Another thing to consider....Pest control was usually done by underlings rather than their literate employers. This means that there is not much in the way of written sources regarding vermin control. Some of the sources that I have used are from well before our period, however, earlier authors' work was copied down by scribes who often added their own suggestions, eg. the Palladius quotes are taken from an English MS of the early 15thC. However, I think that the information must still have been considered as worth writing down by people in the later middle ages.
I have tried to include only the herbs mentioned by him that would have been available in the l5thC (ie. no New World, Sub-Sahara African or Far East Asian plants). A final thought: all of the below are complicated ways of dealing with pests; I'm sure that squashing them is also a perfectly authentic activity!
Fleas are blood-drinkers, but are fairly fussy eaters, each species deliberately having their own preferred species to live on, however, they are wholly averse to taking a bite from anything they can land onto. Fleas seem to have been a common problem at the time, a problem exacerbated because no matter how clean people were, animals always provided a reservoir for fresh infection; even today, you are more likely to be bitten by a "cat flea" or "dog flea" than you are a "human flea". Once established in a house, fleas can be a difficult pest to remove as an adult can live up to 18 months between feeds. Unsurprisingly, fleas were a major problem, as this text from a late 14thC English manual of French/English conversation makes clear: 'William, undress and wash your legs, and then dry them with a cloth, and rub them well for love of the fleas, that they may not leap on your legs, for there is a peck of them lying in the dust under the rushes...Hi the fleas bite me so! and do me great harm, for I have scratched my shoulders till the blood flows'.
In concurrence, the G oodman of Paris (GoP, 1393) tells his wife that one of the ways to 'bewitch and bewitch again ' her 'husband to be' is to make sure that his bed is free of fleas during the summer. He comes up with various methods of dealing with these ' familiar beasts to men' : firstly he recommends the placing of flea-traps around the affected room: If the room be strewn with alder leaves, the fleas will be caught thereon '; I have heard tell that if you have at night one or two trenchers slimed with glue or turpentine and set about the room, with a lighted candle in the midst of each trencher, they will become stuck there'.
The GoP thoughtfully (in a different part of his book) tells us how to make glue: 'it behoves you peel holly when it is at the sap (whi ch is commonly from the month of May up to August) and then boil the bark in water until the topmost layer separate; then peel it off, and when it is peeled, wrap up that which remains in elder leaves or other large leaves, and set it in some cool place , as in a cellar, or within the earth, or in a cold dung heap for the space of nine days or more, until it is decayed. And the n behoveth it to pound it like brayed cabbage and to make it up into cakes like woad, and then go wash the cakes one after another, and break them up like wax; and let them not be too much washed in the first water, nor in too hard a water.
and after you may break it up all together and knead it in running water and put it in a pot and keep it well covered'. The great advantage of this glue is that it can be made whilst insect infestations are at their worst, ie. during the summer.
This latter way of dealing with fleas seems to be corroborated by the duties of the Chamberlain in John Russell's 15thC Book of Nurture (as Russell meant the book to be used to teach male servants it's clear that outside, of the GoP's house, pest control is not just a female activity): 'Return in haste to your lord's chamber, strip the clothes off the bed and cast them aside and beat the feather-bed, but not so as to waste any feathers, and see that the blankets and sheets be clean'.
Fleas were not the only blood-suckers to afflict the population, the Leechbook had suggested a number of cures 'for nits in the head':  Make lye of wild nept (bryony) and therewith wash your head, & it will destroy them;  Take quicklime or piment [spiced wine], amd make powder of them, and mix the powder with vinegar and annoint the head with it. And this destroys them without falling of hair or any other harm;  Take seawater or else brine, and wash your head, and that shall destroy them;  Take the juice of a herb that is called blight, and annoint your head with it, and both lice and nits shall fall away.;  Take a broad list [strip of cloth] the length of a girdle, and annoint the one side with fresh grease mingled with quick-silver, and spread on it the powder of lichen and press on it with your finger so that it sticks firmly to it, and then fold it together, and sew together the sides; and then wind it in a linen cloth; and sew it together, and wear it henceforth; and the lice & nits shall die. This has been well proved. In 'Styrre Hyt Well', a collection of 15th century manuscripts found in Samuel Pepys' library, one recipe claims that 'to slay lice or nits. Take the herb broom and crush it and anoint them with juice and it will slay them'. Hortus Sanitus, a Venetian book from 1511 shows lice being brushed out of a man's hair. John Gerard's Herball claims that: cotton-weed or cudweed (Graphalium or Filago sp.), 'boiled in strong lees cleans the hair from nits and lice'. Palladius claimed that staveacre and cumin ground in wine and the juice of sour lupin would do the trick. To intercept gnats on their way to a human host, Palladius used oil dregs or soot from the fire in your room. Interestingly (in the light of the Leechbook's advice), he claimed that washing sheep in seawater would clear them of biting insects and allow their fleece to grow, though he never made the same claim for the riddance of human pests. Another way to slay fleas was the use of watered cucumber seed, ground cumin, lupine or 'psilotre' (probably psilothre or psiloter - Bryonia diocia) 'cast on the ground'.
More thirsty insects which required advice from the GoP: 'I have seen in diverse chambers, that when one had gone to bed they were full of mosquitoes,which at the smoke of the breath came to sit on the faces of those that slept, and stung them so hard, that they were forced to get up and light a fire of hay, in order to make a smoke so that they were forced to fly away or die, and this may be done by day if they be suspected, and likewise he that has a mosquito net may protect himself with it'. The Roman writer Pliny (1stC AD) suggested the burning of galbanum resin derived from the fennel plant. Galbanum, when mixed with sulphur was also recommended by Palladius as was fresh oil dregs, an oil dregs/ox gall mixture, a oil/ivy mixture, chamber soot or burnt waterleeches!. John Gerard thought that burnt fleabane or willow herb would drive off gnats, as would wormwood oil.
The medieval town environment was frequently none too sanitary (particularly the streets), and would have provided an ideal breeding ground for flies. The GoP comes to the rescue with some traps though: 'If you have a chamber or a passage where there is a great resort of flies, take little sprigs of fern and tie them to threads like to tassels, and hang them up and all the flies will settle on them at eventide; then take down the tassels and throw them out'.
Shut up your chamber closely in the evening, but let there be a little opening in the wall towards the east, and as soon as the dawn breaks, all the flies will go forth through this opening, and let it then be stopped up'.
Take a bowl of milk and a hare's gall and mix them one with another and then set two or three of these bowls in places where the flies gather and all that taste them will die.. otherwise have a linen rag tied at the bottom of a pot with an opening in the neck, and set that pot in the place that the flies gather and smear it within with honey, or apples, or pears; when it is full of flies set a trencher over the mouth and shake it'.
Take raw red onions and shred them and set it where the flies gather and all that taste them will die'.
These last two traps are similar to a "traditional" English remedy, which uses the fly agaric toadstool soaked in milk. John Gerard burned willow herb or fleabane to rid himself of flies. Ibn-el-Beithar recommended lacing meat with monkshood (very poisonous) or making a spray from the juice of oleander. More from the GoP: Have little twigs covered with glue on a basin of water'. This procedure requires a little elaboration on the technique outlined above for making glue: 'And he who would make glue for water, let him warm a little oil and therein melt his glue; and then lime his line'.
Have a string hanging soaked in honey, and the flies will come and settle on it and in the evening let them be taken in a bag'.
What's probably more likely is that flies will not stop in a room where untidy humans haven't been carelessly leaving bits of food lying around! The GoP also had a remedy for dealing with flies that afflict livestock too: Note that flies will never swarm on a horse that is greased with butter or with old salt grease. Not every means of getting rid of flies was used though: Caxton (reassuringly) lists flies as being 'beestes' unfit for human consumption in a French-English vocabulary.
Moths were a common enough problem in the Middle Ages, Lawrence Andrewe in the 15th Century wrote: 'The Motte breeds among clothes until they have bitten it into pieces and it is a maniable worm, and yet it hides itse lf in the cloth so that it can scantly be seen and it breeds gladly in clothes that have been in an evil air, or in a rain or m ist, and so laid up without hanging in the sun or other sweet air after'. Similar advice was given by the GoP: 'in order to preserve your fur coverlets it is apt often to air them, in order to prevent the damage which moths may do to them; and because such vermin gather when the cold weather of autumn and winter grows milder and are born in the summer, at such time you'd be advised to set out furs and stuffs in the sun in fair and dry weather; and if there comes a dark and damp mist that clings to you r dresses and you fold them in such condition, that mist folded and wrapped up in your dresses will shelter and breed worse vermin than before. Whereas choose a fine, dry day and as soon as you see heavier weather coming, before that it reachs you cause your dresses to be hung up under cover and shaken to get rid of most of the dust, then cleaned by beating them with dry rods '.
"Chemical warfare" was also the order of the day. Lawrence Andrewe advises that 'The herbs that are bitter and strongly smelling are good to lay among such clothes, as the bay leaves, cypress wood.' 'Styrre Hyt Well' says that 'to prevent damage by moths to clothes, take wormwood and rue and boil them in water and brush your clothes with the same water'.
The GoP suggested adding strong scents to clothes (but in this case it is not clear whether this is to deter moths or just to make clothes smell nice): 'The roses of Provence are the best for putting in dresses, but they must be dried and sifted through a sieve at mid-August so that the worms fall through the holes of the sieve, and after that spread it over the dresses'. John Gerard thought that the leaves and branches of cottonweed (or cudweed), golden mothwort (or cudweed) sweet trefoile, rosemary, wormwood and sea wormwood, 'being laid [separately] in warderobes and presses keepeth apparell from moths'. He also recommended sweet willow 'whole shrub fruit and all', shavings of wood and the resin from the cypress tree.
Palladius said that the best cure for 'prasocorides' [moths] was to wrap a sheep's stomach for two days around the place that the moths were breeding; after that time you could expect that 'there shall you find them heaped slain there'.
Medieval streets were usually strewn with household waste and the ordure of animals despite the attempts of civic authorities to combat such refuse (too large a subject to go into here). Such an environment was an ideal breeding ground for rodents, and these were a constant menace to provisions if they could establish themselves in a household: No sir, please God, for I make bold that you shall be well and comfortably lodged here [for there are no fleas nor bugs, nor other vermin], save that there is a great peck of rats and mice - Manual of French/English conversation, late 14thC.
Medieval rats were black rats. These have since been driven to extinction in Britain by their larger, more aggressive cousins the brown rat. Black rats have more of an affinity for living in homes than the browns, and less of a liking for sewers. It has been estimated that each medieval home had 2-3 black rats each supporting 4-5 fleas; black rat fleas are far less fussy about their choice of host than the strain of flea which lives on brown rats. It is easy to see why the Black Death spread so rapidly!
The Roman writer Pliny (who was held as a great authority on the animal kingdom during the Middle Ages) wrote that mice reproduced quicker than any other animal. The GoP gives advice in case 'rats are harming your corn, bacon, cheese and other provisions'.
Fortunately, the natural enemies of rodents could be employed, for example the GoP claims he controlled the vermin by 'by having a good array of cats. Such was the reputation of felines as hunters that during the 14-18th centuries, cat corpses with a dead mouse stuffed intheir mouth were sometimes built into the foundations of English houses as it was thought that this would deter other rodents from entering the premises.
Human "professionals" could also be employed, the GoP recommending the hiring of 'ratcatchers and mousecatchers'. So what techniques could people use? Why, 'by traps made of little planks upon sticks' (GoP) of course!
The GoP does not tell us directly what bait he'd use in a trap, but the ingredients in described in the following poisoned bait (without the toxic aconite) would seem to be suitable: 'Take an ounce of aconite , two ounces of fine arsenic, a quarter [of a pound] of pig's fat, a pound of fine wheaten [white] meal and four eggs, and out of these make bread and cook it in the oven and cut it into strips and nail them down with a nail'. Another poison that the GoP laid down included: 'cakes of paste and powdered aconite, setting these near to their holes where they have naught to drink'.
Failing that, follow this advice: 'If you cannot keep them from finding water to drink, it is good to cut up little pieces of sponge, and then if they swallow these and drink afterwards, they will swell up and die'.
Poisons were also popular amongst other writers. John Gerard recommended the use of the the root of hellebore 'in the weight of two pence' which 'kills mice and rats, being made up with honey and wheat flour'. Palladius used black hellebore mixed with fat, bread, cheese or flour.
Other options included the juice of bruised wild cucumber ('coloquynt') which 'slays the mice as diverse men have said'. A less complicated trap was to pour thick oil into a pan on which the rodent would be caught at night; Palladius claimed that the 'dregs may slay more than do your cats'.
Palladius also recommended blocking up the mouse holes with daffodils: 'They gnaw it out, but dead down shall they fall'. Nature, in the form of disease, could also be asked to lend a hand: if oak ashes were cast around the mouse-holes then a disease called 'the scabbe' could be expected to soon arise and kill the unfortunate rodents. Another plan was to make 'a smoke and stink' to drive off the rodents, suitable ingredients being hartshorn, goat's hooves, lily roots or galbanum.
Cockroaches and weevils seem to find grain, flour and other organic matter absolutely irresistable. As the staple food of humans was also cereals, the two populations were bound to come into conflict. Ibn-el- Beither recommended Planetre (Platanus sp.) to deal with cockroaches.
Pliny recommended dressing seeds with the ashes of a cat or weasel or steeping the seed in ox-gall. He also related how a toad fixed by one of its longer legs at the door would frighten weevils away. He also recommended storing the grain in airtight containers or in a pit, especially if the grain was covered in gypsum or chalk; this is a particularly effective solution as the granular material will ruin the insects' carapaces if they don't suffocate first.
Vinegar, salty fish or an unbaked brick soaked in water were also claimed by Pliny as weevil deterrents, as was the "heliotrope plant" (though the modern heliotrope is of New World origin). Palladius claimed that the cure for 'gurglions' [weevils] was coriander leaves placed on the floor and changed often; dried 'coniza' (probably conyse or flea-bane - Conyza sp. or Inula sp.) put under the grain was also deemed effective.
And on the subject of raiders of the larder, the GoP wrote that 'ants abound in a garden and if you cast sawdust of oaken planks upon their heap, they will die or depart at the first rain that falls, for the sawdust retains the moisture'. Pliny recommended painting bands around ants' nests.
More airborne pests that John Gerard dealt with using 'Fusseballs', a type of mushroom, which 'being set on fire kill or smother bees' Unfortunately I've not come across anything on wasps. However, the little blighters will quite happily drown themselves in a jar containing a mixture of honey and water - a method which I think would not look out of place next to some of the fly-trap designs outlined above.
Where infestations of pests became an epidemic, Mother Church sometimes invoked divine intervention to deal with the problem. Some examples from the late medieval period include: in 1479 Cockchafers indicted before the ecclesiastical court at Lausanne and condemned to banishment; in 1485 High Vicar of Valence comanded caterpillars to appear before him, gave them a defence counsel and finally condemned them to leave the area; in 1488 High Vicar of Autun commanded the weevils in neighbouring parishes to stop their attacks on crops and grain and excommunicated them.
Stupid medievals eh? It's more accurate to say that they were trying to find a way of curing something that they could observe without understanding why it was actually happening. Many pests go through a boom-bust cycle, the population increasing in size during one year and being markedly less the next year as their food runs out or the number of predators catches up. Once a plague of pests had reached bad enough proportions to warrant ecclesiastical attention, the epidemic was already on the wane. The intervention of the priests, and hence God too, seemed to have paid off. Nor was it just the medievals who performed such rites; though the practice later declined, the last such excommunication of pests took place as late as 1830 in Denmark.


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Story Behind the Song: Thomas Rhett Feat. Maren Morris, 'Craving You'
Thomas Rhett's 2017 single "Craving You," a duet with Maren Morris, ultimately became the lead single from the country star's third album, Life Changes, as well as a chart-topping hit. However, it was almost never recorded at all.
In fact, "Craving You" might never have seen the light of day without the help of Julian Bunetta and Dave Barnes, the writers who created the song and offered Rhett the little extra push he needed to connect to it. Below, Rhett recounts how how the song was written and how it ended up as the first single off of Life Changes.
Julian [Bunetta] lives in LA, so he was in town for two weeks to write. I think we had written together once before this day that we had planned. I was supposed to be in the room that day; it was supposed to be me, Julian and Dave [Barnes]. But I got sick; I think I got a sinus infection or something, and I couldn't come in that day. That was the day they wrote "Craving You."
If I had been in the room, the song might have been different. We might have written "Craving Her," for example. It might not have been "Craving You." But all songs are written the way they're supposed to be written.
When I first heard the song, I liked it, but I didn't think I was going to record it. Maybe that was because I didn't have anything to do with the writing process. Sometimes, when I didn't write a song, I can't fully attach myself to it.
Julian was super persistent, though: He was like, "Dude, you need to play this song in your car. Play it at the gym. Play it before you go to bed. Play it on the bus. I really think this song is a hit for you." Maybe he was just very convincing, but he was right. We cut it, and it came out incredible.
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Bilacunaria es un género de plantas fanerógamas  perteneciente a la familia de las anonáceas. Son nativas del suroeste de Asia y del Cáucaso. Comprende 4 especies descritas y aceptadas.

Taxonomía
El género fue descrito por Pimenov & V.N.Tikhom. y publicado en Feddes Repertorium 94: 151. 1983.  La especie tipo es: Bilacunaria microcarpa (M.Bieb.) Pimenov & V.N.Tikhom.

Especies
A continuación se brinda un listado de las especies del género Bilacunaria aceptadas hasta julio de 2013, ordenadas alfabéticamente. Para cada una se indica el nombre binomial seguido del autor, abreviado según las convenciones y usos.
 Bilacunaria boissieri (Reut. & Hausskn. ex Boiss.) Pimenov & V.N.Tikhom.
 Bilacunaria caspia (DC.) Pimenov & V.N.Tikhom.
 Bilacunaria microcarpa (M.Bieb.) Pimenov & V.N.Tikhom.
 Bilacunaria scabra (Fenzl) Pimenov & V.N.Tikhom.

Referencias

Apioideae

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The Real Difference Between Passion and Calling
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Josh Noem
Discernment is a key question for people in our stage of life. How do we make the right decision for our lives? How do we know what we are meant to do? How do we listen to God's voice in our lives (which is what we mean by vocation)?
Mike Rowe is famous for uncovering and telling the interesting stories of people who are doing difficult jobs. He was host of the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs show and now headlines a similar show on CNN called Somebody's Got to Do It. He has talked to a lot of people about their work and what makes them happy — a lot of people.
So, he has some interesting things to say about how to find happiness in life through our work. In a recent video post, he talked about passion and opportunity. He said it's more important to follow opportunity than it is to follow passion.
His argument goes like this: If you commit to following a passion, you might decide you want to be an astronaut. You'll embark on a long (and expensive) path through engineering and science studies in higher education, only to discover that a very small percentage of people who apply to become astronauts make it. Where does that leave you, then?
It's better to make the most of the opportunities you've been given than to follow a capricious passion, Mike claims. Opportunity comes in many forms. He knows one guy who got laid off his professional job, noticed that no one in his city was cleaning septic tanks, and created a multi-million dollar business to meet that need. He vacations in Mexico and can coach his kids' baseball teams.
I think Mike is right about paying attention to opportunity — God is active in the concrete realities of our lives. We don't find God's will by discovering it written in some secret book in the sky. We find it by paying attention to circumstances — the opportunities and people (especially those in need) God places in our lives are invitations we should listen to.
So, Mike is right on point when it comes to following opportunity. As we've uncovered in some of our stories, though, it's not a simple thing to say that following your passion will mislead you.
Mike's assumption here is that we find our passion by identifying some kind of job or work or position that embodies what we think we will love. Then, he says, latching on to that external reality, we'll sell out to make it happen, only to likely discover that it doesn't make us happy.
But the Christian notion of discernment goes deeper than that. Discernment is about paying attention to what is going inside of you — not what shiny things "out there" you might think you want. Our own judgment and desires are far too limited and capricious to be able to identify with any accuracy what will fulfill us.
To find what will fulfill us takes introspection and attentiveness to what our dispositions and reactions are in the here-and-now.
Mike thinks most people find their "passion" by asking these kinds of questions: What do I want? What will make me happy? What would I love to do?
And in one sense, he's exactly right: seeking your passion by asking these questions will probably mislead you. But there are better questions to ask: What makes me happy now? What do I love to do right now? Where do I find my life filling up with energy? What makes me feel creative?
Answering these questions requires an inward journey and time. They can't be answered in a ten-minute reflective stop at a coffee shop. We need to pay attention to our inner lives over the course of days, weeks, months to A) learn to listen to our own experience in the (say it with me) here-and-now; and B) discover patterns about how we react in certain situations over time.
Maybe you are studying medicine, but find that giving time to an artistic outlet makes you feel good, so it's something you've been tinkering with since grade school. Maybe your current job is in accountancy, but you light up when you get to teach a coworker new skills. Maybe you work with your hands, but find that you lose track of time when you watch documentaries and learn more about how the world works. Any of these experiences might lead to a true "passion" that could be worth a departure from a current state to follow.
Put in these terms, we don't try to figure out our passion, as Mike suggests — we uncover it. We discover it by paying attention to our own lives.
Last week, I met a woman who teaches high school chemistry, even though she got her Ph.D. in chemistry. When she was working at a post-doc research facility, she realized how much she enjoyed discussing her project with new Ph.D. students. That was a realization that took time to figure out, probably months. But she was listening to her own experience in the here-and-now, and connected the dots to see a pattern.
She discovered something about herself: she needs to work with people, and she loves teaching. So she teaches high school chemistry and is peachy-keen happy. She has a lightness to her personality that tells you in an instant that this is a person who knows what she was meant to do and, because she is happy doing it, she is doing it well.
This teacher could have listened to external voices that explained that it would be a waste of close to a decade of post-graduate education to teach high schoolers. She could have listened to her own dreams of discovering a cure for cancer. But in either of those cases, she would have been fabricating her own dream.
Instead, she got smaller and went inside. That's a pattern that is not very popular in our culture, especially in the achievement-machine that we find in the pipeline funneling people through high school to college to an internship to a seat in a cubicle in a big city somewhere.
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7 people on life after Ontario's minimum wage increase
Here's how a higher minimum wage has—and hasn't—made a difference for these GTA workers
By Meghan Collie
On January 1, the Ontario government boosted the province's minimum wage from $11.60 to $14. Since then, much of the conversation around the increase has focused on its impact on businesses. A common thread has emerged, with many (but not all) small business owners saying they can't afford the new (and sudden) legal standard. As for larger companies, some have found themselves making difficult decisions.
But what about the minimum wage employees whose names are on the paycheques? Six months after the change, it's time to take stock. Has the increase hurt or helped people who depend on a minimum wage job? Here, seven people from across the GTA share what it's like to earn $2.40 more per hour.
"Am I really benefiting from it or is it the exact same as before?"
"I've been working in salons for about eight years, moving up the ranks and getting experience. I recently graduated from a junior stylist to a director stylist, so I'm constantly building my own clientele while also assisting eight different stylists and the owners of the salon with their clients, colours and anything else they need help with. It's not that common for a director stylist to also work as an assistant, but my salon can't afford to hire someone else because of the minimum wage increase. I also wanted to add an extra day to my schedule but the salon can't afford that, either. The increase is nice in many ways—who can complain about more money?—but I'd prefer to be salaried because then I would have benefits. I'm a single mom (my daughter is three and my son will be six in June), so it can get difficult. If you're paying your employees more, the cost of everything else goes up, too. Am I really benefiting from it or is it the exact same as before?" — Marisha, hair stylist and assistant, Ajax
"I have some savings to fall back on while I focus on studying full-time"
"I finished my undergraduate degree in August 2017, I completed a post-graduate diploma in December 2017 and I've since secured a full-time position as a public auditor to begin in September. I wasn't really sure what to do with the time in between now and then, but then the minimum wage was increased. I've been at Starbucks for about two and a half months now, but I plan to leave at the end of May to focus on studying for my CPA exam. The minimum wage increase has made my lifestyle so flexible. I live at home with my dad so while I don't need to pay for rent or groceries, having a higher income has made me able to do things like take weekend trips or have dinner out without worrying. Plus, I have some savings to fall back on while I focus on studying full time." — Mitch, Starbucks barista, Markham
"The increase has had a positive impact on me, but I still think more could be done"
"Both before and since the minimum wage increase, it has been very tight financially. Admittedly, I've been able to put more in my savings since the hike, and that will help in the off-season (June to September), but summertime will be the real test. I've cut everything down to the bare bones: I have a TV, but I don't have any TV services—not Netflix, cable nor satellite. I don't eat out; I haven't been to the movies since one time last year; I have a doctor but no personal health or dental insurance. I'm bipolar but I haven't been on any medication in almost 20 years because, without insurance, I can't afford it. It's tough. The increase has had a positive impact on me but I still think more could be done. Tying minimum wage to inflation would be a big help." — Anne*, usher and box office clerk, Ajax
"I'm glad to have been given the chance to be less of a financial burden on my parents"
"I still live with my parents so I'm financially dependent, but I'm off to my first year of university in the fall and this job is my primary means of saving up for that. I started working with my new employer just as the increase took effect and it's been great. Since starting the job, I've been able to do things like take trips and go out with friends while still putting away a decent amount of money for university. I'm glad to have been given the chance to be less of a financial burden on my parents." — Eryn, math tutor, Richmond Hill
"The hike has helped, but it doesn't feel like enough. Life costs so much"
"I've always given myself this rule: Save as much money as I can. That way, when I want to make a big life purchase like a house or a car, I'll have the money to do so. I've always had more than one job—right now I have two part-time jobs and one full-time job—so I'm able to set aside as much money as possible while still being comfortable financially. I love my full-time job and that's what I want to pursue; my minimum wage jobs are just for extra cash. I was excited to hear that my minimum wage income would increase, but I want to buy a house and after the increase, the price of real estate went up too. While the hike has helped, it doesn't feel like enough. Life costs so much." — Dora, tanning salon employee, dance instructor and rehabilitation service worker, Markham
"I've definitely noticed that patrons don't want to tip as much"
"Before the increase, I was paid $10.90 per hour, I kept all of my tips and my tip-out was three percent of my daily sales. Now, my wage is $12.12 per hour but my tip-out to the kitchen and support staff has increased to five percent on my daily sales—almost double what it was before. On top of that, I've definitely noticed that patrons don't want to tip as much. It seems like customers think that servers are already getting an hourly living wage, so why pay more? I also don't get as many hours as I used to but, when I do have shifts, the workload is more difficult to manage because fewer people are working alongside me. The higher tip-out paired with the decrease in tips and fewer hours worked has lead to a substantial decrease in my income." — Monica, server, Hamilton
"I'm acutely aware that this is only temporary, since the prices of goods will probably rise in the near future"
"I have worked at Cedar Brae golf course for the past two summers. I don't mind working a minimum wage job but only because I know it's temporary. I plan to attend law school in a year or two but I want to make some money first because I have a sizable debt from paying for my undergraduate degree. The minimum wage increase has helped my financial situation but I'm acutely aware that this is only temporary, since the prices of goods will probably rise in the near future." — Andrew*, golf course shop attendant, Scarborough 
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A: I don't really understand your problem here: Just remove this part of your code
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And replace it by this :
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Candy Crush Developer Gives Up Fight for U.S. "Candy" Trademark
Chris Hauk - Feb 26, 2014
After pissing of, well, pretty much everyone, with their effort to trademark the word "candy," the company behind Candy Crush Saga is backing off from their absurd effort to trademark the word in the U.S. However, in Europe…
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According to documents posted by the U.S. Trademark office and uncovered by Polygon, "the applicant hereby expressly abandons the application for trademark registration made." The documents were filed yesterday on February 24, 2014, in response to a trademark that was originally filed on February 6th, 2013 and approved on January 5th of this year.
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In a statement to Kotaku, a King spokesman said the following:
King has withdrawn its trademark application for Candy in the U.S., which we applied for in February 2013 before we acquired the early rights to Candy Crusher. Each market that King operates in is different with regard to IP. We feel that having the rights to Candy Crusher is the best option for protecting Candy Crush in the U.S. market. This does not affect our E.U. trademark for Candy and we continue to take all appropriate steps to protect our IP.
So yeah, "yay" for U.S. developers and such, but King is still going for the trademark in the old country.
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Kyle Schwarber's record-setting month
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Nationals' slugger Kyle Schwarber was well known for his prodigious power before coming to Washington from the Cubs. After a slow start, Schwarber had a June 2021 that shattered or matched a number of home-run records. He was a clear choice for N.L. Player of the Month.
His 12 home runs in 10 games tied the record set in 1995 by Cleveland's Albert Belle. Schwarber already had matched Frank Howard's 11 homers in nine games, part of Hondo's great run in 1968. With 16 home runs over 18 games, Schwarber joined juicers Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa in the record book.
Schwarber ended June with those 16 home runs, a new Nationals' record, three more than Bryce Harper hit in May 2015. Kyle didn't hit his first June homer until the second game of a June 12 double-header. Then he took off.
From that point, in addition to his 16 home runs, he hit .369 with a .459 on-base percentage. His 16 round-trippers were more than four teams (the Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Pirates and White Sox) hit over the same 18-game span and as many as six other teams.
Schwarber hit his 16 homers in fewer plate appearances – 69 – than any player in history, one less than it took Bonds, Sosa and Mark McGwire in the steroid era to get there.
All of this coincided with Kyle being moved to the lead-off spot in the batting order. Since then, he hit seven lead-off home runs, another major-league record for one month. His 16 dingers are the most ever in a month by a batter hitting first in anybody's line-up.
Schwarber tied the Expos' Henry Rodriguez (1996) as the fastest player in franchise history to get to 25 homers in a season.
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Downes ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Aaron Downes (* 1985), australischer Fußballspieler
 Arthur Downes (1883–1956), britischer Segler
 Bob Downes (* 1937), britischer Jazzmusiker und Komponist
 David Downes (* 1975), irischer Komponist, Pianist, Produzent und Musikdirektor
 Edward Downes (Musikwissenschaftler) (1911–2001), amerikanischer Musikwissenschaftler, Musikkritiker und Musikpädagoge
 Edward Downes (1924–2009), britischer Dirigent
 Edwin Olin Downes (1886–1955), US-amerikanischer Musikwissenschaftler, Musikkritiker und Musikschriftsteller
 Ephraim Downes (1787–1860), US-amerikanischer Uhrmacher
 Flynn Downes (* 1999), englischer Fußballspieler
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 Robin Atkin Downes (* 1976), britischer Schauspieler
 Terry Downes (1936–2017), britischer Boxer
 Wray Downes (1931–2020), kanadischer Jazzpianist

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Bangalore Palace: Normandy Castle like Structure
Bangalore Palace is a palace situated in the midst of the modern city of Bangalore. This is a royal structure that stands tall even today, attracting thousands of local and international tourists every year. It is being used for cultural events and other important programs also. The use of wood and the carvings that can be seen both inside and the exteriors of the palatial structure in many different architectural styles makes Bangalore palace a prominent tourist attraction.
Bangalore Palace was constructed by Reverend Garrette who was the Principal of the Central High School. The property was purchased by King Chamaraja Wodeyar who converted it into a palace that resembled the Windsor Castle in England. It is said that the king was very impressed by the Tudor style architecture of the Windsor Castle and he wanted to have a palace just like it in the city of Bangalore. The palace was thrown open for public viewing in the year 2005 with an entrance fee to collect money for the maintenance of the structure.
Huge complex containing many structures
Built over an area of 45,000 square feet, the palace is magnificent to say the least and it contains many gardens, a massive open square called courtyard and a ballroom that was used by Wodeyar kings used to have their private parties. There is a huge hall called Durbar Hall on the first floor that was used by the king to address his assembly. There are windows with stained glass in this hall that is adorned by a huge elephant head mounted on a wall. There are many beautiful paintings on the walls of the hall. There is a screen at one end of the hall that served as a veil for the royal ladies. The interiors of the Palace have exquisite cornices and carvings to mesmerize the visitors.
Things to see in the palace
Attractions inside the palace include a horse hoof shaped chair that is in fact a weighing scale and a coat of arms gifted by the British to Chamaraja Wodeyar. This coat of arms is placed next to the royal emblem of the Wodeyar dynasty. There is a fountain in the backyard that was gifted by the King of Spain to the Wodeyars.


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Miks Kaidaks is signed with Elite Stockholm, M4 Models Hamburg, Uno Models Barcelona, Established Models London, 2morrow Model Milan, Premium Models Paris and IMG New York. His mother agency is Starsystem in Geneve.
In 2013 Miks Kaidaks walked the spring runway for Givenchy.
In 2014 he walked the fall runways for Dolce & Gabbana, No. 21, Emporio Armani, Ermanno Scervino, Giorgio Armani and Givenchy. He walked the spring runways for Dolce & Gabbana, Philipp Plein, Daks, Antonio Marras, Emporio Armani, Ermanno Scervino and Giorgio Armani. He opened the spring runway for Roberto Cavalli. He was in the fall ad campaign for Dolce & Gabbana. He had Polaroid's taken in the spring for 2morrow Models.
In 2015 he walked the fall runways for Dolce & Gabbana, Philipp Plein, Emporio Armani, D. Gnak by Kang.D, Giorgio Armani and Ermanno Scervino. He closed the fall runway for Roberto Cavalli. He walked the spring runways for Dolce & Gabbana, Tod's, Giorgio Armani and Ji Wenbo. He was photographed for the S/S Milan show package.
In 2016 he walked the fall runways for Dolce & Gabbana, Ermanno Scervino and Giorgio Armani. He had Polaroid's taken in the spring for 2morrow Models.


This scholarship is to encourage children and grandchildren of current SAE Detroit Section members to pursue careers in engineering or science.SAE Detroit Section is pleased to announce that Gretta Kissell and Annalese Lohr were selected to receive the 2018 SAE Detroit Section Scholarship in the amount of $2,500 annually for up to four years.
Gretta Kissell, daughter of SAE member Eric R. Kissell, is a recent graduate of Old Fort High School and plans to study chemistry and Spanish at Columbia University in New York.
Annalese Lohr, daughter of SAE member John Lohr, is a recent graduate of Wylie E. Groves and plans to study mathematics at the University of Michigan.
On behalf of SAE Detroit Section, we would like to congratulate Gretta and Annalese and wish them much success in their future endeavors!


Howardsville site of the James River Batteau Festival – June 20, 2017.
This gallery is from Howardsville, Virginia, June 20, 2017. It was fun sitting with the fine group of ladies as they gathered once more along the river to have a welcoming party for the batteaux! Ladies if you would like to order prints of your photos please click the small arrow on the lower right side of the above gallery. The window will expand to a larger photo on the left and prices and photo sizes/paper choices on the right. Add to cart your photos you want and proceed to checkout where your paypal account or credit card of choice may be used. Discount code "batteau" for a 20% discount. Thank you and see you again next year hopefully!
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This responds to your letter dated December 4, 2009 asking whether the grinding, chipping, and shredding units you manufacture are motor vehicles regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Our answer is no.
By way of background, NHTSA is authorized by the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (49 U.S.C. Chapter 301, Safety Act) to issue Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSSs) that set performance requirements for new motor vehicles and new items of motor vehicle equipment. NHTSA does not provide approvals of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment. Instead, manufacturers are required to self-certify that their products conform to all applicable safety standards that are in effect on the date of manufacture. NHTSA selects a sampling of new vehicles and equipment each year to determine their compliance with applicable FMVSSs. If our testing or examination reveals an apparent noncompliance, we may require the manufacturer to remedy the noncompliance, and may initiate an enforcement proceeding if necessary to ensure that the manufacturer takes appropriate action. NHTSA also investigates safety-related defects.
You state that Continental Biomass Industries, Inc. (CBI) manufactures grinding, chipping, and shredding equipment units. The brochures you enclosed indicate that the units are used to grind, chip, and shred logs, forestry debris and wood waste wood products (e.g., trees, stumps, railroad ties). These units can be stationary or mobile. You state that the mobile equipment is non-motorized and relies on a tractor to be transported from the factory to the jobsites. CBIs website www.cbi-inc.com indicates that some of the units (e.g., the 8600 Magnum Force Series) are mounted on a tri-axle trailer frame with tires.
A vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways, but does not include a vehicle operated only on a rail line.
If a vehicle is a motor vehicle under the above definition, then it is regulated by NHTSA and must, among other things, comply with all applicable FMVSSs.
Whether the agency considers your work units to be motor vehicles depends on the use of the vehicles. In past agency interpretations, we have determined that vehicles which are primarily used off-highway and which only incidentally use the highways (to move between jobsites) are not motor vehicles under the Safety Act. An example of this is mobile construction equipment which use the highway only to move between jobsites and which typically spend extended periods of time at a single jobsite. In such cases, the on-highway use of the vehicle is merely incidental and is not the primary purpose for which the vehicle was manufactured.
However, certain types of construction equipment make more frequent use of the roadways and the agency has determined that such equipment are motor vehicles under the Safety Act. For example, dump trucks have been determined to be motor vehicles because they regularly use the highways to travel between jobsites and stay on such jobsites for only a limited period of time, thereby rendering their on-highway use more than incidental.
The photographs you enclose with your letter and on your website show the grinding, chipping, and shredding units to be fairly massive units. The jobsites are located where there are forestry debris and wood waste wood products present. You do not state how long a mobile unit may remain on a jobsite but we understand from the information you provided that the units are towed to the jobsites and remain there for a period of time. It appears that use of the units on streets or highways appears to be incidental to their use on jobsites. Based on the above information, we do not believe that the grinding, chipping, and shredding units are motor vehicles under the Safety Act.
This determination is based on the information provided. If in fact the grinding, chipping, and shredding units are using the roads and highways more than on an incidental basis, then the agency would reassess this interpretation.
I hope this information is helpful. If you have further questions, please contact Deirdre Fujita of my staff at (202) 366-2992.


COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Department of Fisheries will be introducing a new device in order to assist authorities to locate fishing boats in distress or which have been reported missing.
Director of Search and Rescue Operations at the Department of Fisheries, Padmapriya Thisera said the new devices will be handed over to the fishermen upon a directive issued by the Director-General of the Department.
The new device can be retrofitted to any fishing boat and if the boat is in distress inside a respective ocean area, the boat can be located using the device.
In addition, a weather report will be sent to the device of each boat via an SMS service. So far this year, 13 fishermen were reported missing and 12 fishermen lost their lives at sea.


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Cop With a Collar
A young clergyman, fresh out of seminary, thought it would help him better understand the fears and temptations his future congregations faced if he first took a job as a policeman for several months. He passed the physical examination; then came the oral exam to test his ability to act quickly and wisely in an emergency. Among other questions he was asked, "What would you do to disperse a frenzied crowd?" He thought for a moment and then said, "I would take up a collection."
God first went to the Egyptians and asked them if they would like a commandment. "What's a commandment?" they asked. "Well, it's like, THOU SHALL NOT...
Following the resurrection, the disciples were still scattered about Jerusalem and the surrounding villages. John finds Peter and runs up to him. Excitedly...
A woman takes her 16-year-old daughter to the doctor. "Okay, Mrs. Jones, what's the problem?" The mother says, "It's my daughter, Debbie. She keeps getting...
Moses: "How are we going to get across the sea? The Egyptians are close behind us!" General of the army: "Normally, I'd recommend that we build our own...
A father asked his little boy if he knew how a person gets saved. "We'll be saved by going to our church every Sunday," the boy said without hesitation....
A preacher, newly called to a small country town, needed to mail a letter. Passing a young boy on the street, the pastor asked where he could find the...
A young pastor was sitting in a restaurant eating lunch. He opened a letter he'd just received that morning from his mom. As he opened it a twenty-dollar...
An elderly woman in her nineties had a visitor from her church come to see her at the nursing home. "How are you?" the visitor asked. "Oh," said the elderly...
A wealthy man died and went to heaven. He was met at the Pearly Gates by Saint Peter who led him down the streets of gold. They passed mansion after mansion...
Dear Member, We do not have a happy report, as we have not been able to find a suitable candidate for pastor of our church thus far. We do, however, have...
An old country preacher was fishing one afternoon when he noticed a frog sitting next to him. The frog said, "Mister, I've had a spell cast on me. If...
Three police officers were standing in line at the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter asked the first officer, "What did you do with your life?" "I was a police...
A young girl was attending her first wedding, watching the proceedings with interest for a while before growing restless. The groom stood at the altar...


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José James is undeniable…
Music added to José James, Weekly Posts and tagged 1 Mic 1 Take, Bird Of Space, Brooklyn, Come To My Door, Emily King, Heaven On The Ground, It's All Over Your Body, Jazz, José James, New York, No Beginning No End, Oddisee Remix, R&B, Soul, Trouble on March 25, 2014 by Hauke.
Alright, I have no idea how we have NOT featured José James yet! But – in anticipation of his upcoming release "While You Were Sleeping" we decided to introduce you to some of our favorites from his widely acclaimed album "No Beginning No End", a beautiful mix of jazzy R&B/Soul with a D'Angelo feel to it.
Minneapolis born and New York City based José James has released four albums so far, the past two through Blue Note Records. His upcoming album, so he says, "is a synthesis of everything I love about music, from contemporary artists like Frank Ocean, James Blake, and Junip to groundbreaking artists I grew up with like Nirvana, Radiohead, and Madlib."
Make sure to download his music and enjoy our 6-track-playlist including two beautiful duets with the amazing Emily King and a nice remix of "It's All Over Your Body". How could you NOT like this? Too good…
Update: We went to see José James at Highline Ballroom in NY June 12th, 2014. Read the insightful review by our music lover, critic and writer Mocha Carter:
The opening act was Julia Easterlin, performing her own acoustic version of Britney Spears' "Toxic", and killing it, when I arrived. I smiled as she swayed and rocked and sang. It was a great version that made me want to run to a studio to record an acoustic cover to ANYTHING. lol
She and the entire band left the stage and Kris Bowers (keys) did a quick loop performance on his keyboard.
The band returned to the stage and the crowd went wild as he came to the stage. Dressed simply in faded, dark jeans, a black tee and a black jean jacket, his eyes hidden behind dark shades, he smiled revealing a dimple in his right cheek. The patch of white hair a stark contrast to all the black he wore.
"What's up New York!?" He chuckled as the crowd screamed. I was only familiar with one song by Jose James "Come to my Door", which I'm pretty sure is actually written by NY Native, Emily King. I'll be honest, I really didn't know what to expect.
He was good but I wasn't blown away. His voice was nice but didn't give me chills. I found he lacked much of a range and his voice sounded exactly the same in each song.
He brought out his label mate, trumpeter and composer, Takuya Kuroda who was fantastic. They performed a version of "Sunshine" from Kuroda's album "Rising Sun." The lights dimmed and the guitar played. I had to contain my groupie screams. It was amazing.
The highlight for me was absolutely, Brad Allen Williams, the guitar player. With his wild blond hair that looked like he just rolled out of bed, burgundy, valour, bell bottoms, and glasses.. he looked more like Shaggy from "Scooby doo" than a musician… He was amaaaazing!! Much of the time I found myself lost watching him, grinning and screaming, totally forgetting Jose was even singing.
There were a couple of songs where he just let it rip and I was memorized.
Then came the solos by each band member.
Solomon Dorsey the bass player let his vocals shine as he harmonized with his bass.
For the closing number he brought out vocalist, Becca Stevens.
I don't know who she is but her voice was pure and sweet a perfect ending to a great show.
He thanked New York again as he left the stage leaving the band to close out the show.
As the crowd screamed they returned to the stage and performed crowd favorite, "Trouble."
While I wasn't completely blown away by the headliner, the band and guests made it a worthwhile show and I'd probably go to see him again.
– Mocha Carter –


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Westfront 1918 is een Duitse oorlogsfilm uit 1930 onder regie van Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Verhaal

Enkele Duitse soldaten krijgen verlof tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Door uit te gaan in een Frans dorp bij het front trachten ze hun problemen te vergeten. Ook tijdens hun verlof laat de oorlog hen echter niet los.

Rolverdeling
Fritz Kampers: Beier
Gustav Diessl: Karl
Hans-Joachim Moebis: Student
Claus Clausen: Luitenant
Gustav Püttjer: Hamburger
Jackie Monnier: Yvette
Hanna Hoessrich: Karls vrouw
Eise Heller: Karls moeder

Externe link

Film uit 1930
Duitse film
Film over de Eerste Wereldoorlog
Zwart-witfilm
Film van Georg Wilhelm Pabst


Lovely set of four blue and white bowls perfect for any household that enjoys beautiful bowls to eat out of. These could be used for oriental cuisine or as serving bowls. The simple and elegant design enables these bowls to fit into any existing sets.


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Q: How do I add a class based on the element's value in Angular? I'm new to Angular and I'm trying to add a class to a table row based on the value of the array it's looping over, as below:

                {{change.Infrastructure_Change_ID}}
                {{change.Executive_Summary}}

The Executive_Summary contains free text, and it will correctly match 'Undefined' and apply class 'red'. However this text can contains quotes, slashes and all sorts of characters that break angular. I'm sure there is a way of adding class 'red' without all the 'Unterminated quote at column..' I have in my log now.
Any suggestions?

A: ngClass accepts an expression so you shouldn't need to worry about escaping quotes.

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Example on jsfiddle


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Q: Merging matrix index in R I have a dataset (x) contains
 1 10
20 30
34 38
59 83
...

I have a big matrix nx1. I want to assign a value 1 for each row in x. For example
mat[1:10,1] = 1
mat[20:30,1] = 1
etc...

In R, the size of x is quite big and takes a while to do the following:
for ( j in 1:dim(x)[1] ) {
    mat[x[j,1]:x[j,2], 1] <- 1
}

Please help me if there is a faster way to do this. Thanks.

A: You can easily make a list of the rows you want to assign a value of 1 to in your big matrix, using apply on x with seq.int to get the row numbers like this...
rows <- unlist( apply( x , 1 , FUN = function(x){ seq.int(x[1],x[2])}) )
rows
#  [1]  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 34 35 36 37 38 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83

And then use subsetting which will be much faster, like this
mat[ rows , 1 ] <- 1

A: If m is your set of start and stop locations:
m <-  matrix(scan(), ncol=2)
#------
1: 1 10
3: 20 30
5: 34 38
7: 59 83
9:
Read 8 items
mapply( seq.int,  m[,1], m[,2])

rx1[ unlist( mapply( seq.int,  m[,1], m[,2]) ), 1] <- 1

(Trivially different than SimonO101's earlier contribution.)

A: data.table usually excels in cases like this.  Here is a data.table-based solution:
library(data.table)
indexes<-data.table(istart=c(1L,20L,34L,59L), istop=c(10L,30L,38L,83L))
mat<-data.table(val=sample(1L:1e5L,1e5))

mat[indexes[,list(i=seq(istart,istop)),by="istart"][,i],val:=1L]


Livestock iodized salt is the most common of all mineralized salts.
50# bag. Also available in a 50 lb. block.
Its benefits to humans, especially in under-developed countries, are well documented.
In the United States, crops grown inland, such as the Midwest and Great Lakes regions, are normally lower in iodine levels. In addition, heat and moisture can break down some iodine compounds thus a constant source of iodine is beneficial. Iodine deficiency affects reproduction primarily as a result of hypothyroidism.
Iodine is required for thyroxin production, the major hormone controlling the basal metabolic rate. In females, silent heat, early embryonic mortality, abortion, weak calves retained placenta, and decreased conception rates have been observed with iodine deficiency.
Deficient soils or the presence of feed containing goitrogens are the most common factors causing iodine deficiency. Plants such as cabbage, canola, kale, soybean meal or feeds high in nitrates are goitrogenic.
Symptoms can include sluggishness, goiters, and sensitivity to heat or cold.


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IRÈNE KLESTOVA
Irène Klestova was born in Saratov in Russia in 1908 but grew up in Moscow following her families move to the capital. Klestova showed a keen interest in painting from a young age and began her artistic education in the studio of the famous landscape painter Theodore Rerberg. At the age of seventeen Klestova moved to Rome where she joined the Accademia di Belle Arti.
Whilst in Rome, Klestova met the fellow Russian painter, Lev Tchistovsky, and the two would become lifelong companions. Tchistovsky was a devoted to Classical painting and favoured painting nudes, mythological scenes and still lives. He encouraged Klestova to maintain her academic style of painting and choice of subject matter at a time when artists were embracing a much more avant guarde approach to painting. In 1926 the couple settled in Paris in Montparnasse and mixed in the social circles of fellow artists André Breton and Tamara de Lempicka. From the 1930's, Klestova and Tchistovsky lived in Cenevieres in the south-west of France where they both enjoyed the rural life painting, gardening and cultivating orchids.
Klestova was a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Société des Artistes Indépendants in Paris and exhibited in France, England and America.


As things stand, the UK is set to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019. What this means for the country's future trading relationships is still largely unknown, but businesses are being advised to prepare for any changes that may result.
To use the Government's website, log on to https://bit.ly/2FvGety.
The Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership has also published information to help businesses prepare for Brexit, which is available here: https://growthhub.swlep.co.uk/topics/brexit.


Donations - Adventure Camp, Inc.
Adventure Camp, Inc. has operated by donations/sponsorships to help send a child to camp. If you could sponsor a child please make a donation. The cost for the 4 day camp per camper is approximately $500.00. This amount covers all lodging, food and activities for each camper while at camp.
Please fill out a form for all donations. Check donations should be made out to Adventure Camp, Inc. We will provide a receipt for tax purposes. We are a 501 (c) (3) organization.
We accept donations by cash or check.
All donors names will appear on our sponsors page.
If your donation is in honor of or as a memorial to, please list that persons name on the form.


plain faced door, with clean square lines surrounding the inner face. The smooth surface makes cleaning a breeze while also making for an extremely durable surface. The coloured laminated door is the most popular door because it boasts economic advantages while still having the ability to produce clean, professional looking results. An additional option is whether to have the 2mm thick edge for added durability at a small premium, or the standard melamine edge, depending on the application.


Formed in 2005, LIGFAERD are a Danish Black Metal trio who have just released their third full-length album, entitled "Den Ildrøde Konge", which roughly translates to "The scarlet king". This album, which spans three-quarters of an hour, centres around anti-Christian themes, as the name already implies. True, there is nothing more clichéd than a Black Metal band singing about Satan, but LIGFAERD seem content to stay within these well-defined boundaries. However, this does not imply that the band is merely stagnating. In the three years since predecessor "Dagen For Os – Natten For Eder", LIGFAERD have not only polished up their song-writing skills but have also worked on their overall sound. The result: a brutal and breakneck paced album that packs plenty of punch. In general, songs on this album are manic and fast-paced, combining catchy yet dirty riffs with a ravaging tempo. As the prefect example, "Under Uindviet Jord" stands out as being particularly ferocious, with diabolical melodies intertwining with a thunderous barrage of drumming. Even the interlude "Epitafium" at the pinnacle of the album offers no real respite from the bombastic onslaught, but merely sees the tempo taken down a notch. One of the downsides of this is that the music can seem fragmented and incoherent at times. Added to this, whilst the band have tried to incorporate different samples into their songs, this generally does little more than giving them a thin veneer of originality, although does at least add some interesting textures to the music.
Overall, LIGFAERD don't redefine the genre with "Den Ildrøde Konge", with a sound that has been heard too many times before to be labelled as anything innovative. However, they don't need to be ground-breaking to be good. "Den Ildrøde Konge" does contain some powerful and crushing songs, which are beautifully tempered by more melodic sections. Despite this, whilst I usually prefer to judge bands based on their own merit, there is just no getting around the comparisons with other bands on "Den Ildrøde Konge". With this album, LIGFAERD deliver a solid release, full of infernal melodies which are staunchly orthodox, especially when compared to the Swedish Black Metal scene. Their music (and especially the song-structures themselves) is somewhat reminiscent of the uncompromising pummeling onslaught that is MARDUK, although some influences of WATAIN are also discernible. Having said that, there is also an undeniable BELPHEGOR feel to LIGFAERD's music. Similar to their Austrian counterparts, LIGFAERD produce music which has a momentous, larger-than-life atmosphere, although this gets somewhat lost due to the less-than-ideal production quality. While I'll be the first to admit that a dirty production can go a long way in giving the songs a more sinister and aggressive atmosphere, this should not be at the cost of the sound of the instruments. Had the production been better and the arrangement of the songs been a bit more fluent and original, "Den Ildrøde Konge" would have undoubtedly been a monster of an album. Despite this, it's still worth a listen, as there are quite a few strong songs that will give you a proper pounding.