More than half of US governors are over the age of 602 and less than 6% of state legislators are under age 353. While age is only one measure of diversity, Millennials and Gen Z are notably more ethnically and racially diverse than the generations that came before them4.
The lack of young people’s representation in global and national politics is counterproductive to solving the pressing issues that will affect their futures. That is why activist beauty retailer The Body Shop is launching Be Seen Be Heard, a global campaign in partnership with the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, aimed at improving the participation of young people in public life through long-term, structural changes. In the US, The Body Shop will partner with Generation Citizen, a non-partisan organization and leading advocate for youth civic engagement, to equip and inspire young people to engage in the democratic process in this year’s elections and beyond.
In conjunction with the campaign announcement, The Body Shop and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth are jointly releasing the report ‘Be Seen Be Heard: Understanding young people’s political participation,’ which provides critical insights into preconceptions and structural barriers preventing young people from participating in public life, along with recommendations to address these challenges5. The report draws on perspectives from more than 27,000 people across 26 countries, with more than half of respondents under age 30.
According to the report, 76% of young Americans surveyed agree that our political systems need drastic reform to be fit for the future. Further, 81% of young people in the US described politicians as ‘self-interested’ and 83% think politicians are corrupt. 78% of people under 30 in the US believe politicians and business leaders from previous generations have ‘messed things up’ for people and the planet.
“Our position is clear. The world’s problems cannot be solved by the same people making the same choices,” said David Boynton, CEO of The Body Shop. “Our research indicates the majority of young people are positive about the future, and we need to hear their views and ideas inside the halls of power. We will use our global reach to galvanize awareness and support, as we have in the past. Since Anita Roddick founded The Body Shop in 1976, we have campaigned on issues of social and environmental justice, because we believe that global businesses have a responsibility towards the communities in which they operate. Throughout our campaigning history The Body Shop has created direct change through new legislative action or policy changes in over 24 countries since 1990. Be Seen Be Heard is rooted in creating a fairer world with and for young people, and together with the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth – we are on a mission to do exactly that.”
The survey results also demonstrate that despite young people’s overall negative views toward current government institutions, they are not apathetic. A third of people under 30 in the US are interested in running for office, including almost half (46%) of people aged 15-17. Younger people in the US are also more likely to have engaged in the political and civically oriented activities outlined in the survey, including engaging in a difficult debate with family members and sharing on social media about a social justice or environmental issue, with only 17% of those under 30 doing none of the listed activities compared to 26% of those aged 30 or older.
Earlier this morning, The Body Shop and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth unveiled the global survey results at a press conference at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Panelists included Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth; David Boynton, global CEO of The Body Shop; Gina Martin, youth political activist and author; and Samson Itodo, Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, which is the organization behind Not Too Young to Run.
“The intergenerational gap in power, influence and trust constitutes one of the biggest challenges of our time,” Jayathma Wickramanayake, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, said. “As young people have made abundantly clear through their activism on the streets, in civil society and on social media, they care deeply about the transformational change needed to create more equal, just and sustainable societies. Participation is a right, and a lack of youth representation where decisions are made contributes to a growing mistrust towards political institutions and a sense of alienation from elected leaders, caused by policies that do not reflect the priorities of youth, mirror their concerns or speak their language. This campaign is an opportunity to change that.”
The Body Shop and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth push for transformational change
The report supports the fact that there is a chronic lack of faith in political systems but a clear appetite for more youth representation from all age groups. Learnings such as these will inform grassroots campaign actions around the world. These actions, outlined in the report, include a wide range of structural changes in political systems. Among other actions, young people’s participation in public decision-making could be improved long-term by:
- lowering voting ages
- increasing formal youth representation through youth councils, parliaments, or committees
- removing barriers for young people to participate in public decision-making
- simplifying registration for first-time voters
- improving young people’s leadership skills
Campaigning in 2,600 stores, in over 75 countries, across six continents
The collaboration between The Body Shop and the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth will mean that young people and other stakeholders will be able to engage with the campaign through many routes. Local campaign activations will include partnerships with specific youth-led or youth-focused non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and/or opportunities to support through petitions and other activations.
The campaign is launching globally in May 2022 and will run until mid-2025. Check out the campaign website for further information.
Click here to read the full report: https://www.thebodyshop.com/en-us/about-us/activism/be-seen-be-heard/a/a00072
Bringing young people into the C-Suite
The Body Shop is also announcing a Youth Collective to provide insights to its Executive Leadership Team on the views and ideas of young people and shape the future of the company, including its long-term strategy and activist campaigns. The collective includes 12 people from inside and outside of the business, all of whom are under the age of 30.
About The Body Shop
As a B Corp business, The Body Shop is committed to ambitious social and environmental targets. Earlier this year, it established a Youth Collective to help amplify youth voices within its own business. The Body Shop Youth Collective is formed of 10-12 people from inside and outside the business, all aged under 30. They will advise The Body Shop Executive Leadership Team with the views and voices of young people.
The Body Shop invests heavily in activism and has a dedicated activism team, focused on research and tactics, operating around the world. Long before activism was an industry buzzword, The Body Shop has pushed for change where other brands saw risks. It has mobilized its global collective and campaigned for over 20 years on issues such as the rights of indigenous peoples, animal rights, sex trafficking and the burning of the Amazon rainforest.
For more information follow @thebodyshopnorthamerica on Instagram or visit, thebodyshop.com.
About the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
In 2017, the UN Secretary-General appointed Jayathma Wickramanayake of Sri Lanka as his Special Envoy on Youth and as the youngest senior official in the history of the organization.
The Envoy on Youth’s mandate is to harmonize the UN system efforts on youth development, enhance the UN response to youth needs, advocate for the development needs and rights of young people, as well as to bring the work of the United Nations on youth closer to them. For more information, follow @UNYouthEnvoy on social media and visit our website at www.un.org/youthenvoy.
The Envoy on Youth also acts as the advisor to and the representative of the Secretary-General on youth related matters. For more information, follow @UNYouthEnvoy on social media and visit our website at www.un.org/youthenvoy.
About Generation Citizen
Generation Citizen (GC) works to ensure that every student in the United States receives an effective action civics education, which provides them with the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in our democracy as active citizens. For more information follow @generationcitizen on Instagram or visit, generationcitizen.org.
- The Be Seen Be Heard Global Youth Survey was conducted in December 2021 by Dynata.
This large-scale qualitative and quantitative research surveyed 27,043 people across multiple age ranges, including 14,160 between the ages of 15 and 30, across 26 countries. To ensure high confidence levels and representativeness of findings, participant samples included quotas on age, gender, region and income. The survey additionally ensured a good spread of global geography, with 59% of the world population covered in the sample.
SOURCE The Body Shop


A reader asked me something the other day on Ask.fm: “You suffer, but why?” Well, it’s a good question. I’ve been sort of cryptic about my problem, because it doesn’t involve just me. I wanted to be respectful of others who don’t care to live their lives out online. But, this is my site. Writing and getting feedback is one of the great joys in my life. So without getting too much into the weeds, I wanted to talk about things a little bit. This is not your regular type of column, so if you want to skip it, feel free.
Basically, someone that I held close for many years, quit on me. It happens to people everyday. Really, this is a First World Problem in a lot of respects. I still have something to eat, and a roof over my head. But anyone that has had this happen can tell you that it can feel worse than a death. So many of you believe in me. How can someone who I shared my innermost thoughts with for so long give up on me? My readers are mostly strangers, but they have more faith in me than this person does. It throws you for a loop.
My previous article talking about this brought in some amazing words and reactions. I’m still abiding by what I wrote there. Dulling the pain is not an option. Instead, I want to take that hurt and use it to fuel the fire. I realize that doing a post like this is kind of out of character, as was the last piece. But writing is what I do. I may start doing more life posts (and reviews, btw) in the style of Mike Cernovich to provide for a break from the SJW freaks who usually populate these pages. There won’t be too many, so don’t get worried. I’m not losing my edge. If anything, I’m sharpening my fucking blade…
Someone quit on me recently. It's affected me deeply. But what's affected me just as much, is how you ppl have stood beside me. Thank you.
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) May 14, 2015
Dwelling on the past will see your future get sunk. People move on. This thing we call life doesn’t always workout the way you had it planned in your head. But if you still have your health and an attitude that says “I will succeed no matter what” then you can do anything you want to do. There is always more time…until there isn’t. So get to work today. Don’t postpone things you wanted to do or say. Seize the day. That’s what I’m planning.
This is me putting a ribbon on my blue period. I felt like I needed to write something about it here. Maybe I didn’t, but I felt that way lol. This same person who threw in the towel said to me a few weeks back:
“Keep your site. That and #GamerGate are all you have left now.”
That’s not true, but even if it was, I would be a lucky man. The kindness and outreach that I’ve received from this community has warmed my heart, and will never be forgotten. You guys picked me up when I was low, and continue to do so. But that’s in the past now. I’m truly looking towards the future for the first time in a month (probably a lot longer, actually). All of you should do the same. Stop putting your life on hold, and do what you need to do to reach your potential…and your happiness.
Thank you all again for letting me get this off my chest, and for your support. I’ll be back tonight to throw some blows against the SJW menace. Until then, here’s a another message from one of my heroes, Richard Pryor:


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Magento provides various Responsive Theme options to choose from arenas like Fashion, Technology, Lifestyle, Electronics and more, which are fully responsive and can flow flawlessly on any device for viewing products and product lists on the site better. We’ve mentioned below some of the responsive magento themes that can be downloaded free online and integrate to your ecommerce to make it shine bright:
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The Baskerville family had a myth that haunted them for ages. When it finally comes true, Mr. Sherlock Holmes must come to the rescue. This book is an excellent read that would be the perfect story to read when you can't decide between a mystery and an adventure.
This is the perfect book for any day. It is suspensful, exiting, and it puts you on the edge of your seat.
LoudReader, an advanced iPhone reader application, featuring a simple and non-intrusive pop-up control panel through a tap, provides the following important customer benefits:
* True full screen reading mode to give the best utilization of your precious screen.
* Easy font size change with an intuitive pinch or a +/- button to suit your preference.
* Easy scrolling navigation between chapters/stories to quickly go to next/previous story/chapter or any other stories/chapters in the book.
* Quick scrolling navigation to provide an overview of the entire book.
* Enhanced quick reference feature. Web browser style backward and forward functions maintain user's browser history. One tap brings user back to the original reading location.
* Portrait and landscape reading mode. Text automatically reflows.
* Displays rich formatted HTML book (NOT plain text).
* Remembers the last reading location (exact book, chapter and scroll position).
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LoudReader features a simple and non-intrusive pop-up control panel through a tap, which controls most of the important functions of the Reader.
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* Click the bottom "+/-" button to change the font size
* Click the green arrows to navigate backward /forward to access the previous reading history for quick reference .
* Click the bottom left "i" button to access the book content index page.
* Click the book icon on the top left of the content index page to access other books If there are multiple books in the application.
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Switchbox: Flexible, rugged gearing for robotics
Switchbox: Flexible, rugged gearing for robotics
A rugged and simple gearbox with 2 useful ratios and slots for easy mounting. Powered by 1 or 2 common FIRST robotics 500 series motors
A rugged and simple gearbox with 2 useful ratios and slots for easy mounting. Powered by 1 or 2 common FIRST robotics 500 series motors Read more
What is the Switchbox?
Switchbox is a new gearbox for FIRST robotics that has face and edge slots for easy mounting, can be quickly repaired in the field, and has two useful gear ratios: 1:20 and 1:90.
We are a group of students from the 7 year FIRST Robotics Team, the ausTIN CANs. We've built many robots for competitions, and used almost every available gearbox. We believe that all current gearboxes have shortcomings. With Switchbox, we've tried to build our ideal gearbox for rigorous world of robotics competitions.
What makes Switchbox so cool?
- Easy to mount. The Switchbox can be mounted on the face or edges. We use slots instead of holes for mounting to allow sliding. This helps in aligning gears or tensioning chains or belts.
- Multiple motors. The Switchbox can be powered by one or two 500 series motors, which are very common in FIRST robotics.
- Easy to expand and maintain. The Switchbox is easily assembled and customized to different gear ratios. If a gear becomes stripped, maintenance is simple, and only one of the mounting plates need to be removed, the motors do not need to be detached from the mounting position.
- Durable. We chose large, durable spur gears that can stand up to the abuse of competition.
What shortcomings did we see in existing gearboxes?Existing planetary gearboxes' ratios aren't always optimized for what teams use them for, because of their max torque load. When these planetary gearboxes strip and break, the internal gears are hard to replace, often times requiring the replacement of the whole gearbox and motor, to save time during the heat of competition. Mounting certain gearboxes prove to be sometimes difficult because of the precision required to drill the mounting holes.
What rewards are available?
- A single dollar buys our our gratitude, and helps us along!
- There are two t-shirt rewards
- Stress test: we will run our gearbox under stress and publish the data online
- Switchbox gearbox with one gear reduction (20:1). This is the exact same frame and first gear stage as the other Switchbox. The only difference is that the final gear stage, axle and bearings are omitted to save money.
- Switchbox gearbox with two gear reductions (20:1 and 90:1)
- The original orange plastic prototype gearbox! There is only one of these in the world!
If you choose one of our t-shirt rewards, please go to the link below to sign up for your shirt size: http://www.customink.com/signup/1o23vdl2
There is also an unlockable reward: the Stress Test. We are committed to creating a durable gearbox that stands up to real-world robot competitions. To help further this goal, if this reward is completely reached, we will conduct a stress test and publish the results online. We will examine the effects of real-world torque and speed over time. At a minimum, we will run the gearbox for one week or until failure. Note that our exact experimental set up is yet to be determined.
What's the money for?
The $15,000 will be for an initial production of 50-90:1 Kits, 50-20:1 Kits. The money will be spent on purchasing all of the parts to make each gearbox. 60% of the money will be going towards the purchase of the gears. 15% is going to the precision machining of the plates and shafts. 15% is going to the purchase of the purchase of bearings and mounting supplies. The last 10% is going to reliability and material testing to make the SwitchBox smaller, lighter and more reliable. Any money left over will go to the furthering of our product or the furthering of our robotics program.
What are the specifications?
- Dimensions: L: 7.5" W: 1.5" H: 4.2"
- Motor types: 500 series- Banebots, Andymark, Fisher Price
- Motor pinions: 12 tooth 32dp
- Mounting options: slots on either end of the top/bottom
- Mounting hole diameter: 1"x1/4" slot
- Gear reductions: 20:1, 90:1. Note: these gear reductions have been updated since our original prototype. See FAQ below for details.
- Shaft types: 3/8" hex shaft with machine rounded ends
- Shaft diameters: Idler shaft 1 1/2", Output shaft 3"
- Max output torque: 11.25 N*m, 56 N*m
Please note that these specs may change slightly as we modify the prototype to be more manufacturable. We will post news about any specification updates.
We will ship the Switchboxes to our backers starting December 15, 2012, just before the 2013 FRC Robotics season. The ship date is based on when we receive the gears, shafts, machined sheet metal, bearings, and the other parts necessary parts for the gearbox. Then once we've gathered all the necessary materials we will assemble and ship the gearboxes.
We will make the CAD files of the finished product publicly available. This will help teams to include them in future designs, and will make it easier to modify and repair the gearbox.
How its made:
We will be purchasing most of the gears and bearings from West Coast Products. We plan to get the plates of the gear box cut from a water jet cutter at a local business then have them bent using a break. Our plan is to make the shafts in house in our shop. Then once we have all the individual pieces we will assemble the gearbox in house
Risks and challenges
We believe the major challenge we face is physically making a large quantity of gear boxes. We've tried to do a lot to mitigate this risk, but its something we've never done before. Our mitigation are listed below:
1) Our team has been working together for seven years making robots for FIRST competitions. We have lots of experience in designing, machining and building complex machines.
2) We have full access to a machine shop, and we have years of experience building cool stuff. Oh yeah, we have some awesome mentors who will be supervising us.
3) We have already established relationships with our suppliers. West Coast Products, who supplied the bearings and gears for some of our prototypes. We are working with Custom Sheet Metal Inc. to have our mounting plates cut on their CNC water jet. They've already done a test run in Lexan and another in aluminum.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Exclusive: Studiocanal has acquired the celebrated creepy horror short Baghead and will turn it into a feature helmed by the short’s director, Alberto Corredor.The Picture Company’s Andrew Rona & Alex Heineman will produce under their overall deal with the studio; Vertigo’s Roy Lee, and Alibi’s Jake Wagner will be exec producers along with Corredor and Lorcan Reilly, the duo that ...
Jul 04, 2012 · Directed by Edmund Fong. With Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille. Bender gets his friends in trouble by becoming a paparazzo.
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Baghead is a 2008 comedy horror film written and directed by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. The film stars Ross Partridge, Elise Muller, Greta Gerwig, and Steve Zissis. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2008. The film was given a limited release by Sony Pictures Classics on July 13, 2008.
Baghead (28) IMDb 6.0 1h 20min 2008 R Explores the minutiae of relationship dynamics among a group of desperate actor friends and roasts a gamut of indie films in the process.
Baghead is a decent film overall and work well enough to keep you entertained from start to finish, just don't expect anything great with this one. Worth seeing if you want something quite ...
- comedy, mystery and thriller
Mark Duplass, Actor: Creep. Mark Duplass was born on December 7, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA as Mark David Duplass. He is an actor and producer, known for Creep (2014), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) and Your Sister's Sister (2011). He has been married to Katie Aselton since August 26, 2006. They have two children.


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Different Types of North Carolina Grass Seed
It’s not uncommon for property owners in North Carolina to attempt to grow a lush lawn or garden but then experience trouble with finding the right grass seed mixture or keeping up their lawn’s growth.
The problem with states like North Carolina is that they lie in the transition zone, where climate, soil, and weather conditions change. That means the grass seeds you must grow in your property depend on various factors, particularly the climate.
Fortunately, North Carolina has many different types of grass you can choose to grow based on the season.
These grass seed mixtures vary when it comes to growing conditions and proper care requirements. You can use this information to make the right decision for your property.
You can also begin your search with our Seed Selector and zero in on premium quality grass seeds for your region.
Let’s take a look at the various grass seed options you have from Nature’s Seed for the state of North Carolina.
Warm Season Grasses
Warm-season grasses tolerate high temperatures (75-90°F) and summer droughts. However, once the cool season hits, these grasses turn from green to brown and won't regain their color even after winter.
These grasses grow best on the high-moisture and sandy soils of the North Carolina coastal plain and the Piedmont region. You can also find grass seeds by region to ensure the highest chances of establishment based on your location.
Planting warm-season grass seed in the spring is ideal. It doesn't require much maintenance, but it does multiply if you take care of it, like mowing and watering.
To increase the hardiness of these turfs, never fertilize them before growing them in the spring or just before fall ends.
Here are a few warm-season grasses you can opt for when planting your lawn:
This type of grass grows slower than the rest and has a rough texture and a green apple color.
The grass does well in acidic soil (between pH 4.5-6.0) because they have deep roots that allow them to take up nutrients from the subsoil. But when planted on high pH soil, the color turns to light yellow. Therefore, you must treat it with lawn iron supplements to counter the effects.
It also can't withstand high traffic and recovers from damage slowly, making it less resilient than other grasses.
Zoysia grass spreads fast and thick enough to grow turf on your lawn, making it impossible for weeds to penetrate through it. However, it could grow on areas outside of your lawn due to its stolon production.
Unlike other warm-season grass types, Zoysia grass recovers its green color once winter subsides or watering due to extreme heat.
Zoysia grass can also resist high foot traffic, so you don't have to worry about the grass losing its quality if people continuously walk over it.
Among grass species, bermudagrass is the best grass seed for North Carolina regions with warm temperatures.
For starters, its deep root system provides resistance from heat, drought, and insects. However, this extensive root system also protects your yard or garden from soil erosion caused by bad weather conditions.
Bermuda grass’s rapid growth rate has its pros and cons. On the one hand, it tolerates wear and tear well, making it the best grass seed for playing fields and fairways. On the other hand, containing its growth gets challenging as it can spread across areas where you don't want to grow grass.
Cool Season Grasses
Cool-season grasses are best grown in North Carolina during the fall, winter, and early spring, as this is when temperatures range between 60-75 degrees F.
Additionally, properties located in the Mountain region and western region of NC will benefit from growing cool-season grass due to its cooler temperatures.
To grow this grass type, you must lay sod or turf into your soil. Once it germinates, make sure to mow and fertilize your turf to promote its growth. The frequency and quality of care you must put into your lawn depending on the type of grass you'll choose.
Below is a shortlist of the different cool-season grass available in North Carolina:
Perennial ryegrass is a bunchgrass type of plant, meaning it has an extensive root system.
It spreads quickly and vertically and compacts itself as it grows, making it the ideal grass to prevent soil erosion.
This grass type also tolerates drought, heat, and shade better than most grasses that thrive in cold temperatures.
It’s the best grass for transition zone areas like NC because it can withstand the warm season despite being a grass type for the cool season.
Among the cold-season grasses in this list, Kentucky bluegrass is the hardiest against winter conditions.
And because it grows rapidly during the cool season, it is the best grass seed to grow in the mountainous regions of North Carolina.
Unlike perennial ryegrass, Kentucky bluegrass establishes itself with short roots that don’t make it very heat- and drought-resistant.
However, it's common to see Kentucky bluegrass grown in coastal plains and other parts of North Carolina with high temperatures.
If you opt to plant this grass seed type, you’ll love its dazzling blue-green color and delicate texture, which is a joy to sit on. Many property owners are willing to irrigate their property just to accommodate the aesthetic appeal of Kentucky bluegrass.
Tall fescue seeds produce a quality, dark green turf that's quick to spread and remains green during the summer and winter seasons.
It's moderately drought-resistant and shade-tolerant thanks to its extensive root system that grows two to three feet deep in the soil.
As another bunch-type grass, fine fescues grow in clumps, making them easy to segregate from flower beds in your garden.
The only downside of tall fescue is its slow repair time whenever it gets damaged. Other than that, tall fescue is one of the best grasses you can grow on your lawn.
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If you live in the area, you know that it's humid and gets a lot of rain, so you can't go wrong with tall fescue and perennial ryegrass. Due to their complex root systems, both are drought-tolerant, so either option would be suitable for weather conditions in North Carolina.
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New Music Receives £3.75 Million Funding Boost From PRS
The PRS Board has made a significant long-term commitment to PRS Foundation for New Music by confirming its donation of £1.25m each year for the next three years.
The PRS Foundation provides essential core support for creators, performers and producers of new music throughout the UK.
Since its launch as a registered charity in 2000, the Foundation has provided £9.5m worth of support to new music projects and has established itself as the largest single provider of funding solely for new music in the UK.
Ellis Rich, PRS chairman, said: "The PRS Board is delighted to provide this donation to the PRS Foundation for the next three years. We are equally delighted that the Foundation intends to source additional partnership funding from other organisations during this time. This is great news for music and for anyone who has ever wanted to make music."
This commitment enables the Foundation to stimulate and support new music of all genres through to the end of 2009. The donation is made from PRS non-licensed revenue (e.g., bank interest on income received prior to its payment as royalties to members).
Charlotte Ray, director of the Foundation, said: "The PRS Foundation is extremely grateful to the Board and membership of PRS for this commitment to and endorsement of its work. The Foundation has become a crucial focal point for music creators of all genres, and the PRS Board and members can be proud of its invigorating work on behalf of new live music in the UK."
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Let’s Get Physical! reached Conwy today at an event in Colwyn Bay which included walks along the promenade, Tai Chi sessions and healthy eating demonstrations.
Let’s Get Physical! reached Flintshire today at an event in Aston Park Community Centre where visitors had the opportunity to pick up a copy of Hafal Flintshire’s new recipe book!
Let’s Get Physical! reached Denbighshire today where the campaign has inspired service users and carers to start their own vegetable plot…
The Let’s Get Physical! campaign went into top gear today when service users and carers took part in a badminton marathon at an event in Hafal’s WOTS project, Wrexham.


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By Rich Coutinho
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Where will Jose Reyes be playing in 2012?
That’s been openly discussed all season long. The speculation will only intensify during the final few weeks, so I decided to take a look at the numbers to see what could happen — and Mets fans might like the results.
The Mets’ payroll at the start of 2011 was around $142 million, with many high ticket items coming off the 2012 payroll, including:
- Luis Castillo, $6.25 million
- Ollie Perez, $12 million
- Carlos Beltran, $20.7 million
- Jose Reyes, $11 million (we will add his new numbers in later)
- Gary Matthews Jr., $1 million (yes, that Gary Matthews — maybe his dad should pipe down)
To date, New York has $66 million committed to contracts in 2012. They include:
- Johan Santana, $21 million
- Jason Bay, $18.1 million
- David Wright, $15.2 million
- R.A. Dickey, $4.75 million
- D.J. Carrasco, $1.2 million
There are also a number of players, likely to be with the Mets, that are under their control. They include:
- Ike Davis
- Daniel Murphy
- Josh Thole
- Pedro Beato
- Lucas Duda
- Ruben Tejada
- Jonathan Niese
- Dillon Gee
- Justin Turner
These players will comprise about $9 million, since most will make the league minimum ($414,000 in 2011).
How about arbitration eligible players? Their contracts include:
- Mike Pelfrey, $3.9 million in 2011
- Angel Pagan, $3.5 million in 2011
- Bobby Parnell, $434,000 in 2011
I would think Mets would budget about $10 million for these three players if they plan on retaining them.
Aside From Reyes, the Mets’ soon-to-be free agents are Capuano, Hairston, Brydak, Young and Harris. I would think most won’t be back with Brydak and Capuano being the most likely candidates to stay.
So to summarize:
- $10 million for retaining arbitration eligible players
- $66 million for committed contracts
- $9 million For players under Mets’ control
- $7 million for incumbent free agents aside from Reyes
That totals $92 million in estimated cost.
I think that’s high because it is assuming the Mets will keep all three arbitration-eligible players. Now, their payroll is likely to sit at $125-130 million, which would be $10-15 million less than last year. That means they would have anywhere from $33-38 million left to sign Reyes and spend on other players.
Now, even if Reyes gets $20 million per year, that still leaves $13-18 million to address the bullpen and perhaps an additional starting pitcher. I think the Reyes contract will be closer to $17 million, but you get the point here.
The numbers indicate the Mets can keep Reyes and Wright, revamp the bullpen, and with a healthy Santana — they can compete. How is that possible, you ask? The catcher, first base, second base and right field positions are manned by Ike, Tejada, Duda and Thole. All of those players are budgeted at close to the league minimum. Furthermore, bench players like Murphy and Turner, even pitchers like Gee, Niese and Beato sit there as well.
And here’s the kicker: more pitching help is on the way with the likes of Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler and others heading toward a 2013 debut. And those players will be under the team’s control at friendly prices for years to come.
And by that time, more money can be devoted to other areas.
But the bottom line here is Reyes is destined to stay in Flushing and the money is here to rope him in. That is the top priority for this organization as they head into the 2011-2012 offseason.
Do you agree with Coutinho’s logic? Let him know in the comments below…


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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair threw cold water on the right-wing media complaint that President Obama is shirking his duty by not having bilateral meetings with world leaders during the United Nations General Assembly this week.
After criticizing Obama's schedule earlier in the show, Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson asked Blair: "Is there a difference, when you are a leader of a country, in a phone conversation versus a face-to-face meeting with another leader?"
But Blair did not play along with Fox's talking point, saying instead that while UN week is "a necessary thing to go through," what really matters "is where America is in the world today."
BLAIR: Yeah, but I think to be fair, UN week is -- you know, I used to attend the UN week every year pretty much --STEVE DOOCY (co-host): It's a festivity.BLAIR: Well, it's a necessary thing to go through. I don't quite know how to put this diplomatically. I probably am putting it undiplomatically. No, I think what matters, frankly, is where America is in the world today. And, you know, I always say this to people, because in America you see these pictures of people burning the flag and out on the street and so on. You've just got to understand that there is another side to all of that, which is actually people who admire America, respect it, and need it to be strong. And I always say to people in America don't worry so much about being loved, just be strong.
Blair added that he did not believe the U.S. was projecting weakness when co-host Brian Kilmeade asked if America was "projecting a vulnerability and a weakness today."

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Karnali, Sept 9 (RSS): Karnali state government has accelerated road expansion and upgrading task this year.
A total of 36 road projects of Birendranagar are in implementation under Physical Infrastructure Development Ministry’s Infrastructure Development Directorate.
Engineer at the Directorate Surya Shahi said that road construction task is being carried out under the State Capital Urban Road, People Road Package.
Construction of all road projects is underway from June after the state government provided ‘special pass’ to the projects. Construction of road projects was obstructed due to coronavirus pandemic.
Engineer Shahi shared that a target has been set to complete the construction of all under- construction projects at a cost of Rs 378 million within the current fiscal year.
Though the construction activities were obstructed for three months due to lockdown, works to gravel the roads are on, he added.
The state government has set a target to blacktop 25 kilometres road in Surkhet this year.


"The Lowdown Dusty Blues," An Original Play with Blues Music
On this edition of StudioTulsa, we speak with University of Tulsa theatre professor Machele Miller Dill, who has written what she calls "a play with original music." "The Lowdown Dusty Blues" features songwriter and actor Chris Jett as a journeyman blues singer, whose life and muse have been molded by the Dust Bowl, and by the death of his father to a dust storm. The one-act piece tells the story through a series of scenes all set on April 13th, the character's birthday and the anniversary of his father's death.
In addition to the Summerstage Tulsa performances this coming Friday and Saturday at the Norman Theatre of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, the cast will take the show to the celebrated Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland in August. There will be talk-backs following each performance this weekend.