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My husband and I like brussels sprouts, so I'm always looking for new ways to use them. I most often serve this colorful salad with roast pork or duck.
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Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 cup) equals 175 calories, 15 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 195 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 4 g protein.
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Last week, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that the state's largest insurance provider, Premera Blue Cross, will pay $10 million in fines following an investigation into the company's data security practices.
In 2014, Premera experienced one of the largest breaches of medical data in history. For nearly a year, hackers had access to millions of customers' data, including Social Security numbers, back account information and medical records.
Premera insists there is no evidence that data was ever used by the hackers.
Ferguson nonetheless launched an investigation. He found that not only were Premera's security measures not up to part, but that "Premera repeatedly ignored both its own employees and cybersecurity experts who warned millions of consumers' sensitive health information was at risk."
Twenty-nine other affected states joined his investigation and last week the consent decree was announced.
Of the $10 million, Washington will get roughly $5.4 million. The state gets the bulk of the fine because its customers were most affected.
Premera Blue Cross is based outside Seattle.
Where does that $5.4 million go? Back to Ferguson's office.
Some of the money covers the cost of the investigation, and the rest will go toward pursuing similar investigations and enforcement of data privacy laws.
But the core purpose of the decree isn't the financial penalty. Rather, it's about imposing new security requirements on Premera.
Those requirements range from making it harder to access Premera's system to keeping closer tabs on where medical records are stored to hiring a new executive specifically for data security.
The decree leaves the question of whether the victims themselves might receive a payout.
They likely will but from another source: a separate class action lawsuit.
That suit has reached a tentative agreement, which includes Premera creating a $32 million fund for customers whose data was stolen.
That fund will go toward credit monitoring and reimbursing customers who might have lost money because of the hacks.
The settlement, however, has not yet been formally approved by the court. If it does get approved, then affected customers should be able to seek out those funds shortly afterwards.


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President Edgar Lungu has said he has today held fruitful bilateral talks with his DRC counterpart Felix Tshisekedi. He said he and President Tshisekedi have agreed to expedite works on the Kasomeno-Mwenda Toll Road to enhance business between our two countries.
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I have held fruitful bilateral talks with His Excellency, Mr Felix Tchilombo Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa today. In our meeting, President Tshisekedi and I agreed to expedite works on the Kasomeno-Mwenda Toll Road in order to enhance business between our two countries.
I also extended an invitation to President Tshisekedi to join His Excellency Mr Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana and I at the Commissioning of the Kazungula Bridge, a joint project by Zambia and Botswana to the Commissioning in May 2021.
Our meeting further discussed enhanced relations between Zambia and the Congo as well as some pertinent issues relating to the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
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The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on June 4 formally approved the USPS's proposal for a "summer sale" on Standard Mail postage, which largely affects catalog mailings.
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Last year, 12 states had do-not-mail legislation under consideration. But none of the bills were enacted. This year, however, bills already have been refiled in some states, and new bills have been introduced in Connecticut, Florida and New Jersey. With varying enforcement mechanisms, the laws would prohibit mailing unsolicited direct marketing materials to persons who enter their names and addresses to state-maintained registries.
Catalogers can’t afford a postal rate increase of any size in 2009, yet come May the USPS is raising rates at an average of 3.8 percent. This news comes on the heels of Postmaster General Jack Potter's warning that the USPS is staring at a possible $6 billion loss in fiscal year 2009. The USPS’ costs are unmanageable, and it simply doesn’t have enough Flats Sequencing Systems (FSS) equipment available today to generate savings based on automation. Catalogers don't have the luxury to wait for the USPS to pass along the savings generated from the FSS automation.
Earlier today the Florida House of Representatives was supposed to vote on its version of a do-not-mail bill (HB 781). Luckily for Florida and the rest of the country, and our economy, the vote never happened.
As a presenter at the Direct Marketing Association's Catalog on the Road Conference held in Cambridge, Mass., earlier this month, I provided the audience with eight creative tips to help grow sales during this most difficult selling environment. Here's a look at my “eight quick fixes”:
I got lots of feedback to my column last week on the USPS and its brainstorm about going to a five-day workweek. Most of the comments showed up in my inbox or on my blog (which gets heavily promoted throughout the blogosphere). And most of them were pro-mailer, agreeing that the USPS needs to wake up.
Our entire interview with industry veteran Brendan Edgerton, including what he believes the catalog industry must do to remain relevant in these uncertain times
With the holiday shopping season upon us, many multichannel retailers are scrambling to find a new marketing approach to salvage something positive out of this troublesome year. Enter customer-centric retailing, the enterprise-wide use of customer data to establish a comprehensive understanding of customer behavior as a foundation for maximizing the relevance of cross-functional retail strategies. In a webinar from the Direct Marketing Association last week, Customer Centric Retailing — Making the Shift to a New Paradigm, presenters Miguel Pereira, director of consulting and analytical services at the customer retail strategies firm Precima, and Nicolle Scavuzzo, director of client services at Precima, outlined how customer-centric
GOLD INK AWARDS The 21st annual Gold Ink Awards continued to call attention to the print industry’s finest projects. This year, North American Publishing Co. (parent company of the Gold Ink Awards and Catalog Success and Book Business magazines, the latter of which presented the awards) received nearly 1,500 entries. A team of judges with backgrounds from across the print industry pored over the submissions, awarding Gold, Silver, Bronze and Pewter honors in a total of 46 different categories. In all, 488 entries were selected for awards. Here’s a look at the gold and silver winners in the business and consumer catalog divisions.


The Sun Can Help
Open up the curtains on your south facing windows during the daytime to allow the sun to heat your home. Close them at night to reduce the chill effect from cold windows.
Curtains or drapes can also play a role in how tight they are to the windows. The tighter they are to the windows, the better. Also use heavy duty plastic sheets that can adhere to your window frames. Again, the tighter, the better. Tightness will reduce infiltration on cold air.
Maintain Your Heating System
Schedule service on your furnace or boiler. Replace your furnace filter as needed.
Lower your Water Heating Costs
Turn down the temperature of your water heater – A few degrees could save you a few dollars.
Find and Seal Leaks
Find and seal air leaks around utility pipes, recessed ceiling lights, cupboards and closets. Add caulk to seal air leaks around outside facing doors and windows.
Adjust Your Thermostat Temperature
When you are home, set your thermostat to a lower temperature that you can deal with or are comfortable with. At night, turn your thermostat back 5 to 15 degrees. You can certainly save money by doing this. Of course, we all have comfort preferences, so adjust accordingly.
Keep Registers Clear and unobstructed
In any weather circumstance, if your registers are covered or obstructed in any way, you will lose the benefit of that register. As an example, if your bedroom is cold in the winter because the air is obstructed somehow, that room will likely never be to your comfort level. If the location of the thermostat is in a room where the air is unobstructed, the air temperature will always be satisfied based on that thermostat setting. Your bedroom will struggle to reach the level of that thermostat in your bedroom, if the air is not getting to that room, there will be an even greater temperature disparity.
Adding a humidifier to your home can help you feel warmer at lower temperatures. Remember how warm it feels in a Wisconsin Summer when it’s humid? The same applies to winter.


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The 16-day government shut-down in October created sizable work backlogs at the IRS. The IRS reports that it received 400,000 pieces of correspondence during the closure, and that was in addition to the one million items already being processed prior to the shut-down.
The heavy demand on its services has resulted in the IRS deciding to delay the start of the 2014 filing season. Originally, the start date had been set for January 21, 2014. With the one- to two-week delay just announced by the IRS, the earliest the IRS will accept and process 2013 individual tax returns is January 28, 2014 (or possibly February 4, 2014).
The delay was made necessary, according to the IRS, to allow time to program, test, and validate IRS systems for the 2014 filing season, a job that normally is done during the fall of each year.
There is no delay in the filing deadline for 2013 individual tax returns, however. That deadline is set by law and remains April 15, 2014.

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The 19-year-old Pidcock soloed to victory and beat second-placed Johan Jacobs (Lotto Soudal U23) by 30 seconds, with Jens Reynders (WBD Wallonie-Bruxelles development team) finishing in third place more than two minutes behind.
The race was contested over a distance of 170 kilometres, starting in Péronne and finishing at the fabled Roubaix velodrome.
Pidcock was part of a nine-man group before he and Jacobs attacked their companions with 25 kilometres to go. The pair rode together for just a few kilometres when Pidcock decided to take matters into his own hands and launched another attack with still 20 kilometres remaining.
There were no flash celebrations from Pidcock as he crossed the line. Instead, he punched the air with delight. He joins the likes of Bob Jungels, Taylor Phinney, Thor Hushovd and Marc Madiot as a winner of the event.
As well as becoming the first Briton to take the under-23 title, Pidcock is the first to win it having already taken the junior event. Pidcock claimed the junior title in 2017 at the age of 17, also going solo on from far out. On that occasion, Pidcock made his move on the Carrefour de l'Arbre, after bridging across to a breakaway group with 25 kilometres remaining. Pidcock stepped up last year and finished 27th, but appeared in control this time out.
Paris-Roubaix is Pidcock's second road win of the season, after taking a stage of the Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux in April. In February he won the under-23 cyclo-cross world title, beating Belgium's Eli Iserbyt.
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A Chicago man is facing felony charges after he allegedly struck and killed a 13-year-old bicyclist and then fled the scene on Sunday evening.
According to Chicago police, Oscar Martinez Guerrero, 40, was driving a vehicle in the 8300 block of South Lawndale Avenue in the city’s Ashburn neighborhood when he allegedly hit 13-year-old Isaac Martinez at approximately 6:49 p.m. Sunday evening.
Guerrero allegedly fled the scene after the crash, but was located by police an hour after the crash and was taken into custody.
On Tuesday, charges were filed against Guerrero in Central Bond Court, including felony counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death and failure to report in an accident resulting in death.
Guerrero is also charged with misdemeanor counts of failure to give info or to render aid after an accident involving an injury, and for operating an uninsured motor vehicle.


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About Valley Stair & Rail
Valley Stair and Rail is a manufacturer and distributor of distinctive Wood Stairs, Stair Components and Specialty Railings.
Located in Mertztown, Pennsylvania, Valley Stair and Rail (VSR) rests in the center of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. VSR shares the same rich history of manufacturing and craftsmanship as the industrious Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania.
Upon our founding in November of 2006, we built an immediate reputation for the finest quality stairs and components available to the market.
We currently service a broad segment of Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Allentown and other locations in Northern PA, and east into New Jersey and south into Northern Delaware. In addition to our high-quality custom stairs, we offer installation services for custom railings. We pride ourselves on consistent manufacturing and delivery lead times. Our buyers only purchase the highest quality materials for the various types of stairs and railings in the market.
Combining the rich history of quality manufacturing, with constant innovations, VSR is your best choice for wood stair, railing, and stair component programs.

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TWENTY-FOURTH AMENDMENT Popularly known as the "Anti-Poll Tax Amendment," the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax." The Amendment was adopted on February 5, 1964.
The poll tax was a device used by southern states to disfranchise black voters. The Twenty-fourth Amendment sounded the death knell for this procedure in federal elections. Two years following the adoption of the amendment, the United States Supreme Court, in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966), decided that the poll tax was unconstitutional in state elections as well. See also: DISFRANCHISEMENT.


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Working in close partnership with Method UK (Now named Fracture Clinic), David worked on numerous projects with BBC Worldwide some of which are highlighted In this portfolio section of the website.
Dancing with the Stars
Known as ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in the UK, Dancing with the Stars is the global brand which has been exported to many countries across the globe. Working with a developer David developed the design for the global brandbook, an animated, multimedia presentation showing all aspects of the show, its history and production.
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One of the most popular shows in the UK has been recreated out in the States, and David brought some of the marketing material to life with this complex montage of images from the show. Freelance Graphic Designer created this eye-catching showcase graphic created in portrait and landscape format.
The children’s TV brand, Cbeebies was another program that needed the interactive presentation treatment. All of the brand’s characters and programmes needed their own feature, all of which was designed and, in some cases, animated by David as part of the design.

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STERIS's portfolio of V-PRO® Low Temperature Sterilization Systems enables Customers to enhance their overall performance, reduce inventory, save time and money, while ensuring a high standard of patient care. V-PRO Low Temperature Sterilization Systems are intended for use in the terminal sterilization of properly prepared (cleaned, rinsed and dried) reusable metal and nonmetal medical devices used in healthcare facilities. The STERIS-developed low pressure and low temperature sterilization cycles are suitable for sterilizing medical devices sensitive to heat and moisture. Learn about the safety measures of V-PRO Sterilizers here.
Our sterilant, biological indicator and chemical indicator for V-PRO Sterilizers can help you manage sterility assurance, minimize human errors and protect your instrument investment.
Confirm your medical devices and accessories are compatible for processing with our Low Temperature Systems.
How do V-PRO Sterilizers compare with other low temperature sterilizers? Use this chart to explore the differences.
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I started working on a wall niche thinking I wouldn’t have any problem but the more I walk, the more doubts I get.
Here they go a good bunch of questions related to this:
- If I remove the frame of the wall niche I get a brown texture that I want to replace by the one I used on the floor of the room. How can I expand that one inside the niche?
- Then, is it possible to change the color of the wall niche inside (not the whole wall)?
- The same way, is it possible to change the color of part of the wall?
- Now related to the cross section view, it’s almost impossible to select some objects because there are other elements in front of them. How can I do that? And, at the same time, why some objects aren’t visible in this view?
I know; too many questions. Sorry!
I hope everybody is enjoying this year that’s ending.
I’d like making a question before 2023 comes. Is there a way to make some kind of “up holes” in a wall in order to set some puck lights up too?
First, I tried with a wall niche but it’s too thin. I don’t know if I’ll have to use a pony wall or other but I have never worked with them so I’m feeling a bit lost. Any idea?
Many thanks and Happy New Year!
I'm having a problem getting a deck to remain when I try to contain it under a roof. The function of the roofs to the covered deck are to make a covered walkway to the covered deck. I didn't know where to begin searching for this issue so I'm posting this.
The attached screenshot shows where I'm able to get the roof and deck to look right (4'-1") and where the deck room conflicts with the roof (4'-0"). Ideally, I would make these both 4'-0". When I try to adjust the deck rail in or out from the back of the house (shown at 4'-0") the deck disappears.
I have attached the .pln file. Any advise is appreciated.
Ever since I upgraded to X14 I've had an issue where the trim doesn't populate on some of my roofs / roof belts. Has anyone else had this issue? Maybe I should try reinstalling X14? These roofs were copied from the adjacent roof that has the trim and has the same properties. It just makes no sense. I sent a request to support, and they couldn't recreate it at the time.
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In another time and place, Elaine Colandrea would be a temple dancer. In this world, she is a movement artist, Continuum teacher, somatic educator and bodyworker. Elaine’s primary interests have always been the transformational aspects of moving, sounding and breathing, the connection with the natural world and a belief that an artful, embodied presence creates a more humane society.
Based in the Hudson Valley of New York where she maintains a studio shared with other somatic explorers, Elaine also teaches regularly in Italy and has been an invited presenter at ISMETA, the Omega Institute and Shantigar Foundation.
Elaine shared an intimate, longtime involvement with the practice founded by somatic pioneer Emilie Conrad from 1993 until Emilie’s passing in 2014. From 2014 through 2016, Elaine curated Continuum Movement Arts, a virtual website gallery featuring an international array of forty artists from every artistic medium. This endeavor included producing seven live performance events, from NYC to LA., two visual art exhibits, the creation of two video works, The Spirit Soars and The Nature of the Body and organizing a comprehensive conference honoring Emilie Conrad’s legacy at the Omega Institute.
Other influential practices and teachers include Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (Body- Mind Centering), Susan Harper (Continuum Montage), Robert Ellis Dunn (Laban and choreography), Lenore Latimer (Limon technique), Irene Dowd (Functional Anatomy), as well as study of numerous therapeutic exercise systems. Elaine has a M.A.in dance from Columbia University (1982) and was certified as a massage therapist by the Muscular Therapy Institute (1988.) Her clients and students as well as health challenges have also served as teachers.
Elaine’s personal artistic and educational goals include:
- Peaceful, cultural revolution through embodied artistry
- Supporting the experience of wholeness
- Incorporating an understanding of interconnection with nature
- Exploring unitive experiences
Dance reviewer Linda Diamond in 2012 called Elaine, “a wizard of new dance forms.” Kate Goldsmith, Northern Dutchess News and Creative Living wrote in July 2012, “Elaine Colandrea is an alchemist and her medium is the human body.”
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Laoag International Airport is a secondary international airport located near Laoag, the capital of Ilocos Norte Province. This is the northernmost international airport in the Philippines and a popular destination for tourists from China.
Laoag International Airport is located about 7 km west from Laoag city center.
Jeepneys are available, for about PHP 70 they will take you in 20 minutes to the city center. Tricycles are also available at the airport but taxis are not.
Taxi's are not available at Laoag International Airport.
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Chalk up another one for the most transparent administration ever. We’re learning tonight that Vice President Joe Biden will be holding a closed-door meeting tomorrow with undisclosed “gun safety advocates” — which very well could mean the National Rifle Association. Maybe he’s getting private lessons on proper shotgun use?
Seriously, though: who are these “gun safety advocates” meeting with Biden just a week after the Senate rejected several new gun control measures?
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The Brooks Launch 8 is simple, springy, and stylish. This shoe is a lightweight trainer that also has enough speed to be laced up on workout or potentially even race day. With a smooth ride, stylish design, and an unbelievable value, the Brooks Launch 8 is a versatile running shoe for any runner.
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General Terms and Conditions
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Monday, 8 January, 2018
1 SUBJECT OF THE CONTENT
(1) HERE Technologies (hereinafter also “ATS”) provides its customers (hereinafter also “customer”) with “ATS Garage” software as a service (hereinafter also “ATS Garage”, “the service, “the software”), a cloud-based over-the-air software and firmware update management system. "HERE" refers to either (i) HERE Europe B.V. with offices at Kennedyplein 222-226, 5611 ZT Eindhoven, The Netherlands, if your official address is in any country within Europe, Russia, the Middle East or Africa, or (ii) HERE North America, LLC with offices at 425 West Randolph Street, 60606 Chicago, Illinois, USA, if your official address is in any other country.
(2) These General Terms and Conditions apply to and are part of the contract on the use of “ATS Garage” (hereinafter: “ATS Garage” contract or “the contract”).
(3) These General Terms and Conditions shall apply exclusively. Contractual provisions of the customer shall not be applicable. Counter-claims by the customer with reference to his own Terms and Conditions are expressly rejected.
(4) The requirement of a written form under these Terms and Conditions is observed by telefax or e-mail.
(1) By registering on the website www.atsgarage.com the customer agrees to the conditions laid out on the website (including pricelists) and to these General Terms and Conditions.
(2) After verification of the application by ATS the customer receives a confirmation e-mail with the access data for his user account. Upon reception of the confirmation e-mail by ATS the “ATS Garage” contract shall be deemed concluded.
3 TYPE AND SCOPE OF THE SERVICE
(1) “ATS Garage” is an industry-grade Software as a Service platform that is based on open standards and particularly designed for the mobility market. “ATS Garage” provides a complete over-the-air (OTA) update service, enabling software and firmware updates for connected devices (hereinafter also “devices”). “ATS Garage” is operated by ATS as a cloud-based solution. “ATS Garage” comprises a browser-based user interface (hereinafter “ATS Garage Website”) and a collection of programmatic application interfaces for connected devices clients (hereinafter “ATS Garage APIs”).
(2) “ATS Garage Website” provides a user interface for the management of devices and orchestration of over-the-air software update campaigns. The “ATS Garage APIs” allow client software implemented on devices to communicate with the “ATS Garage” service to send configuration information, request software updates, receive notifications of software updates, and download updated software onto the devices. Further details to the scope of “ATS Garage” are provided on www.atsgarage.com and/or in service descriptions and conditions provided to the customer at the time of the conclusion of the contract.
(3) The customer shall be allowed to use “ATS Garage” - stored and running on the servers of ATS or a service provider commissioned by ATS - via an internet connection during the term of this contract for his own purposes and to store and process data with its help and to implement API clients for or integrate API clients into connected devices.
(4) The customer registers for a number of devices that defines the initial scope of “ATS Garage” service. The customer may register additional devices or reduce the number devices at any time via his user account under the provisions in § 12 of these Terms and Conditions. In the event of extending the scope of “ATS Garage” service these extensions are considered part of the existing “ATS Garage” contract and all the provisions hereof.
(5) ATS provides the customer with “ATS Garage” at the router output of its data center ("transfer point"). ATS is not responsible for the availability and maintenance of the data connection between the transfer point and the IT systems of the customer.
(6) ATS reserves the right to update, change, add or remove functions and features of “ATS Garage” as required for the technical development of the product or due to new laws or jurisprudence or equivalent causes. ATS will notify the customer at least two months ahead of substantial changes or a removal of functions. If a change or a removal of functions and features leads to a substantial change of the scope of “ATS Garage” it will be deemed accepted by the customer if the customer doesn’t object in writing within two months after the changes have taken effect.
(7) As far as “ATS Garage” runs exclusively on servers of ATS or a service provider commissioned by ATS, the customer does not require any copyright-related rights to use the software and ATS does not grant such rights. However, limited to the duration of the contract ATS grants the customer the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the “ATS Garage Website” user interface through a web browser and to exercise the “ATS Garage APIs” for the number of devices registered with ATS and to use “ATS Garage” for the purposes according to the “ATS Garage” contract.
(8) The customer does not have the right to incorporate “ATS Garage Website” user interface elements into any other product or service, or to use the “ATS Garage APIs” from other devices as those agreed upon, especially to provide “ATS Garage” to third parties. The customer does also not have the right to create derivative services of “ATS Garage”, or to create proxies to access the services on the behalf of third parties.
4 DATA STORAGE
(1) ATS shall store content and data for the customer and make it available for retrieval as part of “ATS Garage”. Data storage by ATS is carried out with the sole purpose to serve as an integral component of the technical means to execute “ATS Garage”. ATS does not provide and owe data storage as an autonomous service and therefore especially does not owe back-up solutions or grant the right to the customer to retrieve data or to request the return of data by ATS outside the use of “ATS Garage” unless this is required by mandatory Laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.
(2) The customer undertakes not to establish any criminal or otherwise illegal contents and data, and not to upload viruses or other programs containing malicious software into “ATS Garage”. The customer is solely responsible for his and/or his users data uploaded by him to “ATS Garage” and therefore has to make sure that the storage and processing of such data does not infringe third party rights or the law. ATS is not aware of the contents of uploaded data and does not examine the content of the data.
(3) “ATS Garage” includes the allocation of storages space for 100 GB of data if not agreed on more storage space. § 5 is applicable to the data storage. Data transfer from or to the “ATS Garage” storage is limited to 1 GB per mobile device per month if not agreed otherwise.
(4) The customer shall not be entitled to, in part or full, allow third parties to use the storage space.
(5) ATS shall take appropriate precautions against loss of data and to prevent unauthorized access to the customers’ data by third parties.
(6) The customer shall remain the sole owner of the data.
(1) ATS ensures an average availability of “ATS Garage” of 97 % over the year. Any interruptions or disruptions of “ATS Garage” due to maintenance or interruptions as well as disruptions of the service due to reasons that are beyond the control or influence of ATS (especially but not exclusively due to failure of the telecommunication networks beyond the transfer point) or due to a removal or change of features of “ATS Garage” according to § 3 (6) do not count as non-availability of “ATS Garage” in the above sense.
(2) ATS is entitled to interrupt the service for maintenance purposes or due to other technical requirements. The customer will be informed of such an interruption in advance. If an interruption due to maintenance work is required during normal working hours the customer shall be informed at least one week before the interruption.
(3) In the case of an interruption, disruption or malfunction of the “ATS Garage” service the customer shall report these to ATS without delay and as precise as possible via e-mail to email@example.com. If the customer waives this cooperation, § 536c German Civil Code (BGB) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
(4) On workdays (Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 18:00 CET) ATS will react to a disruption of “ATS Garage” or a malfunction that leads to total software failure within 4 hours of the report by the customer. In the case of less severe malfunctions ATS will react in the shortest possible time, but no later than the business day following the day of the reception of the failure report.
(5) In the case of failure reports by the customer after business hours, the reaction time begins with the start of business on the next working day.
(6) If a disruption of “ATS Garage” or a total software failure cannot be eliminated within a working day ATS has to inform the customer.
(7) Malfunctions of “ATS Garage” may arise which are outside of the control or influence of ATS. This includes, in particular, acts by third parties which are not acting on behalf of ATS, technical conditions of telecommunication and the internet, as well as force majeure. The hardware, software (e.g. client software) and technical infrastructure used by the customer and the configuration and reconfiguration (including changes to the client software) of the aforementioned may also have an influence on “ATS Garage” services. All circumstances mentioned in this paragraph and all comparable circumstances that are outside the control or influence of ATS that affect the availability or functionality of “ATS Garage” shall not be considered a defect of the “ATS Garage” service or a disruption in the above sense and for the purpose of the “ATS Garage” contract.
6 RIGHTS FOR DATA PROCESSING, DATA PROTECTION
(1) ATS and the customer observe the legal data protection regulations of the Netherlands and will ensure that the respective employees are committed to comply with the data protection regulations.
(2) For the purpose of carrying out the “ATS Garage” service, the customer grants ATS the right to reproduce the data and to be stored by ATS for the customer, as far as necessary for the “ATS Garage” service. In order to eliminate disturbances, ATS is also entitled to make changes to the structure of the data or to the data format.
(3) If and to the extent that the customer processes personal data according to statutory regulations on IT systems for which ATS is technically responsible, a separate data processing agreement has to be concluded.
(1) ATS offers two remuneration models for the use of “ATS Garage”: “ATS Garage Basic” and “ATS Garage Premium”.
(2) “ATS Garage Basic” allows the customer a free of charge use of “ATS Garage” for a number of up to 20 devices.
(3) “ATS Garage Premium” allows the customer the use of “ATS Garage” for an unlimited number of devices for a fee plus VAT (if applicable) as set out in the price list in effect. The prices will be displayed to the customer during the registration process. The current price list is also published on the website www.atsgarage.com. The prices are quoted exclusive of the respective statutory value-added tax (VAT).
(4) If not agreed otherwise “ATS Garage Premium” bases the fee on the number of devices the customer uses “ATS Garage” for per month. Therefore, if the customer activates or deactivates devices in his user account it will result in an according change of fees. If the customer deactivates devices the fee for these devices shall be billed for a full month.
(5) ATS shall invoice the fees monthly. The invoice shall be payable within 10 days.
(6) In the event of delay of payment ATS has the right to charge interest of 9 % above the base lending rate of the European Central Bank. Delay of payment starts in the case of non-payment after the reception of a reminder by ATS (e-mail or any other electronic means of communication is sufficient) but at the latest 30 days after reception of the invoice. The right to claim further damages resulting from the delay of payment shall remain unaffected. During the delay of payment ATS has the right to deny access to “ATS Garage” until reception of the full payment.
(7) If the customer is in delay of payment with two consecutive months, ATS may terminate the contract without further notice and with immediate effect.
(8) The customer may set off or withhold payments exclusively against undisputed counterclaims or claims that are established by uncontestable court decision.
(9) In case of an increase of total costs (labor expenses, material costs, license fees, data center costs, hardware costs, software costs, other costs for technical equipment, other procurement costs, general and fixed costs (e.g. lease, energy etc.) ATS shall be entitled to increase the prices for “ATS Garage” accordingly. The first price adjustment cannot take place earlier than 12 months after the inception of the “ATS Garage” contract. Following price adjustments may take place no earlier than after 12 months since the date of the respective last price change. ATS will inform the customer about the price adjustment no later than 6 weeks before the effective date of the price adjustment. In the event of a price increase by more than 5 % per year the customer has the right to terminate the “ATS Garage” contract in writing with a notice period of one month to the end of the following calendar month. If the customer does not terminate the contract within six weeks after reception of the price adjustment notification the price changes become part of the contract and take effect at the date set out in the notification. If the customer terminates the contract the previous price will continue to be valid until termination date.
8 SUPPORT AND UPDATE
(1) “ATS Garage Premium” comprises a support service including enhancements of functions to optimize its processes (updates) and a support hotline for inquiries regarding the operation and integration of “ATS Garage”.
(2) However, ATS does not provide support for customers’ implementations of “ATS Garage APIs” into his client software.
(3) “ATS Garage” support hotline is accessible by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.org. It shall be available on workdays Monday to Friday from 9:00 till 18:00 CET with the exception of public holidays in Berlin and the 24. and 31. of December of each year. Inquiries received outside of these support hours shall be deemed as received during the next work day.
(4) “ATS Garage Premium” support does not include consulting, elimination of malfunctions due to improper operation of “ATS Garage” or due to customer modifications of “ATS Garage API” clients, or incorrect customer implementation of “ATS Garage APIs”, or caused by force majeure or third party intervention or other influences outside the sphere of control or influence of ATS.
(5) The customer shall not be entitled to support for features which ATS has removed from “ATS Garage” in accordance with the “ATS Garage” contract or with consent of the customer, or for features which are indicated to be in active development or “beta”.
9 OBLIGATIONS OF THE CUSTOMER
(1) The customer shall provide ATS with whatever support required to investigate reported defects or malfunctions of “ATS Garage”.
(2) For the use of “ATS Garage” the system requirements (software and hardware) resulting from the product description must be fulfilled at the customer's premises. The customer bears the responsibility for this and the correct configuration of his IT-systems (software and hardware).
(3) As far as the customer uploads any content or transfers any data to ATS he grants ATS all necessary rights for the implementation of “ATS Garage” service, especially the right to make copies of files the customer has uploaded as required to store, process and distribute them to the devices. The customer assures that he is legally entitled to the aforementioned necessary rights.
(4) The customer will use “ATS Garage” under full compliance with the laws and regulations that are applicable to his business and to the law applicable to the “ATS Garage” contract. The customer will use “ATS Garage” exclusively for the purposes of the “ATS Garage” contract.
(5) The customer shall take the necessary precautions to ensure that “ATS Garage” is not used by unauthorized employees or third parties, especially the customer shall keep authentication credentials (usernames, passwords etc.) secure and confidential and ensure that employees to whom authentication credentials are made available also do so.
(6) If third parties (including public bodies) assert claims or rights violations against ATS based on the claim that the customer has used “ATS Garage” in a any manner that violates any laws or third party rights (e.g. copyrights) or has breached contractual obligations, the customer shall indemnify and hold harmless ATS immediately, offer ATS appropriate support for its legal defense and pay all the cost of legal defense. ATS shall inform the customer immediately in writing of any claims by third parties and allow the customer, if possible to lead the judicial and extrajudicial negotiations regarding these claims at his own cost. The customer will immediately inform ATS of all information available to him about the facts which are the subject of the claim.
(7) The customer shall make regular and complete backups of all his data uploaded according to § 4.
(1) The statutory provisions of the Law of the Federal Republic of Germany for the warranty in rental agreements apply in principle and as far as they are not excluded or amended by these General Terms and Conditions or by other contractual provisions of the parties.
(2) § 536b BGB (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch – German civil code: knowledge of the lessee of the defect at the conclusion of the contract), and § 536c BGB (indication of defects by the tenant) apply. However, the application of § 536a Abs. 2 BGB (self-employment right of the tenant) is excluded. The application of § 536a (1) BGB (liability for damages by the landlord) is also excluded as far as this rule provides for a liability which is dependent on fault.
(3) Minor reductions of the capabilities of “ATS Garage” service are shall remain out of consideration. Also, a removal or change of features of “ATS Garage” according to § 3 (6) shall not be considered a defect of “ATS Garage”.
(4) Warrant claims are void if “ATS Garage” is not used in accordance with the “ATS Garage” contract conditions and if a malfunction results from modifications to the software by the customer and under the circumstances mentioned in § 5 (7).
(1) ATS shall be liable for damages that were caused by willful or gross negligence of ATS or were caused by slight negligence by ATS and result in significant breaches of main obligations that jeopardize the purpose of the contract
(2) In all other respects the liability of ATS shall be excluded, regardless of the legal basis thereof, unless in cases of injury to life, body or health of a person or a case of fraudulent concealment of a defect or in accordance with product liability law.
(3) ATS is especially not liable for the loss of data, as far as the losses were avoidable by a regular and complete backup of all relevant data by the customer or a third party on behalf of the customer, for any failure of the telecommunication connection and internet network beyond the transfer point, for force majeure, third party faults or for actions of the customer himself. ATS is especially not liable for damages that are caused by failure or incompatibility of hardware and software (e.g. client software) used by the customer, for damages caused by any modifications of “ATS Garage” by the customer or third parties or system interference that arises from misconfiguration by the customer and for any other damages caused by the customer.
(4) In any case of liability according to § 11 (1) except for willful actions the liability of ATS shall be limited to typical and foreseeable damages. ATS shall not be liable for the loss of profits, savings or other incidental or consequential damages.
(5) Claims for damages against ATS are lapsed after a period of 12 months after the occurrence of a breach of a contractual obligation.
12 CONTRACT TERM AND TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT
(1) If not otherwise agreed the “ATS Garage” contract is concluded for an indefinite time period.
(2) “ATS Garage” contract may be terminated by either party in written form observing a notice period of 6 months to the end of the calendar month.
(3) The customer may activate and deactivate devices at any time without written request or notice via his user account. An “ATS Garage Basic” customer that wants to add devices above a total of 20 devices (§ 7 (2)) first needs to register as an “ATS Garage Premium” user
(4) The mutual right of extraordinary termination of the contract for good cause remains unaffected.
(5) After the contract has been terminated, ATS shall delete the data stored at ATS within one month of the end of contract, notwithstanding reservations or rights of the customer.
(1) The parties shall be obligated to keep secret all information about the other party known to them or become known to them as confidential or that is obviously confidential due to other circumstances, (hereinafter referred to as "confidential information"). Confidential information shall not be passed on to third parties, recorded, or used in any other way, unless the other party has agreed to the disclosure or use explicitly or in writing or the information must be disclosed on the basis of law, court decision or a decision by public authority. The parties shall impose a corresponding confidentiality obligation on their employees who come into contact with the confidential information
(2) Information is not considered confidential information, if it
- has already been known to the other party in a licit manner
- is generally known
- has been disclosed by a third party, provided the disclosure is not a result of a breach of this obligation.
(3) The obligations pursuant to this clause endure the end of this agreement.
14 FINAL PROVISIONS
(1) The assignment of the rights and obligations from ”ATS Garage” contract is only permitted with the prior written consent of ATS. ATS is entitled to entrust third parties with the fulfillment of the obligations under this contract.
(2) The place of performance of “ATS Garage” is Berlin, Germany. The “ATS Garage” contract shall be exclusively subject to the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany under the exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
(3) The place of exclusive jurisdiction is Berlin, Germany.
(4) The “ATS Garage” contract and amendments of the contract require the written form.
(5) In the case that a clause of the “ATS Garage” contract, including these General Terms and Conditions is or becomes invalid this shall not affect the validity of the contract as a whole. The contracting parties commit themselves to substitute the invalid clause with a clause that is closest to the economic intention of the parties. The same shall apply if during the execution of “ATS Garage” a loophole in the contract becomes obvious.


Building a brand for a luxury apartment development
The Franklin is a new development with 79 unique luxury apartments in a 1960s modernist building in leafy Bournville. An identity was required that showcased the beauty of the apartments and the leafy surroundings that it was located.
Drawing upon the buildings 60's heritage, design, colour palette and typography from this era reflected this and The Franklin was positioned as modern living in a leafy village environment.
A leafy setting
Bournville is a village built by the Cadbury family for it's workers, its green and beautiful but very traditional. Capturing the beauty of Bournville and its surrounding areas was key to appeal to our target market, whilst showcasing the modern development of The Franklin.
The original building was heavily influenced by the Brutalist architecture movement, we wanted this to shine through. A series of photos that captured the sharp angles, and CGI's of the outside of the building were created to do so.
The Franklin has a great history to it, by using the original architects sketches and diagrams this added a real human touch point and helped to tell the story of the building
1960's inside and out
A set of CGI's were created that showcased the luxurious insides of The Franklin, hints of 1960's furniture and lines were prominent. The teal colour used in the branding was picked up in the CGI's too.
A website to sell
A website was created that showcased every ounce of detail that went into the development, interiors, exteriors, surroundings and apartment plans were shown, that ultimately had to lead to conversions.
A suite of materials
A suite of materials was created for sales literature, a premium brochure was the focus which reflected the class and detail that went into constructing each apartment. This was a key piece of material which led to the success of The Franklin.


Global trade and maritime shipping are responsible for delivering the goods and products that power modern society. While shipping allows consumers to enjoy more fuel-efficient vehicles and affordable household items, it also accounts for a noticeable, albeit not outsized, share of global emissions. According to the International Maritime Organization shipping generates around 3% of all global greenhouse gases due in large part to its use of fossil fuels.
With more companies looking to reduce supply chain emissions, the maritime industry is facing mounting pressure to find more sustainable ways to transport products across the sea. This has led several innovative businesses to develop low-carbon alternatives to maritime shipping.
For centuries, ships used the power of wind to traverse the oceans. Now companies are coming back to this traditional transportation method, with a modern twist. Using wind propulsion, ships are able to use the power of wind to supplement the propulsion of a ship’s engine. This can lead to higher fuel efficiency and fewer carbon emissions. One of the most impressive wind propulsion systems is on the massive Pyxis Ocean cargo ship, which set off for its maiden voyage from Singapore to Brazil earlier this year. The ship is fitted with 123-foot tall WindWings sails that are fixed to the deck and constructed from the same durable material as a wind turbine. In port, the sails are folded down then raised and opened when moving. It is estimated that each of these wings, which were developed by BAR Technologies, is saving the Pyxis 1.5 tons of fuel per day, which equates to a CO2 saving of 4.65 tons per wing per day.
Other wind-powered ships are in the pipeline, with an estimated 100 vessels already believed to be installing wind-assisted technology.
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In Japan, successful trials have been completed using liquefied biomethane (LBM) derived from cattle manure biomass as a marine fuel. This project has received backing from Japan’s Ministry of the Environment and MOL Shipping. The trials confirmed that LBM could be used by an existing vessel as marine fuel, with truck-to-ship bunkering provided by existing LNG tank trucks within the existing supply chain. The tests involved a 6,550-ton general cargo ship Ise Mirai operating along the Japanese coast. Incorporating LBM into existing LNG (liquified natural gas) operations will allow MOL to reduce its CO2 emissions by more than 25%.
Nuclear power is seen as another potential long-term option for commercial shipping. Already used by naval fleets in the US, UK, Russia, China, France and India, nuclear energy could allow ships to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and dramatically reduce the need to refuel.
The American Bureau of Shipping recently completed a major study undertaken by the Hebert Engineering Corp (HEC) which lends credence to the use of nuclear energy in maritime shipping. The report considered the use of a 300-megawatt lead-cooled fast reactor on a 14,000 TEU Post-Panamax box ship and a set of 5-megawatt heat-pipe microreactors aboard a 157,000 dwt Suezmax tanker. In both instances, the use of these nuclear technologies eliminated refueling times and carbon emissions while increasing cargo capacity and operating speed. The US Department of Energy has awarded ABS with a contract to further research barriers to utilizing advanced nuclear propulsion on commercial vessels.
With the race to reduce shipping’s environmental footprint heating up, several technologies are showing promise as an alternative to the oil and diesel that currently power the maritime industry. Innovation and technological discoveries may soon lead to a lower-carbon shipping future.
Angela Youngman is a long established freelance journalist and author based in the UK specialising in business, sustainability, travel, tourism, leisure, food & drink.


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“Strategic PMDs” form a new elite tier above the initial PMD group it established earlier this year. It has been created to make it easier for marketers to find the largest and best partners that use Facebook’s ecosystem for marketing and analytics products.
Companies in the new group – which include Salesforce, Adobe and Glow – will sit on an executive council with Facebook to work on the co-development of its marketing product strategy. They and their brand customers will also get early access to alpha and beta project trials.
David Fischer, Facebook’s vice president of advertising and global operations told delegates at Dreamforce in San Francisco, where he launched the programme: “We want to make sure we get these things to market quickly. We have an important role to move forward quickly and market effectively.”
Strategic PMDs will be allowed to advertise their status with Facebook with a badge on their Facebook pages and own marketing materials.
A Facebook blog post says: “The Strategic PMD title is the highest distinction of excellence we have ever offered to our marketing developers and signifies our interest in building a relationship forged in the true spirit of collaboration and mutual value creation. The goal of this initiative is to strengthen Facebook’s ability to meet client needs and accelerate the transition of marketing on mobile devices.”
Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg asserted earlier this month that mobile is key to his company’s future. He claimed that iPhone users browsing Facebook on its dedicated iOS app are viewing “double” the amount of content than other users, which could make its advertising proposition more appealing to brands.


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Police are investigating a report of a serious sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl in Crow Nest Park.
The incident is alleged to have happened between 10pm and midnight last night (Friday).
A police spokesman said: “A scene is in place and enquiries are ongoing.”
Police have also been at a second scene near Carr Lane, Dewsbury Moor.
Rumours on social media suggested a body had been found in the park but police stressed they were a looking into a report of a serious sexual assault.


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Just when you think there can't possibly be any more scone flavors, along comes another fantabulous one. We've done caramel apple scones, apricot scones, chocolate zucchini scones, Guinness scones, vanilla bean pumpkin scones, strawberry shortcake scones, cream scones, maple bacon scones, and on and on and on.
But today we bring you the lemon coconut scone.
Lemon and coconut go together smashingly well.
And, as we all know, scones are super easy peasy to whip up so you could be in coconut and lemon heaven in a very short period of time.
Thank me later.
Lemon Coconut Scones
4 cups flour
2 Tbsp baking powder
1/3 cup sugar
zest of 2 lemons
3/4 cup shredded coconut
3/4 cup butter, cold
2 cups whipping cream (or half and half cream)
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp coconut extract
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup icing sugar
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup shredded coconut, toasted
Preheat oven to 400. Line a cookie tray with parchment paper, set aside.
In a large bowl stir together the flour, baking powder, sugar, lemon zest, salt, and coconut. Using 2 knives or a pastry blender, cut in the cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. (NOTE - you can also place in a food processor or blender and pulse briefly until you get coarse crumbs.)
In a separate bowl, whisk together cream, lemon juice, coconut extract, and vanilla extract.
Using a fork, stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until dough just comes together. Dump out of bowl onto a floured surface.
Roll or pat out to 1 inch thickness. Cut out with a biscuit cutter or cut into triangles (see photo below).
Place on prepared cookie sheet.
Bake at 400 until lightly golden brown and puffed up, about 15 or so minutes. Remove from oven and set cookie tray on wire rack.
Prepare glaze by whisking the icing sugar and and lemon juice together. Using a pastry or basting brush, coat the tops of the warm scones with the glaze.
Sprinkle with the toasted coconut.
Remove from the cookie tray and place on wire rack to cool completely.
Best eaten the day they are made BUT they do freeze very well. Simply remove from freezer and bring to room temp and enjoy.
I love them warm but the lemon and coconut flavors really shine through at room temperature.
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the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has also showed that oil companies and their technology are not enough for cleaning up oils spills. And cleaning up oil spill is crucial for the future of our planet and for our own good sake.
Everything indicates that BP Plc will have to dive into its pocket to cover all demands related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. On the 25th of February, the Gulf oil spill trial began. It is strongly believed that BP Plc, Transocean Ltd and Halliburton Corp. will have to play hard if they do not want to pay so much.
British Petroleum Plc posted a 72 percent slump in the fourth fiscal quarter profits as the company had to pay a heavy fine and restructuring charges regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Also a fall in the production of oil and gas led to weak fourth quarter profits.


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According to the alkaline diet, one of the typical problems of modern nutrition, consisting mainly of packaged, refined and processed foods, animal proteins and sugars, is that it tends to have an acidifying effect on the body with health consequences that can lead to the risk of disease inflammatory. Here, it would be good to insert foods that can bring the pH back to alkalinity and thus balance the body. Stress can be counted among the causes of acidification of the body. Other factors such as smoking, drug taking, sedentary life, dehydration and alcoholic beverages may be added to it. The recommended foods are undoubtedly healthy and their properties have been confirmed by various researches that have measured the characteristics and benefits of the body. If a food has an important content of alkaline minerals, such as sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium, it is likely that it will be alkaline to the body. Among the foods considered to have the most alkalizing power there is grape. It is for this reason that it is often the basis of detoxifying diets to rebalance and purify the body. Among the alkalizing foods you can include among others: spinach, celery, carrots, dried figs, cucumbers, bean sprouts, lettuce, radishes, Bruxelless sprouts, cauliflower and mushrooms. They are alkalinizing condiments: ginger, chili pepper, curry, sage, rosemary, fennel seeds and cumin seeds. They are cereals (or similar cereals) alkalizing the quinoa, millet and amaranth. In general, foods containing sugar and yeast, are fermented, refined, cooked to microwave or heavily treated foods. Most cereals are considered acidifying. Among them are spelled, wheat, barley, oats, rice, rye, corn and their derivatives, including pasta and bread. There are some legumes considered acidifying, such as chickpeas, white beans and lentils. They are acidifying foods such as sugar, honey, eggs, shrimp, cod, salmon, chicken, pork, lamb, beef and turkey meat.
Attention: Alkaline or alkalizing diet does not require eliminating acidifying foods from your diet, but to go for balance, so you can avoid excessive acid formation within our body. For example, realizing that acidifying foods are prevalent, you might try to put some alkalizing foods into your diet, to have a balance.


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Prosecutors: Suspect in Hudson slayings solicited false alibi
William Balfour called a former girlfriend and asked her to create a false alibi for him on the day he allegedly killed three members of actress Jennifer Hudson’s family, prosecutors said in a court filing.
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Now that I’m in my mid-30s, I try and pay attention to what I eat. My wife and I take special care to eat fresh meals and avoid anything that is “processed.”
Besides the what, we also try our best to eat when we need to. Trying to sleep when I’ve got a hole in my stomach is next to impossible for me. Study upon study has shown how not eating has terrible consequences for your physical health.
However, an increasing body of evidence shows that hunger also affects your brain and your ability to focus.
For instance, if you’re hungry, the brain’s hypothalamus kicks in to help restore some balance to your body. Your body also produces a hormone called ghrelin when your energy levels get too low from a lack of food.
With all of this activity going on, it’s no surprise that it can be difficult to concentrate when you’re hungry.
According to the UCLA Health System, poor diet and eating habits affect your ability to think clearly and be effective in your job. It also causes higher levels of stress and other negative effects that can affect your productivity.
To put it another way, poor nutrition can result in a 66% increased risk of lost productivity according to research from Brigham Young University.
One other study though seems to contradict this consensus. In this report in the New York Times from 2006, researchers at Yale found that hunger caused mice to comprehend information more quickly and retain it better. The researchers injected one group of mice with the ghrelin hormone, administered tests, and then placed each group in a maze.
Surprisingly, the group with the higher levels of ghrelin performed better. Lead researcher Tamas Horvath explains – “When you are hungry, you need to focus your entire system on finding food in the environment.”
How to ensure you maintain good focus and productivity through your entire workday…
While there are many other factors like stress and sleep, making sure you eat healthy and regularly is one of the best ways to maximize your productivity. In fact, the World Health Organization estimates that proper nourishment could increase national productivity by an astounding 20%!!
The best advice to ensuring good nutrition is to remember your mom’s advice to eat your breakfast and your vegetables. Don’t skip meals – you may think you don’t have time to grab lunch, but the time you save may vanish when you can’t focus and get things done in the afternoon.
Also, grazing on healthy snacks like almonds or fruit in between meals has been shown to keep metabolism high and the mind sharp.
This handy little infographic produced by MindFlash provides some great tips on specific food to include in your diet.
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I understand – it can be hard to eat fish and avocados all the time. The important thing to remember is the true value of eating well and exercising. While you may think it’s only good for maintaining a healthy weight and waistline, increasing evidence and my own personal experience shows that eating well, and eating regularly, is vital for making your workdays as productive as possible.
How about you? Does your ability to focus and get things done decline if you’re hungry?

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Kenny Roberts is one of the top quarter horse trainers in the country! He continues to win more races and more money than any trainer in Louisiana! He is currently racing most of his horses at Evangeline Downs in Louisiana. Kenny recently appeared in the well-known magazine for quarter-horse breeders, LQHBA.
Kenny has been using “Equine Total Gold” on his racehorses for many months. He started off with a few horses on the supplement and added more and more horses. He not only uses ETG at the track but at his personal staples, on his brood mares and babies.
After noticing how much supplement Kenny was using monthly, I recently asked him, how many horses he actually had on ETG. Kenny replied, “All of them that are alive!”
This past Saturday night, November 28th, was the Louisiana Quarter Horse. $267,171 Derby, at Evangeline Downs. The Derby was for 3-yr olds already qualified and remains qualified for the 2015 LQHBA Breeder’s Derby. Kenny had 4 of the 10 qualified horses in the race. “Heza Louisiana Dash” was first, winning $118,891, “Louisiana Jambalaya” was third, winning $29,389, Jes a Fast Dasher was fifth, winning $10,687, and “B&G Fast Dash was eighth, winning $7,080. That’s winnings for Kenny and his staff was $166,047 of the total $267,171 pot!
Kenny, we are proud of you and proud to have you as a valuable customer! Keep blowing the other trainers’ horseshoes off and making us look good with you!


Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep, who starred in the 1986 film adaptation of Nora Ephron's semi-autobiographical work "Heartburn," will lend her voice to a new Random House Audio release of that recipe-punctuated 1983 novel.
Random House Audio will release "Heartburn" in audio format for the very first time in July. Streep, who was a close friend of the late writer, worked with Ephron on the films "Heartburn," "Silkwood" and "Julie & Julia."
"Heartburn" is described as "Ephron's sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage. In this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, she reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter."
Random House Audio is also planning digital audio releases of Ephron's "Wallflower at the Orgy," "Crazy Salad" and "Scribble Scribble."
Ephron is represented on Broadway this season with her new play Lucky Guy, starring Academy Award winner Tom Hanks.
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48. The miracle is get more info the only product at your immediate disposal for controlling time. Only revelation transcends it, acquiring absolutely nothing to do with time in the slightest degree.
Awe ought to be reserved for revelation, to which it is correctly and correctly relevant. It is far from get more info suitable for miracles for the reason that a point out of awe is worshipful, implying that among a lesser buy stands before his Creator. You're a excellent generation, and will knowledge awe get more info only within the existence from the Creator of perfection. The get more info wonder is consequently a sign of love among the equals. Equals should not be in awe of one another due to the fact awe indicates inequality.
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Now that they’ve shocked the world, get to know Florida Gulf Coast
If you follow college basketball actively, you probably know they got here by winning the Atlantic Sun tournament championship over Mercer. You may also know that they beat Miami earlier in the season when the Hurricanes were without Durand Scott. You probably also know that the Eagles feature Atlantic Sun Player of the Year Sherwood Brown.
But what about the institution itself and the program’s coach, Andy Enfield?
Florida Gulf Coast sits on 760 acres of land in Fort Myers, Fla., and was founded in 1991. It has 11,279 undergraduate students, including some who beat No. 2 Georgetown Friday night. The school offers 52 undergraduate degree programs and 30 graduate degree programs and has a few notable alumni, despite only being just over 20 years old.
Among them is Courtney Jolly, a former beauty queen who went on to drive monster trucks. Find out more about her here. Alumni also include Florida state representative Matt Caldwell, who has served in that capacity since 2010. He is the chair of the state’s Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee. On the athletics front, Chicago Cubs pitcher Casey Coleman played for the school’s baseball team before being drafted in the 15th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.
When it comes to the basketball program, coach Andy Enfield is in his second season as head coach and leads this team to the NCAA tournament Round of 32 in just the second season that the program has been eligible for it in Division I. He took over in 2011 as just the program’s second-ever coach. Last season, he led the Eagles to the Atlantic Sun championship game in its first year of eligibility for the postseason.
Prior to coming to Florida Gulf Coast, Enfield was an assistant at Florida State and also worked as an assistant in the NBA with the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks.
Florida Gulf Coast now moves on to play San Diego State, which beat Oklahoma in the Philadelphia night cap Friday.


The Jacksonville Jaguars signed Tim Tebow as a tight end recently. Tebow signed a non-guaranteed, minimal free-agent deal. Hopefully, Urban Meyer doesn’t turn the Jaguars into an all-star team of his former collegiate players.
Remember, Carlos Hyde played for Meyer at Ohio State. Tebow played for Meyer at Florida but was a quarterback. It’s kind of head-scratching to think Tebow can make the transition to tight end, now after all these years. Father Time remains undefeated-unless you are Tom Brady!
The one move which would make the Jaguar’s offense more lethal would be obtaining Zach Ertz. He is a genuine tight end with a proven track record in the NFL. He would be the starter from day one.
Ertz, according to Pro football Focus, averages 10.8 yards per reception for his career. He would give the Jaguars another deadly target for Trevor Lawrence to throw downfield. How much would he cost the Jaguars?
Ertz will earn $8.5 million as a Philadelphia Eagle this season. Jacksonville would have to offer the Eagles value to make sense for this deal to work. Let’s say that Jacksonville traded Cam Robinson for Ertz; it would save the Jaguars $5 million on the salary cap. Philadelphia could re-work Robinson’s deal after the franchise tag gets removed.
spotrac has a feature that allows you to make roster moves. This trade gives both players a fresh new start in new uniforms. Let’s see how things progress throughout the summer.
Be sure to catch the current JJC podcast where Andre Moultry accurately discusses the Jaguars situation in each podcast episode.
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Attention Detail When Working With Stellite Alloy Band Saw Blade.
In the current mechanical production, the product update speed is accelerated, so the requirements for product parts have been improved. There are still many places to pay attention to when using it. In order to ensure the normal and safe use of everyone, then bring everyone today. Take a look at the details of the stellite alloy band saw blade that require special attention.
1. When working with the Stellite Alloy 12 band saw blade, if the sound and vibration are abnormal, the cutting is rough, or the odor is generated, the operation should be terminated immediately, and the fault should be checked in time to eliminate the accident to avoid accidents.
2. When working, the workpiece should be fixed, the profile positioning should conform to the direction of the knife, so as to avoid abnormal cutting, do not apply side pressure or curve cutting, the feed should be smooth, avoid the blade impact contact with the workpiece, resulting in damage to the stellite alloy saw blade. Or the workpiece flies out and an accident occurs.
3. If cutting aluminum alloy or other metals, use a special cooling lubricant to prevent the saw blade from overheating, causing paste, and other damage, which affects the quality of the cut.
4. The equipment flute and slag suction device ensure smooth flow to prevent slag from forming into blocks, which affects production and safety.
5. When cutting a thousand times, please do not cut continuously for a long time, so as not to affect the service life and cutting effect of the stellite alloy saw blade; wet film cutting should be cut with water to prevent leakage.
6. The gap of the upper guide block is not suitable, and the back of the saw is over-stressed, so that the tension at the root of the saw tooth is too large to cause cracks and lead to the broken belt.
7. When starting cutting and stopping cutting, do not feed the knife too fast to avoid broken teeth and damage.


Cities will have less privately owned cars, a trend that can already be seen in across Europe, including Nordic cities. In a multimodal world where we use several means of transport in a single day, cars will still be a part of the mix after walking, bikes, public transport and ridehailing. Parking garages will cease to exist as we know them. Instead, they will become what Aimo likes to call Aimo hubs.
Ullevaal Stadium is a mobilityt hub and offers charging, pick-up point, car and bike sharing, safe bike parking, car wash and easy access to public transportation.
With over 30,000 Superchargers, Tesla owns and operates the largest fast charging network in the world. The supercharger stations also constitute Norway's largest fast charging network, and is the only network that covers Norway along from Lindesnes to Nordkapp. The supercharger stations are located along important routes, close to convenient facilities, and they keep you charged when you are away from home. Just plug in, charge up and drive on.
At Ullevaal Stadion, you’ll find a V3 Supercharger station with 20 charging stalls (250 kW peak charging rates) to the right of the ramp into the garage on the east side of the stadium. The station will be available for all EV drivers via the Tesla app.


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On Starting Solids
I was addressing a topic that comes up frequently in parenting groups today, that of when to start solids. The poster wondered why her pediatrician now recommended starting solids at four months when she had recommended six months in the past. Several of the posters noted that Health Canada, the Canadian Pediatric Society, the World Health Organization, and La Leche League all recommend waiting until around the middle of the first year of a baby’s life.
So why the discrepancy, and does it make a difference anyway?
The new research that was touted at industry sponsored conferences seemed to suggest that early introduction of solids might reduce the risk of allergy, type 1 diabetes, and celiac disease. Thorough reviews of these studies showed that finding were inconclusive as to providing any benefit from starting early solids, and findings did not address the known risks of early introduction of solids.
One rationale for early solids is low iron. Most babies have sufficient iron stores to six months and beyond – more if the cord was left to pulse at birth, less in preterm births. Iron can be measured by a simple heel prick and a bioavailable (easily absorbed) supplement can be given. Early infant foods often include purees of fruit and vegetables (which are not very iron dense) and iron fortified infant cereal. Iron in infant cereal is not very bioavailable and binds to the lactoferrin in human milk resulting in less total available iron and a resulting premature depletion of natural iron stores.
Another reason for recommending early solids is that baby will sleep longer at night. Not only is this reason untrue, and there is no evidence to back it up, but there are many protective reasons for baby to wake and feed during the night. Night waking protects babies from SIDS, breastmilk has a higher calorie content at night, and maternal prolactin levels are at their peak between 3:00am and 5:00am. All of this means babies are safer and grow well, and mothers maintain a good milk supply, when they are nursed through the night.
So the next question might be, is there any harm done by starting solids early?
The simple answer is yes.
Infants drink (on average) the same volume of human milk each day during the period of one to six months of age. This is the peak of milk production which begins to slowly decline after six months postpartum. So any other foods consumed during this time replace calories and nutrients found in human milk. This leads to decreased milk production and potential early weaning as well as nutrient deficiencies.
The infant’s gut does not mature until after six months of age, and is sometimes referred to as the virgin gut. The presence of human milk in the digestive track protect against inflammation and confers antibodies that the baby does not begin to make on his own until the sixth month of life. This is protective against illness and allergy during this very sensitive period. Introducing foods other than breastmilk to the gut during this time causes damage to the gut lining and delays the maturation of the gut and digestive system.
By starting solids during the middle of the first year of life, one can avoid fortified infant cereal and pureed infant foods entirely, as baby is developmentally ready to pick up, chew, swallow and digest solids which can be family table foods. These foods will be a complement to breast milk, not a replacement for it. Breastmilk continues to make up the bulk of babies’ caloric need for the rest of the first year of life.
From the kellymom website:
Signs that indicate baby is developmentally ready for solids include:
- Baby can sit up well without support.
- Baby has lost the tongue-thrust reflex and does not automatically push solids out of his mouth with his tongue.
- Baby is ready and willing to chew.
- Baby is developing a “pincer” grasp, where he picks up food or other objects between thumb and forefinger. Using the fingers and scraping the food into the palm of the hand (palmar grasp) does not substitute for pincer grasp development.
- Baby is eager to participate in mealtime and may try to grab food and put it in his mouth.
Some potential first foods to try with baby could include:
- steamed sweet potato or carrot, cut into strips
- beef, cooked to medium and cut into strips
- hard boiled or scrambled eggs
- soft cooked pasta
Watch for signs of readiness, choose appropriate family foods, and keep on breastfeeding throughout this fun, and messy, new phase.


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Eva Marcille is ending summer with a bang — a bangin' new hairstyle, that is. A few weeks ago, we saw Eva sport a wavy "bobette" at her floral-themed bridal shower. And just before heading on a trip to Tokyo with The Real Housewives of Atlanta squad, the model mama went and switched things up on us in a major way.
Eva is now donning box braids that are almost as tall as she is! No, seriously. The bride-to-be gave us a first peek at her new knee-length hairstyle in a selfie, on August 30, and she's been rocking the new 'do ever since.
Check out Eva serving serious model vibes with her new look in Tokyo.
While Eva's latest 'do may be new to some of us, this isn't the first time the RHOA newcomer has worn an ultra long hairstyle. Before revealing her recent hair switch-up, Eva posted a throwback picture of herself with waist-length braids during a trip in Honduras.
Perhaps this stunning memory was the inspo behind her current look.
The Lookbook is Bravo’s celebration of personal style. We keep you up to date on the inspiring looks from trend-setting stylistas, test and report on the most-coveted fashion and beauty products, and offer solutions to all your style-related conundrums. Like us on Facebook to stay connected to our daily updates.


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Speech, language, and music are defining characteristics of humans. Recent advances in neuroimaging have allowed researchers to examine brain activity during speech and language tasks, revealing the complexity of these processes. Research has also begun to better understand the neurobiological underpinnings of speech and language impairments. Yet, there remains a need to better understand how music therapy impacts these impairments. The main purpose of this manuscript is to provide an overview of the neuroscience of speech and language. The use of music therapy in the treatment of speech and language impairments, such as aphasia and dysarthria, will also be touched upon. The neuroscience of auditory processing, language processing, and speech production will be provided, followed by a brief overview of the neural underpinnings of dysarthria and aphasia and implications for music therapy
There are many interventions that have and will be developed for the treatment of dysarthria and aphasia. However, it is important to understand both the normal and impaired neurophysiology associated with speech and language processing to better inform the design and implementation of music therapy interventions. Moreover, understanding of this information will also allow for enhanced communication with other medical professionals. This paper provides just the initial overview of the neural processes associated with speech and language processing to aid as a starting point for deeper exploration and understanding of how the neuroscience of speech and language can enhance music therapy practice.


MOTORISTS using the A45 are being warned about its closure in November.
Road engineers will be working on the flyover above the Styvechale interchange from September to November.
Highways England says its maintenance works include replacing the parapet – the protective steel wall that runs alongside the flyover.
The agency said: “We will also be replacing the joints located within the bridge deck. The completed work will ensure the integrity of the structure is maintained, and the steel wall at the side of the flyover remains fit for purpose.”
The programme of works is set to run from Saturday 5 September to Monday 30 November 2020. Work will be taking place Monday to Friday between the hours of 8pm to 5am.
In an effort to reduce disruption to road users there will be a combination of lane closures and full carriageway closures on both the A45 and A46, with a lane one closure in effect on the latter. Accompanying these closures will be a fully signed diversion route for drivers to follow.


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Obscure puffer, Takifugu fasciatus is a unique species of China which is distributed in the estuary of the Yangtze River, and belongs to the same genus with Red fin puffer T. rubripes which has been used as one of human genome model animal since mid-1990s. In this experiment, we cloned a pair of DNA fragment sequence including complete ORF (921bp) of taste receptor candidate gene T2R1 of T. fasciatus and studied the differential expression spectrum of tissues in combination with bioinformatics analysis so as to understand the possible functions in response to chemical sensation behavior of taste receptors. The receptors when compared with T. rubripes, there was 99.2% identity in two kinds ORF sequences, with only 7 bases different, and there were 5 amino acids different between speculated fusion proteins. Under bioinformatics analysis, the T2R1 gene without introns was consistent with the structural domains characteristics of this family genes. The translation protein of T2R1 gene displayed with corresponding signal loci and functional domains of this gene family, and the result showed that the taste receptor translated by T2R1 gene belongs to G protein-coupled receptor super-family. T. fasciatus taste receptor T2R1 in various tissues appeared differentially expressed. The results showed T2R1 were expressed in gill, spleen, heart, lips, skin and tongue tissue, suggesting that it is not only act as taste receptors, but also play other possible functions. Furthermore, the cloning and expression analysis of T2R1 provide theoretical basis to further study function of T2R1 for T. fasciatus.
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ALAMEDA — Hundreds of high school students walked out of class today to protest Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he addressed local business leaders, calling on him to back away from his proposal to cut money from schools as a way to balance the state budget.
Parents and teachers also gathered outside the USS Hornet, the aircraft carrier museum where Schwarzenegger was among those participating in the Bay Area Council's 2008 Outlook Conference.
"We want him to see a face on the cuts," said Tracy Lynn Jensen, a member of Alameda's Board of Education. "We want him to see what's happening to education and to Alameda schools."
The governor wants across-the-board cuts in an effort to bridge the reported $8 billion state deficit.
Officials with the Alameda Unified School District say they will lose $4.5 million under the plan, which last month led Jensen and other trustees to cut money from sports and music programs, as well as to send lay-off notices to 15 teachers.
"We need help in this fight," said Patricia Sanders, president of the Alameda Education Association, which represents the district's approximately 600 teachers. "I feel this is an assault on public education and the public needs to be involved."
Some students at Encinal High School, which is near the aircraft carrier, said they learned that Schwarzenegger was in town when they arrived for class today and that some kids were planning to walk out.
"I play football and soccer," 16-year-old sophomore Juan Perez said. "I don't want to see those programs cut, so I joined the protest."
Administrators at the Central Avenue campus announced that anyone taking part in the walk-out would have an "unexcused absence" on their record, Encinal Vice-Principal Mike Cooper said.
"Without sports, school would be pretty boring," said Krimson Malaluan, 15, a sophomore, as he stood near the pier where the USS Hornet is docked. "Many kids would have nothing to do after school if it wasn't for sports."
Cooper estimated that just under half the students at Encinal, or about 400, took part in today's walk-out.
Along with students from Encinal, teachers from Paden Elementary School and clerical workers from across the district protested the governor's visit.
Some stood in trash cans to highlight what they said was the "trashing" of public education.
For his part, Schwarzenegger has said he regrets calling for cuts, but said he cannot pledge money toward schools or other programs when the state does not have it.
About 10,000 students attend Alameda schools. The district has about an $80 million budget. District leaders have trimmed about $7.7 million from the budget over the past seven years due to state shortfalls, declining enrollment and other issues.
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GROVE CITY – Grove City school board members are expected to vote Monday on renewing the superintendent’s contract.
The five-year contract was briefly discussed at the Oct. 7 work session, when several board members questioned the proposal.
If approved, Dr. Jeffrey Finch’s new contract would run from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2025.
Solicitor Russell Lucas advised that the board move to executive session to talk about the contract.
Board member J. Scott Somora asked what Finch’s new salary would be; roughly $170,000, which is 2.5 percent increase, Finch said.
Somora asked about the negotiating committee that met with Finch regarding the contract. He wondered what allows the board president to authorize the creation of that committee.
Lucas again advised that the board go into executive session, which was held and lasted about 45 minutes.
After the work session resumed, board member Carolyn Oppenheimer said that taxpayers need to be informed that the contract is on the table for a vote.
She felt that the work session agenda was not clear about that potential vote, and said that a five-year contract is not the norm.
The work session agenda said that the board would be reconsidering Finch’s reappointment as superintendent with a five-year contract.
There will be some new board members come January; perhaps they should be the ones voting on the contract, Oppenheimer said.
Board members agreed to update the agenda for the voting meeting to reflect that they would be making a decision on the contract renewal, she said.
“There’s just a lot of controversy over this contract,” she said after the work session.
Oppenheimer wonders if a board member would be liable if the full board votes on an expense without sufficient information. She noted that she was not referring to a certain item.
Lucas told her “no.”
“We’re supposed to have informed votes,” she said.
In other business at the work session, board members:
• Heard from board President Dr. Constance Nichols, who noted that executive sessions were held Sept. 9, for discussion of evaluations for Finch and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Joshua Weaver; and Sept. 20, for discussion of Finch’s contract.
• Heard from Finch that an updated facilities rental agreement between the district and George Junior Republic is in the works.
• Heard from Finch that the district is reviewing a proposal from Wayneburg University to offer dual enrollment courses in criminal justice for juniors and seniors. The courses would be completing during the high school’s “lunch and learn” period, and the university would be using Grove City as a pilot program.
• Discussed a roof replacement project at the Mercer County Career Center. The district’s cost, which is based on the number of Grove City students at the center, would be about $252,000 over 10 years.
• Heard from Weaver that updates to the district’s comprehensive plan are ongoing. The board is expected to vote on the latest update in November. A draft has been posted on the district’s website for review: www.grovecity.k12.pa.us
• Discussed the removal of an abandoned communications tower next to Hillview Elementary School. The board is reviewing a proposal from Giordano Construction, New Castle, to remove the 180-foot tower for $6,930. The George Junior metal works class would like to have some of the pieces, and the district could also offer some scraps to the career center, Finch said.
• Discussed replacing the synthetic turf surface on Forker Field during the summer of 2020. Finch has touched base with a few companies, and prices range from about $400,000 to $425,000, though the numbers keep changing. The district wants a product with a 10-year warranty; the current turf has lasted 13 years.
• Heard from Finch that no lead was detected during the district’s annual water testing.