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It does not matter whether you are in Prague for first or the tenth time, you will surely spend some time exploring the Old Town in Prague. Prague's Old Town is mysterious and historical, yet vibrant and alive. The best thing is to get lost and just wander, but if you want to get lost and still be found, you can take our short walk and see some of the top sights as well as hidden places in Prague, try some good food and find some places to shop. We will start and finish our walk at Náměstí Republiky (Square of the Republic) on the yellow Metro line B.
The Municipal House is one of the most beautiful art noveau buildings that you can see in Prague. Interestingly, when it was built, contemporary architects insulted it for being outdated and old fashion. The Municipal House stands on the place where the old medieval palace used to be, right next to the city walls. It is an important building in Czech history because the Foundation treaty of independent Czechoslovakia was signed there in 1918. This building is certainly worth further exploration. You can stop by at the café or restaurant, but be careful, the food there is not rated very highly by Prague foodies. There are daily concerts in the beautiful Smetana hall. Visit some of the exhibitions or even take a guided tour. After exploring the Municipal House, move your attention to the Gothic tower next to it.
This tower is part of the medieval city fortification. It was founded in 1475, though it is not the first city gate that stood at this place. Its name is derived from the fact that in the 19th century it was used as a gunpowder storehouse. It is possible to climb to the top of the tower. There are 186 steps, and the entrance fee is 90 CZK. When you walk through the Powder Tower, you enter the touristy Celetná street, which is the first part of the old coronation way that stretches from the Powder Tower all the way to St. Vitus Cathedral at the Prague Castle. Walk through Celetná street until you reach the small intersection with a street called Ovocný trh.
This house was built at the beginning of the 20th century in the cubist style by Josef Gočár. Prague is the only city, in which cubism was applied more broadly in architecture. The House of the Black Madonna is the oldest example of it and also the most famous one. Inside you can find the Museum of Cubism and the stylish Grand Café Orient. This café is certainly worth stopping by for its unique interior and squared větrníky (a Czech traditional dessert which is normally round, except here where it shaped to match the square nature of cubism). The house was named after the statue of Madonna on the corner of the house. This statue used to decorate the baroque house that originally stood at this place. After visiting the House of the Black Madonna, keep walking down Celetná street until the buildings of Charles University, which will be on your left. Look for number 18.
Charles University is the oldest and largest Czech university, which was founded in 1348 by famous Czech king, Charles IV. It was the first university in Central Europe and until today one of the most prestigious in the region, also popular among the foreign students. It does not have a single central campus; its buildings are scattered all over Prague. At Celetná street you can find the University bookstore and one building with lecture halls. Don't be shy, and enter through the big wooden door. In the hallway, you can find the logo of the university and the entrance to the student pub on the left. The pub is situated in a Romanesque basement. Stop by for a truly non-touristy glass of beer directly in the Prague city center.
#5 Old Town Square in Prague
The Old Town Square in Prague is on every what-to-see-in-Prague list. Take your time and observe the Astronomical Clock at the Old Town Hall, comprised of the four beautiful renaissance houses, which are connected on the inside. Have a look around as you stand next to the bronze statue of Jan Hus, the Catholic Church reformer from 15th century. The square is a mosaic of architecture styles – gothic, renaissance, baroque, rococo, classicism – can you recognize them? When walking through the square towards the Old Town Hall watch your step. You will find a golden line on the ground, the Prague Meridian from 1652, which measured the midday, when the shadow from former Mariánský sloup (St. Mary's column), reached it. When at Old Town Square be very careful for your belongings, and do not exchange money with the money lenders on the street. Also the restaurants there are mostly overpriced, you will eat better and cheaper a couple blocks away. When you have soaked in the atmosphere of the Old Town Square, head towards the small street next to the Týn Church (Church of our Lady before Týn). If you would like to stop inside the church, the entrance is from the Old Town Square through the arcades.
Walk through Týnska Street towards the gate to Ungelt. Notice the houses, which have carved pictures above their door, the famous Prague house sings. Inside Ungelt enjoy the architecture and small stores. The courtyard served as the “hotel” and storage area for merchants who were coming to sell their goods in Prague or were traveling through the city to other destinations. The beautiful renaissance palace on the left side, where you can still see the remains of sgraffito, once belonged to the tax collector. There are also many ghosts stories connected to this courtyard, so beware of headless knights when walking through during the night! Exit Ungelt on the other side and turn to the left. On the opposite corner you will see Chapeau Rouge, one of the oldest bars in Prague.
#7 Beer Stop
Go to the left through Malá Štupartská street passing the gorgeous, baroque St. James´s Church. Then turn to the right and walk along Masná street, and turn left again into Rybná street until you reach the “party street of Prague” – Dlouhá street. This street is home of one of many Lokál pubs in Prague. Lokál is a busy place, where it is often quite hard to find an empty chair, but it is quite ok to have a beer by the bar, or even outside the pub. The food is pretty good as well, our favourite is smažený sýr (fried cheese). All sides at Lokál are “all you can eat”, so do not be shy and ask for more mashed potatoes or dumplings. After you refuel, walk through Rybná street to the truly forgotten part of the Old Town.
#8 The Real Prague Old Town
Allow yourself to forget this guide for a little bit and walk around the Svatý Haštal Church and enjoy the “emptiness” of the streets in comparison to the area around the Old Town Square. If you wander through Anežská street, you can see a house with the restaurant, U Červeného kola, where an old post office once stood – look for the red wheel (the old sign of postal service) on the wall. The smallest house in Prague, a former brothel, which is just few steps past the restaurant.
#9 The Best Gingerbread
After your stroll, go back to the corner of Rybná street, and walk in the other direction from the city center to Haštalská street. There, you will find a little store called Perníčkův sen (Gingerbread heaven), which we learned about thanks to Eating Prague Tour. This little homey store is full of traditional Czech sweets and cookies. Most of the products are homemade and cooked according to old Czech recipes. A perfect place to buy original souvenirs from your travels or to just get a quick sweet snack.
#10 Snack Time: The Best Meat & The Best Open Face Sandwich
For those who do not feel like sweets, we have savory alternatives. Walk through the passage by the end of Haštalská street all the way back to Dlouhá Street. By the end you will find two amazing places, which are rated very highly by local Prague foodies. One is the butcher, Naše Maso (Our meat), where you can not only buy raw meat to go, but also get tasty meals. There are ALWAYS (local Czech) people there, and the place is tiny, but it is really worth it! On the opposite side is a cozy open-sandwich bar called Sisters. There you can try a modern variation of popular Czech party food – chlebíčky.
#11 Communist Style Shopping in Kotva
When you find yourself at Dlouhá street again, walk couple meters away from the city center and turn to Benediktská street. In the end of this street you will find another passage that will take you back to the square of the Republic. You will find yourself standing right in front of the shopping mall Kotva (Anchor). This mall was built in 1975 by a Swedish company – very unusual for the Communist time. At the time, it was a very modern building with large window displays, and people came here to shop from all around the country. Today it might not be as exciting a shopping experience anymore, but it has a very nice beer garden at the top with a splendid view of Prague and 9 beers on tap!
#12 Shopping in old barracks: Palladium
Opposite Kotva is one of the newest and biggest shopping malls in Prague, offering several levels of shopping and many restaurants and coffee places. Palladium stands on the place of a former monastery, which was later changed to barracks. The Czech army sold the property to a private company in 1990s. What is left from the old barracks is the façade and part of the wooden ceiling at the top level of the mall. During the reconstruction, a big complex of medieval buildings was discovered. Some of these you can see on the lowest level of the mall, but many were removed after excavation. Many people protested the creation of Palladium, as it resulted in the destruction of many historical artefacts.
We hope that you had fun on our walk! Let us know what you liked the most in the comments below!
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While 2020 may have been something of a write-off for many, it has been a year to celebrate for a number of luxury watchmakers. It has marked the anniversary of a number of historic horological achievements, giving the rest of us a much-needed and uplifting reminder that innovation and human ambition forge on in the face of whatever life throws in our way.
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Leading the charge is Tag Heuer, which has spent the year celebrating its 160th birthday with no less than 13 new watches – all in its crowning Carrera collection. First launched in 1963, the Carrera was named after Mexico’s daredevil Carrera Panamericana, a 2,178-mile open-road race that was cancelled after five years for being too dangerous – but which lives on in the Tag Heuer Carrera’s sporty aesthetic and high performance chronograph.
The newly-unveiled 160th anniversary pieces channel a modern retro vibe, with notably smaller, unisex sizes that hark back to the original 1960s pieces, with the limited edition 39mm Heuer Carrera Montreal proving particularly eye-catching.


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Samvel grew up in Los Angeles. Choosing to stay close to home, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied history. Soon after graduating, Samvel started a career in commercial real estate, eventually establishing a very successful real estate brokerage in Pasadena, CA.
Samvel attended Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where he excelled academically and gained valuable experience working for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. As a certified law clerk, Samvel successfully conducted preliminary hearings and argued motions in court – a rare honor for a law school student. Samvel graduated from Loyola and joined Younessi Law with the goal of helping exploited employees and bringing offending employers to justice.
Aside from litigation, Samvel greatly enjoys spending time with his family, exploring the great outdoors and college football.

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I am currently reading an advanced copy of an excellent book entitled: Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye. Dentists need not fear the title though.
This book could spark a revolution in dental care. Instead of spending their time doing fillings, root canals and teeth extraction, dentists would use advanced equipment to determine in advance when teeth are beginning to soften.
Then the dentist would offer alternatives for strengthening the enamel before the would be cavity develops to the point where it would have to be filled.
This model is much better for the patient. And though the dentist would not do as much tooth repair, he or she would probably see more patients who are interested in preventing dental health problems.
This scenario is a win-win situation for the patient and the dentist.
I highly recommend Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye – by Ellie Phillips, DDS. It is not available yet, but should be in early 2010. I love this book already and you will too!
As I mentioned before Kiss Your Dentists Goodbye – has the real potential to start a revolution in dental care and I hope it does, frankly. The current model does not serve the patient’s best interest in my opinion.
Your teeth were meant to be kept whloe for a lifetime. Think about it – nothing else would make sense. This new model of dental care will allow you to keep your natural teeth. Keep your eyes out for this life changing book when it is available in 2010!
Author: What You Should Know about Gum Disease

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Every Monday in Listening Closer, Jeffrey Overstreet opens up the art of songcraft, sharing his own musical experiences, interpretations, and epiphanies, while soliciting alternate interpretations and discussion.
In that column I shared some of rapper Kate Tempest’s testimony about the influence of the song “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding).” This led me to contact the guy who introduced me to the album: David Robinson, my former high school history teacher and the editor of the audiophile endeavor called Positive Feedback—a guy who has “ears to hear.”
You can read that recollection and conversation here.
Then I asked friends and correspondents about their own Bringing It All Back Home memories. And their answers are making the album new for me.
Several who responded are people I count alongside Robinson among my own most influential musical mentors. I’ll share one of those today and more next week.
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It’s easy to hear the influence of Dylan’s lyrics on another masterful singer-songwriter: Joe Henry. Henry has recorded a string of albums that you’ll find on my shelf of all-time favorites, including his recent work Invisible Hour.
Henry is also a Grammy-winning producer who has coaxed out some of the finest work recorded by Over the Rhine, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Allen Touissaint, Hugh Laurie, Solomon Burke, Mavis Staples, Aimee Mann, Loudon Wainwright III. . . should I go on? Because that’s just scratching the surface.
Here’s a Bob Dylan cover that Henry produced: Richie Havens’ take on “Tombstone Blues.”
What’s more, Henry’s knowledge of American music history is formidable and far-reaching.
So I should have known that he’d have a lot to say about Bringing it All Back Home. And, lucky for me I found him with some time on his hands as he was waiting for a plumber. We made good use of the time.
Overstreet: Which of Dylan’s songs on Bringing It All Back Home mean the most to you?
Henry: This question is hard to answer in any way that could be fully trusted, as it is a moving target, and I move with it. But I can share a few thoughts on one that remains most viscerally alive for me. . .
He has matched it many times, but the man has never written a better song than “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” It is terse and romantic, compassionate and yet eviscerating simultaneously. It stands upon the precipice of changing times, and is seeing both forward and back; and as it does, it is tender in regards to the past, and impatient for what needs next to crack open. Even the melody strikes this balance between the sublimity and raw urgency.
My memory says that I first heard this at age eleven, courtesy of my brother David (the conduit of much youthful revelation), and it struck me like a hammer. To this day, I pause whatever I may be doing to acknowledge the passing of these lines, whenever I encounter them in the air, as if they were a slow train moving at the edge of town, carrying home body of a beloved dead president:
the vagabond who’s rapping at your door
is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Overstreet: Do you remember the first time you heard this album? Was it your first Dylan record?
Henry: As I suggested [before], I heard several of these songs at age eleven—any and all contained within the delivery system of the first two Greatest Hits albums; and likely encountered the whole as a complete statement a very short time later, when I was also hearing The Freewheelin’, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde On Blonde likewise in the full bloom of their expansive intentions/inventions; thus it would have been 1972, in Bath, Ohio—when I was still riding a school bus daily with Jeff Dahmer.
Overstreet: Clearly, this was an influential record. But what influences do you hear in this record? Who was Dylan drawing from?
Henry: Yes, it was an intensely influential record, and I believe we can hear it influencing the artist himself in the real-time of its realization.
Side one—“the electric side,” as it is often referred—allows us to glimpse the raking clean of a table, and the invention of a new vocabulary. Some of the more tossed-off pieces (“Outlaw Blues,” “On The Road Again”) seem to exist only for the purpose of finding that new tone, and shedding the expectations of a grammar that had become weary-making. “Outlaw Blues” for instance doesn’t say enough in and of itself to be memorable (anymore than did, say, “Motorpsycho Nightmare” a year earlier); but the words stand as scaffolding for what will soon be constructed; and their play is goose-grease upon the wheel that would very soon roll through the stoplights and find the open road that allowed the discovery and revelation of “Desolation Row” and “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues”; “Ballad of a Thin Man.”
And you can hear in the very sonics of the electric side that everyone, the artist included, was chasing a new comet’s tail, and with barely a butterfly net with which to capture it. Producer Tom Wilson and the recording engineers on Bringing It All Back Home do their best to keep things balanced and even; and session players who populate the room—and who may have just come in from a session with Johnny Mathis—are committed to hitting their marks. . . following and amplifying whatever the young upstart was unspooling.
Compare that to very sound of Highway 61 Revisited later that year, where everyone is out on the wire of a new frontier: the vocals are aggressive and distorted, the playing raw and shot full of holes. . . everyone seemingly high, and reverently irreverent. It is a room full of freaks—none of whom, needless to say, will be in service to Mr. Mathis later in the week.
Bob’s excitement is palpable; and by the time he reaches the brooding intensity of the “acoustic side,” the words themselves—his vocal delivery, and his determined approach to banging out aggressive rhythms on his 1930 Gibson Nick Lucas Special—no longer need electricity to telegraph his intentions. “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” is as explosively challenging, fierce, and aware as anything that preceded it.
The man was clearly drawing on a lyrical freedom that the so-called beat poets had instilled; and at the same time, he was channeling the raw and liberating energy of Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran. Likewise, “Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream” draws closer to Woody Guthrie’s agitation than does, say, “Talkin’ New York” or even “Talkin’ World War III Blues”—and even with full band trailing behind, it is a truer estimation of the unbroken bloodline, fully intact.
Overstreet: And whose music wouldn’t we have today if it weren’t for Dylan’s early material? Who did this inspiration fuel?
Henry: Without this album in particular we certainly would not have had The Clash, as one important example. Subterranean Homesick Blues remains the obvious template for the good humor of that seminal band’s commitment to spirited and true revolution.
Coming full circle, we see too that this album and what immediately followed it worked on poets like Allen Ginsberg as surely as Allen had turned a key for the younger songwriter.
I’ll just close by offering that, in addition to all of the above, this record lives beneath perhaps the most perfectly conjured—and subversively appropriate—album title in rock’s history.
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Here’s Bonnie Raitt, produced by Joe Henry, singing Bob Dylan’s “Standing in the Doorway.”
And speaking of “standing in the doorway,” next week I’ll share reflections from music critics Andy Whitman and Thom Jurek, singer-songwriter Bryan Rust, and more.

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Marchetto to speak at fourth annual ‘Razzle Dazzle Pink!’
Published 8:32 am, Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Marisa Acocella Marchetto, famed graphic artist, cartoonist for Glamour and The New Yorker, and a proud breast cancer survivor, will be the guest speaker at the fourth annual “Razzle Dazzle Pink!” luncheon, a local breast cancer awareness event benefiting the Bobetta Lindig Breast Center at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center.
Marchetto is best known as the “Cancer Vixen” from her best-selling book, which is currently being developed into an HBO movie starring Cate Blanchett.
The luncheon, chaired by Robin Mueck, is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 3, at 11 a.m. at The Westin Houston, Memorial City. The day will begin with a champagne reception and boutique underwritten by Heritage Texas Properties and culminate with the luncheon and Marchetto’s presentation. ABC 13’s Ilona Carson will emcee the event, which will honor breast cancer survivor and inaugural co-chair Suzie Johnson.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available, ranging from $25,000 to $1,250. Individual tickets are $125. For more information, call 713-242-4421 or email firstname.lastname@example.org. For more details about the event, please visit www.razzledazzlepink.com.
Since its inception in 2010, “Razzle Dazzle Pink!” has generated more than $700,000 to support breast cancer patients and their families. Funds from the luncheon benefit the Bobetta Lindig Breast Center at Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center and are spent on breast cancer education resources, technological breakthroughs and community outreach programs.
Most recently, “Razzle Dazzle Pink!” purchased a second breast tomosynthesis unit for the breast center. Breast tomosynthesis is a 3-D mammogram technology that improves physicians’ ability to detect smaller tumors at the earliest stages of breast cancer. To learn more, or to schedule a mammogram, call 1-877-40-MAMMO.

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1、The concept of sustainable development
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People are the creators of enterprise value, and human resources are the core resources and the basic elements of core competitiveness. Implement the "first-class talent" strategy, promote the training and development of human resources, and achieve common growth with employees. The total headcount in 2020 is 87,346, serving different business areas.
3、Promote green development
Environmental protection and energy conservation and emission reduction have always been an important part of the company's sustainable development strategy. Being fully aware of the importance of protecting the environment and creating a sustainable society, we integrate environmental protection into every operation link and the entire product life cycle. According to ISO14001:2015, establish and implement EHS management system, and accept internal and external audit every year. The EHS management system is applicable to all areas and applied to environmental protection management at all stages in the process of product design, development, manufacturing, delivery and service. In 2020, no environmental-related violations and related penalties were involved

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Very Important Note: On Thursday, January 5th, 2012, I recorded several shows for my gspn.tv production network where I mentioned that I had shared A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT about the future of gspn.tv content.
Unfortunately, in most of those episodes, I told folks to be sure and check out episode 234 of Podcast Answer Man to be sure they understand what is happening moving forward and why it is happening. However, IT IS EPISODE 243 that contains this MAJOR announcement. To listen to this very important episode, PLEASE CLICK HERE!
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Realme GT 65 Neo appeared in the market Last week with some Specifications. it is the World’s Fastest Charging Phone That Supported 240W Fast Charger Ability/ Notch Diaple & Strong Processor. Now the Same Device Realme GT Neo 5 SE is Working now, The Speed Adiition Realme GT Neo 5 SE is Powered By Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 1 Strong Processor. Realme Lovers Can Pick This Latest Version Realme GT Neo 5 SE at the cost of Rs 59,999 in Pakistan.
Realme GT Neo 5 SE Renders Leak/ Equipped With Snapdragon 7+ Gen Chip & Price Detail in Pakistan
The USB Type-C connection on the gadget will handle charging at up to 240W. The Mobile charged more quickly and efficiently using dual battery packs. it has a triple rear camera setup headed with a 50 MP Rear Main Camera. the Device Measures By 163.9 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm dimension 199 grams weight. a 16 megapixels front Facing Camera set on the front side of the mobile. it houses a 4600 mah Battery with 240W Fast Charging ability. The other 8 megapixels camera & 2 megapixels camera is enough to click pictures & Making Video Calls.
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American game designer and blacksmith, who specializes in huge swords, went to the Internet with the idea of potato wars. The project, called Kartoffelkrieg, will require a real potato for the game – every tuber with all its eyes will become an independent fighting unit.
Militarized “bulb” becomes such due to a set of printed items in the form of guns, lasers, armor and much more, which with the help of pins are fastened in potatoes. Players are negotiating with each other, picking up a kit that allows you to navigate the game field, and also to fight. Then the potato troops enter into a confrontation, and the characteristics of each unit are set in the table, which lists the power, for example, of a photon torpedo, or the power of a clawing claw. For moves, ordinary dice are used.
The idea, which was recently voiced by Michael Cragwell, was to the liking of a huge number of users, as well as one of the publishers who contacted the American and soon plans to launch a fundraising for an advanced version of Kartoffelkrieg on Kickstarter. But if you want, you can collect your monsters yourself – the information is on Google Drive.


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We are going to join Duke Special on his UK/ireland tour in may!
So, here are the dates you can come and see Foreign Slippers in a two piece constellation. We can’t wait to see you!!
Merry slippering til then.
Gabi and the one slipper that will join her for this tour.
April 23 – London Lexington Arms – SOLD OUT
April 25 – Dublin Workman’s club. – Tickets
Seated Irish and UK Tour
May 1st – Carrick on Shannon Dock – Tickets.
May 2nd – Bray Mermaid Arts – Tickets.
May 3rd – Tullamore Thatch – Tickets.
May 6th – Killarney INEC – Tickets.
May 8th – Limerick, Dolans ->Tickets <- Tickets.
May 9th – Cork, Cypress Ave -> Tickets
May 10th – Wexford Arts Centre – Tickets.
May 12th – Belfast, Waterfront with Ulster Orchestra – Tickets.
May 13th – Kilkenny, Set Theatre – Tickets.
May 15th – Glee, Birmingham – Tickets
May 16th – Glee, Nottingham – Tickets
May 21st – Glee, Cardiff Tickets
May 22nd – Colchester Arts Centre Tickets
May 24th – Union Chapel, London – Tickets
May 27th – The Open, Norwich – Tickets
May 28th – Phoenix, Exeter – Tickets
May 29th – Komedia, Brighton – Tickets
Hope to see you at one of the shows!


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The charges stemmed from an April 2004 incident in which a worker was rescued from an underground tank at the Bronx Auto Venture junkyard. Owner John Chiapperino and yard manager Sinforiano Calix had directed the worker to enter the tank which contained thousands of gallons of automotive petroleum waste products released during vehicle dismantling and crushing to perform maintenance without any protective equipment.
Once inside the underground tank, the worker was overcome by toxic fumes and lost consciousness. The worker was rescued by a member of the New York City Fire Department, who risked his own life to save the victim.
After a 3-week trial, a Bronx jury found Chiapperino and his company guilty of one count of endangering public health, safety or the environment in the second degree, a felony, and two counts of endangering public health, safety or the environment in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor.
Chiapperino, Bronx Auto Venture and Calix also were convicted of one count of reckless endangerment in the second degree.
Judge Michael Gross sentenced Chiapperino to 6 months in jail followed by 4 and half years probation. Bronx Auto Venture was ordered to pay a $16,000 fine.
In addition, Gross ordered Chiapperino to hire an environmental consultant to clean up the Bronx Auto Venture site and restore it to an uncontaminated original state.


What would you expect in the redesign of the best-selling sports car of all time? You are about to find out with the 2016 Mazda MX-5. In only the fourth redesign of its 25 years of production, you can expect great things to enhance its already outstanding reputation.
The 2016 Mazda MX-5 will utilize the Mazda SKYACTIV technology from the ground up. The new design will drop 220 pounds from the car to make it even more lightweight and agile than it is now. This roadster will have a completely new profile that is more angular and muscular than previous models. The bold styling will match the rest of the driving dynamics for this car.
A true representation of the Mazda brand, the 2016 Mazda MX-5 is sure to win you over. If you are looking for a vehicle that is truly a sports car, this is the automobile for you. Stop by West Coast Mazda and check out our lineup to find the car that fits your style.
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Thomas Thorild, (born April 18, 1759, Svarteborg, Sweden—died October 1, 1808, Greifswald, Swedish Pomerania [now Mecklenburg-West PomeraniaLand, Germany]), poet and critic who opposed the influence of French classicism on Swedish culture.
After studying at the University of Lund, Thorild became a tutor. When a literary prize competition was held in Stockholm, he entered Passionerna (1781; “The Passions”), his first poem. Although it won only honourable mention, Passionerna, a philosophic expression of pantheistic feeling for nature, greatly startled literary Stockholm. Thorild became increasingly involved in writing on social reform and philosophy during his later years, but he continued to write poetry, including the Götamannasånger (written 1805; “Gothic Men’s Songs”), which comprised aphoristic formulations reminiscent of the ancient Swedish legal style. He pleaded for positive literary evaluation in his En critik öfver critiker (1791–92; “A Critique of Critics”), an advocacy of poetic freedom by the first Romanticist in Swedish literature. Thorild became a heroic symbol of freedom in the wake of the French Revolution. (By 1794 he had distanced himself from its excesses.) Banished for political agitation after the 1792 assassination of Gustav III, in 1795 he was appointed professor and librarian at the University of Greifswald in Pomerania and remained there until his death.


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Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. In 1849 Tubman escaped slavery and fled to Philadelphia. From there she used the Underground Railroad to help rescue other enslaved people. In 1850, Tubman traveled to Baltimore for the first time to help her niece Kessiah and her two children escape to Philadelphia. Over the course of 11 years, Tubman returned to the Eastern Shore about 13 times and rescued some 70 enslaved people. One of Tubman’s last missions to the Eastern Shore was to lead her aging parents to St. Catharines, Ontario.
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TUBO Flags "Le Premieré" for Its Debut Lineup.
Creating a cohesive collection that communicates a visual metaphor between the Fragility, Femininity and Strength of Women, emerging anti-fictitious womenswear label, TUBO has released its first ever offering inspired by the acknowledgement of who the woman is and how experiences has evolved her through and over time.Portraying our thoughts using our Color Palette, Designs, Texture and Construction, the collection commits itself to the art of telling its story with wearable garments that personify the #TUBOwoman as one with a penchant for beautiful clothing that evoke more that just aesthetic but GRACE!
The Tubo woman is bold, sexy and empowered. She is the perfect blend of fragility, femininity and strength. She carries herself with grace as she strides to achieve anything she dares to without fear of failure. She is unapologetically in a different class of her own.


Prime Minister Robert Fico allegedly caused another coalition crisis when he rejected the request of Speaker of Parliament Andrej Danko (of the coalition SNS party) to hold a speech at Devín, a locality on the outskirts of Bratislava that is connected with the Great Moravian era and the arrival of the two saints, who are said to have brought Christianity, ancient Slavonic liturgies, and a new script to the region that is now Slovakia.
Danko was insulted that Fico did not want him at the celebrations, the Denník N daily wrote, adding that the SNS chairman told his ministers not to attend the cabinet session that was planned to take place the next day.
Cabinet session cancelled
The Government Office officially announced that the planned July 6 session would not take place but did not provide a reason for the change.
Danko expressed his regret about Fico’s approach on his Facebook profile, claiming he received the response from the Government Office that his speech was not welcomed at the celebrations and he thus did not attend. Danko’s spokesperson said that he should meet with Fico, the chairman of the ruling Smer party, on July 6.
One of the tasks of the cancelled cabinet meeting was to decide on the appointment of Ľubomír Jahnátek for the head of the Regulatory Office for Network Industries, the Sme daily wrote.
Kiska slammed for absence
On the other hand, Fico publicly criticised President Andrej Kiska for not attending the July 5 celebrations. “Hello! I’m calling on the top constitutional official of this country, saying that this is the most significant state holiday that Slovakia has and that we must value and honour it,” Fico said.
The president reacted by saying that he has attended several national holiday celebrations where he missed Fico. “But the president would never even think of publicly talking about that,” the president’s spokesperson Roman Krpelan said, as quoted by TASR. “Not to mention if he knew that the prime minister has a wife who will soon give birth.”
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So I stopped over to Shari's site and loved what I saw. Next thing I knew I was getting my blog Isabella & Max Rooms redesigned and we were talking about working together on a new venture, House of Fifty!
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She's done some excellent work for a very long list of blogs and sites, while offering up some visual inspiration on her own blog, posting inspiring interiors and other items that have caught her eye.
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Uruguay’s Diego Lugano calls Liverpool’s Luis Suarez “a freak” [Video]
Diego Lugano, the West Brom defender, has been speaking to local press ahead of this summer’s World Cup in Brazil.
Talking about his teammates, the Uruguayan stalwart called Liverpool’s Luis Suarez “a freak”.
Lugano said: “Luis Suarez is a freak. The best player to come out of Uruguay in decades… It’s not [Suarez’s] responsiblilty, nor Cavani’s, but they are our best players.”
Uruguay face England, Italy and Costa Rica in Brazil.
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Orange dress for women, with its vibrant and energizing hue, is a color that exudes positivity and exuberance. When it comes to women’s fashion, orange dresses are a striking choice that can make a bold and memorable statement. In this article, we’ll delve into the world of orange dresses, exploring their versatility, styling tips, and why they are a must-have in every woman’s wardrobe.
Versatility of Orange Dresses:
Daytime Chic: An orange dress for women can be a go-to option for daytime events and outings. Opt for softer shades like peach or coral for a subtler look, or choose a bright tangerine for a bolder style statement.
Evening Glamour: For evenings, deeper shades of orange, such as burnt orange or rust, can create a glamorous and sophisticated look. These hues work well for cocktail parties, dinners, and formal gatherings.
Casual Comfort: Orange dresses come in various styles, from flowy maxi dresses to comfy shirt dresses. These are perfect for relaxed, casual occasions and provide both comfort and style.
Festive Celebrations: Orange is often associated with festivities, making it an ideal choice for traditional events like Diwali, Thanksgiving, or autumn-themed gatherings.
Styling Tips for Orange Dresses:
Accessorize Thoughtfully: Orange dresses pair beautifully with neutral accessories. Consider tan or nude shoes and bags to let the dress’s color shine. Alternatively, experiment with contrasting colors like turquoise or royal blue for a vibrant look.
Jewelry Selection: Gold or silver jewelry complements orange dresses elegantly. Statement pieces, like chunky bracelets or bold earrings, can add a touch of glamour.
Makeup and Nail Color: Keep makeup relatively neutral with earthy tones on the eyes and a nude or coral lip. Match your nail color to your dress or opt for a subtle beige for a polished look.
Footwear Choices: Depending on the occasion, you can pair your orange dress with anything from flats or sneakers for a casual look to heels or wedges for a dressier appearance.
Layering Options: In cooler weather, consider layering your orange dress with a denim jacket or a cardigan for added warmth and style.
Why Choose an Orange Dress:
Positive Vibes: Orange is often associated with energy, enthusiasm, and optimism. Wearing an orange dress can uplift your mood and radiate positivity.
Unique Style Statement: Orange dresses are not as common as black or white, making them a unique choice that allows you to stand out in a crowd.
Flattering for Various Skin Tones: Orange dresses come in a range of shades, and there’s likely one that complements your skin tone beautifully.
Seasonal Versatility: Orange is a color that transcends seasons. Whether it’s the warmth of summer or the coziness of fall, an orange dress can adapt to different times of the year.
In conclusion, orange dresses for women are a captivating choice that embodies energy and style. Whether you’re looking for a casual daytime look or a show-stopping outfit for a special occasion, the vibrancy of orange can help you express your unique personality and create memorable fashion moments.

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A Mexican eatery will be the latest addition to Great Lakes Mall’s food court.
Burrito Loco will open at the Mentor destination in September, according to a news release. The locally owned establishment will join eight other restaurants in the food court, enhancing the offerings available, mall General Manager Tony Pestyk said.
“Burrito Loco will make a fantastic addition to the lineup of eateries in the Great Lakes Mall Food Court,” he said. “We strive to feed our shoppers’ appetite for variety by providing unique local and national brands and retail concepts.”
Burrito Loco will occupy a 750-square-foot space between Sarku Japan and Fawaky Burst, another locally owned restaurant featuring wraps, salads, paninis and smoothies. The quick-service Mexican concept will feature fresh-made burritos, bowls, quesadillas, nachos and more.
Owners Trish and Jeff Spring purchased the original Burrito Loco — at 5899 Andrews Road, Mentor-on-the-Lake — in December. It was opened a few years prior by prior by another owner.
“After a successful 3 1/2 years in Mentor-on-the-Lake, we are excited to expand Burrito Loco and join the great lineup of restaurants and retailers at the Great Lakes Mall,” Trish Spring said. “We will continue to grow our reputation of fresh, flavorful Mexican food at a great value.”
Mall representatives had been seeking such a restaurant for some time, in part, in response to customer requests for a Mexican concept.
“Our specialty leasing manager, Marty Kern, reached out to them through their Facebook page to start the discussion,” Marketing Director Kate Miller said.
Other dining options at the mall include Asian Chao, Chick-fil-A, Fuji Japan Steakhouse, Sarku Japan, Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza and Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen.
For more information, call 440-255-6900 or visit shopgreatlakesmall.com.


Democratic presidential hopefuls appear at Iowa rural forum
Some of the Democratic presidential hopefuls presented themselves at the Heartland Forum in Storm Lake, Iowa, on Saturday.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., both said big agribusinesses should be broken up, the Associated Press reported.
In a series of detailed articles, Chris Clayton of DTN/The Progressive Farmer wrote that the farm groups involved in the event called for a farm bill of rights.
The others who appeared were former Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, a Texan, and Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, who has not formally announced his candidacy.
But Clayton wrote that the event was hard to cover because some candidates held press events while the others were speaking. Former Agriculture Secretary and Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, told Clayton that he was disappointed in the event.
The Washington Post reported that the event symbolized the beginning of the wooing of rural voters for the 2020 elections.


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IFP GOTHAM AWARDS: LITTLE TIME FOR FANTASIES WITH “WILD HORSE, WILD RIDE”
When my husband and co-director, Greg, and I were first alerted that our film was one of 29 eligible for the Gotham Audience Award, we were intrigued, but realistic. We knew the chances that our documentary, Wild Horse, Wild Ride, would make the top FIVE were slim. After all, we were up against many wonderful and worthy films and while Wild Horse has earned numerous audience awards at festivals, it has yet to be nationally released. Still, we thought it was a tremendous opportunity, a kick-in-the pants so to speak, that would motivate us to reconnect with our audiences, do more outreach and social media, and spread the word about our story. Only good things could come of that. But we never let ourselves hope that we’d be named an official Gotham Award Nominee.
We had little time for such fantasies anyway. In addition to nurturing our first feature film, we’re raising a 3-year-old and a five-month-old. In fact, I was getting our little one up from a nap at our Wyoming home when the phone rang the morning of November 4th. Seeing the 212 number on my missed call log, it never occurred to me that it could be the Gothams calling. When I checked the message and heard, “this is Agnes Hahn from IFP. We’ve tabulated the votes and I have some good news….” I nearly dropped the baby in shock.
For our movie to be honored alongside some of the most important and talked-about films of the year is a climax to a journey that began over three years ago when we first read a blurb in our local paper about a program that challenged people to tame wild mustangs in order to prepare them for adoption. When we premiered the film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival last January, only a handful of people had seen it. We sat, sweaty-palmed, for the entire first screening. When the movie received a standing ovation at the end, we thought that would be the highlight of its festival run. We could have never imagined that less than a year later, we’d be at Cipriani Wall Street watching a clip of our film play in a room packed with the most talented and influential individuals in the world of independent cinema.
We are so humbled and honored to be included in a group containing such incredible films as Being Elmo, Buck, Girlfriend and The First Grader. We cannot extend our gratitude enough to each person who took a moment to cast a vote and put us there. Now let’s just hope the babysitter shows up at our hotel on November 28th!


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With Amy Goodman
"As the Palestinian death toll in Israel’s assault on Gaza climbs above 1,100, we take a look behind the statistics. Suleiman Baraka is a Palestinian astrophysicist working at Virgnia tech with NASA. His 11 year-old son, Ibrahim, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his house. His wife and three other children are now homeless in Gaza, along with 17 members of his family. In his first broadcast interview in the U.S., Suleiman Baraka tells his story. We also speak with Suleiman’s brother, Sayed, who arrived at the house seconds after it was bombed....."


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The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says it will die fighting, as Zimbabweans cast their vote for a new leader.
MDC spokesperson Tabitha Khumalo told POWER Breakfast that he’s hoping that this year’s elections will bring an end to the rule of Zanu-PF.
“We are prisoners of hope. We’ve wasted 38-years of our lives and I am just asking myself if this is the one. We are so tired of fighting the same thing,” a subdued Tabitha says.
It is the first post-Mugabe election.
Robert Mugabe has been removed from power in 2017.

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Jewelry and watches saw a 22 percent increase in online sales during the week before Valentine’s Day, according to a comScore Networks survey.
According to the survey by the Reston, Va.-based company, several online retail categories experienced significant sales increases in the week preceding the romantic holiday, ended Feb. 11. Flowers and greeting cards saw the most dramatic gains with $24.5 million in sales—an increase of 98 percent over the previous four weeks preceding the holiday. Jewelry and watches followed with sales of $24.7 million, up 22 percent versus the prior weeks.
In the four weeks prior to the final week before Valentine’s Day, ended Feb 4, jewelry and watches led all online categories with 20.3 million in sales, according to comScore figures, followed by flowers and greeting cards with $12.4 million in sales.
More than 175.5 million consumers shopped online, according to comScore figues.
“In recent years, consumers have increasingly turned to the Web for Valentine’s Day gifts,” said Andrew Lipsman, senior analyst at comScore Networks. “Flowers, which are always a sentimental favorite, have experienced the most noticeable spikes in online sales.”Follow JCK on Instagram: @jckmagazine
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Pineville medical center closure moves forward
The pending closure of Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville is moving ahead, with the latest step coming with Senate approval.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 48 was adopted by a 26-11 vote on Tuesday. It next goes to the House for consideration.
HPL was the last of the state's public hospitals to have its services transferred to private partners. A cooperative endeavor agreement between the state, Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital and Rapides Regional Medical Center is transferring those services to clinics operated by the two hospitals and the hospitals themselves.
HPL has been functioning as an emergency department only with a vastly reduced staff. Even though the hospital does not have funding for the next fiscal year, a resolution by the state Legislature is required to close it.
"We hope these clinics will serve the citizens of Rapides Parish and the surrounding parishes with professional services that are top-notch," said Joe Bishop, president of the Rapides Parish Police Jury.
"We appreciate (RRMC and Cabrini) for stepping up to the plate, beefing up their staff and adding some services for our community," Bishop added.
"Obviously, it was inevitable," said Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields. "The real story now is what happens with the deliverance of health care. Will it be successful? Two, what happens to those employees impacted? And three, which has been a huge concern of ours, what are we left with (when the facility is vacated)?"
Sen. Gerald Long, R-Winnfield, who authored the resolution, said the privatization deal would provide better care for the poor and uninsured who now rely on the 76-year-old hospital.
"Our goal in Central Louisiana is to provide our people with the very best health care" possible, Long said.
Sen. Rick Gallot, D-Ruston, argued the transition is moving too quickly.
Both Cabrini and RRMC are operating outpatient clinics as part of their agreement with the state. Inpatient services for those formerly served by HPL are being moved to the hospitals' main campuses, as emergency department patients will be.
The state has promised to fund new, permanent homes for the clinics. Gallot said he wants to make sure those permanent clinics are up and running before HPL shuts its doors.
"They promised us they will build these clinics," he said. "Well, by God, build the clinics before you close the hospital."
Senators deadlocked on a proposal by Gallot to add language requiring the Legislature's joint budget committee to certify that the outpatient clinics were open before Huey P. Long could be closed. The amendment failed in a 17-17 vote.
SCR48 includes a directive for the state to continue to work to find a new use for the HPL property, which is located just off Main Street in downtown Pineville.
Fields said scenarios for the property have been discussed, but nothing has moved beyond the preliminary stage. His hope is the property can be redeveloped and that Pineville will not be left with an empty, outdated building.
"Those have been our conversations with (the Department of Health and Hospitals)," Fields said. "We'll have to see what happens. We just want to be in the mix when something is decided. Hopefully, we'll be at the table when all is said and done."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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Let's wrap this party up! This will be the Surprise Party: Photobooth Edition. Check out the Planning, Details, and Decoration Edition here and the Actual Party Pictures Edition here. Ok, I've hit most of the highlights of the party - invitations, how we got my mom there, decorations and dancing - but there's one last thing I haven't even touched on. I knew as soon as I started planning this shindig that I'd want to do a photo book for my mom afterwards, and I figured the book would be a lot better if the guests could leave their own messages for my mom. And what better way to make that even more interesting than to throw in some costumes and props?
To make all of this happen, I set up a corner of the room as a photobooth. I wrote a message on this chalkboard (made by my dad) so that guests would get the idea.
Then next to the sign, was this big box that I had wrapped up like a present full of costume pieces and props.
Thank you to all my friends that supplied me with such great props. We had a ton of things, especially hats!
Once again, I have to give special thanks to Allison for manning the photobooth and taking pictures all night. Of course I had to make sure we took a picture together.
Doc joined me for a photo, too. I'm not really sure exactly what look we were going for.
While the one of both of us is fun, I think the one I took by myself is my favorite. I might look nice, y'all, but don't mess with me when I have my gun.
Everyone else did a much better job of using the markerboard I had out to write a message. I think the rest of these can probably speak for themselves.
I am so glad that just about everyone participated. These pictures will be great for her scrapbook, and will be so fun to look back on!


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The crowd at the anti-xenophobia imbizo in Durban on Monday spearheaded by King Goodwill Zwelithini, booed anyone who tried to address the crowd who was not Zulu.
As Hindu priest, Ashwin Trikamjee recited a prayer the crowd started booing him.
They wanted Trikamjee to get off the stage and clapped when he finally stepped down.
MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu urged the crowd to calm down. "Please, people, these are just prayers. Please behave yourselves," said the MEC. The crowds continued to boo priests who were not Zulu.
As a Muslim cleric took the stage the crowds continued to jeer despite the fact that he spoke Zulu. "As a Muslim, the King is the father of all nations," he said to the crowd. Nearly 5 000 Zulu Amabutho (regiments) have descended on the Moses Mabhida ahead of Zwelithini's address.
With traditional weapons held aloft, the group moved around the stadium singing in Zulu.
The songs have a loaded message of aggression, and the undertone is one that supports a call for foreigners to leave the country.


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Western blot analysis of HDG11 on HDG11 recombinant protein. Proteins were transferred to a PVDF membrane and blocked with 5% BSA in PBS for 1 hour at room temperature. The primary antibody (ER1901-56) was used in 5% BSA at room temperature for 2 hours. Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG - HRP Secondary Antibody (HA1001) at 1:5,000 dilution was used for 1 hour at room temperature.
Lane 1: HDG11 recombinant protein with primary antibody at 1:200 dilutions
Lane 2: HDG11 recombinant protein with primary antibody at 1:1,000 dilutions
Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded A. thaliana
tissue using anti-HDG11 antibody. The section was pre-treated using heat mediated antigen retrieval with sodium citrate buffer (pH 6.0) for 20 minutes. The tissues were blocked in 5% BSA for 30 minutes at room temperature, washed with ddH2O and PBS, and then probed with the primary antibody (ER1901-56, 1/50) for 30 minutes at room temperature. The detection was performed using an HRP conjugated compact polymer system. DAB was used as the chromogen. Tissues were counterstained with hematoxylin and mounted with DPX.

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BUILT TO BE REBORNMinimialist design engineered to be recycled.
INTRODUCING THE INDEX.01 RECYCLABLE RUNNING SHOE
“Shoes are a very complex product to recycle because they generally mix so many materials: leather, EVA, rubber, TPU, polyester, polyamide,” explains Olivier Mouzin, Manager of Salomon’s Footwear Sustainability Program.
“And because there isn’t really a way to separate all those materials at the end of the shoe’s life, the shoes often end up in a landfill or burned.”
To understand how the futuristic Index.01 came to exist, it’s important to first look to the past.
In late 2019, Salomon unveiled a concept shoe that was made completely from thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The idea was that the entire shoe could be ground into tiny pieces at the end of its life, then used in the creation of a Salomon alpine ski boot. The concept shoe was an encouraging initial step, but Mouzin and the Salomon footwear development team knew it would never pass the rigid durability requirements required of all Salomon footwear.
“To create the Index.01,we had to construct a shoe using only two materials that could later be separated and recycled,” says Mouzin. “And, just as importantly, we had to be sure those materials would allow us to construct a shoe that passes our standards for every day road running in terms of fit, performance and durability.”
RECYCLING THE INDEX.01
While they were busy “solving” the problem of building a recyclable shoe, Salomon’s footwear team also had to tackle the issue of how to actually collect the used Index.01s for recycling when they were done being used by consumers.
Recycling any product is, of course, dependent on the end-user playing his/her part. In this case, that means the person wearing the shoes. So, the next challenge was creating a process for collecting the shoes in the most environmentally-friendly manner possible, and to make that process easy enough that consumers will be willing to play their role in starting the process with their used shoes.
To launch the recycling process, Index.01 owners can simply visit Salomon.com and request a shipping label to send the shoes to the closest collection center free of charge. (More details will be available on Salomon.com as the shoe nears its February 2021 availability day.) From there, the shoes will begin their journey towards a second life.
To lessen the material waste associated with the Index.01, there will be no stuffing paper used inside the shoes and no extra hangtags. In fact, starting with the Spring 2021 season, all Salomon footwear will use FSC certified packaging.
The environmental impact of all Salomon footwear packaging was drastically reduced in 2017, when glue and water-based ink were eliminated and the amount of cardboard was reduced.
How the footwear industry will progress in the area of sustainability is in both the short-term and long-term is an exciting prospect. At Salomon, the next step is to simplify the separability of the two materials in the Index.01 and ensure that the product return process has the lowest environmental impact possible.


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Two new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) have just become available and provide information on recent social policy initiatives in the United Kingdom.
The report 'Getting Skills Right - Financial Incentives for Education and Training systems' was published yesterday by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The European Commission has launched a public consultation in the context of the evaluation of the four EU agencies under the remit of DG Employment.
The European Commission has proposed to provide Finland with €2.6 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 821 former workers of Nokia Network Systems to find new jobs.
Two European Commission projects have received recognition in the field of employment, social affairs and inclusion.
The 2017 Joint Employment Report and its Scoreboard of Key Employment and Social Indicators provide a snapshot of employment and social developments in the EU. This analysis provides a focus on unemployment and Member States' efforts in the labour market to bring it down.
The year 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the European Social Fund (ESF), Europe's oldest and main instrument to invest in people.
The EPSCO Council adopted the 2017 Joint Employment Report (JER) on 3 March, including the Scoreboard of key employment and social indicators. The table below summarizes its main findings.
This year's European Vocational Skills Week will be held on 20-24 November.
On 3 March, the European Council of employment and social policy ministers adopted the 2017 Joint Employment Report.

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CIFA hopeful of progress on soccer center of excellence
When world soccer chief Sepp Blatter visited the Cayman Islands in 2009 for the groundbreaking ceremony of a new center of excellence, Cayman Islands football officials outlined lofty goals for a state-of-the-art facility.
“I want it to be the premier location of the whole region and attract players from across the world,” Jeff Webb, then president of the Cayman Islands Football Association, told reporters at the event to open new administrative offices and announce plans for the development of three football pitches, dormitories and a gymnasium.
Five years later, and in spite of a reported $1.8 million in spending, mostly through grants from world football’s governing body FIFA, the dream has yet to materialize.
The 18-acre plot, donated to the association by government, is largely wetlands and has been plagued by drainage problems. Though the land was free, turning it into a usable football facility is proving a difficult and costly process. The one field that has been developed is not fit for football of any kind.
CIFA says all that is about to change. The organization has secured another $500,000 from FIFA’s GOAL project to lay artificial turf.
President Bruce Blake said last month that the dream of a world-class center of excellence remains alive. He said FIFA selected Dutch firm Edel Grass to lay the turf, while Island Paving was recruited to assist with construction, including raising the level of the field.
Much of the money that has been spent at the site so far has been used for fill in an effort to turn low-lying wetlands into developable land.
“The majority of the work so far has been fill,” said Mr. Blake. He added that much more work would be required over a number of years to develop the site, some of which is swamp, into dormitories and soccer pitches. Efforts to develop a natural turf pitch at the site proved futile, with saltwater killing the grass, leaving a patchy brown surface.
“We couldn’t get the grass to grow,” Mr. Blake acknowledged.
Mark Scotland, CIFA’s youth development director, said the cost of maintaining the surface as a grass pitch in those conditions is prohibitive, and the decision was taken to make a new bid to FIFA for an Astroturf pitch. That funding was approved in March, and CIFA officials believe the pitch could be in place by May.
“The next phase of the project involves raising the base to get it clear of the water table and installing the Astroturf,” Mr. Scotland said. He acknowledged there have been setbacks, but said the difficulties are down to the quality of the land and the realities of operating as a nonprofit organization in the Cayman Islands.
He said despite the site’s apparent lack of suitability for football and the amount of work required to make it usable, it is still the best and cheapest option to develop the center of excellence.
Mr. Blake added that the plans have been adapted and now ultimately include two floodlit Astroturf pitches, dormitories and two beach soccer pitches. “Once we realized the situation with the swamp, we had to adjust the plans accordingly,” he said. The current funding is just for one pitch, and the other pieces of the puzzle may take several years to fall into place.
“That’s the reality of being a nonprofit organization,” said Mr. Scotland. He said CIFA would continue to apply for funding through FIFA’s GOAL project, with the long-term aim of having a facility that can be used by Cayman’s national teams as well as visiting squads. Mr. Blake said the pitches would also help address a general shortage of playing fields in Cayman. He said the facility would help Cayman football move forward.
“This is for all of our national teams to have one location and also our national team staff, where we can develop our national teams. And I think it’s only when we can get a project like this off the ground where we will see a long-term improvement in our national teams,” he said.


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Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an American singer and actress. She is Nicknamed “The Voice”.
Whitney Houston went into acting on the big screen, appearing in The Bodyguard in 1992 alongside Kevin Costner.
On 16 September 2022, Whitney Houston biographical film “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” trailer was unveiled.
The trailer of the biopic titled I Wanna Dance With Somebody based on the life of legendary American singer Whitney Houston.
An official trailer for the upcoming film landed on YouTube this week.
The film showcases important moments from Whitney’s personal life and her career.
British actress Naomi Ackie will star in the lead role, in the a biographical drama about the life and times of the iconic pop singer.
Sony has scheduled the movie to release in cinemas on 21st December 2022.


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Actually, this is a terrible time to learn a new language
Faced with a deadly disease that has disrupted every aspect of our lives, Americans are busy keeping busy.
Anyone fortunate enough to still have a job is trying to work as though nothing has changed. Capitalism demands that we keep producing, and the expectation takes root in our psyches. Even in our off-hours, we face pressure to do something, to somehow make this time count.
Don’t believe the hype. The COVID-19 crisis isn’t an opportunity for self-improvement. A global pandemic is a terrible time to learn a language, write a memoir or lose 10 pounds. Watching TV is the only thing to which this situation is truly conducive.
The cult of productivity is its own pandemic and few of us are immune. It’s high time we demand a cure.Get Rainbow Rant delivered direct to your inbox every other Tuesday when you sign up for our daily newsletter
Here’s my prescription. Roll your eyes at anyone telling you to work hard right now. Blow your deadlines. Teach your cat to play fetch. Vogue the house down in your bathrobe. Snack like nobody’s watching. Treat this as a corona-vacay, the ultimate staycation.
I’m a recovering workaholic who loves deadlines, so I understand the impulse to fill up this time with tasks. I also know that too many people are out of work and that plenty of others have their hands full cooking, cleaning, caretaking and doing the many other tasks that don’t stop even for a deadly disease. I’m not arguing against meaningful or necessary work, nor am I dismissing the privilege of being employed. I’m simply suggesting that productivity is not a moral virtue.
In fact, work for work’s sake distracts us from the one task that urgently demands our efforts: caring for the people who are suffering most.
If you want to do something productive, buy groceries for someone unemployed or donate to a bond fund working to get prisoners released. Call your mom or someone who lives alone. Check in on your disabled friends. If you’re still feeling chatty after that, call your senators and tell them what changes you want to see as soon as this is over. It may not make a difference, but it might make you feel better.
Making social change often feels like wasting time, and our devotion to productivity makes us skeptical of the utility of activism. The COVID-19 pandemic is a chance to embrace futility, which is a part of all social movements, especially the queer ones. Political organizing necessarily involves experimentation and thus, failure. The best activists find a way to enjoy the process even when it seems ineffectual. You can call that practice hope, but if that's too hard, a cheerful nihilism will do.
As for me, I’m going to take a nap.


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Heh. There's always a first for everything.
Yesterday, I decided to go up to Genting Highlands, a highlands resort in the state of Pahang. Just for the chill. Not for the rides, nor the casino, nor the hotels.
Although I was also wondering about how much it would cost to get there (RM6.10 from the Gombak Putra-LRT terminal, inclusive of bus and cable car fare, one-way), and how long it would take to reach the place (about an hour or so).
I must say that while it felt good to be up there, even with my laptop, I still felt lonely. Plus, I should've brought a camera. I missed far too many beautiful scenes when the fog came in a few times. Also, it had been quite a while since I last visited the place with my family, so going there on my own marked my independence, to a certain extent.
Of course, getting there in the first place was one thing. The original idea was to get out of the apartment and catch the first train by about 6 a.m., but I overslept, and had to catch the train at about 10 a.m. Of course, I still managed to arrive in Genting by 1 p.m., but time flies too fast when you're having fun.
Even though it was just for the chill...^_^;;
Also managed to play a few new games down there. Ghost Squad, a gunner's game with a Counter-Strike feel to it, and the Ohmega Forces firing range simulator. Need to perfect my aim a bit more though.
Good times. Of course, having a few friends along would've made it sweeter.
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The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama's Director of Membership Engagement, Alicia Gregory, has been recognized by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) as a top 40 Under 40 honoree.
ACCE is the professional development and membership association for chambers of commerce throughout the United States and North America. The 40 Under 40 program recognizes the top emerging leaders in the chamber of commerce industry who have demonstrated success in their careers and made significant contributions in the communities they represent.
“Since joining the chamber in April 2018, Alicia has quickly emerged as a highly respected leader among her colleagues and a recognized difference-maker to external audiences because of her organizational skills, relentless work ethic and thorough understanding of chamber operations. She played a pivotal role in our innovative COVID-19 response efforts and in positioning the chamber to be named ACCE Chamber of the Year in 2021,” Jim Page, President and CEO of the Chamber, said.
“It’s an honor to be recognized and thought of as an emerging leader in the chamber industry,” Gregory said. “With the countless amount of training opportunities offered by ACCE and the knowledge and collaboration of our own staff, it has made the last five years the best growing opportunity for me, both personally and professionally.”
A native of Kentucky, Gregory earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Murray State University and is a 2022 graduate of Leadership Tuscaloosa.


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Broad Builds L.A. Museum to Draw Tourists as Region Loses Jobs
Billionaire Eli Broad, who has made revitalizing downtown Los Angeles his mission for more than a decade, aims to attract more tourists with a $130 million museum as the city struggles with job losses and a corporate exodus.
The Broad Art Foundation, which unveiled its architectural design last week and is scheduled to open in two years, will have about 100 permanent employees, Broad said. Development of the contemporary art museum next to the Walt Disney Concert Hall will create a total of 1,340 positions, most of them temporary construction jobs, according to the foundation.
“You throw another museum in there, is that really what we need?” said Joel Kotkin, a Los Angeles-based urban studies scholar and author of “The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050.” “You can build all the arts palaces and pleasure palaces and football stadiums you want, but you’re not going to have a vital L.A. region, and you’re not going to have a vital downtown, until you have increasing employment.”
There was no job growth last year in downtown Los Angeles, and unemployment in the city stands at 14.3 percent, higher than the national rate, according to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. Broad said Los Angeles needs both a drop in unemployment and an emphasis on the arts.
“We always need more industry, we need more jobs, we all know that,” the 77-year-old Broad said during a Jan. 6 interview at the Museum of Contemporary Art, or MOCA, located across the street from where his building will be. “Any investment in Los Angeles is good for Los Angeles.”
Broad, a philanthropist and co-founder of KB Home, has for years been a proponent of reviving the 65-block downtown, home to government buildings, law firms and bank offices that empty out when the business day ends.
Broad raised funds for the Frank Gehry-designed Disney Hall on downtown’s Grand Avenue, which has lured locals and tourists downtown since its 2003 opening, and in 2008 pledged $30 million to MOCA, preventing its financial collapse. Downtown also has been helped by the Staples Center sports arena, the L.A. Live entertainment complex and new restaurants and bars.
Still, downtown’s revival has been slowed by the recession. A plan by New York-based developer Related Cos. for a residential-and-retail project on Grand Avenue, including a five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel, stalled in 2008, and third- quarter prices for condominiums were below 2004 levels, according to the Downtown Los Angeles Business Improvement District.
“Downtown needs a recovery in the economy, and no amount of near-term planning for development or getting buildings started can help this process,” said Nancy D. Sidhu, the Economic Development Corp.’s chief economist. Residential developments aren’t being built downtown because of oversupply, she said. “Broad provides an alternative use for that space.”
The downtown slowdown mirrors the trend throughout the region. Southern California home sales plunged 16 percent in November, research company MDA DataQuick said last month. Statewide unemployment was 12.4 percent in November, the latest month for which figures are available, according to California’s Employment Development Department. That’s higher than the 9.4 percent rate nationally last month.
Northrop Grumman Corp., the third-largest U.S. defense contractor, last year said it would move its headquarters to the Washington area from Los Angeles by mid-2011. In 2009, Hilton Worldwide relocated to McLean, Virginia, from Los Angeles County. The region’s biggest newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, was purchased in 2000 by Chicago-based Tribune Co., which has been under bankruptcy protection for the past two years.
New York Challenger
“We’ve been losing market share over the past decade in L.A. County,” said Kotkin, a fellow at Chapman University in Orange, California, who has written books about Los Angeles and other cities. “We need to start thinking of how to build up the basics -- manufacturing, helping the poor. L.A. used to be thought of as a challenger to New York. That’s certainly not the case anymore.”
Many developers still are betting on the continued resurgence of downtown. Marriott International Inc. last year opened a Ritz-Carlton, downtown Los Angeles’s first five-star hotel, and a JW Marriott as part of Anschutz Entertainment Group’s 4 million-square-foot (186,000-square-meter) L.A. Live.
The new Broad museum, designed by New York-based architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, will feature almost an acre of column-free exhibition space with walls made of an “airy, cellular exoskeleton structure” that will fill the block-long gallery with filtered natural daylight, according to the Broad Art Foundation. The museum will display artwork from the 2,000-piece Broad Collections, including pieces by Jean- Michel Basquiat, Damien Hirst and Robert Rauschenberg.
Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, are endowing $200 million to the museum to cover its operating expenses. Broad’s net worth is $5.8 billion, ranking him 44th among the richest Americans, according to a September estimate by Forbes magazine. He made his fortune first as co-founder of homebuilder KB Home, formerly known as Kaufman & Broad, and then by starting SunAmerica Inc., an insurer bought by American International Group Inc. in 1998.
“We’ve made great progress,” Broad said of downtown’s revival. “If you go back 10 years, before you had Staples and L.A. Live and before you had Walt Disney Concert Hall and some other things, you’d only get 3 million people a year downtown. Now it’s about 13 million, 14 million, and growing rapidly.”
Sidhu, the Los Angeles economist, said Broad’s museum, combined with the nearby Museum of Contemporary Art, will add to the number of people visiting downtown annually -- and help bolster such local businesses as restaurants. Broad said his museum probably will attract 200,000 guests annually.
“Modern art people love this stuff,” Sidhu said. “They’ll be happy as clams having two there, and then they’ll stick around for lunch. The Broad should make a noticeable difference to the area.”
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If you’ve been following along with how to carve (a.k.a. chop, butcher, “take down”) a chicken so we can really stretch our dollars, you probably have some chicken parts, a sack of gizzards and a nice pile of skin packaged nicely in a container sitting in your fridge.
And there’s probably a ravenous spouse or child wondering when you’re going to cook it all up – so they can eat it.
Give them a banana and shoo them out of the kitchen because being the frugal foodies we are, we’re making as many meals as we can out of this bird!
Note: We are a family of four so some of my ideas are centered around how many mouths will be at the dinner table. You may have to chop up more than one chicken, or you may be able to stretch your chicken even further. Please use your best judgment for your own family’s appetites and budget.
So let’s take inventory of our now lovely, hacked-up chicken:
- bone-in chicken breasts, x2
- whole chicken legs, x2
- whole wings, x2
- pile of skin
The Spine. Let’s start with the obvious – we’re not going to eat it as-is. All those bones make it quite difficult to consume, and the meat isn’t exactly plentiful. Take that meaty spine and toss it in your slow cooker.
The Wings. If your family can make a meal out of two wings, write down “wings” as a possible dinner idea for next month (or week, depending on how you plan) and package them up for the freezer. If you go through whole chickens often, you can package them up for the freezer and add more when you chop up another chicken. When you have enough, then have a wing night (with homemade fries and chicken tenders… mmm). If two wings won’t even make a dent in the kiddo’s appetite, and putting them in the freezer for later is just asking for a lost package that will inevitably become freezer burned, then do what I did: throw them in the slow cooker.
The Whole Chicken Legs. There are two basic options for the leg quarters: cut off the drumsticks or leave the whole quarter intact. We left the whole quarters intact for a few reasons.
- I was tired of chopping.
- Mr. Crumbs favorite cut of chicken is a leg quarter.
- My plans were to bake these for us. Two leg quarters feeds my family perfectly.
If this chicken was intended for company, I would have cut the drumsticks off to further stretch the meat. (Since people tend to put “pieces” of meat on their plate, having more pieces means being able to feed more mouths.) If this chicken was going to be fried or grilled, I also would have cut off the drumsticks. With the same logic as “pieces” for company, grilled and fried chicken is easier to eat when it’s not in huge chunks.
The Bone-In Chicken Breasts. There are a few different ways to tackle the chicken breasts. Some prefer to roast their breasts with the bone-in – if so, you can skip this section and catch-up with us down at “the slow cooker.”
If you prefer to cook your chicken breasts in a different way (baked strips or nuggets, pan-sautéed, pounded for sandwiches, etc.), you will need to remove any ribs that may be left. First try to remove the ribs with your hands. Often times they’re small and easy to remove because they’re not attached to anything bigger. If they’re difficult to remove, use a small paring knife to gently cut them away. We do want to try to keep as much meat on the whole breast as possible, but if you lose chunks along the way at least you’re a step ahead when you want to dice up chicken for tacos. 😉 Toss any bones and tendons you stumble across into the slow cooker.
If you haven’t noticed yet, we’re not throwing anything away.
I repeat – do not throw anything away.
While fiddling with the remaining ribs, you may have noticed that the breasts have a natural “tender” attached to it. It’s almost like another piece of chicken was gently folded inside the bigger breast. That small piece is affectionately referred to as the tender in my kitchen.
If you want to stretch your meat super-duper far, cut off these tenders and set them aside.
chicken breasts, x2
chicken tenders, x2
See, these tenders are kinda like bonus meat. When dinners involving breasts are planned, those tenders aren’t usually accounted for. If I don’t cook the tender, no one notices and I suddenly have more meat in the freezer. Granted there’s not much left over at the end of the night, BUT no one goes hungry.
This tactic requires that you know your family’s eating habits. Obviously you want to make sure there’s enough food to go around, but there’s no sense in cooking it all up unless there’s a purpose. On the average night, one breast feeds Mr. Crumbs and myself. Other possible scenarios:
- Growing teenage boy who will want a second helping? Cook the tender.
- Little kids who won’t eat an entire half breast? Save the breast, cook one or both tenders.
- Having a planned night of leftovers with not much in the fridge? Cook the tenders, and/or the breast.
This chicken can be divvied up in a variety of ways, but regardless of how it’s done, an easy way to make it go further is to pound it out so that the thickness of the breast is even. One breast can make two sandwiches, 4-6 tenders, 8-10 nuggets or quite a few tacos.
When we have chicken pesto sandwiches for dinner, I cook one breast (split for two sandwiches) and two tenders for a night of sandwiches. The second breast is put in the freezer for a future meal.
The Slow Cooker. This wonderful machine will magically transform your random pieces of chicken into food we can actually eat. To your chicken, add some generic seasonings (paprika, salt and pepper are good ones to start with), put the lid on and cook for 6-8 hours. There’s no need to add liquid – any fat in the chicken will serve as moisture in the cooking process.
It’s easiest to start the chicken in the morning, turn it off at night and let it cool overnight. (Burning fingers on hot chicken is not fun, trust me.) Working one section at a time, gently remove the meat from the bones. I recommend pulling a section out onto a plate, pulling the chicken off and putting into a separate bowl, then putting the bones back into the slow-cooker. This reduces the chances of losing meat among the bones and drippings.
Leave no bone un-picked. Most people throw away the spine and the wings because “there’s not much meat.” That’s true – neither will provide much meat on their own, but combine it all together and you’ll get close to one cup of shredded chicken!
That one cup can be a few tacos, enchiladas or a small casserole. Or it can be stored in the freezer and combined with a future batch of slow cooker chicken.
Setting the shredded chicken aside, put all the bones, fat, tendons and weird chicken stuff you have back into the slow-cooker. Leave the drippings and whatever else that was leftover from the first round of slow-cooking. Now is the time to toss in the skin and gizzards. If you happen to have celery, carrots, onions and garlic on hand, throw in some of each. Add in one gallon of filtered water and once again, set the setting to cook for 6-8 hours. At the end of the day, you’ll have homemade chicken stock!
A little bit of work can truly go a long way!

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Installing and Removing Expansion Cards
Expansion cards are circuit boards that you install in a PC to provide functions that the PC motherboard itself does not provide. For example, many motherboards don’t include video circuitry. PCs built with such motherboards use a separate video adapter expansion card to provide such circuitry. Internal modems, sound cards, network adapters, and disk controllers are other commonly used expansion cards. Figure 2-5 shows a typical expansion card.
Figure 2-5. An expansion card
Each expansion card plugs into an expansion slot located on the motherboard or on a riser card that attaches to the motherboard. The rear panel of the PC chassis includes a cutout for each expansion slot, which provides external access to the card. The cutouts for vacant expansion slots are covered by thin metal slot covers that are secured to the chassis. These covers prevent dust from entering through the cutout and also preserve the cooling airflow provided by the power supply fan and any auxiliary fans installed in the system.
To install an expansion card, remove the slot cover, which may be secured by a small screw or may simply be die-stamped into the surrounding metal. In the latter case, carefully twist off the slot cover using a screwdriver or your needlenose pliers. If you need to replace the slot cover later, secure it to the chassis using a small screw that ...


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