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Is your New Year’s Resolution to finally become a green thumb and learn how to properly care for and maintain your garden? We’ve put together some of our top gardening tips for beginner that won’t make the task seem too overwhelming or daunting.
At Everlast Services, we’re experts when it comes to landscape design and garden makeovers, but we also understand that everyone has to start somewhere. There are so many benefits and reasons as to why you should get into it: it’s great for your physical health to be outdoors and staying active, gardening has been proven to be great for your mental health, it’s a gratifying hobby, and it can even be cost effective if you grow your own fruit and vegetables.
Here are some basic gardening tips to keep in mind that will make the beginning of your gardening journey a lot smoother and easier.
Before you start gardening, it’s important that you have the correct equipment and tools to be able to make your landscaping dreams a reality. Every gardener should have the following things in their shed.
To protect yourselves from prickly thorns or splinters, gloves are an essential part of any gardener’s toolkit. Ensure that your gloves fit properly because ill-fitting gloves can cause blisters or accidents if they were to slip off.
There are two types of pruning shears: anvil and bypass. Anvil are best suited for deadwood and bypass are better for live plants and green wood.
A hand trowel is essential for being able to transplant bedding plants and herbs, planting containers and removing weeds.
Spades are used for digging holes, edging, lifting sod and moving small amounts of soil. Opt for a stainless-steel head as they are strong and won’t rust.
A rake will help you to keep your yard tidy even when leaves start to fall in autumn. You can then turn these leaves into mulch and feed your garden.
Garden Hose with Adjustable Nozzle
A garden hose is basically the fountain of life when it comes to your garden. Make sure that the hose you choose is long enough to reach the farthest points of your garden and that you store it coiled up and out of direct sunlight.
If you’re planning on moving large amounts of soil, compost or mulch around your garden, or have any other heavy lifting project in mind, a wheelbarrow can take off a lot of the strain this kind of work requires.
What to Plant
Some plants are a lot easier to look after than others and so are perfect for beginner gardeners. Just remember, not all plants are suited to all environments, so make sure you take into consideration your own garden’s specifications, including the soil type, the amount of shade and the local climate. Here are our gardening tips on what to plant.
These beautiful shrubs produce small, white flowers which give off a beautiful fragrance. They can be pruned to be any shape or size and so are perfect for practically any garden. They can thrive in part-shade or sunny spots and, while they prefer moisture, can also tolerate dry periods.
The hydrangea shrub produces stunning flowers which will brighten your garden throughout summer. The best part about them is that the pruning process is very simple; just hack them down to the ground in late winter or early spring.
Bamboo is famously fast-growing and clumping bamboos, when properly looked after, can often reach their full height in 18 months. They’re perfect for screening and hedging, and are also available in different heights for different uses.
Have a Plan
One of the most important parts of gardening is creating a plan and sticking to it. This can be useful for a variety of reasons.
Having an irrigation plan can drastically reduce the amount of water you waste while also ensuring that the plants that need the most water get it so that they are able to thrive. The most common types of irrigation systems are drip irrigation and sprinkler systems. The one that you choose will depend on your budget and the kind of garden you have.
When first planting your garden, it’s likely you’ll be starting with seeds or small cuttings. When you’re a beginner, it’s easy to be overzealous and want to plant as much as possible in as little space as possible; but as your plants begin to grow, this will cause a lot of issues. Avoid crowding by sketching out a rough plan of your yard and plotting out which plants you want where, ensuring that you also research the height they reach so you don’t plant taller species in front of shorter ones.
Need More Gardening Tips?
If just looking at your backyard and seeing all the work you have to do fills you with dread, it might be a good idea to hire some professional help to get you started on the right track. Even the best gardening tips can only take you so far! Everlast Services can give your garden the ultimate makeover. Contact us today for a free measure and quote.

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Antique French Victorian Hand Painted Porcelain Portrait Pendant Locket c. Beautiful, French Victorian hand painted portrait on porcelain pendant/locket. Exquisite detailed portrait of a beautiful dancing woman in a blue gown. The portrait is framed in 14k gold. The back and inside is etched brass.
Measures 2 closed and 3 opened. Pendant comes in an antique brass heart box with floral lining. Please note that all of my items have been authenticated and appraised by myself and a second party appraiser to ensure complete authenticity, dating and country of production. Please see photos carefully as they are part of the description.
The item "Antique French Victorian Hand Painted Porcelain Portrait Pendant Locket c. 1880s" is in sale since Wednesday, June 2, 2021. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Fine\Victorian, Edwardian 1837-1910\Necklaces & Pendants".
The seller is "arlseba14" and is located in Wallingford, Connecticut. This item can be shipped to United States.

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The Little Book of Curses and Maledictions for Everyday UseBook - 2009
The Little Book of Curses and Maledictions puts the power back in your hands with its user-friendly, step-by-step instructions. Learn how to place spells, incantations, hexes, and more. Authentic, ancient curses from around the world are tweaked for easy, contemporary use. The book covers the four essentials for practicing any kind of magic: what to do and say, what materials to use, what frame of mind to be in, and what limits to set. In some cases it even matters where you are when you set your curse, what time of day it is, and who's around. Create the life you deserve using the power of the ages.

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RAM Low Profile Tough-Strap Handlebar Large X-Grip Phone Mount KitSKU: RAP-460-UN10U
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The RAM Tough-Strap is lowest profile rugged mounting solution for any bike or motorcycle handlebars. The RAM Tough-Strap can be easily installed on any mountain bike, road bike or e-bike using the two different size straps and with a simple twist of a knob.
This RAM Tough-Strap Handlebar Mounting kit utilizes the RAM Pin-Lock system to secure the included Large RAM X-Grip for a low-profile fitting on your handlebar.
The long strap is used for bar diameters ranging from 32-35mm (1.25"-1.38") while the short strap is used for diameters ranging from 22-25mm (0.875"-1").
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Looking at your post history, you’ve got some very serious anxiety and you need medical attention. I am a medical professional but I am not hired by nor paid by BabyCenter and I don’t give out free consultations to internet strangers, nor will any other legitimate medical professionals here. If you will not seek medical attention then I honestly don’t know what it is you expect from the community here because you keep on coming back with these crises and refusing to get any help for any of it. Please seek help. Either from your OB or a mental health specialist. Haven’t you heard that it’s completely normal (and encouraged!) to get therapy these days. It doesn’t mean something is wrong with you, it just means you didn’t grow up learning how to deal with shit, just like millions of us didn’t grow up learning how to deal with shit. Sometimes you need someone to teach you how to deal with shit and the sooner you come to terms with that, the easier your pregnancy (and the rest of your life) will go.
Please seek help from a tele-health or in-person professional. We cannot help you here.
Yes, go see a medical professional in person. I don’t get what you’re looking for here. We aren’t doctors & even if we were ^ as a medical professional just above even said, it’s not what they will do for you anyways. Go. See. A. Doctor. We can’t tell you anything regarding your symptoms. We don’t know you, or your medical history so why bother asking on a site that literally says is not for medical advice. Come on.
eta: from your other 5th post like this, you mentioned you didn’t want to go to the hospital & had an appointment 12 days from that post date which makes that day, yesterday. Did you have your appointment? Did you go over these concerns? If you don’t want to go then don’t but don’t expect sound medical advice on a forum. Your choice.
If you think you're having a heart attack (or had one), why in the world would your first reaction be to make a post on BBC. I don't get it. If you are truly having these issues that you keep posting about, then you'd be at the hospital.
At this point I can only assume you're attention seeking. You come here with the oddest concerns instead of calling your ob or you don't like the ob answers and look for other answers. And when people here offer help, you just bite their heads off. Same as before, see your doctor because you do need help.
I already went to the damn hospital they said nothing was wrong u all are telling me to go to a doctor or OB or hospital I’ve done all of those already I’m 17 I worry about everything this is my first successful pregnancy and my last was miscarried due to an abusive relationship ive gone thru a lot I’m asking bc at this point if all of my health care professionals think that nothing is wrong after previous tests then idk what y’all want me to do tbr 🤷🏻♀

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Charlie Wilson has still got it.
The R&B veteran stopped by The Tonight Show — virtually, of course, — to perform “One I Got,” lifted from his forthcoming album of the same name.
The Gap Band’s man’s vocals are as smooth and creamy as ever.
Wilson has had an active year. In May, he scored his seventh No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Songs airplay chart with “Forever Valentine,” tying him with Maxwell and R. Kelly for the most leaders by any male act in the chart’s 26 year survey.
The song was co-written and co-produced by Bruno Mars, who also provides backing vocals.
Uncle Charlie also performed “I’m Blessed,” “Forever Valentine” and “Outstanding” for BET’s Saving Ourselves Covid-19 Relief television special in April.
Watch the late-night performance of “One I Got” below.

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Meet the Candidates for the Noosa Council Election
Ensuring you are well informed before casting your vote for the next Noosa council election is the most important thing you can do!
The mayor and councillors are the people who will make daily decisions about the future of Noosa.
In an effort to help voters get the information they need, Cooroy Chamber of Commerce Inc and Cooroy Area Residents Association (CARA), are hosting a Meet the Candidates Night.
"We've held these public meetings for many past elections in Cooroy and they are always well attended and helpful. All the candidates are given the opportunity to speak briefly and the audience also has some question time. We urge everyone to come along and hear what the candidates have to say," said Danielle Taylor, President of Cooroy Chamber of Commerce Inc.
"There is a big field of quality candidates this election so attending a forum like this is a really great way to learn more about the candidates and what they stand for," said Rod Ritchie, President of CARA.
The Cooroy Meet the Candidates Night will be presented at the Cooroy State School Hall in Elm Street on Monday 15 February from 6pm.
Entry is free and open for everyone to attend.
All Noosa Council Election candidates are invited to attend and can confirm their attendance by emailing email@example.com
Candidates who have confirmed their attendance so far - Mayoral Candidates: Sandy Bolton, Ray Kelly and Tony Wellington. Councillor Candidates: Steven Boyd, Nathanael Ford, Ingrid Jackson, Joe Jurisevic, Mark Rodriquez, Brian Stockwell, Aaron White and Elaine Williams. Apologies Received from: Mark Denham.

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of resistance training, aerobic training, and combined aerobic and resistance training on percent body fat, measured using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), in sedentary post-pubertal overweight or obese youth aged 14-18 years.
Background: Obesity and inactivity independently increase risks of chronic disease in adolescence and all-cause mortality in adulthood. In clinical trials, changes in exercise and diet can reduce adiposity and risk of diabetes and other chronic diseases in obese adults and youth. In many school systems, physical education is mandatory in elementary school but not high school, and physical activity often declines during adolescence. Because physical activity habits track from adolescence to adulthood, adolescence may represent a critical period for establishing a physically active lifestyle to prevent diseases associated with inactivity in adulthood. Obesity can make adherence to aerobic activity challenging, but would present less of an obstacle to resistance training. Resistance exercise has shown favorable effects on lean body mass, metabolic rate, insulin resistance, and quality of life in adults, but almost no research has examined effects of resistance training in obese adolescents. Our own survey in a sample of obese, primarily sedentary youth found greater overall interest in resistance exercise than aerobic exercise.
Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of resistance training, aerobic training, and combined aerobic and resistance training on percent body fat measured using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in sedentary post-pubertal overweight or obese youth aged 14-18 years.
Study Design: Randomized controlled trial conducted at a single site. After a 4-week supervised low-intensity exercise run-in period to test compliance, 292 adolescents with BMI ≥ 85th percentile for age and gender will be randomized in equal numbers to one of 4 arms: Diet + aerobic exercise, diet + resistance exercise, diet + combined aerobic and resistance exercise, or diet-only control. The intervention will last 22 weeks, with a follow-up assessment at 6-months post-treatment (11-months post-randomization).
Hypotheses: Reduction in percent body fat will be larger in diet + aerobic exercise and diet + resistance exercise than diet-only controls at post-treatment, and the combined aerobic and resistance training will be superior to either aerobic or resistance training alone in reducing percent body fat at post-treatment. The combined resistance and aerobic group will show greater improvements in percent body fat, body composition, and physiological and psychosocial function at post-treatment and 12-months follow-up. Groups that include resistance training will produce greater psychosocial changes and better adherence than aerobic training alone at post-treatment and follow-up.
Significance: The global burden of obesity in youth is increasing, and more effective intervention is needed. This study may identify that resistance training is an important component in the treatment of overweight adolescents. As such, findings may influence clinical decision making in the management of juvenile obesity, as well as inform public health exercise guidelines and school-based physical education curricula in attempt to reduce the economic, medical, and psychosocial burden of obesity in youth.
Allocation: Randomized, Control: Active Control, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment
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Alternating sets of exercise that work out different muscle groups and that also alternate between aerobic and anaerobic exercises, which, when combined together, offer an overall program to improve strength, stamina, balance, or functioning.
The exercise capacity of an individual as measured by endurance (maximal exercise duration and/or maximal attained work load) during an EXERCISE TEST.
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Based on the report spanning from 2023 to 2028, the global Master Data Management (MDM) market is anticipated to achieve a market size of USD 10,940 million by 2028, showcasing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.9% from 2022 to 2028.
As more and more businesses come to understand the importance of MDM software for business data management, vision, and tools necessary for efficiently managing and maintaining master data, we have compiled a list to assist you in selecting the best MDM software providers for your enterprise.
Data Governance Capabilities
Successful MDM strategies are built on effective data governance. Full data governance capabilities should be offered by a reputable MDM solution.
The procedures, guidelines, and standards that guarantee data security, compliance, and quality are together referred to as data governance. Aspects like data governance, data auditing, and data lineage should be looked for.
Assigning data ownership, keeping an open audit trail, and tracing the history of data modifications are all made easier by these features. You can be sure that your master data is up to date, compliant with industry requirements and your organization's standards when you have strong data governance in place.
Data Integration Capabilities
MDM's fundamental component is data integration. Many data sources, including as ERP systems, CRM programs, data warehouses, and other repositories, should be easily integrated with your MDM solution.
Examine the range of integration techniques that the MDM solution supplier provides. This adaptability is crucial since data may be kept in many locations and formats throughout your company. Among other things, a good MDM solution should enable batch processing, real-time integration, and API access.
No matter where they are located or what format they are in, being able to ingest data from many sources guarantees that your master data management system can produce a thorough, 360-degree picture of your master data.
Scalability and Performance
The amount of data you must handle will increase as your company expands. Evaluating the MDM solution's performance and scalability is essential.
The system ought to be able to accommodate growing data volumes without experiencing any degradation in responsiveness or performance. This scalability guarantees that your MDM solution can develop along with your company and change to meet evolving data requirements.
It's also necessary to ensure that your data management infrastructure continues to be dependable and efficient, as well as to support future growth.
Data Quality and Cleansing
One of the main objectives of any MDM system is to maintain data quality.
The company you select should have strong data cleansing and quality assurance skills. This includes features and tools for locating flaws and inconsistencies in your data and fixing them.
Data enrichment, deduplication, and standardization are common data quality tasks. Data adherence to uniform formats and protocols is ensured via standardization. Redundant data records can be found and removed with the use of deduplication.
Enhancing your data with more information from outside sources is known as data enrichment, and it may be quite helpful in raising the precision and comprehensiveness of your master data.
Customization and Flexibility
Every firm has different needs when it comes to data management. As a result, it's critical that your MDM solution may be tailored to your unique requirements. A degree of flexibility that enables you to customize the system to your organization's data models, business processes, and data governance policies should be provided by the MDM supplier.
Determining your data domains, data hierarchies, and the regulations governing data validation and quality are examples of customization possibilities.
Your MDM system ought to enable you to modify your data management procedures in accordance with your unique business requirements.
Ensuring business users to efficiently work with the MDM system requires an interface that is easy to use.
The acceptance of the system by non-technical users is critical to the success of any MDM endeavor. Examine the MDM provider's user experience design and the resources for user assistance and training that are available.
Business users may more easily connect with the system, handle data-related tasks, and derive insights from master data when they have a well-designed and user-friendly interface.
Sufficient user training and support materials guarantee that your employees can fully utilize the MDM solution without encountering needless obstacles.
Choosing the appropriate Master Data Management system is essential for every organization that wants to preserve data integrity, enhance decision-making, and comply with data regulations.
Data governance capabilities, data integration, scalability, data quality, customisation, and user-friendliness are the six essential considerations to take into account when making a solution that best suits the unique data management requirements of your company.
Get in touch with our specialists right now for a consultation if you're prepared to move forward with assessing and putting into practice a strong master data management solution. Learn how our MDM solutions can revolutionize the way you leverage and manage your master data.


text: Howland Tiger softball traveled to YSU to take on Ursuline today in tournament play. The Irish came out and took an early lead but the Tigers never gave up.Ursuline continues their tournament play with a win of the Tigers tonight 12-2, but it didn’t come easy. Howland played strong defense and kept the Irish from extended innings. The Lady Tigers made things interesting by loading the bases with only 1 out. Bailee Beasom lead the offense going 3 for 3 with 3 singles. Emily O’Connell went 2 for 3 with 2 singles as well as reaching on an error. Seniors Emily Darlington, who smacked a double off the left center field fence, and Marissa Jerina topping things off with a single were great leaders on both the sides of the game. The Lady Tiger softball team still has a game and a half to play against Lakeside to finish out the season, on Friday May 10, at home which will also be senior night.

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Probably the biggest release of Spanish label Sub Urban, which is owned and curated by Mallorca resident Sebas Ramis, who himself is responsible for that bespoken big release as he teams up with Soul Clap associates Life On Planets to deliver a great track with an even greater remix package. The Original Vocal is a deep, beat wise quite minimal, yet funky track which certainly will have its fans. On the remix we see men of the moment Saison delivering the peaktime goods as expected, while Crazy P member Ron Basejam delivers two outstanding Disco versions (especially the Dub is wonderful). Cherry on top is served by Mexican stalwart Guillermo Gonzalez aka Hotmood who delivers one of his rare remixes, that you should be sure to check out if you love your floors mega funky. All in all this is a must have record in the making, splash!
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Pruning Demo Held in Pennsylvania
Penn State University Extension will present a pruning demonstration for orchard owners and employees, presented in Spanish and English. The demo will be held on March 1 from 10 a.m. to noon at Scholl Orchards in Bethlehem, PA.
- Pruning tall spindle trees at various tree spacings
- Simplified pruning and training strategies – “pruning by the numbers”
- Economic impacts based on yield and fruit size
- Improved opportunities for use of automation and precision management technologies


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Aluminum arsenide is a kind of inorganic compound, chemical formula is AlAs, is orange yellow crystal, when dissolved in acid produces hydrogen arsenide gas, commonly used as a spectral analysis reagent and raw material for the preparation of electronic components, is also a new type of semiconductor material.
CAS No. : 22831-42-1
Molecular weight: 101.90
Exact molecular weight: 105.93400
Properties: semiconductor, sphalerite structure.
Density: 3.81 g/mL
Melting point: 1740 ºC
Water-soluble: reacts with water
Appearance: orange crystal
The invention relates to an efficient method for preparing high purity aluminum arsenide. The method adopts vapor deposition method. Under the protection of argon gas, the aluminum trichloride and arsenic trichloride are heated respectively in the volatilization chamber to volatilize into steam, which is sprayed into the reaction chamber through a nozzle to react and generate aluminum arsenide crystal by vapor deposition. The specific steps are as follows:
(1) Using argon as a protective gas, aluminum trichloride and arsenic trichloride were extracted according to the molar mass ratio of 1:1 ~ 1.5:1, respectively in the first volatile chamber 1 and the second volatile chamber 2, and volatilized at 300 ~ 900℃ for 0.5h ~ 12h, so that the two materials were in vapor state;
(2) The aluminum trichloride and arsenic trichloride vapors in the two volatilization chambers were injected into a titanium reaction chamber 3 through the first nozzle 4 and the second nozzle 5 at the same time through the first nozzle 4 and the second nozzle 5 respectively, and the reaction of chemical bookh ~ 5h at 300 ~ 900℃ was conducted to obtain the deposits by vapor deposition; The remaining volatile gas is pressurized to 600 ~ 700kPa at normal temperature or cooled to -34℃ at normal pressure to obtain liquid chlorine.
(3) The obtained sediment was heated for 2h ~ 12h at 300 ~ 900℃ and pressure of 0.5 ~ 100KPa. The residual chlorine was removed and cooled to obtain orange crystal aluminum arsenide with purity greater than 99.9%. The first volatile chamber 1 and the second volatile chamber 2 can adopt the metal heating volatile equipment of the existing technology, such as the side-blowing electric furnace, and connect the nozzle of the opposite reaction chamber in the eye of the electric furnace. The reaction chamber can also use electric heating furnace, vapor deposition to get sediment; The remaining volatile gas is extracted from the reaction chamber, which is pressurized to 600 ~ 700kPa at normal temperature or cooled to -34℃ at normal pressure to obtain liquid chlorine.
It will not decompose if used and stored according to specifications
Avoid exposure to acids
The dielectric constant is 10.3.
Band gap 2.13eV(22℃).
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Store in a tight container in a cool, dry place
It is often used as a reagent for spectral analysis and raw material for preparing electronic components. It is also a new type of semiconductor material.


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If you believe The Dissolve and The AV Club, Computer Chess is one of the best films of 2013. I don’t entirely agree, but the film is appealingly different, an eccentric little movie filmed using (comparatively) ancient video cameras. It initially concerns a gaggle of geeks in the 1980s competing in a tournament pitting chess-playing computers against one another, but soon shudders, degrades and branches into a host of subplots involving sexually adventurous hippies, nervous nerds and one competitor who’s unable to find a room in which to sleep.
Stylistically the last half of the film is interesting, finding visual experimentation within its ancient aesthetics, but it all amounts to very little. The humour is quirky without really being funny, and there doesn’t seem to be a larger point to the proceedings. Mike D’Angelo argues that the film’s strength is that it doesn’t “construct some lumbering thesis,” but I personally found this a failing.
Nonetheless, I’d recommend Computer Chess. If nothing else, it’s a thoughtful portrayal of real nerds, defined by insularity – see: a programmer’s complete confusion when he’s asked what the “point” of his program is – and insecurity, clearly evidenced by the petty competiveness barely concealed beneath pretend politeness.


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WELCOME to scotsman.com’s Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today.
Fragility of service sector seen in CBI survey
Consumer services such as bars and hotels dragged service sector business levels down in the last three months, according to the worse-than-expected results of the Confederation of British Industry’s quarterly survey, which is published today (Scotsman).
Scots businesses face threat of £400m tax bill
Scottish companies that used tax-avoidance schemes run by a leading accountancy firm could face combined tax bills of up to £400 million to settle with HMRC and avoid the schemes being challenged. Premier Strategies, a division of RSM Tenon, is estimated to have sheltered up to £1 billion for dozens of sizeable Scottish companies over the past decade, avoiding £400m of taxes (Herald).
Currency exchange in tie-up with Scottish Chambers
A FOREIGN exchange business has sealed a major partnership deal with Scottish Chambers of Commerce. Scot FX will operate a white-label service on behalf of the chambers allowing thousands of members access to a dedicated system for foreign money transfers (Herald).
ENERGY & UTILITIES
Investment gushes into North Sea
INVESTMENT in Britain’s oil and gas industry has soared to record levels on the back of the UK government’s sweeping tax reforms for the offshore sector and is set to keep growing this year, according to the latest industry report. Last year, oil firms invested £11.4 billion in the North Sea and the waters west of Shetland, encouraged by new tax breaks and assurances on decommissioning costs (http://www.scotsman.com/business/energy-and-utilities/investment-gushes-into-north-sea-1-2808010|Scotsman|Scotsman}).
FOOD, DRINK & AGRICULTURE
Scottish delegation to attend Gulfood event
A delegation of Scottish companies in the Middle East is to attend Gulfood, one of the world’s biggest food and drink trade shows. Scottish Development International (SDI), in partnership with industry leadership group Scotland Food & Drink, is hosting 12 Scots firms at the Dubai show, including a number exhibiting at Gulfood for the first time (P&J)
MEDIA & LEISURE
Style Academy looks to American market
A SCOTTISH company offering art and craft courses in a manor house on Royal Deeside is seeking to attract American clients with a launch in a New York hotel this week. Former private chef Andrew Mellon set up The Style Academy last year and is offering a hugely expanded range of courses this year, having reached agreement with a number of country estates (Scotsman).


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Mixed Media Art, Art Dolls, Assemblages and Prints.
This looks awesome!!
Thanks Ayala Art!
Your booth looks great
Thanks Heartinmyhand! We are going to do some tweaking of the display stands. These stands were used for a very different venue and they are not up to par with the shows I've been doing lately.Lucky for me that the hubby is wonderful with ideas and is a natural talent with wood, so he is my personal carpenter man!
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1 cup catsup
1 large onion, finely chopped
A cup water
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon packed brown sugar
A teaspoon salt
A teaspoon pepper
% cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Dash tabasco sauce (optional)
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shire sauce to boiling over medium heat. Add lemon juice and
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includes recipes of delectable wild foods to be found in field
Use ripe paw paws only! Squeeze pulp out of skins and puree
in a food mill. Sprinkle with lemon juice (to prevent puree from
darkening) in the proportion of 1 teaspoon lemon juice per cup
1 cup paw paw puree
'A cup shortening
Vi cup sugar
I V* cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon baking soda
% teaspoon salt
Cream shortening, add sugar gradually, beat until fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat
in paw paw puree. Sift together remaining dry ingredients and
add in four portions, beating smqoth each time. Pour batter
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clean. Cool on rack. Makes one loaf.
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2 pounds smoked ham, ground
1 pound pork, ground
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'A cup milk
1 cup brown sugar
'A cup vinegar
'A cup water
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
Mix all ham loaf ingredients and bake for V/% hours from
325 to 350 degrees. Heat all sauce ingredients and baste ham
loaf often during the last hour of baking.
Currant Ham Loaf
5 cups ground cooked ham
1 pound ground pork
1 cup cracker crumbs
1 cup tomato sauce
2 tablespoons chilli sauce or catsup
10 ounces currant jelly
Vi cup salad mustard *
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2 cups dry pinto beans
IVi teaspoons salt
Vz teaspoon black pepper
5 tablespoons bacon fat
Ground cumin to taste, optional
IVi cups cubed Cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese,
Finely chopped jalepenos (optional)
Wash beans. Soak overnight or bring beans to a boil with
six cups water, cook 2 minutes, then remove from heat, cover,
and let stand one hour before cooking further. Simmer beans
90 minutes or until tender. Add salt and pepper. Heat bacon
fat in skillet. Drain 1 cup beans, reserving liquid, and put in
skillet. Mash thoroughly, adding Vi cup of the reserved liquid.
Stir and cook several minutes. Add knd mash more beans
with more reserved liquid. Repeat with remaining beans and
liquid until the mixture is smooth. Stir in any or all of optional
ingredients and cook until cheese melts.
YAM BRAN BREAD
'A cup butter
V* cup sugar Combine butter, sugar, and egg
2 egg whites whites. Add remaining ingredients
Wi cups flour until moistened. Place in muffin
'A cup oat bran tins or a greased and floured loaf
3 tablespoons sour milk pan. Bake at 3SO degrees until
l'/i teaspoon baking powder toothpick inserted comes out
1 teaspoon baking soda clean. Yields 1 loaf or 12 muffins.
Vi teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 medium yams, baked, peeled,
Paw Paw Puree
Paw Paw Bread
(Continued from Pago B 6)
SWEET POTATO AND
6 to 8 sweet potatoes
6 to 8 firm cooking apples
1 cup sugar
/* cup cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups boiling water
'A cup butter
Parboil sweet potatoes and cut
into slices. Peel apples and slice.
Mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt in
saucepan; add boiling water and
butter. Stir over medium heat until
mixture comes to a boil.
Butter a large casserole dish.
Layer sweet potatoes and apples in
dish. Pour sauce over all and bake
at 3SO degrees for one hour.
SWEET POTATO PIE
'/> cup butter, softened
'/a cup sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
V* cup evaporated milk
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
'/a teaspoon ground cinnamon
'/a teaspoon ground nutmeg
'/« teaspoon salt
1 unbaked pastry shell
In a mixing bowl, cream butter
and sugar. Add eggs; mix well.
Add milk, sweet potatoes, vanilla,
cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; mix
well. Pour into pie shell. Bake at
425 degrees for IS minutes.
Reduce heat to 350 degrees, bake
35 to 40 minutes longer or until a
knife inserted near the center com
es out clean. Cool. Store in
refrigerator. Serves 6 to 8.
6 medium sweet potatoes
8-ounces crushed pineapple,
• '/: cup orange juice
3 tablespoons butter, melted
V* teaspoon salt
Pierce sweet potatoes with a
fork. Bake at 400 degrees for S 3 to
65 minutes or until tender. Cool
slightly. Remove pulp from pota
toes, keeping the skins intact. In a
bowl, combine the pulp with
pineapple, orange juice, butter,
and salt. Refill potato shells and
place in greased 13x9x2-inch bak
ing dish. Bake at 400 degrees for
20 minutes or until heated through.
3 cups cooked, mashed sweet
2 eggs, beaten
I teaspoon vanilla
'/> cup melted butter
'/i cup milk
Mix together ingredients and
pour into a buttered baking dish.
Add the following topping; '
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped nuts
/) cup flour
'A cup melted butter
Mix, place on top of sweet pota
toes and bake at 3SO degrees for 25
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As I mentioned before, Olympic NP is one of the most diverse parks in the US. It protects a rain forest, beautiful coast and beaches, several lakes, and a mountain range called Hurricane Ridge. On our last day in Olympic we planned to explore the latter part of the park by hiking to Klahane Ridge. Our plans failed dramatically as the road leading to the trailhead was closed due to a recent snowfall.
We were not too sorry about it, as already at the Hurricane Ridge’s Visitor Center we understood where the mountains get their name from. It was so windy and cold there that even in thermal underwear, a fleece, and a windstopper, I was still shaking from the cold. As quickly as I could, I snapped a few pictures (published below) and jumped back into the warm car. Soon afterward, without any regrets, we started driving in the direction of Seattle.
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A unified presentation of the analysis and design of microwave transistor amplifiers (and oscillators) -- using scattering parameters techniques.
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NOVARIA GROUP ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES
Multiple Aerospace facilities join Novaria Group in 2020
FORT WORTH, TX – Summer 2020
Novaria Holdings, LLC is pleased to announce its acquisition of Caliber Aero and Airtech Supply, Inc in 2020. Airtech Supply is a world class machining partner for assemblies, component parts, structural parts, and surface parts. Caliber Aero is a premier manufacturer of aerospace bushings and precision components for the aerospace and defense industry.
This move enables both companies to expand their product and service offerings and expand capabilities utilizing the Novaria’s current infrastructure of networked divisions and resources. “Novaria is continuing to add capabilities and capacity to its unique aerospace manufacturing business,” said Bryan Perkins, CEO of Novaria Group. “We continue to expand our suite of products and solutions to help further our ability to service customers for the long-term.”
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Ingen Blomst i Verdens Lande
Peter A HEISE (1830 – 1879)
Digte fra det Engelske
1. Pilen og Sangen (Longfellow) [2:02]
2. Vandrerne (Shelley) [1:47]
3. Ingen Blomst i Verdens Lande (Byron) [2:30]
4. Ekko (Moore) [1:55]
5. Bryd! Bryd! Bryd! (Tennyson) [2:16]
6. Vaage maa jeg, ak! (Burns) [2:35]
Friedrich KUHLAU (1786 – 1832)
7. Rastlose Liebe* (Goethe) [3:08]
Drey Gedichte aus Gerstenbergs poetischen Wäldchen, Op 21
8. Der erste Mai [2:22]
9. Der Traum [3:54]
10. Orpheus [7:40]
Christan BARNEKOW (1837 – 1913)
Fire folkesange efter det russiske ved Thor Lange, Op. 14
11. Hört jeg har* [3:18]
12. Skin du frem* [3:19]
13. Ak, paa Gjaerdet Pilen laette Knopper saetter* [4:50]
14. Fjernt paa Marken staar den slanke Hvidbirk * [2:52]
Julius BECHGAARD (1843 – 1917)
Lyriske Sange: Digte af Ernst v d Recke, Op. 19
15. Tidt, naar jeg sidder ene paa mit Kammer [2:46]
16. Mig tyktes, du stod ved mit Leje [2:46]
17. Duggen er falden [2:52]
18. Hun er saa let som Skovens fejre Hind [1:53]
19. Hun sover i Ly af den blomstrende Lind [2:00]
20. Hvorhen i Verden jeg gaar min Sti [4:12]
21. Blomst Underskjön: Der voxer en Blomst [5:04]
Erik Bekker Hansen (tenor), Camilla Toldi Bugge* (soprano), Ellen Refstrup (piano)
rec. February – June 2010, Kammermusiksalen, Musikhuset Aarhus, Denmark
sung texts and English translations enclosed
DANACORD DACOCD 705 [65:51]
Several discs with Danish songs have come my way for review during the last couple of years. Here is still another with a quartet of 19th century composers, of whom Kuhlau probably is the best known internationally. His chamber music for flute and his piano sonatas have had rather wide circulation but to generations of Danes it is his incidental music for Elverhöj that everybody knows. Born in Germany in 1786 he fled from military service in 1810 and was thus a grown-up man when he arrived in Copenhagen. It was natural for him to set German verses. But both Heise and Barnekow also turned to foreign poetry although they set it in Danish translation.
Heise is regarded as one of the foremost Danish song composers, next to Carl Nielsen, and he has a personal style, rather Danish in spite of the English origin of the poems. The title of this CD is from Lord Byron (tr. 3) and that song is perhaps the finest of all on this disc. But all six have something that make them stand out, not least Ekko (tr. 4).
Kuhlau’s setting of Goethe Rastlose Liebe, (tr. 7) is fine with echoes of Beethoven and Weber. Of the other songs by him Orpheus (tr. 10) is grand, more a dramatic scena.
The four duets by Barnekow are simple and delicious settings of Russian folksongs with attractive melodies, apart from the last of them, which is powerful and dramatic with a clear religious message. Bechtgaard wrote almost 200 songs, very often in the shape of cycles. These seven lyric songs are the only ones on the disc with original Danish texts. I was not familiar with this composer before but he turned out to be maybe the most interesting of the four. Hun er saa let som Skovens fejre Hind (tr. 16) is a gem, light and whirling with a heavier and darker third stanza but it returns to the light-hearted mood in the last. There is a welcome freshness to all of his songs.
Erik Bekker Hansen has a lightish, basically soft lyric tenor voice. His ability to change vocal colours is limited but he has fine sense for the texts and can be quite expressive. In the heavier songs he is sometimes overtaxed and sounds strained and adopts a vibrato that becomes prominent. Camilla Toldi Bugge is clear-voiced and makes a good impression in the Goethe song but in some of the duets she tends to glare. Erik Bekker Hansen’s regular pianist Ellen Refstrup is a splendid accompanist and the recording is well balanced.
Erik Bekker Hansen is no Aksel Schiøtz but he is more than acceptable and the disc is worth hearing for some fine songs.
Worth hearing for some fine songs.


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Whistleblower and Qui Tam Claims
The False Claims Act is a federal law that allows people who are not affiliated with the government to file actions against federal contractors claiming fraud against the government. The act of filing such actions is informally called "whistleblowing." Persons filing under the Act stand to receive a portion (usually about 15-25 percent) of any recovered damages. The Act provides a legal tool to counteract fraudulent billings turned in to the Federal Government. Claims under the law have been filed by persons with insider knowledge of false claims which have typically involved health care, military, or other government spending programs.
The provision allows a private person to bring a lawsuit on behalf of the United States, where the private person has information that the named defendant as knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false or fraudulent claims to the United States. The False Claims Act, passed by Congress on March 2, 1863, was an effort by the government to respond to entrenched fraud where the official Justice Department was reluctant to prosecute fraud cases. Importantly, a reward was offered in what is called the "qui tam" provision, which permits citizens to sue on behalf of the government and be paid a percentage of the recovery. The False Claims Act provides incentive to relators by granting them between 15% and 25% of any award or settlement amount.
Whistleblower/qui tam claims result from fraud in a number of different areas, including:
- Procurement fraud
- HUD fraud
- Medicaid fraud
- Airport Construction
- Medicare / Tricare fraud
- Energy contract fraud
- Defense Contractor fraud
- Government Health Insurance fraud
- Building and Roadway Construction
- Public works projects and federal government construction
One area in which qui tam claims are growing is the health care industry. When an employee has knowledge of fraud involving Medicare, pharmaceutical misconduct or other activity involving government reimbursement or payment for health care, they should speak to a qui tam lawyer for assistance as soon as possible.

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The Chief Privacy Officer of Policy for Facebook Erin Egan has this week begun setting down a series of changes to several of the key Facebook Governing Documents, with emphasis placed on their Data Use Policy and their Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. For the average Facebook user, this means you’ll be seeing Facebook make public edits to documents stating their intentions with collecting and using data you provide. It also means Facebook is editing the rules that apply to both you and Facebook when you choose to use the social network.
This set of rule changes comes soon after a Facebook Sponsored Stories privacy settlement was made and approved by a judge stemming from a case raised back in 2011. A judge has made the final OK for a settlement of $20 million to be paid to the five plaintiffs involved in the case.
According to the update summarization from Facebook presented today, they’ve rewritten the Personalized Ads section of their advertisement “About” section to reflect several needs that’ve come up recently.
We rewrote this section to:
• highlight how we use the information we receive to show you ads that we hope you find relevant and interesting.
• expand the explanation of the controls we give you over the ads you see on our ad page at www.facebook.com/about/ads.
• explain that advertisers may also be able to reach you on Facebook using the information they already have about you (such as email addresses or whether you have visited their websites previously).
Facebook is also making it more clear that you have a choice to use the social network, and that by using Facebook, you agree to several things. One of these things is the idea that “by using our services”, Facebook representatives emphasize, “you grand us permission to use the information we receive to operate Facebook.” This is just about as general as it gets when it comes to explaining how an interactive website works.
Another bit of emphasis has been added to the line that suggests “public information” may be accessed by anyone – “on or off Facebook”. Facebook also has a section now that suggests they’ll be using your profile pictures specifically – not just previously tagged photos – to identify you for possible tagging in future photos. According to AllThingsD, Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan said in an interview about the subject:
“It’s actually a good thing to be tagged in more photos, because that’s how you’ll know they exist on Facebook. Then from there, you can take the photos down or, if you need to, report them.” – Egan for Facebook
Have a peek at the full rule change summary and see what you think of the whole situation. It should be noted that these rules can – and are encouraged to – be commented on, but there will be no user vote on their final form. This is a Facebook-heads sort of set of decisions.


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Over the weekend, I opened the door TWICE for fabulous deliveries!!
The first was an ARC of Lisa Mantchev's Perchance to Dream! I'm reading it right now and it. is. so. good. You might remember this ridiculous vlog I created in an effort to win a copy. And you know what? Going all out and making a fool of myself worked like a charm!
The second package was a signed (and personalized!) copy of Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale. You might be wondering how I got so lucky. Well, I'd answer, it's because Shannon Messenger is a fabulous friend and GOT IT FOR ME.

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Lionsgate has released the trailer and poster for David Gordon Green’s new drama, Joe. The overarching plot is about the relationship that forms between the troubled titular character (Nicolas Cage) and an abused teenager (Tye Sheridan), but it’s more of a character-driven piece about two people who are struggling against giving into the violence that pervades their lives. It’s a powerful film, and while I’m flattered that they’ve quoted my review on the poster and in the trailer, I think the trailer goes too deep into the picture, although it does give a good sense of the main theme.
Hit the jump to check out the trailer and poster. In case you’re wondering who the old man in the trailer is, it’s Gary Poulter, a late non-actor whose remarkable performance is on par with Cage and Sheridan. Joe opens in theaters and on VOD on April 11th.
Click over to Apple to see the trailer in HD.
Here’s the official synopsis for Joe:
A gripping mix of friendship, violence and redemption erupts in the contemporary South in this adaptation of Larry Brown’s novel, celebrated at once for its grit and its deeply moving core. Directed by David Gordon Green, JOE film brings Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard-living, hot-tempered, ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble – until he meets a hard-luck kid, (MUD’s Tye Sheridan) who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector. With a screenplay by Gary Hawkins, JOE is based on the novel by the late Larry Brown (Big Bad Love, Facing the Moon), the former Mississippi firefighter renowned for his powerful, gothic storytelling and universal themes of honor, desperation and moral rectitude.


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CNET takes a look at the hottest cars we expect to see at the 2015 Geneva auto show next week.
CNET covers the new models and concept cars shown off at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show.
The Sport Coupe Concept GTE that Volkswagen will display at the 2015 Geneva auto show combines new styling cues with cabin and efficiency technologies.
Ahead of its debut at the 2015 Geneva auto show, the Kia Sportspace concept wagon makes an appearance.
Aston Martin is entering the hypercar race with the Vulcan, a limited edition track only special. 24 of the 800bhp+ hypercars will be released. XCAR spoke to the car's designer, Marek Reichman, about his creation.
At the 2015 Geneva auto show, Volkswagen will show a concept car featuring new styling and new tech, including the ability to understand and react to a driver's mood.
McLaren gives us a sneak peek at its new 675LT model ahead of the Geneva auto show, building on the 650 with better aerodynamics, less weight and a diabolical 666 horsepower.
Set for an official unveiling at the Geneva auto show next week, McLaren releases photos and some details about its super fast road and track mate, the 675LT.
Aston Martin is only making 100 Vantage GT3s. They're super exclusive and super cool.
The privacy protection company will upgrade its snoop-resistant handset later this year and introduce a tablet, too. Also new: a push for business customers spooked by Sony hacks.
The Targaryens may have felt a throne made of swords was appropriate, but Mercedes-Maybach aims for pure comfort and serenity with the Pullman model, designed for heads of state and monarchs.

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Since Monday was Memorial Day and Monday is also one of the days that I can catch the 787, I decided to head over to the airport first. As it turned out, the 787 arrived about an hour earlier than expected, so I missed it. I couldn't pass on the opportunity to get some plane pictures though since I was already at the airport.
First up was an Embrear 175 belonging to Republic Airlines but operating for American Express. It was coming in from LaGuardia.
And flying in next was an MD-88 that was arriving from Boston.
Next was a 737 from Fort Lauderdale.
Of course the plane that would make me stay is the 757.
This particular 757-200 was arriving from Southwest Florida International Airport.
One of my favorite shots that I can get at Detroit Metro.
And this particular A319 was arriving from Dallas Fort Worth.
A robin that was arriving from no particular place.
And we have an MD-88 that was coming in from Windsor Locks, CT.
I saw that there was at least one more 757 coming in.
This particular one is the 757-300 which is the stretch version and I think it was coming in from Orlando.
I'm not sure what kind of plane this is.
As I was heading back to the car from the grocery store, I looked up and saw this 747.
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- A Wacky Rogue-like Dungeon Crawler RPG - While the characters of Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God may be cute, the gameplay is pure "rogue-like dungeon crawler" fun! Get ready for some intense action as you enter dungeons, collect items, and look for ingredients for the legendary curry! But be warned, if you fall in a dungeon, all of your items and even the levels you have accrued will disappear and you'll need to start all over again (it's a rogue-like after all!)
- A Cast of Crazy (and just Crazed) Characters - From the mysterious and non-committal Puni and her Puni-radar and the irritatingly gluttonous Kuu, to the uber-creepy evil lord Gigadis, you can be assured that everyone you encounter will be...different...in their own special way
- Behold! the Power of Curry! - Need a quick boost to help you conquer even the most challenging of dungeons? If you have the recipes and ingredients, you can make delicious, stat-boosting curry in any dungeon!
What a day. After acing her final exam, Pupuru earned the right to fight her way through her school's Magic Tower and claim the magic orb hidden within. However, instead of finding a round magic-thingy, she encounters a strange creature she names Kuu. After a series of misunderstandings, Pupuru finds herself suspended from school, and barred from attending her graduation ceremony. Now with too much free time on her hands, she is drawn into a dispute between her friend’s curry restaurant and the big, bad curry chain that just entered town. While coming up with a hare-brained scheme to save her beloved Smile Curry™ she encounters a young girl named Puni, an enigmatic young woman with the ability to read the curry auras of those chosen by the Great Curry God. Along with Kuu, Pupuru begin her quest to save her friend’s restaurant by searching for the ultimate ingredients to make the "Legendary Magic Curry," a curry like no other! Maybe...
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The soundtrack is great, with the right song for the right moment. The characters are all cute and lovable. The story is a little silly but I still enjoyed it.
The game itself is good enough but it can turn on really bad experience if you lose your equipment because of your pet ate it. I needed to rerun dungeons twice, three times just to avoid the losing. So be aware with that.
If you don't like dialogs this is not a game for you, because you need to read lots of them. In my case I like to listen japanese dialogue so that was not a problem for me.
And probably the worst thing of this game is the fact that the level resets to one on every dungeon.
Being a rogue RPG, this game has its fun and also undesired flaws. There is no permanent level gain, and equipment and items are unforgiving as it may be lost for goods in the gameplay, leaving hours of progress to buff up weapons useless.
Fun gameplay! Good graphics!
Super cute and fun game to play!!
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Keselowski's grin went far and wide at just the thought of it.
"I would say we'll get rowdier yet," he said when reminded those three got pretty rowdy in 2010.
Can they get any rougher than, for example, when Keselowski opened the Nationwide season doing his Dale Earnhardt driving impersonation, then was launched in March at Atlanta by Edwards (a Cup payback stemming from Nationwide issues), then was wrecked at St. Louis by Edwards in July, then dumped by Busch at Bristol in August?
"Oh, yeah," Keselowski said. "Ohhhhh, yeah! Believe me, it's not hard to be more aggressive."
NASCAR put a stop to Cup drivers collecting Nationwide points for 2011, but still allows the big boys to drop down at will on Saturdays. With sponsorships already set before the ruling, former Nationwide champions Edwards and Keselowski will run a full schedule anyway.
"Yeah, they can certainly get a lot rougher," said Aric Almirola, who'll be running for the Nationwide title for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports. "Winning is all that's going to matter to them. They're not out there to collect points. They're not out there racing for a championship."
But, speaking for the regulars who will be running for the title, Almirola said firmly, "This is our series "
"They can crash the hell out of each other -- I could care less," Almirola said of the three rowdies. "But they need to race us with respect."
That is, it's OK to have a sideshow. Nationwide regulars are used to that.
Among stellar outsiders, X Games sensation Travis Pastrana will run selected Nationwide races, and Danica Patrick will be back for a projected 12 races -- the highlight being her Bristol debut on March 19 -- as both drivers continue transitioning into NASCAR.
And Edwards and Keselowski will be showing off the two fan-pleasingest designs in the stable of new Nationwide cars that look like throwback muscle cars.
Edwards will drive a Mustang and Keselowski a Dodge Challenger. The new body designs, run in four races last year, will run the full schedule this season.
But among all the sideshows, just don't interfere with those who "checked the box" -- the informal term for mandatory selection of one national NASCAR series in which to collect points -- for Nationwide.
Most of the top Nationwide contenders -- such as Almirola for JR, Elliott Sadler for Kevin Harvick Inc., Edwards' teammate Trevor Bayne for Roush Fenway and Jason Leffler for newly fortified Turner Motorsports -- believe winning their championship will carry the enormous bonus of opening doors to Cup rides for them in 2012.
"The way this is structured, if you go win the Nationwide championship, I have to believe that whoever does will get a Cup opportunity the next year," Leffler said. "I've had two or three good shots at Cup racing. And at my age , I'm still confident that if I go win a half-dozen races this year I'll still get another shot at Cup racing."
"If you look back," Almirola said, "I think Martin Truex Jr. was the last guy who did it [win the Nationwide championship from the rank and file, in 2005, before the Cup drivers began dominating the title]. And it opened up an opportunity for him to go racing on Sunday."
Almirola deems the JR team better prepared than anybody to run for the title.
"Everybody has been building new race cars, but we've been building badass race cars," Almirola said. "We've gotten a lot of help and support from Hendrick Motorsports. They're really working on our engine package to make it better.
"Pops [Tony Eury Sr., Almirola's crew chief] and Tony Jr. have been working our guys tirelessly over the winter to make our stuff better and make our cars lighter."
But the rowdy regular visitors "can be up there racing for the lead and they can get in a crash and collect us," Bayne acknowledged.
"The only saving grace," said Leffler, "is that they are probably running for the owners' championship."
But Leffler has learned to watch out for cherry-picking Cup drivers on Saturdays anyway.
"I've noticed that with some Cup guys who come into this series, if they're not in position to win the race at the end of the race, usually something happens," Leffler said.
"They're showing up to get trophies," Leffler continued. "Not that we aren't, but at the end of the day, with our car, if everything's not going the way you want it to, you tend to start thinking about points and get the best finish you can, where they're in a position where they're just going to go for it."
Edwards said his car owner, Jack Roush, wants to run for the owners' title, and "I think he's got a lot of pride there. So I'd still like to win that."
But, "I guess what we'll do is just go race the first few races and see how it goes," Edwards continued. "But if it turns out we're not racing for a championship, it could be -- uh -- it could be pretty exciting just going for wins."
Edwards paused and his smile grew sheepish.
"But I don't know if NASCAR would allow me to get too much more rowdy than I was last year," he said.
And Keselowski, after his initial thoughts of mischief, reined in his glee a bit.
"What's tough is trying to balance what's right and what's fair," he said. "You try to be somewhat responsible about it and look out for the crew guys. They've got to work on the cars if you tear them up.
"Probably more important yet are the guys who are running for the championship," Keselowski continued. "You try not to get them in any of your carnage."
Told of Keselowski's forecasts of rowdier than ever, Busch deadpanned, "If it's gonna be that way, I probably just need to quit Nationwide and focus on the Cup effort."
"But, you know," Busch said, "those guys talk too much sometimes."
All in all, Bayne said, "They know they're coming down to our playground, and I don't really see them as being the bullies that are going to push us off the swing set."
Ed Hinton is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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40 underprivileged children to visit HK Disneyland -
By A Staff Reporter -
MUSCAT — Oman Holdings International Co SAOG (OHI) and Dar al Atta’a have joined hands to send 40 children to visit Disneyland in Hong Kong.
The move is part of their national initiative in commemoration of the 40th Renaissance anniversary of the reign of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos.
The ‘Bring a Smile Campaign’ includes several initiatives that will light up the lives of underprivileged children.
The OHI group has always actively supported charity initiatives and organisations such as Dar Al Atta’a.
The campaign will kick off in July with a series of fun-filled activities for the children.
“40 children will be sent to Disneyland Hong Kong for a week-long vacation. We have identified these 40 children and with OHI’s support, look forward to giving them the holiday of their dreams with Mickey Mouse and all his friends. It will give the children memories to cherish. We sincerely thank OHI for their noble gesture,” says Nada al Jamali, Head of Family Business, Dar Al Atta’a.
Ammar al Saleh, Executive Director, OHI Group said, “This is a landmark year for our country and the people of Oman as this year marks His Majesty’s glorious 40 years of renaissance. We are guided by the vision of our leader, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, and this is our way of contributing to the welfare of the children who are the future of the nation. We are happy to be able to provide this opportunity partnering with Dar Al Atta’a Association.”
“At OHI our credo is ‘The power of partnerships.’ We truly admire Dar Al Atta’a’s efforts to provide for the less fortunate and are delighted to support this deserving charity that aims to build a brighter future for the underprivileged.
“We believe that the private sector has a role to play in giving back to society and in doing so, support the development march of Oman. OHI is fully committed to ensure the success of all activities planned under the ‘Bring A Smile’ campaign,” says Behram Divecha, CEO, OHI Group of companies.

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Daily Outlook – 8 Oct. 2020
By: Andria Pichidi
- Harris and Pence: Smooth debate but without any significant market reaction
- Trump indicated he would promptly sign a standalone stimulus bill, including $1,200 checks for individuals and relief for airlines and small businesses after he halted the negotiations with the Democrats on a bigger stimulus deal Tuesday.
- Pelosi: Democrats were willing to pass a standalone airline relief bill.
- Stock market sentiment across Asia and the US last night was supported by hopes of some targeted relief measures in the U.S. – USA100 is 1.7% firmer at session highs, the USA500 is up 1.4% and the USA30 has climbed 1.6%. GER30 and UK100 futures are up 0.5%.
- ECB contemplating an extension of the PEPP program as case numbers and with its restrictions continue to rise across Europe.
- RBNZ – “actively working on negative interest rates and a funding-for-lending program helped to lift spirits.
- BoJ’s Kuroda meanwhile said Japan’s economy remains in a severe situation, but added that things are starting to pick up. Against that background, Topix and Nikkei are currently up 0.63% and 0.99% respectively.
USD – mixed against majors
EUR – lifted slightly at 1.1776
GBP – retests R1 at 1.295 so softer dollar
JPY -steady, sideways in 106 low area
CAD – declined to 1.3235 from an overnight peak of 1.3340 even as crude oil
AUD – rallied to 0.7158 reversing more than 50% of 2-day losses
Oil – holds at low $40 area – defied inventories which showed a minor increase of 0.5 million barrels, worse than expected
Gold – holds below 1900, limited by the risk-on rally on stocks
TODAY: ECB’s Schnabel, BoE Bailey, SNB Jordan, BoC Macklem, ECB Merch, ECB Guindo are set to speak today. Also on tap are ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts and US Jobless Claims
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Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is commonly used in permanent hair dye formulations. PPD penetrates the hair fibers and undergoes oxidation reactions to form darkly colored compounds. However, PPD also is a well-known contact allergen. This is particularly problematic when it is used in higher concentrations to achieve darker shades of hair. Good, nontoxic alternatives for customers that are allergic to PPD would be useful. The alternative compounds should not readily bind to or penetrate the skin and have good water solubility.
Gopalakrishnan Venkatesan, National University of Singapore, and colleagues have synthesized seven different aromatic 1,4-diamines and evaluated their potential as PPD alternatives. The team first synthesized the corresponding nitroaniline intermediates, which were then reduced using H2 and a Pd/C catalyst. In addition to the two amine groups, the products contain different hydrophilic functional groups at the ortho position to improve their solubility in water. The team tested the hair dyeing efficacy, solubility, toxicity, skin permeation ability, and skin sensitization properties of the products.
The researchers found that five of the compounds created dark shades of hair and the other two imparted lighter colors. The compounds are less cytotoxic, show lower skin permeation, and are less sensitizing than PPD. According to the team, the products could be useful nontoxic substitutes for PPD that are less prone to cause an allergic response.
- Synthesis and Assessment of Non-allergenic Aromatic Amine Hair Dyes as Efficient Alternatives to Paraphenylenediamine,
Gopalakrishnan Venkatesan, Yuri Dancik, Yub Raj Neupane, Aneesh V. Karkhanis, Paul Bigliardi, Giorgia Pastorin,
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2022.

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It’s rare to find a restaurant that is a powerhouse of intention.
Urban Fresh is a family-run restaurant that focuses on community, sustainability, nutrition, local, and organic ingredients. Everything is made in-house in Tucson.
Chauncey and Dana Padilla took over Urban Fresh in May of 2015, adopting Tucson’s vegan community. Chauncey, a former member of the Air Force, and his wife Dana bought the business as a leap of faith, and now run the restaurant with the help of their two children.
Chauncey and Dana know 90% of their customers on a first-name basis. “They know our kids, we know their kids. It’s a real community. It’s like going to a friends’ house for dinner,” says Dana.
“Intentionally we didn’t advertise that we’re a vegan restaurant,” adds Chauncey, “We knew that the food would speak for itself.”
“‘At the end of the day, it’s nice to have people say, ‘I’ve had a vegan meal and it tasted good,’ Chauncey says.”
They kept the name “Urban Fresh,” and at first, much of the same menu. Many of the recipes were largely untouched, with little tweaks here and there.
The smoothie that was known as “Nilly Vanilly,” replaced American Vanilla for a heartier, more deeply flavored Mexican vanilla.
They opted for plant-based proteins, upping the protein to 26 grams a serving. The soups no longer have oil, and the baked goods are mostly gluten-free.
The bigger changes are the addition of the breakfast and lunch specials. A new dish is featured daily. The Padillas see it as a way to be creative and try out new recipes.
The raw seed burger – sunflower and hemp seeds mixed with carrot, zucchini, and tomato – was Dana’s addition, as well as Power Slaw — a toss of quinoa, kale, cabbage, and broccoli with crisp greens.
The menus are surprisingly extensive given their small kitchen and the fact that everything is house made. The menu boards are slowly becoming theirs, based on requests from their customers.
“At the end of the day, the menu now is designed for the customer,” Chauncey says.
Urban Fresh serves breakfast until 11 A.M. It’s $5.99 across the board, which makes for a surprisingly affordable and satisfying meal.
Their breakfast burrito — with potatoes, black beans, tofu, green chile sauce and pico de gallo — is a customer favorite.
The Southwest biscuits and gravy, though, are what first-time customers have to try.
Four savory biscuits swim in a spicy, warming coconut milk gravy. They season the biscuits with chopped fresh sage, thyme, and dill, and the southwest gravy picks up heat from chipotle and cayenne. With the addition of corn, black beans, adzuki beans, and seitan, the meal is not only warm and full of flavor but colorful, too.
The difference between Urban Fresh and other vegan restaurants is that Urban Fresh omits oil, added salt, and sugar. Urban Fresh bakes the food instead of deep-frying it.
They have found ways to add flavor to vegan food without compromising the nutritional value. “Refried” beans are prepared in a pressure cooker, as well as the raw, gluten-free chile relleno, and even pizza.
“It changes your mind about food. I can eat a smaller portion, be full, happy, and go back to work without feeling lethargic,” says Chauncey.
And they don’t use imitation products, like fake meat or cheese. They serve house-made seitan. “If you can make something instead of buy[ing] it, why not just make it?” says Dana.
Urban Fresh uses locally sourced ingredients and they consider themselves to be part of the greater food system.
For instance, they source tortillas from La Estrella, plants and herbs from Dreamflower Garden, hydro lettuce from Merchant’s Garden, and coffee from Yellow Brick Coffee. Taylor Moore — from the Kids Flower Garden — collects their compost and, in turn, brings fresh produce back to the restaurant.
“It’s all about developing relationships and spending the time,” says Dana. “[We want to build] a camaraderie with other local business and [support] them in a symbiotic relationship. “It’s important for sustainability. Not only the vegan aspect but the community aspect, making sure that you’re providing back to the community what they’ve given to you,” Chauncey says.
Each summer, the Padillas make a special road trip to explore other culinary landscapes and bring back things to share with their customers.
In the past, they explored Hatch in New Mexico to bring back green chilies, North Carolina for barbecue sauce, and New Orleans for hot sauce. They even found a distilled, clear hot sauce.
“We try to find something different that people haven’t tried or haven’t seen,” says Dana.
As much as the Padillas give to their customers in hard work and sustenance, the customers give right back.
For example, a customer started the Urban Fresh Facebook, essentially becoming the publicist. A chef showed up on their doorstep — showing them how to sharpen knives — and introduced them to the endless possibilities of vegan food.
“A lot of people think vegan food and think very bland, tasteless. You can make anything vegan, and make it taste good. Just because it’s vegan doesn’t mean it has to be boring or bland,” Dana says.
They serve a full spectrum of customers but one thing stands out. “Some of our customers are some of the most happy and healthy people.
It’s such a vibrant community. They feel good, they live well, they have a great attitude, and I think a lot of it has to do with diet.”
Dana and Chauncey follow a vegan diet outside of their restaurant business as well. They find that they sleep better and are more productive on a vegan diet.
“I think it also speaks to the lifestyle. We want people to eat healthier. We want people to — if not give up meat — greatly reduce their meat consumption.
Being able to provide a meal that is affordable and tastes good, that’s part of our concept. It’s also about providing something that’s really good for the community and something that makes people feel good, and is good for them, the environment.
It’s about all of that, the bigger picture,” says Dana.
“At the end of the day, it’s nice to have people say, ‘I’ve had a vegan meal and it tasted good,” Chauncey says. Bring your friends and family to meet the Padillas and settle down to a plate of biscuits and gravy. You’ll leave feeling good and quickly forget that it’s vegan.
Urban Fresh is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. every second Saturday.
Urban Fresh is located at 73 E. Pennington St. For more information, call (520) 792 9355 or visit urbanfreshtucson.com.


Ousted president Hosni Mubarak could be tried for committing alleged political crimes during his thirty year reign under several Egyptian laws, legal experts said.
On Saturday, an Egyptian criminal court dropped charges against Mubarak,86, of complicity in the killing of protesters durnig the 2011 uprising which led to his ouster. It also cleared him of corruption charges, triggering a wave of criticism from Islamist and pro-revolutionary groups.
Political groups and commentators called for enacting Egypt's "corrupting political life" law – a 2011 amendment of the "treason" law issued after the 1952 revolution that toppled the monarchy.
On Monday, an alliance of liberal and leftist groups launched a campaign titled "Indict Them."
Whether for reasons of insufficient or destroyed evidence, or the technical difficulty of proving accusations against them, the main grievance for the alliance is that it became clear that it was impossible to indict Mubarak and members of his regime on conventional criminal charges.
Figures from Mubarak's regime – associated with poll rigging, corruption and a sharp deterioration in public services – can be put on trial on charges of political corruption, experts say.
"There are several tools which can be used to try members of the old regime," lawyer Essam El-Eslamboly told Ahram Online.
El-Eslamboly pointed to the "corrupting political life" law of 2011 and two other laws from the 1950s – 247 from 1956 and 79 from 1958 – that can be used to try the president for treason and ministers for treason and corruption.
These laws can be used to put Mubarak in court again, El-Eslamboly contends.
The "corrupting political life" law was issued by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) in November 2011. It stipulates political penalties like barring convicted ex-officials or politicians from running public office, political parties and public institutions and companies.
This law, says El-Eslamboly, may not be enough to punish Mubarak and his regime, as the restrictions from office last for no more than several years and may not be proportional to the extent of crimes they have committed.
Amr Shalaqani, professor of law at the American University in Cairo, also said the amended political corruption law is not enough.
"When it was amended, most of the crimes defined in the 1952 law were scrapped, leaving two articles that have broad definitions which would make it difficult for judges to issue convictions," he said.
The scrapped articles define crimes of nepotism and illicit gains and influencing the judiciary.
The articles that survived amendments define crimes of "aiding in the corruption of state's authority and harming or neglecting the country's interests", and punishing interference in office "against the public interest."
These articles are open to many interpretations, he said.
"The law became devoid of its content outside of the framework of an exceptional tribunal, making it subject to the same procedural regulations of a normal court that led to dropping Mubarak's charges," he said.
Nevertheless, Shalaqani said it may be used to try Mubarak, regardless of the difficulty of indictment.
The general prosecution – the authority with the power to prosecute such accusations of its own accord or after investigating complaints – has not prosecuted a single Egyptian citizen on such charges, judicial sources told Ahram Online.
Mohamed Nour Farahat, a law professor at Zagazig University, is also demanding the enactment of the 2011 "corrupting political life law." However, Farahat says the nature of its penalties – being non-criminal – would only ban members of Mubarak's National Democratic Party from running for parliament.
Otherwise, the 1956 and 1958 laws are a more realistic way to achieve accountability for the political crimes the public accuses Mubarak and his regime of committing, he says.
The law allows for Mubarak and co. to be tried for treason, manipulation of the constitution, profiteering and violating the foundations of the republican order, Farahat told Ahram Online.
However, there are legislative restraints on invoking the law, as court and prosecution powers stipulated in the law are now obsolete.
However, Farahat says "a simple amendment by the president to make the general prosecution the prosecuting authority and designating the appeals court for trial would solve the issue."
While the law may be amended for future use, it will remain within the general prosecution's authority to take action against members of the former regime.


Court stays sanctions against judicial candidate Jeannette Moll
The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday stayed sanctions against an appeals court candidate who is seeking to reverse a finding that she violated campaign rules.
Jeanette Moll, a Republican from Zanesville, is running in the Canton-based 5th District Court of Appeals race. Her opponent is incumbent Judge Patricia Delaney, a Democrat from Delaware.
A five-judge panel on Aug. 30 ordered Moll to pay $3,500 in penalties after ruling one of her campaign fliers violated rules for judicial candidates.
The flier showed Moll in a judicial robe and described her as a Guernsey County magistrate, but didn’t explain that she held the position from 1997 to 2007.
Moll has denied the flier was misleading and is appealing the panel’s ruling.
The monetary penalty includes a fine of $1,000 and $2,500 in attorney fees, plus the costs of the case.


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My mother is a pianist and church organist and my father is a visual artist, so I have been immersed in the arts since childhood. I began playing the piano at age 5, studying with my mother, and then started on the cello in the fourth grade in the Quincy (Illinois) Public Schools.
In high school I became interested in composition and music theory. By that time, I was playing cello in both the high school orchestra and the local civic orchestra (the Quincy Symphony) and I wanted to learn more about how some of the music I loved was put together, what made it "work." My first theoretical studies were with the conductor of the Quincy Symphony, but probably the best lessons I had at that time came from hearing some of my early compositions performed by my high school orchestra.
Following graduation, I moved to New York City. I worked as a freelance musician and earned an undergraduate degree in composition from a wonderful small conservatory, the Mannes College of Music. During that time my general musical ear and experience greatly expanded. I spent hours in the library listening to music with scores in hand. I went to recitals almost every night, got standing room at the Metropolitan Opera, and attended rehearsals by the New York Philharmonic, often with Leonard Bernstein conducting.
After earning my degree, I stayed in New York for a time. I taught fifth through eighth grade general music at a private school, taught in the extension and preparatory divisions at Mannes, composed incidental music for the National Shakespeare Company, and produced concerts of my music, including one at Carnegie Recital Hall.
Eventually I left New York, and earned masters degrees in composition from both Duke University and the Yale School of Music, and then a doctorate in composition from Yale. I then lived in different communities around the country, teaching composition and music theory at universities in Iowa, California and Pittsburgh. Along the way, I enjoyed opportunities to teach and study in St. Petersburg, Russia; and in the village of Kopeyia, Ghana. I have now lived and worked for a decade in Louisville. It is the place where my son was born and my family calls home.
The music I compose often reflects the places I have been at various points in my life. Whether such places are geographical and literal or psychological and spiritual, communication and human connection are of singular importance to me. My diverse catalogue includes orchestral music, vocal music, chamber music and opera., But, regardless of genre, a sympathetic listener will perceive certain basic consistencies in my work. It is music that is direct and reveals itself in an American tonal and rhythmic idiom. Whether lyrical or more angular, it is music that -- in its own way -- carries on certain traditions while continuing to engage in an active dialogue with those traditions, moving beyond them and extending them to our present day, while inviting continuation towards the future.


EyeLock partners up with VOXX, launches USB iris recognition device at CES
EyeLock has announced a strategic partnership with VOXX Electronics to launch myiris, a USB-enabled iris identity authentication device.
Shown off at CES 2014 in Las Vegas this week, myiris is a small circular USB peripheral that works by converting users’ iris patterns to a code unique for authentication. Specifically, the device uses EyeLock’s video based iris authentication technology and stores dual-iris patterns for up to five users.
“Fraud and identity theft cost businesses and consumers millions every year. Companies large and small have struggled to provide a level of security that protects against this,” Tom Malone, President of VOXX Electronics said. “With myris, any business regardless of size can protect itself from fraud and any consumer can protect the thing that is most important, their personal information and their identity.”
“Eyelock is the only iris authentication technology to employ fast motion video and dual eye authentication, allowing us to provide a more seamless, simple and user-friendly experience, with unparalleled levels of security,” Jim Demitrieus, CEO of EyeLock said. “Partnering with VOXX Electronics guarantees our technology will reach the broadest possible audience and propel digital security into the next era.”
The company also recently launched an iris recognition SDK.