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Black tea hand picked and produced from wild tea trees from the mountains of Guria, Georgia. The area is an abandoned tea plantation which has become a forest of tea trees and become one with the beautiful surrounding nature. It is the original Chinese introduced tea bushes that has become wild and are now being harvested again. The tea is family-produced on a small scale and is part of the small-scale tea culture that is beginning to grow in Georgia with craft teas.
Georgia has traditionally since the 1800's had a production of teas exported to Russia and the Eastern Europe. Today, the production of tea resumed after an interruption in many parts of Georgia.
Ozurgeti, Guria, Georgia
Aromatic deep scent of bloom. Full-bodied tea with a slightly floral character and with hints of honey and blackberries.
Whole long tea leaves. Dark orange-colored brew.
- use about 6 grams of tea. Pour in 100 °C water and let it steep for 1.5 minutes.
- use about 3 grams of tea. Pour in 100 °C water and let it steep for 1.5 minutes.
Second steeping 2 minutes
Third steeping 3 minutes
Longer preparation time gives more strength to the taste. The tea holds for a lot of steepings on the same tea leaf.


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Solutions throughout our everyday lives whenever we might be suffering funds. Regular vacations such as for instance xmas may keep us brief with all the additional expense, or we might be wanting to pay back debts that weвЂ™ve formerly accrued. During the time, you will need cash as soon as there arenвЂ™t several choices available, it is very easy to move to cash advance services. Some pay day loan providers charge an astounding level of APR, with Wonga billing on average 1,509% APR and QuickQuid billing 1,294.9percent representative APR.
Pay day loans enable you to get much more financial obligation
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Short term installment loans arenвЂ™t employed for their purpose
Due to the grotesque quantity that these firms make from individuals in unfortunate circumstances, they should market by themselves in a particular type of method to comply with industry requirements. They need to promote their loans as short-term answers to crisis situations вЂ“ such as for instance unanticipated breakages with boilers, ovens and vehicles or expenses that are unforeseen as emergency veterinarian bills. QuickQuids motto вЂњrestore some purchaseвЂќ is perfect for this explanation, using their ads playing on individuals panic to get cash fast.
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According to Brooklyn SAPS, the Hatfield area is regarded as a high crime zone. Official SAPS crime statistics for the 2015/2016 period show a decrease in all property-related crimes reported at Brooklyn SAPS, with the exception of burglary at residential areas. A total decrease of 8.7% was recorded between April 2014 to March 2015 and April 2015 to March 2016. However, there were still 529 reported cases of theft of motor vehicles and motorcycles, with a further 1 063 cases of theft out of motor vehicles. Ten cases of carjacking were also reported. Perdeby has collaborated with SAPS and UP’s Department of Security Services to provide students with some tips on car safety.
Student parking facilities
Firstly, students are advised to park in enclosed parking areas. Free, car-guarded parking is available to all UP students on Festival Street (on the corner of Burnett and Prospect Street), on Lunnon Road (between Herold and Jan Shoba Street) and Herold Street (opposite the Universiteitsoord church). However, these parking areas tend to fill up quickly.
Secondly, students are encouraged to use the park and ride facility from the LC de Villiers sports campus to the Hatfield Campus. The service runs on weekdays from 06:45 to 18:45. Park and ride facilities are also available from the Groenkloof, Mamelodi, and Prinshof campuses.
Another option is paid undercover parking in the Engineering 3 parkade. The parkade accommodates approximately 600 vehicles and can be accessed via UP’s University Road entrance.
SAPS safety tips
According to SAPS safety awareness for vehicles, the following are some good safety practices:

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The Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation has named Laura Mitchell executive director.
Mitchell comes to the foundation after spending eight years with Make-a-Wish Arizona, most recently as chief financial and operations officer. Prior to her work at Make-A-Wish, Mitchell worked for accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
“I have had the distinct pleasure of working with Bob and Renee for several years through Make-a-Wish Arizona and have experienced firsthand the change their gifts inspire,” Mitchell said. “I believe the Valley is and will continue to be a better place because of the Bob and Renee Parsons Foundation and the organizations it supports.”
Since its inception last year, the foundation has provided more than $18 million in funding to numerous Phoenix-area charitable and community organizations.
With Mitchell aboard as executive director, Bob Parsons said the foundation is ready to reach even more people.
“In partnership with some top-notch organizations across the Valley, the foundation has done great work in a short period of time,” he said in a prepared statement. “With Laura’s help, we will be able to do more -- giving hope and a shot at the American dream to the people in our community who need it most.”


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Byline: Rina Jimenez-David
SECRETS CAN BE EXCITING, PROVOCATIVE, INteresting and of inestimable value to our sense of self and autonomy. Who doesnt have secrets? And who hasnt enjoyed the thrill of knowing something that nobody else knows, of keeping hidden from the rest of the world a fact, event, person, place or item that only you know of, that only you have the power to reveal? Secrets are empowering.
But secrets can also be corrosive, lying buried in the depths of ones consciousness and conscience, they can eat away at our sense of comfort and complacency. Who hasnt struggled with the dilemma of revealing or concealing, sharing or keeping hidden a secret? Especially when knowing about a secret can help others, can help explain complex personalities and situations, can erase misconceptions and clear up …

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This paper presents a novel class of microfluidic concentration gradient generation (CGG) devices capable of producing virtually arbitrary user-specified gradient profiles in a flow-free setting. Intended for use in cell biology studies where fluid flow disturbances are to be avoided, our devices allow cells to be studied in a stationary fluid medium while constantly replenishing chemical solution and buffer to establish temporally stable gradients in an efficient manner. By exploiting a gradient forming channel network, gradient profiles of arbitrary shapes can be attained. We describe the concept, design and experimental demonstration of flow-free generation of stable gradients with different prescribed shapes.
Date of Conference: 23-27 Jan. 2011

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An Amagansett man was arrested and charged with rape on Thursday evening after he had sex with a teenager on multiple occasions, East Hampton Town police said.
Lendher Calvin-Ortiz, 31, was allegedly having sex with the teen for several months when family members became suspicious and called police. That call triggered an investigation by the town detective squad, which led to Calvin-Ortiz’s arrest.
No information about the teen was released except that the victim is under the age of 17.
Calvin-Ortiz was charged with two counts of rape in the third degree, both felonies, and one misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child.
He was held overnight, and was arraigned via teleconference the morning of June 5. East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky set bail at $1500, and he was released.

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The Afghan team has been invited to play a friendly in Palestine following a successful match in Kabul between the two teams on Sunday…
Playing to a packed stadium, the match was a fast paced event, with both teams appearing to be in top form.
The Palestinian coach Noureddine Ould Ali said the match will further strengthen ties between the two countries.
Afghanistan Football Federation’s officials said the national team is well prepared to face Palestine in a friendly match on Sunday.
Facebook signs exclusive three-year deal to screen all Spanish top-flight football matches across south Asia.
Despite having little resources, the Afghan wrestling team is committed to hoisting their country’s flat at the games.
The AFF and APL management said they are now working hard to organize next year’s tournament.
The cricketer’s foundation will help provide clean drinking water and affordable healthcare facilities to children in the country.
Forty- five nations will attend the Asian Games and from Afghanistan 80 athletes will take part in 16 sporting codes.
Afghanistan-Palestine friendly match will be held at the football federation’s stadium in Kabul on August 19.
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“The active, engaged, passionate parents make a true partnership,” says Channa Pickett. She is the director of Enlaces, a youth outreach program launched in October 2009 by Duke’s Office of Durham and Regional Affairs and nonprofit organization El Centro Hispano. The strengths-based program serves grades fourth through seventh at six elementary and middle schools to address the needs of Latino students and families. Student workshops, monthly parent workshops and new support networks have increased the involvement of the students and their families. The program has helped bridge the disconnect between Latino families and school activities.
Take, for example, George Watts Elementary, an Enlaces partner school. “In Watts there is a genuine desire for equal representation,” Channa says. The Office of Durham and Regional Affairs developed an Enlaces Parent Ambassador in 2012 to improve parents’ knowledge about the school system, develop leadership skills and strengthen the relationship and communication between parents and educators. Those values took center stage at a recent Watts PTA board meeting, where Hispanic liaisons joined school staff and board members to discuss future plans for the Montessori school.
“Principals, teachers and PTA leaders want parent leaders who represent the school’s diverse student body to serve in leadership roles,” Channa says. “Parents too feel it’s important to share their voices and ideas with school decision-making groups like PTA and SIT (school improvement teams), but there are often barriers to getting involved at a higher level. We worked with parents to increase their knowledge of how PTAs work and give them experiences to build their confidence in their leadership abilities. At the same time, we worked with school leaders to see how they could make their meetings more accessible and relevant to parents.”
The parents are not only representing the Latino community at Watts; they are actively planning a summer Spanish literacy class for Watts students.
“I have the motivation to help the school with my ideas as a Latino parent and be part of the Hispanic liaison committee between the school and the Venezuelan parents,” Avilamar Castillo says. “We bring a lot of beautiful things to this community. We work with the Hispanic committee to bring ideas to the arts and culture committee.”
“I was tired of seeing the same face in every meeting,” Latino liaison, Emma Hernandez explains. “We needed to see new faces to help our children have the best education and we want the Latino parents to understand that.”
“It is really rewarding to see the results of our work as three Latina leaders are serving on the Watts Montessori PTA board this year,” Channa explains. “This is exactly what PTA is about – parents seeing a need at their school and taking the initiative to plan and carry out projects and bring resources to the school. We want these leaders to be successful, and we continue providing guidance and encouragement. They are smart and resourceful. The key is to give them the tools and knowledge to reach their goals, but not do the work for them.”


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When the HVAC system fails, you may not understand the next steps to take. If you want to avoid this disaster, familiarize yourself with local HVAC companies. The choice will be much easier. This article will help any conscientious homeowner hire the right contractor.
Before calling someone to repair your system, make sure you know what kind of HVAC system you actually have. Find out the brand and model and, if possible, dig out the maintenance history. The contractor will likely need all of this information.
Before calling anyone to repair your system, know what system you have. Look for the model and brand number. This will enable you to give your chosen contractor any information they might need.
If there are condenser units as part of your HVAC system, clean them often as they tend to have lots of debris. Leaves and debris can accumulate quickly, particularly following storms, and that can cause problems for your system. Overheating could occur, which will be problematic.
By the end of spring, the fan blades and coils of your condenser should be thoroughly cleaned, so operation can proceed with greater efficiency. Except when you do superficial cleaning, you need to always make sure the power is off on the unit. Remove leaves and debris from the condenser outside.
When you’re trying to cut your grass, don’t cover a unit outside with the clippings. Get the grass shot away from your unit. The same thing should go on when you blow leaves, so take your time when you’re working around HVAC units that are around when you’re blowing debris around.
Many homeowners forget to oil their condenser at least once per year, but it is required. These ports are often covered by a rubber or metal cap. Chose SAE 20 oil, which has been proven to be the most effective.
Every spring you need to make sure your condenser fan’s coils and blades on the fan part are clean. For safety, always turn the power off first. After you have turned the power off, you simply remove the grill and the blades to perform a gentle cleansing.
Once it gets cold outside, you should turn off the outdoor condenser unit. If the temperature drops to under 60 degrees, you risk damage to the unit if you leave it on. This will ensure your system works well each year, which could save you quite a bit in repair costs.
Update the windows in your home to double-paned if you own it. In warmer months, these windows will help to maintain the cooler inside temperature. They help in the winter, too, keeping the heat in.
If you own your own home or have permission from your landlord, replace your single pane windows with double paned versions. Double pane windows can help minimize how much you use your air conditioner in the summer, because they keep cool air inside the home. Conversely, they keep warm air in during the winter.
Nobody ever wants their heating and/or cooling systems to go out when it is really hot or really cold. The situation can be made easier with this advice. The tips you just read will help you with whatever comes your way.


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School board considers jobs, programs as cuts loom
March 7, 2019
Last week a school board work group discussed best and worst case scenarios in response to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget, including layoffs and cutting programs such as art, physical education and music.
Based on last year’s budget, the...

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Most people grossly underestimate the transformative power of connection—of all kinds—to bring to pass pretty much every good thing in life.
This is especially costly for young people. Because they aren’t taught what really matters in life, what tells life’s tale more than anything else, they fall under the thrall of our society’s conventional wisdom, that what matters most is being “the best”. Many high school students work under enormous pressure to get into the “right” school. I experienced it myself along with my classmates as we were told that getting into top schools was all that mattered. That this was a rather shallow and materialistic goal didn’t seem to bother anyone. Being #1 was what counted; its blind pursuit would separate the wheat from the chaff.
In the years since I graduated from high school in 1968, numerous studies have dug into what makes for joy and fulfillment in life and unearthed the facts—the actual truth—as to what actually leads to a happy, long, and rewarding life, and what does not.
Guess what? Going to a so-called top school doesn’t make the cut. Sure, if you do go to one of those schools, that’s fine, but it’s what you do at those places that tells the tale, not the prestige of the diploma you walk away with.
But if the goal of high school, and college for that matter, should not be putting up top grades, athletic captainships, starring roles in plays, and club presidencies, then what should be? What does the research prove to be the best use of these precious years?
The truth I needed to hear back then, and what kids still need to hear today, is simple enough, and makes all the difference.
The truth is this: the purpose of your years spent growing up is to fall in love.
Fall in love with a person, sure, but even more important, fall in love with a book or an idea, a subject, an activity, a time in history, a Great Woman or a Great Man, indeed develop and fall in love with your own vision of what greatness actually is, fall in love with a dog for sure, or a horse, or with a shooting star or the moon, with a movie or a play, with making music. Fall in love with preparing a perfect dish, fall in love with solving equations, or fall in love with the newspaper-delivery business you started in 6th grade—fall in love with whatever your imagination delves into.
Just think about it. Doesn’t the degree to which you find your life meaningful and close-to-all-you’d-hoped-for now directly correlate with the depth and number of your loves? And didn’t many if not most of those loves take root before you turned 25?
How much time is wasted by our most creative and brilliant students silently, if not desperately, contriving ways to get into the “best” college or the “best” professional school?
How many of the seeds of cynicism and disappointment are sown by that pursuit, doggedly doing the right deed for the wrong reason, as the most savvy students sacrifice their tender ideals and their nascent loves in an unquestioning, misguided pursuit?
How many deadening life-long habits of dishonesty and kissing-up begin in that frenzy of test-prep, interview coaching, grade-grubbing, and clandestine stabbing the competition in the back?
Years later, we may wonder when and why our innocence went poof! But it didn’t go poof! It slowly gave up, buckling under the weight of Forbidding Realities. We find ourselves asking, “Whither has it fled, the visionary gleam? Where is it now, the glory and the dream?” while the answer, the liberating and restorative answer, is still there, while bombs burst in air, ready to free us even now, begging to be seen, if we will but take it in.
The answer is: return to your loves. For heaven’s sake. Give them a shot.
Better yet, when they’re new, when you first find your loves, from that moment on feed them, tend to them, cherish them as if your life depended on it—because it does—work hard in their service while they’re fresh and they’re new and you don’t know exactly what you’re doing.
The studies—so many of them now—have put the truth on full display for all to see, if only we will look, if only we will believe what our eyes can see and what incontrovertible evidence proves.
I’ve learned that for some grown-ups, this can be too much to take. They’ve worked so long and so hard in the worship of winning, of being # 1 that to tell them that winning is not, in fact, what makes the difference in life simply can’t penetrate their protective shields. But no matter, I owe them the truth, if not an understanding. An understanding they have to generate on their own. So I tell them that it’s love that makes the difference. I can almost see their silent smirk and feel their hidden derision when I deliver this truth. The adults, experienced in the Ways of the World, dismiss me as a peddler of fairy dust, a naïve and misty-eyed dreamer, an impractical sort whom they hope their children will ignore.
But then there are the kids.
When I speak to students and tell them what they need to do while they are young is to fall in love, when I go on to explain the much more expansive, explosive, disruptive and wide-open terrain of love, they sit up.
I can almost hear their combined sigh of relief and cheers of great joy, as if to say, At last! Because they know I am right. They haven’t yet learned to demean enthusiasm altogether or mistrust love out of hand. They are just looking for some validation, some encouragement, some hope. They are cheering love, the lasting, unmatched, radical power of love.


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The Open Society event brought together speakers and participants from across the social justice, labor, technology, and business sectors. You can watch it here:
At the event, Columbia Business School’s Andy Stern, who is also on the OSF U.S. Advisory Board, addressed the inevitable changes and uncertain challenges we face in the future of work:
[We are] at a strategic inflection point, at a turning point, one dramatic change will occur – and I believe we’re at that point where dramatic change will occur. And the only question is really whether it’s going to have a positive or a negative result. And that’s the question the Future of Work intends to think about. Is this actually, 20 or 30 years from now, a moment where it’s the end of jobs as we know them? And since currently, jobs and work is the way most of us earn our money, it’s the way most of us earn, support our families, what will it mean to not have enough jobs for people who want to work?
Meanwhile, Barclay’s Steven Berkenfeld discussed the inverse relationship between technology development and workers’ bargaining power:
So much of the equilibrium, the supply and demand, is being affected by technology, that ultimately it’s pushing down for your workers the ability to have any kind of effective bargaining or any ability to kind of raise the price of their labor.
While Berkenfeld focused on the quantitative impact of technology on the labor market, the University of Georgia’s Bethany Moreton added that technology not only hurts the quantity, but also the quality of future jobs:
The historical record is really clear: every time we automate, perhaps we come out with roughly an aggregate number of jobs, but the jobs, the majority of them, get worse and worse.
So could and should we stop the advancement of technology in order to go back to the good old days of employment utopia? The National Guestworker Alliance’s Saket Soni says no:
Hope is not a strategy by itself. Neither is nostalgia. We’re not going to go back to a time in the past where we go back to permanent jobs…We need to figure out new forms of bargaining that go beyond the work place and perhaps cut across industry and get to the people who write the rules of the economy, because it is not just the case that work has become disaggregated. It is all, also the case that power and wealth has become aggregated. So there’s disaggregation at the bottom, but aggregation on top.


In Thursday’s (3/3) Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Howard Pousner writes, “During an ambitious 2011-12 season, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will present three world premieres and one U.S. premiere, take the American premiere to New York’s Carnegie Hall and mark the end of Donald Runnicles’ tenure as principal guest conductor. The world premiere performances will present works by Atlanta composer Alvin Singleton, jazz pianist Marcus Roberts and composer Adam Schoenberg. … Runnicles, who has moved his base from the U.S. to Europe, where he now leads Berlin’s Deutsche Oper as well as Glasgow’s BBC Scottish Orchestra, will conclude an 11-year partnership with music director Robert Spano, the ASO and the ASO Chorus. He will get quite a sendoff. On Jan. 19-22, Runnicles will lead the ASO in Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony and will be joined by violinist James Ehnes for Britten’s Violin Concerto. The next week he will complete his tenure (though he’s expected to return as a guest conductor) by leading the orchestra and chorus in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection.’ ” The orchestra also announced programming for its Alpharetta summer home of four years, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park. For the season announcement, the orchestra produced a 40-minute video preview, which may be watched at www.aso.org/1112.
Photo: Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Music Director Robert Spano at the piano.
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Rishi Sunak: On September 10, the concluding day of his three-day trip to India, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit the Akshardham temple in Delhi. During his visit, Sunak, who expressed his pride in being a Hindu, also stated about his desire to visit a temple.
UK PM Rishi Sunak to visit Akshardham temple
Additionally, Rishi Sunak mentioned that although he celebrated Raksha Bandhan, he didn’t have the opportunity to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami thoroughly. Therefore, he expressed his desire to compensate for it by visiting a temple during his trip. He said, “I’m a proud Hindu, and that’s how I was raised. That’s how I am. Hopefully, I can visit a Mandir while I’m here for the next couple of day.”
Upon their arrival in Delhi on Friday to participate in the two-day G20 Summit that commenced on Saturday, Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty received a warm welcome from Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, who greeted them with a “Jai Siya Ram.” Additionally, they were presented with Rudraksh beads, a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, and a Hanuman Chalisa as gifts.
G20 Summit and meet with PM Modi
During the G20 Summit, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak engaged in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Following their meeting, Prime Minister Modi shared a photograph of their warm embrace and stated that they had deliberated on strategies to enhance trade connections and stimulate investment cooperation between their respective nations.


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In a pricey market, it gets harder and harder to find stocks that look solid and have the kind of upside potential that warrant owning in a period when volatility can spike for any number of reasons. Some Wall Street strategists see a Republican victory in November as a huge tail risk. Others point to a deafening chorus of anti-American rhetoric from everywhere from the Middle East to Russia.
One thing is for sure, the sun will rise regardless of who wins in three weeks, and top stocks with big upside potential can still reach that goal. We screened the Merrill Lynch research database and found five companies rated Buy that have big upside targets for aggressive accounts.
This company had a red-hot IPO and has backed up sharply since a recent secondary offer. Acacia Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: ACIA) is a leading supplier of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products to network equipment manufacturers, hyperscale cloud companies and service providers. The company’s foundation is in its Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and a unique approach with its silicon-based photonic integrated circuit (SiPhi PIC). The company primarily combines the DSP and PIC to create modules, which are integrated into optical/networking equipment to provide high-speed optical interconnect.
Merrill Lynch loves the company and the growth potential, and recently it said this when raising its price target:
We are increasing our estimates following Acacia’s positive preannouncements and secondary offering completed last week. Acacia continues to benefit from strong demand across Web 2.0 direct customers, Chinese OEMs, and metro 100G cycles.
The Merrill Lynch price target for the stock is a stunning $130, and the Wall Street consensus target is $119. Shares closed Wednesday at $88.37.
This company had a hot IPO in 2014. While down almost 15% in the past month, it has rallied back smartly off the lows. CyberArk Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CYBR) claims it is the only security company focused on eliminating the most advanced cyber threats, those that use insider privileges to attack the heart of the enterprise. The company proactively secures against cyber threats before attacks can escalate and do irreparable damage. Some 35% of the Fortune 100 and 17 of the world’s top 20 banks use the software to protect high value information assets, infrastructure and applications.
The constant hacking and malware threats continue and many on Wall Street realize that the bigger players in the niche, while volatile, are solid long-term plays. A Merrill Lynch report last month said this:
We hosted CyberArk management and came away more confident in the PAM market opportunity and the company’s leadership & market focus. Management’s tone was bullish; it reiterated recent comments about the potential market size, competitive advantages and outlook. We see substantial long term revenue and earnings-per-share growth potential driven by new wins, deeper existing customer penetration, and cloud adoption.
Merrill Lynch has a $62 price target, and the consensus target is $58.18. Shares closed on Wednesday at $45.20.


Ambika Ray, the BJP MLA, has appealed in the PIL and sought reply on how Mukul Roy could become PAC Chairman when he was not nominated by the BJP for the post.
Mukul Roy, a BJP MLA from Krishnanagar North, had defected to Trinamool Congress after the recently concluded Bengal assembly polls, and he was nominated by the Speaker of Bengal Assembly Biman Banerjee.
The Speaker of the West Bengal assembly on July 16 held the first hearing of the BJP’s petition seeking to disqualify Mukul Roy, who has defected to the ruling Trinamool Congress, from the House.
The proceedings started amid row over the nomination of Roy, who had won the assembly election on a BJP ticket, but later defected to Trinamool Congress. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman, a position traditionally given to an opposition member.
Leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari was present at the hearing before the speaker and he was asked to submit some more documents. The next hearing has been scheduled for July 30.


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They design, manufacture, assemble, test and calibrate every part of their products all in-house, manufacturing piezoelectric accelerometers (IEPE and Charge), dynamic pressure transducers and analogue signal processing instrumentation.
DJB Instruments have been a British leader and manufacturer for over 40 years, proudly developing a substantial range of quality accelerometers and vibration testing equipment whilst maintaining the unique Konic Shear™ design introduced by the company’s founder Don Birchall.
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DJB is proud to uphold the traditions of quality British manufacturing that has been admired for so long around the world and also maintains the fundamental engineering innovation that Don Birchall was well renowned for. Still the only global accelerometer manufacturer using the Konic Shear™ design patented by Don and offering significant improvements in performance and cross axis reduction, it continues future innovation through joint academic research programs and internal material developments.
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Construction starts on 25 new affordable homes in Lanner
Work to build 25 new affordable homes for Coastline Housing has started on site this week at the Tresavean Estate in Lanner. The project had originally been scheduled to start in the autumn of 2011 however was subject to a judicial review.
The go ahead was given in late February following a favourable outcome for Coastline in the judicial review. The new homes will be built to the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 and will be available for affordable rent and shared ownership early in 2014.


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Dust Bowl V.2: Hot, Dry Conditions Create Domino Effect
The dust has settled, but for how long no one can be sure. At any moment, the winds may blow, moving the topsoil -- soil that took Mother Nature generations to craft -- even farther from its origin.
One farmer reckons that precious topsoil, native to his farm in Kearny County, Kansas, now sits in a field at least 200 miles away, blown there by the relentless winds of March and April 2014.
Affecting counties in western Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, and eastern Colorado, was reminiscent of what folks in the same region faced 80 years ago.
“There were several days we couldn’t see 100 yards in front of us,” says Tom Hauser, a farmer near Ulysses, Kansas. “”We didn’t know where the dust was coming from. It was moving in here from somewhere else, just like it did back in the 1930s.”
Wind-blown topsoil is partially to blame for traffic accidents that claimed five lives near Liberal, Kansas, in March.
Just like her ancestors, Marieta Hauser hung wet towels on the windows to keep the dirt from entering the house.
The combination of high winds and long-term drought have had a dramatic effect not just on the landscape of these fragile soils but also on the psyche of its inhabitants. In the last decade, Hauser has had four failed wheat crops due to drought; this year looks to be another.
Since the beginning of 2014, the average maximum daily wind speed in Syracuse, Kansas, is 50.6 miles per hour, according to the Kansas State University Weather Data Library. In that same time, Syracuse has received just 1 inch of total precipitation.
That is a recipe for disaster.
“I’ve had to chisel more ground this year than the last 20 years put together,” says Gary Millershaski, who farms near Lakin in Kearny County. Chiseling the ground roughs it up, and helps prevent soil from blowing – at least for a little while.
Like many western Kansas farmers, Millershaski uses no-till to preserve moisture. Theoretically, crop residue covers the soil, protecting it from blowing. When there is no rain, however, there is no crop, and certainly no crop residue.
“In 2013, we raised 16-bushel-per-acre wheat, which is about half our annual county average,” Millershaski says. “I wanted to keep the stubble intact, so I used a stripper-header. I sprayed it a couple of times to keep the weeds down, but it totally blew out. We just didn’t raise enough residue last year.”
Last August, Millershaski received 5 inches of rain. But even that much-needed precipitation came with a cost: the rain prompted kochia to grow, and when the wind began to blow, it blew the uprooted weeds all over the countryside. Uprooted kochia plants loosened the soil, another cause of the blowing dust. And when one field begins to blow, it is like a domino effect.
Still, Hauser says farmers are using better conservation methods than their forefathers did. “There are very few farmers using sweep plows anymore. The last thing we want to do is run any tillage equipment,” he says. Millershaski agrees. “We’re in much better shape now than in the ’30s because we don’t use moldboard plows and on-way plows. Our farming practices are pretty good for the most part. But we still require moisture,” he says.
There are other reasons why the dust has blown this spring. Tom Flowers, a retired soil conservationist from Meade, Kansas, theorizes that today’s farmers have forgotten what their forefathers went through during the 1930s Dust Bowl.
“When prices go up, a lot of young farmers will look at a field of grass, whether it was old soil bank or Great Plains, and think it would be good farmground. So they break it out, and they have all the old problems their ancestors had,” Flowers says.
In his nearly 30-year career in Meade County, Flowers saw many farmers switch from conventional tillage to no-till. But by itself, no-till is just a tool. Farmland still needs rain, and growing-season rains in the region just haven’t happened.


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36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the (2003)
Big Island, Hawaii
Jan. 6, 2003 to Jan. 9, 2003
Houghton G. Brown , Texas A&M University
Marshall Scott Poole , Texas A&M University
Tom L. Rodgers , Texas A&M University
Kim Van Walsum , Texas A&M University
More than a process-automating tool, telemedicine is increasingly recognized for its ability to facilitate collaboration and knowledge creation between disparate healthcare providers. As trust is being demonstrated to affect positively the collaborative effort of practitioners and the concomitant, as well as subsequent impact on quality of health care delivery , the questions arise, What are the interpersonal traits of practitioners that contribute to a constructive and continuing telemedicine-centered collaboration? Furthermore, how do these interpersonal traits translate into specific types of interactions that maximize telecollaboration? These questions are especially germane as much telemedicine equipment remains underutilized, and administrators concern themselves with sustainability. Previous work has largely centered on relational variables affecting trust in collaboration, such as competence, reputation, and trustworthiness, but has neglected the personal characteristics that might impact participants? proclivity to collaborate and trust.

 This paper introduces the circumplex model as a framework for understanding the development of trust in collaborative telemedicine. The circumplex posits that interpersonal interaction can be explained along the two dimensions of power and affiliation. Sixteen personality traits may be arrayed in a circular or clockwise fashion around the psychological axis of Dominance and Nurturance , . Recent causal modeling studies - of the relational relationships between the dimensions of the circumplex theory of interpersonal interaction and measures of interpersonal trust - have found that the circumplex dimensions of Dominance and Nurturance are significant positive predictors of interpersonal trust , . Understanding these interpersonal characteristics of individuals may help address the constraints impeding telemedicine usage.
K. Van Walsum, H. G. Brown, T. L. Rodgers and M. S. Poole, "Trust, Trait Theory, and Collaboration in Telemedicine: A Circumplex Perspective," 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the(HICSS), Big Island, Hawaii, 2003, pp. 173.

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|Type||Privately held company|
|Founded||Menlo Park, California (September 7, 1998)|
|Headquarters||Santa Clara, California, USA|
|Key people||Rusty Harris
|Industry||Internet, Computer software|
|Products||MontaVista Linux · Mobilinux · DevRocket|
|Employees||Over 250 (June 20, 2008)|
MontaVista Software is a software developer that develops embedded Linux system software, development tools, and related software. Its products are targeted at other corporations developing embedded systems such as automotive electronics, communications equipment, mobile phones, and other electronics devices and infrastructure.
MontaVista is based in Santa Clara, California and was founded in 1999 by James "Jim" Ready (previously at Mentor Graphics and creator of VRTX) and others. On November 10, 2009 Cavium Networks announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to purchase MontaVista for $50 million.
May 12, 2009 MontaVista announced MontaVista Linux 6 (MVL6) comprised of Market Specific Distributions, MontaVista Integration Platform, Software Development Kit, MontaVista Zone Content Server, and support and services. There are a number of differences between MVL6 and previous MontaVista Linux products. The main ones are:
MontaVista Linux (formerly known as Hard Hat Linux) is a Linux distribution that has been enhanced to become a full fledged real-time operating system. The work on real-time performance has since continued to a point where MontaVista claims to support hard real-time tasks on embedded Linux as of MontaVista Linux 4.0, with response times as fast as other real-time operating systems.
MontaVista sells "subscriptions," which consist of software, documentation, and technical support. The software includes a Linux kernel and toolchain aimed at a specific hardware configuration, collectively called a Linux Support Package, or LSP, and other integrated tools including the Eclipse-based DevRocket IDE. The distribution is available in three editions, each aimed at different market segments: Professional Edition, Carrier Grade Edition, and Mobilinux. The MontaVista Linux toolkit includes specific code libraries to easily migrate from Wind River Systems' VxWorks and the pSOS operating systems.
MontaVista Professional Edition (Pro) is targeted at general embedded Linux developers who want all the benefits of an open source development platform (open source, Linux, easily accessible software, etc) as well as additional MontaVista benefits including higher quality (fewer bugs), integration with open source tools for a particular hardware architecture, and support. Pro is targeted at intelligent device markets, including networking and communications, instrumentation and control, aerospace and defense, SOHO devices, and medical electronics.
MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) is a commercial-grade Linux development platform for developers working with RAS (reliability, availability, and serviceability) managed hardware (HPI, IPMI) or custom hardware, who require long-term support and high availability.  Carrier Grade Linux is governed by the Linux Foundation CGL working group.
MontaVista Mobilinux is targeted at wireless handsets and other mobile devices such as GPS devices, portable medical devices, and wireless POS terminals. Mobilinux's key features include dynamic power management, real-time performance, fast booting, and small memory footprint.
MontaVista DevRocket is a set of Eclipse plug-ins for facilitating application and system development with MontaVista Linux. DevRocket integrated development environment runs on Linux, Solaris and Windows. It utilizes the Eclipse C++ Development Toolkit (CDT). Starting with DevRocket 5.0, users can add MontaVista's plug-ins into an existing Eclipse installation, or install Eclipse with the plugins already loaded.
DevRocket is available in two varieties: a Platform Developer Kit (PDK) and Application Developer Kit (ADK). The Platform Developer Kit includes the ability to communicate with a target (RSE, SSH), create and manage file systems, debugging (kgdb), and performance tuning (memory leak, memory usage, system profiling). The application developer kit includes a virtual target for developing applications earlier in the development cycle, one-click edit/compile/debug, and performance tuning.
MontaVista has a history of being a major contributor to the Linux kernel and the open source community. From the beginning, Jim Ready said he wanted to make it "100% pure Linux" under the GPL. The core changes to make MontaVista Linux into a real-time operating system were made by Nigel Gamble and later updated by Robert Love. Robert Love submitted the changes to the Linux kernel in 2001. The Linux 2.6 stable kernel series is the first to include similar features, such as priority-based preemption. As of 2008, MontaVista had contributed 1.2% of the Linux kernel, making it the 9th-largest corporate contributor to the Linux kernel, according to a survey by the Linux Foundation.
MontaVista has also spun off independent open source projects based on a number of its features, including dynamic power management, high resolution POSIX timers, the pramfs file system, and the openais implementation of the SA Forum's Application Interface Specification.
The 2008 Vision Summit was held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Speakers included MontaVista CEO Rusty Harris, Peter Kronowitt, an Intel software strategist, Freescale CTO Lisa Su, MontaVista CTO James Ready, OLPC kernel developer Deepak Saxena, and LWN.net Founder Jonathan Corbet. It was noted that the Vision Summit drew a healthy crowd in comparison to Linux World despite being hosted by a single-vendor.
March 3, 2009, MontaVista Software announced Meld embedded Linux community, a community for embedded Linux developers. It essentially is an internet forum specialized in questions and answers on the topics of embedded Linux - MontaVista specifically claims that meld targets all embedded Linux users, not just its own customers.
According to MontaVista, the Mobilinux operating system is used in 90 percent of Linux-based smartphones, totaling over 35 million phones and mobile devices. Other versions of MontaVista Linux are used in devices made by a number of partners, including Sony Bravia TVs, NEC routers, and others, especially in Japan. A version of MontaVista Linux OS is used in Dell Latitude E4200 and E4300 notebooks to provide the Latitude ON feature .
Motorola became the first company to use Linux on a mobile phone when it released the Motorola A760 to the Chinese market on February 16, 2003. Motorola chose to use MontaVista Linux in the Motorola A760 and future Linux-based phones, despite the fact that Motorola was a founding member of the competing Symbian OS. Since then, Motorola has increased focus on its Linux platform and publicly stated that the future platform for all its mid- and high-tier mobile phones will be Linux with Java, and other phone manufacturers NEC and Panasonic have developed a common platform based on MontaVista Linux.


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Power and Portability: The V-Accordion Revolution Continues
Thereâ€™s plenty to love about the traditional accordion, from its expression to its portability. But if youâ€™ve ever wondered where Rolandâ€™s acclaimed range of digital V-Accordions could take your performances, the new Roland FR-4x is your chance to find out. With its light and compact design, responsive pressure-sensing bellows, and full-range onboard speakers, this latest model feels as familiar as your favorite acoustic accordion. But with the same powerful sound engine as Rolandâ€™s flagship FR-8x, this digital accordion goes even further. Choose from a wide selection of accordion sounds from around the world, and play in silence using headphones or connect to a PA for live performance. Control other electronic musical instruments via the MIDI connector, or record your playing to a connected USB stick and share your music with the world. While its sounds and playing feel are reassuringly traditional, the Roland FR-4x is an accordion for the modern age.
- 37 keys and 120 left-hand buttons
- Compact and lightweight
- Sound module and user interface from the flagship FR-8xb
- 100 accordion sound sets (including 67 pre-loaded sets), 162 orchestral sounds, 32 organ sounds, 3 drum sounds
- Built-in chorus, reverb, and rotary effects
- Fast response and high sensitivity from bellows pressure-sensing circuitry
- Bellows Resistance Regulator to adjust bellowsâ€™ inertia
- Character-type LCD screen
- Four expansion slots for access to additional tone libraries (Balkan and DallapĂ¨ expansions are pre-installed)
- Powerful onboard amplification system (two speakers + one tweeter)
- Headphones and line outputs
- Onboard audio recorder
- USB connection and MIDI I/O
- USB memory port for song playback and recording
- Powered by AC adaptor or 10 AA-size batteries
- Dedicated FR-4x Editor software
- vailable in black or red; made in Italy
Play in Any Style with Customizable Onboard Tones
A traditional acoustic accordion offers just one dedicated sound. With its powerful sound engine carried over from the flagship FR-8x, the new FR-4x puts an entire orchestra in your hands, with a wide range of onboard sounds to support any musical style. Maybe youâ€™ll dabble in 100 preset accordion sets, switching between French musette and Russian bajan in the same song. Or perhaps youâ€™ll investigate 162 orchestral sounds derived from Rolandâ€™s latest keyboards, transforming your accordion into an organ, string quartet, or bass guitar. You could add chorus, reverb, and rotary effects, or accompany your melody lines with the onboard drum sounds. And factoring in the fast, easy sound customization processâ€”plus additional sound libraries available from the official Roland websiteâ€”the FR-4x is a truly open-ended instrument with immense creative potential.
The Digital Accordion That Honors Tradition
If you play a traditional accordion, you wonâ€™t want to compromise on the expressive feel and portable format. You donâ€™t have to with the Roland FR-4x, which plays like a great acoustic accordion and travels light. The intuitive layout of 37 velocity-responsive keys and 120 left-hand buttons feels instantly familiar, while the pressure-sensing bellows circuitry lets you tailor the inertia to your preference. This new digital accordion might feature lots of onboard technology, but its light and compact designâ€”plus the option of powering from an AC adaptor or AA batteriesâ€”make it a great choice for players on the move.
Flexible Outputs for a Variety of Music-Making Scenarios
Practice. Rehearsal. Studio. Stage. The Roland FR-4x has the flexibility to support you wherever youâ€™re making music. The headphones jack lets you practice at home without disturbing the neighbors, and when youâ€™re on the go, a powerful onboard audio system with two speakers and a tweeter supplies big, full-range sound. Ambitious music makers can even connect with external MIDI devices like the Roland BK-7m Backing Module for controllable accompaniment. Gigging accordion players will appreciate that the FR-4x is fully stage-ready, providing a direct connection to a venueâ€™s PA system via the Line Out and sparing the headaches of trying to mic up a traditional accordion.
Jam with Your Favorite Songs, or Record Your Own
The USB memory port is your pathway to some of the Roland FR-4xâ€™s most useful features. By inserting a USB stick preloaded with your favorite songs or your bandâ€™s latest material, you can jam along with the music as it plays back and perfect your parts at your convenience. If you want to get creative, the FR-4x also features a handy onboard recorder; simply record a new part, save it to a USB stick, and then transfer your creation to a computer and share it with the world. USB export also allows you to safely archive your customized sound settings.
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UPDATED: Who are Alabama’s New Coaches?
With less than 200 days to go until Alabama kicks off against Utah State to open the 2022 season, the Crimson Tide staff looks to be rounding out nicely.
While there is turnover every season at a place like Alabama, this year saw the Tide retain some semblance of consistency, keeping both Pete Golding and Bill O'Brien as the coordinators. Alongside Golding and O'Brien, Saban also managed to keep several other pieces of the staff in place, most notably Holmon Wiggins as wide receivers coach and Robert Gillespie as leader of the running backs.
While Saban is bringing back a large portion of the staff from last season, there are holes that need to be filled, so here is a breakdown of all of the new additions to the Crimson Tide coaching staff.
Travaris Robinson - Cornerbacks Coach
Robinson started his coaching career in 2007 at Auburn as a graduate assistant under Tommy Tuberville before quickly moving on to coach the cornerbacks at Western Kentucky. After taking the position with the Hilltoppers, Robinson worked his way up the ranks, returning to the SEC in 2011 as the defensive backs coach for Florida. Since then, the former Auburn cornerback saw stints with his alma mater, South Carolina and Miami before joining the Alabama staff.
Eric Wolford - Offensive Line Coach
Wolford spent last season as a member of the Kentucky staff where his offensive line finished as a finalist for the Joe Moore Award, given to the nation's top unit. The 'Cats rushing attack averaged over five yards per carry in 2021, finding room behind their well coached front. Prior to his lone season in Lexington, Wolford spent time with several big time programs across the country and even saw a brief stint in the NFL with the 49ers.
Coleman Hutzler - Special Teams Coordinator/OLB Coach
Hutzler joins the staff from Ole Miss where he spent just one season. Prior to his year with the Rebels, the Las Vegas native served as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Texas as well as spending time with New Mexico, Florida, Boston College and South Carolina. In his time in Oxford, Hutzler's special teams units put up very solid numbers, holding opponents to just 20.59 yards per kick return and 4.47 yards per punt return.
Joe Cox - Tight Ends Coach
Many Tide fans may remember watching this former Georgia quarterback on Saturdays. Joe Cox suited up for the Georgia Bulldogs from 2005-09, mainly serving as the backup to Matt Stafford. In his final year, however; Cox led Georgia to an 8-5 record, winning the Independence Bowl over, then Big 12 member, Texas A&M. The former signal caller began his coaching career in 2014 at a high school in Charlotte, NC before moving into college football the next season. Cox spent four years at Colorado State before taking a job with South Carolina and then Charlotte where he joins Alabama from.
Todd Grantham most recently spent a rather disappointing few years with the Florida Gators before being fired prior to the conclusion of the 2021 season. Despite a tough end to his time with Florida, Grantham has seen a lot of success in the SEC before, most notably in his time with the Georgia Bulldogs as the defensive coordinator from 2010-2014. In four years with the program, Grantham's units never ranked outside the top 50 in total defense and even reached as high as fifth in the nation in 2011.
Mettenberger is likely still a fresh face in many Alabama fan's minds, as he served as the quarterback for the LSU Tigers from 2011-13. Prior to his time with the Tigers; however, Mettenberger was also a member of the 2009 Georgia team that featured Joe Cox. After redshirting his freshman year and being kicked off the team, Mettenberger spent a year at Butler Community College in 2010 where he led the Grizzlies to an 11-1 record and a NJCAA National Championship appearance. A sixth round pick in 2014, Mettenberger spent three years in the NFL before seeing time in the AAF and The Spring League.
Derek Dooley and Nick Saban are very familiar with one another. The duo have worked together before with Dooley leading the tight ends and running backs while under Saban at LSU as well as coaching his tight ends while he was with the Dolphins. After leaving Miami and spending a few years as head coach at Louisiana Tech, Dooley took over the Tennessee Volunteers in 2010 and posted a 15-21 record in three seasons. Since his stint with the Vols, Dooley has spent time with three NFL franchises as well as another stint in the SEC with Missouri as the offensive coordinator from 2018-19.


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Exploring the life and career of rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley, this documentary follows the King from his childhood in Tupelo, Miss., to his incredible success topping the charts, leading roles in Hollywood movies and triumphant comeback. Drawing on rare archival footage and interviews with close friends and associates, this special tribute shows fans what Elvis was really like and what made him so great.
Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as the astonishing story of Disney's most famous fairy is finally revealed in the all-new motion picture "Tinker Bell.
Six years after the events of The X-Files series finale, former FBI agent Doctor Dana Scully is now a staff physician at Our Lady of Sorrows, a Catholic hospital, and treating a boy named Christian who has Sandhoff disease, a terminal brain condition.
When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won't be easy.
The third installment in the Mummy franchise takes archaeologist Rick O'Connell to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination.
In Babylon A.D Vin Diesel stars as a veteran-turned-mercenary who is hired to deliver a package from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a destination in the teeming megalopolis of New York City.
Have you watched Elvis Presley: A Documentary yet? What did you think about it?


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The basic, must have in your jewelry collection! These dainty Thin Croissant Hoop Earring can be paired with any outfit. With an original design, a handcrafted feel, and a thick 18k gold layer. It looks gorgeous with any look.
• Made in gold vermeil: a thick 18k gold layer on sterling silver
• Measurements: Hoops: 6,7,8,13mm
• Weight: 3.5g
• Tarnish free and hypoallergenic


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The Deepest Waters was given to me to read and review by Revell. The following is my own opinion. I have not been paid for my review.
For John and Laura Foster, what began as a fairytale honeymoon in 1857 aboard the steamship SS Vandervere soon becomes a nightmare. A terrible hurricane strikes and the grand ship is lost in the murky depths of the Atlantic. Laura finds herself rescued with the other women and children, but how can she feel anything but despondent without her groom? Suspecting her John is gone but still daring to hope for a miracle, Laura must face the possibility of life alone.
Talented author Dan Walsh skillfully tells an epic story of hope, faith, and love through an intimate lens. Inspired by real events, this emotional and honest story will capture your heart as you sail through its pages. (From Revell's website)
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Thirty minutes later, the Vanderver lurched violently, tossing men every which way. Dozens went over the rail. The rest slid down the desk toward the base of the ship, colliding so bard that some were knocked unconscious. Shouts and fearful cries to the Almighty rang through the air. John was still conscious but felt blows from the several elbows and feet about his head and sides.
He wondered.... was this it? Was it too late now to escape?
I became fully captivated with this story. I can say that this book started with bang! Dan Walsh intertwined the lives of the ladies and the lives of the men very well....( the ladies were rescued by another ship, leaving the men to fight it out.) I found myself worrying what was going to happen, if John was going to make it, will Laura ever find her husband?
The Deepest Waters is filled with hero's and heroins. The need for survival out shines the preconceived notions about the fellow men and ladies. I love how Dan showed that the Lord does indeed provide for his Children. It was encouraging to me, to see an author write about God's Keeping Power!
This book is not just a love story, it is a story about how in the deepest darkest spot we may find ourselves in, God is there Watching out for Us, Providing for us and keeping a hand of safety on us.
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May 11, 2020 – Staffers at Pop-Up Magazine Productions announced May 11 that they are forming a union as part of the Media Guild of the West, a local of The NewsGuild-CWA. They are part of a surge in union organizing among news industry workers.
An overwhelming majority of more than 30 non-management employees at Pop-Up Magazine and The California Sunday Magazine signed union authorization cards. The editors, producers, designers and other staffers said they are seeking to partner with management to build a sustainable work environment for all, including by addressing issues such as job security, transparency, career growth and compensation.
The organizing drive had been in the works for more than a year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the crisis deepened, the crisis facing magazine journalism and live events – the pillars of Pop-Up Magazine Productions’ business – have become clearer and more pressing. Staffers want to ensure their voices are heard in the important decisions to come.
“Working at Pop-Up has been one of the defining experiences of my life,” said Aaron Edwards, senior producer and co-host of Pop-Up Magazine and a member of the organizing committee. “I’m so thrilled to stand with my colleagues, who are some of the most talented and insightful people I’ve ever worked with. The time we’re living in by its nature calls for us to think and act as a collective. I’m excited we’re doing that.”
Anthony Pesce, president of Media Guild of the West, said, “I’m proud to welcome the staffers of Pop-Up Magazine Productions into our union. It’s inspiring to see workers come together, especially during this global crisis, and we look forward to building a productive relationship with Pop-Up management.”


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The debate rages on that organic fruit may contain just as many pesticides as non-organic. Recent research reveals that 23 percent of organic fruit contains pesticide residue. Traditionally grown and cultivated fruit contains 75 percent pesticide revenue. Notably, this residue does not register above any unsafe levels as set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, the study also pointed out that of greater concern was not the level but the type of pesticide found. Comparing the type found in organic fruit led to labeling the organic fruit as cleaner.
A good deal of the residue found in organic fruit was from organchlorine pesticides like DDT. Scientists conducting the study offer the opinion that a drift effect from adjacent fields traditionally cultivated using chemical pesticides was windblown to organic cultivated fruit. Furthermore, the study did not take into consideration any chemical residue possibly leftover in the soil from earlier use with traditional cultivation methods.
The study followed the procedure that randomly purchased 1,000 lbs. of fruit and produce that included peaches and apples. The techniques for growing the fruit ranged from organic to green-label to conventional obtained from different areas throughout the country. For test purposes, organic was defined as fruit grown using only natural pesticides such as either plant extracts or naturally occurring bacteria that would attack crop pests. Green-label techniques claim that produce is raised with less damaging farming practices that included the reduced use of pesticides and employing crop rotation.
Tested for 300 Pesticides
Fruit was tested for 300 different synthetic pesticides. Toxicity for each was measured taking into account the short term and long term toxicity for each pesticide and the amount that was found on each sample tested. The organic samples showed the least amount of toxicity was found in the organic samples. Traditionally grown foods had the most toxicity. The Green-label fruit generally had low levels of pesticide residue. There was only one sample that was above any federal guidelines. Traditionally grown samples had residues far more than organic or green in eight fruit crops tested and four—apples, pears, peaches and strawberries—had more than 90 percent of the samples tested containing pesticide residue.
The test, conducted by the independent Consumers Union, the group that publishes the Consumer Reports, concluded that although both organic and traditional fruits contained some level of pesticide residue. The study also stated that trying to avoid pesticides in fresh fruits altogether by not eating any is a detrimental choice since there is some residue in all. The report stated that consumers could reduce exposure to pesticides eating fruits with fewer residues. An offshoot of the study also indicated that organic fruit was just as tasty as conventionally grown fruit. Recent certification programs established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are establishing stricter guidelines and definitions for what constitutes an organic fruit.
Although organic fruit has gained in popularity, it still presents a cost that is 57 percent greater than traditionally grown produce.

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A report by federal investigators has concluded that poor communication contributed to the death of a veteran Chicago firefighter last year.
Capt. Herbert Johnson, 54, suffered burns and died of inhalation injuries while helping battle a fire at a two-flat apartment house on the South Side in November 2012. Paramedics performed CPR on the father of three as they carried him out of the home but he died at a hospital.
The review was conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program.
The contributing factors it cited included poor communication between personnel on the ground and a lack of proper personal protective equipment.
The report, released in September, says the firefighter-paramedic who came to Johnson's aid did not have a radio and had to shout "mayday" to other personnel inside the building for help.
Spokesman Larry Langford said Tuesday that the Fire Department is reviewing the report's recommendations but takes issue with some conclusions, including the notion that having a radio would have helped Johnson's colleague summon help faster.
"There were other firefighters very nearby, in fact right down the hall," Langford said. "... The first thing you are going to do is probably yell anyway, because the human instinct -- which is usually right -- is that it's faster to yell to the guy whose 15-20 feet down the hall than to pick up a radio."
He said it took about 10 seconds for another squad member to come to his aid.
Langford also said that Johnson had all his protective gear with him when he went in, and that he may have removed his gloves while reaching for his radio. Other gear was removed by those carrying him out of the house, and Johnson likely lost his breathing apparatus facepiece while running and hitting a wall or doorjamb, Langford said.
The report also criticized the department for another communication lapse in which Johnson failed to acknowledge hearing the plan of attack over his radio. It said the commander should have made certain everyone understood.
"We don't know if he heard the message, or just didn't answer, or was already injured when the message came over," Langford said.


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Autographed Copy of Weaving Within Reach
A signed copy of my second book, Weaving Within Reach, which includes 25 introductory, useable weaving projects. Think totes, clutches, jewelry, home-decor and more. Two-thirds of the book projects are done without a loom or with a made loom. The book includes clear step-by-step photographic directions for each project, plus lots of introductory how-to tutorials.


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To help celebrate the beginning of the 2019 baseball season, the Milton Senior Center on 10 Walnut St. is hosting a musical baseball show featuring local singer-guitarist Howie Newman on Friday, April 12 at 11:30 a.m.
This event is open to Milton residents 60 or older. The $5 admission fee includes refreshments. Reservations are required. To reserve a seat, call 617-898-4893.
This performance is supported, in par, by a grant from Milton Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Newman, a former sports writer for the Patriot Ledger, the Lowell Sun, the Boston Globe, and other newspapers covered the Red Sox for many years and has also remained an avid fan, having visited 91 major and minor league ballparks. He will sing baseball songs, offer up baseball trivia, and talk about his days on the Red Sox beat.
In addition, Newman will hold a free raffle for copies of his two baseball CDs: “Baseball’s Greatest Hits, Volumes 1 and 2.”
Not all of the program will focus on baseball. Newman will also play classic songs from yesteryear, including the music of Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, and Doris Day.
“Baseball is the one sport that really lends itself to music,” stated Newman, whose experience also includes three years of radio color commentary for the Lowell Spinners, a Red Sox farm team. “I’ll be playing a few of my own baseball songs and some other baseball standards that everyone knows. We’ll talk baseball, do some trivia, and just have fun. If people have questions about the Red Sox and what it’s like to cover the team, I’ll be happy to answer them. It’s going to be a unique type of show and I’m sure that folks will enjoy it. I’ll also be playing some old classic songs so there will be something for everyone.”
For more information, visit www.howienewman.com/baseball-show.


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In the realm of the blockchain, the detailed accounting of transactions is an object of enormous importance. Not only does it allow searching and getting full information about specific transactions, it can also provide market analysis of the digital economy.
The Functionality of BKX Scan
Searched by the hash of transaction, key information can be displayed:
- internal Ethereum transactions;
- who/when makes a transaction;
- the fee for a transaction;
- whether the transaction completes or not.
You can also search data on it. Searching by the number of a block and searching by addresses are both available. BANKEX Scan takes into account the fact that a certain block may contain information about the data on previous transactions. The balance sheet will be displayed in any case, regardless of the selected scan period.
The beta-version of BANKEX Scan was launched on March 20 and now is open for testing. Please try it here: https://scan.bankex.com/
BANKEX team works hard on the final version of BANKEX scan, which will have additional features and advantages, such as a scan of the non-obvious Ethereum motions (like kill() function for the contract). BANKEX aims to make BANKEX Scan the biggest and most popular Ethereum scanner.


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Another delicious recipe passed down to me by my Aunt Bea, after one of her always enjoyable dinner parties back in the early 2000s. ½ c. uncooked wild rice 2 tbsp. butter 2/3 c. chopped dried apricots 1 celery stalk, sliced 2 green onions, chopped 1½ tsp. dried thyme 2 c. chicken broth or beef […]
Crispy crust on the outside, tender and creamy goodness on the inside. Elegant fondant potatoes create “perfect textures and contrasts between the creamy potato center and the crusty edges. The key here is to use russet potatoes; it’s a texture thing. You’ll cut them into cylinders. Next you’ll brown the tops and bottoms in a […]
1 oz. (2 tbsp.) vodka 1 oz. (2 tbsp.) peach schnapps 2 oz. (4 tbsp.) orange juice 2 oz. (4 tbsp.) cranberry juice Mix together all ingredients together. Pour into a highball glass ¾ filled with ice cubes. Stir well. Makes 1 drink.
Serves 4 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 4 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 yellow onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 jalapeno pepper, diced (remove seeds for less heat) 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon sea or kosher salt 1 small tomato, chopped, plus more for topping 2 tablespoons chopped […]
Good diet-compliant food, would make again. First made on 10-22-2013 Update: This is definitely good, but Check out my other Balsamic Basil Turkey Loaf that I like even better… (the glaze/ sauce is lighter and less sharp, and I prefer that). 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 3/4 cup finely diced sweet yellow onion 1 cup […]
Garlic and Vinegar Kale Chips (Sept 2013 – Yum!) Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Toss the kale with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of garlic and parsley seasoning, or your choice of seasoning on top. Give the kale another toss to coat the kale in seasoning. Spread the […]
PrintCashew Chicken (Figure Friendly!) A hit for my new diet plan. I first made this in September 2013 – its a frequent favorite now, and very figure friendly!Ingredients2 tsp peanut oil or sesame oil 2 cloves garlic, minced (or 2 tsp chopped garlic from jar) 1 pound raw boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into […]


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Women and Men's Use of Coercive Control in Intimate Partner Violence
These authors examined the relationship between coercive control and intimate partner violence (IPV) for men and women and for targets and perpetrators. Participants (85 men, 87 women) were recruited from three samples (university students, general population, incarcerated persons) and reported on their own and their partner's behavior. IPV was measured with the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2). Coercive control was measured using modified items from the Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory (PMWI). Results show that coercive control was associated with IPV, and this relationship was similar for men and women across the three samples. Coercive control was predominantly reciprocal in nature, with women and men reporting both receiving and perpetrating controlling behaviors. Overall, coercive controlling behaviors were characteristic of individuals within violent relationships, regardless of their physical abuse status. The experience of violence, rather than gender, was the best predictor of coercive control. Modified Author Abstract.


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In British Columbia, three types of therapists are regulated by law—psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. This means that they must meet certain education and training requirements to practice under those titles, and they must be registered and licensed by the relevant governing body (known as a college).
Psychotherapists, therapists or counsellors in BC do not yet have those regulations overseeing them—regulations are coming soon for the title of Counselling Therapist. In the meantime, look for counsellors in Vancouver with titles like Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) or Certified Clinical Counsellor (CCC). These are credible practitioners that belong to self-governed professional associations. There are other titles overseen by associations across BC—take some time to review them and their requirements if you come across other titles. You could also receive psychotherapy or counselling therapy from another regulated practitioner, like a psychologist or social worker.
First Session carefully vets all therapists and counsellors to ensure they meet requirements in their region and are certified by the correct legal or self-governing bodies.
Psychiatry is a medical field of study. Psychiatrists can prescribe medications. Usually an appointment would require a referral from a doctor and it’s unlikely you will be able to book counselling time with them.
Psychologists in Vancouver will hold a PhD. Psychologists can either work directly with patients or clients offering counselling or psychotherapy, or they might remain in academia conducting studies and furthering research in the field of mental health. Psychologists can identify and diagnose mental health conditions but they cannot prescribe medication.
It’s a common misconception that social workers in Vancouver are only available via community or social services. Social service workers differ from social workers. Registered Social Workers (RSW) are counsellors. They can work in a variety of settings, like hospitals, or they can be booked directly for counselling therapy, including on First Session. Those with a title of Registered Clinical Social Worker (RCSW) have additional training and certification which allows them to diagnose mental health disorders using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5).
You can book counselling appointments on First Session with social workers, counsellors or psychologists in Vancouver.

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Orzo pasta looks a great deal like rice or barley grains, so much that the name orzo means barley in Italian. However, this pasta is not made of barley, but of semolina flour. Orzo pasta nutrition will differ based on whether or not it's made with refined or whole wheat flour.
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What Is Orzo Pasta?
Numerous types of pasta originate from Italian cuisine. Orzo refers to one of these — a barley grain-shaped pasta. Orzo is primarily made out of semolina flour, but you may also find other flours mixed into this product depending on the manufacturer.
Semolina flour is made of durum wheat. It's coarser than other flours, resulting in products that have slightly firmer textures. Semolina flour is also used to make foods like couscous, bulgur, freekeh, breads and desserts.
Like other wheat products, semolina flour can be made as a refined or whole grain product. You can purchase both refined orzo or whole wheat orzo, which means that the particular orzo's nutritional information will differ accordingly.
According to the Mayo Clinic, whole grain products are healthier than refined grain products. Like other whole grain products, whole wheat orzo's nutrition is richer in dietary fiber. Whole grain products typically have more benefits for your health.
Read more: 16 Diet-Friendly Healthful Carbs
Orzo Pasta Nutrition Facts
A standard serving of orzo pasta is around 2 ounces (56.7 grams). If you're looking at refined semolina flour products, orzo pasta nutrition has around 200 calories per 2-ounce serving. This pasta also has 1 gram of fat, 7 grams of protein and 42 grams of carbohydrates. Out of these carbohydrates, 3 grams come from dietary fiber.
As with other refined products, refined orzo pasta is usually enriched. For example, Barilla's orzo pasta is enriched with ribovflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), folic acid (vitamin B9) and iron. This results in it having:
- 10 percent of the daily value (DV) for iron
- 15 percent of the DV for riboflavin
- 40 percent of the DV for thiamin
- 30 percent of the DV for niacin
- 50 percent of the DV for folic acid
In comparison, Delallo's whole wheat orzo nutrition has fewer calories (190 per 2-ounce serving). It also has 1 gram of fat, 7 grams of protein and 37 grams of carbohydrates. Each serving of whole wheat orzo's nutrition features 4 grams of dietary fiber.
There isn't much whole wheat orzo nutritional information listed. As an unenriched product, whole wheat orzo nutrition has just 8 percent of the DV for iron and 5 percent of the DV for potassium.
Fiber and Your Gastrointestinal Health
Although orzo pasta's nutrition has more essential vitamins and minerals compared to whole grain orzo's nutrition, you may still want to consider consuming whole grain orzo.
This is because, according to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, most people don't consume enough fiber. While an extra gram of fiber may not seem like a lot, you only need around 25 grams of fiber a day, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Unfortunately, most people don't consume anywhere near this amount. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health says that the average American only ingests around 15 grams each day. This means that every additional gram of fiber you consume is important.
Fiber is important because it plays a role in your gastrointestinal health. Your fiber consumption can help you reduce your risk for various diseases. These include conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and diverticular disease.


Lovejoy Medical Building
This modernist icon, designed by architect James Gardiner, is located at NW 25th and Lovejoy in Portland. With the exception of tenant remodels and the addition of an elevator, the 39,000 square foot building had been largely unchanged since its initial construction in 1965. Jones Architecture provided a thoughtful renovation to the building, updating the exterior, lobby, corridors and common areas.
Our work on the building’s exterior included repainting the building’s screens and realigning the louvers that are featured prominently in the facade. “Soul”, a mural by world renowned Mexican street artist, Paola Del Fin, now graces the eastern facade.
We altered the transitions between indoor and outdoor space at the terrace and street level. Working with Lango Hansen Landscape Architects, we added a generous outdoor gathering space with built-in planters and seating. A brick guardrail was removed and replaced by one fabricated from woven stainless steel mesh which restored the architect’s original intent for a terrace more open to the street. These changes created a friendlier, softer edge between the building and its neighborhood.
Inside, we removed the drop ceilings and the bulky, antiquated HVAC system they concealed. The mechanical system was replaced with a new, carefully-integrated, energy-efficient solution, concealed by a natural wood slat ceiling and integral lighting. New terrazzo floors feature custom brass inlays in a geometric pattern.


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The coming of age fantasy Refugees offers a highly inventive world that can be a bit disconcerting. After all, the three main characters are a humanized duck, flying squirrel, and armadillo. But the suspension of disbelief comes quickly.
An epic journey of a lifetime.” That’s what three young individuals from three different corners of the world have dreamed about. They were destined for greatness since the moment they were born. But what if they don’t want it? What if they’re not ready? What if their desires no longer align with the prophecy?
The problem is, they have no choice. The star has appeared. Their destiny has already begun to unfold.
It’s not the send-off that they’ve been dreaming of. Forced out. Banished. Raided. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. Now they must discover who they really are while embarking on the most exciting journey of their lives. One star. One impossible task. One chance to save the world they love.
The coming of age fantasy Refugees brings that escape from reality
One of the reasons many of us read fantasy is the escape we find from the boredom and nastiness of the real world around us. Refugees provides that relief within the context of a familiar storyline. The world itself is fairly sketchily drawn, but it’s the first book of a six-book series. This book focuses on the three main characters.
Spiritually, there’s not much here. There’s an all-powerful god, but no savior or Holy Spirit. Spirituality is on the periphery of the tale. Of course, as the first of six, much of the content is hinting about things to be discovered in following books, I’m sure.
It’s a good clean read, and I enjoyed it. It should work for mid-school or older. Your children will enjoy it.


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This Juliet Pendant, Teardrop shaped and Hand Painted in Multi-Colours is one of a kind. It is painted with Trichem water based non-toxic paint. The colours are navy blue Cream Silk paint, red, orange, lilac, yellow and turquoise Colorlites Paint with white Jewel Jem paint pearls. It is outlined with gold Spark-l-On paint. This pendant is stunning and unique and will match any outfit.
A chain is included.
Size: 2¼” x 1⅜”.