- You can clone a hard drive to make a duplicate that you can use to replace a failed drive or get a new computer up and running quickly.
- Windows can't clone a hard drive automatically, but there are free and paid commercial programs that make the process easy.
- You can clone any hard drive — the system drive, a data drive, and both SSDs and HDDs.
Backup software is a good insurance policy against catastrophe — a failed drive or crippling malware, for example. But a clone of your hard drive — a duplicate of the drive in its entirety — has a lot of advantages as well. For example, if your primary hard drive fails or you are upgrading to a new PC, having a cloned drive means you can get up and running just by swapping in the backup. In fact, a good strategy for some users is to maintain both an incremental backup using backup software and a frequently updated cloned drive.
One important caveat: While you can clone a system ("C") drive, it's only useful in the exact same computer. Because of the way Windows works, you can't clone a system drive and insert it in a new computer with different hardware components. You can clone and use a data drive (such as a "D" drive) in a new PC, though.
How to clone a hard drive
To begin, you will need a second drive that is at least as big as the content on the drive you want to copy. It can be mounted internally in your computer or an external drive connected via USB.
You will also need a program capable of cloning your hard drive because Windows does not have the ability to do this automatically. You can use a free program like Macrium Reflect, which is reliable and easy to use, or a commercial program like Casper, which you can license for $49.95. The specific process for cloning your drive varies depending on the program you use, but we'll use Macrium as an example.
1. Start Macrium Reflect. You'll see a list of all your drives.
2. Find the drive you want to clone and then click "Clone this disk…" under the drive.
3. In the pop-up window, click "Select a disk to clone to…" and choose the destination drive you want to use to make the clone.
4. Click "Next" and then click "OK" to start the cloning process.
It will take a while to create the clone, depending on how much data is stored on the drive. When it's done, you will have an exact duplicate you can use to restore or set up a new PC.
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They’re talking about the Halloween slasher movie that was released in 1978 in America, with John Carpenter as the director and Debra Hill as a co-writer. The main stars of the film were Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence. The main character is called Michael Myers, and he kills his sister during the Halloween of 1963, event though he is just six years old at the time. Fifteen years after the fact, he comes back to the fictional town of Haddonfield, where this all began, to keep killing.
The Halloween film had a tiny budget, of just $300,000, yet at the box office it got $47 million just in the United States, plus another $23 million worldwide. It proved so successful that there were another nine films released in the series.
Even now, after almost 40 years, Halloween remains a favorite for critics and viewers alike. It’s an important production for the history and culture of the United States, and so it was chosen to be preserved in the Library of Congress.
Microgaming’s Games Publisher, David Reynolds, says that this film is one of the true classic titles, based on which modern horror movies have evolved. The influence of this movie on the genre was huge, and so the team from Microgaming is excited to be able to work with it. The slot machine will be launched later in 2017 and the developer team is already working on it.
On the other side, the holders of the license mentioned that they’re excited about the opportunity of working with Microgaming, so that Halloween can be brought in front of the fans once again, through another method.
According to Microgaming, the slot machine, when released later in 2017, will feature the original soundtrack and the characters from the film.

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|Other Titles:||The Development of a Text Leveling Framework|
National Taiwan Normal University
In this study, reading theories and traditional text leveling systems were integrated and a text leveling framework comprising five aspects (i.e., print features, language and literary features, text structure, content, and diversity), 17 criteria, and 58 indicators was developed. Subsequently, 25 experts in the reading research and reading education fields were invited to assess the importance of these aspects, criteria, and indicators to text leveling. Data were analyzed using the analytic hierarchy process. The results show that content was the most critical aspect influencing text comprehensibility, followed by language and literary features, text structure, diversity, and print features. Overall, the five indicators in this framework with the highest global weight were truthfulness, consistency of perspective, number of perspectives, depth of concepts, and popular culture. Text length exhibited the lowest global weight. The text leveling framework established in this study includes all the major dimensions affecting comprehension and, through objectively quantifying the importance of leveling indicators, provides highly comprehensive text leveling.
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Testo Through Times Part 1
J Ax: "Sono diventato tutto quello che odiavo"
Winter numbs my mind Winds of sorrow pass Right in front of my eyes I can feel the coldness of time All alone I walk By this horrid sight When will I free myself From this burden, slaving my mind? Understand this cruel life at last Why I'm not among the stars In a moment of lust, when the key was in love I decided to play every part If I were able to go back in time I'd surely find my home there
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Magical storytellers Leif and Inger Stinnerbom live in a beautiful estate in the middle of Fryksdalen in Värmland. The house can be dated back to the 1500’s and is a meeting place for many cultural personalities, actors and musicians. At their kitchen table, most things are discussed.
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The folk music was what brought them together and they spent time in musician circles. Leif played the violin, and Inger danced and sung. Time passed and they moved to Göteborg, where Leif studied. And in Göteborg, their son Magnus was born. But they wanted to come back to Värmland and to the folk music.
– I grew up with this music, and people always played at home. Music was easy to me. It was very undramatic and simple, says Magnus.
He went to the municipal music school and played in his own bands. At the upper secondary school in Karlstad, he met Sophia for the first time. They became good friends and were a couple on and off.
When Magnus got the chance of recording a demo together with a friend, it resulted in a record deal. That was his springboard out in the world.
Sophia continued to study folk music on a higher level, and Magnus played with the famous folk music rockers Hedningarna. He got to experience a life on the road with world tours and had to get used to being a celebrity all of sudden.
During this time, Leif and Inger were involved in the Västanå Theatre, in that time located in Ransäter. Leif was an artistic leader and Inger a costume assistant. Västanå soon became famous for its peculiar storytelling, the beautiful costumes and the particular music.
Not until they moved the theatre to the Berättarladan in Sunne, they were really noticed. What would be Sweden’s biggest summer theatre began to grow. Under Leif’s direction, several of Selma Lagerlöf’s stories and Shakespeare’s classics were produced. In the summer of 2012, Västanå Theatre will set up Molière’s The Misanthrope.
– I haven’t really decided what I want with the costumes yet, Inger says. I often get inspired of the music and its tone; is it dark and heavy, or should it be light and easy? Inger takes from the history of the folk costume and she finds inspiration from all corners of the world.
She has been awarded several times for her costumes during the years and they are an experience themselves. Everyone in the family has been working with the theatre in one way or another.
Magnus quit playing with Hedningarna in 2007 and has since then been in charge of the music, and he composes everything for the theatre. Sophia played in different groups all around the Nordic countries before she was hired as a musician and played many summers in the barn. Everyone’s personality is important and it contributes to what has given the theatre its special expression.


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G | | Animation, Short, Comedy
Christopher Robin's bear attempts to raid a beehive in a tall tree.
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
The Tigger Movie
Piglet's Big Movie
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
Posters from the initial release include pictures of Piglet and Tigger, who wouldn't appear until the next short, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968). The design for Tigger is closer to the original Ernest Shepard illustrations than the final design used on screen.
Winnie the Pooh:
Oh, bother. Empty again. Only the sticky part's left.
In the scene where Pooh is stuck in Rabbit's hole, Christopher Robin's socks (short/long) change sides between shots.
See what the IMDb editors are excited to watch in October, check out our guide to Fall TV, video games, and more.


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Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh presided over a review meeting of the Urban Administration Department at his official residence.
The officials presented a detailed analysis of the State and Union Government schemes for the development of cities and towns.
Urban Administration Minister Mr. Amar Agrawal, Chief Secretary Mr. Ajay Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Aman Kumar Singh, Urban Administration Department Secretary Dr. Rohit Yadav and other senior officials attended the meeting.
The officers informed the meeting yesterday that Union Government had sanctioned proposals worth Rs 2193 crore under the ‘ ‘Amrut Mission’ for the duration of 2015-2016 to 2019-2020 years.
The schemes covered 9 cities- Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai, Rajnandgaon, Ambikapur, Jagdalpur, Raigarh and Korba.
The target is to complete all the developmental works by March 2020. Most of the sanctioned amount (78 per cent) is being spent on water distribution project, 20 per cent on sewerage management.
Around 176 schemes had been sanctioned for the towns and cities. All the developmental works will be completed by 2020.
The drinking water works are in various stages of development. About 3.17 lakh private toilets had been constructed against a target of 3.25 lakh toilets in 168 urban bodies under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
Chhattisgarh bagged the Third Best ‘Swachhtam’ award in January-February 2018. Under the Innovative Practices category Ambikapur bagged the top spot.
The meeting was informed that 1.65 lakh houses had been built against a target of 3 lakh houses under the Prime Minister Housing Project.
About 46 thousand houses are under various stages of construction. The highway road towards the airport is being laid at brisk pace.
The hi-tech bus stand at Rajnandgaon will be completed by September-end. Director of Urban Administration Department Mr. Niranjan Das and senior officers of various departments were also present during the review meeting.>

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Located 55 miles (89 kilometers) from Westerhever, Langen is adored by travelers. Head to this locality to access Zoo at the Sea and the River Weser Dyke Promenade, two fantastic attractions you won't quickly forget. Imsum is another destination to keep in mind. It's only 55 miles (89 kilometers) away. If you make the trip here, nearby attractions including the National German Maritime Museum and the Wilhelm Bauer Submarine Museum should certainly be on your list.
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DDS256 MINI TYPE SINGLE PHASE ELECTRONIC MULTI-RATE DIN-RAIL ACTIVE ENERGY METER is a kind of single phase two wire three tariffs (time-sharing billing)active energy meter, the meter completely accord with relevant technical requirements of class 1 single phase active energy meter stipulated in international standard IEC 62053-21. It can accurate and directly measure 50Hz or 60Hz active energy consumption from single phase AC electricity net. This meter has seven digits LCD displays shows various consumption data and information. And there are far infrared and RS485 communication module in it. It is use for setting and
Reading the meter. Contact with all kind of AMR system conveniently. It has following features: Good reliability, small volume, light weight, specious nice appearance, convenient installation, etc.Functions and features
*35mm standard DIN rail installation, complying with standard DIN EN50022. Or front board installed (mounting holes center distance 63 mm), users can choose any one by themselves.
*Have three tariffs, may select 12 daily period of times. You can set the date arbitrary which can automatic read the meter every month. May select single tariff function in weekend. (Please specified when ordering)
*There are a clock and Maintenance-free backup lithium batteries in it. Battery capacity detection and display all the time. It can keep the electricity data for 12 months. The data can be kept forever after blackout.
*May select cycle display (default) or push the button itemized display, it can display 14 data at most. Can select the data which displayed. The decimal median which displayed can choose set one or two.
*A port of pulse output passive (polarity), complying with standard IEC 62053-31.
*There are far infrared and a port of RS485 or MODBUS communication data. It is use for setting and reading the meter. Set and operation have password protection, communication agreement complying with standard DL/T645-1997.
*Single direction measure single phase two wire active energy consumption. It is nothing with direction of the flow of load current. Complying with standard IEC 62053-21.
*Standard configuration type S wiring (Inlet from bottom, outlet from top) for direct connect operation, we can also choose another type of wiring, and use CT (Product Configuration code is AN) and PT & CT (Product Configuration code is AP) for operation.
*Standard configuration short terminals cover, may select extension terminals cover, in order to protect to use safety. (Product Configuration code is AM).Technical parameters
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Freedom to Regret
Scholar criticizes wartime threats to Bill of Rights
Freedom of speech has been cited to protect myriad social actions throughout U.S. history,
from the right ro read what you have in your
hands and the right to burn a flag in demon-
stration to the right to give a candidate a
campaign donation. But if there's one conunon
instance when freedom of speech fails, it's
wartime. In an era ofcom.bat, sometimes your
very right to be who you are is threatened.
Throughout its history, the United States has
forgone tolerance and failed to protect civil
liberties while at war or when national securi-
ty is threatened - that's the essence of Daniel
Pollitt's view, which he shared during a
Carolina College for Lifelong Learning pro-
gram in February.
"In times of war, tolerance is a thing of the
past," said Pollitt, Kenan Professor of Law
Emeritus. "We have a crisis, and we forget
about the Bill of Rigbts."
Pollitt led the audience through a historical
tour of occasions when civil liberties and free
speech came in conflict with national security,
beginning with the Alien and Sedition Act of
The act, which was passed while the French
and English were at war, raised residency
requirements for citizenship and allowed
President John Adams to arrest, detain or
deport citizens of hostile nations at his discre-
tion if the United States were at war.
"The act n'lade it illegal to circulate an
opinion that induced the belief that laws were
hostile to the Constitution," Pollitt said. "You
couldn't say anything favoring the French.
Any writing that defamed the president or an
office-holder was illegal."
The harslmess of the sedition laws backfired
on Adams and his Federalist supporters. Thomas
Jefferson defeated Adams in the presidential
election of 1800, pardoning everyone convict-
ed under the act. "Ever since that time, we've
been in agreement that the alien and sedition
laws were a blot upon our history;' Pollitt said.
But threats to civil liberties continued.
Thirty years after the sedition laws expired,
the United States was again in crisis - tills
time due to slavery. Abolitionists and support-
ers of slavery were in conflict."There was a
fear of slave rebellions," Pollitt said. "North
Carolina passed a law making it illegal to cir-
culate literature that had the tendency to cre-
ate unrest among the domestics."
After abolitionist printer Elijah Lovejoy's
printing presses repeatedly were destroyed in
1837, the conflict between abolitionists and
pro-slavery citizens changed. "Now tills was a
free-speech fight as well as a free-person
fight," Pollitt said.
South Carolina's secession from the Union
and the firing on Fort Sumter, S.c., both fol-
lowed shortly thereafter and led to another
civil-liberties crisis - the Civil War.
In violation of the Constitution, President
Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, a
common-law safeguard against unlawful impris-
onment. He declared martial law when Union
troops could not get to Washington, D.C., be-
cause protesters were destroying railroad bridges.
"What can you do?" Pollitt asked. "He had
a choice to protect the Constitution or the
country. But once you start down that road
ignoring the law, you don't know where you're
going to get. When you start abusing authority,
there's hardly any stopping place."
Both World Wars I and II led to linlitations
on civil liberties as well. The Espionage Act of
World War I made it illegal to intelfere with
the war effort, which led to more than 2,000
Fear of the Japanese after the attack on Pearl
Harbor led to the removal and internment of
Japanese from the U.S. West Coast to the inte-
rior during World War II."We regretted it
afterwards," Pollitt said. "It was a nllstake."
After World War II, the Cold War created a
fear of communism and led to inquiries into
communist activities of U.S. citizens.
Suspected professors were fired from almost
every college, according to Pollitt.
Regarding the post-Sept. 11 climate, Pollitt
criticized President Bush's executive order of
nlllitary tribunals for non-citizens suspected
of being dangerous to the United States.
"Bush ignores the law and ignores our prece-
dent. He ignores our past,"Pollitt said."Acts
that are crisis-driven that we take to protect
ourselves are hailed, but as time goes by, we
realize we shouldn't have done that." •
- Eliz abeth Spainhour

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We all have different tastes when it comes to headphone form factors. Some prefer in-ear monitors (IEMs) that go into your ear canal while others prefer a circumaural ear-cup which barely touches any part of your outer ear. And then there are folks who like their headphones to sit flush on top of their ears. We call these on-ear headphones and you can find them by the dozen. We’ve put together a list of popular on-ear headphones which have unique sound signatures of their own. Take your pick.
The Infinity Glide 500 has a very slim body but don’t let that fool you in any way. It sports a battery life of up to 20 hours when listening to music and up to 13 hours of talktime. It takes 2 hours to charge up the in-built 200 mAh battery and even sports speed (quick) charging for 10 minutes. The Volume buttons (+ and -), when pressed together allow you to switch from one equaliser setting to another making it quite convenient. Most other headphones with multiple audio profiles require that you use an app to switch between the profiles. Also, the Glide 500 supports Siri and Google Assistant.
Folks who like their bass to be punchy and deep would prefer headphones such as the JBL T460BT. JBL headphones with enhanced bass follow the JBL Pure Bass sound signature which has garnered its own little fan following. The T460BT is flat-folding so it doesn’t take up much space when you’ve nicely packed it away in your bag and all the controls are on the ear cups. It features 32mm dynamic drivers with an in-built battery that when fully-charged could last up to 11 hours with ease. The JBL T460BT uses Bluetooth 4.0 to connect.
The Skullcandy Cassette Wireless On-Ear Headphone is a good option for those looking for affordable wireless headphones with long battery life. These headphones have a claimed battery life of 22 hours, and also support rapid charge, with 2.5-hours worth of battery life stored in just 10 minutes of charging. The headphones use Bluetooth 5.0 to ensure a stable connection. The sound pressure level is 120-126dB, while the impedance is 30 Ohms ±15%, ensuring that you have a good audio experience.
The Sony WH-C510 has the longest battery life amongst all the headphones mentioned in this list. After charging for 4.5 hours, these headphones can provide up to 35 hours of music playback and if you’re running low, a quick charge of 10 minutes will net you an additional 90 minutes of music play time. The ear-cups swivel sideways so they take up very little space when you want to put them away. It uses Bluetooth 5.0 and supports profiles such as A2DP, AVRCP, HFP and HSP. What’s even better is that it has a USB Type-C port so you can probably use your smartphone’s charging cable and don’t need to carry around another cable just for the headphones.


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Petrobras’ CEO Pedro Parent and his counterpart at China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) will meet later this month in Brazil to discuss details of their partnership to build a refinery complex in Rio de Janeiro.
Venezuela’s long-term ally, China, said on Wednesday cooperation between the two countries, including financing, is “proceeding normally” and that it believes the South American nation can sort its problems out.
Crisis-stricken Venezuela announced on Wednesday the signing of a $3 billion debt refinancing deal with Russia, boosting its efforts to pay its external debt and avoid a sovereign default, Kallanish Energy reports.
Canadian-based, South American-focused oil and gas E&P company, Gran Tierra, said on Thursday it has entered into an agreement to sell its Peruvian business to U.S.’s PetroTal and Canada’s Sterling Resources, Kallanish Energy reports.
France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles, the renewable arm of EDF Group, completed grid connection of 350 megawatts of renewable capacity in Brazil through the Pirapora solar photovoltaic (PV) project and the Ventos da Bahia wind farm.
Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar power companies, and renewable firm EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) announced on Wednesday the commissioning of 284 megawatts (MW) of solar power generation in Brazil, Kallanish Energy learns.
The head of Bariven, a unit of Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA, was arrested this week, according to two sources and an internal message seen by Reuters, as a graft investigation within the OPEC member-country grows.


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Known for the stark beauty of its soaring mountains but also for its poverty and remoteness, Lesotho appears at first glance to have little to offer to Chinese migrants seeking their fortunes in Southern Africa. And yet, somehow even in this small landlocked country with virtually no natural resources other than water and modest deposits of diamonds, Chinese migrants can be found in every district. In some areas they can be found in every village, even in those without access to electricity or running water. These are the intrepid traders from China’s Fujian province, who against all odds can be found running shops in the most remote parts of the country. The obvious question is “how did they get there?”
The recent influx of Fujianese migrants to Lesotho is by no means an isolated instance of transnational mobility. It would be impossible to write a history of Mainland Chinese migration to Lesotho without referring to earlier flows of ‘pioneer migrants’ from Taiwan and Shanghai. In her study of Chinese communities in Zanzibar, Hsu identifies three distinct groups of Chinese on the island: government-sent teams, business people and an established community of overseas Chinese. Three similar communities can be found in Lesotho, each representing a different wave of Chinese migration.
The first Chinese community to settle in Lesotho arrived from Taiwan in the early 70s, during a period of warm diplomatic relations between Taipei and the newly independent right-wing government of Lesotho. Taiwan’s strategy of befriending young African nations at this time was part of its goal to win international support for its independence from the Mainland, which, by contrast, was in self-imposed diplomatic isolation. In addition to establishing relations with Lesotho following Lesotho’s independence from Britain in 1966, Taiwan actively built bridges with the apartheid regime in neighbouring South Africa, which – due to its pariah status – was equally eager to gain foreign political allies.
South Africa and Lesotho were early recipients of development assistance in the form of medical and agricultural teams sent by the Taiwan government. In most cases, the experts dispatched to Lesotho returned to Taiwan as soon as their mandated terms had elapsed, but a significant number stayed on in Lesotho to take advantage of perceived openings for business in the local economy. These early arrivals were pioneers in establishing informal supply chains between Lesotho and the Far East. Their model has been copied and modified by successive waves of Shanghainese and Fujianese migrants. Today there are few Taiwanese left in Lesotho who date back to the era of Taiwan’s aid diplomacy. The majority have either returned home or have moved on to destinations in Western Europe or North America.
The few remaining Taiwanese I spoke to in Lesotho were the first ‘Chinese’ traders to establish themselves in the local retail sector, alongside existing Indian merchants who had, in turn, partly displaced Western traders as the country’s main vendors of groceries and imported manufactured goods. The Taiwanese proved to be highly successful in business, quickly increasing their market share and even establishing their own Chamber of Commerce. Today there are fewer than 20 retail businesses in Lesotho owned by Taiwanese merchants. Those who have remained in Lesotho are the owners of large and successful wholesalers selling building materials, spare car parts and other manufactured goods sourced from Taiwan and Mainland China, either from importers based in South Africa or directly from suppliers in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taiwan.
The decline of Lesotho’s Taiwanese community was foreshadowed by a diplomatic caesura that saw Maseru establish relations with Beijing in April 1983, following a visit by the Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan to the Chinese Mainland in the same year. Jonathan’s decision to embrace Beijing was concordant with the prevailing government ideology of the time, which called for a move away from Taipei and its association with the apartheid regime in South Africa. However, this was only the beginning of a period of yo-yo relations between Maseru and the two Chinas.
The crackdown on protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 and the accompanying anti-China mood amongst China’s foreign partners gave Taiwan the opportunity it needed to reinvigorate its ‘checkbook diplomacy’ to gain friends in Africa. Following the military coup in Lesotho in 1986, the new government in Maseru swung back in April 1990, renewing ties with a munificent Taipei. The final twist came in 1993 with the election of the Basotholand Congress Party in Maseru, which restored relations with Beijing in January 1994.
As in the case of its earlier relationship with Taiwan, Lesotho’s political orientation during the late 80s and early 90s had a direct impact on migratory flows to the country. Beijing, like Taiwan before it, was keen to express its solidarity with African nations through technical assistance. As elsewhere in Africa, these projects helped initiate the earliest flows of migration to Lesotho from Mainland China. These ‘pioneer migrants’ were often members of teams of technical and medical experts sent as part of Chinese development assistance.
With branches in every Chinese province and at prefecture level, the Foreign Economic Liaison Ministry was responsible for organising and managing these overseas aid projects and played a crucial role in determining early migratory trajectories. Workers would be recruited in China by prefectural branches and then dispatched overseas to work on China’s aid projects, thus creating ‘agent chains’ which strongly resemble the structure of today’s commercialised labour migration chains. In most cases, members of these teams returned to China at the end of their contracted posting, but some found ways of remaining in Africa after their work was done. By far the most important contributor to the dramatic increase in Chinese migration to Lesotho in the 90s was the relaxation of China’s emigration policy from 1978 onwards when, following nearly three decades of government-imposed isolation, China once again opened its doors to the outside world.
Concurrent with the growth in numbers of arrivals to Lesotho from Mainland China was the decline in the number of Taiwanese living in the country. This was due in part to changes in Lesotho’s political orientation but also, importantly, to Taiwan’s rapid economic development, which began increasingly to provide incentives for settled Taiwanese in Lesotho to return home.
By the early 90s, the majority of Taiwanese remaining in Lesotho were involved in the country’s export-oriented textiles industry. During the late 80s, Lesotho’s government actively courted foreign investors in an attempt to draw more international businesses to the country. Textiles was one industry identified as a strategic growth area by the Lesotho government, with the Lesotho National Development Corporation, a government subsidiary, offering free utilities and pre-built factory shells to foreign investors in the garment sector.
At the same time, Lesotho was becoming an attractive destination for garment manufacturers because of its exemption from the Multi-Fibre Agreement, which from 1974 to 2004 enforced quotas limiting imports from developing countries to the U.S. and to Europe, except from those developing countries granted preferential access to these economies. Lesotho’s attractiveness to foreign investors improved yet further after 2000 with the passing of the Africa Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) in Washington, which significantly enhances US market access for a number of Sub-Saharan African countries Under these conditions, many Taiwanese and some Mainland investors undertook to move their assembly operations to Lesotho, so as to circumvent the quotas placed on garment exports from Taiwan and China.
Following nearly a decade of increased East Asian immigration into Lesotho (mostly Taiwanese) led by opportunities in the garment sector, local sentiment towards foreigners began to turn sour in the late 80s, as more and more Basotho began to express discontent with the foreigners’ perceived takeover of the country’s domestic retail market. Xenophobic sentiment boiled over in 1991 when a local woman was accused of shoplifting and beaten to death by a shop guard in a South African owned store. This event sparked a series of riots and attacks on foreign owned businesses, accompanied by widespread looting. Workers in the Taiwanese owned factories organised and participated in strikes against their managers, accusing the government of prioritising foreign investment at the expense of local welfare. This provoked an exodus of Taiwanese manufacturers, many of whom, given the mobile nature of the textiles industry, moved their operations across the border into South Africa or to Southeast Asia.
In the wake of the 1991 unrest, Taiwanese factory owners and traders in Lesotho increasingly found themselves in need of new managers and administrators to help run their businesses. In most cases, bosses were reluctant to employ local Basotho, either because they were not qualified or not trusted as employees. The shortage of Mandarin-speaking administrative staff was compounded by the fact that, owing to Taiwan’s economic takeoff, proprietors could no longer offer attractive salaries to tempt skilled labour from Taiwan. This scarcity of cheap Chinese labour prompted the Taiwanese to begin recruiting skilled labour from the Chinese Mainland.
The first to take advantage of these vacancies were skilled workers from Shanghai. The majority were recruited through private labour agencies in Shanghai to fill positions in garment factories owned by Taiwanese and Shanghainese multinationals. I met one of these early migrants in Maseru, a Shanghainese medical expert by the name of Dr. Huang.
Dr. Huang was invited to Maseru in 1988 the owners of the Shanghainese ‘Bright Garment’ plant, to investigate a mysterious sickness that had afflicted their workers. Having identified the disease as hepatitis and having served his term at ‘Bright Garment’, Dr. Huang chose to stay on in Lesotho, establishing his own practice in a shopping mall in Maseru. The majority of the Shanghainese I met in Lesotho had similar stories to tell. Although mostly recruited on short-term contracts to work in Taiwanese owned factories, many – like Dr. Huang – chose to stay on in Lesotho, buying up shops and small businesses that had originally been owned by Taiwanese proprietors.
Nowadays, there are few Shanghai Chinese in Lesotho who hark back to that era. My respondents explained to me that most moved on two to three years ago because they felt that doing business in Lesotho had become too difficult. Some complained that the 2008 economic crisis had severely diminished the purchasing power of local consumers and increased commodity prices, thus limiting the profitability of sales of goods imported from China. Others felt that they could no longer compete in a market that had become crowded by Fujianese competitors willing to operate under increasingly slim profit margins. Of those who remain, the majority are involved in running clothing outlets, selling low-end garments sourced directly from Shanghai or from Chinese wholesalers in Johannesburg and Durban.
To answer the question of how successive groups of Chinese migrants have ended up halfway across the world running shops in Lesotho’s mountains, one needs to consider Lesotho’s economic situation and national policies in relation to those of Taiwan and Mainland China over the last forty years. The impact of national policies on the volume of migratory flows at different points in Lesotho’s history attests to the continued importance of the nation state as a determinant of transnational mobility, even in a globalised world. However, periphery-to-periphery migration through non-governmental channels – as seen in the case of Chinese migrants to Lesotho – can only be sustained when the sending area occupies a relatively marginalised place in the global economy, as was the case of Taiwan until the 1970s and Shanghai until the 1990s. This contingency contributes to the unsustainability of migratory cycles. As soon as conditions improve at home, Chinese migrants are likely to leave, creating a vacuum to be filled by migrants from elsewhere in the global periphery.
In my next blog article, I will be looking in depth at the latest wave of Chinese migration to Lesotho from Fujian province. I will be searching for the reasons why Fujianese migrants leave home and, of all places, choose to settle in Lesotho. I will also be asking how they manage to make a living in parts of Lesotho where no local or foreigner has ever thought to set up a business. By answering these questions, I hope to share some of the unreported stories that characterise the most important facet of China’s engagement with Africa: the interactions between Chinese migrants and local Africans.
– Views expressed are entirely the author’s own unless stated otherwise –
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 The specifics of the Fujianese model will be discussed in a blog post at a later date.
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: Where friends unwind and yarn unravels
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DRIVING DIRECTIONS AND PARKING
Location: First United Methodist Church
200 Market Street
Warren, PA 16365
Coming from the East on Route 6: Pass the light at the intersection for Route 59. At the next stop light turn right and cross the Glade Bridge. You will turn left at the end of the bridge and be on Pennsylvania Avenue. Stay on Pennsylvania Avenue until you come to Market Street. Turn right on Market Street. The church will be on your right.
Coming from the West on Route 6: Take the Ludlow Street Exit and turn right onto Pennsylvania Avenue which is also Business 6. Do NOT turn when business 6 turns left, but STAY on Pennsylvania until you come to the THIRD stoplight, which is Market Street. Turn Left onto Market Street. The church will be on the right.
Parking for Vendors and Teachers: Parking is available on the north side of the church. You will need to go to Third Avenue and turn EAST off Market Street and then turn right off Third Avenue on to Watson Place. It looks like an alley and it runs right along the side of the First Lutheran Church parking lot. People should be there to assist you in bringing in your wares.
Parking for Participants: There is a mid-town parking lot one half block away from the church. Turn WEST onto Second Avenue. You will see the booth for the parking lot about halfway up the street. There is no parking fee on Saturday. Walk down Second Avenue and enter the church through the Second Street entrance. You will see signs to help you get to registration.


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Born in 1954 in Rawalpindi district’s Chakri village, ChaudhryNisar Ali Khan is an alumnus of Lahore’s prestigious Aitchison College. Considered a Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) heavyweight, he recently served as opposition leader in the National Assembly as well as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
Although he currently has no party post, Nisar is known for his assertiveness in the party’s affairs and has had differences with other PML-N leaders. Electoral history
Nisar has been elected an MNA seven times (in 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2002 and 2008) –from NA-52 (Rawalpindi-III) in 2002 and from NA-53 (Rawalpindi – IV) in 2008.
He has served as federal minister for petroleum and natural resources in PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif’s governments and was placed under house arrest after the 1999 coup staged by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
After the 2008 election, Nisar was made federal minister for food, agriculture and livestock. However, his tenure was short-lived due to PML-N’s decision to part ways with the ruling PPP. Later in September 2008, he was made leader of the opposition in the Parliament’s lower house when Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi resigned from the post.
Political misconduct and conspiracies
Nisar was criticised over the formation of an all PML-N opposition team in the eight-member parliamentary committee mandated to select a caretaker prime minister. He was also held responsible for the failure of the committee in evolving a consensus over a caretaker prime minister.
Despite portraying himself as anti-American and an opponent of US foreign policy after 9/11, a contradictory version of his views surfaced in a diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks in 2011.
The cable sent to Washington on September 19, 2008 said: “As always, Nisar insisted that he and the PML-N were pro-American (saying that his wife and children in fact are Americans).”
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The rapid expansion of the mobile casino industry can be attributed to the fact that more players are finding it easy and affordable to play casino games on their mobile phones. This means that mobile casinos are not just popular with gaming enthusiasts and regular players who want to have an easy and enjoyable way to play casino games. With more players becoming addicted to their smartphones, it is possible to wonder if there is a difference between traditional slot machines as well as mobile casinos. Are they even the same?
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Mobile slot games are based on the same principles as classic ones, with the sole difference being that they are governed by no rules or rules. Mobile slot games stop the reels if an individual wins. That means there won’t be any need to have an “line” or queue. The only thing a player must keep in mind when playing slots is that it is important to shut off your mobile when not in use.
This is different from the traditional gambling where gamers would require the use of a table or a chair for sitting on. Since the majority of mobile slots have no gaming tables, players can play the game in the comfort of their beds or any other available space. This allows for a higher participation rate, particularly among young gamers. With all these advantages, it is no surprise that gambling is becoming more popular among younger generations.
These gaming apps have been designed to be as easy to use and simple as possible by the developers. They have launched a broad range of software applications to increase the chances of winning huge jackpots. Moreover, they have offered customers a variety of deposit options – ranging from free money to real money deposits. Developers have also made sure to deposit by removing minimum withdrawal amounts, and setting up multiple bankroll limit. This is how gamblers have been able to boost their winnings and surpass their initial expectations.
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Is it just me or this whole season really...refining? Every few days(okay, minutes) it seems like something comes out in me that I don’t necessarily love. My patience is tested with each request for a new juice cup or different spoon, my creativity is stretched when my kids are bored by 10 a.m., and my … Continue reading A One-Line Prayer
I hope that reading through the Psalms is really showing you what a huge variety of songs/prayers these are. I know that I was always tempted to think of the Psalms as a particular kind of praise and worship hymn. The verses people memorize and sing tend to be that way. But as we read … Continue reading How Are You Feeling Today?
Has your view of God changed over the years? Not to sound judgey, but I hope so. Maybe he started, in your mind, like a magnanimous grandfather, then became Santa Claus-esque, then maybe a hard-nosed cop. Based on what we want and don’t want, do and don’t like, our views change. But, hopefully, as we … Continue reading Does God Change?
Many of these Psalms focus on David reflecting on his life. Even when hard and discouraging events come, we can trust that God will be faithful again! There is great benefit when we take time to see how God has worked in our life. May 18 - Psalm 36 Today’s Takeaways: Part of this Psalm … Continue reading Looking Back on the Things I’ve Done…
I'm sure you’re doing a lot of reading with your kids during these corona times so I thought I’d share a couple new books we’ve recently discovered. In my family we usually read Bible stories before bed and we have a pretty wide arsenal of editions when it comes to age level and translation. But … Continue reading Bible Belles
All but one of this week’s Psalms specifically say they were written by David. And, in this week of Psalms we will see a wide range of thoughts and feelings. David wants his enemies to get what’s coming to them but he also encourages all faithful people to praise God regularly. David pleas for God … Continue reading The Highs and Lows of David
Hello, Munger Kids! Last time I talked(okay, wrote) to you I shared my favorite Bible verse and the importance of memorizing scripture! Keeping with that same theme, I wanted to share a neat resource for memorizing scripture. It’s originally from Watermark Church and it's called ABC Memory Verses! Click here for the link! Wouldn’t it … Continue reading ABCs of Scripture


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There are not a lot of restaurants and things near by but it's pretty quiet which is a nice thing. It's clean and comfortable. We were definitely glad we chose this hotel, it is comparable to one we stayed at that was closer to the zoo, for at least $20 a night less.
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Located in the heart of the Highlands Ranch business park the Hilton Garden Inn Denver/Highlands Ranch hotel in Colorado …More
My wife and I only stayed 1 night but it was an experience that we will never forget. The staff was very nice and professional. We were greeted with a smile and great attitude. We will stay here everytime we go to Denver from now on. In fact, we enjoyed it so much that we will look for this hotel everywhere we go.
I was getting leg surgery nearby and had to make night before reservations. I emailed the hotel and told them my situation and they responded quickly and assured me it would work just fine.
They went above and beyond to accommodate me and were very friendly and professional.
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This hotel, located 18 miles south of downtown Denver, is within a half-mile from Park Meadows Mall and Sky Venture …More
After a false start, we had a good stay. The first room we were sent to upon check in had not been cleaned yet. After an early start to our day, an early flight and long car ride, we looked forward to a nap. Not a huge deal, but needing to go back to reception to change room was just a bit irritating. The second room was ready and comfortable. The bed and pillows were very comfortable! The hotel has free wifi, which worked just fine, and free breakfast. The breakfast seemed to have something for everyone. Even the " no carb" member of our party was satisfied.
Easy to get to via light rail, spend the day exploring Littleton’s charming Main Street, where shops are tucked into historic, old buildings. The nearby Littleton Historic Museum has two working farms where visitors can interact with sheep, chickens, cows, and horses—a reminder that this suburb was once farming and cattle community.
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Disinterring the life she meant to bury for good, Vida mesmerizes Margaret with the power of her storytelling. Hers is a tale of gothic strangeness, featuring the Angelfield family, including the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess, and a devastating fire. Struck by a curious parallel between their stories, Margaret demands the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have haunted them.
The Thirteenth Tale is a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter, and in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life.
©2006 Diane Setterfield (P)2007 Simon & Schuster Audio
"Bianca Amato is stunning as Margaret....[her] respect for the power of story and the written word is heard in every utterance. Jill Tanner accomplishes a tour de force as the enigmatic and mysterious Vida. In conversation her voice has the hesitancy and fragility of an elderly woman, but her voice takes on the strength and power of a master storyteller as she weaves her spellbinding life story." (AudioFile)
"Readers will be mesmerized by this story-within-a-story tinged with the eeriness of Rebecca and the willfulness of Jane Eyre. The author skillfully keeps the plot moving by unfurling a new twist in each chapter and leaves no strand untucked at the surprising and satisfying conclusion. A wholly original work told in the vein of all the best gothic classics. Lovers of books about book lovers will be enthralled." (Booklist)
This was a true page-turner (can you call an audio book that?) It was excellently written and skillfully narrated. Using 2 narrators was purely genius and it made this incredible tale come to life.
This is a memorable story, full of heart-wrenching love and tragedy, described with palpable emotion.
Many twists and turns through the entire story. Wonderful narration by both Bianca Amato and Jill Tanner. I listened to this at night and found it kept me awake long past when I should have been asleep, and stayed in my thoughts throughout the days following. Will definitely look for more from Diane Setterfield.
Sorry but I was disappointed in this book's ability to keep my interest; I stuck with it for over 2 hours and then simply stopped listening. It took far too long to make any sense; like I said, after 2 hours I still wasn't grasping the plot or storyline. I almost wrote audible to ask for a credit back. So bad I won't ever try another book from D. Satterfield.
I absolutely loved this book-from the beginning to the end. It is one of those rare reads that I have recommended to ALL of my friends. The book is well read and beautifully written. Please hurry, Diane, and write another - and put me on the waiting list!!!
Lots of mystery, and questions. All gets answered in the end with a true Jane Eyre type feeling. Loved it!
Mom, married, website designer, portfolio manager in self-imposed exile (yeah Greg Smith!!), former California native, Episcopalian.
This is the best book I've listened to in over a year. The story is mesmerizing and the narration is superb.
I didn't know there was already a lot of hype about this book. I downloaded it simply because it sounded good. WOW, was it ever! I LOVED it! My dog got so many long walks while I listened to this because I couldn't turn it off! I loved the narration as well. It might just be me, but I love an English accent, and it drew me right in! I highly recommend this book.
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Wakefield. Trailer. Bryan Cranston. Jennifer Garner. Jason O’Mara. Beverly D’Angelo.
What would your life look like without you in it? Outwardly, Howard Wakefield [Bryan Cranston] is the picture of success. He has a loving wife [Jennifer Garner] and two daughters, a prestigious job…
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Warriors face Magic: NBA odds preview
Golden State Warriors vs Orlando Magic Odds
The Warriors will look to pick up a win while covering the spread when they take on the Magic in Orlando at Amway Center on Friday in NBA action.
(Note: follow us on Twitter for line updates and injuries news). The Magic currently sports a record of 8-13, and have posted a corresponding betting slate of 11-10 ATS. The Warriors are 15-7 and 14-6-2 ATS. Betting totals have seen the Magic post a 7-13-1 OVER/UNDER record this season, while the Warriors have gone 13-9 against the number.
Power Rankings / Prediction:
The Magic - Warriors odds would favor the Warriors if the lines were set according to power ranks. Orlando is rated No. 19 in our latest Odds Shark poll, while the Warriors sit at No. 10. Math models based on recent stats and predictive formulas point to a 97-93 win for the Warriors.
How They Match Up:
The game also pits Orlando's No. 27-ranked offense, averaging 91.6 PPG, against a Warriors defense that ranks No. 18 at 98.6 PPG. The Magic field goal percentage has averaged 43.9% so far, less than the Warriors shooters have achieved on the year, 45.5% per game.
Defensively, the Warriors feature the league's No. 17-rated defense on the road, giving up 99.8 points per game. Orlando, meanwhile, comes in at No. 27 in the league in scoring at home.
Golden State won its last outing, a 97-95 result against the Heat on December 12. The Warriors covered in that game as an 8.5-point underdog, while the 192 combined points took the game UNDER the total. The Warriors got a 27-point performance from Klay Thompson as Golden State ran past Miami 97-95 on Wednesday at AmericanAirlines Arena.
In their last action, Orlando was an 86-80 loser at home against the Hawks. They failed to cover the 5-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (166) was profitable news for UNDER bettors. The Magic got 16 points from Arron Afflalo, but it was Atlanta that prevailed in an 86-80 final on Wednesday at Amway Center.
Golden State Warriors Trends:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Atlanta are 3-7
After playing Miami are 3-7
After a win are 7-3
Orlando Magic Trends:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Charlotte are 8-2
After playing Atlanta are 7-3
After a loss are 4-6
A few Warriors at Magic trends to consider:
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Golden State's last 6 games when playing on the road against Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Golden State's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 5 games
Orlando is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 6 games when playing at home against Golden State
Orlando is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games when playing at home against Golden State
Golden State at Atlanta, Saturday, December 15
Orlando at Charlotte, Saturday, December 15

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This summer, now that I'm retired and have more time, Michael and I have been able to go to several different Farmer’s Markets and enjoyed all the fresh fruit and vegetables that we’ve found. During one of our last trips to the local market I picked up a couple of zucchini. I’ve only baked with zucchini once, a long time ago, and was getting the urge to bake with it again. So I searched my recipes and found this one for Chocolate Zucchini Bread.
I imagine this will be the one of the last times that I’ll be able to purchase zucchini or other summer fruit and vegetables. The market was in transition….along with the zucchini, tomatoes, corn, beans and cantaloupe, they had pumpkins and some of the early fall apples. I love the fall, it’s my favorite time of year, and I also love the fall produce, but here in Ohio, there isn’t a lot to choose from. I’ll really miss the summer harvest…..
Chocolate Zucchini Bread
3 large eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons natural cocoa powder
2 cups zucchini, grated
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2/3 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
2 teaspoons flour
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla extract. Mix until well blended. In a small saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter, add 6 tablespoons cocoa powder and blend together until smooth. Set aside to cool. Peel and grate the zucchini. Add zucchini and cooled cocoa mixture to the large mixing bowl and blend well. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add dry ingredients to the batter. Stir only enough to blend in all the dry ingredients. In another small bowl, coat the chocolate chips with 2 teaspoons flour. This helps prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the pan. Add the flour-coated chocolate chips to the batter. Spoon the batter into two generously greased and floured 9x5x3 loaf pans. Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 5-10 minutes. Remove from pans and continue to cool on a wire rack.
Prep time: 15 minutes
Baking time: 60-70 minutes
Yield: 2 loaves
Mix together the eggs, sugar and oil.
I don't have pictures of the next step where the recipe says to melt two tablespoons of butter and then mix in the cocoa. When I did this the cocoa ended up in large clumps, not smooth at all and then it was difficult to mix in the rest of the ingredients. Next time I make this, I'm just going to add the melted butter to the liquid ingredients and the cocoa to the dry. I wouldn't think it would matter and would definitely mix in better.
I took a whisk to mix the dry ingredients together.
In a small bowl coat the chocolate chips with the 2 teaspoons of flour. This is supposed to keep the chips from sinking to the bottom of the pan.
Add chocolate chips to the batter.
Bakers Joy and soon after that, Pam Baking spray came out and I rarely do the grease and flour thing now. The baking spray makes life so much easier.....I love that stuff!
Spoon the batter into two generously greased and floured 9x5x3 loaf pans. When I first put the batter together it wasn't thick but by the time I sprayed my pans (I usually do this step first) it was. Time for the oven!
When done, remove from oven and cool in the pans for 5-10 minustes.
Remove from pans and allow to cool.
I really liked this chocolate zucchini bread...it was nice and chocolately and also, due to the zucchini, moist. The only things I didn't like, one that I've already mentioned is the mixing in of the cocoa....I'm definitely doing that differently. Another thing is I didn't like the flat bread...next time I make this, I'm going to either put all of the batter in one of the 9x5 pans or use two 8 1/2x4 loaf pans instead.

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Oct 09, 2012 News
The owner of a mechanic shop at Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara, is at his wits’ end to determine who was responsible for a fire that completely destroyed a truck and damaged two others early Sunday morning.
Sham Jitlall awoke around 01:30 hours on Sunday only to find that three trucks which were in his care for repairs were on fire.
Speaking with this newspaper yesterday, Jitlall said that he believes that the fire was deliberately set among a heap of garbage near the parked trucks.
“My wife woke me up around one-thirty. When I look out through the window, I see this fire blazing and I raised an alarm. The neighbours come, but one of the trucks was already destroyed,” Jitlall explained. He said that the police were contacted and they alerted the fire department which he said responded promptly.
One GuySuCo fire tender and another from the city arrived and managed to contain the fire.
One ERF Hauler was completely destroyed, while there was significant damage to a 4×4 TM and a Foden Tanker.
The trucks are parked at a location that was previously an illegal dumpsite for garbage.
According to Jitlall, the area’s Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) has prohibited the dumping of garbage there but persons, including the operators of a nearby furniture establishment, continue to dump there.
The mechanic strongly believes that with the shavings and sawdust, along with other flammable material, it is easy to start a fire there. He plans to petition the NDC to take stronger action to prevent the dumping of garbage at the site by persons, especially the operators of the furniture factory.
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Spring 2021 Move-In
Message from Campus Housing
We are so excited to welcome you to campus for Spring 2021! We encourage you to review our Fall 2020-Spring 2021 Housing Operations to access important details about the measures we will be taking to ensure your safety, health, and well-being.
Just like our Fall 2020 move-in, Spring 2021 Move-In Day will look slightly different. In order to support a healthy and efficient move-in this year, we will be utilizing an appointment system for residents to schedule a one-hour move-in slot on January 10th, 2021.
Need to request an early arrival for January 8th or 9th?
The Early Arrival Request is now available in the Housing Portal on our homepage. Please note that if your request is approved, 1. You will still need to schedule your move-in, and 2. You will be responsible for paying an early arrival cost equivalent to the nightly rate of your particular room assignment. Early arrival requests will be processed in the order in which they are received beginning December 7th.
- Appointments may be scheduled in the Housing Portal on our homepage when the scheduling form launches. Monitor your UofL email for more information.
- During your move-in appointment, you will be able to check in at your hall's front desk and check out a vinyl bin in order to move your items into your room.
- You may bring up to two "helpers" to assist with moving your items. Due to health and safety precautions, Campus Housing staff will not be able to assist in transporting your personal items.
- During your move-in appointment, you will be able to park temporarily at your hall's unloading area or in Yellow spaces around campus by displaying our temporary parking pass. If you are unable to print your pass at home, we will have extras available at the hall front desks.
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Pivotal House debate on a bill giving parents vouchers for private school tuition was delayed Wednesday night because some House members had left the room at a time when every vote would count, the sponsor said.
Meanwhile, the Utah School Boards Association released two legal opinions, one from former Utah Supreme Court Justice Michael D. Zimmerman, saying HB184 would be unconstitutional — an allegation disputed by an attorney hired by voucher lobbyists Parents for Choice in Education.
And on another front, HB340, a voucher bill abandoned last week by sponsoring Rep. Brad Dee, R-Washington Terrace, wound up on today's House Education Standing Committee lineup. Dee, however, plans to be a no-show.
"I abandoned the bill," he said, adding that the other bill, HB184, "picked up my bill."
Committee chairwoman Rep. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, said she wanted to give bills assigned to the committee a hearing and that the bill was on the agenda before Dee said anything to her. She said the committee could take action on the bill despite Dee's absence but would not offer predictions.
HB184, sponsored by Rep. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, would give a tuition voucher worth $500 to $3,500, depending on income, to parents of students switching from public to private schools or low-income students currently in private schools.
The bill would cost $13.3 million in general funds, not dedicated school funds, to pay for the vouchers in the first year. School districts could keep some of voucher students' education dollars, and the rest of those students' would-be state education funding would go into a mitigation fund to help those financially hurt in the program.
Still, public education officials don't like the bill. Attorneys secured by the Utah School Boards Association say the bill violates church-state separation.
"As is well-known, there was a vigorous opposition to Utah achieving statehood because of the polygamy issue and the fact that the government was perceived to be a theocracy," wrote attorney Harold G. Christensen of the firm Snow, Christensen & Martineau. "This led to a particular focus on separation of church and state in the Utah Constitution . . . (whose sections aim) to forbid the public aid to church schools, which House Bill 184 would allow."
"I think it's highly likely the language is tight enough in Article X to hold this (bill) unconstitutional," Zimmerman, who formed an opinion with Troy L. Booher and Peter H. Donaldson of the Snell & Wimmer law firm, said at the association's press conference.
But the arguments ring hollow to attorney Maxwell A. Miller, who weighed in on the idea for Parents for Choice in Education.
"I believe Mr. Zimmerman's opinion mischaracterizes the bill," Miller said. "If money is given to parents . . . on where to go to school, that is sufficient to the federal Constitution" under case law, Miller said. "It is funding of parental choice."
The association distributed its attorneys' opinions to the Senate and House, which was in line to debate the bill late Wednesday. But the House agreed to Adams' request to hold off.
"There were a lot of people who were off the floor and in a bill like this, it's important to have as many people as possible," Adams said afterward. "This is a bill where one vote will make all the difference."
Indeed, the House has stalled the measure in four of the past five years.


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BERLIN (AP) - The European Space Agency is exploring the possibility of cooperating with China on manned space missions by the end of the decade.
The head of ESA's human spaceflight division says some European astronauts are already learning Chinese in preparation for joint missions.
Thomas Reiter told The Associated Press on Tuesday that ESA would barter for seats on Chinese spacecraft in the same way it has long done with Russia and the United States.
Europe doesn't have its own spacecraft capable of putting humans into orbit.
Reiter says ESA would also like China to become a member of the International Space Station program if U.S. objections can be overcome.
China launched its first into space astronaut in 2003.
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Learn From Others’ Mistakes: What the Alberta NDP need to do to succeed
In sport, athletes study tapes of themselves, their teammates and their opponents to evaluate their mistakes and successes so they can learn from them and adjust themselves accordingly when similar situations arise. It is this type of dedication to continuous improvement that the new NDP Government in Alberta must apply to their day-to-day decision making. The problem, however, is that there is not a lot of “tape” on NDP-run governments. And where there is, the tape is difficult to watch. It is therefore paramount that the major players in Alberta’s NDP internalize as many of the mistakes of the previous iterations of NDP governments across the country and tread carefully between ideological and fact-based decision-making so as not to replicate the negative outcomes others have faced.
The youth and inexperience of the NDP caucus will be a significant challenge for the new government moving forward. To help bolster the government’s ability to function, key strategists and operatives have been brought in from outside the provincial ranks to provide immediate support to the formation and establishment of the new government in Alberta. However, many of these key backroom players will soon be pulled from the province over the summer to support the national party in the lead up to the federal election. Therefore it will be imperative for the political leadership to get up to speed quickly in order to appear capable and confident until after the October federal election, when some key support could return.
However, the lack of experience has created a very cautious leadership in the Alberta NDP. They seem to understand, and are trying to articulate, that you can’t run a province based on strictly NDP ideology. A move towards the centre is inevitable if they want to last. Notley has stated that working with industry to ensure Alberta’s advantage is important. Job creation is job one. But there will be a few progressive policies around healthcare and education that will be thoughtfully pursued. The mistake that many NDP governments have made is that they resisted shifting away from their ideological base on the left and governing for all. It takes strong leadership to move a party from protest to government. If Rachel Notley can do this successfully, this could be more than a four year experiment.
Alberta is a different province than most in the federation. And likewise, the Provincial NDP party is a little different that those found in other jurisdictions. Yes, they have their share of union activists and social extremists. But on the whole, the province is further right and so is this iteration of the NDP. This is not the Ontario NDP of the early 90s, nor is it the federal NDP, for that matter. Look for Notley’s NDP to take a page from Prime Minister Harper’s book: game and build the strategy quickly, but implement slowly and incrementally. Alberta might not notice the change as much as you think.


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- Prepare of Royco beef.
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- Get 250 g of Cooking oil.
- Prepare to taste of Salt.
- Take 5 cups of clean water.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Halo Wars demo preview
Name: Halo Wars
System/s: Xbox 360
Developers: Ensemble Studios
Release Date: 3/3/2009
PC users often say "RTS games don't work on consoles," I would like to start by saying, I really don't believe that, any game can work on any console, only if done right. Something like Medal of Honor: Heros proved that the PSP could do a First Person Shooter...
Anyways, the Halo series is one of my favorite, and I've sunk many hours into playing the games. Bungie, the developers of Halo are like old friends to me though, developing a few of my other favorite games, Myth I, Myth II, Oni. Myth was my favorite RTS, and possible my favorite game ever, so when an RTS of Halo was announced, I was excited, even after a cannon-destroying trailer, I still cut them some slack. I heard that it was being developed not by Bungie, but by Ensemble Studios, which I also didn't mind, hearing how famous they were.
The game starts off with a tutorial led by perhaps one of the most generic voice actors I've ever heard, they walk you through a lot of parts of playing the game, but they don't tell you some important stuff. Also, you can't skip any dialog in the tutorial, making it very annoying if you understand something early.
The actual game starts with some pretty pre-rendered cutscenes, but the story seems very generic, which is sad, because the Halo universe really interested me, and I read almost all the books, and played the games, so it had to be really bland and unoriginal to throw me off.
The gameplay is really simple, however it works, I had no problems at all controlling any units or playing the game, to me it was as easy to control as any other RTS, no matter what the platform. Everything worked the way it should, but there wasn't a lot of options, and compared to some other RTSes I've played, it was quite simple. Simple isn't a bad thing however, as it didn't drag on as much as some RTSes.
The problem is that you don't have to worry about resources as they are infinite, and you can only build in select areas, so it boils down to something more along the lines of chess, with strategy only in how you move, rather then how you use the environment to your advantage.
This in general wouldn't be much of a problem if the actual combat was more interesting, but as it stands, it revolves around selecting all your units and telling them to attack. Really, I wish there was some skill involved other then that. Myth showed that controlling units in itself was a possible skill, and when they've taken away so much else in this game, it would be nice to have other parts of the game that make up for it.
Overall, this game came off to me as bland, boring, uninspired, and just not that interesting. Sure everything works, and some might say that's a feat in itself, but for me, I will wait for a console RTS, that not only works, but is worth playing through.
Jon God thinks Bungie should reacquire the rights to Myth, and make a forth game.


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'Arrested Development': Series reborn on Netflix
LOS ANGELES -- Just two days before "Arrested Development" would release its first new episodes in seven years, creator Mitchell Hurwitz called David Cross with a frantic request: Could the actor do a quick reshoot? Cross, however, was sporting a full, dyed beard for another project and looked nothing like his "Arrested" character. No matter, Hurwitz told him, "We'll figure it out." The next day the actor found himself on a hastily arranged set, filling in a gap on the series that would premiere in Hollywood the following day.
"It's crazy!" Cross says. "It's nuts!" It's "Arrested Development" reborn, not as a feature film, as had been long rumored and planned, but as a new batch of 15 interconnected episodes that will drop simultaneously Sunday on Netflix. The nine original cast members from the series, which enjoyed a critically acclaimed, ratings-challenged 53-episode run on Fox from 2003 to 2006, have all returned, picking up the madcap saga of the infighting Bluth family where we last left off and taking it forward with an ambitious approach that should delight the show's obsessive fans.
"It keeps getting branded as Season 4, and it's not that," says Jason Bateman, who plays the Bluth family's sensible son, Michael. "The danger there is that it's compared with the first three seasons, which is not something Mitch wanted to do."
Hurwitz originally planned a nine-episode Netflix run, with one installment devoted to each character. Then it became a 10-episode run. Then 14. And finally 15, with six characters receiving two episodes.
The elaborate structure came from necessity. Syncing the schedules of nine busy actors for a more traditional storytelling format would have been nearly impossible. And undesirable. It freed Hurwitz to fashion what Cross calls the "most ambitious Venn diagram ever created," tracking characters through past and present, telling the story from different points of view and creating a choose-your-own-adventure framework that will allow Netflix subscribers to toggle between episodes to fully appreciate the dense doings.
The cast members themselves still don't fully understand what they shot, and any actors' gathering includes requisite huddling sessions where information is shared and theories are floated.
"The curiosity among the actors is as high as the fans'," says Alia Shawkat, who plays Maeby, Lindsay and Tobias' rebellious daughter. Shawkat, speaking separately by phone, says she shot her episode without seeing a script. Pages were written on the fly, sometimes during filming.
There is agreement that Bateman's episodes, officially numbered 1 and 2 in the new "anthology," are the best place to start. There you'll see an update on the always shaky Bluth family finances, the establishment of a killer Cuatro de Mayo celebration that's integral to all the story lines and a meta-proposal for a movie about the Bluth family.
But even here, revelations and utter confusion happily coexist. Watching the episodes for the first time, Bateman saw Michael Cera, who plays his devoted son, George Michael, sporting a mustache in one quick scene and couldn't, for the life of him, remember ever seeing it before, much less why it was there. A lengthy conversation in another scene that Bateman assumed was between his character and family patriarch George Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor) was, in fact, between Michael and Oscar, George Sr. ‘s meek twin brother.
"That was Oscar?" asks a bewildered Walter, who plays the manipulative, martini-swilling mother. "I had no idea!"
"I had no idea when I was acting the scenes," Bateman replies, laughing.
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Victor Moses News and Features
Victor Moses Having struggled for first-team minutes since Maurizio Sarri's arrival at Chelsea, Victor Moses has left Stamford Bridge on loan.
Victor Moses Maurizio Sarri has some concerns about Eden Hazard's fitness, with the Belgium star set to miss the visit of PAOK with ankle trouble.
Victor Moses Danny Drinkwater and Victor Moses look set for prolonged spells on the sidelines after Maurizio Sarri revealed they do not fit his vision.
Premier League New managers often bring fresh signings and a changing of the guard – which means someone losing out, such as these 10 players who’ve struggled thanks to a regime change at their parent club
Victor Moses Marcos Alonso was nominated for the Premier League's latest Player of the Month award, but Maurizio Sarri thinks he can improve.
Victor Moses Nigerian defender Victor Moses has retired from international football at the age of 27, saying he wants to focus on club football.
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Wagner Shatters Own School Pole Vault Record
Her jump was two centimeters higher than the previous record (3.71 m, 12'2), which she set at the Brother Jasper Invitational on Dec. 9. After her clearance at 3.74 m, Wagner made three very good attempts at 3.85 m (12'7½), but she didn't improve her height. Finishing second behind her teammate was Sarah Moore (Irvington, N.Y.), who cleared 3.39 m (11'1).
In the men's competition, Savio Paul (Yonkers, N.Y.) and Yardley Keshinover (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) tied for first. Both Jaspers jumped 4.35 m (14'1). Paul's performance puts him at No. 2 all-time on the Indian national junior pole vault list.
Wagner is one of 17 Manhattan athletes (13 men, four women) that has qualified for next weekend's ECAC/IC4A Championships. Both meets get underway at 9 a.m. on Saturday in Boston. The women's ECAC Championships are the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, while the IC4A Championships for the men take place at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center.


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A Life in Print is a stop motion TV commercial for local newspapers across the country, produced by A+C Studios in 2014.
Astrid was Head Model Maker for this commercial, a role which involved concept development; puppet creation, including hand-carving 45 puppet heads; making various props and set-building. Astrid was also running the Model Making Department, supervising and coordinating a team of 12 artists, painters and fabricators.
Inside Every Bottle is a stop motion animated film produced by A+C Studios in November 2013, for Chivas Brothers to send out to their staff and clients for Christmas.
Astrid was Head Model Maker for this film, a role which involved concept development; making hand-carved puppets and various pieces of whiskey-making machinery from wood; and running the Model Making department, supervising a team of 12 fabricators and painters.
Music video for PVT, directed by Alex Smith for Warp Records.
Astrid was the sole Model Maker/Puppet Maker for this video, a role which included designing and making four human puppets (bandage, fabric, vintage glass eyes and epoxy-coated polystyrene heads) and two giant shark puppets (aluminium wire, sellotape and broken glass). Astrid was also part of the puppeteering team for the pixilation process of the video, and got covered in a lot of fake blood.

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Darling Violetta Net Worth is
Darling Violetta Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018Darling Violetta is a dark pop band based in Hollywood, California. Their name is taken from the salutation used by Bela Lugosi in letters to his mistress, Violetta Napierska. The band released their first EP Bath-Water-Flowers in 1997, though this work is commonly considered an album by most sources. Two songs were performed by the band in the episode "Faith, Hope & Trick" of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 3, episode 3), "Blue Sun" from Bath-Water-Flowers and "Cure" from The Kill You EP. The following year, the band, with producer Holly Knight, composed and recorded the theme for Angel, the spinoff series from Buffy.In 1999, Darling Violetta released The Kill You EP and a music video for its song "Spoiled and Rotten." In 2003, they released the album Parlour.In 2005, the band composed an extended version of the Angel theme called "The Sanctuary Extended Remix", featured on the soundtrack of the series Angel: Live Fast, Die Never.The style of the band is recognizable for the voice of singer Cami Elen (compared by some critics to that of PJ Harvey), the use of cello, particularly in their early compositions, and lyrics charged with sexual innuendo, dark metaphor and goth references.Darling Violetta's song "I Want to Kill You", produced by Holly Knight, from The Kill You EP was licensed by Activision for their game, Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption. They also contributed another song to the Masquerade Universe which was in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines entitled "Smaller God" from the album Parlour.In the Fall of 2009, Jymm and Cami began recording songs for their fourth as yet untitled release.


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Victor Harbor Travel Guide
Located on the magnificent Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia, Victor Harbor is a fantastic destination for your extended holiday weekend. This attractive coastal town is surrounded by gorgeous geographical features and refreshing ocean views, so you will simply forget about all of your stressful responsibilities. Regardless of whether you prefer relaxation or excitement, this will be a holiday destination that you will not forget.
Victor Harbor is one of the largest coastal towns on the Fleurieu Peninsula. While the town has a population of approximately 14,000 people, it is a quiet place. You will appreciate the soothing music of seabirds, crashing waves, and ocean winds during your journeys around Victor Harbor. Fortunately, Victor Harbor will allow you to enjoy some of the planet’s greatest natural wonders without leaving the country. The town is popular among holiday-goers from Adelaide, but it is fairly easy to reach from every Australian state. Adelaide is approximately 85 miles north of Victor Harbor. People from outside of South Australia can fly to the Adelaide Airport before leasing a car to reach Victor Harbor. You may also use a bus to travel from Adelaide to Victor Harbor.
The people of the Fleurieu Peninsula have strong connections with nature. Before the Europeans colonised South Australia, the lands near Victor Harbor were occupied by the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal people. These indigenous Australians were resilient and resourceful people who depended on the diverse marine resources of the area to survive. Because of this lifestyle, the Ngarrindjeri people’s culture and folklore is closely related to the patterns of nature. If you venture deep into the coastal wilderness, you may learn about the culture and customs of these people.
Europeans made contact with the Fleurieu Peninsula in the 19th century when Matthew Flinders explored the coasts of New Holland. After meeting the captain of a French ship off the eastern coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, Flinders created a name for the body of water near the present location of the Victor Harbor. He appropriately called the area Encounter Bay, and the title became official in British records. After Flinders published a report of the Fleurieu Peninsula, fishermen and businessmen began to flock to the area. Victor Harbor was eventually established in 1863. Today, the town’s economy relies on fishing, agriculture, and tourism.
Things to see and do in Victor Harbor
Victor Harbor is known for its sheer marine beauty and exciting opportunities. As soon as you arrive in the area, you will be amazed by a world of sparkling turquoise waters, dramatic sandstone cliffs, and lush green forests. The various features of this paradise ensure that there is something for everyone to enjoy.
After you admire the sights near the city, travel to the iconic Granite Island. Granite Island is located in Encounter Bay. Experience an untouched natural world by walking along the island’s rocky beaches. You may stumble upon fairy penguins, fur seals, and various flying seabirds. The red oxidised boulders that adorn the island’s coast are often the subjects of many lovely photographs. The waters near Granite Island can be quite choppy, but you will certainly enjoy an exhilarating day of kayaking.
Navigate through the waters of Encounter Bay to admire rare sights of the island’s coves and inlets. Return to shore for a pleasant picnic on the beach.
During the winter months, Victor Harbor and the surrounding areas are often visited by whale-watchers. Several whale species migrate through the waters of Victor Harbor. You may spot one of these large creatures blowing water or resting near the surface of the bay. Granite Island and Watson Gap are among some of the best locations to watch whales in the region.
Coorong National Park
Coorong National Park is place of pristine natural wonders. Visit the untouched coastal landscapes of this protected nature reserve.
Mount Gambier is a large city in South Australia that attracts thousands of tourists each year. The lands around shelter caves, craters, and lakes.