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Ethiopian ATA
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Redesigning How Ethiopian Farmers Plant Their Most Important Crop
New Life for an Ancient Grain
Teff is Ethiopia's most important and widely grown grain and the main ingredient in injera, the national bread. More than 6 million Ethiopian households grow teff, and in 2012, the national production was valued at $1.6 billion.
Teff is a staple in the economy and daily life of Ethiopia, yet improvements in its cultivation have stalled when compared with maize and other crops. The lack of innovation in this space has affected yields, significantly limiting the productivity and livelihoods of farmers across the country.
Teff seeds are some of the smallest on the planet.
Teff has been planted in the same way for thousands of years. By tradition, seeds are broadcast across a field where they fight for sunlight, water, and nutrients. So, in conjunction with Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation Agency and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, we set out to redesign teff production literally from the ground up.
After speaking with farmers, local engineers, and agricultural experts to learn everything we could about the cultivation of the world's smallest grain, our design team created a new agricultural device—a hand-pulled planter that deposits teff's tiny seeds as well as fertilizer in tidy rows. After a slew of prototypes and a few very sticky run-ins with the highly variable Ethiopian soil, we arrived at a row planter that is already showing markedly improved results. Not only does it take fewer seeds to plant a field, but early test plots are producing teff in spades.
As part of the next phase of the teff planter's development, IDEO has teamed up with graduate students from Northwestern's Segal Design Institute to further evolve the design and push it toward maximum impact.
A student from Northwestern University field tests a new version of the planter with a teff farmer.
The Row Planter
The process of designing an affordable, mechanized planter that can help farmers plant tef's tiny seeds in rows.
The Farmers Have Spoken—Show Us the Results
The key principles that guided our design came directly from farmers themselves
Learning from Local Craftsmen
Former IDEO.org fellow Martin Schnitzer reflects on how the people you're designing for will always lead you to the right answer
Connecting Smallholder Farmers to Low-Cost Sensors
Save4School
Securing Futures, One School Fee at a Time
The Community Enterprise That's Creating New Possibilities in the DRC
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Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and NASA astronaut John Cassidy.
It's been two days since they began another exercise in the Yu. A. Gagarin State Scientific Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Center. The purpose of this exercise is to provide cosmonauts with necessary knowledge and skills to stay alive in case their capsule lands in a wrong place, somewhere in a woodland for example.
Hero of Russia Pavel Vinogradov has been in space twice.
In April, 2013 Alexander Missurkin is going to have his first flight into space.
John Cassidy has been in space once.
They started practicing these exercises in 1965 after two Russian cosmonauts made a landing in taiga and it took the rescue group three days to get to them.
According to their instructions, the cosmonauts have to pitch a tent, make a fire and mark their location with signal bullets.
With this machete, they can cut trees!
This food, water and medicines are exactly the same as the food, water and medicines cosmonauts have in their capsules.
Cosmonauts are supposed to be able to wait for the rescue group for two days at a temperature of -50C to +50C.
A short press conference in their tent.
Althouhg the exercise may seem to be easy, in fact it takes the crew a lot of efforts and nerves. By the end of the second day, they are weak both physically and emotionally. Given the adaptation after the weightlessness they experience before their landing, it is hard to imagine how difficult it must be for them to set up an emergency camp like this.
Yeah, I was going to say, most of these people can't even walk after touching down, how are they going to expect them to cut down trees (with that little thing) and set up a camp! That's insane.
Cosmonauts! That´s the correct term lads! Keep it up and the anglo-american rubbish out!
Reminds me of the last Motel8 I stayed at.


During hurricane Sandy, the librarians at Tri-State RR wanted to keep the RR open as much as possible. My husband and I went down Sunday night before the storm hit, to unplug all of the electronics and to seal up the door frame.
Another librarian and myself went to the RR on Thursday, November 1st and kept it open, even though there was no power.It was a little chilly…but we handed out literature packets to passerby's on the sidewalk and welcomed them to come in.
Friday, November 2nd, I went to the RR by myself and lit some candles! This gave the RR a warm and inviting feel. There was still no power but I still handed out visitor packets. We wanted people to see we were still open to the community, a beacon of light during this trying time for many people.
Saturday, November 3rd, the power was back on! Fortunately, there was no water damage to the RR. All the electronics were functioning and the heat was a welcoming feature.


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That's why AARP staff and volunteers are working throughout the nation to engage and mobilize communities, share expertise, and deliver technical assistance to the towns, cities, counties and states in the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities.
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The work that happens within the network — which is a program within the larger AARP Livable Communities initiative — is hands-on and locally determined and directed. The common thread among the enrolled communities and states is the belief that the places where we live are more livable, and better able to support people of all ages, when local leaders commit to improving the quality of life for the very young, the very old, and everyone in between.
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The landscape of Drenthe is nowhere more unique than here...
Our hotel-restaurant in Veenhuizen is centrally located in beautiful surroundings. You are within one-hour driving distance from cities like Groningen, Leeuwarden, Assen and Drachten. Below you can read what the surroundings of Bitter en Zoet have to offer.
Veenhuizen is a village in Drenthe with a rich history that looks nothing like other village in the area. Veenhuizen is a former coercive colony of the Society of Humanitarianism where more than a hundred national monuments bear witness to a unique past. Straight lanes and stately buildings, museums and workshops – all located in historic buildings and surrounded by extensive nature reserves, from the Fochteloërveen moor area to the De Slokkert stream valley.
Veenhuizen is part of the region Top of Drenthe. And Groningen and Friesland are nearby.
Also check our page Veenhuizen for more information (dutch only).
Fochteloërveen
A moor area as large as the city of Utrecht, but impressively empty. Grasses, peat mosses and cotton grass reach to the horizon.
Moors are created in places where rainwater remains and peat mosses can grow for centuries in succession.
The peat mosses die from below and grow at the top. After centuries, a soil with a thick package of peat mosses is created.
Fochteloërveen is within walking and cycling distance and gives a good picture of the situation in this area before the arrival of the Society of Humanitarianism. Wild, wet peaty soil and heathland. Empty en isolated and for those who did not know the way, impassable.
Fochteloërveen is now a beautiful nature reserve. One of the few, unspoilt, remaining moors in the Netherlands.
There is a walking and cycling trail through the marshy moor. From the watchtower, on the south side of the area, the view is overwhelming and with some luck you can spot the graceful cranes that breed here since a few years.
Starting from Bitter en Zoet, there are several beautiful routes across Fochteloërveen. For more information, take a look at www.natuurmonumenten.nl.
Brook valley De Slokkert
De Slokkert is not exactly the most famous stream valley in Drenthe, but it is an area that is really worth a visit. The stream valley of De Slokkert lies in the northwest of Drenthe, between Norg and Veenhuizen and is part of the Norg Esdorpen Landscape.
A large part of the stream was normalized in the sixties, but since 2012 it has been made meandering again.
A beautiful area has been created with wild flowers, birds and large grazers. Chances are you will meet some deer!
De Slokkert consists of two upper streams of the Peizerdiep system: the 'Tonckensloopje' near Zuidvelde and 'Slokkert' near Veenhuizen. Both streams meet southwest of Norg. They then flow on as the Slokkert stream and eventually end up in the Reitdiep near Groningen. This has created an 'open' connection with the Wadden Sea.
Top of Drenthe
Veenhuizen is part of the Top of Drenthe region and is located exactly in the middle of the Noorderland. The Top of Drenthe comprises the area between Peize, Roden, Norg and Veenhuizen, bordering the city of Groningen and the provincial border with Friesland.
An area with a very varied landscape, beautiful villages and centuries of cultural history. From prehistoric dolmens to modern art. For more information, please visit www.kopvandrenthe.nl.
World Heritage Site 2018
The Society of Humanitarianism was founded almost 200 years ago by Johannes van den Bosch to tackle poverty in the big cities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The poor and needy were offered a new chance in life in one of the colonies; Frederiksoord, Wilhelminaoord, Ommerschans, Wortel en Merksplas (Belgium) and of course Veenhuizen. With varying outcomes by the way...
Around 1900 a new layer was added to history; architect Metzelaar was commissioned by the state to build, among other things, the many service residences with edifying inscriptions and the Hospital complex. The original buildings and landscape structure were largely retained.
The philosophy and its implementation are so unique that the humanitarian colonies are on their way to a place on the UNECSO World Heritage Site.
Click on the link below for more information.
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Irish hunk Niall Horan has been one of the biggest stars in the music industry for quite a few years now and he has pretty much experienced everything that the business has to offer. Meanwhile, Shawn Mendes has also been enjoying success on the music scene and it looks like the two of them have struck up quite the bromance together.
Niall Horan and Shawn Mendes have enjoyed spending some time together and the have experienced some time backstage together and it looks like they have become very good friends. Niall has been talking about his friendship with Shawn and it really is sweet.
Horan was talking about his first impressions of Shawn Mendes, when he shared, "Tall. The essence of innocence. Extremely Canadian. Just a very, very sweet guy that can sing like an angel like we know."
And it was not only Niall Horan who had nice things to say about Shawn Mendes, as it appears that the feelings are very much mutual, as Shawn has also been talking about getting to spend time with Niall, insisting that the former One Direction star helps him to feel at ease before going on stage.
Mendes was talking to the BBC's Biggest Weekend, when he added, "Every time he would see me I would be like, 'Oh man I'm nervous today.' And he was really good at helping, making me calm down about everything and made everything a lot more chilled, which was really helpful for me."
So how long will it be before we get a Niall Horan and Shawn Mendes collaboration together?


Travel and Tourism contributed close to 10% to world GDP, which is approximately USD 7.2 trillion, in 2015. 1 in 11 jobs in the world is supported by this industry that has grown steadily and is forecasted to grow at a rate of around 4% for the next 10 years. These are impressive figures, considering the current shaky global economic scenario. Such a scenario is perfect to venture into this industry with a robust business plan.
To an extent, the travel and tourism industry is evergreen, in the sense that although global economic shifts can have an impact on the travel patterns of people, but invariably people have to travel, either for business or for personal work.
As a travel consultant, the first step is to decide on the number of services you are willing to offer to your clients. You may select niche services or may offer comprehensive services that cover every single aspect of the tour or vacation.
You may suggest travel locations, help with ticketing, hotel bookings, charting out itineraries, sending out travel advisories and helping organize personal and corporate events.
If you are just starting out with this business idea, it is advisable to promote a local tourist-worthy location to start with. This is easier since you already know the place and can easily build your network of people who can help you.
I stumbled upon this idea when a friend told me about her this amazing experience at the exotic beach city of Playa del Carmen, just 45 minutes from Cancun Airport in Mexico. While searching for a Caribbean destination, she came across the website Playa del carmen which books hotels, activities, weddings and much more. This consultancy is run by people who have made this beautiful beach city their home. Apart from achieving a sort of marketing coup d'etat by getting the name of the city as their domain name, they are a full-service travel consultancy. Their "Travel Gurus" help create exciting itineraries for tourists, organize any kind of event, be it a wedding or a corporate retreat, and offer all the information tourists require to enjoy a memorable vacation in this beach city. This is also a great example of seeking and targeting a niche market to limit competition and increase chances of success.
Travel consultants can also distinguish themselves by offering completely customized packages. These packages may vary for the luxury traveler and budget backpacker. This can be a very exciting USP and you can create a truly personalized vacation from the clients' own set of demands and requirements. The consultant can charge a substantial premium for such services.
As a travel consultant, you need certain skills. The basic requirement is the passion for traveling and exploring new places. With excellent people skills, you will be able to interact and strike a deal, with a wide spectrum of clients with different interests, preferences, and tastes, as well as with hotel owners and with other specialty service providers. Superb organizational skills will help you to arrange and coordinate events and activities and also help market yourself to the world.
The current hectic corporate environment has birthed the fears of employee burnout and companies are realizing the worth of a break from work. Many companies have revised their vacation policies and are actually encouraging their employees to take that long-pending vacation. Companies like Netflix actually don't care how much vacation time their employees take as long as they perform and get the job done.
With companies asking their employees to take a break, organizing corporate retreats and team-building activities, there is a lot of scope for travel consultants to provide services for organizing employee vacations and corporate events. Since companies would like to focus on the actual activity and not get into the hassles of organizing the event, they will be well served by a travel consultant who can plan the itinerary, book tickets and hotel rooms and organize the entire event.
Finally, you need a strategy to market your services. At the center of all your marketing efforts is your website. Make it intuitive, responsive, with a simplified design and update it regularly with great, informative and pertinent content. Integrate digital and offline marketing ideas – don't forget social media – to come up with a well-rounded and holistic plan to attract customers.
Once you start getting clients, go out of the way to delight them. These happy and satisfied customers will be your brand ambassadors and will refer your services to their network. Encourage them to review you on third party review sites like Tripadvisor and Yelp to attract more customers.
Having a proactive sales personality and a passion to help clients enjoy their vacations to the fullest are key elements for your eventual success as a travel consultant. Although the initial phase can be financially challenging, that your career lets you travel, enjoy and have fun is reward enough, is an understatement.


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Q: Is there even fast implementaion about multibyte character string convert to unicode wstring? In my project, where I adopted Aho-Corasick algorithm to do some message filter mode in the server side, message the server got is string of multibyte character. But after several tests I found the bottleneck is the conversion between mulitbyte string and unicode wstring. What I use now is the pair of mbstowcs_s and wcstombs_s, which takes nearly 95% time cost of the whole mode. Also, I have tried MultiByteToWideChar/WideCharToMultiByte, it got just the same result.
 So I wonder if there is some other more efficient way to do the job? My project is built in VS2005, and the string converted will contain Chinese characters.
  Many thanks.

A: There are a number of possibilities.
Firstly, what do you mean by "multi-byte character"?  Do you mean UTF8 or an ISO DBCS system?
If you look at the definition of UTF8 and UTF16 there scope to do a highly optimised conversion, ripping out the "x" bits and reformatting them.  See for example http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2044.html talks about UTF8<==>UTF32.  Adjusting for UTF16 would be simple.
The second option might be to work entirely in UTF16.  Render your Web page (or UI Dialog or whatever) in UTF16 and get the user input that way.
If all else fails, there aare other string algorithms than Aho-Corasick.  Possibly look for an algorithm that works with your original encoding.
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See http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/utf-8-history.txt for more on conversions, including two C implementations of mbtowc() and wctomb().  These are designed to work with arbitrarily large wchar_ts.  If you just have 16-bit wchar_ts then you can simplify it a lot.
These would be much faster than the generic (code-page-sensitive) versions in the standard library.

A: Deprecated (I believe) but you could always use the non-safe versions (mbstowcs and wcstombs). Not sure if this will have a marked improvement though. Alternatively, if your character set is limited (a - z, 0 - 9, for instance), you could always do it manually with a lookup table..?

A: Perhaps you can reduce the amount of calls to MultiByteToWideChar?

A: You could also probably adopt Aho-Corasick to work directly on multibyte strings.

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Officers & History
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The Strange Tale of the Ice Soar
The Ice Soar
Ice Boating's Classic Ghost Story
As Told to Greg Whitehorse
The Ice Soar: Pride of the North, Queen of the Lake
As told to Greg Whitehorse, Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club
Outside the windows of the South Side Ice Yacht Club, the Skeeters, Renegades and Nites were effortlessly gliding over the dark gray ice sheet. Suddenly, sailing into view came a chilling blast from the past. A huge stern-steerer, its yellow stained, canvas sails straining against the twenty mile per hour wind. Behind its sheer size, the Skeeters, Renegades and Nites disappeared for seconds at a time before appearing again on the other side.
Two, no three burly men steered and cranked and pulled, trying to tame the unruly beast. Moving in a southerly direction, its left (port? starboard?) runner gently lifts off the ice, a few feet at first, and then quickly shoots skyward. The runner plank is at an impossible angle to the ice. Surely the beast is going to capsize, but no, the three burly men continue to steer and crank and pull and the ice yacht slowly regains a more proper stance on the frozen surface. A slight change in direction to take advantage of a felt, but unseen wind shift, and the beast sailed away from view.
"Arghh… that thar be the 'Ice Soar'," came a grizzled voice from behind. Eye sore? Ice Whore? What? I wondered.
I turned around, behind me stood stout, weather beaten man, who I guessed to be in his 70's. Perhaps he was younger; decades of hard outdoor labor could age a man beyond his years. "Buy a friend a cold dipper and I'll tell you the tale of the 'Ice Soar'."
What the hell, I thought, I had time. The day's racing had finished early in the breezy conditions. Besides, at a buck a bottle a guy could afford to invest a little in a good story.
"She was built in the year 1897." he began. "Fulton Wainwright, he was big in the buggy-whip business ya know, anyhows, he hired a local cabinet maker, 'Bugs' Cooper, to cut the timbers and piece 'er together over that year. Fulton wanted the biggest, fastest, ice yacht on Winnebago."
"Well, ol' 'Bugsy' had never built any kind of ice boat before, so he just sort of made one based on what he had seen out at the lake. When she was done, I'll tell ya, she was one beautiful piece. Fast too."
Wainwright's wife, Agnes Lenore, well she wants ol' Fulton to name the boat after her. Fulton, he goes and names her 'Ice Soar'. Behind his back, folks was saying ol' Wainwright had still named the boat after his wife."
The old man started laughing so hard that beer was snortin' out of his nose. After a few seconds he regained his composure and continued his story.
" Well anyhows, for the next several years the 'Ice Soar' was a familiar site on the local ice."
"She won her share of races too. One year, around 1910, I'm supposin', she made the run to Pipe and back in a little over thirty minutes. I'll tell ya, Pipe and back in thirty minutes, that's damn near flyin'!"
'What's a fella need to do to get a drink around here anyhow?" Catching the subtle hint, I head to the bar, returning shortly with a couple of cold ones. After a long swig of his beer, he continued his story.
"Where was I? Oh, ya, anyhows, when it becomes apparent that Henry's Model T's had no need for a buggy-whip, Wainwright's factory, she goes belly-up. Agnes, she leaves poor Fulton. No money, no Agnes she figures."
"Wainwright, he loses everything. Everything but the 'Ice Soar' that is." The old man pauses for a few seconds. "It was about that time that the 'Ice Soar' becomes a pirate ship. Many a cold, winter nights she could be seen in the moonlight, sailing the frozen waters of Lake Winnebago."
"Wainwright and his crew, a bunch of local thugs, would sail into the towns around the lake, raiding local stores and gin mills, fightin' an' hell-raisin'."
"The folks up 'n' down the coast, they all hates the 'lce Soar'. But the cops can never catch 'er."
"They make off with barrels of beer, whiskey, food an' loot. More than a few pretty girls sail off on the 'Ice Soar', mostly by choice I'm supposin'."
The old man laughs and then adds; "My throats gettin' mighty parched if you're catching my drift."
I return with a few more bottles of beer. Looking at the bottle in his large, callused hand he says, "Lite beer? I never knowed any good reason for lite beer."
"Well anyhows, it was the winter of '38, colder than a grave diggers ass, the ice was already two feet thick, and it was only December. What snow had fallen had blown off the big lake. One night she's really howlin', 45, 55, mile per hour winds gusts of 70 they say. The 'Ice Soar', she sails into Pipe just about the time the snow starts fillin' in."
"They're a tough lot, but that night they plan on just holin' up, there in Pipe. Even they can't handle the storm that's brewin'. Blizzard of '38, the storm of the century, folks call it."
'Well, the boys are just settlin' into some farmer's barn, breakin' open the whiskey, guzzlin' beer, when they hear this faint screamin' outside. Just the wind howlin', they wonder? No, they can hear words. "My baby, somebody help my baby!" 0l' Wainwright, he pokes his head outside the barn door an' sees a women carryin' a large bundle. Fulton yells out, "Over here, come over here!"
'When the woman struggles over to the barn she hurriedly tells Wainwright, "My girl is sick, she needs to get to the hospital in Oshkosh!"
"Not in this storm. Nobody's goin' anywheres on this night," Wainwright tells her
'But my little girl will die!" screams the woman. "Well, I don't know what came over ol' Wainwright right then," continues the old man. "But he turns to his crew and orders,' Prepare to set sail!'"
"Hoisting those massive sails in the seventy mile per hour wind was probably the hardest work any of those boys had ever done. Yet, somehow they manage. Wainwright, he puts the little girl in the basket next to him. Two others jump in the basket on the other side of 'Ice Soar's' back-bone, one to handle the main, the other the jib".
"Wainwright yelled out, over the howlin' wind and driving snow, "I can't see a damned thing, but I reckon she's a beam reach over to Oshkosh."
'Even in the screamin'wind it takes the boys all their effort to get the 'Ice Soar' movin'. But soon enough the mighty ice machine is gainin' speed and sailin' off, into the darkness. Well, ol' Wainwright, he figures he needs the rest of the crew to move out to the end of 'Ice Soar's' huge runner plank to hold 'er down. Let me tell ya, it's one thing to try that in a thirty mile per hour breeze, but in pitch black, in sixty to seventy miles per hour of wind and snow, if you're out there walkin' the plank, It's a life or death deal."
"Wainwright didn't see the first fella fall off. Hell, he couldn't even see the end of the plank. But he knew that the beast was harder to control than she was before."
"Eighty, ninety, a hundred miles per hour, how would you know? The 'Ice Soar' just kept goin' faster an' faster. 0l' Fulton, he did know when the second one dropped from the boat. With the 'Ice Soar' runnin' with its plank nearly ninety degrees to the ice, the poor guy lost what little grip he had and fell. He nearly landed in Wainwright's lap. He bounced off the main sail and dropped to the ice. He was never seen again."
"Well anyhows, within minutes Wainwright figures that they're closing in on the Oshkosh shore. How? I don't know, he couldn't see a damn thing. It took all his sailin'skills to turn the ship into the wind without spinnin' 'er. But somehows he does it. And not a moment too soon, If he'd a sailed 'er in another twenty yards, he would of run 'er ashore at over a hundred miles per hour. It would of killed everyone."
"Well anyhows, they gets the little girl to the hospital, just in time to save 'er. But Wainwright knows that they still have to high-tail it outta Oshkosh. When the boys get back to the 'Ice Soar' the wind she's a blowin' at hurricane strength, gusts over a hundred miles per hour, if you can believe it! The local law enforcement is waitin' for 'em. Wainwright an' his crew fight their way back to the 'Ice Soar', with the jib in tatters, they escape, an' sail off into the blizzard."
The old man pauses. "One more beer and I could finish this story," he says. I again head for the bar, ordering a couple of Budweisers, no lite beer this time. I tell the bartender, "that's quite the story, the 'Ice Soar, I mean."
The patrons of the bar instantly quit talking, the bartender stares icily at me. "What do you know about the 'Ice Soar'?" he demands. All eyes are on me. The room is silent. "The 'Ice Soar', you know, that old stern-steerer that I saw sailing out on the lake today. That old guy back at the table, the guy I've been feeding beer all afternoon, was telling me the story." I reply.
I turned to look back at the table we were sitting at. No one was there. Just a tabletop of empty beer bottles. The bartender leaned in close, "We don't much talk about the 'Ice Soar' around here fella. That evil boat and her crew of pirates was lost in the storm of 1938." "But I saw it out on the…" I started. "I told you, that boat was lost in '38. That's all you, or anyone, needs to know about the 'Ice Soar'. Don't bring up its name again." With that I gave my two bottles of Bud to a couple guys sitting at the bar and turned to leave the clubhouse.
On my way out I passed a large, framed, picture of the 'A' boat, 'Debutante', hanging on the wall. I had looked over the old black and white image before, but this time, something caught my eye. In the background of the grainy photo there was another iceboat. If you looked closely you could just barely make out the name of that boat. The 'Agnes Lenore'. I put my coat on and left.
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It is not every day that you get to witness a Mexican virtuoso right before your eyes. For that reason, music lovers will definitely want to check out flute musician Horacio Franco live in concert on Friday, December 7th at Rio Grande Theatre.
Franco has transformed the vision of the recorder – usually considered a school or amateur instrument – into a professional one. He has more than 25 recordings in Mexico, Europe, and Israel. Owner of a vast repertoire that ranges from Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque to contemporary works (most of them written specially for him), Franco has broken the stereotype of the traditional classical musician and has been acclaimed by international critics at world-wide levels.
As a very active performer, Franco very often plays with several ensembles and he is a frequent soloist with virtually every Mexican orchestra. He also appears with distinguished ensembles around the globe. Of special note is Franco's record of appearances over seven consecutive seasons with the famous orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. He has edited more than 22 CDs, in which he performs either as soloist, with ensemble or as conductor.
All are welcome to witness Horacio Franco live. Admission is free, but pre-registration is recommended. This event is sponsored by The Consulate General of Mexico, The Centro Cultural Mexicano Paso del Norte, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and The Rio Grande Theatre.
At Sonoma Palms Apartments in Las Cruces, New Mexico, we believe it's important to integrate yourself into the community, which is why we suggest attending this event. Meeting new people, having unfamiliar experiences, and joining neighborhood activities is the key to an exceptional lifestyle.


Since I write about our grandmothers' worst environmental catastrophe, I appreciate your continuing to call attention to the one that is burdening our generation. Another suggestion of what we can do is to encourage measures to fight the Citizens United ruling, which will give major corporations the ability to give unlimited money to candidates who will do as they say.
I'm with you, Shelley. Keep fighting the good fight.
__I will continue to say: "When the people turn and walk away, their leaders will follow."
This is really powerful. You are doing a great work here.


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Ann Brown and Pam Seale at the bench unveiling. Photo by Mary Kay Gleason.
by Elizabeth Grams
Two weeks ago on the South Side of Indianapolis, brothers from the Christians in Mission team unveiled a new feature in the Karcher Street green space: the first of two handcrafted wooden park benches. On each bench, an inscription carved into the backrest bears the name of Ann Brown.
Ann moved into her house on Union Street in the mid-1940s. She remembers that when she was young, the neighborhood was full of Christian families, most of them members of the neighborhood church, Sacred Heart, with children playing in the streets. Since then, she had seen the neighborhood change to a place where someone could (and did) get into her home and steal her TV, and where prostitution, violence and drug abuse were going on right outside her door. She prayed for the neighborhood.
Ann, a lifelong Catholic, has a strong faith, which was deepened by her involvement in the charismatic renewal during the early 1970s. At that time she had been struggling with a long illness. A Baptist friend encouraged her to accept Christ Jesus as her Lord and Savior. Ann mulled that over, getting used to the new idea, and she started attending charismatic prayer meetings. She gave her life to the Lord during a Life in the Spirit Seminar.
She has never forgotten the day, in 2008, when two People of Praise missionaries, Mary Timler and Ellen (Putzier) Earhart, knocked on her door. Ann began coming to the prayer meetings the missionaries hosted in their homes. She told them they were the answer to her prayers.
It wasn't long before she started calling her new People of Praise friends her family. After more of them began to move into houses on her block, Mike Coney would take her trash to the road and shovel her snow. (He also helped her replace that stolen TV.) Ann would often sit with community members at church. She started delivering Christmas cookies to every People of Praise household.
Robin Gonzalez remembers how Ann prophesied to the People of Praise, back when Karcher Street was still a dark alley, home to drug deals and lined with broken-down houses, "Your village will be like it used to be when kids were biking up and down the street, and the sound of kids' laughter will be heard in the streets."
South Side girls group. Photo from V&B archives.
Today, Ann's home borders the Karcher Street green space and sits next door to the home of Abe and Trish Olson and their children. Ann often sits on her porch so she can watch children play. She knows the names of all the CIM children and keeps treats for them in her home.
"I always think of Ann when I hear our kids squealing and carrying on out there," Robin says with a laugh. "I tell her, look, Ann, it's like you said!"
As Ann's hearing loss has grown more severe, she has been unable to attend church or community gatherings, but sisters visit with her often and have a rolling exchange of sweets with her.
Boys play at Action summer camp 2018. Photo from V&B archives.
A few years ago, Pam Seale began to stop in on Ann regularly to help her out around the house, taking her to doctor appointments and guiding her through exercises to help with her arthritis. (Pam has a background in geriatric nursing.) Ann insisted on paying, despite Pam's protests. Pam set the money aside, not knowing what to do with it. Early this April, it struck her that she could use it both to give Custom Cottage some business and to honor Ann at the same time. She asked Ann if she could use the money to commission a pair of park benches for the green space. They would be a place Ann could sit, closer to the children she loved, but also open to anyone. Ann agreed.
On May 3, the entire CIM team gathered for the unveiling of the first new bench in the green space, just behind Ann's home. Rus Lyons and George Kane whisked off a drop cloth to loud applause, revealing a brand-spanking new bench. A beaming Ann took the first seat.
She hopes that the benches can be used by many others, like mothers holding babies.
"This is a good neighborhood," Ann says. "We lost the children and now they're back."
Mary L Louise Duddy says:
What a sweet story
Jill Boughton says:
What a wonderful story, and what a wonderful idea, Robin! Great to see Ann so happy; she's a treasure, fondly remembered from my mission weeks on the south side.
Dan Brewer says:
What a great story! Thanks to God for showing His love to Ann. And thanks to the Southsiders for their witness to Jesus, especially Pam for following her inspiration to use the money to highlight the Lord's goodness.
Anne Brewer says:
What a wonderful story! Great idea Pam!
Mary Dohrman says:
What a joy it is to read about Ann Brown getting the blessing of care by Pam Seale (I saw her in February and I've never seen her look so healthy and happy) and the blessings of her money to Pam benefitting the neighborhood and Custom Cottage. Inspiring and uplifting!
Lord, continue to pour out Your blessings on the SouthSide!
Joan McLeod says:
Praise God! (And pass the tissues!)
What a beautiful story of God's love and faithfulness for Ann! I'm so blessed that CIM brothers and sisters are attuned to the Holy Spirit!
Love and prayers to you all?
Bob Badham says:
What a heart-warming story; it sits very well with me!!
Bruce Olson says:
Heartwarming!
Maria Elliott says:
Dear Family of families,
This story seriously made me cry (which rarely happens). The Lord's tender love for his people is moving and the faithfulness of his POP, specifically the CIM, spreads that love around! Glory!
Nancy Grams says:
What a beautiful story and testament to the Lord hearing the cry of Ann's heart and ours.
Pam, thanks for listening to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit!
Bernadette Fossen says:
Brilliant idea Pam! Thank you Jesus for the children.
Lynne Miller says:
Just the story I needed to read after a very stressful day! The kindness of the Lord is limitless!
Carol Ehemann says:
What a wonderful story of the FRUIT of the south sides outreach.
Ruth Schmelzer says:
Ditto!! A beautiful story of God's faithfulness, Ann's and the effects of People of Praise membership and their presence in the neighborhood.Thank you, Lord, for your mercy and the witness of YOUR presence in our world!
Philip M Slattery says:
Wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.
Joan Hiel says:
Praise the Lord! What a wonderful example of a Holy Spirit sighting. Thank you for your attentive listening and responding and then sharing with all of us so we can all be in Awe together. Well done everyone.
Jackie Vaughan says:
I love it! How beautiful! God's grace is gushing out of this story onto us!
Terry Prevost says:
What a beautiful story of God's love and faithfulness. Also about how powerful a prayer warrior's prayers are. You keep praying Anne.
John Vogel says:
Thank you for this story of normal life.
Mary Gaffney says:
Beautiful story ❤
Cheryl Schmitt says:
What a wonderful story! How refreshing to read the names of women that I've known for years.I can see their faces and remember their laughs!
It's easy to see them in their roles bringing joy to a neighbor. God bless all of you! Cheryl Schmitt
Lisa Krueger says:
Such holy blessings to so many, thank you for all your love and care. It's incredible to think of Ann's prophecy so many years ago, to hang on to the truth and live to see the Lord's promise come alive. "Heaven and earth are full of your glory!" Psalm 148


Put the mayonnaise, cherry peppers, vinegar, 2 tablespoons parsley, mustard, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons olive oil, thyme and garlic in a blender. Season with salt and pepper and puree until fairly smooth. Set aside.
Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a medium saute pan over high heat. Add the breadcrumbs and cook until lightly golden brown. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon parsley and the lemon zest. Season with salt and pepper.
Preheat the grill for high heat direct grilling.
Skewer 2 or 3 scallops onto 2 skewers so that the scallops lay flat. Brush both sides with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill the scallops until well caramelized on one side, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook another 30 seconds or so. Remove to a platter, drizzle with the vinaigrette and sprinkle with the breadcrumbs.


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import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import us.mcsw.comp.MainFrame;

public class Control extends Option {

	// static control descs
	public static final String	MOVE_UP	= "Move Up", MOVE_DOWN = "Move Down",
			MOVE_LEFT = "Move Left", MOVE_RIGHT = "Move Right";

	public int					keycode;
	public int					def;

	public boolean				selected;

	public Control(int def, String desc) {
		super(OptionsCategory.Controls, desc);
		this.def = def;
		this.keycode = def;
	}

	public Rectangle	bounds	= null;

	public boolean		held	= false;

	public String getText() {
		if (keycode >= 0) {
			return KeyEvent.getKeyText(keycode);
		} else {
			switch (-keycode) {
				case 1:
					return "Left Click";
				case 2:
					return "Middle Click";
				case 3:
					return "Right Click";
				case 4:
					return "Mouse Forward";
				case 5:
					return "Mouse Back";
				default:
					return "Mouse";
			}
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void render(Graphics g, Rectangle bounds, MainFrame fr) {
		super.render(g, bounds, fr);

		String text = getText();

		Color orig = g.getColor();
		if (selected) g.setColor(g.getColor().brighter().brighter());
		g.drawRect(bounds.x, bounds.y,
				g.getFontMetrics().stringWidth(text) + 10, bounds.height);
		g.drawString(text, bounds.x + 5,
				bounds.y + g.getFontMetrics().getHeight() - 10);

		g.setColor(orig);
		this.bounds = bounds;
	}

	@Override
	public void onClick(Point p, int button) {
		boolean origSel = selected;
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			selected = true;
			if (origSel) {
				keycode = -button;
				selected = false;
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			}
		} else {
			selected = false;
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	public void onKeypress(int keycode) {
		if (selected) {
			this.keycode = keycode;
			selected = false;
			update();
		}
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The MDPC Discernment Team developed a schedule of events to inform the congregation regarding key issues, give members and various groups the opportunity to share information from differing viewpoints, and for the MDPC Session to be able to receive feedback from the MDPC membership regarding their desired Presbyterian Denominational Affiliation.
The Round Table Talks have concluded, and an MDPC Member Survey will now be conducted. To learn more about the survey process, click here.
Several other informational events were offered. Click here to view a full listing, and to watch videos of the Informational Meetings.


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The Line Miner™ goggle was created with the purpose of providing the ultimate in peripheral vision. With a cylindrical style design, we were able to pull the goggle in closer to your face than ever before. Allowing for incredible downward and side-to-side periphery, this is the only goggle available with the new PRIZM™ Inferno lenses. What is Inferno you ask? Think turbocharged window defroster – in your goggles! Inferno heated lens technology is the latest in the innovation you've come to expect from Oakley.
The Oakley Line Miner Goggles are designed to sit closer to the face than any previous model, so you get unparalleled downward and peripheral vision. Plus, they're fully helmet compatible and feature discreet frame notches at the temples for compatibility with most prescription eyewear. Add Oakley s Prizm™ technology (in select colorways) and you've got yourself a goggle that provides Oakley s seamless mix of superior performance and effortless style.
FRAME - Helmet Compatibility – Oakley snow goggles are designed to work in harmony with a wide range of helmet styles, with outrigger mounts that distribute pressure evenly across the goggle chassis and silicone beaded inner straps that stay securely in place. 360˚ frame venting assures optimum airflow when worn with a helmet.
LENS - HDO® Lens Technology – HDO® maximizes clarity and impact resistance, and gives you razor sharp clarity at all angles of view. HDO® lenses provide 100% UV filtering and the best impact resistance in the business.
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Dry needling is the use of acupuncture needles to improve healing of soft tissue (muscles, tendons, nerves and blood vessels) and decrease swelling, pain and muscular tightness. This technique is termed "dry" needling because the needles are very small, do not hold any liquid and cannot inject anything. When the small needle is inserted into the tissues, the body is stimulated to produce a healing response both at the area of the needle and throughout the body. Most people feel results immediately after treatment, and this can continue to improve with multiple sessions.
What can be treated using Dry Needling?
Commonly treated injuries: patellofemoral joint pain (runner's knee), IT band syndrome, shin pain (shin splints), Achilles tendinitis, plantar fasciitis, neuropathies, patellar tendinitis, quadriceps tendinitis, hamstring tendinitis, whiplash injury, foot and ankle injuries, contusions, rotator cuff and biceps tendinitis, shoulder impingement, lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow), medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow), arthritis, swimmer's shoulder, thoracic outlet syndrome.
For injuries, dry needling can be used to treat contusions, muscle strain, ligament sprain, swelling, inflammation, deficient circulation and muscle soreness. It has been shown to provide faster and more specific recovery than any other known method.
Dry needling can be used as a tool for many other cases that may not be considered an injury. It is very effective with decreasing general muscle tension, eliminating trigger points, improving dysfunctional neurological issues, for patients with fibromyalgia and many other conditions.
How can Dry Needling help an athlete?
Do I need to have an injury to benefit from Dry Needling?
No. Dry needling is used as a preventative treatment, to enhance muscular performance, to improve tissue integrity and pliability and to improve the general well-being of the body.
No. Dry needling uses acupuncture needles, but it is a tool that physical therapists use to perform deep soft tissue treatment. It is used to treat the muscles and nerves directly and is never used in distal (a location far away from the area that is being treated) or auricular points (in the ear), as in acupuncture. Dry needling is not based on qi, meridians or acupuncture points, but purely on neuromuscular principles as treated in physical therapy.
Practitioners can be trained in many different Dry Needling techniques. Dr. Lisa Wilcox has been trained through the Integrative Dry Needling Institute, which describes the technique as 80% pain-free. It is a gentle technique, but with great and usually immediate results. Many patients have tried other forms of dry needling and have been sore for a couple of days after the treatment. Dr. Wilcox's technique leaves people feeling relaxed, looser and with minimal soreness.
The initial consultation will focus on subjective history, tests and measures, and an initial dry needling treatment. Follow-up visits will include dry needling, soft tissue mobilization and can include stretching, exercise prescription and education regarding the condition. All treatment is conducted by a Doctor of Physical Therapy.
How soon can I expect to feel results?
Most people notice an improvement immediately. Every person is different with their responsiveness to Dry Needling but significant improvement should be felt within the first 1-4 visits. If an improvement is not seen, this indicates that the condition may need further evaluation through other medical professionals and a referral will be given.
Upon request, documentation can be provided in order to submit a claim to your insurance company. Solstice PT also accepts HSA payments.
I already use a foam roller and get massage, is this different?
Dry needling improves tissue mobility and decreases soreness much faster than any other soft tissue work. It is more effective than foam rolling, and increases blood flow to the tissue which improves recovery time.
How often can I get dry needling?
1-2 times per week is the maximum that is offered per body part. If people have multiple different areas that cannot be treated in 20-30 minutes, more than 2 sessions can occur per week.
Dr. Lisa Wilcox, Solstice PT, completes convenient treatments in your home or office.
For further questions, or to schedule an appointment, please email Dr. Lisa Wilcox at info@SolsticeHealthcareResources.com, call (720) 369-7738 or contact through her website at www.SolsticePhysicalTherapy.com.


What would you do if you weren't afraid? It's the question Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and writer Nell Scovell ask in the first chapter of their book, Lean In, which was published three years ago today. While some remain skeptical of the book's idealism, for many women, it provided the last bit of confidence needed to fulfill their dream of running for office. These women were inspired by the book to lean in politically.
As the youngest woman elected to Congress, Elise Stefanik dealt with much of the doubts that come with not only being a woman, but being a young woman. The book enabled women like her to stop holding "themselves back from not seeking the next professional step, whether it's a promotion or whether it's running for office," she told CBS This Morning anchor Norah O'Donnell. Stefanik added that the book played a big role in her decision to run.
Sara Kurovski made history when she became Pleasant Hill Iowa's youngest and first ever woman mayor. She read the book at the perfect time — she was thinking about running for mayor, but had two young children at home and worried that it wasn't the right time for her.
Kamlager, a district director for California State Senator Holly Mitchell, read Lean In right before she decided to run for the board of Los Angeles Community College District. It's the largest community college district in the nation, and there hadn't been an African-American on the board in close to 15 years. The book was largely a motivator for her, affirming what she already knew but tended to forget, she said to Cosmopolitan.com.


THE man who would've been the next premier of NSW has stood down over explosive allegations he inappropriately touched a journalist.
LUKE Foley, the man who was on track to be the next premier of New South Wales, has sensationally quit after damning allegations of inappropriate conduct were levelled against him.
The Labor leader stood down on Thursday afternoon several hours after Ashleigh Raper, the ABC's former state political reporter, accused Mr Foley of putting his hand in her underpants.
In a statement issued by the public broadcaster on her behalf, Ms Raper alleged the incident took place after an official Christmas function in 2016, at a bar in Sydney's Martin Place.
The journalist also revealed Mr Foley had telephoned her twice in the past week — once to say he intended to resign, and then again to say he was staying on.
In a brief statement to media, Mr Foley insisted the allegations were "false" and he intended to begin defamation proceedings.
After the Christmas party at Parliament House two years ago, which was attended by members of the press gallery as well as politicians and their staffers, a group continued on to a bar in Martin Place, Ms Raper said.
"Later in the evening, Luke Foley approached a group of people, including me, to say goodnight," Ms Raper alleges.
Ms Raper said the alleged incident was witnessed by Sean Nicholls, who was the Sydney Morning Herald's state political editor at the time, and works at the ABC as a reporter for Four Corners.
The alleged incident was first aired in parliament last month by Liberal MP David Elliott — a political tactic that Ms Raper slammed.
A spokesperson for Mr Elliott today said he did not intend to comment, including about Ms Raper's upset about and criticism of his conduct.
Despite the claim becoming public, Mr Foley's spokesman strongly denied the allegation, which Mr Foley repeated today.
A spokesperson for the public broadcaster said it stood by the statement by Ms Raper and had no further comment.
A senior Labor source earlier told news.com.au earlier that his position was untenable and "everyone wants (Mr Foley) to go".
Ms Raper claims Mr Foley phoned her last Sunday to apologise and said he intended to resign as Opposition Leader in the following few days.
"He told me that he had wanted to talk to me about that night on many occasions over the past two years because, while he was drunk and couldn't remember all the details of the night, he knew he did something to offend me," Ms Raper alleged.
But he called her again on Tuesday and backtracked, saying he would not quit after all.
Ms Raper said she had reluctantly decided to make a statement now in order to set the record straight and to call out Mr Foley's alleged behaviour.
New South Wales will go to an election on March 23 next year, and in recent opinion polls Labor had posted a commanding lead over Premier Gladys Berejiklian's Liberal government.
If those trends continued, many pundits had tipped Mr Foley would almost certainty be the state's next premier.
That will obviously not eventuate now, and the scandal's impact on Labor's electoral standing remains to be seen.


Solstice Interiors strives to create a space that is not only functional and beautiful, but that evokes a sense of abundance. Your surroundings heavily influence your day-to-day life, and we are here to enhance those surroundings within your space. Whether you're looking for a quick refresh on one room, or a complete renovation, we cater to each clients needs and budget.


Boston Magazine voted Sudbury's school system #4 in the state in 2011 and is consistently ranked as a "Top 20" each year.
Marlborough is centrally located near the intersection of Routes 495, 290, 20 and the Massachusetts Turnpike and offers some of the region's most affordable housing.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Wayland High School 24th within Massachusetts in 2018, with a 12:1 student ratio and 99% graduation rate.
Framingham, home to the world headquarters of Staples, Bose Audio and TJX, also hosts major facilities of large medical, education, bio-tech and retail centers given its key geographic location.
Southborough consistently ranks #1 as the wealthiest community in Worcester County and includes the smaller villages of Cordaville, Fayville, and Southville.
Northborough is host to The New England Baseball Complex, located at the intersection of Route 20 and Route 9. The newly built complex is home to the New England Ruffnecks, a youth baseball association.
Hudson residents enjoy access to the Assabet River via multiple canoe and kayak launches. There is also boat access downstream of the Assabet River dam at Main Street Landing.
Hopkinton is best known as the starting point of the Boston Marathon, held annually on Patriots' Day in April.
Maynard boasts the oldest working, hand-wound clock in the country. Once a week someone climbs the 124 steps up the tower to wind the clock: 90 turns for the timepiece and 330 turns for the bell striker.
Stow boasts four golf courses (81 total holes), the best known is Stow Acres Country Club, the site of the 1995 US Amateur Public Links Championship.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Acton-Boxborough #3 among open enrollment high schools and #7 overall for STEM education in the United States in 2012.


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De Bruyne teams up with Belgium squad after surgery
Kevin De Bruyne joined up with the Belgium squad on Monday but remains a major doubt for their Euro 2020 opener against Russia after undergoing minor surgery on a facial injury, his coach Roberto Martinez said.
"Kevin De Bruyne has joined the group and that's fantastic news. He looks ready, he looks fresh, and just to see him walking into the dining room was a real highlight of the day," Martinez told reporters at Belgium's team base near Brussels.
The Manchester City playmaker underwent "a small operation" on his face on Saturday morning after suffering fractures to his nose and left eye socket in a collision with Chelsea's Antonio Ruediger in the Champions League final on May 29.
Martinez admitted De Bruyne may struggle to be ready to play against Russia in Saint-Petersburg in Belgium's first Group B game on Saturday.
"He joins the medical department now for the next few days and then whenever we get the green light he is going to be integrated into the sporting side," said the former Everton manager.
"At the moment I am not counting on Kevin to be in the first game but if that changes it will be because he adapts well to his own programme," he continued, adding that "it is to early to decide" when he will be able to play.
Belgium, who travel to Saint-Petersburg on Friday, will also face Denmark in Copenhagen on June 17 and Finland, back in Russia, on June 21.
On Sunday De Bruyne became just the third player to win the English Professional Footballers' Association's (PFA) player of the year prize for a second consecutive season.
Tagged Euro 2020, Kevin De Bruyne
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Water to Wembley coming in 2019: the 26 kilometer potable water transmission line from Aquatera's water treatment plant in Grande Prairie to Wembley is back on schedule with a planned completion for Spring 2019.
The importance of getting a long-term water supply to Wembley means the capacity to service future growth and development in our Community. Aquatera will be assuming responsibility for the Town's water infrastructure on January 1, 2019. We are also looking forward to becoming an Aquatera shareholder on January 1, 2019.
Potential future growth for the Town does present some challenges for our wastewater treatment facility. In order to meet the Federal and Provincial effluent discharge regulatory requirements, upgrades will be required to our treatment facility. The Town was able to get a grant to cover a portion of the costs to assist with identifying what work is required to keep us compliant. Aquatera has been assisting the Town and ISL Engineering in the process. Aquatera will assume the wastewater infrastructure facility in Wembley on July 1, 2019.
Town council has completed the first step in its Strategic Planning process, and will be taking it out to the residents of Wembley in 2019.
The mini-mall at the corner of 100 Avenue and 97 Street is filling its units with tenants. The announcement that a gas bar will be opening soon was welcome news to our residents.
The by-election for one vacant council position was held on November 20, 2018, and Jessica Guimond was the successful candidate. I would like to thank the two individuals who put their names forward, and we welcome Councillor Guimond to Town Council.
2018 Summer Games opening ceremonies in Wembley at the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum: July 19, 2108 saw athletes, coaches, family and spectators from across the Province officially open the games at the Museum. This was a major event for our Town.
Our Parks and Recreation department has another busy year with activities for our residents. To get a better idea of what our residents want for activities, the Advisory board took a survey out to the community asking for feedback. The results of the survey will be reviewed in the New Year and referenced with the Town's Strategic Plan in identifying priorities going forward.
Our FCSS programs are an integral part of our community and partner with many of our other organization as their mandate allows.
Recent changes to the Municipal Government Act requires that all municipalities in the province must have an Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF) and an Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) with our bordering municipality by April 2020. As Wembley's boarder is with the County of Grande Prairie, we have been working with the County to meet the 2020 timeline. The ICF must address services relating to transportation, water and wastewater, solid wastes, emergency services, and recreation. The IDP is intended to address future growth opportunities and development related matters of joint interest between the municipalities.
Wembley is in the "Heart of the Action" when it comes to the oil and gas activity in and around the Region. This will provide many opportunities for growth within our Town.
I have stated it many times that volunteers are the strength of any community, and it is no different in Wembley. I thank our volunteers who make things happen for Wembley. As a resident, it is your responsibility to keep informed, and get involved in our community.
If you have any questions, or want more information on what is happening in Wembley, follow our Town website, newsletters, your local newspaper, or call our Town office.
On behalf of Town Council, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and all the best for 2019.


On Saturday the 21st of June 12 TBS students and 5 teachers travelled to Thali for the termly DNC visit. The TBS students organised a variety of activities for the DNC children who took part enthusiastically. There were world cup activities, action figure games, bowling challenges and parachute making tasks to participate in.
Although the TBS students who travelled were from Year 5 & 6, they represented the entire student body of KS2 in making another very worthwhile donation. Each DNC student received a fully packed pencil case, writing book, toothbrush and toothpaste.
It has been a fantastic year for our community project liasion with DNC and the students and teachers involved have made it not just possible, but very successful.
We look forward to another fantastic year ahead with our friends at the Disabled Newlife Centre.


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Have things at your charity got to the point where you're keen to know how to remove a trustee?
It doesn't need to be as daunting as you may be thinking.
Or if your charity has a code of conduct for its trustees, your trustee may be in breach of that.
Ultimately, legal remedies – or even criminal sanctions – may be relevant in some of these cases.
But what can be trickier for your charity is having just a 'problem trustee' in your midst.
Disagreements about values, leadership, strategy unfortunately can easily leave your trustee board full of rancour. This puts your charitable effectiveness, reputation and funding at risk.
One thing to try and focus on in this situation, is that surely nobody ever sets out to be a problem trustee.
Before taking more formal steps, I would always advise to have as honest and constructive a dialogue as you can, individually and with your full board of trustees.
Getting a professional involved can also lead to breakthroughs. Individual coaching for perception and self-awareness, may make a world of difference.
Bringing in an independent third party may help move things forward, and bring a more formal calm to the problem.
You may try specialist mediation. Some facilitation from a calm outside voice can help shift problems that have seemed intractable.
But if the rancour persists something must give. How do you remove troublesome trustees?
A good next step is simply to invite your trustee to volunteer his or her resignation.
If your trustee won't resign, your options depend on the legal structure of your charity.
If your charity is a company (for example, a charitable company limited by guarantee), the procedure is usually straight-forward. Although your board members may be called "trustees", they are in law company directors.
Companies have a statutory right to remove a director on the passing of an ordinary resolution of which all the members of the company have been given special notice.
This is common-place but serious company administrative practice. If you are uncertain as to the procedure I would definitely recommend you take legal advice.
Or, is your charity unincorporated?
Unincorporated charitable associations are in a more difficult position.
Removing a trustee is inherently swimming against the tide. Trustees have a duty of independence and objectivity, and they will sometimes need to make difficult decisions. They are intended to be free of outside influence and not to be beholden to anyone for their security of appointment. So, removing a troublesome trustee is not easy.
Your charity's governing document is your starting point. If it contains a power to remove trustees, your way forward is clear.
If not, you can put your troublesome trustee to a vote of no confidence to encourage a resignation.
Unfortunately, if this procedure is not part of your charity's Governing Document it would be of no legal effect. It would be up to your trustee whether or not to bow to this peer pressure.
But still, you and the rest of the board will have made your position clear.
Or, termination of the trustee's membership of your charity membership may give you a way forward.
Usually your governing document will require that all of your trustees are also members of the charity. And most governing documents set out a procedure empowering you and your fellow trustees to terminate someone's membership.
If none of the above shows you how to remove a trustee from your charity, your remedies may lie at law.
You will probably need recourse to the Trustee Act 1925 , the Charities Act 2011 and indeed the Charity Commission itself. And you will assuredly need legal advice.
Panic not! This need not be as scary as it may sound. Constructive action will probably feel better than an ongoing uncomfortable stalemate.
After a change of trustees, and after you've breathed your big sigh of relief, it's important remember to update your trustee details at the Charity Commission, and on any other important documents such as ownership of land.
If this problem has flagged up gaps or problems in your governing document, this is definitely the moment to seize the righteous sword of good governance!
I would strongly recommend to update and revise your governing document, to avoid ending up back in this territory again in the future.
I would also very much encourage introducing a Code of Conduct for your trustees.
And you might like to take Good trustee / bad trustee – the Quiz! to make sure you're a top notch trustee yourself. You might even be our first 'perfect' trustee?
So, hopefully you're feeling a bit the wiser, and a bit more in control, when it comes to your options of how to remove a trustee.
I will be happy to have a conversation about your situation. Just get in touch.


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With fall in full swing, campus should be vividly colorful for next week or so
By Rowan Jones
It's autumn at K-State, and the trees have turned spectacular colors of red, orange, yellow and green. (Justin Wright | Collegian Media Group)
With the leaves finally changing color, autumn's arrival has been unofficially proclaimed across campus.
Snow seemed to come a week too early. Alongside seemingly unstoppable rain, flooding and random heatwaves, students are ready for something that resembles the normal pattern of seasons.
Dishan Nahitiya, graduate student in computer science, said his native country of Sri Lanka doesn't have winter and as such, he looks forward to Manhattan's winter every year, including the first sign of the cold — the leaves falling.
"It's amazing, I've been here for 5 years," Nahitiya said. "It's something that I love the most over here. Some people don't like winter, but I love winter."
Bob Atchison, rural forest coordinator for the Kansas Forest Service, said the cold weather causes the leaves to transition into their iconic autumn shades.
"During growing season [trees] produce a [green] pigment called chlorophyll," Atchison said.
However, as the year carries on, temperatures drop and the days get shorter, production of chlorophyll lowers. As trees begin preparing to go dormant for the start of winter, they start to shed their pigmented foliage.
The loss of chlorophyll reveal carotenoids, flaring the yellow and orange hues during the seasons where the weather is cooling.
Sugars also play a critical role in the transitioning autumn scenes, Atchison said.
"Lower temperatures and bright light and sugars from trees like sugar maple also produce anthocyanin," Atchison said.
Anthocyanin, Atchison said, is what produces the bright red, pink and purple pigments.
Atchison said he expects to see the peak of the fall leaves occur sometime within the next week and a half. In the long term, the leaves should stay around into early November unless there is an early freeze.
Rowan Jones
'Math is Wild': Students reflect on their appreciation of math
As fall arrives, Wildcats prepare for some of their favorite seasonal traditions
Third annual March for Science draws community members, students
Hurricane and rainstorm are locked in a dangerous dance
Associated Press - Oct 1, 2015


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TDMST Weekly Round-Up: 2019.03.02
This is the TDMST Weekly Round-Up of news affecting professional truck drivers, written by Vicki Simons for the week ending March 2, 2019.
We welcome your comments, thoughts and feedback on the items of your choice below.
1. Regarding trucker pay:
According to a February 28, 2019, article, "Owner-operators in 2018 on average earned $65,360 in take-home pay for the year -- a record-high income for a segment that saw a big boost from strong economic growth and robust per-mile rates."
The article provides more income info broken out by segment.
2. Regarding regulation and politics:
In the news this week were the following:
From a February 27, 2019, article, we read that bills introduced into both chambers of Congress "would allow CDL holders under the age of 21 to cross state lines and drive in interstate operations."
Another article about this is here.
OOIDA has "fired back" about bills that would lower the age of truckers. (See also this article.)
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) is preparing to file a bill dubbed the Small Carrier Electronic Logging Device Exemption Act "to allow small carriers, including single-truck owner-operators, to forgo use of electronic logging devices and return to using paper logs".
What surprises me about this is that after this legislation was filed last year, it gained 33 Republican co-sponsors.
Why didn't one of the Republicans introduce the bill and why did no other Democrats co-sponsor it?
Another article about the ELD roll back bill is here.
For those "professional truck drivers [who] have had assets seized" in state property seizures, the report about the Supreme Court's ruling that they can't be "excessive" may be good news.
But then again, "excessive" wasn't defined.
An article reported that the FMCSA has confirmed that changes are soon coming to the Hours of Service regulations.
However, we learned from a February 27, 2019, article that "none of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations (FMCSA) top administrators have ever held a commercial drivers license."
"More than 500 communities in the U.S. employ the use of red-light or speed cameras to nab drivers who disobey traffic rules, the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety reports", according to a February 26, 2019, article.
Following a move to try to authorize the use of 33-foot trailers, "another coalition, which includes the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, sent a letter urging Congress to oppose any such legislation".
The "Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said the agency prefers the deployment of safety technologies instead of adding more regulations in order to achieve greater levels of safety on U.S. roadways", according to a February 26, 2019, article.
3. Regarding operating as a trucker in California:
"Swift is reportedly ending its arrangements with leased owner-operators based in California", according to a February 25, 2019, article.
4. Regarding snowy, icy and treacherous driving winter conditions:
Please drive safely and if it is dangerous to drive, park safely until it is safe to travel.
Numerous articles this week have reported problems that truckers have encountered in winter weather:
A Wednesday, February 27, 2019, article reported that about a dozen truckers had been stranded in Idaho due to a "severe winter weather storm".
Many had run out of fuel or food but were brought fresh supplies by volunteers.
How kind of them!
Another article about the truckers stranded in Idaho is here.
The dash cam in a vehicle being driven behind a semi caught a semi fishtailing first one direction and then the other before jackknifing on I-95 in Bangor, Maine.
A massive pileup of 131 vehicles occurred on I-41 in Neenah, Wisconsin, due to "whiteout winter weather conditions" on Monday, February 25.
The article further stated that the pileup shut down the interstate highway for hours because it took time to "remove crashed vehicles, transport injured drivers to the hospital, and detour traffic".
Another massive pileup of "More Than 100 Vehicles and Big Rigs"... "occurred in Ontario, near Barrie, along Highway 400" this past Monday.
In Nebraska, "More Than 40 Semis Crash In 3 Pileups Along I-80".
Also be aware of travel bans for high profile vehicles due to high winds.
Recently, such "wind bans" were set up in PA and NY.
5. Regarding truck recalls:
"Paccar has issued a recall of thousands of semi trucks for a clutch defect that could increase the risk of a crash", stated a February 26, 2019, article.
The article included the model numbers of Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks affected.
6. Regarding the "move over" law:
Illinois state troopers plan "to use semi trucks to conceal squad cars so that they can catch drivers who don't move over", according to a February 25, 2019, article.
Just so you know, the article further stated, "Troopers warn that violating Scott's Law means drivers will face a mandatory court appearance and can come with a fine of up to $10,000."
7. Regarding mandatory detours:
After a landslide or mudslide happened on I-24 north of Nashville, Tennessee, officials at first indicated that the interstate would be closed for "at least a week".
Separate articles here and here stated that the road would be closed until March 15.
8. Regarding GPS problems:
What kind of GPS unit (manufacturer, model and year) was the trucker using and following that led him to drive out "onto a frozen-over lake in Minnesota" where he could have fallen through the ice?
I've never heard of even a passenger car-type GPS unit causing that much of a routing error.
If you know the answer to this question, please contact us to provide some answers.
9. Regarding trucker training:
OK, is it a good thing or a bad thing for C.R. England to double-up trucker trainees in their trucks?
A video embedded in a February 23, 2019, article shows how a third bunk has been installed in one of their trucks, allowing 3 people to ride at a time.
Will trainees learn faster from each other or is England attempting to earn money faster at trainees' expense (since only one person can drive the truck at a time)?
The trainer has to sleep sometime.
If you're a student driver or trucker who has been trained in such a set-up, please contact us, as we'd like to interview you.
10. Regarding technology:
According to a February 21, 2019, article, "Dash cam footage not only provides evidence of what happens on the road, but it can also enable safety managers to identify at-risk drivers with poor driving habits."
The article also says that dash cams "protect drivers from false claims when accidents occur" and provides "5 tips to help you facilitate more effective driver coaching programs with the help of dash cams".
If only the semi that was run off the road and overturned had had cameras installed on his truck, he might have been able to identify the logger who was responsible.
11. Regarding safety as a trucker:
"Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers had the largest number of fatal injuries of any industry in 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics", stated a February 15, 2019, article.
Do you agree or disagree with the "7 ways to create and maintain a culture of safety with your drivers" listed in the article?
Do the tips go far enough?
Please comment below.
12. Regarding smuggling near the border:
If you drive a tractor with a hollow air deflector and you're traveling anywhere near the U.S./Mexican border, always inspect the space inside it for unintended riders.
As the photo of an X-ray embedded in a March 1, 2019, article shows, "While inspecting the truck, a Border Patrol agent detected two individuals hiding in the windjammer [air deflector] above the truck driver's head."
In this particular case, "the truck driver is a Mexican national who is the in the U.S. legally", but all three people were arrested "on charges related to human smuggling".
Don't become an unwitting accomplice to human smuggling.
13. Regarding cellphone use:
Does it matter to you which "Roads [had] the highest observed cell phone use by commercial drivers in 2018"?
14. Regarding taxation:
According to a February 27, 2019, article, "this tax season [truck drivers and trucking companies] are facing the most far-reaching changes in tax law since the 1980s, thanks to the December 2017 tax code legislation."
The article lists "five questions to answer before filing taxes this year".
Some truckers prefer to use the services of a competent tax professional.
My husband Mike and I wish you -- and all professional truck drivers -- safe travels and lots of money saving opportunities on the road.
Return from TDMST Weekly Round-Up: 2019.03.02 to our TDMST Weekly Round-Up Trucking Commentary or our Truck Drivers Money Saving Tips home page.


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Франц Сној (, Загорје на Сави, 28. јануар 1902 - Љубљана, 22. април 1962) био је словеначки и југословенски економиста и политичар, народни посланик Народне скупштине Краљевине Југославије, министар без портфеља и члан краљевске владе у емиграцији.

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Био је истакнути припадник Словеначке народне странке. Председник Југословенског ватрогасног савеза је постао 1937. године.

На парламентарним изборима 11. децембра 1938. године, изабран је за народног посланика као кандидат Словеначке народне странке на изборној листи Југословенске радикалне заједнице др Милана Стојадиновића. За министра без портфеља је први пут изабран 21. децембра 1938. године у трећој влади Милана Стојадиновића. Ресор је задржао и у првој влади Драгише Цветковића, од 5. фебруара 1939. до 26. августа 1939. године.

Поново је изабран за министра 10. априла 1941. године у влади генерала Душана Симовића. Заједно са члановима владе је отишао у емиграцију, најпре у Палестину и потом Лондон. У првој влади Слободана Јовановића, од 11. јануара 1942. до 2. јануара 1943. године, такође је био министар без портфеља.

Илегално се вратио у Југославију уз помоћ савезника 1944. године и ставио на расположење партизанима. Уз сагласност Јосипа Броза и Едварда Кардеља, почео је да ради на превођењу словеначких домобрана у партизане.

У Народној влади Словеније је изабран за министра саобраћаја, 5. маја 1945. године. Покушао је да са Чртомиром Нагодетом створи либерално опозиционо крило или странку у оквиру Ослободилачког фронта Словеније, али је одустао свестан негативног става комунистичког режима. Противио се масакру словеначких домобрана на Кочевском рогу, без суђења. Уз ове политичку струју је стао и Едвард Коцбек.

Сној је осуђен 1947. године на 8 година затвора са принудним радом и лишавање грађанских права. Пуштен је 1951. године у оквиру шире амнестије.

Умро је 22. априла 1962. године у Љубљани.

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READ: A Proposed Coal Mine Would Put Alaskan Natives at Risk
Coal production may be falling, but one company is taking a gamble—one that would affect the Tyonek tribe's fishing and hunting grounds.
Yessenia Funes Sep 20, 2016 11:05AM ET
Pieces of coal. Photo Credit: George Frey/Getty
All eyes are on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota as they battle the Dakota Access Pipeline, but they're not the only Native people waging war against the fossil fuel industry.
The Tyonek tribe of Alaska is at risk of losing their fishing and hunting grounds to a $700 million project, the Chuitna mine. Melissa Cronin explores their struggle for Grist's latest special report.
The coastal village of Tyonek lies on Cook Inlet, about 45 miles west of Anchorage, just a few miles downriver from the proposed mine site. For the tribe, which numbers fewer than 200 people, the mine represents an existential threat. "We will go to war if someone comes down here and starts plowing over us," tribal president Art Standifer tells me. "We'll go to battle."
The mine, which is planned to sit on top of the Cook Inlet near the Chuitna River in southeastern Alaska, would put the salmon which the Tyonek depend on for food at risk. The company promises to "recreate" the salmon run after they extract the coal, but Cronin spoke with experts who find that unlikely, if not impossible.
She goes on:
In the near-pristine wild of Alaska, it's not easy to dig something up and then put it back together, as Lance Trasky, a now-retired habitat biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, wrote in an email. "I am confident that the salmon habitat that would be mined in the proposed Chuitna coal lease area could not be restored to its former level of productivity after coal mining," he says, adding that what PacRim [the company behind the mine] is proposing has never been done before.
As Cronin posits, coal is a seemingly dying industry, making this proposal risky both environmentally and financially. "The U.S. coal industry is in worse economic straits than it has been since the rise of the industry," says Robert N. Stavins, director of Harvard University's Environmental Economics Program, to Grist. Natural gas, made popular through the fracking process, is today's dirty energy of choice with its production set to overtake coal's this year.
Coal is also one of the dirtiest fuels, which is why federal regulations like the Clean Power Plan have attempted to shrink the industry. Communities have also tried to curtail its production. Oakland banned a coal export terminal in July to protect the health of its predominantly Black residents. In May, the Lummi Nation in Washington state blocked another terminal.
But PacRim is thinking globally with its plans for the Alaskan mine. Cronin explains:
During the 1980s and after, coal exporters looked to developing economies to provide new markets. China, which now burns nearly half of the world's coal, had looked like a safe bet — until China's coal consumption peaked in 2013 and started falling. Still, other Asian markets may grow in the next few years. According to the Energy Information Administration, South Korea, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia are all expected to see an uptick in demand over the next 25 years.
The proposal is still seeking approvals and a draft of its environmental impact statement, which the Army Corps of Engineers are putting together. Incidentally, the Corps are the same agency the Sioux in North Dakota are suing over the Dakota Access Pipeline. Like the Sioux, the Tyonek aren't backing down without a fight.
Find the full story here.
Alaska Native
Melissa Cronin
PacRim
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Suspected ringleader of £7m migrant smuggling operation arrested at Liverpool asylum shelter
Palestinian national Jamal Owda, 26, arrested in connection with massive European operation
Laura Tacey
Jamal Owda was arrested at an asylum seekers' shelter in Greenbank Drive, near Sefton Park. Image taken from Google Maps.
The alleged ringleader of a massive migrant smuggling gang was arrested at a Liverpool asylum shelter.
Palestinian national Jamal Owda, 26, was one of 23 suspects arrested in raids in simultaneous police operations in Greece, Austria, Sweden and Britain.
He was arrested at an asylum seekers' shelter in Greenbank Drive, near Sefton Park, earlier.
Owda will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court, tomorrow morning.
The European police agency, Europol, which helped coordinate the raids, said the gang is believed to have earned nearly 10 million euros (£7 million) by smuggling around 100 migrants per day since operations started in 2013.
Owda, who was detained after "moving from country to country" is said to have been the alleged ringleader of the group responsible for smuggling thousands of migrants into Europe.
Around 100 Syrian migrants are believed to have been brought into western Europe from Greece each day since operations started in 2013.
NCA operations manager Graham Roberts said: "As a result of joint working with the Greek authorities we have located and arrested a man believed to be the head of a crime group responsible for smuggling around 100 Syrian migrants a day from Greece into western Europe.
"Palestinian national Jamal Owda, who we suspect was moving from country to country to evade capture, was apprehended on a European Arrest Warrant in Liverpool and now faces extradition to Greece.
"The NCA-led UK taskforce targeting people smuggling networks was involved in this operation and will continue to work with agencies in the UK and overseas to identify networks, pursue them, disrupt their activities, take away their money and their assets, and wherever possible prosecute them."


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Chris Christie is running for office as a Democrat in Alabama — no, not that one
By Terence Cullen
Jan 25, 2018 | 1:55 PM
Chris Christie (left) is running for attorney general of Alabama as a Democrat, but isn't changing his name to differentiate from former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (right). (http://christie4alabamaag.com / /AP)
With a name like this, maybe he was born to run.
Chris Christie is running for attorney general in Alabama — as a Democrat.
But it's not the bombastic Republican who until last week was the governor of New Jersey.
"I've had a number of people tell me I should try to use another name," the Alabama Christie told the Daily News on Thursday. "I've been known as Chris Christie my whole life. I'm going to stay who I am."
Christie, 58, noted he's the original "Chris Christie," born three years before the onetime presidential candidate.
The two Christies never met in person, but the longtime Alabama lawyer said they spoke on the phone several times about 25 years ago.
People would regularly call an answering service looking to get in touch with the Christie from New Jersey, who was then an attorney with an unlisted number, his Alabama counterpart said.
But instead they'd reach the Christie who lives in Birmingham and has spent most of his career working in civil law.
He recalled receiving messages from people — sometimes with accents not from the area — saying they couldn't be in court the following morning.
Christie started keeping a Post-It on his desk with the Garden State Christie's number on it.
I was skinnier than the other players & not as fast, but I worked hard as a member of my Birmingham high school's state championship football team.
That same commitment to focus & hard work drives me at my law practice and will drive me as the next Alabama Attorney General. pic.twitter.com/CDLKCTfvMx
— Chris Christie (@Christie4AL) January 25, 2018
"I called him and spoke to him and let him know somebody was trying to reach him," he told the News.
He described the future governor being respectful and pleasant.
The Alabama hopeful's birth name is actually James Sturgeon Christie Jr. But, like his Scottish-born father, he's always gone by "Chris," according to NJ.com.
He left his law firm earlier this month, and filed his paperwork about two weeks ago.
Christie, who was campaigning in southeast Alabama on Thursday when he spoke with the News, is the only declared Democrat in the race.
Four Republicans — including incumbent Steve Marshall — are in the running.
Christie said he wants to be an attorney general who keeps other lawmakers in the deeply red state in check.
The Republican Christie couldn't immediately be reached for comment.


Ms Blears, 57, elected in 1997, was later caught up in the MPs' expenses scandal but rebuilt her reputation working on the Intelligence and Security Committee.
One might similarly ask Ms Blears, why wasn't the Prime Minister at Downing Street within hours of the beginning of the riots?
Ms Blears said neither she nor any other election candidate was in a position to vet all the individuals who volunteer to help during a campaign.
E x -C o m m u n i t i e s Secretary Mrs Blears, who quit the Government over the expenses scandal last year, said: "I can see myself pulling pints.
Here, Blears was doing her best to ignore a stalker - Panorama reporter Emeka Onono - but she still managed to be annoying (she didn't talk much, but did plenty of humming).
Mr Blears announced he would be stepping down as senior partner in July, to be replaced by Birmingham Post columnist and head of the energy team Andrew Whitehead.
Blears was at the centre of the MPs' expenses scandal, and she dismissed the idea the attack could be the result of a vendetta.
Ms Greenwood, an administrator for the department for children, schools and families (DCSF), was furious after Ms Blears - accused of dodging capital gains tax - waved around a cheque for pounds 13,000 that she announced she was repaying.
Ms Blears said: ''The absolute priority for me now is to be a bread and butter champion for the people of Salford, to go out there and campaign for Labour.
CAROLINE FLINT and Hazel Blears need a reality check.
HAZEL Blears yesterday made a grovelling apology for her eve-of-election Cabinet resignation as she battled to save her career.
HAZEL BLEARS apologised yesterday for the timing of her Cabinet walkout as she faced a battle to hang on to her seat.


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Gepeto Impex este o companie producătoare de mezeluri din Constanța, România. Acționarii firmei sunt oamenii de afaceri Robert Boroianu și George Muhscina.

Gepeto deține în localitatea Lumina, din județul Constanța o fabrică de procesare a cărnii cu o capacitate de 60.000 de tone/an, care era în anul 2012 cea mai mare de pe piața locală.

Cifra de afaceri în 2011: 33 milioane euro.

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Companii producătoare de mezeluri din România
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