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Eight years ago we bought a dilapidated 1940s Californian bungalow in Melbourne’s inner northern suburbs. It was in a semi-derelict state, had a heritage overlay and flood level restrictions, and was on a long, narrow block. However, the site was extremely special, and backed onto the Merri Creek wildlife corridor.
The real value for us was not in the bricks and mortar, but in the proximity of the majestic gum trees, running water and the deep buffer of native vegetation on either side of the creek, creating a nature sanctuary in an urban environment. We began thinking about our home as part of a permaculture system that would integrate the built, interior and biological environments. I wanted to create an urban existence for my family that allowed us to connect with nature and our local community on a daily basis.
As we designed the renovation, it was important to observe the building over the seasons of a full year: to spend time on the site, noticing the patterns of the elements – sun, water and wind – in order to harness them for use in our home.
All buildings have some potential for passive function. To make the weatherboard home thermally efficient, we took the whole building apart, piece by piece, back to its structural frames. We then wrapped it in insulation and put it all back together again, sealing every little gap as we went. The extension was built on a suspended concrete slab which allowed us to introduce thermal mass. We located new windows to open up the home to the winter sun, while remaining shaded in summer and capturing cooling breezes. We reoriented the room layout so that all living areas faced north, flooding the spaces with natural light and allowing the winter sun to reach its long fingers inside.
Patterns Of Use
By reconfiguring the layout of the existing home, and extending it, we resolved the spatial design around patterns of use. This design solution creates healthy and resourceful living so that the home functions with the ‘path of least resistance’. Our common utility areas are butted up against the social areas, so that no one feels like they’re in purgatory while doing washing in the laundry. When it’s raining, we can walk barefoot from the house under a clear roof off the deck to hang washing outside. Living in the new home, our daily tasks and rituals are now performed in an ergonomic, logical and enjoyable fashion. The best ‘storage vessel’ for the heat and energy of the sun is the human body. Ideally, we can wake up to the sun, eat breakfast with it streaming through the window, and then relax at the end of the day while watching it set.
During the construction process we sought to produce the minimum amount of waste possible, by first looking at what we had around us, and then making the most of existing and discarded materials. Demolished materials, such as cabinetry and architectural features, were gathered and stored for reuse, resold, or collected for further recycling.
We repaired or partially replaced what we could, salvaged undamaged weatherboards, collected the old hardwood skirtings and architraves, and sourced additional salvaged timbers, doors and fixtures. We consistently placed value on the marginal – the little details and elements of a design that bring character and resourcefulness to our family home. Every cupboard handle, window winder and surface material is where you have the opportunity for the greatest change.
The design process requires great consideration, testing and evolution over time. For every week we spent in design consideration, the project continued to improve. This also allowed for a nuanced design solution in direct response to our community relationships and collaborations. Clear and honest communication within the whole renovation team was so important, to ensure that we shared our vision and considered everyone’s concerns. This slow and evolving approach to design reprioritises the experience and connection between people over the goal of a rushed completion date.
Our home has been allowed to ‘cure’ beautifully over time, retaining the potential for future adaptations. When using materials with natural patinas their effect is only fully realised over time; and it’s then that our home starts to come alive. I try to choose special pieces that are worth keeping, as we appreciate the skill and materiality of highly crafted objects that ultimately become heirlooms.
I had to curb my enthusiasm for collecting things that take up more space. Our cupboards were intentionally designed not to be deep to avoid things disappearing into the out-of-reach dark zone. We created one large central space that opened up to the same amount of outdoor decking. Our home has become a place where we can welcome our extended community, a shared resource. This has allowed us to host community groups and events. We also welcome help-exchangers and the neighbourhood children at all hours of the day.
Our bedrooms and utility rooms are modestly sized and shaped for their intended use. Bathroom and laundries are long and thin to maximise wall space and access to light, and to minimise unnecessary circulation space. High loft beds in the kids’ bedrooms create more floor space for them to play. The hallway was made just wide enough to run a desk along its length, and to create an office area without dedicating a room to that purpose. The roof space has been lined and fitted with pull-down ladders to store seasonal gear. We also have cupboards that run to the ceilings, above normal head height, so that desks and beds can fit underneath. These design outcomes maximise the use of our precious vertical space.
Living On The Edge
Edges in nature typically contain the densest diversity and activity, and this includes human-inhabited spaces. We paid special attention to articulating the spaces on the edge, from outside in, from public to private, from down to up. These transition spaces are where people interact the most with one another; and blurring these boundaries can create opportunities for dynamic relationships and communication.
We removed any high fences from the front yard, so that we could talk to our neighbours and passers-by on the street while working in the garden. We created a small door in the back-garden fence so that the younger children next door could come and go without needing to be walked along the street. Our delight never ceases when our littlest and most curious neighbours pop up into our garden and kitchen.
We created a pergola to reach the boundary, to: provide summer shade to the north-facing windows; and to house a vertical, recycled-hardwood screen, creating some privacy and a vertical surface on which to grow grapes, berries and honeysuckles. We took down the tall paling fence between the backyard and the creek, and replaced it with a low, open-wire fence. This allows us to observe the creek beds, native vegetation and wildlife. Another two houses in the area have since followed suit, and now our chickens forage periodically on the creek side, saving us from cutting back grasses and weeds, and providing them (and us) with an abundant source of food.
We sought to integrate diverse design problems into one solution, maximising the use of available space. We created playnooks under the loft and in the fireplace alcoves; these will later become study-nooks and bookshelves when the kids get older. We use the laundry as an indoor drying room as well as a bulk-goods store. We have located our solar hot-water tank inside, in an otherwise useless space at the top of the stairs, so that we can dry wet boots, make yoghurt and maybe even hatch eggs in the warm cupboard.
I sought out ‘responsive’ materials, finishes and furnishings, by selecting items with a tangible context, that relate to the region or that have a historical or emotional relationship to us. This enabled me to explore an authentic regional and personal design vernacular. Our home is lovingly filled with hand-medowns from our family, and objects that we have collected, made, salvaged and found over the years. This means that our home doesn’t have a particular look, but is more a collection of personally significant things, gently curated into a pleasing combination of usefulness and decoration.
Our home has produced outcomes far beyond aesthetic and economic results. We have fresh, healthy food, happier children and meaningful friendships and connection with our community. Everyone who worked on the house spoke warmly of their experience, despite having to carry everything down steep, muddy paths. We would sometimes stop work to gently relocate wildlife that kept moving into the building site, such as the little ringtail possum found asleep in the middle of a cloud of bulky insulation one morning.
The peripheral yields have been through the learning received from and between everyone involved in the project, the guests we have hosted in our home, and the open days and tours I’ve run. Our home design has fundamentally changed the way we all live and contribute to the community.
We are thankful that we live, work and go to school within walking distance. We are very privileged to live here, and to have access to abundant nature within the cultural amenities of the urban life. We get to experience a diversity of wildlife every day; we’re visited by kookaburras, blue-tongue lizards, tawny frogmouths and the odd tiger snake.
This home has reiterated the importance of urban wildlife corridors and shared productive space. We have an opportunity to redesign our suburbs in a context of neighbourhood-scale resilience and autonomy, creating homes and landscapes that contribute to this end.
Clockwise from top left: Window seat made from left over floorboards. Front garden from street, recycled brick path and timber fence; Kitchen with recycled timbers, light fittings and appliances; Disappearing through the kiddie trap door. Photos by Emma Byrnes
ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE DESIGN FEATURES OF HOUSE
Passive Solar design
Building extension oriented along northern axis; Minimal southern glazing used and northern glazing to 80% rooms; Utilities on south side living areas to north; Eaves and pergolas on north facing windows designed to prevent summer sun from hitting the windows.
30% fly-ash suspended concrete slab for extension to introduce thermal mass for passive heating and cooling capacity.
Renewable energy systems
2.5 kw photovoltaic array installed, providing 3x household power use.
2x 6500 L bladder rainwater storage plumbed to toilets, laundry and garden; Enclosed guttering to reduce blockages and maintenance;
Cold water reticulators on interior taps – diverting water to tanks; Evacuated tube solar hot water; Gravity fed greywater diversion from bathrooms to garden.
Lighting and power-saving features
Power monitoring device; LED light strips in bathroom and kitchen; Recycled timber custom light shelves; Vintage pendant light fittings used.
Double-glazing with two layers 4 mm clear glass (toughened where required) and 12 mm argon filled gap; Windows designed to be fixed securely open and to direct cooling SE breezes through building; Butinol spacers, for reduced heat transference; Solatube daylighting systems in darker rooms. Windows designed allowing for curtain mounting and stack-backs.
Insulation and sealing
Double timber frame staggered stud wall framing system to extension for increased bulky insulation capacity and to reduce thermal bridges by providing a continuous thermal blanket; Minimum 85% recycled content polyester thermal batts; two layers to walls and ceiling; Reflective foil under plasterboard behind hydronic heating panels; Vapour-permeable building paper used on whole house, all joins taped; Underfloor insulation installed under floorboards and concrete slab base and edges; Weatherboards removed and reused or replaced in original house in order to retrofit insulation to entire existing building; Original Baltic pine floor removed and recycled. Particleboard-flooring substrate laid beneath recycled black butt floorboards to reduce drafts and gaps; Bathtub recess filled with bulky insulation; Ceiling manholes insulated; Original fireplaces sealed and lined with insulation; Edges of window frames carefully insulated; Wall vents filled in and covered; House sealed and draughtproofed.
Ventilation, cooling and heating
Thermostatically controlled vents to ceiling spaces; Rain sensor fitted to high hopper window for overnight venting of hot air; Building designed to maximise crossflow and passive stack ventilation opportunities; Ceiling fans installed throughout; Hydronic heating condensing boiler installed with individually controlled thermostats to each wall panel; Floor vent installed beneath fridge to allow cool air to pass the back of the fridge.
Megan Norgate is a permaculturalist, sustainable design consultant and interior designer who runs the crossdiscipline design studio Brave New Eco in Melbourne. Megan is a passionate advocate for applying permaculture thinking to designing our built environment. For more information see www.braveneweco.com.au

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UKIP explained in 45 seconds
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has gained its first ever elected MP in the House of Commons.
An election took place in the area of Clacton, east England, on Thursday.
It was after the area's MP, Douglas Carswell, switched political parties in August from the Conservatives to UKIP.
He ran for election again - and won.
Want to know more about UKIP? Then watch our quick 45 second guide from BBC political correspondent Chris Mason.


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“We Will Both Do and Hear”
Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
The children of Israel made a solemn oath at the foot of Mount Sinai after Moses delivered God’s Ten Commandments. “Everything that God has said, we will both do and hear.” After they were rebuked for their idolatry with the golden calf, they finally understood that the Word of God is not like our words. The Word of God reshapes your life, your soul, your whole being. No longer can you do what you please apart from the Word of God. You are called to live against your base desires, against what your Old Adam wants. You are called to live the life God has given you instead of the life you choose for yourself. You are called to live this life by faith until you are welcomed into the life of the world to come.
“Everything that God has said, we will both do and hear.” We recently heard that the Law is about love: love for God and love for neighbor. The faith in God which you demonstrate with your love is most clearly shown, most plainly lived, in how you treat others. The life that is in you—the life by which you love God and your neighbor—is the life of Christ. You received it from the Father through the sacrifice of His Son in the waters of Holy Baptism, and He continues to feed that life within you through the ministry of the Holy Spirit through His Called pastors. It is a life that lives for the Father from every Word the Spirit breathes. It is a life that lives for that Word, confident that what the Lord says is for your good.
To be sure, this life in Christ is not an easy route. There are plenty of distractions, many roadblocks, numerous burdens and crosses, griefs and heartaches, trials and afflictions. And the Lord lets you face these tribulations so that you are humbled, so that you might listen better to Him, so that you would trust Him more surely, so that you keep focused on heaven and the one thing needful, so that you do not become lost along the way. To guide and lead you in this life of Christ—and to accomplish in you His salvation—our Lord uses His called and ordained servants of the Word. Through them, our heavenly Father feeds your hunger, quenches your thirst, takes you into His family, clothes your nakedness, visits you with the medicine of immortality, and comes to your rescue and aid in the prison house of sin that you've made for yourself. Our Lord blesses you by doing for you what you cannot do for yourself. Our Lord blesses you by giving you what you do not deserve from His hand, but what He desires to give you nevertheless. Most of all, our Lord blesses you by planting you in Him and by planting Himself in you so that now you get His benefits and inheritance—all because He lowered Himself to take on your nature so that He might raise up your human nature to be like His. And because He has served you in your time of need, you now serve your neighbors in their time of need.
Our constant prayer is that the Lord would continue this ministry among us—not according to the severity of His judgment, but according to His mercy. That prayer is the prayer of the whole church in heaven and on earth until the Last Day. On that day, people are divided by the Lord. He does not divide them on the basis of what He says, for what He says never changes; His mercy endures forever. Rather, our Lord separates the sheep from the goats on the basis of how they lived what they have heard through His Called servants. Through them, the Lord does His work for you. By His grace, you become partakers of the Lord's divine nature. By grace you have a portion in the kingdom of heaven. In the name of the Father and of the Son (+) and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The peace of God which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus always. Amen.

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(Translated by Google) The first floor is on the top floor (5th floor) of a sushi restaurant building, and there are staff who can speak Japanese, and their modest but very kind customer service will provide you with a pleasant time. If you go up the stairs above the terrace, you will find a wonderful rooftop bar, which is a great place to relax.
It's definitely worth a visit.
Don't miss it! Great location with Rooftop lounge.
Super friendly and professional staff who gonna answer all your questions about Cannabis world 🌎🌱.
The menu is very nice, tight but quality is here with reasonable prices 😁.
A Must Go. I would recommend a great chilling out around 6.30pm for the sunset on rooftop bar 🍻😎🤟🏴☠
Very good food, the location allows for such a nice view and the owner of the place is the nicest, talkative and super helpful. They serve different types of foods but the best ones are the duck for me, I am french and we eat a lot of duck at home, however, this duck filet surprised me totally. Thank you pi Boid for having us and being so nice
(Translated by Google) Very nice location. New hotspot with big ambitions. Thank you for the nice conversations.
Sehr schöne Location. Neuer Hotspot mit großen Ambitionen. Vielen Dank für die netten Gespräche.

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para: Voz (soprano), piano
|Nº de artículo||619214|
|Autor/Compositor||Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|
|Alcance||137 Páginas; 23 × 30 cm|
|Año de lanzamiento||2013|
|N.º del fabricante||BA 9182|
This vocal score of Mozart’s concert and insert arias is based on the New Mozart Edition (NMA). The musical text presented in this edition is free from practical references on performance aspects or suggestions on performance practice. An accompanying booklet gives detailed explanations on the execution of appoggiaturas and other performance practice phenomena relevant to each aria. In addition, there is a choice of suggestions for the performance of cadenzas and lead-ins as well as for the ornamentation of dal segno parts, which are often found in the early Mozart arias.

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By Josh Cunningham
This week, school choice advocates around the country celebrate the annual National School Choice Week, which provides a great opportunity to examine the explosion of private school choice programs that has occurred around the country over the past five years.
In 1990, Wisconsin became the first state in the country to offer government-funded private school vouchers. By the end of 2010, seven states plus the District of Columbia had school voucher programs. In addition, seven states had scholarship tax credit programs where students receive private school scholarships from nonprofit organizations that receive donations from individuals and corporations. Donors receive a state tax credit in exchange for their donation. In total, there were 12 states that offered at least one of these two private school choice options at the end of 2010, serving about 190,000 students.
Five years later, these numbers have more than doubled. The 2016 legislative season begins with 27 states offering private school choice options to parents serving nearly 400,000 students. This includes 13 states plus the District of Columbia that provide private school vouchers to qualifying students, 16 states that have scholarship tax credit programs, and five states with education savings accounts (ESAs)—a new form of school choice that allows parents to use their scholarship funds for a variety of educational services including private school tuition, textbooks and tutoring.
A number of the states that already had programs expanded the eligibility during the last five years as well. Wisconsin and Louisiana expanded local voucher programs statewide. Indiana created a voucher program to coexist with its scholarship tax credit program. Arizona and Florida created ESA programs that operate alongside existing scholarship tax credit programs. Louisiana also created a scholarship tax credit program in addition to its existing voucher program.
A number of factors have contributed to this rapid expansion. First, the 2010, 2012 and 2014 elections resulted in an unprecedented shift in the partisan makeup of legislatures. Following the 2008 election, there were 14 legislatures controlled by the GOP and 27 by Democrats and eight were split between the two parties. Now, Republicans control legislatures in 30 states, while Democrats have control in 11 states and eight are split. With this shift in partisan control came a large batch of new conservative legislators who favored the idea of private school choice. This was a contributing factor in states such as Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Wisconsin, all of which enacted new choice programs following a shift to Republican control of the state legislature.
Additionally, there has been a growing demand for new approaches to education as the traditional public school system has displayed a prolonged stagnation in academic growth. This is particularly the case among traditionally underserved students including those attending inner-city schools, English language learners and students with disabilities.
Most private choice programs are designed to specifically target these students. Disagreement exists among policymakers and researchers, however, about the extent to which private school choice programs are serving underserved students at the same level as the public school system or at the level that advocates have promised.
Private school choice policies invoke a full spectrum of emotions among legislators. Disagreements about the effect these programs have on academic performance, the appropriateness of funding religious private schools, and the shifting of education dollars away from the public school system make for impassioned committee hearings and floor debates anytime legislation on private school choice is being considered.
But the fact remains, with more than a dozen states having already introduced legislation to create or expand private choice programs in the opening weeks of the 2016 legislative session, this has grown from being a fringe policy idea to a mainstream education reform.
Josh Cunningham is a senior education policy specialist in NCSL's education program.


text: Born in Scottsdale, Arizona, Tamar Kaprelian was raised in Georgia and California by Armenian parents and, she says, "surrounded by love and great music." The 22-year-old began writing songs as a child, influenced first by classic Disney films, then storied songwriters like Paul McCartney and Billy Joel. Writing primarily on the piano, Kaprelian creates playful, but thought-provoking songs that come from a personal perspective. One of her songs, "New Day," was featured in the fifth season finale of the hit MTV series "The Hills." Kaprelian's debut album is due in fall 2009.

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Delivering sustainable value: because good food shouldn't cost the Earth.
We challenge and transform food supply so informed decisions become clear.
allmanhall is an independent, family-owned procurement company, providing full management of the food and catering supply chain. Our mission is to deliver sustainable value for every client – an ever growing community.
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Supporting sustainable menus
Together, allmanhall and Foodsteps are making data accessible, to help inform decisions for school caterers and pupils. Read more about our partnership here.
“What children eat matters. We need urgent and sustained change in our food system to address both the climate and obesity crises we face.”


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01 - 05 November 2021
The annual asi media, advertising and marketing conferences will take place from 1 to 5 November. This year, Frédéric Vaulpré, Director of Glance, will speak on "What are the main drivers subscriptions in the SVOD market and what are the current dynamics and challenges in TV markets?", on November 2 at 9:30am (GTM). Julien Rosanvallon, Deputy Director General of Médiamétrie, will speak on November 5 in the session: "How are existing currencies evolving to meet the challenge of cross-media?"
For more information: www.asiconferences.com

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This summer corn chowder harnesses the glorious seasonal sweetness of corn in a delicious, creamy soup that will have everyone asking for second helpings.
Our Vadouvan spice blend is a great match for this recipe because it’s our mildest curry and it’s bursting with shallots, which give it a layer of savory sweetness that pairs wonderfully with creamy soups, sauces and braises.
Vadouvan is a French interpretation of curry powder, defined primarily by the addition of plentiful shallots, onions and garlic. The result is a lighter and more versatile version of classic curry. You can use Vadouvan as you would curry powder with delicious results. But Vadouvan is also easier than curry powder to use by itself as a rub or a season-all because of its mild character.
You could even sprinkle a bit of extra Vadouvan on each bowl of soup for garnish. Serve with a crusty bread and enjoy!
Summer Corn Chowder with Vadouvan
Adapted from Fine Cooking
Ingredients:3 to 4 ears fresh corn, husks and silk removed
5 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 cloves garlic, minced
Flake saltFreshly ground black pepper1 can full-fat coconut milk2 yellow onions, diced3 tablespoons Vadouvan3 ribs celery, thinly sliced 1 large red or yellow bell pepper, diced
1/2 to 1 whole jalapeño, minced
1.25 lbs red potatoes (unpeeled), diced
1 quart vegetable broth2 green onions, minced, for garnishAvocado, diced, for garnishDirections:Snap each corn cob in half. Slice the kernels off the cobs into a bowl. Scrape the cobs with the back of a knife to release the corn "milk." Reserve the cobs.In a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. Add the corn, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt, a few grinds of black pepper and corn milk. Cook, stirring, until the corn starts to brown, about 5 to 8 minutes.Add the coconut milk and stir, scraping the bottom of the pan to release any browned bits. Remove the pan from heat to let the mixture steep.In a heavy-duty pot or Dutch oven, heat the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions, Vadouvan, celery, bell pepper, jalapeño and 1 teaspoon salt. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables soften, 6 to 8 minutes. Uncover and continue cooking until the vegetables start to brown, about 6 minutes more. Stir in the potatoes and 1 teaspoon salt.Add the corn cobs, vegetable broth and 1 cup water to the pot. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Cover partially and cook until the potatoes are very tender, about 15 minutes.Remove the cobs from the pot using tongs. Stir in the reserved corn mixture and remove the pot from heat. Transfer about 2 cups of solids and liquid to a blender and purée. Add the purée back to the soup. Season to taste with salt and pepper.Garnish with minced green onion and diced avocado.
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Latin America and the Caribbean has achieved great accomplishments in agricultural development, renewable energies and innovation in social policies. Meanwhile, Japan continues to strengthen its economic and commercial ties with the region to support its growth in the coming decades, which will generate various opportunities and synergies in these and other sectors.
In that sense, the objective of the event is to expand and strengthen the commercial ties between Japan and Latin American and the Caribbean countries (LAC) and to provide a better understanding of investment and trade opportunities.
High ranking government officials and private sector leaders of both regions will share their perspectives about the future challenges and opportunities to expand and strengthen economic and cooperation ties between both regions. The forum will address issues such as the economic and commercial relations between Japan and Latin America and the Caribbean, investment in quality infrastructure, collaboration in innovation and entrepreneurship, and financing for emerging markets.


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Dollar General Ramps Up Grocery Stores to Challenge Big Retailers
Discount retailer Dollar General (NYSE: DG) has thrown its low-price hat into the grocery ring; by challenging the supermarkets and big-box retailers in the produce business.
The Tennessee-based company opened its 11,000th store this past October. And, according to The Tampa Tribune, DG has quietly established about 100 grocery stores nationwide – including 14 in the very competitive Florida market.
And the newspaper says Dollar General is giving some big-name firms a run for their money, when it comes to prices on groceries. The Tribune quotes data from the Kantar Retail market research firm, showing DG beat out Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Famliy Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Stop & Shop, Aldi and Target (NYSE: TGT) in pure price data.
“The reputation of a dollar store comes with the territory, but we are actually not really a dollar store,” company spokeswoman Crystal Ghassemi told the Tribune. A lot of people are starting to realize that we carry a lot of the most-popular brands on the shelf.”
Analyst and investor perception of Dollar General is also starting to evolve. Its share prices have been on the upswing since its better-than-expected third quarter results, announced last week.
Goldman Sachs recently upgraded the company to CL-Buy from Neutral – noting DG's “myriad initiatives and ability to gain share as a leading low-cost operator should continue to power top- and bottom-line growth despite our cautious view across food retail.”
FBR & Co. noted that, despite recently share price volatility, they believe Dollar General “is well positioned in the current consumer environment and that its strong business trends should continue. For FY14, we are modeling positive comps (driven by continued positive traffic trends and a tobacco benefit) but slightly shrinking operating margins.”
And BMO Capital Markets rates Dollar General stock at Outperform. While observing that about one-third of the company's transactions involve cigarettes, those tobacco-only purchases are reportedly declining. “So DG is beginning to convert the cigarette customer into a shopper,” it adds, “which bodes well for FY14 .”
© 2016 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.


Today, we will present a new video that shows the acceleration of the new speed legend which is called SF90 Stradale and is produced by the Italian supercars company, Ferrari.
In the beginning, we would like to remind you that this new supercar from Ferrari company appeared in May of last year, and was previously met by our colleague Suhaib Shashaa in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia when he covered the Ferrari festival activities in Riyadh.
However, we will show you in this video Ferrari SF90 Stradale acceleration from zero to 200 km / h , which was carried over by the Motors Sport team.
Watch the video:
Ferrari’s Speed Legend SF90 Stradale Mechanical Specifications:
Ferrari’s new masterpiece is equipped with a hybrid system that combines the work of 4 motors; The first is a 4-liter gasoline engine that consists of V-shaped 8 cylinders and it generates 769 hp (780 PS), and the other three are electric motors with a combined power of 217 hp (220 PS). The four motors generate a total power of up to 986 hp (1,000 PS).
This is the second hypercar from the Italian Ferrari company, as the first car is Ferrari La Ferrari, but the SF90 is the brand’s first production plug-in hybrid, and it works with the all-wheel-drive system. The car was also equipped with a dual-clutch 8-speed gearbox, and it can accelerate from zero to a speed of 100 km / h in 2.5 seconds, and from 0 to a speed of 200 km / h in 6.7 seconds, while its top speed is 340 km / h.
When this new Ferrari hybrid is powered by electric motors only, it can drive for 25 km without using a gasoline engine, but its maximum speed, in this case, is 135 km / h.


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When Ann Beattie met John Updike, he said “You figured out how to write an entirely different kind of story.” Her stories were “the” stories my English department discussed in the 1980s because they were so revolutionary. T. Coraghessan Boyle wrote in the New York Times, “Her stories are propelled not so much by event as by the accumulation of the details that build a life…” This is hard to do well. Almost everyone I knew during those years, including me, tried to write Beattiesque stories that had a beginning, a middle, and an epiphany that substituted for an ending.
Ann Beattie. The New Yorker Stories (New York: Scribner, 2010), 305.


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Harrison Ford may be in his 70s, but he's no slouch in the action department, as a recent TV spot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens showed us. He will be running and ducking, and shooting Stormtroopers with abandon when he returns to screens this December as the iconic space pirate Han Solo. Two new banners have arrived, and the first shows Han locked into a laser blaster battle on what looks to be the new Starkiller Base. The second banner gives us a new look at Carrie Fisher as General Leia, who is overseeing a raid on the Starkiller base.
These latest posters come from Toyfiend on Instagram. They also include the previously seen Kylo Ren and Rey banners. The banners were spotted out in the wild. If you're going to the movies between now and December 18th, you may be lucky enough to see one for yourself in person. In a recent chat with EW, Ford offers new insight into the former smuggler, and promises that this is not a new take on the mythos. Solo is still very much the charming rogue we've come to know and love over these past three decades.
Han Solo is arguably the most popular human character in all of Star Wars lore. He's a scoundrel, he's scruffy, but above all, he's, dare we say, lovable? And it came as a shock back in 1983 when Harrison Ford revealed that he desperately wanted to kill off the character in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. Back then, he was glad to see the costume go back into storage. But the years have softened him some. And now, he's happy that George Lucas didn't follow through with Solo's demise.
"I was glad that the character was still alive for me to play in this new iteration. He was always the cynical member of the original characters. While we were invited to engage on the questions of some pretty arcane mysteries - the Force and the mythology that surrounds it - he was the guy who said, 'What? Huh? Come on.' There was a callow youth, a beautiful princess, a wise old warrior, and there was a smart-ass."
Harrison Ford has never been too removed from the Han Solo persona. And as he tells it, the character has been 'living with me - out back, in the shack.' The latest trailer seems to tease that Han Solo is more open to the Jedi and all the supernatural elements that come with it. When we first met him in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, he was much more the skeptic. But Harrison Ford doesn't want fans coming into the new movie to get the wrong idea. He is not taking the place of Old Ben to wax philosophically about 'hokey religions' and 'ancient weapons'.
"No, there's not an abandoning of the character. He does not aspire to the position of Obi-'Ben' Kenobi, nor do I aspire to be some New Age Alec Guinness. His development is consistent with the character, and there are emotional elements which have occasioned his growth. We spend a lot more time [in the movie] on his failure to master basic skills, like accounting. And accounting for his own behavior. There's a lot of the rogue still left in Solo. Some things don't change. [Thirty-two] years is going to put some rings on the tree, some experience in the bank. You might make an elaborate conjecture [about who Solo is now], but I think we answer that question in the film. It's best left answered there."
Take a look at these latest banners. Do you have a favorite new character yet? Or do Han, Luke and Leia hold a special place in your heart that can never be replaced? Hopefully we won't see too much more from Star Wars: The Force Awakens before it arrives in theaters. But we're at least guaranteed a few more TV spots, some clips and some behind-the-scenes featurettes. Will you have the force power to stop yourself from watching it all?

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Senator Marek Hilšer has announced his intention to run in the next
presidential elections in 2023. Senator Hilšer said he would run as an
independent candidate, which means that he will have to collect 50,000
signatures from the public or alternately get support from ten parliament
deputies or twenty fellow senators. He intends to tour the regions to win
Hilšer ran for president in the 2018 election but failed to make it to the run-off in which the incumbent president, Miloš Zeman beat his main rival Jiří Drahoš. President Zeman is not eligible to run for a third term.
Marek Hilšer is a brain tumour specisalist. He was elected to the Senate in the autumn of 2018.
40 percent of Czechs aged 16 have tried electronic cigarettes, according to experts from the National Anti-Addiction Helpline. In a press release on the occasion of the International No Smoking Day, the organisation went on to say that 17 percent of 16-year-olds are also regular users. It is expected that the number of those who smoke regular cigarettes, currently some 2.5 million people, will continue to decrease. Around 5 percent of Czech adults smoke e-cigarettes.
The consumer loan provider Home Credit will not continue to pursue its
previous plans to enter the Hong Kong Stock Exchange due to market
conditions, the Czech News Agency reported on Thursday, citing a communique
from Home Credit itself.
The company, which is part of the PPF investment group owned by the Czech Republic’s richest man, Petr Kellner, filed for a listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange in July.
Since 1990, the number of people suffering from dementia has doubled in the
Czech Republic and the mortality rates among such patients has risen by
more than a factor of seven in the past 10 years, the Czech News Agency
reported on Wednesday, quoting data published by the Czech Alzheimer’s
Society and the Czech Statistics Office. Experts say this is down to the
overall aging of the population. However, statistics show that the
expansion of relevant services is not keeping up with the growth in
Every 13th person in the country over the age of 65 suffers from dementia, statisticians say, and the ratio gets higher with increased age. Last year there were 167,000 people suffering from dementia related diseases, but only 341 homes that offered programmes for patients with dementia with altogether 20,075 beds.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation should focus on fighting
international terrorism, the main, if not only, enemy of civilised states,
Czech President Miloš Zeman said at a meeting of Czech heads of military
command on Wednesday. He and Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar also said
they were against a withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The Czech president also mentioned the recent remark by his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, who said in a recent interview with the Economist magazine that NATO was in a state of "brain death". Mr. Zeman said that “if NATO is not to be in a state of brain death, it should become more offensive and realise what its real role in the current world is.”
The Czech army will adopt a new command and control system from 2020, which
will be divided into three levels: strategic, operational and tactical, the
army announced on Wednesday on its Facebook account. Included in the change
is the transfer of the Ground Forces Command from Prague to Olomouc on June
1, 2020 and of the Air Force Command to Kbely in the north of Prague in
2021. Meanwhile, in Tabor, a new Territorial Command is being established,
which the army says will ensure more flexible use of active reserves.
Information operations in cyberspace, as well as the defence of military systems and the army’s internet will be run by a newly established Cyber and Information Operations Command in the Moravian capital of Brno.
Czech political and military leaders are meeting this Wednesday and discussing the army’s modernisation plans, as well as its role in the NATO alliance and international missions.
Mortality rates in the Czech Republic have declined by around one seventh
in the last ten years. Those who do die, tend to pass at an older age than
in previous decades, according to data presented by the Czech Statistics
Office on Wednesday. However, the main causes of death - heart and vascular
diseases – remain the same, being responsible for two thirds of the
112,920 deaths last year. Cancer, mainly of the lungs, is another recurrent
cause of death.
According to Terezie Štyglerová from the Czech Statistics Office, the top three causes of death are the same for men and women. However, men are more likely to die from accidents, while for women the other main causes of death are Alzheimers, other types of dementia and diabetes.
The Czech army will take over leadership of the EU’s military training
mission in Mali, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Defence Minister Lubomír
Metnar announced at an armed forces high-command meeting on Wednesday.
According to the Czech News Agency, Czechs will lead the mission for six
months. Their main task will be to help in the establishment and training
of Mali’s army, which is currently fighting Islamic radicals in the
The Czech Republic currently has around 120 soldiers in Mali. So far, they have been in charge of maintaining security at the military mission’s main command in Bamako and a training base in the Koulikoro region.
Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček has voiced support for
Monday’s EU declaration, which calls for restraint and constructive
engagement in de-escalation efforts regarding the ongoing protests in Hong
Kong. “Neither policemen and soldiers, nor the protesters should get away
with acts of violence”, Mr. Petříček tweeted on Tuesday, stressing
instead that “dialogue with protesters“ was key and that Hong Kong’s
Basic Law, including the island‘s autonomy, should be respected. He
finished with a message to the citizens of Hong Kong, writing that he
supported their “non-violent fight” for rights.
Many, including the EU High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, have pointed to the continuing rise in violence in Hong Kong, including the ongoing police siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which is being occupied by protestors.


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Simple, like plugging it in
The connection of machinery and plants is the first step in creating a 4.0 ecosystem with all the resulting advantages.
Technological development has helped to simplify an intervention that could have been complicated and burdensome twenty years ago. Today we’re able to communicate with all the main technologies present in the production plants. It’s not necessary to have state-of-the-art facilities to enjoy the efficiency of a smart factory.
Advantage of connection
Acquire production, status, process and tool wear data
Monitor the performance and plants status on smartphones, smartwatches and tablets, receiving notifications about blocks and alarms
Set in real time the recipe on the machine with the necessary settings for its operation
Plan the next activities of the machine taking into account its real availability
Keep under control environmental parameters (humidity, air quality, etc.) and auxiliary systems (compressed air, scales, dryers, electrical panels, etc.)
If the machine is 4.0 ready, it means that it uses standard protocols (eg OPC-UA) that facilitate the intervention speed. In the other cases, we have a large variety of ready-to-use connectors. If it’s necessary to connect very special machines, we’re able to develop ad hoc connectors.


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IMARC Research has published a whitepaper outlining the similarities and differences between drug and device clinical trials. Since IMARC focuses primarily in the medical device space, we felt it was important to highlight the differences between the two trials. It has proven to be one of our more popular whitepapers, so we have decided to offer an infographic as a quick reference.
Clearly, the process of getting a drug or device approved is different, but both require an ethical commitment combined with the proper controls and an understanding the differences – in the details – between drugs and devices. Understanding these similarities and appreciating the differences is important for clinical researchers who are involved in both drug and device trials.
So while the investigations of drugs and devices have their differences, by design these differences are intended to accomplish the game goal: to safeguard research participants while bringing safe and effective products to the market as quickly as possible.
Please take time to download IMARC’s infographic: Comparing Drugs & Devices: How are the Clinical Trials Regulated?
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I thought that 0x80540057 looked like a windows error code (as in, from the OS itself) but I can’t find anything about it, or the other number either. Tried quite a few google search possibilities, which I know you could do yourself but I was curious also – absolutely nothing. Might be something for JAWS tech support. Is the error happening constantly/every time you connect with this person?
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Five New Territories farms are being investigated on suspicion of using the banned asthma drug clenbuterol on pigs.
Tests on 1,150 pig urine samples were done by the Agriculture and Fisheries Department between August 14 and 27, and seven pigs from five farms were found to have been given the drug.
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It can cause nausea, dizziness, headaches, tremors, cramps and heart palpitations.
Several Hong Kong people also fell ill after eating tainted offal and pig's lung soup.
Mainland produce was blamed.
The Hong Kong pigs have been traced by a new branding system introduced by the Agriculture and Fisheries Department which matches the pig to its farm.
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When enough evidence had been gathered, the Department of Health would prosecute farms or suppliers believed to be using the drug.


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Twenty-three year-old Jacob Reynolds stood in the foyer of his father’s mansion, casually dressed in jeans and a navy button down shirt; and ready for a night on the town with good friend Wayne Braxton. They became friends while attending Westmore University, and found they had a lot in common; both came from rich families and were being groomed to take over the family business, well Jacob was anyway. The only difference between the two of them; their fathers. Unlike Wayne; Jacob had a good relationship with his father, his only parent. His mother, Helen died when he was three and he didn’t remember much about her, but he learned a lot through photos and stories told by his sister and father. Looking into the mirror, he wondered if his mother would’ve been proud of the respectable young man he grew up to be.
Stan entered the hall and watched his son; amazed how much they were alike. He was proud of himself for raising a remarkable son. Tough times bestowed Stan after his wife’s death, left to raise his children all by himself, of course the nannies pitched in to help, yet he did most of the work himself. He often questioned his parenting skills, but he knew he did something right. In his opinion his children turned out exceptionally well. His daughter Laura became a realtor, married a doctor, and was raising a daughter in Stamford, Connecticut. Now with his son joining Stan’s real estate business, he couldn’t be happier.
As Jacob straightened his short light brown hair, he caught a glimpse of his father in the mirror; he turned to face him.
“Another night out with the boys?” Stan asked.
“Yeah, you don’t mind do you?”
“Not at all, go out and have fun.” Stan walked to his son and patted him on the back. “Come Monday morning, you and I will be selling houses. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited.”
“So am I.” Jacob didn’t have the heart to tell his father he had second thoughts. The main reason he agreed to take the job was to make his father happy. Laura used to work with their father until she moved. Jacob felt obligated to take the job, even though he didn’t want it. No turning back now, Jacob Reynolds was going to be in the family business whether he liked it or not.
Stan lounged on the couch in his den, dressed in navy silk pajama and matching robe, drinking a cup of almond flavored coffee and catching up on the latest news in Westmore Gazette, a nighttime ritual for the sixty-year-old. As he lay there, reading the business section, he couldn’t stop thinking about how blessed his life was. He had a successful real estate business he ran with his son. His daughter Laura followed in his footsteps and was happily married raising a rambunctious daughter of her own. As he thought about everything special in his life his mood suddenly changed.
He looked at the fireplace, where pictures of Helen lined the mantel. In their wedding photo, she wore a white long-sleeved dress and her dark brown curls cascaded down her neck. Then in the family picture taken when Jacob was one, Helen looked so happy in the picture, but little did they know at the time she would have less than two years left to live.
Stan bowed his head, thinking about her made him sad, it was tough losing Helen; the love of his life. They spent fifteen blissful years and raised two wonderful children together. It was hard watching her confined to a bed, slowly slipping away the last few months of her life. The years afterwards didn’t make things easier. The house seemed so drab and empty without her presence. He missed how Helen stroll the halls humming her favorite songs and the faint way she laughed at his jokes. Laura and Jacob made things somewhat easier by running around and playing tag, filling the house with their laughter, however it just wasn’t the same.
Stan sat and looked around his big house, which was empty now. Laura moved out when she was twenty-three, the same age Jacob is now. He wondered how much longer his son would be staying with him because after Jacob leaves, he’ll be all alone in his house with nobody to share it with. Stan looked at his empty coffee mug, and set the paper on the table and then got up to go to his bedroom. As he entered the foyer to ascend the stairs, the doorbell rang.
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Engage Magazine: Our March Issue is Now Online!
Customers in recent years have become increasingly more difficult to attract and retain. With increasing competition and ever-changing customer demands, marketers are left wondering what steps they must take to overcome today’s challenges. Knowing this, we at Engage MarTech shine a spotlight on those who think outside the box, launching creative and innovative engagement strategies.
We do this not only through our conferences but also through our annual awards and editorial work. In our latest issue of the Engage Magazine, we are sharing the key highlights from our events, features by industry leaders, and the success stories of our Engage B2B Awards winners.
In this issue, you can further uncover the research findings of organisations including the Market Research Society (MRS) and the Data & Marketing Association (DMA). The former reveals that the UK’s research sector has reached a record value of £9 billion (pgs. 8-9), while the latter delves into future trends for planning a price-promotion exit strategy in 2024 (pgs. 10-11).
In addition to these articles, we’re also bringing you an opinion piece by our guest contributor Claudia Mastromauro, who explains how iCommerce is reshaping the future of online shopping. According to her, “the era of social commerce is upon us” (pgs. 12-13).
To gain further insight into the future of marketing, we reached out to Juntae DeLane, Founder and Chief Strategist of Digital Delane. In an interview (pgs. 14-15), he shared what he views as the most common mistakes organisations make when it comes to their digital campaigns and how they can be avoided. Taking this further, he also predicts what the future of marketing might look like and how businesses can prepare for it.
With our Engage Awards ceremony taking place at the end of last year, we have dedicated a large portion of this issue to our winners; that is, we are revealing the names of the companies who won an award and what they did to impress our judges (pgs. 16-19). Moreover, we have conducted interviews with the winners, giving them the chance to share their stories in their own words and inspire others to follow in their footsteps (pgs. 20-28).
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In August, a Kentucky family got an alarming visit from a sheriff’s deputy that shook them up so badly they are seeking accountability. They want the public to know how a mixup by a social services worker ended up costing money and leading to the constant worry of their private information being leaked.
Lexington Herald-Leader reports that a Hardin County sheriff’s deputy arrived to drop off a summons off early morning to Brandon Humphries, a father of four who at the time, was accused of abusing his 3-year-old daughter.
Karin Humphries, who said she was still in her nightgown when she heard a knock on the door, was astounded when the deputy explained that Fayette County social worker Brittany Philpot outlined the accusations in the summons, which accused her husband of physically abusing their daughter.
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“Within 10 seconds of reading it, I knew this wasn’t about us, that there had been a mistake,” Brandon told the outlet.
The other woman listed in the summons is a 21-year-old with a daughter who has the same name as the Humphries’ daughter. The summons was intended for that little girl’s father, but somehow Brandon’s name, social security number, and other personal information was listed.
The 21-year-old woman received the same packet the Humphries, down to the exact details of the case, including all of Brandon’s personal information. When she learned the Humphries had received details about her case, she said she was humiliated.
“I was humiliated,” the mother later said. ” I just don’t think anyone has the right to know those personal details about me and my children.”
The couple, panicking, tried called the social worker, but she didn’t answer since it was Sunday. They quickly hired a lawyer, thinking their little girl could get taken away from them by social services at any minute.
“We’re panicking, thinking, you’ve got the wrong kid, and is there a child in need somewhere and you don’t know where she is?” Karin said.
A few days later, their lawyer contacted them. He informed the Humphries that the digital paperwork that had Brandon’s personal information inside had been destroyed after the confusion was cleared up with officials.
Philpot later apologized publicly and said it was an “honest mistake” brought about by caseworkers’ inability to handle overflowing caseloads. Philpot told the Herald-Leader that large caseloads resulted in the potential for unintentional mistakes and consequences.
Philpot is currently handling 60 cases, close to “five times the federally recommended amount,” the outlet reports.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services offered the Humphries $5,000, along with reimbursement of their legal fees and five free years worth of credit monitoring. In turn, the family had to agree not to file a lawsuit against the state and agree to return all documents pertaining to the case.
The Humphries declined.
“The ability to tell our story is worth more,” Brandon said.
Eric Clark, the Department for Community Based Services Commissioner, claimed that the Humphries wanted “more precious taxpayer dollars to pay them out for this mistake.”
The Humphries replied that what they want is accountability, not money with strings attached.
“How big of a mistake are they allowed to make before something changes?” Brandon said. “They still can’t tell us who all has our information. We understand that mistakes get made, but we didn’t ask to be brought into this.”
Clark, on the other hand, said he’s more interested in retaining employees like Philpot instead of shaming her. She has an otherwise exemplary track record as a social worker.
“A new policy, a new procedure, disciplinary action is not going to prevent this from happening again, and it’s not going to correct what happened. It’s important for us to demonstrate to Brittany and our entire workforce that we care about them, because we need them. We’re not going to let bad outcomes define who we are.”
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Balsa USA 1/3 Sopwith Pup Partial Build
Great opportunity for a local guy to get a huge jump start on one of the best flying GIANT SCALE WWI birds out there! It hurts me to sell this one as WWI is my favorite era, but this one is just going to be too big for me to finish.
What you get is a 1/3 scale Sopwith Pup, that has had the fuselage and tail feathers, framed-up, and covered with an olive drab fabric, possibly solartex. Also included is three more full boxes of wood, hardare, flying wires, and spun aluminum cowl. Tail feathers have been attached, but could probably be removed without too much trouble. Cowl is untouched and only pulled out of the box for photos. Litho plate has been added to the forward fuselage area for a scale look, Wheels are included, the rubber says "Schleuter made in Germany" and are joined with duct tape in the middle, rims are from Sun Mfg., push rods for elevator and rudder have been installed, decals are also included, but they are not complete. For whatever reason the rudder striping and red centers to the roundels are missing. I did not see an instruction manual with this, but plans are there. Cabanes are installed and varnished.
This is a nice build folks, very straight and looks great. This is not an old build either. Wood is clean and fresh and looks new. Fabric is in excellent condition and has been expertly applied.
Local pick-up, can deliver up to 100 miles for cost of gas. $300 bones best offer!!
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Orange Dog is the brainchild of Edmonton businesswoman and philanthropist, Jan Folk. As patron of the Edmonton Humane Society, Jan took the initiative to launch this life-saving program in June 2009.
The Orange Dog Web store features a selection of high quality products for dogs and their owners. The Freedom Flight Program is sponsored 100% through product sales. To date, the Orange Dog has sponsored four flights, saving the lives of 313 dogs.
In a study, the Edmonton Humane Society found that people are willing to wait for the California dogs instead of those sold in newspapers. on-line ads, or in pet stores because they suspect that those puppies may have come from from puppy mills or brokers where they often live in horrible conditions; and are often bred without considering the dogs’ welfare.
From the Founder:
My mission with The Orange Dog is to grow the bond between dogs and their owners and at the same time help a lot of dogs that clearly can’t help themselves. The Orange Dog was created as an online gathering place to share and celebrate individual acts of animal kindness. Committed people are doing amazing things, and we wants to say thanks. My hope is that when you read the stories of the Freedom Flights, you’ll be inspired to undertake your own act of animal kindness.

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Newly rebranded Current Foods has announced the launch of a direct-to-customer sales initiative. The company, which was formerly known as Kuleana, making its vegan tuna and smoked salmon analogues available for delivery throughout the U.S. Interested consumers can sign up for pre-launch access to a new online shop, which will feature Kuleana Tuna and smoked salmon.
Current Foods launched in 2019 in San Francisco, founded on a mission to develop realistic seafood alternatives that would stand up to a variety of professional applications, including sushi preparation. The full range is designed to be an alternative to conventional seafood, with zero environmental consequences or ethical quandaries.
Current Foods utilises a combination of unexpected ingredients to recreate fish-like textures and flavour profiles. Its flagship product, the Kuleana Tuna, is a blend of radish, bamboo, algae, and potato, which offer a similar nutritional breakdown to that of real tuna, being rich in iron, omega-3 and vitamin B12.
“This is seafood made from plants that you can eat every day and in every chapter of life—no mercury, no microplastics, no pregnancy restrictions, no planetary strain, and no compromises on taste, texture, or nutritional density,” Adrienne Han, Current Foods vice president of consumer marketing, told VegNews.
Ready to use plant-based seafood
The tuna substitute will be available to buy in two incarnations, reflecting the intended use for the product. Poké cubes and standard fillets can be kept in the fridge for seven days or frozen for up to one year.
Similar to the tuna, a new smoked salmon release has been developed using, again, algae, potato, and bamboo, amongst other ingredients. Both vegan fish varieties are designed to be used in any recipes that call for sushi-grade fish. Ceviche, carpaccio, and sashimi are all notably included.
Making the products available for consumers to buy directly comes after successful food service partnerships. Though the tuna has been available to buy from the Los Angeles-based Erewhon health food store, this will be the inaugural direct online retail offering from Current Foods. “Our restaurant and grocery partners continue to come up with delicious and inventive ways to prepare our plant-based seafood,” Han continued to VegNews. “In 2022, we’re making Current Foods even more accessible via [direct to consumer] and retail, so the catch of tomorrow can be enjoyed in the current … whenever and however, from the comfort of home.”
Catching the perfect vegan tuna
Vegan seafood alternatives are fast shaping up to be a major trend in 2022. In particular, vegan tuna appears to be the seafood version of bacon in that multiple companies are chasing the perfect formulation to nail the holy grail food.
One of the more unusual products being developed comes from newly revived Spanish startup Mimic Foods. Choosing to use tomatoes, in place of soy, wheat, or legume protein, the company is ramping up to bring Tunato to multiple markets as soon as possible. It is developing new lines alongside.
Over in Chile, NotCo has set its sights on replicating its recent successes with red meat and chicken alternatives, in the seafood sector. It is aiming to develop a totally new plant-based tuna analogue, using its proprietary AI system, Giuseppe.
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Ambedkar said that the talks are at standstill.
Mumbai: The Congress’ alliance talks with the Prakash Ambedkar-led Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) seem to have failed, as the former did not accept the proposal to withdraw from its alliance with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
Senior Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders on Tuesday visited BBM president Prakash Ambedkar’s home to hold a meeting with him over the alliance formation in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. The talks proved inconclusive, as Mr Ambedkar remained firm over his stand to contest the general election with AIMIM. However, the Congress leaders still claimed that the talks have not failed and discussion would continue.
The state Congress president Ashok Chavan, senior congress leader Manikrao Thakre, senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal met Mr Ambedkar at Raja Gruha to discuss the possibility of snapping the ‘Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi’. This Aghadi is formed by BBM with AIMIM.
Mr Ambedkar said that the talks are at standstill. However, he has demanded an action plan for the elimination of parallel administration in government run by RSS.
The Dalit leader said that the Congress leaders have assured that they would discuss this issue with their high commands. However, they did not respond to this demand.
BBM chief claimed that the talks have not failed; his party had already demanded 12 seats for Mahagathbandhan.


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I'm still trying to reconcile my own worldview with the overwhelming message that was delivered last night. Clearly there are a lot of people angry and scared as the antithesis of every modern presidential candidate won and will be our next president.
While demeaning, insulting and ridiculing minorities, immigrants and the physically/mentally disabled worked for Mr. Trump, I want to be clear that this behavior - and these views, have no place at Grubhub. Had he worked here, many of his comments would have resulted in his immediate termination.
We have worked for years cultivating a culture of support and inclusiveness. I firmly believe that we must bring together different perspectives to continue innovating - including all genders, races, ethnicities and sexual, cultural or ideological preferences. We are better, faster and stronger together.
Further I absolutely reject the nationalist, anti-immigrant and hateful politics of Donald Trump and will work to shield our community from this movement as best as I can. As we all try to understand what this vote means to us, I want to affirm to anyone on our team that is scared or feels personally exposed, that I and everyone else here at Grubhub will fight for your dignity and your right to make a better life for yourself and your family here in the United States.
If you do not agree with this statement then please reply to this email with your resignation because you have no place here. We do not tolerate hateful attitudes on our team.I want to repeat what Hillary said this morning, that the new administration deserves our open minds and a chance to lead, but never stop believing that the fight for what's right is worth it.
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I want to affirm to anyone on our team that is scared or feels personally exposed, that I and everyone else here at Grubhub will fight for your dignity and your right to make a better life for yourself and your family here in the United States.
You don't seem to understand that what he is really saying is that he considers anyone who voted for Trump is hateful, racist and homophobic.
"On my friends@wirelessness flight from SFO to Mexico, some kinda scuffle broke out where an individual with a ‘plaid shirt and a camo cap’ said something racist (about being ‘glad to have kept his guns’) to an African American lady, and she began to cry and freak out,” Bauer explained in the caption. Bauer said crew members “separated the two of them" before the captain of the flight got on the intercom system to deliver a heartfelt plea to his passengers, discouraging further political discussion.

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Asus ZenFone 5 vs. Motorola Moto G Specs and Price Comparison in Australia
By Sachin Trivedi | July 8, 2014 12:15 PM EST
For readers who are considering buying the Asus ZenFone 5 or the Motorola Moto G, here is a specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.
Display and Design
The Asus ZenFone 5 comes with a 5-inch IPS capacitive touch screen, rendering 720 x 1280 pixels resolution. The Motorola Moto G comes with a 4.5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 720 x 1280 pixels resolution.
The Moto G has a slight edge in this category with 326 ppi pixels display density compared to the 294 ppi pixels display density on the ZenFone 5.
The Asus ZenFone 5 comes with 148.2 x 72.8 x 10.3 mm dimensions and weighs 145 grams. The Motorola Moto G comes with 129.9 x 65.9 x 11.6 mm dimensions and weighs 143 grams.
Hardware and Operating System
The Asus ZenFone 5 is equipped with a 1.6 GHz dual core processor and Intel Atom chipset. It comes in 8 GB and 16 GB internal memory variants, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.
The Motorola Moto G is equipped with a 1.2 GHz quad core cortex A7 processor and Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400 chipset. It comes in 8 GB and 16 GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.
Both the devices run on the Android Jelly Bean operating system, which can be upgraded to the KitKat version. The Asus ZenFone 5 has 512 MB of RAM and the Motorola Moto G has 1 GB of RAM. In terms of computing power the Moto G is the clear winner in this category.
The Asus ZenFone 5 sports an 8 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 2 MP. The Motorola Moto G sports a 5 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.3 MP.
The Asus ZenFone 5 comes with a non-removable Li-Po 2110 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 18 hours and 30 minutes on 3G. The Motorola Moto G comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 2070 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 24 hours.
Price in Australia
The Asus ZenFone 5 8 GB variant is priced at around AU $249.95 and the 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $269.95. The Motorola Moto G 8 GB variant is priced at around AU $249.95 and the 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $299.95 in Australia.
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Special Protocol Assessment Obtained From FDA For Phase 3 Trial of GVAX Prostate Cancer Vaccine
The SPA is a process that allows for official FDA evaluation of a Phase 3 clinical trial whose data will form the primary basis for an efficacy claim and provides trial sponsors with binding written agreement that the design and analysis of the study are adequate to support a license application submission if the study is performed according to the SPA. The SPA agreement may only be changed by the sponsor company or the FDA through a written agreement, or if the FDA becomes aware of a substantial scientific issue essential to product efficacy or safety.
"We are very pleased to be able to report the agreement we have reached with FDA in our Phase 3 development program," stated Joseph J. Vallner, Ph.D., president and chief operating officer of Cell Genesys. "We look forward to initiating the first Phase 3 clinical trial of GVAX(R) prostate cancer vaccine and are continuing to make good progress toward achieving our goal of beginning this trial by the end of the second quarter. We hope that this product may one day benefit patients with prostate cancer."
"The SPA provides Cell Genesys with a clear pathway toward regulatory submission for our lead product candidate, GVAX(R) prostate cancer vaccine, and we are pleased to have obtained this agreement with the FDA," stated Carol G. Grundfest, vice president, regulatory affairs and project management at Cell Genesys. "FDA worked very closely with us during the entire SPA process, and the dialogue we have had with the agency has been highly productive."
Cell Genesys plans to conduct two Phase 3 clinical trials of GVAX(R) prostate cancer vaccine in hormone-refractory prostate cancer patients with radiologic evidence of metastatic disease. The first trial (VITAL-1 or Vaccine ImmunoTherapy with Allogeneic prostate cancer cell Lines) will enroll chemotherapy naove, asymptomatic patients without cancer-related pain and will compare GVAX(R) vaccine to taxane chemotherapy with respect to survival benefit. The second trial (VITAL-2), which is expected to begin in the late 2004/early 2005 timeframe, will enroll symptomatic patients and will compare GVAX(R) vaccine plus taxane chemotherapy to taxane chemotherapy alone with respect to palliation of bone pain. Both trials will enroll patients with all levels of Gleason scores (a measure of the aggressiveness of prostate cancer) including the highest risk patients.
Preliminary data from an ongoing Phase 2 trial of GVAX(R) prostate cancer vaccine were reported at the June 2003 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting. The fully enrolled study includes 80 patients with advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancer with evidence of metastasis (spreading) to bone and other sites. Cell Genesys has recently announced that updated results from this trial will be presented at the 2004 ASCO Annual Meeting in June. In addition, in September 2002, the company reported final data from its first Phase 2 multicenter clinical trial of GVAX(R) prostate cancer vaccine in patients with hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer including patients with high risk Gleason scores. Thirty-four patients with radiologic evidence of metastases were entered in the trial and received vaccine treatment as their only cancer therapy for up to a six-month period. The combined median survival for both dose groups was 26.2 months. These results compare favorably to the reported median survival for hormone- refractory prostate cancer patients with radiologically documented metastases who are treated with taxane chemotherapy, the most widely used treatment for this patient group, although such a comparison needs to be confirmed in a larger randomized controlled Phase 3 trial such as the trial the company is planning to conduct. The company plans to manufacture GVAX(R) prostate cancer vaccine for Phase 3 trials and potential market launch in its bioreactor manufacturing facility in Hayward, California.
Clinical trials of GVAX(R) cancer vaccines are underway for multiple types of cancer, including prostate cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, leukemia and myeloma. Cell Genesys' GVAX(R) cancer vaccines are whole-cell vaccines that are designed to stimulate an immune response against the patient's tumor. The vaccines are comprised of tumor cells that have been genetically modified to secrete GM-CSF, an immune stimulatory hormone that plays a key role in stimulating the body's immune response to vaccines. More than 600 patients have been treated in clinical trials with GVAX(R) cancer vaccines to date, and vaccine treatment has been shown to be well tolerated.
Source: Cell Genesys, Inc.


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Cherríe Moraga is a co-editor of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, republished in a new edition by SUNY Press in 2015. As a political and literary essayist, she has published several collections of writings, including A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness—Writings 2000-2010. Moraga is the recipient of the United States Artist Rockefeller Fellowship for Literature, the American Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Lambda Foundation’s “Pioneer” award, among many other honors.
Her most recently premiered play, New Fire: To Put Things Right Again, which she also directed, opened at Brava Theater Center in San Francisco in 2012. A collaboration with visual artist, Celia Herrera Rodríguez, over three thousand people witnessed the work. In 2017, Moraga will premiere a new work, the award winning The Mathematics of Love, a theatrical conversation with her forthcoming literary memoir, The Native Country of a Heart—A Geography of Desire.
For nearly twenty years she has served as an Artist in Residence in the Department of Theater and Performance Studies and in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University. She has mentored a full generation of published writers and professional playwrights who credit Moraga as one of their most influential teachers. Cherríe Moraga is an activist writer, who sustains an engaged schedule of appearances on college campuses, at activist and academic conferences and in community settings both nationally and internationally. She is also a founding member of La Red Xicana Indígena, an advocacy network of Xicanas working in education, the arts, spiritual practice, and indigenous women’s rights.
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Use it with any piping bag - including Sweetly Does It's. Just pack it with buttercream, gently squeeze over cakes, cupcakes or biscuits, then pull away the nozzle. It'll reveal a beautiful little snowflake.


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vid of nanjing 3k on the apc: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J47cce080-U
ableton view of omurice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eICQK-cVD8
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October 6, 2012
coming soonnnnn. will have lots of time to devote to sounding really cool live and making new songs. happy songs.
on the right laptop and apc. floor, dd7 + os2 + rc20. amp behind me w/ geetah. sparse setup but it’ll be soooo good!!!
jan’ll be back next year so even better.
need to read up on harmonica – there’s gotta be a way to do horns without needing some big heavyass instrument or synths.
oh yeah i forgot to draw a keyboard in there too, a baby midi keyboard. damn that’s a lot to carry
October 17, 2011
August 9, 2011
Music is all finished. We’re working on cover art now and hand-making the cases. Rowboat Villainy out all over the internets. Hurray! Time for arts and crafts.
August 4, 2011
This is Castles. Here is a song from the upcoming album.