As part of our daily life sometimes we want to hammer a nail into wall. With a drilling machine it is easier to do so. Are you looking for a compact drilling machine for your home projects? A small drilling machine is a must-have tool for your home. They are perfect for drilling small holes in wood, plastic, and even metal. In this article, we have listed the top 8 best small drilling machines for home use in India that are reliable, efficient, and durable. These machines are easy to operate and can help you accomplish your drilling tasks with precision and ease.
8 Best Small Drilling Machine For Home Use in India 2023
Bosch GSB 500W 500 RE Corded-Electric Drill Tool Set (Blue), 10 mm
KHADIJA Drill Machine 10mm With Free 13Pcs HSS Drill Bits & 1Pc Masonary Bit Combo 6 Months Warranty
Black + Decker TB555 550 W 10 millimeters Variable Speed Reversible Hammer Drill (Orange, 1-Piece)
BLACK+DECKER KC3610 3.6V NiCd Cordless Screw Driver Kit (Orange, 10- Accessories included)
IBELL Electric Screwdriver SD10-85/86, 280W, Copper Armature, Chuck 10mm, 750RPM, Torque 19+1 Drill Moden (Red-Black)
IBELL Electric Screwdriver SD12-75, 280W, Copper Armature, 750RPM, Chuck 10mm (Red)
Cheston 10mm Powerful Drill Machine Screwdriver Reverse Forward Rotation with Variable Speed for Wall, Metal, Wood Drilling (5 Wall and 13 HSS BITS Included)
Shopper 52.com New 10 millimeters Powerful Drill Machine With 13Pcs Drill Bit Set And Hobby Tool Kit – DRL13BTHOB, Yellow,Black
We hope that you found our expertly curated selection of the best models currently available in the market to your liking. Happy shopping!


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PURR Luxury Cat Hotel are authorised travel agents. This allows us to book air travel for our clients. We organise your cats flights for you. Our Private Limousine Service gives your cats quite, private transport within the Canberra Region including to and from the Canberra Airport.
If you would like us to organise your cats travel then please call Heidi on 0427800990. Our Travel Service is second to none, we will discuss your needs and requirements, work out the best dates for air travel, care for your cats while you are moving house or moving interstate. Once we have all the information from you regarding your cats travel needs we will provide you with a quote.
When we get your go ahead we will personally ensure that your cat is transported in private comfort in our Limousines within the Canberra Region. We will also ensure your cat is safely handed to the airline company staff and let you know as soon as we have your cat in our care or lodged with the airlines for travel.
*Payments for Travel Services are by direct debit on receipt of your invoice from PURR Luxury Cat Hotel.*
PURR can take care of your cats travel needs including Booking air travel and a Limousine Service to transport your precious cat to and from Canberra Airport. We will personally ensure that your cat is safely lodged on their flight.

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Scots racing driver Susie Wolff says she “could burst with happiness and love” after giving birth to her first child.
The former test driver for the Williams Formula 1 team had a son on Monday afternoon.
Susie’s husband, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, had to dash back from the Chinese Grand Prix to be there at the birth in the Swiss city of Zurich.
Oban-born Susie, 34, wrote on Instagram: “Toto was midway between Shanghai and Zurich when the contractions started. Nothing like a little tension.
“He made it back just in time and we welcomed a healthy Baby Wolff to the world. Could burst with happiness and love.”
Sir Chris Hoy and wife Sarra were among the friends to send their best wishes. Susie quit racing last year and is now a pundit on Channel 4.


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Harford's 2012 Farmer of the Year [Pictures]
Wilbur Brown Pearce has farming in his blood. In recognition of his 40 years of service in and on behalf of the local farming industry, the Harford County Farm Bureau recently named Pearce its 2012 Farmer of the Year.Read the story here.
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Wilbur "Brownie" Pearce searches fro an old photo album in the office of Mitchell's Farm Inc. in Perryman.

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Over the course of two QC-filled days earlier this week, Panini America NHL brand developers Karvin Cheung and Chris Barr took turns hijacking the company Twitter account to bring collectors behind the scenes at packout for 2013-14 Select Hockey, easily one of the most anticipated new hockey releases of the year. What they shared during that process — including the first autograph RCs and autograph memorabilia RCs of the newest, hottest #PaniniDoubleRookieClass headliners — kept the Twitterverse buzzing for hours.
Tweet by Tweet, Cheung and Barr revealed breathtaking glimpses of the greatness to come when 2013-14 Select Hockey releases next week just in time for the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo. For example . . .
Read more: The Official Blog of Panini America

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Techno Force was started in 1990 to manufacture proprietary equipment for chemical process industry.
It supplies individual equipment as well as complete skid mounted units including peripheral equipment, controls and instruments.
* Rising Film / Falling Film Evaporators
* Forced Circulation Evaporators
* Agitated Thin Film Evaporator
* Short Path Distillation Units based on Thin-Film Technology,
* Agitated Thin Film Dryers
* Rotational Liquid-Liquid Extractors
* Annular Centrifugal Extractors
* (Conical) Strippers
* Conventional Distillation & Extraction Columns
In close cooperation with customers, TFS develops tailor made solutions from lab scale studies, pilot plant trials, scale-up, design, manufacturing & testing, project execution, erection, commissioning and after sales services.
If you are in search of a process solution for an industrial scale physical separation, Techno Force is eager to take up your challenge!

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By Leonidas Stergiou
New loans in the first half of the year, which also include refinancing, reached the level of 16.9 billion euros, an increase of 52% compared to the corresponding period last year. At the same time, it is a decade-long record, as these levels were last seen in 2012, when the major deleveraging due to the crisis had already begun.
According to his clarifying question Capital.gr to DBRS, the total funding from the four systemics is calculated for the first half as follows:
– Eurobank: 5.2 billion euros
– Alpha Bank: 4.3 billion euros
– Piraeus Bank: 4.4 billion euros
– National Bank: 3 billion euros
From 3.7 billion to 16.9 billion
And this, when the total net credit expansion was 3.7 billion euros which came exclusively from the business sector. However, new disbursements recorded in the private sector as a whole amounted to 9 billion euros, of which 7.7 billion related to business credit. The remaining approximately 8 billion euros were mainly refinancing.
Routed agreements are the main source of credit expansion. The cases of the Motor Oil-Ellaktor deals, the new borrowing and refinancing of Fraport airports, the second refinancing of the Eleftherios Venizelos airport that follows, as well as another large series of business plans that have been launched or are in progress (e.g. the financing of the company Anemos of Ellactor, the program of DEPA, the deals and the needs for working capital in the food sector, such as in grains and mills, etc.).
Thus, for example, May was boosted with 150 million euros from the Motor Oil-Ellaktor deal, while June with more than 900 million euros from the refinancing and new borrowing (around 700 million) of Fraport’s airports. This resulted in new loan disbursements jumping in June to over 3 billion euros, surpassing the 1 billion level of the previous months.
In the next period, the largest deals and financings concern infrastructure-privatizations (2.3 billion was the forecast for the whole of 2022), food and beverages (2 billion) and telecommunications and transport (1 billion), while financing needs are increasing in energy, real estate, construction and manufacturing.
Refinancing and working capital
Greek banks are seeing strong demand for refinancing older loans – even bond or foreign bank positions – as market conditions have changed since monetary policy changes and inflation, banking sources said. Something that is going to continue together with the rest of the loans of around 5 billion euros concerning launched or ongoing business moves and investments, along with the privatization program. These additional needs, together with working capital due to increased costs, are estimated at approximately 5 billion.
“Pillow” for 2023
Of this total, not all amounts may be disbursed until the end of December, creating a cushion for 2023, when several of the repayments of the 18-month co-financed loans (pandemic support) totaling €2.5 billion will fall due. Also, plans of around 3 billion euros have been added to the Recovery Fund, while another 5 billion are expected by the end of the year. However, of these it is estimated that 1 billion will be contracted and the disbursement will reach around 250 million euros towards the end of the year. At the same time, from the privatization program of 2.5 billion euros, it is estimated that within the year the portion of 1-1.15 billion euros will be financed. Therefore, a new “tail” is created towards 2023.
Paybacks and risk increase
These 10 billion euros of the second semester, if there is no negative development, will offset the planned repayments of loans that will come mainly from tourism-related businesses, after the end of the tourist season (repayments of loans received by previous months with the important receipts of the season). In addition, banks can cover a possible increase in risk costs due to the macroeconomic environment.
Containment of lending costs to businesses
This combination, i.e. the high demand for loans, the increase in interest income from the movements of the ECB and the smaller losses from deposits, makes it possible to contain the cost of lending mainly to businesses. Interest income is boosted by loans, while interest expenses are also contained because excess liquidity no longer earns negative interest rates, while interest rate increases on customer deposits are phased in after the ECB’s key rate exceeds 0.5%.
However, this restraint is estimated to concern mainly business credit and not retail, with the first increases starting from consumer credit. In businesses, already, the first increase in interest rates by 0.5 of the unit did not cause a significant burden, as the euribor remained negative (many loans do not take into account the negative euribor and are only burdened by the margin), while the majority of loans are interest-bearing (the older the loan, the lower the interest payment).
The strengthening of credit expansion was the main factor in increasing the organic and net profitability of the four systemic banks. And this is the main reason they have revised the targets for 2022 upwards, says the rating agency DBRS in the report it published yesterday.
Thus, as bank sources explain, without significantly increasing business credit rates and with small reductions in retail credit, banks managed to strengthen the interest margin. This was helped by the increase in serviced loans (new credit expansion and further reduction of non-performing loans). Interest income is also expected to be boosted by the ECB’s interest rate hikes. Already, the one that took place in June boosts annual revenues by a total of 200-240 million euros, while another amount is the benefit of the expected interest rate increases until the end of the year. It is noted that technically the reduction of bad loans reduces interest income as accounting income (accruals) is not calculated while there is also the cost of securitization (organic effect).
The deals and numbers that bankers see for the next day
The great comeback of Greek banks – The new target prices after the second quarter results
Eurobank: Upward revision of targets due to positive half-year – 71.7% increase in organic operating profit
Alpha Bank: Dividend 20%-30% of 2023 earnings
Higher profits for Piraeus Bank shareholders in 2022
P. Mylonas (ETE): With higher income from interest and commissions it will close in 2022
Donald-43Westbrook, a distinguished contributor at worldstockmarket, is celebrated for his exceptional prowess in article writing. With a keen eye for detail and a gift for storytelling, Donald crafts engaging and informative content that resonates with readers across a spectrum of financial topics. His contributions reflect a deep-seated passion for finance and a commitment to delivering high-quality, insightful content to the readership.


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AESTHETICO Clarify SkinIngredients explained
Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it’s the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.
It’s mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.
Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.
One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.
It's a clear, slightly yellowish oil (comes from coconut or palm kernel oil) that is used as a traditional, medium spreading emollient.
- A natural moisturizer that’s also in our skin
- A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
- Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
- Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40%
- High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin
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A clear, colorless and odorless oily liquid that works as a fast-spreading emollient with a dry skin feel.
It’s the most commonly used version of pure vitamin E in cosmetics. You can read all about the pure form here. This one is the so-called esterified version.
According to famous dermatologist, Leslie Baumann while tocopheryl acetate is more stable and has a longer shelf life, it’s also more poorly absorbed by the skin and may not have the same awesome photoprotective effects as pure Vit E.
An easy-to-formulate, commonly used, nice to have ingredient that’s also called pro-vitamin B5. As you might guess from the “pro” part, it’s a precursor to vitamin B5 (whose fancy name is pantothenic acid).
Its main job in skincare products is to moisturise the skin. It’s a humectant meaning that it can help the skin to attract water and then hold onto it. There is also research showing that panthenol can help our skin to produce more lovely lipids that are important for a strong and healthy skin barrier.
Another great thing about panthenol is that it has anti-inflammatory and skin protecting abilities. A study shows that it can reduce the irritation caused by less-nice other ingredients (e.g. fragrance, preservatives or chemical sunscreens) in the product.
Research also shows that it might be useful for wound healing as it promotes fibroblast (nice type of cells in our skin that produce skin-firming collagen) proliferation.
If that wasn’t enough panthenol is also useful in nail and hair care products. A study shows that a nail treatment liquide with 2% panthenol could effectively get into the nail and significantly increase the hydration of it.
As for the hair the hydration effect is also true there. Panthenol might make your hair softer, more elastic and helps to comb your hair more easily.
- Primary fat-soluble antioxidant in our skin
- Significant photoprotection against UVB rays
- Vit C + Vit E work in synergy and provide great photoprotection
- Has emollient properties
- Easy to formulate, stable and relatively inexpensive
It's one of the active parts of Chamomile that contains about 30% of bisabolol. It's a clear oily fluid that is used in skincare as a nice anti-inflammatory and soothing ingredient.
A very common ingredient that can be found in all cell membranes. In cosmetics it's quite the multi-tasker: it's an emollient and water-binding ingredient but it's also an emulsifier and can be used for stabilization purposes. It's also often used to create liposomes.
It's one of the most commonly used thickeners and emulsion stabilizers. If the product is too runny, a little xanthan gum will make it more gel-like. Used alone, it can make the formula sticky and it is a good team player so it is usually combined with other thickeners and so-called rheology modifiers (helper ingredients that adjust the flow and thus the feel of the formula). The typical use level of Xantha Gum is below 1%, it is usually in the 0.1-0.5% range.
Btw, Xanthan gum is all natural, a chain of sugar molecules (polysaccharide) produced from individual sugar molecules (glucose and sucrose) via fermentation. It’s approved by Ecocert and also used in the food industry (E415).
A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient. Typically used at 1% or less in most formulations.
A kind of polymer (big molecule from repeated subunits) that helps to create beautiful gel-like textures. It's also a texturizer and thickener for oil-in-water emulsions. It gives products a good skin feel and does not make the formula tacky or sticky.
It works over a wide pH range and is used between 0.5-1.2%.
It’s pretty much the current IT-preservative. It’s safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it’s not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben.
It’s not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic.
Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10).
It’s often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol.
- It's one of the gold standard ingredients for treating problem skin
- It can exfoliate skin both on the surface and in the pores
- It's a potent anti-inflammatory agent
- It's more effective for treating blackheads than acne
- For acne combine it with antibacterial agents like benzoyl peroxide or azelaic acid
An Ecocert-approved, natural preservative that counts as gentle and non-irritating to the skin. Usually, it comes to the formula as part of a preservative blend as it's not enough on its own.
A helper ingredient that helps to make the products stay nice longer, aka preservative. It works mainly against fungi and has only milder effect against bacteria.
It is Ecocert and Cosmos approved, works quite well at low concentrations (0.1-0.6%) and is popular in natural products.
If you have spotted ethylhexylglycerin on the ingredient list, most probably you will see there also the current IT-preservative, phenoxyethanol. They are good friends because ethylhexylglycerin can boost the effectiveness of phenoxyethanol (and other preservatives) and as an added bonus it feels nice on the skin too.
Also, it's an effective deodorant and a medium spreading emollient.
- It’s the second most researched AHA after glycolic acid
- It gently lifts off dead skin cells to reveal newer, fresher, smoother skin
- It also has amazing skin hydrating properties
- In higher concentration (10% and up) it improves skin firmness, thickness and wrinkles
- Choose a product where you know the concentration and pH value because these two greatly influence effectiveness
- Don’t forget to use your sunscreen (in any case but especially so next to an AHA product)
Citric acid comes from citrus fruits and is an AHA. If these magic three letters don’t tell you anything, click here and read our detailed description on glycolic acid, the most famous AHA.
So citric acid is an exfoliant, that can - just like other AHAs - gently lift off the dead skin cells of your skin and make it more smooth and fresh.
There is also some research showing that citric acid with regular use (think three months and 20% concentration) can help sun-damaged skin, increase skin thickness and some nice hydrating things called glycosaminoglycans in the skin.
But according to a comparative study done in 1995, citric acid has less skin improving magic properties than glycolic or lactic acid. Probably that’s why citric acid is usually not used as an exfoliant but more as a helper ingredient in small amounts to adjust the pH of a formulation.
Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice. Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!).
If you are someone who likes to know what you put on your face then fragrance is not your best friend - there's no way to know what’s really in it.
Also, if your skin is sensitive, fragrance is again not your best friend. It’s the number one cause of contact allergy to cosmetics. It’s definitely a smart thing to avoid with sensitive skin (and fragrance of any type - natural is just as allergic as synthetic, if not worse!).
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I thought this hotel was very good for the price. The room was clean and the beds were comfortable. I look for hotels that have comfortable beds so I can rest. This hotel is walking distance to Universal Studios. Check in was easy and quick. We had continental breakfast every morning, but there is a Denny's next door. If you want a comfortable room at an affordable price, then this hotel will do fine. The only thing I wish they had was a set of sheer curtains in the room with the black out curtains; that way, I could open the curtains and let some light in.
- Free Wifi
- Free Parking


Hometown: Los Angeles.
The lineup: Robert DeLong (vocals, drums, programming, production).
The background: The Seattle-born, LA-based Robert DeLong is a drummer, producer and programmer, but he's also a singer-songwriter, straddling the two worlds of poetic self-expression and technological futurism. He loves gadgets, and uses laptops, Wii-motes, joysticks, keyboards and video game controllers onstage, even as he sings and plays drums and guitar. Oh, and don't forget the timbale. Sometimes, he'll have a dozen instruments and pieces of kit on the go at once. He's been described as "a one-man futuristic dance party who calls to mind Beck in the studio with Diplo, with beats as cerebral as Orbital but as club-ready as Calvin Harris". But we think he's more like Skrillex if Skrillex was less into dubstep than techno and house, although we could be saying that because they're roughly the same age and both have almost willfully bad hair. There is a streamlined linearity to his music, and there are frequent bursts of noise, high-frequency scree and the like, but the beats are of the 4/4 variety, you can hear the lyrics upfront in the mix, and there is considerable focus on the vocal melody.
Moby's Play was DeLong's entree into the world of electronica but at the same time, growing up in Seattle, he was exposed to the indie-pop likes of Death Cab for Cutie, the Postal Service and Modest Mouse. He moved to LA and immersed himself in the burgeoning EDM scene, but his indie sensibility and background studying contemporary jazz meant he was always going to be pushed and pulled across the great electronica divide. He's definitely not a DJ. He prefers "indie songwriter electronic dance hybrid something". He's signed to Glassnote, label home of Phoenix and Mumford & Sons, he's just been nominated as a 2013 Artist to Watch for MTV US, Billboard and Vibe, he's about to support Haim on tour and in the summer he's releasing his debut album, Just Movement, which has "crossover" written all over it. Actually, we haven't seen the sleeve yet, but it's more likely to have "Just Movement" written all over it, but you know what we mean.
The title track's opening line is "I wanna be anywhere but here," which DeLong describes as "a thesis statement for the album – it was written right after college, a time of mental exploring. Just movement: the idea that, if you take this reductionist perspective, everything we do is just atoms moving around. It's all meaningless. But, once you break it down, where do you go from there? Just movement, the double entendre. Dancing, philosophy. Take it or leave it." It's not entirely clear what he means until he adds: "At the starting point, everything in the universe is just things moving and vibrating, that's all you have." Then things get really hard to fathom. But the fact is, despite the air of philosophical pretension, there is a winning sense of a young man striving to upturn the idea that dance music is about Nothing But the Beat. There's a track entitled Global Concepts, another called Complex By Degree, and another called Religious Views. There's one, Happy, that sounds like New Order circa Republic and finds DeLong musing: "I see life outside of time but I don't feel it." Change (How You Feel) revisits the Perestroika-era of house-y uplift while the techno Beach Boys hybrid that is Few Years Make includes the admission: "I gave God up to rationale." It's hands-in-the-air stuff, and it's got its head in the clouds, but even at its most pie-in-the-sky there is a muscularity to the songwriting and punchy allure to the electronic sonics that demands repeat plays. Just watch out for the comedown.
The buzz: "He's an EDM artist on the rise."
The truth: Meet the anti-Guetta.
Most likely to: Conceptualise about the globe.
Least likely to: Write a song called Awooga.
What to buy: The single Global Concepts is released by Island on 4 April, followed by the album Just Movement in June.
File next to: Beck, Diplo, Orbital, Calvin Harris.
Tuesday's new band: Lord Huron.


FiveRivers carried out Ancient Woodland Translocation and habitat creation at five sites across Warwickshire as part of the HS2 phase 1 ecological mitigation program.
This multi-year project consisted of two separate contracts with LM JV and was delivered with a mixture of in-house staff and our fantastic supply chain.
30,000m2 soils translocated
90,000 trees planted
10 wildlife ponds created
5 hibernacula built
The main focus of the scheme was to clear and translocate over 3ha of woodland soils to suitable receptor sites. This included significant ecological survey and mitigation, all carried out under licence by Natural England. As part of the receptor sites we created additional habitat features including ponds, hibernaculas, reptile basking banks, grassland. Translocated soils were planted with saplings, as well as other woodland creation areas, mostly on previous arable land.
Ancient woodland is irreplaceable habitat and the whole team owned the responsibility of doing the best possible job at preserving the woodland soils, and as many features as possible. We worked closely with LM JV and HS2 to implement the HS2 Ancient Woodland Strategy, and where-ever possible add additional ecological benefits.
Each tree was manually checked for bats, at one point we had over twenty licenced bat ecologists on site! Several outlier badger setts we’re monitored and closed under licence. Works were continually monitored for breeding birds and great crested newts by a team of ecologists, alongside our full time soil scientists monitoring the condition of translocated soils.
Soils were carefully moved in layers and placed at a prepared receptor site. Where available we moved coppice stools, saplings and small trees as well. Where possible felled material was re-used as on site as deadwood habitat, including standing deadwood monoliths.
There were significant constraints on this project, notably the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, protester activity slowing works and the seasonality around licencing. We safely worked through and ultimately got all areas completed on time and without any delays to HS2s wider program. By working with the client we also managed reduce the area of woodland directly impacted by the scheme.
All mitigation sites quickly vegetated and look fantastic. On top of the hundreds of bat boxes put in, we installed veteran cuts into dozens of deadwood features, overall creating significant roosting bat habitat.


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If you are looking to get a way to create more people into your home, the most popular mailbox order catalogs can be very useful. The catalogues have catalogues that can be sent while packets of information or as a CD to give to the customer and they are generally advertised in the classified part of your local papers. However , they are also very simple because asianbridesfinder site there are not any stamps to get, no rubber stamps to pay for delivery and no difficulties with returning virtually any packages if they are the wrong size. They are the best way to advertise your goods without throwing away time about those high priced phone calls. Email order catalogues can be acquired at most supermarkets and will only cost a handful of dollars every piece.
Many mail order catalogs will include a large range of products, based on what you happen to be advertising. If you want a large quantity of candles, then you can certainly find a list that will allow you to print the images of your wax lights on each web page. Each of these photos will tell the story in the candle and generally contain a tiny description too. If you want to send something as a surprise, you might want to consider buying the catalog as a treat set. These types of will usually include a couple of various kinds of candles combined with mailing solve so that they can become returned if they are the wrong size.
The most popular all mail order catalogues also generally include formulas. Whether an individual wants to understand how to make a cupcake or fudge of course, if it is fudge that they want, you can discover recipes to help these groups do all their baking and cooking. They can get each of the supplies and baking cookware that they will need, which means that they may save themselves quite a bit of profit the process. They can also add decorations to their meals and set up the most excellent food and drink they have ever tasted from scratch. All of this is possible from the comfort of the house and it will not take long for someone to feel more pleased and healthier just by profiting from these products.

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Kim Jong-un has promoted the scientists and soldiers involved in the test launch of North Korea’s largest missile, the Hwasong-17.
According to state media, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his ultimate goal is to own the most powerful nuclear force in the world.
Kim made the announcement on Saturday as he promoted dozens of military officers involved in the recent launch of North Korea’s largest ballistic missile, the Hwasong-17reports the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
In his order, Kim said North Korea was building a nuclear force to protect the dignity and sovereignty of the state and its people and said his country’s “ultimate goal is to become the most powerful strategic power in the world.” to possess, the absolute power unprecedented in the age”.
He said the Hwasong-17 – an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the United States – was the “world’s strongest strategic weapon” and demonstrated North Korea’s determination and ability to eventually strongest army in the world.
The ICBM was launched on November 18 condemned by members of the United Nations Security Councilcalling it “a serious escalation” and an “unequivocal threat to international peace and security”. The launch is part of one continued blitz of North Korean tests this year has included cruise missiles and dozens of short and medium range ballistic missiles.
Kim said on Saturday that North Korean scientists have also made a “magnificent leap forward in developing the technology of mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles.”
He did not elaborate further.
That capability is critical if North Korea is to achieve its goal of possessing a nuclear weapon capable of striking its main enemy, the US.
Outside observers say that while North Korea has nuclear bombs and missiles that can fly as far as the US, it’s not clear whether Pyongyang scientists can shrink the nuclear weapons to fit the tight space in the nose of the missiles.
Kim told the scientists, engineers, military officials and others involved in Saturday’s Hwasong-17 test that he expects them to continue expanding and strengthening the country’s nuclear deterrent at an extraordinarily rapid pace.
The North Korean leader and his daughter then proceeded to pose for a series of photos with those workers and the Hwasong-17.
In a separate report, KCNA also said that the powerful Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea awarded the Hwasong-17 missile the title of “DPRK Hero and Gold Star Medal and Order of National Flag 1st Class.” North Korea refers to the official name of North Korea, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
KCNA said the missile “clearly proved to the world that the DPRK is a full-fledged nuclear power capable of resisting the nuclear supremacy of the US imperialists and fully demonstrated its power as the most powerful ICBM state”.
The test firing also showed that North Korea will respond in kind to “the enemy nuclear bomb and head-on confrontation,” it added.


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A literature review can be either a summary or an explanation of a comprehensive and current state of knowledge on a limited subject matter as found in academic books and journal articles. As a student, there are two categories of literature reviews that you will be required to compose while in college. The first one, you will be asked to compose a literature review as a standalone assignment in a course, usually as part of their training on the research process in the field of study. The second one is composed as part of an introduction, or a preparation for a long assignment, mostly a dissertation or research paper. The type of hypothesis and the perspective of your literature review or even the thesis argument you present will be determined by the type of review you are supposed to write.
Published on 22 February by Shona McCombes. Revised on 3 May A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods, and gaps in the existing research. Conducting a literature review involves collecting, evaluating and analysing publications such as books and journal articles that relate to your research question.

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In the spirit of calling out my own bullshit, here’s a silly trigger I’ve noticed in myself that I’m attempting to reprogram:
I noticed I feel an abandonment trigger when a partner or love interest experiences happiness or success that has nothing to do with me. Of course I want my partners to be happy, but for years what I really meant by that was that I wanted to be the one making them happy! If they could source their happiness outside me, then what the hell would they need me for? I felt like they were moving past me, like I was stuck in a Jewel song, standing still with the scenery flying by.
In my defense, I attracted a lot of avoidant partners in the past, people who would use any excuse to abandon me, happiness included. Let’s face it, when people are embroiled in toxic notions of how their worth is measured, they will absolutely use their happiness and success to signal how much they don’t need you in order to gain the imaginary upper hand in relationship. When my ex signed on to do a sequel to his film, it sucked reading about it online before he told me. So… I see where I was going with this.
Also in my defense, I would never in a million years consider sabotaging a partner’s happiness, both because that is a shitty thing to do that would make me feel bad and because I’m too smart to risk anchoring myself to an experience of disappointment. If anything, I would try to compete with their outside happiness by making them even happier – but while trying to make a partner happy is great, competing with the rest of their lives is not.
Meanwhile, if I experienced any success or happiness on my own, I would unconsciously use it to raise my own value so that my partner would desire me more, or, more benevolently, at least be proud of me. Success in myself seemed so fundamentally less harmful than success in my partner, further reinforcing the unconscious dynamic of competition, even if I hoped my success and happiness would result in bringing them closer to me.
In theory, I understand that happier people with fulfilling lives make for better partners, which makes for better relationships. But unconsciously, I still feel that abandonment anxiety flare up in me when I sense that someone I want in my life is thriving without me. And sure, ultimately I want to manifest a relationship where I get to be the first person a partner shares their news of success with so that I feel included, and ultimately I also want a partner to be proud of my own successes in a way that makes me feel loved and appreciated.
But I’d like to deprogram this dumbass trigger that makes me feel like I’m going to be abandoned anytime someone does something cool that doesn’t involve me, because it’s stupid and dumb and totally counterproductive to establishing any kind of healthy relationship, and because it makes me feel bad in a way that’s totally unnecessary and counterproductive to my own happiness, and I’m tired of logicking my brain into feeling okay whenever it flares up. And perhaps most importantly because that fear of abandonment wasn’t at all about my partners’ successes – it was about my choosing shitty partners who abandoned me.


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Archived—Backgrounder Information — Industry Canada's Auction of Spectrum Licences in the 2300 MHz and 3500 MHz Bands
On September 20, 2003 the Minister of Industry announced the release of the paper entitled Policy and Licensing Procedures for the Auction of Spectrum Licences in the 2300 MHz and 3500 MHz Bands. The purpose of this licensing process is to facilitate the growth of Wireless Communication Services (WCS) in the 2300 MHz band and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) in the 3500 MHz band in both rural and urban areas, and to facilitate the implementation of new and innovative services. The above-noted paper initiates the licensing process for this additional spectrum by calling for completed application forms and financial deposits.
In proceeding with an auction of these bands at this time, Industry Canada (the Department) reflected on the commitments the Government of Canada made in the Speech from the Throne 2001, to work with the private sector to achieve the goal of making broadband access widely available to citizens, businesses, public institutions and to all communities by 2005. With the release of this spectrum, the Department is taking an important step towards fulfilling the Government of Canada's goal. This spectrum provides an opportunity to complement and improve local network distribution facilities for the delivery of a range of telecommunication services.
Selection and Licensing Process
Industry Canada will be assigning spectrum licences for WCS and FWA through an auction process. The auction will be held via the Internet, using the latest software encryption technology to guarantee the authenticity of the bids. At the close of the auction, the high bidder on each licence will be declared the provisional winner of the licence. The document entitled Framework for Spectrum Auctions in Canada (http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf01626.html) outlines the approach that Industry Canada will take whenever spectrum is assigned by auction.
A Webcast will be made available in the weeks following the publication of the policy, to provide a general overview of the licensing process. Interested parties are invited to visit the Spectrum Auctions page of Industry Canada's Spectrum Management and Telecommunications Web site at http://www.ic.gc.ca/spectrumauctions to obtain further information on these sessions.
WCS and FWA Consultation Process
On August 3, 2001, the Department released DGRB-006-01 entitled Consultation on the Auction of Spectrum Licences for Wireless Communication Services in the 2300 MHz Band and Fixed Wireless Access in the 3500 MHz Band - Proposed Policy, Licensing Procedures and Technical Considerations. Comments and reply comments were received by November, 2001.
Spectrum to be Auctioned
There are five spectrum licences available in 172 service areas across the country (with the exception of the 3500 MHz licences on Vancouver Island): one 15+15 MHz licence in the 2300 MHz band; three 25+25 MHz licences and one 25 MHz licence in the 3500 MHz band, as indicated in diagrams.
Figure 1. WCS
Figure 2. FWA
For detailed descriptions of the spectrum blocks see Policy and Licensing Procedures for the Auction of Spectrum Licences in the 2300 MHz and 3500 MHz Bands.
FWA tiers in the 3500 MHz band may be subject to occasional interference due to radiolocation services (radars) operating in the band 3400-3650 MHz in Canada, along the Canada-U.S. border and in Canadian coastal waters. Due to these radiolocation services FWA tiers on Vancouver Island (Tiers 4-153, 4-154 and 4-155) will not be available for licensing through the spectrum auction. In addition, FWA tiers in Halifax, Dartmouth, Vancouver and nearby coastal areas including those communities that are along the Strait of Georgia (Tiers 4-010, 4-151, 4-156 and 4-157), may be susceptible to an increased potential of interference.
For detailed descriptions of the exceptions see Policy and Licensing Procedures for the Auction of Spectrum Licences in the 2300 MHz and 3500 MHz Bands.
Overview of Attributes of 2300 MHz and 3500 MHz Licences
- 5 licences will be auctioned within 172 areas of the country (with the exception of FWA systems on Vancouver Island);
- Ten year licence terms;
- Transferability and divisibility;
- Spectrum aggregation limit - 100 MHz to all participating companies, their Affiliates and Associated Entities
- Implementation requirement - licensee must demonstrate to the Department that the spectrum has been put to use at a level acceptable to the Department, within 5 years of receipt of licence;
- R&D requirement - 2% of adjusted gross revenue with the exception of small businesses with less than $5 million in annual gross operating revenues;
- Open eligibility - successful bidders must be eligible to become radiocommunication carriers; and
- Other standard conditions of licence will apply (e.g. interference management, ownership and control, international and domestic coordination).
To participate in the auction, a potential bidder must submit completed application forms along with a financial deposit to the Department by November 17, 2003. The auction is expected to begin in January, 2004. Information regarding the auction schedule is available on Industry Canada's Spectrum Management and Telecommunications Web site at http://www.ic.gc.ca/spectrum.
Copies of the document entitled Policy and Licensing Procedures for the Auction of Spectrum Licences in the 2300 MHz and 3500 MHz Bands, the associated Canada Gazette notice (DGRB-003-03) and other reference documents are also available on the above mentioned Web site.
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A face mask is defined as a surgical mask, which is meant to be worn by medical practitioners during medical procedures. It is primarily designed to treat patients by preventing infections in staff and patients by trapping bacteria in nasal droplets and liquids and shedding on the face of the wearer.
Face masks are often employed when a patient requires immediate attention from a doctor or nurse and cannot speak for themselves. For instance, a patient undergoing a procedure where a catheter is inserted into the throat, and an anesthetic needs to be injected. In this case, the catheter can be removed by the technician after it is inserted into the throat, but there will always be the risk of the patient choking, or the catheter may come out through the mouth.
Face masks have been used by doctors and nurses since they were first introduced to the medical profession. Originally, the idea of a mask that is worn by the patient during procedures was thought of as being a very unsanitary practice. The idea was that all bacteria which was present in the air would end up in the mouth, and it would end up being ingested by the patient. This is why physicians and nurses started wearing face masks while working in hospitals, so that the air around them would not contain any bacteria, and the equipment used would not be contaminated with germs.
Currently, face masks are more often used for patients who are suffering from respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis and pneumonia. They are also used for those who need to be sedated while undergoing surgeries. They have been known to save lives, and many people have died from complications associated with infections that could have been prevented by wearing one. Although most face masks are disposable, it is possible for a doctor to provide a replacement if it is needed in the future.
The face mask used for medical purposes is very important to the medical practitioner. It can prevent infection from spreading to the person who is wearing it and can also reduce the risk of the patient passing on their infection to another person. The face mask must be chosen carefully, as a mistake in choosing the wrong one could cause the infection to spread to the patient in question, and could even result in death.
Most face masks are worn during the time when a patient is under general anesthesia, but they can also be used if a patient is sedated. or has had surgery on their face, head. Most are made from soft and comfortable material, although some medical professionals prefer to use surgical cloth in order to make sure that they are completely impervious to bacteria.

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I STARTED THIS one while waiting for the new Thomas Cromwell installment to hit the shelves...and now we have it! This was a nice way to fill the interim, in any case.
All of the stories except the last (the title story, as it happens) were published before the book came out, mainly in the Guardian or in the London Review of Books.
It seems to me that English/British short story writing does not have a biggest dog in the yard like the New Yorker, a publication whose prestige and ability to pay are such that it actually functions as part of the gravitational field for short story writers, pulling the form in a certain direction. On the other hand, I'm having a hard time thinking of contemporary English/British fiction writers who are famous mainly for their short stories. I know Julian Barnes has published a couple of collections...but is there a Lydia Davis/Diane Williams/Deborah Eisenberg/Raymond Carver/Gary Lutz writer, someone whose short fictions are their best known?
Maybe they need a New Yorker. Not that the New Yorker is going to publish Diane Williams or Gary Lutz, probably. Well, who knows.
Mantel's stories have a few old-school moves, like the cold-water-in-the-face shock ending ("Winter Break," "How Shall I Know You," "The Heart Fails Without Warning"). Here is the U.S.A., we go more for the enigmatic-trailing-off ending that does not seem like an ending at all. I found these crack-of-thunder endings refreshing and enjoyable.
The stories are relatively recent (a 2004 story is the earliest), but they hark back in some ways to Mantel's earlier novels. "Sorry to Disturb" has the same setting, in effect, as Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, and the narrator of "Comma" sounds a lot like the narrator of An Experiment in Love. "Terminus" is a ghost story, in the neighborhood of Beyond Black.
The main event, though, is the final and title story, in which a woman whose house (semi-detached?) overlooks the hospital from which Margaret Thatcher is leaving after an eye surgery lets in a repairman who turns out to be an IRA sharpshooter, intent on killing Thatcher. The surprise is that the woman turns out to be not unsympoathetic to the undertaking, even willing to get a little complicit. This must have touched off controversy of the sort Nicholson Baker's Checkpoint inspired, but her reputation is probably secure nonetheless.

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I remember when finding a book in the library meant walking to the card catalog, pulling out a narrow drawer, and flipping through yellowed cards that tested my fluency of the alphabet. Now library cards are old enough to evoke nostalgia in the form of a tote bag. I’m happy I got to live to see the day.
If you read my Q&A with Robert Dawson, the photographer behind The Public Library, you’ll remember that a library is much more than a lender of books. Dawson describes the library as one of the last non-commercial, non-religious public gathering places that we have left. Preserving our public libraries may require a fight, but I think even the smallest reminder of their existence can go a long way. Can I consider carrying this tote bag a form of advocacy? Okay, maybe not. But hey, it has me talking about public libraries right here and now. Check out Out of Print, they make books look as beautiful as they are.


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GRAPEVINE, Texas (Sept. 17, 2007) – State Rep. Don Brown of Florida and State Sen. Linda Scheid of Minnesota have been named State Legislators of the Year by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). Chuck Chamness, NAMIC's president and CEO, announced the names of the award winners today during NAMIC’s Annual Convention being held in Grapevine.
“Representative Don Brown has been the voice of reason in the overheated Florida insurance climate since the 2006 session, when he led the charge to pass legislation requiring Citizens Property Insurance Corporation rates to reflect the cost of reinsurance,” Chamness said. “Throughout his tenure, Representative Brown has been firmly committed to maximizing free-market and private-sector solutions to hurricane risk.”
Scheid, a Democrat and chair of the Minnesota Senate Commerce Committee, was recognized for her efforts to defeat third-party bad faith direct action legislation.
“Senator Scheid believed that passage of the bad faith bill would have had a severe impact on the state’s litigation environment and would negatively affect insurance markets and the state’s overall economy,” Chamness said. “Senator Scheid did everything possible, against the wishes of her party leadership, to ensure defeat of this onerous proposal both in her committee and when brought back on the Senate floor where it died on the last day of session.”
Chamness also noted Scheid’s long-standing support of competitive insurance markets “as evidenced by her sponsorship in past years of personal lines rate modernization, the interstate compact and a farm mutual modernization proposal. All three bills became law.”
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El Dorado St and Old Foresthill Rd, Auburn, CA
We will start at No Hands Bridge and go up training hill aka K2' then into Cool coming back down Robie to the base of training hill....then, we will go up training hill AGAIN, taking the turn onto Pig Farm trail towards the top of training hill and then back down Robie to No Hands. Est distance 8.5 miles. Second time up training hill is optional!
We will meet at No Hands Bridge and please call or text if your running late. [masked]-7050.

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A six-year-old boy studying in UKG in a private school fell down in a Sambar vessel and lost his life in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
"The six-year-old noy was sent to Vidya Niketan school at Panyam town as a hosteler. This afternoon during lunchtime, the child was running and fell down in a vessel carrying hot Sambar. Immediately, the boy was taken to Kurnool general hospital. But the efforts did not bear fruit as the boy was declared dead at 4.30 PM," Panyam Sub Inspector Rakesh said.
The police registered a case against the school management under Sec 304 A (Causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
A maid at the school described how the mishap took place.
"The maids were bringing children to the lunch hall in queues. This boy was not in the queue, he ran out of the queue. At the same time, some persons brought a vessel containing hot Sambar. This boy went today away from the queue and fell down into the Sambar vessel. The boy was so fast that he immediately fell down in the vessel within a matter of an eye blink."

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Papa John's will open Sept. 1 at 1236 Main St. in Hellertown.
(August 22, 2013)
Papa John’s at 1236 Main St. (near Saucon Valley Music) will open its doors 4-8 p.m. Sept. 1. According to franchisee Kevin Godusky, the pizza shop’s first day of business will be open to “family, friends and anyone wanting to order a pizza.”
After Sept. 1, the pizza shop will begin its regular hours, which will be 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m.-midnight Fridays and Saturdays.
The franchise will join an abundant selection of existing borough pizzerias, including Crossroads Hotel, Roma Pizza, Rocco’s, Antonio’s and DiMaio’s.

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This might sound weird to some people, but it is true the eyes must be taken care of. Our eyes are in danger especially today when we are always working on computers. The light is not good if not well regulated and if you spend many hours working on the computer. This call for carefulness and if you realize a change in your eyes, please visit an eye doctor. This article will give you some tips on how to take care of your eyes.
Taking care of your eyes
Take breaks from the computer
No matter how busy you are, it is good that you take a break from that screen for some time. After every two hours or so, take your eyes from the computer and relax. Make sure the lighting is regulated such that you do not feel as if your eyes are being pulled to the screen. If you at times get a headache from long hours on the computer, my friend you are risking your sight. This can be solved by taking a break from the screen.
The right diet helps take care of your eyes. Eat foods with minerals and vitamins good for the eyes. Have you ever heard that raw carrots are good for your eyes? This is true and has been proved to work. Tomatoes too are good for the eyes so take as many of them.
Some people never know the importance of sunglasses. They put them on just for fun. Well, sunglasses protect the eyes from direct sunlight which is harmful to the eyes. They also prevent dust from entering the eyes. Dust can irritate your eyes. Do not forget your pair of glasses every time you are going hiking.
Just the way you go for other body part checkups, visit the doctor for the sake of your eyes. From time to time get to know how your eyes are doing. If you feel any pain or constant headaches, see the doctor for diagnosis and treatment if your eyes might be suffering.


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Abuse of drugs can be a bad thing in any relationship. When one partner is addicted to something, it can be hard to keep the trust and respect that are
Most of the time, after a divorce, both parents want what’s best for their kids. Arrangements for custody are often made with this in mind. People’s jobs, homes, and other
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- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and set aside.
- Place butter in small pan over medium heat and cook for 2-3 minutes or until brown bits form on bottom of pan. Make sure to swirl the pan to prevent burning.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- Place chopsticks on cutting board.
- Place potato between chopsticks and make thin slices. (The chopsticks will prevent the knife from going all the way through the potato).
- Repeat with remaining potatoes.
- Place sliced potatoes, red onion and garlic cloves on baking sheet.
- Pour 3 tablespoons brown butter over top and toss to coat.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- Baste potatoes with additional 3 tablespoons brown butter and bake for 25 minutes or until cooked to desired level.
- Toss with remaining 2 tablespoons of brown butter and serve. Garnish with chives if desired.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill into law that aims to stop school book bans on racial and LGBTQ+ topics as a new report warns of an increase in such censorship across the nation.
It also comes as some Huntington Beach politicians consider regulating what books are available at city libraries and as some parents at local school districts worry about age-inappropriate books being available to young students.
The new law, AB 1078, allows the state to fine school districts that ban books that deal with topics related to race, gender or sexual orientation.
“From Temecula to Tallahassee, fringe ideologues across the country are attempting to whitewash history and ban books from schools. With this new law, we’re cementing California’s role as the true freedom state: a place where families — not political fanatics — have the freedom to decide what’s right for them,” Newsom said in a Sept. 25 news release.
In Orange County, book ban concerns have surfaced in at least two school districts this year as well as in Surf City.
Over the Summer, Huntington Beach City Councilwoman Gracey Van Der Mark called for a system to limit access to “obscene” books to children at local public libraries, saying she’d discovered multiple “pornographic” children’s books in the catalogs.
In response, City Councilwoman Rhonda Bolton is now proposing asking voters in an election whether or not city officials should be allowed to remove or restrict access to books at local libraries.
Bolton pointed to the new state law at a Thursday special meeting.
“I can see a court easily applying the same logic to our attempt – the city’s attempt to ban books from the library,” she said. “What I am suggesting is that we keep politicians out of the library.”
“I don’t know when this cultural war stuff is going to stop.”
Van Der Mark pushed back on Bolton’s use of the word ban and called Bolton’s proposal premature.
“We are actually trying to protect kids with books from certain sexually explicit language and we are empowering parents,” she said. “Not a single book is being banned from the library.”
Councilman Pat Burns also criticized Bolton’s proposal.
“I don’t believe that somebody like a librarian should be unchecked,” he said.
City staff said a proposal on a library book policy requested by Van Der Mark will be coming before the council on Oct. 17.
Thursday’s meeting in Surf City took place after PEN America, a literary and rights advocacy group, warned earlier this year that book bans have been increasing across the country.
According to a report by the group, there were 3,363 instances of book bans at K-12 public schools in the 2022-23 academic year – a 33% increase from the prior school year.
About 40% of those bans took place in Florida, according to the report.
“Authors whose books are targeted are most frequently female, people of color, and/or LGBTQ+ individuals,” reads the PEN America website.
“Over the past two years, coordinated and ideologically driven threats, challenges, and legislation directed at public school classrooms and libraries have spurred a wave of book bans unlike any in recent memory.”
In recent years, school boards in OC and across the country have become political and cultural battlegrounds with meetings rocked by intense debates on ethnic studies courses and more recently transgender notification policies like one recently passed in the Orange Unified School District.
In 2021 – amid the COVID pandemic – school boards across Orange County saw waves of students, parents and teachers rallying for local school districts to put a greater emphasis on teaching the historical plight of people of color and expand the scope of U.S. history.
Others worried that such classes are just a guise to politically indoctrinate students and teach anti-American, racist and marxist ideals.
Meanwhile, Huntington Beach isn’t the only place where people have raised concerns about book bans in OC.
Earlier this year, trustees in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Board raised concerns about some of the language used towards women in an Iranian revolution book that was piloted with 11th grade students.
Some worried the book itself – Persepolis: The Story of Childhood – would be banned.
In the end, trustees narrowly voted to revise their book selection policy to require trustees to vote on books before they get tested with students and approve the book.
The decision left some parents and students worried that the revised policy would open the door to book bans and strip the voice of educators in deciding curriculum material.
Fears of book bans also popped up in Orange Unified School District earlier this year after district officials temporarily suspended their digital library following concerns of age inappropriate books being available to younger students.
California’s anti-book ban bill passed through the senate on Sept. 7, with the Orange County’s state senate delegation voting along political lines.
Senators Tom Umberg (D-Anaheim), Dave Min (D-Irvine), Catherine Blakespeare (D-Encinitas) and Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera) voted in favor of the bill.
Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta) voted against it.
Both Min and Newman spoke in favor of the bill on the senate floor.
“I wish this bill was not necessary but unfortunately, we have seen the politicization of our schools today. And to me, that’s unconscionable. Books should not be banned. Education should be freely out there,” Min said on Sept. 7, using Orange Unified as an example.
State Senator Janet Nguyen (R- Garden Grove) did not vote, but said it’s not a matter of banning certain issues but rather ensuring books that young kids can access are age appropriate.
“There’s no discussion of book bans,” she said on Sept. 7 on the senate floor. “It’s about making sure that we as parents are given the opportunity to know what our children are looking at.”
Hosam Elattar is a Voice of OC reporter and corps member with Report for America, a GroundTruth initiative. Contact him at email@example.com or on Twitter @ElattarHosam.
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TiVo’s purchase of certain assets from Aereo — the Internet TV streaming startup that was forced to shut down last year after losing a copyright-infringement case brought by broadcasters — for about $1 million has been approved by federal bankruptcy court.
TiVo is acquiring Aereo’s trademarks and customer lists. RPX Corp., a patent-aggregation firm, is paying $225,000 for Aereo’s patents, while Alliance Technology Solutions is buying the startup’s equipment for $300,000.
See More: Aereo Files for Bankruptcy
The sales were officially approved March 11 by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
“This strategic acquisition of Aereo’s trademarks and customer lists will enhance our ability to serve the growing segment of consumers who want access to both broadcast television and over-the-top content,” Tom Rogers, president and CEO of TiVo, said in a statement. “TiVo has found success in providing a more comprehensive offering and sophisticated user experience than any other player in the marketplace, and we look forward to expanding on that success.”
Aereo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2014. The New York-based company had raised about $97 million from investors including IAC chairman Barry Diller, media investor Gordon Crawford, Himalaya Capital Management, Highland Capital Partners and FirstMark Capital.
Aereo’s service, which first launched in New York City in March 2012, streamed live over-the-air TV signals and recorded shows to subscribers on a range of devices starting at $8 per month. Aereo was promptly sued by broadcasters for transmitting their TV signals without permission.
The startup had argued that the service was a private performance, allowed under fair-use provisions of the Copyright Act, because the tiny antennas it used were dedicated to specific users.
Aereo won several legal victories in federal courts. But last June, the Supreme Court overruled those decisions, in a 6-3 ruling finding that Aereo had violated copyright laws. The high court essentially said the startup was akin to a cable TV operator, and hence was covered by the same laws.


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Bake. Frost. Add an umbrella. These beach cupcakes couldn’t be any easier to make.
- Hands-on Time: 15 Minutes
- Total Time: 35 Minutes
- Servings: Makes 24 cupcakes
- Difficulty: EASY
- 1 box Signature French Vanilla Cake Mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 container Whipped White Frosting
- food coloring
- mini umbrellas
- Bake cupcakes according to package directions.
- While the cupcakes bake, use food coloring to make pink and yellow frosting. You can make any color to match the types of the umbrellas.
- Frost cupcakes and top each one with an umbrella.


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Grade A pine nuts are selected for their large size and their pure color and texture. Pine nuts are great used in sweet and savory dishes like pesto sauce and salads, or in cookies and cakes.
Pine nuts are the small, butter colors seeds of the mature pine tree. They are hand picked from the trees and sorted by size and purity into several grades. Grade A contains the purest and largest pine nuts, although despite their reputation as large, they are still very petite; 650-750 pieces make up 100 grams.
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Marc-Andre Hamelin Shriver Hall Concert Series Debut previewed in today's Baltimore Sun!
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Critics have been known to sound more like fan club presidents when describing Hamelin performances, tossing off adjectives like "legendary," "fearless" and "electrifying," or even giving him the title "piano superhero."
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The presentation, titled “E&O for Agents and Brokers: Learning from the Mistakes of Others,” examines the root causes of insurance producers’ errors and omissions and how to avoid them. Drawing on multiple case studies and stories to illustrate key concepts, Forstenzer’s presentation provides practical tips and best practices for mitigating or eliminating possible exposure and liability.
The examples discussed primarily focus on P&C cases, but the presentation is structured for any insurance producer (retail and wholesale) and the basic concepts covered apply equally to P&C, life, health and benefits producers.
People with questions pertaining to the presentation may contact Forstenzer at 917-797-8671 or by email at either [email protected] or [email protected]. The slides from the presentation can be downloaded here.

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The Leprosy Mission Nigeria (TLMN) in collaboration with INEC organized a One Day Workshop to create awareness among INEC staff on understanding Leprosy.
The event supported by Australia Aid was geared towards getting the Commission’s staff educated on Leprosy as well as mobilize Persons With Leprosy to participate actively in the 2023 general elections.
The One Day awareness workshop for INEC staff with the theme: Understanding Leprosy took place on Monday 26th September, 2022.
National Goodwill Ambassador TLMN Chief Chika Okpala aka Chief Zebrudaya Okoroigwe Nwogbo alias 430 in his goodwill message said that Leprosy can be treated medically. Early identification and treatment will prevent lifetime disability.
“Despite this advancement, Leprosy is still strongly associated with stigma, so much that it has become a metaphor for stigma, for example, Persons with Leprosy are often referred as Lepers. They are better referred as Persons With Leprosy”
Speaking further, he said that the difficult they faced today is due to stigma and discrimination which has made them to live in shame, having low self esteem, lack educational and economic opportunities, eviction from their houses, restrictions from participation in societal activities and social isolation.
“Persons with Leprosy are either receiving poor treatment or lack access to treatment”.
He called for more acceptance and inclusion of Persons With Leprosy in the scheme of things because they are part and parcel of the society.
He also said that they should be made to be part of the electoral process.
A representative of Executive Secretary of National Human Right Commission, Mrs Fidelia Osemeata Oroh, in her goodwill message said that based on article 29 of UNCRPD, Section 30 of National Disability Act and 2022 Electoral Act which made the inclusion of PWDs in electoral process as a matter of right.
“Any attempt to deny them of these rights amount to violation of human rights”.
Speaking further, she said that the National Human Rights Commission is committed to protect and promote human rights and they would be willing to partner with The Leprosy Mission Nigeria and INEC and they would want the process touch every state in Nigeria so every person with disability would be carried along in the spirit of Leave No One Behind.
The Head of Programs and operations, TLMN, Mr. Pius Sunday Ogbu representing The National Director, Sunday Udoh in his speech said that Leprosy is no longer a death sentence although Nigeria is still report over 2000 cases annually. He informed that Leprosy is curable because the treatment is available.
Speaking further, he said that TLMN has worked in about 8 states and have reached over 22 million people of Persons and families of Persons With Leprosy. He said that Persons With Leprosy and their families still face stigma, poverty, poor living condition, exclusion and very low government sympathy.
He informed that TLMN are involved in numerous interventions which ranges from education, production of assistive devices, health services etc but as part of advocacy to enhance inclusion of persons with Leprosy, they are engaging INEC to promote the participation of PWDs in this electoral system.
“I want to use this opportunity to call for total mainstreaming of Persons With Leprosy and PWDs general in the electoral process and committed to assist government towards enhancing the inclusion of PWDs in all the future elections.
Ndidi Okafor, Deputy Director, CSO division, INEC who represented Prof Kunle Ajayi, National Commissioner and Chair OPC, said that the workshop is one of the many ways the commission has adopted to prepare its staff to deliver its mandate of inclusive election. She said that over time, INEC has allowed global best practices in stakeholders engagements.
She also said that INEC remains committed towards ensuring access and inclusion of PWDs in the electoral process and it is the duty of INEC to ensure every citizens has equal right in accessing electoral process.
Speaking further, she said that INEC is engendering Inclusive Democracy by ensuring that the process allows participation of all irrespective of sex, religion, tribe and social strata.
“Building an inclusive electoral process where equity and fairness are guaranteed cannot be overemphasized”
“INEC developed Framework on Access for Persons With Disabilities in 2018 to effectively mainstream disability issues into the policies and plans of the Commission”
She informed that the implementation process of the framework was the appointment of Disability Desk Officers in the 36 states and FCT. The Desk Officers are overseeing the implementation of the framework.
“Over time, the commission has engaged different stakeholders to strengthen the participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process”
She informed that the Commission through its policies and guidelines continually addressing issues that will hinder the effective participation of PWDs in the electoral process.
She thanked TLMN for the initiative to build the capacity of INEC on understanding Leprosy and urged them to do more in the area of the commission quest to mobilize PWDs to participate fully in 2023 elections.
Samuel Bassey, Assistant Director, Youth who represented Mrs. Lakunuya Dorothy Bello, Ag. Director, Gender and Inclusivity Dept, INEC in his goodwill message recognized that it is the right of PWDs to have access to electoral process based on article 29 of UNCRPD. He acknowledged the contribution of TLMN and recognized that the workshop will provide opportunity for INEC Staff to know more about mainstreaming Persons with Leprosy. It is also important to note that different forms of disability requires different or peculiar assistive devices to ensure that they have access to electoral process.
Comrade Agbo Christian, Secretary, JONAPWD FCT, speaking on behalf of PWDs commended INEC for mainstreaming PWDs in the electoral process as well as Influencing political parties to create more access for the participation of PWDs.
“Today, we have 11 persons with disabilities standing election in 2023”
He also commended TLMN for the initiative to enhance inclusion of Persons With Leprosy in the electoral process.
He pointed out the issues of placement of Cubicles and Ballot Boxes which he suggested that they should be placed at open spaces or where there would not be any barriers.
He also pointed out the issues of sign language interpreters at the polling units to enhance communication of the Deaf on election day.
At the workshop of the participants were taken through the history, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment, Ending Leprosy Discrimination, Stigma and Prejudice by Mr. Pius Ogbu and Technologies in the electoral Process: The Use of BVAS.
Also in attendance was Mr Jonathan Charge de Affairs Australian High Commission, some persons with leprosy and other persons with disabilities.


TEMPE, Ariz. – Of all the performance enhancers that can be purchased, never underestimate the one that helped turn around catcher Chris Iannetta’s time with the Angels.
It wasn’t just that Iannetta could see better once he got contacts halfway through the 2013 season. It didn’t take him so much strain and concentration to see.
“It immediately had a big impact,” Iannetta said. “I didn’t notice it was that big of an issue for a long time. It took a lot of concentration and made me more tense at the plate. Now I’m much more relaxed. My eyes are relaxed. My jaw is relaxed. My face is relaxed.”
Iannetta was hitting .205 with a .355 on-base percentage and a .688 OPS on July 31, 2013. Since then, he has hit .255 with a .371 on-base percentage and a .779 OPS.
Iannetta’s .373 on-base percentage last year ranked second on the Angels behind Mike Trout (.377), which made him quietly one of the keys to the team scoring the most runs in the majors.
Iannetta was getting on base at the bottom of the lineup, helping get Kole Calhoun and Trout to the plate with chances to drive in runs.
“It was huge,” Manager Mike Scioscia said. “If you look at the times Kole and Mike had guys in scoring position, it was a tribute to what was happening at the bottom of the lineup.”
Iannetta credited the contacts, as well as the work of hitting coaches Don Baylor, Dave Hansen and Paul Sorrento, for helping him have a productive offensive season in 2014.
“They’d give me the information I needed and leave it at that,” Iannetta said. “Not a lot of analysis.”
Iannetta has performed his own analysis of another part of his game: pitch framing. Over the past few years, analysts have begun studying a catcher’s impact in helping pitches get called strikes. Iannetta has shown consistently poorly in those metrics, and he’s taken notice.
“I never really knew,” Iannetta said. “I always thought I was pretty good.”
Iannetta said he’s been watching video, talking to other catchers and even talking to umpires about how he can improve his technique. He said he’s discussed the subject with former teammate Hank Conger, who has consistently rated among the game’s best.
“Guys do it differently, so I need to try different things to see what I’m comfortable with,” Iannetta said. “Try to find some guys who are similar to me, who have the same strengths. I can take little things from everybody.”
WEAVER: I’M READY
Jered Weaver became the first Angels player to finish spring training.
After Weaver pitched 61/3 innings, allowing two runs, in a minor league game Tuesday afternoon, he could turn his attention fully to his next assignment.
Opening day, Monday afternoon, at Seattle.
“I’m ready,” Weaver said. “It’s going to be fun to pitch under the lights again, obviously not in the first game, but it’s nice to get that atmosphere back again. Get back out there and start a fresh season again. It’s going to be fun.”
Weaver pitched in a minor league game Tuesday instead of facing the Oakland A’s because the Angels wanted to make sure Weaver could get into the seventh.
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