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Politics is an enduring feature of human life, but political parties are mortal. This week we watched the beginning of the end of one of the United States' great, illustrious parties. The Republican Party, as we knew it, is dying.
The death of a party is not so unusual. Scholars divide U.S. history according to six distinct party systems, each responding to a particular political era. Sometimes parties retain their name but morph ideologically, like the Democratic Party, which went from being Southern, pro-slavery and pro-Jim Crow to the opposite. On other occasions, parties collapse entirely, as did the Whig Party in the mid-19th century, torn apart by divisions over slavery. (In fact, in an interesting parallel, the fall of the Whigs was hastened by the rise of a party called the Know-Nothing, dedicated to stopping what was then seen as uncontrolled immigration.) Whatever the form of the Republican Party's collapse, it will be messy.
Sunday's debate may have been the watershed moment. As many commentators and some of his own strategists noted, it was pretty obvious what Donald Trump needed to do — apologize, be contrite, and then strike broad themes of change, bringing back jobs and putting the nation first. Ideally, he would have reached out to women — the group of voters he desperately needs to win the election.
Instead, Trump did the opposite. He minimized his behavior as "locker-room banter," accused Bill Clinton of much worse and paraded the former president's accusers at a news conference. Since then, things have spiraled downward. Trump's strange, self-defeating strategy has led to speculation that his real ambitions lie beyond the election, when he may set up a conservative media network to rival Fox News.
It's quite possible. But in any event, what it means for the Republican Party is simple: Donald Trump is not going away. Many Republicans have nurtured a fantasy that their party has been briefly taken over by a strange historical aberration who will lose the election, and then somehow things will go back to normal. Trump has now made it clear that he will not go gently into the night.
In fact, he has declared war on the GOP establishment. His goal is surely to take over the Republican Party and remake it into a populist, protectionist, nationalist party, the kind that his Breitbart-oriented advisers have been dreaming about for years.
There will be a fight for the soul of what's left of the Republican Party. We can see the battle lines. People such as House Speaker Paul Ryan (Wis.), backed by most serious conservative intellectuals, will try to restore the party to its Reaganesque ideology — with free markets, limited government, entitlement reform and an assertive foreign policy. Others, such as Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, backed by Christian conservatives, will try to bridge divides and keep everyone in a big tent. But then there is Trump, who has — for now, at least — the crowds, the energy and a powerful message. Political scientist Justin Gest recently surveyed white Americans on whether they would support a party committed to "stopping mass immigration, providing American jobs to American workers, preserving America's Christian heritage, and stopping the threat of Islam." Sixty-five percent said yes.
The Republican establishment could have stopped Trump but instead surrendered to him months, perhaps years, ago. When they want to criticize opponents for being weak-kneed, Republicans often recall Neville Chamberlain and his policy of appeasing Adolf Hitler. And yet that is exactly the approach that the party's senior leaders took with Trump — appeasing him in the hope that doing so would satisfy his appetites. They tolerated, excused and covered up for Trump as he began his political career with birther racism, launched his presidential campaign with anti-Mexican slurs and heightened it with anti-Muslim bigotry, and thrilled crowds with policies that would be unconstitutional or amount to war crimes — all while demeaning and objectifying women. Winston Churchill said of appeasers: "Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last."
Trump will lose the election. Forget his dismal polls last week. He has almost never been ahead of Hillary Clinton in the polls for a single week since they were both nominated. The major models predicting the election have only once or twice put his chances over 40 percent.
But Trump will not sit in loyal opposition to Clinton. He tells his legions that the election will be rigged. He says that the media are lying and that reporting cannot be believed. He warns that the country will be utterly destroyed if Clinton wins. He is fueling a toxic movement of protest and insurgency.
Trump will lose. And he will destroy the Republican Party. The frightening question is what he will do to the country in the process.
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Courier delivery specialist, DB Distribution has rolled out a full Michelin policy across its 15-strong light commercial vehicle fleet after trials pointed to improved tyre life and reduced downtime.
The UK-based fleet supports a contract with FedEx, delivering parcels on a multi-drop route throughout Launceston, Cornwall. With no previous tyre policy in place, Michelin invited the customer to take part in a six-month trial of Michelin Agilis+ tyres, one of its dedicated van fitments.
The performance of the Agilis+ tyres exceeded expectations, particularly on tyre wear, reliability and overall robustness. As a direct result the company has now switched to a 100 per cent Michelin Agilis+ policy across its fleet of Mercedes-Benz Sprinters.
Commenting, Rob Berryman, Director at DB Distribution said: "Having never specified Michelin tyres before, we had no experience of what they were capable of delivering.


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Ordinance giving airport workers expanded health coverage approved
San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance that would require some employers at San Francisco International Airport to...
By Bay City News • November 11, 2020 8:30 am - Updated November 11, 2020 5:54 pm
(Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)
San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance that would require some employers at San Francisco International Airport to offer affordable health care plans for thousands of airport workers and their families.
Authored by supervisors Shamann Walton and Rafael Mandelman, the Healthy Airport Ordinance requires that employers such as airlines and third-party providers offer employees family plans or make contributions on behalf of employees to the city's health care fund.
According to union leaders, the expanded health care access is much needed as airport workers — including baggage handlers, wheelchair agents, security screeners and lobby agents — are in constant, close contact with passengers and face an elevated risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19. Additionally, workers such as airline food catering workers and airplane cabin cleaners also face risk, as they work in small spaces, where ventilation isn't always possible.
So far, there have been 156 cases of COVID-19 among SFO workers.
"For far too many airport workers — the majority of whom are low wage, and many of whom live below the Bay Area poverty line — sky-rocketing co-pays and deductibles and expensive family plans mean workers and their families regularly forego medical visits because they can't afford to take on thousands of dollars in debt. This health care crisis not only threatens the safety of SFO, but also threatens to further widen the gap between the richest and the poorest in our economy. The Healthy Airport Ordinance will help end this race to the bottom for frontline Airport workers," Mandelman said in a statement.
"Workers at SFO are mostly Black, Latino and API (Asian Pacific Islander) workers, and they have been already hard-hit by this pandemic. I am committed to supporting these workers, and every day that we fail to take action is another day that airport workers risk COVID-19 exposure without affordable health care for themselves and their families," Walton said.
The ordinance follows years of organizing by airport workers and union leaders to get airport employers to expand coverage options. Within the past year, dozens of SFO workers have been arrested, along with a handful of San Francisco supervisors including Walton, during sit-ins at SFO calling for more worker benefits.
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Parties are welcome at any time of the year by appointment.
15 persons or more £9.50 per person . Free parking.
(Includes guided tour of the House). Free parking.
All bookings should be confirmed in writing giving full details and a contact name, address and telephone number.
Free onsite parking for cars and coaches.
It is appreciated very much if all the monies are collected in advance and paid by one person on arrival - this reduces your waiting time.
Groups may also arrange for a Buffet Lunch, Lunch, Afternoon Tea or Dinner.
This includes a guided tour of the House and access to the Gardens. You will be seated at round tables in the dining room; self-service with butler in attendance; tiger prawn bar with salads, breads, cheese, fruit. Coffee.
This includes a guided tour of the House and access to the Gardens. For up to 22 persons, everyone will be seated at the dining room table. For over 22 persons, everyone will be seated at small round tables in the dining room. There will be Butler and waitress service, 3 courses. The menu varies but can be by request.
Smoked Salmon en papillote (filled with prawns & smoked salmon mousse).
Beef Wellington or fillets of venison & vegetables in season.
This includes a guided tour of the House and access to the Gardens.
This includes a guided tour of the House and access to the Gardens. You will be seated at round tables in the dining room with waitress attendance. There will be sandwiches, cakes, biscuits, scones and tea available.


Don't miss out that it's a universal app, and runs on the iPhone and iPod touch. As a past music teacher I see it as an amazing app.
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I work with couples to create the perfect ceremony tailored for them. Incorporating their own spiritual, religious or simply personal beliefs. I am a legal state registered solemniser and can include the legal part of your wedding in your ceremony in the Irish Republic, on Any day of the week including weekends, inside or outside. I can also provide live music for your ceremony.
Rev Helen is registered as a legal marriage solemniser in the Irish Republic. She is available to answer any questions you may have about getting married in Ireland. If you go to Everything You Need To Know you can find a link to the HSE page about getting married in Ireland which informs you of all the requirements for getting married in Ireland. It gives a list of all the registrar's offices with contact details. It has a link to the list of legal solemnisers in Ireland and to many other useful pages. There is also a link to the list of legal impediments to marriage in ireland. You will be shown this list by the registrar when you go to your appointment to register your marriage. You will be asked to declare that you have seen the list, and that there are no legal impediments to your marriage. Rev Helen Webb incorporates this into the wedding ceremony.


No matter what kind of service or product a business sells, what they're really selling are solutions.
If you're having trouble getting people to invest in your offerings, it's very likely that you're not in your prospects' heads.
Translation? Your offers aren't fulfilling an emotional need.
To find out what they need, you simply need to ask them (your prospects, clients and customers).
Whether the conversation takes place via email, phone, or Skype, the goal is to find the unmet need that lines up with what you can provide.
When it comes to _____ what are your biggest challenges?
If you could have the perfect solution to this, what would that look like?
What have you tried thus far that hasn't worked?
How would it feel to get this problem solved right now?
If you could put a dollar amount on what this problem is costing you, what would that be?
On a scale of 1-10, how critical is it for you to get this solved?
Have you ever spent money on a product or service like this before?
What did you like best about it? What was frustrating about buying this kind of service or product?
You'll find that asking these kinds of questions can be very revealing, and that the information that you uncover will be extremely valuable.
Be sure to listen carefully to the answers you receive, as this will show you truly care about what they need. It's important to note the phrases and words used, especially the repeated, common terms. You can even create a file where you store these words and terms. That way, you can use that same language in your marketing and sales conversations–and reposition your offerings as solutions to the needs you've uncovered!
In my own business, I make it a habit to ask for feedback that will help me create new programs, services and products based on my market's needs. I do this via an autoresponder that goes out when anyone new joins my email list, as well as by surveying my list regularly.
Next time you create or re-design your offerings, do so by keeping people's deeper unmet needs in mind… and watch your bank account grow!


You quickly sense the optimism that fuels Satyarthi's risk-taking and that sends him around the world to speak for children.
Doneen's movie, produced by issue-doc stalwart Davis Guggenheim, aims for a mixture of heart-racing, heartbreaking and heartwarming. The search for a distraught father's missing son, Sonu, provides one tense narrative: We see the clandestine efforts of Satyarthi's organization Bachpan Bachao Andolan to infiltrate a notorious trafficker's operation with an undercover employee posing as a buyer. Secretly captured video inside these padlocked hovels reveals heartbreaking scenes of kids making cheap toys, accessories and trinkets to be sold wherever deals are too good to be true.
Simultaneously, we see how the effort to reunite freed children with parents can pose hazards if suspicious characters pose as trusted guardians. One such attempt to collect rescued kids — a smiling village leader ascertained to have ties to a trafficker — is called out in person by Satyarthi.
There are sensitively handled animated sequences too, which dramatize turning-point moments in Satyarthi's life, as well as touching scenes of rescued children getting a taste of the kind of education that could change their lives.
That the movie ultimately succumbs to proselytizing is understandable; shaming us into awareness with a theme song, liberated faces and messaging — "think before you shop," in this case — is "An Inconvenient Truth" impresario Guggenheim's house style. But even without the PSA-infused vibe, "The Price of Free" benefits from a potent mix of compassionate heroism and hard-won hopefulness.


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How Many NBA Teams Are In California?
Want to call yourself an NBA freak? Let's start with a trivia question then-
Have any players played for each NBA team that play in California?
Give it a thought & we'll get back to you later
In total, there are 30 teams in NBA. Of them 4 teams are coming from the state of California. Statistically, it is 13.33% of the entire league. This is a staggering number especially when you think about remaining 26 teams are representing 49 other states
So today we shall talk about every California basketball teams that are playing in nba. If you love playing with basketball hoops then you might find some interesting facts in this article
Well, the teams that are located in California are: Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers & Sacramento Kings
NBA Teams In California Comparison
1. Los Angeles Lakers
3. Los Angeles Clippers
4. Sacramento Kings
List Of NBA Teams By State
Let's start with a brief comparison among these California nba teams. Then we will dig deeper, take a look at their history and notable performances till date & many more
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Division Title
Conference Title
NBA Title
They first came into the scene in 1947 as Minneapolis Lakers then they were relocated to Los Angeles Lakers in 1960s. They have a rich long history. They had a star studded squad in almost every decade. Many hall of famers (26) have featured as Los Angeles Laker Player
We can divide the journey of Lakers in NBA into 5 segments:
1950s: George Mikan era- 5 titles
1970s: Elgin Baylor/ Jerry West/ Wilt Chamberlain era- 1 title
1980s: Magic/ Abdul Jabbar/ James Worthy/ Showtime era- 5 titles
Early 2000s: Shaq/ Kobe/ Phil Jackson era- 3 titles
Late 2000s: Kobe/ Phil Jackson era- 2 titles
They are in 2nd position with 16 NBA titles, only behind of Boston Celtics (17 titles)
NBA Championships: 16 titles
1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954 (As Minneapolis Leaker)
1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010 (As Los Angeles Lakers)
Notable Performance:
During 1971-72 season, they won 33 straight games. They set the record for NBA's longest winning streak
They achieved "three-peat" twice (Between 1952-1954 & 2000-2002)
Renowned Players: Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Gail Goodrich, Jamaal Wilkes, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol
Renowned Coaches: John Kundla, Bill Sharman, Pat Riley, Phil Jackson
Current head Coach: Frank Vogel
They were known as Philadelphia Warriors till 1961 before changing their name into San Francisco Warriors. It was in 1971 when they got the name "Golden State Warriors"
Warriors fans have witnessed their team going through both good & bad times
There is a quick recap:
In 1947 they won the inaugural BAA championships
Almost 10 years later in 1956, 3 hall of famers Paul Arizin, Tim Gola & Neil Johnston led them to the title again
In 1959, they introduced a young Wilt Chamberlain (a future star was in the making)
In 1975, Rick Barry & Jamaal Wilkes led Warriors shocked the whole world by defeating Washington Bullets in the finals
1980s saw Warriors going through a transition period. Players like Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond & Chris Mullin were brought in (they were famously known as "Run TMC")
A 40 year long title drought came to an end when in 2015, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson & Draymond Green helped the team to win their 4th title
Kevin Durant propelled them to championship glory later in 2017 & 2018
They are in 3rd position in terms of winning NBA titles, with 6 titles in total
NBA Championships: 6 titles
1947, 1956 (As Philadelphia Warriors)
1975, 2015, 2017, 2018 (As Golden State warriors)
Warriors set the best ever regular season record of 73-9 & most wins in a season (during 2015-16 NBA season)
In 2018, they were declared as the 10th highest valued sports franchise in the world, tied with Washington Redskins (NFL)
Renowned Players: Nate Thurmond, "Tiny" Archibald, Rick Barry, Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant
Renowned Coaches: Don Nelson, Steve Kerr
Current Head Coach: Steve Kerr
compared to the pinnacle of success their city rival Lakers have reached, Clippers are a perennial loser in the eyes of many Americans. They are yet to win a single title in their 50 years long NBA tenure
They were founded as Buffalo Braves in 1970
The franchise was renamed as San Diego Clippers in 1978
In 1984 relocation to Los Angeles saw creating some controversies
In the late 2000s, players such as Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan & Chris Paul were added into the mix. They became a regular play-off team then
They won 2 division titles in 2013 & 2014
NBA Championships: 0 title
Reached 3 western conference semifinals (2012, 2014, 2015)
Renowned Players: Bob McAdoo, Elton Brand, Blake Griffin, Chris Paul
Renowned Coaches: Larry Brown, Bill Fitch, Doc Rivers
Current Head Coach: Doc Rivers
They entered into NBA as Rochester Royals. They became Cincinnati Royals in 1957. 15 years later, they were renamed as Kansas City-Omaha Kings in 1972. Shortly after that, they started playing as Kansas City Kings. And it was in 1985, when they moved to Sacramento and are still residing there
Although this California based basketball team changed their name quite a few times, but they haven't been able to change their luck
Their only title came in 1951 and defeated New York Knicks in the final. At that time, Rochester Royals team featured 9 future Basketball hall of famer
It looks like they were always in a rebuilding process and the frequent change of ownership didn't help either. I must admit their fans are truly loyal to their team albeit little success they had
1951 (As Rochester Royals)
In the 2001-02 season, they had a winning percentage of 0.744 (61-21)
Renowned Players: Mitch Richmond, Chris Webber, Peja Stojakovic, DeMarcus Cousins
Renowned Coaches: Phil Johnson, Bill Russell, Rick Adelman, Mike Malone
Head Coach: Luke Walton
Number of NBA Teams
NBA Team
Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers & Sacramento Kings
Miami Heat, Orlando Magic
Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks
Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs
1. Which is the oldest team in NBA?
-Sacramento Kings founded in 1923 (as Rochester Seagrams), are the oldest team in NBA
2. Which state has most NBA teams?
-California, with 4 NBA teams
3. How many NBA teams does Florida have?
-Florida has got 2 NBA teams in total, Miami Heat & Orlando Magic
4. What is the name of the NBA team in Canada?
-Toronto Raptors are the only Canadian-based basketball team playing in NBA. They play their home games at the Scotiabank arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5. How many states do not have an NBA team?
-29 states in total do not have an NBA team
Here is the answer, it is Matt Barnes. He has played for each of the 4 NBA teams in California
Los Angeles Clippers (2004) & (2012-2015)
Golden State Warriors (2006-2008) & (2017)
Sacramento Kings (2004-2005) & (2016-2017)
Los Angeles Lakers (2010-2012)
How many teams are in the NBA?
Things We Must Know About The Average Height of NBA Players By Position
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How To Keep Basketball Hoop From Falling Over? – A Foolproof Guide
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When Was The First Basketball Hoop Made?
How Many Teams Are In The NBA? – NBA Team List & Their Origin
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I would like to buy another fast charger for my P20 pro . Any recomendations ?? , cuz i cant find original ones.
If the links don't work then type in '5A type C cable Huawei' and you will find chargers for around £3 that work great.


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Four-year-old Nestle's Professional Customer Innovation Campus is home to as many as 20 chefs, food scientists, product developers and nutritionists.
Minor's culinary team includes corporate executive chef Brian Dragos, CCE, CFBE.
Gluten-free offerings are becoming more popular.
Award-winning Stouffer's Parmesan Risotto is a popular side dish with authentic ingredients and operator kitchen appeal.
Corporate executive chef Christopher Donato in NPCIC operations kitchen.
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They say too many cooks spoil the broth. Yet, that old admonition has more to do with decision-making. Truth is, Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland, jumped at the chance to build a single, state-of-the-art home for more than 100 cooks, food scientists, product developers and others.
The Swiss company ended 2008 by re-organizing its former Nestlé Foodservices North America unit into Nestlé Professional, a worldwide business with 15 dedicated plants and global technology R&D centers in Orbe, Switzerland, (beverages) and Solon, Ohio, (food). In turn, the company announced plans to build a 67,000-sq-ft Nestlé Professional Customer Innovation Campus (NPCIC) in Solon, just outside Cleveland.
Opened exactly four years ago, NPCIC now is home to more than 100 associates, including as many as 20 chefs, food technologists, product developers and nutritionists. Still more associates handle everything from sales and marketing to operations and supply-chain management.
Nestlé Professional says it coordinates those functions for branded solutions that are "creative, customized and commercially viable" for operators in every foodservice channel. Business officials can leverage a large portfolio of branded entrées and sides (Stouffer's, Lean Cuisine, Chef-mate); bases, sauces, gravies and chef specialties (Minor's, Trio, Maggi, Chef-mate); stuffed sandwiches and snacks (Hot Pockets, Lean Pockets); and desserts and dessert ingredients (Nestlé Toll House, Libby, Carnation).
Never mind brand names and numbers. Kim Lehouiller, director of branded business development, notes that—in contrast to the "too many cooks" scenario—Nestlé Professional knows that only one person can be the principal decision-maker: the customer.
Lehouiller says Nestlé Professional customers work closely with operators to understand their operational needs, staff requirements, and operational motivations and preferences. Then, it's off to the true work space: the kitchen.
"Our facility features an 'operations' kitchen, which allows us to directly simulate any customer's equipment and set-up," says Lehouiller. "Most of the equipment in this kitchen is on wheels, so it can be moved. We also use the kitchen to train brokers and customers with hands-on applications."
According to Lehouiller, NPCIC also has a presentation kitchen—similar to something on television's Food Network—complete with a large marble countertop for product demonstrations, trainings and after-hours customer receptions. It includes a wood-burning pizza oven and commercial woks. It also has griddles, ovens, stovetops, a fryer, tilt kettle, and even grills and a smoker outside on an adjacent patio.
"We want customers to work in the NPCIC kitchens the same way they do in their own operations," notes Lehouiller, "…By housing all culinary functions together, products and product applications can be developed from concept through completion, so operators leave with solutions they can use right away."
Understandably, officials cannot talk about their customers' new product solutions. Meanwhile, however, there are more public "wins" that Nestlé Professional can share. These include gluten-free bases; whole-grain macaroni-and-cheese; and reduced- and low-sodium bases, sauces and entrees. Among the more noteworthy introductions is a nutrient-dense, easy-to-use soup for senior care and hospital feeders.
Restaurant operators also honored Stouffer's Parmesan Risotto with one of the National Restaurant Association's (NRA) 2012 Food and Beverage Product Innovations Awards. In this case, NRA asked independent judges to critique new offerings and rank those that "deliver significant restaurant operator benefits ranging from new flavor concepts to better-for-you nutritional profiles and operator flexibility."
"Our esteemed panel of judges selected ground-breaking food and beverage products that customers will soon be buzzing about," noted Jack Crawford, NRA convention chair and president and CEO of Ground Round Independent Owners Cooperative LLC. "These customer-centric standouts will give NRA show attendees plenty to think about and act on while they tour this year's exhibit floor."
Vid Lutz is an executive chef for Nestlé Professional.
"We looked at food and flavor menu trends from various sources and recognized that risotto is one of the top 10 fastest growing sides/ingredients in U.S. restaurants, with a growth rate of 52%," he says. "Yet menu penetration is low, due to the preparation complexity and skill levels required in the back of the house. We surveyed more than 350 operators and uncovered the 'unmet need' for an authentic risotto that can be further customized by operators and improve speed of service."
Lutz says Nestlé chefs, food scientists and product developers formulated Stouffer's Parmesan risotto with 100% Arborio rice (the traditional base) along with real Parmesan cheese, chicken broth, onions, cream, butter, extra virgin olive oil, Asiago cheese and garlic. In turn, Lutz says Nestlé Professional also created a custom process to ensure a homogenous texture, "where the stock is cooked into the rice, thus capturing the starch from the rice."
Nestlé Professional also tested the new offering with more than 55 operators before its introduction. Today, Nestlé distributes the product to full-service restaurant and lodging customers.
Meanwhile, senior living, long-term care and hospital feeders were targets for Nestlé Professional's new Trio line of nutrient-dense soups, says Erin Gilgan, Nestlé Professional's nutrition health and wellness manager.
"Key dietary concerns with this group are malnutrition, weight loss, lack of appetite, difficulty chewing/eating (due to dementia, Alzheimer's), loss of muscle mass, strength and retention, reduced bone health, vision, immunity and low energy," says Gilgan. "Our challenge was to find the appropriate balance between a savory, craveable and flavorful comfort food and one with the right nutrient content. A significant obstacle was to achieve an excellent source of calcium in a broth-based soup without making it cloudy or chalky."
Gilgan credits product development technologist Raffaella Saggin and R&D nutrition scientist Kim Krumhar with creating six protein-rich soups with other essential nutrients. Officials say the soups incorporate milk powder, pea protein, whey protein, corn fiber and sunflower oil to deliver a balance of essential amino acids, heart-healthy fats and extra calcium.
Moreover, Gilgan says the soups have been a success since their July 2012 introduction.
"We achieved our nutrient density with fortification so that we could uphold each soup's visual appearance, flavor and texture," she says. "At the end of the day, we wanted easily digestible soups retaining all the familiar ingredients and flavors. The objective was to achieve nutrient density with 'real ingredients' first."
Major Growth for Minor's
Make no mistake. Minor's is a major brand and business for Nestlé Professional. In fact, last year saw Nestlé celebrate Minor's 60th anniversary and announce a multi-million dollar, 75,000-sq-ft addition to Minor's Cleveland, Ohio, plant.
Minor's traces its roots to 1951, when Dr. L. J. Minor, a food scientist, created a bouillon powder for the U.S. Army. From there, Minor began the Cleveland–based L.J. Minor Company with $6,000 and a borrowed mixer. Today, officials say Minor's processes and supplies more than 140 different types of bases, "mother" sauces, premium sauces and gravies, ready-to-use sauces, flavor concentrates and chef specialties. It distributes to foodservice operators, brokers and industrial food-processing customers.
"This investment in our Minor's Cleveland manufacturing plant demonstrates Nestlé's commitment to the city of Cleveland," said Perry Miele, president for Nestlé Professional, North America-Food. "Minor's has been and will continue to be devoted to the Cleveland community and [is] a critical part of Nestlé Professional's portfolio of premium brands and success."
Nestlé expects to complete the Minor's expansion by next summer (mid-2013). Officials have not said more about the project—other than to note that it will include "new advanced technologies and processes." For the record, some of its most recent product offerings include all-natural bases and frozen mother sauces.
Then again, still more offerings are popular, as well.
"We developed natural chicken, beef and vegetable bases back in 2008, without the gluten-free claim," notes Juerg Wismer, executive chef for Minor's. "Since then, the need for gluten-free products has been growing exponentially, and in 2012, we began testing for gluten and can now make the gluten-free claim."
Wismer says Minor's is equally committed to back-of-the-house quality and convenience.
"We developed high-quality Beef Demi-glace and Hollandaise sauces, which meet the need for an operator to have a scratch-quality sauce in a convenient format and package," says Wismer.… "[T]hese sauces are designed to be embellished by the operator. A chef can make the sauce his or her own by adding a red wine reduction and some butter to the Beef Demi-glace for a Burgundy sauce, or some tarragon and white wine vinegar to the Hollandaise for an authentic béarnaise:
A perfect complement to a filet mignon."
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A patient of mine, we'll call her Jane, described the following process. She had many symptoms that not only aggravated her, they also scared her. She was worried she was deteriorating very rapidly.
Here were her symptoms: Poor energy and stamina: she did not feel refreshed after a full night's sleep and had an afternoon slump. Her hip joints became painful and stiff over the past year to the point where she limped. Additionally, her balance was tenuous. She considered buying a cane to stabilize herself. Her skin became increasingly dry and wrinkled. Her posture required effort. While normally a happy person, she found her mood to dip and stay low days on end. Her heart beat irregularly. At times it was absolutely thundering, so much that she thought others might be able to hear it.
Jane was the first person to arrive at work in the morning, so she made the coffee. She would bring coffee to work and then home on Friday for the weekend. On Monday morning, she realized that she had forgotten the coffee at home. Panic!! She would have run over to Starbucks but she was covering the office. Tea just would not do! What could she do? Then Jane remembered that one of her bosses only drank hot water. Jane heated up water and drank it. Surprise! The plain hot water was very comforting (to quote Jane: "think of a hug for your insides.") She was very thirsty that day and kept drinking the hot water.
Jane stopped the coffee and substituted hot water. After 5 days her over-stimulated brain calmed, her hip pain improved by 75% and she had more energy. After 2 weeks, she awakened refreshed and no longer had an afternoon slump. "My energy is through the roof" for the first time in a long time.
Now she could climb stairs easily. Her balance was back in full force. Jane found her good posture to be effortless. Her happy mood returned. After 3 weeks, no more pounding heart!
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China Shavers (born June 16, 1977) is an American actress best known for her supporting roles as Brooke Harper on the high school drama Boston Public and as Dreama on the supernatural sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

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Shavers had a recurring role on the TV series ER. Her guest-star appearances include roles in Beverly Hills, 90210, The District, Girlfriends and Sleeper Cell, among others. She appeared in films like National Lampoon's Adam & Eve, The Glass House, Not Another Teen Movie and Dorm Daze 2.

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Composition of the Board
The Board of Directors presently consists of an executive chairman and two non-executive directors. The directors consider the size of the Board is consistent with the size of the Company and is adequate to ensure significant issues are dealt with at Board level. The composition of the Board is monitored to ensure it has the appropriate mix of expertise and experience.
Responsibilities of the Board
The Board of Directors is responsible for the direction and oversight of the Company's business on behalf of the shareholders. The Board's most important functions include:
setting goals, strategies and plans for the Company's business;
adopting an annual budget and monitoring the Company's financial performance;
ensuring adequate internal controls exist;
ensuring significant business risks are identified and appropriately managed; and
appointing and reviewing the performance of senior management and/or parties contracted to provide management services.
Significant Business Risks
The Company is committed to the management of risks throughout its operations to protect its employees, the environment, assets and reputation. The Board maintains an ongoing review of areas of significant risk and implements appropriate policies to reduce and minimise risks. Such policies include insurance to reduce the financial impact of adverse events.
The role of the Board includes determining remuneration packages and policies applicable to senior executives and directors themselves. This role also includes responsibility for share option schemes, incentive performance packages, superannuation entitlements, retirement and termination entitlements, fringe benefits policies and professional indemnity and liability insurance policies.
Independent Professional Advice
Each director has the right to seek independent professional advice at the Company's expense. Prior approval of the Chairman is required, which is not unreasonably withheld.
The Company's external auditor is Moore Stephens. Moore Stephens were appointed on 15 September 2017 by resolution of the directors. The lead audit partner is required to rotate after the December 2020 audit.
The Company does not have a formally constituted Audit Committee. All matters that are capable of delegation to such a committee are dealt with by the full Board. The Board is responsible for reviewing the adequacy of the scope and quality of the annual statutory audit and half-year review. The Board is responsible for the nomination of external auditors.
All directors and executives are expected to act with the utmost integrity and objectivity in the performance of their duties, striving at all times to enhance the reputation and performance of the Company.
The Company does not have a formally constituted Nomination Committee. The full Board oversees the appointment and induction process for directors, and the selection, appointment and succession planning.
The Board reviews the appropriate skill mix, personal qualities, expertise and diversity of each position. When a vacancy exists or there is a need for particular skills, the Board determines the selection criteria based on the skills deemed necessary. The Board identifies potential candidates with advice from an
external consultant. The Board then appoints the most suitable candidate. New Board appointees must stand for election at the next general meeting of shareholders.
The Board has not yet established a formal diversity policy to be made publicly available, and containing measureable objectives for achieving gender diversity. The Company is currently considered to be of insufficient size to warrant it.
The Company has 3 directors, including an Executive Chairman, all of whom are male. In addition, the Company currently employs (including on a consulting basis) 1 person, male, who is not in a senior executive position.
Oversight and management of material business risks
The Company has a management policy in place for the identification and effective management of risk. The policy provides for the management of risk by the Board and executive reports to the Board, being principally the risks involved in the Company's main business enterprise, namely developing its gold and minerals exploration interests.
Design and implementation of systems to manage material business risks
Management has established a register of business risks and identified the material business risks affecting the Company. To the extent possible in a Company with a very small number of staff, internal controls are in place to mitigate against any material business risks. Risks of a strategic, financial and operational nature (such as ability to raise capital to fund exploration, commodity price and currency fluctuations, adequate levels of insurance, contract documentation, resourcing, and meeting financial reporting and compliance obligations) are reviewed on a regular basis by the Board.
Potential operational risks involved in running the Company are managed by the Board. Due to the size of the Company, the Board does not consider it practical to establish a separate committee to focus on these issues.
The Company Secretary and the Executive Chairman, who have overall responsibility for the implementation of the policy, report to the Board on the effective management of risk.
Compliance with Corporations Act Section 295A
The Board receives a declaration from the Executive Chairman and the Company Secretary covering the matters set out in section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001 and in accordance with the terms stipulated in Recommendation
Communication with shareholders
The Board provides shareholders with information using a comprehensive Continuous Disclosure Policy which includes identifying matters that may have a material effect on the value of the Company's securities, including them in periodic reports to shareholders and posting them on the Company's website.
In summary, the Continuous Disclosure Policy operates as follows:
The Board interprets the Company's policy. The Executive Chairman is responsible for all communications with shareholders. The Board follows a regular Continuous Disclosure review process, which involves monitoring all areas of the Company's internal and external environment. Information that a reasonable person would expect to have a material effect on the value of the Company's securities is posted to the Company's website, included in reports to shareholders and lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
The full annual report is provided via the Company's website to all shareholders (unless a shareholder has specifically requested to receive a physical copy), including relevant information about the operations of the Company during the year, changes in the state of affairs and details of future developments.
The half-yearly report contains summarised financial information and a review of the operations of the Company during the period. The half-year reviewed financial report is lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and sent to any shareholder who requests it.
Proposed major changes in the Company which may impact on share ownership rights are submitted to a vote of shareholders as required by the Company's Constitution.
The full texts of notices of meetings and associated explanatory material are placed on the Company's website.
The external auditor attends the annual general meetings to answer questions concerning the conduct of the audit, the preparation and content of the auditor's report, accounting policies adopted by the Company and the independence of the auditor in relation to the conduct of the audit.
All of the above information, including that of the previous 3 years, is made available on the Company's website as soon as possible after public release.
The Board encourages full participation of shareholders at the Annual General Meeting to ensure a high level of accountability and identification with the Company's strategy and goals. Important issues are presented to the shareholders as separate resolutions. The shareholders are requested to vote on the appointment and aggregate remuneration of directors, the granting of options and shares to directors, the Remuneration report and changes to the Constitution. A copy of the Constitution is available to any shareholder who requests it.
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I love to read comments like that! I am so excited for you to meet these characters!
This is the second excerpt I've read for the book and I'm really intrigued! I'm definitely putting this on my TBR shelf!
It is always an honor to be added to someone's TBR shelf! Thanks!
I liked it. It seems like the,story moves quickly.
I'm glad you liked it! Also like that you picked up on the story moving quickly in this part because that is the emotion I wanted the character to feel. A sort of "Wait, how did that happen". Again, glad you liked it.
It will be out April 7th for a limited time price of 0.99 with the offer of a bonus novella.
Thanks! be sure to follow along to the next excerpt too!


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Been using this for 3 years now and everyone, including the vets, comments on how well our spaniel is and what a fab coat he has. He's in such good condition and good health and it's absolutely down to his excellent diet.
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BROOKS, AB (September 13, 2018) – The Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) have named the captains who will lead the team into their hosting of the 2019 National Junior A Championship.
In his third year as a Bandit, 1998-born forward Nathan Plessis (Salmon Arm, B.C.) will serve as team captain, becoming the fourth Bandit captain to lead a team into a national championship tournament after Cam Maclise (Lacombe, AB) in 2013, Derek Lodermeier (Brooklyn Center, MN) in 2016, and Nick Prkusic (Medicine Hat, AB) in 2017.
1998-born forwards Arnaud Vachon (Ajax, ON) and Jake Theis (Chanhassen, MN) will continue to serve as alternate captains, while 1999-born defenceman Brandon Scanlin (Hamilton, ON) was also named an alternate captain.
"I am excited for all of our captains today, who have shown an ability through training camp to separate themselves in terms of their maturity," said Bandits head coach and general manager Ryan Papaioannou. "We are lucky to be surrounded by Nathan Plessis, Arnaud Vachon and Jake Theis who are third-year Bandits and have won their way within a goal of the National Championship during their rookie season.
"Moving forward, we can lean on not only their leadership but their experience. Brandon Scanlin rounds out the group as a second year Bandit who exemplifies all the qualities we value as a coaching staff," he added. "We have some great leaders outside this group but our players and staff were united in these choices and we are looking forward to working on our culture every day."
The reigning winner of the team's Most Improved Player Award, Plessis, 20, is the team's highest goal-scoring returning player, having notched 21 in the 2017-18 campaign, more than tripling the total from his rookie season. His point scoring totals nearly doubled as well from 22 to 43, in the same 51 games played as in his first season with the team. In 102 regular season games as a Bandit, Plessis has scored 65 points (27 goals, 38 assists), adding 20 points (9 goals, 11 assists) in 33 postseason games.
He was originally recruited to the Bandits in 2016 from the Sicamous Eagles of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL), where he had led his team in scoring with 41 points (22 goals, 19 assists) in 50 games in his second year of junior hockey.
In two short years, Vachon, 20, has developed into one of the top offensive threats in the AJHL, scoring 42 goals over his first two years with the team. He scored the fifth-most goals in the 2017 AJHL playoffs, finding the back of the net 8 times in just 13 games. A well-rounded player known increasingly for his penalty killing prowess, Vachon won the team's Hustler of the Year Award in his rookie campaign, and its Unsung Hero award last year.
In total, Vachon has dressed in 112 regular season games with the Bandits, scoring 73 points (42 goals, 31 assists). He joined the team in 2016 after scoring 112 points (49 goals, 63 assists) in 73 games with The Hill Academy prep school in Concord, Ontario, and committed last March to Colgate University for the 2019-20 NCAA Division I season.
Named the Top Defensive Forward for the team last season, Theis, 20, was one of only two players on the team to dress in all 60 regular season games. In addition to his outstanding defensive and physical play, Theis nearly doubled his offensive numbers last season to a 38-point campaign (11 goals, 27 assists), registering the fifth-most assists on the team.
Theis joined the team in 2016 after a four-year career at Chanhassen High School in his hometown, where he led the team in scoring in his final year with 31 points (16 goals, 15 assists) in 25 games. With the Bandits, he has now dressed in 115 regular season games, scoring 58 points (18 goals, 40 assists).
Perhaps one of the most underrated defencemen in the AJHL last season, Scanlin, 19, was the Bandits' Rookie of the Year, and the second-highest scoring rookie defenceman in the league with 41 points (8 goals, 33 assists) in 58 games, which also ranked sixth overall among league defencemen. His offensive prowess continued into his first playoff campaign, in which he added 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists) in only 9 games. He secured his NCAA Division I future just two months into his Junior A career, committing to Colgate University in November of last year.
He was recruited to the team from the Brantford 99ers, then of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL), where he was a conference all-star and scored 57 points (6 goals, 51 assists) in 99 games over two seasons.
The Bandits and their new captains will open the 2018-19 season tomorrow night against the Drumheller Dragons at 7:30 PM in Drumheller, before travelling to Calgary to take on the Canucks on Sunday afternoon. They return to Brooks for the Western Financial Bandits Home Opener on Friday, September 21st at 7:00 PM, with fans invited to a free tailgate barbecue at the arena from 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Tickets are available online at tickets.brooksbandits.ca.


County 11 has been rocking audiences on the Front Range for the last 4 years and loving every minute of it. Formed by two brothers, Nick and Travis Houle, the duo wows with their over the top tight vocals and groovy acoustic flow. At a County 11 show you will encounter many styles ranging from folk, reggae, even hip-hop. They have played the Foco MX the last three years and are ready to join the party once again! Cheers!


Hair transplantation is a surgical technique that moves hair follicles from a part of the body called the 'donor site' to a bald or balding part of the body known as the 'recipient site'. It is primarily used to treat male pattern baldness. In this minimally invasive procedure, grafts containing hair follicles that are genetically resistant to balding are transplanted to the bald scalp.
Hair transplantation can also be used to restore eyelashes, eyebrows, beard hair and chest hair to fill in scars caused by accidents or surgery such as face-lifts and previous hair transplants. Hair transplantation differs from skin grafting in that grafts contain almost all of the epidermis and dermis surrounding the hair follicle, and many tiny grafts are transplanted rather than a single strip of skin.
The process involving follicular hair transplants is considered to be the most effective among hair restoration methods. In follicular hair transplant, the surgeon transplants hair from the permanent zone in the back of the scalp onto the affected areas.
During follicular hair transplant the surgeon scans the follicular units to be removed from the donor tissue. This stereo microscopic dissection helps in protecting the follicular units. It also ensures a rich yield of both the follicular units and the total amount of hair that is restored.
Donor strip – In follicular hair transplants, the donor strip is the hair strip that is taken from one part of the body and transplanted to the bald region of the scalp. In this technique, the donor tissue is removed in one piece. This ensures that the follicular units being removed from the back of the scalp do not suffer from any damage.
Donor strip extraction – The donor strip is first taken out from the permanent zone in the back of the scalp. Then it is transplanted onto the areas of the scalp where there is no growth of hair. The single-strip harvesting in follicular hair transplants ensures preservation of the follicular units and protection of individual hair follicles from possible damage.
Hair transplants are completely safe and natural. No special chemicals or medicines are used in this process that might damage your hair. Amongst all the hair growing methods hair transplant surgery is the most natural.
If you want a long term and permanent solution for your baldness then consider hair transplant surgery. There is no hassle in handling the transplanted hair. The person can maintain it as per his wish. He can color it oil it, wash it and can do hair style also.
Do you have rounded jaws? This might be because of the excessive fatty tissues in your jaw that contributes to the lacking definition between your neck and your jaw. This rounded shape can give you a chubby face, thus making you look older than you actually are. The best way of getting rid of the excess tissues and regaining a well defined jaw is by a procedure called a neck lift.
Neck lift procedures have gotten less invasive these days, thanks to the excellent advancement in medical technologies. Here, a small incision is made underneath the chin, and excess fat is removed via liposuction. Then two more incisions are made behind each ear, which is then used to tighten the platysma muscle, which helps to achieve a tight, firm appearance.
This method is extremely safe and leaves virtually no scars. Smaller incisions mean shorter recovery time and less discomfort as well. With the incisions being made at dedicated locations, it reduces the risk of damaging facial nerves. Ultimately, it offers you natural looking results over longer periods of time.
Hair removal procedures are widely employed by both men and women to remove unwanted hair from their bodies. The most commonly employed method to remove hair is shaving and waxing. These primitive methods only offer short-term solutions, and can also prove to be harmful to the skin if done incorrectly. Using blunt blades and extremely hot wax can damage several layers of skin, and can lead to long term complications.
Laser hair removal is a safe and reliable alternative, and is currently a popular hair removal option worldwide. The procedure involves using highly concentrated beams of light of certain frequency- absorbed by the hair follicles, which effectively destroys them, thus inhibiting any future hair growth. The short bursts of laser are capable of acting upon a bunch of hair follicles effectively. The treatment initially inhibits hair growth for an extended period of time, and will require multiple session in order to inhibit hair growth permanently.
This treatment is perfectly safe for hair removal on any part of the body, except for sensitive areas near the eyes, as it can cause severe damage to the eyes.


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Q: Exception while deleting cookies with Safari 10 / Selenium 3.0.1 I'm having a problem adding and deleting cookies with the native SafariDriver in Safari 10.0: A generic WebDriverException is thrown and I'm looking for a fix or a workaround.
This is occurring with the following components:

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*Mac OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan)

*Safari 10.0 [provides native implementation of SafariDriver]

*Selenium 3.0.1

The following document indicates that the native SafariDriver in Safari 10 no longer requires installation of the Selenium SafariDriver extension, but depends on Selenium 3.0 or higher. And I've ensured that Selenium 3.x is being used and that Selenium 2.x is not on my system.
While testing, the browser window has the orange SmartSearch field, and throws the exception below when clicking the test window. I know the test framework is using the correct audio driver because of the following system property,and the fact that the exception thrown indicates the Selenium version as 3.0.1
The webdriver.safari.driver Mac OS X system property is set to /usr/bin/safaridriver
The following works with Safari:
            driver.manage().getCookies();

The following fails with Safari, but works with Chrome
            driver.manage().addCookie(cookie);
            driver.manage().deleteAllCookies();

Exception stack trace for addCookie()

DEBUG [main] (DefaultNavigator.java:201) - Caught exception:
  org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown server-side error
  occurred while processing the command. (WARNING: The server did not
  provide any stacktrace information) Command duration or timeout: 4
  milliseconds
Build info: version: '3.0.1', revision: '1969d75',
time:'2016-10-18 09:49:13 -0700' System info: host: 'L-C02S61GDxxxx', ip:
  '192.168.47.xxx, os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version:
  '10.11.6', java.version: '1.8.0_112
Driver info:
  org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriver Capabilities
  [{applicationCacheEnabled=true, rotatable=false, databaseEnabled=true,
  handlesAlerts=true, version=11602.3.12.0.1, cleanSession=true,
  platform=MAC, nativeEvents=true, locationContextEnabled=false,
  webStorageEnabled=true, browserName=safari, javascriptEnabled=true,
  cssSelectorsEnabled=true}] Session ID:
  7513DEE7-DB0F-4CBD-B21E-D760C69880DB
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                  at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:635)
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                  at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.methodBlock(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:263)
                  at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
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                  at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
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A: This was a known issue in safaridriver. It is fixed in Safari 11.

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THE NATIONAL ASSET Management Agency (NAMA) has announced another multi-billion bond redemption, intended to take place in the coming weeks.
It follows the bad bank reaching its 'first major milestone' late last year, redeeming a total of €7.5bn worth of senior bonds.
€3bn worth of bonds, issued over the course of 2010 and 2011, will be redeemed within the next two weeks.
"Within two weeks we will have 35 per cent of our debt paid off," Chairman Frank Daly told RTÉ's News at One.
Nama aims to have redeemed just under 50 per cent of its €30.2bn senior bond debt by the end of the year.
The bank also announced its intention to offer further property portfolios to the market, each with a minimum market value of €250m, issued each quarter this year, as well as an €84 million coupon payment.
"I think we have to be mindful of course that we're not the only body that is actually deleveraging and putting property assets on the market," Daly added.
He also said that the organisation wouldn't recommend the government stepping in to regulate this.
The bank's chairman also said he believes that Nama will be closed before 2020, having repaid all senior and subordinated debt.
"It's a question of doing the analysis," he said, but that the bank's progress could be 'accelerated'.
It is highly unlikely that we will be around by 2020.
Daly added that the bank is "quite opportunistic" that a surplus will be delivered to the taxpayer, but was hesitant to put an exact figure on how much this will be.
Email "'Highly unlikely' that NAMA will still be operating by 2020".
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import os
from Bio import PDB
from Bio.SeqUtils import seq1
import warnings
import numpy as np
import cPickle
from collections import defaultdict
from difflib import SequenceMatcher
from sklearn.neighbors.kde import KernelDensity

def get_CA_distances(model, selection):
    (pdb_id, chains, start_res, end_res, sequence1, sequence2,_,_) = selection

    chain1 = model[chains[0]]
    chain2 = model[chains[1]]
    CA_distances = []
    for res1_id,res2_id,aminoacid1,aminoacid2 in zip(range(start_res[0],end_res[0]+1), range(start_res[1],end_res[1]+1),sequence1,sequence2):
        try:
            res1 = chain1[res1_id]
        except:
            res1 = chain1[('H_MSE', res1_id, ' ')]
        try:
            res2 = chain2[res2_id]
        except:
            res2 = chain2[('H_MSE', res2_id, ' ')]
        if aminoacid1 != 'X':
            assert aminoacid1 == seq1(res1.resname)
        if aminoacid2 != 'X':
            assert aminoacid2 == seq1(res2.resname)
        dist = np.linalg.norm(res1['CA'].coord-res2['CA'].coord)
        CA_distances.append(dist)

    return CA_distances

def similar(a, b):
    return SequenceMatcher(None, a, b).ratio()

f = open('cc_dataset_mmol_all').read().splitlines()

records = [line.split() for line in f]
ccoils = []

for c1,c2 in zip(records[0::2], records[1::2]):
    assert c1[0] == c2[0]
    filename = c1[0]
    chains = (c1[1],c2[1])
    start_res = (int(c1[2]),int(c2[2]))
    end_res = (int(c1[3]),int(c2[3]))
    if len(c1[4]) != len(c2[4]):
        continue
    sequence1 = c1[4]
    sequence2 = c2[4]
    ccoils.append((filename, chains, start_res, end_res, sequence1,sequence2))

print len(ccoils)

ccoils.sort(key = lambda s: len(s[4]),reverse=True)

pdb_path = "MMOL"

warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")

ccoils_filt = []

for item1 in ccoils:
    filename1, chains1, start_res1, end_res1, sequence11, sequence12 = item1
    unique1 = True
    unique2 = True
    for item2 in ccoils_filt:
        filename2, chains2, start_res2, end_res2, sequence21, sequence22,_,_ = item2
        if sequence11 in sequence21 or sequence11 in sequence22:
            unique1 = False
        if sequence12 in sequence21 or sequence12 in sequence22:
            unique2 = False
        if unique1 and (similar(sequence11,sequence21)>0.8 or similar(sequence11,sequence22)>0.8):
            unique1 = False
        if unique2 and (similar(sequence12,sequence21)>0.8 or similar(sequence12,sequence22)>0.8):
            unique2 = False
        if not unique1 and not unique2:
            break

    if unique1 or unique2:
        ccoils_filt.append((filename1, chains1, start_res1, end_res1, sequence11, sequence12,unique1,unique2))

print len(ccoils_filt)
print np.sum([len(s[4]) for s in ccoils_filt if s[6]])
print np.sum([len(s[5]) for s in ccoils_filt if s[7]])

ca_distances_all = []
for item in ccoils_filt:
    (filename, chains, start_res, end_res, sequence1, sequence2, unique1, unique2) = item
    structure = PDB.PDBParser().get_structure(filename, os.path.join(pdb_path,filename))
    model = structure[0]
    try:
        CA_distances = get_CA_distances(model, item)
        ca_distances_all.append(CA_distances)
    except:
        print 'problem with', item
        continue

aa_distr = defaultdict(list)

for cc_item, cc_dists in zip(ccoils_filt,ca_distances_all):
    filename, chains, start_res, end_res, sequence1, sequence2,unique1,unique2 = cc_item
    if unique1:
        for aa,dist in zip(sequence1,cc_dists):
            if aa =='X':
                aa = 'M'
            aa_distr[aa].append(dist)
    if unique2 and sequence2 != sequence1:
        for aa,dist in zip(sequence2,cc_dists):
            if aa =='X':
                aa = 'M'
            aa_distr[aa].append(dist)

aa_distr_kde = defaultdict(list)
for aa,dists in aa_distr.iteritems():
    data = np.array(dists).reshape(-1, 1)
    kde = KernelDensity(kernel='gaussian', bandwidth=1).fit(data)
    aa_distr_kde[aa]=kde

cPickle.dump(aa_distr_kde, open('cc_aa_distance_distr.pkl', "wb"))

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On this day, the date of his birth, I imagine our ancestor would love more than simple memorial. Instead, he would demand reflection upon what his teachings meant for not only the individual but our collectivity. I'll begin: Beneath the video is on Malcolm's calls for unity in the African Diaspora. For many years, I have personally struggled with loving "the roots" of the tree. Having encountered great resistance to being African-American and desiring to be considered "African" by my continental brothers and sisters, I became embittered with our Continental brothers and sisters. However, in interrogating my prejudices and perceptions, I found that my prejudgements were largely based on limited sight and an incomplete view of the ways in which colonial history continues to permeate the thinking of Africans throughout the Diaspora. Over the past year and continuing this year, I will continue to draw greater connection with the continental Africans of present, not just conceptions of our ancestors from the Continent. Thank you Brother Malcolm for taking the time to share your words, works, and worship. Rest in Peace.


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Веро́ника щитко́вая, или Вероника щиткови́дная () — многолетнее травянистое растение, вид рода  семейства .

Распространение и экология
Западная Европа: все страны, но в Средиземноморье редко, отсутствует на Азорских островах и многих островах Средиземного моря; Северная Америка: Аляска, Канада, США, на юг до Южной Каролины, Вайоминга, Индианы и Калифорнии. На территории бывшего СССР в европейской части почти повсеместно, но в степной полосе значительно реже, чем в лесной, отсутствует в низовьях Урала и Волги, на Кавказе редко, в Калмыцкой АССР, Осетии, Сомхетии, на Ставропольской возвышенности, в северо-западной части Армении, Азербайджана; в Сибири к югу от 59° северной широты, на востоке заходит за Енисей, в степной полосе азиатской части бывшего СССР также встречается реже, чем в лесной, на юге достигает Казахского мелкосопочника, изолированные популяции в Якутии и Приморье, есть указания для Сахалина и Курильских островов.

Произрастает на влажных лугах, болотах, на отмелях, в лесных, лесостепных и степных районах, в злаково-осоковых группировках по берегам водоёмов, поднимается в горы до 1800 м над уровнем моря.

Ботаническое описание
Корневище тонкое, длинное. Стебли голые или иногда опушённые, высотой 8—50 см, тонкие, восходящие, при основании со стелющимися и укореняющимися побегами, слабые, большей частью ветвящиеся.

Листья супротивные, длиной 2—5 см, шириной 3—7 мм, узколанцетные или линейные, сидячие, острые, расставленно и мелко зубчатые, с зубцами, обращенными назад, иногда цельнокрайные.

Кисти пазушные, по одной в пазухе одного из супротивных листьев, многоцветковые, редкие; цветки на очень тонких цветоножках, в несколько раз превышающих чашечку, при плодах, иногда отогнутых назад. Прицветники ланцетовидные. Чашечка с четырьмя ланцетными или продолговатыми долями, в два-три раза короче венчика и коробочки; венчик диаметром 2,5—5 мм, бледно-голубой или беловатый, с розовыми или тёмно-синими полосками, две доли округлые (верхняя и нижняя) и две яйцевидные (боковые).

Формула цветка:

Коробочка сплюснутая, яйцевидная или почковидная, с шириной (4—5 мм), превышающей длину, двулопастные, глубоко и узковыемчатые на одну треть длины, у основания округлая. Семена плоские, щитовидные, в очертании округлые или овальные, диаметром 1—1,8 мм.

Таксономия
Вид Вероника щитковая входит в род  семейства  порядка .

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2021 Lumberjack World Championships
Among the events that were canceled because of COVID-19 was the 2020 Lumberjack World Championships. This competition is normally held annually in mid-summer in Hayward, Wisconsin. Hayward was unusually quiet last year. With restrictions on every facet of life, this normally bustling community didn't experience the usual influx of tourists nor lumberjack competitors in 2020.
As 2021 progressed, some restrictions eased and plans for the 61st Lumberjack World Championships resumed. The hope was that the event would bring a sense of normalcy for competitors and spectators alike. It did. And it didn't.
Left: LaVoie displays the form that carried her to the top. Above: Andrea Card (l) pulls wood as Denise Ott (MN) (r) prepares to take her turn. Below: Note the technique. Nate Hodges' head: motionless. The axe head: not so much.
The sun wasn't always normal, for example, as it appeared red at times thanks to the smoke drifting in from Canadian wildfires and occasionally was of sufficient density to allow identification of its scent. That smoke was apparently the only known foreigner present. In past years, the field of competitors would be swelled by foreign lumberjacks and jills. With certain borders closed, the competition this year did not include the usual entrants from Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the Czech Republic. Although their absence was noticed, those who were on hand attacked logs and poles with the usual fervor. The entrants included competitors from Washington, Idaho, and California. And they made their presence known.
The headliner among the group of five from western states certainly was Erin LaVoie. Since 2014, the lady from Spokane had earned the Tony Wise All-Around Women's Championship in every even-numbered year until the cancelled 2020 event. The All-Around crown had previously been worn in uninterrupted fashion by Nancy Zalewski (WI) for years. Her reign ended when Ms. LaVoie placed it on her own head in 2014. The following year, Lindsay Daun (IL) claimed it, only to be bested by LaVoie in 2016. Zalewski took it back in 2017 — a record tenth win. Once again (in 2018), when the World Championships were held in an even-numbered year, it was LaVoie who was awarded the coveted title and trophy. True to form, LaVoie watched someone else – Martha King (PA) – take the top spot in odd-numbered 2019. And then the pattern was broken when COVID-19 prevented anyone from assuming the title in 2020; an even-numbered year which would seem to have been Erin's turn. Could she pull it off in an odd-numbered year?
Superstition runs deep with some athletes, but apparently not with the Washingtonian. As in years past – even and odd – the former champion brought her A-game. Always quiet and focused, Erin LaVoie explodes at the commencement of action. While a crosscut seems to be her favored weapon of choice, LaVoie is well-versed in the operation of an axe. In the final rounds she placed 2nd in Women's Underhand Chop, 1st in Women's Single Buck, and 1st in Jill & Jill with partner Kate Witkowski (WI). Additionally, LaVoie captained the 2nd place relay team. Any competitor in any sport entering four events and finishing no lower than 2nd certainly deserves to be crowned the all-around champion.
The two other western ladies competing were Andrea Card (Santa Rosa, CA) and Brenda Boyko (Viola, Idaho). Card finished 6th in the overall standings with four of the five ladies ahead of her having held the all-around title in previous years. Tough sledding, indeed. Andrea did well in the underhand chop, finishing 3rd behind King and LaVoie, respectively. Nor is the lady a slouch with a crosscut as she and partner Denise Ott (MN) took 3rd, dropping out of the bottom of the log just 7/100ths of a second behind the team ahead of them. Andrea also placed 8th with fellow-Californian Nate Hodges in the Jack & Jill Crosscut competition. Boyko competed in all of the women's chopping and sawing events, including the Jack & Jill Double Buck with husband Derek Pouchnik. That event was Brenda and Derek's best showing but, alas, the pair from Idaho finished about two seconds out of the money.
Like his lady, Pouchnik also entered multiple events. Derek and partner Mel Lentz (WV), took top honors in Masters Double Buck — an event reserved for competitors fifty and older — posting a time of 15.85 seconds in cutting through 20 inches of eastern white pine. Derek also competed in the other 50+ event: Masters Underhand Chop. A handicap event, Pouchnik started forty seconds back. Saving his best for last, Derek turned in his best time in Saturday night's championship round. That's the good news. The bad news: So did everyone else. Pouchnik's Saturday time of 1:11.87 would have won both of the preliminary rounds. As it was he finished fifth with a respectable time.
Another man with respectable times was Nate Hodges (North Fork, CA). Hodges is one of those competitors whose quiet smile is replaced by a look of intense fury when the chopping or sawing gets underway. Out of 60 male competitors at the Lumberjack World Championships, Hodges finished 5th all-around — and that puts him ahead of many formidable sawyers and axe men. To place that high, one has to compete in multiple events and consistently perform above the crowd. Hodges took 2nd in Hot Saw, only 4/100ths behind the winner. Elsewhere he posted finishes of 3rd (Springboard Chop), 6th (Underhand Chop), 8th (Single Buck, Men's Double Buck, and Jack & Jill as aforementioned with Andrea Card), and 9th (Standing Block Chop).
All in all, the 61st Lumberjack World Championships delivered as promised. The competition was keen, and the companionship – among competitors and spectators alike – had long been desired and was thoroughly appreciated. The opportunity for jills and jacks to revisit a pre-pandemic favorite athletic lumberjack event wasn't wasted. The 62nd edition won't be either.


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HID Global: A Proponent of Secure Digital Banking
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Brad Jarvis, VP & Managing Director IAM Solutions
The digital revolution may have made a late impact on the financial and banking sector, but not without reason; the security implications that arise at the cost of adopting new technologies if left ignored or insufficiently addressed can turn out to be catastrophic. Multiple opportunities such as IoT-backed banking, where credit cards can be programmed to make authorized transactions to pay tolls and parking tickets automatically are powerful trends, yet demand highest levels of security. "Enter the concept of open banking and open applications, where banks integrate with trusted third-party partners who facilitate secure transactions in a transparent way," begins Brad Jarvis, the VP and managing director of IAM Solutions, HID Global. As a proponent of digital banking, HID Global empowers people to transact securely, and their solutions enable regular banking services to be performed online through a secure portal. With an aim to secure digital and physical environments while improving the scope of open banking, the company aspires to go beyond traditional bank transactions. Across the banking world, there is a pressing need for robust security techniques and positive customer experience, and HID Global is setting a new standard for the industry.
While ensuring that security is maintained at all levels including devices, it is also crucial to focus on the protection of the session and the transaction itself. Although MFA has enhanced security features on devices, it is not entirely reliable as a trusted transaction solution. To counter this challenge, the company developed the HID Trusted Transaction Suite, which combines both threat and fraud detection to make it a risk-based advanced authentication platform. They employ a data-driven authentication approach where the security paradigms depend on the risk level of the client's environment.
Our solutions have a fully transparent UX as they are built with ease-of-deployment in mind so that banks can operate smoothly adhering to their policies
The Trusted Transaction Suite encompasses three modules— the first being the authentication server that assists financial institutions in integrating authentication into their platform. This server helps the bank create and manage a digital identity, in addition to assisting them with compliance and centralized audit capabilities.
The HID Approve, on the other hand, is a mobile multifactor authentication solution that can be embedded into the smartphone application; protected by public key-based cryptography, it also offers the convenience of push notifications. By establishing a secure connection between a mobile device, the authentication platform, and the bank, this feature secures the transaction process. The third module of the Trusted Transaction Suite is to strengthen their risk management posture, where evidence-based threat detection capabilities are applied. Comprised of three engines, the system generates a risk score using machine learning to determine the threat level and based on the trigger produced by the risk engine, the security levels are enhanced.
HID Global has been able to cover the growing attack surface along with protection for tellers, customers, and branches after acquiring a company named Crossmatch. "Our solutions have a fully transparent UX as they are built with ease-of-deployment in mind so that banks can operate smoothly adhering to their policies," adds Jarvis. They provide dedicated assistance for integrating their clients' systems with other banking applications.
Given their strong foothold in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, HID Global supports several multinational organizations as well as small-to-medium-sized banks. By continuing to increase their acquisitions, they aim to create flexible solutions for consumers and provide better audit trails for banks. HID Global plans to accelerate their onboarding process through cloud services, and also offer a seamless experience to the customer with a superior security profile.
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HID Global Launches New Cloud-Based IAM Platform
HID Global has announced the launch of a new cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) platform. Dubbed the HID Authentication Service, the platform is intended as a comprehensive security solution that will make it easier for other organizations to comply with new regulatory standards like GDPR, PSD2, and the California Privacy Act.
The Authentication Service is built to be customizable and scalable, with APIs that can be integrated into third party software or an organization's existing security technology.
"HID is among the only IAM solution providers that can offer authentication for high security use cases all the way down to basic enterprise multifactor authentication," said HID Global VP Brad Jarvis. "We believe that organizations in regulated markets will gain significant benefits from the HID Authentication Service."
According to HID Global, the new solution is particularly well-suited to the needs of banks and other financial institutionsthat need to perform secure transactions.
"A cloud-first security strategy is not only desirable for speed-to-market and flexibility, but is also a requirement for compliance in many cases," said Ben Robinson, the Chief Strategy Officer & Head of the Temenos MarketPlace.
The HID Authentication Service was on display at the recent Temenos Community Forum in the Netherlands, while HID Global was already the top seller on the Temenos Marketplace in 2018. The new Authentication Service should only increase the appeal of the company's offerings. The news comes shortly after the launch of HID Origo, a similar cloud-based platform designed for mobile access that was unveiled earlier this year.
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Russia overtakes UK as world's second largest arms producer as Putin invests in futuristic weapons
The combined sales of Russian companies amounted to £29.2 billion in 2017, an 8.5 percent rise from a year earlier.
It now accounts for 9.5 percent of a worldwide total of £314 billion, in the wake of Vladimir Putin's drive to modernise Russia's armed forces with futuristic weapons.
The country has brought into service the SU 57 stealth fighter and the T-14 Armata tank, which are seen as rivals to weapons produced in the West.
Among the weapons it has been developing are a robot tank, laser cannon that can destroy satellites in space and a drone that can operate at minus 50C.
Britain now sells £28.2 billion worth of arms, an increase of 2.3 per cent, and its companies account for the most arms produced in Western Europe.
The next biggest arms producer is France, whose companies sold £16.6 billion worth of arms.
But all the countries are dwarfed by the United States, whose arms sales grew by 2.0 per cent to £179 billion – or 57 per cent of total.
The figures were released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in its annual report on the world arms trade.
The report includes both domestic and foreign sales, but doesn't include Chinese companies because of unreliable statistics, the Institute said.
Siemon Wezeman, a senior researcher at the institute, said Russian producers of arms and weapon systems have been on a significant growth path since 2011.
"This is in line with Russia's increased spending on arms procurement to modernize its armed forces," Wezeman said.
For the first time in the report's history, a Russian company – Almaz-Antey – which makes advanced air defense systems, was listed among the world's top 10 weapons companies.
The Moscow-based state owned firm, which was already Russia's largest arms-producing company, increased its sales by 17 per cent in 2017, to £6.8 billion.
Along with Almaz-Anteny, Russia's United Engine Corporation increased its sales by 25 per cent, High Precision Systems by 22 per cent and Tactical Missiles Corporation by 19 per cent, said the SIPR.
Overall, the U.S. companies, including world's largest arms producer, Lockheed Martin, continued to dominate the list.
The report also highlighted a 24 percent rise in sales by Turkish arms companies in 2017 from the preceding year.
That reflected Turkey's ambitions to develop its arms industry to fulfil its growing demand for weapons and become less dependent on foreign suppliers, said the Institute.
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