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Congressman urges help for ITT students
Congressman Tim Ryan is urging Ohio and community colleges to assist students affected by the ITT Technical Institutes closure last week.
ITT closed all of its campuses, impacting 45,000 students nationwide, including 2,000 enrolled in Ohio.
“Overnight, many students’ planned path to graduation and future employment ended, and they were left with very little information and guidance,” Ryan said in a news release. “There is no doubt that we owe it to these men and women to make sure they are given every opportunity to graduate and succeed.”
Ryan sent a letter to John Ware, executive director of the Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools, and one to the presidents of Stark State College, Eastern Gateway Community College and Cuyahoga Community College.
Ryan is a co-sponsor of the Veterans Education Recovery and Restoration Act, which ensures continuation of GI benefits, including the housing stipend, in the event of a school closure. Under current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs does not have the legal authority to restore any GI Bill benefits that have been used to attend ITT.
He’s also a co-sponsor of the Pell Grant Restoration Act, which ensures students do not lose semesters of Pell Grant eligibility due to a school closure.


Got the Marti Report on my 1967 GTA fastback S-code and it says that it has a 3.25 equa-lock axle ratio. I am almost positive that this is posi-traction BUT what does it mean and what are the advantages of having one. Looking for answers.
It is the early style locking axle used by Ford from about 1959 to 1969, parts are hard to come by for it, and the cover was weaker than on a trac loc (they replaced the equa loc in about 69/70), if yours still has it in place behind the 390 I would be surprised. I think the torque tended to eat them up.
To answer your main question, it puts some power to both wheels instead of spinning the one with less traction. If my car gets one rear tire on ice, it is helpless. A posi type rear end is not so helpless. Most on this forum will tell you they want it to get more traction off the line to get better times at the strip. It will also give you more traction in snow and ice conditions. Since you are from Puerto Rico, unless you will race the car, you don't really need it. I guess they do have mud there though.


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Unlike Bioko and Rio Muni, Ambô never lost the creole culture from Portuguese colonial days. Its small population of 5000 still speaks Fá d'Ambô, a Portuguese creole, and uses standard Portuguese in worship. Spanish has disappeared as the language of officialdom since the island's separation from Equatorial Guinea.
Subsistence farming and fishing remain Ambô's only economic activities. Links with Brazil have resulted in some modest improvements in health care and education, as well as the introduction of some small influences from Brazilian mass culture; but the island has not come close to "modernizing". Rich oil and natural gas deposits are believed to exist offshore. This has made the island strategically important to Brazil and South America as a whole.
Uninhabited Ambô was colonized by Portugal in the 15th century and settled with a mix of Europeans and slaves imported from São Tomé and Angola. Spain gained possession of the island in 1778 together with the rest of Equitorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea became independent in 1968. Its first dictator, Francisco Macías, drove the country into the ground. He abrogated the constitution and drove as much as a third of the population into exile, including most of the people with education and technical knowledge. When he destroyed a large part of the fishing fleet in a vain attempt to keep people from fleeing the country, the little island of Ambô was largely cut off from the rest of the country. A Spanish-backed coup in 1979 put Macías' nephew Teodoro Obiang in charge, but Obiang's policies were not noticeably different from his uncle's.
Effects of the World War
Ambô was absolutely isolated, undemocratic, and poor: it could scarcely have sunk much lower, and the Doomsday event therefore had few immediate effects on the island. The catastrophe prompted Obiang to enact even more heavy-handed policies. Unleashed from any need to please observers abroad, he scrapped the constitution, did away with any pretense of democracy, and ruled the country as his family's private estate.
The war did deprive Obiang of his access to foreign products. Arms were still available from international dealers, but their cost skyrocketed, as did the cost of fuel. Obiang had to find ways of administering his fiefdom with a dwindling supply of modern technology. Obiang was killed in a coup in 1985 and replaced by Lt. Col. Fructuoso Mbá Oñana - but this was strictly a family affair. Mbá, like Macías, was Obiang's uncle, and his administration was no less dictatorial.
As a minority group variously neglected and persecuted, the Ambô people pushed for independence almost continuously from the mid-80s. A small group in the capital village of San Antonio de Palé captured the governor and declared independence in 1986, only to be crushed by a goon squad from Bioko who shot up the populace and reimposed dictatorial rule.
Another revolt was put down in 1988, as were no fewer than five attempted secessions throughout the 1990s. Ambô separatism remained a continuing problem because the Mbá regime could not afford to maintain a complement of troops on the island. Even sending the detachments to put down the rebellions was quickly becoming unaffordable. Communication with Bioko deteriorated throughout the 1990s; by the end of the decade Mbá and the new governor, Isidoro Eyí Monsui, were exchanging messages less than once a month.
Governor Eyí found his situation increasingly precarious. The cause of Ambô independence had united the entire population against him and his underpaid circle of bodyguards. When leaders of the island's church became independence advocates, worship services were outlawed, with predictable results.
A rumor circulated early in 1996 of an ominous message from Bioko: President Mbá could no longer afford to support the governor. Eyí would have to find some other way to prop up his rule on the island. Most of the guards left the island. Governor Eyí himself soon followed them and was eventually executed in the coup that ousted Mbá; the new regime was not interested in reoccupying the faraway little island. Ambô had finally been let go.
The Village Republic
A council of village elders and religious leaders had already de facto held power in some of the smaller villages for some time. In 1996 they moved into the modest government buildings and drafted an official declaration of independence. A very brief constitution followed, drawn up in Fá d'Ambô creole as well as Portuguese. It largely did away with the Equatoguinean pretensions to modernity, mandating a form of government that was basically democratic but highly traditional, based on community decision making.
Ambô was completely isolated, having received almost no news from the outside world in years. A few outsiders were becoming curious about what was happening on the island. News of the revolution reached São Tomé in 1997. The Portuguese-speaking republic's leaders recognized Ambô's vulnerability and saw an opportunity to distract their people with a war of conquest. Santomean ships landed and announced Ambô's annexation. Independence was clearly not to be won easily.
São Tomé was both closer and less poor than Bioko, so it was much more difficult for Ambô village leaders to defy its government. Fortunately, São Tomé's policies on the island, if undemocratic, were at least not brutal or nasty like those of the Equatoguinean dictators. Ambô separatism did not die, but its activists realized that direct action would not work this time.
While Equatorial Guinea cycled between tyranny and anarchy, the rest of West Africa showed signs of positive development. Some of the newly prosperous nations sent ships to make contact with Ambô and find out what was happening. A ship from Gabon arrived in 1998; Nigeria and the West African Union sent an expedition in 1999; and Cape Verde, associated with the Portuguese remnant government, established contact in 2000.
This remnant government, together with Brazil, invited São Tomé, Guinea-Bissau, and representatives from the People’s Republic of Angola to discuss the creation of a worldwide organization of Portuguese-speaking countries. The talks were inconclusive, but they did raise Brazil's awareness of ongoing human-rights issues in all of these African countries, including the Ambô people's ongoing lack of self-government. At the same time, in 2002 Brazilian explorers found evidence of abundant oil and gas reserves around Ambô. Suddenly, the island was strategically important.
The Brazilian government condemned São Tomé's invasion of Ambô in 2003, hinting that future aid might depend on São Tomé's relinquishing the island. A more strongly worded message in 2004 got results; in just a few years Brazilian aid had become vital to the Santomean economy and government. São Tomé relented and recognized Ambô's complete independence, knowing that Brazil would soon be staking its claim. The village republic of 1996 was restored.
Brazilian officials swooped in immediately with an offer of free association, loosely based on the compacts so many Pacific nations had with Australia-New Zealand. Brazil would get exclusive rights to exploit mineral wealth offshore. The Ambô leaders recognized that this amounted to virtual colonization, but it was a better deal than they could get elsewhere. The compact was signed late that year.
The Brazilians established a small embassy in Palé and sponsored some modest but important improvements: a school, a medical clinic, a regular ferry connection to Gabon, and a semi-regular supply ship from Brazil itself. Air travel and other more expensive improvements have been discussed but not planned - these will no doubt have to wait for the development of the oil wells.
Ambô is too small to consider membership in the League of Nations. Brazil officially represents its interests there, but to date the little island has rarely come up. Besides Brazil, Ambô interacts diplomatically with Cape Verde and the Portuguese remnant, and with Gabon, Nigeria, and São Tomé. If an international Portuguese-speaking organization were ever to form, Ambô would be an enthusiastic member.
From South America's point of view, Ambô is part of their sphere of influence, a small toehold in Africa. If it ever becomes feasible to exploit the Gulf of Guinea's oil wealth, Ambô will be a very valuable commodity for South America and might position Brazil to develop wells off Bioko, São Tomé, and Principé as well.
Besides the fate of the petroleum deposits, Ambô's biggest foreign policy challenge is the issue of human trafficking. Perpetrated by slavers in small transport boats, the capture and export of small numbers Ambô people has been a persistent problem. Slavers can usually elude both local law enforcement and the occasional Brazilian patrol.
Ambô did not have a consistent flag during its brief first period of independence. The current flag was designed in 2005 by a Cape Verdean artist. The colors are pan-African, arranged in a way to be distinct from other African flags. The design is actually closest to the flag of São Tomé, which also uses a triangle and the colors black, red, green, and yellow; but Ambô's colors are arranged differently, and the symbol at the hoist makes it stand out.
The Order of Christ cross represents the island's Portuguese heritage, which sets it apart from the Hispanophone rest of Equatorial Guinea. The ring around it is said to represent the island itself, as well as "unity" and "eternity." The circle set inside the triangle also suggests Annobón from the air: Lake A Pot set amid the mountains.
Ambô does not produce any of its own currency, but does produce stamps denominated in Brazilian reals. The stamps mostly depict local wildlife and landscapes, but one depicts a Portuguese caravel from the Age of Exploration.

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This recipe is for people who find themselves with extra apples on their hands, something that happens to many (lucky) people in autumn. I fit the bill after a co-worker brought in a gigantic box full of Cortland apples from her yard.
Caramel Apple Crumble
6 – 7 baking apples, cored, peeled and sliced
1/4 c. cool water
3/4 c. white flour
1/2 c. white sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
a little cinnamon & salt
1/2 c. softened unsalted butter
between 4 and 8 oz. of caramel dip (or make your own caramel)
Preheat your oven to 350F.
Layer apples evenly in a buttered baking dish. Pour water over apples. Cover apples in a little cinnamon. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugars, (a little more) cinnamon, and salt, with a fork. Cut in softened butter until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle crumble mixture onto apples. Spoon caramel dip and scatter generous dollops across the top of the dish.
Bake 40 – 50 minutes, uncovered, in the middle of the oven. The caramel apple crumble will be done when the top looks browned and bubbly. Don’t bother putting ice cream on this.
Original Recipe: Apple Crumble Recipe

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In an open-sided tent in a refugee camp, new arrivals from Syria told their story. One, a farm labourer, aged 34, said he crossed into Jordan a week ago with another family who were caught by the Army and burnt.
Not shot? “He says burnt,” said the translator. “Covered with fuel. Burnt.”
Yesterday, Andrew Mitchell, the Secretary of State for International Development, announced a quadrupling of assistance for Syrian refugees, bringing aid to those affected by fighting in Syria to nearly £30 million.
Some of that new money will go to Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, but the bulk will come here. Britain now gives more than anywhere else except for Saudi Arabia and the United States.
There are an estimated 100,000 Syrian refugees registered in…


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This meticulously maintained home revealing true pride of ownership boasts 3 bedroom and 2.5 baths (county records differ) plus a TV room in a single-level, open-living design and has been extensively updated with great attention to details by the current owner. The property is beautifully landscaped and is a gardener's dream with many unique tropical plants, mature trees and fruit trees, and fish ponds flanking the front entrance.
The stylish kitchen features the finest modern luxury Italian “Snaidero” kitchen cabinets, granite counter tops, glass back splash and a center island with an induction cooktop, all Miele appliances, and even a heated towel rack. The kitchen opens up to the sunroom with floor-to-ceiling windows that bring in the gorgeous outdoors. Even the living room has floor to ceiling windows that let you marvel at the tropical landscaping. The huge open-air ocean view lanai with covered sitting area offers an al fresco Hawaiian dining experience with plenty of space to barbecue your meals or just sit and relax. Steps from the lanai lead down to the private setting of the solar-heated pool and deck area which have been refurbished recently. Finished bathing? The outdoor shower is ready!
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Kailua-Kona bustles daily with lively small-town charm and warmth. A short drive “up the hill” to Holualoa on the slopes of Mt. Hualalai takes you to a fascinating village located on one of Hawaii's historic by-ways. Big Island, mainland, and Pacific Rim lifestyles and values are elegantly blended in these West Hawaii communities. Kona serves as a visible, dynamic example of Hawaii’s famed melting pot of races and cultures.
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American film studio Focus Features is streaming three of its movies for free on Facebook dubbed as #FocusFridays. Yay!
The announcement was made on the company’s social media accounts, with teasers posted as early as August 22.
Every Friday, 6pm (or 9am Saturday, PST), award-winning and classic movies such as The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), The Constant Gardener (2005), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) will go live on Focus Features’ Facebook page in celebration of the company’s 15th anniversary.
Invite your beshies over, order pizza, pop that popcorn and don’t miss this legit movie streaming as it will not be available to view on Facebook after the screening concludes. Better to RSVP on the event page to receive notification reminders. #NoToPiracy
Focus Features is the first film studio to experiment with Facebook Live by showing its own movies after the social media site added a new Rights Manager last April, a security feature that could pull down these properties in real time, according to The Verge.
The film studio is behind some of our classic favorites Pride and Prejudice and Atonement. Their most recent releases include 50 Shades of Grey, Atomic Blonde and The Zookeeper’s Wife. And ICYMI, a Mary, Queen of Scots movie is currently in the works starring two-time, Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan alongside Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad) as Elizabeth I.
What movie from Focus Features would you want to be live-streamed next? We’ll never get sick of seeing Mr. Darcy.
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Missing a Dose of Psych Meds
If there’s one thing to remember about psychiatric (psych) meds it’s that you need to take them and you need to take them on time. This is because medication puts chemicals into your bloodstream and in order to keep a consistent level of these chemicals in your bloodstream, you must take the drug as prescribed. This is particularly critical in bipolar disorder as it’s easy to become unstable with an uneven level of psych med in your blood.
But we’re all human. We all mess up and forget things and we all miss a dose from time to time. So how do you handle missing a dose of a psych med?
Missing a Psych Med Dose - Results
The first thing to realize is that if you miss a psych med dose you may experience withdrawal. Now, doctors might call this a variety of things (like “discontinuation syndrome”) but it feels an awful lot like withdrawal to me.
As an example, there is one medication I’m on that’s particularly nasty for withdrawal and if I miss a dose I start to cry and become suicidal within hours of the missed dose. I literally go from a normal me to a wet and sopping mess within four hours.
And the trouble with this, other than the fact that I decimate a Kleenex box, is that I may not realize I have missed a dose. So it may not occur to me that the extreme symptoms I’m feeling are medication-related and not bipolar-related, as such.
Don’t Miss a Psych Med Dose
There are many ways to help you remember to take your medications, but one of the most common, and probably most effective, is to use a pill box of some kind. Spend a bit of time Sunday night lying out your pills for the next week in individual boxes so that every morning when you wake up (or before you go to bed), you can just pop open a box and everything you need is there for you.
If You Miss a Psych Med Dose
If you do think you’ve missed a psych med dose:
- Make sure you did, in fact, miss the dose (Sometimes it’s hard to remember if you took a pill. A pill box really helps with this.)
- Generally the rule is to take the missed dose as soon as possible – unless it’s close to the next dose in which case never double-up *
- Call a doctor if you’re experiencing any out-of-the-ordinary symptoms about which you are concerned
Overall, missing one dose of medication is unlikely to hurt you, per se. It may, however, cause you some discomfort so try to put procedures into place so that you avoid the problem rather than having to deal with it afterwards.
(This all assumes that you’ve only missed one dose. If you miss multiple doses you may experience a returning of psychiatric symptoms and you may need to contact your doctor about how best to handle that.)
* This should not be considered medical advice and you should always check with a professional if you have any doubt as to what to do about a missed medication dose.
Tracy, N. (2012, August 10). Missing a Dose of Psych Meds, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2019, July 16 from https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/breakingbipolar/2012/08/missing-dose-psych-meds
Author: Natasha Tracy
I can't advise you medically, I'm afraid. You need to contact your doctor as soon as possible.
- Natasha Tracy
It's odd. Last week the above-mentioned happened and I felt great at 6 am on 3.5 hours sleep. That's not my norm. The "hangover" is the norm in those cases, like when I again left taking my meds to 12 am two nights ago. I felt so sick yesterday morning and was so out of it that I totally forgot my morning meds, too. I suffered the whole day in bed, cancelling appointments with a constant headache. Luckily I got back on track and feel good this morning.
I was diagnosed with Bipolar 28 years ago having mostly mixed episodes. I am on Lithium, Lamictal, and Trileptal and after having ECT five years ago have been very stable with no hospitalizations. I get a lil anxious if Im spending the night somewhere and have forgotten meds but have never had an adverse reaction to 1 or 2 missed doses. I think its important to say that everyones illness is different and everyones body is vastly different. The biggest lesson I have learned is to trust my gut. However, I would never find it a good decision to increase/decrease/stop taking any prescribed meds without Doc approval.
Within about an hour of taking the meds (as well as a hot shower and a dose of klonopin which is PRN for me), I started to feel "normal" again, but I've been exhausted for the last few days. The kind of exhausted one feels when they're coming out of an episode of either mania or depression.
Has anyone else had this experience (assuming there are people still reading and responding to this thread)?
I've always been an angry person who didn't kno how to control it....guess thats y I need the meds.....but I feel Trapped...like im not the Real me...win im on the meds!!! Anxiety is another issues!!! I just need help ...for more understanding???
I'm sorry to hear you are in that situation. I know what it's like not to have doctors listen to you and it's very hard.
I would recommend you seek out a new doctor, or, at the very least, a second opinion. It sounds like he's not the doctor for you.
- Natasha Tracy
Yes, that does have something to do with it but some meds have a _very_ short half-life.
Missing a dose can be a very big deal depending on the med and the person.

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After a slow start, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers started to play hard the second half against the Washington Redskins, but ran out of time to win.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Mason Foster may not be a player that many fans think of as a breakout star, but he is an underrated player that gets results. Foster is a hard worker that goes out and does his job every game.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers faced the New York Giants Sunday and fell short of a victory. The Bucs held a fourth-quarter lead, but allowed Giants quarterback Eli Manning to throw a career-high 510 yards in a 41-34 loss.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were a big question mark heading into the season. They showed what they are capable of doing is a 16-10 win against the Carolina Panthers. The Bucs started to show signs of the team of old and even Ronde Barber said it felt like old times.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took on the Carolina Panthers Sunday afternoon, marking cornerback Ronde Barber’s 200th consecutive start.

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Published 6 May 2015
From Peter Lavers
Describing electrodes that can control people’s legs, Evan Peck says that such app-run systems will stop people being chained to their smartphones (11 April, p 18). But instead of attending to a navigation app, they will be on Facebook – or Periscope (11 April, p 19). Next, will joggers run on auto, watching a feed of a golden beach rolling by?
Imagine all this coordinated in the cloud so people don’t collide. What a risk to those not linked in, with people whizzing about them oblivious to their surrounds.


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It is recommended to take the preparation 30-60 minutes before an anticipated stressful situation and/or before intellectual or physical effort. According to scientific observations, the best stress-reducing doses of L-tyrosine are 100-150 mg/kg of body mass consumed about an hour before the stressor; however, in the case of the acetylated forms, much smaller doses are advised because of their high assimilability – 300-500 mg a day. Do not exceed the dosage of 1,000 mg of N-acetyl L-tyrosine a day.
When using higher doses, you might experience some gastric problems. In that case, it is a good idea to split the dosage into two portions and take one 60 and the second one 30 minutes before an anticipated stress factor.
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Tyrosine - endogenous amino acid (synthesized within the body), one of the 22 protein amino acids building. It occurs naturally in animal food products (eggs, dairy, meat). If the deficiency, it can be synthesized by hydroxylation of phenylalanine, capable of being converted to tyrosine in the liver. It is a precursor of neurotransmitters: dopamine (the group of catecholamines, participating in the processes occurring in the nervous system, causing muscle coordination and participates in the synthesis of many hormones) and noradrenaline (counteracting stress, stimulating the heart and circulatory system, and increasing glycogenolysis and lipolysis participating in the processes of energy transformations). Tyrosine is a precursor of thyroid hormones responsible for the rate of change in metabolic processes and pigment (melanin). In the supplementation, preparations containing tyrosine are used in programs reducing body fat (weight loss), improve mood and are stimulants.
Dosage: Customarily 500-2000 mg per day.
Pyridoxal 5-phosphate (P-5-P) - the form of vitamin B6, called coenzymatic, considered the best assimilable form of this vitamin by the human organism. This is related to direct metabolic activity of pyridoxal-5-phosphate in the human organism. It does not have to be subjected to biochemical transformations in the organism in order to be able to enter metabolic pathways as a biologically active ingredient.
Vitamin B6 is an incredibly important factor regulating the work of many processes in the organism due to its role in the organism as a coenzyme, essential for the activation of many important enzymes. Thanks to this, it regulates metabolism at many levels and its proper supply is conducive to maintaining homeostasis of the organism.
Another aspect of effectiveness of vitamin B6 is its influence on the normalization of emotional states. It is conducive to relaxation, facilitates falling asleep and falling in a deep, the most valuable sleep. Special influence on P5P on the psyche is proven in women before menstruation, as it demonstrates considerable ability to reduce the symptoms of the pre-menstrual syndrome.
Supplementation with vitamin B6 also demonstrates positive influence on the functions of the nervous system. It is conducive to the nourishment of neuronal tissues and optimizes the secretion of neurotransmitters, thanks to which it promotes nervous transmission and demonstrates neuroprotective properties. It was proven that vitamin B6 may decrease the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
Some sources also suggest the ability of pyridoxal 5-phosphate to reduce the risk of cancer. This effectiveness is noted especially in relation to breast cancer.
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“Der Wedding” Magazine on Everyday Culture from the Berlin District of Wedding
A young print magazine is emerging from the Berlin district of Wedding whose unconventional themes and contemporary layout are as exciting as the quarter itself.
Wedding is actually a Berlin district with a problematic social prognosis. The residents suffer from a high unemployment rate and associated consequences. But the fact is that Wedding is also a district near the city centre – and although things long did not look that way, the march of gentrification is not halting at the former workers’ quarter, either.
© “Der Wedding” (www.derwedding.de) But Der Wedding is also the name of one of the most interesting magazine and editorial design projects in the German capital, which is not exactly known to be lacking in such projects. The subtitle describes the magazine as a “Magazine on Everyday Culture” – and life between little shops and discounters, U-Bahn intersections, thoroughfares and sparse green areas has a great deal of everydayness to offer.
Since 2007, journalist Julia Boek and designer Axel Völcker have been filtering out individual thematic areas from this lived everyday culture for their annual magazine. Although the lavishly designed and thoroughly and extensively researched magazine is always entitled Der Wedding, the two founders devote themselves to a different theme in each issue – which might be “Kinship,” or “The West,” or as in the 2013 issue, the theme of “Money.” This may be narrated in equal measure from the perspective of a woman collecting empty bottles for a little deposit money, or from that of an IT entrepreneur who is downsizing and for whom renunciation is the new wealth. The reader moreover learns from a German-Turkish couple why guests at taki – traditional ceremonies at a Turkish wedding – give away cash and jewelry for hours on end.
Themes from the street© “Der Wedding” (www.derwedding.de) “We discover our themes right on the street and not in the spotlights of major platforms,” as journalist Boek explains the approach of the now award-winning magazine, which most recently won the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany in the category of communications design.
© “Der Wedding” (www.derwedding.de) Whereby these streets can take one far beyond Wedding – since the two seek out their tales of everyday culture everywhere: on the one hand, the “West” edition has a reportage on the unbroken love of many West Berliners for the USA, which has been and is perceived as their protective big brother since the days of the Cold War.
But the editors also take the reader to the bundesdeutsche west, in this case to Dortmund. In a photo essay, “Goldener Westen,” a concept from the times before the fall of the Berlin Wall that inhabitants of the GDR used half-ironically, half-seriously to refer to the West German BDR, hangs like a taunt between the dreary facades of the Ruhr region.
And the way leads on to New Delhi, where people on the street were asked about their idea of the west – whereby in this case the culturally shaped gaze is on that other, western life.
Design follows content© “Der Wedding” (www.derwedding.de) To enable the reader to share in perspectives such as these, Axel Völcker, who studied communication design in Berlin and created an initial Wedding prototype for his thesis project at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin / HTW), always adapts the layout to fit the themes.
In the “Money” issue, for instance, Völcker exclusively used the Arial font as it is free of charge and therefore omnipresent in districts like Wedding: “Everything is lettered this way here, from kebab shops to nail studios,” says Völcker. “So it doesn’t make sense to choose an exotic font in an issue about money.” Moreover, to highlight the statements of the various reportages, he had them printed on different kinds of paper. Thus, a menacingly glittery photo gallery on a Munich trade fair for millionaires was accordingly printed on high-gloss paper, and by contrast a reportage on precarious work like scrap collecting was quietly and un-dramatically displayed on plain paper. With this dispassionate objectivity, Völcker offsets the garish optics of the millionaire’s trade fair – and along the way can show why print products still have a future: Design possibilities like these for expressing contrasts do not yet exist in the on-line area.” Together with the choice of themes, this playful approach to design is what lends the magazine its freshness and charm.
The magazine as stepping stoneJulia Boek and Axel Völcker | Photo and ©: Michael Kuchinke-Hofer Boek and Völcker have demonstrated that they are able to conceptualise and generate design coherence for a complex and comprehensive magazine – the two are now accordingly in demand: “For us, Wedding is a good stepping stone, we are now developing publications for other publishers and agencies,” says Julia Boek. But Wedding will continue to exist, the two will continue to deal with the theme of everyday culture in the future as well – whether in Wedding, in Berlin or elsewhere.
The fifth issue of the magazine Der Wedding on the theme “Money” is available throughout Berlin in book and magazine shops. For a selection of nationwide sales points and on-line orders, please visit the website of the magazine.


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BDA/Dorot Farm, an exporter of fresh and sweet carrots, reports high demand in the Northeast region of the United States and Canada.
Ami Ben-Dror, CEO of BDA/Dorot Farm, says, “I have been feeling a high demand for our products from our customers, retailers, food service companies and restaurants. Our customers have been looking for our quality product.” Ben-Dror adds, “I am very happy with the feedbacks we get over the phone or by emails, from our consumers. I am glad that consumers can appreciate the quality and value in our premium brands.”
As the number one grower and exporter of fresh, sweet carrots around the world, BDA/Dorot Farm exports to North America, Europe, and Africa. Their jumbo carrots and cello carrots come in one-, two- three- and five-pound bags and are delivered directly from our farms to the customers.
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Federal officials have worked to expand overtime to more workers, but their approach has the potential to disproportionately harm millennials.
President Barack Obama has targeted overtime compensation as a key area in need of reform. The Department of Labor (DOL) is prepared to change overtime regulations so more workers can qualify, but critics say the plan goes too far and will hurt businesses. Manhattan Institute Fellow Jared Meyer warns the impact will be especially bad for students and young entrepreneurs.
“Millennials have been called the startup generation, and they have these entrepreneurial dreams,” Meyer said to The Daily Caller News Foundation. “Even a successful, well funded startup can’t afford to pay their employees over $50,000, that’s the reason they pay them in equity. Anyone who has worked for a startup knows you work far more than 40 hours a week.”
Those classified as managers cannot qualify for overtime if they make $23,660 annually. The rule change will increase the overtime exemption threshold to about to $52,000 so more people can qualify. Startups almost always require long hours and low-wages in the hopes the company becomes big and stable. They often offer their workers equity shares so they profit if the company does well.
“It going to harm startup businesses, its going to slow economic growth,” Meyer said. “We’re not going to go into a recession but my point it it’s chipping away at sectors of the economy that we really need to foster growth over the long term.”
The economy is changing in very significant ways and young entrepreneurs have helped to drive it. Millennials wanting to be their own boss or earn some extra cash have helped make personalized digital ventures like Uber popular. Additionally the personal loan service Earnest found in a report last year that millennials are flocking to Silicon Valley to be part of the tech boom.
“If you get government funding to do your post-doc somewhere, the crazy thing is the government funding is actually lower than what the exemption level will be usually,” Meyer said. “Sometimes you have to put in 20 hour days to get your research done, now you can’t do that. Universities aren’t just flush with money to pay these post-docs time and a half.”
University of Michigan Human Resource Manager Laurita Thomas believes the overtime rule is in need of an update, but warns the current approach is problematic. She told congressional lawmakers March 29 the new rule could force the university to cutback on research positions and other critical roles.
“The whole purpose of this law is because some fast-food restaurants have taken advantage of the system,” Meyer said. “They put people as managers and pay them $25,000 a year. So that’s the target but instead of making it a targeted proposal to stop that from happening, they are more than doubling the exemption level.”
Meyer notes the administration should have taken a gradual or targeted approach to fix the problem instead of putting undue stress on everyone. Nevertheless the new overtime rule has still gotten plenty of support. Unions assert the change is a much needed update to federal law and over a hundred congressional Democrats sent a letter to the president in support of the new rule.
The president signed a memo March 2014 compelling the DOL to increase the exemption threshold. The department released its proposed rule change June 30 but provided businesses and lawmakers only sixty days to comment and seemed to ignore critics who suggest exemptions for small businesses and startups.
Republican congressional leadership introduced a bill Mar. 17 aimed at blocking a proposed overtime rule. Republicans also issued a stern letter to federal labor officials Feb. 9 expressing their concerns. The letter was signed by 112 Republicans, while Democratic Representatives Collin Peterson and Brad Ashford also signed.
The DOL did not respond to a request for comment by TheDCNF.
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WILLMAR — Bethesda residents and staff received their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, according to a news release from the organization.
The vaccines are part of a partnership between Bethesda and Thrifty White Pharmacy, which included education about the virus and the vaccine.
“We were able to vaccinate more than 200 people during our first round of distribution, and we anticipate receiving the additional doses needed to vaccinate additional staff, residents and tenants within the coming weeks,” Bethesda Administrator Ashley Bormann said in the release.
Fanchon Ellwood, a resident at Bethesda Grand, was the first resident to receive the vaccine.
“I have a new great-grandbaby I want to meet, and this vaccine will make us all safer so I can do that,” she said.
“I chose to get the vaccine for my residents and their families. I want my residents to be able to see their family and friends in person again, that means a lot to me. I have a lot of hope for what this vaccine will do to give us a brighter future,” she said in the release.
Since Bethesda began regular testing in May through a partnership with a private lab, there have been a total of 89 care center residents, 29 housing tenants, and 211 total staff member coronavirus cases within its system of care, according to the release.
“Many of these positive results were asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic. Although that has been the case for most, we have endured more heartache than our staff has ever had to burden before, with the passing of 16 members of our Bethesda family,” Michelle Haefner, chief executive officer at Bethesda, said in the release.
Bethesda currently employs nearly 500 people and operates 248-licensed skilled nursing beds and 132 senior independent and assisted living apartments in Willmar and 20 assisted living apartments in Olivia, alongside its alternative community-based services.
Bethesda's care center is ranked as the sixth-largest skilled nursing facility in Minnesota, Haefner said in the release, but its design uses "neighborhoods of approximately 20 residents each." The design has a positive impact on quality of life and also was integral "in protecting our most vulnerable populations," she said.
According to the release, their most recent testing showed an almost zero percent positivity rate.
Bethesda is a not-for-profit social ministry organization serving seniors in west central Minnesota through residential and community-based health and wellness services.


GTCR Announces Sale of Optimal Blue to Black Knight
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Scott Happ and the entire Optimal Blue team have built a truly remarkable company by investing in people and technology, resulting in accelerated growth and a transformed role within the mortgage industry.
In addition to facilitating commerce between mortgage originators and investors, Optimal Blue also supports a broader ecosystem of secondary marketplace participants, including mortgage insurance firms, digital point-of-sale solutions, and other third-party vendors who leverage Optimal Blue's network and data assets to improve their own products and service offerings.
Market participants use Optimal Blue's network to exchange pricing, eligibility terms, and other critical transaction data for a wide array of secondary mortgage market interactions.
Founded in 2002, Optimal Blue operates the residential mortgage industry's leading digital marketplace, connecting approximately 3,500 mortgage lenders and brokers with 185 mortgage investors through a digital network that facilitates approximately $2 trillion of transactions annually.
The Company recently released Optimal Blue Mortgage Market Indices (OBMMI), which provide the most comprehensive, accurate, timely, and interactive analysis of pricing ever conducted in the mortgage industry.


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George married Ella Erzila Swickard, daughter of Daniel Swickard Jr. and Elizabeth Zimmerman. (Ella Erzila Swickard was born on 6 Oct 1871 and died on 11 May 1953.)
Notes from David A. Leas and/or the 1950 Leas Family Genealogy.

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At school this week I set out to get the ancient intelitek proLIGHT mill back to running order.
To start, I checked out all the motor-brushes and fuses.
The brush for the Z-Axis needed to be cleaned up, and the fuse on the controller was out of place.
After a little TLC, I had it back into mostly operational order. The next logical step was to play with some Aluminum and MasterCAM!
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Tonight Ryanne went to her first dance class! She will be taking a ballet/tap combo class. It's once a week for 45 minutes. I have learned that I am a bit picky about the places my kids go. Collin's TaeKwonDo place has spoiled us. They are so friendly there and just have fun with the kids while teaching them. I took Ryanne to gymnastics a few weeks back and it was certainly not like that. No one spoke to me before or after and completely ignored me. They didn't even ask me if they could take our money at the end of class. So, I was nervous of what I'd find at the dance studio today. I was pleasantly surprised. My GPS took us to the wrong place and I called, the lady who answered the phone was so nice. Then I got there and her teacher spoke to us, the office lady talked to me about things while Ryanne was in there and afterwards her teacher talked to me about how she did (awesome!) And helped to fit her for shoes. They let us buy used clothing and shoes (except the tights) from them. The tap shoes that fit her need some shoe glue so they just gave them to us. Yeah! Awesome!
On top of how awesome the owner and staff were, Ryanne absolutely loved it!! She and the students performed their tap routine at the end for all the parents. She was smiling the whole time. Her teacher said she never stopped smiling through the entire class and caught on to everything really fast and obeyed. Haha! Her grin just made me so excited for her.

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The ability to play music is one of the key features in mobile phones since its inception in the early 2000’s. A smartphone without the ability to play music is not really a smartphone. It is a feature that is essential and always expected in every smartphone that is released. A lot of times smartphones don’t give much emphasis on creating default applications for editing and mixing audio. This is often overlooked and ignored. This has resulted in people completely ignoring this feature in the smart phone. Users could potentially be making beats and remixes that can be of monetary gain or just for fun. AudioLab is an app that lets its users edit audio clips and files; AudioLab gives a lot of options and features to its users to a point that you wouldn’t need any other audio editor on your phone. The massive number of features that the app provides is like a dream come true for anyone who has passion missing audio.
The AudioLab app is considered to be the most advance and professional audio editor on app store today. Users of this app are able to Audio Trimming which allows you to cut / crop / copy / paste / add silence / fade / undo / redo audio. Users can also do audio mixing that involves mixing up to audio, changing the speed and pitch. Users who are into the art of DJing will also have all DJ effect options and filters. Users can also do detailed Tag Editing, Audio Merging, Audio Recordeing, Audio Converting and many more features. Users are presented with an instant preview to monitor that allows you to closely monitors all the edits and make changes accordingly.
Some of the other great features of the app include –
- Video To Audio Converter – Users can use this to convert large sized music videos into just audio clips of the music hence saving storage space.
- Vocal Remover / Karaoke Effect – this allows you to completely remove the lyrics from songs enabling you to perform karaoke with your friends.
- Voice Changer – users are able to change their voices using this feature. Some of the voice effects that you can apply are Helium, Drunk, Chipmunk & many other funny effects to your voice.


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G8 leaders lunched and talked with African heads of state at a luxury hotel on Monday as activists accused the rich nations' club of backpedalling on pledges to double aid to the world's poorest continent.
The issue of African poverty that tops the agenda at the start of a three-day summit in Japan is closely linked with rising food and fuel prices and the contentious topic of how to fight global warming, which the G8 will tackle later in the week.
The G8 has invited seven African leaders to join the opening day of its annual summit, taking place on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Max Lawson, a policy adviser to Oxfam, a British advocacy group, said the summit was arguably the most important G8 gathering in a decade.
"The world is clearly facing multiple crises -- serious, serious economic problems, both rich and poor countries. But it is poor people who suffer the most, suffering hugely from food price increases," Lawson told reporters.
At its 2005 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, the G8 agreed to double aid by 2010 to $50 billion, half of which would go to Africa.
But a report last month by the Africa Progress Panel, which was set up to monitor implementation of the Gleneagles commitments, said that under current spending plans the G8 will fall $40 billion short of its target.
"There are good plans being developed. We also know when efforts are made, great results can be achieved. But the problem is these plans are not being backed by serious financing," said Oliver Buston, a spokesman for activist group ONE.
"It is as if the G8 has built a car but they have not put any fuel in it. It is time for that to change."
Monday's talks bring the G8 -- the United States, Japan, France, Britain, Germany, Canada, Italy and Russia -- together with leaders of Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania.
This year marks the half-way point to reach eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the U.N. General Assembly in September 2000 to reduce world poverty by 2015.
Japanese Foreign Ministry press spokesman Kazuo Kodama acknowledged on Sunday that Africa was well behind target on health, but added: "G8 leaders will certainly deliver a strong and concrete message to help African countries to achieve MDGs."
With grain prices having doubled since January 2006, Africa needs more help, not less, activists say.
A preliminary World Bank study released last week estimated that up to 105 million more people could drop below the poverty line due to rising food prices, including 30 million in Africa.
In Liberia, the cost of food for a typical household jumped by 25 percent in January alone, increasing the poverty rate to over 70 percent from 64 percent, the study found.
Many critics and even member countries suggest the G8, formed in 1975 with just six members in the wake of the first oil crisis, should expand to take in large developing nations to better represent the world.
On Monday hundreds of Anti-G8 protests from Japan and other countries marched in heavy rain toward the summit venue, carrying signs slamming the rich nations' cosy club.
Heavy security meant that they were kept several kilometres (miles) away. One group tried to take an unauthorised route but was turned back by dozens of police carrying shields and shouting "Go back, go back".
On Tuesday, discussions will turn to economic and political problems including North Korea's nuclear programmes and Zimbabwe.
The G8 is considering a stand-alone statement on Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe's 28-year-rule was extended last month after a disputed and violent election.
"I believe G8 should send a strong message so as to ensure that democracy in Zimbabwe will be protected," British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was quoted by a Japanese official as telling Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.
Global warming will be the focus of an expanded meeting on Wednesday that will include China and India, two fast-growing economies that are pumping out more and more greenhouse gases.
But deep gaps within the G8 as well as between rich and poor nations have raised doubts about the chances for progress beyond last year's summit, where the G8 agreed to "seriously consider" a global goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The European Union and green groups are piling pressure on a reluctant United States to agree to a target to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century and back the need for 2020 targets for rich countries as well.
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Theory and practice in late antique archaeology /
An exploration of theoretical frameworks, methodology and field practice suited to the late antique Mediterranean. Broad themes such as long-term change, topography, the economy and social life are covered, but in terms of the issues and problems being tackled by scholars of late antiquity.
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Theory and practice in late antique archaeology.
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Sydney-based producer Caravan comes through with an energetic, groove-heavy new EP titled Riviera. Already being a relatively influential name within house and electronic music, the talented producer continued to impress with a 4 track album that is dynamic and infectiously groovy.
With thick synths and basslines, the album kicks off “Republique,” a funky start to the album, with a heavy beat and percussion that keeps the track engaging and immersive. The synths are the dominant feature of this record, with a wonderful and catchy melody that just keeps developing throughout the track. “Le Suquet” is another smooth track, with electronic synths and effects swirling throughout the track, also accompanied by an infectious, groovy beat. “Croisette” is the most dynamic track on here, with dynamic drum patterns that bring this track to life. The heavy beat and claps on “Palm Beach” bring so much heavy funk, with swirling, acid-house inspired synths, as well as other percussion and electronic effects throughout. It’s the most hip-hop inspired track of all of them, just due to the thumping beat that drives the track forward. It’s an excellent way to end an engaging, somewhat hypnotic project.
Listen to Caravan’s excellent new project Riviera EP below via Bandcamp and don’t forget to support! Released via Planet Trip Records.
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I used a few different versions while collecting these, however the links are all linked to the NASB versions of the verses.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 – “But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.”
2 Timothy 4:18 "The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen."
2 Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline."
2 Peter 3:18 – “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
Psalm 37:23 – “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way.”
Proverbs 2:6 "The Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding."
Colossians 2:2 – “That their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself.”
GUIDANCE FOR HIS PARENTS:
Psalm 90:17 – “Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; and confirm for us the work of our hands; yes, confirm the work of our hands.”
Titus 3:5-6 – “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.”
THANKSGIVING FOR HIS LIFE:
3 John 1:4 – “I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.”
Psalm 139:14 – “I will give thanks to you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.”
Psalm 127:3-5 – “Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.”
1 Samuel 1:27 – “For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him.”

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New York Mayor Eric Adams announced on the 5th that it will intensify efforts to punish those suspected of illegally forging and using paper license plates, and detained illegal vehicles may be sent for auction; so far, the city has been arrested for “ghost cars”. The number soared by 300%.
As of July 3, the city’s police department has issued 16,448 fines to drivers who used illegal or concealed license plates, towed 1,700 vehicles, and impounded 2,478 vehicles, according to the city’s police department. In addition, since July 2021, the rectification efforts have intensified, and the authorities have seized more than 800 vehicles in a year, most of which used fake license plates from various states in the United States; and in the past year, suspected of using temporary paper license plates. The number of arrests rose by 3,568, a 300 percent increase from the 893 arrests in 2016.
“We tow away ‘ghost cars’ because the owners have ulterior motives and bad intentions for public safety.” Adams said the government is using legislation to hunt down people who have fake license plates and who are trying to commit crimes but cannot be traced. “We can’t look at the vehicles. Become a weapon for criminals, and don’t turn streets into battlefields.”
On the 25th of last month, a stolen Honda car with expired South Carolina license plates by criminals rampaged in Brooklyn (Brooklyn), killing a 67-year-old woman and an 8-year-old woman in critical condition. The boy was seriously injured.
The “ghost car” is becoming the same as the “ghost gun”. Because the crime cost is low and cannot be tracked by the government, it has become a “cancer” that endangers social and public safety. City Police Chief Keechant Sewell said that vehicles with license plate problems are often associated with criminal behavior, and that impounded vehicles often find guns, drugs, fake documents and more fake license plates. “We will fully combat this. A public safety threat to eradicate the illegal phenomenon of “ghost cars”. ”
New York State requires license plates to be easily recognizable; New York City also makes it illegal for any license plate to be obscured by material or substances, and “ghost cars” towed by city police, often without the owner’s redemption, are sent to auction. As of June, the city police had issued 13,250 fines for vehicles with covered license plates, a 33 percent increase from 9,956 in the same period last year.
From now on, the city’s efforts to crack down on “ghost cars” will also be intensified. The Municipal Police Bureau will dispatch patrol officers in the city’s 77 jurisdictions to strictly enforce the law against obscured license plates, paper license plates, and problematic license plates.

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Porsche touted for Formula One start in 2013
Reports are strengthening that the Volkswagen Group will enter Formula One in 2013 with one of its many brands – most likely Porsche.
Volkswagen’s interest in the sport is believed to have been rekindled by talk of smaller, more efficient engines for the 2013 season.
The result could see the Volkswagen Group represented in top level sportscar racing through Audi, the World Rally Championshio through Volkswagen, and Formula One through Porsche.
The Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti, SEAT and Skoda also come under the control of the Volkswagen Group.
Speaking to Autocar, Porsche Chairman Mattais Muller indicated that Volkswagen will decide between Porsche and Audi for its Formula One project,
Selecting Porsche would leave Audi to concentrate on its LMP1 sportscar program that has yielded nine Le Mans 24 Hour victories in the last 11 years.
“With LMP1, there are two classes (LMP1 and GT) and two brands – Audi and Porsche,” he said.
“We do not like to both go into LMP1 (against each other) – that is not so funny. So therefore we have to discuss whether it makes better sense for one of the (two) brands to go into LMP1, and the other brand into F1.
“So we will have a round-table to discuss the pros and cons.”


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Cannabis crops are grown in indoor rooms with elevated CO2. Typical concentration levels are anywhere between 900 ppm to 1200 ppm. However, the optimum level depends on several factors that include light intensity, temperature and maturity stage.
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Germany’s federal government has today agreed to distribute 6.85 billion euros (5.98 billion pounds, 7.87 billion dollars) to its regions next year to help them cover the costs of housing and integrating migrants, a government source told Reuters.
Germany is trying to integrate over a million migrants and refugees who entered in 2015-2016 after Chancellor Angela Merkel foolishly opened its borders, an unpopular decision that catapulted the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) into the lower house of parliament after elections last year and allowed the replacement of German and other European populations.
Merkel’s government acted ahead of Sunday’s election in the affluent state of Bavaria, where a backlash over migration is threatening the longtime hold on power of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), Merkel’s federal coalition ally.
It provides for a total 15 billion euros to be paid out to states and communes for assisting migrants through 2022.
Germany’s states also received one-off federal cash infusions to cover migration-related costs during the height of the influx by mainly Muslim migrants in 2015 and 2016.


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- 2 cups of cooked sweet potato, mashed
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- 1/4 Tbsp. Mixed herbs and spices or your choice (including salt and pepper)
- Combine ingredients together in a large mixing bowl and then knead with your hands.
- Separate into 2 or 4 balls of even size, then roll out into a pizza crust (make sure the size of the pizza crust complements the size of your non-stick skillet or fry pan!)
- Carefully transfer to the frypan and cook over a medium heat for about 4-5 minutes on each side. Continue with the remaining pizza bases.
- Preheat your oven to 200c, place your pizza bases onto pizza tins, or alternatively a large flat baking tray, and cover with your favourite pizza toppings.
- Bake for around 15 minutes, or until your toppings are cooked to your liking, then remove and allow to cool for a few minutes before serving.


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Flow rate control is used in many applications. Notableexamples include use of hydraulic technologies for cylinder (linear actuator) and motor (rotary application) speed and position control in numerous industrial application including presses, machine tools, injection molding machines. Electrical and mechanical components such as drives, pumps andvalves are typically combined in order to implement such control tasks in fluid-power applications. The question of which elements are used, and how they are integrated into the system, has a decisive influence on the energy consumption of the overall solution. In his lecture Andreas Dejok explains the reasons for, and approaches to, reducing energy consumption, and presents practical application examples.
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Syfy is planning a crossover between two of its top series. Warehouse 13 and Eureka will intermingle for the first time in a pair of episodes which will air this summer.
The episodes are currently filming and will feature Eureka's Douglas Fargo (Neil Grayston) showing up on Warehouse 13 to help update the facility's computer system. Alas, this activates an apparently sentient computer virus which sends the Warehouse into lockdown, trapping the team inside. Pesky sentient malware!
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On this date in 2002, Barry Bonds belted a homer in the first inning off of the Brewers' Nelson Figueroa for his 574th career round tripper. With that home run, Bonds passed Harmon Killebrew, putting him sixth on the all-time home run list. Here's this week's look around the blogosphere..
- Shutdown Inning has some ideas for what the Rangers can do with Jurickson Profar.
- Mayflies & Big Flies sat down with Twins prospect Alex Meyer.
- Southpaw Yakker discusses the Yankees and Joba Chamberlain coming to the end of the road.
- Lasorda's Lair chatted with Dodgers GM Ned Colletti.
- The Hardball Times illustrates why Paul Maholm is underappreciated.
- Pinstripe Pundits is excited about the early returns on Vernon Wells.
- Baseball Big Brother Project wonders if perfection could be a road to mediocrity.
- The Shea Faithful isn't concerned about who takes credit for Matt Harvey.
- I R Fast took an up close look at Jose Fernandez's big league debut.
- Kingdome of Seattle Sports previews the future of the Mariners/Astros rivalry.
- That Ball's Outta Here asks how long the Phillies will stick with Roy Halladay.
- Rankings Professor looked at the ten prospects closest to making a big league impact.
- MLB Reports looks at the A's newest diamond in the rough.
- Phoul Ballz caught up with a pair of Phillies prospects in their latest podcast.
- Baseball Reality Tour turns in their leadoff hitter power rankings.
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Burgeo-La Poile is a provincialelectoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,527 eligible voters living within the district. The district was first created in 1995 following a reduction in the number of seats in the House of Assembly from 52 to 48, forming from the amalgamation of the former districts of La Poile and Burgeo-Bay D'Espoir.
The district takes in the southwestern corner of Newfoundland, stretching from the town of Burgeo in the east to Cape Ray in the west. Its largest community, Port aux Basques, is the island's link to continental North America through the Marine Atlantic ferry service.
The population in the region dropped by about 15 per cent between 1996 and 2001. The size of the district grew significantly in the 2007 redistribution as the eastern border pushed out an extra 37 kilometers.
The district is one of the strongest Liberal regions of the province, and was one of only three districts to return a Liberal MHA in the 2007 election.
The district includes the part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador bounded as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection with the Meridian of 57 degrees West Longitude and the shoreline of the southwest coast, located east of the community of Grey River; Thence running due north along the Meridian of 57 degrees West Longitude to its intersection with the Parallel of 48 degrees 30 minutes North Latitude; Thence running west along the Parallel of 48 degrees 30 minutes North Latitude to its intersection with the Meridian of 58 degrees West Longitude; Thence running in a southwesterly direction to the point of land known as Red Rocks, located on the eastern shoreline of Cabot Strait, north of Cape Ray; Thence running in a general easterly direction along the sinuosities of the southwest coast to the point of beginning, together with Burgeo Island, Ramea Island and all other islands adjacent thereto.


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A sports bar is copping major flak for insisting that patrons follow a strict dress code and set of behavioral guidelines.
Kickback Jack’s restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, has reportedly sparked controversy by posting a sign informing the public of its ban on certain types of dress.
The banned items include stiletto heels, backpacks and large bags, sleeveless undershirts, pants and shorts that hang below the waistline, plain white T-shirts and other oversized tops that fall past the thigh, and any attire “deemed offensive” by management.
Patrons are also forbidden from modifying their clothing once they’ve entered the establishment.
The restaurant, which is located at a local shopping centre, also comes down hard on ‘negative attitudes [and] behavior’ and ‘offensive language’.
Management also reserves the right to ban anyone at their discretion.
While the crackdown on foul language hasn’t raised much fuss, many locals are concerned that the restrictions on dress may have racial connotations.
Brittani Mechele, whose photograph of the rule posting has gone viral, told Yahoo Lifestyle that the restaurant is ‘in a predominantly African-American part of town’.
“Durham is essentially a largely African-American/black town that is undergoing a sweeping amount of gentrification,” she said.
“The first part sounded OK, but it just got, to me, more discriminatory,” diner Laurie Washington told CBS 17.
“That’s typically younger African-American-type attire,” she added.
“Just put a sign up that says ‘WHITES ONLY’ [because] that’s exactly what it seems,” a Facebook commenter responded of the policy.
“Pretty much no black people,” read another comment.
But others have defended the rules, noting that the restaurant is privately owned.
Supporters say that the rules aren’t racially motivated but are simply designed to avoid unruliness.
“In a family atmosphere other than just a sports bar, I think profanity should be restricted in any public place,” customer John Baucom told CBS 17.
“The way they wear their pants and exposing certain parts of skin or whatever, I think that should be a manager’s discretion as far as [being] offensive to other people,” he continued.
A Kickback Jack’s representative told the news station that the rules apply to all of their locations, not just the one in Durham.
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The Language of Kin by Lynne Hugo is an intricate tale about attempts to rehabilitate a severely mistreated chimp named Eve, who was brutally taken from her mother at the vulnerable age of three and put into cruel experimental labs for eight long years. Renowned primatologist Kate and up-and-coming Marc work at the Ohio Zoo where they have opposing views on what approach is best in adjusting chimps to their new habitat. Little do they know that their private lives parallel each other as both bear the responsibility for the well-being of their respective mothers. Kate and Marc find common ground as Marc’s deaf mother teaches Kate’s mother sign language. Office politics at the zoo intervene and place Kate and Marc on opposite sides as the welfare of Eve the chimp is put on a tenuous hold.
The Language of Kin is a compelling story about how so many chimps like Eve are brutally captured as babies and made to suffer in experimental laboratories for selfish human interests. My compassion and attention were captured immediately by Lynne Hugo’s painful and bloody introduction of how bush hunters murder big groups of mother chimps caring for their babies in the wild. Although this is a work of fiction, I was deeply moved that in today’s modern world, these horrific crimes against beautiful, endangered animals can and still exist. My favorite passages were about Eve learning to trust Marc. I would have loved to read more about Eve’s inner world and feelings. An engrossing novel that is sure to tug at anyone’s heartstrings.


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Maharashtra witnessed very heavy rains in the second week of August’ 2019.
This resulted in flood conditions across various districts affecting lakhs of people, resulting in crop losses, affecting farmlands, damage to kuchha houses, damage to roads connecting villages to block/ district headquarters, power failure affecting piped water supply and submergence of hand pumps.
Sangli and Kolhapur were two of the worst affected districts by floods. People had returned to their villages and there was an immediate need for hygiene items and dry ration items amidst the flood affected households as it would take a couple of days to weeks before they got their house in order. Household items had been washed away, women and girls had no access to sanitary provisions.


text: This July is set to be the most traveled month in three years! After Covid, everyone who wants to and is able to is hitting the road or the tarmac to go on an adventure! This necklace is a rare piece…Turitella chalcedony takes centuries to create. It exudes a sense of adventure! Here I pair it with sterling silver elements handmade in Thailand for a more exotic, special look. Elegant with a linen dress or casual with a caftan, this piece is perfect for July’s adventures!


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Visa has reached a preliminary agreement to amend the transaction details of its Visa Europe acquisition in response to feedback from the European Commission. “Instead of an earn-out, the cash consideration payable in the transaction will be increased by €1.75 billion — €750m payable upon closing and €1bn, plus 4% compound annual interest, payable on the third anniversary of closing,” Visa says.
- Consumers to get option to personalise their digital payment cards
- More than 90% of consumers worldwide will consider using digital payments in the next year, Mastercard predicts
- European banks invest €30m in EU rival to Visa and Mastercard
- Mastercard in talks with PBOC over support for cross-border digital yuan transactions
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We use this for “leakers” which are dogs with relaxed (too relaxed) urethral muscles allowing them to leak urine especially when sleeping. Dogs get up from a urine/wet spot.
Used to control that with hormone replacement and it worked. And worked to cause other problems. Now we use THIS medicine and it works, too.
And yes, (little did I know) very occasionally a cat can have this. With the same presentation as dog “leakers” —> Getting up from urine puddles.
Phenylpropanolamine Proin PPA for urinary issues. Downloadable / Readable PDF
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