We have a Moscato Press for Friday's Happy Hour. It is really delicious, and it tastes kind of like a Moscato Cooler. It is a pretty simple drink, and looks so pretty. It kind of seems like a warm weather drink, and unfortunately I am looking out at a blizzard in my back yard. Oh well, it will be spring and summer soon enough. So this drink can help us feel like we are soaking up the sun, while we drink it. I got the recipe from the little pamplet attached to the Skyy Moscato Grape Vodka bottle.
Garnish with grapes if you like.
I hope you like this. I made it with Diet Sprite, since I try not to have too much sugar. I always love hearing from you.
This recipe for Peanut Butter Cups is amazing. They taste just like Reese's! I was really surprised. I found the recipe at Menu Musings of a Modern American Mom. The recipe calls for graham cracker crumbs and I thought that was a little weird, but they turned out great. I did adjust her recipe a little, so that they wouldn't be quite so soft as the original recipe. I was also surprised at how easy they were to make, and I already had all of the ingredients, which was even better.
1. Put paper cupcake liners in 12 regular sized muffin cups.
2. Next, mix honey roasted peanut butter, powdered sugar, melted butter, and graham cracker crumbs together and set aside.
3. Put chocolate chips, shortening, and peanut butter, in a pan on the stove and melt over medium heat.
4. Once melted put chocolate in muffin cups and spread the chocolate 1/2 to 1/3 up the sides of each muffin cup.
5. Put the muffin pan in the freezer for 7 minutes.
6. Next, spoon peanut butter into each muffin cup, keeping it away from the sides of the muffin cup.
6. Then you will spoon the chocolate over the top of the peanut butter in each muffin cup, making sure that it meets the chocolate in the bottom of the cup.
I put the muffin pan in the freezer again to harden everything up. I left it for about an hour.
I must say, this recipe is truly amazing. They taste like you are eating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, except they are bigger, which is a good thing in my book. I hope you like the recipe. I always love hearing from you.
Today I felt that I needed to share something that I posted on another blog, Be Still and Know from The Swing Set Back and Forth from Kitty. This post was about listening to God, listening for God. Great post!! You should read it.
I'm sorry that I missed the Bible Study this week, it's taking longer then I thought it would, I should have the first one done by next Monday. I felt that I was supposed to share this with all of you. You see, until several years ago, I didn't know you could have a personal relationship with God. I thought people were weird who said they heard him. I'm sure many people will read this and say, "Oh, that Debi, she's on a role today", but I definitely felt led to share this with all of you.
Below is my response to Kitty's post.
Beautiful. I love that verse. I so often find that I hear God when I am quiet. Sometimes he has to hit me over the head to make me listen, but most often it is at quiet, unexpected moments.
The first time I ever heard God was strange. I was in a store and a woman came into the aisle that I was on. (I was a baby Christian) All of the sudden I heard God tell me she was going to steel the piece of candy that she had picked up. I didn't know what to do, so I just started praying for her. Super hard!!! I watched her leave the store with the candy in her hand, and I kept praying for this woman. About a minute later she walked back into the store and put the piece of candy on the counter, and then left the store. At that point I knew that God meant for me to pray for people. Sometimes in the beginning it was weird, because I would just get that feeling that God wanted me to do something, Sometimes I was praying for things that I didn't even understand. There was a kid in the library with a sweatshirt with a skull on it, boy was I praying for that child. I still don't know why, but I for some reason I felt fear. I shouldn't have, but it was hard to understand in the beginning. Now I don't get scared. Sometimes I am just in my car driving and I know I am supposed to be praying for someone. I will check the time and talk to that person later, only to find out that the person was calling for intercessors at that moment in time.
I love to hear God's voice. Sometimes, still and small, sometimes loud because I am not being quiet and he wants my attention.
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Q: Listview not scrollable in RecyclerView using ConstraintLayout I have a RecyclerView which contains ListView inside. I have to use ConstraintLayout since I need to align TextView and ListView properly for each row of RecyclerView. But it seems the listview cannot scroll when there's too much content on screen.
recyclerview_layout.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/time"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
    android:textColor="#0E1C2B"
    android:textSize="17sp"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/recyclerview_list"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.498"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.333" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView4"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
    android:text="Date: "
    android:textColor="#0E1C2B"
    android:textSize="17sp"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.207"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

<ListView
    android:id="@+id/recyclerview_list"
    android:layout_width="260dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.43"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView4"
    app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.012" />

    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

A:
You want to use RecyclerView or ListView? Here, I have added a RecyclerView with a proper constraint. Sometimes adding a wrong constraint can get you a scrolling error.
Let me know if you want another in below design

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/time"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="00:00"
        android:textColor="#0E1C2B"
        android:textSize="17sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/textView4"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="packed"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/textView4"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/textView4" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView4"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
        android:text="Date: "
        android:textColor="#0E1C2B"
        android:textSize="17sp"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/time"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recyclerview_list"
        android:layout_width="260dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView4" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

A:
*My own SOLUTION*

Must add `LinearLayout` around ListView element.

Those lines with stars are which have differences with the original one.

.
Final recyclerview_layout.xml:
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

---------other code are the same------------

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="300dp"
    **android:layout_height="wrap_content"**
    **android:orientation="vertical"**
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.47"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView"
    app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.011">

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/recyclerview_list"
        **android:layout_width="match_parent"**
        **android:layout_height="wrap_content"**
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="104dp"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="59dp" />

</LinearLayout>

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1 Answer | Asked in Copyright, Intellectual Property and Trademark for Illinois on Sep 19, 2022
Q: I am within my legal rights to use a modified version of the coppertone logo freely? I would be making money off it.
Am I allowed to use an image of a girl and dog, deliberately meant to resemble the coppertone ads of the 1960s, as a logo for my band?
Sergiy M Sivochek
Deliberate copying or modification of someone else's image may constitute willful copyright infringement with serious consequences, especially if done for financial gains. You would be well-advised to carefully discuss your specific plans with an experienced intellectual property lawyer... Read more »
1 Answer | Asked in Copyright and Intellectual Property for Illinois on Mar 16, 2022
Q: I am a visual artist. I painted a large, photorealistic, 30x30in, painting of a Fritos bag. Can I sell it? Thank you!
Fritz-Howard Raymond Clapp
answered on Mar 16, 2022
As long as you're not selling snacks, the transformative work is not an infringement. Andy Warhol did fine with his iconic Campbell's Soup can paintings many years ago.
1 Answer | Asked in Business Law, Copyright and Intellectual Property for Illinois on Feb 2, 2022
Q: Hi there, IP copyright dispute, between equal partners in series LLC. Concerns over whom IP Copyright belongs to.
The business (A clothing company) didn't generate any profit and we have agreed to dissolve the series LLC, Web P, social media page etc, but it does leave us with the IP of the designs that we independently created.
Neither of us were paid employees or hired to create our own designs... Read more »
Jonathon Maddox
answered on Feb 2, 2022
There are several factors here, and a thorough review of the LLC and Operating Agreement would be needed, as well as a full understanding of exactly how and when each design was created. I'm an IP Attorney, and would be happy to have a free consultation and see how I can help your legal needs.... Read more »
1 Answer | Asked in Consumer Law, Copyright and Patents (Intellectual Property) for Illinois on Jan 30, 2022
Q: For US patent law, if you make an item that you've never seen a patent law for, is it illegal?
A friend group I had came up with an idea of a motor that can run itself. We would be able to run things off of said idea and it would be borderline free energy. With people having ideas for a hundred years, I doubt that someone has came up with this exact idea. If we were to move forward and... Read more »
Kevin E. Flynn
Your question in a general sense is does it matter whether or not you have seen a patent for an idea before you start selling a product covered by that patent.
The answer is that you are liable for patent infringement to the owner of the earlier, unexpired patent whether or not you had... Read more »
1 Answer | Asked in Contracts and Copyright for Illinois on Nov 30, 2021
Q: Can the TLC channel display pictures of me or mention my name on a show without my permission?
-I was never interviewed
-I spoke to two people for a few days but never gave permission to be on the show
-I have never been on the news.
Marcos Garciaacosta
Depends.
Did they interview you?
Where you in the news?
For how long is your participation?
2 Answers | Asked in Copyright, Intellectual Property and Trademark for Illinois on Oct 30, 2021
Q: Plantiff asking for unreasonable money in the name of trademark infringement & consequences if seller is outside USA
These days people are making money not by selling products but by filling case against small level dropshipping store in the name of trademark infringement. Platform like Ebay and amazon neither send any warning nor a solution to the seller once the case is filled. On the other hand plantiff ask... Read more »
Linda Liang
If the trademark is not yours and you do not know of the alleged infringement of trademark, you should not be liable. You should at least hire an attorney to stop them from suing you. Even defending should not be expensive. They can ask what they want. What they can get it is another story. I would... Read more »
1 Answer | Asked in Contracts and Copyright for Illinois on Oct 6, 2021
Q: Hi. What are the steps and prices to putting my assumed named document in a newspaper in Cook County?
Jane Kim
The process is pretty simple and is described in the form that you have to complete and file with the Cook County. If you are still having a hard time, contact a lawyer.
1 Answer | Asked in Business Formation and Copyright for Illinois on Sep 12, 2021
Q: I buy throw pillow covers (Amazon and Walmart) and enhance the imagery and sell them. Am I infringing on a copyright
It is not clear what you intent to do, you should consult with an attorney
1 Answer | Asked in Consumer Law, Contracts and Copyright for Illinois on Aug 16, 2021
Q: Can I sue PlayStation if they won't give me access to games I have payed for?
I am a member of PlayStation Plus which gives out 2 free games each month but I am not being given access to 6 of the games, basically not allowing me to access 3 months of content I have payed for. I spoke with their management and they said it's an issue they are working on but there's... Read more »
Probably not. check the terms of use.
2 Answers | Asked in Copyright, Business Law, Patents (Intellectual Property) and Trademark for Illinois on Aug 3, 2021
Q: How am I supposed to handle a trademark infringement lawsuit if I think it's a mistake? pls read the "More Information"
Dear lawyer.
Unfortunately, I involuntarily found myself in an unpleasant situation and I would be happy for your help. I have an account at Marketplace site, where I sell products from a variety of different suppliers. A few days ago, an e-mail was sent to me from a lawyer (on behalf of... Read more »
answered on Aug 3, 2021
You can be dragged to an American court by virtue of you selling here.
There are different tools to deal with the lawsuit if you think it is an error.
You need to consult with an attorney review all the documentation you have.
Best luck!
1 Answer | Asked in Copyright and Products Liability for Illinois on Jul 20, 2021
Q: can i use the brand name "eternal sunshine" or "eternal svnshine" for my jewlery business?
i want to know if the name is already trademarked
You need to consult with an attorney to find out if it is registered or taken
2 Answers | Asked in Copyright, Gaming and Intellectual Property for Illinois on Jul 1, 2021
Q: If I want to resell a video game streamers highlights, do I need to obtain licensing from the video game publisher?
If its a case by case basis, what companies require a licensing agreement?
Omar Darwich
answered on Jul 1, 2021
So you're talking about potential infringement and there are some specific details that need to be discussed.
Your best course of action is to consult with an attorney before making any decisions.
1 Answer | Asked in Contracts, Copyright, Business Formation and Business Law for Illinois on May 23, 2021
Q: US company refuses to Pay or give ownership. They are blackmailing me now.
In 2018, I went into an oral agreement with a person in the United States to build an online platform. I was responsible for all the tech from designs to coding etc. I live in Pakistan, we had this agreement orally over zoom.
He promised equity and delayed payment for my work. We agreed... Read more »
answered on May 23, 2021
You can sue him but it will be complicated and expensive
You may be able to sue in your country or in the USA
You should consult with an attorney to determine your options
3 Answers | Asked in Contracts, Copyright and Patents (Intellectual Property) for Illinois on Mar 23, 2021
Q: Is there a type of disclosure document that I can use to protect an IP idea that i am working on, before it's designed?
I have an idea that I'm working on that will have to be patented, but i am reluctant about asking people with the knowledge to build the idea for assistance as they may steal it and create it themselves. Is there a type of disclosure document that I can use to protect my idea?
That language should also be included in any contract with people that would do work for you
Q: This is in regards to copyrighting an online image.
I own a small pressure washing buisness and I found a before and after picture of a house wash online. The image shows a house on the left side as dirty and then on the right side the same house but it's clean after a washing. It's a picture I used for my website and my postcards that I put on... Read more »
Kathryn Perales
Based on your story, you don't appear to have explicit permission to use the photo, and may be infringing the photographer's copyright rights. Also based on your story, this photo is widely used and the photographer may not care, or may have intentionally placed the photo in the public... Read more »
1 Answer | Asked in Copyright for Illinois on Jan 25, 2021
Q: Can I use the word "Masterclass" to describe a type of education I provide? For example, Strategic Planning Masterclass
The Masterclasses in general will be 90 to 120 minutes in length with a live and recorded option. Is this usage infringement on the MasterClass company?
You probably can but it will be very diluted and common.
If you use common words you may not create any differentiation and will not have a protectable brand.
Consult with an attorney.
Q: Arcade cabinet side art for personal use. is this derivative work?
I am making an arcade cabinet to sit in my basement and to be played by my family. The side art is a compilation of artwork from artists who drew video game characters but I changed the art so the characters look like members of my family. The poses, shading, expressions still look very much like... Read more »
Using the work and creations of others is definitely infringement even if there is no economic benefit.
2 Answers | Asked in Copyright for Illinois on Dec 17, 2020
Q: Can we call our men's group at out church "Tool time-Equipping God's Men." Thanks for anything you could share. Ed
You should consult with an attorney so they can do proper searches, see if it is available and if it meets the requirements for a proper trademark.
1 Answer | Asked in Copyright for Illinois on Oct 3, 2020
Q: How much does it cost to register a trade mark?? Is it possible to register a special designed pizza?
Timothy John Billick
answered on Oct 4, 2020
The U.S. Trademark Office charges $225-$275 per trademark application per "class of goods." Talk to a trademark attorney to see how many classes would be in-play for your application.
It is possible to register a pizza design as a trademark, but I would need to know a little more... Read more »
1 Answer | Asked in Copyright for Illinois on Aug 4, 2020
Q: Hello, I have a question about copyright, please.
I have been writing a book with the working title "take back beauty" (all lower case letters in the title, intentionally). A search for the phrase produced a copyright from a cosmetic company, Anisa International. Reading the copyright info, my use of the term is not in the same classes... Read more »
John Brendan Riordan
Hello, you are likely able to keep using this term. I believe what you are referring to are "trademarks" not "copyrights." A trademark is a "source indicator" for goods or services. These usually come in the form of a business name, logo, or slogan. Copyrights, on the... Read more »
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The Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon - Team Up expansion offers many amazing battle teams including Pikachu & Zekrom-GX, plus Lycanroc-GX, Hoopa-GX, Cobalion-GX, and more! When the teams put their moves into motion, it's a total free-for all.... Rowlet Stats, Moves, Abilities, Strength & Weakness Type Chart. Rowlet Locations and complete Evolution Line. Pokemon Sun and Moon Pokedex. Rowlet Locations and complete Evolution Line. Pokemon Sun and Moon Pokedex.
Getting a Pokemon to Elite Four level in Pokemon Sun and Moon is not as simple as grinding through countless encounters. Players still have to consider a lot of things including Nature, affection and of course, moves.... When the teams put their moves into motion, it's a total free-for-all. Check out the awesome action and dynamic duos in the Sun & Moon—Team Up expansion! Check out the awesome action and dynamic duos in the Sun & Moon—Team Up expansion!
Hoya! So I recently wanted to try my hand at PKhex to check out the competitive scene, but I am running into a small problem. I downloaded a pretty current smogon set with all of the pokemon, and all of the pokemons attributes seem fine like met location and such, but the problem seems to be with the Relearn Moves.
The red haze threatened, creeping around Hawke's pokemon trainer leaf sun and moon vision knew his defense sun and moon lyrics against it was about to leave in Vhyper's Porsche. The first generation began in Japan with Pok e9mon Red and Green on the Game Boy. Eventually, Sun had a part time job chucking Pyukumuku back into the sea.
Egg Moves are moves most passed down from a Pokémon breeding pair to their offspring. This can happen in one of four different ways. If both parents know one or more moves that their offspring could learn by leveling up, the offspring will have that move.


Hydrogen peroxide. Chances are you have a bottle in your bathroom cabinet for first aid use, but did you know it can be used for more than just cleaning a scrape or cut?
Because it's non-toxic, hydrogen peroxide can be used in the bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, and even in your beauty routine! In fact, there are so many ways to use it you'll be surprised you weren't cleaning with hydrogen peroxide before.
That's right, this little brown bottle of liquid packs a real punch. (And did you know you should always keep your hydrogen peroxide in the brown bottle it comes in? Light sources can zap the power right out of this liquid powerhouse.) Another bonus is you can easily find an inexpensive bottle of 3% peroxide at stores like Target, Walmart, and CVS.
Ready to pick up a bottle and watch those stains disappear? Keep reading to learn how you could be cleaning with hydrogen peroxide.
1. Sanitize your cutting board.
Keeping your cutting board clean is important to avoid cross contamination and food-borne illnesses.
First, wipe the cutting board with vinegar and use a paper towel to wipe down the board. Follow up by spraying the board with hydrogen peroxide and wipe again. This is perfect to use after cutting meats, especially poultry.
Aprill's note: Never use hydrogen peroxide on marble or stone. Because it's acidic, it can ruin these surfaces!
Remove dirt, germs, and pesticides from fruits and vegetables by adding 1/4 cup of hydrogen peroxide to a sink of cold water and washing as normal. Rinse with cool water when you're done.
If you have kids, then grass-stained clothing is a common sight in your laundry room.
To get rid of those stubborn green stains, mix a few drops of ammonia with 1 teaspoon of peroxide and rub on the stain. Once it disappears, rinse and launder the garment as normal.
Did a cut or scrape ruin a perfectly good shirt or pair of jeans? Grab your bottle of peroxide and add as much as needed to make the stain disappear as soon as possible, then rinse and launder as normal. Set in stains won't be removed, so it's important to apply the hydrogen peroxide as soon as they happen.
5. Say goodbye to mildew.
Peroxide is mildew's greatest enemy, and it's safer than using bleach! Liberally spray hydrogen peroxide on any mildewed areas and wipe clean. Bonus! This will also whiten your bathroom grout.
Had a little accident with your bubbly? Pour peroxide directly on the wine stain and buff it with a soft cloth until the stain is gone. Magic!
Did your favorite nail polish leave you with stained nails? Soak a cotton ball in undiluted hydrogen peroxide and rub on your nails to reduce the staining.
Gargling with hydrogen peroxide? It works! Kill germs and bacteria in your mouth by mixing 1 part water and 1 part peroxide. Swish for a few minutes and spit. Be careful to not swallow any peroxide as it is corrosive!
Get rid of food-borne germs and bacteria and give your dish detergent a boost by adding 3 ounces of hydrogen peroxide to your dishwasher.
Everyone knows sponges are a haven for germs and bacteria. Say goodbye to all the gunk by soaking your dirty sponges in a 50/50 mix of peroxide and water for 15 minutes. Rinse well and let your sponges dry before putting them to use again.
Are your feet smelly? Soak your feet in a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and water for 10 minutes. Not only will it destroy any nasty foot fungus, but it will also soften corns and calluses and whiten yellow toenails.
Humidifiers are known to breed fungus. Get rid of it easily by adding 1 pint of peroxide to 1 gallon of water inside your humidifier to thoroughly clean it.


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Q: Proper way to require external js and css libraries in ember js? I have been playing around with ember 1.13 and I can see that in some online tutorials they require js and css via index.html while some uses ember-cli-build.js or brocfile.js for older versions. I find it requiring properly when I use ember-cli-build.js but then I am not sure what exactly the use of index.html

A: It depends.
If you have a ember-cli-plugin it will add the files to the vendor files by itself normally. Like with ember-cli-materialize.
If you are installing a random bower package like Ladda, you would need to add the files you need manually to ember-cli-build.js:
module.exports = function(defaults) {
  var app = new EmberApp(defaults, {
  });

  app.import('bower_components/ladda/dist/ladda-themeless.min.css');
  app.import('bower_components/ladda/dist/spin.min.js');
  app.import('bower_components/ladda/dist/ladda.min.js');

  return app.toTree();
};

This will then be merged into your vendor.css and vendor.js which are linked to from index.html.
Also when you build the app the bower_components won't be available unless you've explicitly included something, so you cannot just link to them from index.html. It would also be a waste of network resources to include files separately. You shouldn't have to include anything in index.html unless it's an external resource.
brocfile.js is the old name for ember-cli-build.js since they've stopped using broccoli. Just use the newer one.


Beautiful set of wood blocks for any art project, a fun way to spend a rainy day! Set of 3 hand-carved shesham wood blocks provide exquisite detail to any paper or textile project. Blocks come in cotton storage bag. Ink not included. elephant: 2 3/4"h x 3"w x 1"d. Fair Trade and Hand Made.


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The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne announces debut date
Travel Weekly
"We are thrilled to bring The Ritz-Carlton brand to Melbourne," Antony Page, GM, The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne said.
"With a design that blends the best of the brand and the destination, combined with the finest amenities, culinary offerings, and highly personalized service, The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne will deliver an experience tailored to today's luxury guest and deeply connected to this vibrant city."
Set to open its doors in the first quarter of 2023, The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne is located on Lonsdale Street in the heart of the metropolis. The hotel presents luxury accommodations, dining experiences across both restaurant and bar, wellness spaces, and an infinity pool, as well as meeting and event facilities and services.
The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne's lobby is located on level 80 above 257 hotel rooms and suites. Works by local artists, local culinary adventures, Melbournian décor, and regionally inspired spa journeys feature in the hotel with the aim for guests to connect with the city and engage with the diversity of its surroundings.
"The opening of The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne in 2023 will bring a new landmark to this great city," Antony Page, the hotel's GM, said.
"We look forward to unveiling this stunning property and to welcoming guests with the warm hospitality, refined ambiance, and the legendary service for which The Ritz-Carlton is renowned the world over."
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James Bond Aston Martin DB5 sells for record $6.4m
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RM Sotheby's have sold the highly anticipated 1965 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 for a final $6,385,000, making it the most valuable DB5 ever sold at auction. Affectionately known as "the most famous car in the world," the DB5, chassis no. DB5/2008/R, is one of just three surviving James Bond 007 DB5's as seen in Goldfinger and as used in the promotion of Thunderball.
The car was built specifically for Eon Productions and outfitted with legendary MI6 Q Branch specified gadgetry from new. Fully restored by Roos Engineering in Switzerland, the car was presented in Monterey with all gadgetry fully functioning as Q intended.
After drawing significant attention in the lead up to the Monterey auction and during the pre-sale exhibition, the DB5 was the subject of a four-and-a-half-minute bidding competition between six interested parties in the room and on the phone, eventually selling to an enthusiastic bidder present in the auction room.
Barney Ruprecht, Car Specialist at RM Sotheby's said "It was an honor to offer the iconic James Bond 007 Aston Martin DB5 alongside our partners at Aston Martin Works and Aston Martin Lagonda. We are beyond thrilled with tonight's fantastic result and proud to have set a new record for the most valuable DB5 sold at auction."
"Beyond this new auction record, the enormous amount of interest in the car and excitement surrounding it ahead of the auction solidifies its status as the "most famous car in the world," along with the hobby's great respect for the Aston Martin brand."
Paul Spires, President of Aston Martin Works, said following the sale: "The interest among collectors and enthusiasts worldwide underscores the enduring global appeal of this great British sports car company. Thanks to RM Sotheby's this event has been, without question, a highlight of the Aston Martin heritage year in 2019 and I, for one, look forward to seeing more such sales in the future."
Additional highlights from the sale session include the 1965 Aston Martin DB5 Shooting Brake, which garnered extensive pre-sale interest to sell for a final $1,765,000, exceeding its estimate (est. $1m/1.4m). One of just 12 factory DB5 Shooting Brakes built and having had a mere three private owners from new, the DB5 is now the most valuable Shooting Brake bodied-car of any marque sold at auction.
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The underestimation of probab…
The underestimation of probability of extreme rainfall and flood by prevailing statistical methodologies and how to avoid it
D. Koutsoyiannis, The underestimation of probability of extreme rainfall and flood by prevailing statistical methodologies and how to avoid it, EU COST Action C22: Urban Flood Management, 2nd meeting, Athens, doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.25469.77286, University of Athens, 2006.
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Probabilistic modelling of extreme rainfall has a crucial role in flood risk estimation and consequently in the design and management of flood protection works. This is particularly the case for urban floods, where the plethora of flow control sites and the scarcity of flow measurements make the use of rainfall data indispensable. For half a century, the Gumbel distribution has been the prevailing model of extreme rainfall. Several arguments including theoretical reasons and empirical evidence are supposed to support the appropriateness of the Gumbel distribution, which corresponds to an exponential parent distribution tail. Recently, the applicability of this distribution has been criticized both on theoretical and empirical grounds. Thus, new theoretical arguments based on comparisons of actual and asymptotic extreme value distributions as well as on the principle of maximum entropy indicate that the Extreme Value Type 2 distribution should replace the Gumbel distribution. In addition, several empirical analyses using long rainfall records (e.g. a recent study of annual maximum daily rainfall from 169 stations from Europe and the USA, with lengths exceeding 100 years) agree with the new theoretical findings. Furthermore, the empirical analyses show that the Gumbel distribution may significantly underestimate the largest extreme rainfall amounts (albeit its predictions for small return periods of 5-10 years are satisfactory), whereas this distribution would seem as an appropriate model if fewer years of measurements were available (i.e., parts of the long records were used).
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See also: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25469.77286
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Micro-entrepreneurs learn digital skills to survive amid COVID
"Improvement of digital capacity for TYM's members" is a program jointly implemented by TYM and the Asia Foundation Representative Office in Vietnam. The program is part of the initiative regional project "Go Digital ASEAN" supported by Google.org in 10 ASEAN countries – the aid was received by Asia Foundation. For many years, TYM has offered loans and savings products and also capacity building programs to its members for poverty reduction and economic development. Nowadays, the shift to digitalization will lead to many changes in life, production and business, which they cannot immediately adapt. Therefore, helping them grasp new knowledge about digital technology, change their perception and apply it to their lives is extremely necessary, especially in the current pandemic context. Vietnamnews.vn had an article after more than 1 year the program being implemented:
A trainer from Tình Thương One-member Limited Liability Microfinance Institution shows trainees how to use Zalo at a training session in Thái Nguyên Province. — Photo courtesy of TYM
In the northern and north-central parts of the country, Go Digital ASEAN has helped thousands of micro-entrepreneurs improve their capacity to use digital applications to market their products online and access business information and networks to better manage and expand their businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vũ Thị Anh Thơ, who runs a watch shop in Nam Định City, told Việt Nam News: "Before COVID-19, I had a steady stream of direct customers. Once the pandemic began and social distancing set in, I lost a significant number of customers. My family's income reduced accordingly.
"I have learnt many things, thanks to the training programme, but my greatest gain has been increasing the sales of my products through e-commerce, which I had never thought of before.
"A particular lesson on e-commerce channels left a strong impression on me as it provided me with business ideas on using various digital channels to promote my products and boost my income during COVID-19.
"I have begun using sites like Lazada and Shopee to sell my products. I have attracted a significant number of customers through them, and I now also know how to facilitate secure internet banking transactions.
"I would like to expand my online sales through more digital channels like Zalo and Tiki, and also onboard more products on my platform to better appeal to and serve customers."
Speaking to Việt Nam News, another trainee in the programme, Nguyễn Thị Chuân, who farms, processes and sells fish in Diễn Châu District, Nghệ An Province, said earlier she used to sell her products only in her commune or nearby areas.
"Through the training programme, I learnt how to make videos to advertise my products on Facebook and Zalo. So customers in many northern and southern provinces and cities, including Hà Nội and HCM City, know about my products and place orders. My family's income has increased accordingly.
"The training programme was very useful and helped me understand digital technology to interact better with customers, know their feedback, get market information, and expand my market."
Vũ Thị Bình of Bắc Giang City said: "My family has an agency selling rice noodles and rice pancakes. Most of my customers already have access to digital technology. Now I must also gradually get used to it.
"After the training we learnt methods and ways to advertise products, and post or write reasonable content to promote products. At first it was confusing, but once we got used to it, it became very easy.
"Thanks to the posts and product descriptions on the internet, my customers have contacted me and placed orders. I am very excited."
They are among nearly 65,000 entrepreneurs and underemployed youths in Việt Nam who have benefited from the Go Digital ASEAN project.
Approved by the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises and implemented by The Asia Foundation with support from Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, the project is designed to equip micro and small enterprises and underemployed youth with crucial digital skills and tools, especially in rural and isolated areas, expand economic opportunity across ASEAN member states and mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-19.
Micro, small and medium enterprises account for 99 per cent of all businesses in the region and employ more than 80 per cent of the workforce, but a majority of small business owners, and underemployed youth, in rural areas use their smartphones for communication and entertainment rather than for business.
Launched a year ago, the project aims to train up to 200,000 individuals across the region, 60 per cent of them women, broadening participation in the digital economy and creating a more inclusive ASEAN region.
Filip Graovac, Vietnam deputy country representative at The Asia Foundation, said: "With support from our partners [Tình Thương One-member Limited Liability Microfinance Institution and Vietnet Information Technology and Communication Centre], the programme has been very successful in Việt Nam and as of June 2021 we have trained 65,000 entrepreneurs and underemployed youth, 80 per cent of which are women, in the northern and north-central parts … in digital skills like online job search, basic social media marketing and online safety and security."
Marija Ralic, APAC lead, Google.org, said: "COVID-19 has certainly impacted millions of people directly and billions more through the impact on the regional economy. Reports have shown that over 81 million people have lost their jobs here in APAC, with another 25 million seeing their incomes shrink to poverty levels, and the numbers continue to rise.
"With continued economic challenges, rising unemployment, and a demand for new skills, we recognise technology can help people find work, keep businesses going and learn new skills. As the pandemic wore on, so has our strategy. We quickly pivoted our efforts to focus on economic relief and recovery by focusing our efforts on supporting digital training and upskilling programmes that will benefit impacted businesses by the pandemic.
"Just like the Go Digital ASEAN programme, collaboration and support of non-profits, the public sector and government agencies are critical to combat the pandemic."
Graovac said: "While technology has empowered hundreds of millions of people across Southeast Asia, many more are struggling to survive, and are urgently looking for ways to adapt their business to reach new markets. Mastering the new digital landscape has become increasingly important to the future of Việt Nam's digital economy."
The Asia Foundation and its partners would continue to run the programme and train another 16,650 people this year, he said.
"We are aware that the demand for digital skills, especially during the COVID-19 crisis, is extremely high."
Source: vietnamnews.vn


Use a high quality vacuum cleaner. Bargain vacuums often don't have the ability to lift all the grime and grit from carpet fibres . Over time these soils grind into the fibres, cutting them and causing carpets to look dull and soiled even after being freshly cleaned. Vacuum high traffic areas on a daily basis.
Peripheral areas need less attention but should still be vacuumed weekly. The best vacuum for carpeted areas is one with a beater bar or rotating brush and powerful suction. Be sure to adjust the vacuum for the height of the carpet. Take care with loop pile or berber carpets as deep brush agitation may damage them. Your carpet is designed for frequent vacuuming and will not wear it out.. Keep soiling away from your carpet by using entry mats, if you use them, you will track less soil and grit onto your carpet . This not only keeps your carpet looking cleaner, it also helps protect the fibres from abrasion and dulling. Keeping soil away from your carpet is the best way to maintain its appearance and value.
If you have the misfortune to spill or drop something on your carpet be sure to clean it up immediately, this can help stop a spill becoming a stain. Never rub the area as this can damage the carpet pile .


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Lang Leads Wings to Win in Detroit Debut
by Jenny Wilson
Between Robert Lang's playmaking and Nicklas Lidstrom's penalty killing, the Philadelphia Flyers didn't have much of a chance to win this one. Lang had 3 assists in his debut with the Red Wings, and Lidstrom played his usual quietly spectacular defense in his 1000th career game, propelling Detroit to a 4-2 win over the Flyers.
Lang, acquired Friday from the Washington Capitals, scored his first Detroit point in his second shift of the game. He won a faceoff against Alexei Zhamnov in the Flyers' zone, and the puck flew back to Mathieu Schneider at the blue line. Schneider's wrist shot deflected off the stick of Chris Therien and over the shoulder of netminder Sean Burke. The Flyers had a chance to tie up the game a little while later when they wound up with just under two minutes of a four-on-three power play. Kris Draper, Steve Yzerman, and Lidstrom started the penalty kill, doing a good job of picking off Philadelphia's passes and sending the puck down the ice. Brendan Shanahan and Henrik Zetterberg relieved the other two forwards, but Lidstrom stayed out for the entire time, doing whatever needed to be done to defend Manny Legace.
The Flyers finally managed to get on the scoreboard early in the second period. Mark Recchi trailed the play unnoticed into Detroit's zone. Michal Handzus fished the puck out of a tangle of players in the right corner and centered it to Recchi, who placed a wrist shot just underneath Legace's catching glove.
Yzerman regained the lead for Detroit 3 minutes later. Anders Myrvold bounced a pass to Lang, who centered it for Yzerman coming up center. The Captain leaned into the shot and flung the puck into the net to Burke's far side.
Kirk Maltby increased the lead near the end of a power play with 5:41 left in the second. Maltby tipped Schneider's point shot so that it slid into the net low to Burke's left. Burke, who was being screened by Maltby, Darren McCarty, and two of his own defensemen, had no chance to see the redirection before it slid through.
Simon Gagne's goal to put the Flyers back within a point came on a bad luck bounce for Detroit. Mattias Timander took a shot towards the net which hit Yzerman's face protector. The puck bounced right onto Gagne's stick, and he was able to whack at it until he put it past Legace's shin pad.
Brendan Shanahan ended a nine game goal drought with a power play goal midway through the third period. Yzerman sent a rink-wide pass to Lang on the left side, who carried the puck forward a few steps before shooting. Burke made the save, but he swept the rebound straight to Shanahan, who was waiting just to the right of the goal. Shanahan put the puck high over Burke's head for the bad angle goal.
Philadelphia pulled Burke for an extra skater with 1:12 left to play, but they still didn't manage to muster much in the way of scoring chances.
Legace faced less work this game than he's had to deal with in awhile, making 18 saves on 20 shots. Burke stopped 23 of the 27 shots he faced.
The Red Wings' next game will be Wednesday evening when they face the Calgary Flames at Joe Louis Arena.
Lidstrom is the first player to reach 1000 career games out of those who entered the NHL in 1991. He has missed only 17 games in his entire career. The Flyers' Tony Amonte is right behind him, however: this was Amonte's 998th game"¦. Lang's assists moved him past Martin St. Louis for the NHL scoring lead"¦. Maltby's goal was the 99th of his career and only his 4th power play goal ever. (For comparison, Maltby has 19 career shorthanded goals.)
Lang's First as a Red Wing Lifts Detroit over Columbus
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Wings Even Series: Yzerman Leads Detroit to 5-2 Win
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Captain's Debut a 5-4 Win
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Puma Energy moves to fill South Africa's growing cleaner-fuels market gap
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Independent mid- and downstream energy group Puma Energy is moving aggressively to fill what it perceives to be a growing market gap for cleaner fuels in South Africa, where demand is rising ahead the domestic refining industry's capacity to supply.
The company, which is associated with commodity trading and logisticsmultinational Trafigura, officially launched operations in South Africa this week. However, it has already invested about $150-million to develop storage, logistics and retail capacity both domestically and in Mozambique.
The investments have formed part of a larger continent-wide investment drive, involving over US$2-billion since 2002 and the creation of 350-million litres of storage capacity. Puma gained particular regional prominence in 2010 when it acquired BP's downstream operations in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania for $296-million. In 2011, it bought Chevron's fuel marketing businesses in Namibia.
Puma Energy Africa COO Christophe Zyde
In November, Puma opened a terminal in Matola, Mozambique, comprising 11 tanks, or 110 000 m³ of storage capacity, largely to service South African demand. It will also be the sole tenant at the 46-million-litre Bidvest Tank Terminals facility, currently being built at Richards Bay, in KwaZulu-Natal.
During 2015, the company also concluded several acquisitions, including those of Brent Oil and Drakensberg Oil, to extend its industrial, commercial and retail footprint in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Western Cape. To date, 70 of its 123 retail sites have been rebranded as Puma Energy stations in centres such as Cape Town, Durban, Nelspruit and more will be added over time.
COO Christophe Zyde tells Engineering News Online that South Africa's domestic sources of fuel supply are increasingly being supplemented with imports and Puma Energy plans to grow its share of this market over time.
The company currently mainly imports low-sulphur diesel products from source in the Middle East. However, it is also importing various petrol grades, aviationgasoline and bitumen.
"We are already the biggest independent supplier in the country," Zyde says, noting that its growth can be illustrated by the fact that the South African business currently employs 115 people, despite the fact that the first hiring took place only in January 2015.
Its business model has, thus far, also proved resilient to both the fall in the oil priceand the weakening rand.
However, the decline in the South African currency underlines the importance, Zyde says, of sustaining a high pace of growth so as to ensure the country's contribution to group earnings is sustained and expanded.
"We believe we now have a solid base from which to grow organically. However, we will continually review acquisitions that are supportive of our strategy to build a national presence."
Source: Mining Weekly
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The aim of the manual is to enable Childbirth Educators, Doulas and Midwives to employ the use of basic hypnosis only for the purpose of preparing parents to become and remain calm in both body and mind during labour and birth. It is to assist them to be able to install suggestions of comfort, confidence and control, removing fear and apprehension in childbirth and parenthood.
The Manual is also written to enable parents to follow the manual on their own and to make use of the audios with a greater understanding. This training manual can be an additional learning resource for women who have already had the benefit of quality antenatal education and who are ONLY seeking the tool of hypnosis for childbirth.
We do NOT promise births that are free of discomfort as no mammal births are totally absent of discomfort. However, using The Use of Hypnosis in Childbirth reduces the use of analgesia, increases confidence and reinforces that labour and birth are natural processes.
It is not, nor never should be a denial of use of correctly assessed clinical needs and procedures.
When using hypnosis we distract and/or switch off the conscious mind to enable our subconscious mind to get on with its work.
Included with the manual are three hypnosis scripts that will help you prepare for labour and birth.
I ENGAGE WITH BIRTH AS A SACRED INVITATION TO DISCOVER MORE ABOUT MYSELF. Just as nature is all around me so CREATION IS HAPPENING WITHIN ME NOW.
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Reporter shares part of history
By Jubenal Aguilar
Copy Desk Chief
Former Dallas journalist recounts his coverage of the JFK assassination.
Photo by Jubenal Aguilar | Former Dallas Morning News reporter Hugh Aynesworth discusses his experience covering the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of John F. Kennedy with Brookhaven students in the 50+ program Nov. 12.
Few people can say they witnessed firsthand the events of Nov. 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. But one, Hugh Aynesworth, witnessed all the events of that trying time in American history. Aynesworth saw the assassination of Kennedy at Dealey Plaza, the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald at Texas Theatre and the murder of Oswald by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas Police headquarters.
Aynesworth visited students in the Students 50+ Education Program at Brookhaven College on Nov. 12. The students in Barry Hoffman's current events analysis class, Beyond the Headlines, listened as Aynesworth retold the story of Nov. 22 and 24, 1963 – a story he witnessed firsthand and has led him to be "one of the most respected authorities on the Kennedy assassination," according to hughaynesworth.com.
"This kind of original reporting is really valuable, not only for a newspaper, but also for the historical record," Hoffman said.
Sheer luck was not the only factor involved. Aynesworth's reporting experience and journalistic instinct led him to the right place at the right time more than once as the news of those days unfolded.
"I had the feeling something embarrassing could happen," Aynesworth said. "Not like it did, of course, but [that] someone would hit him with something, throw something at him, something of that sort."
Aynesworth, a Dallas Morning News reporter covering the aviation and space beat at the time, did not have pressing news to cover that fateful day, so he decided to take a long lunch and watch the President's motorcade.
"[I] never heard or saw applause like that day," Aynesworth said. "The haters stayed home that day, except for one."
Jeannine Willaert, a 50+ Program student, said she worked near Dallas Love Field airport and saw Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy as they passed by. She remembered the moment when her husband called her to tell her the tragic news. "Kennedy is dead," he said. "Get your purse, I'm coming to get you."
She said the town closed down. "All the grocery stores, all the department stores, movie theaters," Willaert said. "You couldn't get away from it. The only thing you had was the TV to watch it over and over and over again."
Aynesworth remained at the scene of the incident and began interviewing witnesses when he heard his next tip.
"There was a [police] motorcycle with a radio open right in front of the depository building," Aynesworth said. The report was of the shooting of Officer J.D. Tippit in Oak Cliff.
"Somebody shoots at the president here," Aynesworth said. "Three or four miles away somebody shoots a cop. There's a good chance there's some relationship." He followed a group of officers to an old furniture store and library, according to 1976 Texas Monthly article by William Broyles.
"The only way to keep up was by police radio," Aynesworth said as he retold how he made his way to the Texas Theatre, where Oswald was arrested.
Two days later, he went to the Dallas Police headquarters after hearing that Oswald had not yet been transferred to the county jail. It was there that Jack Ruby, a local nightclub operator who sat near to Aynesworth two days prior at the DMN cafeteria, killed Oswald.
Aynesworth's findings and reporting of the Kennedy assassination earned him two Pulitzer nominations, according to his personal website.
Aynesworth said he does not believe the conspiracy theories. His research has led him to find an explanation for nearly everything that occurred at the time. He and another reporter, Larry Grove, worked painstakingly for five days to retrace Oswald's escape route from the Texas School Book Depository to the Texas Theatre.
A transfer ticket and an identified cab driver helped Aynesworth prove how Oswald made his way out of the city. According to Broyles, Aynesworth and Grove hailed cabs and grilled drivers for information by discussing the taxi driver they were looking for until they had found him.
Hoffman said Aynesworth's reporting was important to deliberations of the Warren Commission, which investigated Kennedy's assassination. "When they were trying to piece together whether or not Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin of John Kennedy, what he did, how he did it and when he did it were very, very important elements," Hoffman said.
Aynesworth said Ruby could not have planned to shoot Oswald. A ticket timestamp from the establishment showed that, at 11:13 a.m. on Nov. 24, 1963, he stepped out of a Western Union across the street. "If someone is hired or told to kill somebody, they don't take a chance and walk the block, four minutes in, getting in through crowds.
Aynesworth also talked about Mark Lane, a New York attorney who claimed to represent Oswald. They discussed the unfolding of events, and Lane asked to borrow the 70-80 statements Aynesworth had collected.
"And then I made the mistake of my life," Aynesworth said. He allowed Lane to take his notes, without keeping a copy of them. Lane never returned the information and went on to use the statements for his own personal financial gain, exploiting Aynesworth's work.
"He's a wonderful storyteller," Dru Swanson, a 50+ Program student, said. "He's had experiences for about 60 years, working in investigative reporting and he's just an encyclopedia of stories and events and when things happened."


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 * Load in spitbol with:
 *   LOAD("EXT_PATHNAME_(FILE)STRING", "pathname.slf")
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 *   LOAD("EXT_PATHNAME_(FILE)STRING", "spitbol.slf")
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 * To build under AIX 3:
 *	 cc -o pathname.slf -bM:SRE -bE:pathname.exp -e _nostart pathname.c
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 * To build under AIX 4:
 *	 cc -o pathname.slf -bM:SRE -bE:pathname.exp -bnoentry pathname.c
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 *   bcc32 -WXD -a1 -d -w-par -M pathname.c extrnlib.obj

 * To build under SunOS with GNU:
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UEFA overturn SFA rule change bid to guarantee European slot for Queen of the South
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH booked their place in Europe yesterday - as UEFA booted out an SFA bid to avoid such a scenario happening again.
Keith Jackson
The First Division minnows will represent Scotland in next season's UEFA Cup even if they fail be beat Rangers in next month's Scottish Cup Final.
Queens will follow the likes of Gretna and Dunfermline into Europe on the back of making it to the showpiece.
SFA chief executive Gordon Smith was foiled in an attempt to block this scenario at the start of the season. And he revealed that Europe's football bosses look set to turn down his request for a change in the rules ahead of next season's cup campaign.
Smith said: "Regardless of the result in the Final, Queen of the South qualify for the UEFA Cup.
"I tried to change this when I came into the job. I felt we should look at the wider issue for the good of the Scottish game because our European coefficient is important.
"But it was too late to make the change and the news from UEFA is that there will be no change.
"They've decided to have a revamp of the competitions."
Cops probe botched Saturday night armed raid at Glasgow shop
Police ScotlandThe store was targeted at about 8.20pm last night in the city's Lambhill area.
Scots warned having Covid won't stop you catching or spreading virus again
CoronavirusThe public is being reminded not to flout lockdown rules or take risks just because they have recovered from coronavirus in the past.


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Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa
One Hotel Circle, Hilton Head Island, SC
Manager: Dino Dimattia, [email protected]
The following issues were reported by state and local governments responsible for inspecting hotels and/or food service establishments. In some cases, there is an indication that the reported violation was corrected by the time of a follow-up inspection; in other cases, no information was available as to whether a follow-up inspection was conducted. Accordingly, this blog should be understood to describe circumstances that existed on the date of the referenced inspection only. Should you have questions about the ongoing status of any situation described herein, you may contact the general manager of the respective establishment.
During routine inspections of the Café at the Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa between October 3, 2016 and October 15, 2018, inspectors from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control observed temperature control violations on four separate occasions (15.2018, 10.3.2018, 9.20.2017 and 10.3.2016).
During routine inspections of the Café at the Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa on September 20, 2017 and October 3, 2018, inspectors observed the Café using out of compliance thawing methods. (3.2018 and 9.20.2017).
During routine inspections of Ocean Blue at the Marriott Hilton Head Resort & Spa between June 21, 2016 and July 2, 2018, inspectors observed temperature control violations on three separate occasions (7.2.2018, 7.6.2016 and 6.21.2016).
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This modern cushion keeps the details simple but still has bags of style.
With tactile faux suede fabric and quilting in heavyweight thread, the on-trend geometric design really stands out. This is a project to experiment with thicker threads you may not have used before, try using a double stitch if your machine has one to really make the quilting pop even more!
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Bombardier, Magellan Aircraft Services Sign Spare Parts Agreement
Bombardier Services Corporation, a subsidiary of Bombardier Inc., and Magellan Aircraft Services LLLP of Charlotte, North Carolina have signed an agreement under which Magellan will disassemble CRJ100/200 regional jets, refurbish useable components and market them to operators.
The initial agreement covers 10 CRJ100 aircraft managed by Bombardier Commercial Aircraft's Asset Management Group (AMG). AMG is dedicated to the management and remarketing of Bombardier's previously owned commercial aircraft portfolio.
"We estimate that each of these aircraft has about 1,500 parts, including 300 line replaceable units (LRUs), that can be refurbished and offered as a lower-cost solution for an operator's spares requirements," said Rod Sheridan, Vice President, Asset Management Group, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. "Magellan Aircraft Services will offer these parts, including engines, for sale or lease."
"Another benefit to this agreement is that since Magellan Aircraft Services is a global supplier, they will provide additional channels for operators to easily acquire genuine, certified parts for their CRJ aircraft," said Mr. Sheridan.
Designed to provide superior performance and operating efficiencies for the growing regional airline industry, the CRJ100/200 aircraft (developed as the Canadair Regional Jet) was launched in March 1989, and was the world's first 50-seat regional jet. Exceptional operating economics and a high degree of commonality with other models in the CRJ Series aircraft family give customers operational flexibility and cost savings potential. As of April 30, 2009, Bombardier had delivered 1,047 CRJ100/200/440 aircraft and their corporate variants to operators around the world.
A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from commercial aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, systems and services, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2009, were $19.7 billion US, and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). Bombardier is listed as an index component to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America indexes. News and information are available at www.bombardier.com.
For more details of this venture and information about the CRJ100 aircraft, please visit www.commercial-usedaircraft-bombardier.com and www.magellangroup.net.
Bombardier, CRJ, CRJ100, CRJ200, CRJ440 are trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries.
John Arnone


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The 1992 Las Vegas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, on December 18, 1992.  It was inaugural Las Vegas Bowl and the first game of the bowl season that concluded the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season.  The game featured the Bowling Green Falcons, champions of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), and the Nevada Wolf Pack, champions of the Big West Conference.  Bowling Green won the game by a score of 35–34.

Background
Both teams were champions of their respective conferences. Nevada won the Big West Conference for the first time in their first season in Division I-A. This was their first bowl game appearance since 1949. Bowling Green was champion of the Mid-American Conference for the second straight year. This was their fourth bowl game appearance in ten years.

Game summary
The first half and the second half were two very different halves for both teams. Bowling Green scored on their first four possessions with two rushing touchdowns by Jackson, a touchdown pass by Erik White and a touchdown pass from Smith. Nevada could only respond with a field goal as they trailed 28–3 at halftime. But the second half is when Nevada came alive, as Chris Vargas threw two touchdowns and Holmes ran in for a touchdown to trail only 28–24 as the fourth quarter began. Reeves ran for a touchdown to give the Wolf Pack a 31–28 lead and Terelak made a short field goal to increase their lead to 34–28 with 7:13 remaining. Bowling Green drove to Nevada's six after failing to convert on 4th down. Nevada had to punt the ball after only gaining one first down, but Steve Lester's punt went errant and the Falcons recovered at the Wolf Pack 15 with 1:45 to go. After a pass play got them to the three yard line, the Falcons were stifled twice to set up fourth down with less than 30 seconds to go. White scrambled and found Dave Hankins with 22 seconds remaining in the back of the endzone for a touchdown. Brian Leaver kicked in the extra point to give the Falcons their second straight bowl win. White was the first MVP of the Las Vegas Bowl, having gone 24 of 40 for 245 yards.

Aftermath
This remains Bowling Green's only Las Vegas Bowl appearance. They did not return to a bowl game again until 2003. Nevada returned two more times in the decade, 1995 and 1996.

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Stimulating Business Growth in an era of unprecedented change.
BY James Kirk (yBC.tv)
Growth hacking – a new generation is blowing industries apart Inside Finance TV is where leaders and specialists from the UK's financial services, legal and business sectors, as well as entrepreneurs and academics, share insight into how to innovate, differentiate, lead and stimulate business growth. Follow us in for weekly indepth [...]
The Best of British: National Business Awards recognise top UK businesses
BY Mark Sinclair
During September each year, the good and great of the business world gather to recognise leaders and innovators in business. The National Business Awards was set up to as an annual celebration of success in British business, and has swiftly become recognised as the leading business awards in the UK. While the National Business Awards [...]
National Business Awards 2013
Once a year, hundreds of key business personalities, representing many of the UK's most recognisable brands, come together for a very special event: the National Business Awards. This year's awards will be no exception, with hundreds of business leaders from around the country converging on an event which is all about peak performance and celebrating [...]


Report of the Assistant Town Clerk/Culture Mile Director.
The Committee considered a report of the Assistant Town Clerk and Culture Mile Director which outlined the recommendations of the City Arts Initiative to the Committee re proposals for public art projects.
- Tideway, Poetry: approve, subject to confirmation of the final font and font size being received by the CAI for comment.


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The Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates (ATFI) applauds the U.S. House for passing a multi-year highway and transit bill, the "Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015" (STRR Act). We are pleased that the House took into account its constituents' vocal opposition to existing interstate highway tolls and did not expand the number of states eligible to impose new tolls under the Interstate System Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Pilot Program (ISRRPP). The STRR Act differs from the Senate's DRIVE Act passed in July in two important ways that help prevent the existing interstate toll: the House bill requires states to have enabling legislation before the tolling pilot can be implemented and does not allow the diversion of toll funds for purposes other than improvements to the highway tolls. When the House and Senate come together to reconcile the differences between their transportation bills, ATFI urges the House to reject any tolling expansion components of the Senate's DRIVE Act.
Both bills add a provision that forces the ISRRPP slots to be transferred to new states after a short period of inactivity, a change that ATFI urges Congress to reconsider in conference. The three states that hold these slots have provided 17 years' worth of evidence that existing interstate tolls is not a viable transportation funding method. The ISRRPP is an outdated pilot program that should ultimately be repealed in its entirety.
To learn more about AFTI and join the Alliance please visit tollfreeinterstates. In addition to joining ATFI you can stay connected by following the Alliance on Twitter at No2Tolls and Facebook at TollFreeInterstates


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De hylia (Hylia prasina) is een zangvogel uit een monotypisch geslacht uit de familie Hyliidae die voorkomt in Afrika.

Kenmerken
De hylia is een kleine, onopvallende zangvogel van 12 cm lengte. De vogel is overwegend olijfbruin gekleurd met een duidelijke lichte wenkbrauwstreep en een relatief forse snavel.

Verspreiding en leefgebied
Er zijn twee ondersoorten:
H. p. poensis (eiland Bioko)
H. p. prasina (Gambia en Senegal tot aan Kenia en Tanzania verder in het Kongogebied en Angola)
De vogel leeft erg verborgen in dichte ondergroei of in boomkronen van tropisch bos.

Status
De hylia heeft een groot verspreidingsgebied en daardoor is de kans op de status  kwetsbaar (voor uitsterven) gering. De grootte van de populatie is niet gekwantificeerd. De vogel is algemeen, plaatselijk zelfs talrijk. Om deze redenen staat de hylia als niet bedreigd op de Rode Lijst van de IUCN.

Zangvogels
Dier uit het Afrotropisch gebied
IUCN-status niet bedreigd


Vermont State Police say Interstate 89 has become too dangerous during winter storms. They intend to do something about it with saturation patrols designed to slow down traffic.
Rules that are due to go into effect next year would require anyone entering the United States by land or by sea to present a passport. But most Vermonters don't have a passport. So, Vermont has been urging the Department of Homeland Security to accept driver's licenses, instead. And Homeland Security says it's willing to work with the state to develop "enhanced" licenses.


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Foundation essays US
Religious perspectives on contemporary issues
Asylum seekers: praying for change
Peter Sherlock, University of Divinity
Peter Sherlock
Vice-Chancellor, University of Divinity
Church leaders join a sit-in prayer vigil in Prime Minister Tony Abbott's Manly electorate office, Sydney. AAP/ Newzulu/ Kate Ausburn
Yesterday around 20 Christian activists staged sit-ins in Sydney at the office of the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, and in Melbourne at that of Federal Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten. The protesters included priests, pastors and nuns, young and old, from the Uniting, Catholic, Baptist, Anglican, and independent churches.
In relatively undramatic scenes, they were eventually arrested at the end of the day.
The peaceful sit-ins were a protest against the Australian government's continuing detention of children seeking asylum. For as at April 30 2014, Australia has 1023 children in detention.
This was the third prayer protest this year, following sit-ins at the offices of Scott Morrison and Julie Bishop. Several of these protesters are now due to face court.
The format of each protest has been simple. It reflects what Christians do when they meet together in public or in private: reading the Bible and singing and praying together in public.
The scriptures read at the protest yesterday included Leviticus 19:33-34,
When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
It's pretty difficult to explain away that text, even if the alien is called an "illegal maritime arrival". If Christians take their sacred text seriously, it's not hard to see why what has been dubbed the #LoveMakesAWay movement is gathering momentum.
The protesters' message to Australia's leaders is simple. Why are kids in detention?
Their aim is also simple: to convert the hearts and minds of Australians and their political leaders so that "asylum seekers" are viewed as fellow humans. Their hope is that Australians will then respond to asylum seekers with the compassion that flows from the empathy of one human being for the suffering of another.
This simple motivation avoids the usual accusation by politicians that religious groups do not or will not understand the complexity of the issues at hand, in this case border protection or people smuggling operations. The call is simply for a compassionate response, which at the very least might mean providing a safe environment in offshore detention centres.
The #LoveMakesAWay protesters are not alone. Recent rallies lamenting the death of Reza Barati have included large numbers from the churches. These two issues - the death of a man seeking asylum while under Australia's protection on Manus Island, and the ongoing detention of more than a thousand children - have crossed a line in the minds of many Christians such that silence ceases to be an option.
This line in the sand has been powerfully illustrated at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, which since August 2013 has displayed the message 'Let's Fully Welcome Refugees' on its spires. The Dean of St Paul's has stated that the banner will remain in place until there is a major change of direction in the government's policy. He cited the teaching of Jesus Christ in [his statement](http://www.stpaulscathedral.org.au/news/article/banner_stays_put_till_policies_change](http://www.stpaulscathedral.org.au/news/article/banner_stays_put_till_policies_change):
I am convinced that future generations of Australians will judge this policy for what it is: inhumane to those seeking our protection, and demeaning to Australia as a nation. These actions will not only be judged by our children and grandchildren but by God himself. Christ's judgement will be based on a simple measure: 'What you have done to the least of these my brothers and sisters, you have done to me' (St Matthew's Gospel, chapter 25 verse 40).
For years church leaders have called for change in both Coalition and Labor policies: the joint statement of Anglican, Catholic and Uniting leaders in 2012 was a notable example. So far these statements have been rejected by the federal government.
The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Scott Morrison, rejected the recent call of Uniting Church leaders for a change on asylum seeker policy in this manner. The Uniting Church had suggested its members could provide accommodation for unaccompanied children in detention on Christmas Island. The Minister's response indicated his willingness to use this mechanism to house the tens of thousands of asylum seekers already resident in the Australian community.
Moreover, many Christian politicians evidently disagree with the churches' views about asylum seekers and refugees while not discounting the broader Christian pursuit of justice.
It was Kevin Rudd, after all, who famously wrote of his admiration for Dietrich Bonhoeffer in The Monthly in 2006 prior to his election as Prime Minister. Echoing Bonhoeffer, Rudd argued that Christianity "must always take the side of the marginalised, the vulnerable and the oppressed". Yet it was under Rudd's very leadership in 2013 that the government put in place many of the punitive border protection policies to which the churches now object.
Likewise, Scott Morrison's first speech in Parliament in 2008 committed him to the pursuit of the biblical values of loving-kindness, justice and righteousness, and cited Martin Luther King and Desmond Tutu as his role models.
The churches are clearly committed to their repeated calls for a change in hearts and minds, and a change in policy and practice. Yet they cannot escape the need to put forward credible alternatives to current policy. They will also need to commit their considerable human and physical resources to supporting the compassionate alternatives they advocate. As the Bible says, "Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action." (1 John 3:18).
The prayer protesters are responding to the failure of politicians to heed statements by religious groups over several years. They are now turning instead to direct action. One of their leaders, pastor Jarrod McKenna, has explicitly placed their protests in the tradition of the great twentieth-century Christian activists Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King, and Desmond Tutu. By implication, this identification suggests the protesters believe Australia's treatment of asylum seekers in the last twelve months has turned down a road that could lead to apartheid, discrimination, and murder.
So far the methods of #LoveMakesAWay reflect the forms of non-violent protest advocated by Gandhi. Yesterday ended without violence, and the protesters went to considerable lengths to treat the staff of the offices they occupied with respect. There is no sign, however, that policy is about to change, nor that this movement is going to end soon.
The question, then, is this: what will happen to the asylum seeker prayer protests if love cannot make a way?
What if the politics of the refugee debate are so entrenched that more radical action is proposed by these religious leaders? At what point will federal politicians lose patience with the occupation of their offices? What sacrifices are people of faith willing to make to secure the freedom of children in detention?
Watch this space carefully.
March 18, 2014 The Global Freedom Network reminds us that with acts of faith comes responsibility
June 19, 2014 So what's the problem with government-funded chaplains in state schools?


Gallay is proud to provide Axeon (USA) & Suez range of Reverse Osmosis Water Systems to our CSSD & Lab customers throughout Australia & New Zealand. There have been changes to the standards that are driving the necessity for higher quality water inputs into CSSD equipment, designed to improve the reprocessing of instruments. The specific Standards referenced are AS/NZ4187 (2014), EN285 and EN15883 which detail the water quality limits recommended. The main focus is the reduction in endotoxins and the microbiological requirements.
Within CSSD, Washer Disinfectors can use Reverse Osmosis water in the disinfection stage. As per table 7.2 (from AS/NZS 4187:2014), the requirement for the washer conductivity is to be less than 30 µs/cm. Sterilisers use RO water in steam generation. The governing standard for steam quality is EN 285, which states that the steam is to have a conductivity of <5µs/cm and condensate needs to be <3µscm. To learn more about water for disinfection in AS4187, click here.


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