Before you hand over any money or provide any personal information, check out the company or person. You can check your local Better Business Bureau or state consumer protection office to see if the company or organization is legitimate and if any complaints have been filed.
Read and understand every document you sign. If a document is too complex, seek advice from a lawyer or trusted financial counselor. Never sign documents with blank spaces that can be filled in later. Never sign a document that contains errors or false statements, even if someone promises to correct them later.
Oral promises and agreements relating to your home are usually not legally binding. Protect your rights with a written document or contract signed by the person making the promise. Keep copies of all documents you sign.
Do not trust anyone else to make mortgage payments for you.
Foreclosure scams often require you to "temporarily" sign over ownership of your home to another claiming it would be only as a means to help you.
Consult with a HUD-approved homeowner counseling agency.
Report suspicious activity to the Federal Trade Commission, your State Attorney General's Office or your state and local consumer protection agencies. Reporting con artists and suspicious schemes helps prevent others from becoming victims.


With Outbound Call Routing, you could route a number like "128" to a phone number and create your own custom speed dial. If you don't want your daughter using the phone to call her boyfriend, you could route those calls to a perpetual busy signal or even your cell phone. If your local government or city has a public information line, you could route "511" to this.
Basically, you can manipulate how outgoing calls from your phone are handled in any way you want.


Join us in February for a healthy dose of point and counter-point debating, for our Cedarwood Annual Public Speaking Festival!
This year we have two debate topics that are sure to get children to dig deep and practice and execute their speaking skills, in order to convey their viewpoints on the debate topics!
Trophies and Prizes will be awarded to the best speakers and certificates will be given to all the participants. The event will be judged by a panel of highly experienced and accomplished educationists!
Register by the 25th of Jan, and give your child an opportunity to voice their opinion and make a statement!


The Able text editor now allows you to do the following when writing articles on Able.
You can now emphasize references to variables, classes, functions and so on in your article text. Just highlight the desired word and click the code option from the formatting toolbar that appears.
Snippets are good for demonstrating simple blocks of code or how to run commands. Just highlight a line of text and click snippet from the toolbar to place it into a code block. When your post is previewed (once saved as a draft) or published, Highlight.js will try to automatically detect the language and provide further syntax highlighting. For example, including a $ will cause it to be recognised as a shell script.
You can now import content from GitHub and YouTube. Just paste the URL into the editor, highlight it and select embed from the toolbar.
Support for embedding content from other services is intended in the near future.
You can now insert tables into articles by highlighting the word you would like to place in the top left cell, then clicking the table icon on the toolbar and selecting the amount of columns and rows you would like.
To remove formatting from text just highlight it and click the eraser icon. Note that this only works on text and not block elements such as code snippets, you can remove those by simply deleting them. As Able is still in beta, some of these features may have a few small issues. In most cases, highlighting the text and clicking on the eraser icon or just pressing backspace or delete will help you to rectify any unwanted styling.
Hopefully, these new features will come in handy when writing posts.


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Cemex backs plan to store energy using concrete blocks
17 May Cemex Ventures has announced an investment in a company that has developed a technology to store energy by raising concrete blocks using a bespoke crane.
The investment in Energy Vault is to be reinforced by support for rapid market adoption and deployment of the technology through Cemex's strategic network.
Cemex said that Energy Vault's energy storage technology solves a key challenge for renewables, which have struggled to replace, in a significant manner, fossil fuel power due to production unpredictability and intermittency of wind and sunlight. It added that Energy Vault's system enables renewables to deliver baseload power below the cost of fossil fuels 24 hours a day.
Energy Vault's technology was inspired by pumped hydro plants that rely on the power of gravity and the movement of water to store and discharge electricity. This solution is based on the same principles of physics and mechanical engineering used in those plants. The system replaces water with custom-made concrete bricks. The massive bricks are combined with its patented system design and proprietary algorithm-based software to operate a newly designed crane. The crane orchestrates the energy storage tower and electricity charge/discharge while accounting for a variety of factors, including energy supply and demand volatility, weather elements and other variables such as inertia and system deflection.
Cemex said that, as a result, Energy Vault can deliver all the benefits of a gravity-based pumped hydro system with lower price, higher round trip efficiency, without the requirement for specific land topographies and negative environmental or wildlife impacts.
This investment follows a previously announced technology partnership with Cemex to provide concrete and other composite material technology for Energy Vault's storage towers.
"Energy storage that enables power to be delivered for less than the cost of fossil fuels is critical as the world shifts away from its reliance on carbon-based fuels to renewable energy," said Gonzalo Galindo, CEO of Cemex Ventures. "Energy Vault's storage technology is transformational, and we're extremely pleased to broaden our relationship and support the company's efforts. The investment is also important because it complements the Cemex R&D partnership and will accelerate our corporate objectives to achieve a carbon-free industrial footprint."
23 hours Tolent Construction has started work on site on a £34m build-to-rent development in Leeds for Grainger, the listed residential landlord.
23 hours Global construction firm ISG has been named as contractor for Cardiff University's new purpose-built computer science and maths building.

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Millions of Americans know the frustration of living with chronic skin conditions. Rosacea, melasma, sebaceous hyperplasia, and hyperhidrosis (also known as excessive sweating) can cause persistent symptoms at any age that leave patients feeling self-conscious. Living with one of these chronic skin conditions can result in depression, low self-esteem, or social isolation. It may even hold you back professionally.
Why not call Reflections today and start taking control of your chronic skin condition?
While topical and oral medications are usually the first line of defense, these approaches only lessen symptoms and minimally improve overall appearance of the skin. At Reflections we offer you treatment options that are the most effective means of controlling your chronic skin condition –– laser and light therapies that get to the heart of the problem. Proven to transform the appearance of skin that has been altered by a chronic skin condition, laser and light therapies are fast, comfortable, and life changing.
The V-Beam Perfecta, Starlux IPL and GentleYAG laser are excellent tools that help reduce redness caused by rosacea. Noninvasive, they give gentle bursts of light that are absorbed by the unsightly blood vessels caused by rosacea, reducing persistent redness and creating a more even complexion. The bumps and acne-like lesions commonly seen with rosacea are treated with topical and oral medication prescribed by our physicians, who will also discuss lifestyle modifications that can reduce the severity of your rosacea symptoms.
Clear + Brilliant, Fraxel Re:Store Dual Laser, and Q-switched Lasers are three of the newest innovations in melasma treatment. Melasma, often triggered by a combination of sun exposure and hormonal changes, appears as brown patches of pigment on the face, neck, chest, and sometimes on the arms.
Clear + Brilliant works by gently resurfacing the skin, penetrating deeply enough into the skin to reduce the unwanted pigment while protecting the skin's outer layer.
Fraxel Re:Store Dual laser works much like Clear + Brilliant, but it penetrates the skin at a greater depth and density, allowing for a more aggressive treatment if needed.
Q-Switched lasers are another excellent treatment option for patients struggling with melasma, especially for those with darker skin types. Q-Switched lasers penetrate and target melanin in the deep dermis, and like many of our laser treatments, are often used in combination with topical agents to enhance and maintain results.
Strict sun avoidance and daily high-grade sunblock is essential for anyone living with or being treated for melasma.
Flesh colored or yellow-white skin elevations on the face, neck or chin associated with sebaceous hyperplasia are really enlarged oil glands that affect both women and men in middle age. Targeting the glands with Smoothbeam laser or topical dichloroacetic acid treatments reduces the size of elevations. These treatments can be combined with Fraxel, eTwo, or Clear + Brilliant lasers to resurface and improve the overall texture of the skin.
Hyperhidrosis is a common condition that interferes with daily activities and can make life intolerable. The good news is that today there are treatment options for excessive sweating that include simple injections and noninvasive laser treatments like Axilase and Ulthera.
For most patients Botox Cosmetic is an excellent treatment option. Safe, comfortable and requiring no downtime, injections of Botox help disable the sweat glands for up to six to nine months.
Axilase is a fast, minimally invasive, one time laser therapy that diminishes the number of sweat glands by using laser wavelengths to destroy the sweat glands that are then gently removed from the treatment area.
We also offer Ulthera, a totally noninvasive therapy that directs ultrasound energy into the layer of the skin where the sweat glands reside, reducing their numbers and decreasing excessive sweating. This leading edge solution is currently awaiting FDA approval.
No matter what chronic skin condition you are living with, Reflections has the widest array of laser and light therapies and expertise available to help you achieve great results. Our doctors look forward to discussing the many options available during your complimentary consultation.


Dental assistants perform a range of duties and responsibilities, but your primary responsibility is taking care of your patients.
Dental assistants have a critical role in the overall success of a dentists office and patient satisfaction. This is why it is important to receive hands on training and learn by working with dentists before you graduate.


This New York Fashion Week is a wrap. The mixed schedule of men's and women's shows and presentations saw daring silhouettes and bold uses of color that reflected a search for joy following the intense political and social upheaval occupying the U.S. in recent years.
Eye-popping colors cropped up everywhere this season, bringing a certain optimistic warmth to the cold winter months. At Carolina Herrera, the label's Fall 2019 collection offered a bouquet of yellows, oranges, greens and blues, as creative director Wes Gordon continues to bring a younger, more contemporary edge to the brand. Meanwhile at Sies Marjan, a crystal-covered floor set the stage for an array of grape purple, yellow and pink pieces. In particular, neon shades made multiple appearances across different labels, especially current Instagram favorite highlighter green, as well as neon orange.
If one color were to be crowned king of this season, however, the title would have to go to pink. In addition to appearing on the runways of colorfully feminine brands like Kate Spade, the hue also stood out as a dominant accent color at Helmut Lang and Hugo Boss, where sudden bursts of all-pink outfits broke up collections of mostly black, white and gray. At Zadig & Voltaire, hot pink stood out in a nearly monochrome women's turtleneck, jacket and skirt look, while men got a cozy alpine sweater with bright pink sleeves. A deep and intense fuchsia made multiple appearances at Robert Geller and Tom Ford, and the color also spread to accessories, with Mansur Gavriel serving up baby pink handbags in every shape and size.
This season, the precise tailoring of the men's suit was expanded into looks for everybody. At the forefront of this trend was Helmut Lang, where the principles of fine suiting were applied to men's and women's Autumn/Winter looks in all their iterations thanks to the expert eye of creative director of women's and men's, Mark Thomas. A similar structure appeared on both the Boss and Proenza Schouler runways, where looks inspired by architecture, sculpture and modernist art resulted in sartorial silhouettes.
This season, it looked like many designers had caught the nostalgia bug for the 1970s – perhaps a rebuttal to the not so groovy present. The intensely influential music of the decade played an important role when it came to aesthetics, with Longchamp producing a high-energy rock 'n' roll women's collection fit for a Rolling Stones tour, while Michael Kors recreated Studio 54 in all its glittering glory. Among the decade's many iconic fashion statements, shearling and fluffy, furry coats were front-and-center at both the Kors and Longchamp runways, as well as those of Tory Burch, Coach, Zadig & Voltaire and up-and-comer, Area. Elsewhere, at Tom Ford, fuzzy, 70s-style floppy hats dipped seductively over models' eyes as a Bee Gees cover played in the background.
If this NYFW's intense pigments weren't enough, dazzling fabrics were also there to keep the audience's eyes stimulated. At Ralph Lauren, this meant a wash of luminous gold on jackets, dresses and shoes, while Michael Kors kept to his Studio 54 theme by packing his collection full of sparkles. Over at Carolina Herrera, a floor-length gown covered in reflective silver squares rivaled any disco ball, while Zimmermann sent more than one metallic silver coat down the runway. Adding another dimension to the trend were younger brands like Romeo Hunte and Descendent of Thieves, whose collections featured looks in glistening satins and sateens.


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Blackly comic crime thriller Big Bad Wolves on DVD in April
A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.
As the tension mounts and the victim maintains his innocence, the lines between justice and vengeance, innocence and guilt, become increasingly frayed. Just how far should you go before you accept a truth? And what does it cost you to find out?
The latest film from directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, the Israeli-born duo behind the neat 2010 horror work Rabies [Kalevet], Big Bad Wolves was acclaimed by none other than Quentin Tarantino as the best film of the year and described by Total Film as "Brutally simple and brilliantly told," and Film Comment as "an extremely well-made work that cleverly toys with genres."
Big Bad Wolves comes to UK DVD on 28th April 2014 from Metrodome Distribution at a to-be-confirmed RRP.
We've no info on any extra features yet, should there be any, of course...


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Young women more stressed than most during COVID-19
A new study from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health has reported that younger women were more likely to report high levels of stress and anxiety during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The women in this study, like the rest of the population, have never lived through anything like this pandemic. To capture the sentiment, the team sent out fortnightly short, online surveys to assess women's experiences of the pandemic.
Starting on April 29, 2020, email invitations were sent to nearly 30,000 women: 14,270 in the 1989-95 cohort, 8667 in the 1973 – 78 cohort and 6719 in the 1946 – 51 cohort. Of the respondents, 100 were randomly sampled in each cohort and analysed for commonality and themes.
10.7 per cent of those surveyed reported experiencing flu-like symptoms, with 4.9% undertaking a COVID-19 test.
One in four young women reported feeling very or extremely stressed. While one in five women aged 42 – 47 reporting high levels of stress. Women aged 69 – 74 reported the lowest feelings of stress.
Read the full report here
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health is conducted though the University of Newcastle and the University of Queensland. The University of Newcastle and HMRI provided funding for the COVID-19 studies.
Authors: Deborah Loxton, Peta Forder, Natalie Townsend, Clare Thomson, Gita Mishra, Leigh Tooth and Julie Byles.
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How much meloxicam can my cat have?
After initial treatment with Metacam 2 mg/ml solution for injection for cats, continue treatment 24 hours later with Metacam 0.5 mg/ml oral suspension for cats at a dosage of 0.05 mg meloxicam/kg body weight. The oral follow-up dose may be administered once daily (at 24-hour intervals) for up to four days.
Is 30 mg meloxicam too much?
Higher doses of meloxicam (22.5 mg and greater) have been associated with an increased risk of serious GI events; therefore the daily dose of meloxicam should not exceed 15 mg.
Can I take two 15 mg meloxicam?
Never take more than the recommended maximum dose of Page 2 15 mg (one tablet) a day. The dose depends on the medical condition which is being treated. Your doctor will let you know how much you should take. For the treatment of acute attacks of osteoarthritis: The usual dose is 7.5 mg (half a tablet) a day.
What's the difference between 7.5 mg and 15 mg meloxicam?
Do not substitute similar dose strengths of Meloxicam tablets with other formulations of oral Meloxicam product. 7.5 mg: Light yellow, round flat beveled edge tablet with "T" on one side and "152" on the other side. 15 mg: Light yellow, capsule shaped biconvex tablet with "T" on one side and "153" on the other side.
What's the maximum dose of meloxicam you can take in one day?
In adults, the maximum recommended daily oral dose of Meloxicam tablets are 15 mg regardless of formulation. In patients with hemodialysis, a maximum daily dosage of 7.5 mg is recommended [see Use in Specific Populations ( 8.7) and Clinical Pharmacology ( 12.3)]. Meloxicam tablets may be taken without regard to timing of meals.
What are the inactive ingredients in meloxicam tablets?
Meloxicam Description. Each Meloxicam tablet, USP intended for oral administration contains 7.5 mg or 15 mg of Meloxicam. In addition, each tablet contains the following inactive ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone and sodium citrate dihydrate.
When to use meloxicam in patients with heart failure?
Avoid the use of Meloxicam in patients with severe heart failure unless the benefits are expected to outweigh the risk of worsening heart failure. If Meloxicam is used in patients with severe heart failure, monitor patients for signs of worsening heart failure.
What happens if you give a cat meloxicam?
Warning: Repeated use of meloxicam in cats has been associated with acute renal failure and death. Do not administer additional doses of injectable or oral meloxicam to cats. I was pretty bummed out when the reports of kidney failure in cats being treated with meloxicam started to come in.
What kind of kidney disease can meloxicam treat?
Medical records (2005-2009) of a feline-only practice were searched for cats with degenerative joint disease (DJD) treated using meloxicam. These cats were subdivided according to whether detectable chronic kidney disease (CKD) was present ('renal group'), or not ('non-renal group'), and, for the 'renal group,' according to the cat's IRIS category.
What does meloxicam look like on a pill?
– Drugs.com What does Meloxicam look like? Note: Multiple pictures are displayed for those medicines available in different strengths, marketed under different brand names and for medicines manufactured by different pharmaceutical companies. Multi ingredient medications may also be listed when applicable.
How many cats have meloxicam and how many have DJD?
Progression of CKD in the 'renal group' and 'non-renal group' of cats was compared to two groups of age- and IRIS-matched control cats not receiving meloxicam (from the same clinic, over the same time period). Thirty-eight cats with DJD receiving long-term meloxicam therapy met the inclusion criteria.


I met him in January 2010. I remember when he came to church for the first time. I knew he was coming because his cousin really wanted him and his other cousin to come to church, and they finally did one Sunday morning. I already knew bits and pieces about who he was at that time, and I knew that I didn't want to be a part of that.
However, when I saw him at church, I, of course, wanted to make him and his cousin feel welcomed for being there for the first time. My then best friend's twin brother and I went up to meet them after worship was over.
I still remember how he looked like clearly: he was wearing a snapback in church with a black jacket and his iPod headphones in his ear. His cousin was sitting next to him listening to music with him. You knew that they didn't want to be here.
"Hi, I'm Kriselle," I said, with a smile.
"Hi, I'm --" he got cut off. It was so loud in the room that I couldn't hear what he was saying. I embarrassingly asked a few more times what his name was before just saying "okay" so he didn't think I was stupid. His cousin introduced himself as well and that was that.
I didn't pay much attention to him after that until he started getting involved with the youth group over the course of the next few weeks. I started noticing a change in him--he started talking differently, he started hanging out with our youth group more, and he said that he had stopped doing the things that he used to do. I started observing him from afar--we were friends, but we weren't best friends or even close friends by any means--but there was something about him that made him stand out to me out of all the other new people in our youth group at that time. I was intrigued by his testimony and how quickly he turned his life around.
He was so nice to start inviting me to hang out with him and other people from our youth group. He was the oldest in the group and the only one that could drive at the time so if people wanted to hang out, they all looked to him. It started off with my best friend and I going with him and a couple others to Target on Friday afternoons before church to kill time. Then we started getting invited to group chat rooms and I started to get to know him on a more personal level and as a better friend.
A few weeks have passed, and it is now the end of May. He just came back from retreat with a few others in the youth group. As I was singing on stage, I saw him come into the room and worship God with tears of joy. I'd never seen a new Christian worship God the way he did. I felt a strong pang in my heart that I hadn't felt in a while. I was still getting over an ex boyfriend so it felt weird to think of him outside of the context of church.
I began to acknowledge my attraction towards him throughout the next few days even though it felt weird because I still felt so tied down to my ex boyfriend who had broken up with me 9 months before. I hadn't mentioned to anyone how I was feeling, but I figured the best person to talk to would be my best friend. So I called her.
"Can I ask you something? But you have to be totally honest!"
She laughed, "Okay, what is it?"
I asked her who she would date in our youth group if she had the chance. She made me admit what I was thinking first and I said him and his cousin. She said the same thing. We both decided to try and find out from them who they were attracted to. She asked the cousin while I asked him. He later admitted that he would date me or another girl in our youth group if he had the chance as well. And that's when everything changed.
It is Friday, June 4th. I hung out with him and a few friends as usual, but we went to church early to hang out. He offered to give me my first driving lesson (I was 15 1/2 at the time) around my neighborhood. I hesitated and said yes because I had never been behind the wheel of a car before, but I thought it would be fun since we'd be in a quiet, residential area.
He was patient with me and helped me maintain my speed and also make my first u-turn at the end of the cul-de-sac. I was too paranoid so he took the wheel and turned the car for me. My heart raced a little and hoped that he didn't think I was slow in learning.
There was a different atmosphere at church that night and I wasn't quite sure why. I decided to flirt with him a little bit and see if he'd flirt back, and he did by poking and tickling me throughout the night. However, I got a little scared towards the end of the night because I didn't want to put myself in danger of getting hurt again like my last boyfriend.
Saturday, June 5th, a bunch of us decide to hang out. I still had no idea what he thought of me at this time, but his cousin kept teasing me that he knew what he thought. It made me feel like that maybe he liked me because of that, but I didn't want to be too sure.
We all went to the mall and came across a "5D" theater, where there were 20-minute films and the screen wraps around the audience and is in 3D for a "full" experience. The guys decided that they wanted to do it and watch the scary film showing, and of course my best friend and I said no and that we didn't have enough money for it. The guys paid for us and we are forced to go in with them.
I hate scary movies, so I turned to him and start to chicken out.
"Oh my gosh, what did I get myself into?! You better protect me!"
He reassured me, "Don't worry, I got you!" and I quietly smiled to myself, hoping that he did.
I wonder to myself if he set up the situation to be like this so that we could be close, but I didn't dwell on it too much as we were being let into the theater. I wanted to be close to him and for him to protect me even though I still couldn't imagine him as anything more than a friend. At that point, I was just happy to hang around him.
We took our seats in the available stools (since the screen wrapped around) and we faced each other. I was grabbing onto his arms and liked the feeling of being protected by him.
The film starts and I immediately look down out of fear and grab him tighter. He shakes me a little and asks me to look up, but I resist.
"Kriselle! Look up just this once! I'm right here!"
I shake my head. "No, I don't want to!"
"Just do it please? Come on!"
I look up just a little but hold tighter to cut off the circulation in his arms in case I get scared. I instinctively jumped out of habit, but nothing had popped out yet. I quickly buried myself into his arms for the rest of the movie.
At that point, I wasn't sure what I was even doing. However, the rush of him protecting me while screaming and holding onto him gave me a rush that I hadn't felt in a while.
A couple hours later after wandering around the mall, mostly everyone said that they needed to go home. So we all piled up into his car and dropped everyone off at home. I stuck with him and his cousin (the one that came to church with him that day) because we lived in the same area farther from everyone else but didn't want to go home yet. The problem was figuring out what to do next.
"Where do you want to go?" he asked.
"I don't know, you're the driver," I said back.
After thinking a minute or two, he asked another question. "Have you ever been to Skyline?"
"I've heard of it! But I've never been."
"Okay," he says as he starts his car, "We're going there."
As we drive to Skyline, I wonder what it is going to be like. I'd seen pictures from friends but had never been there myself. I was also curious as to how the night was going to play out since he and I weren't a thing and his cousin was there too.
We get to the bottom of the hill of Skyline, and we drive up. The sun had just set, so it was already dark out and the lights of the city were all on. I looked out the window to see all the lights and was a little awestruck by it.
We park the car and as soon as I step out of the car I start to shiver. I was only in only a shirt and shorts, and since we were at the top of a hill, the winds were stronger.
I shiver, "I'm so cold! It's freezing up here!"
He saw my poor self shivering and asked, "Do you wanna borrow my cardigan?"
My face lit up and although I'm unsure if I looked stupid or not, I smiled big and replied with a simple "Yes!"
He went to the trunk of his car to grab the cardigan and his cousin brought out the camera. I wanted to take a picture with him up there because it was my first time and because of my crush on him, but I didn't want to just flat out ask.
So after he handed me his cardigan, I put it on, still shivering, but at least my arms were covered now. We all walked over to the edge of the hill to look out at everything and it just took my breath away. I'm still shivering and lowkey trying to get him to hug me, but I didn't want to be too obvious about it.
"Here, let me take a picture of you burnts," his cousin then said. The term "burnt" was a term the guys in our youth group coined for people looking or acting like a couple together.
He awkwardly put his arm around me and instead of doing the same, I just kept my hands to myself and smiled weird. We took a picture with and without flash, but we kept the one without the flash because you could see the city lights in the back.
After his cousin took the picture, we stood up there and admired the city for a bit. We decided that we were hungry and cold after a few more minutes and went to Denny's. We drove down the hill and I just sat in silence, feeling relaxed after seeing the beauty of the city.
We got to Denny's and sat down, all ordering breakfast for dinner. When we got our drinks, I tied the paper for the straw into a knot, like I always do. It's something my friend and I always did because we thought that if it knotted, then someone was thinking about us.
It knotted, and I said out loud that someone was thinking about me. Our thoughts all immediately went to a guy that we all knew that liked me, but he mumbled something loud enough so that only his cousin could hear.
"Nothing!" The boys said with a smile and laughing.
I was left confused, but decided not to say anything more about it. I later found out from his cousin that he admitted that it wasn't the guy thinking about me, but that it was him.
After talking and laughing and eating for another hour or two, the guys finally dropped me off at home and I went to bed not long after. I texted him before bed and thanked him for the day and said goodnight at midnight.
Sunday, June 6th, I texted him good morning right when I woke up. He greeted me not long after and told me that he couldn't sleep until 3am the night before.
"Aww, why couldn't you sleep last night?" I asked.
"I was thinking," he said with a smiley face.
I couldn't help but smile to myself and reply, "What were you thinking about?"
"Something..." he said again with a smiley face.
I dropped the conversation not too long after that and we saw each other at church a little later that morning. It was like any normal Sunday, except my heart was racing faster than usual.
He dropped me off at home after church and I hesitated to give him a hug, so I didn't. I smiled at him and awkwardly told him bye. I then took my stuff and went into my house.
His cousin had told me a few hours before that he was attracted to me like I was to him, and that we both should just admit that we liked each other. I didn't want to because I was scared, but I decided to take a chance. I texted him after he dropped me off and admitted how I felt.
"Hey. Thank you for dropping me off!"
"Of course, no problem!" he replied.
My heart felt like it was going to burst as I texted out the next few words. "I just wanted to tell you that I really like you. I didn't want to admit it before because of my ex, but after the past few days and hanging out with you, I realize that I do."
After hitting that "send" button, it seemed like an eternity until he replied, but I was so relieved and anxious when he finally did.
"Wow, really? I like you too. Yesterday, when we were at Skyline, I really wanted to hug you to keep you warm, but I wasn't sure what you would think so I just didn't. And I completely understand why you're guarding yourself, and I am here for you."
We talked for a little longer after that until he brought up what we were. We still weren't completely sure yet, but we still talked about a date to mark the day our lives changed forever.
Okay, so we weren't that corny about it, but he asked me what our "date" should be.
"So, what should our establishment date be?" he asked. I had never heard of the term before, but I laughed at the idea of it.
"Hm. How about yesterday, June 5th? I feel like with everything that happened yesterday, that should be the date."
He texted me back, "Okay. June 5th is our establishment date!"
Four years later, I am sitting at my computer, writing out the story I had put off writing for almost three years now. As I look back on the old pictures and read old blog posts we both made about each other long ago, I can't help but be so grateful for this amazing human being I call my boyfriend. The past four years have been crazy and a rollercoaster, but I am excited for what is to come in the future.
I love you, Darell Gabriel.
Oh my gosh, this is beyond adorable! Congrats on 4 years-wowza that's a long time!
Truly adorable :) Thank you for sharing!
4 years! That's absolutely amazing! I can't wait till my boyfriend and I reach that mark. Y'all are super precious together. Congratulations and happy anniversary!
Awww, cute! I smiled while reading this. Happy anniversary and I hope you too enjoy your day!
Awww ^_^ Wicked cute story! And congrats on the four years--seriously impressive!
Thank you so much, Tiffany, you're a doll! It'll feel great when you guys get to this point!
Awwww! This is too SWEET & reminds me a bit of me & my boyfriend; despite we met on EHarmony, he was SO shy our first month of dating that I thought we would just be friends, then finally after a gorgeous day at The Getty, he asked to hold my hand, then the next date he asked if November 30th, when he had me over for dinner, could be our 'official' anniversary of a couple :) Congrats to you both!
Aw ♥ Kriselle, I'm cheesing so hard right. :) Haha, this is precious! And I love this storytelling form of writing.
Thank you so much, Mary! That is so awesome, I love hearing about people's love stories! Thank you for reading my story and sharing yours!
This makes me want to write up the story of my husband and I meeting! Very inspirational!


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The fine folk over at BBC Introducing gave Contra a call. They asked us to use our motion graphic design skills for some of their up and coming talent.
BBC listeners spread the film widely on social media! BBC staff and the artist Jack Garratt himself also shared the film. The film has played a part in increasing Jack's popularity; a month after its release he went on to win the Critics Choice Award at the Brit Awards 2016.
You can watch the full Jack Garratt film here.
More Motion Graphic Design followed!
We then jumped straight on to the next artist profile: English punk duo 'Slaves'.
In the first month, the Slaves film racked up over 21,000 views on the BBC iPlayer, gaining a further 20,000 online and through social media. Also, the BBC are using the film internally to explain BBC Introducing and its public service value, going right up to the most senior level.
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Harrisburg-area anti-drilling group wonders if it's time to employ civil disobedience
Updated: Jan. 05, 2019, 11:07 p.m. | Published: Oct. 15, 2011, 10:20 p.m.
By Donald Gilliland | dgilliland@pennlive.com
Anti-drilling activists are asking, 'Is it time to employ civil disobedience?' in their effort to stop the development of Marcellus Shale.
View full sizeDonald Gilliland, The Patriot-News, 2010One of Chesapeake Energy's Marcellus Shale wells sits high on a bluff over the Susquehanna River in Windham Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
With the "Occupy Wall Street" and spin-off demonstrations capturing the national imagination, there's an opportunity and likelihood of cross-fertilization among movements, said Ben Ketchum, an activist with Gas Truth in Harrisburg.
Ketchum has been involved with the "Occupy Wall Street" protest in New York City, as well as large anti-drilling protests
at the state capitol
in Philadelphia
He will be leading a discussion of civil disobedience — its pros and cons — at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
"There's a time for civil disobedience, and a time for definitely not civil disobedience," said Ketchum.
He said Tuesday's meeting of people opposed to shale gas drilling will simply be a discussion of civil disobedience as a tactic.
"We'll explain how it works, what's been successful and what's been unsuccessful," he said.
Ketchum will be joined by Barb Van Horn of Gas Truth and Nathan Sooy of Clean Water Action.


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Q: Updating a globalForwardingRules in GCP I'm trying to update the target of a global forwarding rule via the rest api, but I can't get it to work.
This command works in the console.
gcloud compute forwarding-rules set-target fw-rule --global --target-http-proxy lb-target-proxy

But if I use the node.js lib or the API explorer provided by the documentation:
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/globalForwardingRules/setTarget
I get a "The URL is malformed." error:

"message": "Invalid value for field 'target.target': 'lb-target-proxy'. The URL is malformed."

A: According to the docs:

Target: The URL of the target resource to receive the matched traffic.

So the target has to be the full URL of the resource, not just the ID.
It might be easier to try the list methof of the same API. There you'll see the format of the target:
"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/<PROJECT_ID>/global/targetHttpProxies/<TARGET_ID>"

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1. Blenheims will be handing over all records and information they hold to Cranbrook's solicitors, Clarke Willmott LLP (CW) by the 9th November.
3. CW will provide an information sheet on how this process will operate and a form for residents to use when they want to apply for the removal of the restriction on their titles.
4. The information sheet and form for release will be published on the Town Council website by the end of November 2018.
If you are in the process of selling your property, your solicitor should, with effect from 12 November contact Clarke Willmott as they should by then be able to advise what is required to enable the restriction to be released on completion of your sale.


It has often been my life's experience that some of the most interesting people I have met and places I have been while many might find them ordinary, I have found otherwise. I think sometimes the "ordinary" can be "extra-ordinary." I think within most everyone there is a story and if properly told is worth hearing.
Do you think of me way back then?
Do you listen to the wind?
Do you listen to the night?
Do you listen to your mind?
I miss those who can find words that often express my thoughts, feelings and emotions.
Merle could do that for me.
Recently I picked up our twelve-years old 7th grade grandson Luke from school. Something I often do.
Personally as I see things happening today I am not so sure that the "obvious" is not as "obvious" for some as it is for others. Today I am seeing things happen in my life and lifetime that I thought would never happen. Also, I am not seeing things that I thought would happen. So the obvious….boy that's another matter.
He was having a terrible time getting any air play, exposure for his latest record. He believed so strongly in the record that he personally had gone to the distribution center and bought up all the 45s. If his label would not promote the record he would.
In his own words he had "plastered" Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Steubenville with the record. Now to get air play. Give the guy credit, he was creative. The song had to do with teenagers and roses. He went to a florist, a trusting one he said, who would sell him dozens and dozens of roses on account. In other words on credit. He had tried every promotion method that he had previously known.
He follows her down the street engages her in conversation and presents his promotion idea. "You ride this afternoon with me from one station to another you can deliver my record buried in red roses to the disc jockey." She looked at him like he was crazy but replied "Why not?" The young lady rode around with him from station to station. She was having no trouble in getting the attention of the folks behind the mike and in turn leaving roses and a record. Every DJ they pitched that day played the record that afternoon or evening when they went on the air.
Shortly thereafter his record label told him, "You won't believe this but we have checked just in Pittsburgh alone they have sold over 1,000 of your record. It's getting air play and the kids are asking for it." Thus the song "Roses are Red" became Bobby Vinton's first million selling record and launched his career.
Over the years Vinton continued to seek and find that young lady with no success. The record has since sold millions, has been his signature song and recorded by many other artists.
Personally I so well remember the record. The first time I heard the song I was a sophomore in college, 1962. I had been to visit a high school buddy in Decatur, Illinois and I was driving back to my home in Indiana. Hearing the song for the first time the lyrics caught my attention. I pulled to the side of the road and listened to the lyrics.
You know sometimes for something to become successful it takes some planning and creativity on the part of the one or one's involved. Also, sometimes simple things that people do for others turn out to be so big as the years go by.
Do any of you remember when cafeterias were popular?
If you are my age and were to say The Goodie Shop and are from my home area you would know immediately where and what I was talking about.
Recently I was back home. Again back home is southwestern Indiana,Terre Haute, Vigo county area. Often when I go back I will take some time and drive around town, visit, drive by some of the old haunts. I drive by high schools, playgrounds, fillin' stations, churches, places where car hop drive-ins once were, a golf course, a strip (Wabash Avenue) where we kids used to drive up and down and a few houses on various streets that once were a part of my growing up days.
This past time home I drove north on Third Street and turned east on to Ohio Street. A street that once was one of the main streets when the city was activity. Two places I drove past made me smile. One was the Indiana theater the other The Goodie Shop.
The Goodie Shop was one of the city more favorite places to eat. It was an upscale cafeteria or at least for that day and time. A memory from the Goodie Shop from somewhere in the late 1950s' came back to me.
"Ok, what do you know about them?" "Not much, just saw them for the first time." "Where do they go to school?" "I don't know." "What do they look like?" "Oh their ok…one looks a little short and one has blond hair." "That's not much to go on" I said to my friend.
For the life of me as I drove on east on Ohio street I could not remember which one I had as a date. Bread or was it Vegetables?
I often visit libraries. Today was one such day.
Generally when I go I have something in mind to get, return etc. But often a part of my library routine in just to "walk the stacks." I spent most of that time in the history or the biography sections.
One of the books I have recently read in my walking the stacks was Randy Pausch's book The Last Lecture. Pausch was a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Learning of such he beginning writing what he came to call his last lecture. His writings had to do with things he considered of major importance, overcoming obstacles, etc. In essences it was kinda his summation of what he believed was really important.
1.Time must be explicitly manage, like money.
2.You can always change your plan, but only if you have one.
3.Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things?
4.Develope a good filing system.
Today I visited the grave of an old friend. It's been two years to the day since he's been gone. March 25, 2015.
I've often wondered…….. when visiting the grave of a deceased loved one….do they know we're there?
No statement could have shocked me more. Those words were said to me early one morning in 1964 at the breakfast table as I was about to leave the house headed to my college classes and later work.
"What?" I said. "Yes, go by the jewelers this evening." "What for?" I asked. "Your dad and I would like you to go there to have your ring finger measured," was my mother's reply. "My ring finger measured? What in the world for?" The last place in the world I could imagine my mother asking me to go was to a jewelry store. Jewelry was not a big item in my family. My dad wore no jewelry, oh maybe a tie clip on his Sunday tie. The only jewelry I remember my mother wearing was her simple silver wedding band, and on occasion earrings.
"With your college graduation nearing, your dad and I thought you might like to have a college ring," my mother said to me. "Okay," was my reply. Later that day I stopped at Ross Jewelers and had my ring finger measured. About four weeks later my college ring arrived.
I learned the real story later, years later. The ring cost about seventy-five dollars, not a big sum by today's standards, but not so in 1964 on my parent's budget. Later I learned they paid ten dollars down and then made monthly payments on the ring for the next six or seven months until it was paid off. My folks did not have a lot of extra money, and believe me when I say that a ring was definitely an "extra" item. To them graduating from college was not just another happening. It was very special as I was the first Adamson in our family to graduate from college, and they were very proud and happy for me.
Today that ring sits in one of two places, either on my bedroom night stand or on my desk in my office. Often it is the first thing I see every morning or the last thing I see at night. It is a reminder of two people who loved and cared deeply about their child, and on this occasion they felt it was important enough to break open the "alabaster" jar.I have never forgotten their sacrifice.
Our two youngest grand kids, Delaney and Jake, over the summer they have moved. Not that much further from where they were living but it did entail new schools for both of them. As parents and grandparents we always have concerns when kids began a new experience.
Jake went on to tell his mom he had also made friends with three girls while on the playground. ( I like the boys style.) His mom named another girl that she thought possibly he might have met that day. "Did you meet———–?" "Yes, but mom, she's the kinda that looks at what you are wearing and says 'you look like last week.' Hey these are elementary kids, where do they come up with all this?
But the first day a school and that all important question has been asked, "You wanna be my friend?" Your hope for your child and all other children that is a question they will often be asked this year with the start of another school season. Not only they will be asked but a question they will also learn to say to others. In fact one would hope that is something they will ask and be asked all their lives.


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Laurice Taitz (like Hollywood royalty Charlize Theron and Monaco princess Charlene Wittstock) grew up in Benoni (31km from Johannesburg), South Africa, believing it was her fate to always be slightly off-centre. Having swopped the East Rand for the city, she grew tired of hearing people say "There's nothing to do in Joburg" and has an unflagging determination to prove them wrong. Laurice is a journalist, mediatrix, project-builder and blogger, and now Publisher and Editor of Johannesburg In Your Pocket city guide.To follow regular updates on what there is to do in Joburg head to johannesburg.inyourpocket.com or to @todoinjoburg on twitter
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Renney Plit on June 18, 2009 at 8:02 pm said:
Dear Laurice
I am Chairman and COO of Afhco Holdings (Pty) Ltd. We are the largest and most innovative developers of affordable housing in the Jhb inner-city, targeting tenants earning between R3000 and R10 000.
Phase 1 (394 apartmnewts)of the development "120 End Street" has just been completed and is starting to let. The development:
1)Is the largest conversion in the world from empty commercial to residential with 924 apartments
2)Is one of the largest high rise residential developments in the world
3)Is about double the size of Ponte which has about 460 units
4)Will have a 10 000m2 shopping centre on ground and lower groung floors
5)Will have a gym with jogging track and pool
6)Backs onto the newly redeveloped Doornfontein Station (R60 million)
7)Is accross the road from the almost complete Nugget Street Park (R6 million)
This is one of the most exciting new developments in the Jhb inner-city for several decades.
For further info my e-mail is renney@afhco.co.za or cell 0836582464.
As an aside, I can also claim to be like Charlize Theron, and grew up in Benoni and Brakpan.
Ross on August 7, 2013 at 2:26 am said:
Hey Laurice, can you send me an email? Cheers!
Vinayak on September 1, 2013 at 7:57 am said:
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Truus Huisman on February 13, 2014 at 2:25 am said:
Hi I am Francois Nel's friend, he tells me you know everything about Johannesburg! Truus
Vaughn on March 3, 2014 at 4:26 pm said:
I am looking for someone who can paint a signage on a mall front
Can someone help?
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Kim Phillips on May 13, 2014 at 12:04 pm said:
Hi Laurice,
I have an exciting exhibition for you to check out. Could you please send me your email address so that I can forward you some info about it to see if it's something you're interested in?
lauricetb on May 25, 2014 at 1:54 pm said:
Hi Kim
You can contact me on lauricetb@gmail.com
Julian Karstel on June 12, 2014 at 1:53 pm said:
Fête de la Musique is back for a third round, hosted by the Alliance Francaise of JHB and the French Institut of South Africa!
Join us for Fête de la Musique's official press launch at the Alliance Francaise of JHB in Parkview, tomorrow, at 9 AM.
If you can't attend the press launch, please let us know if you'll be able to attend Fête de la Musique on the 28th of June 2014, starting from 10 AM until 6 PM. You'll have VIP access, as well as access to the media room. Your RSVP is appreciated before 22 June 2014.
Sina Doering on July 8, 2014 at 3:39 pm said:
The annual Gauteng Motor Show is once again gearing up to deliver it's highly anticipated one stop extreme 'moto-tainment' show. A new year of automotive action brings with it a new show venue in the form of the renowned The Rock Raceway circuit on Johannesburg's East Rand, where the Gauteng Motor Show will run from 25-27 July. What to expect at the motor show this year is the all new WRX Subaru, the PUMA Gearbox which allows motor enthusiasts the opportunity to purchase latest PUMA motorsport and performance gear, you can also look forward to driving simulators, competitions bike stunts, advanced driving and much much more. We would love it if you could come and enjoy this fun-fuelled day with us.
Dates: 25-27 July 2014
Time: Friday 16h00 – 21h00, Saturday and Sunday 9h00 – 21h00
Venue: The Rock Raceway, Brakpan
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NFL clubs were informed Tuesday that a private workout will be held for free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Saturday in Atlanta, according to a copy of a memo obtained by ESPN.
The session will include on-field work and an interview. All teams are invited to attend, and video of both the workout and the interview will be made available to them.
Several clubs have inquired about Kaepernick's current football readiness, and sources told ESPN's Dan Graziano that the workout was also set up in response to a statement by Kaepernick's representatives sent Oct. 10 saying they had received "little to no response" from all 32 NFL teams. Kaepernick has been out of the NFL since 2016, the year he began protesting police brutality and racial injustice by kneeling during the pregame national anthem.
In the memo, the league said: "Earlier this year, we discussed some possible steps with his representatives and they recently emphasized his level of preparation and that he is ready to work out for clubs and be interviewed by them. We have therefore arranged this opportunity for him to work out, and for all clubs to have the opportunity to evaluate his current readiness and level of interest in resuming his NFL career."
Kaepernick tweeted about the workout Tuesday night:
I'm just getting word from my representatives that the NFL league office reached out to them about a workout in Atlanta on Saturday. I've been in shape and ready for this for 3 years, can't wait to see the head coaches and GMs on Saturday.
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) November 13, 2019
As Kaepernick suggested in the tweet, the proposed workout on Saturday came as a surprise to the quarterback and his representatives.
Sources told ESPN that Kaepernick and his reps weren't alerted until 10 a.m. Tuesday. When notified, the quarterback's reps asked for the workout to be on a Tuesday, which typically is when all NFL workouts take place, since head coaches and general managers can more easily attend. On Saturday, almost half of the NFL teams will be traveling to games, and most of the rest of the coaches and players will be heading to their team hotels to prepare for their games the next day.
But the NFL said the workout had to be on a Saturday, sources told ESPN. When the league was asked if it could be on the following Saturday -- by making it this Saturday, the 32 teams only have about three days to make a decision on whether to attend and who to send -- the NFL said no and didn't provide a reason why.
Sources told ESPN that the NFL league office also said that none of the 32 teams had been made aware of the workout prior to the memo being sent. When Kaepernick's representatives asked if a team or teams had asked for the workout, they explained that the NFL league office said, "We can't tell you that."
Sources also told Graziano that Kaepernick's side had to make a decision before a 4 p.m. ET personnel notice would be sent to teams.
Because of the shroud of mystery around the workout and because none of the 32 NFL teams had been informed prior to Tuesday, Kaepernick's representatives began to question the legitimacy of the workout and process and whether it was just a PR stunt by the league, sources told ESPN. The NFL league office was told that because GMs and head coaches make personnel decisions, especially as important as the quarterback position is, that they wanted to see a list of personnel executives and coaches who would be attending the workout.
As it stands now, the ball is in the NFL's court to submit the list of personnel executives and coaches who will attend on Saturday.
One source from an NFC team told ESPN's Josina Anderson that the team will review whether to attend the Kaepernick workout on Wednesday morning. "We have nothing to lose by attending Kaepernick's workout, but I still think for us it would just be an information-gathering trip," the source said. Another source told Anderson that there is interest in the Dallas Cowboys organization to send at least one representative to the workout.
Sources told Graziano that the workout will be held at the Falcons' team facility and will be administered by president of National Football Scouting Jeff Foster, whose responsibilities include deciding which prospects are selected for the combine and administering the combine.
The workout, which will be closed to the media, will be conducted by former NFL coaches, though the exact names have not been finalized.
Kaepernick, who turned 32 on Nov. 3, opted out of his contract with the San Francisco 49ers in March 2017, following the season in which he first began the protests.
Within the past two years, Kaepernick and former Niners teammate Eric Reid filed grievances against the league through the NFL Players Association, alleging collusion among team owners to deny jobs to both players. In February, it was announced that both players had reached a settlement with the NFL. Terms were not disclosed.
Reid, a safety, is in his second season with the Carolina Panthers.
Last month, Kaepernick's representatives said he has been "working out five days a week, for three years, in preparation to play again" but that the opportunity hasn't presented itself.


The soon-to-be-massive Slutface are heading to England for an intimate London show - and you'll go see them, if you know what's good for you.
Along with the likes of Aurora and Farao, Slutface are another incredible export of new music storming the rest of the world across the sea from Norway. We first fell in love with them when they took us completely off guard on their home turf at Oya Festival in Oslo.
Say what you will about their name, we're going to be saying it A LOT in the next 12 months, and so should you. With the riot-grrrl attitude of Sleater-Kinney met with the pure rush of Blood Red Shoes, the emerging Norwegian quartet Slutface throw out infectious pop punk riffs and irresistible choruses that demand every moment of your attention.
Explaining their name to Gigwise, the band said "we're influenced by the riot-grrrl movement, so we wanted a name that is the opposite of what we are."
Slutface will be playing a DIY Presents show at The Old Blue Last, London, on 24 October, with Rickyfitts and Annabel Allum. Make sure you are there.


KPHL MD Wapu Sonk with the Acting CEO for PNG Power Limited (PPL), Caroline Blacklock at the ground breaking ceremony for the Hela rural electrification program. Ms Blacklock was greeted and dressed by Hela women in their traditional finery.
THE people of Hela and Southern Highlands will be supplied electricity from the Hide gas power plant - 25 years after the project began.
Managing director of the Kumul Petroleum Holding Limited Wapu Sonk said during the launching of the Wabia substation in the Hulia local level government last Friday it was time to give something back to the resource owners.
He said the company in partnership with PNG Power would supply electricity to homes in Hela and Southern Highlands in appreciation for the people's contribution to nation building when they supplied oil and gas from their land. KPHL will fund the project for K67 million.
The high voltage power lines will run from Mt Hagen to Mendi, then from Mendi to Tari, Tari to Alimbu junction and then to Hides. Another will run from Alimbu to Koroba on high transmitter pylons while the low power voltage will connect to families from Nipa to Tari.
Another loop will run from Mendi to Kandep, then to Magarima and to the main Mendi-Tari main high voltage power supply. There will also a loop for Ialibu-Kagua and Pangia.
PNG Power managing director Carolyn Blacklock who was dressed in Huli spoke in Huli.
Sonk said electricity was important for human development because it could transform the lives of the people.
He said power from gas would be cheap and warned the people not to connect power illegally or steal power using illegal means.
Sonk said a vehicle will be handed over to police to monitor the project.


WASHINGTON, May 16, 2018 — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released a powerful new video featuring a survivor of the harmful and abusive practice of so-called "conversion therapy" — HRC Youth Ambassador Alex Cooper. Twelve states plus the District of Columbia all have laws or regulations protecting LGBTQ youth from the dangerous practice, and legislation is now pending governors' decisions in Hawaii and New Hampshire.
The new video features HRC Youth Ambassador Alex Cooper. When she was only 15, Alex's life changed when she came out to her Mormon family as a lesbian. Her parents took her to Utah, where for eight months she was subjected to efforts to change her sexual orientation. In her book about the experience, titled Saving Alex, she writes: "My story is an easy one to tell. No one should be beaten, or be told that God doesn't want them, or be sent to dangerous so-called 'conversion therapy' because they are gay. No family should feel they have to choose between their faith and their child." Alex now lives with her girlfriend in Portland, Oregon, and works on behalf of a children's charity.
Connecticut, California, Nevada, New Jersey, the District of Columbia, Oregon, Illinois, Vermont, New York, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Washington, and Maryland all have laws or regulations protecting youth from this abusive practice. A growing number of municipalities have also enacted similar protections, including cities and counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Florida, New York, Arizona, and Wisconsin. Both the state of Washington and Maryland passed their protections into law this year.