Easter Sunday, 2014. Point State Park, Pittsburgh.
You might not notice it at first glance, but that's because I hide it pretty well. But if you look again, you will notice that I am a little - 'over weight.' Yeah, it happens. Life gets busy; work, kids, community commitments, church...the list of excuses can be pretty long. But excuses aside, it's pretty safe to say, "I've kinda' let myself go...a little."
Meanwhile...check out my smoking hot wife. (Wait, don't really 'check her out.' It was just a figure of speech. Sorry guys.) Kidding aside, Amy looks amazing! Even after 5 kids, she looks great. That's because she has worked hard at staying in shape. And I'm proud of her for that.
But this summer, I went for my annual physical, and to no surprise, the doctor told me that it would be good to lose a little weight. Nothing drastic, but if I wanted to feel better about myself and avoid any potential health problems, losing a couple of pounds would help. Okay. No problem. The Doc, told me to watch what eat and and get a little more excercise. Well, I've kinda followed his instructions... okay, not really. BUT HEY, at least I didn't gain any weight since the visit, so that's a good thing! Right?!
Just before Halloween, Amy came up to me in the kitchen. (In the kitchen, of all places, right?) and she said, she had been thinking. 'Since you will be 40, in about 4 months, what if you were to try to lose 40 pounds by your 40th birthday. Would you be into that?' [Roughly paraphrased.] She said it would be something that we could do together...right.
I thought about it for a couple of days, 40 pounds by my 40th birthday. I do want to lose some weight, I mean, the boys are getting bigger and faster. It would be great to have some more engery for them. And it would be nice to look a little better when standing next to Amy. Why not!
So, as we begin the month of November 2014, I begin it with a goal in mind, lose 40 pounds by my 40th birthday!
Now why share something like this here on the blog?
Well, honestly, why not? One of our hopes with the blog is to let our readers get to know us. I mean, we're just a normal family. We're not perfect, but we have a great marriage, wonderful kids, and we know that we are truly blessed by God's love and provision for us. We want to share our adventures, struggles, dreams, goals, successes, failures, and life with you in the hope of encouraging you and your marriage, family, and faith journey. Sharing a weightloss challenge with you might encourage you to consider your weight, (I'm speaking to the men reading this blog.) You too, might want to lose a few pounds, so why not do it together. And what better way to stir up some accountability along the way, then by sharing the challenge and the journey here with our readers?
I am working on a special page that will show up on the front page as a link, that will lead those who are interested, to a weekly weightloss journal for the next four months. I don't want to get crazy with it, but I'm thinking about a weekly weigh in, and some thoughts about the week past and the week ahead. And if I come across something super helpful, maybe I'll share it with you in a post.
So the challenge began on November 1st. And while this blog was written till late this week, I want you to know that I have already been good about the challenge. I'll post some of the details on that new page I just talked about. The page should be live by the end of the week.
Mean while, I'd love to hear from you! Healthy eating tips... Calorie burning exercises... If you have them, share them! I would totally appreciate your help.
Any-who... 40 by 40. That's about 4 months to lose 40 pounds by my 40th birthday. Up for the challenge?
We'll have to see how this goes.


September 12, 2018 Best of Ganesh Temples from Kanyakumari to Kashmir!
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This homestay in Wayanad will make you experience Kerala's 100-year-old Jain Tharavadu, situated in the land of paddy fields, tea and coffee plantations, and more! The mountains welcome the sunrise and the aroma with the mists.
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The Tulips Homestay in Mysore follows a western concept of bed and breakfast. Giving you the comfort of a home away from home.
Their location and facilities will make your stay a very relaxed & enjoyable one. When you decide to make a trip to Mysore in your Zoomcar, show them your Booking ID, and get a 10% discount on your stay.
On your next trip to Coorg, make sure you book your stay at Evergreen County. Explore the culture and nature of Coorg in its true form. Evergreen County, provides you with theme based holidays, from Nature, to Adventure, from Classical and Traditional to Man in the wild and more. This place is ideal for all kinds of trips you can have in mind.
Whether it is an office team outing, or family fun, summer camps, treks, etc; they have something for everyone.
When you decide to visit Evergreen County, show them your Zoomcar Booking ID and get Gift coupons worth Rs.2000.
This gorgeous resort aims to let the world know about the Edakkal Caves, Wayanad. The rooms of this resort are built around the theme rocks and caves. They also have new tree houses for a romantic and intimate stay.
Dine inside the caves, their cave restaurant that serves traditional Malayali cuisine . Breathe in the aroma of peppercorns and coffee beans and wake up to the mystique of a mist-screened valley.
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The wonderful view of the scenic mountains, forest, and the valley around, is what Wayanad Dreamnest offers you when you make you trip there. Nestled in the Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary, it makes it an ideal jungle resort.
Wayanad Dreamnest gives you excellent accommodation with a wide range of activities as well. Go farming, or sink into a relaxed atmosphere with Ayurvedic Treatments. Take a wildlife safari and much more!
Zoom here and get a 10% discount on showing them your Zoomcar Booking ID.
The resort is located within a coffee plantation in Wayanad, that is based at the foothills of Chembra Peak.
They offer you a comfortable stay in a jungle village ambiance. The offer treks, nature walks, campfires bird watching and many other activities.
Zoom here this weekend and get yourself a 20% discount, when you show them your Booking ID.
The next time you Zoom to Ooty, check out Fairstay. This hotel offers you a true value for money. Take a break from your hectic schedules, leave the city's hustle and bustle behind and head towards the hills. The hotel is well equipped with all amenities and also provides a complimentary breakfast.
When you Zoom here show them your Booking ID and get a 20% off on your stay.
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June 5, 2018: Opioid Prescription Conspiracy Leader Pleads Guilty
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PROVIDENCE, RI – A Providence man who led a conspiracy to create fraudulent prescriptions for opioid pills using stolen medical practitioner identification numbers and identities, and, at times, unlawfully paying for the prescriptions with the use of medical insurance, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute Oxycodone, and aggravated identity theft.
Robert Rose, 52, the acknowledged leader of the conspiracy, is the fourth person to plead guilty for their role in the conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch and Jeffrey Ebersole Resident Agent in Charge of the United States Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations.
A fifth defendant charged in this matter is awaiting trial in U.S. District Court.
According to court documents, it was the intent of the conspiracy to manufacture fraudulent prescriptions utilizing the identities and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) identification numbers and signatures of medical practitioners without their consent. Prescriptions for varying amounts of Oxycodone pills were written and presented to pharmacies by some members of the conspiracy and others working at the direction of the conspirators. The scheme often times included the fraudulent use of medical insurance to pay pharmacies for the illicit prescriptions. Most of the Oxycodone pills gained with the use of fraudulent prescriptions were sold to others for distribution.
At the time of his guilty plea, Robert Rose admitted to the Court that as the leader of the conspiracy, he paid for individuals' identities, health care insurance information, and for various prescribing medical practitioners' names and DEA numbers. Rose provided that information to others who participated in the conspiracy, along with special paper necessary to produce the fraudulent prescriptions.
Rose admitted to running the conspiracy for several months while incarcerated at the Adult Correctional Institution on an unrelated matter.
Robert Rose is scheduled to be sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith on October 5, 2018. Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone is punishable by statutory penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment, 3 years supervised release and a fine of up to $1,000,000. Aggravated identity theft is punishable by a statutory penalty of a mandatory sentence of 2 years imprisonment consecutive to any other sentence imposed in this matter.
Three other members of the conspiracy previously pleaded guilty in this matter and are awaiting sentencing:
· Michael Slonski, 48, of Johnston, pleaded guilty on April 2, 2018, to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute Oxycodone. He is scheduled to be sentenced on August 3, 2018.
· David Rose, 59, of Providence, pleaded guilty on March 7, 2018, to possession with intent to distribute Oxycodone. He is scheduled to be sentenced on August 10, 2018.
· Victoria Rose-Coccia, 29, of Pawtucket, pleaded guilty on February 28, 2018, to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute Oxycodone. She is scheduled to be sentenced on June 22, 2018.
A fifth individual charged in this matter, Tammy Bonham, 53, of Providence, is awaiting trial on a charge of conspiracy to acquire or obtain possession of a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, or subterfuge; misbranding drugs.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Dulce Donovan.
The matter was investigated by the United States Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations.
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Harry Kane was presented with another award last night at our glittering fundraising Gala Dinner. This time he won the inaugural Made in London Award which celebrates the contribution that playing fields make in producing our sporting heroes.
Playing fields are where sport starts and for the gifted few they are where careers start. Countless past and present elite sportsmen and women will look back with a debt of gratitude and real affection to that local playing field in their youth where they honed their skills and fuelled their love for their chosen sport.
As the first winner of this annual award, Harry remembers with great fondness the countless hours he spent playing at LPFF's Peter May Sports Centre in Walthamstow for his school and club teams.
The Made in London award was presented by the charity's Chairman Lord Cadogan.
Harry was also delighted to meet LPFF Vice Presidents Bob Wilson and John Hollins both of whom had remarkable careers at London football clubs and are keen advocates of the need to save the capital's green space for sport.
For every player who makes it to the top of the professional game there are thousands of recreational sportsmen and women following their passion each weekend in our local parks and playing fields. With the increasing pressure on land for housing development and the need to increase physical activity levels to address the obesity crisis it is imperative that the loss of sports pitches in the capital is arrested. The charity is committed to safeguarding, and where possible expanding and improving, the capital's playing pitch stock for use by current and future generations.


Miley Cyrus releases an official "Younger Now" remix package featuring R3HAB, BURNS, Fred Falke, Niko The Kid, DJ Premier and Syn Cole.
The 24-year-old pop star is hoping follow her No. 1 Billboard Dance charter of "Malibu" with new mixes of "Younger Now," the title track of her 6th LP and current single.
The twangy track transforms into club-ready interpretations from a star-studded production lineup. R3HAB gives "Younger Now" a future bass flip, while DJ Premier goes full on hiphop , and Fred Falke gives the country bop a disco-tinged rework. Stream all of the remixes below.


OK, *technically* there aren't any "grinning ghosts" on my Halloween theme, but you get the idea – the Digital Divas Halloween theme is back! The "grinning ghosts" reference, though, is from the "Haunted Mansion" soundtrack, and I don't mean the recent Disney movie, I mean the original Disney "Trick or Treat" record (as in album, as in vinyl) that I have. Yes – I still have that album, and thanks to my handy-dandy new Ion USB turntable, I have now taken that album, captured it into my computer, and burned to CD for my kids to enjoy!
So, enjoy the Halloween theme and happy All Hallows Eve to everyone!


Welcome to this waterfront lot located in the Green Acres Resort at Last Mountain Lake, an architecturally controlled community on the east side of the lake. Excellent spot for building your dream home or recreational retreat as there is no building time limit. Utilities, power and gas are to lot edge, water is from either a cistern or well. Geotech and Architectural Controls available upon request, please call sales agent for more details. Green Acres is 2-1/2 miles South of Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park (located on Last Mountain Lake at the end of Highway #220). Resort is in Horizon School Division with busing to William Derby School in Strasbourg.


Good evening fellow bandits! I've been thinking to myself of late, as I'm now of the size I can purchase something in most "normal sized shops" (albeit the largest size at the moment!) I don't really know what I want to wear or would like to wear. Previously it has always been about "what fits me" or "what hides my lumps the best" now thinking to the future, chances are I'm going to be able to choose what I like and what I want to wear and I don't have the faintest idea what that is. There's SO MANY OPTIONS. I'm feeling a tad overwhelmed. I have no idea what style I want to wear or how I'm going to choose between clothes. I'm a style virgin! Anyone else feel this way?


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Labour pains: Coming shifts in the world of work - Video
Naka Kondo
How will the workforce and workplace change in the coming years? Jeanne Meister, founding partner of Future Workplace and Ray Yuen, principal and Asia workplace design leader of Woods Bagot share their insights.
Download report from here.
Labour pains: Coming shifts in the world of work
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Better Life Breakthroughs: Innovation in Investment
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Naka is a senior editor for The Economist Intelligence Unit's thought leadership division based in Tokyo. Following a brief period with Japan's Cabinet Office, Naka dedicated seven years in the Japanese Equities business with a US investment bank where she communicated closely with Japanese companies and institutional investors around the world.
Naka's work has appeared in the literary magazine The Bungei Shunju and Shukan Bunshun on topics ranging from the Japanese economy and the status of women(interviewing the Managing Director of IMF, Christine Lagarde), politics, palliative care, to innovative financing around social issues.
Naka has studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science (BSc Maths&Philosophy transferring to BSc Sociology) and the University of Tokyo (BA Social Psychology). Naka is also a journalism graduate of the Undergraduate Research Program at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo.


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Чёртово — деревня в Пестречинском районе Татарстана. Входит в состав Белкинского сельского поселения.

География
Находится в северо-западной части Татарстана на расстоянии приблизительно 20 км на север-северо-восток по прямой от районного центра села Пестрецы у речки Нурминка (приток Мёши).

История
Известна с 1565—1567 годов как Пустошь Тереулова, упоминалась еще и как Тереулова.

Население
Постоянных жителей было: в 1782 году — 23 души мужского пола, в 1859—282, в 1897—335, в 1908—360, в 1920—360, в 1926—401, в 1949—165, в 1958—148, в 1970 — 92, в 1979 — 87, в 1989 — 60, в 2002—54 (русские 98 %), 46 в 2010.

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Населённые пункты Пестречинского района

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Designed for the most security-sensitive environments, our high security and commercial hardware combines pick- and drill-resistant locks with keys that can never be copied without authorization.
This superior level of protection is made possible by products such as mortise locks and electronic keypad and mechanical deadbolts, which far exceed the security afforded by standard-grade hardware.
"High Security" describes the total package. This state is often achieved through the layering of physical prevention, controlled access, surveillance by camera and intrusion alarm with comprehensive reporting software for history audit purposes.
High Security is achieved by ensuring that the correct caliber of device is specified. In applications that are subject to extreme traffic flow or demanding physical site conditions, heavy duty architectural grade solutions are needed to guarantee secure function without compromise.
Industry security standards ensure the quality and durability of locks within defined benchmarks of operation and security. The two most highly recognized and widely accepted organizations for assessing the quality of locks are the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
ANSI/ BHMA (Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association) Grading System is accredited by the America National Standards Institute (ANSI), a private non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the voluntary standardization to develop and maintain performance standards for builder's hardware. ANSI/BHMA standards set forth different product grades for door hardware products. These product grades are defined by progressive levels of performance benchmarks in each applicable standard. The purpose of each is to help identify the quality and durability of locksets through a series of operational and security tests.
UL Standards and the Underwriters Laboratories is an independent product safety certification organization. UL 437 is a security rating that provides a barometer for the security of a keyed lock. Our Kwikset Signature Series 980 deadbolt, featuring SmartKey Re-Key Technology, met the UL 437 11.6.1 pick test, one of the toughest picking tests in the world. During the test, picking tools are used to manipulate the components of the lock device, which requires a high level of skill and practice.


Explore Mazda Vision 2020, performance and technology features. We reviews the Mazda Vision 2020 Specs where consumers can find detailed information on specs, fuel economy, transmission and safety.
Its EPA-estimated gas mileage is also very impressive. A comfortable ride and an energetic powertrain round out the Mazda Vision 2020 shining attributes. Whether you're ferrying around the family or commuting to work, the Mazda Vision 2020 is an attractive choice. It comes with lots of standard features, which helps compensate for its lofty price tag. The Mazda Vision 2020 offers peace of mind, with a history of superb safety and predicted reliability ratings.
Reviews, videos, latest news, specs and road tests on the Mazda Vision 2020. Top Gear reviews the Specs. Terrific refinement, class-leading technology, and incredible interior quality. Want to know more? Read more.


This is a recipe for homemade meatballs simmered in a tomato sauce, served over some tagliatelle.
As (almost) always this recipe is very easy to freestyle, add and subtract ingredients as you wish.
I might upset some pasta aficionados and/or Italians by my next sentence, but hey - it's been some time since I last upset someone. After I've drained the pasta I normally put it back in the pan and take a couple of spoons of the pasta sauce and swirl around in the pan. Sort of coating the pasta with the sauce. Not sure if that's the proper thing to do, but I do it.
Mix the mince, parmesan, shallots, garlic, egg and season. Let it set for a bit and then roll the meatballs, wet your hands and it's easier.
Once the meatballs are done you can heat up the olive oil in the frying pan and fry off the meatballs. When they start to get a bit of colour you can add the onion and keep frying for a bit.
Add the tomatoes (I blitzed mine to get rid of the 'lumps'), stock, roasted peppers, chili flakes and the torn basil.
Let this simmer away on a low heat.
Did you forget about the tagliatelle? Crap. Time to get some salted water boiling and have a look at the packaging to see how long the tagliatelle needs to boil for.
Let the tomato sauce simmer further.
Once the pasta is done and the sauce has reduced nicely, drain the pasta. Put it back in its pan and add a couple of spoonfuls of the pasta sauce and mix it up.
Put tagliatelle, meatballs and tomato sauce onto your plate. Finish off with some fresh chopped parsley.
Forget pasta aficianodos - lol...who cares about them? j/k - I'm sooo for breaking the rules. I'm loving your whole toss the pasta in the sauce idea - I'm going to have to give that a try....I love that idea, really.
The meatballs looked damn good!
Thanks for the kind words about the meatballs. I had a look at your blog and it looks very interesting.


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Report on Popocatepetl (Mexico) — 20 July-26 July 2005
Smithsonian / US Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 20 July-26 July 2005
Global Volcanism Program, 2005. Report on Popocatepetl (Mexico). In: Mayberry, G (ed.), Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 20 July-26 July 2005. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.
Volcano Profile | Weekly Report (20 July-26 July 2005)
Popocatepetl
19.023°N, 98.622°W; summit elev. 5393 m
Several low-intensity emissions occurred at Popocatépetl during 21-25 July. On 21 July at 0906, an emission produced a plume to a height of ~2 km above the volcano's crater (~24,400 ft a.s.l.). Based on information from the Mexico City MWO, the Washington VAAC reported that ash visible on the web video camera rose to ~2.8 km above the crater (27,000 ft a.s.l.). The Alert Level at Popocatépetl remained at Yellow Phase I.
Geologic Background. Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, rises 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America's 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 400 x 600 m wide crater. The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano. At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas to the south. The modern volcano was constructed south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone. Three major Plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 CE, have occurred since the mid-Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano. Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since Pre-Columbian time.
Sources: Centro Nacional de Prevencion de Desastres (CENAPRED), Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC)


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Q: How to prevent search bar in start menu of Windows 10 to search the web? By default, Windows 10 performs search in my programs, my folders, settings and Web. How I can customise these? I don't want to use Web. It consume my internet traffic, and it is a reason for the delay.

A: This solution works for me.

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*Open Advanced Firewall panel -> Outbound

*Find two entries named "Search"

*Open their properties and change "Allow connection" to "Block connection"

A: Start a search by start typing in start menu. On the left you'll see some icons. CLick the configuration icon. You will be able to customize the search and disable web search as well.

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Search for Material Test Reports (MTRs) for Canada Pipeline Accessories' flow conditioners, nozzles and other fittings.
Welcome to Canada Pipeline Accessories' MTR database.
The MTR's on our site are provided to us by the material distributor or manufacturer. MTRs supply traceability of the material to the point of manufacture on CPA's flow conditioners, nozzles, and other fittings.
All of CPA's MTRs have been verified to conform to EN10204 3.1, which requires specific material confirmation testing by the material manufacturer. They are also verified to comply with any relevant ASTM standards.
To search the database, enter the material heat number (HT#) into the search box and run the search. The database search also accepts partial numbers. Simply click to open a scanned pdf copy of the MTR.
Finding the material heat number.
The material heat number is usually engraved on the flange of CPA flow conditioners, nozzles, and fittings. Some parts will have the heat number engraved on the body of the part itself.
The same heat number may be linked to more than one MTR. In these cases, the MTR's will be labelled according to the size of the raw material. The correct size will be similar to the size of the flow conditioner or nozzle. The same MTR may also be used in the manufacture of several parts. In this case all of these parts will have the same heat number.
In some cases, the heat number is only recorded on the order paperwork, sales order, and/or the quality control certificate, and not on the parts. When this happens, the part's serial number can be used to provide traceability to the paperwork.
Please note, for custom ordered parts, the MTR may not be available until material manufacturing is completed.
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Iceville to open New Year's Eve day
A night with fireworks, skate and dine nights, and a chalet — some of the new options at Iceville.
Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. held a media event on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, to tout the the official kickoff of Iceville at Mosaic Stadium. Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-Post
Iceville is returning for another skating season, with some new twists.
At a news conference on Friday, Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) announced the first registered skaters can take to the ice in Mosaic Stadium at noon on Dec. 31. Iceville first opened last winter.
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Registration opened Friday to book spots in one-hour blocks, with an ice capacity per hour of 215 skaters. Bookings can be made at www.iceville.ca . The cost is $5 per person.
Iceville will run from Dec. 31 to Feb. 3, 2022. The rink is open from noon to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends. Music is supplied by media partner Play 92.1 F.M.
Iceville, sponsored by SaskTel, is also open during Frost @ REAL which goes from Feb. 4 to 13. During that time, access to the ice is available with a Frost Pass, subject to capacity.
"We are so excited to bring back Saskatchewan's largest ice surface," Tim Reid, president and CEO of REAL said in a news release. "Iceville is an experience unlike any other. The memories created on this special ice surface for friends and families were incredible. We look forward to people having the chance to make even more memories this season."
To commemorate the second season of Iceville, there will be a special skate from 9 to 10 p.m. on Dec. 31, which will conclude with a fireworks display taking place behind the Maxtron. REAL has expanded ice capacity for this event. The price remains the same for skating.
The public can come down to Mosaic Stadium, for free, that night if they just want to watch the fireworks from the stands.
While at Iceville, the SGI Chalet (Harvard Lounge) has been converted into a ski chalet with sofas, chairs, carpets and blankets. There is grab and go food and drinks during the day and a special chalet menu of food and drinks, including some signature cocktails, in the evening.
Fridays at Iceville in January will feature dinner and a skate in the AGT Lounge. From 6 to 9 p.m., REAL's Chef Chaminda will have a special menu, plus there will be entertainment. The price is $35 and includes skating. Dinner and a Skate can be booked online.
For anyone who doesn't have skates but wants to experience Iceville, REAL's partner, Extreme Hockey is offering skate rentals, with a wide range of sizes, inside the Chalet. The cost to rent skates is $6 a pair, taxes included. For anyone who's skates need a new edge, Extreme Hockey will also have sharpening available on site.
Private skates times are also available at a cost of $300 per hour. They can be booked at Iceville.ca.
Evraz is reminding participants that due to public health orders in effect, everyone coming to Iceville, 12 yrs and older must provide their proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test when checking in. The negative COVID test must have been done within 72 hours of the designated skate time. In addition, masks must be worn while indoors at Mosaic Stadium. They can be removed while eating or drinking but you must be seated while doing so.
The news seems to be flying at us faster all the time. From COVID-19 updates to politics and crime and everything in between, it can be hard to keep up. With that in mind, the Regina Leader-Post has created an Afternoon Headlines newsletter that can be delivered daily to your inbox to help make sure you are up to date with the most vital news of the day. Click here to subscribe.


The IMF's Resident Representative for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Dr. Eteri Kvintradze, a former Deputy Minister of Finance of Georgia Republic, opined in a recent seminar at the Postgraduate Institute of Management or PIM that Sri Lanka's monetary policy should be "forward-looking".
What she meant by "forward-looking" was that the monetary policy, instead of focussing on day-to-day inflation numbers, should be based on medium- to long-term price stability aligning the policy to exchange rate stability and creating long-term conditions for sustained economic growth.
Earlier in September, IMF Mission Chief to Sri Lanka, Todd Schneider, is reported to have made a similar remark at a media conference in Colombo. He also had emphasised that Sri Lanka should not cut rates but look at tightening monetary policy in view of the rising core inflation numbers and private sector borrowings from commercial banks (available at: http://economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_should_not_cut_rates,_but_look_at_tightening_ahead IMF-3-3019-.html ).
Independent think-tanks such as the Institute of Policy Studies or IPS and independent analysts too have questioned the wisdom of the Central Bank's monetary policy direction in the recent past.
For instance, IPS, in its latest State of the Economy 2015 Report has termed the current monetary policy as a 'misalignment with the exchange rate'. (A review available at: http://www.ft.lk/article/487845/IPS-s-SOE-2015-has-delivered-a-strong-message-to-Govt--which-it-cannot-ignore--%E2%80%98Reform-or-Perish ) meaning that the present exchange rate debacle of the country is a creation of the Central Bank.
An independent analyst writing under the penname Bellwether has cautioned that Sri Lanka's low interest rate policy may take the country in the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) path that would lead the country to total economic bankruptcy (available at: http://economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_in_danger_of_travelling_the_PIGS_path_with_low_nominal_interest_rates__Bellwether-3-480-2.html ).
This writer too, in a number of previous articles under this series, has questioned the appropriateness of the Central Bank's current monetary policy obsessed with lowering interest rates and expanding credit levels to private sector.
For instance, in an article titled 'Central Bank's monetary policy review: Is there a hidden macroeconomic anomaly?' in September 2014 (available at: http://www.ft.lk/article/357157/Central-Bank-s-Monetary-Policy-Review---Is-there-a-hidden-macroeconomic-anomaly? ), this writer expressed the view that the distortion of the interest rate structure would result in an elephantine macroeconomic problem exerting pressure on the exchange rate to depreciate and putting the Government budget into a precarious situation.
Though the Central Bank disputed this writer's assertion at that time, evidence since then has shown that that early warning has become prophetic. The consensual view of all those economists outside the Central Bank is and was that the current monetary policy direction of the bank involving a low interest rate structure and expanded credit base is myopic.
Why has the Central Bank loosened the monetary policy stance since about 2013? According to the monetary policy statements issued by the bank month after month, there have been two reasons that have prompted the bank to do so.
One is the deceleration of inflation rate, as the bank has read the inflation numbers, in the last 15 months consecutively. This deceleration has been more pronounced in first nine months of 2015 when the Colombo Consumers Price Index recorded either a decline or remained more or less stagnant.
The other is the need for accelerating economic growth through an expansion of private sector credit. It thus appears that the bank is of the belief that credit levels are a magic wand that would keep the economy going despite the presence of many structural impediments that stand in the way for the economy to expand output and employment. Such impediments have been demonstrated by the low ranking of the country in global competitiveness, budget openness, governance and innovation, to mention but a few.
The bank is obviously following a Keynesian-type economic policy here which advocates that an increase in money supply giving extra buying power to people would increase their total demand for goods and services thereby stimulating the supply side of the economy. Naturally, when there is a demand, it has to be met and the bank has presumed that producers would step up production to meet that demand. To increase production, producers have to utilise more natural resources and hire more people. It would automatically increase output and accelerate economic growth in multiple terms, according to this ideology.
But the founding Governor of the Central Bank, John Exter, has cautioned those who would take the Central Bank along that path to create prosperity for people in his report to the Government recommending the establishment of the Central Bank, known as the Exter Report.
Says Exter: "In a country like Ceylon, however, which is very dependent upon imports, in which half the productive resources are devoted to export, and which is chronically short of capital equipment, such policies would tend to raise domestic prices without producing an adequate response in domestic output. Instead, higher domestic income would stimulate the consumption of imported goods and precipitate serious balance of payments difficulties (pp 20-1).
Singapore's first Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, too expressed the same view of Central Bank sponsored credit expansions to stimulate an economy which is dependent on external trade.
In the 25th anniversary publication of the Board of Currency of Singapore titled 'Prudence at the Helm', Swee explained why Singapore opted to have a currency board instead of a central bank which can create bank credit and stimulate an economy. Says Swee: "None of us believed that Keynesian economic policies could serve as Singapore's guide to economic well-being. Our economy was and is both small and open. Financing budget deficits through central bank credit creation appeared to us as an invitation to disaster....The way to better life was through hard work, first in schools, then in universities or polytechnics and then on the job in the work place. Diligence, education and skills will create wealth, not Central Bank credit" (p 33).
Therefore, the Central Bank should use its power to fix monetary policy with due care and caution. In the issue of every currency note, it has given a sacred and solemn undertaking to people. That is, the bank would take appropriate monetary policy measures to preserve its value over the time. In laymen's language, this amounts to maintaining a virtually inflation free world over the medium to long term.
But, what is an inflation free world? It is a situation where prices are free from pressure to change either way because all the systems and sectors in the economy are perfectly in balance and harmony with each other. Economists call this 'macroeconomic stability'.
This fact was taken into account when the Monetary Law Act, the governing legislation of the bank, was amended in 2002 re-defining its objectives. Accordingly, instead of just saying price stability, 'economic and price stability' was made the bank's co-objective. The circumstances leading to the amendment of the Act and what was meant by economic and price stability were discussed by this writer in a previous article in this series titled 'Central Bank's Mandate is to attain both economic and price stability' (available at: http://www.ft.lk/article/51258/Central-Bank-s-mandate-is-to-attain-both-%E2%80%98economic--and-%E2%80%98price--stability ).
The true meaning of economic and price stability is as follows: A central bank's job is not to maintain the stability of a price index but the stability of the whole economy. This is because price indices can be made stable through artificial means.
For instance, the Government can keep the prices low by giving a subsidy, by cutting administered prices like fuel, LP gas and electricity tariffs or controlling prices. Or the worst, by manipulating the price index through such means as 'trimming' or taking out important consumer items from the basket. For instance, in Sri Lanka's CCPI on which the Central Bank bases its monetary policy decisions, tobacco and alcohol are still taboos.
Those artificial measures taken by a Government would surely cause a consumer price index to grow slowly thereby recording a low rate of growth. That is not deceleration of inflation, but easing of cost of living.
However, a Central Bank cannot be happy about this development if there are imbalances in other crucial sectors in the economy, namely, the government budget, balance of payments or real growth. That is because the imbalances in these sectors can adversely affect the bank's attempts at stabilising prices.
It has already been shown by an acceleration of the core-inflation which is free from such price reductions to 4.7% by end October 2015. Hence, the Central Bank, in designing its monetary policy should have a holistic view of the economy rather than having a narrow view on the changes in a price index which can be manipulated by the Government to attain its political objectives at the expense of long-term growth or stability in the economy. Central banks are not owned by politicians but by the nation and, therefore, should function as apolitical organisations.
In the recent past, the Central Bank has been keeping interest rates at a low level and encouraging credit expansion by going by a price index which has been manipulated by the Government by cutting administered prices, resorting to price controls and taking important consumer items out of the basket.
But at the same time, there have been serious imbalances in both the government budget and the country's balance of payments that depicts the true status of its external sector. Government revenue has been falling, expenditure ballooning and budget deficit expanding. It has already missed the deficit targets for 2015. The Central Bank's accommodation of the Government's financing requirements has increased sharply from Rs. 5 billion at the beginning of the year to Rs. 174 billion, the latest.
The Government has been forced to borrow on two occasions by issuing sovereign bonds in the international markets amounting to a total of $ 2 billion. Hence, the fiscal sector imbalance which is a threat to Central Bank's economic and price stability objective has been looming over the whole country.
On the other side of the equation, the country's external sector has been in a very precarious situation starting from early 2012. Exports which fell significantly in that year have not yet recovered sufficiently and in 2015 so far, it is a decline over the exports of the previous year by about 2%.
At the same time, imports have remained stubbornly at their 2012 levels despite the relief given by the decline in the fuel prices in the world markets. Thus, the trade deficit has remained around $ 8 billion throughout.
Since the country has been financing its current account deficit primarily through external borrowings, it has not been able to repay the country's loan commitments or pay interest on past foreign loans without re-borrowing from the external markets. The investments by foreigners in Treasury bills and bonds have fallen from $ 4.5 billion a year ago to $ 2.1 billion, the latest, causing foreign reserves to fall from $ 8 billion to $ 6.7 billion.
On top of this, the loan repayment commitments and interest payment obligations over the next 12-month period have shot up to $ 4.4 billion as against a cash reserve of $ 5.9 billion. This emerging fragile external sector has forced the Government to raise $ 1.5 billion from international markets recently. Despite that, the pressure for the exchange rate to depreciate is mounting.
The deceleration of the Colombo Consumers Price Index in the last 10-month period is a technical achievement and not the outcome of balancing total demand with total supply. It has certainly relieved the cost of living of people but it has done so by creating significant holes elsewhere in the economy.
Hence, given the above imbalances in the government budget and the external sector, the Central Bank cannot be complacent about the emerging monetary conditions of the country.
By end-August 2015, the narrow money supply consisting of currency and demand deposits held by public has increased annually by 20%, while broad money consisting of narrow money plus time and savings deposits of the public has increased by 17%.
Meanwhile, the reserve money base of the Central Bank that would be used by banks to create multiple deposits and credit over the next 18 months or so has increased sharply by 20%.
Private sector credit too is rising at an annual rate of 20-23%. All indications are that Sri Lanka is heading toward a serious macroeconomic crisis in the period to come. Its monetary policy action would further be complicated when the Government uses the proceeds of the recently borrowed $ 1.5 billion to finance its expenditure programs. That is not small sum but well over Rs. 210 billion.
It would cause the Central Bank to buy those dollars and release rupees, augmenting the already high excess market liquidity on one hand and raising the reserve money base to uncontrollable levels, on the other. With the current low interest rate policy, the bank would not be able to resolve the problem without losing its reputation.
Thus, the Central Bank which is the physician charged with the task of curing the macroeconomic ailments through its monetary policy should take an apolitical and objective policy stand. It requires the bank to increase interest rates and not cut interest rates further in order to curtail the credit levels in the economy.
This is a painful action but that is what the bank is expected to do in such a situation. To attain its objective, it has to get the full cooperation of the new Good-Governance Government.
In this background, it is disheartening to note the announcement made by the Minister of Finance, as reported by Reuters in a report datelined from London on 29 October 2015 that the minister wants the Central Bank to cut interest rates to a level of 4-5%.
One can understand the predicament of the minister who is desirous of having a high growth rate which is, according to the estimates of IMF, to fall to a level of 5 to 5.5% this year. But reducing the interest rates at this juncture is similar to giving an additional sugar dose to a diabetic who already has high sugar levels in his blood. Such public announcements made by the minister also undermine the independence of the Central Bank and its position among global market participants.
Investors outside the country rely, not on the sovereign government, but on the Central Bank for taking appropriate and timely policies to safeguard their interests in the country. That assurance will be given by a Central Bank functioning, in their eyes, as an institution free from narrow political interferences.
Sri Lanka cannot function like an island separate from other nations anymore, since foreign investors have stakes in the country in a big way today in the form of their investments in domestic Treasury bills and bonds and global sovereign bonds. Any political manipulation of the monetary policy will give a temporary relief to the Government but frighten away existing as well as prospective investors.
At a time when independent analysts have found fault with the Central Bank for not increasing interest rates, such a Government-sponsored reduction in the rates will totally be counterproductive.
Perhaps, Sri Lankan politicians can learn from the wisdom of Dr. Goh Keng Swee, who has justified the action taken by early Singapore leadership to assure international markets. Says Swee: "Our intention was to inform the financial world that our objective was to maintain a strong convertible Singapore Dollar. This remains the best protection against inflation." (p 34).


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US Sprinter And 1968 Olympic Activist, Lee Evans Dies In Nigeria
By: Mc Noel Kasinja
The USA Track and Field confirmed Evans death on Wednesday, May, 19.
Evans was an assistant track coach at Odegbami's International College and Sports Academy and had coached on and off in Africa since the 1970s.
Segun Odegbami, a former Nigerian soccer great also confirmed his death to San Jose Mercury News, saying:
"Suddenly he's not here. All those dreams are not fulfilled. It is so painful." Odegbami said Evans lived with him in Nigeria as well.
He added,
"He's a restless spirit and finally found peace when he settled in Africa. It is where he wanted to live, to work and where he would have wanted to die."
Evans became the first man to crack 44 seconds in the 400m, winning the gold medal at the Mexico City Games in 43.86. His victory came shortly after his teammates, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, were sent home from the Olympics for raising their fists on the medals stand.
In later interviews, Evans said an official warned him not to do anything similar, but he took a different approach, wearing a black beret to show support for the Black Panther Party and other civil rights organizations.
Like Smith and Carlos, Evans was a college star on the San Jose State 'Speed City' teams. He was also a high-profile member of the Olympic Project for Human Rights, which called attention to racial inequality and oppression and spearheaded the protests at the 1968 games.
"His legacy of contributions to sports and the struggle for social justice is indelible and enduring," tweeted Harry Edwards, the architect of the movement.
🙏🏾It is with profound sadness that I learned of passing of 2-time Olympic Champion & founding "Olympic Project For Human Rights " member/advocate (2nd from left) LEE EVANS. His legacy of contributions to sports & the struggle for social justice is indelible and enduring-R.I.P.🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/FEFAR1JMap
— Dr Harry Edwards (@drharryedwards) May 19, 2021
After running the 43.86, Evans anchored the US 4x400m team to a world record of 2 minutes, 56.16 seconds. The 400m record stood for almost 20 years. The relay record stood for 24.
Evans won five US titles at 400 meters and is a member of both the USATF and US Olympic halls of fame.
After he stopped running competitively, Evans spent time in Africa, working for the United Nations, and also coaching national teams in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia.
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The Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline – which transports 2.74 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day between New Jersey, New York, and parts of New England – runs directly through Loantaka Brook Reservation. It's installation through the wooded landscape began 30 years ago, in 1986. Continual site monitoring suggests that the use of minimally-invasive construction methods during the pipeline's installation, paired with innovative habitat restoration techniques and stewardship guidelines have resulted in the long-term ecological success of this sensitive, post-construction landscape.
Pipeline installation typically disturbs and compacts a 75 to 100 foot-wide construction zone through the deployment of heavy machinery and straight-path clearcutting. Once the site is cleared, a trench is dug, the pipeline is laid and buried, and then the corridor is kept devoid of woody plants. This last step often provides invasive species an irresistible corridor in which to flourish and migrate. The quality of the Loantaka reservation's woodlands and mature forest, however, stimulated an innovative, joint approach to pipeline installation and woodland restoration, propelled by ecologically-driven design.
Initially, the Algonquin Gas Transmission Company (the pipeline's owner) proposed a straight pipeline alignment that intersected sensitive habitat and several waterways within the reservation. In an effort to minimize disturbance, Andropogon opted to realign the pipeline beneath the landscape's existing multi-use and bridle path system by connecting a series of short, linear pipe segments to conform to the meandering paths' geometry. To further limit the construction zone's impact, disturbance was limited to 35-feet on average, much less than the typical 75 to 100-foot pipeline corridors. Intentional variations in corridor width – from 50-feet in areas of natural opening, like fields, to 25-feet in special situations – responded to the reservation's naturally varying ecological conditions. This variation also created a more natural look, as opposed to the straight clear-cut that typifies pipeline installations.
Construction equipment was carefully selected to further protect the site. Use of a small crane with the ability to side-boom – meaning hoist to the side rather front – allowed access to the pipe's construction trench without needing extra space for multi-point turns. Additionally, traffic by heavy machinery can wreak havoc on soil structure by compressing the soil's air-filled pores , and at the reservation, the petite pipe laying machinery weighed 90,000 pounds! To avoid extraneous soil compaction, the heavy machinery travelled along the existing multi-use and bridal paths whenever possible. Along the pipe-laying trench, the equipment drove over a 4-inch thick woodchip layer topped with excavated sub-soil from the trench itself. This extra "padding" protected the underlying soil and tree roots from direct contact with the machinery.
Careful tree removal and tree care further mitigated habitat disturbance during construction. Trees within the construction zone were carefully felled, lowered to the ground with ropes, and then removed or chipped for on-site use. When possible, some trees were only cut down to the ground-level, known as coppicing, in order to promote regeneration through sprouting after construction. Trees outside the construction zone that extended into the corridor were limbed up by an arborist, rather than removed, to provide a 12-foot vertical clearance for machinery.
One of the most innovative construction methods deployed during the pipeline installation involved the skimming and transplanting of vegetated soil blocks within the woodland, forest, and wet meadow portions of the corridor. Each day an excavator modified with a flat backhoe blade, or "pie lifter," scraped soil blocks from the ground and placed them on pallets, which allowed for the blocks to be temporarily moved while pipeline construction commenced. Once the pipeline was installed, the blocks were placed on top of the disturbed area. This method developed for the Algonquin pipeline has implications beyond pipeline restoration. For a recent project in Mount Hope, WV, the Loantaka method for transplanting soil and vegetation sods was employed for restoration of a disturbed zones from mine reclamation. This method was improved to make the cost comparable to typical mine reclamation methods.
The project's careful construction methods and use of vegetated soil blocks left minimal need for habitat restoration. Most revegetation sprouted from the intact seedbank within the vegetated soil blocks. Young whips were planted to decrease this sunlight penetration and replace felled trees, rather than utilizing more expensive container-grown or balled-and-burlapped stock. While the new corridor openings resembled forest glades, Andropogon believed that reestablishing a closed canopy overhead as quickly as possible would help minimize pressure from invasives and deleterious effects of fragmentation, two effects that plague traditional pipeline corridors.
In order to assess the ecological successfulness of the implementation strategies after nearly 30 years, the integrative research department at Andropogon Associates performed vegetation and soil sampling in June 2013. The assessments aimed at understanding how the pipeline construction methods impacted the biodiversity and soil health of the forest by comparing these attributes to areas left undisturbed during construction. The researchers randomly selected study areas within and outside of the pipeline corridor and then conducted a comparative analysis of: 1) Species diversity using the Shannon and Simpson Indices; and 2) Soil compaction using a cone penetrometer.
Thirty years later, comparative measurements and observation revealed that the native understory plant communities present in 2013 closely matched the pipeline corridor's pre-construction species. Biodiversity and soil compaction were found to be better or very similar in the Algonquin corridor compared to adjacent areas outside of the disturbance zone, in almost all instances. Despite these similarities in biodiversity and soil compaction, individual plant sizes, and thus biomass, were less in the construction zone, as one might assume. Additionally, in unpaved areas native species regeneration was observed directly atop the pipeline with slight patches of one invasive species, Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass).
This healthy species composition reveals a stark contrast to the nearby Texas Eastern Transmission pipeline, which was constructed around the same time as the Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline using traditional construction methods such as a 100-foot wide, linear disturbance zone. This corridor exhibited low species diversity dominated by Dactylis glomerata (Orchard grass) and other non-native plants.
While aligning gas pipelines through sensitive and rich natural and cultural areas, such as neighborhoods and important habitat zones, should always be a last resort in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of all life, it is clear that it cannot be avoided. It is also evident from this case study in Loantaka Brook Reservation, that there can be a better way—that simple and improved methods of gas pipeline construction can be limited in width and implemented in such a manner to not significantly impact our natural resources during the construction process. It is the recognition and understanding that soil structure, soil biology, existing seed banks and native species play a role in ecosystem resilience and should be considered during the construction process to make pipeline construction least invasive.
The result of this method is healthier soils and more biodiverse native plant communities when compared to traditional methods of pipeline disturbance and mine reclamation. This method of implementation can be cost-effective and has proven to be a more desirable alternative to traditional clearing-grubbing-seeding methods when biodiversity and overall protection of ecosystem integrity are the goals.
Andropogon worked with the Morris County Park Commission in the late 1980's to route a natural gas line though the Loantaka Brook Reservation and oversee restoration of the pipeline disturbance. After 30 years, biodiversity, soil compaction and plant health were assessed to determine the successfulness of the project.


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Home » Programme - 29 May » What the rise of the sharing economy means for transport
Panel Session
What the rise of the sharing economy means for transport
This session addressed the challenges and opportunities that the sharing economy creates for society. Sharing transport is disrupting traditional business models – including transport. Its fast growth is rooted in three things: an ability to leverage spare capacity and expand systems without large investment requirements, the exponential effect of collaborative experimentation and learning, and the ubiquitous nature of distributed capacity. The coordination in real time of all these elements has been enabled by the rapid expansion of mobile internet technology.
The presence of spare capacity is a reality in the transport sector. A typical car lies unused for approximately 23 hours a day. This represents a tremendous investment in overcapacity – both for car owners and for the public authorities that provide and maintain public infrastructure. Over-capacity is not confined to cars – there are many other private goods that remain unused most of the time; second homes, office space, Wi-Fi bandwidth, etc. This unused potential is at the heart of the emerging "sharing economy" which uses network technologies to enable individuals or companies to monetise the spare capacity inherent in many material goods.
The transport market has seen the emergence of new types of services that complement those of today and offer new ways to tackle the externalities of growing urban populations. All players in the system may need to adjust to provide citizens affordable mobility. With around 2 million users worldwide, car and ride-sharing are still marginal but the arrival of major car manufacturers in the market and the rapid growth of new service providers signals the growing importance of these services. The influx of new, well-capitalised entrants, may signal a fundamental change in the mobility ecosystem.
While sharing improves resource allocation and meets consumer demand, it also raises questions about service standards, risk allocation and the regulatory framework in general. Many institutions and incumbent urban transport providers stress that all players in the system should comply with existing regulation, intended to protect customers and society. Legislation may need to be improved to meet the new challenges and societal changes but incumbents maintain it should not be circumvented.
On the other hand, entrepreneurs in the sharing economy state that society evolves at a speed that regulation is not able to meet. This can be asignificant obstacle to innovation, to which existing legislation is oblivious. An intense dialog between stakeholders and regulators is going to be required to resolve all the issues raised in relatin to the sustainability of the transport sector, efficiency, equity of access and ensuring the protection of customer privacy and safety.
"Uber and other services like Zipcar and Blablacar are part of a new mobility ecosystem" David Plouffe
"Cars are today one of the least used assets in our society, being averagely used 50 minutes per day. A huge CO2 reduction might be obtained from a wiser and more efficient use of these resources" David Plouffe
"Everyone must follow the rules. We may need to discuss them, but we have to respect them first" de Pretto
"The shared economy is based on three miracles: the ability to leverage spare capacity, the exponential effect of shared learning and the omnipresence of resources" Robin Chase
"The Blablacar system has saved about 1 million tons of CO2 emissions in two years" Frédéric Mazzella
Staff Contact:
luis.martinez@oecd.org
Bla Bla Car: The rise of affordable mobility
Frederic-Mazzella_presentation.pdf
Peers Inc.
Robin-Chase_presentation.pdf
Uber extends public transportation
David-Plouffe_presentation.pdf
What the rise of the sharing economy means for transport: Session highlights
David Plouffe (Uber) on taxi industry and mobility options
David Plouffe (Uber - Senior Vice President of Policy and Strategy) on car sharing, pooling and public transport
Frédéric Mazzella (BlaBlaCar) interview
Umberto de Pretto (International Road Transport Union - IRU) on the sharing economy and regulation
Robin Chase (Zipcar, Veniam) on collaborative platforms
What the rise of the sharing economy means for transport: Full session recording


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Milko Bjelica (; born June 4, 1984) is a Serbian-born Montenegrin professional basketball player for Al-Ittihad Jeddah of the Saudi Premier League.

Professional career
He began his professional career with Crvena zvezda, where he spent five seasons. He then played in Germany with Phantoms Braunschweig and Köln 99ers. In 2008 he signed with Lietuvos rytas, and made his EuroLeague debut during the 2009–10 season.

In July 2011 he signed a two-year deal with Saski Baskonia. On October 28, 2013, he re-signed with Saski Baskonia on a short-term deal. On December 30, 2013, he signed with the Turkish Euroleague team Anadolu Efes for the remainder of the season. On July 9, 2014, he extended his contract with Efes for two more years. On June 22, 2015, he left Efes and signed with Darüşşafaka for the 2015–16 season.

On September 8, 2016, Bjelica returned to Crvena zvezda, signing a two-year contract. On April 17, 2018, after parting ways with Crvena zvezda, Bjelica returned to Spain, signing with Basket Zaragoza for the remainder of the season.

Career statistics

Euroleague

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Lietuvos Rytas
| 10 || 2 || 21.5 || .462 || .154 || .667 || 4.3 || 1.1 || .4 || .2 || 11.8 || 9.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11
| 16 || 10 || 26.1 || .533 || .279 || .727 || 4.7 || 1.4 || .7 || .4 || 12.3 || 12.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3| Baskonia
| 8 || 2 || 23.7 || .492 || .294 || .842 || 3.9 || .8 || .8 || .1 || 10.6 || 9.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13
| 27 || 19 || 17.3 || .406 || .378 || .750 || 2.7 || 1.2 || .5 || .2 || 5.4 || 5.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14
| 8 || 3 || 21.3 || .594 || .353 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.952 || 4.4 || 1.3 || .3 || .4 || 12.8 || 13.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Anadolu Efes
| 14 || 3 || 22.8 || .459 || .270 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.913 || 2.5 || 1.2 || .6 || .1 || 9.4 || 7.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15
| 28 || 7 || 16.2 || .462 || .415 || .736 || 2.5 || .8 || .2 || .3 || 7.8 || 6.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16
| style="text-align:left;"| Darüşşafaka
| 24 || 6 || 19.1 || .434 || .354 || .679 || 3.4 || .8 || .4 || .1 || 7.5 || 7.5
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| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17
| style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda
| 30 || 1 || 15.6 || .385 || .193 || .795 || 3.0 || 1.1 || .5 || .3 || 7.4 || 7.5
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| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18
| style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda
| 29 || 29 || 26.0 || .397 || .297 || .703 || 3.7 || 1.3 || .4 || .2 || 9.2 || 8.8
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career
| 194 || 82 || 20.2 || .446 || .305 || .750 || 3.3 || 1.1 || .4 || .2 || 8.6 || 8.1

Personal life
Born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, he internationally represents Montenegro, where his grandfather is from.  One of his sisters, Milka, is also a basketball player, while another, Ana is a Serbian volleyball player.

See also
 List of KK Crvena zvezda players with 100 games played

References

External links

 Milko Bjelica at aba-liga.com
 Milko Bjelica at euroleague.net
 Milko Bjelica at fiba.com
 Milko Bjelica at tblstat.net

1984 births
Living people
ABA League players
Alvark Tokyo players
Anadolu Efes S.K. players
Basket Zaragoza players
Basketball players from Belgrade
Basketball League of Serbia players
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players
BC Rytas players
Darüşşafaka Basketbol players
KK Crvena zvezda players
Köln 99ers players
Liga ACB players
Montenegrin men's basketball players
Montenegrin people of Serbian descent
Saski Baskonia players
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Japan
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Qatar
Serbian men's basketball players
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
Centers (basketball)
Power forwards (basketball)


NAPA, Calif. (April 5, 2017) – Delicato Family Vineyards (Delicato) today announced it has acquired the Central Coast California Blossom Hill Winery from Treasury Wine Estates. The acquisition is part of Delicato's ongoing premiumization and growth strategy on the heels of the recent announcement of its strategic investment in Sonoma's luxury portfolio of brands, V2 Wine Group.
The winery, which will now be called Alba Coast Winery, is located in the warm Paicines AVA in San Benito County and has a long history of premium winemaking. The terms of the transaction will remain confidential.
The Alba Coast Winery provides Delicato with an additional 4 million cases of growth capacity. The acquisition does not include any brands but will be used to support the growth of Delicato's premium and ultra-premium wines from the Monterey and Central Coast regions such as Noble Vines, Gnarly Head, Z. Alexander Brown, Diora and Irony. The winery will also support two of the company's premier Central Coast vineyards in the San Bernabe AVA and Santa Lucia Highlands as well as a number of grower partners.


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Why do I love my Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker Smoker? There are too many reasons to count. Smoking has to be one of the most glorious ways of cooking food. The ritual of lighting the charcoal, seasoning the meat, and picking a wood flavor is relaxing and comforting. The smell that engulfs the whole neighborhood during the hours in the smoking process builds anticipation like nothing else.
Smoking is the ultimate lesson in patience because there is no way to cheat or speed up the process. The meat is simply done when it is done. This fact makes the whole process fun and ever so challenging.
One of the most discussed topics when it comes to smoking is consistency. Trying to recreate the perfect brisket, shoulder, ribs or chicken can be challenging.
To make smoking easy, use the same fuel type, seasoning, injection, sauce, wood flavor, brand of meat, and most important, equipment. The one item that should always be consistent in that equation is the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker Smoker.
No matter what happens, it always holds true and steady each and every time. There are many of us out there that can't get enough of our Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker Smokers. Let's be sure to show them love all year round for the amazing meals they provide us with.


Melbourne Heart FC were left empty-handed despite a dominant and energetic performance against Western Sydney Wanderers on Friday night, as a first-half Shannon Cole goal gave the visitors all three points.
The home side struck the crossbar twice, controlled much of the match and troubled the reigning champions and arguably deserved at least a point from the match at AAMI Park.
On a wet Friday night in front of 8,070 spectators, David Williams had Melbourne Heart-s best chance of the first half after rocketing a thunderous strike onto the crossbar on the eve of half time.
Substitute Mate Dugandzic also struck the woodwork five minutes before the final whistle as Heart pressed for an equaliser, but it was Cole-s opportunistic strike in the 27th minute which proved the winner.
With a number of regulars missing and with Andrea Migliorini a late withdrawal for Melbourne Heart, Head Coach John Aloisi handed Foxtel National Youth League player Paulo Retre a starting debut in midfield.
Retre combined well with the tireless Massimo Murdocca - who was a standout for the home side - while Williams registered another effective display.
Melbourne Heart looked hungry from the outset and troubled the Wanderers down the right through Golgol Mebrahtu, forcing the Wanderers onto the back foot.
Striker Michael Mifsud was also lively and almost broke the deadlock in the 25th minute, latching onto a through-ball from Iain Ramsay before the Maltese international struck the side netting with a powerful low shot.
Two minutes later Wanderers snatched the lead after a dangerous cross from full-back Adam D-Apuzzo that was headed backwards by Tomi Juric before Cole reacted first and beat Andrew Redmayne on the second attempt.
Williams went close to equalising five minutes before the break, after a trademark strike hit the edge of the crossbar with Ante Covic beaten.
The second half was much the same as the first, with Heart creating plenty of chances, but were unable convert.
The Wanderers- Matthew Spiranovic almost presented an equaliser to Heart just after the break, after he chested a Mebrahtu cross just inches wide of his own net.
Substitutes Nick Kalmar and Stefan Mauk were lively and helped the Heart maintain momentum against the full-strength Wanderers, who sat back to soak up much of the second-half pressure.
Aziz Behich terrorised the Wanderers throughout the 90 minutes and came close to scoring a stunner, but the full-back was denied acrobatically by Covic.
With the final role of the dice, Heart almost grabbed a deserved point when Duganzdic-s header hit the crossbar from a Ramsay cross, while Mauk headed wide near the death; however, the winner proved elusive.


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Neymar most valuable player in the world, Arsenal and Man Utd star also figure
January 17, 2017 Ricci Rox
Neymar Jr is the most valuable player in the world, according to the CIES Football Observatory.
Presented in issue 172 of the Weekly Post, a comprehensive list of the most valuable players in Europe's top five leagues was calculated using the CIES Football Observatory's secret algorithm. This algorithm is said to consider variables such as player age and contract duration, performance data like goals and assists, and more abstract quantities such as the business models of the player's current club and that of potential buyers.
According to the list, Barcelona forward Neymar (246.8 M €) is by far the most valuable player, with teammate Lionel Messi coming in second at €170.5M, and world record signing Paul Pogba a close third at €155.3M.
Cristiano Ronaldo, most likely due to his age, is seventh at €126.5M, making him the only player over the age of 30 in the top 50—the only other on the list is Bayern's Manuel Neuer who sits at #67 with a value of €45M.
The most valuable goalkeepers are Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak (#43 – €59.8M), Manchester United's David De Gea (#58 – €48.8M), and Manuel Neuer (#67 – €45M)
The top three most valuable defenders are Arsenal's Hector Bellerin (#28 – €70.3M), Real Madrid's Raphael Varane (#36 – €64M), and Manchester City's Nicholas Otamendi (#38 – €63.1)
The top three most valuable midfielders according to the list are Manchester United's Paul Pogba (#3 – €155.3M), Tottenham's Dele Alli (#9 – €110.5), and Chelsea's N'golo Kante (#21 – €74.5M)
Barcelona's Neymar Jr (#1 – €246.8M), Barcelona's Lionel Messi (#2 – €170.5M), and Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann (#4 – €150.4M)
Amongst the top 100 players, 42 are from the Premier League and 25 from La Liga.
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It's So Cold in Russia, People's Eyelashes Are Freezing
Andrea Romano
By Andrea Romano January 16, 2018
Woman with frozen eyelashes
You might literally turn into a popsicle if you're out walking in Russia right now.
In the Russian village of village of Oymyakon, extreme cold temperatures have been recorded to be as low as -78 degrees Fahrenheit, cold enough to give you frostbite in minutes — and to freeze your eyelashes.
Cold winter weather can be dangerous in the first place, but frozen eyelashes can also be a hazard to a person's sight.
According to Metro, official weather stations registered -74 degrees Fahrenheit, but other local thermometers were as low as -88.6 degrees. This temperature is actually slightly less than the lowest recorded temperature at a permanent settlement anywhere in the world.
The record low for the freezing village was -96.16 degrees Fahrenheit in 1924. Adventurer and photographer Amos Chapple, who visited the village, told the Weather Channel that locals drink "Russki chai" which means "Russian tea," to stay warm. Russian tea is apparently the colloquial phrase for "vodka."
Recently, the town was a spot where Chinese tourists braved the extreme cold in order to take a dip in the town's nearby thermal spring. "Oymyakon" in the local language specifically means "unfrozen water," which might be a reference to this spring — since pretty much everywhere else around it is frozen solid.
In the summer, however, temperatures are much more bearable. Hopefully everyone's eyelashes will last until then.


Andre Raileanu is a young Romanian icon carver I have been keeping my eye on for a while now. We have already written a few articles on the amazing things happening in Romania ( here, here and here) but Raileanu's exploration of stone carving stands very much on its own as both an exception and a worthy representative among the more famous painters Romania has to offer.
His work is quite potent and shares some of the explorations of modern aesthetics found in his contemporaries such as Gabriel Toma Chituc and Ioan Popa. He preserves the simple rawness of stone, reinforcing it with a sparse approach to composition, and contrasting this minimalism to a refined and subtle capacity to capture facial expressions. And really it is those faces that grab us as they float in the bare stone. So many icon carvers are technically proficient, but few of them can capture the depth of iconic faces, the sober sadness and profound gaze which characterizes our favorite painted icons.
As I pressed him on the question of the possible theological differences that could exist between painting and carving, he gave me several answers. One of the things he mentioned was that carved icons needed to maintain a secondary position in regards to painting, and that the main reason to have a carved icon was related to context, such as having an image outside or in humid places.
"(I) believe that the answer to this dilemma was given by the Church following its tradition where the painted icon has the main role. A religious carving is better the more unobtrusive it is. In that way the carving potentiates and sustains the painted icon. Regarding the carved icon I have to admit that it does not give me the same state-feeling as the painted icons. Most probably, this is the reason for my tendency to refine as much as possible the relief of the icon. It is an attempt to cancel the materiality through the material, which is more easy to do using painting.
What we definitely find in Andrei's statements is a humble vision to his own craft and its place in the church, and such humility is possibly the reason why, in his secret struggle, the face of Christ appears so clearly, so boldly and with such depth.
More of his work can be seen on his facebook page.
beautiful work. Do you know what the english translation to the word on the cross?
Is it really necessary to do this? I appreciate the reality that painted Icons are able to depict, but question wether carvings need to imitate, or be evaluated in the same way?
We are Neo-Patonic, God is not at war with His own creation and this material world is not the enemy but our own "flesh", our sin of rebellion that we must die to. God's presence is not just experienced within the "Energies" of God and that Transcendent Reality, but within the "Clay" of this world which God Incarnated and united to Himself. He, in that Kingdom holds on to that same "Clay". Wouldn't we say that the "material" nature, such as stone, has not been made worthy to hold some true image of man and the Divine for the simple reason that it exists and has it's own mode of expressing and glorifiying God? If the first Christians used it for relief on stone burial stones, is there really a tension with "matter, as apposed to just another area of Christian Reality? A living, breathing Saint fleshes out into the material world not only by what he says or does but his very presence in the flesh itself is a statement of the true existence of God. Sculpture in some way does the same thing, I think, it has that same sense of presence that painting can never give, and so it fleshes out in another way the reality of what we understand.
I will have to read your other comment on "materiality. Modernity does not own the words or the Reality we see around us.
I think this artists work is exceptional and should be appreciated perhaps in a broader sense.
I agree with your comments. I wanted to let Andrei have his word and at the same tame I also want to give my own angle on them to avoid such expressions being interpreted in a neo-platonic way. Please read some of the things I have written on this if you have the time, on the place of darkness in the glory of God.
Thanks, I will also read some other things you have written.
In a certain sense, doesn't any representational art seek to dematerialize, by definition? When an artist makes something into a picture of something else, he wants us to look past the material that is really there and see the 'subject' that is not really there. He wants the image to be seen, and not just the material it's made of.
So I think we should accept dematerialization as a most basic tool of art, and not equate it with a theological distrust of material creation.
To me, the bad extreme we want to avoid is when the image completely overwhelms the experience of the material from which it is made, like in a typical photograph, or (dare I say) in a printed icon. In contrast, medieval art is characterized by a beautiful symbiosis between the material and the image – we are always equally aware of both, and the beauty of the material reinforces the beauty of the subject depicted.
Once again I am immensely grateful to Jonathan for bringing such deeply moving Art to those interested in iconography and its relevance today.
These stone carvings are deeply moving icons, done with great skill, deep listening and a creative gift.Thank you Andre Railenu!


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Jim Edmonds Denies "Disgusting" Claims He Cheated on Meghan King Edmonds With Their Nanny
by Samantha Schnurr | Mon., Oct. 28, 2019 7:43 AM
Jim Edmonds is speaking up.
Following reports the retired baseball pro filed for divorce from his wife of five years, Meghan King Edmonds, Jim has now publicly fired back at claims he cheated on her with their nanny.
"It's one thing to be accused of something. It's another thing to be so negligent and so careless, and ruin the lives of innocent young people.. I did not sleep with our nanny," he declared in an Instagram post on Monday. "She's not just a nanny, she is someone that we brought into our house and promised to protect and look after while she was in our home. We have been treating and raising this young girl like she is our own child. For someone to accuse me of sleeping with her is not only wrong, it's disgusting and irresponsible."
Edmonds continued, "Just because I am an athlete and I was portrayed as a bad person on bravo TV. Doesn't mean I dont have a clue what life is all about. We made a promise to that young girls mom, that We would take care of her and make sure that she was safe while she was in our hands. I will not sit here and take this bulls@!t without fighting back. Just because you're extremely whitty and intelligent, and know how to play the Instagram game. Doesn't give you the right to use that platform to wrongfully accuse. Not only is it irresponsible. It is dangerous and puts my family in harms way."
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Edmonds concluded, "We all make mistakes. This is not one of those times. My heart is broken for everyone involved. if you get anything out of this post. Get the truth."
The couple share a 2-year-old daughter and 1-year-old twin sons. Over the weekend, their nanny denied the rumors on her Instagram account, writing in a comment, "The allegations are completely false."
So raw 👆🏼
A post shared by Meghan King Edmonds (@meghankedmonds) on Oct 25, 2019 at 8:41pm PDT
Back in June, the former Real Housewives of Orange County star addressed reports of Jim sexting another woman, writing on her website, "I called Jimmy and he confessed to me that he had exchanged lewd photos with this woman over the course of several months and a physical relationship never existed. He paid her off to protect me so I'd never find out."
In a statement to Us Weekly, Jim admitted to a "lapse in judgment" and making "a very poor decision." "I engaged in an inappropriate conversation with this person...At no time was there any type of relationship or physical contact. Absolutely none. This is someone trying to profit from my name. I am aware she has done this to others in the past."
However, he told the magazine he "never had any sort of a physical relationship outside of my marriage with her or anyone else."
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Playing amongst the tables and chairs on Sunday afternoons, roaming the hallways, nosing around behind the bar... That's what childhood was like for us, Restaurant Arumí's third generation of proprietors.
The story begins with our grandparents, Pepet and Carme, who opened a small bar in Santa Eugènia de Berga serving stews and traditional cuisine. The start of a saga that has lasted over 50 years.
With time, their children took over and, alongside their spouses, boosted the family business, committing themselves to using new products and turning Ca l'Arumí into one of Osona's most renowned and prestigious restaurants.
At the age of 19, Jordi Arumí, the youngest grandchild, decided to follow in the family footsteps and began studying at the Osona School of Hospitality, during which time he interned at the famed Fonda Sala in Olost. There, alongside his mentor, Toni Sala, he learned the value of good cuisine and hard work, as well as the importance of local, high-quality products, values which guided him throughout his formative years and are now an integral part of this new project.
Boundless enthusiasm, family support and a desire to enjoy and provide enjoyment are the essential ingredients of this project: Arka.
An elegant, intimate restaurant located inside Hotel Arumí, here the procession of aromas and textures titillates the palate from the first to last dish, blending our land's traditional cuisine with Basque trends and a touch of modernity.


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Is Déjà Vu Prophetic or Psychic Paranormal Witchcraft?
10:00AM EST 2/22/2018	 Jennifer LeClaire
Déjà vu is a French phrase that means "already seen." (Unsplash/Ehimetalor Unuabona)
Is déjà vu prophetic or witchcraft? I've been pondering this for a long time. In fact, I discussed this with a group of prophets 10 years ago and never picked it up again.
Déjà vu is a French phrase that means "already seen." Merriam-Webster defines déjà vu as "the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time" and "feeling that one has seen or heard something before" and "something overly or unpleasantly familiar."
Dionne Warwick sang a song about Déjà vu in the 1970s. This Top 40 song comes to mind whenever this topic emerges. Hers is a love song. The Bee Gees also recorded a song about déjà vu, opining about a great love, as did Beyonce and others. The secular music world, mostly motivated by the prince of the power of the air, is fascinated with the concept.
Déjà Vu: More Common Than You Think
I've experienced this many times—and you probably have too. About two-thirds of the population reports déjà vu experiences, according to a report in Current Directions in Psychological Science. But the scientific world can't settle on the root of déjà vu.
According to research, déjà vu can come from mental disorders like anxiety, dissociative identity disorder or schizophrenia. Déjà vu can come from medical disorders like epilepsy, and some pharmaceutical drugs can cause this "already seen" experience.
Other researchers point to memory-based origins. Psychology Today offers three reasons for déjà vu: 1) the result of some sort of "mismatch" in how we're simultaneously sensing and perceiving the world around us; 2) a fleeting malfunctioning between the long- and short-term circuits in the brain; 3) and a region of the brain called the rhinal cortex, involved in detecting familiarity, may be inexplicably activated without actually activating memory (hippocampal) circuits."
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Is It Really a Familiar Spirit?
Some prophetic people point to déjà vu as a deep prophetic experience. Could it be possible that God is using what feels like déjà vu to communicate His truths? Or is it a familiar spirit? Is it witchcraft?
Some witches seem to feel this is a gift. On witch who claims to experience déjà vu three times a week was advised by another witch that she had a gift. Another witch claims déjà vu is a sign of being a witch. Some paranormalists insist it's precognition and still others point to a connection with a past life.
Déjà vu is mentioned nowhere in the Bible, but one thing is certain: It is not a spiritual gift. This is not the gift of prophecy. It's not the word of knowledge. Scripture is very clear that some supernatural communications and expressions come from God's Spirit (see 1 Cor. 12:4-11) while others come from evil forces (see Deut. 18:10-12).
Could what feels like déjà vu be God showing you something? Possibly. But give its connection to witches and the paranormal, the concept of déjà vu does not belong in a prophetic person's spiritual vocabulary of God expressions. At best, it's likely a similar memory that's buried in your subconscious. At worst, it's witchcraft.
Jennifer LeClaire is senior leader of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, founder of the Ignite Network and founder of the Awakening Blaze prayer movement. She is author of over 25 books. Find her online at jenniferleclaire.org or email her at info@jenniferleclaire.org.
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Surat Municipal Corporation is gradually switching over to "e-tendering". It is the process wherein the physical tendering activity is carried out online using the Internet and associated technologies and For the purpose SMC has engaged M/s. (n)Code Solutions-a division of GNFC Ltd.(Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Co. Ltd.) which is approved as the Licensed Certifying Authority under the Indian Information Technology Act 2000. M/s. (n)Code Solutions has been appointed as a service provider nodal agency by the Government of Gujarat for all e-Procurement works.
Please visit https://smc.nprocure.com to check and participate in e-tenders and also to know more about the e-tendering process.


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DALMATOVO
DALMATOVO START PLANT
DUBNA-3
DUBNA MACHINE-BUILDING PLANT
ENTERPRISE NAME: DALMATOVO START PLANT
ALTERNATE NAMES: Dalmatovskiy zavod "Start"
641730, Dalmatovo, Russia
Ulitsa Rukmanisa, 31
Telephone: (011-7-35252) 9-13-79, 9-91-63, 9-21-63; Telex: N/A; Teletype: 120323 MIKRON; Fax: N/A
GENERAL OVERVIEW: The Dalmatovo Start Plant produces equipment for agroindustrial processing industries. Its products include mechanized lines for the production of cottage cheese and tank trucks for milk transport using chassis provided by the Gorkiy (GAZ) and Kama River (KAMAZ) motor vehicle plants. It also produces some mechanical components for the military.
PRIMARY BUSINESS: Branch: Agricultural Machinery; SIC Code: 3411, 3443, 3523, 3556, 3559, 3566, 3585, 3625
APPROXIMATE EMPLOYMENT: Total: 1,766; Date: 1992
Yuriy Alekseyevich Dmitriyev, Director
MILITARY PRODUCT LINES: Mechanical components
CIVIL PRODUCT LINES: Agricultural machines and equipment, including non-rust storage tanks of up to 25 cubic meter capacity for liquid food products, mechanized lines for producing cottage cheese, tank trucks for milk transport, mini plants for milk processing (10 tons per day), mini plants for beer production (1000 liters per shift), grain drying installations, geared motors, and manual cranes with a 3-ton lift capacity.
ENTERPRISE NAME: DUBNA MACHINE-BUILDING PLANT
ALTERNATE NAMES: Dubnensky Mashinostroitelny Zavod, Dubna Machine-Building Works
141980 Dubna-3, Russia (Moscow Oblast)
Ulitsa Zhukovskiy, 2
Telephone: (011-7-095) 215-14-14, 215-16-13, 215-15-25; Telex: 206132 TITAN SU or 846014 TITAN SU; Teletype: N/A; Fax: (09621) 3-02-99
GENERAL OVERVIEW: Dubna Machine-Building Plant produces naval surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles. Many of its products are designed by the collocated Raduga Machine-Building Design Bureau. Dubna also produces satellite dishes and other consumer goods.
PRIMARY BUSINESS: Branch: Missiles; SIC Codes: 3429, 3441, 3483, 3571, 3651, 3663, 3679, 3728, 3812, 3841
Petyr Lyrshchikov, Director
MILITARY PRODUCT LINES: Dubna produces missile systems designed by the Raduga Design Bureau, including surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles such as the SS-N-2, SS-N-22, AS-11, AS-15, and AS-16.
CIVIL PRODUCT LINES: Aviation engineering components, antenna systems for satellite communications and televisions, hovercraft, and office equipment.