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Cool new ideas for your home.
By Ilene Denton 12/28/2016 at 4:06pm
Get ready. In 2017, homeowners will opt for more color, faux finishes, rustic-style wood treatments and smart technology, says Nikki James, Dallas-based design studio manager for national home builder Ashton Woods, which is currently building in several Sarasota neighborhoods.
Image: Courtesy Ashton Woods
While light, airy white and gray walls will remain constant in 2017, especially in Florida, we are going to see more color introduced into the home, says James, especially the Pantone Color of the Year, Greenery—a fresh, optimistic color inspired by nature. "It's a very unique shade of green, so perfect for your area," she says, "but not big walls of green, more in upholstery, artwork, pillows, area rugs." And we'll green in a lot of other shades, too.
We'll also see more color—light blue and taupe with an underlying gray, especially—in subway tile backsplashes and bathroom walls, and less plain white. In fact, the Sherwin Williams color of the year, says James, is Poised Taupe, a sophisticated, classic neutral.
In the kitchen, two-toned cabinets are still popular in 2017, says James, with light upper cabinets and darker base cabinets "so the room doesn't look smaller." Whirlpool and KitchenAid are introducing black stainless appliances. And out with oil-rubbed bronze and satin nickel cabinet hardware and plumbing fixtures; clean chrome hardware and matte black finishes are gaining momentum. They go with the more transitional and modern direction of interior design. Shaker-style cabinets will continue their dominance as well as clean-lined countertops. "Nothing distracting; less clutter, less maintenance," James says.
Faux finishes will be huge, she says; homeowners are opting for budget-friendly alternatives to real Carrera marble that are easier to maintain. And wood-plank tiles are very popular in Sarasota, especially a darker shade with gray undertone. "The most popular size is 6x24," she says, "because it shows that real-wood look. The patterns have gotten so lifelike, and it's great for children and pets." Thin-brick, too, is hugely popular for fireplace surrounds and backsplashes. "It adds great texture and warmth, and it's a great alternative to thicker real brick," says James.
The popularity of rustic-style wood and shiplap that began in 2016 will continue in the new year. One big difference: instead of remaining white, the shiplap will be painted, perhaps that warm taupe. So will patterned tile as an accent in the master bath or as the kitchen backsplash; "it's getting more affordable and easier for homeowners to get," she says.
And, finally, says James, because we're all moving at such a fast pace, we all want to live smarter and we will want smarter homes. Not always high-tech, she says, but how thoughtfully we're going to design the living space. Ashton Woods, for example, makes Honeywell smart thermostats standard in its new homes; you can use your smart phone to turn down your AC before you get home. And in the Florida market, it offers an option for kitchen cabinets manufactured by Italian cabinet company Veneta Cucine. "It has so many options to help you work smarter," she says—multi-level drawers for maximum storage, for example, and lights that turn on when you open the drawers.
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Amazon Planning Plenty More Pop-Up Stores: Report
Alan Wolf
During Amazon's formative years its executives would often tout the cost advantages of cyber storefronts over physical locations.
In due time though, the company was dotting the countryside with distribution centers to streamline fulfillment and make the most of looming e-commerce sales tax laws.
Cut to the present, and Amazon has become a nascent brick-and-mortar chain, with two (soon to be three) physical bookstores on the West Coast, and 21 (count 'em, 21!) temporary mall-based boutiques in a dozen states.
The 300- to 500-square-foot pop-up shops have variously featured live displays of the company's proprietary tech devices (Echo, Tap and Dot Bluetooth speakers; Fire TV and tablets; Dash buttons; and Kindle e-readers), as well as its AmazonBasics line of low-priced CE accessories, non-Amazon merchandise including Bluetooth speakers and unlocked smartphones, and even a selection of Amazon- branded apparel.
Now, having successfully completed the test phase, according to an Amazon job listing, and "with a goal to expand and grow," the company is putting its pop-up plans into high gear. Business Insider reports that at least 10 more shops are expected this holiday season, and upward of 70 more could be rolled out next year — perhaps as a prelude to permanent brick-and-mortar stores, a source told the publication.
In other Amazon news, the company has added yet another perk to its $99/year Prime membership program: unlimited access at no extra cost to Audible's new Audible Channel service, a $4.95/month offering of spoken-word news stories, articles, comedy segments, lectures and original content. In addition, Prime members can also stream a rotating selection of more than 50 premium audiobooks from Audible's catalog, also at no additional charge.
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Ever since MyPublisher shut down last year, one of the most frequent questions we've been getting is "who are you going to use to make your family photo book now??" For months and months, we had no good answer because we only print these annual "family yearbooks" in January, once the previous year has wrapped up (you can see examples of them here). But now that 2018 is here, we've officially added our 2017 album to the stack and we are VERY happy with the result.
We're no experts on photo printing services by any means, but after becoming dedicated users of MyPublisher for YEARS (we purchased our first annual album from them back in 2011) we had become pretty accustomed to their service and (more importantly) had built a nice uniform stack as each year passed. And judging by the response from you guys, we weren't the only ones who were upset to see them close up shop last spring.
But we got TONS of suggestions from you guys (hundreds of recommendations on Instagram and Facebook when we asked what you used and liked) and many of the more common suggestions included Blurb, Mixbook, Artifact Uprising, and Shutterfly (the service MyPublisher was absorbed into). After weighing all of them, we noticed that Blurb seemed to be recommended the most often (closely followed by Mixbook) and Shutterfly was often mentioned but seemed to be polarizing (many people chimed in to say they tried it and didn't like it).
So just based on all of your feedback, and a bit of poking around on a few websites, we opted to try Blurb. I can't speak to how it stacks up to the other suggestions (since all we have to compare it to are our MyPublisher albums), but I can say for anyone else who is familiar with MyPublisher and their quality and varied photo-layouts, it's a pretty close match. In fact it's even better in some areas. And this isn't a sponsored post or anything like that (they don't know us from Adam). We paid for our book and waited impatiently on the front porch just like everyone else.
For starters, the spine of their Standard Landscape Photo Book measures just 1/2″ shorter than the old standard size from MyPublisher we used to order, meaning it stacks really naturally on top of our existing collection (it's the one with the yellow spine below). It's about an inch and a half less wide too, but you can't usually tell that when they're stored flat like this (or leaned vertically now that I think about it) since that's in the back anyway. I know this seems like a weird thing to obsess over, but part of the fun of making these books has been watching the stack grow. So we're glad to have found something that allows us to keep building on the same pile.
The final price of my Blurb book ended up being around $43, which is about $5 less than what I typically spent for our MyPublisher albums, but I did use 15 fewer pages this year so it's admittedly not a perfect apples-to-apples comparison. A lot of our cost for MyPublisher was paying for extra pages (we always used their max of 99 pages, which one year could've cost me nearly $130, so I always waited to order our album until their "Free Extra Pages" promotion came around, saving me about $80). Blurb's discount codes didn't seem to be quite as generous (I got one by email that saved me 30%) but their base pricing was much cheaper. Without discounts, I would have spent LESS THAN HALF of what MyPublisher would've charged (around $60 versus $130).
Like MyPublisher, Blurb allows you to download free software to lay out your book offline. Theirs is called BookWright and it had fewer bells and whistles, but also performed much faster (it used to take me FOREVER to upload all of my pictures into the MyPublisher software). It was pretty slim on preset photo layouts, but you can save your own custom templates easily to solve that. It also wasn't quite as easy to swap photos around and I didn't discover until AFTER I ordered our book that you can turn on the "trim area" guides (the purple border below pops up to help you prevent any text or faces from getting trimmed off). So some of my pages ended up being a little more closely cropped than I would've liked, but now that I know how to activate that feature it won't happen again.
Again, I'm no printing aficionado, but I found no discernable difference between Blurb and MyPublisher's final product. In fact, I like how Blurb's spine was a little sharper than MyPublisher's – although maybe that's the difference of it being 15 pages shorter.
The photo-wrapped cover and the insides all met my standards for color and crispness, despite BookWright warning me that many of the iPhone photos included were too low resolution. A true photographer or graphic designer studying it with a magnifying lens might be more particular about how their images were reproduced, but to my (somewhat picky) naked eye, which you know has a lot of opinions about undertones and lighting, they definitely look great. No complaints about a single photo – and the book contains over 400!
I'm probably forgetting something, but I feel like I've blabbed on enough about this random topic. Again, I'm still surprised by how many people cared, so I wanted to give you guys a full report. I think the most important thing is that we're really grateful that we can carry on our "Family Yearbook" tradition since they've each become so important to us. The kids are frequently asking to pull them down and look through them, and it's always an exciting day when the new book arrives and we can "read" it together for the first time.
Thanks again to everyone who recommended Blurb to us! Happy Yearbooking!
P.S. To anyone wondering why we prefer this system over photo albums, here's a post all about how much space & money they can save you.


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The American Heart Association Heart Walk is scheduled on campus this year for Saturday April 6th. A portion of this walk is on Main St. in front of our campus. The race will start in front of Koehler at 8:30am for runners only; they will run on the sidewalk in front of Winebrenner to Howard St. then proceed through the remainder of the race route. Frazer St. and Howard St. at Main St. will both be barricaded until all runners have passed (since this is for runners only, they will most likely run past in a pack and that this won't take very long).
Depending on when attendees arrive for registration, there is a chance that attendees will not be affected by the runners with the exception of how they will need to access the Winebrenner parking lot. Please use Main St. to access the parking lot just south of the Winebrenner building (between Frazer St. and East of Chicago parking lot). All barricades will be removed by the time our conference is over for the day.
Rate: $109.99. Includes Fresh hot breakfast * Free popcorn & soda (3:00-9:00 p.m.) * Hot food buffet which includes 3 complimentary drinks (wine, beer, etc.) 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Rate: $92.40. Includes continental breakfast.
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Q: How to write a subquery within a SELECT query MySQL I have been trying to figure out how to incorporate a subquery into my working SELECT query. Below is my query that is grabbing the project name from the projects table and through a left join I am grabbing the date within the project_work table. The project_id is a foriegn key connecting to the projects table(id).
SELECT projects.Project_Name, project_work.Completed_Date
FROM projects LEFT JOIN project_work ON projects.id=project_work.project_id

The query above prints out the following:
+---------------+---------------+
| Project Name  | Completed Date|
+------+--------+---------+------
| John Smith    |  2020-10-06   |
+------+--------+---------+------
| John Smith    |  2020-10-09   |
+------+--------+---------+------
| John Smith    |  2020-10-08   |
+------+--------+---------+------
| Jane Doe      |  2020-10-12   |
+------+--------+---------+------
| Jane Doe      |  2020-10-04   |
+------+--------+---------+------

I want my subquery to look at each date belonging to the same project name and only show the most recent date:
+---------------+---------------+
| Project Name  | Completed Date|
+------+--------+---------+------
| John Smith    |  2020-10-09   |
+------+--------+---------+------
| Jane Doe      |  2020-10-12   |
+------+--------+---------+------

I was attempting to add something like the following, but kept getting syntax errors. Clearly this isn't correct. Can someone explain to me the correct way to use a subquery for this case?
WHERE projects.id=project_work.project_id
SELECT MAX(project_work.Completed_Date)
FROM project_work
ORDER BY project_work.Completed_Date ASC
LIMIT 0,1

A: There are more than one possibility
SELECT
    projects.Project_Name, project_work.Completed_Date
FROM
    projects
        LEFT JOIN
    (SELECT
        project_id, MAX(project_work.Completed_Date)
    FROM
        project_work
    GROUP BY project_id) ON projects.id = project_work.project_id;

OR
SELECT
    projects.Project_Name, project_work.Completed_Date
FROM
    projects
        LEFT JOIN
    project_work ON projects.id = project_work.project_id
WHERE
    project_work.Completed_Date = (SELECT
            MAX(Completed_Date)
        FROM
            Completed_Date
        WHERE
            project_id = projects.id)

A: You don't need a subquery for this, just:
SELECT projects.Project_Name, MAX(project_work.Completed_Date)
FROM projects
LEFT JOIN project_work ON projects.id=project_work.project_id
GROUP BY projects.Project_Name

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Belfry Bulletin No 372/373, April/May 1979 - Equipment Notes
Introducing an occasional series of articles discussing various items of new equipment currently appearing on the caving market
By ' Cam'
There is still silence from Jumar's to give a date when we may expect their ascenders to re-appear. They are produced to what amounts a 'cottage industry', but last year were forced to re-build a large proportion of their ageing equipment. While they were doing this it was proposed that they would do a re-design to produce a 'super-Jumar'. Last information was, however, that they were having second thoughts on the lines 'we have a good product – why change it?'
They may have to think yet again with the introduction in this country of the American CMI (Colorado Mountain Industries) 5000 Ascender. This is very much Jumar shape, but has an extruded and. machined, rather than a cast body. There are double anchor points at the bottom for karabiner attachment, the safety catch is designed for ease of use wearing gloves and is hard wearing, impregnated nylon material. The cam safety catch and return spring is removable for cleaning or replacement. Points of criticism seem to be the lack or a moulded handle, and the circlip fixing of the cam pin which seems a little flimsy. They should retail cheaper in caving shops than climbing shops, but are around £30.00 a pair at the time of writing (March 1979).
Also now arriving in quantity from U.S.A. are spring-loaded Gibbs Rope walkers. The standard Gibbs has been discontinued and they are now all fitted with quick release pins. The old model (QR) is now the standard, and the sprung model is the same but with the body punched to form a lip on which the body is held back. Both models can surprisingly be purchased at the same price, about £10 each.
Clam products of Littletown, Yorkshire, are preparing to market an ascender-descender system based on wire rather than ropes. Details will remain secret until their patent comes through!
Another patented device soon to enter the scene is the Lewis descender. This is a self braking device, with a 'dead-man's' handle built onto the side. It can be used on a single or double ropes, but is similarly to a certain well known Mendip 'Buggery Box' leads one to think that perhaps Glyn Bolt, of Goldlock fame may have one or two words to say about this patent! The breaking bar itself is also reminiscent of the Petzl shunt.
Petzl are also said to be experimenting with a self-braker, but no details are known. Bridon's Kevlar cored 'Viking Super Speleo' rope is now commercially available. The theory is that the Kelvar fibre, which is very strong and has negligible stretch, will provide a rigid SRT rope, but in the event of a fall it will break and the shock absorbed by the double nylon outer sheaths. However, the core is said to have the strength of 1000kg, which will give the person on the end of the rope a nasty jolt! That, together with the very dubious flexing quality of 'Kelvar' makes one hope that Andy Eaves, who helped design the rope really does know more bout it than most. Cost, about £24 per hundred feet. A thought worth bearing in mind is that a manufacturer of rope using nylon to construct a drive belt for a machine. The nylon lasted (on average) 1000 hours. They thought Kelvar would solve their problems, but a belt of this material lasted only three minutes!


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Oscars 2018: Official nominations
Last updated on - Jan 25, 2018
The nominees for the 90th annual Academy Awards are announced. Let's have a look at the various categories.
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Nominations for Best Picture
'Call Me by Your Name', 'Darkest Hour', 'Dunkirk', 'Get Out', 'Lady Bird', 'Phantom Thread', 'The Post', 'The Shape of Water', 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'
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Nominations for Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, 'Phantom Thread', Guillermo del Toro, 'The Shape of Water', Greta Gerwig, 'Lady Bird', Christopher Nolan, 'Dunkirk', Jordan Peele, 'Get Out'
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Nominations for Actor in a Leading Role
Timothee Chalamet, 'Call Me By Your Name', Daniel Day-Lewis, 'Phantom Thread', Daniel Kaluuya, 'Get Out', Gary Oldman, 'Darkest Hour', Denzel Washington, 'Roman J. Israel, Esq.'
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Nominations for Actress in a Leading Role
Sally Hawkins, 'The Shape of Water', Frances McDormand, 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', Margot Robbie, 'I, Tonya', Saoirse Ronan, 'Lady Bird', Meryl Streep, 'The Post'
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Nominations for Actor in a Supporting Role
Willem Dafoe, 'The Florida Project', Woody Harrelson, 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', Richard Jenkins, 'The Shape of Water', Christopher Plummer, 'All the Money in the World', Sam Rockwell, 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
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Mary J. Blige, 'Mudbound', Allison Janney, 'I, Tonya', Lesley Manville, 'Phantom Thread', Laurie Metcalf, 'Lady Bird', Octavia Spencer, 'The Shape of Water'
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Nominations for Adapted Screenplay
'Call Me by Your Name' (James Ivory), 'The Disaster Artist' (Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber), 'Logan' ( Scott Frank, Michael Green and James Mangold) , 'Molly's Game' (Aaron Sorkin), 'Mudbound' (Dee Rees & Virgil Williams)
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Nominations for Original Screenplay
'The Big Sick'' (Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani),'Get Out' (Jordan Peele), 'Lady Bird' (Greta Gerwig), 'The Shape of Water' (Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor), 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' (Martin McDonagh)
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Nominations for Animated Feature Film
'The Boss Baby', 'The Breadwinner', 'Coco', 'Ferdinand', 'Loving Vincent'
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Nominations for Animated Short Film
'Dear Basketball', 'Garden Party', 'Lou', 'Negative Space', 'Revolting Rhymes'
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The Guttebo House was located in the Washington Prairie community in Springfield Township, Winneshiek County, IA. In 2010 the house was disassembled and rebuilt in Glenwood Township, about eight miles northeast of its original location.
The Guttebo House is really unique. It's of the midtkammer plan, a building form that developed in 17th century Norway amongst wealthy farmers. In form, the midtkammer is essentially the same as the American I-house: The primary entrance is centered on the longitudinal side and opens into a central passage. The stairway to the second floor is located within this space. On each side of the central passage is a large room; the left a kitchen space and the right a formal living space.
The midtkammer plan was seldom executed in Norwegian-American communities. This is the only one I've encountered, but apparently there also exists one east of the Mississippi in southwest Wisconsin. The Guttebo House measures 17′ x 34′ making it the longest house I've ever encountered. No log runs the whole 34′ span, and instead timbers were spliced together with lap joints. The house was made of eastern white pine timbers and the corners are full dovetailed. The southern wall of the central passageway is built of logs whilst the northern partition wall is built with dimensional lumber.
Its former owner Les Guttebo is a pretty cool guy. Les grew up in the house and wanted to find it a new home. He tried and tried and tried to find someone to take it, allthewhile remaining steadfast against torching it. After a few years of searching he found someone who wanted it, and now it sits rebuilt and utilized.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged midtkammer, Springfield Township, Winneshiek County on February 15, 2011 by Paul Cutting.
Lars Guttebo was my ggrandfather, Ahlert Larson my grandfather.
Interestingly enough- we (the non-profit) are moving a 120 year old "company house" across the street and placing it right next to the schoolhouse in the next few days. You will love this….. it was (up until 2 weeks ago) still full of all of the resident's personal items- dating back to the logging era.
At any rate- just know that you are appreciated- and- if you ever want to restore homes of the northwoods- come to Star Lake!
PS- Sent your link to my sister so that she could show our mother. And- I have a few pics of the Guttebo farm from the old days too! I'm afraid it's more of family than of the buildings though.


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I am a bit of a Luddite when it comes to all this tech stuff. I am still on a t-9 cell phone, desktop PC and have no wi-fi at my residence. But I am slowly embracing some technology. Thank god Weebly makes things easy. Thank god for the g.f. too, she convinced me to re-tool the blog as the old version was a little busy and the text was hard to read with the picture in the background and my choice of font colours. I was most concerned with keeping my Jay Eatz title in the same font and that transition was successful. Happy Jay!
Even better news, you can now subscribe to Jay Eatz's blog. Over on the right column under Author and RSS Feed is a little box that says "Enter your email address:". Do it and click subscribe and the good folks at FeedBurner will keep you up to date on all things Jay Eatz. I am not sure why you would ever want to but if you change your mind on the subscription no worries. Un-subscribing is easy thanks to FeedBurner.
Im getting a little less Luddite-ish by the day. I'm sure the g.f. will keep the improvements to the blog layout a-comin as well. Next step improve on the grammar but that could be a tuff one, LOL. We can just call any mistakes Jay Eatz-isms.


A lot of students find the concept of NOT GIVEN very difficult to grasp. Remember that some of the sentences in the questions are not addressed in the passage. When you think you have found a sentence that deals with the subject of a sentence in the questions, you need to read it very carefully - it may not express agreement OR disagreement.
YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer.
NO if the statement contradicts what the writer thinks.
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to know what the writer's point of view is.
1) Scientific predictions about how much it will be possible to lengthen human life vary greatly.
2) Research into extending life involves both new drugs and changes to genes.
3) Scientific experiments have not succeeded in making any animals live longer.
4) Most people in the future will decide not to have children.
5) Life expectancy has improved partly because people eat better.
Look at the following names of people or organisations (Questions 6-9) and the list of opinions (A-F).
Match each name with the opinion which the person or organisation expressed.
NB There are more opinions than names, so you will not use them all.
A Increases in longevity may cause unwelcome changes in society.
B People will live longer but become tired of life.
C Past experience shows that people do not lose interest in life as a result of living longer.
D There is no scientific proof that any drug can prolong human life expectancy.
E One medicine we are developing may have a welcome benefit apart from its original purpose.
F Using drugs to treat the diseases of old age is only the beginning.
Which TWO of the following are characteristics of free radicals?
A They are a partial cause of certain diseases.
B They escape into the atmosphere when we breathe.
C They are present in two vitamins.
D They harm our body chemistry.
E They are produced by our bodies.
Complete the following summary of the scientific progress towards extending life expectancy.
Choose your answers from the box below the summary.
1) Putting the words in the boxes in categories e.g. names of animals, words referring to chemicals, other words etc. before you start.
2) Looking for synonyms of particular words and phrases e.g. by half (by 50 per cent), growing, growth, live more, live up to 80 per cent longer.
3) Reading through the summary when you have finished and deciding whether it makes sense both for meaning and grammar.
In one experiment using anti-ageing chemicals, the life of (11) ............. was extended by half. (12) ............. like the ones which control the ageing process in these animals have also been found in other species. Unfortunately, however, experiments on (13) ............. have been less successful: while they live longer, the (14) ............. controlling their growth are also affected with the result that they grow less.


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News > Features
WTC survivor believes Americans need to see what really went on
Sun., Aug. 6, 2006
Officers John McLoughlin, left, and Will Jimeno, right, pose during a reception to recognize the members of the NYC Port Authority police and fire departments who assisted in the filming of "World Trade Center." (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
By Joyce J. Persico Newhouse News Service
"World Trade Center"
opens Wednesday at the NorthTown Mall, River Park Square, Spokane and Valley cinemas and Village Centre cinemas in Spokane, and at Riverstone in Coeur d'Alene.
Is it too soon?
Are the wounds of Sept. 11 still too raw for American moviegoers to revisit what happened on that horrific morning in New York City nearly five years ago?
Director Oliver Stone, whose film "World Trade Center" opens Wednesday, doesn't think so. And neither does John McLoughlin, the 19th of only 20 people pulled live from the rubble of the crumbling building.
McLoughlin, 53, is lucky to be alive. He wears plastic braces on his scarred and disfigured legs. He was pulled from concrete and steel debris that trapped him under the destroyed concourse between the two World Trade Center buildings on Sept. 11.
He and fellow Port Authority Police Department officer William Jimeno were trapped for 22 hours. Now they are reluctant celebrities.
McLoughlin has toured the country with his wife Donna, promoting the film. The wear-and-tear of traveling on his injured legs meant he could do a recent interview only from his hotel room bed.
On permanent disability, he suffers from what he calls "compacting syndrome," a circulatory problem caused by his lower body being crushed for so many hours.
McLoughlin has had 30 operations, and there are long scars and deep grooves in his legs and thighs. He was in the hospital four months before returning to his Long Island home.
He's spent each Sept. 11 since then alone with his family, refusing all invitations to public observances. He found out something about himself at a New York Yankees baseball game he attended in a wheelchair in the early days of his recovery – he is now claustrophobic.
"I went to get an MRI and I freaked out," he recalls. "I've had MRIs before and that never happened."
McLoughlin's spirituality also has been affected by his ordeal.
"I've never been overly religious. I was raised Catholic, but I just live my life as a good person," he says. "But I believe something, some divine intervention happened for them to get us out of there."
McLoughlin says he doesn't miss his job or the long commute from his home in Goshen, N.Y., to the Port Authority. He no longer has to worry about getting a day off to see one of his kids' soccer games. He likes being around his wife and their four children, who range in age from 9 to 20.
These days, he says he "tries not to take the small stuff in life for granted. I appreciate what I have."
He says he's not interested in the celebrity that comes with his characterization in Stone's film.
"I'm not here to promote the movie, but to make people understand what went on," McLoughlin explains. "This is not made up."
As for whether it's too soon to see the day re-created on film, he says, "It's an individual decision. Some people will never be comfortable to see this as an historic event.
"But I think it's important for first responders to inform people while it's still fresh in our minds, while we have a vivid and clear recollection of that day."
Published: Aug. 6, 2006, midnight
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        enabled) {
      if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFONTSMOOTHING, FALSE, NULL, 0))
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Thus we find a few things to like about the vivo V7+, but nothing compelling. The only thing worth taking out your wallet for is... 24-megapixel selfies. The final question, then: does the narcissist in you need such resolving power?
The V7+ has been carefully put together with a specific audience in mind and it simply excels in all its highlight features - screen, performance, camera, even design. If you live in a market where vivo sells, there is not a single reason why you shouldn't give it a serious consideration.
The lower resolution of the display and the overall performance makes Vivo V7 Plus a pricey option. But if you really want better selfies and don't mind the lower resolution display, Vivo V7 + is not a bad option on the list. Otherwise, the market has plenty of 'selfie-focused' options in the market, including from vivo itself.
The Vivo V7 Plus comes with an RRP (recommended retail price) of RM1499 in Malaysia. It may be somewhat more expensive than other similar smartphones, but the 24MP camera selfie image quality is still slightly clearer than the rest on the market. However, in contrast, the rear camera isn't nearly as good as the front camera. The FullView display is great but still required more optimization from third-party apps. Performance is slightly lower than the standard for the price, but for casual mobile gamers it is still acceptable.
Selling for around S$550 in Singapore and other markets (which converts to about $400, £300 or AU$525) the Vivo V7+ isn't the best phone out there, but its selfie prowess may find it an audience.
The V7+ certainly created a buzz during its announcement and release last month. And that buzz is somewhat warranted as the phone does provide its users with a big screen, great battery life, respectable speakers, and useful features. Although it would've been nice if Vivo upped the screen quality as having such low ppi on a screen this big has consequences such as loss of quality and pixelation. The front camera, though great at taking selfies, also has an annoying problem with strong light sources and performs poorly in low-light situations.
And we come to our final verdict, in a nutshell, the phone is the best when it comes to selfies, hands down. Moreover, it's gorgeous edge-to-edge display, fast fingerprint scanner, face-unlock feature, easy to use interface, and dual apps feature are those things to like about the phone.
Vivo V7 plus is a top notch device with all the premium features in the very affordable price range. Personally, I have liked this device very much because it is fulfilling all the requirements of a normal user in very economical price. It has a 24MP selfie camera which is perfect for camera lovers and the body shape of this smartphone is very slim and sleek. Those customers who don't want to spend a big amount of money yet they want a good phone, should consider Vivo V7 plus before buying another device.
While we personally believe that smartphones need to be a complete package, Vivo is still pursuing its motto "camera and music" quite single mindedly. The new Vivo V7+ has a good front facing camera and great audio quality, but considering its price, the company could have done a much better job with the performance and battery life.
I was surprised to find myself warming to the Vivo V7 Plus. I normally shun heavily-themed Android devices with low-end chips. However, Vivo's customisations are useful and add value. The Snapdragon 450, a yet untested platform, certainly proved more capable than I expected.
Selfie phones seem to be in a hurry to come in a flurry. So much so that certain phone makers have shifted their focus heavily on the front cameras of their phones, with every iteration they make. Leading the pack, at least in India, is Vivo, and the V7 Plus is their latest offering, succeeding last year's V5 Plus (don't ask us where did the 6 Plus go! We don't know it either). We gave you our first impressions in the first cut article a while ago, and we were sweetly surprised on how smooth it was in our initial usage – ah and that front camera of course. And now, having done a detailed review, we answer many of the questions we got all this while – does the snappy performance hold up? Is the build quality strong enough? How is the selfie camera compared to other selfie-centric phones? How is the gaming experience? etc. Read on for the answers in this detailed Vivo V7+ Review.
Overall, the Vivo V7+ is decent smartphone with a large FullView 18:9 display in a compact body and a pretty good selfie camera. The phone has dedicated SIM and microSD card slots, which is a good move. Snapdragon 450 is enough to power the phone with a HD+ screen, but the company should have gone for a better chip like the Snapdragon 625 and a Full HD+ screen to justify the price tag of Rs. 21,990.
Vivo V7+ is all about the selfie and it turns out to be the best selfie phone after the Vivo V5 Plus. But how is the overall phone? You will have to wait for the full review of the Vivo V7+. Let us know what you think about the Vivo V7+ selfie camera samples.
Vivo is introducing some notable new features with its smartphones and the V7+ is just the first of many such models to come. The shift to the new 18:9 aspect display is welcome, and we like the fact that the company has finally moved to Android Nougat. The front camera is does a good job in most lighting conditions. However, it still feels quite expensive considering it's plastic body, low-resolution screen and budget-class processor.
Vivo V7+ is a selfie centric smartphone that comes with a much better selfie camera. Overall a very good handset but the price is too high. Vivo brand mostly does well in offline markets. Now you can get a better selfie camera smartphone for under Rs. 15,000 (the Asus Zenfone 4 Selfie dual).
Vivo launched the Vivo V7+ handset in India and here is the unboxing and first impression, basically Vivo V7+ review (part 1). This handset is powered by SD 450 octa core processor and key attraction is the 5.9 inch screen with 1440 x 720 resolution and 24MP front selfie camera.
Bezel-less smartphone is a new thing this year, Vivo is also moving towards smartphones with a minimalist bezel to gain more space for the screen. Vivo has added another selfie phone to its V series, Vivo V7+ alongside the Vivo V7. The Vivo V7+, being an upper variant, boasts a larger FullView bezel-less display. The Chinese manufacturer has come up with world's first smartphone to feature a 24 MP selfie camera.
Positive: Good price; impressive design; decent hardware; nice cameras; long battery life; large screen.
Positive: Good price; top selfie camera; nice design; decent speakers. Negative: Short battery life; average performance.
Model: The Vivo V7+ is the successor to the company's V5 Plus flagship phone. It is also designed for selfie enthusiasts. Not only does it boast of the highest resolution front camera on a smartphone it also has a wide, 18:9 aspect ratio display with narrow bezels. This is a feature that is now finding the top spot on consumer wish lists. Thanks to the narrow bezels and wide aspect ratio, the Vivo V7+ has a 6-inch display in the dimensions of a 5.5-inch device, which Vivo calls FullView display. It is excellent for watching videos, playing games as well as for social media. However, the resolution is 1440 x 720 pixels, which gives a pixel density of just 269 ppi (pixels per inch). In comparison, the 5.5-full HD display on the Redmi Note 4 has a pixel density of 401 ppi. This means that in a head-to-head comparison, the V7+ display is not as sharp. Vivo phones normally prioritize selfie cameras over the rear shooter. The front camera is the other highlight of the V7+. It has a 24 MP wide-angle camera with f/2.0 aperture and front LED flash. It is easily one of the best selfie cameras seen on a smartphone. The photos are bright with good details and natural colors. Even in low light, the camera picks up enough light to take good photos without using the front flash.
The rear 16MP camera has an aperture of f/2.0 also and delivers detailed photos with rich color. Vivo has added a Live Photo option, quite like the iPhone: it records a few seconds of video with the image and user can play it with a 'tap and hold'. This makes for some very interesting photos. However, the video recording is restricted to Full HD resolution. From the mid-tier Snapdragon 625 processor of its predecessor, the new phone has a Snapdragon 450 now. The shift from a Snapdragon 600-series to a 400-series processor is shocking at first, but it is not a downgrade. The new Snapdragon 450 is pretty much based on the Snapdragon 625. Both have the same 14 nm technology for longer battery life and a newer Adreno 506 GPU for better gaming performance. Multitasking is handled by the 4 GB memory, and users get an internal storage of 64 GB for apps, pictures, and more. Some of the other highlight features on the Vivo V7+ include the slick unibody design (7.7 mm slim, 160 g weight), fast and an accurate fingerprint scanner, a dedicated microSD slot for storage expansion along with loud and clear audio output. Vivo continues to give its devices a built-in Hi-Fi chip for excellent audio quality with lossless music files. With a slightly bigger body than its predecessor, the V7+ has a somewhat larger battery at 3,225 mAh over the previous 3,160 mAh. As a whole, the V7+ is a good buy for a typical mid-range user. However, the competition in this price range is stiff and there are other manufacturers that can offer more for the asking price.
71.64%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.


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Reach Technology, a Novanta company, makes cost-effective, high-throughput PoE Test Equipment specially designed for manufacturers of Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE). Instead of using a collection of off-the-shelf general purpose test equipment for the production test of PoE power functionality, test engineers can use Reach PoE Tester modules designed for this purpose. Serving customers since 1988.
Reach has been designing and manufacturing production oriented test equipment for PoE applications since 2005. PoE5 will be the fourth generation product built and delivered. In business 25+ years, on Inc.'s Fastest Growing Private Companies List, now part of Novanta Corporation.


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Contraception and Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program
The CIR-LRP is designed to provide an incentive for health professionals to work in areas of reproductive extramural contraception and/or infertility research (which are defined, respectively, as research that has the ultimate goal to provide new or improved methods of preventing pregnancy and research that has long-range objective to evaluate, treat, or ameliorate conditions which result in the failure of couples to either conceive or bear young) by repaying educational loans. The CIR-LRP will pay up to $50,000 ($20,000 for ACGME fellowa) of the principal of a participant's educational loans for each year of commitment not to exceed 25% of the remaining loan balance. LRP loan repayments are considered taxable income and can significantly affect an awardee's taxable income. To offset the tax burden resulting from LRP repayments, the LRPs also make a tax payment to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) equal to 39 percent of the annual LRP repayment. In return for these loan repayments, awardees must agree to conduct contraception and/or infertility research for not less than one year for each year of support awarded. The long- range objective of the CIR-LRP is to stimulate the commitment of researchers to sustaining a career focus on contraception and/or infertility research, as defined above.
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
C - Direct Payments For Specified Use
Fiscal Year 2016 In fiscal year 2016, the projected funding level for the Contraception and Infertility Research LRP is $980,000 with a projected total of 23 contracts. In fiscal year 2016, the actual funding level for the Contraception and Infertility Research LRP was $995,110 with a total of 16 contracts.
Fiscal Year 2017 In fiscal year 2017, the projected funding level for the Contraception and Infertility Research LRP is $1,023,550 with a projected total of 16 contracts.
Fiscal Year 2020 In fiscal year 2020, the projected funding level for the Contraception and Infertility Research LRP is $974,000 with a projected total of 18 contracts.
Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 288-2, Title IV (National Research Institutes), Part G (Awards and Training), Section 487B (Loan Repayment Program for Research with Respect to Contraception and Infertility), as amended by Public Law 113-235.
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen (or U.S. national or permanent resident) In addition to doctoral-level degrees, applications will be considered from other allied health professionals including nurses, physician assistants, graduate students, or postgraduate research fellows training in a health profession. Applicants for new awards must commit to conduct contraception and infertility research for at least 50% of their time (at least 20 hours weekly based on a 40 hour week) for two years and it must be funded by a domestic nonprofit or U.S. Government (Federal, state or local) entity. Also, the research must not be prohibited by Federal law or NIH policy. Complete eligibility information is available at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-19-120.html
Assistance in the form of loan repayments will be made to the lender of participants in the CIR-LRP.
In order to be considered for selection into the CIR-LRP, eligible new applicants must complete and submit the electronic application materials located at www.lrp.nih.gov, which include: (1) a Loan Verification Form for each loan to be considered for repayment; (2) an institutional statement providing assurance that the applicant will be engaged in employment/training at a qualified domestic nonprofit institution (tax-exempt under 26 USC 501) or U.S federal, state or local government entity, for not less than two years from the anticipated effective date of the NIH Loan Repayment Program Contract between the individual and NICHD (this assurance is conducted electronically); and (3) a signed NIH Loan Repayment Program Contract by which the applicant agrees to serve the obligated minimum period, one year for each year of support awarded, conducting contraception and/or infertility research at a qualified domestic nonprofit institution (tax-exempt under 26 USC 501). Renewal applicants may request one or two year awards. For these applicants, a one-year "institutional statement providing assurance" and "NIH Loan Repayment Program Contract" is sufficient.
Preapplication coordination is required. Information regarding the CIR-LRP and the preparation of forms for application to the CIR-LRP can be obtained at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-19-120.html and by contacting the LRP Info Center at www.lrp.nih.gov, (866) 849-4047 (Mon-Fri 9AM - 5PM Eastern Time) and lrp@nih.gov.
2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Qualified individuals interested in participating in the CIR-LRP should visit the NIH Loan Repayment Program Website at www.lrp.nih.gov for all application forms and requirements. The application will be evaluated by a Review Committee, convened for this purpose by the Scientific Review Branch, NICHD, NIH, HHS. In selecting applicants for participation in the CIR-LRP, the panel will consider the review criteria listed under "Application Review Process" at https://www.lrp.nih.gov/faqs. All selections are subject to final approval by the Director, NICHD. The NIH Division of Loan Repayment will notify the applicant of the outcome of the review.
Once the applicant is selected to participate in the CIR-LRP, the applicant and the Director, NICHD, as a designee of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, will sign a written binding contract stating the terms and conditions for participating in the CIR- LRP. The effective date of the contract will be the date it is signed by the Director, NICHD, or the date employment/training begins at an NICHD-funded Specialized Contraception or Infertility Research Center, whichever is later.
September 1, 2019 to November 15, 2019 Applications can be received at the deadlines established and announced each year at http://www.lrp.nih.gov/.
Approximately 330 Days. The selection process takes approximately 11 months following the application deadline.
Review criteria for all CIR LRP applications are listed under "Application Review Process" at https://www.lrp.nih.gov/faqs In addition, CIR LRP renewal applications are reviewed with respect to the following criteria: (1) Assessment of the renewal applicant's research accomplishments during the previous LRP award period and (2) Assessment of the renewal applicant's development as an independent investigator.
The assistance provided by the CIR-LRP is entirely of a financial nature in the form of loan repayments. The monies provided by this program are restricted to the repayment of pre-existing, qualified loans procured by the participant for educational expenses incurred in the pursuit of undergraduate or graduate degrees.
Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
The CIR-LRP will pay equal quarterly payments to the lenders. Each payment will be made shortly after the end of each full quarter of satisfactory service. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Quarterly.
None/Not specified.
Steven C. Kaufman, M.D., M.S.
6710B Rockledge Drive, room 2421C
Bethesda, MD 20817 US
kaufmans@mail.nih.gov
https://www.lrp.nih.gov
75-0844-0-1-552
(Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 18$1,088,000.00; FY 19 est $1,037,000.00; FY 20 est $974,000.00; FY 17$1,090,000.00; FY 16$995,110.00; -
In fiscal year 2018 the range of financial assistance was between $10,839 and $97,300. The average contract cost was $72,549.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was approved by NIH on September 19, 2001, and by the Department of Health and Human Services on December 31, 2001.
Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
Disadvantaged Health Professions Faculty Loan Repayment Program (FLRP)
Minority Health and Health Disparities Research
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment
National Institutes of Health Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan Repayment Program
National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers
National Institutes of Health Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program


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ACCT316-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023
Public Management and Governance
Where does your water come from? How can you manage, control and account a hospital? If you were elected to a regional council, how would you balance farming, fishing, tourism and conservation interests? This course examines how public services are governed and managed locally, nationally and internationally, bringing in such challenges as achieving consensus among publics with differing politics and competing interests, making the most of scarce resources, recovering from natural disasters and persuading people to fund services through taxation.
Having engaged in learning during the course, students will be able to exemplify and discuss with some critical awareness:
* The nature and scope of public management and governance in several service and institutional contexts, including how management accounting and managerial finance figure in the contexts in question
* Relevant practices (e.g. governance, planning and budgeting, performance measurement and management, transparency and accountability, evaluation, costing and pricing of services, the sharing of funding between service users and specific and general taxes) in such contexts
* Skills inherent in group working and group project outcomes (including communicating, negotiating, coordinating, presenting, other inter-personal skills entailed in administrative and governance practice), and questioning and evaluating the work of other individuals and groups
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
Any 45 points at 200-level or above.
ACIS316, AFIS316, AFIS516, POLS316
Equivalent Courses
ACIS316, and AFIS316
01 Friday 13:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 443
Lecture B
01 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 Jack Erskine 443
Keith Dixon
Learning Blogs 30% Five @ 6% each
Final Exam 36%
Team Assessment 26%
Learning Reflection 8%
A minimum of 45 marks out of 100 is required in the final exam in order to obtain a pass grade.
Course links
Domestic fee $868.00
For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems on the departments and faculties page .
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Ukraine-EU Agreement: How Beneficial is Ukraine-EU Agreement?
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Ukraine-EU Agreement: The agreement on the association of Ukraine with the European Union (EU), generated heated debate around the world. Its ratification by 28 EU countries took more than three years. After the majority of the inhabitants of the Netherlands voted against association with Ukraine in the spring of 2016, it seemed that the agreement would not become a reality at all. Only a year later, in May of this year, the Hague finally gave the "go-ahead" to ratifying the document, but first forced Brussels to accept a statement that the association agreement is not at all a pledge of Kiev's entry into the European Union, does not provide Ukraine with security guarantees, does not provide financial assistance and does not give Ukrainians the right to live and work in the EU. Nevertheless, in Kiev, the Ukraine-EU Agreement is called a victory on the road to Europe.
"On September 1, we will have a holiday not only because the children will go to school," said the president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko the other day. "On September 1, the key political document for our state – the Association Agreement with the European Union comes into force."
Ukraine-EU Agreement: Expensive Deal?
For the pact on the Ukraine-EU Agreement, Ukraine paid a large price. Because of the refusal in 2013 of Viktor Yanukovych, who then held the post of president, to sign this document in Kiev, the opposition began to speak, known as "euromaydan", which led eventually to a coup d'état in the country. The culmination was the events in February 2014, when more than 80 people were killed in the Ukrainian capital and hundreds were injured. Among the dead were both protesters and representatives of law enforcement bodies, in particular, fighters of the special unit "Berkut". Another 20 wounded died later in hospitals.
Yanukovych and many members of the government were forced to leave the country. Inhabitants of Crimea on March, 16th at a referendum voted for reunification with Russia, and in Donbass, the civil armed conflict which lasts till now has begun.
Almost immediately after the coup, in March 2014, the then-Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk signed the political part of the association agreement with the EU. It proclaims human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for the rule of law, respect for the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, inviolability of borders and independence. The economic block of the agreement with the heads of state and government of 28 EU countries was signed by the newly elected President Petro Poroshenko in June 2014.
On January 1, 2016, the Ukraine-EU Agreement on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (FTA) entered into force. The document is part of the agreement on the association of the EU and Ukraine.
First Disappointment: Ukraine-EU Agreement
However, the hopes that Ukrainian producers had for the possibility of entering the European market, with the signing of the association agreement, clearly did not materialize. The free trade zone, which the authorities advertised, turned out to be not so free. Within the framework of the FTA, the European Union imposed restrictive quotas for Kiev on 36 types of products that Ukraine can sell without paying a fee. After the quota volume is selected, import duties are introduced.
In theory, the association agreement itself eliminated 97% of tariffs on Ukrainian goods. The average tariff for Ukrainian exports fell from 7.5 to 0.5%. Such preferences, in the opinion of Kyiv economists, could well compensate for the severing of ties with Russia, which is painful for the Ukrainian business.
But the bright prospects began to melt in the first months. The European Union has tried to protect its producers to the maximum. Literally for a month and a half since the start of the free trade zone, Ukraine has exhausted the limits of the supply of honey, juice and corn to the European Union. The quotas for sugar, barley and flour were over. The latest limits were closed in May, including the supply of wheat, Ukraine's most important export commodity. In a year the country shipped more than 30 million tons of grain abroad. The European Union also allocated Kiev a quota of only 950 thousand tons.
Following the results of the first quarter of 2017, Ukraine, according to the government, again fully chose the annual quota for duty-free exports to the EU of six categories of goods: honey, sugar, cereals and flour, processed tomatoes, grape and apple juice and corn. As of the beginning of April, a half-year quota for duty-free export of butter and a quota for poultry meat for the second quarter was fully used. In addition, a quota of wheat exports was used for 86% and wheat malt and wheat gluten were 74%.
However, this year, because of trade sanctions against Russia, the Council of the European Union adopted a series of temporary autonomous trade measures in favour of Ukraine, which should enter into force in September and will be applied within three years. The provisions are aimed at improving the access of Ukrainian exporters to the EU market. According to the Ministry of Economic Development, the provision of additional quotas will allow in the short term to increase exports to the EU by $ 200 million, and this is an additional GDP growth of 0.2%.
Ukraine-EU Agreement – Compensation?
Most experts today acknowledge that there has been no compensation for the disruption of trade ties with Russia. But there is a real and serious decline in the total volume of Ukrainian exports – by around 8%. At the same time, exports to Russia fell by 28.5%, while the EU accounts for only 37.3% of total Ukrainian exports. IIt is also noteworthy that the share of duty-free trade with the EU is currently only 10%, and with the CIS countries, this figure still reaches 20%, although it went down in 2016.
And although the volume of European exports to Ukraine as a whole also did not grow very much, Europe did not miss its own. This is evidenced by a significant negative balance of the balance of foreign trade of Ukraine with the European Union. According to the State Statistics Service, the volume of exports to 28 European countries reached $ 15.9 billion in 2016, but imports from there amounted to $ 18.1 billion.
"We noticed some revival in the export of Ukrainian goods in 2016. But it should be noted that this growth is noticeable only in comparison with 2015. Compared with, for example, the similar situation in 2013, the export of Ukrainian goods to the EU markets has significantly decreased," says Executive Director of the European Business Association Anna Derevyanko.
Economists explain this by the fact that, first of all, the share of export of products with higher added value decreases. In the goods supplied by Ukraine to the European market, raw materials and semi-finished products take an increasing share. At the moment, more than 40% of Ukrainian exports are made by agrarian products.
"In world practice, no raw country has become rich." To improve the situation, it is important for us to develop industry, including processing, "the expert stressed.
Ukrainian products not allowed to Europe
The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Kutovoy believes that Ukrainian agricultural products are too competitive in the European Union market, so they do not allow it. "Our production costs are very low, therefore Europe really puts maximum barriers to prevent Ukrainian products from entering there," he said.
He criticized the EU position on the allocation of export quotas to Ukraine and one of the richest people in the country, the owner of the agricultural holding Myronivsky Hliboproduct Yuri Kosyuk. "The free trade zone, which is very much promoted, is a deception of Ukraine." There was no opening of the markets, "the businessman said.
He argues that with the accession of Ukraine to the free trade zone with the EU nothing has changed. "I think that we are deceived." To export foodstuffs from Ukraine, catastrophically large restrictions or quotas are established, "says Kosyuk.
Viktor Medvedchuk, the leader of the public movement "The Ukrainian Choice – The Right of the People," repeatedly stated that the association agreement benefits only the European side. In his opinion, the agreement does not even bring Ukraine closer to the "European family", but it provides for a lot of obligations and restrictions.
"Having a small quota, the country exports agricultural raw materials to a large extent, while losing the markets of the EEA, Ukrainian exporters broke off cooperation ties in the high-tech sectors of engineering, shipbuilding, rocket and space, aircraft construction and instrumentation," Medvedchuk said. The politician is convinced that only the restoration of trade and economic ties with the Russian Federation will lead to Ukraine's economic success.
Ukraine-EU Agreement: Does Europe need Ukrainian Technology?
The well-known Ukrainian economist, ex-minister of economy Viktor Suslov acknowledges that the disruption of industrial and scientific ties with Russia led to the loss of prospects for many unique Ukrainian enterprises and technologies. As an example, he calls Zaporozhye "Motor Sich" – the largest enterprise that produced engines for all Russian helicopters, many types of aircraft and cruise missiles. When Ukraine imposed restrictions, Russia spent several years and multi-billion dollars but created its own engine production.
"At the same time last year the whole aircraft manufacturing industry in Ukraine produced as much as one plane," Suslov said sadly.
The second example is the Nikolayev enterprise Zarya-Mashproekt, which supplied ship engines for the Russian Navy. After the breakup of relations in Russia, an entire branch of ship propulsion engineering was created, inviting many specialists from the same Nikolayev to join.
"And now they no longer need Ukrainian engines, so what did Ukraine gain by losing markets for high-tech products and not finding new ones? Having lost billions of dollars in export revenues, hundreds of thousands of jobs and thousands of unique, highly qualified specialists?"
According to him, these enterprises can not supply products to the EU, as their technological processes do not comply with European technical regulations and standards. "To convert them to European standards and modernize, we need huge investments, which Ukraine does not have, and the West will never invest them because it has similar manufacturers and does not need competition in high-tech areas," Suslov believes.
Ukraine-EU Agreement: But Russia is Largest trading Partner
Paradoxically, according to the State Statistics Service, Russia remains the largest importer of Ukrainian goods among all countries (9.4% of total exports in the first half of 2017). It is followed by Turkey and Poland – by 6.1%, Italy – 5.7%, India – 5.5%, Egypt – 5.3%.
In the first half of this year, Ukraine increased exports of goods to Russia by 26.4%, to $ 1.93 billion, while imports grew by 41.5%, to $ 2.99 billion. As a result, the trade balance of Ukraine with the Russian The Federation in the first half of 2017 also turned negative and amounted to more than $ 1 billion. At the same time, the balance of trade in services in the first half of the year was positive: exports of services to the Russian Federation for the period increased by 11.7% to $ 1.645 billion, and imports – by 17.6%, to $ 208 million.
Ukraine-EU Agreement: What's Next?
Thus, as experts say, Ukraine's foreign trade in monetary terms in 2016 did not show a positive result. In 2017, there are no obvious prerequisites for changing the trend either. In these conditions, analysts believe, Ukraine's economic success will largely depend not only on the business's ability to quickly reorient itself to European standards but also on the capabilities of the country's leadership and producers themselves to ensure the release of Ukrainian goods and services to other promising markets. Thus, the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine's Trade Representative Natalia Nikolskaya, believes that it is critically important for Ukraine to intensify the establishment of mutually beneficial relations with the countries of Asia, Africa and America.
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Bridgerton announces FOUR new cast members for series two
Bridgerton announces FOUR new cast members including Liar's Shelley Conn who will star in series two… after Regé-Jean Page said he wasn't returning
Bridgerton has revealed the names of four new cast members joining the hit show for season two.
Charithra Chandran, Shelley Conn, Calam Lynch and Rupert Young have all been confirmed as having main roles in the Netflix series.
The exciting announcement comes just days after Regé-Jean Page, 31, who played the Duke of Hastings, revealed he wasn't returning to the period drama.
Welcome to the ton! Bridgerton has revealed the names of four new cast members joining the hit show for season two (pictured Charithra Chandran, right, and Shelley Conn, left)
Sharing the casting news on Twitter, the official Bridgerton account once again used the tone of Lady Whistledown to tell fans of the roles being filled.
A tweet read: 'Dear Readers, it seems we have a few new faces in the Ton. Do try your best to welcome them generously. I know I certainly will….'
Charithra Chandran will play Edwina Sharma, Kate Sharma's younger sister and Shelley Conn will play Mary Sharma, Kate's mother.
While actor Calam Lynch will also join the cast as Theo Sharpe and Rupert Young will play Jack.
New characters: Calam Lynch (left) and Rupert Young (right) will also be joining the second series of the Netflix sensation as Theo Sharpe and newcomer Jack
The role of Kate – who is Anthony Bridgerton's love interest – has already been announced, with Sex Education's Simone Ashley taking on the character.
Charithra is set to play her sweet younger sister, who first catches the Anthony Bridgeton's attention. Edwina is after a love match, just like Daphne in series one.
The British Indian actress has previously starred in TV series Alex Rider, according to her IMDb page.
Shelley, 44, who has been previously seen in Liar as DI Vanessa Harmon and The Deceived as Ruth, will play the sisters' mother Mary.
Exciting! Sharing the casting news on Twitter, the official Bridgerton account once again used the tone of Lady Whistledown to tell fans of the roles being filled
Another family: Shelley, 44, who has been previously seen in Liar as DI Vanessa Harmon (pictured in her role) and The Deceived as Ruth, will play the sisters' mother Mary
Her character is was born an Earl's daughter but married a tradesman bringing scandal on the family.
In series two, Lady Mary has returned to London and is seen dealing with the watchful eye of the ton once more as her daughter's debut in the world.
Calam will play Theo Sharpe, a hardworking printer's assistant. But he's not just a working class man, he's also an intellectual who fights for the rights for all.
Calam has previously appeared in Derry Girls, the show which made Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan a household name, and film Benediction.
Also cast: South Asian actress Simone Ashley – known for roles in Sex Education and Broadchurch – landed the new lead female role as Kate Sharma in season 2 of Bridgerton
In his sights: Simone will play the love interest of Anthony Bridgerton [played by Jonathan Bailey, pictured] with the second instalment of the Netflix sensation focusing on his character
And Rupert, who has previously starred in musical Dear Evan Hanson, will portray the role of Jack.
His character is described by Shondaland as: 'The newest member of the ton with a connection to one of its most notable families.'
The upcoming series will centre around Andrew Bridgerton, played by Jonathan Bailey, and his quest to find a wife.
Phoebe Dynevor, who played Daphne Bridgerton in series one, will return for the next instalment of the streaming phenomenon.
On Friday it revealed that Rege-Jean won't be returning, with the star saying the show had a 'one-season arc' and his character's story was finalised in one series.
He told Variety: 'It's a one-season arc. It's going to have a beginning, middle, end – give us a year.
Shock: The latest announcement comes just days after Bridgerton heart-throb Regé-Jean Page revealed he will not return for series two on Friday (pictured in character)
'That's interesting,' because then it felt like a limited series. I get to come in, I get to contribute my bit and then the Bridgerton family rolls on.'
The hit Netflix series took to its official Twitter account to reveal that the actor, who plays Simon Basset, won't be appearing on season two.
In a tongue-in-cheek statement penned as show lead Lady Whistledown, Bridgerton tweeted: 'Your Grace, it has been a pleasure.'
The statement read: 'Dear Readers, while all eyes turn to Lord Anthony Bridgerton's quest to find a Viscountess, we bid adieu to Regé-Jean Page, who so triumphantly played the Duke of Hastings.
'We'll miss Simon's presence onscreen, but he will always be a part of the Bridgerton family.
Statement: The Netflix series took to its official Twitter account to reveal that the actor, 31, who plays Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, will not be back
Emotional: Regé-Jean later confirmed his show exit in his own statement posted to Instagram where he shared a picture of himself in character and behind-the-scenes
'Pleasure and a privilege': Rege-Jean gushed over his time on the show and 'connection' with everyone involved in the series
'Daphne will remain a devoted wife and sister, helping her brother navigate the upcoming social season and what it has to offer – more intrigue and romance than my readers may be able to bear. Yours truly, Lady Whistledown.'
Regé-Jean, who is set to star in The Gray Man, also took to Instagram to confirm the news as he emotionally said it had been a 'pleasure and a privilege to be your Duke'.
He penned: 'The ride of a life time. It's been an absolute pleasure and a privilege to be your Duke.
'Joining this family – not just on screen, but off screen too. Our incredibly creative and generous cast, crew, outstanding fans – it's all been beyond anything I could have imagined.'
Signing off his message, he added: 'The love is real and will just keep growing.'
No going back! Rege-Jean said the show had a 'one-season arc' and his character's story was finalised in one series (pictured with Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne in the series)
Bridgerton fans, including Kim Kardashian, were left devastated by the shock exit as they took to social media to share their heartbreak.
Rege-Jean's exit has only fuelled speculation that he will replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond, as his odds were slashed to play the iconic spy.
In January, Rege-Jean was the bookies favourites to take on 007 after he hinted he could be a good contender to succeed Daniel Craig.
And now the odds have been slashed after the screen star announced he won't be returning to season two.
Bookies have dropped odds from 5/1 to just 7/2 following the shock news as it has 'strengthened' his chances of getting the role.
Counting down! The show's second series and will focus on Anthony's search for love (pictured L-R the Bridgerton siblings and their mother: Hyacinth (Florence Hunt), Colin (Luke Newton), mother Violet (Ruth Gemmell), Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor), Eloise (Claudia Jessie), Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), Gregory (Will Tilson) and Benedict (Luke Thompson)
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This post categorized under Bracelets and posted on January 17th, 2019.
After making the fleece blankets a couple weeks ago I wanted to try the braided edge on a scarf. And it works It ends up being a little thick since its double layered. Thats great if you want it really warm. If youre looking for something lighter though you might be better off with a single If youre planning any summer outings you wont want to leave home without this. Its great for anytime youll be doing lots of walking and dont want to lug a bag around.Here is a simple tote bag pattern that will show how to make a super cute tote. The best part it is reversible Tote Bag Pattern This tote bag pattern will need the following fabric pieces 2 pieces fabric 13 12 inches X 14 inches (outside) 2 pieces fabric 13 12 inches X 14 inches (lining) 1 piece 4 X about 44 long How to make a tote bag First lets start by making the straps.
Feb 23 2013 Hiiii beauties. Here is my new ornament Tutorial. This time is a simple DIY. You will learn how to do a cute and fashion Zipper Bracelet. Hope you Apr 01 2018 Material List 7 inch long zipper Approximately 14 inches of 4mm box chain 4- 8mm and 1 - 4mm jump ring Lobster claw clasp 1- head pin 1- 6mm round bead of your choice 1- Sep 30 2014 Bracelet-ing 101 Rexlace Zipper Tutorial Need some cool new wrist decor We found high-end designers making zipper-style wrist ornaments so we thought wed make some mock bracelets for those of us on budgets.


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By Stephen Green Aug 10, 2015 8:29 AM ET
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Rand Paul on The Donald:
I honestly have no idea what Mr. Trump's real philosophy is. He was liberal before he was conservative, and has openly professed for decades that his views are those of a Democrat.
In 1990, he said if he ever ran for office, he'd do better as a Democrat. He became an independent briefly in 1999 before he switched back to registering as a Democrat. In 2004, he identified more of his beliefs as those of a Democrat, especially on economic policy, stating on CNN that"it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans." He only registered as a Republican in 2009 before dropping the party again in 2011, only to re-register in 2012.
This is a guy who said in 1999 that he was a strong supporter of the United Nations. He was for partial birth abortion before he was against it. He lavished praise on the bank bailouts. He was for Obamacare before he was against it and has said he's "liberal on health care."
Read the whole thing — it's required.
Trump is a single-issue mock-conservative, who appeals to the Nativist wing of the American electorate, which comes to the forefront during economic slump. Trump's in-your-face attitude also appeals to the chunk of the GOP grassroots which is rightfully sick and tired of RINO candidates and political correctness.
There's no convincing the Nativists otherwise, because Trump owns their number one issue. It isn't always a pretty issue, sometimes bordering on racism — or (even less often) crossing that line. But Nativism is a natural response to this lousy economy and President Obama's shocking ("Shocked, shocked!") use of racial and religious division.
But GOP voters getting sucked into the Trump Vortex have got to educate themselves and wake up to the fact that Trump is simply not a conservative.


As each day passes, it gets harder and harder to write or talk about Rwanda. You'd think it'd be because of faded memories...time taking its inevitable toll.
An article about Rwanda scrolls across my newsfeed, and the blood pumps faster in my veins. A friend from my trip posts a picture from a Child Development Center, and I can hear the children laughing. I wake up, daily, to texts and messages from my friends in Rwanda. Living six hours in the future, they ask for updates on my family, assure me that they're praying for us, and send their blessings across the ocean.
I walk through Copley Square, formerly my favorite place in the entire world, and ache for the streets of Kigali. I walk along the docks on the bay and remember the shores of Lake Kivu. I wrap my arms around my children and long for the day when my arms will encircle my other children once again.
Absensce has performed it's loveliest duty: the fondness in my heart has grown beyond anything I could have imagined.
This week, I pray that I'll be able to impart a bit of that fondness upon you by introducing you to the most amazing part of Rwanda: the people.
I am so excited to introduce you to Dariah.
Isn't she gorgeous? And her physical beauty is just the very beginning.
Dariah is a young woman currently attending university full-time; she's studying to be an accountant. She's also passionate about health and fitness, working part-time at a local gym. And when she isn't in class or working at the gym, she's supporting Compassion as a translator. Dariah is witty, charming, friendly, warm, open, and caring. She is intelligent and quick. Dariah didn't just translate Kinyarwanda into English. She interpreted words, intonations, emotions, facial expressions, and body language into a beautiful exchange between our group and our Rwandan friends.
Dariah and I spent much of our free time together: laughing, sharing, learning. She chided me for my lack of fitness. I grilled her about her romantic interests. We fell into an easy friendship, and, as our days drew to a close, I cherished every single moment I got with her.
Friday, the day we met our sponsored children, was Dariah's last day with us. She was assigned to a different group member, and I was frustrated that we hadn't gotten any time to say a proper goodbye. Before I knew it, our visit was over, and we were shuffled onto different busses. I cried all the way back to the hotel...sick to my stomach that I had taken my time with her for granted, neglecting to get her contact information.
I was scheduled to meet my final sponsored child the next day, and I thought there might be one final hope. I approached our trip coordinator, Eugene, and asked him if there was any way that Dariah could be my translator the next day. He informed me that it wouldn't be possible. She wasn't available.
The next morning, I woke up, excited to meet Pracidia...the first child I ever sponsored through Compassion. I went downstairs, ate my breakfast, and then one of my team members came out into the dining hall: Pracidia had arrived. I walked into the lobby and got such a great surprise: Pracidia *and* Dariah were sitting there waiting for me! I was beyond overwhelmed.
Later in the day, I got the details from Dariah. Her cousin was getting married that day. Of course, she was supposed to be at the wedding. However, Eugene had called her to ask if she'd consider translating. She initially declined, and then, she reported, "Eugene said, 'Dariah, it's Lindsay,' and I knew I had to come. I wouldn't miss it."
Pracidia took this picture of Dariah and me right after that conversation. It's completely out of focus, and you can barely make out any of our features, but I think this is my favorite picture of the entire trip. Taken by a little girl that I love more than I can describe, it shows a young woman that I love more than I understand.
"I have never felt like this before," she said, "I feel like you are my family...a very close friend. But I've only known you for a couple of days."
"In America, we might call it 'Soul Sisters' or, if we're being funny, 'sister from another mister,'" I explained.
Dariah started laughing and told me they have a similar phrase in Kinyarwanda. "Yes!" she assured me, "You are my soul sister, my sister from another mister."
I didn't waste any time. I got her contact information immediately, and we enjoyed the rest of our day together.
Since that day, we have continued to stay in touch, and I can't wait until we're in the same room together again.
Dariah is an incredible representative for her generation. She is determined and ambitious. She is generous and open. She is full of potential and ready for the opportunity to fulfill it. Dariah is amazing, and I am so proud to call her my sister. I hope that you've enjoyed meeting her, as well.
I know you're reading this. :) Thank you for the time you spent with me. Thank you for the sacrifices you made for me. Thank you for the love you shared with me. I love you so much, and I can't wait to hug you again.


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Q: How to make Map Package on QGIS? I will save my project into Map Package so I can share with another user. Using ArcGIS I can easily make Map Package as .mxd but I don't know how to do that on QGIS.
So how to make Map Package on QGIS?

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Delicata squash and Italian cauliflower at the Sapporo Farmer's Market.
Another glorious day for a visit to a Tokyo Farmer's Market has begun, so don't be shy about heading out to any of these little foodly festivals. You're sure to find plenty of bounty at each one representing the best of the season. Early potatoes should be arriving as well as garlic and the season's first tea. Pop a few baked goods into the bag, settle on a new vegetable to try, and then choose which food vendor to wait in line at for a yummy snack. While you munch, surely you'll spot something else scrumptious to buy that you simply forgot to add to the list.