According to the novel; In the house everyone had their own mug, her father own was blue, her mother own was red while her own was orange.the cups also have a size but probably those were to quest.
She had the orange cup... While her dad had the blue cup, and her mum had the red cup..


Clean and cut the asparagus in pieces. Put the asparagus, broth, salt and pepper in the bowl, close the lid, set the thermostat dial to position 4, press the bottom heating element button and press the on/off button.
Cook for 20 minutes (depending on the type and size of the asparagus used). At the end, remove the paddle, add the Grana Padano cheese, bread crumbs and oil, mix well and spread evenly in the bowl.


The fact that I can say that despite all of things that need attention around me makes my head spin. I have so many frying pans in the fire that I'm running out of firewood! Spreading myself thin has taken on a new meaning in the past few years. By no means is this a complaint – I wouldn't live a life other than the one I am now living – but if I'm not careful I can quickly slip into feeling overwhelmed, sad, and helpless wondering about what I left behind in the wake of answering the call that lies before me.
I tried a few times in my lifetime to fit into the normal mold of what a Christian mother/wife/leader (whatever I am) is supposed to look like. The popular Bible studies and books meant to "better" my life all lined my bookshelves; they didn't just line my bookshelves, I read them all and I learned, oh did I learn, that I am an enigma among my peers. This has caused me great frustration over the years; I would find myself wondering (and sometimes still do find myself wondering) what was wrong with me? Why couldn't I be just like everyone else and be satisfied with what normal people are satisfied with?
I've long dreamt of a home of our own to settle down in. My husband and I have tried a couple of times to "settle down" and do what we thought was expected/needed from us. I lived in a house in the USA for just over 2 years that I loved. I thought this was to be the place where my grandchildren would visit me and I would finally be able to "nest." I kept it well; I loved it so – but the tug for what waited for me on the other side of the horizon called my name every morning and evening. I planted a garden and a hedge and it was beautiful but there came a time when a choice had to be made and we drove away from that home for the last time. We once again said goodbye and boarded a plane, looking for the place that kept calling our names from the other side of the world.
I've dreamt of being a normal mother and grandmother. Well, I know I'd never be normal in the classic sense of the word, but I have dreamt of being accessible, nearby, to see my grown children have children and watch their families grow. I pictured myself wearing bright red lipstick, driving with my grandchildren to buy toys and ice cream and feeling their little arms around my neck and telling them how much I love them. Seeing them through Snapchat, Instagram, and Facetime does little to soothe the ache that fills my chest whenever their names are uttered. Then, they resume living and I hear our names called from far and I have to answer.
On a far less serious note, I've dreamt of having a dishwasher, a SUPERMARKET with lunch meat, hairspray, shampoo, soap, and Ziplock bags, and a nice salon where I can get my hair done – ice cream would be amazing too.
In the distance, however, a people calls our names and where they are, I can't find any of these things but what I do find in doing God's will brings me deep joy that I can't explain.
I suppose today's blog is my Thanksgiving blog and I have so much for which to be thankful – and at the same time I find myself wishing that the traditional Thanksgiving turkey would be on our table tomorrow. I wish for the day to be surrounded by all those who are far, to hear a loud football game playing on TV for my husband, to pray a Thanksgiving prayer and tell each one how much I love them.
But a traditional Thanksgiving is not in the cards for us this year. We don't have a turkey, no stuffing, no eggnog, no gravy, and no football game (although I'm quite sure my youngest son will find a way to send his dad a link to view the game). What is in the cards for our Thanksgiving is a day with those who are here with us. We will have, of all things, homemade enchiladas with salad and a cake for dessert. With those family members and friends we have here we will give thanks, thanks for all we have and for the opportunity to answer the call. Yes, I thank God for the opportunity to say yes, to obey Him, to grow enough in courage and faith to answer when He called.
The call took away so much of what we would consider "dear:" family, friends, culture, language, finance, and more. Things that you don't think you would miss like toothpaste and your preferred brands of shampoo suddenly become a big deal when every day you are reminded of all that you have left to answer Heaven's charge.


Cherry Bullet is a brand new eleven-member girl group coming out of FNC Entertainment. While FNC Entertainment isn't exactly new to housing multiple groups, this is only the second girl group they've debuted. With AOA sort of starting to lose steam, it makes sense to me that they'd be pushing out a new group, but I was curious to see what they would do to keep their identities separate. From the teasers (as well as the group's name), it seemed as though they were intending to jump on board with the girl crush concept, so I jumped into this video with excitement to see what their take on it would be like.
For a debut track, however, this is very solid. There's a good showing of a lot of color and flavor here, and I do think that this sounds different enough from what other girl groups are putting out at least in terms of title tracks to keep Cherry Bullet from being compared to the current mainstays. I adore the verses of this song and while the rest of the song doesn't get as much of an absolute approval from me, I think that overall it's still good.
I'm not really going to delve into any of the stuff dealing with the rumors of Cherry Bullet supposedly having "Bingle Bangle" as their slated debut track last year and getting pushed back, but there are definitely some similarities in concepts between the two. The entire 8-bit video game theme seems to be running rampant currently, and while I don't necessarily mind it, I do wish that there would be a bit more differentiation between these concepts. In terms of color palettes, this has a good blending of both softer and bolder tones to create a rather pleasing aesthetic.
I don't know that I could really talk about this video without mentioning the rather obvious D.va reference, which I personally found to be pretty cute. After all, she is a Korean video game star, even if fictional, so it was nice to see some love thrown her way for a concept that fits so closely to her own background. I especially loved the part when they fired the mech's guns in sync with the "da da da da da" lyrics. It was almost enough for me to forgive those lyrics entirely.
I will say, however, that I don't really care much at all for the outfits the girls have on. They seemed a bit too plain to me, and I don't think they really matched all that well together, either. Some certainly did more than others, but I just feel like overall the aesthetic of the video and the general concept didn't really seem in line with what they were wearing. Even still,the girls all looked fabulous and I'll admit that I'm interested in learning more about the group as a whole, so I'll probably be checking into some of their upcoming variety spots.
"Q&A" is one of the best girl group debuts in some time in my opinion. While there are certainly aspects here and there that I personally would count as faults, every group has things to improve on and I'm excited to see Cherry Bullet to do exactly that in the future. I'm curious if they'll stick with this sort of video game concept or if they'll branch out and try out some other ideas depending on the general reception, but I guess that's just something we'll see down the line. If you haven't already, I actually would that everybody give this debut a try, especially if you're a fan of funky bass guitar riffs as a main instrumental.


Ohme, F., Hannam, M., & Husa, S. (2011). Reliability of complete gravitational waveform models for compact binary coalescences. Physical Review D, 84: 064029. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.84.064029.
Abstract: With recent advances in post-Newtonian (PN) theory and numerical relativity (NR) it has become possible to construct inspiral-merger-ringdown gravitational waveforms from coalescing compact binaries by combining both descriptions into one complete hybrid signal. It is important to estimate the error of such waveforms. Previous studies have identified the PN contribution as the dominant source of error, which can be reduced by incorporating longer NR simulations. There are two outstanding issues that make it difficult to determine the minimum simulation length necessary to produce suitably accurate hybrids: (1) the relevant criteria for a signal search is the mismatch between the true waveform and a set of model waveforms, optimized over all waveforms in the model. For discrete hybrids this optimization is not possible. (2) these calculations require that NR waveforms already exist, while ideally we would like to know the necessary length before performing the simulation. Here we overcome these difficulties by developing a general procedure that allows us to estimate hybrid mismatch errors without numerical data, and to optimize them over all physical parameters. Using this procedure we find that, contrary to some earlier studies, ~10 NR orbits before merger allow for the construction of waveform families that are accurate enough for detection in a broad range of parameters, only excluding highly spinning, unequal-mass systems. Nonspinning binaries, even with high mass-ratio (>20) are well modeled for astrophysically reasonable component masses. In addition, the parameter bias is only of the order of 1% for total mass and symmetric mass-ratio and less than 0.1 for the dimensionless spin magnitude. We take the view that similar NR waveform lengths will remain the state of the art in the Advanced detector era, and begin to assess the limits of the science that can be done with them.


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We will start by installing Node.js and the DataStax Node.js Cassandra driver, and then provide simple demo code for connecting the remote server (Cassandra) and the local program.
Go to Nodejs.org and choose an appropriate version to download.
This command will create a "node_modules" folder and a JSON file called "package-lock.json". For more information about the driver, visit the DataStax Node.js for Apache Cassandra GitHub page.
For this example, we will be creating some sample data. To connect to your instaclustr Cassandra cluster database using the CQL shell, see the support article Connecting to Instaclustr Using Cqlsh. If the connection is successful, you will see the "iccassandra@cqlsh>" prompt.
Create a file "my_node_example.js", and open it in a text editor of your choice. This file will need to reference the cassandra-driver file in the node_modules folder, so for easy access we saved my_node_example.js into node_modules. If you saved the file elsewhere, be sure to reference the correct location of cassandra-driver.
In the my_node_example.js file, copy in the following code. Note that in the DataStax Node.js driver, clusters are referred to as "clients".
//"cassandra-driver" is in the node_modules folder. Redirect if necessary.
Replace 'Public IP' with the public IP addresses used by your cluster. Also replace 'Username' and 'Password' with your cluster's authentication settings. To obtain your cluster's username and password settings, go to console.instaclustr.com > Log In > Cluster Details > Connection Info > Default Credentials for Password Authentication.
You should obtain the following results. Note that the outputs may not be in the same order, due to the asynchronous nature of NodeJS.


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"Mexicos beach wars: This week Krishnan Guru-Murthy is in Mexico to see how the whole tourist industry is at risk of being destroyed. The drug wars are well known and generally kept away from the beach resorts, but right now there is a new threat, even in places like Cancun. The crew normally go and look for the story, but this time it came to them. Be warned there are scenes of gang violence you may find disturbing. Subscribe to our channel for more Unreported World episodes https://www.youtube.com/unreportedworld."


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// ================================================================
// CORE CLASSES
//
// basic ... 基本
// thread ... スレッド形式
// ================================================================

import Character from './character';

import Token from './core/compiler/token';
import tokenize from './core/compiler/tokenizer';
import { SimpleRenderer } from './renderer';
import { INamePartToken } from './core/compiler/rules/name-part-of-serif';

import anchor from './core/compiler/rules/anchor';
import name, { fast as fastName } from './core/compiler/rules/name-part-of-serif';

export interface OptionsBase {
	title?: string;
	characters: {
		id?: string;
		name: string[];
		color: string;
	}[];
}

export type CharactersStatistics = {
	id: string;
	onStageRatio: number;
}[];

/**
 * ノベル基底クラス
 */
export abstract class NovelBase {
	abstract type: string;

	/**
	 * ノベル タイトル
	 */
	public title: string;

	/**
	 * 登場人物
	 */
	public characters: Character[];

	public abstract toHtml();

	/**
	 * ノベルを初期化します。
	 * @param options ノベル情報
	 */
	constructor(options: OptionsBase) {
		this.title = options.title || null;
	}

	abstract getCharactersStatistics(): CharactersStatistics;

	/**
	 * キャラクターの統計を計算します
	 * @param characters 対象の全てのキャラクター
	 * @return 統計情報
	 */
	protected calcCharactersStatistics(characters: Character[]): CharactersStatistics {
		// すべてのキャラの登場回数
		const allCount = characters.length;

		// 重複したキャラクターを除去
		const uniqueFoundChars =
			characters
			.filter((c, i, self) =>
				self.map(c => c.id).indexOf(c.id) === i);

		const returns = uniqueFoundChars.map(char => {
			// このキャラが何回登場したか
			const onStageCount =
				characters.filter(c => c.id.toString() === char.id.toString()).length;

			// このキャラの登場の割合は、(このキャラの登場回数 / すべてのキャラの登場回数) で求める
			const onStageRatio = onStageCount / allCount;

			return {
				id: char.id,
				onStageRatio: onStageRatio
			};
		})

		// 登場頻度で降順ソート
		.sort((a, b) => {
			if (a.onStageRatio > b.onStageRatio) {
				return -1;
			} else if (a.onStageRatio < b.onStageRatio) {
				return 1;
			} else {
				return 0;
			}
		});

		return returns;
	}

	/**
	 * ノベルを読了するのに要すると予想される時間を取得します(minutes)
	 */
	protected getTime(text: string) {
		return Math.floor(text.length / 18) / 60;
	}
}

/**
 * 本文のみのノベル
 */
export class Novel extends NovelBase {

	// type of myself
	type: 'novel' = 'novel';

	/**
	 * 本文
	 */
	public text: string;

	/**
	 * 本文のトークン
	 */
	public tokens: Token[];

	/**
	 * このノベルを読了するのに要すると予想される時間(minutes)
	 */
	public get time() {
		return this.getTime(this.text);
	}

	/**
	 * ノベルを初期化します。
	 * @param options ノベル情報
	 */
	constructor(options: OptionsBase & {
		text: string;
	}) {
		super(options);

		this.text = options.text;

		this.characters = options.characters.map(c => {
			return new Character(c);
		});

		this.tokens = tokenize({
			characters: this.characters
		}, this.text, [name]);
	}

	/**
	 * キャラクターの統計を取得します
	 * @return 統計情報
	 */
	public getCharactersStatistics(): CharactersStatistics {
		const foundCharacters: Character[] = [];

		this.tokens
			.filter((t: INamePartToken) => t.type === 'character-name')
			.forEach((t: INamePartToken) => {
				foundCharacters.push(t.character);
			});

		// タイトル中
		if (this.title !== null) {
			(tokenize(this, this.title, [name]) || [])
			.filter((t: INamePartToken) => t.type === 'character-name')
			.forEach((t: INamePartToken) => {
				foundCharacters.push(t.character);
			});
		}

		return this.calcCharactersStatistics(foundCharacters);
	}

	public toHtml() {
		const renderer = new SimpleRenderer(this);
		return renderer.render();
	}
}

/**
 * スレッド形式のノベル
 */
export class Thread extends NovelBase {

	// type of myself
	type: 'thread' = 'thread';

	/**
	 * 投稿
	 */
	public posts: {
		text: string;
		tokens: Token[];
		isMaster: boolean;
	}[];

	/**
	 * ノベルを初期化します。
	 * @param options ノベル情報
	 */
	constructor(options: OptionsBase & {
		posts: {
			text: string;
			isMaster: boolean;
		}[];
		fast?: boolean;
	}) {
		super(options);

		const posts = options.posts;
		const fast = options.fast;

		this.characters = options.characters.map(c => {
			return new Character(c);
		});

		this.posts = posts.map(p => {
			const rules = [];

			if (!fast) rules.push(anchor);
			if (p.isMaster) rules.push(fast ? fastName : name);

			return {
				text: p.text,
				isMaster: p.isMaster,
				tokens: tokenize({
					characters: this.characters
				}, p.text, rules)
			};
		});
	}

	/**
	 * キャラクターの統計を取得します
	 * @return 統計情報
	 */
	public getCharactersStatistics(): CharactersStatistics {
		const foundCharacters: Character[] = [];

		this.posts.forEach(p => {
			p.tokens
			.filter((t: INamePartToken) => t.type === 'character-name')
			.forEach((t: INamePartToken) => {
				foundCharacters.push(t.character);
			});
		});

		// タイトル中
		if (this.title !== null) {
			(tokenize(this, this.title, [name]) || [])
			.filter((t: INamePartToken) => t.type === 'character-name')
			.forEach((t: INamePartToken) => {
				foundCharacters.push(t.character);
			});
		}

		return this.calcCharactersStatistics(foundCharacters);
	}

	/**
	 * このノベルを読了するのに要すると予想される時間(minutes)
	 */
	public get time() {
		return this.getTime(this.posts
			.filter(p => p.isMaster)
			.map(p => p.text)
			.join('\n\n'));
	}

	public toHtml() {
		const renderer = new SimpleRenderer(this);
		return renderer.render();
	}
}

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All Creatures Veterinary Clinic & Lodge in Rittman Offers a New Tick & Flea Treatment!
With the temperatures beginning to drop, your beloved canine will be spending more time inside your Wayne County, Ohio residence to stay warm. However, fleas and ticks also take this time of year to spend more time inside your home as well. Is your pet properly protected at your Medina, Ohio or Wadsworth, Ohio residence? Although there are many tick and flea treatments available on the market today, there are very few that work as well as we would like. At All Creatures Veterinary Clinic & Lodge –located in Rittman, Ohio—you can finally obtain the flea and tick prevention your pet needs: Bravecto. This new form of tick and flea prevention works longer than the average flea and tick treatment to keep your pet protected for 12 weeks! For added convenience, this treatment is compacted into a small pill for your canine companion to easily take. Through this form of affordable pet care, you can stop worrying about those spot-on, spray-on, and collar treatments and invest in a treatment that really works.
All Creatures Veterinary Clinic & Lodge in Rittman Offers Domestic and Exotic Animal Care!
As an important member of your family, you're always striving to ensure your pet is happy as well as healthy. However, your furry companion is just as susceptible to becoming ill or injured as you are. Because of this, it's important to have a veterinary clinic you can trust for your pet to go to in these situations. One veterinarian clinic you may want to consider choosing for your pet is All Creatures Veterinary Clinic & Lodge in Rittman, Ohio and Wadsworth, Ohio. Unlike some clinics, All Creature's Veterinary Clinic & Lodge provides emergency pet care for the most extreme of situations. As a matter-of-fact, this clinic have their local veterinarians on-call after hours and throughout the weekend to ensure you're able to obtain the critical care your pet needs when it's needed.
Alongside these emergency services, All Creatures Veterinary Clinic & Lodge also provides domestic as well as exotic animal care! Leaving your Medina, Ohio or Wooster, Ohio residence for a few days but are unable to bring your pet with you? Because your pet's well being is so important – especially when you can't be with them– All Creature's Veterinary Clinic & Lodge is happy to offer affordable pet boarding services.
If you are a cat owner in the Wayne County, Ohio or Medina County area, you may already know that all breeds of cats, regardless of age, are able to contract a number of potentially dangerous diseases if not properly screen and vaccinated. All Creatures Veterinary Clinic & Lodge, a local veterinary clinic based in Rittman, Ohio, wants to make sure that cat owners have the proper information about pet vaccines, especially ones highly recommended for proper feline health. Whether your Orrville, Ohio kitty cat is due for its yearly pet wellness exam, or you'd like to get more information on all of the encouraged vaccines for cats, All Creatures Veterinary Clinic & Lodge is a terrific resource for all things related to keeping your pet healthy.
If you think you're ready for spring – imagine how your pet feels! After months of muddling through snow, your four-legged friend can finally run through the grass. That puts flea and tick medication atop your shopping list. But don't grab just anything to get rid of fleas. Your local vet at All Creatures Veterinary Clinic in Wadsworth, Ohio has multi-purpose products that can also cover your pet's need for preventative heartworm medication. And per the clinic's convenience to Akron, Ohio; Norton, Ohio; and all points in between, you can get your pet checked and protected on your way to the park!


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Keyword: Ascq
Death of fugitive Nazi SS soldier convicted for massacre in France
Sep 22, 2019 By La rédaction de Mediapart
Karl Muenter, who was sentenced to death in absentia by a French court for his role in the massacre by his SS division of 86 male civilians in the northern French village of Ascq during World War II, and who last year appeared on German television saying he had no regrets over the events and denied the deaths of six million people in the Holocaust, has died of natural causes in Germany at the age of 96.
Karl Muenter

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24-hour airport shuttle service is available. Fees may apply. Contact the property in advance to get details. Reception hours are 9 AM-7 PM and check-in is from 2-7PM from November to March. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Excellent accommodation near to town centre.
Excellent accommodation, very close to town centre, would certainly recommend this hotel.
It's pretty and clean and great breakfasts. We stayed 4 nights and the location is an amazing base for Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii and Naples not to mention Sorrento is spectacular. The only negative is the mattress pad felt like it was lined with plastic and the pillows are very flat - variety would have been great. It's still a beautiful place with an amazing view from the balcony.
Great Apartment, Clean, good location and very friendly staff. Wife and I had an excellent stay here..


The BGGC competes in the BGA annual Inter-club cross country competition. We are part of the "Rockpolishers League", competing with the Black Mountains GC (Talgarth), the Cotswold GC (Aston Down), the Herefordshire GC (Shobdon), the Midland GC (Long Mynd) and the South Wales GC (Usk) over three to four weekends (depending on weather) through the summer.
Over the weekend every club enters a team of 3 pilots for each day (Novice, Intermediate, and Pundit) and appropriate sized cross-country tasks are set, with scoring handicapped by type of glider flown. Points are given for pilot performance in their class and for the club overall position over the 2-3 days competition.
The winner of the league goes forward the Interclub Final, held at a selected club at the end of the season. You can follow the interclub league on Facebook or see more details (including the full rules) at the BGA Website.


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The UT Series Shelters are fully insulated to reduce energy needs and include finished interiors to protect important internal components. The low-pitch gable roof design is impact resistant with natural passive ventilation. All shelters are powder coated to provide a durable and long lasting finish.
Utility Series Shelters are an excellent choice for a variety of applications, including water pump enclosures, electrical substations, telephone equipment, control rooms and more.


Answering this article's titular question is not exactly an easy call; there are many variables that affect a case's viability. We'll examine those variables to help you assess whether or not your case might have a chance in court.
One settlement awarded $10,000 from a premises liability claim that included a chipped front tooth.
A defendant was awarded $40,000 from a civil battery suit where a punch caused damage to, and loss of, five teeth.
Several settlements, ranging anywhere from $40,000 to $98,000 have arisen involving automotive accidents that also harmed an individual's teeth.
Estimating a claim involves assessing what amounts a jury might award the plaintiff, the defendant would be willing to settle for, and the plaintiff would find acceptable. The two leading factors here are the extent of the dental damage and the likelihood a jury will consider the defendant responsible.
Trials make accurately estimating the cost of recovery difficult. Juries tend to have the final say regarding how much money the plaintiff receives. Some damages, like medical bills and lost wages, are easier to assess, "concrete" benchmarks of damage. Another major factor is how the damage affects the plaintiff. A plaintiff may have difficulty eating, lessened self-esteem or even lose their livelihood. All these factors are all considered "pain and suffering." If the tooth damage was severe like a knocked out or broken tooth, then getting that fixed can be expensive especially if your dental insurance considers the procedure cosmetic and not functional.
Tooth damage requires no testimony; the jury need only examine visual evidence and listen to a dental expert's testimony. Since most plaintiffs have their teeth repaired before trial, its essential to document damage and verify the dental practitioner accurately documents treatment. Inadequate documentation of damage could be used against the plaintiff, causing the jury to question the damage severity.
The last issue in evaluating a case is the likelihood the defendant seems liable. Minuscule evidence of the defendant's fault could lead to hardly any money. Even when damages are high, most defendants favor going to trial if they seem unlikely at fault. Conversely, plaintiffs tend to favor low settlements so as to avoid coming away with nothing after the trial.
As you can see there are many ways you can claim dental injuries as personal injury, but just be careful to do your homework in the first place. Proper documentation is essential for cases like this. Dental expenses can be expensive and it can be frustrating when it's not your fault. Make sure to spend some time and see if we can help you in your recovery process and helping you gain some of those things you have lost.
Need to talk to a personal injury lawyer? Contact us today.


The successor of the EC Commissioner of transport, Siim Kallas, who has declared his retirement from politics after completing his term, is going to find their new office under significant renovation. At the end of 2013, the European Commission announced the most substantial overhaul in its transport policy since its inception, by replacing the existing pattern of fragmented infrastructure projects with a grid of nine major transport corridors, intended to form the backbone of the trans-European transportation network known as TEN-T.
The corridors, such as the "Baltic-Adriatic corridor" (connecting the Polish coast with Italy) or the "Atlantic corridor" providing links between France and Spain, span across the EU in order to connect its most important airports, cities, ports and industry hubs. Each of the corridors comprises of at least three means of transport and is planned to provide the best conditions for combining road, rail, water and air transport. The corridors will consume a majority of the €26 bn funding for transport within the "Connecting Europe" facility.
The idea of focusing on a few strategic projects quite evidently shows a shift of the EU's transport policy to a more streamlined way of investing. It surely draws no inspiration from the recurring calls of the organizations such as Transport & Environment, which consistently encourages the EU decision-makers to "stop building bridges to nowhere", taper some overgrown investment ambitions and focus on the small steps to make freight and passenger transport smarter and more efficient.
A novelty introduced by the departing Commissioner is the EU Transport Scoreboard – a ranking, which gives a pretty straightforward comparison of the Member States' performance in 22 transport-related categories in four areas: road, rail, water and air transport. Some of the categories are quite intuitive, such as the number of road fatalities and motorway density, but those more technical, like the number of electrified railway lines, the CO2 emissions from new cars or the railway market liberalization have also been verified.
The most evident conclusion of the report is that a very large gap exists between the top performers and the countries from the bottom of the list. The report ranked the Netherlands and Germany at the top, each among the top 5 in as many as eleven areas, while Poland and Bulgaria are in the bottom 5 according to nine out of the twenty-two criteria.
The disparity in transport quality between countries makes it harder for lower-performing countries to catch up economically as poor transport infrastructure comprises a significant burden for business. The economic cost of road congestion across the EU is approximately 1% of the GDP, according to UITP (International Association of Public Transport). Also, insufficient infrastructure and dated transport solutions limit the mobility of the EU's citizens, further affecting the EU's economic competitiveness as well as living standards.
So, while the departing Commissioner can't be accused of ignoring the problem, it remains arguable if the proposed solutions will succeed in tackling it. While streamlining the support to nine major corridors could certainly be more effective in delivering some tangible results along the selected routes, it is unlikely to help close the gaps between countries in terms of transport quality. Especially after the vote of the European Parliament on the so-called Alternative Fuels Directive, which was stripped of any significant binding targets and will likely just perpetuate the strong national imbalances in the development of e-mobility in Europe.
The project of the Single European Sky, introduced no less than 10 years ago, has not ceased to be rather an up-and-coming promise than an actual being. The initiative is aimed at integrating the European Air Traffic Management (ATM) and intends to allow more market-based mechanisms to select the providers of air navigation services (ANSPs).
The project of the Single European Sky is welcomed by the European airlines as the incumbent structure of airspace management incurs excessive costs and unnecessary delays. For example, each flight in the EU is on average 50 km longer than it could be due to the fragmented airspace. In the US, there are 7% fewer controllers than in the EU but they are able to handle 84% more flight hours. What is more, the cost per flight hour above the US is 40% lower than across the EU's airspace. All of that costs airlines €5 bn of unnecessary spending per year.
The existing Single European Sky legislation, updated to "SES II" in 2009, is currently undergoing an interim revision (called SES 2+) and should be upgraded to meet the needs of the growing air traffic in Europe. To do this, the political resistance must be broken and the process of opening the air traffic control services must progress to include ancillary services such as Communication Navigation Surveillance and Meteorological Information Management.
Moving back to the ground, rail transport is in need of enhancements in order to grow. The so-called "railway packages" have gradually been opening the freight and passenger rail market to competition since the First Railway Package was adopted in 2001, when rail services were still heavily regulated and national rail networks were mostly closed to private and foreign carriers.
Rail transport has been changing significantly but many burdens remain in place. The latest Fourth Railway Package, proposed in 2013, aims to facilitate the authorization process for trains and move the competences of national certification bodies to the European Railway Agency (ERA), which would gain the right to issue "vehicle passports" authorizing trains to ride in any country regardless of their certification place.
With the ERA as a one-stop-shop, many of the difficulties could be avoided. A prime example comes from Poland, where the national carrier PKP Intercity made a widely publicized purchase of 20 high-speed Pendolino trains. The order required the trains to hold a certificate for the most advanced rail traffic management system called ERTMS 2, which sadly hasn't yet been installed anywhere in Poland. Unable to get the trains certified in, say, Germany, the French producer Alstom had to agree for a two-tier authorization procedure: first go through the authorization for the less advanced ERTMS 1 and obtain the ERTMS 2 certificates later, at its own expense, to avoid fines.
As many other actions in the field of transport, easing train certification procedures is a laborious work of bringing together countless parts from all different worlds. Fixing the transport sector resembles sewing a very torn sheet of fabric. The cloth is tired and worn, many areas are kept in place by weak, single threads and the patches are just a temporary solution. Repairing the transport network is crucial to enabling the EU's economy to grow and the new Commissioner will have to start knitting a stronger network from their first day in office.


Have you been thinking about attending a speed dating event but are really nervous about how it will go?
I'd say "Go for it!", as this way of dating is a great way to meet potential dates in person with no pressure, as opposed to online dating which can be a bit daunting at first.
The first speed dating event took place at Peet's Café in Beverly Hills in late 1998.
So what are the advantages of speed dating?
It's great for busy professionals who just don't have time to search for a new date. Many of them hardly have any time to socialize, so attending one of these events means they'll be introduced to a whole range of new people in just a couple of hours.
If you go with a friend it can be a fun and safe way to meet new people who may be in the same position as you. Many introverts find this method of dating a real godsend as there's no pressure to keep a conversation going for more than a few minutes with each candidate.
If you're interested in attending a speed dating event you'll need to pre-register as the organizer has to be sure they have the right number of men and women.
The cost of attending varies depending on where you live. Often these events have between ten and twenty face-to-face four-minute dates with like-minded single people for a cost between $30-$40.
You're usually asked to arrive 15-20 minutes before the start, you'll be given a scorecard and asked to agree with their terms and conditions – you'll be told the questions you're not allowed to ask.
Then you'll be allocated a table with another person opposite you and you chat for a few minutes (usually less than five), a whistle will sound, marking the end of your allocated time with that person.
Next, you'll get around a minute to indicate on your scorecard whether you'd like to see them again. Usually the women remain seated and the men go around each table until everyone has had their mini-date.
Before you leave your score cards are collected and the organizers will let you know the results. Sometimes it's by email or through their websites within 24 hours.
Why not give it a go? After all you've got nothing to lose and everything to gain.


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Federico Clavarino's fragments of a personal and European history
Words by Costanza Francesconi
All images © Federico Clavarino
Federico Clavarino was born in Turin in northern Italy. His artistic journey began very young when he was just twenty years of age. His devouring curiosity became the constant characteristic of his artistic research. Drawn to the written word – he studied creative writing at the Holden School of Alessandro Baricco – but this interest was soon to take a change of direction. While travelling in Spain, his laptop containing the novel he was working on was stolen in Madrid. Losing the only copy he had, led him to explore the world of photography leaving his literary aspirations behind. "A fragment", he says, is for him like the written story "a part of narration".
"Everything then can acquire a series of new meanings, beyond the current one. Everything, both written or photographed, is an assembly of exercises, suspended somewhere between prose and poetry. A part of a whole". With these words Clavarino shares his personal feelings. In keeping with the early years of his career, when he documented the hard times of the Spanish economic crisis of 2008, this fundamental idea about self-expression has remained intact. But he was soon to be on the move. An openness to change, a need for new things to look at and a travelling companion with the same yen for travelling – these are the driving factors that help us to understand what has fired the artist's imagination. After some twelve years in Spain, the photographer and his girlfriend moved to Portugal and then on to England. He has very recently returned to Italy and works in Milan.
Photography and language teaching as a window on the world. Making a virtue of necessity, teaching English has become for Clavarino a mean to connect with other people. It is fundamental for him to be immersed in a circle, with the right balance of listening and reciprocity, as is the workshops on technical theory and practice in which the photographer often collaborates. The pictures of this artist, his attachment to his students, reveal the openness to the multiple and possible ways of expression – investigating his surroundings, documenting and experimenting.
Clavarino's work is taken up with collaboration, teaching and commissions. His relationship with each of these activities is something more than purely professional. Every meeting is the occasion for a precious exchange. It is an interweaving of personal stories where everyone preserves his uniqueness while cooperating with the others. This idea of community is, not by chance, at the origin of the Hereafter file. A strong personal interest, together with the winning of the FotoPres prize "La Caixa", gave shape to the insight. There were €20.000 to be won to permit the ten winners to pursue their photographic projects, meeting with internal and external tutors to have regular encounters in several cities. Fragments once more! Conversations, photos, voice notes: pieces chosen during a one-year trip visiting places associated with the Clavarino family, each chosen to compose a collage, getting deep into the family's roots – an epic with a difference. The memories of the photographer's grandmother, coming from the history of European colonialism, become the plot of a verbal-visual tale. "My grandmother lived in the little town of Horsham, near London. I heard something profound and distant in her words, something with strong and quite ancient roots", says Clavarino. "A vestige of a broader and subtle context, the spectre of the British Empire in colonial times, an inconvenient and intolerable heritage that seems to be eructing unpleasantly". The artist's grandparents, John and Mary, lived and worked in the Sudan, Libya, Oman, Jordan and Cyprus. They were witnesses to the progressive transformation of the British colonial empire in which they had lived since their childhood.
It was therefore a question of "understanding where I was, who we are today, what kind of relationship we have with our self-image, and with the other". In this series the subjects photographed are particularly eclectic. There are pictures of objects – notebooks, newspaper cuttings, black and white photographs, a military helmet, furniture, stacked chairs, a thorny branch. But also portraits, such as the lady sitting on a couch, or a youth with an olive complexion in a white singlet, and yet another of him with an absent look and a leaf in his mouth. Clavarino has also photographed the interiors of buildings and landscapes, archways, a geographical map lying on the ground, the bends in a rocky road, a flowerbed, a parked Vespa, desert dunes … They are photos that bear witness and give a voice to tell of the past, that speak of history and that speak to the present, outlining a hypothetical key to understanding the future.
Clavarino speaks of a chaotic archive, of accumulated materials to which he gives a voice. "I have done my duty. It's not in my best interest to force the viewer. Denunciation, like indignation and concealment does not work". His photography, speaks calmly with a simple honesty. Even the artist's analogue process of photographing confirms this. His photos need time. He poses his eye on things in a continuous and prolonged way, using a tripod and frosted glass. "It is not a matter of stealing images but of generating a situation in the place where you are photographing. It is a question of devoting yourself completely to the moment – giving your maximum attention – of conversing with people". His photography looks at a problem with empathy and analytical skills. He tries to really understand how things work and examine the traditions that give them life in order to find a solution. The elephant, his logo, is the perfect synthesis of these interconnected planes in his photographic discourse. "It is a form a drawing made by my grandfather, a detail from a larger image". The raised trunk is a reference to colonial imagery – exotic, and oriental. Strangely, the shadow of the elephant has its trunk down. "This disconnection is the ghost of history, the darkness that runs through the entire book of words and images that is Hereafter".
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JET makes changes to production leadership
From Local Sources
JASPER — Jasper Engines and Transmissions has made some changes to its production leadership team.
David Burbidge has been named general manager of Jasper Innovative Solutions. He has worked with Jasper Engines for seven years in a consulting role, working extensively in the areas of strategic planning, succession planning and materials management. Burbidge will become a full-time associate-owner of Jasper Engines and will work with the JIS team from the Crawford County facility.
Luke Bawel has been named division manager of the Power Drive Transmission Division. Bawel has been with the company for 10 years and has served as the general manager of JIS and vice president of Jasper Innovative Logistics. In addition to his new role, Bawel will continue as a member of the company's executive team.
Sara Schmidt will join the Production Control Team as production control manager. She has led the Power Drive Transmission Division the past four years, and successfully led the transition of transmission manufacturing into the Power Drive facility. Her new role will focus specifically on scheduling, core buying, parts buying and coordination with logistics teams.


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Home Vacation Vacation (United States) Vacation in Williamsburg
Vacation in Williamsburg
Williamsburg is located in the state of Virginia and has a lot of culture to offer as well as great sights and interesting destinations. So if you're planning a trip to Williamsburg, you've come to the right place!
Here you can find different housings and hotels around Williamsburg
Just a short drive from Richmond, Virginia, and about two hours from Washington, D.C., is the historic city of Williamsburg. As the site of the first permanent English colony in North America and capital of Virginia during the 18th century, Williamsburg played a significant role in both the American Revolution and the Civil War. Today, Williamsburg is a popular destination for tourists who want to learn more about early American history.
There are several ways to enjoy Williamsburg as a vacation destination. Visitors can stay in one of the many hotels or resorts in the area, or they can rent a vacation home or condo. For those who want to be right in the middle of the historical action, there are a number of bed and breakfast options available in restored 18thcentury buildings.
No matter where you stay, there will be plenty to do in Williamsburg. The Historic Area of the city is a living history museum, with costumed interpreters portraying everyday life in the 18th century. You can tour the Governor's Palace, visit the capitol building where Patrick Henry made his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, or take a horsedrawn carriage ride through the historic district.
If you're interested in Civil War history, Williamsburg was also the site of several important battles, and there are a number of battlefields and museum sites that you can visit. For a more modern history lesson, you can check out the College of William & Mary, the secondoldest college in the United States, which counts Thomas Jefferson and John Tyler among its alumni.
Of course, no vacation would be complete without some time spent relaxing. Williamsburg is home to several championship golf courses, as well as 14 miles of coastline along the Chesapeake Bay. There are also plenty of shopping and dining options in the city, ranging from upscale boutiques to casual eateries.
Whether you're interested in early American history or just looking for a relaxing getaway, Williamsburg has something to offer everyone.
Sights in Williamsburg
Williamsburg is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,068. In 2014, the population was estimated to be 14,691. Located on the Virginia Peninsula, Williamsburg is in the northern part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. It is bordered by James City County and York County.
Williamsburg was founded in 1632 as Middle Plantation, a fortified settlement on high ground between the James and York rivers. The city served as the capital of the Colony of Virginia from 1699 to 1780 and was the center of political events in Virginia leading to the American Revolution. The College of William & Mary, established in 1693, was the first college in the United States to issue degrees in the liberal arts. The city was a hotbed of antiBritish sentiment during the leadup to the American Revolution; in May 1774, the House of Burgesses moved to nearby Virginia Beach, to avoid confrontation with Governor Lord Dunmore, who had dismissed it. In 1781, the city was the site of the Battle of Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War, which resulted in the surrender of British General Cornwallis and the end of hostilities in North America.
Today, Williamsburg is a popular tourist destination, with three main areas: Historic Williamsburg, the Williamsburg Veterans Memorial, and the College of William & Mary. Historic Williamsburg is the largest attraction in Virginia and the site of the restored Colonial Capital of Virginia. Visitors can explore the restored area on foot or by taking a horsedrawn carriage ride. The Veterans Memorial is adjacent to Historic Williamsburg and commemorates the service of Virginia veterans from all wars. The College of William & Mary is the secondoldest institution of higher education in the United States. Students from around the world come to study at the college, which is also a research institution.
History of Williamsburg
The first English settlers arrived in the area now known as Williamsburg in 1632. These settlers were members of the Capathia Company that had been granted a charter by King Charles I to establish a colony in Virginia. The Capathians established a small settlement on the York River, which they called Middle Plantation. In 1699, the Virginia General Assembly moved the capital of the colony from Jamestown to Middle Plantation, and the town was renamed Williamsburg in honor of King William III of England.
Williamsburg served as the capital of Virginia from 1699 until 1780, when the state capital was moved to Richmond. During this time, Williamsburg was a center of political and social life in Virginia. The town was home to the Virginia governor's palace, the College of William & Mary, and the Virginia General Assembly. Williamsburg was also a popular destination for tourists, who came to see the historic buildings and to participate in the many social activities taking place in the town.
In the early 1800s, Williamsburg began to decline in popularity and importance as Richmond emerged as the new center of Virginia politics and society. By the mid19th century, Williamsburg was a small town of just a few thousand people.
In 1926, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the College of William & Mary began a joint effort to restore the colonial capital. Over the next few decades, many of the original 18thcentury buildings in Williamsburg were restored to their original appearance. Today, Williamsburg is a popular tourist destination, with more than four million visitors each year.
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A composite filling is a tooth-colored plastic and glass mixture used to restore damaged or decayed teeth. Composites fillings are also used for cosmetic improvements of the smile by changing the color of the teeth or reshaping disfigured teeth.
The invention of composite resin offers a substitute to the traditional dental fillings. This mixture also contains no metals in order to resemble a real tooth. Most of our patients can't even tell we've performed a filling!
Aesthetics. Unlike metal or amalgam (silver) fillings, composite fillings look like a natural tooth. We blend the color to match your other teeth. This makes composites ideal for front teeth, where an amalgam filling would be unattractive. Composites can be shaped to resemble a real tooth.
Thermal Stresses. Amalgam fillings are more likely to expand and contract when exposed to hot and cold foods, leading to cracks. The insulating qualities of composite fillings offer more protection from destructive temperature swings.
Good Durability. Composite fillings are durable and resistant to fracture in small- to mid-size fillings. When composite fillings were first introduced, they weren't strong enough for back teeth where grinding and chewing exerts more force. However, in the past decade, the durability of composites has improved.
Versatility. In addition to filling cavities, the composite material can repair chipped, broken, or worn teeth.


"The White House Millennium Council chose The Tammany Trace as one of 50 Millennium Legacy Trails."
Like our first explorers, you can crisscross urban, suburban and rural St. Tammany on foot, skates, bicycles, and horses and in wheelchairs. This 31-mile asphalted trail and parallel equestrian trail connects five communities--Covington, Abita Springs, Mandeville, Lacombe, and Slidell.
The Trace, as locals call it, also serves as a wildlife conservation corridor, linking isolated parks, creating greenways, and preserving historic landmarks and wetlands. You can observe the natural habitat, bayous, streams and rivers from the vantage point of 31 bridges built on the original railroad trestles.


Warhammer Quest is the video game adaptation of the 1995 Games Workshop board game of the same name. In it you lead a band of four heroes through randomly generated dungeons in order to defeat monsters and collect loot.
Characters can use the loot they acquire to purchase training to improve their skills and can gradually take on tougher and tougher opponents.


last hurrah before cold and snow descend on the region.
end of the Airport Mall.
at the confluence of Concourses F and G in Terminal 1's main mall.
a smooth passage to their departure gate.
some tips to make travelers' journey smooth and enjoyable.
three hours ahead for international flights.
in a bin for inspection.
Ride Ramp, which offers low rates and a free shuttle to Terminal 1.
queue up at airline ticket counters and security checkpoints.
For more information about MSP, visit www.mspairport.com.
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Amazon comes for TikTok with its own in-app shopping feed
By Jay Bonggolto
Amazon's new shoppable feed lets you shop while scrolling through videos and photos.
(Image credit: Jay Bonggolto / Android Central)
Amazon is bringing a new shoppable feed to its mobile app.
The new shopping experience is called Inspire, and it displays short-form videos and photos that Amazon believes you will find interesting.
You will then be able to explore and purchase products featured in your feed.
TikTok's video format is increasingly facing competition from tech giants, and Amazon is the latest to join the fray. The online retail giant has announced Inspire (opens in new tab), a new short-form video experience that allows consumers to explore and buy products through a shoppable feed (via The Wall Street Journal (opens in new tab)).
Unlike TikTok's style, though, Amazon's Inspire adds photos to the mix, giving users more ways to discover products they may like from various content creators, brands, and even other customers. WSJ reports that Amazon has begun recruiting influencers to create videos for the shopping feed.
Owners of content featuring a specific product will presumably earn commissions, similar to other services with affiliate marketing programs. The shopping feed takes into account your preferences in order to create a unique feed that is distinct from any other feed displayed to consumers on the platform.
To get started, simply tap the light bulb icon in the app's bottom navigation bar. You will then be presented with various interests, ranging from interior design and camping to skin care and coffee making. You can choose any of these categories, and start scrolling through a customized shoppable feed.
Products featured in photos and videos are shown on screen. If a product piques your interest, you can take action by tapping any of the buttons, such as reading the reviews, viewing the product description, or adding an item to your cart.
Inspire obviously takes a page out of TikTok's playbook in a bid to cut into the ByteDance-owned service's market and lure some of TikTok's users into Amazon's new shopping experience. The video-music sharing platform currently has an in-app shopping experience that includes livestream shopping, TikTok Shop (a sort of affiliate marketing), and sponsored videos. TikTok Shop is also being tested in the United States.
Amazon is challenging TikTok's dominance in this segment by bringing product discovery and shopping experiences under one roof for consumers. Earlier this year, the retail behemoth launched an AR shopping tool to allow consumers to try on a pair of shoes, eyewear, and T-shirts virtually before buying them.
However, Inspire is only available on Android and iOS, skipping the desktop web version. It will be available to a limited number of customers in the U.S. beginning in early December. Amazon promises that the feature will be available to all customers in the country within the next few months.
Jay Bonggolto
News Writer & Reviewer
Jay Bonggolto always keeps a nose for news. He has been writing about consumer tech and apps for as long as he can remember, and he has used a variety of Android phones since falling in love with Jelly Bean. Send him a direct message via Twitter or LinkedIn.
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