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The idea of the smoothie as a weight-loss tool has been around for a long time. By blending a bunch of fruits and vegetables together, smoothies are supposed to melt fat away by combining all sorts of fancy nutrients together.
But like so many other weight loss tricks, smoothies are trickier to use than you might expect. Anyone can make or buy a smoothie, but if you want a smoothie that actually makes you lose weight, you have to understand how smoothies truly help you lose weight and avoid some of the common mistakes.
1. Thinking that all fruits and vegetables are low-calorie
The entire point of going on a smoothie diet is that by combining fruits and vegetables into a smoothie, you consume less calories than when eating a regular, carbohydrate-based meal.
But all of this assumes that the smoothie is actually low-calorie. As Web MD points out, some restaurant smoothies can contain more calories than a fast-food meal. Throwing in a bunch of varied fruits, while appetizing, will just add in more calories for little benefit. It should also be noted that fruit contains a lot of natural sugars, and contrary to what many health experts may claim, there is no real difference between natural sugar and artificial, refined sugar.
If you buy a smoothie, make sure it has few calories. If you make one, only use one or maybe two kinds of fruits or vegetables to keep the calories down.
2. Not adding protein
As noted above, smoothies should help you consume less calories than eating a regular meal. But at the same time, a good weight loss smoothie needs to be filling so that you don’t just get hungry and eat again a short while later.
For that reason, protein is a necessary part of any smoothie. The popularity of low-carb, high-protein diets has helped show that protein can be a valuable part of losing weight because protein is filling and can keep your energy levels high. Weight loss, at a fundamental level, is about eating less calories while tricking your body into thinking that it is full, and protein is key to accomplishing that.
Now, that does not mean that you should throw some bacon into your smoothie (though you can). Good protein choices include nuts, tofu, or protein powder if you want to keep things simple. Milk is probably the best choice, though almond milk should be avoided as it carries little protein.
3. Not adding fiber
Protein is not the only thing which can be used to keep your stomach full throughout the day. Dietary fiber is also incredibly beneficial. One study conducted by the Annals of Internal Medicine found that just increasing fiber consumption to about 30 grams a day was as effective a weight loss tool as reducing saturated fats and following American Heart Association dietary guidelines.
Good sources of fibers include leafy greens like kale along with berries or chia seeds.
4. Using sweeteners
So, you added just a few fruits, leafy greens, and milk to create a smoothie, only to find that you don’t like the taste. As a result, you throw in just a dollop of honey or sugar to improve the taste, thinking that it will not destroy your smoothie’s health benefits.
But there is no reason to do that, especially since any smoothie will contain sugar-bearing fruits to begin with. Adding more sugar just makes your smoothie less nutritionally viable and packs in additional calories which will ruin your weight loss plans. This will especially make it difficult to lose fat around the belly and other problem areas.
If you really cannot tolerate the taste of your smoothie, there are other alternatives such as cinnamon, salt, or lemon juice which can make your smoothie more palatable. But when you are making a smoothie, try not to use anything that you don’t like unblended. If you don’t like it in a solid form, you are not going to like it in a liquid form.
5. Making your smoothie too large
We can talk about all the healthy foods which will help you lose weight, but the fact is that the most basic thing you can do is to just eat less. It’s not like Americans are eating worse foods today than 50 years ago. We’re just eating a lot more, as we have lost all sense of portion control.
And this applies to weight loss smoothies as well. As smoothies are a liquid, it can be easy to drink way too much and end up no better than before. Don’t fill up your blender with every ingredient you can find, and try to keep your smoothie thick instead of thin and runny. A good smoothie should be no more than 300 calories, and you should try to make it less if you can.
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President Donald Trump declared that his wall on the Southern border was officially underway, praising it as a “thing of beauty.”
“We started building our wall. I’m so proud of it. We started,” Trump said, pointing to the pictures he posted on Twitter of the new border bollard fencing currently under construction in Calexico.
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Trump praised the $1.6 billion funding in the Omnibus spending bill for more bollard fencing as a “down payment” of his promised wall on the southern border, even though it specifically bars spending for structures that look like the wall prototypes in San Diego.
“You saw the pictures yesterday. I said, what a thing of beauty,” he said. “And on September 28th we go further and we’re getting that sucker built.”
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There’s a possibility we may be obsessed with packaging in our office.
It’s a bit embarrassing really. If one of us gets a present that’s packaged nicely we’ll bring it in and ‘show and tell’ it to the others. You’ll often find a collection of bottles, tins, boxes and pots at the side of each of our desk that we may use for inspiration in the future. We’re really proud that our packaging is reusable and our customers tell us they love it, we also think it makes our jewellery a perfect gift. Watch this space as we can’t wait to share new packaging ideas with you in the future!

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Years later, Jane is in her thirties and just as alone as ever. Then she meets Michael again-as handsome, smart and perfect as she remembers him to be. But not even Michael knows the reason they've really been reunited.
SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY'S is a love story with an irresistible twist, a novel about the child inside all of us-and the boundary-crossing power of love.
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- Mar 19,2017
We had a busy weekend which kIcked off with a session on Thursday evening for the junior musicians. Thank You to the group of singers and musicians who gave a lovely performance in St Joseph's Home on St Patrick's morning. Singers were Ella and Saoirse and musicians were Aoife, Clodagh, Niamh, Orlaith, Meadhbh, DenIs, Tomás, Emma, Isobelle, Niamh, Ciarán, Eoghan, Amy, and Sadhbh. Well done to all and their teachers Maria and Deirdre. A huge thanks also to the Set Dancers who turn out every year rain or shine to strut their stuff in the St Patrick's day parade.
The figure dancers smiled through the wind and the rain with the Irwin Irish Dance school at the Killorglin parade. The post parade performance was cut short due to the weather but all members enjoyed dancing through the streets for the parade. Good luck to the eight hand in the final of Scor na bPaisti next weekend.
Killorglin Oiche Cheoil will be held on the 7th April in the Manor Inn, Killorglin. Music song and dance is there to be enjoyed by all ages...please come and support this cultural night. Please contact for any information.

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Electric Type Valve Remote Control System
The control panel, located in control room or the place for easy of handling , emit the signal to electric actuator and move the electric actuator to forward/reversal rotation by pushbutton or knob in order to open or close valve.
The working principle is based on the same principle as the bubble level measuring device. The electronic display device and the pressure/current converter of the device convert the gas input signal into a 4-20 mA current signal, and then automatically transmit the signal to the signal. Unit, calculate the liquid level value or draft value.


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It's Wrestlemania week, and Ki99 makes their predictions about the show. Kerry King is jaded, David Silveria returns to the music scene, Danzig is Batman, Rappers yelling "BOOM", and the Apocalyptic Fist of the Black Death is badass band of the week. They're so badass, we give you more than 10 minutes of their awesomeness. All this and MORE on this episode of Keeping it 99. Rate, review, subscribe on iTunes.


The Nigerian Government has launched Africa’s first humanoid ‘Omeife’ to boost Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technological development in Nigeria and Africa.
Director General National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA Kashifu Inuwa who represented the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, who was to serve as proxy for the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, unveiled Omeife in Abuja.
An Abuja-based technology company, Uniccon, built the 6-foot-tall multilingual robot that resembles a human.
The Vice President noted that the federal government would ensure the success of the project and urged other stakeholders to support the Omeife project and develop new ones.
“We are living in an exciting time of advanced technological advancement, where the science fiction of yesterday are becoming the reality in products and services of today,” stated Inuwa.
The Chief Executive Officer, of Uniccon Group of Companies, Mr. Chucks Ekwueme, explained to the audience that Omeife can speak eight different languages, asides from English including Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, French, Arabic, Kiswahili, Pidgin and Afrikaans.
Ripples Nigeria gathered that the robot has an estimated revenue projection of 11.6 billion dollars in 3 years.
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Game saves allow you to play all kinds of characters, including NPCs from the game and original characters created by other players. Building on the DOA series’ signature fighting style, DEAD OR ALIVE 5 PLUS brings the graphics and new martial arts techniques of the recent console release to the PS Vita with all-new system-specific features. Players take on the roles of the cast of DEAD OR ALIVE fighters in an action-filled brawler set in locations from around the world, with each stage featuring backdrops that change and interact with players. ps3 Characters are rendered in lifelike detail. New touch controls bring a new experience to fighting games. Simple taps, swipes, and pinches on your opponent trigger a variety of devastating moves. Using the Vita’s motion sensor, you can even play vertically for a first-person, full-screen view of your opponent. Both novice and expert players can also find even more ways to up their game with new training-focused modes and a new display of advanced frame data that reveals twice the amount of information for each move compared to previous versions.
Maximize your play sessions with near instant load times for installed PS5 games. Finding a global-coverage review site for online strategy games can help you narrow down your choices of what’s out there, as well as provide you with information about which games are the best, and which sites host them. Your preference will determine a lot about which online strategy games you’ll enjoy – do you prefer a tactical game with a winner-take-all purpose, like Risk? Or maybe you’re happier with a game where you have to think to solve the puzzle or find your way out of a maze. Think of some board games that were childhood favorites and track down their online equivalent. Gutterball 3D by TryMedia is another popular and free bowling game to play. This game is a mix between bowling and racing as the purpose is to control a bowling ball in the 3D environment crash into pins at high speed. If you’re looking to bring your local alley experience home, this may not be for you, but don’t overlook it entirely because it’s gotten rave reviews for its addictive gameplay.
In order to get the PS3 back to its original mode, you will have to restart the console. At the start (boot) prompt, type in boot-os-gameâ€ without quotes to return to the PS3 functionality. You start with a small amount of cash and your uncle’s restaurant, from which you can expand and purchase other restaurants to eventually build a massive empire of cooking. The game features many different restaurant and food types (American, French, or Italian) with the sequel adding German food as an option. There are also hundreds of recipes and even secret recipes that the player can find. However the top concerns will change slightly over time. It’s important for people to be educated and have places like this to discuss global issues. From what many people think, there really is no difference depending on graphics. They both pretty much look the same. But the Xbox 360 has more vram than the PS3, and that can boost the graphics.
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Kitten rescuer Amanda volunteered to come to the rescue of two sibling kittens: Maple and Egg, who were four weeks old, severely undernourished, and severely underweight, with very serious upper respiratory infections. Even with Amanda’s consistent around the clock care, their respiratory conditions worsened, taking the life of Egg, and rendering Maple’s right eye permanently sightless and closed.
Maple had a strong spirit and will to live, so she held on through the worst portion of her illness and began a slow recovery. Her weight began increasing, as did her energy. The plucky little feline began running and playing for the first time since Amanda had taken her in.
Amanda knew her gritty little girl had finally turned a corner in a moment when she behaved like any other kitten, playing enthusiastically on the bed between her and her partner. She could finally breathe a sigh of relief, believing whole-heartedly for the first time that Maple would survive.
The committed foster mom recalled the time when Maple came to her and she was severely emaciated. Contrasting the chubby kitten she had become with that skeletal baby from two months prior made Amanda smile in her relief. Now Maple is the boss of her household, even lording it over her grown feline roommates. But as sassy as she was when she was little, the kitten who almost didn’t survive is now a strong bundle of love and cuddles. That makes Amanda happy.

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Stonie’s Sausage Shop, Inc. located in Perryville, MO, was founded in 1959 by Stanislaus (Stonie) Wibbenmeyer. Stonie’s heritage in the meat business goes back to the early 1900’s when as a boy he worked at a meat market in Perryville. In 1930 he went to work at the Duerr Meat Market and managed the market until it closed in 1959.
Two months later he opened Stonie’s Sausage Shop in a small concrete block building on the western edge of Perryville. His son, Don, joined him there in 1962. After Stonie’s death in 1975, Don’s son, Roger joined the business and the two continued the business through 1997, when Don retired. Carrying on them family tradition, Roger’s son, Tyson, joined the business that same year. Stonies added on to the original concrete block building and continued to operate there until the shop outgrew the location and moved to the new facilities at 1507 Edgemont Boulevard in the fall of 2006.
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Bar-Ilan Street is a section of Route 417 between Yirmiyahu Street and Hativat HarEl Street in northern Jerusalem, Israel. It is a major artery that runs through a heavily Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.
Bar-Ilan Street became a symbol of the battle between secular Jews and Haredi residents of the neighborhood who wanted the street closed to vehicular traffic on Shabbat. Bar-Ilan was an early test case of government policy on issues of religion and state, pitting Orthodox sensibilities against secular demands for personal freedom. In 1996, the Israeli Supreme Court was asked to decide whether the street would be open or closed.
For over a decade, Haredi residents organized Shabbat demonstrations on Bar-Ilan Street. The protests were held despite an arrangement, endorsed by the Israeli Supreme Court, in which the artery, which runs through the north of the capital, is shut to traffic during Sabbath services and opened at other times. The demonstrations often turned violent, resulting in arrests for throwing rocks at passing cars and assaulting police.

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La militancia tiene un gran significado en la parte social, en la familia, los valores, que nunca debe dejar de lado.
Activism has a real significance in social life, in the family, and in values, which should never be forgotten.
These words were spoken by a longtime activist in a video made by unionists in metropolitan Buenos Aires and shown at their union’s celebration of the Peronist Day of the Activist in November 2012.1 In one sentence they sum up the main themes of this book, as the speaker pithily brings together social life, family, and values in his definition of activism. In this book, I use ethnography to investigate that combination for two groups of public-sector unionists in contemporary Argentina in a study of the intimate, personal, and family aspects of political activism.
These aspects came to the fore after the shocking result of the first round of presidential elections on 26 October 2015. Daniel Scioli—the official Peronist candidate—won by only 2.9 percentage points, too small a margin to avoid a historic second-round run-off against Mauricio Macri, leader of the Cambiemos (Let’s change) coalition. Just prior to the October election, most of the people I knew—who tended to be kirchneristas (supporters of then-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner)—had expected Scioli to win fairly comfortably, certainly by more than 3 percent. Since he had been nearly 8 percent ahead in the open primaries of the previous August and was leading in the opinion polls, some thought he might even avoid a second round. Instead, the unexpected first-round result created a shift in momentum toward his right-wing opponent, as voters across the country expressed their desire for change and their dissatisfaction with a regime widely thought to be corrupt, cronyist, and profligate with the country’s resources.
In the days following the vote, trade unionists and other opponents of Macri told me of their shock, fear, and sadness at the result: “It’s a disaster, a disaster!” was the first thing that one general secretary said to me, rolling his eyes heavenward and then launching into a lengthy analysis of how it had happened; another unionist said that she could not leave her house for two days because she was so depressed. Other friends posted testimonials on Facebook, describing their astonishment at the result and their fear of what a win for Macri in the upcoming run-off might mean for the country. Collectively, anti-macristas bemoaned what they thought would be a return to the neoliberal 1990s, an issue that seemed to be of particular concern to those who earned their living from the public sector, including academics. One Facebook post by a state-funded postdoctoral researcher circulated widely within academic circles: he announced his rates for washing dishes in the expectation that he would lose his academic job after a Macri win. The discussion rapidly moved off the pages of Facebook to offices, family gatherings, cafés, and squares, as people gathered to share their shock and anxiety and to analyze the election campaign. One particularly fervent debate that I attended took place in the office of a group of unionists in a ministry a few days after the election. Gathered around the table before a scheduled mobilization, we discussed passionately what Scioli and other official candidates had done wrong and how astonished we were that so many Argentines had voted against their interests and in favor of someone who—all agreed—would undoubtedly implement the orthodox economic policies that had caused such trauma for the country fifteen years ago. It was the first thing that everyone talked about when they met: “What happened?”
Within a couple of days at most, the mood shifted to “what now?” as groups began to convene to mobilize against Macri. University students from pro-Kirchner groups moved their booths from the faculty building onto the street to try to persuade passersby of the danger posed by Macri’s neoliberal views. Meetings were called to discuss what to do. A group of artists and cultural workers convened a demonstration in the central Parque Centenario, the scene of many famous neighborhood assemblies in the early 2000s. Their slogan was “love yes, Macri no” (amor sí, Macri no), and thousands of people turned up on the Saturday following the election. Marches were held; posters and leaflets appeared on the streets and through the letterboxes of apartment blocks. People held deliberately loud conversations about the elections in busy streets and grocery stores in an attempt to convince those who overheard them; they argued passionately with fellow customers and other strangers. A friend told me about a retired woman who called random phone numbers in the city and asked the person who responded, “Do you know what kind of person this Macri really is?” She wanted to engage people in conversation because, she said, she was protecting the twice-yearly increase in her pension that Cristina had introduced. Groups convened to discuss and publicize all the achievements of the previous twelve years that they felt could be under threat from a Macri victory, such as higher spending on tertiary education, nationalization of strategic enterprises and pension funds, social benefits for the popular sectors and pensioners, and prosecutions of violators of human rights during the 1976–83 dictatorship.2
Yet, despite what one unionist described to me as “an effervescence of Peronist activism” in favor of Scioli, on 22 November, Macri won the second round of the presidential elections, with 51.3 percent of the vote. But the experience of the four weeks between the two rounds of the election brings to the fore several important aspects of Argentine politics. First was the role of historical memory and its contestation: Will he or won’t he “return to the 1990s,” and what might that mean if he does? Second, in an emotional response to political events government supporters experienced shock, anxiety, fear, and disgust with Macri and those who voted for him (whom they perceived to be “middle class”). Third was the practice of seemingly endless and passionate discussions of how awful the situation was, many of which, we agreed, felt like a kind of group therapy. Fourth, these politically active people chose to respond to adversity with more activism to persuade others to vote for Scioli, or at least to assert the presence of a sizable opposition to Macri. Most important, they perceived the answers to political misfortune to lie in collective action, which they experienced as being drawn from a deep emotional response to that misfortune and their fear of the future.
What made that particular set of responses possible? How was it that an adverse election result provoked deep emotional distress followed by fervent collective action? How is activism understood and experienced in contemporary Argentina? In this book I explore the conditions of possibility for such mobilization. I also suggest that the capacity to mobilize in this way affords considerable strength to collective organizations, even though in this particular instance they failed in their immediate political goal. That capacity lies in the intimate, personal, and family aspects of political activism, the subject of this book. Argentine trade unions are unusually strong: Many of them can mobilize large numbers of workers, and they have achieved longevity in the face of repression and adverse economic change. A few key unions also hold significant power to shape politics, legislation, and employment conditions. Yet sustaining union activism in contemporary conditions is enormously challenging, as unionists are exposed to public hostility and suspicion in addition to structural and political forces that work against them on a global scale. Thus, their strength closely depends on the union’s ability to sustain projects of collective ethical-political self-construction among its activists. For the case of public-sector unionists in particular, these projects are enacted through practices of kinship and emotional connection.
In Argentina, the labor movement has been a central motor of historical and political development since the early 1900s. Unions were a prime site for active citizenship in the sense of both political participation and the distribution of social, economic, political, and even cultural rights. That situation has continued to the present and may even be truer today than it was at the turn of this century. Argentina has had a vigorous history of organized social movements since the late 1800s, ranging from anarcho-syndicalism to populism in its most archetypal form, Peronism,3 to leftist guerrillas and revolutionaries, unemployed workers, and middle-class antigovernment protesters. The two unions I study within this spectrum of political activism are Unión del Personal Civil de la Nación (Union of National Civil Servants, UPCN) and Asociación Trabajadores del Estado (Association of State Workers, ATE). They represent distinct political orientations within the labor movement. UPCN is predominantly—although not exclusively—Peronist and is very disciplined and “organic,” taking an “officialist” or supportive position with regard to the government in power. This position is easier for them to take with Peronist governments such as those of the Kirchner regimes of 2003–15; and part of the fear generated by the most recent electoral result comes from the fact that Mauricio Macri is avowedly non-Peronist. ATE is more autonomous and prides itself on its democratic and horizontal approach, answering to the assemblies of its activists rather than to any political party.4 In this book I explore comparatively the lived experience of both kinds of political activism and the contrasting ways that activists from each union create themselves as particular kinds of activists and their unions as particular—and very different—kinds of political community.
I focus on how they do so through the two interlinked processes of militancia and contención. Both are local terms. La militancia names the practices of activism as well as being a group noun that describes the collective of political activists. I translate militancia as “militancy” or “activism” and suggest that by studying militancia, we may identify how individuals create and understand themselves and others as political actors located in a particular time, place, and family and consisting of a particular set of values, dispositions, and orientations. For my informants, those values included having a vocation for political action, anger against injustice, commitment to the collectivity, and love for people and politics. Political action was understood as membership in the labor movement, placed in a historical narrative of anarcho-syndicalism (for some) or Peronism (for most), resistance to military dictatorship, and mobilization against structural adjustment and neoliberalism. The values and attributes of vocation, anger, commitment, and love were considered essential elements of individual character, almost biological. Yet they were also dispositions that could be cultivated by individuals, passed down the generations within families, and called forth or made stronger in pedagogical contexts, including training sessions for activists.
This cultivation, or calling forth, of values such as vocation, love, passion, and so on, happened through collective processes, which I describe ethnographically with the concept of contención, which means “containment” of both a psychotherapeutic and political kind. It has various dimensions (see Lazar 2013) but appears to derive in part from the concept of therapeutic containment, which originated in the work of Wilfred Bion, a British Kleinian psychoanalyst. In the therapeutic context it refers to the ability of the therapist to take on the emotions of the other and process them without being overwhelmed by them (Bion 1959; Douglas 2007: 33). More broadly, containment can be thought of as a way the group encompasses the individual, through individual therapeutic relations as well as collective activities of care and political activities of discussion and collective action, which I describe in the second part of this book. To avoid confusion with the false friend English cognate “contention,” I translate the Spanish word throughout and use the term “containment.” I argue that containment is an ethical process of encompassment and the creation of a collective self—the union—committed to action for the transformation of society for the better. The two unions I worked with understood the precise content of that action differently and, as a result, engaged in different acts of containment. These often boiled down to organization, but in contrasting ways. UPCN placed great weight on organizational strength and discipline and the ability to negotiate with the employers; ATE constructed its collective self as a political project of alternative unionism, summarized through its emphasis on horizontality and autonomy from governing party politics and tapping in to trends of horizontal political organization prominent in Argentina post-2001.
Both militancy and containment are ways that groups of Argentines make themselves into political subjects to participate in government and political struggle. Thus, the processes under discussion here are shaped by how the Argentine labor movement has developed in the last century, a history that is threaded throughout this book. Crucially, they are also shaped by daily life, family, and friendships. This is therefore a study of the intimate spaces of political activism within a social movement, albeit one that is now relatively unfashionable within social movement studies in the US and European academies in particular. For at least two decades, trade unions have not been a central concern for political anthropologists and social theorists outside labor studies or industrial relations departments.5 The relative invisibility of labor politics in anthropology in particular has perhaps resulted from the dominance of theoretical framings of politics that derive from the directions in which anthropologists and others have taken Foucault. Anthropologists have tended to focus on the creation of subjecthood either as governance and resistance or as introspective care of the self.6 In this book I investigate the relational politics of personal ethics and provide an ethnography of political relations in their fullest sense by exploring personal and collective ethics within the trade unions. Here, I first contextualize my argument within the anthropological study of social movements. I then introduce the aspects of ethics and kinship and propose that Argentine public-sector union activism is best understood as a form of collective creation of ethical selves enacted through the idioms and practices of character essence, active self-cultivation, and kinship, and revealed through the study of militancy and containment.
1. Britos is director of the Escuela Político Sindical (Political Unionist School) of Unión Argentina de Trabajadores Rurales y Estibadores (Argentine Union of Rural Workers and Stevedores, UATRE). He has been a Peronist activist since 1947.
2. A pro-Macri position would highlight contrasting aspects of the Kirchner regimes: irresponsible economic policies leading to severe inflation and dangerously dwindling national reserves, overly restrictive controls on imports and the purchase of dollars, corruption at the highest levels of government, insular and unnecessarily combative foreign policy, and failure to act on drug-trafficking problems in the country. The results of the second round of voting indicate a country split down the middle, and the impression I have from the last few years is of increased polarization, in part fueled by a virulent anti-Cristina media. See Lazar (2016a).
3. Peronism is the political movement founded by Juan Domingo Perón in the 1940s when he became minister for labor and then, from 1946 to 1955, president of Argentina. In 1955, he was deposed by military coup, and his supporters entered a period of clandestine resistance, demanding his return from exile, which was achieved in 1973. Shortly thereafter, he became president again but died in 1974; his third wife and vice president was deposed in 1976 by one of the most brutal military regimes in the region. After the return to democracy in 1982, the next Peronist regime was that of Carlos Menem, in 1989–99, followed by the 2001 economic crisis during the Kirchner regimes of 2003–15. The political party founded by Perón—the Partido Justicialista (the Justicialist Party)—and the Peronist movement are not necessarily coextensive. Perón attracted followers from an extremely wide political spectrum, from leftist Marxist guerrillas to anticommunist death-squad members. This very brief description of Peronism does not give a sense of its complexities as an identity and way of life for its adherents, not just as a political orientation. In this book I explore that complex picture for one group of Peronists (the UPCN unionists), but there are many studies of Peronism across different periods of its history. For some of the best, see Auyero (2001), D. James (1988b), Karush and Chamosa (2010), Levitsky (2003a), Torre (1998, 2002, 2012), Martuccelli and Svampa (1997), Munck, Galitelli, and Falcon (1987), Halperin Donghi (2012); Elena (2011).
4. This makes it more like the social movement unionism discussed by Moody (1997) and Waterman (1993) and relates it to both the history of anarcho-syndicalism prominent in Argentina since the early twentieth century and the consciously horizontal and autonomous social movement activism of post-2001 Argentina, discussed by scholars such as Marina Sitrin (2006, 2012) and Ana Dinerstein (2003, 2014).
5. Within more economically focused anthropology and sociology, there is a distinguished ethnographic literature on trade unions, but it has largely focused on the Global North (e.g., Collins 2012; Durrenberger 2007; Zlolniski 2010; Durrenberger and Erem 2005; Fantasia and Voss 2004; Kasmir 2005; Lopez 2004; Mollona 2009; Johnston 1994; Moody 1997; Fantasia 1988). With a few exceptions, such as De Neve (2008), Donham (2011), and Werbner (2014), anthropologists have rarely directly engaged with trade unions in the Global South; and much of the anthropological work on organized labor in the Global South has been tied to questions of the globalization of the world economy (e.g., Collins 2007; De Neve 2008; Otañez 2010; Zlolniski 2010) or industrial employment patterns (Parry 2013).
6. On governance, see Ong (1996, 2003); Holston (2008); Blom Hansen and Stepputat (2001); Fassin (2015); Rose (1999); Nguyen (2010). On care of the self, see, for example, Faubion (2011); Cook (2010); Rose (1989).

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Papillomavirus infection (human papillomavirus, papillomavirus) is an oncogenic disease that manifests itself in the form of papillary formations (warts, warts) on the human skin or in the genital area. Men and women are almost equally susceptible to the virus.
It is worth noting that such an infection can indicate the formation of a malignant tumor. Today, more than 100 species of this virus are known in medicine. About 30 of them affect only the female genitals.
The World Health Organization studied HPV - the human papillomavirus is called so briefly, and found that more than 60% of people on Earth are infected with it. In addition, some of them are only carriers, while in others it manifests itself in the form of papillomatosis of the skin, mucous membranes, but in some cases the human papillomavirus causes cell degeneration and cancer.
About 60% of the world population are potential carriers of human papillomavirus infection. In most cases, the virus is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person. In addition, the provoking factors are as follows:
- the onset of sexual activity at an early age;
- unprotected sex, frequent switching of sexual partners;
- chronic inflammation in the genital area, infectious diseases of the genitourinary system;
- frequent miscarriages;
- weak immunity;
- alcohol abuse;
- non-compliance with personal hygiene rules.
As medical practice shows, women are in the main risk group. The probability of "catching" such a disease is quite high in people aged 20-45 years. That is, those who lead an active sex life.
The symptoms of this type of infection depend on what exactly was the triggering factor. The disease does not have a single clinical picture. However, the following symptoms can be distinguished:
- the formation of warts;
- skin irritation in the genital area;
- discomfort during intercourse;
- redness and partial itching.
At the same time, it is worth noting that symptoms in the form of irritation and itching of the skin can indicate another disease. Therefore, self-medication is not worth it in any case. With these symptoms, it is best to immediately consult a dermatologist.
Warts most often appear in the following locations:
- on the skin of the palms, soles of the feet;
- in the genital area;
- in the oral cavity.
In more severe cases, this type of infection can develop in the cervix, bladder, and vagina. The only way to get rid of warts is through surgery. Human papillomavirus infection in women can lead to cervical cancer. As for men, the oncogenic factor is observed much less frequently.
It is also worth noting that in the early stages of development, a disease of this type of symptoms practically does not give. This is what often leads to an oncogenic risk factor for infection.
Infection with the virus is only possible if a healthy person has microtrauma of Organs genitals. In this case, the papillomavirus enters the body of a healthy person and begins to develop.
The incubation period of a type of oncogenic virus can last from several months to several years, without showing any symptoms. In other words, an already infected person can be a carrier and not be aware of it.
HPV in women
As already mentioned, women aged 20 to 45 are more susceptible to the virus. But here it is worth noting the fact that in the main risk group are those who frequently change their sexual partner and have unprotected sex.
This type of infection in women is divided into the following groups:
- high oncogenicity;
- low oncogenicity;
- non-oncogenic type.
The most dangerous for women's health is a high-oncogenic type infection. It almost always leads to cancer - a malignant tumor, cancer of the cervix. The risk of such a pathology development is 90%. The situation is exacerbated by the fact that in the early stages of development, the disease does not have symptoms. Occasionally, small warts may appear on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
With a highly oncogenic type of infection, warts form. These are wart-like formations, but with jagged edges. Such formations can appear on the vagina, anus, on the perineum. Sometimes warts can take the form of blisters filled with fluid, which eventually burst and give off an unpleasant odor.
A high type of HPV infection can also cause cancer of the vagina and vulva. In rarer clinical cases, nasopharyngeal cancer is possible. It should be noted that it is almost impossible to completely cure a high oncogenic form of HPV.
papilloma virus in men
Papillomavirus infection in men can occur without any symptoms. It is noteworthy that in the main risk group, men who frequently change sexual partners have unprotected sex.
Pathological formations are located in such places:
- on the head and body of the penis;
- on the skin of the scrotum;
- in the perineum;
- on the mucous membrane.
Such formations can be grouped. As a rule, they do not cause itching and other unpleasant sensations. Very rarely, they may be accompanied by itching or burning only during intercourse.
Such a virus in men can take the form of high oncogenicity. This leads to cancer of Organs genitals. But, if you start treatment on time, the risk of oncogenic diseases is minimized. Warts caused by the HPV virus are removed surgically or with special chemical solutions. Along the way, antiviral drugs are prescribed. Therefore, in the early stages of the development of this type of disease in men, it can be completely eliminated.
The diagnosis of HPV infection consists of several steps. Initially, an examination is carried out by a doctor and anamnesis is explained. If the disease is suspected in women, the primary examination should be performed by a gynecologist. After that, the following tests can be prescribed:
- vaginal scraping;
- vaginal tissue biopsy;
- PCR analysis.
The latter allows not only to accurately establish the diagnosis, but also to determine the cause of the development of the pathological process, its form of development. If there is a risk of developing an oncological disease, a general and biochemical blood test, instrumental research methods are additionally prescribed.
Colposcopy is mandatory if HPV infection is suspected. This is an examination of the cervix, to identify profound pathological changes.
As for men, the diagnosis has approximately the same picture. After examination by a urologist or surgeon, a referral for testing is given.
Only according to the results of the diagnosis can a competent doctor prescribe the correct course of treatment. The earlier the disease is diagnosed, the lower the risk of complications.
At the moment, there is no drug in medicine that can purposefully destroy the HPV virus. Therefore, the treatment is complex. Not only the form of the disease is taken into account, but also the cause of its occurrence. It is also worth mentioning that a person who has been sick or is sick with the HPV virus should be regularly examined by the attending physician. It is possible to completely cure the papilloma virus only in the early stages. In any case, the risk of developing cancer or the formation of a malignant tumor is always present. Avoiding the virus is easier than getting rid of it.
Treatment of papillomavirus infection can be conditionally divided into the following steps:
- removal of warts or warts;
- drug therapy to prevent new formations;
- therapy with the aim of strengthening the immune system.
It should be noted that such a treatment program is applicable only if there is no risk of developing a malignant tumor or sexually transmitted infections. If the latter is confirmed, the treatment program includes drugs to eliminate the underlying disease. Antiviral drugs are used in any case. In most cases, broad-spectrum drugs are prescribed. However, the use of such drugs does not exclude recurrence of the disease.
It is much more difficult to cure the HPV virus if it becomes chronic and has a high oncogenic factor. In this case, additional tests are prescribed and chemotherapy is used.
Treatment of human papillomavirus is only possible by a competent specialist. Self-medication is unacceptable here as the HPV virus is recognized as oncogenic. So, in most cases, it is quite difficult to cure it. Even the surgical removal of warts or genital warts does not rule out their re-formation.
How to treat the papillomavirus correctly, only an expert can tell. Using folk remedies to cure HPV is not enough. Therefore, if symptoms of the disease are detected, you should immediately seek competent medical help.
One of the most effective preventive measures is vaccination against the virus. This makes it possible to prevent the development in the body of not only HPV infection, but also cervical cancer. In addition, the following rules must be followed:
- only protected sex;
- strengthening the immune system;
- regular examination by a gynecologist or urologist;
- personal hygiene.
You need to carefully monitor your health, do not abuse alcohol, smoke. As for intimate life, if possible, the frequent exchange of sexual partners should be excluded. With symptoms, you should immediately consult a doctor and not self-medicate.

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Misty is horrified that I don't have a new blog post about her Mama to share today. I'm a bit horrified myself, but I swear I have a good reason...
After spending days experimenting, trying, failing, and ripping my hair out while trying to figure out how to fix things, my website for The Whisker Watch was published at 1:49 a.m. Eastern. I might have completed it sooner, but two kids out sick this week and a Science Fair project that was not completed until midnight on the night before it was due takes a toll on a Mom.
Check it out! It's not perfect, but it's good enough to let the world have a peek. Constructive feedback and lavish praise welcome below ;-)
Mama will be here in all her glory for a Special Super Saturday post to make it up to you. If you're lucky, Ruby Roo will peek her head in too.


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The Policing Authority is pleased to announce that, at its Authority meeting last week, it appointed Chief Superintendents Jonathan Roberts, Eileen Foster and Paul Cleary to the rank of Assistant Commissioner in the Garda Síochána.
The appointments were made following a selection competition that involved a three-staged process, conducted in accordance with the statutory framework and the Authority’s Statement of Practice.
The Authority congratulates Assistant Commissioners Roberts, Foster and Cleary and wishes them well in their future careers.
Notes for Editors
Chief Superintendent Jonathan Roberts
Jonathan Roberts has most recently held a dual role in the PSNI as Head of Learning and Development, and Professional Standards including Anti-Corruption, and has also acted as T/Assistant Chief Constable, Operational Support Department.
Prior to this, he has held roles including District Commander for Belfast, Head of the PSNI College, and Superintendent for Performance, Assurance and Justice in Belfast District. Earlier in his career Jonathan was the Head of Belfast based Major Investigation Teams, following on from extensive experience in serious crime investigation, including leading the investigations into several high profile murders.
Jonathan has over 26 years policing experience.
Chief Superintendent Eileen Foster
Eileen Foster was most recently Chief Superintendent in Kerry Division. She was previously Detective Superintendent in Garda National Protective Services Bureau, as well as working in a number of other areas including Superintendent, Performance & Assurance in DMR South Central, Detective Inspector, Crime in Cork City, Inspector in Anglesea Street, Cork City, Detective Sergeant on Northside of Cork City and as a Detective Garda in the Divisional Drugs Unit in Cork City.
She has served in the Garda Síochána for 31 years.
Chief Superintendent Paul Cleary
Paul Cleary was most recently Detective Chief Superintendent in charge of the Garda National Cybercrime Bureau, Garda National Technical Bureau and Operational Support Services and previously Chief Superintendent in charge of the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau.
He was a Detective Superintendent for the Dublin Regional specialist units and also served as Detective Superintendent for Dublin West. He was Detective Inspector in Kevin Street and Detective Sergeant in Operational Intelligence (CHIS). He was also a Detective in Store Street and the Special Detective Unit.
He has served 29 years in the Garda Síochána.
Statistics from Assistant Commission Competition 2022
Applications for Assistant Commissioner in the Garda Síochána Competition 2022
No. of Applicants
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A super-smooth 2-stepper from TC4 with some lovely summer vibes to it.
“More time we plan out what we wanna do with a tune before we start, but this one was more of a freestyle without a initial direction. It’s one of those tunes that was fun to make so it felt like it made it self.”
Unique West-Midlands’ production duo, TC4, consists of multi-instrumentalists Tom Calder and Kate Turley signed to DJ Target & Danny Weed’s “Pitched Up”.
Their debut Alpha EP was released on Logan Sama’s Earth 616 imprint a few years back, followed by the go-to grime cypher instrumental LaLaLa (VIP), infectiously vocalized live by everyone from Invasion Alert to OG’s, Boy Better Know to Tempa T.
TC4’s Something About You EP received additional support from the likes of DJ EZ, Majestic and became Sarah Jane-Crawford’s track of the day. Crack in the Road and All Things Go premiered the lead single from the EP with the quirky video being premiered by The Music Ninja.
For 2016 TC4 have already been working on a endless amount of new ideas and serviced to club underground dub Reboot is available to stream for free on their Soundcloud.


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Stockholm beat out Paris, Key West and more as the top spot for LGBT travelers in 2015.
Gay Travel is off to Puerto Vallarta for some fun in the sun south of the border!
The Impulse Group is only charging people over the age of 40 to attend its pool party fundraisers.
Every sophisticated LGBT traveler must experience a wine country getaway at least once! Napa Valley is the second most popular tourist destination in California, second only to Disneyland. Our travel guides highlight all there is to see in this beautiful wine country. The rolling hills dotted with vineyards are magnificent, and the area is cultured, quaint, and serene. The picturesque town of Napa is filled with historic Victorian homes, stunning contemporary architecture, world-famous wineries, exclusive restaurants, and mom-and-pop stores. A vibrant and modern city, Napa is just perfect for a relaxing vacation away from urban life.Read More »
This gay welcoming, 4 Diamond luxury Puerto Vallarta resort features newly decorated guestrooms with luxurious bedding, contemporary bathrooms, new decor with Mexican-inspired colors and patterns, exquisite updates to the banquet facilities and business meeting rooms. Nestled between the Sierra Madre Mountains and Banderas Bay, the CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa proudly holds a spot as one of the Top 10 Resorts in Mexico Pacific Riviera according to Conde Nast Traveler.Read More »
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In Hawaiian, locals say “Maui no ka oi” - “Maui is the best.”
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- Do bats drink blood?
- Will Bright lights keep bats away?
- Is it OK to kill bats?
- Are bats good or bad?
- Do bats attack humans?
- What happens if you kill a bat?
- What happens if bat touches human?
- Do bats bite humans while sleeping?
- Why are bats so important?
- Is it good if a bat enters the house?
- Why are bats coming into my house?
- What to do if there’s a bat in your house?
- What are bats a sign of?
- Why are bats good to have around?
Do bats drink blood?
In one year, a 100-bat colony can drink the blood of 25 cows.
During the darkest part of the night, common vampire bats emerge to hunt.
Sleeping cattle and horses are their usual victims, but they have been known to feed on people as well.
The bats drink their victim’s blood for about 30 minutes..
Will Bright lights keep bats away?
The best way to get bats to leave is to eliminate roost-friendly sites. To do that, bat experts recommend: Shining a bright light on the spot 24 hours a day for a week. Using nontoxic aerosol dog or cat repellents available at hardware and garden stores.
Is it OK to kill bats?
You just get them again. In many states, including Pennsylvania, it is illegal to kill bats in buildings. Exclusion is the only recommended method. Chemicals that can kill bats are also just as hazardous to humans.
Are bats good or bad?
Bats are important to our ecosystem because they feast on pests that would otherwise ruin crops. Plus they eat mosquitoes. On the other hand, while most bats don’t have rabies, one could give you that deadly virus if it’s infected. So don’t handle bats, even if they look healthy.
Do bats attack humans?
Bats are by nature gentle animals. They do not attack people. People get into trouble with bats when they attempt to pick them up. Any wild animal is going to act defensively when someone attempts to pick it up.
What happens if you kill a bat?
“If you try to kill a bat, you’re more likely to get bitten,” said Joy O’Keefe, assistant professor of biology and director of Indiana State University’s Center for Bat Research, Outreach and Conservation. “Most bats people find in their houses are healthy and are not going to bite them and give them rabies.”
What happens if bat touches human?
If you touch the bat (or think you or your pet or child could have touched the bat), call Public Health immediately at 206-296-4774. Anyone who touched or had contact with the bat or its saliva could be at risk of getting rabies, which is almost always fatal once symptoms begin.
Do bats bite humans while sleeping?
For instance, a bat that flies into your room while you’re sleeping may bite you without waking you. If you awake to find a bat in your room, assume you’ve been bitten.
Why are bats so important?
Bats play an important role in many environments around the world. Some plants depend partly or wholly on bats to pollinate their flowers or spread their seeds, while other bats also help control pests by eating insects.
Is it good if a bat enters the house?
Folklore from Illinois asserts that if a bat enters a house and stays for a long time, there will be a death in the house, but if it does not stay long, a relative will die. … Many legends say that the bat does not even have to enter the house or the actual living quarters to be a harbinger of death.
Why are bats coming into my house?
As an attic cools down at night during the summer, cool outside air is drawn in through any cracks or holes, and the bats follow these air currents to familiar exit holes. … Once bats find an entry in your residence, they use two locations as their living space, the attic and the walls.
What to do if there’s a bat in your house?
Seal off the area where the bats are located as best as possible by closing all interior doors and removing any pets from the area. Open windows and exterior doors to encourage the bat or bats to exit on their own – that way, they will stay calmer and work out a solution at their own pace.
What are bats a sign of?
Bats often represent death in the sense of letting go of the old, and bringing in the new. They are symbols of transition, of initiation, and the start of a new beginning.
Why are bats good to have around?
Bats also help distribute the seeds of these important plants, so they can reproduce and create more fruit for us humans to eat and enjoy. Without pollinating and seed-dispersing bats, many ecosystems would gradually die. Plants would fail to provide food and cover for wildlife species near the base of the food chain.

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R.I. Film Festival sending three short films for Oscar consideration
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island International Film Festival, a qualifying event for the Oscars in short film categories, is sending three candidates to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which runs the awards.
Best Short Film — "The Dogcatcher," directed by Daria Woszek of Poland, about a dog kidnapper who returns the animals to their owners in order to get the rewards.
Best Short Documentary — "Frame 394," directed by Rich Williamson of Canada, about an investigator looking into a police shooting who finds some unexpected evidence.
Best Short Animation — "To Build a Fire," directed by Fx Goby of France, based on the famous Jack London story about a man desperately trying to build a fire in the Arctic.
For a full list of awards, visit the RIIFF website at www.film-festival.org.


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Kimpton Hotels Washington, DC
Our Kimpton Hotel in Washington, DC is just the start a luxurious adventure. Kimpton Hotels offers a collection of stylish lodging experiences across the United States. Each boasting a distinctive character, the Kimpton Hotels offer an entirely new breed of dining and restaurants.
Get to know just what it is about Kimpton no one else has.
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Kimpton Karma Rewards
As you get to know us by staying and experiencing all things Kimpton, you'll earn perks like a $10 Raid the Mini Bar credit and complimentary WiFi with our Kimpton Karma Rewards.
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See how Kimpton cares about our communities.
Our Eco-Friendly Practices
We're devoted to giving this planet a lot of TLC. Our EarthCare program empowers us and our guests to tread lightly on the environment with green products and practices.
Kimpton Kid Friendly Hotels
Little ones get an extra-big welcome. With our Kimpton Kids program, we give you the scoop on family-friendly activities, lend you gear to use during your stay, and even hook you up with babysitters. (You're on vacation, after all.)

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Its great to be back after my 4 month break from crafting. I had surgery which for some reason took away my crafting mojo but iam glad to say it has now returned!!
Here are my first sneaky peeks of some cards I made for the lovely Lynda Chapman from Creative Crafting World. The new DVD is featuring Pollyanna Pickerings amazing artwork of mainly dogs but also some other Christmas animals and is a must have for all crafters!!
Lynda and Pollyanna will be on Create and Craft TV with this one day wonder on Thursday 11th September. Show times; 8am, 11am,2pm,4pm and 7pm.
The stunning Horse topper.I have used some of the stunning Elegant Tent Cards from Creative Crafting World.
Thanks for popping by and watch out for some more sneaky peeks xxx


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This collection contains papers related to the professional filmmaking of Bruce and Norman Yonemoto, for films between the
1960s and 1990s. The contents are primarily correspondence, press materials, exhibition catalogs and brochures, and screenplays
and production notes for videos.
Norman Yonemoto was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1946, a year after their father Tak, who was in the Army, married his mother
Rosie, who was incarcerated in Tule Lake concentration camp. They returned to California, where Bruce was born in 1949 in
6.75 linear feet (9 boxes)
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in this collection must be submitted to the Collections
Management and Access Unit at the Japanese American National Museum (firstname.lastname@example.org).
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Once surfers looking to ride the biggest waves simply headed to Hawaii, northern California or, closer to home, the south-west corner of Western Australia.
But for the last few years, surfing's big wave elite have pinpointed a rustic harbour town in Portugal and a break called Nazare as the ultimate wind tunnel capable of serving up the holy grail: a 100-foot wave.
Two Western Australian surfers, Mick Corbett and Jarryd Foster, are the latest to chance their hand, setting up camp in the hope such a wave, or one close to it in size, arrives.
"Jarryd and I were surfing a bunch of big waves at home and we just thought, 'I think we can go bigger than this', so we had a look at the map and Nazare ticked all the boxes," Corbett said.
"So we worked hard for a few months, saved a heap of money and here we are."
Nazare first came to the world's attention after images of disproportionally large waves breaking in front of a lighthouse began circulating in the global surf media.
Initially dismissed as a novelty, an image of German surfer Sebastian Stuedtner streaking across an estimated 80-foot wave soon silenced all critics.
Due to the size, power and shifting nature of the waves, surfers are typically towed into them and Corbett said the moments waiting out the back were often filled with nervousness.
"We try and keep calm and will resort to telling jokes to keep our minds off the waves till it's time to go," Corbett said.
"But when it's go time, we really make a point of trying to chase down the right wave.
"It's a complete washing machine on the inside, as you could imagine when you're dealing with waves that big; you just don't want to make a mistake."Loading
Old hand with big waves
Neither are strangers to riding big waves; both men have been nominated for various awards following rides at various offshore reefs off the Western Australian coast, most notably in Margaret River's Cow Bombie during 2015's Swell of a Decade and further down the coast at Denmark.
But the draw of even bigger waves drew them to Nazare, which is unique among waves in Europe.
Ben Matson, forecaster for Sydney-based website Swellnet, said the extra large waves frequently seen there were the result of complex bathymetry well offshore from the mainland.
"The Nazare Canyon is a deep underwater trench that stretches westward into the North Atlantic Ocean," Mr Matson said.
"Either side of the canyon, the continental shelf extends out approximately 80 kilometres from the mainland, but the Nazare Canyon brings this in to within 10 kilometres off the coast.
"We know that open ocean swells travel at maximum speed in deep water, and once they feel the continental shelf they start to slow down.
"So the close proximity of the canyon and its direct focus towards Nazare means that these swells only start to slow down as they are right on top of the coast, so they retain a much greater percentage of their original size.
"The canyon has another benefit — it bends the swells in towards themselves, which causes the waves to stand up into giant peaks.
"It's a very unusual combination of factors that fortunately, occurs very close to the shore where the large coastal cliffs also allow for a fantastic vantage point.
"It's unlike anywhere else in the world."
But it's not all surfing for Corbett and Foster.
In their downtime, the pair have spent hours marvelling at the unique architecture of the town which Corbett said dated back to the 1500s.
"It's a beautiful little town and you definitely feel like you're in Europe as opposed to home in West Oz," he said.
"It's amazing to see the distinctive lighthouse, which was built to protect the town's folk from pirates. It's pretty incredible to consider that."


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Miami, Florida (PRWEB) January 11, 2008
Chris W Knight details in his memoir how he has uncovered the truth behind a family secret he heard as a young boy at his father's funeral. An unbelievable true story, his mysterious father lived his entire life with deep secrets rivaling fiction.
Growing up in a broken home, Chris details the abuse he and his sister suffered as a child and the shame they had to bare with not being able to share with anyone that their grandfather was America's most notorious mob boss, Al Capone, known by many throughout the world as Scarface.
A Garden Reception will be held at 93 Palm Avenue (The Original Capone Estate) in Miami Beach, Florida, beginning at 2:00 p.m. This event is being held in memory of the author's father and grandfather.
A Portion of the proceeds from the sale of this Memoir have been designated to benefit The Boys and Girls Club Of America and other select charitable organizations.
For More Information: http://www.sonofscarface.com
Press inquiries and requests for VIP passes should be directed to Jane Delson at Dick Delson & Associates (Los Angeles) by calling 818-763-2363, or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Serritella Joins Music of the Baroque Board
Jim Serritella recently accepted an invitation to join the board of Music of the Baroque.
Sixty of the Chicago area’s finest professional musicians make up the chorus and orchestra of Music of the Baroque. Most members of the orchestra also perform with other leading groups, including the Chicago Symphony and Lyric Opera. Music of the Baroque performs primarily at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park and at First United Methodist Church in Evanston.
Baroque music describes a style of European classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1750. It is associated with composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and Claudio Monteverdi.
For more information, please contact Jim Serritella at 312/ 840-7040 or email@example.com.

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Letter to the editor: Ocean health crucial to our local economy
I read the story about New England herring at risk from trawlers (April 2) and found it very appalling. Our oceans’ health should be a top priority to everyone because it is such an enormous part of our environment. Not only are New England’s coasts abundant with fish, they provide revenue to the area.
It’s shocking that so many people will ignore the problem. We need to respect the environment around us and learn as much as we can from it so we can maintain our oceans and protect ourselves from future environmental catastrophes.
Herring are obviously crucial and must be looked out for and monitored by the people who benefit from them.


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Sabai Dee Patong Guesthouse is only a few minutes walk from the beach and the centre of the night life of Bangla Road. A quick walk takes you to central Patong where you can enjoy shopping, sightseeing, dining, drinking and lazing on white sandy beaches. Guests can experience water sport, jet-skying and para-sailing in the beach
The reception and rooms of Sabai Dee Patong Guesthouse is completely renewed. all rooms provide air condition, closet, safety deposit box - in room safe, desk, mini bar fully furnished cable TV, wireless Wi-fi free internet, laundry service, private bathroom with hot and cold water, table and chairs. All rooms are fairly large for a guesthouse Thai standard, about 25-30 square meters.


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Thomas Martin Roberts, 66, succumbed to an oral metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma at the infirmary of the Monroe Correctional Complex on Wednesday evening, a representative from the Snohomish County medical examiner said Friday.
The representative said that because of privacy restrictions he could not reveal how long Roberts had the cancer or how it had been treated.
Roberts was convicted of first-degree aggravated murder in November 2002 after he shot and killed Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputy Wally Davis in 2000 on the porch of Roberts’ home in northeast Port Angeles.
The type of cancer that killed Roberts, the chief risk factors of which are smoking and alcohol use, affects about 30,000 Americans each year, according to the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy.
In the U.S., 3 percent of cancers in men and 2 percent of cancers in women are oral squamous-cell carcinomas, according to the Merck Manual.
Davis was survived by his wife, Lisa, who was pregnant at the time and now is living in Republic; a daughter, Jessie, then 15; and two adult sons, Jeff and Joshua.
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MANHATTAN - In the aftermath of an 80-64 win over Missouri-Kansas City Thursday night at Bramlage Coliseum, Kansas State head basketball coach Frank Martin broke his silence about the suspensions of seniors Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly.
More details have emerged regarding the suspensions of Kansas State's Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Guard Oscar Bellfield chuckled with UNLV teammate Tre'Von Willis during the postgame conference with the media. Bellfield had good reason for a laugh after nailing a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws in the final 1:09, propelling the Runnin' Rebels to a 63-59 upset of No. 11 Kansas State Tuesday night at the sold-out Sprint Center. A majority of the ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - In his college basketball debut on Saturday at storied Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas guard Josh Selby showed that he can make an immediate impact.
ST. JOHN - Cunningham hung around and hung around against St. John in girls high school basketball action on Friday night.
ST. JOHN - The dribble penetration and athleticism that St. John High School guards Zach Minnis and Brandon Blakeslee possess can make life rough for any opponent.
When head coach Keith Ferguson said his goodbyes to the Barton Community College women's basketball team early this week for the Christmas holiday, you couldn't blame him if he whispered in a player's ear about staying fit.
DOUGLASS - Great Bend High School finished in sixth place on Saturday at the Douglass Goodwill Wrestling Tournament.
Sometimes it's hard to find a sliver of silver lining when your team just dropped their third game in four outings this season.
Great Bend High School didn't have an answer for Manhattan High's Connor Brooks.
WINFIELD - Double-doubles provided by Dionne Harris and Raven Adams led the Barton Community College women's basketball team over the Southwestern JV in Winfield on Friday, 79-58.
Great Bend High School's boys' basketball team puts a 3-1 record on the line tonight, when Manhattan High (0-1) comes calling to the GBHS Fieldhouse.
DODGE CITY - Great Bend High School came away with a dual victory over host Dodge City on Thursday evening at the Dodge City Fieldhouse.
Down the stretch in the second of two cliffhangers Friday night, Great Bend High School boys' basketball coach Chris Battin was beside himself.
Struggling for a better portion of three quarters, the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers made a furious comeback bid against visiting Pratt Friday night.
There's still much more to play for.
Qualifying five boys' players for the Class 5A state tennis tournament this weekend is the most ever from Great Bend High School.
GARDEN CITY - Having to share a Western Athletic Conference baseball championship turned out to be bittersweet for the Great Bend High School Panthers.
To be certain, the Great Bend High School baseball team isn't in the sharing mood right now.
HAYS - When the dust finally settled in this Hays Diamond Classic slugfest - after a combined 23 runs, 26 hits, 12 errors and numerous wild pitches and passed balls - Great Bend High School finally got the best of Colby on Friday evening at Larks Park.
HAYS - In their second game of the Hays Diamond Classic, the Great Bend High School Panthers found themselves struggling to find their hitting stroke.


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PROVISION OF SIX (6) WATER BOREHOLES IN OBOWO LGA, IMO STATE
Obowo is a Local Government Area (L.G.A) of Imo State, Nigeria, and is headquartered in Otoko. Other towns in the LGA include Amanze Umuagu, Umungwa, Umulogho, Odenkwume, Okwuohia, Amuzi, Alike, Avutu and Umuokeh. Obowo is located about 45 minutes from Owerri, the Imo State capital. The area is right across the Imo River and is less than 30 minutes from Umuahia, the Abia State capital, and Ahiara in opposite directions. The major occupation of the people are farming and fishing.
This area is characterized by the dangerous and difficult terrain walked to get water. For instance, the indigenes of Amuzi community fetch drinking water from worm infested spring, walking about 1 kilometer.
Dangerous difficult terrain of getting water
The indigenes of Amuzi community, Obowo L.G.A fetching drinkingwater from worm infested spring
For this reason, Arm of Hope Fondation has already constructed and commissioned nineteen (19) water boreholes which serve as the only sources of clean and safe drinking water for the benefitting communities in Obowo Local Government Area.
However, the communities in Obowo urgently need Six (6) more water boreholes in order to effectively solve the safe drinking water problem in the community, as the Nineteen (19) drilled boreholes are not sufficient enough to serve the communities.
Arm of Hope Foundation is proposing to construct and commission Six (6) more water boreholes for different communities in Obowo Local Government Area.
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and Power generating set per borehole
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|TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT||10,200,000 .00||28,216.55|
We kindly solicit for your sponsorship/support this worthwhile project.
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This was an exciting and very busy week for the Middle School as they performed their production of ‘Scheherazade’ on Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon. All the children in Prep 3, 4 and 5 were fully involved in the show; their enthusiasm in rehearsals was outstanding and they clearly enjoyed putting the production together.
Despite having to cope with a complex plot that contained stories within stories within stories, the children were able to tell the tale with clarity, great humour and a real sense of energy. Most impressive of all was the way in which they applied themselves – there was a real willingness to work hard in rehearsals and line learning proved to be no obstacle.
Naturally, such a production requires a lot of co-ordination and a large number of staff gave freely of their own time in order to ensure that the production came together for the children. However, our biggest thanks must go to the children themselves for putting on such a fantastic production


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The seven aspirants started the showdown at 17:00 local time (1230 GMT) at the headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIB) later on Saturday.
The website of Iran’s Press TV news network is offering live updates and live coverage of the event on its election page.
The previous two debates were themed on “economy” and “politics, culture and society.” The candidates, however, did not fully concentrate on the subjects and used much of their time to trade blame and attack one another.
During the second face-off, most of the candidates criticized the style of the debate and the generality of the questions that they had to answer in 3-5 minutes.
It remains to see if there will be any change to the style of the third one.
Iran is holding its 13th presidential election on June 18. Out of the seven contenders, five are associated with the Principlist camp, while the other two are affiliated with the Reformists.
Over 59 million Iranians are estimated to be eligible to vote, according to the figures released by election officials. More than 72, 000 polling states, including mobile ones, will be set up across the country, with the polls slated to be open from 7:00 a.m. to 00:00 a.m. local time.


Remember the Russian uranium sale scandal? It’s back!In general, when the Democrats accuse the Republicans of anything at all, it's a safe bet that they are neck deep in it, and they're hoping to transfer attention to the alleged Republican crimes, while delaying investigation into, denying, and covering up their own. That's the "Russian collaboration" issue in a nutshell.
Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering designed to grow Vladimir Putin’s atomic energy business inside the United States, according to government documents and interviews.So the Obama Administration knew Russia was illegally bribing American officials in relation to the uranium deal, including the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, and did nothing. (Read the whole thing for more details on Russia’s kickbacks and bribery schemes.)
Federal agents used a confidential U.S. witness working inside the Russian nuclear industry to gather extensive financial records, make secret recordings and intercept emails as early as 2009 that showed Moscow had compromised an American uranium trucking firm with bribes and kickbacks in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FBI and court documents show.
They also obtained an eyewitness account — backed by documents — indicating Russian nuclear officials had routed millions of dollars to the U.S. designed to benefit former President Bill Clinton’s charitable foundation during the time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow, sources told The Hill.
The racketeering scheme was conducted “with the consent of higher level officials” in Russia who “shared the proceeds” from the kickbacks, one agent declared in an affidavit years later.
Rather than bring immediate charges in 2010, however, the Department of Justice (DOJ) continued investigating the matter for nearly four more years, essentially leaving the American public and Congress in the dark about Russian nuclear corruption on U.S. soil during a period when the Obama administration made two major decisions benefitting Putin’s commercial nuclear ambitions.
The first decision occurred in October 2010, when the State Department and government agencies on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States unanimously approved the partial sale of Canadian mining company Uranium One to the Russian nuclear giant Rosatom, giving Moscow control of more than 20 percent of America’s uranium supply.
When this sale was used by Trump on the campaign trail last year, Hillary Clinton’s spokesman said she was not involved in the committee review and noted the State Department official who handled it said she “never intervened … on any [Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States] matter.”
In 2011, the administration gave approval for Rosatom’s Tenex subsidiary to sell commercial uranium to U.S. nuclear power plants in a partnership with the United States Enrichment Corp. Before then, Tenex had been limited to selling U.S. nuclear power plants reprocessed uranium recovered from dismantled Soviet nuclear weapons under the 1990s Megatons to Megawatts peace program.
“The Russians were compromising American contractors in the nuclear industry with kickbacks and extortion threats, all of which raised legitimate national security concerns. And none of that evidence got aired before the Obama administration made those decisions,” a person who worked on the case told The Hill, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution by U.S. or Russian officials.
The Obama administration’s decision to approve Rosatom’s purchase of Uranium One has been a source of political controversy since 2015.
That’s when conservative author Peter Schweitzer and The New York Times documented how Bill Clinton collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in Russian speaking fees and his charitable foundation collected millions in donations from parties interested in the deal while Hillary Clinton presided on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
The Obama administration and the Clintons defended their actions at the time, insisting there was no evidence that any Russians or donors engaged in wrongdoing and there was no national security reason for any member of the committee to oppose the Uranium One deal.
But FBI, Energy Department and court documents reviewed by The Hill show the FBI in fact had gathered substantial evidence well before the committee’s decision that Vadim Mikerin — the main Russian overseeing Putin’s nuclear expansion inside the United States — was engaged in wrongdoing starting in 2009.
Surprise, surprise, surprise! Judicial Watch managed to unearth yet another treasure trove of emails Hillary Clinton sent from her illegal homebrew serve:After a few days of poll testing different responses, Hillary finally denounced her old friend, and partner in crime, Harvey Weinstein.
Judicial Watch today released 1,617 new pages of documents from the U.S. Department of State revealing numerous additional examples of classified information being transmitted through the unsecure, non-state.gov account of Huma Abedin, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, as well as many instances of Hillary Clinton donors receiving special favors from the State Department.Speaking of Judicial Watch, they also forced the discovery of “30 pages of documents related to the June 27, 2016, tarmac meeting between former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton.” You know, notes the FBI swore didn’t exist. Judicial Watch said they want copies of the docs no later than late November.
The documents included 97 email exchanges with Clinton not previously turned over to the State Department, bringing the known total to date to at least 627 emails that were not part of the 55,000 pages of emails that Clinton turned over, and further contradicting a statement by Clinton that, “as far as she knew,” all of her government emails had been turned over to department.
So how much of Harvey Weinstein’s money will the Clinton Foundation be returning? Let me do a quick little calculation here…add it all up…carry the one…and the answer is…zero. (Hat tip: Director Blue.)She probably can't even count it.


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Let's start with the Northeast Division...
Will Patrice Bergeron be...Patrice Bergeron?
The image of Bergeron lying motionless against the boards, victimized by an illegal hit from behind, haunted Boston fans throughout a season that saw the team take significant steps toward legitimacy even without its best forward. And while there had to be a temptation to bring him back for the playoff push and the first round -- a loss to the Canadiens --the Bruins brass wisely held Bergeron out, keeping the bigger picture in mind.
Now we'll see if their patience pays off.
Outside of Marian Hossa in Detroit, the return of a healthy Bergeron could be the most impactful addition any team makes to its lineup this season. Slotted as the No. 2 center behind Marc Savard, he has the offensive chops to chip in 80 points, and the defensive skills to asset himself as one of the best two-way forwards in the conference.
But the ability to play the body is a critical component part of Bergeron's game. Even if the flesh is willing, there's no way of knowing if the spirit is weak without seeing if Bergeron will hesitate, even slightly, before going into the corners or initiating contact.
But even at 75 percent, Bergeron makes Boston a better team. He needs to be 100 percent, both physically and mentally, for the Bruins to move forward.
Can Thomas Vanek and Derek Roy build on their sensational second-half form?
Despite playing with a cast of thousands on their wing, Buffalo's top duo was dynamic after the All-Star break. Roy had 14 goals and 44 points in that 34-game span, a pace that works out to 106 points over a full season. Vanek, who clearly labored under the weight of his massive contract in the early going, finished strong with 23 goals. Maintaining that clip -- 55 over a full season -- would go a long way toward justifying Vanek's $7 million-plus cap hit.
Neither player has put up numbers like that before, so it may seem like a bit of a stretch. Given the lessons learned over the second half, both players could be in for monster seasons.
Sabres observers will attest to the fact that Vanek actually worked harder during his first half struggles. Trying to validate his fat contract, the sniper tried to round out his offensive game, too often choosing to pass instead of shoot, or getting himself out of position while trying to be physical. When Vanek got back to what he's good at -- finding space to take advantage of his enviable hands -- the results followed. If they keep it simple, both Vanek and Roy could emerge as top-10 scorers.
Is this Price right?
A tidy $1.6 million. That's the sum total that GM Bob Gainey has invested in his sophomore goaltending duo of Carey Price and Jaroslav Halak, less than half the gold Toronto used to honor Jeff Finger. Considering what's at stake this season -- Stanley Cup or bust during the team's centennial celebration -- it's a bold move ameliorated not one bit by the signing of veteran Marc Denis to be the team's third stopper.
If all goes according to plan, it'll be Price carrying the Habs to glory. But is he ready to tote that kind of weight? He wasn't last season...at least, not when it mattered. He was wildly uneven against the Bruins in the first round, twice shutting them out and twice giving up five goals in the final four games of that series. He followed that up by watching 15 pucks sail by him on just 89 shots in four games against the Flyers, his glove hand and positioning exploited mercilessly by Philly's snipers.
But that was what it was: a rookie, one who'd played up to his paper and then some all season long, finally starting to act his age in the playoffs. Price failed to live up to the freshmen legacies of Patrick Roy and Ken Dryden. So what? That doesn't detract from his potential. Pushed by Halak, he should establish himself as an elite stopper this year, just a rung below Martin Brodeur, Henrik Lundqvist and Roberto Luongo. And if Price delivers, the Habs will contend for the Eastern Conference title -- the postseason edition -- this time.
Gerber and Auld? Really?
After getting off to one of the best starts in league history, the Senators almost missed the playoffs thanks to an historically bad second half. It was a perfect storm of events that shot the wheels off the defending Eastern Conference champs, from a lack of depth that only grew more pronounced as JasonSpezza, Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson wore down from overuse to the turmoil surrounding Ray Emery.
There's no relief in sight for the forwards, and now the defense looks to be in worse shape than last season with the loss of Andrei Meszaros, who on Friday was dealt to the Lightning for Filip Kuba, Alexandre Picard and a first-round pick in 2009.
But heading into the new season, both of those issues pale next to a goaltending duo that ranks among the least imposing in the conference. While Emery was doing his best Dave Reece impression on the ice, Gerber was unable to nail down the starter's job, seesawing from solid to sieve. Auld, brought in to serve as backup, likely will battle Gerber for ice time. He was serviceable last season in Boston, but how many teams generate any sort of challenge with serviceable goaltending?
Gerber won 13 of his first 15 starts last season, but lost 11 of his final 14. Until he or Auld prove otherwise, it looks as if the Sens will enter the season with a pair of No.2 stoppers.
What size sweater would you like, Mr. Tavares?
So this is what a decade of mismanagement buys you -- a hodgepodge of mid-level spares, sagging vets and unproven newbies that just might leave Leafs fans longing for the dark years under Harold Ballard.
Is it any wonder that former captain Mats Sundin is exploring every option that involves him not returning to Hogtown?
Hope springs eternal in the heart of the hockey universe, and that's why there are Kool-Aid drinkers who believe that checking winger Niklas Hagman is a lock for 30 goals, Jeff Finger will push for a spot on the top pairing, and Curtis Joseph found the fountain of youth over the summer. But there's little reason to think this collection of misfits will contend for anything other than a lottery pick, maybe even a shot at John Tavares, the player who could be the first overall choice next summer.
Outside of a fairly competent back end led by Vesa Toskala and Tomas Kaberle, and promising forward Nikolai Kulemin, this edition of the Leafs looks like a club that will battle hard, but fail more often than not. And that's exactly what a team with so little in the cupboard needs to do: Suffer now, with thoughts of better days ahead.
Smart Leafs fans will hope for the worst this season.
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