The National Department of Tourism, in collaboration with South African National Parks, has developed a project that consists of two grid-tied solar PV systems. These systems are to provide electricity to the park's Skukuza and Lower Sabie rest camps. Together with EEpro, Resolution Circle began installing its first solar farm. Construction of the Lower Sabie farm began in July and was completed in August 2017, while construction of the Skukuza farm is still underway. The Lower Sabie plant will generate a total of 542 kW while the Skukuza plant will generate a total of 823 kW. This will reduce the parks' grid load by 30 – 50%. Put together, this is enough energy to power up to 170 houses or a small shopping complex.
A new mixed-use development is set to transform the Cape Town Foreshore. Harbour Arch will encompass street level motor dealerships, lifestyle and convenience retail, boutique office space, upmarket residential apartments, and two Marriott branded hotels. Built on a 5,8 ha site, with 200 000 m2 of usable space, the development will comprise six individual towers. Harbour Arch's initial development phase will comprise 432 apartments, two motor dealerships, retail, leisure and commercial office space. In addition to a residents-only pool, exercise area, and terrace all located on the 17th floor, the building will also feature a roof garden and viewing deck on the 24th floor. There are plans for low-energy LED lighting, Fibre to the Home, waste recycling, water-saving facilities and rainwater harvesting, as well as a centralised district cooling plant.
China Minsheng Drawin Technology Group (CMIG Drawin) has launched the John Dude New City project in Gauteng province. The firm will build 18 000 affordable homes, public leasing houses and commercial properties, and other public facilities in the John Dude New City, one of the 31 megacity projects launched in Gauteng that will improve infrastructure and create jobs for local residents. The entire project will include properties built using CMIG Drawin's prefabricated construction technology in an area of 496 ha, with total planned investment of $ 2,45-billion. Except for a small number of technical management experts, 95% of the staff will be hired locally to provide more employment opportunities in South Africa.
Sanral has been upgrading existing sections between Mthatha and Port St. Johns, and between East London and Mthatha. Preliminary work for the two mega-bridges have begun on the greenfields section between Ndwalane outside Port St. Johns and the Mthamvuna River near Port Edward. So far, haul roads to the sites, as well as the relocation of affected households adjacent to the two bridges, have been started. Construction is expected to begin in 2018. SANRAL will have a project office in Flagstaff to maintain continuous presence in the Wild Coast area to ensure that those affected or who are interested are able to get information and interact without having to go to Sanral's Port Elizabeth regional office.
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) intends to develop a new cargo operations area between the runways called Midfield Cargo at OR Tambo International Airport. The project includes the design and construction of airside infrastructure such as aircraft stands, taxiways, airside linkages including roads and a tunnel, cargo warehouse facilities for cargo handling, express and specialised cargo handling facilities, freight forwarders warehouse facilities, as well as respective truck manoeuvring and parking areas, and Mezzanine offices. The facility will comprise open plan warehouses, offices, ablution facilities and associated services. The total building area in the final stage is expected to be approximately 606 950 m2. Phase 1 will consist of airside infrastructure and offices, while phase 2 will enable the increase of cargo handling capacity to 2-million tonnes per annum, along with all of the respective and necessary airside and landside infrastructure.
Ridge 7 is the seventh office building to be developed by FWJK in the Umhlanga Ridgeside office precinct and will comprise a floor area of 7700m² with parking provided at the rate of five bays/100 m². Construction of Ridge 7 will be complete in the first quarter of 2019. The site enjoys panoramic sea and city views and most office suites have balconies and each suite is provided with a store room. The office layout has been optimised for multiple tenancies and the design layout achieves a design efficiency ratio (R/U) of 91%, which is the hallmark of the firm's developments in reducing costs whilst increasing efficiency.
The South African Energy Metallurgical Base will develop, operate and manage the SA Energy and Metallurgical zone in Musina-Makhado special economic zone (SEZ) in Limpopo. The development consists of eight projects with a total investment of over R40-billion. The energy and metallurgical complex will initially include a power plant, steel plant, stainless steel plant, coking plant, ferrochrome plant, ferromanganese plant, ferrosilicon plant, pig iron metallurgy plant, and lime plant. These projects will be implemented over the next ten years. Musina-Makhado SEZ is strategically located close to the main land-based trade route between South Africa and the broader African continent. This new development will improve rail and road transport links between South Africa and the rest of the continent.


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La Biblioteca Nacional de la República Democrática del Congo () es la biblioteca nacional de la República Democrática del Congo. La biblioteca está localizada en la ciudad capital de Kinsasa.

Historia
La institución fue establecida en 1974 bajo el mandato legal Acta N.º 74-002 como un departamento dentro del Ministerio de Cultura y Arte. En 1989 la biblioteca se convirtió en un ente autónomo bajo orden presidencial.

Colección e instalaciones
La biblioteca tiene una colección de más de 1,2 millones de libros, 7500 fotografías y 175 periódicos.

A pesar de que la biblioteca contiene más de siete mil fotografías históricas de la historia política y cultural del país, sólo el 25 % ha sido escaneado debido a una carencia de recursos.

En 2009, la biblioteca recibió una donación de 15 millones de dólares del Modelo de Naciones Unidas de la Universidad de Chicago y la Unesco para modernizar sus instalaciones, entrenar el personal bibliotecario y para adquirir nuevos materiales y tecnología.

Véase también
 Anexo:Bibliotecas nacionales

Referencias

Bibliografía

Edificios y estructuras de Kinsasa
Bibliotecas nacionales
Cultura de la República Democrática del Congo

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The absence of Republican Party leaders at the 50th anniversary commemoration of the 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom and Martin Luther King Jr.'s legendary "I have a Dream" speech recently was glaringly obvious, both to those who viewed the event on television and to those assembled on the National Mall. Two former GOP presidents, George H.W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush, did not attend because too infirm to travel or recovering from recent surgery, respectively. George W. Bush sent greetings. The party was well represented at the original event in 1963. But House Speaker John Boehner, head of the current GOP, skipped the remembrance to travel to Idaho for a fundraiser at which he called for using default as a negotiating device to leverage additional cuts in coming budget discussions. No serious analyst of whom I am aware embraces that stance, while it nonetheless remains a favorite position of radicals in the Speaker's party. In any case, the highest-ranking Republican Congressional leader chose to attend a partisan gathering and embrace a potentially dangerous position for the nation, rather than mark a historic moment in American civil rights history. The obvious question is why.
Some weeks ago the eminent economist and national columnist Paul Krugman suggested one plausible rationale. He argued that the GOP had spent the last roughly thirty-five years convincing members of its primary constituency (in the south) that the principal reason that their economic fortunes had not improved was that the government was taking too much of their money in taxes and either wasting a major share of it or using it to help an amorphously defined, but deplorable set of "others" become a dependent class unfairly existing on the backs of their hard work. Such was never the case, but the argument helped to justify GOP policies that resulted in a redistribution of income and wealth upward via tax cuts that disproportionately benefited the wealthy. Nevertheless today, many Republican partisans, Krugman argued, especially members of the radical Tea Party wing, which enjoys outsized influence due to its capacity to nominate individuals to run in primaries against GOP incumbents, actually believe the rhetoric the party has offered and demand deepened policy action in accord with it. In short, in Krugman's view, current Republican officials are the prisoners of their electoral strategy to scapegoat government, the poor and other minorities for economic realities that had nothing to do with them. Party leaders must either admit that they systematically misled a key constituency, not to say lied to them, or continue down what has become an increasingly perilous path for the nation's governance and for the Party. Krugman argued that the GOP is stuck between a proverbial rock and hard place of its own making.
Another reason why Republican leaders may have skipped the commemoration is the obvious disconnect between that event and current GOP initiatives to make voting more difficult for minorities, the vulnerable, the poor and seniors. Texas, North Carolina and several other Southern and Midwestern states whose legislatures are Republican-controlled have recently enacted voter identification and ballot access measures that analysts agree will depress the turnout of these groups in coming elections. This turn, along with the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down a central element of the Voting Rights Act, were described by those speaking at the commemoration as key setbacks for American civil rights. While GOP officials in these states justify new identification and access requirements as necessary to prevent fraud, there is no empirical evidence to buttress their claim, and in any case (and embarrassingly), several state Party leaders have said publicly these actions are occurring to diminish turnout among groups Republican officials fear will not favor their candidates. In short, attending the celebration would have been very awkward for Boehner and other GOP leaders.
While this argument may be convincing, if sad, I think the situation also points to another level of analysis that involves how party officials are presenting a changing social, political and economic landscape to those they are elected to serve. Even if the GOP has scapegoated government and the poor and vulnerable as well as (especially) minorities for the nation's economic challenges for some decades, the issue is how they could do so. Why, that is, would millions of people, ultimately arguably disadvantaged by the Party's policies, nonetheless support them in a full-throated way? Put differently, why has this strategy "worked" for so long?
A share of the answer may lie in the reality that the leitmotiv or master narrative of American politics for some 50 years has been fear. Or, perhaps more deeply and aptly, as the political theorist Judith Shklar has argued, fear and its corollary, cruelty, inhere in democratic rule because these capacities are innate to human behavior. They are therefore omnipresent, and the question is not whether, but how cruelty and the savage imaginary of fear that unleashes it, will be revealed and managed (or not) in the nation's politics. When Martin Luther King Jr. and a coalition of civil rights activists and ministers led the "Great March on Washington" in 1963, the nation was in the midst of a Cold War and of a reconsideration of what it meant to be an American as African-Americans sought full civil rights. That period was quickly followed by several years of ferment in which a wide range of additional social norms and values were held up for scrutiny and change. Hardly had the 1960s ended, however, when a tidal wave of economic globalization began noticeably to buffet the nation. By the close of the 1980s, an unsettled America confronted continuing economic challenges in the face of the end of the Cold War. The 2000-2010 decade found Americans feeling imperiled by terrorism and voluntarily engaged in two long and ultimately unsuccessful wars, leaving the population increasingly cynical and at sea concerning its politics and its own rightful role in political life.
If this admittedly quick sketch suggests the plausibility of fear as a leitmotiv for recent United States politics, then one may see why a major political party might seek to exploit that reality for electoral gain. The GOP has done so not only by mobilizing around anxiety linked to supposed foreign others ("us" versus "them" since 2001 in understanding terrorism and, more recently, its campaign against immigrants and immigration), but the party has for decades also told the American people to fear their own government and to do so in good measure because it unreasonably favors "others," especially minorities, whose rights it has demanded be protected. These individuals ought instead, the Republican Party has argued, be held to account for their behavior. The result, as Krugman perceptively observed, is a profoundly misleading imaginary applied in a thinly veiled way not only to a major share of the American population, but also indirectly to the popular sovereign itself, whose prejudices are manipulated to gain and maintain power. Cruel "othering" always draws one's attention to the supposed contemptible one and often imposes great costs, moral and material, as that focus results in actions. Infamous examples include Hitler and the Jews, the Rwandan genocide, the mass murders in Cambodia under Pol Pot and America and its Native Americans. These examples might be multiplied and illustrated from additional nations around the world. Meanwhile, and across human history, the progenitor of such vicious flights among citizens gains and enjoys power. The cost to freedom and to democratic possibility of these actions is always high, whether material or symbolic or both, sometimes incalculably so. The ever-relevant question for those who believe in self-governance is how to avoid the worst possibilities of human behavioral savagery when "othering" is unleashed, while securing democratic choice processes. Just now, the jury concerning our nation's wherewithal to address that question without descent into one form or another of chaos, is out, and we have a share of our own elected leaders partly to thank for the ugly scenario we now collectively confront.

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Q: How to route TCP traffic from outside to a Service inside a Kubernetes cluster? I have a cluster on Azure (AKS). I am have a orientdb service
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: orientdb
  labels:
    app: orientdb
    role: backend
spec:
  selector:
    app: orientdb
  ports:
  - protocol: TCP
    port: 2424
    name: binary
  - protocol: TCP
    port: 2480
    name: http

which I want to expose to the outside, such that an app from the internet can send TCP traffic directly to this service.
(In order to connect to orientdb you need to connect over TCP to port 2424)
I am not good in networking so this is my understanding, which might as well be wrong.
I tried the following:

*

*Setting up an Ingress

*

*did not work, because ingress handles http, but is not well suited for tcp.

*I tried to set ExternalIP field in the service config in NodePort definition

*

*did not work.

So my problem is the following:
I cannot send tcp traffic to the service. Http traffic works fine.
I would really appreciate if someone would show me how to expose my service such that I can sen TCP traffic directly to my oriented service.
Thanks in advance.

A: You can use both the service of type Loadbalancer ( I assume AKS supports that) , or you can just use the node port.
kubectl expose deployment hello-world --type=LoadBalancer --name=my-service

kubectl get services my-service

The output is similar to this:
NAME         TYPE        CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP      PORT(S)    AGE
my-service   ClusterIP   10.3.245.137   104.198.205.71   8080/TCP   54s

Reference here
kubectl expose usage:
Usage
$ expose (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) [--port=port] [--protocol=TCP|UDP|SCTP] [--target-port=number-or-name] [--name=name] [--external-ip=external-ip-of-service] [--type=type]

You can make use of --port= 2424 --target-port= 2424  options for correct ports in the kubectl expose command above

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On Thursday I attended an event hosted by the lovely Benebabes from the Boots Broadmead Benefit counter which was to introduce Benefit's latest product, Fakeup.
I arrived a little bit early so was told to have a little browse around the Benefit counter as there would be a quiz later (I don't need any encouragement to have a snoop around Benefit's amazing products and cool packaging!). When a few more bloggers arrived we headed over to a pretty table complete with party type snacks and cute pink glasses. Despite how girly the table was it was obvious the stores security guard so wanted to join us!
So I'm sure you will have heard about Fakeup but just in case you haven't this is Benefit's newest product which has been released today. Fakeup is a hydrating crease-control concealer which hides dark circles and diffuses fine lines with a silky smooth coverage. This contains a concealing core which is surrounded by a hydrating ring containing vitamin E and apple seed extract. It comes in 3 shades - light, medium and deep and is proven to keep skin hydrated for up to 6 hours. You can find out more about Fakeup on the Benefit website here. I didn't manage to get any pictures of the actual product but have borrowed a couple from the Benefit website.
The packaging on this is gorgeous (which is certainly not unusual with Benefit products) and I love that the background used in their artwork kind of matches my blog theme!
So first up the lovely Benebabes demonstrated how to use Fakeup. This is designed for use under the eye but can also be applied above the eyebrow (following the shape of the eyebrow and then blending) to brighten the whole eye area and can obviously be used on any other blemishes.
Next up some lemon's were handed out and we were asked to draw a line around each lemon. We then made the lemon's beautiful by applying POREfessional to one half of the lemon.
Ok so the real reason for this was not to make the lemon's beautiful but to demonstrate the effect POREfessional had on the lemon's pores. We were supplied with a little Benefit magnifying glass so we could see the effect up close.
It was then quiz time. Did you know that every Benefit product has a Tag Line like films do? We were given the Tag Lines for 8 different products and we had to guess what product each one was from.
Unfortunately I didn't do so well and only got 4 of the 8 correct but we were all rewarded with a sample of It's Potent and Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow foundation.
We were then told that 6 Fakeup's had been hidden in the Benefit counter and we were split into 2 teams and given 5 questions each to try and narrow down where they may be hiding. After we had asked our questions there was a dash over to the counter (which I think amused the security guard who I believe was armed with a camera to capture the fun!). A bit of display disruption then ensued before 5 Fakeup's were located. There was a bit of confusion while the Benebabes tried to work out where the last one may be before I was lucky enough to find it.
Each person who found a Fakeup was then awarded with a prize, with mine being a lovely Hervana.
Finally, some bloggers had their brows filled in while we all had a browse around the samples on the counter and the Benebabes applied any products we wanted to try.
I'm not sure if I've remembered the ladies names correctly (Lucy and Sophie?) but thank you for a lovely evening and the lovely products and blog posts will follow after I have given them a try.


posted by Roy Sinclair - 31 Aug 2013, 5:54 p.m.
Imogen Walsh and Kathryn Twyman were fourth in the lightweight women's double scull. Again they are a new crew this season in an Olympic event won by Kat Copeland and Sophie Hoskinglast year. "I think we have come a long way this season and even since the last world cup in Lucerne. We are two seconds faster than we were there", said Twyman.
Britain has a new line-up in the men's four, too, in 2013 and today Alan Sinclair, Nathaniel Reilly O'Donnell, Scott Durant and Mat Tarrant proved they have what it takes for the future with a fifth place in their first World Championships for all bar O'Donnell, a World silver men's eight medalist in 2011.
Imogen Walsh and Kathryn Twyman kept in medal contention in their lightweight women's double for the early part of the race and, with 500m to go, looked as if they might challenge for the podium before falling back as the top three crews upped the rate in the chase to the line.
Italy, second at 500m, came through to win in 7:17.31 with the USA in silver and Germany in bronze. GB took fourth in 7:24.54.
"I think we have moved on over the season but a lot of the rest of the field have done that too", said Twyman.
"We are still at the stage that we are analysing the race and how it went', said Walsh. "We have moved on further as a crew than probably we ever thought we would do. But whether I think that race was our absolute best, I am still figuring out".
The GB men's four, stroked by Matt Tarrant, and featuring Scott Durant, Nathaniel Reilly O'Donnell and Alan Sinclair made a strong start and were in the mix throughout the first quarter of their final today. In the second quarter they fell slightly off the pace and then came back strongly on the inside lane but could not quite catch the leading boats to finish fifth in 6:22.71.
At the head of the race the Netherlands put in a startling finishing to take gold from the favourites Australia in silver and the USA in bronze.
"It's good to have made the final but it's just a bit frustrating not to have had a really good row today", said Durant. "I think if we had come away with fifth place and said that we had had our best row ever, then we would have felt better', said Durant, showing the measure of their future ambition.


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Slide in hand, Dan has partnered up with Michaela Paige (@FLASinger1) to perform powerful blues and soul based acoustic music with a mission: raising autism awareness around the world. Dan has been heavily involved with autism awareness for many years, raising his twin autistic sons and championing the cause in as many places as he can.
The Paige-Spitz project is ready to hit the road, and they're taking their JamHub studio with them. Dan has been a long-time Ultimate Ears artist, and was thrilled to discover that JamHub studios were a simple, light-weight alternative to traditional wireless systems. Dan carries two flight cases, each weighing only 47 lbs, so they pass easily through any airport. One holds his guitar gear, like his Axe-FX and Metric Halo units. The other has power, transformer isolation boxes, and a JamHub TourBus.
The quick setup was a huge plus for Dan, who loves that he just has to lay down his monitor cables and plug in. Much faster that it was the old way.
Dan and Michaela were good enough to let us grab some video of their rig at Winter NAMM 2015, so check it out and visit www.DanSpitz.com for more information on the Paige-Spitz project.
And if you're interested in building your own touring rig using JamHub studios to power and mix your in-ear monitors, check out more videos on our YouTube page.


Angelo Ogbonna headed home the winner in the 121st minute to give West Ham a dramatic victory over Liverpool in FA Cup fourth round replay.
Angelo Ogbonna headed home a winning goal in stoppage time of extra time to give West Ham a dramatic 2-1 victory over Liverpool in their FA Cup fourth round replay on Tuesday.
Ogbonna's strike in the 121st minute at Upton Park earned West Ham a last-16 match at Championship team Blackburn Rovers.
"It is a special night for our club and I'm so proud and happy for our players and proud of everyone who has any connection with the club," manager Slaven Bilic said after West Ham's first ever FA Cup win against Liverpool.
West Ham opened the scoring on the stroke of halftime when Ecuador striker Enner Valencia sent a ball across the Liverpool goal that was met with a volley by winger Michail Antonio.
Liverpool equalized from a free kick in the 48th minute after Pedro Obiang brought down striker Christian Benteke on the edge of the area.
Philippe Coutinho drove the ball low and hard under the wall to score, but the match remained deadlocked at 1-1 after 90 minutes. It then looked destined for a penalty shootout until Italy international Ogbonna grabbed the winner, meeting Dmitry Payet's curling free kick with a powerful header.
Liverpool had earlier been fortunate that a tug on Valencia by Tiago Ilori in the penalty box was ignored by referee Roger East in the 66th minute.
But it was less lucky with the performance of Benteke, who squandered a series of chances, either by missing the target or seeing his goal-bound efforts saved by Randolph, who was in fine form.
Liverpool fielded a much-changed team from the side that drew 2-2 with Sunderland in the Premier League on Sunday, but started off on the front foot, showing plenty of attacking intent.
West Ham keeper Darren Randolph made a couple of smart first-half saves from Benteke, while Brazilian midfielder Coutinho hit the post.
But the hosts gradually grew into the match, with France International midfielder Payet hitting the post from a free kick and right back Joey O'Brien going close, before Antonio opened the scoring.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp was back at the helm after missing Saturday's Premier League match because of appendicitis.
"Tomorrow when we get up the sun will shine and if we feel all at one at Liverpool then we can take a lot of positives from this game and make the next step," he said after a game that saw the return of England striker Daniel Sturridge, who has been sidelined since December.
West Ham, which is three places above Liverpool in the Premier League standings, had already completed its first league double over the Merseyside club since the 1963/64 season.


The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admission Screening Exercise for 2018/2019 Academic Session; will take place between 27th July, 2018 and 11th August, 2018 in designated centres within the Ugbowo Campus of the University.
The Screening Exercise shall be conducted using the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.
All candidates are expected to be seated, latest one hour before the stipulated time for their screening exercise. PLEASE NOTE: Only candidates who applied through JAMB for the 2018/2019 UTME Admission and chose University of Benin as First Choice and scored 200 and above are eligible for this Screening Exercise.
All applications should be made between 8.00am 4th July 2018 and Midnight of 22nd July 2018.
Candidates are advised to have a valid e-mail account before starting the application process.
On the WAEUP KOFA Student Portal lick on 'Login' (top right of front page).
Upload a RECENT and CLEAR "1x1" COLOUR PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH WITH RED BACKGROUND IN JPEG FORMAT ONLY. Great care should also be taken to follow the specified formats on the UNIBEN website and portal. NOTE that the photograph uploaded will be the only valid ID for all admitted candidates throughout their stay in the University of FAILURE TO UPLOAD THE SPECIFIED PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH WILL LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION and failure/forfeiture of admission.
Preview and confirm your information before submitting your application online. (No correction will be accepted after the closing date).
The grouping of courses for Screening.
NOTE that GSM phones and calculators are NOT allowed.
Application website closes by midnight of 22nd July, 2018 (i.e. all applications must be concluded online not later than 22nd July 2018).


We were speechless when Dan Tyminski SENT US an email asking if he could play one of our mandolins, and hopefully someday a guitar. Didn't have to think twice about that! We made him one of each! Dan not only plays with the world-renown Alison Krauss and Union Station, but can be seen playing with the Soggy Bottom Boys, duet shows with his former Lonesome River Band mate, Ronnie Bowman, and any other number of collaborations with the best in the business. Because he is so busy, we haven't been able to catch up to him for an "official" quote but we figure the fact that he is out there playing them says enough, just check out some of the videos on our YouTube channel. Subscribe while you are there and you will be the first to know when we post new content!
Jeff Parker, of Dailey & Vincent, is our first official mandolin endorser and we are so proud and honored to have him on board. Jeff is an accomplished and active musician and vocalist in his own right, as well as an integral part of Grammy-nominated Dailey & Vincent sound. You can find out more about Jeff on his website www.jeffparkermusic.com and catch him at any number of D&V shows around the world. Take a listen to what he has to say about his mandolin at right, and then visit the D&V video "Steel Drivin' Man" and watch Jeff burn it up -- especially nice feature 55 seconds in!
We still have to pinch ourselves that Ron Block is now playing a Hayes guitar. As guitarist and banjo player for Alison Kraus and Union Station, as well as so many other performance, songwriting and production credits to his name, we are humbled that he is so happy with his Hayes guitar. Here is a short video of Ron playing and talking about his Hayes Guitar. For more information on this multi-talented man, you can visit his website at ronblock.com.
We are proud and excited to have Clay Hess as our first official endorser. Clay is a phenomenal musician. There's just no denying his flatpicking skills. He played several years with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, as well as Mountain Heart and Sierra Hull & Highway 111. Clay recently started his own band, The Clay Hess Band. You should check them out while you're checking out the guitar.
During a recent recording session, Clay had his Hayes guitar and a pre-war 1938 D-18 at his fingertips. He chose to record with his Hayes guitar -- can't get a better endorsement than that!
View video of Clay playing his Hayes guitar on our YouTube channel.
You can visit Clay's site at www.clayhess.com.


The Boardroom Effectiveness for Executives Program (BEEP) is specifically developed to addresses the needs of senior executives who are required to report and/or present to a Board of Directors. The ICD will be seeking a cross section of executive leaders from Profit, Not-for Profit and Crown organizations.
Please note that this is not an open-enrollment course, and as such, the ICD reserves the right to limit admission to applicants with an appropriate level of experience.
Space is limited and there is no guarantee of admission into the program.
Experienced business professional with good business acumen developed through 5+ years in a senior executive management role.
Except in exceptional situations, all admitted participants would have appropriate experience as an executive reporting and/or presenting to a board of directors within the last 12 months. Consideration will also be given to executives who will be presenting to a board in the near future.
Potential applicants who are unsure if their experience is suitable for admission to the Boardroom Effectiveness for Executives Program, are encouraged to email the Program Officer, Education at education@icd.ca to request a consultation regarding their eligibility.
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Here at Hand Rail Experts, we're ready to take your phone call. We are here to help, and we are going to happily resolve any inquiries you might have and provide our professional help and advice to help you make the perfect measures for your residence or business. When it is time for you to arrange the project, our customer support associates will establish a discussion with one of our pros. At this discussion, we will establish your needs and explore your challenges. We will next accomplish the work quickly for your total satisfaction.
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package org.assertj.core.internal.floats;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
import static org.assertj.core.test.ErrorMessagesForTest.shouldBeEqualMessage;
import static org.assertj.core.test.TestData.someInfo;

import org.assertj.core.api.AssertionInfo;
import org.assertj.core.internal.Floats;
import org.assertj.core.internal.FloatsBaseTest;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

/**
 * Tests for <code>{@link Floats#assertIsOne(AssertionInfo, Float)}}</code>.
 *
 * @author Drummond Dawson
 */
class Floats_assertIsOne_Test extends FloatsBaseTest {

  @Test
  void should_succeed_since_actual_is_one() {
    floats.assertIsOne(someInfo(), 1.0f);
  }

  @Test
  void should_fail_since_actual_is_not_one() {
    assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class).isThrownBy(() -> floats.assertIsOne(someInfo(), 0.0f))
                                                   .withMessage(shouldBeEqualMessage("0.0f", "1.0f"));
  }

  @Test
  void should_succeed_since_actual_is_not_one_whatever_custom_comparison_strategy_is() {
    floatsWithAbsValueComparisonStrategy.assertIsOne(someInfo(), 1.0f);
  }

  @Test
  void should_fail_since_actual_is_one_whatever_custom_comparison_strategy_is() {
    assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class).isThrownBy(() -> floatsWithAbsValueComparisonStrategy.assertIsOne(someInfo(),
                                                                                0.0f))
                                                   .withMessage(shouldBeEqualMessage("0.0f", "1.0f"));
  }

}


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of his new book (with Joe Camilleri) can be found at Worlds-in-Transition.com.


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Home Legal Information Personal Injury Product Liability JUUL E-Cigarette Claims
What If My Vaping-Related Illness Doesn't Show Up Right Away?
Understand the interplay between your vaping-related health problems and the statute-of-limitations lawsuit-filing deadline.
By David Goguen, J.D.
If you have a history of using JUUL or some other e-cigarette/vaping device, and you're experiencing respiratory illness or other health problems that could be caused by these products, you might have heard that there are deadlines for filing an injury-related civil lawsuit in court. But what if you didn't experience any health issues or notice any symptoms until some time after you stopped vaping? How do these lawsuit-filing deadlines work, especially when serious health problems—including serious forms of lung disease—might not reveal themselves until months or even years after you've stopped using e-cigarettes?
The Statute-of-Limitations Basics
In every state, laws called "statutes of limitations" set a limit on how much time can pass before you must get a lawsuit filed. Different deadlines apply to different kinds of cases, but the impact of failing to comply with the time limit is the same: miss the deadline and you've lost your right to sue and get compensation for your losses (damages). But while these deadlines are strictly-enforced, every state has carved out exceptions that can extend the filing deadline. (More on these exceptions later).
What Statute of Limitations Applies to a Vaping Lawsuit?
A lawsuit seeking compensation for health problems caused by use of vaping products like JUUL will likely be based on the concept of "product liability." This is a fault theory that can be used to hold manufacturers and others (sometimes including retailers) responsible for injuries caused by defective products.
In most states, the statute-of-limitations deadline that will apply to a product liability lawsuit over e-cigarettes is the same as the one that applies to most personal injury lawsuits. But some states have a separate statute of limitations for product liability lawsuits.
Also, the time limit that applies to a product liability lawsuit can depend on the kind of legal argument you're making against the manufacturer or retailer. For example, a state's rules could make lawsuits based on "strict liability"—a legal theory that requires no proof of fault—subject to a four-year filing deadline. That same state might have a separate deadline of six years for product liability cases alleging negligence.
Most lawsuits over the safety of e-cigarettes and vaping will argue a strict liability theory of fault, meaning that they would be subject to the four-year period in our hypothetical state. But some people might base their suits on allegations that their vaping-related health problems were the result of some level of carelessness on the part of an e-cigarette manufacturer or retailer. Plaintiffs relying on this latter argument would have six years to file their lawsuit. (Of course, the law in your state could set a much shorter period than four or six years, which is a reason why consulting a lawyer is so important.)
Learn more about how a manufacturer's "failure to warn" can lead to liability, which is the legal argument that has been made in some e-cigarette lawsuits.
The "Discovery Rule" in Vaping Lawsuits
In many kinds of injury cases, including those stemming from health risks linked to vaping products, the statute of limitations "clock" might not start running on the date of the consumer's last use of the product. Instead, under the "discovery rule," the clock might start only when the consumer discovers (or should reasonably have discovered) having been harmed by the product. Or the relevant discovery rule could simply provide that the clock starts on the date the person was diagnosed with or started experiencing symptoms of a health problem caused by the product. (Learn more about medical diagnosis in a JUUL/vaping lawsuit.)
For example, let's say you last used an e-cigarette on December 1, 2017, but you didn't begin experiencing health problems (symptoms of respiratory disease, for example) until April 15, 2018. Under the discovery rule, the statute of limitations "clock" might not start until April 15, 2018.
Further clouding the legal picture related to vaping-related illness, in at least one lawsuit against Juul Labs Inc., the plaintiffs have alleged that JUUL users are at enhanced risk of suffering more serious complications if they end up contracting the coronavirus. (Get more details on the impact of coronavirus on injury cases involving respiratory illness.) If you've yet to file a vaping/e-cigarette case, and you end up developing a separate respiratory condition like a coronavirus infection, key issues like applicability of the statute of limitations—not to mention proving that your lung/respiratory problems were caused by a vaping product and not a separate health issue—become much more complex. This is all part of why early and accurate diagnosis is so important to any JUUL/vaping case.
Figuring out the Filing Deadline Is Your Lawyer's Job
It's normal to feel confused about which statute of limitations applies to your potential case, and whether you might be entitled to an extension of any filing deadline that's looming (or has already passed). It's not your job to understand complex rules like these, let alone figure out how they might affect your case. An attorney who handles cases like yours will be familiar with the statute of limitations deadline in your state, and can craft a strategy for protecting your rights. Learn how to find the right lawyer for you and your vaping/e-cigarette case.
Talk to an attorney.


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Early warning system for deadly amphibian pathogen
By Will Ferguson, College of Arts and Sciences
PULLMAN, Wash. – New technology being developed at Washington State University could help save amphibians around the world from a deadly fungal pathogen.
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis or Bd is a particularly nasty type of fungus that attacks the skin of frogs and salamanders.
Over the past 30 years, the highly lethal pathogen has caused the catastrophic decline or extinction of at least 200 species of frogs on six different continents and has been implicated in the unexplained disappearance of Central American salamanders as well.
One of the major challenges in preventing the spread of Bd is the lack of an effective method to predict where outbreaks may occur.
In a recent study in the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, WSU scientists demonstrate for the first time that environmental DNA (eDNA) could provide a viable solution to the problem.
Environmental DNA is a new technology that detects telltale bits of genetic material that living creatures shed into their environment. It enables wildlife scientists to confirm the presence of a wide variety of aquatic organisms without the hassle of finding them
Colleen Kamoroff collects eDNA samples for analysis in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park. Photo by Jessica Thompson.
Colleen Kamoroff, a former WSU natural resources graduate student, and her advisor Caren Goldberg, an assistant professor in the WSU School of the Environment, used eDNA to detect Bd one month before the pathogen impacted populations of mountain yellowed-legged frogs in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park in California.
Their research demonstrates eDNA could provide an early signal of where Bd die-offs may occur which would help conservationists take action to save amphibians afflicted by the pathogen.
"If we can predict when an outbreak is imminent, we can proceed with management actions such as anti-fungal baths that kill Bd," said Kamoroff, who is now a wildlife biologist at Yosemite National Park. "Mountain yellow-legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada have experienced a population decrease of over 90 percent in recent years. Environmental DNA could help save these frogs and other species of amphibians around the world from extinction."
Unexpected discovery
Kamoroff originally went to California's Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park in 2015 to determine whether eDNA techniques can be used to detect when non-native fish had been successfully removed from high alpine restoration lakes. The lakes are home to two federally endangered species of mountain yellow-legged frogs.
A month after she collected her samples, mountain yellow-legged frogs at three of the lakes experienced a mass Bd die-off.
Taking samples requires a delicate touch. Photo by Jessica Thompson .
"I was curious if Bd would be detectable at the lakes I took samples from even though there were no sick looking frogs at the time," Kamoroff said. "So I decided to run the eDNA samples I originally collected for the lake restoration project to test for the presence of Bd."
At their laboratory in Pullman, Kamoroff and Goldberg found Bd in the eDNA samples from all three lakes where there was a die-off but did not detect the pathogen in the eDNA samples taken from the other lakes.
Their research demonstrates eDNA could be a promising, non-invasive method to screen lakes and other bodies of water for the presence of Bd. Currently, the only way to test for the pathogen is take skin swabs from afflicted amphibians.
"Unlike skin swabs, eDNA does not require the capture or handling of the animals you are trying to protect," Goldberg said. "We think the technology will prove very useful in preventing the spread of Bd in the future."
Leaders in Environmental DNA
Since 2011, Goldberg and WSU colleagues Alexander Fremier and Katherine Strickler have played an instrumental role in bringing eDNA from a proof of concept to a practical tool for species conservation.
Today, Goldberg is involved in many eDNA related research projects, several of which involve the detection of Bd. For example, she recently received a National Geographic research grant to go to Panama to look for endangered Golden Frogs and determine how they are being affected by Bd using eDNA. Goldberg is also working with colleagues across the United States to sample lake water to determine whether a pathogen related to Bd that has devastated salamander populations in Europe does not establish itself in North America.
"Bd is the first emerging disease shown to cause the decline or extinction of scores of populations of amphibians not otherwise threatened around the world," Goldberg said. "eDNA could be a useful tool to help inform efforts to protect surviving populations."
Funding for this research is provided by the National Research Conservation Endowment grant from WSU, Yosemite Conservancy.
Caren Goldberg, WSU School of the Environment, 509-335-3672, caren.goldberg@wsu.edu
Colleen Kamoroff, Yosemite National Park, 707-354-1605, cdkamoroff@gmail.com
Categories: Press Releases, Research
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Kimmerer lecture Tuesday prompts luncheon, watch parties, museum booklet
WSU programs are hosting watch parties and other activities for students to engage in the common-reading virtual lecture by "Braiding Sweetgrass" author Robin Wall Kimmerer at 6 p.m. Tuesday evening.
By Beverly Makhani, Division of Academic Engagement and Student Achievement (DAESA)
WSU tree fruit Extension specialist recognized with Latino Leadership Award
Bernardita Sallato received the award from the Washington State Tree Fruit Association for her contributions to the industry's Hispanic community.
By Angela Sams, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences
'Nightmare on the Scottie' makes bestsellers list
The harrowing true story of two friends surviving a fishing vessel's near capsizing en route to Seattle is WSU imprint Basalt Books' first novel to make the Northwest Booksellers Association's bestsellers list.
author, WSU Press
By RJ Wolcott, WSU News & Media Relations
Mourning the loss of Tyre Nichols
Washington State University System President Kirk Schulz released the following letter to the WSU community on Friday, Jan. 27 addressing the tragic death of Tyre Nichols earlier this month.
Champions Center project moves forward, WSU Spokane Medical Building budget increased
Members of the Washington State University Board of Regents took action on several items Friday during their first meeting of 2023.
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Forest debris could shelter huckleberry from climate change
WSU scientists are at work in Northwest forests, studying how fallen logs and other woodland debris could shelter the huckleberry from a hotter, drier future.
By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences
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WSU and U of I pledge combined $1 million for new airport terminal
Washington State University and University of Idaho are teaming up to support the new terminal construction at Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport.


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Contea di Alleghany o Alleghany County è la denominazione delle seguenti contee degli Stati Uniti:
 Contea di Alleghany (Carolina del Nord)
 Contea di Alleghany (Virginia)


I just found this story on CNN via the Bright Eyes blog. It's about glasses and eye patches for kids. They talk about the Bjort & Company's "Eye Patch Kid" video. I love the story about how the video came to be – their 2 year old son was resisting eye patches until he saw a pirate video, at which point he tried to put on the eye patch by himself. It confirms my longstanding belief that pirates really do make everything better. In any case, this led to the idea of making a video to help make wearing glasses and eye patches more fun. The article continues to talk about kids and contacts and LASIK surgery, neither of which I'm ready to even begin thinking about right now.
As an aside, Bjort & Company also have kids' shirts and accessories for kids with glasses or eye patches (also others for kids with food allergies).
That story also confirms my love of Harry Potter! Thank you JK!


I can't stop myself. Are you sure this is Amy's suitcase? Tell me as much as you can about what happened. Please don't try this at home. Could you give me a new dish of these? Cristina was gullible. Are you really going to wear that tie? I'm coming to get you. He chose to have me stay. Fay has been secretly in love with Morton for years.
He recognizes his fault. You owe me another thirty bucks. Desert sand cools off rapidly at night. We overslept. He must pay to have his registration plate re-made. Let me have a taste. I think Penny is suggesting that we should leave. He is nothing, if not kind. We must try and get some help from Laura. You and I are good friends, but we have little in common.
Are you Tim Norton by any chance? We're always somebody else's idiot. I shall have more to say when I am dead. They'll find us. I heard what Wendy said to Julian. I can't promise you anything. I came to see the show. I think ours is much better. Syun is bossy, isn't he? I don't know what to feed my dog.
She struggles for her living. It's very nice. Maybe I should talk to him. I do not know where to drive in the street. Hal doesn't have a car. He just uses Jill's. Thierry and Maria worked in a coal mine as children. You play the game by pounding the table when prompted, until the end where you flip the table over to send simulated food and cutlery flying. The lawyer doubted her innocence. Barrett said he had a knife. Rakhal knows we believe in him.
The next meeting will be held at Kristin's new residence. How long have you known Pierce? Is it going to snow tonight? Everything was OK. The bus left the stop. Listen and choose the best answer. We will be doing the sights of Osaka about this time tomorrow. I hope it does not rain tomorrow. Frances had a pain in his chest, so he went to the hospital. My son took a piece of candy from the box.
See, I told you I could do it. Fletcher is buying bananas. I went out for a moment. You painted the walls. We'll make it. He is no longer a child. How far is it to the next town? It took us a long time to decide what to do. Does Sanche drive a station wagon? His story may be true.
Tell me again why you want me to do that. He has a serious girlfriend. Are you sure there isn't rat meat in that burger? I'm looking forward to meeting Kyu again. The cabinet resigned. Winter is my favourite season. Do it again, just like before. I still have Kenneth's umbrella. It's no secret. He doesn't understand British humour.
Further testing is required. After such a disappointment, Ramsey needs to be cheered up. Is he having an affair? The women bowed to each other so many times. We come in peace. Green is the color of lima beans. Manuel has good instincts. I didn't want to go to the reception. I'd like to have more time to talk with you. Seriously, it's nothing to worry about.
So far everything has been going well. I will be in New Orleans in April for my cousin's wedding. She added me on Facebook. You don't sleep much, do you? Bob stared me in the face. My brother is a seasoned sailor. Sandy asked her if she was Bradley. There are many endangered species. It's been a pleasure working with you. Could you give us just a few minutes longer?
Mac killed himself three years ago. I can't afford any more tests. He will come back soon. Lonhyn couldn't make it. Did you have a good time swimming and surfing? Jack is able to destroy us. That's not uncommon. Ever to excel. I love my children. He built them on an assembly line.


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Dave Franco & Emma Roberts streak to win in a new Nerve clip
Franco & Roberts have to streak out of a tricky situation.
Jason Palmer
Credit: Lionsgate
Dave Franco and Emma Roberts streak to win in a brand new clip released from the fantastic thriller Nerve, hitting cinemas on 11th August.
The film follows high school senior Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts), who has had it with playing it safe and living life on the sidelines. When she gets pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun.
But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, who both worked on Catfish and the third and fourth Paranormal Activity sequels, Nerve also stars Juliette Lewis, Emily Meade, Samira Wiley, Miles Heizer, Kimiko Glenn and American Rapper and actor Machine Gun Kelly.
Check out the new Nerve clip below:
In this article:Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Emma Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Kimiko Glenn, Machine Gun Kelly, Miles Heizer, Nerve, Samira Wiley
A celebration of the cult TV series in large format hardback book.
Greg Jameson7 days ago
Find out all the details for the eagerly awaited new album.
Pip Ellwood-Hughes6 days ago
The album accompanies her forthcoming book with James Patterson.
First single "Everything She Ain't" is out now.


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Nintendo's massive 900-game Switch sale actually includes some first-party stuff
New year, new Nintendo
The eShop, like most digital games marketplaces, is bursting at the seams with junk that no one wants. When Nintendo discounts hundreds of Switch games at a time, those numbers are naturally inflated by the bargain bin duds that need to be pushed aside in hopes of finding some real gems. This time is a little different in that some gems are Nintendo's own.
Nintendo is throwing a New Year Sale on the eShop, an event that has 912 Switch games with slashed prices. Unlike many other sales, this one actually features some of Nintendo's first-party titles. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Arms, Splatoon 2, Yoshi's Crafted World, and Kirby Star Allies are all discounted. Additionally, some third-party games that feature Nintendo properties like Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle are included.
The sifting is made a bit easier because the sale can be broken down by specific publishers. Capcom, Ubisoft, NIS America, Devolver Digital, WB, Inti Creates, and XSEED all have their own deals pages.
Here are some of the highlights from Nintendo's New Year Sale:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — $41.99
Splatoon 2 — $41.99
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 — $33.99
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: Complete Edition — $41.99
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition — $13.99
Yoshi's Crafted World — $41.99
Stardew Valley — $9.99
Kirby Star Allies — $41.99
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition — $41.99
Arms — $41.99
Divinity: Original Sin 2: Definitive Edition — $39.99
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night — $27.99
Samurai Shodown — $44.99 (pre-order discount)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD — $29.99
River City Girls — $20.99
Hotline Miami Collection — $12.49
Mortal Kombat 11 — $23.99
Unravel 2 — $4.99
Observer — $7.49
Downwell — $1.49
Gris — $8.49
Sonic Mania — $9.99
But don't take my word for it. Roll up your sleeves and start digging around. You might find something you like. Nintendo's eShop New Year Sale runs until January 16.
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Epiphone Les Paul Ultra III FC electric guitar, Chambered Mahogany Body, AAA flamed Maple veneer, Glued-In; Mortise and Tenon Mahogany Neck, Slim Taper D Profile, Rosewood Fretboard, MOP Trapeze Inlays, 22 Frets, Nut width 42,85mm, Scale 628mm, 1x Epiphone ProBucker 2 (Neck) and 1x Epiphone ProBucker 3 (Bridge) Humbucker Pickups, Shadow NanoMag Humbucker Pickup (Fretboard), 1 Toggle Switch, Contro..
Epiphone Toby Deluxe-IV Bass TR, 5-string bass guitar, radiata body, bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fretboard, 24 frets, 34" scale lenght, 48,26 mm (1,90") nut widht, black hardware, Tobias SCR split-humbucker at neck and Tobias SCT split-humbucker at bridge, active Tonexpressor Bass Enhancement Control, color: Translucent Red.
Epiphone Les Paul Studio, mahogany body, 2x Alnico Classic humbucker pickups, dot inlays, set in neck. Colour: Worn Cherry.
Epiphone Les Paul Standard Ebony , electric guitar, mahognay body, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, 42,67 mm saddle width, 628 mm scale lenght, 2x alnico classic humbucking pick-ups, Grover tuners, chrome hardware, trapez inlays, colour: ebony.
Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Pro HCS electric guitar, mahogany body, flame AAA maple top, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets, scale 628mm, 1x probucker 2 neck position and 1x probucker 3 bridge position humbucker pickups, trapez inlays, nickel hardware, 2x Volumencontrol (Coil Tapping) and 2 Tonecontrol , grover machine heads, colour: Heritage Cherry Sunburst.
Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Pro VSB, electric guitar, mahogany body, flame AAA maple top, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 frets, scale 628mm, 1x probucker 2 neck position and 1x probucker 3 bridge position humbucker pickups, trapez inlays, nickel hardware, 2x Volumencontrol (Coil Tapping) and 2 Tonecontrol , grover machine heads, colour: Vintage Sunburst.


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After a week of battling a very bad cold, I was surprised that my PCP cleared me for my upcoming surgery on Tuesday. My vitals were very good, EKG good, breathing ok, and meds checked and updated. I love my PCP. She is very thorough and caring. I will update you in about two weeks.


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Course List for Becoming a Firefighter
Suzy Kerr
Almost everyone wants to be a firefighter at some point in their lives, but it takes more than access to a pole and a dalmatian to get the job. Most firefighters are volunteers; in New Hampshire, for example, only 20 percent of working firefighters are career firefighters. Because there are so few permanent positions open, competition can be fierce. If you are hoping to become a career firefighter, it's important to be sure that you have covered the curriculum requirements necessary for the job.
Fire Department Operations
A course in fire department operations is the basic building block of coursework for a firefighter. This class begins instruction into the handling of an emergency situation. You will learn how to identify different kinds of fire and how they affect various styles of building architecture. The class will cover the uses of firefighting tools and how the members of a firefighting team work together from an administrative standpoint.
Fire Behavior and Combustion
Fire behavior and combustion builds off of the introductory lessons about fire behavior gained in the fire department operations course. Students learn about the science behind fire: what materials are involved, how different chemicals burn, and what fire suppression technique will work best in each situation.
Classes to Become a Firefighter
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Certified First Responder Training
In some areas, such as New York City, firefighters are required to take coursework to become certified as a first responder. Because firefighters are often the first emergency personnel on the scene of an accident, it's imperative that they have training in first aid and injury stabilization.
Emergency Medical Technician Training
Training as an emergency medical technician is essentially an expansion of skills gained through first responder training. In addition to basic first aid, emergency medical technician training will teach you how to assess trauma, perform CPR, manage blood loss, and place splints, tourniquets and bandages. More advanced classes continue instruction on placing an IV, reading an EKG, intubation and advanced defibrillation.
Confined Space Rescue Training
A course in maneuvering through confined spaces is recommended, particularly for California firefighters. Classwork includes hands-on training in difficult situations; students will be able to recognize confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces. The course guides students through their responsibilities during a rescue operation. The end goal is for students to be able to identify and properly handle hazards specific to confined spaces. Students also learn about the necessary state and federal regulations regarding these spaces.
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Suzy Kerr graduated from Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Georgia. She completed her Master's degree in Nutrition Sciences, also at the University of Georgia. Suzy has been a successful health, fitness and nutrition writer for more than 10 years, and has been published in various print and online publications.


Our antimony production is focused in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia.
Sarylakh-Surma and Zvezda comprise our antimony production operations. The companies hold licenses for two of antimony deposits (Sentachanskoye and Sarylakhskoye).
Antimony ore from the mines is processed using a flotation process at GPM's processing plant near the village of Ust Nera.


After four years, there are days, most days now, that the grief sits there in the background and just, is. It's not loud of intrusive or front and center. It just is there. After four years, I've gotten used to that actually. I've learned to live with it even. I wish it wasn't there, but it is, and I've started to find out what life looks like with it there. Not like there's a choice anyways, it's not like I'm going to wake up tomorrow and not be conscious that my son is gone.
After four years though, there are days like today. Still days like today. Days that it doesn't just sit there. Days that the hurting isn't just in the background. After four years there are still days like today that I have to keep fighting all day when the grief and the realization of what is real sweeps over me throughout the day. Like waves that appear from nowhere, they hit. I'm not sure why, there's no reason why today should be like this. It just is.
After four years I've come to understand that days like this just are. I may wake up tomorrow and the grief is back in it's usual place, quietly residing and just there. Or I may wake up and not know how to get out of bed again. But I know I will get up, as always. After fours years, I have come to know that I just have to take what comes, as it is. It's not like there's a choice, anyways.
Time moves along and life goes with it. It's been just over four years and I have been looking back differently this past little while. Looking back in a way that also look forward.
I have been going through old writing, organizing and sorting them as I try to combine computer files. It's been stirring up a lot of feelings and it's been forcing me to look back at some things that I have been very successful at shutting out the last couple of years. Remembering isn't always a good thing I've discovered. I'm also seeing that to heal, you have to face things. I'm not a fan of that concept. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop it from being true.
I came across a writing today from many years ago. A journal entry from when Willie was just a couple of weeks old. A picture actually of a handwritten journal entry that I made for him. A recounting of his birth. I did it for all my sons and I guess I had taken a snapshot of his to keep with his journals that I photographed before I took them to the hospital to be reviewed. I read it over and it hurts to remember that time. Not just that time but the loss of all that he was, and ll that he'll never be. It also made me think though about the rest of his story. His too-short life and the tumultuous last few months of it before his suicide. A life is, after all, a story. After almost an hour scrolling through blog entries and writing drafts, I realized that I have no account of that. There are bits and pieces of it told in numerous posts and writings, but nothing that captures that journey that saw him move from a pre-teen boy to the 16 year old tormented by his mental illness who saw no hope to stay in this life. Nothing written to tell his story's end. I also realized that needs to change.


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DC changing its drivers licenses to accommodate geography know-nothings
'The district,' as locals call it, is also known as Washington, D.C.
It's often said that Americans don't know much about other countries. It could also be said they don't know much about this country.
Latest case in point: the District of Columbia -- you know, our nation's capital -- is changing its drivers licenses so TSA agents will stop asking D.C. residents for their passports, a local news site reports.
The licenses currently say "District of Columbia," which is accurate. But no one seems to know where that is, and District residents have been stopped at airports and asked to produce passports by TSA workers who think the District of Columbia must be in South America. Or somewhere.
So soon the licenses will revert to saying "Washington, D.C.," which is not accurate but may be more recognizable. Technically, there is no such city as "Washington" in the District of Columbia. D.C. is sort of a state without any cities, though lacking representation in Congress.
It's not a problem unique to the District (as we locals call it). Years ago, New Mexico changed its license plates to read "New Mexico USA" because its residents got tired of being asked what part of Mexico they were from when they ventured out of state.
And then there's Virginia. Not long ago, I was leaving the long-term parking lot at Los Angeles International Airport in a car that had Virginia license plates.
The cashier looked at me suspiciously. "Is that East Virginia or West Virginia?" she demanded. No amount of talking would convince her there is no such place as "East Virginia."
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Home Contact Us Sitemap Jamaica.gov.jm
SCJ Holdings Limited being a wholly owned Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Company will operate its business consistent with the applicable policies of Government ensuring at all times that our operations support the Country's developmental objectives.
SCJH's projects will provide land to support:
Increased production of renewable energy from biomass, solar and wind;
Job creation in agriculture, mining, light manufacturing and housing construction;
Improvement in housing condition of former sugar workers through the regularization of land tenure;
Increase in foreign exchange earnings from the export of agricultural and manufactured goods;
Increased production and improvement in productivity of selected agricultural areas;
Growth in heritage, eco-tourism, and sports.
SCJ Holdings Limited was formed December 12, 2001 and became the holding company for three companies namely, The Sugar Company of Jamaica Limited, St. Thomas Sugar Company Limited, and Trelawny Sugar Company Limited. In July 2009 the Divestment Team successfully divested the Long Pond, Hampden, and St. Thomas sugar estates. The Government thereafter took the decision to wind up The Sugar Company of Jamaica Limited which was the Company responsible for the operations of all the Government-owned sugar estates up to August 2009. In July 2009, SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH) (T/A Sugar Divestment Enterprise) was given the responsibility to divest the remaining Government-owned sugar assets and at the same time continue the operations of the Frome, Monymusk, and Bernard Lodge Estates with the objective of divesting these two operating factories and three estates.
In July 2010 COMPLANT International Sugar Industry Company Limited of the Peoples' Republic of China (COMPLANT) entered into an Agreement for Lease and purchase of the remaining assets being the Frome, Monymusk and Bernard Lodge Estates. As a direct consequence of this Agreement these sugar assets were handed over to COMPLANT on August 15, 2011 at which time all the six former Government sugar businesses were now in the hands of private investors.
The core functions of SCJH going forward will be to:
Implement projects to support the divested sugar estates;
Manage the schools and health facilities on the divested sugar estates;
Separating the infrastructures on the estates between the new investors and those displaced sugar workers and other entities;
Remedying all pre-existing environmental breaches on the divested estates;
Monitor the development plans of persons and companies that have leased the Government's sugar assets;
Provide technical support to private investors;
Monitoring of the private investors in accordance with their business plans.
SCJH also has the responsibility of the management of over 55,000 hectares of land located in several sugar-dependent communities spanning 32 political constituencies in six (6) parishes.
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It's Okay to Talk About Gender: Using Archetypes to Balance Your Team — Causeit, Inc.
Gender is a touchy subject. In the U.S., business peoples' historic inability to responsibly discuss gender resulted in a backlash which human resources department also reacted to—with an oversimplified, "we're all the same" message substituting for a deeper, more nuanced discussion of inclusion and equality.
One of the challenges of gender in the workplace is not just in physical representation of people of both sexes, but an inclusion of the wisdom of both ends of the gender spectrum.
The ideal feminine archetype is that of the queen—the intuitive, socially-attuned, relationship-oriented diplomat and caretaker. She works alongside (not under) her king, informing the direction of the kingdom through awareness of the people.
The ideal masculine archetype is that of the king—the benevolent leader with a clear, unflinching commitment to vision and the ability to learn from advisors while commanding in times of crisis to maintain peace whenever possible.
The low feminine archetype is the whiny, victim state—being at the affect of a world more powerful than one's self.
The low masculine archetype is that of the bully–the state of taking control rather than earning power, yelling rather than listening, and hitting rather than sharing.
Thanks to Jeffrey Van Dyk, Carri Munn and Carol Karmic for hours of useful insights into this topic which informed this section.


Elegant three tone 14kt gold pin of a grape leaf and vine inset with an old mine-cut diamond. The brooch itself, and the wavy branch element are in yellow gold, the delicately textured vine is in a soft rose gold, while the grap leaf itself is a green gold patina. The clasp, with its safety catch indicates this is likely late Victorian. The old world cut of the diamond dates this back to the turn of the century or slightly before. A beautiful authentic piece. In excellent condition with some age appropriate wear and patina.