We are in the midst of one of the greatest human migrations that our world has ever seen -- that of humanity from rural areas into cities.
In China alone, 400 million people have already made this transition. Towns that were once fishing villages grew to megacities with 10 million or more inhabitants in just 30 years. This trend is happening on every continent.
By 2050, it's estimated that three of every four people on Earth will live in cities, with many of them settling in these mega-urban centers. Michael Bloomberg recently referred to this century as the "era of cities."
For 60 years, Sister Cities International has worked in cities, encouraging mutual respect, understanding and cooperation across cultural and political differences by bringing together the residents of cities on opposite sides of the world.
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Our global population is both growing and urbanizing at unprecedented rates as our changing climate exacerbates extreme weather, disease, and water and food shortages.
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Mayors are leading in addressing climate change, acting with a nimbleness that's impossible for even the best-intentioned national governments. At last year's COP21 climate meeting in Paris, thousands of city leaders met to share ideas.
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Bike shares have grown from a handful of European cities to hundreds around the world. Linear parks like Seoul's Cheonggyecheon Stream, Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway or New York's High Line, that replace outdated transportation infrastructure, have city planners scrambling to develop the next great urban park.
Elsewhere, micro-parks, car-free zones, energy-efficient buildings and smart cities that use technology to monitor environmental impact, are making headlines and attracting imitators.
Just picture what Boston, near my home, could learn about new strategies for building green from its sister city of Barcelona, Spain. Imagine the conversation about the challenges of sea-level rise that Boston's leaders could have with its sister cities of Taipei, Taiwan and Praia, Cape Verde.
And cities bring together the full diversity of humanity. Only by tapping the imaginations and the skills of all people, will we be able to forge a sustainable future for the planet. Our coming cities century can transform how we live in urban areas, for the good of nature and to the great benefit of people in cities.
Cities need nature, and nature needs cities. Nature can protect cities from natural disaster, by providing new solutions for managing water, cleaning the air and cooling our streets. Nature can make the lives of city residents better, improving their health and wellbeing.
The billions of people who live in urban areas have the collective power to change our environmental future, by developing resilient, livable and flourishing cities where nature is an integral part of their daily lives.
This is an audacious goal, but it's one that we can accomplish together, as brothers and sisters.
Congratulations to Sister Cites International on six decades of mutual learning and respect: The world needs your spirit of cooperation now, more than ever.
Pascal Mittermaier is the Managing Director of The Nature Conservancy's Global Cities program, where he works to build resilient, livable, flourishing cities around the world. He tweets at @pascalmitter and his writing is archived at https://global.nature.org/experts/pascal-mittermaier .
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Autumn is here! Hopefully, the change in season has revitalized you, given you newfound energy and inspiration for new cuisine. Perhaps the cooler mornings impart cravings for warmth and comfort, like snuggling up with a piping hot bowl of oatmeal. Maybe the school year is ramping up and you would like to change your rotating lunch or dinner menus to include more soups and stews. You might even spend a Sunday morning in the kitchen whipping up a batch of homemade pumpkin pancakes or muffins. Whatever you crave this Fall, let the change in seasons inspire you to experiment with something new – like whole grains!
You might be wondering, “What exactly is a whole grain and why should I be eating more of them?” Whole grains are, in fact, just a seed – a kernel. They start their life as a “grass-like” plant and once mature, develop an edible seed which can be harvested and cooked or ground into flour. The seed is made of three parts – the germ, the bran, and the endosperm. The bran is the outer skin, containing antioxidants, B vitamins, and fiber. The germ is the embryo of the seed which contains B vitamins, protein, minerals, and healthy fats. And the endosperm is the largest part of the seed, containing starchy carbohydrates, proteins, and small amounts of vitamins and minerals. When we eat whole grains we consume all three parts of the seed whereas when we eat “refined grains” (popularly known as “white flour”) the bran and germ have been stripped during processing. This means we lose many of the vitamins, minerals, fiber and protein.1
Studies have shown that eating whole grains instead of refined grains can be protective against cancer, heart disease, obesity and diabetes as well as aid in gastrointestinal health and weight management. The current recommendation is to consume at least 3 servings of whole grains per day (1 serving measured as a 1, 1-ounce slice of whole grain bread or 1/3 cup to ½ cup cooked grains). Repeated studies have shown the health benefits of eating whole grains to include:2
- Reduced risk of stroke by 30-36%
- Reduced risk of diabetes by 21-30%
- Reduced risk of heart disease by 25-28%
- Better weight management
- Reduced inflammatory disease risk
- Lower risk of colorectal cancer
- Healthier blood pressure levels
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A wide variety of whole grains are available in local grocery stores, making experimentation easier than it once was. Walk down your grocery’s rice aisle and look around, you’ll see a wealth of other products (besides rice) that offer enticing new flavors and textures. The chart below describes many types of whole grains and tips on how to prepare them.
|Tiny brown seeds that are mild and nutty in flavor.||Bring 1 cup amaranth & 2 cups water to a simmer. Cover and cook until tender and water is absorbed, about 20 mins.||Combine them with other grains – add a few tablespoons to a pot of oatmeal. Add to cookie batters, or stir into soup. These seeds retain a little crunch.||1/3 cup cooked|
|A mild, chewy and dense grain. Look for “whole” or “hulled” barley. “Pearled” is not a whole grain.||Boil in a large pot of water, similar to pasta, until tender. About 45-60 minutes. Drain.||Use instead of rice in paella or toss with a vinaigrette and sautéed veggies for a side dish.||1/3 cup cooked|
|Despite the name, it’s not related to wheat. It has a strong, intense flavor similar to darkly toasted bread or hoppy beer.||Combine 1 cup buckwheat groats with 2 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer until tender (about 10 minutes). Drain any excess liquid. (Makes 2.5 cups)||Use buckwheat flour in baked goods like pancakes and muffins. Or cook buckwheat groats, chill, and toss into salads and vegetable dishes.||½ cup cooked|
|An earthy, nutty flavored wheat kernel that has been boiled, dried, and cracked.||Simmer 2 parts water to 1 part coarse or medium sized bulger until the water is absorbed, about 10 minutes. For fine bulger, use the same ratio but pour boiling water over the bulger and wait until water has been absorbed.||Traditionally used in a Greek side dish called “Tabbouleh”, made with chopped parsley, tomatoes, cucumbers and a lemon vinaigrette. Also popular alongside braised meats.||½ cup cooked|
|Nutty in flavor, chewy and satisfying in texture.||Boil farro in a large pot of water until tender. About 35 to 45 minutes and drain.||Toss in pesto for an easy and flavorful side dish or top with a poached egg and wilted greens for an easy dinner.||1/3 cup cooked|
|Wheat that is harvested when young and still green then roasted. Faintly smoky in flavor and chewy in texture. Available in cracked and whole varieties.||Bring 1 cup freekeh and 2 ½ cups water to a simmer, cover and cook until tender and water is absorbed, about 15 to 20 minutes for cracked, or 40 for whole.||Use anywhere you would use whole grains like quinoa and brown rice. Toss into salads, serve by its self as a side or add to homemade soups.||1/3 cup cooked|
|A quick cooking ancient grain with a mild, slightly sweet flavor.||Bring 2 cups water to a boil in a pot. Add 1 cup millet, cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until all the water is absorbed, about 20 minutes. (Makes 2 ½ cups)||Cooked millet makes a creamy, soothing hot cereal. Use it as a substitute for rice in pilafs or stir fries, or serve it with a drizzle of olive oil and a dash of salt and pepper in place of mashed potatoes.||1/3 cup cooked|
|Small grains “rolled” into flakes or “steel-cut” into pieces. Mild and slightly sweet in flavor.||Use a 1-part oats to 2-part (or 4-part if using steel-cut) liquid ratio. Simmer and stir occasionally for 5 to 15 minutes until tender for rolled oats, or 30-45 minutes for steel-cut. Rolled oats can also be cooked in the microwave in less than 3 minutes.||Top with seasonal fruit and chopped nuts for a breakfast cereal or combine with chia seeds, milk, and Greek yogurt for overnight oats. Add to baked goods or use steel cut oats to make risotto in place of short grain rice.||½ cup cooked|
|Tiny, round seeds that are grassy and nutty in flavor||Use 1 cup quinoa to 2 cups liquid (water or broth). Bring quinoa and liquid to a boil in a medium pan. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes until liquid is absorbed. Fluff with a fork and serve.||Mix with fresh herbs and lemon juice for a quick side dish. Cook with equal parts of rolled oats for a protein packed breakfast cereal or add cooked quinoa to soups and stews for texture and protein.||1/3 cup cooked|
|A hearty and chewy grain with neutral, sometimes sweet flavor.||Rinse 1 cup sorghum. Place in a pot with 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer until tender, about 50-60 minutes. Drain excess liquid. (Makes about 2 ½ cups)||Pop sorghum like you would popcorn, or use it in pilafs, salads, soups. The chewy texture will enhance any dish. Sorghum flour can be substituted for wheat flour in a variety of baking dishes.||1/3 cup cooked|
|Long black seeds of grass related to rice. Earthy in flavor and firm in texture.||Simmer like pasta until tender, 50 – 75 minutes and drain.||Some grocery stores sell wild rice blends, combined with other types of rice. Mix with roasted vegetables for a fall-like side dish or mix with chicken sausage to use as a stuffing for acorn squash.||½ cup cooked|
*While oats are a natural gluten free source of whole grains, they are frequently contaminated with wheat during growing or processing. To make certain that the oats you purchase are gluten-free, look for brands that offer uncontaminated oats (Bob’s Red Mill, Cream Hill Estates, GF Harvest, Montana Gluten Free, and Avena Foods)
As you plan out your weekly meals, consider adding a different whole grain to your grocery list. For recipes, check out wholegrainscouncil.org or cookinglight.com (search “39 whole grain salads”). Make it a goal to find a new favorite grain this fall.
1.) The Whole Grains Council. Whole Grains 101. http://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/whats-whole-grain-refined-grain. Accessed 9/26/16.
2.) The Whole Grains Council. What Are the Health Benefits? http://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/health-studies-health-benefits/what-are-health-benefits. Accessed 9/26/16.

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Conway points out that some connectivity technologies are not designed for mission critical work on mines. Rather, they were initially designed mainly for office connectivity.
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He states that one of the key challenges when it comes to connectivity is that many mines are working with technology that wasn’t specifically designed for any sort of digital transformation.
He explains that because mines are often found in remote areas, they are hard to cover from a connectivity point.
“Also, there are probably multiple disparate networks that are operating on a mine. So, companies are facing a number of challenges when they start looking at technology to start transforming their operations within the mining site itself,” he states.
On a positive note, Conway explains that over the past few years, mining companies are making more informed decisions when it comes to digital transformation.
“Mining is an industry where there’s a lot of learning that takes place. For example, when we sit with a customer who requires an LTE network, we first determine if it is the right solution for them and if they have the right infrastructure for this type of network.
At the very start of the discussion, the most important thing is that the foundation network has to be right from day one.”
Conway states that LTE 4G is the ideal solution for a mine site. He points out that this technology has been proven to be successful in harsh conditions and has a great ecosystem of devices.
This means that companies have a lot of choice when it comes to devices and end user control points. In addition, LTE 4G offers high bandwidth and covers 85% of digitalization use cases for mining operators. It is for this reason of the large majority of Nokia’s mining clients use this technology.
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Mining is a key component of Nokia’s growth strategy. The company’s solutions are based upon the Future X architecture developed by the world renowned research organization Bell Labs – part of Nokia – and have been optimised for the mine of the future.
These solutions enhance and streamline operations by taking advantage of automation, robotics, digitally enhanced equipment, sensor data, predictive analytics and machine learning.
The key technology that’s powering Nokia’s network offerings for the mining industry is industrial-grade private wireless . Private wireless builds the foundation for a converged mining automation network in order to create safer, more efficient and productive mines. It comprises one single network for voice, video, data and Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
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A blighted building in Lansing's Old Town is getting a rehab
Lansing’s historic Old Town district is getting another boost.
The shopping and dining district is just north of Lansing’s downtown.
Mayor Virg Bernero says a developer plans to spend three million dollars rehabbing and expanding an old building into new retail and residential space.
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A former OneCoin investor named Christine Grablis is right now suing the cryptocurrency investment scheme for fraud. As an official complaint in the latest cryptocurrency news shows, the investor sues OneCoin while seeking damages and a class action suit to represent other investors which have been purportedly defrauded by the company.
The full list of defendants in the lawsuit includes Grablis on one side and OneCoin Ltd. on the other – as well as the founder of OneCoin, Ruja Ignatova along with her colleagues Konstantin Ignatov, Sebastian Greenwood, Mark Scott and other potential parties that are unnamed yet. Now that an investor sues OneCoin, the topic of the fraudulent scheme is again brought and featured by many best cryptocurrency news sites.
One Bloomberg report published on May 7 and featured on a lot of crypto currency websites shows that Ruja Ignatova (founder of OneCoin) has been charged with wire fraud, securities fraud as well as money laundering. On the other hand, the investor sues OneCoin and its other member which include Ruja’s younger brother (Konstantin) who is the purported executive at OneCoin and who was already charged with fraud and money laundering in March this year.
The investor sues OneCoin in a class action complaint where Greenwood is the co-founder and the “public face” of OneCoin. Mark Scott is listed as a licensed attorney who is using his legal knowledge to help the company launder money via hedge funds.
Grablis has hired a law firm named Silver Miller to carry out the complaint. This firm specializes in representing cryptocurrency investors and has issued a press release instructing many of the investors in the scheme that an investor sues OneCoin and that they can do the same and participate in the class action lawsuit too.
As we previously reported on our altcoin news site, OneCoin was a global phenomenon and a Ponzi Scheme that used nothing but “smoke and mirrors” tactics to maintain some air of legitimacy – scamming users to invest in the pyramid scheme and potentially hold virtual coins. Through multi level marketing (ML), the scheme sold education materials for trading along with tokens that could be used to mine OneCoins.
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Crypto And Forex Scams Got Away With $34 Million In 2018: UK Report
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Binance Bitcoin Scam: Hackers Steal 7,000 BTC In Security Breach
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The city has been seeing a steady decline of pedestrian deaths since Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative— a public safety campaign aimed at improving street safety and decreasing traffic crashes. On Monday, Mayor de Blasio announced that in 2017, New York City experienced the fewest traffic fatalities on record and witnessed a 32 percent decline in pedestrian fatalities.
While the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports a 13 percent increase in traffic fatalities nationwide between 2013 and 2016, the city has seen lower pedestrian fatalities and lower traffic fatalities overall. From 2013 to 2017, all traffic deaths are down by 28 percent and pedestrian deaths are down 45 percent during the same timeframe.
“Vision Zero is working. The lower speed limit, increased enforcement, and safer street designs are all building on each other to keep New Yorkers safe,” said Mayor de Blasio in a press release. “Now we must deepen this work. Not even a single tragedy on our streets is acceptable, and we’ll keep fighting every day to protect our people.”
The city reports that last year, there were 214 traffic fatalities, of which 101 were pedestrian deaths. In 2016, there were 231 total fatalities, with 148 being pedestrians. The Department of Transportation and the NYPD also report that there was one fatality among school-aged pedestrian children, the fewest ever in the city for children under 17. All boroughs, apart from Brooklyn, saw fewer traffic deaths and Queens experienced the fewest fatalities ever.
In an increased Vision Zero push, the city kicked off a series of new safety and road improvement projects last year that included the installation of 25 miles of protected bike lanes, continuing the redesign of Queens Boulevard, and adjusting traffic signal phases to align with the city’s 25 MPH speed limit.

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Columbia Care is a patient-centered healthcare company setting the standard-of-care for medical marijuana. We have four key commitments:
We consistently provide the highest quality medical products by growing our plants on our own farms and cultivation centers to provide natural and carefully controlled micro-climates. We proactively educate patients on the safe use of medical marijuana.
We partner with renowned academic and medical organizations to drive new research and have the nation’s leading body of clinical data through our patient registry. It contains data from thousands of patients suffering from over 20 different disease states.
We are the first and largest medical marijuana healthcare company to operate both dispensaries and cultivation centers across the United States. We have worked with many thousands of patients in over 100,000 interactions to-date.
Our patients are our number one priority. We offer subsidies to lower the cost for those who qualify, including senior citizens, military veterans, the terminally ill and those in financial need. In addition, we donate up to 15% of net income to local charitable organizations and programs.
When I first met the Columbia Care leadership team I was highly impressed by their professionalism and how seriously they take the business… they are making an important contribution to happier and healthier lives.
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* – Cachexia or wasting syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, Hepatitis C, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Crohn’s Disease
SOURCE: Patient Registry Data, Aug. 2014 – Jan. 2015. Data from AZ and DC locations.
The Columbia Care leadership team is a collaboration like no other in the medical marijuana industry, drawing seasoned professionals from medicine, law, finance, operations and communications who believe in this new frontier in medicine. Our leadership comes from renowned businesses and organizations including Goldman Sachs, Staples, PepsiCo, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institutes.
Mr. Abbott is the Executive Chairman of Columbia Care. Mr. Abbott started his financial career at Swiss Bank Corporation/SBC O’Connor and later worked at Goldman Sachs. He has since launched and run several companies. Mr. Abbott also managed the endowment of Cornell University. Prior to his career in finance, Mr. Abbott served on the London Police Force.
Mr. Vita is the Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman. He began his career as a strategic advisor at S.G. Warburg and then as a member of the Healthcare Investment Banking Department at Goldman Sachs. He has more than 20 years’ experience as an executive and an entrepreneur in finance and healthcare.
Mr. Mayerson serves as a member of the Board of Directors and the Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Mayerson has more than 30 years of domestic and international experience increasing enterprise productivity in consumer products, retail and other industries. Mr. Mayerson previously served as an executive with PepsiCo, Staples, and Eastern Mountain Sports.
Mr. May is Chairman of the Columbia Care Corporate Advisory Board. Mr. May is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of The CarbonNeutral Company Holdings, Inc., one of the world’s leading carbon offset and carbon management businesses. Mr. May has held executive positions with Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC, The Wendy’s Company and Triarc Companies Inc.
Rosemary Mazanet, M.D./PhD, is a board certified hematologist and oncologist. She is an alumna of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Board of Directors. Under her expert supervision, the company is launching clinical trials with one of the largest and most prestigious teaching hospitals in the United States.
Columbia Care is committed to operating exclusively as a medical marijuana company. Our team operates with the highest standards of integrity and customer care and we strive to create a professional and compassionate environment in each of our locations. All our staff attends on-the-ground and classroom training, including participation in a rotating internship program, to ensure our patients feel welcome, safe and supported.


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Last Thursday, children from the Junior School came to class dressed as their favourite Roald Dahl character and Wellington celebrated the work of this prolific writer for the whole day on the day of his birth – 13th September. But apart from the fact that he was British, why do we celebrate Dahl above any other children’s author?
Roald Dahl was born in Wales to Norwegian parents and spent the early part of his schooling in Llandaff Cathedral School, Cardiff and then moved to Repton School in the Midlands. His school life was to have a profound effect on his life and writing, of which he wrote about in his autobiography “Boy”.
Despite these initial traumatic experiences, Dahl prevailed and firstly took up a post with Shell Petroleum in Africa in 1934 as he yearned for adventure. As war broke out in 1939, Dahl joined the RAF and, after a near-fatal crash landing in Egypt where he fractured his skull, he became an ace fighter pilot in Greece before working for Churchill as an Intelligence Officer in the USA. Eventually Dahl became the celebrated novelist we know today.
Throughout Dahl’s work, we always sense a strong and unwavering moral vein, and a message that, along with an enormous dollop of Dahlian courage, goodness and thoughtfulness will prevail over cruelty and selfishness. Whether it is the penniless Charlie’s continual pangs of hunger (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1964), or Danny’s gruesome caning from Captain Lancaster (Danny the Champion of the World, 1975) or Matilda’s crusade against child-hating Headmistress Mrs Trunchbull (Matilda, 1988) we root for these victims of circumstance to endure and prevail and conquer any evil which stands in their way.
It is this incredibly powerful moral compass which sets Dahl high above most other children’s authors and which draws schools from around the world to celebrate his birthday each year. Teachers know instinctively they are on solid moral ground when their pupils are reading, discussing or writing about Roald Dahl’s stories. And in a multi-media world where video games, TV and movies can often move the needle, it is very reassuring for schools to have Dahl’s stories to annually realign that compass.


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Some of these spiritual awakening quotes listed below will speak to you more than others. When one of them resonates with you, take note. Read it again and absorb its meaning for a quiet moment. Spiritual awakenings are fascinating phenomenon. Mainly, like spirit in the breath are incorporeal in nature meaning they’re unmeasurable by physical science. It’s often that these spiritual awakenings happen in life-or-death situations. Sometimes, it’s a result of unbridled joy or excitement.
Other times, we can instigate them.
I’m referring to spiritual awakenings – moments of being. These are the times when the walls around your universe seem to fall in on themselves. In life-or-death situations, these may be seen as one’s life flashing before their eye. These instances–which many of us have experienced at one time or another–frame the world around us in a new light. Many times, these memories are extraordinarily vivid and include the remembrance of smells, colors, and even the choice of clothing of individuals.
Popular Spiritual Awakening Quotes
When spiritual awakening is a daily practice in our lives, like making spiritual baths a routine practice, we can gain a tremendous amount of insight into ourselves and the universe around us. Below are some of the most popular spiritual awakening quotes that I’ve curated to help you on your way to experiencing total enlightenment, or to validate if you have already.
“When you have quieted your mind enough and transcended your ego enough you can hear how it really is.
So: when you are with a candleflame you are the candleflame and when you are with another being’s mind you are the other being’s mind. When there is a task to do you are the task.”— Ram Dass
“When we awaken to our truth, we realize we are free.”— Kristi Bowman
“Awakening is not changing who you are but discarding who you are not.”— Deepak Chopra
“Spiritual awakening is the difficult process whereby the increasing realisation that everything is as wrong as it can be flips suddenly into the realisation that everything is as right as it can be. Or better, everything is as IT as it can be.”— Alan Watts (emphasis my own)
“We are not the only ones affected by our recovery. The spiritual awakening heals the world one person at a time.”— Marta Mrotek
“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”— Swami Vivekananda
“Feel that I am It, Pure Awareness. I have always been It. There never was a time when I was not It. The appearance of the body cannot fool me any longer. The world and all its manifestations cannot fool me any longer. The universe with its planets and galaxies and solar systems cannot fool me any longer. I can see through these things to the Source.”— Robert Adams
“The spiritual is inclusive. It is the deepest sense of belonging and participation. We all participate in the spiritual at all times, whether we know it or not.”— Rachel Naomi Remen
“Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.”— G. I. Gurdjieff
“You learn who you are by unlearning who they taught you to be.”— Nikki Rowe
“In the spiritual world there are not divisions such as past, present, and future: for they have contracted themselves into a single moment where life quivers in its true sense.”— D. T. Suzuki
It’s exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.— Adrienne Rich.
“Science has the capacity to show mankind the full development of the mental life. Spirituality has the capacity to show mankind the possibility and inevitability of the life beyond the mind, the supra-mental life.”— Sri Chinmoy
“Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives.”— Brene Brown
“If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.”— Gail Sheehy
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”— Carl Jung
“In the place of stillness, rises potential. From the place of potential, emerges possibility. Where there is possibility, there is choice, and where there is choice, there is freedom!”— Gabrielle Goddard
“We are ready to awaken when we don’t have any more doubts or any more questions about who we are.”— Roxana Jones
“It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process, and each breath truly is.”— Christy Turlington
“It is best to emphasize again and again that spiritual awakening has nothing to do with reaching a divine state. Rather, it is the acknowledgment that every moment is about accepting life’s divinity.”– Steve Leasock
In real life, waking up is something we do every day. This is true for our spiritual lives as well. Each day that we decide to “sleep in,” we are wasting time we have for improving our world. Talking of enlightenment, there’s something about having beautiful warm paper light pendants in the home that help with mental health
Spiritual awakening itself is a gift that you give to yourself but it benefits all of society. Nobody is of as much use asleep as they are awake, whether literally or figuratively. And I find that spiritual awakening quotes like these help to remind us where we are and guide us towards where we want to be.
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Lace is one of the finest fabrics. However, the finer the fabric, the more care they require when washed. To help you enjoy your lace underwear for a long time to come, we have compiled all the most important rules for you to keep in mind when washing them.
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Lace underwear is always a very special highlight. Whether it’s full-lace or just with a few lace details: lace gives our underwear an elegant and sexy look. But while lace looks special, it is extremely delicate in the wash.
As a rule, you should always read the care label, no matter what you are washing! It will tell you all you need to know about washing your underwear: whether it should be washed in the machine or by hand, at what temperature it can be washed, and how you should dry it, etc.
Lace can be roughly divided into two categories: lace made of synthetic materials and lace made of natural materials. Generally, lace made of synthetic materials can be washed in the machine. Lace made of natural materials, however, should preferably be carefully washed by hand.
In addition, you should always sort your underwear by colour before washing it. Separating your laundry into lights and darks is the bare minimum that you should do. However, if possible, you should also wash red underwear separately, as the colour can transfer easily.
How to dry lace garments correctly
Now that your underwear has been washed, it’s time to dry it. The best way to dry your delicate lace underwear is to air-dry it. Never dry your underwear over a heater, in the sun or in the dryer. Excessive temperatures can cause the fibres to melt, causing your underwear to lose its elasticity, shape and colour.
Preferably, you should spread your lace underwear on a towel and leave it to dry. Alternatively, you can spread it on a drying rack. However, do not fasten it on one side with a peg. If the underwear is still wet, this can also cause it to become misshapen and lose its fit.
The most important points in summary:
- Always follow the care instructions on the label
- Never wash at temperatures above 40 °C
- When washing in the machine, always select the delicates programme
- Use delicate detergent or another mild detergent
- Do not use fabric softener, bleach or stain remover
- Do not expose garments to high temperatures


Maverick Gaming, the US casino operator, has fully acquired the gaming and non-gaming assets of Colorado-based CC Gaming.
The company will take ownership of the Z Casino in Black Hawk, the Grand Z Casino Hotel and Johnny Z’s Casino in Central City, as well as the Z Stop Convenience Store and Gas in Golden.
The company says the deal, proposed two months before, will bring more than 1500 slot machines, 20 table games and 119 hotel rooms to its portfolio.
Maverick will now run a total of 3,200 slot machines, 350 table games and 1330 hotel rooms across 26 properties in Nevada, Washington and Colorado.
“We are very excited to bring the Z Gaming properties into the Maverick Gaming portfolio,” Maverick’s majority owner Eric Persson said. “Given Denver’s growing population of nearly three million people, with limited gaming distribution and a thriving economy, we are committed to invest in our new properties and add value to the Denver gaming market.
“This purchase gives Maverick Gaming sports betting in two states and we look forward to adding two more jurisdictions in the coming months, as well as, working hard to educate Washingtonians on the benefits that sports betting will bring to their state.”


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I like reggae music. I’m not a HUGE fan, but I like Bob Marley (obviously), The Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, Toots Hibbert, Lee “Scratch” Perry, and similar reggae artists. So when the Fire On The Mountain CD of reggae Grateful Dead tunes came out I enthusiastically picked it up. After all there were some big names contributing songs.
I liked the first volume well enough to pick up volume two when it came out. (They went out of print, but are now available as a set.) I was pumped to see If I Had The World To Give had made it onto the album but I had no idea who Ras Michael and the Sons of Regus were. In fact, I still don’t! This is the only song I’ve heard them play, but it’s amazing! Their adaptation of If I Had The World To Give blew my mind and it as remained a favorite ever since.
When I first started this project I knew that I wanted to do a week of cover tunes during Halloween week (the whole musical costume idea!) and the one song I knew from the outset that I was going to include was this one.
Hopefully others will get some mileage out of it as well.

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SHANGHAI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- China's leading heavy equipment manufacturer Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. forecasted significant profit growth in the first half of 2019.
In a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Sany expected its net profit attributable to its shareholders to reach at least 6.5 billion yuan (944 million U.S. dollars) in the January-June period.
Sany said its profit was predicted to surge by 91.82 percent year on year, as factors including increased infrastructure construction, environmental protection and a shift from labor to machinery drove up sales.
The company also attributed the robust H1 performance to a larger market share of its excavators, concrete machinery and cranes, especially in the overseas market.
Shares of Sany closed 2.13 percent higher at 13.44 yuan on Wednesday.


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If you're like us, actually putting together all that Ikea furniture you've gleefully picked out is a bit of a downer, to say the least. So wouldn't it be nice if ... a robot could just take care of the task for you? Yup. And the good news is this may become reality because a robot has officially succeeded in putting together an Ikea Stefan chair, and in approximately 20 minutes only, at that.
In an article in the peer-reviewed journal Science, researchers have shared that they created a robot using only off-the-shelf hardware (industrial robot arms, parallel grippers, force sensors, and a 3D camera). This robot was then able to put together a Stefan chair in a single take.
The researchers wanted to see if they could get a robot to build a Stefan chair because "demonstrations of autonomous manipulation have been so far restricted to elementary tasks," according to the article, and putting together a chair is not exactly elementary (as anyone who has struggled with putting together Ikea furniture knows). The exciting news is, they were successful.
So, why aren't all Ikea pieces being assembled by robots already, considering the robot in this experiment was made completely using already existing technology? Because a human was still involved. The robot's sequence of the steps to build the chair was hard-coded. The hope is that ultimately, in the future, a robot will simply be able to look at an image of the Stefan chair and put it together, no human involved.
If that's the future, then make it come faster, we say.
Carolin Lehmann is an Associate Editor at Hunker. She's a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and has previously written for HuffPost, Seventeen magazine, and a variety of local news outlets. As a studio apartment dweller, she's always on the lookout for new ways to decorate a rental on a budget.


Who has the best singing voice in rock?
- Mick Jagger.
- Jim Morrison.
- Roger Daltrey.
- Eddie Vedder.
- John Lennon.
- Chris Cornell.
- Kurt Cobain. The Nirvana frontman’s career lasted only a handful of years, but he’s inarguably one of the greatest songwriters of the past few decades.
Who is known as the voice of rock?
III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple, as well as briefly fronting Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s. He is known by fans as “The Voice of Rock” due to his soulful and wide-ranging singing voice. In addition to being an active session musician, Hughes also maintains a notable solo career.
Where does Freddie Mercury rank as a singer?
Rolling Stone ranked Mercury 18th on its list of the Greatest Singers of All Time, but many fans, as well as rock critics, would angrily take to the streets to protest that lowly ranking. To hear Mercury sing Bohemian Rhapsody or Killer Queen is to understand.
Who is the best rock band of all time?
- The Beatles. The Beatles are unquestionably the best and most important band in rock history, as well as the most compelling story.
- The Rolling Stones.
- The Grateful Dead.
- Velvet Underground.
- Led Zeppelin.
- Pink Floyd.
What made Freddie Mercury’s voice unique?
Vocal Control Like No Other: – His ability to blend highs, lows and mid range notes cohesively and with immense precision. This skill was due to the fact that Freddie was able to create faster vibrato and harmonics than any other singer at the time. Not only this, he was able to shift through registers effortlessly.
Who is the greatest performer of all time?
Michael Jackson, the King of Pop: Remembering the greatest performer of all time. Lauded as the greatest performer of all time, Michael Jackson was a dancing, singing, performing phenomenon, and we are not likely to see another performer of his caliber ever again.
Who is the highest female artist of all time?
Madonna is recognized by Guinness World Records as the “Best-selling female recording artist of all time”.
Who sold more records Whitney or Mariah?
The Bajan artist has 257.6 million certified record sales, topping Mariah Carey’s sales (137.3 million certified) by over 120 million, Whitney Houston’s sales (114.9 million certified) by over 142 million, Lady Gaga’s sales (102.1 million certified) by over 150 million, and Beyonce’s sales (83.3 million certified) by
What is the best selling single by a female artist?
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Which female artist has the most Top 10 hits?
Leading the way when it comes to the female musicians who have scored the most top 10 hits is Madonna, who held the record for the greatest accumulation of appearances between Nos. 1 and 10 (among all artists) up until just a few weeks ago when Drake passed her.
Who was the first female rock singer?
In October 1970, Janis Joplin died of an accidental heroin overdose. She’d been recording what would be her final album. Released posthumously, “Pearl” would soar to #1 …
Who is the only female in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Lady Soul. The first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Franklin was an artist of passion, sophistication and command, whose recordings remain anthems that defined soul music. Long live the Queen.
How many female artists are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
As of April 2009, fifty women have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Hall was established in 1986, and Aretha Franklin was the first woman to be inducted in 1987.
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Barclays Capital jumped 24 places, the biggest climb by any bank in 2010, to become the No. 4- ranked bond underwriter in India after arranging sales to fund the nation’s growing transport and energy infrastructure needs.
The investment banking unit of London-based Barclays Plc helped Indian borrowers issue 151 billion rupees ($3.4 billion) of bonds this year, compared with 3.9 billion rupees in all of 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Almost half the money raised was for companies including Rural Electrification Corp., Tata Power Co. and Indian Railway Finance Corp. that are building or funding road, power and rail projects.
“We expect increased issuance from infrastructure companies next year,” Jaideep Khanna, managing director and head of investment banking at Barclays’ India unit, said in an e-mailed response to questions on Dec. 3. “Overseas investors’ interest in Indian credit is increasing” and the bank expanded its origination, trading and sales teams to help meet that new demand, he said, without being more specific.
Indian companies raised a record 1.7 trillion rupees from bonds this year in an economy that New York University Professor Nouriel Roubini predicts may expand more than China’s in the next decade if the state develops public infrastructure and removes barriers to foreign investment. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government plans to invest about $1.5 trillion in the 10 years to 2017 on improving India’s transport and power networks, which are ranked below those of war-ravaged Ivory Coast.
India’s environment ministry approved construction of a 150 billion-rupee second airport in Mumbai last month to increase the allure of the nation’s financial capital, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Nov. 22. Five road projects worth a similar amount will be awarded to developers by April, Roads and Highways Minister Kamal Nath said on Nov. 30.
Elsewhere in India’s credit markets, 10-year government bonds fell last week by the most in more than five months as a shortage of cash in the banking system reduced demand for debt. Rural Electrification, the state-controlled lender to power projects, postponed a $500 million bond sale to January because of what an official called “adverse market conditions.”
Indian banks’ loans rose by 272.7 billion rupees in the two weeks ended Nov. 19, raising outstanding advances to 35.6 trillion rupees, according to central bank data.
The yield on the 7.80 percent government note due May 2020 rose 21 basis points last week to 8.18 percent before climbing to 8.197 percent today, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s trading system.
“Investors seem to believe the central bank may not take any measures to ease liquidity until the next policy review on Dec. 16,” said Debendra Kumar Dash, a fixed-income trader at Development Credit Bank in Mumbai.
Rural Electrification Corp. hired Credit Agricole CIB, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, and Standard Chartered Plc to manage the company’s bond sale until the Irish debt crisis and tensions in the Korean peninsula forced it to postpone the offering, Finance Director Hari Das Khunteta said in a phone interview Dec. 3 from New Delhi.
Indian local-currency debt returned 4.2 percent in 2010, according to indexes compiled by HSBC Holdings Plc, as the Reserve Bank raised borrowing costs by 150 basis points to 6.25 percent. Investors in China earned 1 percent, the least in the region, the indexes show.
Record Equity Investments
The yield on the 7.8 percent government bond due May 2020 fell 4 basis points in November, the only debt among the so-called BRIC nations to rally in the period. It is 516 basis points, or 5.16 percentage points, above Treasuries of similar maturity, according to Bloomberg data.
The rupee rose 1.6 percent last week to 45.11 to the dollar, the biggest gain since the period ended Oct. 1, as Asia’s second-fastest growing major economy draws record investment in local stocks. Overseas investors bought $416 million of Indian equities last week, taking purchases this year to a record $29.1 billion, according to the Securities & Exchange Board of India.
Credit-default swaps on State Bank, a proxy for the Indian sovereign, rose 3 basis points to 175 basis points last week, according to data provider CMA in New York. A basis point equals $1,000 annually on a contract protecting $10 million of debt.
Sales Barclays helped arrange for Rural Electrification included the New Delhi-based company’s July issue of 18 billion rupees in 8.75 percent bonds due 2025, Bloomberg data show. The extra yield investors demand to own the notes instead of similar-maturity government debt narrowed to 33 basis points as of Dec. 3 from 71 basis points on Aug. 3, according to Fixed Income Money Market & Derivatives Association of India prices.
Tata Power, an electricity supplier to Mumbai and its suburbs, sold a series of one- to 15-year rupee notes with assistance from Barclays. The yield on the $150 million in 20-year, 8.5 percent bonds the company issued in 1997 fell to 6.19 percent as of Dec. 3, according to Elara Capital Plc prices on Bloomberg.
The volume of rupee-denominated bond sales may climb by as much as 30 percent in 2011 compared with this year, according to Barclays’ Khanna, who is based in Mumbai.
ICICI Bank Ltd., India’s second-largest lender, climbed eight places to become the No. 2 bond arranger in 2010, managing almost 200 billion rupees of sales, Bloomberg data show. Axis Bank Ltd. holds the top place for a third straight year after managing 254.3 billion rupees of offerings.
For companies seeking project finance in India “the loan market is costlier and there are no bank loans available for 10-year or 15-year maturities,” Khunteta, the Rural Electrification finance director, said in a phone interview. “Banks cannot lend below 8.5 percent after the introduction of the base rate system this year,” he said.
Indian banks must not lend below their published base rate, according to Reserve Bank of India rules that took effect from July 1 as part of efforts to increase pricing transparency. State Bank of India, the nation’s largest lender, extends credit at a spread above its 7.6 percent base rate while ICICI charges at least 7.75 percent interest.


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2. Against a motion there seems to be no statute of limitations, and it may be made when there is no unreasonable delay. Reynolis v. Parrez, 14 Cal. 668.
3. Where a party in his notice of motion served on the adverse party, asks for a specific relief, or for such other or further order as may be just, the Court may afford any relief compatible with the facts of the case presented. The People Turner, i Cal. 152.
4. A second application for an order refused, or granted conditionally, except the application be made in a higher Court, may be punished as a contempt. This does not apply to cases where the application is refused for informality of paren. See Appendix "Act concerning Courts,” $ $ 105, 106.
$ 516. Motions, where to be made.
Motions shall be made in the county in which the action is brought, or in an adjoining county in the same district.
N. Y. Code, ø 401. See Appendix “ Acts concerning Courts,” ý 25.
$ 517. Notice of motion, at what time to be given.
[1853.] When a written notice of a motion is necessary, it shall be given, if the Court be held in the same district with both parties, five days before the time appointed for the hearing; otherwise ten days, but the Court, or Judge, or County Judge, may prescribe a shorter time.
N. Y. Code, $402.
1. The Court has it always in its power, in the exercise of a proper discretion, to extend the time fixed by law for filing papers in a cause. Wood v. Fobes, 5 Id. 62.
§ 518. Transfer of motions, and orders to show cause.
When a notice of motion is given, or an order to show cause is made returnable before a Judge out of Court, and at the time fixed for the motion, or on the return day of the order, the Judge is unable to hear the parties, the matter may be transferred by his order to some other Judge, before whom it might originally have been brought.
N. Y. Code, \ 404.
§ 519. Provisions of this title not applicable to original or final proce88.
Written notices and other papers, when required to be served on the party or attorney, shall be served in the manner prescribed in the next three sections, when not otherwise provided; but nothing in this title shall be applicable to original or final process, or any proceedings to bring a party into contempt.
$ 520. Service of notice of motion, when personal or otherwise.
The service may be personal, by delivery to the party or attorney on whom the service is required to be made, or it may be as follows:
1st. If upon an attorney, it may be made during his absence from his office, by leaving the notice or other papers with his Clerk therein, or with a person having charge thereof; or when there is no person in the office, by leaving them, between the hours of eight in the morning and six in the afternoon, in a conspicuous place in the office; or if it be not open, so as to admit of such service, then by leaving them at the attorney's residence, with some person of suitable age and discretion; and if his residence not be known, then by putting the same enclosed in an envelope, into the post-office, directed to such attorney;
2d. If upon a party, it may be made by leaving the notice or other paper at his residence, between the hours of eight in the morning and six in the evening, with some person of suitable age and discretion; and if his residence be not known, by putting the same, enclosed in an envelope, into the post-office, directed to such party.
J. P.; N. Y. Code, \ 409.
$ 521. Service may be made by mail when persons reside in different places.
Service by mail may be made, where the person making the service, and the person on whom it is to be made, reside in different places, between which there is a regular communication by mail.
N. Y. Code, $ 410.
1. When the paper is deposited in the proper post-office, correctly addressed, and postage paid, the service is deemed complete, and the party to whom it is addressed takes the risk of the failure of the mail. Jacobs v. Hlooker, 1 Barb. 71.
$ 522. Manner of service by mail. [1861.] In case of service by mail, the notice, or other paper,
, shall be deposited in the post-office, addressed to the person on whom it is to be served, at his place of residence, and the postage paid. And in such case, the time of service shall be increased one day for every twenty-five miles distance between the place of deposit and the place of address; provided, that service in any case shall be deemed complete at the end of ninety days from the date of its deposit in the post-office.
$ § 523. Appearance. Notices after appearance.
. A defendant shall be deemed to appear in an action when he answers, demurs, or gives the plaintiff a written notice of his appearance, or when an attorney gives notice of appearance for him. After appearance, a defendant or his attorney shall be entitled to notice of all subsequent proceedings, of which notice is require to be given. But where a defendant has not appeared, service of notice or papers need not be made upon him, unless he be imprisoned for want of bail.
J. P.; N. Y. Code, \ 414.
1. Where the record shows, in general terms, the appearance of parties, the appearance will be confined to these parties served with process. Chester v. Jie, 13 Cal. 558.
2. The object of a summons is to bring the party into Court. If that object be obtained by the appearance and pleading of the party, he cannot complain. Smith v. Curtis, 7 Cal. 584.
3. When a defendant appears for the purpose of taking advantage of irregular summons by a motion to dismiss, it does not amount to a waiver of his rights so as to cure the defect. Deidesheimer v. Brown, 8 Cal. 339.
4. Nor does he waive his rights by answering after moving to dismiss, ani motion overruled. Id.
5. Where the Court makes an order requiring plaintiff to appear at a certain time, and show cause why a judgment in his favor should not be set aside, and it does not appear that a copy of the order was served on plaintiff'or his attorney, or that any notice was given of the time at which the matter was to be heard, it is error for the Court to set aside the judgment, and its order to that effect will be reversed on appeal. Vallejo v. Green, 16 Cal. 60.
6. When a motion is made to dismiss, upon an irregular appearance, and is overruled, and defendant answers, it is not to be considered as such an appearance as waives the irregularity. Deidesheimer v. Brown, 8 Cal. 339.
$ 524. Service on nonresidents. Where a party has an attorney. service shall be on such attorney.
When a plaintiff or a defendant, who has appeared, resides out of the State, and has no attorney in the action or proceeding, the serrice may be made on the Clerk for him. But in all cases where a party has an attorney in the action or proceeding, the service of papers, when required, shall be upon the attorney instead of the party, except of subpænas, of writs, and other process issued in the suit, and of papers to bring him into contempt.
N. Y. Code, $ 415.
$ 525. Successive actions on the same contract, etc.
Successive actions may be maintained upon the same contract or transaction, whenever, after the former action, a new cause of action arises therefrom.
$ 526. Consolidation of several actions into one.
Whenever two or more actions are pending at one time between the same parties, and in the same Court, upon causes of action which might have been joined, the Court may order the actions to be consolidated into one. J. P.; N. Y. Code, \ 212.
J.P. See Seet 633•
$ 527. Adverse claims, action may be brought to determine.
An action may be brought by one person against another, for the purpose of determining an adverse claim which the latter makes against the former, for money or property, upon an alleged obligation; and also against two or more persons, for the purpose
of pelling one to satisfy a debt due to the other, for which the plaintiff is bound as security.
J. P.; Willard's Eq. Jur. 106-124.
$ 528. The Clerk shull keep a register of actions.
The Clerk shall keep among the records of the Court, a register of actions. He shall enter therein the title of the action, with brief notes under it, from time to time, of all papers filed, and proceedinys had therein.
$ 529. Two of three referees, etc., may
act. When there are three referees, or three arbitrators, all shall meet, but two of them may do any act which might be done by all.
§ 530. Computation of time in this act. The time within which an act is to be done may be extended.
[1861.] The time within which an act is to be done, as provided in this Act, shall be computed by excluding the first day, and including the last; if the last day be Sunday, it shall be excluded. When the act to be done relates to the pleadings in the action, or the undertakings to be filed, or the justification of sureties, or the service of notices, other than of appeal, or the preparation of statements, or of bills of exceptions, or of amendments thereto, the time allowed by this Act may be extended, upon good cause shown, by the Court in which the action is pending, or the Judge thereof, or in the absence of such Judge from the county in which the action is pending, by the County Judge; but such extension shall not exceed thirty days beyond the time prescribed by this Act, without the consent of the adverse party.
N. Y. Code, \ 407. 1. When time is important, Courts will inquire into a day, or fractional portion of a day. People v. Beatty, 14 Cal. 566.
$ 531. Papers without the title of the action, or with defective title, may be valid.
An affidavit, notice, or other paper, without the title of the action or proceeding in which it is made, or with a defective title, shall be as valid and effectual for any purpose, as if duly entitled, if it intet ligibly refer to such action or proceeding.
J. P.; N. Y. Code, 406.
1. A slight error in the title of a cause, where there is no other suit pepling between the parties, will not invalidate the notice. Mills v. Dunlap, 3 Cal. 94.
§ 532. Limitation of actions which have arisen in another State.
When a cause of action has arisen in another State, or in a foreign country, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot there be maintained against a person by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon shall not be maintained against him in this State, except in favor of a citizen thereof, who has held the cause of action from the time it accrued.
1. Where a judgment by confession was entered in Pennsylvania, which was afterward opened, and a trial had, which resulted in judgment for plaintiff: Heid, that our Statute of Limitations did not commence running until the final entry, although, by the laws of Pennsylvania, the lien of the first judgment was not des troyed. Pärke v. Iilliams, 7 Cal. 247.
2. The Statute of Limitations of this State only commences running against a judgment from the time of the final entry thereof. ld.

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WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday it had pushed two wine and spirits distributors to scrap their merger because of “significant concerns” about the deal.
Republican National Distribution Co, which distributes in a big swath of the eastern and central United States, and Breakthru Beverage Group, which is in 12 U.S. states and Canada, said last week that they had terminated their planned business combination.
Both distribute wine and spirits while Breakthru also distributes beer.
“(FTC) staff gathered extensive testimonial, documentary, and economic evidence to support our concerns that this transaction likely would have resulted in higher prices and diminished service in the distribution of wine and spirits in several states,” said Ian Conner, deputy director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition in a statement. (Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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Since the Thatcher revolution, most of Britain’s publicly owned utilities have been sold off. How did that work out? Alex Rankine reports. Most of Britain’s publicly owned utilities were sold into the private sector during the 1980s and early 1990s, starting with British Telecommunications in 1984 and ending with the sale of the railways under John Major’s government. Today, the bulk of utilities remain in private ownership, including the “big six” energy companies – which together account for roughly 90% of the energy retail market – and 17 private water providers, although Scotland and Northern Ireland have retained publicly owned water companies. A curious feature of Britain’s privatisation story is that even as the British state has stepped back from owning infrastructure, foreign firms and even governments have moved in, including energy supplier EDF Energy (a subsidiary of the national French power company) and the new South West Trains franchisee First MTR (which is partly owned by the Hong Kong government). Altogether, an Office of Fair Trading report in 2010 estimated that more than a third of the UK’s infrastructure is under foreign ownership. The question is highly contested. Many who remember the quality of service dished out by the old… Read full this story
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Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977. Letter to Marriner S. Eccles, Box 93, Folder 3, Item 3, Marriner S. Eccles Papers. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/scribd/?item_id=463464&filepath=/files/docs/historical/eccles/093_03_0003.pdf&start_page=1, accessed on October 23, 2017.
Letter from Leslie Parry regarding opposition to capital gains tax proposal; mentions elderly citizens living on investment income; includes Eccles' reply. Does not include enclosure mentioned in Eccles' reply.
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Another busy weekend gone by and to prepare for it I needed a quick, easy and delicious dessert to bring to a family dinner and have during Super Bowl. I had two pounds of ricotta cheese in the refrigerator and puff pastry in the freezer, since I wouldn’t have the time to shop I decided that I would combine cannoli cream filling with puff pastry cups. The cannoli cream needs to be made ahead of time so that it has the right consistency and isn’t too soft. The cannoli cream recipe is one I’ve used before and I’ve had rave reviews every time.
I began by finding a recipe to turn the puff pastry dough into pastry cups on the puff pastry website. I only needed the puff pastry cup portion of the recipe as shown below. Once the puff pastry is baked and cooled it can be stored unfilled in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two days.
The cannoli cream had to be started a couple of days ahead of time because the ricotta cheese needs to be drained of extra liquid. In addition, I only use the Polly-O brand for cannoli filling or ricotta cheesecake. I have found that the Polly-O brand does not become grainy when processed in the food processor.
Yield: 24 filled cups Cook Time: 10 – 15 minutes
Puff Pastry Cups:
1 17.3-ounce package Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry Sheets (2 sheets), thawed according to package directions
1 egg, beaten
Cannoli Cream Filling:
2 lb container Polly-O ricotta cheese, drained overnight in a 2-ply cheesecloth
1 1/2 t vanilla extract
1 1/2 c powdered sugar, sifted
2/3 c mini chocolate chips; plus some additional for garnish
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray 12 (2 1/2-inch) muffin-pan cups with the cooking spray or line them with paper cupcake liners.
- Unfold the first pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Roll the pastry into a 12 x 9-inch rectangle. Cut the rectangle into 12 (3-inch) squares.
- Press the pastry squares into the muffin-pan cups. Brush only the sides of the pastry cups with the egg. Prick the bottom of the pastry cups with a fork.
- Bake for 10 – 15 minutes or until the pastry cups are golden brown. Begin checking the puff pastry after 10 minutes. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove the pastry cups from the pan and cool completely.
- Repeat steps one through 4 for the second pastry sheet.
- For the filling, mix ricotta, vanilla and sugar together.
- Move the mixture to a food processor (I used a small Kitchen Aid chopper that was included with my stick blender) and mix until the filling is smooth and is the right consistency. Depending on the size of your food processor, you may need to mix in more than one batch.
- Fold in chips, place in a Ziploc bag and store at least overnight in the refrigerator.
- When ready to fill, make a 1/2 inch cut on one corner of the Ziploc bag and use as a pastry bag to fill the cups.
- Sprinkle some chips on top of each filled pastry cup.
Tip: How to tell if Puff Pastry is done baking? Take a sharp knife and nick off a teensy piece to test for crispness and flakiness.
Puff Pastry Cups recipe from puff pastry.
Cannoli Cream recipe from unknown source.

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Rebel Attack Kills 17 Government Forces In Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria, At least 17 government soldiers were killed and 30 others wounded, on Saturday, when the rebels attacked military positions in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo, a war monitor reported on Saturday.
The rebels’ attacks in the southern countryside of Aleppo started on April 20, and extended to other nearby areas in the countryside of Hama and Idlib provinces, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The UK-based watchdog group also mentioned that, the Syrian government forces are shelling on the rebel positions in Idlib.
It said, the situation is escalating in those areas, including the demilitarised zones, where a deal established last Sept, under the mediation of Turkey and Russia.
The Observatory said, the Russian air strikes targeted rebel-held areas in Idlib on Saturday, noting that the air strikes on Friday killed 15 people.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORKhttps://syrianewsgazette.com/rebel-attack-kills-17-government-forces-in-syria/General

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Parachutes work by increasing air resistance, which slows down the effects of gravity. Air is a gas, and though it is invisible, the molecules in the gas can still be used to help slow down a skydiver, much like water slows down a person who does a belly flop in water. Therefore, the air expands the parachute, providing resistance as the person falls.
When skydiving, people fall at about 125 miles per hour. The body's size already provides natural air resistance, which is why a person's speed does not keep increasing past this point. A parachute is a folded-up piece of lightweight fabric that is attached to the person by strings. When the person releases the parachute, it unfolds, creating a much larger area for air resistance than a person alone has.


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Last week I was visiting my grandparents. It was supposed to be a routine trip up to Michigan while my parents went on a trip with friends. However, it started out worse than anyone was ready for.
Just as my grandparents and I were stopping at a fast-food restaurant just outside town for breakfast, my father called. He told us that their car had been wrecked by a deer who had jumped in front of the vehicle. Fortunately, they were able to get in another vehicle and continue their trip.
We were able to complete our own journey safely (thankfully!), and I spent a quiet evening settling in to my grandparents’ home.
I spent Monday at my grandparents’ cabin, which was farther north of their home near Grand Rapids. I busied myself picking weeds and connecting the TV that they had in the cabin’s living room. I also spent time taking pictures at the nearby river and alpaca farm. Later, a truck came by, and I watched the men offload a new shed a short distance from the cabin.
Tuesday passed uneventfully for the most part. I spent some time in the afternoon helping my grandma pick weeds around the abortion memorial in a nearby cemetery.
On Wednesday, my grandparents took me to Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. I walked through the garden areas and observed the flowers, tropical plants, and sculptures lining the walks. I again had my camera with me and photographed everything of interest. Near the end of the trip, we visited one of the largest exhibits at the Gardens — a 24-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a horse, called "The American Horse."
Thursday, I went to a nearby park.There were walking paths and a fish pond, in addition to a playground and pavilion. That afternoon, my grandmother took me to get new tennis shoes, but they were all a size too small. Otherwise, I spent much of my time entertaining myself by reading, listening to music, or fiddling with my laptop.
The trip finally ended. We left early and arrived in early afternoon. My parents came home later after work, and we enjoyed dinner at a nearby restaurant before my grandparents had to leave.

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A number of devices will be made compulsory, including ABS brake systems, specialised rear-view mirrors and improved light equipment. Measures intended to protect cyclists or pedestrians when hit by a vehicle have also been taken into account. In addition, the Framework has environmentally friendly provisions such as on CO2 emissions, fuel consumption, engine power and smoke from diesel engines.
The Framework covers commercial motor vehicles and their trailers as well as systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles. It introduces a new method generally referred to as the “multi-stage type-approval” - each manufacturer involved in assembling a vehicle will fill in the relevant part of the certificate with information about their work. This process is in line with the principle of total harmonisation of the Internal Market and replaces national procedures.
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