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Sometimes pain leads to happiness. So does rejection.Last January, my agent sent an email to her romance writers that Carina Press had a call out for Christmas novellas. She listed the desired word count and other particulars. It's a chance to move ahead to a larger publisher, I thought, and interest sparked.
So, I wrote like a fiend to meet the deadline ... and got rejected.A step backward.
I’ll confess the rejection stung. It was my first and brought along a passel of self-doubts. When I told my agent to send the manuscript back so I could rework it, she claimed she’d already sent Santa Wore Leathers on to other publishers. I groaned inwardly. More rejection was bound to come.
A month later, a contract offer came from HarperImpulse. Ah, a step forward.
The next week, my agent called again. “Vonnie, I need the first three chapters of that paranormal you’re working on. Oh, and a synopsis. An editor at Random House loved your novella, but since you’ve already got a contract, she asked if you had anything else she could see. Isn’t that great?”
Irritation rolled in my stomach. “What have you done? This paranormal is my play story. I piddle with it whenever I hit a rough spot in my current WIP. It’s not meant for publication. I don’t write paranormal. It’s just a play story.” I was repeating myself out of nervous fear.
“Well, play story or not, we’ve got another Big Six editor interested. Send me the three chapters and write up a synopsis.”
I felt myself sliding backwards. How could I write a synopsis of nothing?
The editor at Random House loved A Highlander's Beloved--bear shifters and all--and contracted it, offering options on three more. A big step forward.
Rejection can be a step backward. Or in my case, a few steps forward. Santa Wore Leathers led to a three-book contract from Harper-Impulse.
2014’s going to be a busy year. I hope yours if full of steps forward, too.
** Learn more about Vonnie at www.vonniedavis.com


Its wholly owned home loan company, Caliber mortgages, is just one of the few economic businesses to report a percentage that is significant this year when you look at the buck value of subprime mortgages it really is handling and servicing for home owners.
The majority of the subprime mortgages at Caliber are вЂњlegacyвЂќ loans, those granted prior to the housing breasts, which Lone celebrity acquired from banking institutions and federal agencies.
But Caliber can also be among the few lenders starting to issue mortgages to borrowers with very poor credit documents and also to issue bonds supported by those loans.
The marketplace for such loans and bonds has remained mostly inactive because the economic crisis. The present task from Lone celebrity and Caliber will be the clearest indication of the nascent revival in a large part regarding the mortgage market that many big united states of america banks never have dared to the touch.
A mortgage securitization backed mainly by newly quickerpaydayloans.com login issued mortgages to borrowers with troubled credit histories for the second time in three months, Lone Star, which was founded by the billionaire investor John Grayken in 1995, has indicated that it is on the verge of bringing to market. Most of the mortgages that are nonprime in to the bond offerings were compiled by Caliber within the last couple of years.
Lone celebrity and Caliber offered an identical but smaller bond providing just last year.
These loans vary in several regards through the worst associated with subprime mortgages created before the housing bust. The borrowers taking right out these mortgages, referred to as Fresh begin loans, from Caliber must show their capability to settle loans, and, although some have experienced bankruptcies or foreclosures into the recent times, these are generally viewed as more likely to keep pace along with their monthly obligations.
Lone celebrity and Caliber are stepping into these alleged nonprime mortgages as big banking institutions in america carry on to go out of the company of handling mortgages to borrowers with spotty credit histories within the wake of this crisis that is foreclosure.
Big banking institutions are concentrating a lot of their work on which are referred to as jumbo mortgages, mortgage loans granted to wealthier borrowers with pristine credit records who will be borrowing a lot more than $400,000. Jumbo mortgages tend to be more profitable much less high-risk for banking institutions than smaller loans to property owners.
Caliber, a strong that Lone celebrity started cobbling together nearly four years back, is currently among the fastest-growing home loan finance businesses in the united states. Caliber could be the tenth largest home loan servicer, or bill collector, away from 30 major organizations nationwide.
Its profile of subprime mortgages increased about 14 per cent, to $17 billion, within the year that is last relating to Fitch reviews. Mortgages to borrowers with shaky credit records account fully for 18 per cent regarding the $93 billion in mortgages that Caliber manages and gathers payments on from property owners.
In a declaration, Caliber stated the main focus in the boost in how many subprime mortgages in its portfolio overlooks that the majority that is vast of it manages and underwrites are to borrowers with solid credit records.
вЂњThe development of CaliberвЂ™s servicing guide shouldn’t be described as a data that is single, as in the long run it should be driven by CaliberвЂ™s origination activity вЂ” which will not include any subprime items,вЂќ Caliber stated by e-mail.
The company included that its Fresh begin loan system, вЂњa new nonconforming product which Caliber proposes to underserved borrowers, accocunts for significantly less than one percent of all of the yearly manufacturing and it is not considered subprime.вЂќ
Subprime investing just isn’t a new comer to Mr. GraykenвЂ™s company. In 2014, Lone celebrity, located in Dallas, purchased DFC Global, a payday lender that makes high-interest, short-term loans to customers.
The rise in CaliberвЂ™s subprime company to some extent reflects the known proven fact that Lone celebrity has emerged among the biggest purchasers of troubled mortgages. Certainly one of Lone StarвЂ™s biggest acquisitions of soured mortgages had been a pool of 17,000 loans it bought at a high discount from the Department of Housing and Urban developing.
That deal has prompted critique. Housing advocates contend that Lone Star and Caliber have already been too fast to foreclose on borrowers while having been unwilling to negotiate within the regards to a loan modification.
Caliber has foreclosed in roughly 21 % for the mortgages brought from H.U.D., up from 14 per cent at the conclusion of this past year, in accordance with an analysis by RealtyTrac associated with the firmвЂ™s loan data that ended up being evaluated by The ny days.
Caliber has defended its management for the H.U.D. loans, noting that a lot of borrowers had been significantly more than couple of years delinquent to their mortgages.
вЂњThe great majority of this loans within the H.U.D. pools arrived to Caliber in a few phase of property property foreclosure, including some 8,300 loans connected with abandoned properties or borrowers whoever loans we have been legitimately forbidden from calling to supply an adjustment opportunity,вЂќ the company stated.
More recently, Lone celebrity happens to be purchasing tens of thousands of troubled loans from deals staged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
A Caliber agent stated the critique for the company had been misplaced and pointed up to a present study by J.D. Power that ranked the company eighth on consumer satisfaction, well ahead of bigger organizations like Nationstar Mortgage, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
The fast development at Caliber, that has a lot more than 5,000 workers, is not without dilemmas.
The mortgage that is firmвЂ™s and foreclosure methods have actually prompted investigations by regulators in ny. Just last year Fitch issued a bad outlook on Caliber, to some extent due to the quick development and heightened regulatory scrutiny.
Roelof Slump, a handling manager at Fitch, stated the reviews agency had no plans that are immediate revise its perspective on Caliber, but had noted that the company acted this present year to вЂњenhance their staffing.вЂќ He cited the visit of Sanjiv Das, the former executive that is chief of home loan unit, as CaliberвЂ™s leader.
In June, Fitch reviewed and rated the initial securitization of nonprime mortgages Lone celebrity delivered to market, a $161 million relationship offering supported by nearly 400 mortgages, that will be one of several biggest securitization of nonprime mortgages because the financial meltdown.
With its review, Fitch noted that the вЂњcredit quality for the borrowers is weaker than prime.вЂќ
Now, Lone celebrity plans a straight bigger bond offering backed primarily by nonprime mortgages compiled by Caliber. In a Sept. 6 ratings that are pre-sale, Fitch said the most recent $217 million securitization will soon be supported by 501 mortgages.


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Can you read a book a month?
Of course you can.
Maybe you already read plenty, but you want to broaden your scope with a wider variety of books. Are you curious about graphic novels? Do you love to explore the world through reading? Are you excited about the new downtown Wichita library set to open in 2018?
If so, this year’s Wichita Eagle #ReadICT Challenge is for you. The concept is simple and doable: Read 12 books from 12 different categories in 12 months.
We made the categories flexible, so you can bend and twist them to meet your reading habits or goals. We also created a handy printable to help you track your reading.
Here are the categories:
1. A library book
2. A detective novel or true crime book
3. A book about reading or writing
4. A book set somewhere you’ve never been
5. A book recommended/given/loaned to you by a friend
6. A book with an animal on the cover
7. A graphic novel
8. An essay or short story collection
9. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
10. A book about a topic in the news
11. A book published the year you were born
12. A book by an author slated to visit Wichita in 2018
We’re excited to partner with the Wichita Public Library for this year’s reading challenge. You can track your reading online at the library’s website, www.wichitalibrary.org/readict. Register for the program beginning Monday.
Any book, audiobook or e-book will count. Once you’ve completed the challenge, return your form to any Wichita library location, and you’ll be eligible to win one of six seats at a special luncheon, where we’ll no doubt talk about books and reading.
Twelve books may sound like a lot – and for most Americans, it is. According to a 2016 survey by the Pew Research Center, more than one in four adults (27 percent) said they had not read a book within the previous year. The typical American has read four books in the past 12 months.
This challenge is meant to inspire and encourage you. If you didn’t read a single book last year, set a goal to read one or two. Ask a friend for a recommendation – that’s category No. 5! – or rediscover a favorite author whose work you haven’t checked out in a while.
The library’s monthly online book club – ICTBC, with librarians Sara Dixon and Racine Zackula – will play along through the year, selecting books that fit into the challenge categories. On Jan. 17, from 12:30 to 1 p.m., join us on Facebook Live as we talk about this year’s challenge and offer book recommendations.
You’re also encouraged to join our Wichita Eagle #ReadICT Challenge group on Facebook, where local readers share their picks, post bookish links and celebrate reading accomplishments.
For ideas about books to read that might fulfill our new categories, check out my picks for the 2018 #ReadICT Challenge as well. I look forward to another year of reading with all of you.

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Residents of Hampton Roads suffer under extreme temperatures as thermometers record heat topping out at 103 degrees on July 29th, the hottest day in more than a decade and the fifth-hottest ever recorded for our region. The old record for this date was 98 degrees set in 1952. Humidity was only 60 percent, but that still made it feel like 111 degrees.
In order to reduce operating costs, The Virginian-Pilot and the Ledger-Star newspapers offered an early-retirement incentive to 143 full-time employees. According to the newspaper's human resources director, 77 employees have stepped forward to accept the offer. Between one-quarter and one-third of the positions of the retiring employees will be filled. The newspapers have also been reducing their staffs through attrition and currently have about 1,000 full-time workers.
The Virginia Beach City Council receives a planning department report recommending the construction of a 12,000- to 14,000-seat arena and a 140,000-square-foot exhibition hall. The new arena would replace the Alan B. Shepard Civic Center, popularly known as the Dome, which was also mentioned in the report for conversion to a combination music hall/theater. It is thought the Dome, built in 1958, is too small to attract the larger conventions that are now popular.
Opening ceremonies are held in Norfolk's Berkley section for the city's first public swimming pool. Neighborhood youngsters lined up well before the 10 a.m. opening ceremony, and the pool stayed at its capacity of 250 until sundown. The pool was scheduled to open in June but strikes, bad weather and vandalism contributed to the delay. In addition to providing recreational activities to the citizens of the city, swimming lessons will be offered.
Officials from Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. report that the new aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy is performing exceptionally well during sea trials about 50 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach.
Norfolk detectives are warning citizens that pickpockets are active on Norfolk streetcars and are even warning that those choosing to ride the cars should not carry large amounts of cash in their pockets. Police say that they have made many arrests but the criminal activity continues. Police also speculate that some of the pickpockets have migrated from larger cities where they already have criminal records and time served. Signs have appeared at the Army and Navy base warning military personnel and civilian workers of the pickpockets.
Two men and two women paddling about 100 yards off Ocean View beach in about 12 feet of water capsize their canoe, resulting in the death of one of the young ladies. When the canoe flipped, one of the men and one of the women began to swim for shore while the other young man held onto the canoe until help could arrive because he could not swim. The other woman disappeared almost immediately. Hundreds of beach-goers, sailors and lifeguards searched, but her body was not recovered for at least an hour after the accident. The deceased woman was discovered by two sailors in a canoe that were dragging the location for the body.
– Compiled by Virginian-Pilot news researcher Jakon Hays

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Throttle housing - removal and refitting
Note: During manufacture the throttle plate is adjusted so that it is fractionally open, to avoid the possibility of it jamming shut, and it must not be repositioned. Idle speed adjustment is provided for by means of a screw which, according to its setting, restricts the airflow through the air bypass channel in the throttle housing.
1 Disconnect the battery negative lead.
2 Slacken the retaining screw and detach the inlet air hose from the throttle housing.
3 Disconnect the accelerator cable at the housing linkage with reference to Section 4.
4 Disconnect the distributor vacuum hose and auxiliary air hose from the underside of the throttle housing.
5 Undo the four nuts and carefully withdraw the throttle housing from the manifold studs.
6 Refitting is a reversal of removal, but ensure that the mating faces are perfectly clean.
Renew the gaskets, one on each side of the insulator block, if necessary.
7 On completion adjust the idle speed as described in Chapter 1.
8 Disconnect the battery negative terminal.
9 Disconnect the charge air temperature sensor and throttle position sensor wiring multi-plugs (see illustration).
12.9 Component attachments at the KE-Jetronic throttle housing
A Charge air temperature sensor multi-plug B Throttle position sensor wiring multi-plug C Throttle cable bracket D Connecting hose retaining clip
10 Slacken the hose clip and detach the air inlet hose from the inlet duct.
11 Undo the two bolts securing the inlet duct to the rocker cover slacken the throttle housing connecting hose clip and remove the inlet duct (see illustration).
12.11 Air inlet duct retaining bolts (arrowed)
12 Extract the retaining clip and disconnect the throttle cable end from the linkage ballstud.
13 Undo the two bolts and remove the throttle cable bracket from the throttle housing.
14 Disconnect the auxiliary air hose, then undo the four nuts and remove the throttle housing.
15 Do not remove the throttle position sensor from the throttle housing unless absolutely necessary. If it must be removed, mark its position for refitting and then have it accurately adjusted by a Ford dealer on completion. This will also be necessary if the sensor or throttle housing are renewed.
16 Refitting is the reversal of removal, but use a new gasket and ensure clean mating faces. After refitting adjust the idle speed as described in Chapter 1.
Rear wheel cylinder - removal, overhaul and refitting
Note: Before starting work, refer to the warning at the beginning of Section 2 concerning the dangers of asbestos dust, and to the warning at the beginning of Section 3 concerning the dangers of h ...
Throttle cable - adjustment, removal and refitting
The procedure is similar to that described in Part A of this Chapter for carburettor engines. ...
Manual steering gear - removal and refitting
Note: A balljoint separator tool will be required for this operation. Removal 1 Set the front wheels in the straight-ahead position. Ensure that the steering lock is engaged and remove the igniti ...


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Russian airlines having fallen under Ukraine's sanctions will not be able to fly to Ukraine effective Oct. 25.
In accordance with National Security and Defense Council decision, the Cabinet of Ministers bans Russian airlines, primarily Aeroflot and Transaero, from Ukraine.
The State Aviation Service has won a suit against Aeroflot airline (Russia) concerning cases of the Ukrainian airspace violations.
State Aviation Administration of Ukraine decided to ban the Russian Aeroflot Airlines JSC to resume flights in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk effective Dec. 1, 2014.
The head of the Security Service of Ukraine Source Valentyn Nalyvaichenko said that international experts took into account evidences of Russia’s plan to commit a terrorist attack at Aeroflot civil aircraft, which was flying over the territory of Ukraine.

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Membership association to support the creation of collaborative FinTech hubs in Bahrain and UAE
Innovate Finance, the membership association representing UK’s global FinTech sector, today announced its trip to the Gulf this week to foster closer FinTech ties in the region. The trade body will also support the Kingdom of Bahrain and the UAE in building thriving FinTech centers that can collaborate with other innovation hubs such as London and the UK - which are recognised as having the world’s leading and most collaborative FinTech ecosystems.
Lawrence Wintermeyer, CEO of Innovate Finance, kicked off the week long trip today with a key note address at the FinTech Enterprise Excellerate (E2) conference, the exclusive FinTech platform at the World Islamic Banking Conference in Bahrain. He outlined the significance of Bahrain in advancing the global FinTech sector and urged the country to seize the opportunity to lead the region in creating a financial services sector that embraces innovation. Wintermeyer commented further on Bahrain’s well-established financial services sector, its talent base and strong digital connectivity. The country’s well-educated and bilingual workforce makes up two thirds of the Gulf’s financial services employees and 73% of jobs in the banking sector.
Within financial services, Bahrain also stands out for its global leadership in the field of Islamic finance, hosting the largest concentration of Islamic financial institutions in the world. This sector has also seen recent and rapid growth with assets in Bahrain’s Islamic banking sector rising from $1.9 billion in 2000 to $25.1 billon in June 2015.
“Whilst Bahrain continues to improve on a number of international measures it is clear that FinTech presents a sizeable opportunity to modernise, internationalise and democratise financial services in the region,” said Wintermeyer. “London has emerged as the world’s leading global FinTech hub and so there is an opportunity to learn from London and the UK’s approach to the development of FinTech that may offer other hubs, such as Bahrain, learning on its journey to attract the talent and capital to grow its own FinTech ecosystem.”
Innovate Finance will meet with regulators this week in Bahrain to engage in open, collaborative and inclusive dialogue with respect to FinTech policy approaches and frameworks in the UK. It will also share lessons learned from its experiences with the FCA and the regulator’s on-going support for the UK’s FinTech community. The collaboration will assist Bahrain in fostering responsible FinTech innovation through information-sharing and global best practices.
The visit coincides with UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s trip to the region, which is focused on exploring post-Brexit trade with Gulf nations during a two-day visit to Bahrain. Wintermeyer noted: “As we have seen with madras and dim sum bonds, London could be an important market to seek and raise capital for Sharia compliant FinTech ventures in the GCC.”
Innovate Finance will also meet with influential FinTech supporters in UAE later this week.
Innovate Finance is an independent membership association that represents the UK’s global FinTech community. Founded in 2014 with the support of the City of London and Canary Wharf Group, Innovate Finance is a not-for-profit that aims to accelerate the country’s leading position in the global financial services sector by directly supporting the next era of technology-led financial services innovators, whether they be a young start-up or an established industry player.
The goal is to create a single point of access across the sectors to help foster enabling policies, regulation, talent development, business growth opportunities and investment in the UKâ—âand, most importantly, to create a global finance sector that offers services that are more sustainable, more inclusive and better for everyone.


Thread: can you re-use OEM conrod bolts?
11-15-2012, 04:22 AM #1
can you re-use OEM conrod bolts?
im rebuilding i 2005 rxp and want to change the cam chain (crank still bolted up to con rods)
is the only way to get the new chain on, to undo the conrods and lift the crank up?
if so can i re use the conrod streach bolts?
11-15-2012, 06:01 AM #2
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book says dont reuse the bolts.
11-15-2012, 07:04 AM #3
I have heard of people re-using them 1 time, but why chance it????
11-15-2012, 07:16 AM #4
You can change the timming chain without removeing them. Just remove the oil squirters all 3 and lift the crank enough to get the chain out. Yes, it is kinda a pain, but I have done it many times for SCer clean up. BUT you say you are rebuilding the motor? SO why not pull it all apart and inspect everything? Then just hone and new rings or if needed piston and rings?
11-15-2012, 07:26 AM #5
11-15-2012, 11:51 AM #6
11-15-2012, 02:27 PM #7
thanks for the feed back.
ive now ordered a full conrod bolt set with other parts needed.
ive had to replace one (rear most) piston due to damage from valve falure.
the bore was really good, so very lightly honed and fitted a new piston/rings.
at this point in the rebuild then.... would you guys pull the other two pistons, replace rings/lightly hone and start over? or leave the other two pistons alone???
its a 2005 jetski with 60hours. the "other two" pistons/bores i have not yet touched look ok.
note that the damaged piston that i removed (top face only) had a 'stuck' top piston ring (it wont move outwards)
so should i renew the other two ring sets?
im replacing one main crank bearing (fuel tank end) as it looks as though its "scrubbed/deposited" possibly from hard throttle from cold. the crank face for that bearing is perfect.
ive had the head welded and skimmed .004" and am yet to get seats cut and new SS valves fitted.
all this sound ok??? fitting new cam chain too, and flywheel bolts.
the sc has been rebuild recently too with metal washers.
11-15-2012, 04:10 PM #8
I would pull all pistons and get the bores honed/new rings at least.
11-15-2012, 04:22 PM #9
11-15-2012, 06:11 PM #10
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Check your connecting rod to make sure it's straight
Good luck - the rebuilding is kind of fun if not for the expense and delays
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text: CHANDRAPUR: The intruder leopard that was captured in daredevil rescue operation from Ballarpur city on Monday was released back into the wild during the wee hours of Thursday. A microchip has been embedded inside the skin of the leopard to help its identification in future. The three and half year old male leopard had injured three persons during its intrusion in thickly populated locality of Ballarpur. The beast was shifted to Rambugh forest nursery in Chandrapur after it was captured. Veterinary doctors carried out its physical examination and discovered no injuries on its body.


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Lets see, we run jones out of town and is now in discussion for super bowl MVP, we run Holiday out of town and he was top 3 returners this season.....yup joe Marciano is NOT the problem
I bet Marciano wasn't consulted when they decided to cut either Jacoby or Trindon.
Our special teams also played better in the play offs when we "unprotected" players & let them play STs.
I bet our special teams once again becomes one of the better units in the whole league in 2013, but only if coach Joe is here. Fire Marciano & bring in someone like Wannestedt & I can't make any such guarantee.

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In Calm Market Waters, Beware of Sharks
When times and markets are good, it's easy to be complacent and lose discipline. But risks are always lurking, Bob Seawright warns.
With the retreat of summer, students have headed back to class. Football season's returned, and hurricane season is peaking — with disastrous consequences so far in Texas, Florida and beyond.
Why Does Warren Buffett Fail at Investing (Sometimes)?
A look at the numbers shows why Buffett, and all of us, underperforms at times, says Bob Seawright.
Seawright: I Hope This Doesn't Describe You
Too many advisors fail to practice evidence-based investing and advice. Don't fall for these alternatives.
Spring tends to bring predictable changes, like warmer temperatures and blossoming flowers. But this spring seems to entail its fair share of unpredictable events as well.
Hoping for a Regulatory Miracle
Many advisors would love some common sense to be exercised in 2017 with respect to the DOL's fiduciary rule.
Climate Change Is Real: The Investing Implications
We can avoid arguing about the causes of climate change and simply put our money to work in companies that deal with the consequences.
A Time of ‘Financial Repression’: Seawright
The facts surrounding bonds and interest rates suggest there are good reasons to be concerned, as plenty of people already are.
A New Wealth Focus
For Research on Wealth’s first quarterly issue, we focus on low yields—how they impact your clients and your business, and what you can do in response.
The boomer legacy: an economic mess
How my generation has failed our kids.

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We are a bikefriendly villa
The villa of Can Micos has everything you need so that your group of cyclists can enjoy your favorite sport. We are located in one of the most important places to do this sport, in the province of Girona and in the town of Riudarenas, a place of pilgrimage for MTB and enduro lovers.
Quality places with Can Micos stamp
In Can Micos we want you to enjoy our surroundings to the fullest, that is why we present our recommendations of the area to carry out activities, buy or eat. All these establishments have our quality seal.
Hiking and nature knowledge.
Being already between fields of cultivation and forest, just leaving the house you can lose yourself enjoying the roads that are in the area or if what you want is something more structured we have nearby activities for the whole family. Get to know everything you can do.
A territory of history in Catalonia
Can Micos is in one of the historical areas of Catalonia, where culture is an important factor, being just 20 km from the capital Girona, we are an ideal place to make multiple cultural visits of different kinds, highlighting the route of the Castles and museums in the region.
Rest in our villa and take care of yourself in a spa.
We are in La Selva, the region of water and we have 3 spas within a 10 km radius where you can enjoy the care and well-being of visiting one of these places with the water that flows in a natural hot way.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Species conservation - how being helpful hurts
Cornelia Dean makes note of a fact I had not thought much about. Conservation regulations that specify the minimum size of individuals that can be harvested, whether they be fish, bighorn sheep, or ginseng plants, increase the rate of evolution to favor smaller individuals that reproduce at an earlier age. This works against species health. Humans are harvesting mature adults, whereas natural predators would target smaller or weaker (old) individuals. Rates of evolutionary change are three times higher in species subject to “harvest selection” than in other species. Here is the abstract of Darimont et al.'s work.

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Fideli Sundqvist is a young lady from Stockholm, Sweden who is building up stories, which she illustrates with three-dimensional paper creations. It is her new interpretation of the classic still life.
Visit Fidelis official site for more amazing artworks
Hanabunko is a small flower vase shaped like a book. It seamlessly integrates into your shelves while adding a dash of life to your collection of books. It works as a divider or simply a flower vase. The round hole in the center functions is a grip, but also as a stopper for longer flowers. You can get it here.
Sculptural installation artist Carly Fischer createsamzingly detailed repilcas of all kinds of everyday trash.

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THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
Somewhere under the freezing Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. The chase for the highly advanced nuclear submarine is on–and there’s only one man who can find her: Jack Ryan!
Alan and Craig discuss intelligent heroes, how to identify a Russian cook, the star power of Sean Connery and the movie “The Hunt for Red October” on Craig’s birthday edition of Matinee Heroes!
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This is it! The championship game of season 1’s CastOFF! is this Sunday, August 23rd as Patrick from Gaggle of Geeks and Randy from the Cult 45 Podcast battle it out in this winner take all finale!! The movie they’ll recast: The modern classic Pulp Fiction
It’s been 6 nail-biting weeks but we’ll finally name the best caster on the internet. Head over to twitch.tv/matineeheroes or matineeheroes.com/castoff to subscribe to the video now you don’t miss any of the action August 23rd at 6pm PT 9pm ET.
Next week, Craig, Alan and guest Rob Ervin go old school cowboy with “Unforgiven”

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First Baptist Church Lafayette is looking for Music Ministry Interns to assist us in promoting a deeply spiritual and engaging worship atmosphere during our services. This position is open to current students enrolled at the Ivy Tech and Purdue University campuses in West Lafayette.
Read below to learn more about this exciting position and apply!
Deadline to apply is Wednesday, August 26 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
Fall 2020 Music Ministry Internship
Job Description & Contract
Position: Fall 2020 Music Ministry Intern
Reports To: Senior Pastor, assisted by the Director of Music Ministry & Worship Ministry Deacon
- Exhibit strong singing ability.
- Be interested in using one’s musical gifts in the context of the worshipping faith community
- Have an attitude of cooperation, be a team player, value consistency, and have an openness of spirit.
- Be a student at Purdue University or Ivy Tech Community College for the 2020-2021 academic year.
- Complete the application process (complete online application & audition)
- Participate as a member of the music ministry team, collaborating with the Director of Music Ministry, the organist/pianist, and other musicians.
Expectations: 4 hours per week
- Lead in Sunday morning worship services by singing or playing an instrument during worship. This will be customized to your giftings, and could include singing in a quartet or playing instruments.
- When rehearsals or pre-recording musical segments are deemed necessary, attend them in coordination with the Director of Music Ministry. (1 hour)
- Attend Sunday morning warm-ups and rehearsal beginning at 9 a.m., and stay throughout Sunday worship. (9 a.m. to 11 a.m., 2 hours)
- Collaborate with the senior pastor to select one of the following options: (1 hour)
- Provide leadership to children’s music & Sunday School on Zoom
- Participate in the weekly young adult Bible study held on Zoom
- Attend additional called rehearsals as needed, in collaboration with the Director of Music Ministry.
- Participate in special seasonal worship services (Advent Cantata, Maundy Thursday service, Lenten Cantata).
- Attend church-wide fellowship events and be part of the overall life of the congregation.
- Attend any Worship Team Meetings called by Worship Chair Sylvia Mohler, as schedule allows.
Scholarship: $1000.00 for the semester. This will be paid directly to Purdue University or Ivy Tech Community College on behalf of the intern.
Duration: August 30 – December 6, 2020
A total of three Sunday absences (per semester) will be allowable, provided that notification of these absences is given to the Director of Music Ministry two days in advance. Absence due to unforeseen illness is allowable, provided that notification is given the day of the absence prior to worship/rehearsal beginning. All music ministry interns will be expected to follow all protocols in place at First Baptist Church to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.
FAQs about the Music Ministry Internship
Do I have to be a Baptist to apply?
No. Nor do you have to be Christian. However, since you will be leading in our Christian worship services, that will be the tone and topic of the music that you will find yourself singing, as well as the perspective of what you will be experiencing throughout the service. If you would feel comfortable participating, then we would welcome you wholeheartedly (and no, we will not be pressuring you to conform to our beliefs).
How many interns will you be hiring?
We would like to offer 4 students the opportunity to serve as interns, ideally one student in each voice part (1 soprano, 1 alto, 1 tenor and 1 bass). However, we reserve the right to select a different configuration based on the total number of applicants and their respective singing parts.
What will the audition be like? And when?
If selected, we will contact you the following day to set up a Zoom-based interview and audition. For the audition segment, please be prepared to showcase your musical abilities, whether that’s by singing or playing an instrument.
Do I have to provide my own transportation?
What made you decide to offer this opportunity?
Great question! There are many reasons that factored into this decision:
- Our congregation has a long history of loving music and the arts, and we have a deep list of accomplished musicians who have been an integral part of the DNA of this congregation over its 183-year history.
- One of our deeply-held beliefs as Baptists is that each person has gifts that they can contribute to the community at large, and this is a unique way to extend an opportunity to young adult singers to do just that.
- We believe that God is calling us here at First Baptist Church to be more present in our community, including young adults, and this is a new way to merge all of these different pieces of our story.
- Our choir would also greatly benefit from adding 4 strong, young voices, and we also want to provide a little money to students who find themselves in Lafayette for school.
What if I have more questions?
You can email Pastor Lisa Hood at email@example.com.


Jonathan Gradually Winds Down Yar’Adua’s Regime, Sacks Cabinet
San Francisco March 17, (THEWILL) – Nigerian Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday evening sacked Nigerian cabinet Ministers without giving any reasons just five weeks after he assumed full executive powers.
However a security source, who chose to remain anonymous told the THEWILL that Jonathan has received a full report on the current state of President Yar'Adua from the new National Security Adviser, Gen. Aliyu Gusau which showed that Yar'Adua can not make it back to office except only a miracle happens. The source would not comment further when we sought more explanation.
Reports from the weekly Federal Executive Council of the Federation meeting said the Acting President dropped the surprise dissolution bombshell at the end of marathon deliberations which started at 10.35 a.m. and lasted for about six hours.
The first noticeable sign that things were not okay was noticed when former FCT Minister Adamu Aliero, who was one of the first to emerge from the meeting was overheard telling a State House Correspondent, who had gone to him and whispered something into his ears that he was now 'powerless.'
"My brother, I am powerless now, we have been dissolved," Aliero said.
Other Ministers wore very long faces and refused to talk to reporters, as they made straight for their vehicles. However, former Labour and Productivity Minister Senator Ibrahim Kazaure said, "I thank the President for giving me the opportunity to serve this nation. I have no regret taking any action I took in the course of his service. As a career politician, I am going back to the trenches to continue from this point."
Information and Communication Minister Professor Dora Akunyili who formally announced the dissolution of the Council during a press briefing said the Ministers are to hand over to the Permanent Secretaries in their various ministries.
Akunyili did not give any reason or timeline for the reconstitution of the cabinet.
"Today, the Acting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan dissolved the Federal Executive Council. He did not give any reason and so I cannot give any reason," she added.
Nigerians and political analysts had expected Jonathan to dissolve and reconstitute the cabinet because of the open division amongst Nigerian Ministers following the power struggle at the Presidency due to President Umaru Yar'Adua's grave illness.
Last week he removed a Yar'Adua key appointee as National Security Adviser and replaced him with Aliyu Gusau.
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Sure cats have nine lives but that's no excuse for this.
Syracuse cops are accusing a 22-year-old man of hanging his girlfriend’s kitten with a belt and making a sadistic a video showing the little feline fighting for its life.
Joanne Cichy came home after trick-or-treating with her children Halloween night to find her four-month-old kitten missing, she told cops. She found a video on her digital camera the day after that showed the kitten dangling from the door with a belt around its neck.
The video showed the kitten struggling to breathe before its body went still. Cichy’s live-in boyfriend, Rascell Williams, was seen coming in and out of the video.
The kitten was found alive under the porch a little later.
Williams was charged with unjustifiable animal cruelty.


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Adam Richman, author, actor and television personality, will be the featured national celebrity guest at the sixth annual John Offerdahl’s Broward Health® Gridiron Grill-Off Food & Wine Festival.
Adam Richman grew up in New York and began his love affair with food early on, sampling all of the diverse culinary specialties the Big Apple had to offer. After years of travel and invaluable on-the-job experience in the various restaurants, Adam began hosting “Man v Food” for Travel Channel, which quickly became their highest rated show. Richman has returned to television to host Travel Channel’s “Man Finds Food” and NBC’s food competition show “Food Fighters.” Adam’s first book, “America the Edible” (Rodale Publishing), hit stands in 2010 and his second book, “Straight Up Tasty” (Clarkson Potter), was released during June 2015.
Gridiron Grill-Off VIP ticket-holders will receive signed copies of “Straight Up Tasty” and enjoy a meet and greet with Adam from noon – 1 p.m. General admission guests will have the opportunity to purchase signed copies of his new book during the event. Richman will also be cooking a recipe from his cookbook with John Offerdahl at 4 p.m. at the Toyota Cornhole Stadium and Festival Stage.
Tickets are now on sale.
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Patels' quota demand: Fresh stir to be launched from Surat today
The Patel community, whose protests for reservation plunged Gujarat into violence last week, has decided to launch a fresh round of agitation from Tuesday from Surat.Updated: Sep 03, 2015 21:20 IST
The Patel community, whose protests for reservation plunged Gujarat into violence last week, is launching a fresh round of agitation on Tuesday from Surat.
“We will start the agitation from Surat tomorrow… We have also planned to hold a rally at Lucknow in the coming days,” Hardik Patel, who is leading the protests, announced in Ahmedabad after his return from New Delhi on Monday.
He claimed that the agitation for reservation has gained support of several communities and the second round of agitation will attract the attention of the entire nation.
"We will make the official announcement tomorrow about our upcoming programmes and rallies to be held in the state. This time, the entire nation will have its eyes on our programme. We will walk on the path shown by Mahatma Gandhi," Hardik said.
According to him, the total population of Patels, Gujjars and Kurmis in the country is 27 crore.
"We have also planned to take signatures of all 27 crore of our members on an application demanding reservation and hand it over to the Prime Minister," he said.
Hardik also lashed out at the Gujarat police as well as the government for the violence in the state after the crackdown on Patel leaders, hours after the mega rally at GMDC ground on August 25.
"No such incident took place in all the 37 rallies we organised ahead of August 25. I hold police as well as this Gujarat government responsible for inciting violence. Otherwise, we always walked on the path shown by Gandhiji," he said.
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If you are interested in bird watching/bird photography and also want some recognition in this regard then you can participate in bird watching competition with Indiabirdraces.com. This event is supported by HSBC.
Typically they require 4 members in the team. To be in the competition you will have to name all pictures of the birds which you have shot. So ideally you should have a experienced bird watcher or who has knowledge of bird. Also, try to include a member who is aware of the ecology and places where birds can be found more. Looks like the event takes place every year a few times. And there is no registration fees.
So go birding!


Apple already provides a utility to make it easier for Windows users to ditch their platform and jump over to macOS. The company has now decided to more this feature more powerful. It’s going to ship an improved data migration tool with the upcoming macOS Mojave release so that Windows PC owners and transfer more data from their machines to their new Mac quickly and easily.
The improved Windows Migration Assistant will be able to transfer contacts, app accounts, emails, documents, and third-party app data from a PC to a Mac.
These improvements are part of the existing Migration Utility took that is already capable of transferring some data from a PC to a Mac. It could only do that for local data such as documents before. The improvements will enable the utility to even transfer data from third-party apps like Microsoft Outlook.
The updated Windows Migration Assistant is included in macOS Mojave 10.14 beta 6. The release notes clearly mention that the utility will be able to directly transfer entire accounts with the associated data from Windows to Mac versions of the third-party apps such as Outlook.
The upcoming release of macOS Mojave isn’t due until the fall this year so it’s going to be a while before this feature is deemed fit for public use.


Nvidia has revealed its GeForce GTX Titan graphics card featuring Kepler architecture. The firm claims the card features “advanced thermal and acoustic characteristics,” which will support the “new wave of small form-factor gaming PCs.” The reveal comes after AMD said its “Sea Islands” card was still not ready for prime time. However, don’t expect the new card to be cheap: Titan will run you $999/£827 with its 2,668 GPU cores, output of “4.5 Teraflops of single precision and 1.3 Teraflops of double precision processing power. Expect it on UK shelves starting February 25. Tom’s Hardware has a nice breakdown of the card through here. Thanks, GI International.
Nintendo wants to make sure you use the correct word for when Mario takes control of other people in Super Mario Odyssey.
Everywhere you look, the Nintendo Switch is selling as fast as it gets stocked.
You have a new PS4 firmware update to look forward to.
GeForce GTX Titan


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Bayer Contour Next EZ blood glucose monitor features innovative technology that evaluates a single blood sample seven times for incredibly accurate readings. The blood glucose meter features an easy-to-ready display and advanced No Coding technology eliminates inaccurate test results due to user miscoding. The effective blood sugar monitor features fast five-second test results with a tiny 0.6 µL sample size, Sip-in Sampling for the right blood amount on your first try, and multi-pulse technology for superior precision. Second-Chance Sampling lets you apply more blood to a strip, avoiding test strip wastage. The glucometer also identifies trouble spots with personalized data and provides detailed tracking knowledge. Testing your blood glucose levels is easy and accurate with the Bayer Contour Next EZ Meter.
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Pre-meal and post-meal markers let you monitor the effect of food choices on blood glucose levels
Receive in-depth tracking information with 7-, 14- and 30-day averages of blood glucose levels
Package contains: 1 blood glucose meter, 10 test strips, Contour Next Level 2 Control Solution, Microlet 2 lancing device, 10 Microlet colored lancets, user guide, quick reference guide, diabetes care logbook, carrying case.

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It's official! All carriers in Canada will be carrying the BlackBerry Z10 by end of this week. We've just received confirmation from Videotron that they will be launching the BlackBerry Z10 on April 10th, the same day as Mobilicity. Pricing isn't clear at this point, but as mentioned before we can expect an outright price of approximately $600.
If you are located in Quebec, let us know if you'll be purchasing the Z10 from Videotron this week.


Jelena Mijanovic holds a position as an assistant professor in sustainable urban development at the School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH. She currently works at Ramboll Sweden as an expert in circular building. She is the project manager responsible for a 20 mil. Sek Vinnova (Swedens's innovation agency) financed innovation project, Återhus, that focuses on enabling large-scale re-use of our existing building stock. Jelena is a representative in Sveriges Arkitekters Academy of Architecture, which has the task of monitoring and discussing the development of architecture in Sweden and supporting professional development within the subject.
Bachelor in Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, 1993
Master in Architecture, Royal Institiute of Technology, Stockholm, 1997
Master of Science in Urban Design, Columbia University GSAPP, New York City, 1999
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If you are around kids, you have probably run across the current fidget spinner craze. Fidget spinners are small gadgets that you can spin between your fingers. They are advertised as a type of stress-relieving toy, although experts are divided on that claim. One benefit fidgets spinners definitely have is that it’s easy to make them, and thus coming up with different designs stimulate creativity. 🙂
Fidget spinners can be made of pretty much any solid material, as long as they have a spinning core. This of course means that they can also be made out of LEGO. YouTube is full of kids showing off their fidget spinners, including the ones they made out of LEGO pieces. Recently LEGO themselves also got on the fidget spinner mania, and they released a number of fidget spinner designs on their website, social-media pages, and YouTube channel. Below I have included LEGO’s own resources for making fidget spinners with full building instructions.
Making LEGO fidget spinners is very easy, but if you are just starting out, having step-by-step instructions can get you on the right track faster. A couple of LEGO fidget spinner designs can be downloaded from the LEGO Classic website. They use parts from the recently released #10706 LEGO Classic Blue Creativity Box and the #10707 LEGO Classic Red Creativity Box. Both of these are small, $5 sets that are easy to get, or you can just substitute parts and colors from your current LEGO selection. You can find the sets under the LEGO Classic section of the Online LEGO Shop, and you can download the instructions from the LEGO Classic website here: LEGO CLASSIC FIDGET SPINNERS
There are also instructions for three LEGO fidget spinner designs on the LEGO Technic website, using parts from the #42060 LEGO Technic Roadwork Truck. These spinners are more technical and spin faster, but are not as colorful as the LEGO Classic fidget spinners. You can find the set under the LEGO Technic section of the Online LEGO Shop, and you can download the instructions from the LEGO Technic website: LEGO TECHNIC FIDGET SPINNERS
In the video-player below, you can see in action both LEGO Classic fidget spinners, and the three LEGO Technic fidget spinners. The second video in the player includes yet another fidget spinner from LEGO’s YouTube channel. There is no demonstration for this spinner, but the video includes step-by-step building instructions.
I have also included a few more videos from LEGO fans with some really cool fidget spinner designs. Tyler from The Brick Show demonstrates how to build six different LEGO fidget spinners. And Astonishing Studios shares step-by-step instructions for two versions of their LEGO fidget spinner; one using real ball-bearings, and the other only LEGO pieces. You can watch all the above-mentioned videos in the player below.
There are many other LEGO fidget spinners you can find online, but these should help you in starting out. If you want more, YouTube is the best place to find other designs.
What do you think? Do you have any fidget spinners? Did you make any out of LEGO pieces, or are you planning to? Are there any other LEGO fidget spinner designs you really like? Or you think that the whole fidget spinner craze should just go away as soon as possible? Feel free to share your thoughts and own designs in the comment section below! 😉
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Rob Zombie recently released a music video for his new song “Crow Killer Blues,” a song from his new album, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy.
The visual features footage of Zombie walking around in the snow and a cameo by a buffalo.
Zombie released The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy, produced by Chris “Zeuss” Harris, on Friday (March 12) via Nuclear Blast. The record is Zombie’s first new album in almost five years.
Zombie’s last album was The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser in 2016. The album contained songs such as “The Eternal Struggles Of The Howling Man” and “Get Loose” and heavy-groove thumpers like “Shadow Of The Cemetery Man” and “Shake Your Ass-Smoke Your Grass.”
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After widening its anti-Iran activities to Iraq, where Iran is trying to arm the Shiite militias with ballistic missiles which can reach Israel, the Israeli military and government now appears to have to have decided that the situation in Lebanon demands a similar strategy change.
After the Iranian Revolutionary Guards of the Quds Force together with Hezbollah were about to launch a massive drone attack
on Israel’s north last weekend the Israeli military showed off its impressive intelligence and technological achievements in the war against Iran.
On Sunday, the Israeli air force prevented a massive Iranian drone attack from Syrian soil on northern Israel planned by the shrewd commander of the Quds Force Qassem Soleimani.
“Iran has no immunity anywhere” Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said after the IAF action in Syria and later warned Soleimani and Hezbollah that Israel knows what they are plotting.
Indeed, the Israeli military seems to have knowledge about virtually every movement of the Quds Force and its many proxies in the Middle East.
The fact of the matter is that Israel’s military prevented
the carefully planned suicide drone attacks on the Israeli communities in the north of Israel by using its massive intelligence-gathering capabilities.
The same happened over the last month with the military build-up of the Iranian-founded and funded al-Hashd al-Shaabi umbrella organization of mainly Shiite militias in Iraq.
Every attempt to deliver Iranian ballistic missiles to al-Hashd al-Shaabi has been thwarted by the Israeli air force over the past few months.
In Lebanon, however, the Israeli military has been careful not to use military force to thwart the Iranian attempts to convert crude rockets into guided missiles and to deliver other sophisticated weapons to Hezbollah.
Instead, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu used diplomacy to stop Iran from delivering the necessary components for the conversion of those rockets.
The US administration upped the pressure on the Lebanese government to contain Hezbollah after Netanyahu made revelations
about Iran’s covert missile program in Lebanon during a speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations at the end of 2018.
After revealing that “ Iran is directing Hezbollah to build secret sites to convert inaccurate projectiles into precision-guided missiles, missiles that can target deep inside Israel within an accuracy of ten meters,” Netanyahu disclosed the location of three secret rocket conversion sites in neighborhoods of Beirut and the International Airport of Lebanon.
“I (also) have a message for Hezbollah today: Israel knows, Israel also knows what you’re doing. Israel knows where you’re doing it. And Israel will not let you get away with it,” the Israeli leader said at the time.
Netanyahu wasn’t exaggerating about Israel’s intelligence gathering capabilities as became clear from an incident in Beirut on Sunday which was widely misinterpreted by the international media.
A few hours after IAF warplanes took out
the Iranian attack drones in the village of Aqraba near Damascus Israel did something not seen in years during the now open conflict with Iran and its proxies.
The two drones which exploded near Hezbollah’s media center in the Moawas district and the headquarters of the terror organization in Dahiyeh neighborhood were used to thwart a new Iranian attempt to deliver components for the conversion of crude missiles, according
to The Times.
The two DIJ drones loaded with 5.5 kilos of C4 plastic explosives
were hovering over Dahiyeh and Moawas to prevent the delivery of a planetary mixer — an industrial mixer weighing about eight tons used to manufacture solid fuel propellants which improve the engine performance of missiles and their accuracy, the British paper reported.
When two trucks carrying the industrial mixer finally showed up near a parking lot in Beirut they were attacked by the drones and went up in flames damaging key parts of the precision missile technology and destroying a computer control system needed for the conversion of crude rockets into guided precision missiles.
The botched transfer of the mixer and the computer systems was part of an Iranian plan to move the precision missile project from Syrian soil to civilian areas in Beirut.
Apparently, the Iranians and Hezbollah thought Israel wouldn’t dare to carry out an attack on Beirut in order to avoid civilian casualties and to avoid the risk of a new war with Hezbollah.
They again miscalculated.
The Israeli government is determined to deny Hezbollah from building up a precision missile arsenal in Lebanon and to limit the organization’ abilities to launch a massive surprise attack on the Jewish state.
Hezbollah is already in the possession of roughly 140,000 missiles which can reach every part of Israel but has only a few dozen GPS-guided missiles at its disposal.
Israeli officials estimate that when nothing is done Hezbollah will possess more than 1,000 precision missiles within a decade.
Hezbollah has repeatedly warned it will attack vital civilian and military installations in the Jewish state with these missiles in a future war with the Israeli military.
Observers now expect Hezbollah and the Quds Force will retaliate in the coming days and for this reason the IDF decided to close off roads in the vicinity of the Lebanese border.
The Iranian axis will not start a war against Israel at this point in time, however.
Why? Because Soleimani is still in the process of building up forces in Syria and after the debacle on Sunday will realize his forces still have a long way to go before they can match the abilities of the Israeli military.

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The SR-25 (Stoner Rifle-25) is a semi-automatic sniper rifle manufactured by Knight's Armament Company that chambers the 7.62x51mm NATO round. It was designed by Eugene Stoner, who also designed the AR-10 rifle and its successor, the AR-15.
There is another variant of the SR-25 that appears in the Rainbow Six universe.
The SR-25 is categorized as a sniper rifle and marksman rifle in the Rainbow Six universe.
The SR-25 is a relatively subpar Marksman Rifle. It outputs a moderate single-shot damage of 61, comparable to that of the Mk 14 EBR. However, unlike the Mk 14, the SR-25 suffers from a steep damage dropoff. While manageable, the SR-25's vertical and horizontal recoil are noticeably inferior to other Marksman Rifles. Its also comes with the slowest full and tactical reload speeds of all DMRs.
Like other DMRs, the SR-25 can breach hatches and barricades with only a few shots, only 7-10 bullets being required in most cases. Equipping Blackbeard's Rifle Shield gadget significantly reduces the SR-25's ADS speed.


I like to believe that the Moldvay, Cook and Marsh version of D&D is near perfect and everything in it was very carefully considered and forms a utopian synergistic whole. I also know that all it takes is to look for the description of the Detect Invisibility spell to blow that belief out of the water but let me dream.
Looking at the Missile Fire Ranges and Variable Weapon Damage tables in the Basic rulebook there are four missile weapons (not including thrown weapons):
Crossbow* Short 5-80, Medium 81-160, Long 161-240, Damage 1-6
Longbow Short 5-70, Medium 71-140, Long 141-210, Damage 1-6
Shortbow Short 5-50, Medium 51-100, Long 101-150, Damage 1-6
Slings Short 5-40, Medium 41-80, Long 81-140, Damage 1-4
* Two-handed weapon - always looses initiative.
Even though longbows and shortbows are not marked as two-handed weapons they obviously are. However, I like to think that this isn't a mistake or typo. I like to think this is a deliberate design choice to differentiate longbows and shortbows and allow them to follow the normal initiative rules.
This gives four distinct missile weapons:
1. Crossbows have the longest range, can be used by anyone except clerics but always loses initiative;
2. Longbows are in the middle for range, follow the normal initiative rules but can't be used by dwarves, halflings, clerics or magic-users;
3. Shortbows have only a slightly longer range than slings, follow the normal initiative rules and can be used by anyone except clerics and magic-users.
4. Slings have the shortest range, low damage and can be used by clerics.
Of course, then the Expert rulebook throws out this idealized belief of mine when it says that crossbows can only fire once every other round.
Oh well, I can ignore that if I have to.


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Our new challenge is up at Brown Sugar Designs this week. It’s an anything goes challenge and our great sponsor this week is
I have a feeling your prize is going to have to do with getting some free images from this really great store, but you will need to stop by the blog to know for sure and to play along!
For this week’s challenge I created a tag. I had a specific tag in mind…I am in a swap on Splitcoaststampers and it is a ‘color wheel’ swap, so my partner wanted items in a certain palette….in this case coral/grey/red/yellow/green. So I thought it would be fun to make a tag to go with her goodies that I bought using those colors! The image is called Scrapbooking Christine and I tried to color her in the palette colors with my copics. I also added a few little embellishment and then colored a wood tag that I had and stamped a little FOR YOU on it. For a finishing touch, I added some twine, a little doily on the bottom and then went over everything with a Wink of Stella clear pen. Just for a touch of shimmer…I hope she likes it!
It’s your turn to get creating and I will be excited to see what you are working on this week! Happy Crafting Everyone!

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REPORT SCOPE & OVERVIEW
The Albumin Market size was estimated USD 0.9 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach USD 1.43 billion by 2030 at a CAGR of 6.0% during the forecast period of 2023-2030.
The most prevalent protein in blood plasma is albumin. It replenishes lost fluids and helps restore blood volume after wounds, burns, procedures, infections, and liver diseases when taken therapeutically. It aids in the stabilisation of medications by reducing aggregation, oxidation, and surface absorption. In therapeutic contexts, several serum albumin types are often employed. Human serum albumin and bovine serum albumin are formed from human plasma and bovine plasma, respectively. The increased frequency of life-threatening illnesses, certain liver diseases, infections, and cardiac procedures that cause hypoalbuminemia, as well as the development of novel albumin products by a significant number of important companies, are the main drivers of the growth of the worldwide albumin market. Increased demand for albumin in research and development activities, growth in non-therapeutic albumin applications, the development of plant-based albumin, increased production of immunoglobulins, and plasma collection are all factors contributing to the albumin market's expansion.
In addition, there has been a rise in the use of albumin injections during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery as well as for treating hypoalbuminemia in patients with severe injuries and pancreatitis. Additionally, throughout the projected period, an increase in product approvals is anticipated to offer lucrative prospects for the growth of the worldwide albumin market.
Recombinant DNA technology has had a tremendous impact on modern human existence.
Recombinant procedures may be used to safely create necessary components, such as proteins, in the lab. Recombinant DNA technology has proven to be valuable in this industry since it is a technology with a wide range of applications. When researching and creating innovative drugs to treat hypoalbuminemia, hypovolemia, and other disorders, manufacturers frequently use recombinant albumin. Because it safeguards the serum's immunological, biological, and biochemical qualities, the product dominates the R&D market
Even though hypoalbuminemia and hypovolemia are on the rise in different parts of the world, the use of albumin is restricted due to issues like stringent government restrictions and a dearth of therapeutic solutions.
Integrating nanotechnology and recombinant DNA technology.
Has created new opportunities for the biotechnology industries with the increased use of proteins. Hence, businesses are making significant investments in the market. Moreover, the expansion of the global albumin market has been fuelled by the advancement of novel drugs that have increased sales due to their therapeutic potential against hypoalbuminemia.
A negative albumin response.
Despite being rare, some people can become allergic to albumin. These responses can include everything from minor side effects like skin rashes, itching, or hives to more serious ones like tightness in the chest, breathing difficulties, or anaphylaxis. Allergic reactions are more prevalent in those who have known protein allergies, such as those to albumin or other proteins.
IMPACT OF RUSSIAN UKRAINE WAR
Regulation Changes The war may result in modifications to import and export laws in both Russia and Ukraine. These modifications may have an impact on the import and export of albumin goods, which may cause delays or restrict how these items are transported across borders. Market Uncertainty The conflict's associated geopolitical tensions and uncertainty may add to general market volatility. Businesses and investors could take a cautious stance, which might have an effect on plans for market expansion, research and development, and investments in albumin-related goods.
IMPACT OF ONGOING RECESSION
Cost-Conscious In a downturn, efficiency and cost conservation are frequently given more priority. This can prompt medical professionals to look at cheaper alternatives to albumin-based goods or alternative therapies, which might have an effect on albumin demand. Conversely, recessions can also lead to an increase in the prevalence of specific medical disorders or operations. For instance, there can be an increase in trauma cases, burn injuries, or surgeries during economic downturns. The need for albumin as a medication or blood volume expander may increase in such circumstances. Pricing Pressures during a recession may make consumers, especially healthcare providers, more price-sensitive. Because of this, albumin producers and suppliers can experience pricing pressure and need to modify their pricing strategies in order to stay competitive.
Human Serum Albumin
Bovine Serum Albumin
Culture Media Ingredient
Rest of Eastern Europe
Rest of Western Europe
Rest of Asia Pacific
Middle East & Africa
Rest of Middle East
Rest of Africa
Rest of Latin America
Due to the rising prevalence of serious illnesses like liver and kidney diseases, the presence of major players, the expansion of the healthcare industry, and the introduction of new albumin products, North America commanded the lion's share of the global albumin market in 2020 and is predicted to retain its dominance throughout the forecast period.
From 2022 to 2030, Asia-Pacific is anticipated to see the greatest CAGR of 7.8%, thanks to rising chronic illness prevalence, a rise in surgical procedures that lead to hypoalbuminemia, and the growth of the healthcare sector.
The major key players are Baxter International Inc., China Biologic Products, Inc, CSL Limited, Grifols, S.A., Merck KGaA, Novozymes, Octapharma AG, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Ventria Bioscience and others.
The generic form of Abraxane, Paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injection (albumin-bound), was introduced by Apotex Corp. in the US in April 2022.
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The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for China received a licence to commercialise the ALBUMINEX 26% product in China, Bio Products Laboratory (BPL) announced in January 2022.
|Market Size in 2022||US$ 0.9 Bn|
|Market Size by 2030||US$ 1.43 Bn|
|CAGR||CAGR of 6.0 % From 2023 to 2030|
|Report Scope & Coverage||Market Size, Segments Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Regional Analysis, DROC & SWOT Analysis, Forecast Outlook|
|Key Segments||• By Type (Human Serum Albumin, Recombinant Albumin, Bovine Serum Albumin)
• By Application (Drug Delivery, Therapeutics, Culture Media Ingredient, Vaccine Ingredient, Others)
|Regional Analysis/Coverage||North America (US, Canada, Mexico), Europe (Eastern Europe [Poland, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Rest of Eastern Europe] Western Europe] Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Rest of Western Europe]). Asia Pacific (China, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, Rest of Asia Pacific), Middle East & Africa (Middle East [UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Rest of Middle East], Africa [Nigeria, South Africa, Rest of Africa], Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia Rest of Latin America)|
|Company Profiles||Baxter International Inc., China Biologic Products, Inc, CSL Limited, Grifols, S.A., Merck KGaA, Novozymes, Octapharma AG, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Ventria Bioscience|
|Key Drivers||• Recombinant DNA technology has had a tremendous impact on modern human existence.|
|Market Restraints||• Even though hypoalbuminemia and hypovolemia are on the rise in different parts of the world, the use of albumin is restricted due to issues like stringent government restrictions and a dearth of therapeutic solutions.|
Ans: The CAGR Growth rate of Albumin Market is approx. CAGR 6.0% over the forecast.
Ans: The projected size of Albumin Market was estimated USD 0.9 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach USD 1.43 billion by 2030.
Ans: The major key players are Baxter International Inc., China Biologic Products, Inc, CSL Limited, Grifols, S.A., Merck KGaA, Novozymes, Octapharma AG, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Ventria Bioscience and others.
Ans: In 2022, the market will be led by the human category.
Ans: The drug formulation segment holds the largest share in global biggest market.
TABLE OF CONTENT
1.1 Market Definition
1.3 Research Assumptions
2. Research Methodology
3. Market Dynamics
4. Impact Analysis
4.1 Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War
4.2 Impact of Ongoing Recession
4.2.2 Impact on major economies
22.214.171.124 United Kingdom
126.96.36.199 South Korea
188.8.131.52 Rest of the World
5. Value Chain Analysis
6. Porter’s 5 forces model
7. PEST Analysis
8. Albumin Market Segmentation, By Type
8.1 Human Serum Albumin
8.2 Recombinant Albumin
8.3 Bovine Serum Albumin
9. Albumin Market Segmentation, By Application
9.1 Drug Delivery
9.3 Culture Media Ingredient
9.4 Vaccine Ingredient
10. Regional Analysis
10.2 North America
10.2.1 North America Albumin Market, by Country
10.2.2North America Albumin Market, By Type
10.2.3 North America Albumin Market, By Application
10.2.4.1 USA Albumin Market, By Type
10.2.4.2 USA Albumin Market, By Application
10.2.5.1 Canada Albumin Market, By Type
10.2.5.2 Canada Albumin Market, By Application
10.2.6.1 Mexico Albumin Market By Type
10.2.6.2 Mexico Albumin Market By Application
10.3.1 Eastern Europe
10.3.1.1 Eastern Europe Albumin Market by Country
10.3.1.2 Eastern Europe Albumin Market By Type
10.3.1.3 Eastern Europe Albumin Market By Application
10.3.1.4.1 Poland Albumin Market By Type
10.3.1.4.2 Poland Albumin By Application
10.3.1.5.1 Romania Albumin Market By Type
10.3.1.5.2 Romania Albumin Market By Application
10.3.1.6.1 Hungary Albumin Market By Type
10.3.1.6.2 Hungary Albumin Market By Application
10.3.1.7.1 Turkey Albumin Market By Type
10.3.1.7.2 Turkey Albumin Market By Application
10.3.1.8 Rest of Eastern Europe
10.3.1.8.1 Rest of Eastern Europe Albumin Market By Type
10.3.1.8.2 Rest of Eastern Europe Albumin Market By Application
10.3.2 Western Europe
10.3.2.1 Western Europe Albumin Market by Country
10.3.2.2 Western Europe Albumin Market By Type
10.3.2.3 Western Europe Albumin Market By Application
10.3.2.4.1 Germany Albumin Market By Type
10.3.2.4.2 Germany Albumin Market By Application
10.3.2.5.1 France Albumin Market By Type
10.3.2.5.2 France Albumin Market By Application
10.3.2.6.1 UK Albumin Market By Type
10.3.2.6.2 UK Albumin Market By Application
10.3.2.7.1 Italy Albumin Market By Type
10.3.2.7.2 Italy Albumin Market By Application
10.3.2.8.1 Spain Albumin Market By Type
10.3.2.8.2 Spain Albumin Market By Application
10.3.2.9.1 Netherlands Albumin Market By Type
10.3.2.9.2 Netherlands Albumin Market By Application
10.3.2.10.1 Switzerland Albumin Market By Type
10.3.2.10.2 Switzerland Albumin Market By Application
10.3.2.11.1 Austria Albumin Market By Type
10.3.2.11.2 Austria Albumin Market By Application
10.3.2.12 Rest of Western Europe
10.3.2.12.1 Rest of Western Europe Albumin Market By Type
10.3.2.12.2 Rest of Western Europe Albumin Market By Application
10.4.1 Asia Pacific Albumin Market by Country
10.4.2 Asia Pacific Albumin Market By Type
10.4.3 Asia Pacific Albumin Market By Application By Type
10.4.4.1 China Albumin Market By Type
10.4.4.2 China Albumin Market By Application
10.4.5.1 India Albumin Market By Type
10.4.5.2 India Albumin Market By Application
10.4.6.1 Japan Albumin Market By Type
10.4.6.2 Japan Albumin Market By Application
10.4.7 South Korea
10.4.7.1 South Korea Albumin Market By Type
10.4.7.2 South Korea Albumin Market By Application
10.4.8.1 Vietnam Albumin Market By Type
10.4.8.2 Vietnam Albumin Market By Application
10.4.9.1 Singapore Albumin Market By Type
10.4.9.2 Singapore Albumin Market By Application
10.4.10.1 Australia Albumin Market By Type
10.4.10.2 Australia Albumin Market By Application
10.4.11 Rest of Asia-Pacific
10.4.11.1 Rest of Asia-Pacific Albumin Market By Type
10.4.11.2 Rest of Asia-Pacific APAC Albumin Market By Application
10.5 Middle East & Africa
10.5.1 Middle East
10.5.1.1 Middle East Albumin Market by Country
10.5.1.2 Middle East Albumin Market By Type
10.5.1.3 Middle East Albumin Market By Application
10.5.1.4.1 UAE Albumin Market By Type
10.5.1.4.2 UAE Albumin Market By Application
10.5.1.5.1 Egypt Albumin Market By Type
10.5.1.5.2 Egypt Albumin Market By Application
10.5.1.6 Saudi Arabia
10.5.1.6.1 Saudi Arabia Albumin Market By Type
10.5.1.6.2 Saudi Arabia Albumin Market By Application
10.5.1.7.1 Qatar Albumin Market By Type
10.5.1.7.2 Qatar Albumin Market By Application
10.5.1.8 Rest of Middle East
10.5.1.8.1 Rest of Middle East Albumin Market By Type
10.5.1.8.2 Rest of Middle East Albumin Market By Application
10.5.2.1 Africa Albumin Market by Country
10.5.2.2 Africa Albumin Market By Type
10.5.2.3 Africa Albumin Market By Application
10.5.2.4.1 Nigeria Albumin Market By Type
10.5.2.4.2 Nigeria Albumin Market By Application
10.5.2.5 South Africa
10.5.2.5.1 South Africa Albumin Market By Type
10.5.2.5.2 South Africa Albumin Market By Application
10.5.2.6 Rest of Africa
10.5.2.6.1 Rest of Africa Albumin Market By Type
10.5.2.6.2 Rest of Africa Albumin Market By Application
10.6 Latin America
10.6.1 Latin America Albumin Market by Country
10.6.2 Latin America Albumin Market By Type
10.6.3 Latin America Albumin Market By Application
10.6.4.1 Brazil Albumin Market By Type
10.6.4.2 Brazil Africa Albumin Market By Application
10.6.5.1 Argentina Albumin Market By Type
10.6.5.2 Argentina Albumin Market By Application
10.6.6.1 Colombia Albumin Market By Type
10.6.6.2 Colombia Albumin Market By Application
10.6.7 Rest of Latin America
10.6.7.1 Rest of Latin America Albumin Market By Type
10.6.7.2 Rest of Latin America Albumin Market By Application
11 Company Profile
11.1 Baxter International Inc.
11.1.1 Company Overview
11.1.3 Product/Services Offered
11.1.4 SWOT Analysis
11.1.5 The SNS View
11.2 China Biologic Products, Inc.
11.2.1 Company Overview
11.2.3 Product/Services Offered
11.2.4 SWOT Analysis
11.2.5 The SNS View
11.3 CSL Limited.
11.3.1 Company Overview
11.3.3 Product/Services Offered
11.3.4 SWOT Analysis
11.3.5 The SNS View
11.4 Grifols, S.A.
11.4 Company Overview
11.4.3 Product/Services Offered
11.4.4 SWOT Analysis
11.4.5 The SNS View
11.5 Merck KGaA.
11.5.1 Company Overview
11.5.3 Product/Services Offered
11.5.4 SWOT Analysis
11.5.5 The SNS View
11.6.1 Company Overview
11.6.3 Product/Services Offered
11.6.4 SWOT Analysis
11.6.5 The SNS View
11.7 Octapharma AG.
11.7.1 Company Overview
11.7.3 Product/Services Offered
11.7.4 SWOT Analysis
11.7.5 The SNS View
11.8 Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc.
11.8.1 Company Overview
11.8.3 Product/Services Offered
11.8.4 SWOT Analysis
11.8.5 The SNS View
11.9 Thermo Fisher Scientific.
11.9.1 Company Overview
11.9.3 Product/ Services Offered
11.9.4 SWOT Analysis
11.9.5 The SNS View
11.10 Ventria Bioscience
11.10.1 Company Overview
11.10.3 Product/Services Offered
11.10.4 SWOT Analysis
11.10.5 The SNS View
12. Competitive Landscape
12.1 Competitive Bench marking
12.2 Market Share Analysis
12.3 Recent Developments
12.3.1 Industry News
12.3.2 Company News
12.3.3 Mergers & Acquisitions
13. USE Cases and Best Practices
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Existing state law provides that every person who possesses, sells, transports, or cultivates marijuana, concentrated cannabis, or derivatives of marijuana, except as authorized by law, is guilty of one or more crimes.
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