text: In a study with five patient-derived glioma stem cell-enriched cell lines, the authors have reported that p21 and p27 operate both as tumor suppressors, limiting cell proliferation, but also as oncogenes, conferring cell resistance to DNA damage and developing drug resistance . of p21 and summarize its roles in differentiation, migration and invasion in detail. Finally, regarding its dual role as tumor suppressor and oncogene, we highlight the potential, difficulties and risks of using p21 as a biomarker as well as Ciprofloxacin HCl a therapeutic target. (TGF-mediated breast cancer cell migration and invasion, whereas its gene silencing blocked the tumor invasion in a mammary fat Ciprofloxacin HCl pad xenograft mouse model and various triple negative breast cancer cell lines, without alterations in cell growth and proliferation . In this study high p21 expression was correlated with poor overall and distant metastasis free survival of breast cancer patients promoting migration/invasion at the transcriptional level . Moreover, the complex of nuclear p21 and cyclin D1 is involved in actin remodeling of TGF-triple-knockout mice did not develop spontaneous tumors until the age of 500 days, suggesting the existence of additional pathways serving as mediators of p53-driven tumor suppression . In sum, loss of p21 has differential effects on tumorigenesis based on the specific cellular context and the Cav1 genetic background. 3.3. Ciprofloxacin HCl Considering p21 in Cancer Therapy Given p21s antagonistic duality  in various cellular processes (Table 1), it is obvious that p21 can have a dual role in tumor development and progression relying on the cancer type, the p53 status and the used chemotherapeutics. It can serve as a biomarker for specific therapies or prognosis, partially depending on its subcellular localization. In fact, the induction of p21 has been used as a drug response parameter . Simply interfering with p21 as anti-cancer therapy bears risks and undesired side effects. First, increasing p21 can cause senescence, a supposed permanent growth arrest , which was believed to be only tumor suppressive terminating tumor regression, and is now regarded as a tumor promoter . Senescent cells secrete numerous soluble factors promoting tissue repair, invasiveness of neighboring cells, chronic inflammation and tumor progression , and contribute to the escape of drug-induced apoptosis . We examined the therapeutic potential of p21 in the context of Ciprofloxacin HCl Poloxin, a well-studied Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) inhibitor [176,177]. Plk1, a highly conserved serine/threonine kinase with critical roles during mitosis, is overexpressed in various tumor entities serving as a poor prognostic marker  and is thus considered as a promising target for molecular cancer therapy . Cancer cells without p21 showed a stronger mitotic arrest accompanied by proliferation inhibition, more DNA damage and apoptosis induction upon Poloxin treatment relative to cancer cells with functional p21 and p53, which displayed a cytoplasmic re-localization and an anti-apoptotic feature . Interestingly, long-term treatment (four days) of HCT116 p21+/+ cells with Poloxin led to senescence, whereas strong apoptosis induction was observed in cells lacking p21 . Similar effects were detected in HCT116 cells treated with low doses of the anti-cancer drug camptothecin for four days . Conversely, there are studies where overexpressed p21 enhanced the apoptotic response upon cisplatin treatment [181,182,183]. Remarkably, cellular senescence contributes to therapy resistance  and an aggressive tumor relapse by undergoing an epigenetic reprogramming of senescent cells into a stemness-like state [173,185]. In support of this observation, sustained expression of p21 exhibits oncogenic functions in a p53-null background leading to escaping senescence and chemoresistance . Cells bypassing senescence display an increased genomic instability pointing again to p21s two-faced involvement as genome guardian versus genomic instability mediator . This Ciprofloxacin HCl duality is commonly attributed to the cellular or environmental context in which tumors develop. The mechanistic basis underlying such context-dependent phenomena remains to be defined in most cases, and its elucidation is essential for both understanding cell biology and the rational design of cancer therapy . Thus, for therapeutic approaches, simply increasing p21 may not be beneficial and could provoke opposite undesirable/unintended outcomes. Second, considering p21s role in the cell cycle, stem cell differentiation and EMT of tumor cells, depleting p21 may result in either tumor suppressive or oncogenic effects depending on the cellular context. Cancer stem cells have been suggested to promote tumorigenesis as seeds for metastasis . p21 is indispensable for maintaining self-renewal of leukemia stem cells , and it is able to inhibit oncogene-induced EMT and breast tumor stem cells in transgenic mice . In a study with five patient-derived glioma stem cell-enriched cell lines, the.


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Housing Fund Initiative Advances Up-Island
Chilmark Voters Face Decision
By KATHERINE WILEY
Over the past few years, members of Chilmark's affordable housing committee have had the hunch that citizens feel their town could use more affordable housing.
After distributing a survey on housing approaches this winter, they now have the numbers to back their theory up.
Eighty-five per cent of respondents to the survey agreed on the need for more affordable housing in Chilmark. Responses came from as far away as Hawaii, Georgia and California, with seasonal and year-round residents replying at equal rates.
The committee sent the multiple-choice questionnaire - which also encouraged people to write comments - to 1,319 Chilmark taxpayers. More than 35 per cent of those responded.
"All Island towns need more affordable housing for young families. A community serving only seasonal needs, nearly vacant in winter and populated by elderly retirees (which we ourselves are) is no place to live. We need the variety and the life blood of children, dogs, young parents and young singles," one year-round resident wrote.
The eight-question survey also asked taxpayers whether they own rental property or property that could be used as rental property and what it would take to get them to rent it year-round.
The survey results are timely, since at a special town meeting this week, Chilmark voters will consider participating in the Community Preservation Act, a measure that could pump a sizable chunk of cash toward affordable housing.
Under the act, money is raised through a surcharge of up to three per cent on property taxes; a percentage of this money will then be matched by state funds. Communities that adopt the act must use the funds they raise for three categories: affordable housing, preserving open space and recreation and historic preservation.
For Chilmark, this could mean more than $145,000 per year. But opponents caution that the amount of state funds available has not yet been determined.
The special town meeting will be held Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chilmark Community Center. For the act to go into effect, voters will have to approve it twice; first on the town meeting floor, and again when it appears on the ballot in the town's spring election.
The affordable housing committee plans to present their survey results at this week's meeting, some of which won't come as a surprise.
Take for example, the fact that 66 per cent of respondents stated that the town should make youth lots more available.
With its roots stretching back to the early 1970s in Chilmark, the youth lot program distributes parcels of land to qualified young people at low costs. Last year, three pieces of land were sold as youth lots.
"The youth lot program has been very, very successful," said Edward T. Kenyon, chairman of the planning board. "I don't think it's the answer to Chilmark's problem and the Island's problem, but it certainly is one step in the right direction. We have a lot of people to show as examples of how it can work.
"I expect that, because they know that it's a program that's in being and it has been successful, so everybody likes it," Mr. Kenyon said. "It's attractive because the people we're getting are people who are known in the community and are part of the community and have made a contribution already to the community. All those who have gotten lots in the past have born that out. These are all people who, but for this program, would not be able to stay in Chilmark."
Ownership and rentals followed close behind youth lots, with 60 per cent and 59 per cent of people feeling these should be more available.
The Community Preservation Act could provide the funding for programs like these, since each town that participates decides how to spend its money.
"It would allow us to have money to spend to develop future youth lots or future resident home sites, and it would allow us to have money to develop a rental subsidy plan, which might allow some of the summer properties to become year-round rentals. There's certainly a possibility of a combination of land that would go into conservation and to youth lots," said Chilmark selectman Warren Doty.
If it passes, the town would establish a committee of between five and nine members to develop proposals on how to spend funds. Before being enacted, these proposals would have to be approved at town meeting.
The survey also demonstrated that some housing solutions might be right under residents' noses. Although one-third of the respondents reported that they own rental property in Chilmark, only 19 per cent rent the units on a year-round basis.
But according to the survey results, getting people to rent year-round might take a little encouragement. Many people indicated that they might be willing to rent year-round in certain circumstances; for example, if they received tax breaks, if the units were winterized or if they could help a Chilmark individual or family.
Others suggested that easing zoning restrictions might make creating affordable housing easier.
But regardless of whether the Community Preservation Act passes, affordable housing in Chilmark is going to take a lot of work. "The community will suffer if we cannot provide housing for our children and grandchildren and teachers. Will we be able to attract the kind of teachers we want if they can't live in town?" asked Zelda Gamson, the chairman of the affordable housing committee.
After presenting its findings at the special town meeting, the committee also plans to report to the planning board to help them develop an affordable housing strategy for Chilmark. "Our interest is to try to see what opportunities there are for affordable housing, and I think the planning board is unanimous in its view that we need it in Chilmark," Mr. Kenyon said. "We're looking for ways to do it. It's a complicated problem and if there are ways to do it that don't cost a lot of money, that's the first thing that we're going to look at."
In the end, keeping housing affordable in Chilmark might be the key to helping the town retain its character.
"That's why I've gotten involved in this, because I don't see it as a handout for anybody, I see it as a support for the kind of community I want to live in," Ms. Gamson said.
"I especially feel strongly about economic diversity. I think the growing inequality in our country is just appalling, and to have that represented in the town that I live in I find to be a personal affront," she said.
"I love the fact that Chilmark has well-diggers and retired philosophers and teachers and carpenters and real estate brokers. We're all mixed together, the people who work with their hands and their heads, the people who inherited, the people who have worked for their money. It just makes for a very rich place. Chilmark has its share of characters. It would be a pity to lose our characters."At the special town meeting, voters will also decide whether to release $750,000 in state Chapter 70 money to the regional high school. The educational aid was awarded by the state after the school had already developed its budget last year.


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We had a great stay. We stayed 2 nights and had 6 people in our party. We had a 2 bedroom unit. I would liked to be given the option of a corner unit with 2 bedrooms as there are 2 pull out beds in the corner unit suites and with 6 adults it would have been nice to have that pull out in the sunroom where we could be somewhat separated from the rest of the suite.
Pool hours are from 9am-10pm; most places hours are from 8am-11pm and it would have been nice to be able to stay in the hot tub that extra hour or 2.
Very nice decor and very clean rooms. Overall our stay was great; friendly staff, clean and comfortable rooms.

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We’re proud to announce that we have created 65 new jobs at our Hull bakery after an uplift in sales.
The new jobs come as changing consumer buying habits create higher demand for our products, including a new range of cake jars which are being produced out of our Hull bakery, amongst many other notable bakes for the UK’s leading supermarkets.
The last year has been a challenge for most industries, but we are delighted to have seen continued growth and demand for new and innovative products, resulting in us being able to create new careers for people in Hull.
We’d also like to thank all of our current employees for their continued hard work in creating high-quality cakes for the nation. Since the start of the year, we’ve launched some fantastic products and we have plenty more in the pipeline which we’re excited to rollout in the not too distant future.

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The Digital Revolution and Ideologies of Thought and Creativity in Graphic Arts
The study aimed to find out the impact of the digital revolution on the graphic arts.
Keywords:Graphic Art, Digital Art, Augmented reality
What the scientific tide and digital revolution presented of methods and ideas for the structural and aesthetic construction of the workspace is what we will notice in this research by standing on one of the contemporary arts, which I borrowed from the digitization, which is the digital art that means the set of means that a person uses to reach a dramatic result using the computer Automated, The researcher has developed an equation to elicit the aesthetic concept of graphic artwork through the digital media used (digital art x digital environment) =the resulting digital product=new visual values, digitization has become as a technique in graphic arts based on digital materials, as the French philosopher "Pierre Levy" explains, and the researcher here represents "Art project”, ”Augmented reality” interactive application, shown at Venice biennale 56th, Egyptian pavilion as a practical Methods of the research in those digital experiments.
•Baker, Steve (2008), "The Sign of the Self in the Metropolis." Journal of Design History. Oxford University (Source: academic-oup-com.eres.qnl.qa(1/2/2020).
•Duguet “Anne-Marie”(2010), “La collaboration entre artistes venant de champs”(source: https://esse.ca/fr/la-question-de-lart-video(14/2/2020).
•Donnie O'Quinn, (1996), Digital Prepress complete, USA: Haydan Books.(source: https://www.abebooks.com/9781568303284/Digital-Prepress-Complete-Donnie-OQuinn-1568303289/plp(22/2/2020).
•Reid Anderson, (2007), Exploring Digital Prepress, USS, Thomson Delmar Learning (source: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=S0jJyVUAAAAJ&hl=en#d=gs_md_cita-d&u=%2Fcitations%3Fview_op% (1/3/2020).
•Mike Rossner. & Kenneth M. (2004), what’s in a picture? “The Journal of Cell Biology”, Volume 166 (source: https://rupress.org/jcb/article/166/1/11/34064/Whats-in-a-picture-The-temptation-of-image(13/2/2020).
•Wayne Carlson, A. (2003), Critical History of Computer Graphics and Animation, E.Book. The Ohio State University (source: https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/graphicshistory/(4/1/2020).
•Muhammad Balasim (Contemporary Art - His Methods and Directions) (2015) e-book. (Source: http://cofarts.uobaghdad.edu.iq/?p=1422(6/3/2020).
•Najm Al-Din Al-Daraee, (2018) Digitization in Art - Al-Fekr Magazine - Article - Fourth Issue, (source: https://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/article/dca-digitising-contemporary-art/(6/12/2019).

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Oct 12, 2019 06:00:53 AM
24 HOURS OF PURE EPICNESS!!
We love to be active, we love good times and we love good people. We put it all in a day because WE LOVE THIS CITY!
NINE, that’s right, NINE iconic activities. It’s going to be the best 24 hours of your life!
All in a Day began 12 years ago over a poker game one night in April. A group of long time friends threw it out there… “how many things can we do in a day”
From the top of Mount Seymour to the bottom, the first year was snowboarding, mountain biking and 9 holes of golf at the picture perfect Northlands golf course.
As the years progressed, they added more activities and more good friends until they found themselves at a full 24 hours.
As Dino says, “Our purpose is simple. We live a diverse, active lifestyle in the best city on earth. What better way to celebrate it than to jam it all into one epic day”.
“There are triathlons, then there is the Ironman triathlon. This is the Ironman of active days”
Twelve years later, and with nine activities, All in a Day 2019 is definitely going to be the most epic year yet!

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“This is love: not that we loved God but that God loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:10 NIV)
Love starts with God. We as creatures made by God must receive everything from God. It is only because of our fallenness that this is not obvious. We are not the source: God is.
Yet we are commanded to love God! How is this possible? Without God it is impossible. The commandments are given to us to show us what God desires but also to show us that we are unable to do what God asks. This helps us to see that we need God to love God. As those who have believed in Jesus as God’s unique Son and have received him through the Holy Spirit into our hearts, we now have God living in us. We begin a life-long process of being receivers of God’s love so that we can love God more and more in return.
This same pattern can be seen with children. Infants must first receive love from their parents. Infants and young children are completely dependent on their parents and even as they get older they still need regular infusions of their parents’ love and support. Infants who do not receive such love and care eventually become withdrawn and unresponsive. Children who have to grow up too quickly or are traumatized by those who should be nurturing them have underlying deficits and hurts that can make it hard for them to receive love.
You may remember the fall of the very oppressive communist government of Rumania late in December 1989. Afterwards, severely neglected children were discovered in state-run orphanages. They had received so little care that they were terribly damaged in their ability to respond. Both their intellectual and social development were seriously impaired.
As good parents and caregivers of children we do not expect our children to love us without first receiving our love. Similarly, when we become children of God the Father through faith in God’s Son, God knows much more than we do how much we need to receive His love. We need to learn to become receivers of the Father’s love. Like needy children, we need to receive regular infusions of His wonderful, perfect and transforming love.
Because we have previously not fully known God’s love (before turning to Christ) and especially if there have been deficits or traumas in our experience with parental figures and others, we may unwittingly resist or not know how to receive God’s love. We may feel afraid or unworthy or have difficulty believing or trusting God’s goodness and faithfulness. Our fallen natures are not tuned into God’s love and the hurts of our lives may hinder us temporarily but our new natures are increasingly able to receive. The more we choose to receive, the more we can receive. And God’s love heals the very areas that make it hard to receive in the first place.
My own heart yearns to love God and to desire to seek Him. But I also realize that my heart can be lethargic, weighed down and easily distracted from this goal. I have been asking God to draw me–to give me a greater desire for Him. He is answering as He has before by pouring in more of His love and more of His nature. My main task is to receive and to go on receiving. It is His love that draws me to Himself and makes me want to both receive more and give love back to Him and to others.

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|Estimating coastal flood damage costs to transit infrastructure under future sea level rise
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|Martello MV, Whittle AJ
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Climate change, sea-level rise, and associated increases in climate-related risks pose significant threats to transportation infrastructure in coastal cities. To improve resilience of the transportation infrastructure it is necessary to understand projected future climate extremes, inherent system characteristics, and relationships to local and regional socio-economic and socio-political systems. We provide an overview of the theoretical and practical dimensions of the design of climate-resilient transportation systems and relevant dimensions for infrastructure adaptation and planning, including valuation and assessment of equity. Highlighting existing gaps in literature, we note further research is needed to better relate natural hazard exposure to physical and operational consequences (e.g., disruption durations, asset-level damages, interdependencies) and improved methods for assessing the adaptive capacity of organizations managing transportation infrastructure systems. Climate-resilient transportation infrastructure systems will require paradigms shifts in infrastructure engineering, planning, and design. We also highlight the need for new frameworks for evaluating benefits in the financing of adaptation projects to improve resilience.
|https://mobility.mit.edu/sites/default/files/Martello %26 Whittle (2023) Estimating coastal flood damage costs to transit infrastructure under future sea level rise.pdf
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Take your rubbish to the tip for free on the 7th February
Published: 30 May 2018 8:59am
Take your rubbish to the tip for free on Sunday 7 February - 1 February
Is your shed in a shambles? If it’s time for a clean up at your place, then we’ve got good news - the first Free Tip Day of 2016 is on this Sunday 7 February.
Mark the date in your calendar and bring your household rubbish, garden waste and mixed recyclables down to the Gregadoo Waste Management Centre (GWMC) from 7am to 4.30pm.
“Free Tip Day is a great chance to de-clutter or to tidy up now the kids are heading back to school,” Manager Waste and Stormwater Services Geoff Veneris said.
“The free days complement our normal service, which includes more materials that can be disposed of for free every day due to increased recycling capability at GWMC.”
Televisions, computers and computer equipment can be disposed of for free, not just on Free Tip Day, but every day that the Gregadoo Waste Management Centre is open, as part of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme. This offer is available to householders and small businesses only.
“You can also dispose of polystyrene for free all year round at GWMC,” Mr Veneris said.
“Council can reprocess it on-site for reuse into a range of recycled products.”
Special wastes such as tyres, builders waste, refrigerative items, mattresses and gas bottles are not included in the free disposal day and will be charged as per normal fees and charges. Free disposal is limited to cars, vans, utes and single axle trailers only.
For more information and a full list of fees and charges, visit Council’s website www.wagga.nsw.gov.au or phone 1300 292 442.


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On the 18th February 2021, the Government published its long awaited policy paper for developing a long-term Spatial Framework for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.
In the Budget 2020, the Government committed to developing, with local partners, the Spatial Framework for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and to develop a plan that will:
- Support long-run sustainable economic growth across the area
- Help to make the area a brilliant place in which to live, work and travel
- Support lasting improvements to the environment, green infrastructure, and biodiversity
The Government identified that the key to addressing the constraints that the Arc faces is a full realisation of the economic and environmental potential of the area. The purpose of the Spatial Framework is to unlock the potential of the Arc, focussing on levelling up growth and opportunities across the area, in particular the inequalities that exist within regions.
The Spatial Framework is proposed to be a mechanism for delivery and will include policies to support local planning authorities on strategic business zones, environmental opportunity areas, infrastructure requirements and approaches to enable sustainable, transport-led development.
Over the next two and a half years the Government will work with communities and local partners to develop the Spatial Framework with a view to implementing it as a spatially specific national planning policy.
For further information please click here to read our latest Client Briefing note.


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This Kingdom has attracted attention with its realistic sketches and larger than life setting. Concept art sketches displayed in ComicCon Bangalore have become a huge hit.
The movie is going to revolve around this Kingdom and more sketches will be out in a few weeks. Baahubali is in post production and the first part will release later this summer.
- It’s my responsibility to promote young talent: Chiranjeevi
- Prabhudeva, Tamannaah starrer Devi sequel goes on floors
- Here’s the much-awaited update on Vijay’s Sarkar
- Talented Telugu actor grabs Mani Ratnam’s next
- Poll : Who among these will win Bigg Boss 2?

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If you are like me, you are always looking for new ideas for delicious recipes. Making the same ol’ stuff all the time is no fun, am I right? When the teenagers come home and ask what’s for dinner and you tell them something that you make a lot, you’ve seen the eye rolls and the vacant eyes.
Never fear. I have put together a collection of all of my favorite recipes off of Life Between the Kitchen and the Coop for you, so the dinner doldrums at your house will be no more!
Looking for a yummy party appetizer? Check these out!
Green Onion Cheese Ball Recipe with Salami and Cheddar Cheese
Bacon, Avocado, and Salsa Cheese Ball Recipe
I love bread. And I mean love. Bread that is homemade is the ultimate treat (especially if you slather a little homemade bread on it! Here are a few of my favorite bread ideas:
15 Amazing Homemade Bread Recipes
Party Food Recipes
How to Design a Rustic Grazing Table for a Wedding
Breakfast Food Recipes
I love breakfast. Do you do breakfast for dinner at your house? We sure do! Here are a few of our favorites for you to try:
Pepper Jack Cheese and Bacon Egg Bites
Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich with Avocado Spread
Let’s be honest. Some days we just don’t want to make dinner, do we? Unfortunately, people gotta eat! Here are some easy dinner ideas your family is sure to love!
Bacon and Cheddar Stuffed Chicken Breast
Chicken Recipes to Make for Dinner
Homemade Chicken Bacon Alfredo Pizza Recipe
Pepper Jack & Cheddar Cheese Chicken Enchiladas
Quick and Easy Stuffing Stuffed Chicken with Mushroom Sauce
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Using the grill in the summer helps you avoid heating up the kitchen. Even when it isn’t summer, you gotta love that your grill helps you avoid making dirty dishes, right?
Dessert Recipes and Frosting Recipes
Desserts are the perfect punctuation to any meal! Here are a few of our family favorite dessert recipes for you to check out:
Caramel Apple Dessert Turnovers
Frozen S’mores Ice Cream Dessert Recipe
Grandma’s Chocolate Mocha Frosting
Peanut Butter Cup S’mores Recipe
Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
The Best Pumpkin Dessert Recipes
Pumpkin Milkshake Recipe with Pumpkin Pie Spice
31 S’mores Desserts Recipes for S’mores Lovers
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Camping Food Recipes
Do you love camping? Tired of the same ol’ foil dinners every time? Well, here are some fun recipes for camping for you to check out!
Healthy Snack Ideas
It feels really good when you know you are feeding your family healthy snacks! Healthy snacks can be a breeze to make.
How to Make Dehydrated Apple Chips in the Food Dehydrator
How to Dehydrate Banana Chips with Cinnamon and Sugar
How to Make Sun-Dried Tomatoes in the Food Dehydrator
I pretty much always have something to drink in my hand. Here are a couple of my favorites!
K-cafe Special Edition Single Serve Latte, Cappuccino, and Drip Coffee Maker Review
Frothy Coffee Shop Hot Chocolate
Jam, Jelly, and Butter Recipes
Homemade jams are the perfect topping for toast, homemade bread, or ice cream. Making jam from the fruit that you grew yourself feels like the ultimate domestic accomplishment!
Make Raspberry Freezer Jam with Fresh Raspberries
Made From Scratch Pantry Items
Drying Parsley in a Food Dehydrator
These refreshing salad recipes are perfect for hot summer days or anytime you are craving a yummy salad!
Side Dish Recipes
Looking for the perfect pairing for your entree tonight? Check out these few delicious ideas!
Soup is such a warm, great comfort food, don’t you think? I especially love it with a little homemade bread when it is chilly outside.
Christmas treats are an essential part of the holiday season! They are perfect for family gatherings, Christmas parties, neighbor gifts. Here are some of our family favorites:
Almond Bark No Bake Peanut Butter Balls
Almond Bark Peanut Butter and Ritz Christmas Cookies
Brown Sugar Apple Glaze for Christmas Ham
Christmas Almond Bark Pretzels
Christmas Chocolate Peanut Butter Candy
Christmas Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Christmas Peppermint Ice Cream Dessert
Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream Dessert with Oreo Crust and Hot Fudge (Grasshopper Dessert)
Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting
Easy Butterscotch Haystack Treats
How to Make Christmas Treats into Neighbor Gifts
How to Make Mint Chocolate Almond Bark Christmas Cookies
How to Make the Perfect Rice Krispie Treats
Christmas Recipes That Your Sweet Tooth Will Love
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Chicken Birthday (or Easter) Cake
No Thanksgiving is complete without pumpkin pie! This recipe is handed down by my mother-in-law. The combination of spices mixed with the warm pumpkin and some whipped cream is heaven in your mouth!
Pumpkin Milkshake Recipe with Pumpkin Pie Spice
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How to Make Homemade Applesauce in the Pressure Cooker (and water bath can it, too!)
How to Preserve Apples for Food Storage
Do you have backyard chickens like I do? Whether you do or you just like eggs, this egg recipe collection has some great ideas for you!
Bacon Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich with Avocado Spread
The flavor of tomatoes bought at the store can’t hold a candle to the robust taste of a garden tomato. Here are some of my favorite garden tomato recipes:
How to Can Salsa – The Easy Way
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We’ve heard it time and time again: the coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented. We can liken it to the effects on the travel industry during and post-9/11, SARS, MERS and recession years. It is similar in that travel will bounce back eventually. Unfortunately, we may have a long road ahead of us, because this pandemic is far-reaching.
Within the Travel Leaders Network and across our industry, travel advisors remain focused on helping their clients with refunds, rebooking or on still trying to get clients home. We have an advisor, Kurt Crowl in West Palm Beach, Fla., who has universities as clients and, in a couple of cases, he has been working with them to bring home groups of study-abroad students stranded in Peru. With one student who was studying in Zambia, they experienced flight cancellation after cancellation through Europe. Crowl eventually got her home to Miami via Sao Paulo. Pam MacIntyre in Maple Grove, Minn., helped a couple indefinitely postpone their international honeymoon two weeks before the trip. Alex Kutin in Indianapolis has seen his business drop 70% and lost a $65,000 booking on a destination wedding in Jamaica when the couple and 35 guests had to cancel.
These are the stories we are hearing throughout the travel agency industry. Advisors are the unsung heroes. They are steadfast in their work to assist their clients, all while knowing that their sales are plummeting and they don’t know for sure when they will recover.
The stimulus package from the government should provide some relief, but in the short-term agency owners must take action.
Kate Rosevear, an owner in one of our Michigan locations, dropped her salary to zero so that she can continue to pay her staff. She says if the industry recovers in three months, she’ll pull out of this OK. But if it goes on for longer, she will need major financial assistance. One of her large corporate clients is in the racing business, and with the brakes on Nascar, those bookings are at a standstill. Owner Pam Edwartoski, also in Michigan, our automotive capital, runs an agency where 80% of her clients are corporate, and half of which are tied to the automotive suppliers. Her agency would normally be booking tons of travel to China, Italy and India. In order to stay afloat, Pam has already laid off a part-time worker and, for her staffers who handle the corporate business, they are now working three days a week.
As the impact created by Covid-19 persists, you will be forced to make important, fundamental business decisions that will determine if and how your company survives this storm. Your clients have businesses and investments too, and they are looking at cutting expenses, or at least waiting for a point of greater predictability and stability, before spending on travel again.
The secret to surviving a business downturn is managing cashflow. I recently delivered a webinar to Travel Leaders Network members with several tips geared to help agency owners work toward improving their balance sheet. The first step is to cut or reduce your monthly expenses by focusing on the largest items first, such as salaries, and then moving on to expenses such as rent and utilities.
Cutting labor costs is not easy to pull off, but here are some tips that should help you weather the storm while maintaining the morale of your most-valuable asset: your hardworking employees.
Voluntary cutbacks: Determine if there are individuals who may be interested in an unpaid leave of absence or willing to voluntarily scale back their hours.
Cut overtime: Canceling options for overtime work can save enough to perhaps save one employee’s job.
Reduce hours before reducing salaries. If you cut someone’s salary by 10% but ask them to work the same number of hours, it will certainly reduce productivity by the same amount or more. Better to cut hours and retain employee productivity when you can.
Suspend certain benefits. Of course, nonessential employee travel should be halted. Reimbursements for health club fees and parking spaces can be eliminated, especially given the shelter-in-place and work-from-home priorities that are in play now.
Layoffs: Consider whether you need to lay off employees. If so, try to take an action like this only once. Constant layoffs can result in distracted, disgruntled and ineffective employees constantly worried about when the axe will fall next. Consult your legal counsel before taking any employee actions.
Renegotiate your rent: Call your landlord to negotiate better terms. For example, sign a longer-term lease in exchange for lower rent. Your landlord is also running a business, and they would likely rather have you stay at a lower rent than be saddled with the costs of trying to fill vacant space.
Total budget review: Go line item by line item to determine what services you truly need with internet, office phones, cell phones, office supplies, technology costs, office cleaning or security services.
Reduce service levels. Call service competitors to see if they will give a discount if you switch providers, even if it’s just for the first year. Once you have that information, renegotiate with your current vendors to avoid the hassles of switching.
Speed up cash inflows: Review receivables and follow up on all outstanding commissions from suppliers. It’s money you’ve earned, so be thorough and firm.
Hire an expert: If you’re not completely comfortable with finance and accounting and are looking for more ways to cut costs, consult with an accountant. There is almost always an area of your business where you can save money or reallocate it to spend more wisely.
Work your network: Peer-to-peer support is what Travel Leaders does better than any other such organization. Our owners learn from other owners. One of our New York-based owners, Tom Carlsen, who has 11 agency locations across the U.S., managed to cut a million dollars in expenses just by renegotiating his lease and some services. His monthly rents at various sites went down from $2,300 to about $700, saving more than $1,500 per month. He contacted technology vendors and cut expenses by 25% to 30%. One cut of $1,000 a month came by reviewing his VoIP service and noticing that he was still paying at a head count that covered retired employees. He and his co-owner, Pat VanFossen, also cut their own salaries by 33% but kept staff salaries intact. Employees are now working a four-day work week.
No one knows for sure when the industry will turn around, but we know that one day it will. Taking these small steps can help ensure that your business will also be around when it does.
Roger E. Block, CTC, CFE, is president of Travel Leaders Network, a North American travel company specializing in corporate and leisure travel. Block oversees the strategic development and growth of Travel Leaders Network, which has 55,000 domestic and international travel advisors throughout more than 80 countries. He formerly served as Chairman of ASTA as and served in its national board of directors for nine years.
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Annual Capacity of Cargo Transport of Export-Import in Ports
By PIB Delhi
There were 12 Major Ports and 200 Non-Major Ports in the Country till the FY 2013-14. The annual cargo handling capacity of Major Ports was 800.52 MTPA and Non-Major Ports was 599.47 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA). The total capacity of all the Indian Ports during 2013-14 was 1399.99 MTPA.
As far as Major Ports are concerned, no new Major Port was constructed post the year 2014. Capacity augmentation / upgradation at Major Ports is a continuous process. The Non-Major ports are under the jurisdiction of respective State Maritime Boards / State Governments.
The cargo handling capacity during 2020-21 at Major Ports was 1560.61 MTPA and for Non-Major Ports, it was 1002.24 MTPA. The total Capacity of all the Indian Ports as on 31-3-2021 was 2562.85 MTPA. The total Operating Income earned by Major Ports, which are under Central Government during the year 2020-21 was Rs. 14688.80 crore, which was Rs. 9162.80 crore during 2013-14. The total Income of Major Ports was Rs. 16419.27 crore during 2020-21, which was Rs. 11171.97 crore during 2013-14.
This information was given by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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In Budapest, one can rent an apartment for almost half the price of the same flat in Vienna or in Frankfurt am Main, Napi.hu reports. The data comes from a study conducted by rentcafe.com, an American site designed to help people to find apartments for rent. It was Otthon Centrum, a Hungarian real estate site, that compared findings to Budapest’s rental prices.
Based on data from the first three quarters of this year, Hungarian rental prices increased only in District I, otherwise remained roughly the same in the most popular, downtown parts of Budapest (Districts II, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XI) compared to last year’s data.
Slowly, Hungarian rental prices seem to become more or less fixed,
according to Napi.hu.
Average cost per square metre
Apartments’ average monthly cost per square metre (m2) in Budapest is similar to the prices in Berlin and Istanbul (around 11 EUR), while in the most expensive cities, such as London and Paris, the price can range from 39 EUR (12,000 forints) to 45 EUR (14,000 forints) per m2. This means that apartments can be rented in Budapest for a third of the amount of money as in London or Paris. Amsterdam and Copenhagen belong to the more expensive cities with an average of 23 EUR (7000 forints) per m2, while prices in Vienna and Frankfurt am Main are somewhere in the middle with an average monthly cost of 14 EUR (4200 forints) per m2.
Average rental prices in Vienna and Frankfurt am Main are the double of the ones in Budapest. If we compare the rental prices in the most expensive districts of Budapest to the average rental prices in Vienna or Frankfurt, Hungarian apartments still cost 10% less than flats in Vienna or Frankfurt.
The price of a nice apartment is important, but the size is also an important factor. Apparent differences can be observed within Budapest, and for the same amount of money one can rent flats in varying sizes.
Location is everything.
According to Otthon Centrum, in districts that are situated further from downtown (Districts XIV, XVI and XX), one can rent an apartment of 90 nm2 for roughly the same price (around 650 EUR) as a 75 nm2 flat in the centre of Budapest (Districts VI, VII, VIII, or IX). In the most expensive districts of Budapest, only a flat of 55 nm2 can be rented for the aforementioned price.
Other European capitals
In Vienna, for the same rental price (650 EUR) a 47.6 nm2 flat can be rented, in Amsterdam only a less than 30 nm2 flat, and in the most expensive cities, Paris and London, only a single room of 14-15 nm2 can be rented.
Rental prices are almost equivalent to the Hungarian ones in cities in the Far East, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Seoul, where the average rental cost is around 8-11 EUR (2500-3000 forints) per nm2.
Results of rentcafe.com’s study reveal that the most expensive district within the survey is Manhattan, New York. There, the average monthly rental cost is 49 EUR (15,000 forints) per nm2.
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Radio Plato launches the label
1st release is out
We are making the next step in our development and starting our own music label. The label aims to develop and further strengthen the community of musicians, DJs, and producers that gather around Radio Plato. The concept of the label is not limited to genre or geographical coordinates but will depend on the curation expertise of the label's creators.
«For us, this is a logical step, which we have been thinking about for about a year, – say the creators of the radio Pavel Kirpikau and Aliaksandr Karneichuk. – After the launch of the media section on Radio Plato, where we cover releases of the Belarusian (and not only) scene, it is natural to start publishing music».
The first album is a compilation «Rajsn-elektronik: Jewish-Belarusian electronic music», prepared by Radio Plato in cooperation with the Belarusian-Jewish Cultural Heritage Center. The idea of the album is to rethink the cultural tradition of Belarusian-Jewish songs and melodies. Modern Belarusian electronic music producers based their work on the archive we prepared for them. The result are the tunes in a wide range of genres: from experimental ambient and hip-hop to acid disco and tribal. «We wanted to go beyond creating such albums when folk goes hand in hand with neofolk, and therefore offered to participate in those producers and musicians who have nothing or almost nothing to do with traditional music. We wanted to bring it to the dance floor – it was an experiment for both us and them». – label creators say.
SK.EIN, Schmoltz, Stroppy Pie, Stereobeaver, Lipski, Gip Gipz, Rik Tomito and Ilya Gurin-Babayeu took part in the compilation. Famous folklorists Zisl Slyapovich and Ales Ostravukh helped to create an archive of melodies and songs. The album itself is released as part of the 2nd Rajsiš-Jidišer Festival (Belarusian-Jewish Festival), which takes place right now, during Hanukkah.
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While away from the studio arc lights and outdoor locales, he would quietly climb to the roof of his apartment and use his telescope to star-gaze. His endless questions on the laws of Quantum Physics and his attempts to explore its links, if any, with mysticism would sometimes leave filmmaker Shekhar Kapur speechless. His last Instagram post — that talks about a ‘fleeting life’ trying to ‘negotiate’ its options between a ‘blurred past’ and ‘dreams carving an arc of smile’ — offers vignettes of an existential prolegomena that probably drew him to a point of no-return.
But we prefer to label Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput a ‘victim’ of clinical depression and let him peacefully die a violent death!
For an industry that has for ages taken ‘pride’ in its dalliance with nepotism, for an industry that gloats its ability to spot and nurture talent often through the prism of a surname or lineage, for an industry that’s a masterclass on turning its award ceremonies into a mutual admiration society for those with vested interests, for such an industry, people like Rajput are cannon fodder, collateral damage ...
The outpourings of grief and condolences from his industry co-workers on social media notwithstanding, the death of Rajput, all of 34, who committed suicide at his Bandra residence on Sunday afternoon, is yet another instance of the very industry he worked for failing him — just as the hazy Mumbai skyline hardly ever allowed the ambitious actor, who rose from the dustbowl of India’s hinterlands, a clear glimpse of the celestial order.
A couldn’t-care-less attitude
Come on Bollywood, stop shedding those crocodile tears for a death that’s as much a result of mental turmoil as it is the likely fallout of a non-chalance, couldn’t-care-less attitude towards someone who was a part of the world’s second-largest entertainment industry in his own right and not because he had a surname or a Bollywood lineage to brag about in his CV. It is high time an industry that churns out $2.83 billion (Dh10.48 billion) of revenue annually realises that merely attributing a suicide to ‘clinical depression’ is an ostrich mentality that will take Bollywood only as far as the next lurking suicide.
And don’t be surprised or shocked by a Kangna Ranaut or a Manoj Bajpayee or a Shekhar Kapur openly and rather brazenly holding a section of industry insiders’ heartlessness and insensitivity responsible for Rajput’s untimely demise.
For an industry that has for ages taken ‘pride’ in its dalliance with nepotism, for an industry that gloats its ability to spot and nurture talent often through the prism of a surname or lineage, for an industry that’s a masterclass on turning its award ceremonies into a mutual admiration society for those with vested interests, for such an industry, people like Rajput are cannon fodder, collateral damage that can be best condoled through social media posts and safely forgotten for the next premiere night.
This is the same Bollywood that bends over backwards to stand by the members of its coterie, a carefully-curated circle of ‘insiders’ that decides whom to promote and whom to deride, depending upon which side of the bread is buttered. This is the same Bollywood that takes a swipe at a playback singer for having turned up at an awards night in his flip-flops, but doesn’t care two hoots even when there are tell-tale signs of despondence in an actor’s social media posts for almost six months.
Riding roughshod over dreams
So every time a Rajput — and countless others like him who had made it big in B-Town without a family name to boast — commits suicide, remember, there’s a larger damage that is inflicted — silently, but definitively. All these deaths are affirmations of not just a ruthless industry letting some of its talented foot soldiers fall by the wayside in the larger battle for name and fame, but it’s also a sign of an industry riding roughshod on the dreams and hopes nurtured by those millions in small towns and Tier 2 and 3 cities for whom the silver screen in general and Bollywood in particular is a vehicle to wish fulfilment in figurative terms.
Follow that star
When Amitabh Bachchan was making his maiden political pitch as the Congress candidate from Allahabad in December 1984, a political correspondent from Kolkata, who was in Allahabad to cover the elections, wrote in his dispatch that the very first person in the queue at one of the polling stations had a hairstyle that was a replica of ‘Big B’s’ iconic hairdo. There was perhaps a ‘Bachchan’ in that young man whose dreams would definitely have taken a bashing with this Rajput’s death. There was this domestic help called Roshni [name changed] at my hostel in New Delhi who hailed from a village in Rajasthan. She would never miss the latest Madhuri Dixit release to hit the screens. When a Jiah Khan takes her life or a Divya Bharti allegedly jumps to her death, perhaps with them, there are countless Roshnis whose aspirations die a hundred deaths too.
Angst of living and dying
Of course Bollywood stars have their die-hard fans among Metro India too, but the angst of living and dying in the throes of poverty, the urge to keep the fire burning in the midst of a skewed social order steeped in caste-bias, the ambition to tide over the odds in the quest for a bigger, better tomorrow can never be felt, can never be manifest in such raw, rudimentary, existentialist terms as felt through lived-experiences in the hinterlands, in the dust bowls of the world’s second-most populous nation. To give just one example and help put things in perspective, 80 per cent of India’s total workforce even until this date comprises daily wage earners who are mostly from rural India.
That is why when Manoj Bajpayee talks about the ‘anger’ in the man on the street over Rajput’s death, it’s a clear reference to the angst, the frustration of these minions for whom even one Sushant Singh Rajput from a non-Metro like Patna is worth ten text-book cases of a social hero.
Death of a resolve
The villain-punching, on-screen heroics that Bollywood churns out day in and day out help ‘transport’ millions, who do not even have access to two square meals a day, to ‘moksha’. It is an aphrodisiac of sorts that allows them to transcend the sheer pain of survival. In that sense Bollywood is transcendental, Bollywood is uplifting, Bollywood is belligerence to defy the odds. But every time a Sushant Singh Rajput dies, that belligerence, that desire, that resolve dies a silent death too.
So instead of sharing those faux emotions for mass consumption, think Bollywood, think. Ask yourself this question: Did you really deserve a Rajput?


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Hannah Al-Othman, an English teacher from Manchester, reviews yesterday’s edition of The Times
The coverage of the shootings in France was admirably comprehensive. After reading the five pages on the issue it seemed to me that more questions have been raised than answered by those investigating this incident.
I read with interest, and concern, the article about foreign aid workers in Pakistan. The coverage was balanced and the analysis thoughtful; if I were the Editor I would run a more in-depth feature on this subject.
I enjoyed the detailed coverage of the US election, and though I agree with Louise Mensch (Opinion) that because of his shortfalls as a candidate Romney will indeed lose “the empty chair election”, I disagree with her claim that Obama has been given an easy ride by the US media — he has

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Inhibitors of TMPK from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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2020Stealth fluorescence labeling for live microscopy imaging of mRNA delivery, BioxRiv, 2020, 172767 (doi: 10.1101/2020.07.01.172767).
2008Substituted benzyl-pyrimidines targeting thymidine monophosphate kinase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: synthesis and in vitro anti-mycobacterial activity, Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2008 Jun;16(11):6075-85.

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LandSecs confirms CPPIB Victoria JV
Land Securities confirmed this morning that it had formed a 50:50 joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to own and develop the £1bn Victoria Circle project in London, SW1.
The Victoria Circle Limited Partnership will bring forward a development comprising five buildings occupying the island site opposite Victoria Station bounded by Bressenden Place, Victoria Street and Buckingham Palace Road, SW1.
The earliest the first phase and the final two phases will be delivered are 2016 and 2018 respectively.
When complete, it will provide a 910,000 sq ft mix of houses, offices, shops and public amenities with an estimated value in excess of £1bn.
Land Securities has sold the existing properties on the 5.5 acre Victoria Circle site to the Partnership for £163m.
The buildings are let until September 2012 - the earliest date at which demolition can start. Land Securities will receive payment on 28 September 2012.
Robert Noel, managing director of Land Securities' London Portfolio, said: "Having signalled our intention to seek a partner on this project, we're delighted to have teamed up with CPPIB. Victoria is changing, and the transaction is a great vote of confidence in our plans for this part of the West End."
Graeme Eadie, senior vice-president, Real Estate Investments, CPPIB, said: "We are excited to be an investor in this transformative development project in a prime area of London's West End. The Victoria Circle project supports CPPIB's real estate strategy to own and develop properties in key markets for the long term. We look forward to working with Land Securities, a best-in-class partner with deep knowledge of the UK real estate market."
Land Securities has been appointed development manager by the Partnership and as part of this role, will be responsible for leasing all the retail and office space as well as selling the private apartments.
Land Securities appointed CBRE at the end of last year to find a joint venture partner for the project.
The REIT has been increasingly turning to joint venture partners on its major projects to spread its exposure to leasing campaigns in key markets. Most notably it has teamed up with Canary Wharf to bring forward its 20 Fenchurch Street tower site in the City.


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Designer Jean Look Books
Here is a look at the new Spring 2016 R13 collection for men. The collection is a lighter take on the R13 aesthetic, but still embodying the punk persona that they are known for. Whether it be white denim or the classic white button-up, you can expect R13 to edge them out and make them feel cooler than you’d ever expect.
You can expect their signature washes like washed blacks and rigid blues in their staple cuts like the Skate and Boy along with new ones like ankle zip joggers. Also part of the line are the perfect outerwear and tops to accompany the denim that are just as edgy as the denim themselves. There is an airiness to the collection that is new for R13, yet the soul of the label is still there. You can check out all the pieces from the new collection below.
Here is the new Spring 2016 campaign featuring Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Through the art direction of Paige’s creative director, Paige Adams-Geller, and styled by Rosie’s go-to stylist, Cher Coulter, the new campaign was taken outdoors to showcase the new western inspired collection.
You can see Rosie in pieces like the Margot shorts to the Cassia skirt paired with tops and outerwear like the Darlene jacket. Also featured in the campaign is the new addition of belts, which you can see above. The bohemian spin of Spring 2016 is definitely a great contrast to the relaxed edgy styling of Fall 2015. What do you think of the new campaign? You can click here to purchase the pieces from these looks now from the Paige website.
Every pair of jeans has a story and Spanish label Desigual has taken that aspect of denim a bit further with their ‘Exotic Jeans’ collection. Taking inspiration from postcards, they have brought together two opposites by combining denim with exotic locations.
You can expect to see many pieces carrying embroidery and patched detailing inspired by places like India, Miami and Hawaii. There is life and they tell a story just like a postcard. But they didn’t stop there. Also included in the line are accessories. There are denim shoes and bags that will bring out your inner gypsy. What do you think of this collection? I find it to be one of the funnest collections for Spring 2016. Check out some of the standout pieces below and you can click here to get them now from the Desigual website.
Here is a look at the new Spring/Summer 2016 collection by AMIRI. For 2016, the label took their signature details to a new level with exotic skins and a bold color palette that fits right in with their trademark edgy soul.
One style that has been updated this season are the leather insert jeans. Along with the ribbed inserts that the label is known for, they have reinterpreted them with exotic skins and an all leather version. Revitalizing their denim pieces didn’t stop there. The ‘Perfecto’ jacket of Fall 2015 has been given breath and comes in a bold burnt red along with white and the python.
An AMIRI collection isn’t complete without its distressed knits either and their leather shirts to pair along to help you bring their vibe to life. See all these pieces along with their new bomber and trucker jacket below.


The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has condemned the continued poaching of rhino, as this month’s statistics show that 24 rhino were poached since the beginning of December.
According to this month’s statistics, provinces that have reported carcasses include KwaZulu-Natal with six, Western Cape with four, Mpumalanga with seven and the Kruger National Park with seven.
“In the first 14 days of December, nine alleged poachers were arrested. The department commends the work being done by rangers and security officials over the festive period to stem the killing of rhino,” the department said on Tuesday.
The department will in early 2022 provide an update on the total number of rhino killed this year for their horn.
“Members of the public are encouraged to assist with any information that could lead to the arrest and prosecution of poachers by calling 10111 or the environmental crime hotline on 0800 205 005,” the department said.


Vybz Kartel – Dem no Ready (Video) Mp4 Download
Jamaican reggae dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel has premiered the visuals to his previously heard single titled, “Dem No Ready”.
The veteran singer dished out this music video after the release of his latest single called ‘Can’t Get Me Down’, a couple of weeks ago.
The video is colourful and got alot of eye-catching vibes.
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The Hidden Dangers of Unlicensed Waste Providers: Protecting Your Business and the Environment
In today’s environmentally conscious world, businesses across the UK are increasingly focused on sustainable waste management practices. The responsible handling and disposal of waste not only protect the environment but also safeguard public health and minimise potential legal repercussions. Unfortunately, the waste management sector is not immune to unscrupulous and illegal operators who pose serious threats to the environment and public safety.
In this article, we will explore the dangers associated with using unlicensed waste providers and highlight the critical importance of partnering with licensed professionals like GPT Waste to ensure compliance, cost savings, and peace of mind.
The Perils of Unlicensed Waste Providers
Unlicensed waste providers may offer seemingly attractive deals, promising lower costs, claims of high recycling or landfill diversion metrics, and faster services. However, businesses must be aware of the considerable risks associated with such providers:
- Environmental Damage: Unlicensed waste operators often lack the necessary knowledge and equipment to handle waste responsibly. This can lead to improper disposal methods, which may harm the environment by contaminating soil and water sources, releasing harmful chemicals, and contributing to air pollution.
- Public Safety Hazards: Illegitimate waste handlers are more likely to engage in reckless practices such as illegal dumping or fly-tipping. These activities endanger public safety, as hazardous waste materials can pose immediate health risks to people living in affected areas.
- Legal Consequences: Businesses that choose to work with unlicensed waste providers may find themselves facing severe legal consequences. The UK’s Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Duty of Care regulations place a significant burden of responsibility on waste producers, making them liable for the proper disposal of their waste. Failure to comply can result in substantial fines and even criminal charges.
- Reputational Damage: Being associated with illegal waste disposal practices can seriously damage a company’s reputation. Consumers, partners, and investors are increasingly conscious of environmental responsibility, and news of a company’s involvement with unlicensed waste providers can lead to a loss of trust and business opportunities.
Why Choose Licensed Waste Providers
To protect their businesses, the environment, and public health, companies should prioritise working with licensed waste providers like GPT Waste. Here are some compelling reasons why licensed waste operators are the right choice:
- Regulatory Compliance: Licensed waste providers operate within the framework of strict regulations and standards set by the Environment Agency in England, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) in Scotland, and similar bodies in Wales and Northern Ireland. This ensures that waste is handled, transported, and disposed of in accordance with the law.
- Environmental Responsibility: Licensed providers are committed to environmentally responsible waste management. They employ trained professionals who possess the knowledge and expertise needed to handle waste safely and sustainably. This minimises the risk of environmental harm and pollution.
- Public Safety Assurance: Licensed operators prioritise public safety by adhering to proper disposal methods and preventing hazardous materials from ending up in illegal dumpsites. This commitment protects local communities from the dangers associated with illegal waste activities.
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LG V30 Hands-On Video Reveals Premium Specs
LG V30 has been the subject of many rumors and speculations during these past few days. It all started when Evan Blass leaked an official LG V30 press render. LG didn’t release any official statement in regard to the leak and the entire smartphone community started sparking rumors about it. However, LG V30 is now as official as it gets since the company released a hands-on video of it. Nonetheless, the smartphone looks impressive and it seems like LG finally has a chance against the likes of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8, Google’s Pixel 2 and Apple’s iPhone 8.
A smartphone’s design is crucial to its success and LG knows that too well. This is why LG V30’s design is something special that seems to be a combination between LG V20 and LG G6. The biggest change in terms of design in comparison with other LG smartphones is the fact that the company decided to put its branding on the rear side. However, the best thing about LG V30 is that it sports a bezel-less display. In fact, this edge-to-edge display is what forced LG to put its logo on the back side.
Leaving the design aside, the features that really matter are the smartphone’s specs and LG V30 blows everyone out of the water when it comes to hardware parts. The smartphone is fueled by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 835 SOC. If the processor wasn’t impressive enough, LG also decided to pair it with 4GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal storage space. Last but not least, LG V30 will also ship with a large 3,000 mAh battery.
The million-dollar question is if LG V30 will run on Google’s latest Android 8.0 Oreo? Sadly, the answer to that question is no. The smartphone will run on Android 7.1.2 Nougat straight out of the box and it will receive Android 8.0 Oreo during the upcoming months. It seems like Google still needs a little bit of time until it can start rolling out the public version of Oreo.


QuickBooks is a generally known and effective accounting software that permits a client to make another company file. This new company file can be made each year and hence, it naturally erased all the data entry needed during the underlying file set up.
At the point when you work on setting up another Company File in QuickBooks, at that point it isn’t important to erase or close the past file. Also, at year-end, numerous organizations find that they have a lot of data that is influencing their exhibition. Furthermore, the advantage of the new setup is that you can just begin with the new file set up which is very valuable as it furnishes you with an additional degree of security that shields your data from unplanned misfortunes. You likewise have the advantage to eliminate undesirable things and erase reserves to clean your system and coordinate your data.
Steps to Set Up a New Company File in QuickBooks
To set up another company file, you can tidy up the entirety of your company data from QuickBooks 2006 and later that. This will help you set up a fruitful company account. The next advance is buy-in, you can essential, standard, and upgraded payroll subscription and proceed with your work.
In this process, this is essential to take note of that in the event that you are a helped payroll customer, at that point, you don’t have the option to begin another company file. For that, you are needed to be accessible if the need arises with a helped payroll delegate. The equivalent is done to guarantee that payroll is being gone into the file before some other data. You can reach us at 1-844-405-0907 to associate with our QuickBooks Payroll Support agent.
On the off chance that you actually need to make another company file, know about the accompanying limitations:
There are likewise a few stages that you need to remember while beginning another company file. The file should be dated December 31st of the end year.
The accompanying reports will be required:
- Customer Balance Detail Report
- Merchant Balance Detail Report
- Standard Balance Sheet
Significant Note: These three reports will be needed to make the accounts receivable (A/R) and account payable (A/P) year-end adjusts in the new company file, alongside the initial adjusts for the monetary record accounts. Additionally, you would need to manually enter the inventory esteem, stock status and other remarkable banking transactions.
Steps to Start a New Company File in QuickBooks Pro and Premier
The following are a few stages that would assist you with making another company file in QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Premier:
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- From the ‘Sellers menu’, reproduce all the merchant offsets alongside the Enter Bills choice.
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- The feature won’t be accessible to payroll clients because of basic payroll data in payroll files.
- The feature isn’t accessible to QuickBooks web-based banking clients because of the security and time-related data from a monetary establishment.
Further advances are as beneath:
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- Click on Start Interview in the window of EasyStep Interview.
- Adhere to all the guidance given on-screen and enter the data for your new company file.
Steps to Start a New Company File in QuickBooks Desktop from Scratch
- Above all else, Open QuickBooks Desktop.
- After that On the No Company Open window you need to click on ‘Make another company’.
- Now you need to Click on ‘Nitty gritty Start’.
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- Now Set up your QuickBooks Administrator password and click on the ‘Next’.
- Thereafter you need to ‘Pick’ where you need to save your company file and click on the ‘Save’.
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Discrimination Against Women Essay Example
Discrimination Against Women Essay Example Discrimination Against Women Essay Discrimination Against Women Essay Women were and still are discriminated in Society Discrimination, in a general sense, simply means making a decision based on some distinctive factor. It involves making decisions on treating people differently based on prohibited discrimination factors such as race, age, sex, color, disability or national origin. Throughout history, the most common discrimination we hear about is the race of people. Thus, no one really takes into consideration of how woman are discriminated because of their sex, and how they are treated lower because of what their roles were traditionally. Therefore, by what one knows about discrimination, one would ask why is discrimination directed towards women? Throughout most of history women generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. Wifehood and motherhood were considered as womens most significant professions. Women were long considered naturally weaker than men, fastidious, and unable to perform work requiring muscular or intellectual development. In most pre-industrial societies, for example, domestic chores were relegated to women, leaving heavier labor such as hunting and plowing to men. This ignored the fact that caring for children and doing such tasks as milking cows and washing clothes also required heavy, sustained labor (Ryan 81-82). Wifehood, the natural biological role, has been regarded as the major social role of women, as mentioned before. The resulting discrimination that a womans place is in the home has largely determined the ways in which women have expressed themselves. Yang 2 Traditionally, children (girls) tend to learn from their mothers that cooking, cleaning, and caring for members of the household was the behavior expected of them when they grow up. Tests made in the 1960s showed that the academic achievement of girls was higher in the early grades than in high school. The major reason given was that the girls own anticipation decreased because neither their families nor their teachers expected them to prepare for a future other than that of marriage and motherhood (Ryan 10-11). Women, they say, are encouraged to be good mothers. They need, therefore, to first attract a man to depend on; they are expected (by our culture) to be giving, emotional, unstable, weak, and talkative about their problems; they are valued for their looks or charm or smallness but not their strength or brains; they are considered unfeminine (bad) if they are ambitious, demanding, and tough or rough; they are expected to follow their man and give their lives to their children, and on and on (Pogrebin 44). So basically, women are expected to serve others, to sacrifice their desires and personal needs in order to please and care for others. These myths and facts of how women were naturally inferior have greatly influenced their views of how they see themselves. That is why, in the 19th century, women began working outside their homes in large numbers, mostly in textile mills and garment shops. Since they supposedly didnt have any skills or experience, these were the only jobs they can start out with. They worked in poorly ventilated, crowded rooms and worked for as long as 12 hours a day. It was not until the 1910s that the states began to pass legislation limiting working hours and improving working conditions of women (Ryan 82-83). Yang 3 It was in the 1960s when the federal law started passing laws to improve the economic status of women. One of these was The Equal Pay Act of 1963. This required equal wages for men and women doing equal work. The second one was The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which restricted discrimination against women by any company with 25 or more employees. Even in 1967, a Presidential Executive Order prohibited discrimination against women in hiring by federal government contractors (Appleby, Brinkley McPherson 567-568). These laws that were passed to help women from discrimination, was a failure. Female workers were still underpaid, overworked and exploited. In addition to the problems, women also suffered from the heavy burden of discrimination based on their gender. They were assigned to the least skilled jobs, given the fewest possibilities for advancement, and treated as the most expendable members of the workforce (Chafe 67). Discrimination then persisted in other fields. Department stores would not let married women have their own credit cards because they think that since the man of the family was the supporter, they should not be allowed to own one. Similarly, divorced or single women often found it difficult to obtain credit to purchase a house or a car (Comptons Interactive Encyclopedia). Laws that dealt with crime and prostitution also displayed discrimination against women. Discrimination in crime existed in some areas of the United States. A woman who shot and killed her husband would be accused of homicide, but the shooting of a wife by her husband could be termed a passion shooting (Filene 194). Often women prostitutes were prosecuted although their male customers were allowed to go free (195). As of now, in the 20th century, women have professions such as doctors, lawyers, preachers, teachers, writers, singers, etc. The medical profession is an example of changed attitudes in the 19th and 20th centuries about what was considered as Yang 4 appropriate work for women. Prior to the 1800s there were almost no medical schools, and practically any ambitious person could practice medicine. However, on top of all this, specific discrimination against women started to develop again. Women now, constitute more than 45 percent of employed persons in the United States. Although the number of women working as managers, officials, and other administrators has been increasing, in 1990 they were outnumbered about 1. 5 to 1 by men. Workingwomen often faced discrimination on the mistaken belief that, because they were married or would most likely get married, they would not be permanent workers. But married women generally continued on their jobs for many years and were not a transient, temporary, or undependable work force (Gutek Morasch 57). Despite their increased occupancy in the work force, most women still have a major amount of responsibility for housework and family care. Even though they are workingwomen in society, they dont seem like they can ever escape the fact their expected roles will not change. Women are still discriminated to be the women they once were, which was wifehood and motherhood. The wife who worked from nine to five and who was still expected to be a full-time homemaker experienced difficulty in resolving the conflicting priorities in her life (Chafe 200). Perhaps the most important thing is that women tried to change the traditional views of their role in society. One can definitely say that if women werent discriminated in the past, they would not have been discriminated today. Although the discrimination of women has been better in the present days, no matter what, it still exists. No one can change the way people thought traditionally, no one could now. Yang 5 Discrimination. The Columbia Encyclopedia: 2000 Sixth Edition. Ryan, M. P. Womanhood in America: From Colonial Times to the Present. London: New York, 1979. Pogrebin, L. C. Family Politics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. Appleby, J. , Brinkley, A. , McPherson, J. M. The American Journey. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. Chafe, W. H. The American Woman: Her Changing Social, Economic and Political Roles. Oxford Press, 1990. Discrimination of Women. Comptons Interactive Encyclopedia: 1994 Filene, P. Him/Herself: Sex Roles in Modern America. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, 1975. Gutek, B. , Morasch, B. Sex-Ratios, Sex-Role Spillover, and Sexual Harassment of Women at Work. Journal of Social Issues 38: 55-74, 1982. Woman Labor Force: A Case Study in the Interpretation of Historical Statistics. American Statistical Association Journal March: 71-79, 1960. Blau, F. , Hendricks, W. Occupational Segregation by Sex: Trends and Prospects. Journal of Human Resources 14: 197-210, 1979.

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He’s dangerous, but not crazy– it’s all part of the plan: Kim Jong-Un's nuclear weapons are 'insurance policy' against being ousted by a U.S.-led invasion like Saddam Hussein, experts claim
- North Korea's nuclear weapons program is 'insurance policy' experts say
- Kim Jong-Un allegedly hopes it can stop him being ousted by U.S. forces
- Yesterday, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte described Kim as a 'maniac'
Kim Jong-Un's 'cartoonish image' should not fool the international community into thinking he is not clever and rational, North Korea experts warn.
They claim Kim's obsession with building nuclear missiles that can reach the U.S. is not an indication that he is looking to start a war - but to prevent one.
The North Korean dictator, whose most recent nuclear missile test is claimed to have proven that his warheads can soon reach U.S. shores, was branded a 'chubby-faced maniac playing with dangerous toys' by Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday.
Rational plan: Kim Jong-Un reportedly fears being ousted from power like the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and hopes that nuclear weapons will deter military intervention
However, experts say this could not be further from the truth, explaining that the North Korean nuclear missile program is Kim's 'insurance policy' against being ousted from power like Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
The late Iraqi dictator was deposed by U.S.-led international coalition forces following an invasion dubbed 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' in 2003 that preceded the Iraq War.
Kim Jong-Un is allegedly hoping that by developing nuclear weapons that can threaten the U.S., he can prevent himself suffering the same fate.
North Korea last week conducted its second intercontinental ballistic missile test, which led Kim to boast he could strike any target in the United States.
A nuclear weapons program is 'the most powerful bargaining chip that North Korea has,' Joo Seong-ha, a North Korean defector told USA Today.
Don't let this fool you: A U.S. North Korea expert has said that while it is easy to fall for the dictator's 'cartoonish' image, the idea that his nuclear obsession is 'irrational' is a myth
North Korea last week conducted its second intercontinental ballistic missile test, which led Kim to boast he could strike any target in the United States
Jenny Town, assistant director of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, also disputed the view that the nuclear program is simply caused by Kim's obsession with weapons and power.
'The idea that Kim Jong Un's decisions, particularly about his nuclear weapons program, are irrational is a myth,' Ms Town told the news website.
'The caricature, cartoonish image of him is easy for people to believe.'
This came after speech by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Wendesday in which he warned that Kim could destroy Asia by triggering a nuclear war, branding him a 'son-of-a-w**** maniac'.
Duterte said the tyrant is 'playing with dangerous toys' and that people should 'not be fooled by that chubby face that looks nice.'
The Philippines leader teed off against 'crazy man' Kim ahead of a regional security meeting in his capital Manila this weekend, where the hermit state's ballistic missile tests will be a hot agenda item.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is a 'maniac' who could destroy Asia by triggering a nuclear war, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte (pictured) has warned
Durterte said the tyrant (pictured) is 'playing with dangerous toys' and that people should 'not be fooled by that chubby face that looks nice'
North Korea is set to face a diplomatic barrage over its nuclear weapons programme, with the United States seeking to build a 'chorus of condemnation'.
Foreign ministers from all the major powers involved in trying to curtail North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's atomic ambitions will be in the Philippine capital for the event, offering a rare chance for face-to-face talks on the crisis.
The United States and China have been wrestling with how best to respond to North Korea's second intercontinental ballistic missile test last week, which deepened global fears over Kim's nuclear weapons strike capabilities.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will seek to build diplomatic pressure on the North in Manila, with Washington pushing for another round of tough United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang, according to one of his top aides.
'What we would expect to see this year at the meeting would be a general chorus of condemnation of North Korea's provocative behaviour,' Susan Thornton, the acting US assistant secretary of state, told reporters in Washington.
The annual forum, hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), brings together the top diplomats from 26 countries and the European Union for talks on political and security issues in Asia-Pacific.
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