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Thanks to a tad bit of surplus with my new job, I decided to hunt down some fan merchandise on my favorite anime besides Gundam, Martian Battleship Nadesico! I had found this silk-screen poster about a week ago, and was just surprised that someone in the US had it (most of the Nadesico stuff I see is overseas). Ruri-chan arrived in one piece and now sits on my bedroom wall, and belongs quite nicely to the decor!
I also was excited about this a bit, as this was my first silk screen poster at all. So go me, I guess.


$42,512,375 + $73,600,000 = $116,112,375
A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living and fast-loving socialite.
Crime epic and the eighth collaboration between director Martin Scorsese and leading man Robert De Niro which tells the tale of two best friends competing against each other over a gambling empire and fast loving socialite.
Scorsese was Golden Globe nominated for Best Director. Sharon Stone won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama and was nominated for an Academy Award.


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There's always a discrepancy between what constitutes a
"good" fat versus a bad fat. Aren't all fats bad? No. Your body
actually needs fat to burn fat, but there are definitely better fats than
others. One gram of fat has 9 calories, compared to 4 calories for one carb and
4 calories for one gram of protein, making it the most calorie dense of the
fats are lipids you want to avoid at all costs. These fats raise
bad cholesterol levels and show up in red meat, dairy, eggs and many oils, such
as palm and palm kernel oil. These fats go directly to your fat cells and are
the last thing you burn when exercising.
Trans fats are those
fats that are found in many processed foods, so they can have a longer shelf
life (always read the label and look for words like "hydrogenated" or
"partially hydrogenated"). You'll notice many products now say
"trans fat" free. French fries are a prime example of trans fats.
and polyunsaturated fats lower bad cholesterol, help skin and hair, and are
the fats you want. They show up in naturally occurring foods like avocado,
walnuts, olive oil, fatty fish such as salmon, and all omega 3 fatty acids.
These types of fats actually promote weight loss, but the trick is to eat these
foods in moderation.
For instance, you don't want to eat avocado, olive oil,
peanut butter and salmon all in one day. Fat is still fat - get too much of it,
even the bad fats - and you will store it.
Every individual is different, so pay attention to how much
you get per meal. If you are trying to lose weight, you still need to get these
healthy fats, but focus on nixing the processed fats, heavy foods, such as
cream and butter and many foods made with excess oils. If you work out, try and
skimp on the fat pre-workout (again, as it is the last thing you burn when
exercising), instead focusing more on complex carbs and simple sugars, which
will be the first thing you burn off. A banana is a perfect example.
Got questions? Send them our way!

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Tvtalks.in comes up with yet another exclusive news!!
Sony TV's Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar (Balaji Telefilms) will soon see a replacement!! That will be of actress Rhea Sharma, who essays the role of Nishi…
So why is Rhea being replaced?
It seems that the upcoming track will have Nishi playing a mother of a child. The young actress is not very comfortable playing the role of a mother so early in her career and hence opted out of the show.
Also, it is believed that the team wanted a stronger performer for the role of Nishi, considering that the present track and the future one too will have the character in the limelight.
Many known actors have been considered. But as of now, talented actress Vinny Arora has been short-listed for the role. However, the final decision has not been taken yet on the actor to come on board


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based on the tunable acousto-optical filter is designed for the acquisition
of data combining simultaneously both high spatial resolution and high
spectral resolution. The spectrometer is intended mostly for study the
planets and the emission objects - planetary nebulae and Seyfert galaxies
- to get images at different wavelengths.
can be useful for study the variability of emission lines in AGNs (active
galactic nuclei), such as Seyfert galaxies and quasars. The spectrometer
possesses very large optical input aperture and large optical angular
aperture. Special optical geometry of the acousto-optical filter is
used in order to keep the direction of the optical axis the same. These
constructive features of the device provide easy way for its installation
into the telescope because the complicated additional optics is not
needed. The spectrometer can be used with any typical f/12 - f/20 Cassegrain
telescope and with any typical CCD camera. The computer-controlled two-channel
driver system provides the potential capability for the correlation
Literature: V.Ya. Molchanov at al. "An acousto-optical imaging
spectrophotometer for astrophysical observations", Astronomy Letters,
vol.28, No.10, 2002, pp. 713-720.
Remarks: spectral ranges 400-630 nm, 1100-2300 nm and 2300 -
4800 nm are also available.

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A good way to stay on top of your diet is to include high-quality, protein-packed snacks.
If you’re living a low-carb lifestyle, you may think that it means omitting snacks. That isn’t the case at all. Snacks are a great way to satisfy hunger, provide you with extra protein, and give you something sweet or savory to tickle your taste buds. Low-carb snacks needn’t be tasteless to be effective. In fact, the brands sold by ProteinWise prove differently by being delicious and nutritious.
What Makes Protein So Important?
Protein is considered the building block of the body for good reason. It helps the organs and tissues to do their thing properly. When dieting, protein keeps you feeling satiated and prevents you from eating more than you should eat while trying to lose weight.
The macronutrient helps strengthen your muscles as well as gives your hair and nails a chance to grow. If you want to look and feel your best, eating more protein and consuming fewer carbs is an option. It’s been known to help people lose weight fast.
How Much Protein Should I Eat as a Snack?
The higher the protein content of a snack, the better you’ll feel. If you were to eat a low net carb snack such as the Nuts’N More High Protein Almond Spread, you’ll get 12 grams of protein with every serving. The protein-packed option can be used as a dip with flavor because it contains a large amount of the macronutrient needed by your body to thrive.
Different Snack Options for You to Try Right Away
ProteinWise sells snacks high in protein and low in carbohydrates for you to eat. You’ll find a wide variety of options to choose from in single packs and multipacks for your convenience. Ordering several items at one time and keeping them on hand while you diet is ideal because it saves you the time of preparing handmade snacks or reading ingredient labels on the snacks you buy at the supermarket.
Here is a sample of some of the items you have to choose from in our online storefront:
- Nut Butters. Available in a variety of flavors such as Birthday Cake and Toffee Crunch, you can enjoy the taste of something sweet and salty. There are many ways to enjoy nut butters, too. Smeared on raw vegetables and made into protein-packed sauces are options for you to think about.
- Protein Shakes. If you love trying new brands, you’ll not run out of choices while shopping our online storefront anytime soon. Our protein shake varieties come from many different brands and in flavors that you love. From sweet to coffee-inspired to fruity, you’ll find something that delights you at snack time.
You won’t go wrong with ProteinWise. Our online community is supportive of your weight loss journey. You’ll find a lot of information about a low-carb diet on our site along with the wonderful products that we sell.
A low-carb snack satisfies your cravings and provides you with the fuel needed to get to your next meal. If you haven’t put much thought into what you’ll eat mid-morning or mid-afternoon, it’s time to consider your options. Introducing high-quality, protein-packed snacks into your diet helps you achieve your nutritional goals and allows you to try new brands and foods that you’ve never eaten before.

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To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have provided to businesses to facilitate an improved gender balance in the workplace since February.
30 July 2020
In recognition of the unprecedented uncertainty and pressure facing employers due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and to ease the burdens on business, the Government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission suspended enforcement of the gender pay gap reporting deadlines for 2019/20. However, employers can still choose to report their data and we have carried on providing support to those who need it. Over 5,500 employers have reported to date and more continue to do so.


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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
He was a Russian author of the Romantic era and he is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
“I loved you, and I probably still do,
And for a while the feeling may remain…
But let my love no longer trouble you,
I do not wish to cause you any pain.
I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew,
The jealousy, the shyness – though in vain -
Made up a love so tender and so true
As may God grant you to be loved again.”
"I loved you" by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

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LARGO, Fla. — UPDATE: Tuesday night, Largo leaders voted 5-2 in favor of a new plan to eventually force businesses to swap out their pole signs for on-the-ground monument signs. Businesses will still have to make the switch, but the city removed the June 5th deadline. Now, businesses will be required to remove the signs and replace them with monument signs when the properties are redeveloped, when a property becomes vacant or when a sign is damaged. A second reading is scheduled for April 2.
The change would impact more than 600 businesses in the city of Largo. The businesses have signs up on big poles throughout the city. Largo leaders want businesses to switch over to monument signs which are low to the ground.
City leaders argue the monument signs are less of a safety issue in a hurricane and they look better because there isn't as much "sign clutter.”
Back in 2007, the city voted that all businesses need to swap out their pole signs by 2014, but the downturn in the economy convinced them to extend the deadline until June 2019.
However, with 560 pole signs still unchanged, many business owners are begging the mayor and commissioners to get rid of the ordinance all together.
Others who have already replaced their pole signs argue that it’s unfair to do away with the change.
Businesses that have not complied say changing over their signs will cost them between $5,000 to $30,000. They also worry that the monument signs will be harder for customers to see.


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The Catholic Church faces an urgent call to evangelize the new “digital continent” of social media, according to a presentation to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) at their annual Fall General Assembly. Bishop Ronald Herzog of Alexandria, Louisiana, a member of the USCCB Communications Committee, delivered the presentation November 15.
“Although social media has been around for less than 10 years, it doesn’t have the makings of a fad,” said Bishop Herzog. “We’re being told that it is causing as fundamental a shift in communication patterns and behavior as the printing press did 500 years ago. And I don’t think I have to remind you of what happened when the Catholic Church was slow to adapt to that new technology,” he said, referencing the Protestant Reformation.
Bishop Herzog described the communication habits of young people today, which he noted have moved beyond email to the world of social media.
“If the Church is not on their mobile device, it doesn’t exist,” he said. “The Church does not have to change its teachings to reach young people, but we must deliver it to them in a new way.” He compared this outreach to evangelizing a new digital continent, and said the Church has serious challenges to overcome, noting, “Most of us don’t understand the culture.”
Bishop Herzog said the egalitarian nature of the Internet makes it particularly challenging to the Church.
“Anyone can create a blog,” he noted. “Everyone’s opinion is valid. And if a question or contradiction is posted, the digital natives expect a response and something resembling a conversation. We can choose not to enter into that cultural mindset, but we do so at great peril to the Church’s credibility and approachability in the minds of the natives, those who are growing up in this new culture. This is a new form of pastoral ministry.”
Bishop Herzog cited a survey of diocesan communications personnel conducted by the USCCB that saw great variation in the use of new media, with respondents expressing a desire to learn more about it and requesting training and additional resources. The most frequently requested resources were not additional dollars but staff who are trained in its use.

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About the film
Christmas Comes Home to Canaan
Release Date: October 14, 2013
|Genres||:||Drama, Family, TV Movie|
|Production Companies||:||MarVista Entertainment, The Hatchery, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC, Baumant Entertainment|
|Producers||:||Candice Elzinga, Ted Bauman|
When Bobber undergoes experimental surgery to help him walk again, Daniel Burton falls in love with his beautiful rehabilitation doctor and invites her to spend Christmas at the farm.

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EA reinforcing major section of embankment on the River Aire
A £4 million project to protect more than 170 residential and other properties from the risk of flooding at Airmyn near Goole is now complete, reports the Environment Agency.
The EA has worked to reinforce a major section of embankment on the River Aire, using rock armour and sheet piles to prevent the existing bank from collapse and future erosion.
The work started in Autumn 2022 after the riverbank was found to be eroding in front of existing flood defences at the village of Airmyn.
As part of the work over 180 sheet piles, each 9.5m long, were installed in the ground to stop any potential collapse of the riverbank. Finally, 6,000 tonnes of rocks have then been placed on the riverbank to prevent future erosion.
All of the work was completed using boats and specialist floating equipment placed in the river to allow safe access and minimise disruption to the local community.


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West Bengal government on Tuesday said that it is planning to document the success stories of local entrepreneur and industrialists before the next edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit.
Emerging from a meeting here with industrialists and businessmen, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said, "It is important that people listen to the success stories. So the state government is planning to document such stories."
During the meeting, Mitra asked the representatives of various companies to showcase their investments in the last six years.
The minister said that, based on the suggestions provided in the meeting, the state government has decided to from a core committee which will help these industries and companies to meet various challenges in the future.

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Retailers Earning More From Online Sales Than Offline: Study
Sumaira FH Published August 02, 2016 | 01:18 PM
ISLAMABAD,(UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Augst,2016) : Retailers offering customers an option to buy online are earning more revenue than those who sell their products only through offline channels, new research has found. In the study, the team investigated how a larger selection of products available online affects consumer spending. Junzhao Ma, lecturer at Australia's Monash University, used the data from a large US retailer that specialises in apparel and offers both printed catalogue and internet shopping. Ma took note of the retailer's in-demand main products which are offered in the catalogues and the less-popular items that were available on the retailer's website and found no or less space in its catalogues, Science Daily reported. He found that online shoppers spent more time than catalogue shoppers on both popular and low-demand products -- almost 11 per cent more per customer per year on the main offerings and 250 per cent more on the hard-to-find niche items.
Catalogue shoppers spent only 2.5 per cent of their total on niche items, yet the category accounted for 8.4 per cent of the total spending of online shoppers. "Low-selling products are regularly pruned from the product line to reduce operational complexity and corresponding cost...but as shoppers grow more accustomed to the idea of searching for niche items online, carrying these niche products can not only yield additional revenue but also help retailers recruit and retain customers," Ma said. Overall, customers spend more online because it is easier to locate items through the search function, the author suggests, especially the less mainstream items.

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Butter Bean Aioli & Sweet Basil Pesto
Today’s two recipes are brought to you by my favorite vegan cookbook Veganomicon. If you are looking for a comprensive resource for all recipes vegan, you needn’t look any further. Veganomicon is by far one of the greatest cookbooks out there! My husband got it for me for my birthday in February, and I’ve been cooking through it ever since. Hope you enjoy these two great dips! Perfect for parties and backyard BBQ’s!
Butter Bean Aioli
I had never had aioli before, but my husband ate it a lot while he was in Spain. Traditionally, aioli is a garlicky mayonnaise, that you dip french fries in or spread on a sandwich. But there is no need for mayonnaise here! The original recipe calls for navy or great northern beans, but here in Penang, the closest thing I could find was a can of butter beans which worked well. This aioli would be great for spreading on sandwiches or wraps, dipping veggies in, or for bruschetta. The garlic flavor is strong, which is awesome, but a little does go a long way! With this recipe the texture is thick like hummus unlike traditional aioli.
1 15-ounce can butter, navy, or great northern beans (drained and rinsed)
2 tablespoons lemon juice (juice from about 1/2 lemon, depending on your lemon)
1/4 teaspoon salt
several pinches of freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
6 gloves garlic, chopped
Combine the beans, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Make sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl to get everything! Preheat a small pan over low heat and cook the garlic in the olive oil for about 3 minutes. You just want to gently heat it, not brown it. Add the garlic and oil into the bean mixture and puree. Taste for salt, pepper, and lemon, adjusting for your liking. Transfer to a container, cover, and refrigerate before use.
Sweet Basil Pesto
This pesto is not you’re everyday pesto! I am proud to say that it’s very unique. This pesto is spreadable and thickened with lots of walnuts and sweetened with maple syrup. Serve this up on some warm bread alongside the butter bean aioli or hummus. It makes for a great appetizer or compliment to a main dish. This also keeps well in the fridge. Simply store in a glass jar with a thin layer of olive oil on the surface
3 cups tightly packed fresh basil leaves
1 cup walnut pieces or halves
2-4 garlic cloves
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 walnut oil (or just use more olive oil)
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon zest
1 1/2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
several pinches of black pepper, or to taste
Chop the basil, walnuts, and garlic in a food processor until chunky. Use a rubber spatula to scrap down the sides of the bowl frequently. Add the oils, maple syrup, and lemon zest, and process until thick and creamy. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Store in a glass jar with a thin layer of olive oil on the surface, and keep in fridge until ready to serve.


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PHOTOS: Styleite’s Style Icons Of 2010
In lieu of a year end
Best Dressed List, we thought we’d share with you the personalities who, for better or for worse, defined style in 2010. These are the people whose names, next year or ten years from now, will be synonymous with what it meant to be en vogue at the end of the first decade of the 21st century.
Quite possibly this year's most visible celebrity,
Blake Lively made the jump from smallscreen star to industry It Girl. Nary was there a red carpet that didn't feature Lively's well-heeled (and red-soled) style -- not to mention the fact that she was Anna Wintour's personal guest at Paris' Couture shows. She had a critically-acclaimed turn in Ben Affleck's Boston crime caper The Town, snagged two separate , was tapped by Vogue covers Karl Lagerfeld as the new face of Chanel handbags, and had a Louboutin named after her. Worst case scenario: she pulls a Lindsay Lohan and self-implodes, you'd still be hard-pressed to find someone willing to deny Lively's style status in the final year of the aughts.
The only thing more talked about than
Mad Men this year was the show's inimitable costume designer, Janie Bryant. Lauded for her eye, styling prowess, and work ethic, Bryant's brand exploded. In addition to her role on the award-winning and hugely influential show, Bryant is now a best-selling author, designer, and, perhaps most appropriately, the new face of Maidenform lingerie. Oh, and she also has her very own nail polish collection. Honestly, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Bryant's styling skills were a driving force behind the huge resurgence of vintage styling and nostalgia for all things Americana.
At the risk of stating the obvious, 14-year-old blogging
wunderkind Tavi Gevinson has had a banner of a year. While she first made her mark on the fashion world back in 2008, her stock skyrocketed this year, culminating with the news that she -- along with Sassy founder Jane Pratt -- is launching a new 'zine this spring. She was also celebrated at Glamour's Women of the Year awards, written up in The New Yorker, commanded $1000 a ticket to speak at L2's Generation Next forum, styled her very own shoot for BlackBook, and was, quite possibly, the fashion industry's most popular Halloween costume. Love her or hate her, she is undeniably here to stay.
Whether she was wearing a
dress made of meat or gobs and gobs of custom Armani, Lady Gaga rocked the fashion establishment to its core and kept fans guessing about what she'd wear next. And, in addition to being an undeniable inspiration for the likes of Katy Perry, Ke$ha, and Nicki Minaj, she's singlehandedly removed the fear factor from red carpet dressing. The best part? She's going to keep on doing the same thing in 2011.
It doesn't seem to matter what the first lady wears -- she always looks stellar.
Michelle Obama's feminine, colorful and eclectic style has earned her a reputation as one of the world's best dressed women. She can wear Marc Jacobs and Narcisco Rodriguez with the best of them, but the coolest thing about her style is that she's a walking stimulus package for the fashion industry.
Tom Ford's singular dedication to classic men's suiting is what keeps virtually every well-dressed guy on his toes. If that wasn't enough, his first women's collection since leaving the Gucci Group is already 2011's next big thing. Part of that comes by virtue of his being, well, Tom Ford. But most of the buzz generated came from how ultra secret his show in September was. Ford only allowed one photographer cover the presentation, and only invited 100 people. It was his way of saying hey, fashion people, slow down and savor the clothes -- otherwise you'll be bored with them by the time they're in stores. We wouldn't be surprised if other designers followed suit.
7.Anna Dello Russo
Anna Dello Russo has been collecting couture and looking awesome for years, but she became a household name in 2010. And it's all thanks to the internet. A Sartorialist fave, she also started her own blog — full of amazing outfits and awful English. Yes, not only is the woman hilariously quotable, her ensembles are totally out of this world. She wears fruit on her head! She walked the runway a few times (with animals!) and even launched her own perfume. She's also totally down with our other iconic picks: she counts Gaga as her muse and she totally loves Kanye. Plus, her style will be appreciated for years to come: she is cataloguing her entire wardrobe so that she can leave it to fashion historians one day.
Kanye was in hiding for the first half of the year, his presence during the second half was so pervasive, inspiring and influential that it was simply impossible to ignore. He released what may be the best album of 2010, but this was also the year he became a style icon. Fashion breaks his heart! He had his Rosewood crew don Dior, enlisted a Birkin-toting stylist, rapped about models (and followed them on Twitter). He eschewed standard grills for actual diamond teeth. He loved on Lanvin and had Phillip Lim design the costumes for his "Runaway" video. Oh, and he's wearing women's Balmain on his upcoming tour. Yes, Kanye gets it.
That time we called
Brad Goreski the zeitgeist of men's fashion, we meant it. The stylist and former employee of Rachel Zoe isn't just on top of what stylish men wear, he steers it. With every new blazer or natty necktie, Goreski sends photographers aflutter -- and sends trendy guys searching for ways to copy his steez.
We almost left
Jenna Lyons off this list, only because we're not sure her influence was specific to 2010 -- J.Crew had a heck of a 2009 -- but figured it wasn't fair to punish her for being extra awesome. If you ask us, Lyons -- and by extension, J.Crew -- has been a defining factor in the global love of Americana and a renewed fervor for all-American design. She single-handedly turned J.Crew into a brand that can reasonably sell $1100 ponchos, appeared on, Oprah and championed the backpack. What more could we ask for?

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Many electric car owners have called on the Government to introduce VAT changes to help support the public charging network. It is hoped a move to cut VAT would also help a large number of electric car owners save money during the cost of living crisis.
The VAT rate on electricity from public chargers is 20 percent, whereas the VAT rate on electricity from home chargers is only five percent, hence a pavement tax of 15 percent.
Public charging prices can also be up to ten times higher than charging at home, and lead to the public becoming increasingly weary of the switch to EVs.
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Budget, Hiten Sonpal, Head of Green Finance at MHA, urged the chancellor to be bolder with his green initiatives.
He said that reducing VAT on public charging for electric vehicles from 20 percent to five percent so it aligns with the rate for domestic charging is a “must for the Chancellor”.
Mr Sonpal added: “Drivers with off-street parking currently only pay five percent VAT.
“This pointless disparity discriminates against drivers without driveways or garages and risks undermining the UK’s net zero strategy and dampening the recent growth of EV sales.
“It’s also imperative the Government intervenes to simplify the planning process for charging stations and improves the UK’s EV grid capacity.
“Working with local authorities to speed up the process of installing charge points installation should be a Government priority.”
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He said this was in addition to collaborating with distribution network operators to subsidise the cost of grid upgrades at project sites.
Some market projects currently take up to two years to develop, causing the UK’s EV infrastructure to lag behind consumer demand.
This comes after a group of cross party MPs and Peers sent an ope letter to the Chancellor to abolish the “pavement tax” to help boost EV adoption.
The politicians are supporting the call of the FairCharge campaign for the Chancellor to slash VAT on electricity from public chargers from 20 percent to five percent to end this unfair situation.
A recent report by Conservative MP Chris Skidmore into what the Government needs to do to meet its climate goals also calls for a cut in VAT.
Derek Thomas, Conservative MP for St Ives, West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, said it was essential for the barrier to be removed.
Low carbon companies already contribute £70billion and 840,000 jobs to the economy, according to the Confederation of British Industry.
Hiten Sonpal continued, saying that the Government should use the Spring Budget to go further and faster on its commitments to sustainability.
However, Mr Sonpal argues, with greater investment and sector support they could underpin the Government’s levelling up strategy and help meet the UK’s 2050 net zero aims.
He concluded: “The Chancellor should grasp the nettle and provide greater incentives for businesses to become green and install renewable energy solutions, particularly high emitting sectors such as commercial real estate.
“Doing so would improve energy efficiency, support the overall net zero strategy and alleviate the pressure businesses are facing with energy prices four times higher than 12 months ago.”
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will unveil the new Spring Budget on Wednesday, March 15, with many looking to see if he makes lives easier for EV drivers.


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- Rated NR
- Genre: Drama-Classics
- Release Date: 9/9/2011
Clark Gable, John Larkin. A race-fixing underworld gambler rediscovers his inner decency after he enters the prize thoroughbred Tommy Boy, who he won in a bet, in a number of honestly and dishonestly run races. 1931/b&w/82 min/NR/fullscreen.
|Starring:||Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody, Marie Prevost, J. Farrell McDonald, Tommy Boy [a horse]|
|Directors:||Charles Brabin, Charles J. Brabin|
|Attributes:||Manufactured on Demand|


We already knew that the new Canon EOS R5 is limited by overheating in its 8K video mode. However, Canon has confirmed that overheating also affects the recording durations when filming 4K video – all the way down to 4K 30p.
The manufacturer was very up-front about the overheating limits in 8K video, and we know that the Canon EOS R5 will record about 20 minutes of 8K before it needs to shut down.
The limits imposed by overheating were made less clear when it came to other recording modes, however, and they are coming as a bit of a shock to many consumers who were expecting – albeit unrealistically – that things like 4K 120fps would not cause the camera to heat up.
Professional camera specialist CVP was briefed by Canon on the recording limits of each video mode caused by overheating. This was explained in CVP's detailed breakdown of the R5 specs, and Canon followed up by providing further information to the company's tech advisor, Jake Ratcliffe.
The recording limitations are as follows:
|Movie recording size / format
|Max recording at 23°C (73.4F)
|8K RAW 30p
|4K 60p (uncropped)
|35 minutes (29m59s + second 5m video)
|4K 60p (cropped) 5.1K oversampling
|4K 30p high quality 8.2K oversampling
|Not limited by heat
So, what actually happens when the R5 overheats? The camera shuts off and requires a cooldown period before it can resume shooting video. CVP's breakdown detailed the amount of 'recovery time' required once the camera has overheated, and the amount of recording that is possible afterwards:
|Movie recording size
|Recording format standby time (power off)
|Recordable time (max / approx)
|Row 1 - Cell 0
|4K 60p (uncropped)
So, to take the top example, if you shoot an 8K 30p video for 20 minutes the camera will overheat and shut down. If you leave the camera turned off for 10 minutes, you will be able to turn it back on and shoot a further 3 minutes of video; obviously, if you leave it turned off for longer (and thus allow the camera to cool more), you will be able to shoot more video.
Some may view these limitations as a bit of a sting in the tail, and some critics are suggesting that Canon mis-sold the R5's capabilities – even going as far as to say that these limitations mean it is not a professional-grade camera.
Of course, Canon was clear from the beginning that the EOS R5 is intended to be a secondary camera that would pair in a professional environment with the Canon EOS C300 Mark III cinema camera. And indeed, as a B camera, these limitations really aren't a deal-breaker; 20-minute takes are rare for primary (A) cameras, and changing set-ups often takes more than 10 or 20 minutes.
Still, the important thing is that this information is out there and available prior to the camera's actual release – which is more than could be said for other manufacturers, who said nothing of the 4K overheating issues in their own cameras until they were literally shutting down in the hands of reviewers…
Pre-order the Canon EOS R5 from B&H (USA)
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Pre-order the Canon EOS R5 from Park Cameras (UK)
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Mikayla is very responsible and trustworthy. She loves caring for animals and will give your dog(s) a lot of love and attention. You can count on her to keep them safe and happy!
She is probably one of the most passionate and caring about dogs than anyone else I have ever met and I've met a lot of people. Every dog is her best friend, little or big. She does not stop talking about how much she loves her job (dog daycare). I honesly wish this was made up, because even this sounds fictional to me, but she's just one of those people who thoroughly enjoys dogs.
Constant walks and lots of love!
I've always grown up with dogs and I currently work at a doggy daycare! My schedule varies each week but I do have weekends off. I will most likely only be able to watch dogs 2 days in a row on weekends. Please bare with me as I am new to this website and am still getting the hang of things! I have experience with a lot of different breeds and I am willing to ...
What Mikayla would like to know about your dog
Are the okay with cats? Mine hide, but just in case.
Any bite history?
Are they house trained? Just want to be prepared if they go potty in the house.

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2020 has undoubtedly set many new records. We’ve all probably smashed our personal records for the most hours spent at home in a week or the amount of times you’ve washed your hands in one day.
After adding up the amount of seasonal films watched during Christmases past, it might come as no surprise that during the year that we all needed a little extra cheer, one last record has snuck in: 2020 broke the record for the amount of Christmas films I watched.
This year was a 35:65 split of rewatches and first time views with 20 films in total. I watched the first film on 7 November, but last year I watched my first film on 5 November so 2019 still holds that record.
This year’s films – highest rating first:
- The Bishop’s Wife ★★★★½
- Klaus ★★★★ (rewatch)
- The Muppets Christmas Carol ★★★★ (rewatch)
- The Christmas Chronicles ★★★★ (rewatch)
- While You Were Sleeping ★★★★ (rewatch)
- Home Alone ★★★★ (rewatch)
- Elf ★★★★ (rewatch)
- Die Hard ★★★★ (rewatch)
- Noelle ★★★★
- The Holiday ★★★★ (rewatch)
- The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two ★★★½
- Operation Christmas Drop ★★★
- The Princess Switch: Switched Again ★★★
- The Grinch ★★★
- Godmothered ★★★
- Fred Claus ★★★
- My Christmas Inn ★★½
- Die Hard 2 ★★½
- Holidate ★★½
- The Polar Express ★★
Did you watch many Christmas films this year? If yes, which was your favourite?


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Forty-one years ago, on December 8, 1980 to be exact, the world was robbed of one of the most influential musicians of the second half of the 20th century: John Lennon. The former Beatle, following that legendary band’s breakup, embarked on a highly successful solo career, releasing Double Fantasy, his fifth solo album, just a few weeks before his death.
Just 40 years old, Lennon was in the prime of his life, with the potential to continue providing the world with great music for decades to come.
Beyond the millions of Lennon fans throughout the world devastated by his death, Lennon’s wife and children suffered a deeper and more personal loss, of course.
And who’s to blame for all of this? Mark David Chapman, who shot and killed Lennon outside the latter’s Manhattan apartment building.
Though Chapman had been a longstanding Beatles fan, he grew to resent Lennon for song lyrics that Chapman interpreted to be communistic and/or anti-God. To a pettier extent, Chapman fessed to the parole board – he’s been denied parole 11 times, and counting – that he resented Lennon’s wealth and fame and killed him for “glory.”
Well, congrats, Mark, you wanted it, you got it. Your name will forever be intertwined with his. And for that distinction, you’ve spent the prime of your life in jail, entering at age 25, and now you’re a senior citizen. Sure, not everyone knows your name, and some may confuse you with John Hinckley, Jr., who also rose from anonymity to notoriety less than three months after you killed Lennon, by trying to do the same to President Reagan, the bullet missing his heart by a mere inch. Nonetheless, for the most part, a whole lot of people know who you are.
Forty years and four weeks after Chapman killed Lennon, another largely obscure individual, Jacob Chansley, donned a fur pelt and Viking horns, packed a spear, and illegally entered the U.S. Capitol Building, joining hundreds of others in transforming a legal civil protest by tens of thousands of the 2020 presidential election results into criminal trespass at least, attempted murder at worst. For good measure, he wrote a threatening note to Vice President Mike Pence that “it’s only a matter of time, justice is coming.” Presumably, the “justice” would be meted out by Chansley and other lunatics in ludicrous getups.
The ‘QAnon Shaman,’ as Chansley is better known, didn’t kill anyone. Therefore, he certainly doesn’t deserve 41 years (and counting) in prison, like Chapman. But surely he deserves more than the 41 months to which he was sentenced.
I believe the most important reason for punishment is deterrence: to prompt future aspiring wrongdoers to think twice before breaking the law. Spending three years in prison as a celebrity among conspiracy nuts, perhaps emerging to write a book, land a talk show, and even run for Congress might seem like a good tradeoff for many with not much else going on in their lives. Heck, in other parts of the world, some twentysomethings and thirthysomethings feeling listless become suicide bombers; this is just 41 months.
Seven to ten years in prison would’ve been a more appropriate sentence. It would better serve as a warning to anyone who dares to mess with our precious Capitol ever again.
Chapman’s crime resulted in the loss of one life, and Chansley’s resulted in none. Combined, they’ll probably serve at least 50 years behind bars. And although every life is precious – and Chapman should’ve gone to jail if he had murdered an unknown Englishman living in New York – by killing John Lennon, he changed the world forever.
Similarly, Chansley should’ve been criminally prosecuted even if he’d broken into a random post office, perhaps angry that his mail wasn’t delivered on time. That he invaded the building that, along with the White House and the U.S. Supreme Court are the preeminent symbols of our great republic also changed the world.
Full disclosure: I have a personal gripe here. I’ve been trying to convince those with an open mind that the vast majority of Donald Trump supporters are level-headed, polite, sincere, law-abiding people without a racist, misogynistic, Islamophobic, homophobic, or xenophobic bone in their bodies, who genuinely believe that Trump isn’t any of those things either, and if given the chance to advise him, would plead with him to change his taunting and abrasive tone. And now this clown Chansley becomes the perennial poster boy for the 2022 and 2024 Democratic campaigns.
You won’t catch me disrespecting any sitting president of the United States. Not even Joe Biden, who’s running neck-and-neck with Jimmy Carter and Lyndon Johnson as the worst presidents of my lifetime. I won’t call him Sleepy Joe or insinuate that he wears adult diapers. But I will say that, to this point, I’m very disappointed in him, and the really scary part is, I’d take him over just about any other Democrat.
For the good of my country, I want to see the Democrats lose in 2022 and 2024, on the national, state, and local levels. There’s a lot of damage to be undone indeed, particularly to curb translational trespass, political overcorrectness, media malpractice, academic harassment, and now even medical tyranny.
But we may not get that chance, especially with images of Chansley in his Halloween costume with the words “Trump Supporter” underneath appearing in Democrat campaign ad after campaign ad. Thanks a lot, Jake. For a guy who claims to be a Trump supporter, you sure have a funny way of showing it.
But it’s not just Chansley; it’s all the others who dared to cross the line, literally and figuratively. If you can’t behave like human beings instead of animals, stay home next time.
And for my fellow Trumpians who are quick to point out that the media didn’t make nearly as much of the 2020 summerlong riots in major American cities hijacked by the left, stop making that comparison: it makes you appear as if you have a scintilla of sympathy for the Capitol invaders, which you shouldn’t.

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World powers should work with the United States to get a deal with China as unfair trade practices affect everyone, former top White House negotiator Clete Willems told CNBC Tuesday.
“If folks in Japan, in the EU, U.K., France want to see more certainty around China … they should help the United States … to pressure China to help get a deal, ” Willems told CNBC Tuesday. “Because their companies are suffering from these very same unfair trade practices.”
In fact, French President Emmanuel Macron already alluded to his concern over China when he called for reforms of World Trade Organization rules at the Group of 7 summit in France, said Willems, who left his role as deputy director of the U.S. National Economic Council (NEC) in March.
One “critically important” thing to a trade deal is unity from allies — and it is in the “self-interest” of Europe, Japan and others to work with the U.S. on those trade issues, he added.
Issues around forced technology transfer have been a sticking point in the U.S.-China trade talks, and Washington has consistently accused Beijing of intellectual property theft — something China has denied.
“I thought what President Macron said today was really useful — he basically talked about how the WTO needed to be reformed to deal with unfair trade practices, with intellectual property protection … that’s really code for ‘we’re also concerned with China,'” Willems said.
French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd right) and his wife Brigitte Macron (right) pose with U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd left) and U.S. First Lady Melania Trump in France on August 24, 2019.
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Willems used to serve as the lead trade negotiator for the U.S. at summits like the G-7 and G-20, and also participated in trade talks in Washington and Beijing. He was a right-hand man to NEC Director Larry Kudlow on trade with China.
“I think that the message coming out of the G-7, more than anything, was one of unity,” Willems said. “I hope the administration in the United States can capitalize on that.”
At the G-7 summit, France — on behalf of the seven countries — released a statement calling for reforms of the WTO. They include: to protect intellectual property more effectively, to settle disputes more quickly, and to eradicate unfair commercial practices.
The “most effective way forward” in settling trade relations with China is to ensure that trade is “part of international trade rules,” Macron said at a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Referring to China as a major economy with “lots of investment” from the U.S., Europe, Canada and Japan, he said: “The problem is respecting intellectual property, dealing with excess capacity, which sometimes unbalances some world markets, and the ability to deal rapidly with conflicts we may have and with unfair situations.”
China and the U.S. have gone back and forth in the past week over their trade discussions, on the back of fresh tariffs on each other’s goods.
Trump said Monday that China wants a deal “very badly,” and that U.S. officials have received calls from the Chinese on their desire to return to the negotiating table. But Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said he was not aware of a phone call between the two sides.
China on Friday said it would impose new tariffs on $75 billion worth of American goods. In retaliation, Trump said he would hike tariff rates on $550 billion of imports from China.


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The Making of the Mob
Emmy-winning actor Ray Liotta - who starred as real-life gangster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's `GoodFellas' - narrates an eight-part docudrama that traces the rise of organized crime in America. The series blends dramatic scenes, archival footage and visual effects to show how notorious wiseguys like Charles `Lucky' Luciano and Benjamin `Bugsy' Siegel transformed from neighbourhood gang members in the early 1900s to murderous entrepreneurs and bootleggers. Included are exclusive interviews with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Meyer Lansky II, Chazz Palminteri, Drea de Matteo, Joe Mantegna, Frankie Valli, Mob attorney and former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman, noted author and historian David Pietrusza, and many others.
Starring Rich Graff, Ian Bell, Jonathan C. Stewart

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Nashville Vow Renewal | Regalo Design Wedding Planner’s Vow Renewal
Marriage is awesome. This amazing couple, Sarah and Damon, owners of Regalo Design, really wanted people to know that and to be able to share it with their dearest family- and what a wonderful occasion it was! With refreshed vows and three beautiful baby girls later, these two expressed their love for each other in such a special way. You could feel the strength of their love and the passion they share. It was truly inspiring.
It’s no surprise that every little detail was masterfully executed. Sarah and Damon are Nashville wedding planners and co-owners of Regalo Design, a full service planning, floral design and wedding decor studio. The vow renewal and reception was seamless and an honor to capture. I’ve had the pleasure of working with them in the past, and can speak from experience to the fact that they’re not only extremely talented in making a couple’s wedding dreams come true, they truly believe in and celebrate the beauty of marriage. Especially their own. (If you’ve ever seen them behind the scenes at a wedding, you’ve witnessed their strength as a team as well as their unmatched work ethic.)
Guests dawned creams and whites, mirrored by the roses and hydrangeas. The alter was magnified in an elegant, neutral draping, enhanced with shining Italian string lighting. It was absolutely perfect against the surrounding springtime greenery in their own backyard. Their daughters made the most adorable flower girls, adorned with the sweetest flower crowns. Friends and family alike enjoyed looking back on sweet memories and praying for continued blessings. After the ceremony Sarah and Damon danced in their living room with their wedding video playing in the background, joined by a few little girls wanting in on the twirling action.
Want to read their new vows to each other? Grab a tissue and head over to their blog.
This, my friends, is what #relationshipgoals is all about.


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Abstract:The economy of Uzbekistan was in crisis throughout the period after the collapse of the USSR and one of the negative consequences was the growth of the volume and various forms of the shadow economy. The shadow sector acquired such forms as criminal income, tax evasion and shadow employment. All of these activities fall under the definition of the shadow economy, a phenomenon that is extremely complex and presents certain problems in measurement. In this work, we try to measure the volume of the shadow economy of Uzbekistan by several methods and get very contradictory results that do not allow us to determine the effectiveness of the methods used with a high probability. According to the results of our analysis, the volume of the shadow economy of Uzbekistan for the analyzed period ranged from 12 to 52%.
Keywords:measuring the size of the shadow economy, shadow economy, Uzbekistan
References (transliterated):Bokun N. (1997). Problemy statisticheskoy otsenki tenevoy ekonomiki [Problems of statistical estimation of shadow economy]. “Bulletin of Statistics" ( "Voprosy statistiki"). (7). 11 – 19. (in Russian).
Burov V. Yu. (2014). Tenevaya ekonomika i maloe predprinimatelstvo: teoreticheskie i metodologicheskie osnovy issledovaniya [The shadow economy and small business: theoretical and methodological foundations of research] Chita : ZabGU. (in Russian).
Burov V.Yu. (2017). O novom zhurnale «Tenevaya ekonomika» [About the new "Shadow economy"]. Shadow Economy. 1 (1). 8-12. (in Russian). doi: 10.18334/tek.1.1.38319.
Cagan P. (1958). The Demand for Currency Relative to the Total Money Supply Journal of Political Economy. 66 (4). 303-328.
Eliseeva I.I. (2001). Podkhod k izmereniyu tenevoy ekonomiki v regionakh [The approach to measuring the shadow economy in the regions] Moscow. (in Russian).
Feige E. L. (1990). Defining and Estimating Underground and Informal Economies: The New Institutional Economics Approach World Development. 18 (7). 989-1002.
Kostin A.V. (2011). Opyt izmereniya tenevoy ekonomiki v zapadnoy literature [Experience in measuring the shadow economy in Western literature]. Vestnik Novosibirskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya: Sotsialno-ekonomicheskie nauki. 11 (4). 33-43. (in Russian).
Lackó, M. (2000). Hidden Economy – an Unknown Quantity? Comparative Analysis of Hidden Economies in Transition Economies, 1989–95 Economics of Transition. 8 (1). 1–66.
Maskakova I. D. (2000). Primenenie «italyanskogo metoda» dlya otsenki vypuska produktsii po otraslyam ekonomiki s uchetom skrytoy i neformalnoy deyatelnosti v otdelnyh regionakh Rossii [The application of the "Italian method" for the estimation of output by industries is subject to the hidden and informal activities in some regions of Russia]. “Bulletin of Statistics" ( "Voprosy statistiki"). (6). (in Russian).
Nikolaeva M.I., Shevyakov A.Yu. (1990). Tenevaya ekonomika: metody analiza i otsenki [The shadow economy: methods of analysis and evaluation]. Economics and the Mathematical Methods. 26 926 – 935. (in Russian).
Ponomarenko A. (1997). Neuchtennye dokhody i struktura VVP [Unaccounted income and GDP]. “Bulletin of Statistics" ( "Voprosy statistiki"). (4). (in Russian).
Popov V. V. (2002). Metody izmereniya tenevoy ekonomiki i ikh ispolzovanie v postsovetskoy Rossii. Ekonomicheskaya teoriya prestupleniy i nakazaniy. Tenevaya ekonomika v sovetskom i postsovetskom obschestvakh [Measurement methods of shadow economy and their use in post-Soviet Russia. Economic theory of crime and punishment. The shadow economy in the Soviet and post-Soviet societies] Moscow. (in Russian).
Schneider F. (2017). Restricting or Abolishing Cash: An Effective Instrument for Fighting the Shadow Economy, Crime and Terrorism? International Cash Conference 2017 – War on Cash: Is there a Future for Cash?.
Williams, C. C., & Lansky, M. A. (2013). Informal employment in developed and developing economies: Perspectives and policy responses, (December)
Yakovlev A., Vorontsova O. (1997). Metodicheskie podkhody k otsenke velichiny neuchtennogo nalichnogo oborota [Methodological approaches to estimating the unaccounted cash turnover]. Voprosy Ekonomiki. (9). 114-126. (in Russian).

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epoxidized methyl oleate by aqueous H2O2 has been studied
using tungsten and molybdenum catalysts to form the corresponding fatty b-hydroxy hydroperoxides. It was found that tungstic acid and
phosphostungstic acid gave the highest selectivities (92-93%) towards the
formation of the desired products, thus limiting the formation of the
corresponding fatty 1,2-diols. The optimized conditions were applied to a range
of fatty epoxides to give the corresponding fatty b-hydroxy
hydroperoxides with 30-80% isolated yields (8 examples). These species were
fully characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, HPLC-HRMS and
their stability was studied by DSC. The thermal cleavage of the b-hydroxy hydroperoxide derived from methyl oleate was studied both in
batch and flow conditions. It was found that the thermal cleavage in flow
conditions gave the highest selectivity towards the formation of aldehydes with
limited amounts of byproducts. The aldehydes were both formed with 68% GC yield
and nonanal and methyl 9-oxononanoate were isolated with 57 and 55% yield,
respectively. Advantageously, the overall process does not require large excess
of H2O2 and only generates water as a byproduct.

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Hi from DC
Just signed up for this forum, and just moved to DC by way of Baltimore (college-Johns Hopkins). I wasn't really into cycling at school, but I had done a bit of Mtn biking and a little road touring in HS. This summer though one of my friends came up to me and asked if I wanted to be part of a supported group that was riding from Baltimore to San Francisco to raise money for the American Cancer society. I thought what the hell, why not. Turned out to be the best decision I ever made. Took us two months to get across the country; 50 days of cycling and 8 rest days to cover around 3700 miles. Check out our website www.Hopkins4k.org
Now I am pretty much hooked and try to get out as much as possible, and I am impressed with the accessability of quality road here in DC. Unfortunately not too many mountains to climb... oh well.

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Rick Roberts’ Orestes, directed by Richard Rose, confronts the progressively blurring lines between real life and virtual life in a heightened version of the...
By Leah Eichler
Who am I?
The need for self-identification and self-actualization is an experience that many of us can relate to.
The Heels of Our Grandfathers by Cole Forrest (pictured above) tells this story from the viewpoint of an Ojibwe youth, Little Eagle, on the cusp of adulthood. Par for the course for someoneat that stage in life, Little Eagle is caught in all sorts of turmoil. They receive strife from the colonialist world around them and from their family. They are called “little Indian” and targeted for fist-fighting violence when they leave the safety of the reserve to hang out with non-reserve teenagers. As a two-spirited drag queen, they get into constant arguments with their own mother, a victim of domestic abuse herself, who – in a cycle of violence – raises her frying pan against her child. All the while, all Little Eagle wants to do is find their place in the world. To have the love and acceptance of their mother. To dance at the upcoming Pow-Wow in full drag and feel powerful instead of ostracized.
The Heels of Our Grandfathers has truly wonderful moments of human connection. Little Eagle explains their strained relationship with their mother. Though her abusive husband (Little Eagle’s father) is now gone, his deeds cast a shadow on the family. Little Eagle and their mother “constantly tear away at each other’s wings”, as Forrest’s character puts it. Despite this, mother and child still love each other so, so deeply, and want to fix their dysfunctional relationship. They find solace in each other as often as they maim one another with their actions.One example of the heart of their relationship is when Little Eagle’s mother drives to pick them up after they had gotten into a fight; she explains why she does this, brusquely yet emotionally: “You’re my child.” This, I think, is an extremely honest representation of the connections between people, and struck hard as I sat in my seat, watching Forrest perform. A second truly striking moment is towards the end, when Little Eagle begins to dance at their community’s Pow-Wow. They are dressed in the way that makes them feel the most powerful, and the most like themselves: in a skirt, heels, and makeup. They describe how they feel the wind under their multi-coloured wings, and how those wings are vibrant and shine so brightly. It is a culmination of the trials they have gone through to reach this point, and it is a warm, proud moment.
The overarching narratives of The Heels of Our Grandfathers are strong. Where the piece could be strengthened, however, is in how those narratives are told. There are multiple storylines intercrossing with each another throughout the show. While there are strong beginnings to these stories and strong endings, the middle details are extremely murky.Little Eagle goes from hiding their inclination towards drag and fighting with their mother about it to abruptly dressing up to dance at the Pow-Wow, with very little explanation between.This meant that many of the finer details of thematic elements were lost, and that much of the time I was attempting to make sense of what I had just seen.
Overall, The Heels of Our Grandfathers could use refinement and editing.Forrest is both the writer and performer of the show, and presumably directed themselves, as the only other artistic personnel listed on the In the Soil website are Austin Lindsay, the stage manager, and Katie Couchie, the production designer.The piece could use an outside eye for editing purposes. But the pieces of the puzzle are there. The framework is there. The story, the human connection, the heart is there. Cole Forrest does a wonderful job of connecting to the authenticity of their workthrough their believable emotional investment, and translating that into a performance, and I look forward to seeing where they go next.
Every year the University of Windsor School of Dramatic Art produces multiple plays featuring its fourth-year students. This year, under the circumstances of...
“You must take your rightful place as Queen.” What a refreshing line to hear after countless stories about men murdering each other for a crown, men waging...
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Staycationers will definitely enjoy a visit to this wonderful park located in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward behind Ponce City Market and stretches south to Freedom Parkway and the Carter Center. This was the site of the old Ponce de Leon Amusement Park and it butts up to the BeltLine Trail.
It was a gorgeous day. The playground is one of the nicest I have seen.
This mural was down the street from the park, interesting. This park has really changed this area, it really used to be a scary part of town. The BeltLine trail has had an amazing effect on the city too!
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Is this south of downtown?
It’s kind of east of downtown. It is a great area with a great feel!


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Global studies is a broad area of expertise. The global studies umbrella spans many different areas of study and can lead to many different career paths. This article will help explain some of the aspects that global studies covers and identify how large the parameters are.
The phenomena known as globalization has affected various cultures and societies. A larger part of global studies is used to identify how globalization has influenced countries and people in those countries. Globalization refers to the process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology.
How does globalization affect culture in countries around the world? Culture plays an enormous role in globalization and includes many topics of research for global studies. Topics included under culture are:
- Religion – differences in religion in countries and how it affects the effort of globalization
- Resistance to globalization – countries who oppose the efforts of globalization and the tactics they implement to prevent it from happening
- Education – How globalization affects the education system of countries.
- International Workforce – Globalization gives way to a myriad of other resources otherwise not available to certain countries. How is the workforce changing with these new resources due to globalization?
- Influence on Tradition – Identifying variants in tradition due to globalization.
- Sports – how the efforts of globalization have changed the way we look at sports and competing with other countries. The Olympics is a great example of this.
Political systems are primarily affected by the efforts of globalization. Globalization affects the way countries communicate and interact with each other. Topics included under Politics are:
- Resistance to transformative politics – how does globalization play a part in transforming political methods and how in turn does that create civil unrest in those countries.
- Terrorism – how does globalization play a part in terrorism across countries.
- International Diplomacy – globalization has brought countries closer together more than ever before. How does this new wave of communication and access hurt, or help countries in forming relationships with each other?
- Economics – with the ability to form meaningful and possibly profitable relationships with other countries, how does globalization play a part in shifting economies?
- Sustainable Development – How does globalization affect the overall development of a country? Does globalization positively or negatively impact a society?
Covering all aspects of global studies is a challenge. This serves as a general overview of just two major categories that global studies include.

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The Technology Student Association will hold an annual competition high school students next month with Elon University welcoming local teams to a regional contest on campus. The theme of this year’s contest is “securing cyberspace.”
The registration deadline for TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) from Alamance and surrounding counties is Feb. 7. Assistant Professor Sirena Hargrove-Leak is coordinating the event.
Where: Oaks Commons, Room 212, Elon University
When: February 21, 2013, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Who: TSA TEAMS Competition, teams of 4 to 8 high school students of all grade levels
How to Register: http://teams.tsaweb.org
Cost: Registration fees are $20 per team until February 7.
ECU Contact: Sirena Hargrove-Leak, email@example.com or 336.278.6224
The TEAMS program is an annual high school competition challenging students to work collaboratively and apply their math and science knowledge in practical, creative ways to solve real everyday engineering challenges.
The TEAMS Competition helps develop “STEM-capable” students in an engaging way by showing them how math and science, with an engineering focus, are used to make tangible differences in the world.
TEAMS AT A GLANCE
- Fun, theme-based engineering competition
- Real-world applications of math and science
- One day
- Students in Grades 9-12
- Teams of 4 to 8 students
- Two Parts
- – Part 1: 90 minutes, 80 multiple choice questions
- – Part 2: 90 minutes, 4 open-ended questions
The Technology Student Association is a national, non-profit organization for middle and high school students with a strong interest in technology. Since TSA was chartered in 1978 over 2,000,000 students have participated.

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More than 115 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway will be resurfaced this summer and fall.
The work include 42 miles from Milepost 175 to 217, Mabry Mill to Cumberland Knob area, according to a press release.
Also scheduled for resurfacing are:
• Milepost 241 to 262, Doughton Park to West Jefferson area (21 miles)
• Milepost 292 to 345, Cone Memorial Park to N.C. Minerals Museum area (53 miles)
The work was expected to start in late May and continue through November, with no work scheduled during October, the release stated. Work locations, within scheduled project areas, will change weekly and visitors in active work zone areas should expect single lane closures and delays.
The work will take place on the parkway and includes the paved road-side pullouts.
One-lane closures are possible in affected areas, the release stated. As with any road project, motorists and park users should use caution. In the interest of visitor safety, park visitors are asked to:
• Check the parkway’s Real Time Road Map for regularly updated work zone information.
• Expect delays while work takes place Monday through Friday. Lane closures will be managed with flagging operations and a pilot car to lead traffic through work zones.
• Observe reduced speed limits in work zones, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; to maintain safe operations and allow for proper curing of pavement.
• Anticipate loose gravel on the road surface during pavement curing times. Bicyclists and motorcyclists are asked to exercise extreme caution as loose gravel on top of the paved surface, during the required curing time, could result in loss of control. On-site message boards will recommend alternate routes.
• When circumstances prevent bicyclists from keeping up with traffic, dismount and move off of the road to let the on-coming traffic pass when traveling through a single lane closure.
Project vendors will work in short sections and repeat the resurfacing process as they move from section to section of the full project. The steps in this process include prepping the surface, applying a chip seal surface of liquid asphalt and stone chips, allowing the surface to properly cure, vacuuming the work area to minimize loose gravel, applying a fog seal on top of the chip seal surface, and finishing by painting new road marking lines. The process will then repeat on the next section of the project.
Pavement preservation is becoming a regular road maintenance strategy in national parks, according to the release. Studies find that for each dollar spent on pavement preservation, between $6 and $10 in future pavement rehabilitation costs are saved, it added.
Funding for road maintenance in national parks, including the parkway, comes in large part from the Highway Trust Fund, which is derived from a federal gas tax managed by the Federal Highway Administration.


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I had been back from Singapore just four months when some friends treated me to a day up Pen y Fan, complete with Boxing Day coffee and cake. With the wind chill it was probably around -4 degrees Celsius at the top, with snow and gravel being blown around almost continuously. This shot was taken in the few minutes available when the wind dropped.

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Noticing, Knowledge, and Getting towards Root of The Triggers
“I aint able to do it! ” our kid whines although making a peanut butter along with jelly plastic.
Seething utilizing rage, we tend to begin to shout without thinking.
Why is it that we react doing this? Our boy or girl is simply issues making a collation, yet their complaint unnerves and angers us. Their words and also tone of voice could possibly remind you and me of some thing in our earlier, perhaps by childhood; this kind of stimulus is known as a trigger.
What exactly trigger?
Relationship guru Kyle Benson defines a good trigger as “an dilemma that is information to our heart— typically a little something from some of our childhood or a previous marriage. ” Stimulates are emotive “buttons” that we all have got, and when those people buttons are generally pushed, we are reminded of the memory or simply situation from your past. The following experience “triggers” certain sensations within people and we act in response accordingly.
The sort of reaction is usually rooted deeply in the depths of the mind brain. Simply because Mona DeKoven Fishbane claims in Crazy with the Mental faculties in Mind: Neurobiology and Few Therapy, “the amygdala is constantly scanning regarding danger and sets off an alarm when a threat is detected; the alarm sends messages during the entire body plus brain which will trigger fight-or-flight behavior. ”
When we are ignited, all of our senses are heightened and we are generally reminded, intentionally or unconsciously, of a recent life situation. Perhaps, because past situation, we sensed threatened or endangered. Our own brains come to be wired for you to react to those triggers, in most cases surpassing rational, rational imagined and heading straight into the conditioned “fight-or-flight” response.
For instance , let’s say all of our parents experienced extremely substantial expectations of people as little ones and penalized, punished, or spanked you when we weren’t able to meet up with them. All of our child’s problems with setting up a sandwich may well remind us of our unique failure to satisfy such huge expectations, so we might answer the situation as our own dads and moms once does.
How to observe and comprehend your triggers
There are lots of ways to work situations the fact that trigger people. One way can be to notice whenever you react to a thing in a way that can feel uncomfortable or simply unnecessarily full of extreme emotion. For example , we would realize that yelling at each of our child for whining regarding making a collation was some sort of overreaction for the reason that we was feeling awful regarding it afterward. As soon as that happens, being the owner of our responses, apologizing, and also taking the time to deconstruct all of them can help us understand our triggers.
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In the current, our little one’s difficulty brings up that painful incident with our child years, even if i will be not at the beginning aware of the item. But starting to be aware of which will trigger may be the first step with moving outside of it. If you become aware of often the trigger, you can acknowledge the idea, understand the further reasoning driving it, as well as respond calmly and detailed the next time you really feel triggered.
Once we practice observing and understanding our overreactions, we be a little more attuned to triggers that will caused all these reactions for us. Decor we be more attuned, you can easily begin to work on becoming more aware exactly why we reacted the way we did.
Handling triggers by just practicing mindfulness
A different powerful way for you to understand plus manage the triggers should be to practice remaining mindful. After we allow yourself to mirror and meditate, we can learn to observe our own thoughts and feelings objectively, which assists you to00 sense when we are being brought about and understand why. If we sustain a sense of mindfulness, which calls for practice, we will detach ourselves from this sort of triggers right after they arise and in turn turn on to responding to some of our triggers by just remaining peaceful, thoughtful, in addition to present.
As we began to understand triggers that will arose out of our own the child years and how each of our child, when frustrated by using making a collation, pushed each of our “buttons, ” we can respond by apologizing for overreacting, seeking to realize why they are upset, and giving to help them. As well . of controlling your invokes will help you act in response calmly together with peacefully, offering you the ability to take on daily problems with poise while not allowing the past that will dictate your personal responses.

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Front End Developer - Angular/Web & Mobile apps - Nicosia
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As a Front End developer you will be part of a young and growing team in Nicosia, engineering cloud solutions that we offer to our customers. You will work mostly around hands-on programming, designing and testing of the front-end of our products - including customer portals, dashboards, landing pages and web applications that turn into mobile apps.
We are a proudly Cypriot born and raised company while our customers are mainly large retail chains and financial institutions mainly internationally. You will be offered a personal development plan and get the opportunity to grow into a developer superstar working on the Google Cloud environment and other cutting edge technologies
The PHILOSHOPIC products are Cloud Based and enable transactions and in-store digital services for Retailers, Suppliers, Financial Institutions and the Consumers internationally.
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Capital Improvement Plan
The purpose of the Biennial Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is to identify and prioritize capital improvement projects for funding. Capital improvement projects include street and park construction and rehabilitation projects, construction and/or repairs to city facilities, major acquisitions such as new computer systems and other equipment that are not part a department’s operating budget, feasibility studies to identify or quantify future projects, and some major equipment replacement purchases. By their nature, capital improvement projects generally tend to be special, one-time “events” designed to address a significant community need or problem. Major capital projects can often take several years to complete, with both funding and construction planned in several specific phases.
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Since she moved into the sheltered accommodation my grandmother has been complaining of boredom. She still does the crossword every day and watches a bit of television but, for the most part, she sits all day looking out of the window. She used to read years ago but she doesn't these days. Me and my father decided to pick her up a cheap book and just see if she liked it. We took it to her and she didn't look too enthusiastic but we left it there anyway.
The next day she was visited by her daughter ('dismissive daughter' would be an appropriate descriptive term). The daughter stuck her nose up at the book, saying that she doesn't want to start reading a book and she'd be better off with short stories. I think I went a funny colour when this was relayed back to me. This is a woman who has been reading for a good eighty years. How patronising can you get? Is there a cut-off point whereby people just think the elderly regress back to being children? I'm amazed she didn't suggest picture-books or pop-ups. Is it any wonder older people feel so unwanted when we treat them like little more than pets to be admonished and dictated to?
However, I did appreciate my grandmother's reaction to being told she should read short stories. The next day she picked up the novel and started reading - and then found she couldn't put it down. It was a wartime romance (I avoided anything with tragic themes when I was picking it out) and apparently she loves it. I feel rather smug. Then again, who doesn't appreciate being right?

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Photographer makes a selfie with the Milky Way, The Perseids AND the ISS
Albert Dros is a 30 year old Dutch photographer. He loves travelling but also love to shoot the most beautiful things in my own country. He always tries to capture the best possible moment in a photograph. And with this picture he absolute succeeded big time. Albert managed to take a selfie with the Milky Way, The Perseids and the ISS.
Albert’s commentary about the shot
It was captured with my Sony A7II & Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens. Settings used were: Aperture f2.8, ISO 3200, 20 seconds exposure.
Last Saturday night, Perseids meteor storms were predicted along with a very clear night. This is quite rare in the Netherlands so I decided to head out. Normally I don’t care too much about the meteors but I love shooting the Galaxy on a clear night
So I drove to the familiar area near my house called Kootwijkerzand, in the Dutch Veluwe. This is one of the darker places in our country, yet it still suffers from a lot of light pollution. I took a friend with me so we could take some selfies in front of the Milky Way. Upon arrival it was already obvious that I could get some great shots. The sky was extremely clear and I could even see the Milky Way with my own eyes. We walked around a bit and found a nice hill that we could use as an altar, so we could shoot at an angle in which we would be able to take some selfies in front of the milky way. This turned out great and we did a couple of shots of both of us standing there. When I was shooting my friend, I suddenly saw some kind of star slowly moving and disappearing. It looked like a star but it moved much slower. It wasn’t an airplane as airplanes do not just disappear into the galaxy. I’m not an astro expert, so I wasn’t really sure what it was. It made a beautiful strike on my image though, along with some faint strikes from fallen stars from the poseidon storm. I was quite excited about this image when I saw it on my view finder already.
When I came home, this was the shot I processed first. I asked around on Facebook and the local astrology forums. These guys told me that this was the ISS space station. The time in the EXIF data of the photo, and the position, matched exactly with where the ISS was located at that time. That means I managed to make a selfie with the Milky Way, The Perseids AND the ISS. Obviously, I was very excited about the shot.

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An eight-year-old boy’s dream has come true after a charity donated more than £2,000 to buy him a new wheelchair.
Adam Lewis, of Austin Way, Harmans Water, suffered from back pain and was unable to move himself around because of his bulky NHS wheelchair.
But children’s charity Life for a Kid donated around £2,500 for an active user wheelchair which is more comfortable and lightweight enough for Adam to push himself around in.
Adam is expected to receive the wheelchair on Tuesday.
Adam’s mum Sarah said: “He’s absolutely ecstatic to be getting his new chair. He can’t wait for it to arrive.
“We tried to fundraise ourselves and so far raised £582 but then Life for a Kid came forward and told us they wanted to fully fund the wheelchair.”
Adam’s brother Benjamin, 10, launched the fundraising drive and created a PayPal account to allow people to donate money.
Mrs Lewis also organised events including a coffee morning at The Blue Lion, in Broad Lane, Bullbrook.
Fitness instructor Julie Cooper will host a Fitstepathon on Saturday at Wildridings Primary School, in Netherton, from 10am to midday to help raise funds.
Mrs Lewis said: “Since we have the wheelchair we will be using what we raise to help Adam.
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Adam’s has since been diagnosed with hypertonia, meaning he has less power in muscle, and hypermobility syndrome, which means he suffers pain and fatigue and some days is unable to walk at all.
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Sun, Earth’s Space Environment
Sep 21, 2016
Four NASA spacecraft have performed a thrilling maneuver to understand the physics of explosive reconnection in Earth's magnetosphere.
Solar System, Mars, Planets of Our Solar System, Sky Watching
May 20, 2016
Mars and Saturn are getting together in the constellation Scorpius for back-to-back oppositions in May and June 2016.
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May 3, 2016
On May 9th, Mercury will move across the face of the sun, offering a rare viewing opportunity for professional astronomers and backyard sky watchers alike.
Apr 6, 2016
Assembly of NASA's next great space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, is underway. It will show researchers the first stars and galaxies that formed in the early universe.
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When the Space Age began, explorers were eager to visit the planets of the solar system. As the years have passed, however, astronomers have realized that the moons of the solar system may be even more interesting.


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