Religion Teaches us how to become better people, how to live as spiritual beings on this earth through living virtuously, following the natural and essential guidelines of dharma.
For Hindus, these guidelines are recorded in the Yamas and Niyamas, ancient scriptural injunctions for all aspects of human thought, attitude and behaviour.
In Indian spiritual life, these Vedic restraints and observances are built into the character of children from a very early age.
For adults who have been subjected to opposite behavioural patterns, these guidelines may seem to be like commandments. However, even they can, with great dedication and effort, remould their character and create the foundation necessary for a sustained spiritual life.
=> Notice: The article Yamas and Niyamas prepared and adapted according to teachings of Satguru Śivāya Subramuniyaswami, the head of Śaiva Siddhāṅta, Hinduism lineage of Śivaism.
Trough following the yamas and niyamas, we cultivate our refined, spiritual being while keeping the instinctive nature in check.
We lift ourself into the consciousness of the higher energies—of love, compassion, intelligence and bliss—and naturally invoke the blessings of the divine devas and Mahādevas.
The yamas include such injunctions as non-injury (ahiṁsā), non-stealing (asteya) and moderation in eating (mitāhāra), which harness the base, instinctive nature.
Niyama, literally "unleashing," indicates the expression of refined, soul qualities through such disciplines as charity (dāna), contentment (santosha) and incantation (japa).
It is true that bliss comes from meditation, and it is true that higher consciousness is the heritage of all mankind.
However, the 10 restraints and their corresponding practices are necessary to maintain bliss consciousness, as well as all of the good feelings toward oneself and others attainable in any incarnation. These restraints and practices build character. Character is the foundation for spiritual unfoldment.
The platform of character must be built within our lifestyle to maintain the total contentment needed to persevere on the path.
The great Ṛishis saw the frailty of human nature and gave these guidelines, or disciplines, to make it strong. They said, "Strive!" Let's strive to not hurt others, to be truthful and honour all the rest of the virtues they outlined.
10) śaucha, "purity," avoiding impurity in body, mind and speech.
10) tapas, "austerity," performing sādhana, penance, tapas and sacrifice.
In comparing the yamas to the niyamas, we find the restraint of non-injury, ahiṁsā, makes it possible to practice Hrī, remorse. Truthfulness brings on the state of santosha, contentment.
And the third yama, asteya, non-stealing, must be perfected before the third niyama, giving without any thought of reward, is even possible.
Sexual purity brings faith in God, Devas and guru. Kṣamā, patience, is the foundation for Īśvarapūjana, worship, as is dhṛiti, steadfastness, the foundation for Siddhāṅta Śravaṇa.
The yama of dayā, compassion, definitely brings mati, cognition.
Ārjava, honesty—renouncing deception and all wrongdoing—is the foundation for vrata, taking sacred vows and faithfully fulfilling them.
Mitāhāra, moderate appetite, is where yoga begins, and vegetarianism is essential before the practice of japa, recitation of holy mantras, can reap its true benefit in one's life. Śaucha, purity in body, mind and speech, is the foundation and the protection for all austerities.
The twenty restraints and observances are the first two of the eight limbs of aṣṭāṅga yoga, constituting Hinduism's fundamental ethical code. Because it is brief, the entire code can be easily memorized and reviewed daily at the family meetings in each home.
They are cited in numerous scriptures, including the Śāṇḍilya and Varāha Upanishads, the Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā by Gorakshanātha, the Tirumantiram of Rishi Tirumular and the Yoga Sūtras of Sage Patañjali.
All of these ancient Texts list 10 yamas and 10 niyamas, with the exception of Patañjali's classic work, which lists just five of each.
Patañjali lists the yamas as: ahiṁsā, satya, asteya, brahmacharya and aparigrahaḥ (non- covetousness); and the niyamas as: śaucha, santosha, tapas, svādhyāya (self-refection, scriptural study) and Īśvara-Pranidhāna (worship).
In the Hindu tradition, it is primarily the mother's job to build character within the children, and thereby to continually improve society. Mothers can study and teach these guidelines to uplift their children as well as themselves.
You may do well in upholding some of these but not so well in others. That is to be expected. Tat defines the sādhana, therefore, to be perfected.
The passenger inside the chariot is your soul. The chariot itself represents your physical, astral and mental bodies. The driver of the chariot is your external ego, your personal will. The wheels are your divine energies.
The niyamas, or spiritual practices, represent the spirited horses, named Hrī, santosha, dāna, Āstikya, Īśvarapūjana, Siddhānta Śravaṇa, Mati, Vrata, Japa, and Tapas.
The yamas, or restraints, are the reins, called ahiṁsā, satya, asteya, Brahmacharya, Kṣamā, dhṛiti, dayā, Ārjava, Mitāhāra and Śaucha.
By holding tight to the reins, the charioteer, your will, guides the strong horses so they can run forward swiftly and gallantly as a dynamic unit.
Santosha, peace, is the eternal satisfaction of the soul.
by lack of restraint of the instinctive nature, lack of restraint of the intellectual nature, lack of restraint of the emotional nature, lack of restraint of the physical body itself.
Therefore, hold tight the reins.
While we are worried about truthfulness, non-stealing, patience, compassion and being honest, how can we practice the niyamas—contentment, charity, worship, recitation of mantras?
The answer is, we can't. The niyamas follow the yamas.
Once the yamas are safely tucked away, and our lifestyle, thinking style, speech style, emotional style reflect these 10 restraints, then we can move on to the niyamas.
Once you feel you have a minimal mastery of the yamas, then go on to the niyamas, the practices, in full vigour. The observances will strengthen the restraints, as the restraints will allow us to fulfil the observances.
but that the lifestyles, thinking styles, etc., at this time in the Kali Yuga are incomprehensibly complex, often demoralizing, and depression can set in at a moment's notice.
But always keep in mind your here- and-now perfection, already-done perfection. You don't have to do a thing about it other than learn how to live with it, and manifest it in your daily life. Deal with it. These restraints and observances can adjust the outside view to the beautiful self-effulgent, shining inner you.
No matter where we are in the scale of life, we all started from the beginning, at the bottom, didn't we?
We improve, life after life, and these guidelines, yamas and niyamas, restraints and practices, are gifs from our Ṛishis, from God Himself through them, to allow us to judge ourself against these pillars of virtue as to how far we have progressed or strayed.
In the early births, we are like children. We do not stray from anything. We run here and there and everywhere, disobey every rule, which when told of we cannot remember. We ignore any admonishment.
Wanting to express themselves in most creative ways, rebellious youths separate themselves from other people, children and the adults. They do make changes, but not always for the best.
As an adult, we see both—the past and the impending future of old age—and, heads down, we are concerned with accumulating enough to see life through to its uncertain end.
When the accumulations have become adequate, we will look back at the undisciplined children, the headstrong, unruly adolescents and the self-possessed, concentrated adults and try to motivate all three groups.
In this religion, the Sanātana Dharma, known today as Hinduism, twenty precepts, the yamas and niyamas, restraints and observances, are the guidelines we use to motivate these three groups.
These are the guidelines they use to motivate themselves, for each group is mystically independent of the others; so it seems.
1. Non-injury, ahiṁsā: Not harming others by thought, word, or deed.
2. Truthfulness, satya: Refraining from lying and betraying promises.
3. Non-stealing, asteya: Neither stealing, nor coveting nor entering into debt.
4. Divine conduct, brahmacharya: Controlling lust by remaining celibate when single, leading to faithfulness in marriage.
5. Patience, Kṣamā: Restraining intolerance with people and impatience with circumstances.
6. Steadfastness, dhṛiti: Overcoming non-perseverance, fear, indecision and changeableness.
7. Compassion, dayā: Conquering callous, cruel and insensitive feelings toward all beings.
8. Honesty, straightforwardness, ārjava: Renouncing deception and wrongdoing.
9. Moderate appetite, mitāhāra: Neither eating too much nor consuming meat, fish, fowl or eggs.
10. Purity, śaucha: Avoiding impurity in body, mind and speech.
1. Remorse, Hrī: being modest and showing shame for misdeeds.
2. Contentment, santosha: Seeking joy and serenity in life.
3. Giving, dāna: tithing and giving generously without thought of reward.
4. Faith, āstikya: believing firmly in God, Gods, guru and the path to enlightenment.
5. Worship of the Lord, Īśvarapūjana: The cultivation of devotion through daily worship and meditation.
6. Scriptural listening, siddhānta śravaṇa: Studying the Teachings and listening to the wise of one's lineage.
7. Cognition, mati: Developing a spiritual will and intellect with the guru's guidance.
8. Sacred vows, vrata: Fulfilling religious vows, rules and observances faithfully.
9. Recitation, japa: Chanting mantras daily.
10. Austerity, tapas: Performing sādhana, penance, tapas and sacrifice.


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Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration (eCa) might reduce forest water‐use, due to decreased transpiration, following partial stomatal closure, thus enhancing water‐use efficiency and productivity at low water availability. If evapotranspiration (Et) is reduced, it may subsequently increase soil water storage (ΔS) or surface runoff (R) and drainage (Dg), although these could be offset or even reversed by changes in vegetation structure, mainly increased leaf area index (L). To understand the effect of eCa in a water‐limited ecosystem, we tested whether 2 years of eCa (~40% increase) affected the hydrological partitioning in a mature water‐limited Eucalyptus woodland exposed to Free‐Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE). This timeframe allowed us to evaluate whether physiological effects of eCa reduced stand water‐use irrespective of L, which was unaffected by eCa in this timeframe. We hypothesized that eCa would reduce tree‐canopy transpiration (Etree), but excess water from reduced Etree would be lost via increased soil evaporation and understory transpiration (Efloor) with no increase in ΔS, R or Dg. We computed Et, ΔS, R and Dg from measurements of sapflow velocity, L, soil water content (θ), understory micrometeorology, throughfall and stemflow. We found that eCa did not affect Etree, Efloor, ΔS or θ at any depth (to 4.5 m) over the experimental period. We closed the water balance for dry seasons with no differences in the partitioning to R and Dg between Ca levels. Soil temperature and θ were the main drivers of Efloor while vapour pressure deficit‐controlled Etree, though eCa did not significantly affect any of these relationships. Our results suggest that in the short‐term, eCa does not significantly affect ecosystem water‐use at this site. We conclude that water‐savings under eCa mediated by either direct effects on plant transpiration or by indirect effects via changes in L or soil moisture availability are unlikely in water‐limited mature eucalypt woodlands.
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Міста:
 Червоноармійське — назва міста Вільнянськ з 1939 по 1966 роки.

Села:
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Ганно-Мусіївка, Солонянський район, Дніпропетровська область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Долинка, Василівський район, Запорізька область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Таврійське, Якимівський район, Запорізька область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Бакумівка, Баришівський район, Київська область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Новокальчеве, Березівський район, Одеська область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Кубей, Болградський район, Одеська область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Полковниче, Великобурлуцький район, Харківська область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Вишневе, Зачепилівський район, Харківська область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Черешневе, Високопільський район, Херсонська область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Вільне, Горностаївський район, Херсонська область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва села Вишневе, Бобровицький район, Чернігівська область

Селища:
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва селища Мирне, Білокуракинський район, Луганська область
 Червоноармійське — колишня назва селища Мирне, Миколаївський район, Миколаївська область

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Stamford florists combine efforts during tough economic time
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Photo/Alex von Kleydorff. Sales Associate Barbara Shanen helps with arranging a display of Roses and Amaryllis with Stamford Florist owner Jim Ferraro.
By CHASE WRIGHT
Times Staff Writer
STAMFORD -- For Barbara Shanen, when one door closes, another one opens.
Last week, Shanen's flower shop on High Ridge Road -- Plants and...Florist -- crumbled under the weight of the recession. Permanently shutting the doors of the business she nourished for more than 35 years was a heartbreaking feeling, said Shanen, but it wasn't the time to give up on flowers for good.
That's when the life-long Stamford resident decided to pass along her plant knowledge and loyal client base to another local flower shop owner.
Thanks to the merger, Jim Ferraro, owner of Stamford Florist on Bedford Street, now has Shanen's client database and her 35 years of expertise at his disposal.
"Flower shops everywhere are struggling, so merging is really the way to go," said Shanen.
"The cost of doing business for a flower shop is higher than in most retail shops or businesses," she said, because florists deal with perishable items and high costs associated with utilities.
Over the last 20 years, the price of popular flowers like roses have remained relatively flat, but the cost of overhead for florists has continually risen, said Bob Heffernan, executive director of Connecticut Florists Association.
Mom and pop shops are also facing additional competition from multiple sources, said Heffernan, including supermarkets, the Internet and order gatherers -- company's that fill orders and charge a fee for delivery.
"There has to be some collaboration if florists are going to make it in this business," said Shanen.
According to the latest figures from the state's Department of Revenue Services, sales of independent florists totaled $87.7 million in 2007. That represents a 3.2 percent drop from the previous year.
The number of independent florists in the state has also fallen with revenue. According to the DRS, there were approximately 900 flower shops in the state in 1990 -- in 2007, there were 531.
Factoring in stores like Shanen's, which closed at the hands of the recession, the 2008 numbers will likely be more bleak, said Heffernan.
That's unfortunate, he added, because independent florists tend to be experts in flower care.
"These people live and breath plants," said Heffernan. "You can't find that with the alternatives."
Shanen began her business by using the old-time method of marketing her plants at social gatherings and demonstrating her product to the party's attendees.
She finally moved her business into the corner of a paint shop in High Ridge Center, before taking over the place entirely. She was the longest tenant at the retail strip on High Ridge Road, before closing the day after Easter.
Her customers were stunned when the usually vibrant flower shop went dark.
"I had a very loyal customer base," she said. "I needed a local florist to send them to, and I knew that Stamford Florist was the only place where they could get the same level of service that I gave them."
Ferraro takes pride in the service and care he gives to each individual customer. He'll open early, stay open late or travel to far reaches of North Stamford to deliver a last minute anniversary gift.
"It's the same philosophy I've had all 32 years I've been in business," he said. "But in times like these, you've got to go that extra mile."

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Aurora Cannabis Provides Key Updates on Business Transformation Plan
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Continues to Execute on Corporate Restructuring & Facility Rationalization Plan Aimed at Margin Improvement and Profitability
Exiting Fiscal Q4 2020 at an SG&A Run Rate of Approximately $42 Million
Remains on Track for Positive Adjusted EBITDA in Fiscal Q1 2021
– Aurora Cannabis Inc. (the "Company" or "Aurora") (NYSE |TSX: ACB), the Canadian company defining the future of cannabinoids worldwide, today provided a progress update on its Business Transformation Plan that was previously communicated February 6, 2020.
"Across our organization we continue to take decisive action and execute on our previously announced Business Transformation Plan," stated Michael Singer, Executive Chairman and Interim CEO of Aurora. "With today's announcement we have achieved our stated SG&A run-rate target and expect to operate at approximately $42 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The further cost savings and margin improvement to be realized from our facility rationalization plan is another example of our commitment to deliver greater efficiency throughout the business."
Mr. Singer further elaborated, "This has not simply been a cost cutting exercise. We have undertaken a strategic realignment of our operations to protect Aurora's position as a leader in key global cannabinoid markets, most notably Canada. Both the Canadian facility rationalization and inventory revaluation are expected to improve gross margins and accelerate our ability to generate positive cash flow. We believe that we now have the right balance for the long-term success of Aurora – market leadership, financial discipline, operational excellence, and strong execution. We remain focused on making Aurora a profitable and robust global cannabinoid company."
Since announcing the Business Transformation Plan, Aurora has taken a number of concrete steps that position the Company to meet or exceed the previously announced Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) cost target of $40 to $45 million, including R&D, as the Company exits Q4 2020.
Today, the Company announced the following initiatives:
Restructuring of Personnel and Third-Party Costs:
The Company has executed a material reduction in both corporate and production level employees and third-party consulting and professional spending across the organization. These changes include an approximate 25% reduction in Aurora's SG&A staff, most with immediate effect, and an approximate 30% reduction in production staff over the next two quarters. The corporate headcount rationalization was undertaken at all levels of the Company, including a restructuring of the executive leadership team and the recently announced retirement of President Steve Dobler.
The Q1 2021 SG&A run-rate of approximately $42 million represents a cost structure that the Company anticipates will be capable of supporting significantly higher levels of revenue in the future without a corresponding level of growth in SG&A.
Consolidation of Production Activities to Aurora's Most Efficient Facilities:
Aurora has initiated a plan to close operations at five facilities over the next two quarters in order to focus production and manufacturing at the Company's larger scale and highly efficient sites. The affected facilities are the smaller scale facilities, Aurora Prairie, Aurora Mountain, Aurora Ridge, Aurora Vie and Aurora Eau. Aurora expects that part of the Aurora Vie facility in Quebec will remain operational to allow for the manufacturing of certain higher margin products. By the end of fiscal Q2 2021, the Company intends to consolidate Canadian production and manufacturing at Aurora Sky, Aurora River (EU-GMP certified), Whistler Pemberton, and Polaris. As previously stated, the Aurora Sun production facility has been scaled back to six grow bays, and will allow for efficient scale production on an as-needed basis as market demand grows. As part of the transition, the Company also intends to immediately ramp up cannabis production at its Nordic facility in Europe from which it believes can adequately service the European market with EU-GMP certified product. This production and manufacturing consolidation plan represents a new, incremental cost reduction opportunity not previously considered in the original SG&A target.
In connection with the stated facility rationalization, Aurora expects to record production asset impairment charges of up to $60 million during Q4 2020. The Company also expects to record a charge of up to $140 million in the carrying value of certain inventory, predominantly trim, in order to align inventory on hand with near term expectations for demand. Approximately 40% of the expected inventory provision relates to the non-cash IFRS fair value adjustment within inventory.
In addition to the Company's continued focus on production efficiencies and yield improvements, Aurora expects that the production facility closures will be accretive to gross margin as the move to large scale operations is expected to result in a material reduction in per unit cost of goods by Q3 2021. The reduction in inventory carrying value is also expected to be modestly accretive to future gross margins as older, higher cost inventory is replaced with newer, lower cost inventory and consequently reflected in gross margins.
Aurora expects to report its Q4 2020 full financial results in early September.
Aurora is a global leader in the cannabis industry serving both the medical and consumer markets. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Aurora is a pioneer in global cannabis dedicated to helping people improve their lives. The Company's brand portfolio includes Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael '71, Daily Special, AltaVie, MedReleaf, CanniMed, Whistler, and ROAR Sports. Providing customers with innovative, high-quality cannabis products, Aurora's brands continue to break through as industry leaders in the medical, performance, wellness and recreational markets wherever they are launched. For more information, please visit our website at www.auroramj.com.
Aurora's Common Shares trade on the TSX and NYSE under the symbol "ACB", and is a constituent of the S&P/TSX Composite Index.
This news release includes statements containing certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities law ("forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "continue", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "potential", "proposed" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. These forward-looking statements are only predictions. Various assumptions were used in drawing the conclusions or making the projections contained in the forward-looking statements throughout this news release. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions, estimates and assumptions of management in light of management's experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected developments at the date the statements are made, such as current and future market conditions, the current and future regulatory environment and future approvals and permits. Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors that management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances could cause actual events, results, level of activity, performance, prospects, opportunities or achievements to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including the risks associated with: entering the U.S. market, the ability to realize the anticipated benefits associated with the acquisition of Reliva, achievement of Aurora's business transformation plan, general business and economic conditions, changes in laws and regulations, product demand, changes in prices of required commodities, competition, the effects of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and other risks, uncertainties and factors set out under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information form dated September 10, 2019 (the "AIF") and filed with Canadian securities regulators available on the Company's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and filed with and available on the SEC's website at www.edgar.gov. The Company cautions that the list of risks, uncertainties and other factors described in the AIF is not exhaustive and other factors could also adversely affect its results. Readers are urged to consider the risks, uncertainties and assumptions carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such information. The Company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities law.
The Company uses financial measures regarding itself, such as Adjusted EBITDA, that do not have standardized meaning under the International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other entities ("non-IFRS measures"). Further information relating to non-IFRS measures, is set out in the Company's management discussion and analysis for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 under the heading "Cautionary Statement Regarding Non-GAAP Performance Measures" and the "Revenue" section for reconciliation to the IFRS equivalent.
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CORONATION Street's Daniel Osbourne is quickly becoming Weatherfield's latest lothario as actor Rob Mallard admitted his character will enjoy a romance with Carla Connor while hoping for a future with ex Sinead Tinker.
Ken Barlow's brainbox grandson is set for a very saucy spring as a host of love interests rear their heads.
The Manchester-born telly star let slip his saucy script on Thursday's episode of This Morning.
It follows his character Daniel's decision not to sabotage former flame Sinead's wedding to Chesney Brown.
Thankfully for him, Chesney managed to scupper the ceremony all by himself as he shockingly called off the nuptials while the pair were saying their vows.
This Morning host Phillip Schofield asked Rob if he saw his role getting back with Sinead, played by Katie McGlynn, with whom he shared a pregnancy storyline in 2017.
Rob bluntly replied: "Yes. I think there's an unresolved relationship between them.
"But I think that when Ken said originally you will realise you weren't meant for each other.
Show stalwart Ken, played by William Roache, took drastic action to split Sinead and Daniel after her baby news emerged.
Yet after learning of his meddling, Daniel showed his evil side and pushed the pensioner down the stairs.
Meanwhile Rob, 25, showed he was following dad Peter Barlow's womaniser ways as he admitted he would woo an "older woman".
Clearly relieved to be free of the burden of the script secret, he gushed: "Yes, it's Carla.
Turning to Phil he added: "You can say, but I wasn't sure if I was allowed to say.
"She's working her way through the Barlow's isn't she?
"She's been through with it with Peter but its had a nice response online.


Sun Life Financial announced that it has acquired Maxwell Health, an innovative start-up with an employee benefits platform that makes benefits and HR administration simple for employers and their employees.
With Maxwell Health's platform, employees at small and mid-sized businesses can enroll in all their benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability, voluntary coverages, financial benefits such as health savings accounts, and lifestyle products like telemedicine. Maxwell Health's comprehensive benefits administration platform supports an employer's benefits strategy while streamlining the process by integrating with carriers, payroll systems and other third-party administrators.
Employees using the platform can access their benefits through a mobile app that includes virtual insurance ID cards and convenient access to support for health and benefits-related questions.
Based in Boston, Maxwell Health was founded in 2012 and has 125 employees. Maxwell Health will continue to operate independently and provide services to the group benefits industry, in addition to enhancing capabilities for Sun Life.
Since 2015, Sun Life has been an investor in Maxwell Health and a provider on its digital benefits marketplace with life, disability and other insurance offerings. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Sun Life Financial is a leading international financial services organization providing insurance, wealth and asset management solutions to individual and corporate clients. Sun Life Financial has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda.
https://maxwellhealth.com/ simplifies benefits and HR for small-to-mid-sized employers. The platform includes a marketplace that makes buying benefits intuitive for employees, tools that streamline HR processes including benefits administration and payroll, and a mobile app that makes using benefits easy. The company's purpose is to help families achieve health and financial well-being by modernizing how employees experience insurance, financial, and wellness benefits.


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Unum Therapeutics to Present at Upcoming Industry Conferences in September
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unum Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: UMRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing curative cell therapies for cancer, today announced its participation in the following industry conferences in September:
Cell & Gene Therapy Bioprocessing & Commercialization, September 9 - 12, Boston, MA.
Geoffrey Hodge, Chief Technical Officer at Unum Therapeutics, will present "Designing the Cell Therapy Facility of the Future by Learning from the Past" on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 8:40 a.m. ET.
CAR-TCR Summit, September 10 - 13, Boston, MA.
David O'Donnell, Director, Technology Operations at Unum Therapeutics, will present "Managing Leukapheresis for Autologous Cell Therapies" on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. ET.
Ann Ranger, Ph.D., Senior Director, Translational Medicine and Biomarkers at Unum Therapeutics, will present "Clinical Pharmacology of a Unique Antibody Coupled T Cell (ACTR) Therapy Combination Product" on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
2nd International Conference on Lymphocyte Engineering (ICLE), September 13 – 15, London, UK.
Seth Ettenberg, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer at Unum Therapeutics, will present "Addressing the Challenges of T Cell Therapies in Solid Tumors" on Friday, September 13, 2019 at 6:50 p.m. BST / 1:50 p.m. EDT in London, United Kingdom.
About Unum Therapeutics
Unum Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing curative cell therapies to treat a broad range of cancer patients. Unum's novel proprietary technologies include Antibody-Coupled T cell Receptor (ACTR), an autologous engineered T-cell therapy that combines the cell-killing ability of T cells and the tumor-targeting ability of co-administered antibodies to exert potent antitumor immune responses, and Bolt-On Chimeric Receptor (BOXR), designed to improve the functionality of engineered T cells by incorporating a "bolt-on" transgene to overcome resistance of the solid tumor microenvironment to T cell attack. Unum has multiple programs in Phase 1 clinical testing, including ACTR707 used in combination with rituximab in adult patients with r/r NHL and used in combination with trastuzumab in adult patients with HER2+ advanced cancer, and ACTR087 used in combination with the novel antibody SEA-BCMA in r/r multiple myeloma. Unum's BOXR1030 program targeting GPC3, an oncofetal antigen expressed in a variety of tumors including certain liver and lung cancers, is the first product candidate from the BOXR platform with preclinical studies underway to support the filing of an investigational new drug (IND) application. The Company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.
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Dr. Jeff Agricola, a board certified foot doctor/podiatrist/surgeon, has again been recognized by Angie's List as one of the top/best podiatrists in the greater Indianapolis area. Prestige Podiatry and Dr. Agricola received the Super Service Award from Angie's List for 2013 and continue to maintain their best grade of "A". Dr. Agricola continues to serve as an expert for many publications and has contributed to the Indianapolis Star and Fox News. Call Prestige Podiatry today serving Indianapolis, Carmel, Greenwood, Fishers, Noblesville, Zionsville, Westfield, and Center Grove, Indiana, IN.


When the sun first peeped up this morning, I could actually see some spotty frost on the ground and roofs this morning. I had to go back out to my car to get my sunglasses because the guides and dogs were grinning like a bunch of mules eating briars, and their teeth were about to blind me. We normally have our first killing frost around the week before Thanksgiving, but it is not at all unusual to have spotty frosts anytime in late October or early November. I don't believe we had any frost at all last year until early January.
Also, this time last year, I was really struggling with the fact that my beloved wife of 47 years had ovarian cancer. I am now praising God for the doors that He opened, and how well Martha is doing. I know that she is almost all the way back because she has gotten her feisty personality and love of shopping back. When she lost her hair after surgery and during chemo, I told her, " Baby, your hair will come back, but there is no hope for mine". She has a beautiful head of white hair now, and we both like it that way. She has no plans to color it while I still have no plans to grow any more hair. Flesh is a color, is it not?
This time last year, we were still feverishly working to get our English Cocker breeding and training program where we wanted it. We are there now, and they are a joy to behold. We are finally at the point that we can begin selling a few of these little gems without handicapping ourselves. We have really devoted a lot of manpower and dollars to this program, and believe that it is a winning formula.
Now some things have not changed. I still seem to be in the twilight of my mediocre career. I am reminded of the time that I tried out for the youth choir. After listening to me sing, the youth choir director sweetly told me that those who sit and listen to songs also serve the Lord. I think that she was trying to tell me to please not join her choir. I still come down to the office most every morning and stay until after lunch. I have been gently reminded by Cader IV, Jerry, and Greg that I am welcome to visit and chat with the guests. But, I am not welcome to get involved in the logistics of how things are run. I'm certain that they have amnesia, or they would recall who taught them this program. However, I will freely admit that a ship can't have two captains, and I am very confident and comfortable with my succession plan. I have plenty of other boards and enough outside activities to prevent my brain from atrophying.
Another thing that has not changed is the politics of Washington. We seem to be more one nation divided rather than united, and I have no clue as to how to fix this problem. It seems that one side wants to defeat the other side no matter what it might cost the people who elected them to serve. We tried this secession business once many years ago, and that didn't turn out so hot for the South. However, I have no idea how to work with a bunch of "looney tunes" who think that fish, trees, etc. have feelings. I'm also a firm believer in the Jewish/ Christian work ethic. I have a great friend whose board I serve on who has a line that says, "we drive our own cars rather than rentals". What he is really saying is that everyone in his organization has skin in the game. If you do not have to work for what you receive, live in, or eat, why would you take any pride in it?
OK, I'm through preaching for the day; so I will close with this funny line that a friend sent me—" The human body is 60% water. I'm not fat, I'm flooded". And one other BIG change from last year—my beloved Bulldogs finally got the Florida Gator jinx off of our backs with a resounding victory on Saturday!


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Sissieretta Jones Biography
Sissieretta Jones (ca. 1868–1933)
The African American vocalists who flourished during the nineteenth century found that the opportunities for success in the world of classical music were virtually nonexistent even for those whose vocal abilities should have resulted in professional notoriety. However, there were a few singers who, despite extreme obstacles, found enough success to make it feasible for those who followed to reach otherwise inconceivable levels of achievement. One of those few was soprano Sissieretta Jones.
Born Matilda Sissieretta Joyner, Jones's date of birth differs in various sources; however, Jones biographer Maureen Lee used 5 January 1868 based on 1870 United States Census records and the 1968 dissertation by Jones family member Willia Estelle Daughtry. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Jones was the daughter of an ex-slave and minister who was able to provide her with the opportunities necessary for her to receive a musical education. The family moved to Providence, Rhode Island, when Sissieretta was still young, and they settled within a thriving African American community. As a classically trained singer who studied at the New England Conservatory, the soprano earned notoriety as a performer in New York, by touring in the Americas and Europe, and by performing for political dignitaries, including four American presidents.
Referred to as "Black Patti," Jones was compared to Italian-French soprano Adelina Patti (1843–1919), the most famous opera singer of her era, but Jones' race prevented her from being seriously considered for suitable soprano roles in the world's opera houses. Jones had "a big voice that spanned nearly two and a half octaves, from a low C to a high E. Her upper notes were described as clear and bell-like, and her lower register was said to have the depth of a contralto."1
White music critics and audiences who were accustomed to African Americans represented on stage by the negative stereotypes of minstrelsy were simply unused to seeing them as serious performers on the classical music stage. Jones was obliged to shape her musical career within the limited professional options available to her. This was a situation similarly faced by other African American singers, including the "Black Swan," Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield (ca. 1824–1876), who gave a command performance for England's Queen Victoria in 1854, tenor Thomas Bowers (ca. 1823–1885), called the "Colored Mario," who toured with Greenfield before developing a career as a solo recitalist, and Marie Selika Williams (ca. 1849–1937), a coloratura soprano who was the first African American artist to perform at the White House and gave a command performance for Queen Victoria in 1883, and sisters Anna Madah Hyers (ca. 1855–1929) and Emma Louise Hyers (ca. 1857–1901), who were singers and pioneers in musical theater. Each of these singers found that:
So much attention has been given to the folk songs of the illiterate and to Negro buffoonery, that few have realized how arduously the lone artists strove to achieve musical recognition. In a letter to a friend, Bowers in his maturity wrote, "What induced me more than anything else to appear in public was to give the lie to 'Negro serenaders' (minstrels), and to show to the world that colored men and women could sing classical music as well as the members of the other races by whom they had been so terribly vilified."2
Limited by the societal restrictions of the time, Jones eventually settled for headlining the Black Patti Troubadours, performing costumed excerpts from operas in what was, otherwise, predominately a minstrel show. Touring was an extremely difficult life for African Americans in the 19th- and early 20th-century:
Advertisement of Sissieretta Jones and the Black Patti Troubadours
Segregated hotels turned her away, and not only in the South. The same year the Troubadours were founded, 1896, the United States Supreme Court allowed racial segregation in its Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which held that "separate but equal" facilities were constitutional. That fall, when Jones's young company tried to tour Hartford, every hotel refused them, according to The New York Times. She eventually got a private rail car to live in while on the road.3
The challenges Jones faced throughout her career were aptly described:
Sissieretta Jones struggled as an artist, fighting daily for dignity and artistic survival in a world that viewed her as, at best, a freakish imitation of a white ideal. Refusing to see her only as the gifted singer she was, the public lauded her with left-handed praise: the "dusky diva," the "chocolate-hued" songstress, the "Black Patti." Critics acknowledged her beauty, but never without qualifications: "The Black Patti is of pure Negro blood," said one reporter, "nevertheless [emphasis added], she is of very pleasing appearance." The comparisons with Patti were ludicrous; there was no comparing the two. Patti was the idol of millions, demanded at least $4,000 nightly, and retired to her opulent Welsh castle, complete with private theater. Jones rarely earned more than $300 for one appearance and retired, largely forgotten, to a life of poverty.4
Shortly after the Black Patti Troubadours dissolved due to Jones's extended throat illness and the company's financial difficulties, Jones retired so that she could care for her ill mother. She settled in Providence in 1915 and, in succeeding years, had to sell her valuables and gifts to support herself. She also taught music to area students.
When Sissieretta Jones died from cancer in Providence on 24 June 1933, she was buried in an unmarked grave paid for by a local businessman who had also provided financial assistance during the two years of her final illness. Years later, Jones's biographer, Maureen Lee, established a GoFundMe campaign to raise sufficient monies to purchase a tombstone for the deceased singer. The stone's placement in June 2018 was part of a series of events intended to commemorate Jones's life on what was believed to be the 150th anniversary year of her birth.
Lee summed up Jones' life in the singer's biography:
Although Sissieretta had good fortune in her professional life, her personal life was touched by sadness and loss–the death of her only child at age two; little or no relationship with her father during her adult years; divorce from her gambling, drunken husband; the long illness and death of her beloved mother; and poverty and sickness in her own final years. Despite it all, she maintained a positive attitude and persevered. She had achieved what she set out to do–sing on the stage–and, in the process, had become famous. She acquired her fame by traveling from one city and town to another, day after day, month after month, year after year. Her singing impressed various newspaper writers and critics, who wrote reviews describing her magnificent voice, her graceful manner, and the stunning gowns and jewels she wore…. From the beginning of her career, Sissieretta became a role model for her race and helped lower the racial boundaries that prejudice imposed on her and other African Americans. She taught white Americans that black people could sing classical music and popular standards and sound as elegant and breathtaking as white vocalists, and she showed them that African Americans could achieve fame and prosperity.5
1Rosalyn M. Story. And So I Sing: African-American Divas of Opera and Concert. (New York: Warner Books, 1990), 4.
2Maud Cuney Hare. Negro Musicians and Their Music. (New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1996), 201.
3Michael Cooper. "Overlooked No More: Sissieretta Jones, a Soprano Who Shattered Racial Barriers;" New York Times, September 2, 2018, D8. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/obituaries/sissieretta-jones-overlooked.html, accessed May 17, 2019.
4Story, 18.
5Lee, Maureen D. "Retirement and Tributes." In Sissieretta Jones: "The Greatest Singer of Her Race," 1868-1933, 234-44. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2012. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv6wgkvn.18.
A short documentary on Sissieretta Jones produced by Carnegie Hall:
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To me, summer means potato salad season. And coleslaw season, and watermelon season, and ice cream season, and gin and tonic season. . . but primarily, potato salad season. So, quick: when you think of potato salad, what type do you think of?
Well, there are the "smooth and creamy potato salad" people. There are the "tangy, vinegary potato salad" people. There are the "small cubed potatoes potato salad" people and the "big, honkin' chunks of potato potato salad" people. There are the "grilled potatoes potato salad" people. And there are even the "radishes and potatoes potato salad " people (an iteration I'd never encountered before this summer).
And moi? I like 'em all. The HH is a huge fan of potatoes in any form, prepared using any cooking method and dressed with any and all toppings or seasonings (unfortunately, his sole requirement is that they be plated alongside a piece of animal protein).
Since I adore leafy green vegetables and have also been trying to incorporate more of them into my diet lately, I'm eternally scouting out recipes that make use of greens in novel and interesting ways. A few nights ago I remembered this old favorite that we haven't eaten in a couple of years at least. The recipe is from a book I found over a decade ago, in the remainder bin at a local bookstore. Called, simply, The Greens Book, it's a slender volume offering a multitude of esoteric recipes with a handful of more accessible ones (of which this salad is one). Mostly, I've used the book as a reference source when I want to identify some mysterious or previously unencountered green that's crossed my path (sometimes literally), as it also provides sharp and stunning photographs of each type of leaf.
I've proclaimed my affection for raw dandelion greens in an earlier post; this salad uses barely-wilted stems and leaves and pairs them with cooked, still-warm potato chunks and a lemony, garlicky, olive-oil dressing. It's quick, easy, and perfect as an accompaniment to a Bar B Q buffet or as a main course if served alongside another salad. Because the flavors are so pronounced, this dish can easily liven up a humble or mildly flavored main course.
Although they're not technically herbs, dandelions do grow in my very own backyard, so I'm submitting this recipe to Kalyn's Weekend Herb Blogging event, started at Kalyn's Kitchen and this week hosted by Simona at Briciole.
Cooked on the stovetop in no time at all, this salad won't overheat the house on a hot summer's evening. Though it's great served warm, this is also wonderful at room temperature.
total winner! dandelion is the best thing ever. seriously.
Yum I love those little red potatoes. What about the apples in potato salad people?? I just find that weird. The apples look like potato when cut up so sometimes you take a bite and get something different than what you expected! The potato salad I grew up with is the creamy, unhealthy and oh so delicious kind – though it uses eggs which I'm trying to cut back on. It's basically potatoes mashed up a bit, hard boiled eggs cut up, miracle whip, green onions, some sliced hard boiled eggs on top and a sprinkling of paprika.
I was definitely a creamy potato salad girl (although the thought of all that egg and mayo makes me want to gag), but this looks really good!
What an intriguing potato salad recipe!!
I couldn't even pretend to like tater salad as a kid- the smell, the color, the boiled eggs (gross!) would just freak me out. It wasn't until I was on my own that I figured out potato salad didn't have to be a mayo-salad. Yours looks fresh and yummy and delicious!
I've been calling the dandelions in my back yard weeds. I will now think of them as herbs.
I am a mustard and green beans potato salad person, but I really like the idea of using steamed greens.
Interesting. Never thought to add olives to my potato salad, and I'm an olive fiend. I'll keep this one in mind for sure.
That looks beautiful–and what a great way to use dandelion greens!
I don't think I've ever had dandelion greens. Haha I didn't know dandelions were good for anything besides wishing on!
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I've never heard of apples in potato salad–it does sound a bit weird! But your childhood version is so close to the one my mom used to make!
I have to admit, I was a creamy type, too–but this one is still my new favorite!
Thanks! Glad you like the look of it.
I've never had beans in p.s. before–sounds like it would work very well. And those "weeds" can be mighty tasty!
Glad you like it! Let me know how it turns out if you do end up making it.
It may sound like a strange addition, but it just seems to work with the bitterness of the dandelion.
this salad makes dandelion greens look very appetizing! But as there are none in my backyard I am unsure where to find them.
this is a fantastic way to use up the random greens growing all over my veggie patch. thank you.
OMG that looks awesome!! And I could share the leftovers with my guinea pigs–they LOVE dandelion greens too!
I love the way it looks, the verdict is still out on the dandelions. Okay, so I've never tasted them and totally know not of what I speak but I have this sense they'll be bitter. I hate arugula – so how close are dandelions?
Cool! Somehow I just never think of dandelions that way. All in all, this is such an interesting recipe it is worth trying just for the fun factor alone.
Dandelion greens are sold everywhere here–in the supermarket, alongside the romaine lettuce or spinach leaves! I'm not sure I'd use the ones in my garden just yet–maybe in a year or two. And I agree about the potato salad!
Yes, they're a great way to clean up the yard!
yes, they are, indeed, bitter tasting–though somehow, in dandelion greens, this appeals to me (as opposed to, say, kale, which I find bitter cooked but not raw).
Interesting, yes, but also delicious! We love it over here. Let me know what you think if you do give it a try!
I have so many weeds in my own backyard- this is really a great idea for "disposing" of them! It looks like such a delicious salad.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm. I do love potato salad and I don't think I've ever eaten dandelion — it sounds delicious!
Tangy, lemony potato salad – especially if it has kalamata olives – is exactly the kind I desire. Warm dandelion greens are the perfect addition. Can I come live at your house?
This looks delicious! I just checked with Zoe to see if it's Greek, and it's not, but with these ingredients I think it ought to be. I think it's a Greek dish that the Greeks just haven't thought of yet!
Mmm, dandelions! And to think… people call them weeds!
If you've never disposed of dandelion weeds this way, it's a terrific introduction! It may not be sweet, but it is deliciously tart and (a little bit) bitter.
I've even been known to have it for breakfast w/ some scrambled tofu. Let me know how you like it if you do give it a try!
What kind of potato salad person am I? Good question. While I think about the answer, can I have some more of your dandelion potato salad?
I'm definitely a standard creamy potato salad girl, but I'd eat any kind. Definitely this kind.
Great entry! I have always wanted that cookbook. What a unique take on potato salad.


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Firefighters turn in their gear after convicted arsonist replaces fire chief in Illinois town
December 23, 2021 | Vivek Saxena | Print Article
The board of trustees of one Illinois fire district is under heavy fire right now over their inexplicable, abrupt decision to oust (but not fire) the city's fire chief and replace him with a convicted arsonist whose father boasts a powerful position in the county's emergency management agency.
Granted, the arsonist, Jerame Simmons, had been former chief John Rosencranz's second-in-command. Moreover, Simmons committed the arson 20 years ago at the age of 18.
"Jerame Simmons pleaded guilty to arson more than 20 years ago when he was just 18. He was accused of setting fire to a vacant home and setting another, smaller fire, at Dupo High School. He served probation. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has since pardoned him," according to station KTVI.
However, resentment still lingers so much that over half of the fire department quit on the spot.
"Still, the town remembers the school being set on fire. The town remembers the house set on fire where we had firefighters fall and be injured," former fire captain Laura Rosencranz, the wife of the man whom Simmons has replaced, told the station.
Her husband appears to agree.
"I think it's appalling and disgusting. We're not going to have the adequate protection here. It's not going to be as it should be here. I'm kind of blindsided but not. I knew it was coming, but I didn't expect it to be a couple of days before Christmas," he told the station.
He added that his family lost their own home during a Christmas fire seven years ago, and that he was taken aback when Simmons was suddenly appointed his assistant chief earlier this fall.
"Rosenkranz said the board held an 'unusual' meeting in August in which they announced Simmons would be appointed the department's acting assistant chief. Rosenkranz said he was not notified of the decision beforehand, even though he typically spent about 40 hours a week at the fire station on top of his full-time job as a teamster," according to The Washington Post.
Both he and his wife reportedly resigned immediately after the Prairie Du Pont Fire District's board of trustees announced Rosencranz's ouster during a hearing Monday.
Laura "told the board its decision was unacceptable," according to the Post.
She wasn't alone.
Posted by Prairie Du Pont Volunteer Fire on Monday, December 20, 2021
"Here's my gear," one fighter said as he also resigned.
A total of ten of the department's 13 firefighters reportedly quit that evening.
Eight of them, including both of the Rosencranz, had signed a joint letter beforehand announcing their intention to resign if Simmons or another man named Wade Bivins was appointed as chief.
"This letter is to inform you, the County Board of Saint Clair County, with regret and sorrow that the majority membership of the PRAIRIE DU POINT FIRE DEPARTMENT below, intends to resign should either Jerome Simmons Sr, or Wade Bivins be appointed by the Prairie Du Pont Fire Protection District Board of Trustees, as FIRE CHIEF," the letter reads.
They've since published a couple of follow-up letters, including one in which they accuse Simmons of "continually going against the FIRE CHIEF and questioning his decisions."
"The past few months have been disheartening. Jerame's recent behavior on high stakes calls, during training, and illegal activities such as OSHA violations has shown a lack of respect for the department, and the rank structure we adhere to," the letter reads.
In another follow-up letter, this one posted Wednesday, they called on Illinois's attorney general and state-level lawmakers to investigate not only this matter but Prairie Du Pont Fire District's board of trustees as well.
"In the past 2 years there have been open meetings act violations, federal background check violations, tort law violations, civil rights violations, discrimination, and sexual harassment issues," the stinging letter reads.
"The board refuses to hear the departments pleas for the laws and regulations of the State of Illinois and of the Federal Government to be followed. They will not let the public read or look at the minutes of their meetings. There is NO financial report being made to the general public. There are no (postings) of budgets or equipment contracts."
Posted by Prairie Du Pont Volunteer Fire on Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Partly at issue is the refusal by the board of trustees to simply explain why they've removed Rosencranz. All that they've said thus far is that "a change" was needed.
"In taking this step, the board does not act lightly. While the board appreciates the prior service of Chief Rosenkranz, it has become apparent to the board over the last few months that a change in the fire department's leadership is needed," they reportedly said in a statement.
Also at issue is possible nepotism.
Simmons' father is Herb Simmons, the longtime director of the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency.
This, according to critics, is no coincidence. Nor is it coincidental that Simmons' father is allegedly a rabid Democrat (though this hasn't been confirmed).
His dad, Herb Simmons, is a big time Democrat player in St Clair county which likes to operate like Cook County South.
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Paulie Malignaggi wants to keep his boxing dream alive ahead of this weekends clash with Sam Eggington on the Haye vs Bellew undercard at London's O2, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Malignaggi who is a former two-weight world champion does not deny he is still motivated and as hungry as ever.
Eggington stopped former world title challenger Frankie Gavin in a candidate for fight-of-the-year back in October, but the experienced Malignaggi feels he is facing Eggington at the right time.
"The top 10 is pretty top-heavy but at the bottom it's pretty much open season," he said.
The New Yorker last boxed in the UK in December 2015 on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte and also acknowledged the British support as a reason behind his decision to fight on.
Watch Sam Eggington v Paulie Malignaggi on the undercard of Haye v Bellew on March 4, live on Sky Sports Box Office.


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John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his work having been in publication for only four years before his death. John Keats poems are characterized by sensual imagery, most notably in the series of odes. This is typical of romantic poets, as they aimed to accentuate extreme emotion through the emphasis of natural imagery. Today his poems and letters are some of the most popular and most analyzed in English literature. All John Keats poems are very inspirational and motivational.
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Waffles You can cook with Multi Baker Redmond Series 6. Waffle irons are fading into the past they were replaced by a multi-baker. Why multi, because simply changing the panel, and you get a new device for cooking a popular dish!
The choice of panels for a multi-baker is constantly expanding. Today, the sixth series of the Redmond multi-baker includes 40 panels, and the 7 Pro series includes 25 panels.
We offer recipes for making waffles on removable panels RAMB-02, RAMB-12.
and many other devices for baking or frying.
Panel Viennese waffles for REDMOND Multi Baker (wafer baking dish RAMB-02). Will allow you to cook Viennese, Belgian or Swedish waffles.
Separate yolks from proteins. Beat yolks with sugar. Add the softened butter to the yolks and beat. Then add milk and vanilla, mix. Add baking powder, flour and knead the dough.
Beat the whites with salt until frothy and gently mix into the dough.
Install the panels. Enable multipecker, close lid. When the green light comes on, open the lid and place the dough into the molds. Close the lid.
Panel Dutch waffles for REDMOND Multi Baker (crackers and waffles baking dish) RAMB-12). They will make Dutch waffles with honey or condensed milk, as well as light crackers.


Headache is pain in the region of head or neck and is a symptom of various diseases.
Headache could be primary (i.e no known underlying cause) or secondary( when there is a known or detectable underlying cause) Common causes of primary headache are Migraine, tension headache, cluster headache, trigeminal neuralgia. Secondary causes of headache include blood clots or bleeding in the brain, brain tumours, acute sinusitis, brain infections or stroke. It is very important to identify the cause of the headache for its proper management. Some of these produce very severe headache and neck pain.
Migraine is one of the most common causes of headache. Migraine affects one side of the head, is throbbing or pulsating in type and can last upto 3 days. It is usually associated with strong dislike for light and sound/noise and many times there is vomiting. Some patients experience an aura that may affect the vision or sensation or weakness of limbs which warns of the impending migraine attack. There are many triggers for migraine headache.
Tension is the most common cause of headache in adults. It is a described as a mild to severe pain or band/heavy sensation over the head. There could be many precipitating causes for tension headache like poor sleep, poor posture, mental stress, hunger, overexertion, etc.
Sinus headaches are caused by infected sinuses. They are an uncommon type of headache and are felt as a dull or throbbing pain in the upper face. A lot of people assume they have sinus headaches whereas they are most likely to be suffering from migraine or tension headache. It tends to be at its worst in the morning and may improve by afternoon. There is worsening of pain on moving the head, bending down or staining at stool.
Most of the primary headaches like migraine, tension headache or cluster headache can be treated effectively with medicines. Often certain tests like MRI or CT scan of the brain are done to rule out other serious causes of headache. Occasionally Botulinum toxin injections are administered for refractory migraine.
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Publicity stunts and public perception make for interesting reads today. Both Huawei and Domino's have engaged in entertaining promotions, with the latter biting off more than it could chew. In Australia, fruit growers are distraught after the wide-spread sabotage of strawberries devastates the industry. Enjoy the read.
Focus on France ▪ French retailer Casino, whose stock price has fallen by almost a third this year, said it had been contacted by domestic rival Carrefour in recent days over a possible tie-up and that it had rejected the approach. However, Carrefour denied in a separate statement having ever "solicited" Casino.
Future investments ▪ German supermarket chain Rewe is upping its e-commerce game with the opening of a logistics centre designed to serve its fast-growing online sales. Click here for pictures (captions in German). Meanwhile, Carrefour Poland has launched a franchise store concept for petrol stations with a focus on convenience and service.
Ethical issues ▪ Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has introduced a blockchain mapping system to educate consumers about the origins of its own-label orange juice. Meanwhile, ethical questions are being raised about the astonishingly low wages for Italian workers making luxury clothes.
Metro matters ▪ Metro Properties, the real estate arm of Germany's Metro AG, has sold its real estate property in Poland for EUR 20.3 million to Corum Asset Management. The Germans have acquired the land in Poznań in 2008 to build a Makro cash & carry store. The plan was stalled because of the economic slowdown.
Fuelling competition ▪ JD.com, China's second largest e-commerce retailer, is planning to open 1,000 online to offline supermarkets in the next three to five years, stepping up its competition with Alibaba and Tencent to dominate the mainland grocery business.
Fruit contamination ▪ An act of 'commercial terrorism' has brought Australia's multimillion-dollar strawberry industry to its knees following the discovery of needles hidden in the fruit. Supermarkets both in Australia and New Zealand are withdrawing the produce and hundreds of thousands of berries are being dumped by growers.
Coming soon ▪ The much anticipated 'IconSiam' development in Bangkok has been given an official opening date of November 9. The USD 1.67 billion development will house two shopping centres, 188 store concepts and 14 flagship stores of popular international brands.
Walmart worried ▪ The world's largest retailer has responded to Trump's latest USD 200 billion tariffs on Chinese goods, with a letter expressing concerns of inevitable price hikes. Hundreds of other retailers including Target and Kohl's are also pushing back against the tariffs.
Teaming up ▪ Walgreen Boots Alliance has partnered with Alibaba in an attempt to increase sales on the international stage. The American health and beauty chain will use the e-commerce giant's Tmall platform to offer its most popular brands.
Publicity tricks
Entertaining rivalry ▪ Huawei has tried to upstage Apple on the day of its latest iPhone launch. The smart-phone manufacturer drove a van to the tech giant's flagship store in London and gave out free juice with the tagline 'no traces of apple' and 'get ju%ce that lasts', referring to the longer battery life claims of Huawei.
Pizza for life ▪ Pizza giant Domino's Russian promotion went awry when it offered a life-time supply of pizza to anyone who got a tattoo featuring the company logo. An overwhelming response of 381 qualified applications in four days meant the promo, which was scheduled to last for two months, had to be pulled. Check out some of the winning tattoos here.