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If you have been injured while working for an interstate railroad company such as BNSF (Burlington Northern) or UP (Union Pacific) it is important that you seek appropriate medical care. Although your railway employer will probably encourage you to seek treatment from a company-appointed doctor, as board certified workplace injury Fort Worth lawyers we feel it is important that you understand that you are not legally obligated to see the company doctor.
When you have been injured on the job for a train or railroad company, you may be eligible to make a claim for compensation under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA). If you have been seriously injured, then you might be entitled to significant damages. The company doctor is paid to either get you back to work as soon as possible or to play down the severity of your injuries. Whatever your personal situation is – it is a good idea to seek an impartial and unbiased doctor who can objectively assess your injuries to ensure that you receive the most appropriate medical treatment.
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Another benefit to seeing a doctor who is not employed by your negligent employer is that the full extent of your injuries can be properly and thoroughly documented. This is critical in case you do decide to pursue an injury claim against your employer later on. Remember, a railroad company doctor will not document the full extent of your injuries as thoroughly as an independent physician.
If your injuries could potentially result in long-term disability, it is especially important to seek unbiased medical care in order to make sure you receive the most appropriate medical care necessary to minimize the potential for ongoing physical limitations later on in life. Since some of the most frequently-reported railroad worker injuries include hearing loss, back and neck injuries, chemical/toxic exposure, shoulder and knee injuries, and amputations, it is incredibly important that you get the best medical care available to you outside of your employer’s recommended doctor.
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Some 40 short films have been made based on the works of Israeli writer Etgar Keret, including the stop-animation work $9.99, which will be screened during his presentation today. Geoffrey Rush and Anthony LaPaglia star in the short, an insightful mix of absurdity and self-flagellating humor. People magazine said, "Keret can do more with six...paragraphs than most writers can do in 600 pages," while The New York Times said, "Etgar Keret is a genius..." See if Keret lives up to his reputation during today's talk and screening. 7:30 p.m. Jewish Community Center, 5601 South Braeswood. For information, call 713-551-7255 or visit www.jcchouston.org. $10 to $15.
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Which bike is better to drive, comfotable, pickup, milege, stylish design?
Hero Hunk has a pocket friendly approach than most of the 150 cc motorcycles in the market. It comes with a reasonable price of INR 69,000-72,825 out of which the later one is of the double disc brake variant. It is the most massive looking, totally huge bike, with intense styling around its fuel tank. The engine powering the motorcycle is a 149.2 cc, 1-cylinder air cooled unit with 14.2 BHP @ 8500 rpm and 12.80 NM @ 6500 rpm. It comes mated to a 5-speed gearbox and weights 147 kg. The Hunk comes in 7 shades and two different variants. The pricing, styling and efficiency factor makes it worth preferring over other INR 80,000 bikes.


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How to install a free legal Windows in VirtualBox in Linux Mint
Unfortunately, some people still need Windows for a particular end. For example when they have a navigation device that can only be updated by means of a Windows application....
If this applies to you as well, then you can make use of VirtualBox and a free legal Virtual Machine (VM) with Windows 10.
Running such a VM is safe for your Linux: even if a Windows VM would become infected with viruses and malware, it can't do any harm at all to your Linux. That's because a VM runs in a virtualized sandbox, which effectively isolates it from the underlying operating system.
You can achieve this as follows:
1. First install VirtualBox and its extension pack. In the following way:
Launch a terminal window.
(You can launch a terminal window like this: *Click*)
Type or use copy/paste in order to avoid errors (this is one line!):
sudo apt-get install virtualbox virtualbox-qt virtualbox-ext-pack virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
Press Enter. Type your password when prompted. In Ubuntu this remains entirely invisible, not even dots will show when you type it, that's normal. In Mint this has changed: you'll see asterisks when you type. Press Enter again.
Now you'll be prompted to agree to reading a license agreement from Oracle. Press the Tab key to activate the <Ok> "button" (it becomes red then) and press Enter. See the screenshot below:
With that, you've confirmed that you've read it. Only then you'll be presented with the actual agreement screen (sigh....). Select Yes with the Tab key and press Enter.
2. Add yourself to the group "vboxusers". By means of the terminal:
sudo adduser your_own_username vboxusers
Note: the username must only contain lowercase letters, because "under the hood" your username doesn't contain capital letters. So user "John" types here "john" (instead of "your_own_username").
3. Reboot your computer.
4. Now download a free legal VM with Windows 10. You can use this legal VM with Windows 10 for 90 days. Don't forget to activate it, by means of the DOS command slmgr /ato (see the instruction on the wallpaper of Windows 10).
After those 90 days you can simply delete the existing VM and import a new clean VM, which should give you another 90 days. It's therefore useful to keep the downloaded file; after three months, that'll save you some time.....
Legal note: the Microsoft license for these VM's states: "You may use the software for testing purposes only". There's no further explanation given of the term "testing purposes" though, and no time limit to your testing other than the maximal activation period.
This implies that it's entirely up to you: when you think you're done with testing, you should buy a license or stop using the VM.
In case you'd want to buy a Windows license, that can often be done very cheaply, for example at softwarebilliger.de.
5. Unzip the VM (it's a .ova file).
6. Launch Oracle VM Virtualbox and select in its panel: File - Import Appliance...
Import the .ova file.
7. Click on the imported VM - click Settings - USB - select USB 2.0 (EHCI) Controller
8. Now click on Snapshots and create a snapshot, for renewed activation when the current activationhas lapsed. Then you don't even have to delete the existing VM; you can simply restore the snapshot for another 90 days of use.
9. Start the VM and wait until Windows has completed booting.
10. In the panel of VirtualBox: Devices - Insert Guest Additions CD image...
Now wait; this can take a long time.
Then click on VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe in order to install it.
After the installation of the Guest Additions, you'll be asked to reboot Windows. Do so.
11. After Windows has rebooted, you can add USB devices. First connect them to your computer. Then in the panel of VirtualBox: Devices - USB - click on your device. This should enable Windows to install it. Note: you have to repeat this click on your device, every time you boot the VM. Because with that click, you transfer the device from Linux to Windows.
12. Your Windows 10 VM should now be fully functional.
- Always shut Windows down by means of its own Start button and not by means of the VirtualBox menu bar.
- Don't use the VM for random web browsing: it's much safer to use Linux for that....
- If you're running it from an SSD: disable defragmentation in Windows, or it'll wear out your SDD.
- Note that transferring a USB storage device (like a USB thumb drive or USB hard drive) to the VM, unmounts that storage device "uncleanly" in the Linux that hosts the VM. Theoretically, this could cause loss of data.
Tip: do you also want to run another Linux in VirtualBox? Then simply create a new virtual machine in VirtualBox, launch the new VM and select the .iso file of that other Linux as "boot disk". For full screen, don't forget to install the packages virtualbox-guest-x11 and virtualbox-guest-dkms in that Linux VM.
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Recliner. Friday , January 12th , 2018 - 23:45:27 PM
Lift Recliner chairs are perfect for people with difficulties in getting up out of a seated position. Before going deep into the discussion about them and its functionality, itll be better to know what recliner actually is. Recliner is a very versatile piece of furniture found in living rooms of almost every house. Recliner is similar to an armchair or a sofa with the difference that it can be adjusted into a reclining position. Raising the footrest and making the back inclined or little lower makes the position really comfortable. You can adjust the recliner according to the requirement varying from slightly bend to completely flat. Recliners modified with electrical equipments to control their movement are Lift recliners. They are perfect for those people who are physically challenged and find problems in mobility. Standing up and sitting down on a recliner or some other furniture like sofa can be a really tough asks for them. They also face problems on moving around inside the house due to their mobility issues. This mobility issue may be caused due to reasons like pain is knee joints, some accident in the past or presently ill condition.
Though the cousins were not the first to develop a piece of reclining motion furniture, they were the first to create a branding strategy for their product. Many other furniture companies began to produce and sell recliners using very similar designs for mechanisms. It was not long before other companies sprang up to produce a variety of recliner mechanisms. From relatively simple designs to more complex motorized and power actuated models, todays recliners offer specialized solutions to user needs. Most recliners require the user to sit in the chair and actuate the mechanism by pushing backwards, lifting a lever or pulling on a cable. Power lift recliners have the ability to literally rise up to meet the user. The development of the power lift chair proved to be a boon to folks with limited mobility. Power recliners generally feature some type of remote control that allows the user to operate the chairs movements with the push of a button.
A recliner chair is an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it. Also known as reclining chair, it has become very popular in the modern homes because of its comfortable feel and style which makes it a must have for every living room. There are a number of types and styles of reclining chairs depending upon their reclining capacity. Apart from this recliner are also available in a variety of colors and upholstery choices. For knowing about the different styles and choices of chairs just go on the internet and search for recliner. You will find various different styles and types of chairs, and you can easily select one for yourself that suits your specifications and budget.
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Blain Roberts, an assistant professor of history at California State University, Fresno, is the author of the forthcoming book “Pretty Women: Female Beauty in the Jim Crow and Civil Rights South.”...From 1921, when the contest began in Atlantic City, through World War II, only one woman representing a former Confederate state won the competition. Then, beginning in 1947, when a woman from Memphis earned the top honor, the fortunes of Southern contestants rose precipitously. From 1950 to 1963, seven southerners were crowned (each served the following year), including back-to-back wins by Mississippians in 1958 and 1959 — though southerners made up only one-fifth of the possible winners.These were, of course, the years when black Southerners opened a full-scale campaign against Jim Crow, prompting a bitter backlash by white Southerners. White resistance began in earnest in 1954, when the Supreme Court issued Brown v. Board of Education, its decision to desegregate public schools.
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Author has written 12 stories for Haruhi Suzumiya series, Toaru Majutsu no Index/とある魔術の禁書目録, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, K-ON!/けいおん！, Ichigo Mashimaro, and Negima! Magister Negi Magi/魔法先生ネギま！.
HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY PROFILE!
Okay...oh you're still here? I though the all-caps would make you run. Darn...
Anyway, my name is babbler and I live in northern Canada in an igloo on Lake Tasgesusydhcjcusupushucoupeousjkloue, which we call THE LAKE. In the summer I enjoy skating, ice fishing, and hanging out with caribou. In the winter I enjoy the bitter cold and fighting with polar bears. Just so you know they're tossers and hog the blankets...but don't tell them them I said that.
Still here...? I wanna go play with the polar bears! You're so mean making me write all this!
I love writing. Love it so much I want to marry it but right now it's the other woman and my muse isn't happy about that. Like all writers, I love to read voraciously. My parents did me a grand disservice in raising me in a happy well to do family. I mean we had it all. Extra fish heads to fight over with the dogs and even gauze when I got visciously mauled. That aforementioned disservice was instilling in me a love for drama. I never had drama growing up so now I love the drama! Hate drama queens but love the drama. I can scarcely crawl out of my igloo in the morning without plotting two foxes against each other in my head. If only I used all the brain power for good and not for the drama.
Mama said I should be an engineer. Plan a city. Build a bridge. Dad said I should be a teacher. Shape a mind. Grow the future. I found drama. Became unemployed...( I actually test the ice thickness on Lake Tasgesusydhcjcusupushucoupeousjkloue by forcefully smashing my skull against it and looking for cracks).
I like writing dark serious stories (though that may not be apparent from what I've written here). My biggest influences are Watchmen (the movie is crap), Calvin and Hobbes, The Boys, Empowered, Sailor Nothing (GOOGLE IT! READ IT! IT'S FREE!! It is excellent!), Berserk, and Black Lagoon. That's not all, but it's all all I could think of on short notice. Each of these series is dark (sans Calvin and Hobbes and even then there are interpretations that make it a little sadder) because I like series that aren't afraid to hurt their characters. Rough them up and make them beg for mercy. I HATE when authors take it easy on their characters! I don't mean letting them be happy but I do mean getting their wishes granted, epic buttpulls that keep them alive, or unnatural luck (unless it turns out to not be much luck at all).
With that being said I try and make a series realistic within the bounds already set for a story...unless it's AU and then all bets are off. I then hunker my characters with the real baggage that would come with a situation and let them seek out their own misery or happiness. Put into other words: give them enough rope to hang themselves.
I also like comedy. Baka no Test, anything Monty Python, and Blackadder are my favourites but I enjoy the funny as long as it's not dumb funny. To put it bluntly, humour is hard to write and I'm not sure how well I do writing it, but I do know that it wears me out.
Another thing of note is that in real life I'm quite laconic and this translates over into my writings so things that might be perfectly clear to me might not get enough attention in my writings and understanding will suffer. The polar bears don't appreciate my writing : ( and their advice always sucks so I appreciate reviews. If you feel the need to say something about my stories than that's probably a legitimate concern and I hope you'll share it with me.
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SNAFU and Kiniro Mosaic
Chapter 5 of Light, Camera, Magical Lyrical Nanoha.
I have no idea...trying to get something finished.

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Nicki doesn't get why she's gotten more matches than usual, but she ain't complaining.
Even in naked statue form, hordes of devoted followers show up to gaze upon his visage.
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She told her followers “Wearing my hair as a shirt has become my #uniform.”
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Tributes to woman killed in forest crash
TRIBUTES were paid last night to a 28-year-old woman driver who died in an accident close to a travellers' site on the edge of a Suffolk airfield.Suffolk police named the victim as Kelly Baker, of Broadlanes, Elmstead Market, near Colchester.
By Richard Smith
TRIBUTES were paid last night to a 28-year-old woman driver who died in an accident close to a travellers' site on the edge of a Suffolk airfield.
Suffolk police named the victim as Kelly Baker, of Broadlanes, Elmstead Market, near Colchester. She had been in a blue Daihatsu Sportrak vehicle with four other people when it overturned. No other vehicle was involved.
The accident happened on a fire track on the extreme western fringe of Rendlesham Forest, near Woodbridge. It is believed that Miss Baker could have been going to the large illegal travellers' site by Woodbridge Airfield to see her father.
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The incident took place on private land at about 8pm on Monday and it was attended by the police, fire and ambulance services. Officers have visited the travellers' camp to make inquiries.
She was taken to Ipswich Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. The four other passengers, who have not been named, were taken to hospital with back injuries which are described as non-life threatening.
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Yesterday Mick Robinson, a neighbour of Miss Baker, spoke of his shock at the death of the girl he had known since she was five.
He said: ''She was a really nice girl, she never hurt anyone. I last saw her to speak to about six weeks ago, she was a beautiful looking girl, she really was.
''She used to do gymnastics for Colchester and went over to the twin town of Avignon representing
them when she was a youngster.
''I cannot believe the news that she is gone. She was a good fun girl and I could not say a bad word about her.''
It is understood that Miss Baker has a youngster sister who lives in Colchester as well as her mother.
Miss Baker hit the headlines back in August 2001 when she streaked at an Essex cricket match at Castle Park in Colchester, cart wheeling across the pitch to cheers from the crowd.
At the time the trained gymnastics teacher told newspapers that she saw herself as a ''wild child and free spirit.''
She said of her exploits: ''It was an incredible response, the crowd were cheering. It was absolutely the most amazing experience of my life.''
Simon Leatherdale, the Forestry Commission's Sandlings beat manager, said: ''We deplore the unauthorised access of the land but a life cut short is a tragic loss.''
Suffolk police is appealing for anyone who saw the vehicle in the forest or who saw the collision to contact them. Pc Andy Fossey at the police headquarters Roads Policing Unit is investigating the incident. He is on 01473 613500.


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Goalkeeper Silke Rottenberg's last match for Germany ended with a seventh straight Group 4 victory in front of 20,000 spectators at the sold-out Auestadion in Kassel. Rottenberg celebrated a fond farewell with qualification for UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2009™ in Finland already assured and she also managed to keep a clean sheet on her 126th appearance.
Germany, who will bid for a fifth straight title next summer, set the tone of the match when Fatmire Bajramaj came close to scoring from distance after just six minutes but, three minutes later, Ariane Hingst did open their account after an assist from Birgit Prinz. The creator of the opener squandered a chance to double the lead before 1. FFC Frankfurt team-mate Conny Pohlers did so only three minutes after Hingst's strike. Germany passed up several other promising opportunities but did extend their lead with half an hour played when Annike Krahn was quickest to react to make it 3-0 from close range following a Prinz free-kick.
After the interval it was still Germany in command but the Welsh defending proved more solid and, with high temperatures also affecting the players, there were fewer chances. Twelve minutes from time, though, substitute Melanie Behringer converted a free-kick to complete the scoring. A couple of minutes later, Rottenberg was substituted for Nadine Angerer prompting the applause of the crowd. "I am pleased," said Germany coach Silvia Neid. "We were agile, we tried and we ran a lot. Of course, I am not pleased with the many sloppy passes in the second half."
Before starting their preparations for the finals in Finland next summer, Germany's attention will turn to the Olympic women's football tournament in China starting on 6 August. The world champions face a FIFA Women's World Cup final rematch against Brazil followed by Group F fixtures against Nigeria and Korea DPR as the two-time bronze-medallists attempt to win the one major honour that has so far proved elusive. Their training camp begins on 26 June with friendlies to follow against England on 17 July and fellow Olympic hopefuls Norway six days later.


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ABCs of Women’s Self Defense
The Modern Self Defense Academy and the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office who teamed up to present a self-defense seminar for mothers and daughters here at Chatham March 24. Forty-six women and girls took advantage of this opportunity, offered through CCSD’s Adult Education Program, to learn how to avoid dangerous encounters, react to unexpected threats, and fight off attackers using the ABCs of self-defense - awareness, boundaries, and contact. Through an intense yet enjoyable atmosphere, participants learned how to get out of unwanted physical encounters ranging from wrist grabs to being pinned to the ground, and put their new skills to the test by beating back and escaping an instructor posing as an attacker. Our Adult Ed. Program plans to offer the seminar again this fall.
Southpaw "Reads for Ronald" with Students at MED
Tri-City ValleyCats’ mascot Southpaw stopped by MED to share his enthusiasm for reading. Because cats don’t talk, he brought along Michelle Skinner from the ValleyCats' community relations team to read to the students some of his favorite books about baseball. The March 24 visit brought fun and excitement to the Read for Ronald MacDonald House Program, which MED is participating in to encourage reading and benefit the families of critically ill children. Learn more....
St. Baldrick's 2015
The CHS Community Service Club organized and hosted Chatham's 5th annual head shaving event to befit the St. Baldrick's Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity committed to finding cures for childhood cancers. This year’s event was a huge success with shavees, volunteers, and donors from our community and all three Chatham schools participating. All together, more than 75 students, staff and community members “went bald” to raise over $16,000 for childhood cancer research. Learn more...
CMS Student Takes Third in Regional Science Expo
Eighth grader Benjamin Rippel's tablet computer project took third place overall at the Twin County Science Expo, held March 21st at Columbia-Greene Community College. Ben built and programed the touchscreen device himself for about a quarter of the cost of buying one. The expo showcased outstanding projects from student scientists throughout Columbia and Greene counties, with top place finishes being awarded by a panel of expert judges. Learn more...
District's Music Education Program Receives National Recognition
The NAMM Foundation has recognized Chatham Central School District for its outstanding commitment to music education with a “2015 Best Communities for Music Education” designation. The Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) title affirms school districts that have demonstrated exceptional efforts toward maintaining a strong music curriculum with excellent opportunists for students. This is CCSD's second year being honored as such. Learn more...
8th Graders Look Toward High School and Beyond
The Class of 2019’s transition from 8th grade to 9th grade is already underway, and when planning for high school, it's never to early to be thinking about college. During a March 18 assembly at CMS, eighth graders heard from Dale Taylor of Siena College’s admissions department, who shared what colleges are looking for in prospective applicants. Following Taylor’s presentation, Chatham High School guidance counselor Jim Lombardi spoke about the high school program and junior Jack McKeon shared his experiences as a CHS student. Learn more...
50 Years of the Voting Rights Act
In celebration of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, eleventh and twelfth grade students attended a special assembly at CHS on March 17. They heard from a guest speaker Wesley Brown, a professor and writer, who in 1965 traveled to the deep south to register African Americans to vote. The students also watched a film about the events surrounding what became known as “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama, a key turning point for the Civil Rights Movement in 1965. Learn more...
Joe Williams Signs On with St. Joseph
On March 12, Chatham senior Joe Williams signed his National Letter of Intent to play baseball for the College of St. Joseph. The Chatham Panthers' starting pitcher made his official commitment to the Rutland, Vermont school in front of his family, friends, coaches, and local media during a letter signing ceremony held at CHS. Joe was offered St. Joseph's Provider Scholarship for baseball and will be pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice. Learn more...
Students Learn About 3-D Printing
4th graders headed over to CHS to learn about three-dimensional electronic modeling and check out the school’s 3-D printer. MED's school media specialist, Mr. Selby, arranged to have Mr. Caldwell, the High School’s technology teacher, show the students how objects can be drafted electronically using computers and then replicated into actual three-dimensional items using the special printer. Mr. Caldwell demonstrated how the 3-D printer, which in reality is a small production robot, can “print” objects by laying down successive layers of molten plastic to gradually build them. 5th grade library classes will also be going to CHS to see the printer in action.
CCSD Students Perform in All County
Over fifty music students from the Chatham High School Band, the Grade 7/8 Chorus, and the Grade 6 Band performed in the All County Music Festival held at Taconic Hills Central School District. These select students joined other talented musicians from all six Columbia County schools to perform in concert Friday, March 6 at Taconic Hills Jr/Sr High School. More information can be found on the CHS CMS, MED homepages.
Engineering Students Take on E Week Challenge
Chatham High School's Principles of Engineering class enjoyed a trip to the 2015 Model Bridge Competition, part of the Capital Region Engineers’ Week event held February 26 at the Albany Marriott Hotel in Colonie. There, they got to put their bridge models to the stress test, meet real engineers, explore vendor exhibits, and attend seminars concerning engineering issues. Sophomore Katharine Schassler even won the E Week logo competition!
Panthers' Scholar Athlete Teams
Four CHS athletic teams were named Scholar Athlete Teams by the NYSPHSAA, an honor bestowed upon teams that carry a combined GPA of 90 or better. The girls and boys varsity basketball, girls indoor track, and boys varsity volleyball teams all received this recognition for the 2014-15 winter season. Each team receives a certificate for the school as well as for each member who contributed to the team average. Learn more...
Board Appoints David O'Connor to Fill Empty Seat
At its February 24th meeting, the Chatham Central School District Board of Education appointed David O’Connor to fill the unexpired term of Jim Marks, who resigned from the Board in January. Mr. O’Connor’s appointment to serve on the Board is effective February 24, 2015 until May 19, 2015, at which time the seat will be filled by the general district election. O'Connor previously served on the Chatham Board of Education from 2007 to 2013.
Board Votes Not to Adopt Veterans Exemption
At it's February 24th meeting, the Board of Education voted 6-1 in favor of the following resolution concerning the Alternative Veterans Tax Exemption. The majority of the Board indicated they did not want to shift a portion of the tax burden from one group of taxpayers to the rest, which implementing the exemption would do.
R. 107 BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education recognizes the importance of
assisting the community’s military veterans who deserve our utmost respect and admiration
for their service to our country, and that the Board of Education also remains aware of the
financial burden school taxes may place on all taxpayers of the district,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is the decision of the Chatham Central School
Board of Education to NOT adopt a Veterans Tax Exemption, thereby shifting the tax
burden from our military veterans to other taxpayers.
Melony Spock, Jennifer Lindberg, Teri Conte, Edward Knight, David O'Connor, and Craig Simmons voted in favor of the resolution, Chris Kelly voted against it. Michael Clark and Muriel Faxon were not present.
Boys & Girls Indoor Track 2015 Independent League Champions
Congratulations to the both the boys and girls indoor track teams for winning the Independent League Small School Championships held February 14 at the University at Albany. The girls took home the win with 145 points overall while the boys won with a total of 119 points. Combined, Chatham's girls and boys had 1st place finishes in fifteen events. Learn more...
Corey Jones Talks Basketball, Character at CMS
College basketball star turned motivational speaker Corey Jones led an inspirational school assembly at CMS February 13. Corey used his experiences with basketball to reach students about issues like bullying, being a positive role model, teamwork, and not letting adversity stand in their way of success. For more than an hour, he performed basketball tricks, sunk half-court shots, and challenged the students with games that required patience, persistence, and cooperation to win. Learn more...
Wolf Visits CHS Biology Classes
The Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) of South Salem, NY paid a visit to CHS on February 12. WCC educator Alex Spitzer spoke to the audience of biology, AP Bio, and Ecology Club students about wolves, wolf ecology, and the important role wolves play in the larger ecosystem. Accompanying Spitzer was Atka, a genuine Arctic gray wolf who students got to see up-close and personal. This event was made possible through a grant from the Chatham Education Foundation. Learn more...
TV Weatherman Bob Kovachick Talks Weather with Third Grade
WNYT Chief Meteorologist Bob Kovachick visited MED February 11 to talk with the third grade about the different kinds of weather that affect our area and how meteorologists predict it. The third grade teaching staff invited Mr. Kovachick to visit because their students have been studying weather in class. Prior to his comming ot MED, the classes prepared many questions for their special guest, who graciously answered them all. He also shared what goes on behind the scenes when putting on a TV weather forecast.
Students Check Out the Sun with MHAA Astronomers
February 10th had great weather for a little daytime astronomy. Mrs. Hasbrook’s class joined amateur astronomers Willy Yee and Joe Macagne from the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association outside MED to view the sun through special telescopes. They saw sun spots, filaments and prominences. The class also discussed the Moon, got to handle some real meteorites, and took home special sun glasses for at-home solar viewing.
Miranda Whipple Nominated for Siena Courage Award
Eighth grader Miranda Whipple has been nominated for the Siena College Student Courage Award. This prestigious honor recognizes young people from the Capital Region who act as leaders and spokespersons for tolerance, who embody the courage to be bridge builders and peacemakers, and who stand up to intolerance. CMS faculty nominated Miranda for the award. She joins courageous students from other middle and high schools in the area who have been nominated for this honor. A committee of Capital Region leaders in social justice issues will review the nominations and from them select three recipients. Winners will be announced in April. Learn more....
Distance Learning Connects Students with West Coast Immigration History
The fifth grade took a virtual field trip to Angel Island in California on January 23 using their school's distance learning equipment. Located 2,500 miles away in San Francisco Bay, Angel Island served as a major immigration station from 1910 to 1940 and is now a state park and museum. “We are kind of the Ellis Island of the West Coast,” explained park ranger Casey Dexter-Lee, who greeted the students from inside a dormitory were immigrants lived while being processed through the station. Learn more...
District Plans Emergency Access Road Project
School officials are developing a plan for an emergency access road to Chatham Central School District’s main campus. The new emergency-use-only road would provide a secondary way for emergency vehicles to access the campus in the event that the main drive was blocked. The project, which is still in the developmental phase, would consist of a gated, twenty-foot wide gravel road running from the district office parking lot on the easternmost side of MED out through an adjacent parcel of land owned by the Village of Chatham, where it would connect with Shore Road. It is estimated at a cost of approximately $700,000. Learn more...


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I recently purchased a Kel-Tec P-32. I thought the size would be ideal for summer, Florida concealed carry when wearing the typical FL summer wear of shorts and a top. I also liked the fact that the gun was American made. I took it to the range to and I really liked the way the gun felt & shot, but unfortunately after about 50 rounds, it started dropping the magazine. In that I had 3 magazines with me, I was quickly able to determine that it was not a magazine specific problem. When I got home, I telephoned Kel-Tec (they work only between the hours of 9-3, a workday they might consider lengthening in the quest for quality). I was pleasantly surprised when they indicated that the problem was the magazine release spring. Frighteningly, they pointed out that sometimes during the manufacturing process, too much material might be honed off but the fix was an easy one. They agreed to send me a new spring and release button. Here is what I found a bit disturbing. The gal with whom I spoke indicated that she would send me three sets of parts, and I should choose the longest spring. I found it odd that their manufacturing tolerances was so lacking that they would have different sized springs meant for the same firearm. She further stated that it was about a 5 minute fix. The parts arrived and as advertised each of the 3 springs was slightly different in size. I got out the instructions which turned out to be 16 steps and after pondering the instructions, I sent the firearm back to the factory for repair. It has been there for two weeks and has yet to have the alleged 5 minute repair applied to the gun. I called and was told that they were swamped and they were trying to get guns out as quickly as possible in that they are closing down for 3 weeks on the 23rd. It looks like that when they finally get back to work, they will have had my gun for 5 weeks, and I have no idea where it is in the hopper of guns needing repair. The fact that they are "swamped" with repairs is not exactly an encouraging fact when considering the purchase of a Kel-Tec product. I was told prior to the purchase that buying one of these cheapo Kel-Tecs is simply purchasing a starter kit, and from there one must do a "fluff and buff" to ready it for service. I find that concept rather ludicrous and would suggest that Kel-Tec work longer than 6 hour work days and take perhaps only 2 weeks off rather than 3 for the holidays, and perhaps that will enable them to put out a quality, reliable product rather than a "kit" gun. I am ex law enforcement & military and have been shooting guns since the 50s. I have never had to have a weapon repaired for any reason, but then again I have always purchased quality. Lesson learned. As an aside, I mentioned to my local dealer that I was interested in a sub compact 9mm carry gun. He indicated that he carried a Diamondback DB-9. Quick research revealed that they are simply a break-off company from Kel-Tec also based in same FL town. I went with Kahr and I couldn't be more pleased with my PM9 which I recently purchased and has yet to have a single malfunction at the range. Anyway, I am not looking to start a debate, but simply an outlet for expressing my frustration and perhaps save someone else from making the same mistake. I would love to be able to support an American company based out of my state, but alas, that is impossible under the circumstances.


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Impact on Food Security
DOI link for Impact on Food Security
Impact on Food Security book
In the Himalaya, the nature of the terrain imposes severe limitations on the scale of productive activities as well as on the effi ciency of infrastructural facilities. As a result, biomass based subsistence agriculture constitutes the main source of rural food supply and livelihood for more than 75 percent of the population even though the availability of arable land is severely limited and agricultural productivity is low in the region. Owing to constraints of subsistence economy a large proportion of the adult male population out-migrates the region in search of viable means of livelihood and employment. The remittances sent by the migrated population to their families staying back in the mountains constitute the principal source of cash income and food purchasing power of majority of the rural population in the Himalaya. The food security in the region therefore mainly depends on local agricultural productivity and community food purchasing power. Depletion of water resources, changing climatic conditions, recent economic recession and sharply fl uctuating food prices have not only decreased local food production, but also reduced community food-purchasing power rendering the entire region highly vulnerable to food insecurity. The increasing rainfall variability has shown its direct adverse impact on irrigation potential that has reduced considerably during the last two decades mainly owing to reduced groundwater recharge and depletion of springs and streams. The irrigation potential has been analyzed in terms of decline of area under irrigation owing to non-availability of adequate water in the irrigation system. The productivity of agriculture has declined by nearly 25 percent, and per capita food productivity has shown a continuously decreasing trend during the last 30 yr (Fig. 16.4). As a result, the different settlements in the catchment are facing a food defi cit between 22 and 88 percent with annual average food defi cit of 65 percent (Fig. 16.5). Further, the recent economic recession and resultant loss of employment opportunities caused loss of 30-35 percent of local purchasing power posing a serious threat to food security and health in the entire region. Marginal and small farmers, landless households which mainly include socially backward communities and families with marginal or very small income constitute the highly food insecure section of the rural community in the region. The communities most vulnerable to food insecurity in the region mainly include marginal and small farmers with land holding size less than 1 ha (45 percent), landless households mainly include socially backward communities (5 percent), households with marginal income from other sources (41 percent), households with no income from other sources (9 percent), and households with most of the cultivated land rainfed and with scarce family labor. The study revealed that most of the food insecure households in the region are not able manage enough food for
themselves, and in order to cope up with the situation they have to reduce the consumption of a variety of essential food commodities ranging from 30 to 45 percent in different villages (Table 16.3).

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So I have a bit of fun news! I have been chatting recently with the folks over at Graham & Brown, and am going to partner with them for the rest of 2015 in a Brand Ambassador role.
So who are Graham & Brown? They are a UK-based, family company that make the most incredible wallpaper, along with other home products and accessories. I have admired their wallpaper for AGES. They have a huge variety of patterns, with an undeniable UK influence. I have been going to England ever since I was a kiddo – I think my first flight ever as a baby was over to London. Want a little throwback thursday? Here is my Daddio with me in the carrier (hello, old school babywearing!), out exploring the English countryside.
My Dad was born and raised in England, and my Mum spent a large part of her childhood there while her Dad was stationed there with the Army. We still have loads of family and friends who we try to get over and visit, and if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that I even took the opportunity to go do my Master’s degree over in London with Dan (it’s where we got engaged!).
The local pub near my grandmother’s place… does it get much more English than that?
The houses that I have have spent time in over in England are usually plastered in wallpaper – hallways, bedrooms, living rooms, etc. It can add so much pattern, warmth, and richness to a space. I find that here in North America, we have way more trepidation about using wallpaper in our houses – don’t you agree? I am after a mix in our own home. I love a crisp, clean, almost beach-y aesthetic, but I also love an eclectic look with tons of pattern. It’s going to be a challenge to bring them together in our home in a way that doesn’t feel disjointed, but I’m up for it. I’m not going to be wallpapering all of the walls in our house (hello, I have been working like crazy to get them all painted!), but I have visions of wallpapering furniture, installing it as large scale art, and using it in unexpected places.
Check out what Le Zoe Musings did with some Graham & Brown paper in her home. Amazing, right?
My Mum and I also have a room to makeover at my family cottage this summer, and my head is swirling with wallpaper ideas. A stripe? A subtle floral? I haven’t figured it out yet, but we’re definitely going to go for it.
The Graham & Brown “Wallpaper of the Year” for 2015 is Northern Rose. It feels SO English to me and has that garden rose vibe that would be so sweet paired in a room with tons of white and natural light.
I haven’t done a project with the paper yet (I just ordered my first batch – they ship to Canada no problem!), but I am thinking it would be amazing either on the base of a wood chair, kind of similar to what these guys did here:
Or onto a piece of furniture, like this:
I have started a Pinterest board here with all things wallpaper-inspired, so follow me over there if you want to get some project ideas. I can’t wait to get started!
Have you guys used wallpaper in your house before? Have you used it in non-traditional ways, like as artwork or on furniture? Any tips to share? I’m all ears!


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'He's a very podgy baby' - Kate Middleton on her baby son Prince George
He's Gorgeous George - and the nine-month-old has become a star Down Under.
Despite making a slightly sullen appearance upon landing at Sydney yesterday - quite understandable as he's teething and had just experienced a three hour flight from New Zealand - the Aussies love Prince George.
Indeed, some commentators have nicknamed him the 'Republican Slayer' - support for the monarchy has never been higher in Australian at the moment, and the movement for a Republic appears to ebb during the State visit by Prince William and Kate Middleton.
So while he's less than a year old, Prince George appears to wield massive influence.
But his mum Kate is only too happy to remind us of what he actually is - an adorably 'podgy' baby.
"He's a very podgy baby," she told one well-wisher when she was asked about her son.
Earlier today, Kate and her husband Prince William admired the stunning views at Australia's Blue Mountains - and they were so impressed, they vowed to return some day.
William described the breathtaking Three Sisters viewing point across the Blue Mountains as "a great place for a picnic" while Kate discussed bush walking and said they would come back.
The royal couple spent the day touring the Blue Mountains region close to Sydney that suffered devastating bush fires last October and met families whose homes were burnt to the ground.
Before the pair arrived in the town of Winmalee to hear the story of survivors there was a minor incident involving two men, allegedly harassing well-wishers waiting for the royals to arrive, who were moved on by police.
A spokeswoman for New South Wales Police said: "At 1210 today police stopped and spoke to two men aged 37 and 21 who were allegedly harassing members of the crowd who were gathered at the corner of Single Ridge Road and Vista Road, Winmalee.
"The pair were moved on from the area prior to the motorcade coming past."
The mood lightened when the royal couple arrived at Echo Point, Katoomba, to see the famous Three Sisters rock formation and were greeted by around 3,000 well-wishers lining crash barriers.
William and Kate, who wore a Diane von Furstenburg wrap dress and wedges, were welcomed by cheers from the crowds and walked down to a platform to see the majestic views across the Blue Mountain range.

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Northern Lights discussed CCS with the Prince of Wales
March 2, 2023
Northern Lights participated in the official visit to the United Kingdom by TRH Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway on March 1 and 2, to discuss the role of CCS in the green industrial transition. Managing Director Børre Jacobsen spoke to the Prince and Princess of Wales on how Norway and UK can collaborate in establishing a commercial European CCS market.
“Norway and UK have a lot in common. Representing the largest storage potential of CO2 in Europe, together we can pave the way for decarbonisation of European hard-to-abate industries. Northern Lights are committed to continue the collaboration with our peers in the UK,” said Børre Jacobsen.
Long strategic collaboration
Norway and UK signed an MoU on collaboration for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in 2018. In May 2022, Northern Lights signed an MoU with Cory, one of UK’s leading waste management and recycling companies. During the Norwegian-British Business Summit in London on 1 March 2023, the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs and UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero signed an annex to the CCS MoU to strengthen the cross-border collaboration on hydrogen.
The visit by the Norwegian Crown Prince and Princess celebrated the long history of close relations between Norway and the UK, with the purpose of promoting a strengthened business sector cooperation on energy and the green industrial transition. The Business Summit in London hosted by Innovation Norway brought together industry leaders from Norway and UK.
Børre Jacobsen participated in a panel discussion on industry decarbonisation together with President of Yara Clean Ammonia, Magnus Krogh Ankarstrand and CEO of Aker Carbon Capture, Valborg Lundegaard, amongst others. Jacobsen discussed how Northern Lights can support UK’s decarbonisation ambitions through both knowledge and experience sharing, as well as CO2 storage capacity.

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** This cat did what is called profesionally 'psi-trailing.' Hope his humans took him to the vet after his journey of love and endurance. << cool,but is it just me or does what little we can see of his sister look limp and almost lifeless?
Japan’s "Cat Island", Tashirojima, has more feral cats than people. This is disgusting. They need to do the right thing and get the cat population under control by spaying/neutering and finding good forever homes for these poor cats.

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approaches, gardeners will be inundated with slick
advertisements promoting plants that may or may not live up to
their hype. We’ll see examples of picture-perfect annuals
pumped up with water soluble fertilizer. Finally, we’ll be
encouraged to show off our golf-course worthy lawns--free of
weeds and emerald green, after following a multi-step program to
eliminate every insect and weed.
There is a cost
to heeding to the admonitions of companies selling plants and
chemicals to enhance our landscapes and gardens, says Douglas W.
Tallamy. He has written an eye-opening book, Bringing Nature
Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants (Timber
Press, $17.95). Encouraging
gardeners to go native is nothing new. Native plants have been
promoted for their contributions to the landscape since Sara
Stein wrote Noah’s Garden almost 20 years ago.
book focuses on the importance of planting to sustain insects
critical to maintaining the food web. This is not
to say that gardeners should rip every non-native plant from
their gardens (imagine what you’d be left with), but to consider
plants that supply native insects with a viable food source.
Whether you have an established garden and you’re making choices
to complement ‘Endless Summer’ hydrangea, or if you are starting
from scratch, introducing native species into the garden has
Sweet Bay Magnolia flower has a sweet
Photo: Mike Masiuk
reminds us that suburban sprawl, 4 million linear miles of
public roads and our obsession with sterile lawns have all
contributed to the reduction of habitat and loss of diversity
impacting native insect populations.
impact of habitat destruction, Mr. Tallamy also notes that
native insects prefer native plants over alien species. Insects
choose to eat the leaves of plants based on leaf chemistry.
Native insects do not readily adapt to the chemical mixes
contained within the leaves of introduced species.
specialists when it comes to choosing which plants to eat. Mr. Tallamy retells a story of caterpillars eating the leaves of a
black cherry tree. After consuming the lower leaves on the
tree, the caterpillars crawled over the leaves of a Japanese
honeysuckle vine wound around the tree trunk to get to cherry
leaves on the higher branches.
the impact of alien species on the biomass of native insects,
many of our imports have become invasive plants, including
autumn olive, kudzu, purple loosestrife, Japanese barberry and
Japanese knotweed. When alien plants prevail, diseases and
insects come with them and can cause collateral damage to
chestnut trees, flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) and
California oaks have all been ravaged by fungi which did not
affect their Asian counterparts yet destroyed our native trees.
Japanese beetles and the hemlock wooly adelgid are just two of
the insects let loose into our gardens after hitching rides on
imported nursery stock.
nail in the coffin for upsetting a thriving ecosystem is the
reliance on chemicals to create a beautiful garden. Mr. Tallamy
puts it very well:
“In an effort to create gardens free
of insect problems, most gardeners have used a
recipe perfect for cooking up insect outbreaks:
alien plants, lack of plant diversity and
insecticides. Would we not better achieve our goal
of a pest free garden if we employed nature herself
to look after things? We have spent the last
half-century proving beyond the shadow of a doubt
that a sterile garden does not work. It is a
high-input enterprise requiring more time and money
than most of us would like, or are able, to devote
suggest that gardens created from native plants are more stable
and self-regulating than gardens predicated on alien plants.
Striving for a suburban ecosystem complex enough to keep itself
thriving without micromanagement by the gardener is something to
native plants to your garden is as simple as doing a bit of
research. If you enjoy a wooded lot, resist the temptation to
cut down “trash trees” such as black cherry. The 456 species of
Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) supported by that tree, as
well as the birds that eat their larvae, will applaud you!
If you are debating which
tree to plant for shade and generations of your grandchildren to
enjoy, choose a white, red or scarlet oak, a favorite of 534
species. Pass on the rows of ‘Bradford’ pears at the big
box stores this spring. They grow fast, are cheap to
propagate (hence that great price) but their branches are so
prone to ice and wind damage that they’re a poor landscape
choice. Instead choose a species of our native
serviceberry. You’ll still have pretty white flowers in the
spring, followed by fruits that the birds relish, and lovely
fall color, too.
If you are
enjoying the ‘Knockout’ rose you purchased last year consider
underplanting it with alum root or coral bells (Heuchera
americana) or flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata), native
perennials which will dress up the base of the rose better than
a sea of mulch.
these plants might require a bit of work, but native plant
specialists and nurseries may have them, or could order them for
you. Many native perennials can go head to head with delphinium
hybrids for beauty including: willowleaf bluestar (Amsonia
tabernaemontana), blue prairie indigo (Baptisia australis),
Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) and goatsbeard (Aruncus
dioicus). These perennials are available at nurseries with a
broad selection of plants and won’t disappoint like the fancy
delphiniums that never reach perfection in our area and rarely
return for an encore performance.
There is an
excellent appendix in Mr. Tallamy’s book. Take a look at the
extensive list of choices appropriate for our region. Native
plants may have to make do without publicists, but they’re great
choices for your landscape.
as you walk around your garden and think to yourself, “I could
use something right here,” chose a native plant you won’t see in
every yard in the neighborhood. The birds and butterflies will
thank you for it!
Below is a
short list of native plants readily available at local
nurseries. Selected from the appendix of the book: Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native
Plants. Tallamy, Douglas W. (2007, expanded in 2009).
London/Portland: Timber Press.
sylvatica, black gum
arbutifolia, red chokeberry (moist sites)
occidentalis, buttonbush (moist sites)
virginicus, fringe tree
White Fringe Tree
alnifolia, sweet pepper bush
sericea, redtwig dogwood (moist sites)
virginiana, witch hazel
virginiana, sweetbay magnolia (moist sites)
viscosum, swamp azalea
corymbosum, highbush blueberry
nudum, smooth witherod
racemosa, black cohosh (dry sites)
gerardii, big bluestem
canadense, wild ginger
incarnata, swamp milkweed
filix-femina, lady fern
virginianum, green and gold
eximia, fringed bleeding heart (moist sites)
diphylla, twinleaf (moist sites)
procumbens, Allegheny spurge
commutatum, Solomon's seal (moist sites)
acrostichoides, Christmas fern
pinnata, pinnate prairie coneflower (dry sites)
cordifolia, eastern foamflower
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Allied Specialty Foods, Inc., Vineland, N.J., announced plans to expand in New Jersey and add 127 jobs to its workforce.
The project includes the purchase and renovation of a 76,500-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Vineland.
“Allied Specialty Foods, Inc. has called the state of New Jersey home for more than 20 years, and we are thrilled that it will continue to be headquartered in New Jersey for the next 20 years and beyond,” says Paul Litten, president and operating partner. “We’re excited to have the opportunity to continue our existing dramatic growth through building and employee expansion efforts that are now able to be started. I would like to extend a sincere thank you to all of the members of the state and local government that helped with this project and have enabled us to focus on continued growth of our business.”
Allied Foods produces and supplies USDA-approved, thin-sliced steak and chicken products for U.S. restaurant operators and retail outlets in the United States.


Drew McIntyre and Rk-Bro were spotted breaking character and dancing with Seth Rollins after SmackDown went off-air
Former WWE Champions Drew McIntyre and Rk-Bro were spotted breaking their characters and dancing with Seth Rollins after the WrestleMania Backlash go-home episode of Smackdown went off the air.
The final segment of SmackDown saw a brawl between Roman Reigns-The Usos and Drew McIntyre- Rk-Bro. The babyfaces got the upper hand in the end, and The Bloodline went out with embarrassment. The show went off the air with McIntyre and Rk-Bro staring down The Bloodline.
But something interesting happened when the cameras stopped rolling, as McIntyre and Rk-Bro began heading to the back. The trio became quite enthusiastic when they heard Seth Rollins’ entrance theme.
The three top stars were seen dancing to Seth’s theme, and the latter also joined them. Below is the video of the whole segment:
Drew McIntyre reacts on why he replaced Shinsuke Nakamura leading up to the WrestleMania Backlash
Following WrestleMania 38, Shinsuke Nakamura confronted Roman Reigns and The Bloodline in the show’s closing segment. He would be next in line to challenge The Tribal Chief until he was replaced by McIntyre.
McIntyre recently spoke with Sportskeeda’s Bill Apter and Brad Gilmore to discuss various subjects where he was asked about why he replaced Shinsuke Nakamura as the next challenger for Roman Reigns.
“I don’t write the show for one,” Drew McIntyre said. “But two RK-Bro needed someone to step up, and Shinsuke may have been in the shower, he might have been fastening his boots, maybe he was on the phone to his wife, not paying attention. So Drew McIntyre stepped up and saved RK-Bro. I don’t know what to tell you.” [Timestamp – 5:38]
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Here’s the thing, you know you need to work on your finances…. but you just keep kicking the idea under the rug.
I get it! When you finally find the time and energy to sit down to work on your money situation, you immediately find yourself buried in information.
And by the time you decide, you’re browsing Instagram or Facebook and there’s no hope of getting any of these things done.
Sound familiar? That’s okay because it happens to everyone.
Everyone faces the same challenges. Finding the time, knowing what to do, and doing it.
Let’s start with a few baby steps to get you some momentum.
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You may not think your credit score is important for your long-term goals, but it is. Your credit score alone can save you a ton of money.
Nearly 30% of people have an error on their credit report but don’t know it.
A bad credit score is the fastest way to get the highest-interest rates on big purchases. If you’re thinking about buying a house anytime soon, this one thing alone could save you over $100,000 over the lifetime of your mortgage loan.
The thing is, nobody likes the thought of checking their credit score… BUT, it’s the one thing you can do right now that can impact your future in a big way.
So, grab your cuppa, open a new tab, and head on over to a free site like Credit Sesame so you can check your score before you make your next big purchase.
2. $tart Investing Spare Change Digitally
We’re pretty much obsessed with Acorns (and not just because you get $5 for signing up). How do you invest spare change digitally? You know when you pay cash, and you get your change back? It’s just like that except when you pay with your debit or credit card, the leftover change you get back is put away in an investment account.
Acorns is a simple way to invest spare change digitally. You know when you pay cash, and you get your change back? It’s just like that except when you pay with your debit or credit card, the leftover change you get back is put away in a safe investment account.
With a free mobile app like Acorns, you can round up your purchases on debit or credit cards and automatically put it in a savings account automatically.
Let’s break this down. Say you connect your debit card and make a purchase for 9.95. The free app Acorns would round up your purchase and set aside 5 cents into an account automatically.
To get your free $5 bonus:
- Click this link and click “Start now”
- Enter your information to create your account
You would be surprised at how quickly this adds up. It’s not going to make you a millionaire overnight but remember; these are baby steps :) It’s an easy way to set aside money without even missing it.
3. $tart Your $ide Hustle
There’s plenty of ways you can earn extra money but how many of them can you do right now? I’ve got four ideas.
+ Swagbucks: They are famous for rewarding their members with free money (which are called SB’s) just for being apart of their network. You can join for free, and you’ll get a $5 bonus just for taking your first survey. Not bad for a few minutes of your time. You’ll be able to redeem your SB’s for real-world money through Paypal or gift cards to any number of retail outlets like Amazon and Wal-Mart. One reader used his SB’s and saved up points just to buy Christmas presents for his family. Great idea!
+ Ebates: This awesome website basically lets you earn while you shop online. You’ll get points for each purchase you make and they can add up quick. It’s worth setting up an account!
+ InboxDollars: You can earn up to $225 per month to watch videos online. Seriously! How it works is brands sponsor videos that they need see. They want as many people as possible to watch their videos. Each time you watch an ad, you’ll earn a cash credit in your account. The impressive thing is that you get $5 just for signing up.
+ Uber & Lyft: While this isn’t something you can do right this second, it’s an easy way to earn up to $1,200/month. I drove for Uber & Lyft for one month and earned on average $18/hour. The great thing is, it was all on the weekends. No days or weeknight driving. You can get a $175 signup bonus from Uber by using this link once you reach 30 rides. Just click this link to sign up. You can also sign up for Lyft and get some bonuses up to $500. I would sign up for both and run the apps at the same time while you’re driving to maximize your rides. Sign up for Lyft by clicking here.
4. Get A Better Student Loan Interest Rate in 3 Mins
This step could substantially lower your student loan payments and save you money each month.
Most of us are drowning in student loan debt. If you do have debt, you may want to consider refinancing it through a third party lender.
In the past, this has been complicated and difficult to do. A good resource for refinancing your student loans is LendEdu. LendEdu helps you find the lowest interest rate to meet your needs. It only takes a few minutes to set up to see rates completely free.
LendEdu saves people on average $13,676 over the lifetime of their loan if they decide to refinance with a new lender. You can compare interest rates from several lenders completely free by answering 10 questions. In the end, if you choose not to go through with anything, there is no obligation on your end.
7. Start Investing Money The Simple Way
There are a lot of cool apps when it comes to investing but none like the Robinhood app.
Robinhood is an easy to use app that understands that not everyone wants to get a masters degree to learn how to investing. The app is available for both Android and Apple and is straightforward and fun to use. The great thing is you don’t have to have a lot of cash, just the amount you want to buy a stock with.
In fact, you can get a free share of stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint for free when you join.
Once you get your account, you can get another free share of stock by recommending it to your friends. To claim your bonus, click here.
8. Trim Your Excess Expenses
Are you still paying for Netflix, even though you use your roommate’s account now? Or paying for Spotify Premium — but always using Pandora instead?
You’d be surprised how easily those recurring expenses can slip your mind! They can add up and eat away at your bottom line throughout the year.
You can use the new (free) iOS app Trim to find your forgotten subscriptions and cancel them.
The app can help you cut spending other ways, too, by negotiating with your service providers to lower your monthly bills. Plus, it tracks your spending, so you’ll see what habits might be blowing your budget.
With your expenses under control, the app also lets you set up an automated savings account, to set aside a few dollars every week or month toward your savings goals.
To connect your accounts and find your wasteful expenses this week, download Trim for iOS.
10. De-Clutter & Sell Your Stuff
A great way to boost your savings and earn some money on the weekends is to sell your stuff that you don’t use. When we paid off $50,000 of student loans, this helped us do it.
Our rule was that any piece of clothing or household item that we didn’t use in the past year, we sold. Clear your closet and get rid of those old movies and video games that you don’t need anymore!
Do you really need to hang onto that old Christmas sweater grandma gave you 5 years ago? Nope. She’ll never know!
There’s a great app called Decluttr that makes this easy. Decluttr is a lot easier than selling through other places like Ebay and Craigslist although those are options.
Declutter lets you unload all your old images at once, send your stuff to Decluttr for free and get paid cash within a day, once they accept your order.
You can also sell your old college textbooks while you’re at it with BookScouter. You can find the best-paying buyback companies with one click. Just enter the ISBN and off you go.
With most companies offering prepaid shipping you have nothing to loose. You’ll be receiving money in your Paypal account in no time.
11. Begin Tracking Your Net Worth
Now that you know your credit score and you have a few tools in your financial toolbox, it’s time to put everything in one place so you can keep track of your financial progress.
Start by tracking your accounts all in one place with Personal Capital.
Personal Capital can help you manage all your credit, debit, and loans in one place without really thinking about it. We loved tracking our net worth while paying off our $50,000 of debt.
To set up an account, just connect your accounts, choosing the credit cards or loans you want to be listed, then go about spending money (smartly) as you always do and monitor your balances and net worth all in once place.
Personal Capital also has a retirement feature, so no matter what your goal, it makes it easy to see how you can reach it. The site tracks your accounts and you can see your spending broken down by each month. You’ll know what you spend the most on and how you can cut back if you want.
Personal Capital is our #1 tool that we recommend to help manage your finances like a pro, and it’s not just because it’s free. Click here to set up your free account.
Originally published at Your Money Your Freedom.


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Hey there, fellow wanderers and travel enthusiasts! If you’re passionate about exploring the world, immersing yourself in different cultures, and capturing unforgettable moments, then you know the power of sharing your travel experiences with others.
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Share your adventures, ignite wanderlust, and let your voice be heard on Nomadic Wizard, one of the best travel blogs in the world! Together, let’s weave a tapestry of travel tales that inspire and connect us all.

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Quick, read the article in the link!!!!!http://www.totallylegitnewstoriesiswear ... eboot.html
If you're too lazy to read, or if you're too dumb to get the link to work (one may need to add or subtract a few letters from that url) I will post here the juiciest bit from the article.
Truthful Tom wrote:
Disney have just announced that they will remake the original "Saludos Amigos" as a massive live-action project spanning four, four-hour films, each one an adaptation of each seven-minute segment of the original Saludos Amigos. No CGI will be used. Instead, the film-makers will opt for practical and optical effects to recreate Saludos' cartoony aesthetic in a three-dimensional, realistic way. Peter Jackson will direct, and has already insisted on shooting all four movies in 1607 fps, though that number could possibly decrease to 5 if Disney decide the films are costing more than they will potentially recoup. So far we have information on the first two films in the pipeline.
Donald Duck at Lake Titicaca will star a real-life duck named Josephine, as Donald. Josephine is really keen, and the film-makers reckon the only snag in the plan is that being female, the duck - as Donald - may lay an occassional egg on camera. Oh well ... nothing the special effects artists can't remove.
I have been told Pedro the airplane will be played by modest-sized aircraft.
Oh yes, and as an homage to the original film, each of the new motion pictures will be bookended by hand-drawn animated footage *gasp* of the WDAS crew at a South American beach.
The following are promotional stills showing what the finished films will look like. Here we can see Donald Duck at Lake Titicaca, Pedro, as well as an exclusive look at the state-of-the-art hand-drawn animation that will be ... subcontracted to South Korea.
I can't wait!


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This exhibit celebrates Black History Month by including a wide variety of Black music, theatre and dance. Spirituals, jazz, rap, traditional West African performances, hip-hop, folk music and opera are just some of the subjects included.
In addition to celebrating Black History Month, this exhibit supplements The 1619 Project
by The New York Times Magazine. August 2019 marked the 400th anniversary of Black slaves arriving to America. The University of Illinois Press Blog recommends a number of titles, included at this link

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It figures idiots from NYC would think "profiting" off the deaths of American citizens would be alright. Our pathetic leaders in this country are dispicable and care more about enriching themselves than about 'protecting' and 'preventing' more terrorist attacks on American citizens. I will NEVER purchase one item or even 'pay' to get in to that place. It is NOT a memorial; it's a money-making scheme from the lowest level of parasites!
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get a life, troll
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Not intelligently 'commenting' on the article or even 'reading' the article, but only slithering into this article like a real troll, parasite, or unintelligent liberal demonizing 'child' like most are....does 'nothing' to make you look smart nor even in the slightest way an adult....thanks for always proving my words TRUE! (Guess we could give you some credit for being capable of counting to at least the number 9.) Or maybe not. Someone else probably types it for you.
I guess the real 'troll' has no problem with those people who PROFIT off others....mmm..thought liberals hated corporations/wealthy people/and all that garbage. Oh forgot...it's only bad if it's not "them" profitting off of others. And you all wonder why democrats are LOSING elections.
Capito is already double digits ahead of Tennant too by the way. Three polls show WV is NOT voting for democrats in November. I guess that's why trolls are getting so weepy/crying/sobbing...
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I thought the left had 'compassion?' Only for themselves. It's always about them. No one is going to purchase these items. It's disgusting but then again so aren't these corrupt lefties in office today.
Democrats and liberal media like this one don't like intelligent thinking citizens. We know what they think we don't.
Operation Choke Point is just one of many tyrannical stunts that Obama/democrats are pulling. Too bad we know what they're up to and they're being voted out of office each primary election right now.
They see the writing on the wall.
We aren't going to tolerate the fools much longer....after November, we will start our Fundamental RESTORATION to undo the tyrannts' Fundamental Transformation of Idiocy and fools!!
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI began a week-long spiritual retreat out of the public eye today ahead of his resignation, with the cardinal leading the prayers saying he hoped they would be an oasis.
The pope will remain in the Vatican with some of his closest aides for the traditional pre-Easter retreat and will only take a short break each day to meet with his secretary Georg Gaenswein to deal with urgent Church matters.
He will be praying together with the Roman Curia — effectively the government of the Catholic Church — in a private chapel in his residence.
The Vatican’s culture minister, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi — seen as a possible long-shot candidate for the papacy — has been selected to lead the retreat this year and has written 17 spiritual meditations for the week.
Ravasi said in an interview with Vatican radio before the beginning of the retreat that the pope wanted it himself and he did not cancel.
Benedict will formally step down as pope on February 28 at 1900 GMT.


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“I get to thinking, back in the day, these men dug it all by what we call pico y pala — pickaxe and shovel,” Martinez, 76, told me when I visited recently.But in a region where some water rights have been sold to the highest bidder and private gain is sometimes prioritized over collective well-being, acequias remain a powerful antidote to the forces threatening rural communities — a way of valuing local resources beyond their dollar amount and a catalyst for sharing them in times of scarcity.During dry years, acequias work to ensure that everyone weathers the shortages equitably; occasionally, Jose has opted to forego his water entirely when he sees no prospect of a decent crop, so that other parciantes can have more.THAT COMMUNAL MINDSET originates in part from the families who arrived in the southern San Luis Valley in the mid 19th century to settle the one-million-acre Sangre de Cristo Land Grant.The land grant was eventually sold, but its subsequent owners honored the historical rights of local families to access La Sierra.Growing up, Jose Martinez remembers how families built cellars to store the vegetables grown on the land nourished by the acequias, as well as meat from deer and elk hunted in La Sierra — food that would last them the winter.That all changed in 1960, when John Taylor, a North Carolina timber baron, bought 77,500 acres of La Sierra, renaming it the Cielo Vista Ranch and closing it off to the local community to create a logging operation.Poorly constructed roads created erosion, reducing the amount of water that flowed from the mountains into the acequias, according to area residents.The ensuing legal battle lasted 40 years, fought by generations of the same families and leading to an April 2003 Colorado Supreme Court ruling, Lobato v. Taylor.Every spring, acequia communities gather for an annual ritual called La Limpieza to clean the ditch in preparation for the irrigation season.Harrison’s ranch hands have intimidated and harassed local people who tried to access the property, according to court filings and residents — despite the legal rulings affirming the rights of the land grant heirs.With the threat of a violent confrontation growing, Jose and Junita’s children told their father they don’t want him going up onto the ranch alone to collect firewood, which he, like many locals, uses to heat their home.In an email, Harrison, through his lawyer, wrote that he believes that a few “bad apples” have abused those rights on occasion, illegally hunting, joy-riding ATVs and sneaking onto the property to fish.“Some of those places look like ghost towns because of that,” said Peter Nichols, a lawyer with the Acequia Project, a pro-bono legal assistance program supported by the University of Colorado Boulder Law School.“It’s messy because there are human relationships involved, and anytime you have a community that goes back multiple generations, there are going to be grudges and things that have happened that they’re going to bring into those situations,” Parmar said.Jose began growing alfalfa on his family’s eight acres again, and a few years ago, two of the girls bought the lots on either side of their parents, where they hope to one day build their own homes.
Flower-sprinkled salads can keep the summery months going as we head into fall, and when winter rolls around, cultivate those blossoms for some steamy infused teas! .
Heart J Learning Center offers offsite workshop for home vegetable
On April 18, Heart J Center for Experiential Learning will partner with Sunspot Urban Farms, in Fort Collins, to offer a workshop for local home gardeners interested in increasing their yield and decreasing their stress by recruiting their best ally — Mother Nature.“Get The Most from your Summer Garden: Working with Nature for a Happy, Productive Season” is Heart J’s first offsite offering, to be held at Sunspot Urban Farm’s location just north of the Colorado State University campus.The all-day workshop will teach techniques for improving soil health for better nutrient content while discouraging pests and disease; composting, raised beds, successional planting, season extension, espalier orcharding, drip irrigation, seedling starts, transplanting, scheduling and foliar sprays. .
Edible plant or part of a plant, involved in cooking.Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food.The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds.Depending on the type of vegetable concerned, harvesting the crop is followed by grading, storing, processing, and marketing.Vegetables can be eaten either raw or cooked and play an important role in human nutrition, being mostly low in fat and carbohydrates, but high in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber.The meaning of "vegetable" as a "plant grown for food" was not established until the 18th century. In 1767, the word was specifically used to mean a "plant cultivated for food, an edible herb or root".As an adjective, the word vegetable is used in scientific and technical contexts with a different and much broader meaning, namely of "related to plants" in general, edible or not—as in vegetable matter, vegetable kingdom, vegetable origin, etc.The exact definition of "vegetable" may vary simply because of the many parts of a plant consumed as food worldwide—roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. A more precise definition is "any plant part consumed for food that is not a fruit or seed, but including mature fruits that are eaten as part of a main meal"."Fruit" has a precise botanical meaning, being a part that developed from the ovary of a flowering plant.The question of whether the tomato is a fruit or a vegetable found its way into the United States Supreme Court in 1893.Throughout recorded history, the rich have been able to afford a varied diet including meat, vegetables and fruit, but for poor people, meat was a luxury and the food they ate was very dull, typically comprising mainly some staple product made from rice, rye, barley, wheat, millet or maize.The addition of vegetable matter provided some variety to the diet.The vegetables grown included onions, garlic, cabbages, melons, and lentils. In Ancient Rome, a thick porridge was made of emmer wheat or beans, accompanied by green vegetables but little meat, and fish was not esteemed.a b c d Sum of production of dry and green vegetables.The USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends consuming five to nine servings of fruit and vegetables daily.Japan, for example, recommends the consumption of five to six servings of vegetables daily. In India, the daily recommendation for adults is 275 grams (9.7 oz) of vegetables per day.Production.Cultivation.Vegetables have been part of the human diet from time immemorial.Whatever system is used for growing crops, cultivation follows a similar pattern; preparation of the soil by loosening it, removing or burying weeds, and adding organic manures or fertilisers; sowing seeds or planting young plants; tending the crop while it grows to reduce weed competition, control pests, and provide sufficient water; harvesting the crop when it is ready; sorting, storing, and marketing the crop or eating it fresh from the ground.Harvesting.Harvesting beetroot in the United Kingdom.Harvesting root vegetables when they are fully mature improves their storage life, but alternatively, these root crops can be left in the ground and harvested over an extended period.Before marketing or storage, grading needs to be done to remove damaged goods and select produce according to its quality, size, ripeness, and color.Storage.A large proportion of vegetables and perishable foods are lost after harvest during the storage period.Storage can be short-term or long-term.If refrigerated storage is not available, the priority for most crops is to store high-quality produce, to maintain a high humidity level, and to keep the produce in the shade.The objective of preserving vegetables is to extend their availability for consumption or marketing purposes.The aim is to harvest the food at its maximum state of palatability and nutritional value, and preserve these qualities for an extended period. Canning and freezing are the most commonly used techniques, and vegetables preserved by these methods are generally similar in nutritional value to comparable fresh products with regards to carotenoids, vitamin E, minerals.Canning is a process during which the enzymes in vegetables are deactivated and the micro-organisms present killed by heat.Freezing vegetables and maintaining their temperature at below −10 °C (14 °F) will prevent their spoilage for a short period, whereas a temperature of −18 °C (0 °F) is required for longer-term storage. The dried produce must be prevented from reabsorbing moisture during storage.High levels of both sugar and salt can preserve food by preventing micro-organisms from growing.India, the United States, Turkey, Iran, and Egypt were the next largest producers.(890 lb/acre) Production. .


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Deogarh Admin Intervene, Stop Child Marriage
Deogarh: Acting swiftly on a tip-off, the district administration here managed to foil a child marriage at Ghurudukhman village of Vijayanagar gram panchayat under Deogarh police limits.
According to available information, a 17-year-old girl from the village was scheduled to get married today.
On receiving information, police along with the childline officials raided the marriage venue and rescued the minor girl. After checking the girl’s documents, the official got to know that the minor is 17-year 2 months old.
The officials explained the matter to the groom and the bride that the marriage was illegal. However, they finally agreed to postpone the marriage for the next 10 months (until the minor was 18 years old).
Under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, the marriage of a boy below 21 years of age and a girl below 18 is an offence.

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