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Real Estate Professionals are 'Unsung Heroes' in Economic Development
April 30, 2019 /in EDC News /by Kevin Kieft
I've said it often and focused on it previously in this column space, but it bears repeating: Economic development — successful and robust economic development — really is a team effort. It's a fact borne out weekly.
Though the EDC arm of the Lake Wales Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Council is tasked with primary responsibility for local economic development efforts, our work has the help and support of dozens of government agencies, utilities, business and community leaders, research centers, public and private organizations, already operational business enterprises, and other EDCs and chambers of commerce.
We have tremendous appreciation for all of our EDC investors and partners, some of which truly can be called "unsung heroes" in the worthy and rewarding cause of economic development. Among the "heroes" are all the hard-working commercial and residential Realtors and real estate brokers that dot the local business landscape and the commercial site selectors based in cities all across the country.
The thought about real estate professionals as unsung heroes of economic development came to mind recently when I recalled the impactful deal that brought The Fence Outlet to greater Lake Wales about 16 months ago.
You might remember that The Fence Outlet, a Florida-based manufacturing and retail company, purchased the long-vacant former International Paper box-making facility, the large complex just west of the city on State Road 60. The company came to the area with a new manufacturing mission and, just for starters, about 100 jobs to offer.
The sale of the plant to The Fence Outlet was finalized in December 2017. Coldwell Banker Commercial: Saunders Ralston Dantzler of Lakeland managed the listing and sale, with listing agent Greg Smith tirelessly, patiently, and persistently leading the effort to land a great match and buyer for the property. What the The Fence Outlet received for its very significant investment was a 50-acre commercial site with a 273,384-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility to support its retail centers. What Lake Wales received was a great new community and business partner, almost-instant new job growth, fresh new use of a long-dormant manufacturing plant, and the business "multiplier effect" — the ancillary economic benefits new local manufacturing operations almost always produce.
The sale of the former International Paper plant was a seven-figure, headline-generating development, but every week out of every year, real estate brokers and sales associates close deals with smaller values that really add up big over time and, collectively, have a tremendously positive economic impact on the community. The real estate professionals are men and women who know the local property landscape, who know the projects, who work the deals, and who quietly make things happen behind the scenes. Without these professionals, a lot of property and other business deals just aren't going to get done. They know the market, they know what's coming, and they know what people are seeking.
As a group, commercial site selectors add another important element to the mix of economic development. These are the people — as in-house employees of large companies, as accountants, as lawyers specializing in real estate, or as other third-party real estate experts — who try to find suitable property for businesses seeking to move or expand operations. These site selectors do their research mostly in the shadows; they look for deals and play a game of property elimination. In many cases, local government leaders, the business community at large, and even EDCs like us don't even know that their area is being considered as a possible place for new development. Given that fact, that experience, it pays for us to be development ready when the site selectors do come calling.
As I've written previously, creating a diverse, thriving, and expanding business environment doesn't happen in a vacuum. It takes a lot of people working through a wide variety of organizations. Realtors, real estate brokers, and site selectors are essential players on the local economic development team, and we at the Lake Wales Chamber-EDC thank them all.
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Sir Bradley Wiggins takes on retirement challenge: Channel 4's riskiest show The Jump
Sir Bradley Wiggins has joined the line-up for Channel 4's The Jump
Hannah Furness, Arts Correspondent
3 January 2017 • 12:01am
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Bradley Wiggins
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Just last week, he announced he was retiring from professional cycling with 16 years, eight Olympic medals and a Tour de France win under his belt.
Sir Bradley Wiggins, it seems, has one more challenge left to conquer: death-defying television show The Jump.
Sir Bradley is to take his life - or at least his leg bones - into his hands as takes part in the Channel 4 show, which has left previous celebrity contestants hospitalised after taking on its extreme winter sports challenges.
It has become a favourite for retired sportsmen and women, who are unable to take part in such extreme physical activity during their careers.
Sir Bradley aims to be crowned winner of The Jump
Sir Bradley, 36, said he is taking on the show as his next "sporting challenge", insisting: "Just don't call me a celebrity."
The last series of the show saw Beth Tweddle, the Olympic gymnast, require surgery after damaging two vertabrae, swimming Rebecca Adlington dislocate her shoulder mid ski jump, reality television star Mark Francis fracture an ankle, actress Tina Hobley dislocate her elbow and fracture her arm twice, and Heather Mills retire from competition with an injured leg and hand.
Sarah Harding pulled a ligament in her knee, Ben Cohen needed 20 stitches in his face, Louisa Lytton and Tom Parker tore ligaments in their hands, and Linford Christie pulled his hamstring.
Last year's The Jump contestants, more than half of whom were injured during the series Credit: Channel 4
Previous series have seen Ola Jordan, the dancer, pull out before the show aired after injuring her hips in training, Sally Bercow fracture two ribs, Melinda Messenger suffer concussion and Marcus Brigstocke snap his cruciate ligament.
A spokesman for Channel 4 said: "The show was recommissioned following a thorough review of safety procedures and as in previous years the courses are designed and adapted to the ability of the competitors."
This year, Sir Bradley will join 13 other contestants on location in Austria for training, before six weeks of live shows begin in earnest.
Louis Smith is among the 2017 competitors
Confirmed to take part in the series are Emma Parker-Bowles, the niece of the Duchess of Cornwall, rugby players Gareth Thomas and Jason Robinson, footballer Robbie Fowler, former Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews, comedian Mark Dolan and Olympic medal-winning gymnast Louis Smith.
They will be joined by Olympic Taekwondo champion Jade Jones, Paralympic medallist Kadeena Cox, model Vogue Williams, star of The Only Way Is Essex Lydia Bright, reality TV star Josie Gibson, and Caprice Bourret, the model.
Gareth Thomas will take part this year
Sir Bradley said: "Skiing is a big passion of mine, it was a mix of that and the other committed names this year that made me want to sign up.
"From Jason Robinson and Robbie Fowler to Olympians Louis Smith and Jade Jones, these guys have excelled in the sporting arena and I have a lot of respect for them, they will be so competitive.
Beth Tweddle had surgery for a broken neck after an accident during The Jump
"Major retiring Olympians such as Sir Steve Redgrave have also trod this path, I see this as a sporting challenge and want to go out there and win it.
"Just don't call me a celebrity."
The Jump will return to Channel 4 in early 2017, presented by Davina McCall.
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Janusz Ryszard Quandt (ur. 15 września 1932 w Warszawie, zm. 3 lutego 2021) – polski ekonomista i bankowiec, wieloletni pracownik Narodowego Banku Polskiego, osoba odpowiedzialna za organizację i pierwszy prezes Banku Przemysłowo-Handlowego w Krakowie.

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Absolwent Liceum Ogólnokształcącego im. Stefana Batorego w Warszawie i Szkoły Głównej Planowania i Statystyki w Warszawie.

W latach 1969–1990 członek Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej, między 1975–1979 członek egzekutywy partyjnej w Narodowym Banku Polskim.

W latach 1951–1969 pracował w Banku Inwestycyjnym, w Wydziale Zjednoczeń Budownictwa w Oddziale Stołecznym. Po włączeniu banku w struktury Narodowego Banku Polskiego rozpoczął pracę w strukturach centrali, w jednostkach organizacyjnych odpowiedzialnych za finansowanie budownictwa.

W 1988 został wyznaczony na organizatora Banku Przemysłowo-Handlowego w Krakowie. Po utworzeniu banku został jego pierwszym prezesem. W 1995 odwołany z tej funkcji przez radę nadzorczą. W latach 90. kierowany przez niego bank udzielał kredytów i darowizn oraz zawierał umowy dotyczące najmu i sprzedaży nieruchomości podmiotom powiązanym z Porozumieniem Centrum, m.in. spółce Telegraf i Fundacji Prasowej "Solidarność".

Na przełomie lat 80. i 90. XX wieku zasiadał w radzie nadzorczej spółki Agencja Gospodarcza, powiązanej z politykami PZPR i SLD, m.in. Leszkiem Millerem i Ireneuszem Sekułą, łączonej z procesem uwłaszczenia nomenklatury.

Współzałożyciel Związku Banków Polskich i Krajowej Izby Rozliczeniowej, członek Business Center Club.

Pochowany na cmentarzu ewangelicko-augsburskim w Warszawie.

Odznaczenia
 1997: Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski
 2019: Medal za Długoletnie Pożycie Małżeńskie

Przypisy

Absolwenci II Liceum Ogólnokształcącego im. Stefana Batorego w Warszawie
Absolwenci Szkoły Głównej Handlowej
Członkowie egzekutywy POP PZPR
Członkowie Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej
Ludzie związani z Narodowym Bankiem Polskim
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Oficerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (III Rzeczpospolita)
Odznaczeni Medalem za Długoletnie Pożycie Małżeńskie
Pochowani na cmentarzu ewangelicko-augsburskim w Warszawie
Polscy ekonomiści
Prezesi banków w Polsce
Urodzeni w 1932
Zmarli w 2021

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Q: Prometheus queries: How to give a default label when it is missing? I'm trying to graph the temperature of my servers with Prometheus's hwmon and Grafana.
Relevant for this are 2 time series that prometheus-node-exporter offers:

*

*node_hwmon_temp_celsius which has the actual temperatures; it has labels like:

*

*{chip="platform_coretemp_0",sensor="temp1"}

*node_hwmon_sensor_label which is a helper time series for temperature sensors that have a name (the Prometheus label called label):

*

*{chip="platform_coretemp_0",sensor="temp1",label="core_0"}
On https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/issues/631 it is explained that:

labels are not available for all sensors. If all you sensors have a label, you can do something like this to join them:
node_hwmon_temp_celsius{...} * ignoring(label) group_left(label) node_hwmon_sensor_label

But some of my sensors don't have a label. The above PromQL query does not help in that case; group_left(label) returns no results in that case.
Instead, I would like to write a query for the temperatures that has the label label present, always, and defaults it to unknown-sensor-name  if the label label is missing.
How can I do this with PromQL?

A: I finally found a solution (not sure if it's optimal):
(
    # For all sensors that have a name (label "label"), join them with `node_hwmon_sensor_label` to get that name.
    (node_hwmon_temp_celsius * ignoring(label) group_left(label) node_hwmon_sensor_label)
  or
    # For all sensors that do NOT a name (label "label") in `node_hwmon_sensor_label`, assign them `label="unknown-sensor-name"`.
    # `label_replace()` only adds the new label, it does not remove the old one.
    (label_replace((node_hwmon_temp_celsius unless ignoring(label) node_hwmon_sensor_label), "label", "unknown-sensor-name", "", ".*"))
)

How I arrived there:

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*Finding all time series that do NOT have the label label is essentially the equivalent of an OUTER JOIN from SQL; googling that for PromQL I found question Is there a way to do a "left outer join" like query in PromQL? that explains that this is unless in PromQL.

*Now we need to add the constant label="unknown-sensor-name". We can do that with label_replace(), which, perhaps confusingly, only really adds a new label, it does not remove the old one (as described here). We can leave the last 2 arguments as "" since we only add a constant string, so we can match any existing label.

*Finally, we can union-join this with the "if all you sensors have a label" series using or.

Done.

If desired, we can also join it up with the machine's hostname by adding:
* on(instance) group_left(nodename) node_uname_info

That is described in https://blog.ruanbekker.com/cheatsheets/prometheus/ or Relabel instance to hostname in Prometheus.
That way, in Grafana, we can use {{nodename}} {{chip}} {{label}} for the Legend of the graph.

Example in Grafana (showing instance instead of nodename):

A: You can take advantage of the fact that label_replace allows you to supply a regex match as a requirement for replacement, and replace only if it matches against an empty string (i.e. no label present):
label_replace(
  <your metric>,
  <label>,
  <default value>,
  <label>,
  "^$"
)

Or in your case specifically:
label_replace(
  <your metric>,
  "label",
  "unknown-sensor-name",
  "label",
  "^$"
)

Where ^ is the special character used in Regexes to denote the beginning of a string, and $ is the same for the end of a string.

A: Just wrap the recommended query into label_replace() function:
label_replace(
  node_hwmon_temp_celsius
    * ignoring(label) group_left(label)
  node_hwmon_sensor_label,
  "label",
  "unknown-sensor-name",
  "label",
  ""
)

The label_replace() searches for missing label values and then replaces them with the label="unknown-sensor-name". It doesn't change already existing label values, since they do not match the provided empty regular expression in the last argument to label_replace(). Prometheus automatically anchors the regexp to the start and the end of the string, e.g. in reality it uses ^$ regexp, which matches only an empty string.

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Plastic surgery is becoming very popular with women these days as many women have become very conscious of their looks and appearance. People are judged by their physical appearance and this puts a lot of pressure on them to look good. The self confidence and self esteem of people is directly affected by the way they look and this makes them concerned about their physical appearance. Due to the increase in consciousness of their looks more and more women are opting for plastic surgeries like breast augmentation, rhytidectomy, blepharoplasty, breast reduction, abdominoplasty etc. besides these surgeries women also opt for body and face lifts, chemical peels, fat injections, brow lifts, tummy ticks, etc.
There are many choices available to women today when it comes to plastic surgery. They should be careful about the surgeon they choose. Some research at their end is very important and for adequate information one can read the breast reduction forum. There are several topics and discussion forums available here which are very helpful and informative. The main and the most important choice that one needs to make before getting any plastic surgery is to ensure that the surgeon is well experienced and has five years of experience in surgical training and a minimum of two in plastic surgery. He should have experience in plastic surgeries of all body parts like face, breast, body and also reconstruction. The surgeon should only do the operations in proper medical facilities and also stick to the strict code of ethics.
There are some common types of plastic surgeries for women and the best common is liposuction which helps women get a good and thin figure as they desire. Another popular cosmetic surgery treatment is breast augmentation in which the surgeons work on the breasts of women to increase the size by surgically implanting breast implants. One should be very careful and must go to a credible surgeon so that there are no problems of scars or leaking implants later on. Collagen treatments are the other very popular plastic surgery opted by women. In this synthetic fillers or fat is used on the wrinkles and they help in replenishing the lost collagen of the face which leaves the skin looking much younger.
Dermabrasion is another cosmetic treatment available which removes the upper layer of the skin and reveals a new skin which is much smoother with fewer wrinkles. Women also opt for eye lid surgery which uplifts the drooping eyelids. Women also opt for tummy tucks where excess fat is removed from the abdomen and give it a flatter look as desired by all females. The flabby skin and loose muscles of the abdomen get tightened in this treatment and give a firmer and flatter look. Rhinoplasty is also a popular treatment for nose and lip augmentation gives beautiful lips to women. Women also opt for ear pinning surgery where they can change the outer appearance of the ears and the lobes.
Plastic surgery is catching up fast with all women today. They have an option to change the looks of their different body parts and get the perfect model like looks and figures. With the importance that is given to the looks of any person, these surgeries have now caught a fancy of all women. Though these surgeries are very costly and not affordable by all, women still are looking for finance options and easy installment options where they can spread the cost over a period of time which makes them affordable. There are risks attached to all plastic and cosmetic surgeries in the form of scars and unnatural look besides risks with all individual surgeries. One has to be careful of where they are getting their surgery done from and also on the credibility and the experience of the surgeon. Cheaper options are not the best options available for such surgeries. If properly done these can be very effective and help women get the preferred and the desired look easily. Some research and caution are needed before the decision of such a surgery is taken. A well planned and researched decision can be a boon for the rest of the life as it helps to increase self confidence and self esteem of the women and a hasty and incorrect decision can be a curse for the life as you do not get the desired looks but also are unhappier with the look that the wrong surgery gives you.
I think people rely on plastic surgery because of the influence in this modern society or some reasons that we may give is because of self esteem issues.


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The next step is to setup your recorder to with the Hik Connect service.
Right click and navigate to Menu > Configuration > Network > Platform Access, and tick the Enable box at the top of the screen.
If all went well above, there should be a QR code displayed under the Platform Access page on the recorder.
On the Hik Connect app, click the + button to add device, the Camera app will open up. Scan the QR code from the Platform Access page. If prompted, enter the verification code you created and skip the port settings.
Please check your spam folders and email filters. If the problem persists consider registering with a different email or mobile number.
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Today marks what would have been the 7th wedding anniversary for Isaac and me. I had actually forgotten our exact wedding date, but as this day approached I noticed this brewing sadness within me. While I was driving one day and feeling particularly tender, I thought, "Why am I so emotional? Oh! Our wedding anniversary is coming up." It is so interesting to see how much my body reveals to me about my grief. Even though life gets busy, the memories whether conscious or under the surface always return to both afflict and comfort me.
Most recently, we moved from Lubbock, the city where Isaac and I met and began our family. Lubbock, in many ways represented my life with Isaac. It was strange that although we have moved and live much closer to Isaac's family that in a way, leaving Lubbock was another step in letting go of my life with Isaac. I probably never would have stayed in a place like Lubbock had it not been for Isaac's deep love for West Texas. The move was quick and in some ways that was good for me, like ripping off a bandaid.
It was difficult to leave Lubbock. So many significant things happened for me in that city. That's where I became a therapist. Anyone who is a therapist knows the intensity of the emotional process in becoming a therapist. When you step into a position where you will help people, it is also a call to examine your motivations and your unresolved conflicts with others and with yourself. That was a time of tremendous growth for me. Lubbock was also where I had both of my children. It is a place where I built the many friendships that carried me through my darkest hours. Lubbock is also the place where I rebuilt my life when the life I had designed was destroyed. Lubbock is where I found my calling to teach and pursue a career that I might have otherwise hesitated to pursue. Being able to return to Texas Tech was such a blessing for me. I remember when I interviewed at Texas Tech for their master's program and thinking, "This feels like home." I couldn't have known then how important that choice would be for when I returned to pursue my doctorate degree. That familiarity and professional support made it possible for me to grow at a time when it was tempting to give up. Lubbock also gave me Adam. Lubbock is such a small place. Most people cringe when they think about dating in Lubbock but somehow I won the lottery, TWICE! Who could have predicted that someone like Adam would show up in Lubbock and make loving again so easy? In so many ways I feel that Lubbock is the city that made me. I realize that it wasn't the city that made me but the many associations that I had in that city that forever changed me. I'm so grateful for the many people that took a chance by moving to Lubbock or staying in Lubbock so that I could know them.
Now that we are in a new city, I'm noticing new challenges. It is interesting for Adam and I to meet people who don't know our history. In Lubbock, most of our associates knew me before they knew Adam and me as a couple. However, everyone we meet in our new city knows nothing about us. Some people assume we are a typical family that married and then had kids. It has been interesting when it comes out that we are technically newlyweds. When we told someone about our history, someone mentioned that they had thought the kids were adopted. That made me sad. Mostly because, apparently, my kids don't look like me! I'm only mildly offended by that because I know where they get their good looks from. ;) In all seriousness, it is a weird feeling to realize that people could never guess our reality. I'm stilling thinking about this and trying to process why it feels so strange. In some ways it is nice to have a fresh start. I'm sure it was strange for Adam to always meet people after they had known me. It's nice to have the opportunity to meet people as a couple. However, I am finding that often we have to explain our family. In some ways it's nice to share about our experiences and in other ways it can be frustrating. I think the part that is frustrating for me is that Isaac's death feels so vulnerable for me and while I want to be understood and known, I have a hard time responding to empathy that is expressed when the conversation leads me to talk about his death. When I say my first husband died and people often say "I'm sorry." It is kind and I'm grateful for their acknowledgement, but I always feel so awkward. Most of the time I smile and say, "thank you," but each time I say it, it feels ingenuine. It doesn't feel like the right response. Maybe is there no correct response. What response could possibly do justice to express the loss of a husband and father? If there is one thing that grief has taught me it is that words are not enough, but words are what we have. So although the "I'm sorry"/"Thank you" can seem awkward or formulaic, it's the words we have to show that we hear and care about another person's suffering and one's effort to show concern. And for that concern, I am always grateful.


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Turns Out the Phil's Trail Creeper Was Just a Friendly Guy
The Sheriff's office says that the "creepy" guy at Phil's Trail is no threat. Good thing we all got so freaked out.
If you picked up The Bulletin yesterday morning, you saw the front-page story with the headline: Disquiet at Phil's Trail: 'Creepy' man reported.
The story went on to mention a widely circulated Facebook post (we received it, too) about a guy with a European accent who was talking to women, and in some cases, following them on the trail and trying to continue the conversation. The sheriff's department was looking into it, the story said, and it went on to quote people up at Phil's Trail who were all like, "Huh, that's weird."
That is front page news, apparently.
BUT...this morning, the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office sent out a press release that essentially said, "Don't worry, this guy's not that creepy after all."
Here's part of that statement:
The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office has identified and contacted the male involved in this issue. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office has no reason to believe that he is in any way a threat to hikers, bikers, joggers, or walkers in this area.
So while I can understand why some women were freaked out by a weird dude in the woods, maybe we should wait a bit before blasting the fear horn on Facebook and in the daily paper about "disquiet" in our town. OK?


Steven's image: "Photon Worshippers" featuring sunset along the rugged Pacific Coast in Big Sur, California was awarded winner of the International Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest conducted by the Royal Observatory of Greenwich, England. The photo won in the category People and Space. For details see the competition's Winners page. A two man film crew from Buzz Films, Ltd, London flew out to interview Steven and created a 100 second video about his work.
Steven: in the right spot from Royal Observatory Greenwich on Vimeo.
Subsequent to the win, Steven was also featured on the ABC 7 News in the San Francisco Bay Area. And on KQED public television. This is the winning photo.
The photo and video were featured in the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England until February, 2011.
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Dangote Refinery To Address Nigeria's Crude Oil Refining Challenges – IPMAN
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Monday said that the Dangote Refinery, Petrochemical and Fertiliser projects would solve the country's crude oil refining and exporting challenges, when completed.
Chairman, Western Zone of IPMAN, Alhaji Debo Ahmed, said in Lagos that the refinery would address the lingering crisis of importing refined products into the country.
Ahmed said that the $16billion investment project would revamp the oil and gas industry when it finally kick-starts its operations.
He, however, appealed to all stakeholders to support the actualisation of the huge investments to address the challenges confronting the nation's downstream sector. Ahmed said that the Dangote refinery would impact positively on the downstream investments and significantly boost the country's economic growth.
According to him, its 650, 000 barrels per day refining capacity would have a great multiplier effect on the nation's economy when completed.
"The refinery is expected to solve the country's crude oil refining and exporting challenges when completed. It will also be able to supply 95 per cent of local daily consumption.It is also expected that half of Nigeria's crude would then be refined and exported, rather than just exporting crude, to create jobs elsewhere," he said.
The IPMAN boss, therefore, urged government to harness the potentials of the private sector to make the national economy recover speedily.
"The Dangote Refinery, Petrochemicals and Fertiliser Project, which is reputed to be the biggest in Africa, when completed, will offer a lot of relief in the quest for the diversification of Nigeria's economy from a total dependence on oil to other areas like agriculture and solid minerals.
"We have been assured that when the project fully takes off, it would save the country over 12 billion dollars now being spent on the importation of oil into the country.
"It has also been said that it would as well save for Nigeria about three billion dollars per annum on forex from exports," he added.
The IPMAN official said it was, therefore, needful for government to support the project to come on stream, adding that the company had substantial compliance to local content development since most of its jobs were being handled by Nigerians.
The 650, 000 BPD refinery project located in the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos State is scheduled to come on stream by 2019, and expected to increase to 90 per cent by 2030. Construction work on the ongoing Dangote Refinery project commenced in 2013.
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On Wednesday, Wiz got some boxing lessons from former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield. To make things even funnier, Wiz has a song called "Holyfield" on his Rolling Papers 2 project. Maybe it was meant to be all along.
In the video, you see Holyfield entering performance center in Los Angeles. Next you see Wiz hitting the punching bag while Holyfield watches. Then Holyfield shows Wiz the proper way to throw a jab. Then, the two men dicuss Wiz's diet, which he is using to gain weight by closely monotiring his metabolism.
Lastly, Wiz said that he would consider facing off in the MMA ring if the check was enough. Maybe we'll be seeing a match up sometime soon. But for now, watch Evander Holyfield give Wiz some pointers below.


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Lisimàquia (en llatí Lysimachia, en grec antic Λυσιμαχία o Λυσιμάχεια) era una important ciutat a l'extrem nord-oest del Quersonès traci prop del golf de Melas (Sinus Melas).

Va ser construïda per Lisímac l'any 309 aC, quan es preparava per la darrera lluita amb els seus enemics. La ciutat estava situada a l'istme que controlava l'accés al nord des Sestos i la terra ferma de Tràcia. Per poblar la ciutat va fer destruir la veïna Càrdia, ciutat de naixement de l'historiador Jerònim i hi va traslladar als seus habitants, segons Estrabó, Polibi i Plini el Vell. La va convertir en la capital del seu regne i va créixer ràpidament. A la seva mort en combat la ciutat va caure sota el domini de l'Imperi Selèucida, i durant les guerres entre Seleuc II Cal·línic i Ptolemeu III Evèrgetes I va passar a mans dels egipcis.

No se sap del cert si els egipcis van deixar lliure la ciutat o es va alliberar a si mateixa, però sí que va ingressar a la Lliga Etòlia. Però els etolis no li van poder proporcionar la defensa necessària, i els tracis la van destruir durant la guerra de la Lliga (aliada de Roma) contra Felip V de Macedònia. Antíoc III el gran la va restaurar cap a l'any 192 aC, va recollir els antics habitants dispersos i els seus esclaus i hi va atreure colons amb generoses promeses, segons Titus Livi i Diodor de Sicília. La ràpida derrota d'Antíoc va aturar la seva recuperació; després va passar als romans, amb els quals va seguir decaient. Ammià Marcel·lí l'esmenta per darrer cop.

L'emperador Justinià I la va restaurar i hi va construir una fortalesa amb unes muralles i la va rebatejar Hexamilium (Ἑξαμίλιον), de la qual va derivar el seu nom modern d'Ecsemil, segons Simeó Metafrastes. Les ruïnes de l'antiga ciutat són a la vora al llogaret de Baular.

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Exciting news in the LKC household today. The larger sizes of the very popular peekaboopocket pants (0-5ys) was just released. You can now purchase this super comfy, drop crotch style pant in sizes 5-14years. As with the smaller sizes you can choose to do pockets or not, and you have 2 choices of waistband as well (elastic or yoga) If you have made some pabp pants I'd love to see them, join my flickr group and add your photos.


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New Release Tuesday: To Have and to Hold, Returning Home book 3 by Serena Bell
April 23, 2019 Beth
"I have loved every second of this series and I hope that there will be many more installments to come. This series has everything that I look forward to in getting my love and romance fix."—Twin Spin
"An absolute must-read . . . To Have and to Hold is fabulous."—The Romance Reviews
"Five stars . . . [To Have and to Hold is a] crackling read that's full of emotion and drama."—Jeannie Zelos Book Reviews
"A great story that unfolds beautifully . . . There's a great balance of drama and romance, and I really liked the characters and their journey."—The Escapist Book Blog
"A well-crafted welcome addition to a great series . . . [with] plenty of passion."—I Love Romantic Fiction
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD (RETURNING HOME, BOOK THREE)
He doesn't remember her. She cherishes every moment of their time together. Is there any hope for a second chance?
Hunter Cross has lost a year. There's a gap in his memory, and the woman who is living in his house has disappeared into it. He slept with her, fell for her, loved her—and he doesn't remember any of it.
He knows he should send her away—except for one little thing. At night, when she slips into his bed, his body remembers hers.
Trina Levine is heartbroken, alone with her memories. Hunter won't claim any of it—not the joyful days, not the steamy nights. It's like Trina Levine dreamed it, and it hurts like nothing else could.
Except when Hunter cries out in his sleep and Trina comforts him. At those moments, Hunter's body knows hers, and for a few, brief, blissful moments, Trina's sure everything will be okay again.
Until morning comes.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD EXCERPT
Copyright © 2019 Serena Bell
There he was.
Stepping through the glass gate doors at SeaTac. Striding, head up, not uniformed, as she'd expected, but clad in jeans, a gray T-shirt, and hiking boots. A backpack slung over both shoulders.
Trina felt like she'd never seen him before, and maybe she never really had. Because before, he'd been somebody's dad. Somebody's husband. And then friendship had morphed into love, so she'd never had that first-time-I-laid-eyes-on-you, love-at-first-sight moment. No heart stopping, no breath catching, no hormones firing in one big surge—
Not till now.
Because, damn. Dark hair and dark eyes, stubble smattered over his jaw, shoulders that poured off strength. Six-foot-plus of him, moving with intention. He was a guy who'd catch your eye on the street, pheromones setting you back on your heels before you'd registered that you'd turned to look. The hardness of his features, the everyman handsomeness, made an impression only after it was too late to decide how you felt about his appearance.
There were more lines in his face than she remembered—the laugh crinkles at the corners of his eyes, yes, but deep lines in his forehead, too. His eyes combed the crowd, looking for someone.
I'm right here.
Then his gaze swept past her and locked somewhere else, and his pace quickened until he was almost running. Behind her, someone broke away, flip-flops smacking heels.
"Daddy!"
Clara ran to her father and threw herself into his arms, forgetting Trina's and her grandmother's warnings to be gentle with him. Clara was laughing and crying and trying to tell her father everything that had happened in the last year, all at once.
"Slow down, baby." Hunter knelt so he could hug Clara in earnest. "Slow down. We'll have plenty of time." He was smiling, looking so much like the man Trina remembered, and she realized she was silently pleading for him to raise his eyes and search her out. To turn that smile on her. And she shook her head, because this moment wasn't for her. It was for Clara and Hunter. Trina would have her moment later. When she and Hunter were alone.
Hunter raised his head, and her heart skipped.
But his eyes caught on something behind her, and he rose and strode forward: "Mom."
Trina wasn't going to panic. She clutched her welcome home, hunter sign tighter, and tried to slow her pulse down.
Homecomings are weird, Hunter's mom had told her when Trina met her flight several hours earlier. Don't get your expectations up too high. He'll need some time and space, and then it'll be like he never left.
Plus, Trina had known they'd have to play it a little cool, to maintain the fiction for the girls.
In the meantime, Trina would remember what he'd said to her. Not only I love you, but also, I know my feelings, and they're not going to change.
Hunter's mom, Linda, was getting the full Hunter. Or the half Hunter, maybe, because Trina was pretty sure that Hunter at full strength would have swept both mother and daughter off their feet. Certainly in all her fantasies he'd swept her off her feet.
But with his chest wound just barely healed—a wound that had almost killed him—he wouldn't be sweeping anyone off her feet for a while.
A hand snaked around her waist. Phoebe, at her side. Her daughter, awkwardly twelve and yet so beautiful, with that coltish mix of woman and little girl.
Phoebe was clearly feeling as awkward and left out of this homecoming as Trina was, and wanting solidarity.
That was the moment when Trina started to feel really, truly freaked out. Because she was fine with the fact that homecomings were weird and fine with Hunter's priorities being for his daughter and his mother and fine with the secrecy that they'd agreed to keep up a while once he got back, but—
He hadn't made eye contact with her. Not once.
Something was wrong. Even Phoebe could sense it.
Title: To Have and to Hold
Author: Serena Bell
Category: Contemporary romance
Available from: Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Google Play
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USA Today bestselling author Serena Bell writes contemporary romance with heat, heart, and humor. A former journalist, Serena has always believed that everyone has an amazing story to tell if you listen carefully, and you can often find her scribbling in her tiny garret office, mainlining chocolate and bringing to life the tales in her head.
Serena's books have earned many honors, including an RT Reviewers' Choice Award, Apple Books Best Book of the Month, and Amazon Best Book of the Year for Romance.
When not writing, Serena loves to spend time with her college-sweetheart husband and two hilarious kiddos—all of whom are incredibly tolerant not just of Serena's imaginary friends but also of how often she changes her hobbies and how passionately she embraces the new ones. These days, it's stand-up paddle boarding, board-gaming, meditation, and long walks with good friends.
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New Release Tuesday: Can't Hold Back, Returning Home book 2 by Serena Bell
"When the book keeps you up until after two in the morning then you know it's damn good. I've waited so long for this book but it was worth it!" —Lisa at Fic Talk
"I inhaled this book on a wet Sunday afternoon, and it was time well spent! Serena Bell writes some seriously smart, funny and sexy stories. 5/5 stars." —Onni at I Love Romantic Fiction
"Can't Hold Back is a wonderful example of great writing, careful weaving of emotions and reality into a special situation, and—of course—great, passionate and sexy romance. Grab this second chance romance today. 4.5 stars." —Eleanor, The Book Hammock
"Sweet and Sexy, Can't Hold Back is a military romance with heart and soul." —Beth at Tome Tender
"By the end of the book you love not only Nate, but also Alia. Serena Bell did a fabulous job with this novel."—Sam's Ramblings
"This sweet story is full of physical and emotional healing." —Publishers Weekly
CAN'T HOLD BACK (RETURNING HOME, BOOK TWO)
A love triangle gone wrong. The power to heal his pain. And a second chance for both of them.
Nate Riordan came home from war hurting—everywhere.
Alia Drake can touch him and make it all better.
Nate craves her touch, and not just the professional, physical therapist version. But he needs to keep his eyes on the prize and his feet firmly on the path he's chosen: His buddy, J.J., died, and Nate lived, which means he has promises to keep. Plus, Alia hurt him once, and he's afraid she'll do it again.
Alia knows she has to ignore her feelings for Nate. Her job is to take care of him professionally, so she has to keep her hands on the parts of him she has a right to touch. Besides, when she lied to him two years ago, she forfeited any claim she could ever have to his heart.
Now she just has to find some way to stick to her guns, leave him alone, and do her job. Even—or especially—when he's shirtless on the table in her office…
CAN'T HOLD BACK EXCERPT
"Is this seat taken?"
From her perspective in the grass, he was a giant, with broad shoulders and a luminous smile. She'd always thought it was exaggeration when women said they lost their breath in a man's presence, but she just had.
She got a grip and shook her head. "Pull up some turf." She patted the lawn beside her, and he sat.
He was vivid, like a soldier in a movie: ripped, swaggering, grinning, golden-haired. He'd smiled in her direction earlier, and for a split second she'd thought, Who me? before she remembered that she was standing next to Becca. Her sister was a man magnet. All the two of them had to do was idle in a patch of sunlight admiring the garden, and sexy six-foot-plus men in butt-hugging jeans and black T-shirts materialized from nowhere—
Abracadabra! Hot guy for Becca.
In the car on the way over here, she'd told Becca that Jake's picnics boasted not just amazing food, but other earthly delights. "We'll get you back on your feet," Alia had promised, sneaking a glance at her sister, slumped in the passenger seat. Ever since Becca's boyfriend had dumped her recently, just as they were getting serious, she rarely smiled.
Becca had been super excited about the guy, and Alia was almost as disappointed as Becca was. She wanted her sister to be happy. Settled. Cared for.
Hot Guy for Becca set his plate on the grass. He sat cross-legged, and his thighs and calves, which looked like they'd been hewn from wood, were generously decked with curly golden hair.
"My sister just went to get some food," she told him, pointing.
He cast a glance at Becca, standing by the salad table, loading her plate with potato chips. Tall, beautiful, blond, and glowing with vitality.
"You guys don't look anything alike."
"We don't." She forced a smile. It wasn't only blindingly obvious differences, like Becca's blond and Alia's dark hair, but everything else, too—Becca was slim, with hourglass curves, while Alia was "athletic"; Becca had porcelain skin and Alia was generously freckled; Becca's features were classic and even, and Alia was—well, she'd be kind to herself and say "cute."
She sighed.
"Nate Riordan." The man beside her reached out his hand for a shake.
"Alia Drake."
Big hands. Warm. A moment ago, the world had smelled like summer. Like grass gone somewhere to seed, roses in bloom, and the mingled marvels of mesquite smoke and grilling meat.
Now her head was filled with a different scent entirely—soap, shampoo, the faintest whiff of some spicy male deodorant or cologne.
He was going to have no difficulty making Becca forget her romantic troubles. He could probably make any woman blank on her own name.
She retrieved her hand before she could reflect any more on that. He was Becca's hot guy.
MY REVIEW This is another wonderful book by Serena Bell. It is the second in the Returning Home series about soldiers who have returned home from war, and I enjoyed Can't Hold Back even more than the first, Hold On Tight.
A "forbidden" romance (in this case, a soldier and his physical therapist) is not usually my go-to, but I love Ms. Bell's books and I knew she wouldn't steer me wrong. I love a book about a couple with a history, and boy do Nate and Alia have that! They have much to overcome to find their happily ever after, both in their past AND in their present.
It is not a requirement to read the first book in this series, but it's a good stepping stone into this second book, so I'd recommend it. Thanks to the author for the opportunity to read and review this wonderful book.
Title: Can't Hold Back
USA Today bestselling author Serena Bell writes contemporary romance with heat, heart, and humor. A former journalist, Serena has always believed that everyone has an amazing story to tell if you listen carefully, and you can often find her scribbling in her tiny garret office, mainlining chocolate and bringing to life the tales in her head.Serena's books have earned many honors, including an RT Reviewers' Choice Award, Apple Books Best Book of the Month, and Amazon Best Book of the Year for Romance.
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Review of "Hold On Tight" (Returning Home, Book One) by Serena Bell
March 4, 2019 Beth
5 out of 5 beautiful, sexy, heart-warming stars
I posted about this book a couple of days ago, to help get the word out about its release. Then I had a chance to actually read the book. YOU GUYS, this book is amazing! It is one of the best books I've read so far this year! I am lucky enough to be on Serena Bell's ARC team, and was thrilled to be able to read this book so I could share it with you. The most exciting thing about this book, and the others in this series, is that it is a re-release, as Ms. Bell is now an INDIE author. I'm even more excited to be a part of her team now, because indie authors need even more support than the garden variety. 🙂
Now, I am a sucker for second chance romance. I also love a well-written story about a military hero, having grown up as an Army brat. I'm a big fan of the single parent, being one myself, and while I usually gravitate toward the hot single DAD books, I like to read about a single mom working hard to be all things to her kids, while also finding some time to take care of herself. Lastly, I can occasionally be found reading a secret baby romance, although it's not my favorite trope. Hold On Tight has all of these!
Here's a quick synopsis by the author herself:
"Hold On Tight is the story of Jake—a guy who comes back from war, broken in body and spirit, to discover that he has a kid he never knew existed and a baby mama he's been trying really hard to forget. It's also the story of Mira, a single mom who has been working her butt off to hold all the pieces together, and does not need the complication of being attracted to a man who got her pregnant and disappeared off the face of the earth. Aaand, it's the story of Sam, who—well, he's seven, and just trying to figure out how all the pieces fit together, especially in light of the fact that his mom told him that his dad was a sperm donor."
Jake and Mira had a very short, but passionate, relationship 8 years ago, and their paths are about to cross again. Jake is a war hero. Not only that, he's a wounded war hero, who is back home after a devastating experience overseas. Mira is a single mom, who just moved across the country, and away from her parents, to prove that she can take care of herself and her 7-year-old son. What will happen when Jake finds out he has a son? How will Mira deal with Jake's reemergence into her life? Will she tell her son, Sam, that Jake is his dad?
I adored Sam. This kid had a heart of gold, and he was not afraid to ask the tough questions. Have you heard the saying, "…and the little child shall lead them"? Sam is that child. I started reading one of the chapters, and when it started out, it made me think it was going to be from Sam's POV. It didn't turn out to be, but I thought to myself, "How freaking great would that be, to get a chapter from a child's own perspective???" It's definitely something I have not seen before, and didn't know I'd love until that moment.
I loved this book. LOVED. I'd read another military hero book recently, and it was pretty bad. It wasn't realistic, and it was very light on the facts. I don't know what experience Ms. Bell has with military life, but I found her descriptions to be very authentic. Jake had experienced some very harrowing things while he was deployed, and he had a very difficult time dealing with the challenges of life back home. It all felt very real and honest.
I've also come to realize over the past few years that sexy times must be REALLY difficult to write, because some authors just aren't very good at it. Serena Bell, let it be known, is NOT one of those authors. Her sexy times are off-the-charts hot. It's possible that I enjoy them so much because I'm really rooting for her characters and I want them to have good sexy times, but I don't think so. She's just really good at writing super sexy scenes, which at no point make the reader pause and say "wait…what?"
I'm very excited about book 2, Can't Hold Back, because it's not just another book in the series, it's a continuation of sorts. We meet the main characters, Nate and Alia, at the end of Hold on Tight, and it appears we will also be able to follow Mira and Jake (and Sam!) on their continuing journey.
If you like military heroes, or second chance romance, or secret baby stories, or indie authors, or all of the above, PLEASE go buy this book. I will definitely be bringing you reviews of the other books in this series, as they are released. I hope you love Jake and Mira's story as much as I did!
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New Release: Hold on Tight (RETURNING HOME, BOOK ONE) by Serena Bell
HOLD ON TIGHT (RETURNING HOME, BOOK ONE)
A wounded soldier. A secret baby. A second chance.
Jake Taylor has made a few terrible decisions, but none worse than the one in Afghanistan that cost him his best friend and his leg.
Or so he thinks, until he comes home from war to discover a seven-year-old son he never knew existed.
Jake can't regret the blissful nights he spent with Mira in his arms, or the boy with his eyes, but he can leave them alone so they don't become yet another one of his mistakes.
He'll rehab his body, figure out how to find purpose again—and keep things simple with the woman he once craved desperately.
Except the sizzling attraction that drew him to Mira is still fierce, and staying away from her is a lot harder than he ever expected…
Mira Shipley has promised herself that if she ever sees Jake Taylor again, she'll tell him he has a son.
She isn't expecting to run into him at the physical therapist's office, where he's learning to live with an above-the-knee amputation.
She can't blame him for being a grumpy jerk under the circumstances, but it would be a lot easier to ignore him if she didn't desperately need child care for her son.
And if Jake didn't make her feel brand new and dazzlingly alive.
She knows she needs to protect her son's feelings—but no matter how hard she tries, she can't forget the long, sweet nights she and Jake spent learning each other's bodies and each other's secrets…
"Sweet, sexy and real . . . In Hold on Tight, Serena Bell has written a beautiful story about a wounded soldier and the woman strong enough to love him."—Jessica Scott, USA Today bestselling author of Because of You
"The authenticity of their story is resounding. This isn't a story of instant love, but of an uphill battle and determination, of making decisions, and of living in the here and now."—Heroes and Heartbreakers
"This contemporary second-chance romance is Bell's best written book yet. It deals with the horror of war beautifully and with great care, weaving it into a great love story, and many, many swoons."—The Book Hammock
"Just a beautiful, and yet not overly emotionally weighted, story of two people fighting their way out of a life they were dealt, toward a life they choose wholeheartedly. This book left me feeling warmed, encouraged, bolstered and full. Phenomenal writing by Serena Bell."—Ripe for Reader
"I was completely swept away with the characters, story and the writing."—Twin Spin
On the other side of the room, the cocky guy with the prosthetic leg shifted in his seat, drawing her gaze. Brown hair, on the longer side of short, uncombed. A couple of days' unshaven scruff. Not her type; she liked professional men, clean-shaven. Her mind was about to dismiss him—a guy I ran into in the physical therapist's office and wasn't attracted to, but not because he was an amputee, just because he wasn't my fantasy. But something made her look again.
Holy shit. She knew that face. The strong jaw, the well-formed upper lip, the deep groove that ran vertically between his brows—
She'd memorized his features in the few weeks they'd been together, the quick three-quarters way he smiled, like he couldn't quite fully commit to happiness, the all-in truth of his smile when he gave himself over. The creases that formed when he frowned, the way his jaw set when something bothered him. That night at the lake—the last night—the look on his face when she'd taken off her clothes. Gratitude and longing and Who, me? For real?
The night came back to her in sharp contrasts, pairs of impressions. The coolness of his wet skin and the heat of his body. The softness of his mouth moving over hers, over her breasts, and the hard tug of his suckling, the yank of desire she'd felt. The rich summer smells, green and overripe, and the clean soap scent of him. How open she'd felt, how boundary-less, melting, flowing, willing—and how her body had betrayed and frustrated her.
How good he'd made her feel, better than she'd ever felt in her life, and the way he'd hurt her. The way they'd dressed, packed up, and driven home in silence. How hard she'd cried, and for how long.
Jake.
His eyes caught hers, caught and held and held and held. Sam's gray-blue eyes, Sam's full lower lip, Sam's absurdly long eyelashes. Jake's face.
Would Sam someday have a jaw like that, square and strong? Would his nose, which was still a little boy's pudgy upturned nose, be as bladelike as his father's?
How many times had she promised herself that if this moment ever came, she wouldn't hold the truth back from Jake?
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A new German breakfast television show will satirize the normal fare of chirpy early-morning hosts and the inconsequential chit chat. The creator hopes the programme will explore the world of TV between 6 and 9am.
Headed by comedian Olli Dittrich, the new show will be aired by broadcaster ARD on Monday mornings.
Dittrich will play the roles of stiff newsreader, bewildered reporter, stuttering football star, tough conservative politician and over-excited theatre director. Most importantly though, he'll play Sören Lorenz, host of a prototypical breakfast television show.
Despite his eclectic range of roles, Dittrich told the Süddeutsche Zeitung that the show was not supposed to be a comedy.
"One has to get really close to reality to expose these embarrassments," he said. His intention is to make people see what they usually overlook. "That all leads to the truth," he told the paper.
Dittrich was not short of inspiration for his show. "There are so many templates," he said, adding that his intention is to depict the "essence" of the improbable world depicted between 6 and 9 am.
Perhaps that has something to do with the fact that his colleagues at ARD allowed him to shoot his parody in none other than the Cologne studio where it films its real breakfast show.
Commentators are describing the show as eerily close to reality.


Am I strange to keep so many sentimental items? It seems like parents keep all of the junk that matters to them from when their babies were babies because you as the not-so-baby has no use for these items. Not to me! I might have stolen some of the below from home, but my parents don't seem to care. Do I feel awesome having access to these things as an adult? Heck yes!
This month's theme is going out to the bunch of Finds & Treasure I have collected from birth to childhood. All but one were gifts from my parents, family, or friends of our family.
P.S: Bear with me as I attempt to find the best lighting in my new place. I have a 20-foot ceiling with high-up windows in my bedroom and a bunch of emptiness downstairs in the living room, so I'm in experimentation mode for now.


About 1000 Programme Executives of All India Radio and Doordarshan recruited by UPSC through national level selection from 1980 onwards have been denied even a single promotion in a career spanning 30 years.
They are being forced to work under contractual employees many of whom have been illegally inducted into their cadre and then wrongly given multiple promotions .
For the last eight years the Ministry and DG: AIR are refusing to implement a Court direction dated 26th March 2004 to conduct a review DPC as per rules so as to protect illegal beneficiaries. (copy of court order enclosed ).
To delay DPC and protect ineligibles, eligibility lists have been prepared in total violation of statutory rules. Ineligibles have been included while eligible UPSC recruited programme officers have been left out .
UPSC after detailed verification of records has submitted to the Court an affidavit by Secretary, UPSC. (Copy of affidavit enclosed) .
Secretary UPSC"s Affidavit (along with DOP&T advice) clearly states that eligibility list contains many irregularities .
While eligible persons recruited through UPSC have been left out of the list, ineligible persons not covered under rules have been included. Eligibility list shows contractual service as regular service !.
Ministry and DG AIR are unfortunately still refusing to act on findings of the Union Public Service Commission based on their records and opinion/advice of the DOP&T .
Ministry wants to conduct review DPC with ineligible people on the list and by leaving out the eligible UPSC recruited Programmme Executives.
Ministry is trying to attribute the delay to court cases . There is no court order preventing holding of review DPC.
Prayer: Request kind personal intervention to save the National Public Broadcaster –All India Radio and Doordarshan and its professional and qualified programme officers selected by UPSC.


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Editorial Universitaria est une presse universitaire chilienne basée à Santiago et créée en 1947 avec des fonds de particuliers et de l'université du Chili.

Au cours de son existence, elle a publié les travaux de générations de scientifiques et d'intellectuels chiliens influents.

La presse publie entre autres de la littérature jeunesse.

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The AS-i function block library for PCS 7 is integrated in the SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system and expands it for integration of the AS-Interface system. As the result, the advantages of AS-Interface such as the considerable reduction of wiring outlay for distributed actuators/sensors and very simple installation can also be used in a system based on PCS 7. The library contains modules for accessing the I/O data of AS-i slaves, modules for diagnostics of the AS-i system, and a faceplate for the PCS 7 Maintenance Station.


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The iliad book 18 the immortal shields
Brann, in the same article, went on to describe such meanings of the shield. Instead, the bulk of the description presents a peaceful society and rural idylls, a curious choice for the most ferocious warrior of the greeks, and an odd. The last section of book xviii describes the giant shield that hephaistos, god of the forge, made for achilles. The iliad, book xviii, the shield of achilles by homer. Agamemnon, seeing blood, thinks that his brother has been mortally wounded and begins a long speech of lament and revenge. Achilles recognizes that there is a particular immortal glory in his participation in the war against troy. The shining goddess came and took his hand, saying. The iliad of homer popebook 18 wikisource, the free. The iliad, book i, lines 116 anger be now your song, immortal one, akhilleus anger, doomed and ruinous, that caused the akhaians loss on bitter loss and crowded brave souls into the undergloom, leaving so many dead mencarrion for dogs and birds. What crucial thing has happened at the start of book 18 after the death of patrolcus. Homer structured the iliad so that at any point he could discuss any subject he chose. Murray 1 so then amid the huts the valiant son of menoetius was tending the wounded eurypylus, but the others, argives and trojans, fought on in throngs, nor were the ditch of the danaans and their wide wall above long to protect them, the wall that they had builded as a defence for their ships and had drawn a trench about ityet they gave not.
In book 18, night falls for the first time since book 10. The iliad the completion of the shield and the crippled smith brought all his art to bear on a dancing circle, broad as the circle daedalus once laid out on cnossos spacious fields. The first scene of the iliad finds chryses, the priest of apollo god of the sun and a whole lot of other stuff, approaching the achaian camp to ask for his daughter back. He understands that glory in war carries with it an immortality that is worthy of pursuit. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Grief overcomes achilles as he falls to the ground weeping. Hector, spurred on by apollo, sees euphorbuss fall and. Achilles mother, thetis, who is a goddess, promises to. The iliad book 18 the shield of achilles reading time. Homer, iliad book 17 theoi classical texts library. Find a summary of this and each chapter of the iliad. How i wished you had stayed among the immortal seanymphs, and peleus had taken a. Apollos priest chryses comes to the achaian camp and asks to ransom back his daughter chryseis, who has been captured.
The shield of achilles is the shield that achilles uses in his fight with hector, famously described in a passage in book 18, lines 478608 of homers iliad. The point is, now that you know what the things are, its high time we jumped into the middle of them. When achilles saw him thus weeping he was sorry for him and said, why, patroclus, do you stand there weeping like some silly child that comes running to her mother, and begs to be taken up. Chryses, priest of apollo, comes to the greek camp to ransom his daughter, chryseis, held captive by agamemnon. A horse walked into a bar, several people got up and left as they spotted the potential danger in the situation. Homer calls upon the goddess of poetry and inspiration the muse to sing of achilleus anger. Upon hearing the news, achilles tears his hair in sorrow and curses anger that drives the sanest men to flare in outrage. The iliad written by homer in the days of ancient greece has become one of the most epic poems of all time.
Homer, iliad book 18 theoi classical texts library. The iliad begins with the poet calling on the muse to sing of the wrath of achilleus and its consequences. This break from battle also serves to emphasize the significance of achilles desire to exact revenge upon hector. You should visit browse happy and update your internet browser today the news of the death of.
October 2005 the construction of the shield of achilles is one of the most fascinating sections of the iliad. I was 10 years old, just, and in my first term at a small, kindly boarding school, itself in a. In book 18 of the iliad, achilles learns of the death of his dear friend patroclus. Nestor is an old man within the army, unable to fight, only of use to the ablebodied force as a source of wisdom and experience. Lines 689691 hephaestus has finally completed the shield, and lays it down to look at his. Hector has killed patroclus and stripped him of his armor which actually belongs to achilles. The shield of achilles achilles shield wa like no other piece of armor. Chapter summary for homers the iliad, book 14 summary. She found her beloved son groaning aloud, his arms round patroclus body, while his men stood by, weeping bitterly. The shield of achilles in homers iliad 1091 words 123. Hephaestus is a lame god, and immortal being crippled by a definitively mortal attribute, and as one sees at the end of the book something of a fool or jester in the eyes of the other olympians. Homers iliad the shield of achilles 1597 words 7 pages. Book xviii of a new complete english translation with. Then patroclus drew near to achilles with tears welling from his eyes, as from some spring whose crystal stream falls over the ledges of a high precipice.
Thetis goes to get a new set of immortal armor made for him by hephaestus. Thus the trojans in the city scared like fawns wiped the sweatfrom off them and drank to quench their thirst leaning against thegoodly battlements. Brann explained that in both of homers poems, he believed. At this moment, the poet stands back from the details of physical violence and personal vendettas to contemplate the beauty of the larger cosmos in which. Patroclus body has been stripped and fought over but now hector wears achilles armour almost like with patroclus the armour changes personalities hector more arrogant body still being fought over. Achilles grief is such that he cries out in agony, and his immortal. Only a quarter of the description concerns warfare, the essential grist of the epic. Antilochus races to achilles camp to tell him of patroclus death. Achilles turns his anger from agamemnon to hector 1. The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser. The appearance of achilles in battle 233iris urges achilles to get patroclus corpse, but, without armor, achilles cant enter battle. Start studying the iliad homer the immortal shield vocabulary. Humor in the iliad is most often associated with the gods but does occasionally show up among the humans, most often in connection with nestor.
Homers iliad the shield of achilles essay 1593 words. Homers iliad cast a spell on me childrens books the. Shield of achilles and the shield of aeneas essay 3669 words. Jupiter, awaking, sees the trojans repulsed from the trenches, hector in a swoon, and neptune at the head of the greeks. It is a curious fact about the iliad that, for all its focus on the theme of death, it rarely shows characters longing for immortality. Achilles has a bad feeling that patroclus is dead even before menelauss messenger arrives. Making herself beautiful as only an immortal can be, she tricks aphrodite into giving her a band that contains the power of love. How i wished you had stayed among the immortal seanymphs, and peleus had taken a human bride. This is one of the few times when this happens, and it is interesting that hektor says it out of excitement wanting the moment to last forever instead of despair at a moment passing. The iliad, book xviii, the shield of achilles thee, welcome, goddess.
Meanwhile thefleet runner antilochus who had been sent as messenger reachedachilles and found him. He forges the famous shield of achilles that contains on it a picture of the entire world. Him he found in front of his ships with upright horns, boding in his heart the thing that even now was brought to pass. Within the tale of achilles and the wrath of war lies a magnificent object that is shortly mentioned in book 18. The shield of heracles lines 1569 are identical to homers iliads line 5358 with only one word differentiating the two passages. I know of no other arms i could use, except for telamonian ajaxs shield. Yet the shield passage expands this setting to a timeless universe. As dawn, in saffron robes, rose from the stream of ocean, bringing light to gods and men, thetis reached the ships bearing hephaestus gift. Euphorbus attempts to strip patroclus armor, but menelaus kills him. He will beat down his rage at agamemnon and return to the fight. Murray 1 and the son of atreus, menelaus, dear to ares, failed not to mark that patroclus had been slain in battle by the trojans, but fared amid the foremost fighters, harnessed in flaming bronze, and bestrode the dead, as over a calf standeth lowing plaintively its mother, that hath brought forth her firstborn, ere then knowing naught of motherhood. A quarrel in olympusminerva goes down and persuades fandarus to violate the oaths by wounding menelaus with an arrowagamemnon makes a speech and sends for machaonhe then goes about among his captains and upbraids ulysses and sthenelus, who each of them retort fiercelydiomed checks sthenelus, and the two hosts then engage, with great slaughter on either side. What did batman say to robin before they got in the car. Achilles, sitting by ships, realizes the achaeans are routed and fears the worst.
The description of the shield is a digression justified by the fact that hektor now has achilles armor. Ah, woe is me, how is it that again the longhaired achaeans are being driven toward the ships in rout over the plain. Two spies at distance lurk, and watchful seem if sheep or oxen seek the winding stream. For my heart compels me not to linger among men once hector is dead at the point of my spear, and has paid the price for despoiling patroclus. The iliad is a highly compact narrative, compressing the turning points of a tenyear conflict into a few days of battle. The iliad, homer, 18 october 1991 i know the date as its stamped into the front of my book. He is stricken with grief and he vows revenge on hector. Achilles watches the retreat from afar and worries about the fate of patroclus. Here, while achilles and everyone else awaits the unfolding of his fate, the poet suspends the narrative to describe the decoration of the shield by hephaestus. Homers epic poem the iliad tells the story of the trojan war and the epic heroes and gods. Would thou hadst remained where thou wast amid the immortal maidens of the. They gathered like a pack of ravening wolves filled with indescribable fury, like mountain wolves that have brought down a stag with full antlers, and rend. The iliad, book xviii, the shield of achilles by homer poems. In homers iliad, the epic poets heroes are often motivated by kleos, a greek word which can carry meanings such good reputation, fame, and glory.
The intricately detailed imagery on the shield has inspired many different interpretations of its significance, with no definitive answer. Pedasus though mortal still kept pace with those immortal. Set during the trojan war, the tenyear siege of the city of troy ilium by a coalition of greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the. Ovid provides one of the best descriptions of this even in book 9 of his metamorphoses.
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RoSfest announces 3RDegree as the Friday night after hours party band
by blake | Sep 8, 2015 | Archives, News
One of the popular traditions of RoSfest is the after-party at the host hotel on Friday night of the festival. We are pleased to announce that New Jersey-based band 3RDegree has been given the honor of entertaining us at the after-party in 2016. A band with a history going back to the 1990's, with 5 full-length critically acclaimed studio albums to their name, they will bring quality song-centric prog and excellent entertainment to this much-anticipated party.
Regular guests at RoSfest are likely to know this band fairly well, as members of 3RDegree have been a regular presence for most editions of the festival. Their latest album "Ones & Zeros: Vol. 1" was recently released on U.S. label 10t Records. The current line-up of the band consists of Pat Kliesch (guitars, vocals), George Dobbs (vocals, keyboards), Robert James Pashman (bass, keyboards, vocals), Aaron Nobel (drums), and Eric Pseja (guitars, vocals).
3RDegree official website: http://www.3rdegreeonline.com/3RDegree/Home.html
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The Conqueror (1956)
directed by Dick Powell
featuring John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz, Agnes Moorehead, Thomas Gomez
Back Street (1961)
directed by David Miller
featuring Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey
David and Bathsheba (1951)
directed by Henry King
featuring Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron Moore, James Robertson Justice
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
directed by Edward Ludwig, Howard Lydecker
featuring John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinskey
featuring Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegarde Neff, Leo G. Carroll
directed by William Wellman
featuring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
featuring Susan Hayward, William Lundigan, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
directed by Delmer Daves
featuring Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Anne Bancroft
I Want to Live! (1958)
featuring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel, Wesley Lau
House of Strangers (1949)
directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
featuring Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Luther Adler, Paul Valentine
I Married a Witch (1942)
directed by René Clair
featuring Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway
directed by Henry Hathaway
featuring Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger, Edgar Buchanan
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
directed by Daniel Mann
featuring Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet, Don Taylor
Tulsa (1949)
directed by Stuart Heisler, Stuart Hiesler
featuring Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz, Lloyd Gough, Chill Wills
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
directed by Walter Lang
featuring Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner
My Foolish Heart (1949)
directed by Mark Robson
featuring Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, Kent Smith, Lois Wheeler, Jesse Royce Landis
featuring Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, John Justin, Agnes Moorehead
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)
directed by Stuart Heisler
featuring Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, Eddie Albert, Marsha Hunt, Carl Esmond
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
directed by Edward Dmytryk
featuring Susan Hayward, Bette Davis, Michael Connors, Joey Heatherton, Jane Greer
The Hairy Ape (1944)
directed by Alfred Santell
featuring William Bendix, Susan Hayward, John Loder, Dorothy Comingore, Alan Napier, Roman Bohnen
Garden of Evil (1954)
featuring Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell
Jack London (1943)
featuring Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen, Harry Davenport, Virginia Mayo, Frank Craven
The Lost Moment (1947)
directed by Martin Gabel
featuring Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Lorring, Eduardo Ciannelli
Top Secret Affair (1957)
directed by H.C. Potter
featuring Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus, John Cromwell
The Honey Pot (1967)
featuring Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Capucine, Edie Adams
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Discussion in 'Google TV General Discussion' started by sparkyscott21, Dec 30, 2010.
News Corp ( NWS ) and CBS ( CBS ) recently announced that they will be blocking Google ( GOOG ) TV from offering their shows for free over the internet. The move mirrors the strategy previously employed by other media companies like Viacom ( VIA ).
So what is provoking these media conglomerates to take action against Google TV?
The broadcasters are concerned that allowing Google TV users free access to their content could threaten critical revenue streams - advertising revenues, programming re-run revenues, and regular carriage fees from pay-TV providers.
Pay-TV service providers like Comcast ( CMCSA ), Time Warner Cable (TWC), DirecTV (DTV) are also growing concerned with the rise of online platforms that offer content at cheaper rates. The last thing they will want is Google impeding on their TV viewership foothold.
Watching content on your computer is one thing, but the ability to conveniently stream the same range of content on your TV (for free) could add a new level of competition that pay-TV providers are likely hoping to avoid. Consequently, we believe that there is going to be pressure from the pay-TV providers, in addition to broadcasters, to hinder Google TV's expansion.
It is estimated that the prime-time shows viewed over the internet have about 4 minutes of advertisements per hour compared to 16 minutes for regular broadcast. Since ad revenue is directly related to the number of advertisement slots, it is likely that Google will not be able to compensate broadcasters for the loss of ad dollars resulting from a shift away from traditional TV towards internet viewing.
The traditional TV advertisement market is still very lucrative, with about $180 billion of expected global sales in 2010. This is still three times the size of web advertising. Clearly Google would like to grab a piece of this market, but unless the company can fill the ad sales gap it may not get its hand on much of the content.
Can Online Platforms Bear Content Acquisition Costs?
Pay-TV service providers, due to their significant base and high fee per customer, have the purchasing power and ability to pay for their content. Online platforms seem to lack the same ability. Take for example Netflix (NFLX), which extracts a fee of a mere $11 per month per subscriber (estimated). How much content can other online platforms, with weaker ad revenue potential than pay-TV providers, really afford?
Google TV presently seems to be a complimentary service for customers who already subscribe to some of the less advertisement-dependent channels via their pay-TV service provider. This includes premium channels like HBO and cable networks like TNT and TBS. But for broadcasters, Google TV still needs to come up with a better proposition that will not hamper their revenue growth.